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...other major concern among mental-health specialists is that publicizing the behavior could exacerbate the problem. In a study of self-injury among adolescents conducted earlier this year, Nock found that 38% of teens who injured themselves learned of the practice from friends, while 13% first heard about it through the media. It's a bit of a catch-22, says Nock. "On the one hand, it's very helpful and useful for health professionals to communicate with each other and learn how to proceed when they see [these cases]," he says, "but we know that media coverage of self...
...spartan two-story building set amid rice fields in the Bangkok boondocks. "It feels like a rehab clinic," grumbles one of Reid's staff. On the desk in front of him is the squad roster, a pristine copy of a book called English-Thai: The Fun Way to Learn the Language and a three-page cheat sheet of footballing phrases in Thai. Reid studies it. "Poo rack sah bra too," he says hesitantly. Phu rak-saa bpra-dtuu (goalkeeper). "Goalie," he grins. "Brilliant. Got to have a go, haven...
...summer. "eBay used to own all the on and off ramps, and now it's just another highway," says Scot Wingo, chief executive of ChannelAdvisor, a consultancy that works with online retailers. "They have to figure out how to reorient the eBay brand to mean more than auctions and learn to become a leader again...
...spent hanging out in the Castle during his time at Harvard helped him to think critically about writing comedy. “Part of it is just making your friends laugh, but you’re hanging out with people thinking about comedy a lot so you sort of learn to make critical judgments about the quality of your comedy,” he says. Kenward believes that this ability to analyze comedy is what differentiates the professionals from people who are just funny.Kenward, who has been working on SNL since 2001, also credits the humor magazine with opening...
...flew by helicopter from Helmand to the enormous NATO base outside Kandahar to learn that three Canadian soldiers had been killed that morning in an ambush. I stood in a small, bare concrete plaza as the Canadian flag was raised, then lowered to half-staff. Next the Danish flag and finally the NATO flag were raised and left to rest at half-staff. A small group of soldiers from assorted countries stood at attention and saluted as the flags rose and fell. There were no American flags this day, but there soon will...