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...time we got to our hotel there was no power to run the air-conditioning. We pressed on until we reached another lodge. This time there was power, but no cell-phone signal. A series of hiccups like this would have been par for the course in India a decade or so ago. But then came the outsourcing and high-tech booms and marketing campaigns like "Incredible India," and suddenly India's image had gone from pauper to looming global player...
This is moral relativism at its most dangerous; refusing to recognize the partnership that Israel has with the United States and its allies while making it a target for condemnation on par with terrorist states is not liberal open-mindedness, its just plain wrong. Israel’s humanitarian, technological, medical, and scientific contributions must also be mentioned in any balanced debate. Their consistent omission in the academic rhetoric is what makes it so easy for the public to see Israel’s wrongs in unduly high relief. Even worse, when activists like Matory are not too busy condemning...
...need absolute mind control," says Ju Hoon, head coach of SK Telecom. And like most other professional sports, pro gaming takes a physical and mental toll on players - crippling backaches, shoulder pain, headaches, tired eyes and sore wrists are par for the course, explains Hoon, a graduate in sports psychology. Gaming is also highly addictive. In 2005, a 28-year-old South Korean man collapsed and died after playing StarCraft, an online game, at an Internet Café for 50 consecutive hours, during which time he had hardly slept or eaten - authorities deemed his death the result of heart failure...
What it all adds up to is a revolutionary view of extreme headaches that treats them as serious, biologically based disorders on a par with epilepsy or Alzheimer's disease. "Before, patients got shipped around from doctor to doctor until eventually they wound up at a psychologist," says Dr. Joel Saper, director of the Michigan Head-Pain and Neurological Institute in Ann Arbor. Now their headaches are seen as the result of wayward circuits and molecules, not personality disorders...
...showcase his abilities. He then plans to return to Cambridge for reading period, exams, and graduation before joining the Colts for what he hopes will be a longer stay. Dawson will have to prove himself, however, as his hopes could be dashed if his performance is not up to par. If this does in fact turn out to be the case, the back could end up on the practice squad if he does not make the roster. The NFL rules stipulate that the League may allow some teams’ practice squads to hold more than the typical eight players...