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- Love among the ruins: the King of Kingsmere
- William Lyon Mackenzie King often said that he'd have made a good landscape architect (Hardy 1949, 344). No longer in power by October 15, 1949--his final term as Canada's prime minister had ended the preceding year--he happily graced an Ottawa gathering of the Society of Landscape Artists and Town Planners,...
- Research articles 2007-09-22
- Troping prostitution: Jonson and "The Court Pucell"
- Sometime in 1609, Ben Jonson penned "An Epigram on the Court Pucell," a satirical poem in which he rails against Cecilia Bulstrode (c.1584-1609), Gentlewoman of the Queen's Bedchamber and kinswoman and friend of Lucy Harington Russell, the Countess of Bedford. Apparently responding to some critique of his person ("Do's the...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Family-Friendly Policies from Family-Friendly Companies
- Flexible parental-leave programs are one of the keys to employee retention. These exemplary companies have policies in place that rank high with working parents. Ernst & Young Tax, accounting, and financial services New York, NY Leave Policy: Six weeks of fully paid parental leave...
- Articles 2007-05-29
- To Sue or Not to Sue?
- The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. finally settling its trademark case with Apple Inc. is a good example when it makes sense for a company to defend its registered trademark -- both companies had a great deal at stake in the dispute. The National Pork Board, however, learned the hard way that...
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
- Do Flexible Schedules Help Working Mothers?
- New research questions the benefits of flexible work arrangements; companies recognize risks, but shun security chiefs; e-mail abuse puts employees in hot water. New research debunks the widely held view that working mothers are benefiting from flexible schedules. Working mothers are having a harder time than ever balancing the needs...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- For Working Moms, Big Changes
- In a new poll, nearly 40 percent of mothers say they are now primary breadwinners in their households. That means culture shifts at work and at home.
- Videos 2009-10-19
- Marketing to Mums | BTalk Australia
- (15min 59) Have you noticed how mothers are everywhere these days? That's because Australia has been through a bit of a baby boom over recent years. For a woman it is the most significant transition in lifestyle they are ever likely to make. That means you have to promote your...
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Internet Jobs For The Work-At-Home Mom
- For many mothers, having to work from home is the best situation for everyone; it enables the family to continue earning a double income AND lets mom do her job best. This is why internet jobs are so popular with working mothers. From recruitment to receiving a paycheck, working online...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Interview The Way Your Mother Taught You
- When women become mothers one of the things they seem to get from the universe is a steady supply of helpful advice. They will spend most of our childhood and young adulthood giving snippets of wisdom, instructions and orders. Most of the time we grant the request for as long...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- SCORE Helps Toolmakers' Daughter Transfer A Family Tradition To A New Future
- After a tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force and starting a career as a metallurgical and energy systems inspector, Amy Pieh returned to Wisconsin in 2000 to help her mother run the family business after her father died. After her mother passed away 18 months later, she enlisted...
- Case studies
- Budgeting the Key to Being Financially Stable
- Budgeting is key to being financially stable. A budget is a systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period. A single mother might groan at the thought of putting together a household budget with all her expenses, but its...
- White papers
- Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant Health
- The paper estimates the effect of illicit drug use during pregnancy on low birth weight. It uses data from a national longitudinal study of urban parents that includes post-partum interviews with mothers, hospital medical record data on the mother and newborn, extensive demographic information on both parents, and information about...
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Nonresident Father Involvement: Do Mothers and Fathers See Eye-to-Eye? An Investigation of the Impact of Reporting Discrepancies on Parameter Estimates
- This paper explores issues associated with the use of mothers' proxy reports of nonresident fathers' characteristics and behaviors in analysis of child well-being. The purpose of this paper is not to identify "the truthful parent." It is not to imply that mothers or fathers are not telling the truth about...
- White papers 2002-05-24
- An Investigation of the Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Patterns
- Research indicates that both mothers and children benefit from breastfeeding. However, a large fraction of mothers do not breastfeed or breastfeed for a shorter period than recommended, and some groups of mothers are more likely to breastfeed than others. This paper seeks to understand these breastfeeding patterns by investigating demographic...
- White papers 2004-12-16
- Mean Age of Mother, 1970-2000
- This paper presents trends in the mean age of mothers giving birth for the United States for the last three decades. Data are presented by live-birth order, race, His panic origin, and State of residence of the mother. The mean age of mother has increased steadily in the United States...
- White papers 2002-12-11
- Get Mom the Coolest, Trendiest Gift Ever: Power Tools a Hip Alternative to Candy and Flowers for Mother's Day
- The hottest Mother's Day gift this year is not roses, candy or even breakfast in bed. It's a cordless drill straight from the domain of tool-belted dads. Increasingly, women are at least as interested in tackling home improvement projects as they are in getting pampered or receiving yet another household...
- White papers
- Revised Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s and New Rates for Hispanic Populations, 2000 and 2001: United States
- This paper presents revised birth and fertility rates for 1991-99, as well as previously published revised rates for 2000-2001, based on populations consistent with the April 1, 2000, census. Rates are presented by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother; by age, race, Hispanic origin, and marital status of mother;...
- White papers 2003-08-04
- 5 Money Lessons My Mother and Grandmother Taught Me
- My mother, Susanne Glink, is an amazing woman. An artist who was widowed at 45 (and again in her early 50s), she built a hugely successful career as a top real estate agent working in Chicago's Gold Coast. It's not easy raising three teenage girls on your...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
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- Mother's Cookies Getting a Rebirth Under Kellogg
- Kellogg is hoping that it can leverage social media to bring a once-regional brand, Mother's Cookies, national.The plan, which attempts to transfer buzz among Mother's original fans from the West Coast and link the cookies in consumers' minds to "moments of joy," is devoid of traditional media like TV and...
- News items 2009-11-06
- This Mother's Day, Celebrate Mother Nature and All the Moms in Your Life
- World Wildlife Fund's Online Gift Center Makes It Easy To Thank Mom With A Gift That Protects Wild Animals and Preserves Wild Spaces WASHINGTON -- This Mother's Day (Sunday, May 11) you can show every one of the moms in your life how much you care with a gift...
- Research articles 2008-04-28
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