Retirees Tout Benefits of Peace Corps Experience (22 WSBT South Bend)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. ? Jerry Tennis walked through the West African heat to meet the headmaster of a primary school, where he would soon teach English to fifth-graders in The Gambia as a Peace Corps volunteer. When he got to the school, the scene jarred him....more...Tell a tale (The Pantagraph)
In Mike Lockett's telling of the traditional Appalachian tale of "The Preacher's Horse," the preacher has retired, sold his horse and prepares to board the train to move back to Baltimore. | Video...more... MEDICINE 101: SCRUBS camp takes young teens inside the world of health care professions (The Post and Courier)
Not all teenagers have the opportunity to visit an operating room with a surgery in process, but just such an event was among the myriad learning opportunities experienced by the 22 campers in the five-day SCRUBS camp run by Roper St. Francis Healthcare in late June. ...more... Business people (Anchorage Daily News)
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions...more... Bay Weekly?s Annual Summer Reading Companion (Bay Weekly)
Forget the luggage, the sunscreen and the pet-sitter. A good book is a vacation through time and space....more... NHS rationing is 'necessary evil', say doctors (The Scotsman)
THE government and NHS must be more open with patients about the need to ration treatments and services in a system with a limited pot of cash, doctors said yesterday....more... Bid to ban military from making school visits in the capital (The Scotsman)
COUNCILLORS are considering a ban on allowing the armed forces to speak in schools and colleges....more... Battle over school Army ban hots up (Edinburgh Evening News)
THE council is to consider banning the armed forces from speaking in schools and colleges. The idea has won backing in the City Chambers after being raised by Green councillor and university lecturer Maggie Chapman....more... Students learn of medical careers (Lake City Reporter)
The body of a man lays lifeless on a table, clothed in a hospital gown. A girl walks up to the table, reaches for a stethoscope and places it on the man's chest....more... |