Sharleen McLennon, who also had been homeless and found support with Quarriers, said she had "no idea just how difficult it would be" to live alone and she could not cope with her own house as she did not have the skills required.

BBC: Equal Opportunities Committee

The experience reminded me that our aging parents, particularly those who live alone, can be very touch-starved.

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"If wolves can be largely left alone, and tolerated to live in areas where they can find sufficient territory and prey to reach recovery targets, wolf recovery appears to be within our grasp, ahead of schedule and under budget, " according to Predator Project's report.

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SAP's tool, called Gravity, lets users design business processes in Wave, while Novell's Pulse, a stand-alone product that will be released in 2010, will add security features, an improved chat function and live editing of Microsoft Office documents.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

And a philosopher telling us that philosophy must be at the heart of how we make decisions about how we live, well, I find that about as convincing as a billionaire telling us that money alone should be.

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