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...results come as no surprise to proponents of increased time away from employment, such as John de Graaf, national coordinator and founder of Take Back Your Time, an initiative to combat overwork and over-scheduling. “I am not surprised because it is clear that these kinds of things, periodic breaks, are useful to people’s health and are beneficial to productivity in the long run,” de Graaf said. He also said that the results of this study may apply to students, too. “Students at Harvard are preparing for careers...
...part, the U.S. does face an important challenge as well. The substance of Obama’s speech was positive and indicated that he recognizes the importance of climate-change efforts, though he could not provide much substance. While the Waxman-Markey bill would make the U.S. the clear leader in climate-change reform, the bill remains stalled in the Senate after passing through the House. While we do not agree with the Los Angeles Times that this situation renders Obama’s words meaningless and the U.S. position “woefully weak...
...also echoed a personal friction between Ortega and Arias that dates back to the 1980s, during their first presidencies, when Arias helped broker peace settlements to end Central American civil wars like the one Ortega and his Sandinista Revolution were fighting against U.S.-backed contra rebels. Ortega made it clear soon after the Honduran coup that he felt it was the role of ALBA, not of the more conservative Arias, to broker a deal there. Ortega was also apparently miffed that the Honduran military decided to banish Zelaya to Costa Rica and immediately invited him to Nicaragua, where the Sandinista...
...Organization of American States (OAS), which this summer expelled Honduras in response to the coup, reiterated its support for Arias' efforts. But it's clear that Chávez and the Latin leftist bloc known as ALBA (the Spanish initialism for the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, named after South American independence hero Simón Bolívar) have grown impatient with the U.S.- and OAS-led negotiation process. After Zelaya's ouster, ALBA crafted its own proclamation calling for his unconditional return and encouraging Hondurans to revolt against Micheletti. The Nicaraguan ambassador to the OAS, Denis Moncada, went...
Abbas appeared to win Obama's backing in the U.N. speech, which made clear that the President has not accepted Netanyahu's position on the precursor issue of a settlement freeze even if he's decided to move on to the final-status negotiations. "America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements," the President insisted on Wednesday. That could be read as a response to the damage Obama's credibility has suffered in the Arab world as a result of being forced by Netanyahu to retreat on the settlement issue, which had been widely viewed as a test...