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Carnell, who has also looked at the eating behaviors of children whose food choices are restricted, says the key is the way in which you seek to limit a child's food intake. "If you have a house full of goodies and say, 'Johnny, you can't have this,' then that could be damaging," she says. "But if the way you restrict your child is just to provide a healthy home environment where you allow them a little bit of choice--apples or grapes for dessert, for instance--then you're giving children a chance to decide for themselves while...
...Senate floor - died last Friday after a nasty, brutish and short debate, most environmental groups found reason to be cheerful. "We have taken comprehensive global warming legislation farther than it has ever gone before," National Resources Defense Council president Frances Beinecke wrote on her blog. "A national limit on global warming pollution is inevitable...
...about the nation's need for investment in education, infrastructure and clean energy. For now, he and his advisers are reciting the details of his three big short-term priorities: a new $50 billion stimulus program, much of it routed into extending unemployment insurance beyond the current 26-week limit and helping struggling state governments; a more aggressive foreclosure-prevention effort, with $10 billion in funding; and a tax cut for Americans making less than $150,000 a year - to be financed with tax increases on those making more than $150,000 a year...
...came to a standstill over the past couple decades. It's now poised to make a dramatic comeback. At least, that's what many politicians and the media say. As the Senate this week debated the Warner-Lieberman carbon cap-and-trade bill, which would put a federal limit on greenhouse gas emissions, many doubtful senators said they wouldn't vote for the measure unless massive subsidies for nuclear were included. (The bill was shelved.) Even some veteran greens who were once dead set against atomic power, like Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, now see nukes as the only...
...Perhaps more importantly, the report was constructed with considerable student input, marking it a welcome departure from the heavy-handed decision-making of the Party Fund debacle. The report’s vision, however, was neither perfect nor complete. We disagree with certain stipulations, such as the somewhat arbitrary limit of two events per weekend, and feel that the College must do more to facilitate social life. (Lengthened Pub hours and a mechanism to incentivize individuals to host parties seem like good places to start.)These changes are just a few of the many small, constructive actions the administration could...