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Mourning that vexes the future
In a new paper, Professor of Psychology Richard McNally and graduate student Don Robinaugh say that while people suffering from complicated grief — a syndrome marked by intense, debilitating emotional distress and yearning for a lost loved one — had difficulty envisioning specific events in their future, those problems disappeared when they were asked to imagine an alternate future that included their lost loved one. Original post on harvard.edu Comments on reddit.com
The Only Positive Effect Of The Cuban Embargo? Weight Loss – Labcoat Life
From 1991 to 1995, Cuba was hit particularly hard by international embargo. Its population suffered. But scientists have now identified the only benefit of the embargo: it lead to a population-wide weight loss, and with this a decrease in cases of diabetes and heart diseases. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Soaring Bee Deaths in 2012 Sound Alarm on Malady
A mysterious ailment appears to have expanded drastically in the past year, wiping out as many as half of the hives needed to pollinate much of America’s produce. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
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Texas May Restore Some Family-Planning Budget Cuts
Republican senators in Texas have proposed adding $100 million to a state-run primary care program specifically for women’s health services, an effort that could help avoid a political fight. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The Escapist: News: Electronic Arts Suffers $45 Million Loss
Weak Medal of Honor: Warfighter sales have forced Electronic Arts to scale back its earnings forecast for 2013. Original post on escapistmagazine.com Comments on reddit.com
Trees Provide Health Boost to Humans: News: Headlines – Global News
A new study reinforces the belief that exposure to a natural environment with lots of trees keeps a person healthy. Original post on hngn.com Comments on reddit.com
Kenya suffers worst single loss of elephants as poachers kill 12
Poachers slaughtered an entire family of 12 elephants and hacked out their tusks in Kenya’s worst single loss of the animals on record, wildlife authorities said on Tuesday. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
New twist in stricken rig saga: Shell was moving it to avoid tax – Americas – World
Shell’s ill-fated attempt to tow an offshore oil rig from Alaska to Seattle in the final days of December was motivated by a desire to avoid $7m (£4.3m) of Alaskan state taxes, it emerged today. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Oregon officials propose per-mile tax for gas sippers – Local – Regional News – KPIC CBS 4 – News, Weather and Sports – Roseburg, OR
Oregon state officials are proposing an alternative tax for drivers who have bought efficient or electric vehicles that seldom or never stop at the gasoline pump, where government has traditionally collected money to build and fix roads. Original post on kpic.com Comments on reddit.com
$2.3 Billion Adoboli Loss Pushed UBS to Retreat, Cut 10,000 Jobs
Fourteen months after the largest loss from unauthorized trading in British history, UBS AG (UBSN) is accelerating a retreat from risk taking. Original post on businessweek.com Comments on reddit.com
Special Report: How Starbucks avoids UK taxes
LONDON (Reuters) – Starbucks’ coffee menu famously baffles some people. In Britain, it’s their accounts that are confusing. Starbucks has been telling investors the business was profitable, even as it Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Zynga OMGPOP write-off: up to $95 million, up to $105 million net loss
Zynga’s (ZNGA) $210 million purchase of Draw Something OMGPOP is officially a dud. In Zynga’s latest preliminary financial report, the company revealed Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
Samsung Galaxy S III sales increase after Apple trial
Mock Samsung (005930) all you want for allegedly copying Apple (AAPL), but consumers around the world really love its Galaxy S III smartphone. In fact Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
The U.S. Suffered Its Worst Airpower Loss Since Vietnam Last Week and No One Really Noticed – Global
The Taliban attack on an air base in southern Afghanistan on Friday drew coverage for the way the insurgents cloaked themselves in U.S. army uniforms to gain a tactical advantage, but few have taken note of the historical proportions of the damage inflicted. Original post on theatlanticwire.com Comments on reddit.com
Needle beam could eliminate signal loss in on-chip optics
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Serving as the connector and integrator of Harvard’s teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences, and technology. Includes information about undergraduate and graduate degree programs, faculty and areas of research, and resources for prospective students, partners, and alumni. Original post on harvard.edu Comments on reddit.com
HP posts mega-loss after EDS writedown – Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co swung to an $8.9 billion quarterly loss as personal computer sales shrank again and it swallowed a huge write-down linked to its $13.9 billion purchase of Electronic Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Japan’s Olympic soccer loss brings out the Twitter racism – The Japan Daily Press
I talked about one of the reasons why I was cheering for Nadeshiko Japan to win the women’s soccer gold medal, but I didn’t really talk about what I was afraid Original post on dailypress.com Comments on reddit.com
News Corporation posts $1.6bn loss as phone-hacking legal fees stack up – Media – guardian.co.uk
Losses include charges related to plan to split off publishing assets from more lucrative film and TV sectors Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
HP Q3 2012 earnings guidance: Charge will yield biggest-ever loss
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) announced on Wednesday that it will report its biggest-ever quarterly loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Amid a number of Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
Series of Write-Downs Leads to Second-Quarter Loss at BP – NYTimes.com
Analysts were already disappointed in the performance of the oil company, which reported a $1.4 billion loss for the second quarter. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Alcatel Lucent to slash 5,000 jobs after reporting loss
Telecom equipment maker Alcatel Lucent plans to slash 5,000 jobs in order to save costs as it reported a net loss in the second quarter. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Study: Radical decline in Arctic ice is `at least 70 percent’ man-made – The Raw Story
How Nokia’s backward thinking nearly killed it – Digital Trends
A look at Nokia’s string of poor decisions that brought it to a $1.7 billion loss for the last three months. How it conceived of iPhone and iPad-like devices, but failed to produce them. Original post on digitaltrends.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Microsoft in first loss to date
Computing giant Microsoft makes the first quarterly loss in his history after it wrote off some of the value of its online advertising business. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on digg.com
Microsoft reports first quarterly loss ever – Market Day
Updated at 6 p.m. ET: Microsoft, the once-dominant computer software giant that has seen its fortunes wane in recent years, posted its first quarterly loss since emerging as a public company in 1986 Thursday as it took a huge charge for a failed acquisition. The Redmond, Was … Original post on msn.com Comments on reddit.com
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25 Percent of Troop Deaths Were ‘Potentially Survivable,’ Study Says – Danger Room – Wired.com
With better medical care and equipment, one in every four troops who died of their wounds in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars could have been saved, according to an unpublished study from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research. Original post on wired.com Comments on digg.com
Mother’s risk of an early death soars by 133% following loss of a child – Mail Online
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana studied nearly 70,000 mothers, tracking the mortality of children even after they left home. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on digg.com