Tip: Women find lack of response unbearable (a negative response is better than no response at all). So, answer her question clearly, either Yes or No

Gender Differences, Female Hormones & Human Brain | PMS,Female Brain Book & Gender Studies | LiveScience: "Women may have evolved extra-sensitivity to interpersonal cues as a way to avoid conflict, a state that can feel intolerable to women, according to Brizendine. The flood of chemicals that takes over the female brain during a conflict -- especially within an intimate relationship — is almost on the same order as a seizure, she explains.

Possibly because of their overachievement in "mind reading," women often find blank expressions, or a lack of response, completely unbearable. For females in particular, a negative response may be better than no response at all."

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Ways to Mitigate Climate Change: Support Alternative Energy Sources to Create Greener Energy & Help Energy Buyers, Energy Consumers & Environment

World Energy Joins Hales Global in Strategic Energy Alliance - Press Release - Digital Journal: "US Department of Defense (DOD) is the largest energy consumer in the federal government. Relying on the expertise of Hales Global in government contracting and procurement, World Energy expects to provide the 680,000 military installations under DOD control worldwide with solutions that lower operational costs and increase energy efficiency, resulting in greener facilities.

World Energy has a long track record of success in the energy arena. Most recently, through a series of competitive online auctions run on the World Energy Exchange®, the company helped the greater Chicago water district net nearly $20 million in rate savings for constituents. As a result, the district was able to post a 30 percent rate reduction. World Energy uses a technology-enabled procurement platform to help energy buyers transact in a transparent and highly-liquid marketplace. World Energy offers unique, cost-saving efficiencies over traditional approaches to energy procurement."

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History: Climate changes resulted in war & famine in preindustrial Europe (1500 & 1800).rebellions, revolutions, & political reforms followed

Climate Change Caused Angry Runts : Discovery News: "“The mild cooling in Europe in the late 18th and 19th centuries brought about an upsurge in prices, social disturbance, war, and migration but not demographic crisis, because of social buffers such as cross-continental migration, trade, and industrialization.”

The researchers conclude that the economic downturns caused by climate change were the direct causes of the human crises. When a country's economy and agricultural output didn't suffer, their populations didn't either.

“This result explains why some countries did not undergo serious human crisis in the Little Ice Age: Wet tropical countries with high land-carrying capacity or countries with trading economies did not suffer a considerable shrinkage in food supply, nor did some countries, such as New World countries with vast arable land and sparse populations, experience substantial supply shortage,” the researchers wrote.

Although technologies and economies may have advanced since the 16th century, humanity's connection to fluctuations in the Earth's climate are not limited to the past."

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Climate Change Update: Climate change is affecting all aspects of our Earth’s ecosystem, from simple plant life to human beings

Effects Of Climate Change: Amphibian Survival Threatened | Global Animal: "A large potential range will continue to exist for six other species, but they will be able to access just half of that range. Four species are likely to become vulnerable or endangered as a result of climate changes.

The biggest obstacles facing the amphibians are not mountain ranges and other physical barriers, the study found. Instead, it’s the unpredictable nature of projected climate changes that threatens them most. Instead of getting gradually and consistently warmer, temperatures will roller coaster in ways too extreme for amphibians to deal with.

“Every time it gets warmer, they can move, but when it gets cooler again, they can’t move far enough and they get stuck,” Early said. “It’s like taking two steps forward and one step back.”

Butterflies, reptiles, plants and all sorts of other life forms face the same issues, said John Wiens, an evolutionary ecologist and herpetologist at Stony Brook University in New York. And that’s on top of the challenges they already have to deal with, including habitat destruction and diseases."

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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.
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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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