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...Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged world leaders to confront the looming water-shortage crisis [Feb. 11]. He should instead urge them to grapple with the underlying cause: overpopulation. While it is admittedly a very sensitive topic for social, religious and personal reasons, it is worth debating. Overpopulation is the root cause of poverty, war and almost every other problem. In a few short years, 9 billion people will inhabit this shrinking earth. If leaders continue to bury their heads in the sand at the mere mention of the subject, the resulting problems and suffering will affect many generations...
...moving story. I challenge anyone not to cry at the end of ‘E.T.’ I don’t think you’ve got a heart and soul if you don’t. Grieveson is currently writing a book that has a topic similar to that of “Law, Order, and Cinema,” one of the two courses he’s teaching at the College. LG: The book seeks to think about the way in which cinema has been used by various bodies which seek to influence...
...first positive psychology class at Harvard and I was his TF in 2002. When I graduated, he suggested that I take over the class, which I did.10.FM: Did any of your experiences at Harvard inspire you to pursue positive psychology?TBS: Very much so. I started thinking about this topic when I was an undergrad, Class of 1996. When I was a sophomore, I was a computer science concentrator and I found myself doing well academically. [...] I was doing well in athletics (I played varsity squash), and I was doing well socially and everything seemed to be going well?...
...sense it’s sort of a good stopping point,” she said after the event. “If I were a professor, I’d be searching for a new book topic. But instead, I have a new role...
...sent to Iraq or Afghanistan for 15-months tours, with only 12 months of "dwell time" at home between deployments (the Army's traditional deployment ratio has been one year deployed, two years at home). Families have been complaining about the 15-month tours, and it's a key topic of conversation whenever Army leaders meet with soldiers and their spouses...