Word: adultness
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...financial-education service. But having money and being savvy about it are "not directly linked," he says. Another such program is Citi Private Bank's annual NextGen conference, which has been held in Singapore and Hong Kong since 2003. Each year, the bank sends invitations to the adult children of clients whose net worth exceeds $10 million. Participants attend investment seminars, play finance-related games and take part in team-building and social events...
...have been studying the role bacteria play in the gastrointestinal tract, a complex ecosystem made up of helpful and harmful bugs whose interactions aren't fully understood. The bugs begin to infiltrate when we're born. Some make us sick, while others help the body work better. An average adult gut contains about a kilogram of bacteria - 100 trillion bugs of some 500 different species...
...against each other, as they so often are, the film fires on all cylinders. The film would have been almost perfect had Alfredson chosen to focus solely on the romance at its center. As it is, there are needless sub-plots—most of them focusing on the adult inhabitants of Eli and Oskar’s world—which are somewhat distracting. Early in the film, the focus is shared between the children and a group of adults, many of whom later become the victims of Eli and her “father.” These...
...Department of Human Services Programs is among the areas hit hardest by the recent statewide budget cuts announced early last month. Several DHS programs that are funded through state, city, and private grants will see significant cuts to the services they provide for the community, ranging from childcare to adult education, according to DHC officials. The Center for Families, a support program that runs educational activities and provides resources for families with young children, suffered the largest direct cut: the Massachusetts Family Network grant, which makes up most of the agency’s current funding...
...realities of growing up—both as a teenager and as a thirty-something. Scenes with Ronnie and Augie’s parents add a meaningful amount of tenderness to the story, and “Role Models” surprises with its insight into the realities of adult-child relationships. Quick-fire dialogue also balances out the movie’s tendency toward broad and crude humor. Rudd’s character supplies a number of clever quips, and his highly referential, sarcastic style provides ample laughs. Ronnie is also given a number of good lines?...