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...years in economically depressed areas of Detroit and Pittsburgh, Pa., Johnston came to Cairo in pursuit of dirt-cheap property and with an altruistic sense of purpose. "In all the cool places I've lived - Bloomington, Gainesville, Olympia - I felt like I could add to the community but not affect it. By taking the little bit I could afford to a place that had nothing, I felt like I could make a bigger difference." Johnston found an old Knights of Columbus building on Cairo's main drag and bought it in May for $24,000. Along with his girlfriend Adrienne...
Scientists have made lots of projections over the past few years about how warming temperatures and a changing climate will affect the planet. Real-world measurements have confirmed at least some of them: sea level is clearly rising, for instance, and the ice that covers the Arctic Ocean is shrinking and thinning - in the latter case, faster than anyone had expected just a few years...
...exact mechanisms by which antenatal depression may affect a child's future behavior are hazy, but researchers think they could have to do with the environment inside the womb and its long-lasting impact on the growing fetus - a process known as "fetal programming." Maternal influences such as alcohol or drug use, poor nutrition and stress are known to affect the level of hormones in the mother's body. It is thought that biochemical changes in the uterus have an impact on the baby's development, affecting its birth weight and even its future risk of disease, among other things...
...term affect their careers? I really believe that some of these actors could have gone on to even greater things professionally had the label not been stuck on them. Many of them were serious actors who had studied with important teachers and had received rave reviews. On the other hand, the label is such a big part now of their chapter in pop-culture history, so it's kind of hard to imagine them without...
...weeks. "It's giving time and space to those who want to fight to dig in," says Ali Jalali, who served as Afghanistan's first post-Taliban Interior Minister and now works with the Pentagon's National Defense University in Washington. "It could be very bloody, and that could affect public opinion in Europe...