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Generation distraction
The Upper Arlington teenager spends most evenings glued to her family's laptop computer -- sending instant messages; checking e-mail; and logging into Facebook, a popular social-networking Web site. At the same time, her iPod is shuffling through MP3 playlists, the television is providing white noise and her cell phone is buzzing with incoming calls and text messages. Keeping up with the multiple mediums takes work -- and time. "It's crazy," Kelsey said. "It'll be an hour, and I haven't even touched my homework." Besides providing an excuse to procrastinate, however, such multitasking -- increasingly routine among today's tech-savvy young people -- could be setting the stage for bigger problems. A growing body of research suggests that juggling various tasks at once might be driving kids to distraction that can hinder their psychological development.
Roberts' role as working mother
In fact she has just turned 40 and her new movie, Charlie Wilson's War, opens in the UK on 11 January. "There weren't 1004 media outlets and now it just seems like sport. The coverage of celebrities and celebrity lifestyle, it just seems like a load of crap to me. "It doesn't look fun. It just looks scary, crazy and chaotic. It's all about superficial, hollow things. You don't hear anybody talking about acting." Nonetheless if you are Julia Roberts, how you look matters. 'Nice face' When we meet on a cold, wet day in Los Angeles, she is wearing a casual, long-sleeved patterned dress, thick black tights and chunky boots. Like most movie stars she is much thinner in the flesh. Her auburn hair is loose and those famous lips highlighted with just a hint of pink gloss.
Kenya Trip Expands Outlook on Africa
Cloudless blue skies, 75-degree weather with no humidity and summer breezes, and hundreds of varieties of flowering bushes and trees are the backdrop for Kenya, a nation in crisis.
Kenya is a long way from the United States, far enough away to be out of sight and out of mind despite post-election violence. That is the impression one gets from the news media and its rapidly waning coverage.
Nothing could be further from reality. Experience teaches. It is simple as that.
When my older son, Joel, said his fiancée, Dawn Kuguru, wanted to be married in her native Kenya, it was overwhelming to me. All I could think was, "You've got to be kidding!"
That was almost a year ago, and now my family and I have returned from what we consider a life-enriching experience.
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