In FIFA's words it would be for the good of the game

What's the attendance going to be in a North Korea-Costa Rica gameOutside of those two countries, what do you think the ratings are going to be for a match like thatNow imagine a Portugal-Argentina, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi blazing about the pitch. Aguero and Pepe duking it out.The removal of spots from certain confederations like CONCACAF and the AFC would also promote local football programs to better themselves, considering that there would be less to go around.If anything, a move like this would make the game better.It's time to sacrifice the less talented in favor of a greater spectacle.In FIFA's words, it would be for the good of the game.. President Obama Promises 'New Era' of Energy, Environmental Policy Built onFoundation of Energy Efficiency WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Stating emphatically that "Nosingle issue is as imperative to the economy as energy," President Obama todaybegan to lay the foundation rapid and widespread deployment of energyefficiency for a new, clean energy era for the nation, the Alliance to SaveEnergy noted.President Obama's quick action, taken after less than one full week in office,was hailed by Alliance President Kateri Callahan.She, along with AllianceDirector of Policy Lowell Ungar and other environmental and efficiency leadersfrom across the country, were invited to the White House to witness whatappears to be a paradigm shift in the federal government's approach to energyand environmental policy and a new commitment to achieving the full potentialof energy efficiency in order to improve our nation's energy security."President Obama is fulfilling his campaign promise to create a clean energyeconomy with incredible speed and determination of purpose," said Callahan.

She added, "He is moving full-steam-ahead on energy efficiency, not despitebut because of the fragile state of the economy."President Obama signed memoranda at a White House ceremony today directing theTransportation Department to establish higher fuel economy standards forvehicles by model year 2011 and directing the Environmental Protection Agencyto reconsider the bid by California and 13 other states to set tailpipe carbondioxide emission standards that also would require greater fuel economy.In his statement, Obama also confirmed his intent to weatherize 2 millionhomes over the next two years; make significant energy efficiency upgrades to75 percent of federal buildings, saving taxpayers $2 billion in avoided energycosts; double the country's renewable energy resource base; and create nearly500,000 new "green jobs."President Obama stated clearly and forcefully that today's action is but thefirst salvo in what he described as a "steady, focused, and pragmaticapproach" to a new energy future.The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government,environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use ofenergy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and nationalsecurity.SOURCEAlliance to Save EnergyRonnie Kweller of Alliance to Save Energy, 1-202-530-2203 (O);. The Positive Parenting Program or "triple P" provides information on discipline from handling a grocery store tantrum to controlling bedwetting, the researchers said. For the experiment, paid for by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prinz and his team made the program available to all parents in 18 South Carolina counties. They found that over two years, proven cases of child abuse were reduced by 9 percent, foster care placements by 22 percent and hospitalizations or emergency-room visits by 14 percent. In a community with 100,000 children under age 8, Prinz reported in the journal Prevention Science, the program would lead to 688 fewer maltreated children, 240 fewer out-of-home placements such as to foster care, and 60 fewer serious injuries. "Triple P has very practical parenting strategies that they can use to solve everyday kinds of problems things like how to deal with tantrums in the grocery store or mealtime issues or bedtime," Prinz said in a telephone interview. STAYING CALM For instance, parents can be counseled on how to take the fun out of a grocery-store tantrum by refusing to give in to the child, but also without hitting or yelling at the child.

"The parent needs to stay calm and not play into the tantrum by raising their level of anger or lecturing or cajoling. When a child is throwing a tantrum you don't want to reason with them or argue with them," Prinz said. "You have to look at each shopping trip as an opportunity to strengthen non-tantrum behavior." Often the best reward is the promise of some attention if the child behaves as desired, Prinz said. "That is usually what they want in the first place, anyway," he said.