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Wikipedia article of the day for November 6, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for November 6, 2019 is Digital media use and mental health . The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated since the mid-1990s, but the delineation between beneficial and pathological use of digital media has not been established, and there are no widely accepted diagnostic criteria. Some experts consider overuse a manifestation of underlying psychiatric disorders, but moderate digital media use has been found beneficial to mental health. Digital addictions and dependencies have also been widely studied. The links between digital media use and mental health outcomes appear to depend on the individuals and the platforms they use. The eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases includes a gaming disorder diagnosis (commonly known as video game addiction), but neither it nor the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition includes diagnoses for problematic internet use

EPA Region 7 Selects Environmental Justice Grant Projects in Missouri and Nebraska to Address Local Community Health and Environmental Issues

EPA Region 7 Selects Environmental Justice Grant Projects in Missouri and Nebraska to Address Local Community Health and Environmental Issues Region 07 Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Published November 04, 2019 at 09:00PM Read more

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2019

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2019 The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in September 2019 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $55.0 billion in August (revised) to $52.5 billion in September, as imports decreased more than exports. The previously published August deficit was $54.9 billion. The goods deficit decreased $2.7 billion in September to $71.7 billion. The services surplus decreased $0.1 billion in September to $19.3 billion. Full Text Published November 05, 2019 at 05:30AM Read more at bea.gov

Wikipedia article of the day for November 5, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for November 5, 2019 is Guy Fawkes . Guy Fawkes (1570–1606) was one of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which is commemorated in Britain every 5 November as Guy Fawkes Night. He converted to Catholicism and fought for Spain in the Eighty Years' War against Protestant Dutch reformers in the Low Countries. In Spain he sought support for a Catholic rebellion in England, but the court of Philip III was unwilling to help him. He later met Thomas Wintour, returned to England, and was introduced to Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. The plotters leased an undercroft beneath the House of Lords in Westminster Palace, and Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder that they stockpiled there. The authorities found Fawkes guarding the explosives. He was arrested and died after falling from the scaffold where he was to be hanged. (This article is part

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