http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/ Marriage, birth, divorce, transitions, widowed, career, retirement, transitions, death, moving, rules of life, aging, caregiving, life events, life changes en-us jillfallon@gmail.com Jill Fallon Copyright 2009 Jill Fallon 2009-11-20T11:35:32-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/20/irresponsible_u.html I really try not to write about politics on this blog, but the Attorney General's decision to give Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his fellow terrorists a civilian trial in New York City just blocks from Ground Zero has had... Jill Fallon Culture and Society 2009-11-20T11:35:32-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/20/unlikely_and_in.html IN 1975 Hung Ba Lee was only 5 when he fled Vietnam in a fishing boat piloted by his father,  a commander in the South Vietnamese Navy and the rest of his family and 400 other refugess.  They were... Jill Fallon Parenting 2009-11-20T10:36:15-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/18/when_unemployme.html A terrific multimedia timeline graphic on the rise of unemployment across the country from 2007-2009. "The worst is yet to come" writes Nouriel Roubini, one economist who saw the trouble coming and about whom Fortune magazine said In 2005,... Jill Fallon Economy 2009-11-18T10:43:51-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/18/30_second_cure.html Alone at home last night, I came down with hiccups that wouldn't stop.  I googled and found this 30 second cure for hiccups that I pass on because it worked right away.  The key is in the swallowing.... Jill Fallon Organizing and Practical Tips 2009-11-18T08:08:16-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/16/the_economic_ef.html Michael Fitzgerald writes a terrific article on the curious economic effects of religion in the Boston Globe Satan, the great motivator A pair of Harvard researchers recently examined 40 years of data from dozens of countries, trying to sort... Jill Fallon Culture and Society 2009-11-16T22:54:43-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/16/marketbased_hea.html Seven market-based health care solutions that have lowered health care costs and improved both access and quality of service  have gone unnoticed.  Congress to Healthcare Market: Drop Dead 1. Retail clinics 2. Retail clinic-hospital partnerships 3. On-site workplace healthcare... Jill Fallon Economy 2009-11-16T21:01:13-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/16/health_roundup_2.html Here are some miscellaneous health care stories from the past several days that seem worthy of notice. I never knew that breast-feeding your baby helps you shed extra weight you gain during the pregnancy. Breast-Feed the Baby, Love the... Jill Fallon Economy 2009-11-16T16:55:45-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/14/holy_crap_thats.html Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists. Garrett Lisi, 39,... Jill Fallon Science/ wonders 2009-11-14T10:08:16-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/13/the_center_of_o.html The dazzling image combining reds, yellows, blues and purples, was created by layering stunningly detailed pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory on top of each other. The Milky Way is at... Jill Fallon Science/ wonders 2009-11-13T16:52:00-05:00 http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2009/11/11/at_the_eleventh.html The Armistice between the Allies and Germany calling for the cessation of hostilities and ending WWI  took effect.  Twenty million died. In Flanders Fields John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That... Jill Fallon Art 2009-11-11T09:54:35-05:00