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...Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge sociologist, presented his analysis based on various surveys conducted across Europe. The data suggest that employed people who feel insecure in their job display similar levels of anxiety and depression as those who are unemployed. But whereas a newly jobless person's mental health may "bottom out" after about six months, and then even begin to improve, the mental state of people who are perpetually worried about losing their job "just continues to deteriorate, getting worse and worse," Burchell says. (See 150 recession-proof jobs...
...exterior. The Meadowlands location isn't scenic - it's surrounded by weedy wetlands, decrepit factories, shipping containers and railroads - and Xanadu's developers spent $2 billion on what seems like the most hideous spot on the lot. "It's basically a lot of junk," says former New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne, for whom the basketball area at the Meadowlands was once named (it's now the Izod Center). "I drive by with friends and we're embarrassed." (See pictures of the world's longest yard sale...
...believe in true love and love at first sight without fail—an idealized notion of romance,” said J. Alex Mays ’12. The screening and discussion was sponsored by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and the Race Relations Proctors. Brendan W. Randall ’88, a race relations proctor for Ivy Yard, said he was thrilled with the turnout and students’ engagement in the discussion. “I can safely say that this is the most successful race relations event in the last few years...
...Islam's spread to Central Asia. In 1978, a Russian archaeologist uncovered a vast trove of gold ornaments in a 2nd century nomad necropolis. The find, which included a collapsible crown, golden daggers and thousands of jeweled buttons, "speaks to the riches of the trade routes across Afghanistan," says Brendan Cassar, UNESCO's culture specialist in Afghanistan. "If nomads had this kind of riches, you can only imagine the wealth of trade going through Afghanistan...
...Gardener Brendan Sokaluk was reportedly seen sitting on the roof of his house at Churchill about 75 miles (120 km) east of Melbourne watching the flames tear into the hills above his town on Feb. 7. Five days later the 39-year-old, who had unsuccessfully tried several times to join the local fire brigade, was charged with arson causing death, lighting a bushfire and possession of child pornography...