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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Golden Globe celebrities enjoy meal of real gold as poverty tightens grip on US | Film | The Observer

Golden Globe celebrities enjoy meal of real gold as poverty tightens grip on US Film The Observer: I don't want to bring the rich down, I want to bring everyone else up," he said. "However, this is an irony that the people who need it least often get free food wherever they go, but we still make it extraordinarily difficult for people to obtain government food benefits."

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com: “As many have since pointed out, the 'if' and the 'you' entirely change the meaning,” writes the Washington Post's Rachel Manteuffel, whose editorial on the mistake started the correction process churning. “To King, being a self-aggrandizing drum major was not a good thing; if you wanted to call him that, he said, at least say it was in the service of good causes.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com: “As many have since pointed out, the 'if' and the 'you' entirely change the meaning,” writes the Washington Post's Rachel Manteuffel, whose editorial on the mistake started the correction process churning. “To King, being a self-aggrandizing drum major was not a good thing; if you wanted to call him that, he said, at least say it was in the service of good causes.”

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Hospitals Seek Payoff for Patients by Helping Nurses Cope - WSJ.com

Hospitals Seek Payoff for Patients by Helping Nurses Cope - WSJ.com: The course includes a checklist of symptoms to watch out for, and offers "antidotes" to compassion fatigue, such as creating a support network. Participants are taught the importance of focusing on "intentionality"—the caring intention that brought them to the health care field in the first place—while accepting their own limits in doing only the best they can on any given day.

A particularly draining experience came when a patient in his 40s demanded to know how she felt about caring for cancer patients and if she liked her job. She said she loved it and tried to keep the conversation positive, but he declared, "Well, I'm dying," despite a likelihood that treatment could extend his life.