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...second most heavily traded commodity in the world today...
...appeared last week in the American Psychological Association's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, comparing decades' worth of scores on tests that measure the level of an individual's day-to-day anxiety. The study's author, research psychologist Jean Twenge of Case Western Reserve University, concluded that today's children are significantly more anxious than their counterparts in the 1950s. In fact, her analysis showed, normal children ages 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for psychiatric disorders 50 years...
...report is far from perfect. Even though the tests were standardized, they consist basically of what investigators call "self-reports," which are more susceptible to social pressure than, say, viral-antibody counts. It's also easier to talk about being "stressed out" in today's pop-psychology culture than it was when Dwight Eisenhower was President. Yet Twenge's conclusions echo the concerns of many parents, teachers and pediatricians. "I think children are more anxious," says Dr. Thomas McInerny, professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester. "Clinicians, pediatricians, psychologists--we're all seeing more...
...today's kids so stressed? Twenge cites two main culprits: increasing physical isolation--brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other things--and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place. This latter point might seem laughable to anyone who remembers the Cuban missile crisis or the Vietnam War. But when it comes to emotions, perceptions often loom larger than reality...
...advanced powder metallurgy press, contained some inaccuracies. Although the new metal powder compacting system developed by Mii Technologies that you focused on is a genuine breakthrough, it was wrong to characterize the compacting presses currently in use as "remarkably crude." They are light-years away from that description. Today's presses are computer-monitored precision-production machines that can produce high-quality products at a fast rate. You were also wrong to state that current powder presses are the size of a tractor trailer and demand "the ministrations of at least 200 people to keep them running through a workweek...