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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I am pleased to report that the parties met the past two days under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and discussed a number of major issues. As a result of these discussions, the parties will have their respective committees review their positions and analyze associated costs. Meanwhile, the parties' subcommittees will continue to meet in an effort to resolve additional outstanding issues....

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I am pleased to report that the parties met today under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and discussed a number of major issues. As a result of today's discussions, the parties will have their respective committees review their positions and analyze associated costs. Meanwhile, the parties' subcommittees will continue to meet in an effort to resolve additional outstanding issues. Again, I wish to...

While a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows the risk of human conflict in East Africa increases somewhat with hotter temperatures and drops a bit with higher precipitation, it concludes that socioeconomic, political and geographic factors play a much more substantial role than climate change. According to CU-Boulder geography Professor John O'Loughlin, the new CU-Boulder study undertaken with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder is an attempt to...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I am pleased to announce that five days of productive negotiations between the parties concluded on Saturday and that negotiations will resume next week under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Further, I wish to commend the parties for their hard work and commitment to this process. The parties are making good progress on a number of difficult issues at the full committee and subcommittee levels."...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses are losing billions of dollars in opportunities by using negotiation methods that are outdated and ultimately noncompetitive, according to a new book by a Wharton Business School professor. "The conventional wisdom of power, logic and even win-win is based on ideas that are now more than 30 years old and capture only 25 percent of the potential value," according to Prof. Stuart Diamond, whose book, GETTING MORE: How You Can...

Developing a shared sense of global community could help reduce major episodes of violence In the tribal societies of the Amazon forest, violent conflict accounted for 30 percent of all deaths before contact with Europeans, according to a recent study by University of Missouri anthropologist Robert Walker. Understanding the reasons behind those altercations in the Amazon sheds light on the instinctual motivations that continue to drive human groups to violence, as well as the ways culture...

MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NewPage Corporation (NewPage) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle with all of its major creditor groups concerning the terms of its chapter 11 plan. A brief summary of the agreement in principle has been posted to the KCC restructuring website, www.kccllc.net/NewPage. "This is a very important step for NewPage, and assuming satisfaction of certain conditions, this agreement should allow us to emerge from...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A study from Penn State recently revealed that children are aggressive for different reasons. The researchers found that some aggressive kindergarteners have low verbal abilities, while others can be aroused physiologically quickly. The findings from the study show that different types of treatment need to be developed for children who have problematic behavior for various causes. "Aggressive responses to being frustrated are a...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Over 90% of children's top 50 television shows display social bullying, according to new research. In an age where social bullying is a growing hot topic, Nicole Martins, Indiana University, and Barbara J. Wilson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, published research in the Journal of Communication looking into whether children are exposed to these behaviors through television programs. The researchers analyzed 50 of the...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "With the announcement of an agreement between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association, I wish to congratulate both parties on behalf of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for resolving their differences and for their commitment to and trust in the process of collective bargaining. We know that the successful resolution of this high profile dispute also will be greeted enthusiastically by the dedicated professional...