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...that “in their heart of hearts” Pakistanis knew Kasab belonged to them. And despite government officials’ heated debate over whether to issue an ultimatum to Pakistan, many journalists raised the war whoop when Pakistan responded by redeploying troops to the Indian border.This behavior has not gone uncriticized. In Mumbai’s Daily News and Analysis newspaper, Media Development Foundation chairman Sashi Kumar chastised television journalists, asking: “Did they really have to cry themselves hoarse about the enemy at the gate? They were all sabre-rattling in the direction...
Some Iraqi government officials tie the behavior of Iraqi troops to corruption, incompetence and party loyalties that continue to permeate the ranks. In some areas, tensions and mistrust, though once far stronger, still linger between the Iraqi army and the police. One of the Iraqi army commanders Vermeesch visited recently had been involved in a shoot-out with police forces just 10 months before. Some army commanders are not shy about complaining about the police. "I am very sure that the Iraqi Army is equipped and ready to handle the situation after Jan. 1," said another commander, Col. Abbas...
Marlatt is currently conducting studies of the latest version of his behavior-modification techniques - which he collectively calls "mindfulness-based relapse prevention" - in comparison with typical addiction treatment. His research, on alcohol and other drug abuse, isn't completed yet, but he says, "We're getting very positive results...
...found that five years later, pledgers and non-pledgers don't differ at all in their sexual behavior. That includes oral and anal sex, which previous studies had speculated might be used as substitutes for vaginal intercourse. In this data, that seems not to be upheld. They don't differ in their age of sexual initiation; both groups initiated around 21 years old. That shows that this is quite a conservative group, because that's four years later than the American average. And they don't differ in number of lifetime partners. Each group had about three partners...
Cohen suggests that a better understanding of novelty-seeking behavior may even help researchers find more effective treatments for addiction. If future studies validate Zald's findings and show that addicts also have fewer dopamine-inhibiting receptors than average, then medicines designed to replace the function of those receptors may help bring their dopamine levels down to normal and weaken their addiction...