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...depression, which is itself a predictor of health. And in another study he conducted that was just accepted for publication, he found that people who believe their lives have meaning live longer than people who don't. "That's one of the purported reasons for religion," Krause says. "The sign on the door says, 'Come in here and you'll find meaning...
...syntax, than parents of lesser means. And these differences may help explain why richer kids start school with richer vocabularies. But what goes on before children can talk, during that phase - familiar to any parent - when communication takes the form of pointing, waving, grabbing and other kinds of baby sign language? Do well-off parents also gesture more to their kids...
...stars, and then—in only five more steps—get to the ubiquitous actor Kevin Bacon. In 2007, two Vanderbilt professors set out to find Bacon’s legal scholar analogue: someone famous who collaborates often in a variety of genres and who gives no sign of slowing down anytime soon. The man they selected is today’s most frequently cited legal scholar in America, the author of over 500 works including more than 15 books, a constitutional law expert whose interests range from how public policy can improve one’s life...
That stirred up some of the old feelings. The group's co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor says it was not allowed to purchase a billboard in the city limits of Dayton after the head of the local advertising company found out what would be on the sign. "Once we sent one advertising group our artwork for the sign, [the firm] cut off all communications with us," Gaylor says, adding that a company representative told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that he was a Christian and would not take money for any sign that supported Darwin or his birthday...
...Twitter and other social sites such as Facebook, Qik, YouTube and Flickr, a growing number of Representatives are tapping into domains that many previously reserved for their grandchildren. "The word Facebook is becoming like a drinking game in our conference," says one senior GOP aide. "We encourage members to sign up, but also encourage them to allow their staff to help them navigate it. We want them to be careful before members begin writing on their constituents' walls." (See the 50 best websites...