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...There are ways to improve children's self-control when it comes to food, such as mindfulness techniques that train kids to stop and think about whether they are hungry before instinctively reaching for snacks. If impulse control is too difficult for kids, say experts, parents can remove temptations by limiting access to favorite treats and restricting eating to preset snack and meal times...
...rhetoric from the North, and a few symbolic acts, like cutting off an inter-Korean military hotline that had been set up. The Japanese, for their part, have been in a rage ever since Kim conceded that North Korea had abducted several of their citizens in the 1970s to train as spies. While there is some relief in Japan that yesterday's rocket flight didn't drop dangerous debris onto the country, there is also disgust at the rocket's blatantly provocative flight path: right over Japan. (See pictures of the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang...
...built in Washington Park, which is tucked between a middle-income neighborhood of rowhouses and a rather bleak stretch of Chicago's South Side. Officials here also will play up Chicago's extensive public transportation network, although there is reason to be skeptical about whether its train system - which is aging, prone to delays and frequently dirty - can be significantly improved in time for the Games. And being the adopted home of the leader of the free world doesn't hurt either: President Obama has long expressed support for Chicago's bid and appeared in a video promoting it shortly...
...stop working, he said—wants to work at a gourmet food or liquor store.“I’m not going to be a bag lady yet,” Baiter said. “I absolutely am not going to bleed until the train hits me.”All the staff workers have been approaching the decision-making process of the past month and a half in light of their respective financial statuses, legal dependents, and work situations—and the sums of these factors are leading to different decisions.Otto F. Coontz?...
...From Emerald Hill, one can take a bus, underground train or taxi for the short trip to the Bras Basah area. There, inside the premises of an old school, is a new Peranakan Museum, www.peranakanmuseum.sg, located within walking distance of the Singapore River and the pubs and restaurants of Boat Quay. The museum itself - painted in the sun-splashed pastels that have seeped into Peranakan fabrics, craftwork and confectionery - is an airy delight, and its vivid recreations of Peranakan household life a pleasure to explore...