Tip to Healthy Heart: Self-Regulation = It measures the ability to use and control both positive and negative emotions and responses to situations

Health: Negative emotions can affect the heart - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Arts & Entertainment: "A long-term study of Boston-area men looked at a marker of psychological and emotional health called self-regulation. It measures the ability to use and control both positive and negative emotions and responses to situations.

High self-regulation reflects flexibility and resilience. In the group of men who scored highest on a test, 6 percent had a heart attack or died of cardiovascular disease during the following 12 years, compared with 14 percent in the group scoring lowest.

These findings add to the evidence a positive outlook or positive emotions somehow contribute to a healthy heart and arteries. They may do it directly, in which case learning techniques to be more positive could be a prescription for better health.

It's also possible positive emotions could be working indirectly; people with positive attitudes or outlooks may exercise more, eat a more healthful diet or be better about taking medications.
Tribune Media Services"

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Alternative Energy Update: 3,200 communities participating in the worldwide event aimed at informing the public about alternative energy options

The Republic - Solar power shines on energy tour - Columbus, Indiana: "COLUMBUS — About 40 green-minded people participating in Saturday’s American Solar Energy Society tour learned ways to reduce their carbon footprint and lower their energy bills.

Columbus was among 3,200 communities participating in the worldwide event aimed at informing the public about alternative energy options.

The first stop on the tour was Nusun Solar, a new company in Columbus’ Woodside Industrial Park that will begin manufacturing solar panels next month."

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Climate Change Update: UN-backed scientists have warned that carbon emissions need to peak by mid-decade to avoid irreversible damage fr climatechange

AFP: EU urges roadmap this year on climate action: "But China and the United States, the two biggest carbon emitters, are both out of the Kyoto Protocol. The treaty requires no action by emerging economies, leading former US president George W. Bush to reject the treaty as unfair.

China -- along with fellow emerging economies such as India -- has welcomed EU calls for another round under the Kyoto Protocol and urged wealthy nations to follow up on promises to provide climate aid to the poorest countries.

US President Barack Obama's administration has actively taken part in the negotiations, but he faces intense opposition from the rival Republican Party in which prominent members have questioned the science behind climate change.

Canada, Japan and Russia are part of the Kyoto Protocol but have made clear that they will not join another round of the treaty as it does not include emerging economies.

Australia and Norway have jointly proposed to set a 2015 deadline for a new treaty, with all countries -- wealthy and developing -- listing their actions and gradually making them more ambitious and binding."

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