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Dr. Atul Gawande wants to guide a new kind of care at life's end and has come up with five questions we all should ask. 
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The 1518 grocery list of Michelangelo, complete with drawings of the food he wanted.
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Smart phone seems so much easier - and you can phone home if you are not sure :-)
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Everyone has seen pictures of China's Great Wall before, but most of those images come from a handful of viewpoints just outside of Beijing, where all the tourists tend to visit. Given that the wall stretches for over 5,500 miles, there's quite a bit more that you almost never see.While the tourist areas are well-maintained and often renovated, much of the wall has been left to rot and is now being reclaimed by nature. In these images gathered by Kuriositas, it's striking to see just how
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Don't really hear much about or see the end of the wall.....
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Here's something that many Americans -- including some of the smartest and most educated among us -- don't know: The official unemployment rate, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, is extremely misleading.
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Comments await.....
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Cloward-Piven strategyThe Cloward-Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven that called for overloading the U.S. public welfare system in order to precipitate a crisis that would lead to a replacement of the welfare system with a national system of " a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty".
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Interesting read - could it be the strategy of today? Here is more: http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/the-cloward-piven-strategy-is-alive-and-well-at-the-border/
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Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
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We pay teachers for this garbage???????
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#10 Air New Zealand There hasnt been a significant incident on the Kiwi airline for 20 years, plus it was named best airline in the world recently. #9 Singapore Airlines They have excellent service and havent been involved in an accident in 15 years. #8 Finnair Scandinavian innovation and efficiency is clear on this airline …
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Finnair is a great airline, awesome record – but depending on destination, not for the faint of heart. On the homeward flight, standing in the 2 room airport (right 2 rooms, in/out) we could not see the plane which was 25 ft outside the window. The blizzard was blinding. The runway could not be seen. We took off. I guess the mooses and reindeers know enough to stay off the runway when they hear the jet engines!
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Work has begun on a vast arts complex designed by Jean Nouvel, comprising a museum, artists' studios and marina in Qingdao, China
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Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilization and are bringing the world closer to doomsday.Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilization and are bringing the world closer to doomsday, a group of prominent scientists and Nobel laureates said Thursday.
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Who is listening?
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The purchase plan, which began in 2005 and involved a secretive seller, yielded at least 400 warheads, some containing the nerve agent sarin, officials said.
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So we got it right after all.....
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 Bagger 288 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWhen its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA's Crawler-Transporter, used to carry the Space Shuttle and Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle (itself built by excavator manufacturer Marion Power Shovel Company), as the largest land vehicle in the world, at 13,500 tons.
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still largest land vehicle in the world?
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The Case for a Convention of States
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Your thoughts on the movement to take back the United States of America?
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LinkedIn can be the best tool for building your brand. If you incorporate these seemingly counterintuitive techniques into your LinkedIn strategy, you will build a stellar profile, be visible to decision makers and be skilled at using LinkedIn as a career-management tool.
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"Texas can't change the nature of math..."
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They hardly allow the Gov to comment - but he got them.... watch the next video....
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Life can sometimes give you a blessing in disguise! When Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter in Canada adopted Esther the pig, they thought she was a pygmy piglet. Two years and 667 lbs later, their “tiny piglet” turned out to be a full-size commercial pig, but the love and friendship that they experienced from Esther …
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....intelligent and friendly Esther
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Excess screen time is now considered to be the equivalent of smoking, drinking and using drugs.
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On the surface it makes sense (dealing with brainless parents) - but most parents probably don't need the government telling them what to do and then - is the a further erosion of personal rights?
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By the end of November, the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Deal package had delivered new boilers, windows and insulation to 1,021,000 homes.
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I like some European descriptions... "Government SCHEMES" better than ours. We may call them programs or the like. The EU description somehow seems more accurate :-)
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Commercial demand is on the upswing as U.S. manufacturing picks up. Jason Tolliver, Indianapolis-based regional vice president for Cassidy Turley, weighs in.
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From social media to online bills, it is essential to plan what will happen to your virtual life once you are gone.
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Lets talk about your death. This is a question - not a survey... how many of you have thought about your digital assets in the event of your death? actually provided for it? how do you feel about it? how would you like to see it handled? - simply stated - open comments???
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Sometimes there is no time to plan.... but when life takes you on a longer journey......