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NewJerseyTelegraph.com Friday 30th July 2010 Issue 2010/0730
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"Those who commit war crimes must face justice. We must not allow difference to be a license to kill, and vulnerability an excuse to dominate. "
George W Bush
The former president was speaking at the White House, August 3 2001.

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Point Pleasant woman thrives as tattoo artist
United Water issues boil water advisory in eastern Manchester
AC Electric gets the job done
Be a blood donor, get motorsports park tickets
Bridgeton CrabFest tickets are on sale

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Atlantic City Kicks Off 2nd Annual Food And Wine Festival
Reality TV docks at Jersey shore, gives rise to new stars
Atlantic City turns legislative "furlough" day into paid day off
New Jersey's beach water ranks 14th in national study
Officers canvass neighborhood for clues about Atlantic City shootings

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US rejects claims of falsified climate science
British minister supports UK border agency's tight security norms
Maths solves sperm movement mystery
Judge: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat
Trapped water puts Alps valley in jeopardy

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Despite cutbacks, some schools keep summer programs intact
That was the scene at the township middle school recently while the students assisted in assembling two birdhouses, part of a week-long wood and paper science unit. The district's summer enrichment...

Sunday's field at Haskell race at Monmouth Park could set record
Lookin at Lucky drew the traditionally unwanted No. 1 post position for the $1 million race at Monmouth Park on Sunday. It's the same post the colt had in the Kentucky Derby, when he nearly was...
Long Branch school official dies
— School board officials and others will say farewell Friday morning to longtime Board of Education member Joseph E. Sirianni Sr., who served nearly two decades on the board, rarely missing an...
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Frenchwoman charged over eight baby deathsFrenchwoman charged over eight baby deaths
Police in France say a woman has admitted to suffocating eight newborn...

Hijack situation resolved by Russian special branchHijack situation resolved by Russian special branch
Russia's special forces have managed to prevent a hijacker from taking complete control of a plane carrying 105...
FBI asked to probe Wikileaks documentsFBI asked to probe Wikileaks documents
The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military...
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Toyota forced to recall high-end vehiclesToyota forced to recall high-end vehicles
Toyota Motors has told US owners of their high-priced passenger cars and SUVs that they could be in for a...

Chinalco and Rio Tinto in joint ventureChinalco and Rio Tinto in joint venture
The giant Anglo-Australian miner, Rio Tinto, has agreed to a joint venture with Chinese firm,...
Furlough system comes into play at American AirlinesFurlough system comes into play at American Airlines
American Airlines has decided to cut the jobs of 920 flight...
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Scientists from the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging (NJISA) at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine have unveiled new findings that clarify what it means to age successfully.

Their study also points to modifiable factors that could help more people remain healthy as they age.

The researchers found that people are more likely to age successfully if they are educated, have never been incarcerated, are married, consume only moderate amounts of alcohol and either work for pay or do volunteer work.

"What you do before age 50 really will generally have the bigger impact on how well you age. Our research shows how aging is a lifelong process. The person you become at a very old age is really a function of how you lived your earlier years," said lead author Rachel Pruchno, who is also the director of research at NJISA.

The researchers examined how factors early in life, as well as current behaviours, distinguished four groups of older individuals: those who age successfully according to objective criteria; those who age successfully according to subjective criteria; those who are successful according to both measures; and those who age successfully according to neither set of criteria.

Pruchno said: "Education and incarceration were particularly strong factors. The fact that we currently have a large number of people in prison serving relatively short sentences could herald a significant public health problem in the future. Interestingly, although marriage also coincided with successful aging, being childless did not appear to have a negative impact."

The findings, based on telephone surveys of more than 5,600 New Jersey residents between the ages of 50 and 74, appear in an advance article in The Gerontologist. (ANI)


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