In the Western world, 66 institutions have enjoyed a continuously visible identity since 1530. Among those 66 are the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church and the Parliaments of Iceland and the Isle of Man. What makes these 66 so interesting ... is that the remaining 62 are all universities!
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The Isle of Man Parliament, Tynwald, has been running for 1019 years :)
A picture of the original location of the Icelandic Parliament (taken before I knew photography) -
http://tinyurl.com/2ze7xz
I was just wondering what you think about this
Researchers puzzled by rise in midlife suicide rate in U.S.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/19/america/19suicide.php
(Have no subscription so haven't read the NYT article. Neither could I find a source for the survey, so don't know how reliable the data.)
Dear Bee,
I only saw the headline and did not pay attention to the article till you posted.
The source of the data is the Federal Govt's Center For Disease Control, should be good.
But take a look, e.g., at table 46 here
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf#listtables
I'm unable to find the 5-year survey mentioned in the news-article on the CDC website. I think the search function does not span all of the stuff listed in the left hand navigation, and one has to search each one separately. At least, so I remember from trying to find out something else a while ago.
Best,
-Arun
Thanks, I found it yesterday after some back and forth:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5649a1.htm
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