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...student health center for illnesses during the next four years than their similarly pessimistic peers who weren't tutored in positive thinking. And a larger study of more than 3,000 middle-school students who are being taught resilience techniques is under way in England. "It's the largest-scale validation that optimism can be taught," says Seligman, who developed the techniques used in the study...
...Another catastrophic spill or accident notwithstanding, even the work of setting up offshore oil drilling could impact the marine environment. The oil industry uses seismic blasts as part of initial exploration, and environmentalists fear that sound waves could harm nearby fish. But if there were an accident on the scale of the Valdez in Bristol Bay, where more than 40% of all wild seafood consumed in America is caught, the result would be not just an environmental disaster, but also an economic one. The Bristol fisheries bring in over $2 billion to the Alaskan economy annually - losing the bay even...
...Katherine Potter, a spokeswoman for Ausra, the company proposing the solar thermal plant, insists that large-scale solar is needed, and soon. "There is certainly a good place for distributed generation, but to ensure the reliability of the grid, you do need large-scale power generation," she says, explaining that solar thermal is the most efficient renewable energy source available in terms of the amount of land used...
...Apple. At the budget end of the scale, New York City's Apple Core Hotels is holding a lottery to offer 10 rooms at a special rate of $4.15, instead of the usual $125 rack rate. To enter the "Tax Time" lottery - which includes a room with complimentary breakfast, free Wi-Fi, gym and business center access, as well as in-room video games and movies on-demand - call the Apple Core Reservations Department by March 29 (you can't enter online). The drawing will be held March 30. Good for stays April 1 to 15. Participating hotels include...
...Organization on the borders of our country continue," said Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, addressing his country's Defense Ministry board. "All this requires a qualitative modernization of our Armed Forces to give them a new, forward-looking perspective." He said this as he announced military reforms and a large-scale rearmament program that will commence...