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...Burchell's conclusions, which he presented at the conference "Credit Crunch: Gender Equality in Hard Times," have been drawn from his study of about 300 British workers as well as various European workforce studies and the British Household Survey of approximately 5,000 people, which has charted the effects of social and economic change on mental health since 1991. Both Burchell's study and the British Household Survey used a 12-item questionnaire - called the GHQ 12 - that is designed to measure symptoms of stress and anxiety with questions like "Have you recently been thinking of yourself as a worthless...
...John E. Dowling ’57, who served as the chair of the Committee to Review the Undergraduate Council. Smith stated that he and Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds agreed with the basic recommendations of the committee but still had reservations about some of the conclusions drawn by the report. “Dean Hammonds and I agree whole-heartedly with the recommendation to simplify the committee structure and to put in place chairs who are in the position to make decisions,” Smith wrote. “I would like to clarify, however, that...
...Mumbai attack was nominally conducted for the Kashmir struggle, but India has avoided linking the Mumbai attacks to Kashmir, and Qasab's confession does not mention it. Political leaders in Kashmir have deplored the barbarity of the attacks while acknowledging that Mumbai has drawn attention to their cause. For Qasab, the political implications of his mission were probably far from his mind as he went through the final stages of preparation. The commandos were shown images of Mumbai on Google Earth and told how to disembark from their boats. Qasab and his partner, Khan, were shown video footage of their...
...race has predictably drawn fire from animal rights groups like PETA and the ASPCA, attention that only worsened after veteran musher Ramy Brooks was given a two-year ban in 2007 for abusing his dogs. But most Alaskans steadfastly defend the event as a celebration of the state's heritage. This year, the greatest threats posed to the race come from other directions. A heavy snow recently blanketed parts of the Alaska, burying the trail in deep drifts and forcing mushers to break out their snowshoes. And just as it has in the Lower 48 states, the economy has cast...
Although her husband, rhythm-and-blues singer Ernie K-Doe, died eight years ago, he was still at his wife's New Orleans funeral after her death on Fat Tuesday at age 66. But this Ernie was a fully costumed mannequin seated in a mule-drawn carriage that followed her casket. As the widow of the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the Universe"--whose 1961 hit song "Mother-in-Law" provided the name for the music lounge the couple would later establish as a New Orleans institution--Antoinette thought it her duty to keep Ernie's memory alive with the life...