The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
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...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
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....
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
By Leigh Grogan McClatchy-Tribune News Service Ann Robinson will always be an educator at heart. Last summer, however, she had to ask herself a question all too familiar to people with long careers that come to an unexpected end: “Now what am I going to do?”
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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...
Webomatica (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
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.
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Via the Guardian, Dr. Ann Robinson answers the question: Should pregnant women have the swine flu jab?
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
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...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
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...
My Doubts (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
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...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
People in the UK have a worse quality of life than many of their European counterparts despite earning more money, according to a study published today. Familiar bugbears such as longer working hours and the high cost of living contributed to Britain's bottom place in a survey of 10 European countries. Relatively low holiday entitlement was another reason the UK came last in the uSwitch.com European...
Dalhousie News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Mini med school opens its tiny doors for another semester.
Make me Heal (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Anne Robinson is best known to American audiences as the host of the popular TV game show, The Weakest Link. But would Anne be in the chair if it weren’t for her plastic surgery? Anne credits her youthful appearance to her dedication to eating well and exercising. But recent photographs of the 65-year old host [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Threequarters of people who have signed up with an energy company on their doorstep said they thought their new deal was not good value for money.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Threequarters of people who have signed up with an energy company on their doorstep said they thought their new deal was not good value for money.
Women's Soccer USA (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Both Atlanta and Philadelphia will need a lot of luck in 2010. Atlanta 1.) Leigh Ann Robinson, D - FC Gold Pride 2.) Amanda Cinalli, F - Saint Louis Athletica 3.) Katie Larkin, D/M - Los Angeles Sol 4.) Sharolta Nonen, D - Los Angeles Sol 5.) Sara Larsson, D - Saint Louis Athletica 6.) Noelle Keselica, F - Sky Blue FC Philadelphia 1.) Lori Lindsey, M - Washington Freedom 2.) Jen Buczkowski, D - Sky...
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