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...there add up, then Finland's Enfucell has a battery that will help people make a difference by cutting down on all the metal, lithium and alkaline that leaks from conventional cells. "Our battery doesn't have to go to the battery-recycle bin. It's disposable as household waste," says Jaako Happonen, 50, Enfucell's chief executive. [an error occurred while processing this directive...
Discipline is another minefield where fairness issues regularly explode. The children often encounter three or four different sets of rules: those of their biological parent and their stepparent in each household. Experts advise that, with rare exceptions, biological parents should discipline their children, even if there are different rules within the same household. Explaining these differences to the child is key, says Linda Gordon, a Chevy Chase, Md., family therapist specializing in children of divorce. When husband and wife discipline their children differently, she suggests that a parent explain, "Stepdad and I have different values, but I still think...
...ease with which trainers and whales appear to interact often leads people to believe orcas can be as tame as household pets. They remain wild animals and, says Scarpuzzi, each trainer has to make a decision for every show whether he or she can get into the water with a specific whale and whether the animal is ready psychologically and physically for a safe performance. Trainers depend on their long and close relationship with each animal to read their moods. Kasatka is likely to undergo a lengthy period of evaluation, with trainers working backward with records from weeks and months...
Want to release your inner designer? See yourself as a budding Tom Dixon or Philippe Starck? Then you'll love the household accessories on this page, each meant to be customized by its owner. If you can't resist the[an error occurred while processing this directive] urge to twiddle and tweak - but aren't into building things from scratch - there's a DIY designer goody...
Since Thanksgiving is the day we count our blessings instead of our carbs, it is a ripe moment to talk about hunger. Or perhaps, to talk about how we talk about hunger. When the government released its annual survey on Household Food Security in the United States last week, as it has every year since 1995, there was for the first time a word missing - a very important word. The report stated that about 35 million Americans sometimes don't always know where their next meal will come from, and a third of those sometimes experience "very low food security...