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...Listen to a podcast of the complete discussion (1 hr. 15 min.): Listen Excerpts from the panel: The Internet | Steven Johnson: The rise of "professional amateurs" Listen Politics | Andres Martinez: We're not as polarized as we think Listen Politics | Steven Johnson: Exposure to diverse ideas does not breed tolerance Listen Immigration | Caitlin Flanagan: The efficacy of social programs in light of immigrants' success Listen New Communities | Mark Cuban: We're no longer objective; we're all "joiners" now Listen Education | Mark Cuban: Our new "open-book test" world Listen Education | Steven Johnson: It's time for new tests Listen...
...does your professional fighting league work? It's six-person teams--five men, one woman. Each person fights a 3-min. round--3 minutes of full-throttle fighting. My mind was on a male league, but we got lots of e-mails from women who said, We want to fight! These women are tough. I wouldn't want to take them...
...expand their audiences and capture new viewers without damaging their core business. After all, the average American from 18 to 49 years old still watches 41/2 hr. of television daily, says Morgan Stanley managing director Richard Bilotti, while the same demographic stays online each day for only 57 min. Larry Kramer, digital president for CBS--among the most active networks in the new-media space--finds it's "a real balancing act" to experiment aggressively without jeopardizing the Eye's stately brand. "A lot of this activity is meant to support the mother ship," he says...
...barely keep pace with the huge surge in demand that has been driving up prices to more than $60 per bbl.--which puts supply at the mercy of politically fickle energy producers like Russia and Iran. "We will have some shocks because supply is so tight," warned Zhu Min, executive assistant president of the Bank of China. He also expects a surge in volatility in financial markets this year and, like the other panelists, worries about how successfully the untested new chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, will deal with unforeseen problems...
...average of 59% lower on a depression scale. Those were small studies, just 39 patients total, but ACT has shown wide applicability. In a 2002 study, Hayes and a student looked at 70 hospitalized psychotics receiving the standard medication and counseling. Half were randomly assigned to four 45-min. ACT sessions; the other half formed the control. Four months later, the ACT patients had to be rehospitalized 50% less often. They actually admitted to more hallucinations than those in standard care, but ACT had reduced the believability of their hallucinations, which were now viewed more dispassionately. Hayes likes...