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Retire Smart, 7/28/10Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 12:31AMMark MillerTribune Media Services A new report by one of the nation’s most respected retirement research groups confirms the worst fears of pre-retirement Americans: Many of us are on track to run out of money before we run out of years to live.

After 35 years of guiding GCC, Stuart Steiner steps downSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 8:53AMStuart Steiner, Ed.D, longtime president of Genesee Community College, is retiring. Steiner, who has overseen much of the growth of the college, served for 35 years. He was the college's third president and began his career at the college in 1968 as Dean of Students. When Steiner first went to work for GCC, the college was located on West Main Street Road in what is now known as County Building ...

CPD post: Armstrong asks who is ‘fair dinkum’ on climate policyFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:58PMDuring the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, More Than Luck. This election is proving to be even more dispiriting than the last. [...]

'The Tea Party Jacobins': An ExchangeThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:09PMby David Jordan, Elliot Turiel, Staughton Lynd, reply by Mark Lilla To the Editors : I agree with so much that Mark Lilla says about American politics and the Tea Party phenomenon that it seems churlish to take issue with his evocation of the Jacobins for comparison [“The Tea Party Jacobins,” NYR , May 27]. Yet I think his analogy is misleading and inappropriate. The Jacobins in the French ...

Canadian Lawyer recognizes Willms & Shier as top 'boutique' environmental law firmThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:28AMTen years after Walkerton, what still needs to be done to protect Ontario's drinking water?

Executive BranchWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:28PM"To be clear, we are not putting forth this bill in place of a comprehensive [climate and energy] bill," Maj. Leader Reid said. "This is not the only energy legislation we will do; this is what we can do now."

Canadian Dollar Mixed Against MajorsWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:58AM(RTTNews) - The Canadian dollar showed mixed performance against its major rivals in early European trading on Wednesday. While the loonie edged higher against the euro, it held steady against the US dollar and the Japanese yen.

Jeff Schweitzer: Seed Corn, Discount Rate and Our Endangered FutureTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:43PMWe are telling future generations that we value our air, water and climate more today than we do the obligation to bequeath to them a sustainable world in the future.

Global economy still needs support: US TreasuryMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:23PMNations must not pull back too quickly on economic stimulus because the global recovery still needs support, a top US Treasury Department official said on Monday.