Helen Mirren Shows Her Jug At The Women In Film And TV Awards
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Dame Helen Mirren wins a corker...
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Prescription errors are easily made | Ann Robinson
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
A new report finds 8% of junior doctors' prescriptions are wrong. No wonder – getting drugs right in hospital is a minefield Junior hospital doctors make mistakes in about 8% of the prescriptions they write for hospital patients according to a study commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC). In the 19 hospitals surveyed, there were more than 11,000 mistakes, of which about 220 were potentially...
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uSwitch.com Comments on Today's Announcement on Smart Meters
eprnetwork | 12/03/2009
uSwitch.com , the independent price comparison and switching service, welcomes today's announcement on smart meters , but believes there are still a number of issues that need to be ironed out before the launch. Prime importance is to ensure that the final specification of the meters will meet consumers' needs and that enough focus is given to educating consumers on their use.
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The War of the Worlds, 1953
My[confined]Space (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Best Actor: YB-49 “Stock footage of a YB-49 in flight appeared in The War of the Worlds (1953). In the movie, the Flying Wing was tasked with dropping an atomic bomb on the invading Martians.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YB-49#Popular_culture “They* then leave to observe a United States Air Force YB-49 drop an atomic bomb on the Martians advancing on Los [...]
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J'Burg High School Wins First Place
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A team of students from Johnsonburg Area High School took first place in the 5th Annual Pitt-Bradford SIFE High School Business Plan Competition. The contest was sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and the university’s chapter of Students in Free Enterprise. The second place team was Bolivar-Richburg (N.Y.) Central School. In third place was Smethport...
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Will you show me your payslip, Doctor? | Ann Robinson
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Doctors are apparently being paid more if they're male. I prescribe a new openness about salaries Can it be true that male doctors earn an average of £15,000 more a year than their female colleagues? This headline, based on a report by the British Medical Association and others which is due out this Friday, is likely to cause some very hostile sniping in hospital canteens and operating rooms....
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Pitt-Bradford to Offer 'Green' Building Course November 12
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is holding a course on “green” building for local commercial contractors, residential homebuilders, real-estate agents, bankers and interested members of the public. Jerry Leach, director of building codes and National Association of Home Builders- accredited instructor for the Pennsylvania Builders Association, will teach “The ABCs of Green...
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Movie Notes: War Of The Worlds (1953)
Webomatica (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Synopsis A meteor lands in the mountains outside of Los Angeles, which is actually an alien spacecraft. Dr. Clayton Forester (Gene Barry) and his niece Sylvia (Ann Robinson) are caught up in the turmoil of a martian invasion to take over the entire Earth.
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UK: Should pregnant women have the swine flu jab?
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Via the Guardian, Dr. Ann Robinson answers the question: Should pregnant women have the swine flu jab?
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Is swine flu jab safe?
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Dr Ann Robinson weighs up the risks The swine flu vaccine will be available at a GP surgery near you in the next couple of weeks, and people considered most at risk, namely those with weakened immune systems and pregnant women, are being encouraged to have it. The fast development and distribution of this vaccine is viewed as a triumph by the manufacturers and Department of Health, but critics argue...
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She's weaving herself a new career
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Ann Robinson works at one of her looms at her home studio in Sacramento. Her scarves and wall hangings are made from all-natural fibers, including silk and soy. She also teaches weaving at the Women's Wisdom Project in Oak Park. For more information: (916) 265-8615 or annrobin@flash.net. Ann Robinson will always be an educator at heart. Last summer, however, she had to ask herself a question all too...
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Why Are You So Greedy?
My Doubts (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The most stupid question I have ever heard on national television. It simply indicates that the BBC have no idea of the concept of the market, and of choice and freedom. Ann Robinson was talking to the Marketing Director of Centre Parks holiday park company on Watchdog, the consumer-affairs programme on BBC1. She was trying to claim that it was some sort of dreadful offence that Centre Parks charge...
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Britons 'have lower life quality'
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Britons 'have lower life quality'
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Expensive diesel, fewer holidays, short lives: Britain is worst in Europe for quality of life
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
THE British may earn more money but they have a worse quality of life than many of their European counterparts, a study suggests.
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Britain's poor quality of life exposed
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
BRITONS earn more money but have a worse quality of life than many of their European counterparts, a study suggests.
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uSwitch.com Comments on Today's Announcement on Smart Meters
eprnetwork | 12/03/2009
uSwitch.com , the independent price comparison and switching service, welcomes today's announcement on smart meters , but believes there are still a number of issues that need to be ironed out before the launch. Prime importance is to ensure that the final specification of the meters will meet consumers' needs and that enough focus is given to educating consumers on their use.