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...that puts these people at greater risk for dementia and Alzheimer's down the line. Either way, says Hakansson, the results suggest that "if you are looking for interventions to prevent Alzheimer's, one way may be to identify people who have been divorced or widowed, and who haven't adapted or gotten back into the social circle, and give them support with the aim of giving them new structure and social networks in their lives...
...Winners and Losers Many in Macau have benefited from the flood tide of investment and tourism dollars, of course. But the gains haven't been spread evenly and some worry that Macau - which once had a manufacturing sector to balance tourism as a source of jobs - has become a one-trick economy that is dangerously reliant on the gaming industry. Gambling taxes now account for three-quarters of the government's revenues. The industry has grown so rapidly, it is even stunting the development of other sectors by vacuuming up the best talent. Says Lawrence Ho, CEO of Melco Crown...
...this year compared with a few years ago. There's an abundance of employment opportunities in the gaming industry but Ng lacks the skills to take advantage of them. "I can see all of the changes in Macau, and they are big," he says. "But I haven't kept up with the change. It makes me feel inadequate. It makes me feel ashamed...
...thus far, Indian politicians haven't offered much beyond pro forma calls for calm. India is a proudly secular state, and acknowledging the friction between Hindus and Muslims could offend the millions of Muslims who have nothing to do with extremist groups, domestic or otherwise. "Our politicians are still in denial mode," says Raman, the counterterrorism expert. "To be able to solve this problem, they have to understand its real nature." The rift between India's Hindus and Muslims is real. Until India acknowledges that fact, the country can't begin to mend...
...being produced in part for political effect in an election year. "It's kind of premature to say that there's less homeless people now because of all the great things that HUD and the Bush Administration are doing," he says. "Our grass-roots networks around the country haven't seen this kind of difference...