Word: screens
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...doing less and less with them. The transformation of American homes into high-def, Web-enabled, TiVo-equipped entertainment centers means that children who come home after a largely sedentary day at a school desk spend an average of three more sedentary hours in front of some kind of screen. Schools have contributed, with shrinking budgets causing more and more of them to slash physical-education programs. In 1991, only 42% of high school students participated in daily phys ed - already a troublingly low figure. Today that number is 25% or less. (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...
...provides military assistance, training and intelligence assistance to Philippine forces. Coultrup's 500 men, who include Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs, are spread throughout the Philippines. Inside a nondescript, windowless building at the task force's Jolo Island base, a half-dozen soldiers are studying laptops. A large screen on the wall shows the video feed from an unmanned drone cruising over potential Abu Sayyaf hideouts in the jungle. The U.S. troops give vital advice about operations but are barred from taking part in combat missions and must stay well beyond small-arms range in any firefight. Says...
...company plots routes using satellite navigation technology, and offers packages that include meals and hotel accommodation as well as car rental. Motoring through the countryside using a GPS screen contrasts beautifully with the car's rudimentary charms - among them rocking suspension and a top speed of around 50 m.p.h (80 km/h). But then again, who needs to travel fast when there's the Pas-de-Calais to be savored, with its medieval towns and lovely meadows...
...Geneva, the venue for Saturday's match between Turkey and Portugal, made a first-rate effort to let its hair down, but the city's stadium, home to second-division Servette, doesn't hold even 30,000 spectators. There was the usual big-screen Fan Zone set up in the Plain Palais that drew throngs of Geneva's Portuguese and Turkish populations to watch the Switzerland-Czech Republic game followed by Portugal-Turkey. But Geneva is a serious city filled with diplomats, private bankers and watchmakers. Geneva on a Sunday is still deader than road kill...
...centuries the Roma community eked out a living as fiddlers, fortune tellers and dancers for the Ottoman court, and later for Turks from all walks of life - a tradition captured on-screen in the James Bond movie From Russia With Love. Their fortunes took a downturn in the 1990s, when their "entertainment houses" - private homes in which gypsy families would cook, strum and dance for wealthy Istanbulites - were shut down on allegations of gambling and prostitution...