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At 3:05pm on New Year's Eve 2006, Sizewell A nuclear power station arrived at the end of an era. Forty years of electrical generation ended as the plant's operator, British [...]

As with most little kids, my 4- and 6-year old boys could not safely or easily open the screen door to our fifth-wheel. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To reach the door handle, [...]

The article offers travel tips to Russia along with recommendations for the Kosva River, hotels and Oslyanka Mountain.

Children who are overweight and obese display lower physical activity levels than normal weight peers. Measures of weight status, perceived motor competence, and motor skill performance have been identified as potential correlates explaining this discrepancy. 1881 children (955 males; 926 females; 9.9 years) were assessed as part of the Physical Health Activity Study Team project. The age, habitual physical activity participation (PAP), body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status (SES), motor performance (MP), and perceived athletic competence (PAC) of each child included were assessed. Gender-specific linear regression analyses (main effects model) were conducted to identify the percent variance in PAP explained by the following variables: BMI, MP, and PAC. For males, 18.3% of the variance in PAP was explained by BMI, MP, and PAC. PAC explained 17% of the variance, while MP, BMI, and SES only accounted for 0.6%, 0.7%, and 0.5%, respectively. PAC explained 17.5% of PAP variance in females; MP explained 0.8%. BMI, SES, and chronological age were not significant correlates of PAP in girls. An established repertoire of motor skill performance has been seen as a vehicle to PAP in children; however, this study indicates that PAC should not be overlooked in intervention strategies to promote increased PAP.

The article offers the author's insights on the informative keynote address "Sex differences in cognitive abilities: New data, new theories and new conclusions," by Diane Halpern at the 2012 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society (BPS) in London, England. The author says that studies on sex differences were steeped with political implications and evoke substantial emotion. The author adds that there was a complicated truth on cognitive sex differences.

The article profiles specialist in applied sport psychology Dan Gould of the Michigan State University. It outlines Gould's inspiration in focusing in sport psychology. It also reveals Gould's favorite Olympic memory and his view on how sport psychology can make a significant contribution to business. Furthermore, it notes Gould's opinion about the challenges in the field of psychology.

The article discusses a blog written by Edelman Digital senior vice president Phil Gomes to tell the co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales about the tense relationship of the online encyclopedia with public relations agencies (PRAs). It examines the comment of Wales that PRAs risk client reputation and do not apply best practice in the creation and editing of entries in Wikipedia. It offers information on the prohibition of PRAs from updating the content and the constant monitoring of the site.

The article presents information on the Online Graduate Certificate Program in Coaching Education being offered by the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. The certificate program for athletic coaching education consist of three 3-credit graduate courses that are taught by MSU faculty and taken entirely online. The objectives of the online coaching certificate program are enumerated.

The article focuses on the improvement light emitting diode (LED) lighting and the cost savings lighting strategy. It notes that steady improvements in quality, efficiency, cost savings, and extended service life were made by LED lighting and truly staggering savings can be gained by an aggressive control strategy. It cites that aggressively cycling LEDs and selecting the proper lighting technology for a given application can help offset cost and improve the return on investment (ROI).