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...anxiety, among other things. Cash's private practice is located in Redmond, Wash., the home of Microsoft - not an entirely surprising hub of compulsive Internet and video-game use, she says. Indeed, the Seattle-Tacoma area is the nation's 13th largest media market, and has the highest level of Internet use in the country; according to a recent study, more than 45% of adults in the area regularly play video games. "There's nothing wrong with this technology," says Cash, who is careful to note that it's not the medium that is to blame, but rather, the lack...
...summit ended a whirlwind week for climate news that began on Sept. 22 with a high-level U.N. summit on warming. Before "Climate Week" began, the U.S. Senate made intimations that it would not likely vote on a carbon cap-and-trade bill before the year was up, dimming the chances for a global deal at Copenhagen. But, then, China pledged to improve energy efficiency, while progress was made toward crafting a way to use global carbon markets to slow tropical deforestation. That gave environmentalists some hope. "Overall, I still feel better than I did a week ago," said Carstensen...
...anything other than peace for this [postwar] period, it would already have been worthwhile," he said. But the E.U. could do more to improve its decision-making structure, he added: "Europe needs to be better. It should focus more on issues that have to be discussed at a European level and should hold back from questions that countries can decide." (Read: "Guido Westerwelle, Germany's Mittelman...
...addition to research on the ground level, a collaboration between HSPH, the Harvard Kennedy School, the CDC, and the U.S. government, is working on ways to train leaders in crisis management and leadership responsibilities—from dealing with terrorist attacks to natural disasters...
...fact, and issue can be resolved through cooperation provided it is a form of collaboration based on honesty, sincerity, and on the observance of the principle of justice among nations. We have said that for our reactor in Tehran for example, we do require fuel in which to the level of 20 percent. This can be a good start for a cooperation area. We even went farther to suggest that our nuclear experts can work together. I mean these are very good, solid proposals to talk...