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...Mediterranean societies. Vegetarianism is first mentioned by the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras of Samos around 500 BCE. In addition to his theorem about right triangles, Pythagoras promoted benevolence among all species, including humans. Followers of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism also advocated vegetarianism, believing that humans should not inflict pain on other animals...
...torments of hell," Stark did what she does best: research. She spent months on the Internet reading about long-term marriages, what makes them work, what makes them turn sour and fall apart. She came up with a name for what she was going through, Wife Abandonment Syndrome - the pain and trauma of being left, after a lengthy and outwardly happy marriage. In November, Stark will launch a once-a-week online workshop and group-therapy session called Bouncing Back Better for women like her. Stark says, "I thought, if I'm suffering this much" - she, a therapist specializing...
Some national data on hospital performance exists already. But doctors say that certain aspects of care can't be assessed without input from the patient: treatment of pain, for instance. (About a third of HCAHPS surveyed patients said their pain was not always treated adequately.) Doctors also want to make sure that patient-doctor communication is up to par. Patients who fully understand care instructions when they leave the hospital, for example, are more likely to stay out of the emergency room down the line. In total, the HCAHPS survey asked 27 questions about patients' demographic characteristics and eight areas...
...Meanwhile, even as the city builds a new NASCAR Hall of Fame - part of the 3.2 million square feet of new office space under construction uptown - the locally clustered motorsports industry it celebrates is feeling the pain of shrinking sponsorship dollars in the current economy. With close to 18,000 workers in the Charlotte area, motorsports have become a significant employer in the region. But gas prices (despite the recent declines, at one point last week they were the highest in the country) and home economics are driving down attendance at the tracks . "It's a scary time right...
...exporters have seen their profits dwindle. A Chinese businessman asked Paulson after his speech whether the renminbi had appreciated sufficiently against the dollar. Paulson didn't answer directly, but in Beijing they know what the answer is: you bet it has. With Chinese growth slowing significantly and the economic pain spreading, "any further liberalization of the currency market is likely to be very gradual for the foreseeable future," Lardy says. "Beijing hasn?t jumped off the reform train" as a result of the crisis of 2008, says Lardy. "But the train has definitely slowed...