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Tra Milano e provincia sono 866 gli ultrasettantenni che lavorano ancora. Questa è la fotografia che fa degli anziani la Camera di commercio. Un piccolo esercito di professionisti che non conosce la parola «pensione».E ci sono altri dati significativi. Il primo, ad esempio, è che un nonno imprenditore su quattro è donna. Gli stranieri, poi, costituiscono il 3,8 per cento del totale. Il settore che vede la maggior presenza di over 70 è quello del commercio (con il 51,2 per cento). Secondo in classifica, invece, il settore delle attività manifatturiere, che si attesta al 18,5 per cento. Seguono quindi gli alberghi, i ristoranti, le costruzioni, i trasporti, le attività immobiliari, l’agricoltura, l’intermediazione finanziaria e infine l’istruzione.Dunque, anziani meno vecchi di quanto comunemente si crede. Secondo il Censis ben il 43 per cento degli «oversettanta» va ancora al cinema e a teatro, mentre il 31 per cento conti...
Originally from: http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=289703

12.9.08 15:35, comment

iPod a key tool for many athletes in pre-competition routine

JsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? BEIJING — It's 5 a.m. on the morning of the men's Olympic triathlon and Simon Whitfield is listening to "Tarantulove" by Canadian rocker Hawksley Workman on his iPod.Once the Victoria native arrives at the course, he turns on the eclectic sound of San Diego singer/songwriter Jason Mraz."I watched the guys warm up and it's hot out there," he said. "I just sat there with my cooling vest on listening to music and just chilled out. I think that really paid off."Indeed it did. Whitfield captured a silver medal in the men's triathlon earlier this week at the Beijing Games.Like many athletes here, Whitfield's iPod is a key part of his pre-race routine.Workman is one of his favourite artists."Hawksley's such a performer and it's sport," said Whitfield. "You perform, you express your fitness."Penny Werthner, the sports psychologist for the Canadian canoe/kayak team, says athletes use music for two reasons. The first is to pysch themse...
Originally from: http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ioJTpq9ZSP-tAOkByxKdxxE8u5og

12.9.08 15:35, comment

Gibson Accuses Palin of 'Hubris' and Seeing Iraq as 'a Holy War'

George W. DANGER WILL ROBINSON! 3="Did Obama crib from St. Charles Gibson's interview with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the first since her selection, not surprisingly focused mostly on pressing her to prove she's qualified for the job and quizzing her about foreign policy issues. Gibson began the World News excerpt, of the session recorded in Fairbanks, with what he termed “the central question,” namely: “Can you look the country in the eye and say 'I have the experience and I have the ability to be not just Vice President, but perhaps President of the United States of America?'” When she denied any hesitation about her abilities, Gibson asserted: “Doesn't that take some hubris?”After she cited her energy expertise, he countered: “National security is a whole lot more than energy.” He moved on to quizzing her about how, if the U.S. followed her advice to admit Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, “wouldn't we then have to go to war if Russia went i...
Originally from: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/09/11/gibson-accuses-palin-hubris-seeing-iraq-holy-war