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...other than walking to and from their cars," she says. Eco-therapists counsel patients to slow down and reconnect with nature by hiking, gardening or simply taking walks outdoors. Therapy sessions may also take place outdoors - in a park, for example - rather than inside yet another office. "We can use the natural world to be part of the healing process," says Chalquist. "We have to acknowledge that we're part of this, not the master of it." (See the top 10 green ideas...
...PNAS study found that by swaying from one flexible tree branch to the next, orangutans actually use less energy than they would if they leaped from branch to branch, or if they climbed down trees, moved on the ground and climbed back up again. (The fact that the Sumatran tiger - before it became critically endangered - was a serious threat to the orangutan probably helped encourage tree travel.) Climbing helps the orangutan adapt neatly to its arboreal environment...
...recordings were released by the Cambridge Police Department at a press conference Monday afternoon, where Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas, City Manager Robert W. Healy, and Mayor E. Denise Simmons reiterated their intent to use the experience not as a way to "make any official judgments on the actions of officers," but to identify lessons that can be applied to the policies, programs, and practices of the Department...
...Other revenue-raising proposals include prohibiting the use of Flexible Spending Account money - tax-free funds withheld by individuals to pay for certain medical expenses - for over-the-counter drugs; imposing taxes on alcohol, sodas and other unhealthy beverages; rescinding the nonprofit status of hospitals that act like for-profit companies and no longer offer charity care; and deriving $100 billion from a windfall tax on insurers based on their U.S. market share. But many of these ideas are controversial and face significant opposition from members and Senators representing areas where local companies or hospitals might be adversely impacted...
...there's a darker side to the dominance of the KDP and PUK in Kurdistan. Human-rights groups claim that the ruling parties use security issues as an excuse to jail and torture opponents and rivals. In addition, the parties' leaders control vast sectors of the region's economy, and foreign and local businessmen say it is nearly impossible to start a venture in Kurdistan without a silent partner from one of the two groups. Critics also say the parties use the allocation of jobs in schools, hospitals and government ministries as a way to enforce loyalty. And the region...