Word: reals
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...Certainly, cyberspace provides an anonymity and freedom that is safe and exciting in a way that the real world can never be, letting us escape from our problems and live out the life we want. We choose our own reality online to replace real life. Is someone bothering you? In Second Life, you can mute them with the click of a button...
...research has revealed a strong correlation between excessive Internet use and mental disorders. Some neuroscientists, for instance, have suggested a possible link between the increase in online relationships and the rise in autism. Since online chatting does not require the sensitivity to tone and body language like a real conversation does, excessive reliance on online communication might cause our face-to-face communication skills to deteriorate. This leads to further social isolation as we retreat back into our online relationships...
...Daniel Baumgartner that waterboarding detainees was illegal. In October 2002, Lieut. Colonel Morgan Banks, an Army SERE psychologist, warned officials at Gitmo of the risks of using SERE techniques for interrogation, pointing out that even with the Army's careful monitoring, injuries and accidents did happen. "The risk with real detainees is increased exponentially," he wrote...
...positions above the village level are indirectly elected in polls over which the ruling Communist Party maintains strict control. Although the village elections are still dismissed by some critics as an attempt by the Party to be able to show direct democracy in action in China without conceding any real power, they have received the growing endorsement of one key electorate: the villagers themselves. "When we first started out only a few people would show up to vote," says Can Rongxi, the local Communist Party Secretary helping supervise the polls. "But gradually more and more people came as people realized...
...military to respond in kind. Prior to the festivities in Qingdao this week, Admiral Gary Roughead, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, visited his counterpart in Beijing, Vice Admiral Wu. There, the two talked up the two nation's cooperation in combating Somali pirates, but that wasn't the real point of the meeting. For years, the Pentagon has been frustrated by China's secrecy over its military budgeting and its intentions. The U.S. brass simply doesn't believe Beijing when it says its defense spending in 2008 was only $60 billion. It's double or three times that, Pentagon...