These sacred mountains, part of Andohahela National Park, are the scene of a pitched battle to save Madagascar’s rain forests. Years of population growth and rice cultivation have destroyed 87 percent of the rain forests on this island, the world’s fourth largest, off the southeast coast of Africa. Environmentalists stepped in 40 years ago and made Madagascar a cause celebre, but 150,000 hectares of forest are still disappearing each year....
Review Rather than taking a diagnostic approach (i.e., describing and prescribing exercise for conditions such as herniated disc or spondylolisthesis) the author is concerned with overall physical functioning. Johnson supports this approach with research findings demonstrating that for approximately 85% of low back pain cases, there is no diagnosis. (These would be cases of non-specific low back pain.) Johnson’s writing style is friendly, and his explanations of complex anatomical and scientific facts are easy to understand....
Or does it? Listen to the voices of the coming backlash, the New Reactionaries. You’re making them feel guilty. You’re blaming the victim. Who are you to judge someone else’s choices? As the welfare debate heats up, a certain segment of liberal thinking, still kicking, will try to turn back the clock and win just one more for the old moral relativism. Their targets will be not just Gingrich Republicans but also Clinton Democrats, who long before the recent election offered a series of value judgments about out-of-wedlock birth....
As the two events took place in parallel, rumors and stories circulated. First, it was rumored that Netanyahu announced planned to return the mandate to form a government he received from President Reuven “Ruvi” Rivlin last week, that very night. Second, reports circulated that Netanyahu was calling for a new party primary to prove he is the undisputed leader of the Likud. But the moment Gideon Saar tweeted he was ready (to challenge Netanyahu), Netanyahu seemed to have dropped the idea of a new primary....
According to a report from Windows Central, the new Xbox will be titled Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. Supposedly, the pre-orders for this new edition of the Xbox will be starting sometime in April 2019. There is no release date though. These are all subject to change of course since there has been no official announcement from Microsoft yet. There have been rumours spreading about a disc-less Xbox One and this version of the Xbox might just be it (at least that’s what the name also suggests)....
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga shook up the entire LEGO formula and serves as the biggest innovation the series has seen in years. Traveller’s Tales utilized an entirely new engine for the LEGO games, the fighting mechanics were made more in-depth, the hub world was expanded to include multiple large scale explorable planets, the camera was changed to a third-person viewpoint, and the character roster was expanded to over 380 different playable characters....
A growing cadre of Japan analysts predict upheaval in the world’s second largest bond market. Investors, who saw no limit for Japanese stocks in the late 1980s, now seem to see no limit for bonds. Since the 1989 stock- market crash, money has moved from stocks into the perceived haven of Japanese Government Bonds in amounts so excessive, it now puts the entire public-sector financial system at “high risk,” warns PHP Research Institute, a Tokyo think tank....
“It’s a unique rule, I’ll say that,” Nagy told reporters Monday. “I’m sure they’ll look at it. I don’t think it happens very often, so now that it happened, maybe they’ll check it out. … They’ll get it right.” Even if the sequence leads to change, however, it’s unlikely to result in a perfectly fair system. MORE: Ranking the NFL’s best rivalries The complexities caused by the 2015 change that moved extra point attempts back to the 15-yard line but kept 2-point conversions at the 2-yard line led to trade-offs being made in the rulebook, and Dean Blandino, who was the NFL’s vice president of officiating at the time, doesn’t believe Denver and Chicago accidentally finding a loophole will fundamentally change the thought processes that went into those decisions....
Even though 2020 was rocked with the coming of the new generation consoles with the PS5 and Xbox Series X, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any new consoles for the next seven or so years. There are plenty of third-party companies that want to either jump into the console scene, or return to it after a long slumber. RELATED: 8 Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2021 (That Are Already Out In Japan)...
Nor has Alejandro, a student at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, who downloads music while he sleeps. “Napster’s the best thing ever created,” he says. “I don’t have to spend any money.” Daniel, a Stanford comp-sci major, agrees: “I think almost all college students use it right now.” The ethics issues of Napster don’t bug him. “The main thing,” he says, “is convenience.” Steve Bass does feel guilty about using the software....
More than a year after taking office, Schroder is all over the political map–left, right and center. He’s everywhere. Which also means he’s nowhere. “This is a problem,” concedes one aide, with a resigned shrug. “He’s opportunistic and he has no firm convictions.” What Schroder does have is remarkable skills as a short-term tactician. And, often, incredible luck. Until recently, it looked like he would face hostile, resentful delegates at this week’s convention of his Social Democratic Party in Berlin....
These themes are popular in academia and literature and are part of what makes Persona such a fascinating series, tying ideas about the human soul and how it creates meaning and identity to a fantastical setting and compelling characters. Such themes are big for a game about a group of teens to tackle, but Persona does a good job of it through its exploration of cognitive palaces. RELATED: Why Persona 6 Could Leave Japan...
First, they needed a biologist. They found him in Gregory Pincus, head of the Worcester (Mass.) Foundation for Experimental Biology. Pincus was renowned for his breakthrough work fertilizing rabbit eggs in a test tube and he was a man who reveled in meeting a challenge. McCormick gave Pincus a $40,000 check. (She would be the pill’s chief benefactor, contributing almost $2 million to the research.) Two strokes of good fortune followed quickly....
After sitting out three months at the end of last year due to a serious knee injury, Koepka lost the No. 1 spot in the world rankings to McIlroy. The four-time major winner could regain top spot with a win at TPC Sawgrass, provided McIlroy finishes 45th or lower. That appears unlikely as in his three starts this year Koepka has finished tied for 43rd at the Genesis Invitational, missed the cut at the Honda Classic and finished tied for 47th last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational....
Others call it another Internet bubble. Analysts warn that the Chinese portals are wildly overvalued, and that even some of their top executives are selling off lots of shares. The three portals all earned less than $10 million in the last quarter, and yet the market value for Sina and Netease is well over $1.5 billion; for Sohu it’s more than $1 billion. “The valuation we’re seeing is mad,” says Morgan Stanley economist Andy Xie, who expects a crash....
The Virginia Democratic Exit Polls: Barring any big surprises–namely, a Hillary upset or very close second–tonight’s statistics will be tomorrow’s story. And I’ve got a hunch that most of the media attention will focus on Virginia, an increasingly purple state that Dems hope to pick up next November. There are two demographics to flag: a) the commonwealth’s white voters and b) today’s Republican/Independent crossover participants. Because Obama typically wins more than 80 percent of the black vote, the media has an irritating (if understandable) tendency to credit his victories in states with sizable black populations solely to his “bloc” support among African-Americans–an analysis that, even when statistically supportable, makes it seem as if the analyst is dismissing the entire outcome....
It’s the showroom of the International Biometric Group, a research and consulting firm, with rows of exotic hardware that read everything from fingerprints and voice patterns to the shape of your face and the way you tap a keyboard. Somewhere among these is probably the device that, in a few years, will identify every citizen of the United States and anyone else in the world who wishes to enter the country....
NEWSWEEK: What got you thinking about perfectionism? Alice Domar: I saw a patient about five years ago, and there was this “Aha! That’s it!” moment. This woman had this phenomenal life: healthy kids, plenty of money, tons of friends. She was very fit, had great health habits. She was doing everything right, and yet she came to see me, which made no sense, because I don’t see people who do everything right....
Bush gains all the credit. One nightmare has GOP consultant Roger Ailes juxtaposing Iraq’s allies at the United Nations with Dems who resisted force. Political disaster. Even hawkish Dems may be labeled wimps. If troops clean up, so does Bush. Ironically, the Dems’ best hope lies with a calamitous war effort, which would ruin Bush. Still, they could be accused of aiding Saddam by sending mixed signals before shooting began....
