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| Expect More Fukushimas |
 The
gung-ho nuclear industry is in deep shock. Just as it and its
cheerleader, the International Atomic Energy Agency, were preparing
to mark next month´s 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl
accident with a series of self-congratulatory statements about
the dawning of a safe age of clean atomic power, a series of
catastrophic but entirely avoidable accidents take place in
not one but three reactors in one of the richest countries of
the world. Fukushima is not a rotting old power plant in a failed
state manned by half-trained kids, but supposedly one of the
safest stations in one of the most safety-conscious countries
with the best engineers and technologists in the world. Chernobyl
blew up not because the reactor... |
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| THE IKE PHASE |
| ON January 20, 1961, John Kennedy delivered
his rousing Inaugural Address. But this speech was preceded,
as William Galston of the Brookings Institution has reminded
us, by an equally important speech: Dwight Eisenhower´s
farewell address. Kennedy´s speech was an idealistic call
to action. Eisenhower´s speech was a calm warning against
hubris. Kennedy celebrated courage; Eisenhower celebrated prudence.
Kennedy asked the country to venture forth. Eisenhower asked
the country to maintain its basic sense of balance. While Kennedy
gloried in the current moment, Eisenhower warned the country
to "avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering,
for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of
tomorrow... |
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 | Why Emmanuelle
is the happiest Hollywood star THERE are bigger stars out there in Hollywood, but few are as happy as Emmanuelle Chriqui. At 33 she´s busier than ever, with a great role on the television series Entourage, a guest stint on the hotly anticipated Showtime series The...
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worsening of depression |  BEFORE I had children, one question occupied me a lot: what is the connection between mental health and motherhood? I knew the statistics. It is estimated that between 10 and 20 percent of mothers suffer from postnatal depression. Having a personal and a family history of depression increases your risk. I have both. I have been depressed. Not horribly, not debilitatingly, but enough to worry about it. So have others in my family. There was no way I would have put off having children because I was afraid that it might get worse. But I had a pretty good idea it would. I first admitted to myself that I have depressive episodes in my mid-20s, when I began to see a therapist... | | | Celebs raising money
forJapanearthquake,tsunamirelief |  CHARLIE Sheen and Lady Gaga are among the entertainers trying to raise relief for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. Over the weekend, Gaga announced that she has designed a red-and-white wristband - with the words "We pray for Japan" and an image of the singer´s monster paw gesture - and is selling it for $5 on her Web site. She also is urging fans to donate on the Citizen Effect web page, set up by Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy. They will match the first $100,000 donated to help American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan. Meanwhile, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park has designed a Tshirt to benefit Music for Tsunami Relief in Japan... | | | Remo keen to
direct Madhuri |
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Bollywood choreographer-turned director
Remo D´souza, who judged the hit television
dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa4
alongside Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit
is keen on making a musical with the
veteran actress. "My next film will
be an out and out musical. It is in
the scripting stage. I would love to
cast Madhuri.I would take the script
to her," Remo said in an interview.
Madhuri had made a comeback of sorts
with Yash Raj´s Aaja Nachle, which was
also a dance musical. However, the movie
failed to create magic at the box office.
Remo said like every other small town
boy he also dreamt of seeing Madhuri
and wants to work with her... |
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