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...mention the relative successes of Shai Agassi, of A Better Place, and Tom Casten, of Recycled Energy Development. What's been holding back other people with big ideas about energy efficiency? Breaking through in a big way with an idea revolving around alternative energy or efficiency is hard because, in most cases, these projects don't assume to be profitable for years. Agassi has found success because he was already a giant in the world of software. Coming up with $100 million for an electric car project would be a nearly impossible task for anybody without the clout of Agassi...
...days - like, until yesterday - movie studios judged the success of their big pictures by how much they grossed on the opening weekend. But in the age of Twitter, electronic word-of-mouth is immediate, as early moviegoers tweet their opinions on a film to millions of "followers." Instant-messaging can make or break a film within 24 hours. Friday is the new weekend...
What's the future? A strong economy, with a population that has all of its basic needs met. All of our institutions restored. Liberia can become a post-conflict success story, along the lines of Rwanda and Mozambique. That's our target. Ten years, and we should be where Rwanda is today. [It's part of a pattern] across the continent. Africa is growing equal to or better than all the other regions. Whereas we had military rule and dictatorships, today we have 18 or 19 functioning democracies. Look at how we have gone from [a stance of] non-interference...
...Critics have suggested that engagement stands little chance of success while Iran's leadership is in such disarray. But, in fact, for the first time it's quite clear exactly who is in charge in Iran: a relatively small number of hard-line politicians backed by Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei and the security services that support them. They are the very people who have the power to deliver on a deal, because they are the ones in control of Iran's controversial policies, especially the nuclear program, and Iran's ongoing support for the anti-Israel militant groups Hamas...
...SSRIs in the treatment of trichotillomania showed they are not effective in relieving the condition. (Indeed, there is an emerging debate about the limitations of SSRIs, which received enormous media exposure in the '90s and have become the go-to drug to treat not only depression but, with varying success, anxiety, nicotine addiction, body-image problems, bipolar disorder, psychosis and a host of other mental disorders.) While there's been less research on drugs that manipulate glutamate - perhaps because it can be modulated fairly easily with nonprescription amino acids like N-acetylcysteine - the new study suggests the neurotransmitter may play...