Almanac Highlights from January 14 2010
Almanac recaps historical events, birthdays, sports, quotes and facts for January 14 2010. Notable items include Kingston Jamaica earthquake of 1907, Casablanca meeting in 1943, Enron CFO Fastow plea, birthdays of Benedict Arnold to Jason Bateman, DiMaggio Monroe marriage 1954, and Roosevelt Casablanca milestone.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Casablanca
Morocco
Enron
Andrew Fastow
Benedict Arnold
Albert Schweitzer
John Dos Passos
Andy Rooney
Faye Dunaway
Shannon Lucid
Jason Bateman
Caleb Followill
U.S
Reflections on the Glass Ceiling in U S Politics
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker examines gender bias in presidential politics through Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. The piece discusses media treatment, public scrutiny, double binds, and the pressures on women candidates while questioning America’s readiness for a woman president.
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Washington
United States
Hillary Clinton
Sarah Palin
Meg Whitman
Condoleezza Rice
Janet Napolitano
Clinton
Palin
Bill
Barack Obama
Three Countries Show Different Paths for Elder Care
In a comparative personal essay, Sara Mansfield Taber reflects on her mother's costly end-of-life care in the United States versus Britain and France. She contrasts private aides and high expenses in Maryland with government-supported home care in the NHS and France's Allocation Autonomie, highlighting the emotional and financial toll on families and urging consideration of broader public support for aging at home. The piece weaves in family histories across England, France, and the United States to argue for humane, accessible elder care.
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Mitchellville
Fiona
Juliette
Canada
England
France
Lois Taber
Chevy Chase
Veterans Affairs
Pat Reid
Pat
National Health Service
Simon
Madeleine Fournot
Madeleine
Paris
Champs- Elysées
Iam
Mom
Maman
BBC
Afghanistan
United Nations
Asia
Europe
United States
CIA
Britain
Mum
FBI Should Release DNA Data for Science and Oversight
Scientists urge the FBI to provide qualified researchers access to the 15 year old NCIS DNA data set. They argue data sharing improves validation of forensic DNA profiling, reveals error rates, kinship impacts, and how matches are affected by relatives, with personally identifying details removed.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Science Magazine
FBI
NCIS
Science
NDIS
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Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
Mrs. Deluca
Leo
Driv
Almanac
New York
Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe
San Francisco
Calif
Kathleen Parker
Kornblut
Rush Limbaugh
David Letterman
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Jamieson
Kathleenparker
Washpost
Sara Mansfield Tabor
Washington Post
Sara Mansfield Taber
Roger Koppl
The
Independent Institute
Institute For Forensic Science Administration
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Madison, N.J
Dan Krane
Wright State University
Dayton
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