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Bonds, Sosa, Clemens on baseball Hall of Fame ballot for first time
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Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM
By BEN WALKER? /? AP Baseball Writer
?? NEW YORK (AP) -- Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are listed on the baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, setting up an election sure to become a referendum on the Steroids Era.
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?? The 37-player ballot was announced Wednesday.
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?? More than 600 longtime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America will vote through next month. Candidates need 75 percent for induction, and the results will be announced Jan. 9.
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?? Bonds is the all-time home run champion with 762 and won a record seven MVP awards. Clemens set a record with seven Cy Young trophies and Sosa hit 609 homers. The voters will now decide whether drug allegations that tainted their huge numbers should keep them out of Cooperstown.
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Fewer Than Half Think Congress And President Obama Will Avoid The "Fiscal Cliff"
(Week of 11/23/2012) ?Only 42% in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll think it?s likely that the President?and Congress will agree on a way to avoid the automatic spending cuts and tax?increases that will go into effect should they not agree to a budget solution before?January 1. At 43%, only slightly more say that?s unlikely.
Democrats are more hopeful than Republicans that a deal will be struck.
Should there be no agreement, there is a lot of blame to go around. About half?the public (51%) would blame Republicans in Congress, and 43% would blame the?President. Democrats, who are a minority in the House of Representatives, and are?short of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, are seen as less responsible: just?34% would blame them.
However, when it comes to economic conditions, President Obama ? although in?office nearly four years ? still gets less of the blame than does his predecessor,?President George W. Bush. 40% give the current occupant of the White House little?or none of the blame for the poor economic conditions of the last few years; 42%
blame President Obama a great deal or a lot.
But even more blame those at both economic extremes: 54% put a great deal or a?lot of the blame on consumers who borrowed too much money, while 63% blame
Wall Street bankers.
As for the poor economy, more still think it?s getting worse (38%) than think it?s?getting better (28%). However, things are looking a lot better to Americans than?they did when the President first took office nearly four years ago.
Economist/YouGov poll?archives can be found here
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Source: http://today.yougov.com/news/2012/11/28/fewer-half-think-congress-and-president-obama-will/
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Riot police move in to end Myanmar copper mine protest
YANGON (Reuters) - Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas early on Thursday to break up a three-month protest against a vast copper mining project run by the powerful Myanmar military and its partner, a subsidiary of a Chinese arms manufacturer.
After decades of oppression, the Monywa mine has become a test of Myanmar's commitment to reform as protesters probe new-found freedoms, including a relaxation of laws on protests that took effect in July.
It also illustrates growing resentment towards Chinese companies that have expanded in recent years across the country.
Witnesses said truckloads of police arrived at camps near the mine in the Sagaing region in Myanmar's northwest, where thousands have demonstrated against a $1 billion expansion of the project, which they say has caused the unlawful confiscation of more than 7,800 acres of land.
Shin Oattama, a Buddhist monk who had helped the villagers, told Reuters by telephone security forces began to use water cannon and other weapons at about 3 a.m., wounding 10 monks, two of them critically.
"They shot some sort of canisters that caused fire at the camp. We just don't know what sort of weapon it was," he said. "We are now seeking refuge at a nearby village. There's no ambulance, no doctor to take care of the injured," he said.
Land disputes are a growing problem in Myanmar. Protests were suppressed quickly under a military junta in place until last year but have become more common as President Thein Sein opens up the country, also known as Burma, and pushes through reforms.
"This is an example of the skin-deep nature of Burma's reforms," said Mark Farmaner of the London-based advocacy group Burma Campaign UK.
"The new right-to-protest law was hailed as a major reform but it is clear there is still no right to protest in Burma."
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace laureate and a member of parliament, was going ahead with a scheduled visit to the site on Thursday, her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said. She intended to speak to the protesters about their grievances.
NLD official Ohn Kyaing told Reuters by telephone she had flown to the central city of Mandalay and was going on to Monywa by road.
The mine, Myanmar's biggest, is run by a unit of China North Industries Corp, a leading Chinese weapons manufacturer, under a deal signed in June 2010 after Canada's Ivanhoe Mines Ltd pulled out in 2007. It is backed by the military-owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd (UMEHL).
UMEHL operated with impunity under the military regime that ruled Myanmar for almost half a century until 2011.
"LOSE-LOSE SITUATION"
The Global Times, an influential tabloid published by China's Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, said in an editorial published on Thursday it would be a "lose-lose situation for China and Myanmar if the project is halted".
"Only third parties, including some Western forces, will be glad to see this result," it said, blaming "some Westerners" and non-government organisations for instigating the protests.
"We must not give up on the project. Even if it is eventually stopped, Chinese companies should receive compensation according to the contract and international practice," it said.
As the number of land disputes increase, villagers appear emboldened by reforms under Thein Sein, who took office in March 2011, and are pushing back.
Authorities warned the protesters late on Tuesday to clear the site by midnight that day so that a parliamentary commission could carry out an investigation.
State television said all project work had been halted since November 18 because of the protests.
Myo Thant, a member of the 88 Generation Students Group who has been monitoring the situation in Monywa, said: "Police used tear gas canisters. Gun shots were not heard. So far as we know, three Buddhist monks were injured in the fire that broke out at one of the camps. Nobody knows for sure how the fire started."
Protests stretching back at least three months have involved thousands of locals and supporters. They told Reuters in September four of 26 villages at the project site had already been displaced, along with monasteries and schools.
(Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing; Writing by Alan Raybould and Jason Szep; Editing by Paul Tait)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/riot-police-move-end-myanmar-copper-mine-protest-015811708.html
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Hump Day Hero: Molly Adler - The Center for Sexual Pleasure and ...
1. What do you do in the field of sexuality?
I am a Sexuality Educator and the co-owner of Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center in Albuquerque, NM.
2. Where are you based out of?
Albuquerque, NM
3. What is your focus? What do you do?
About six years ago, along with my business partner Matie Fricker, I opened Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center, the Southwest?s first safe, sex-positive, healthy space for adults to learn about sexuality. The center has established a much-needed community center for women, LGBT folks, kinksters, polyamorous families, new parents, and all adults in Albuquerque. We have a brick & mortar shop where adults can find all things pleasure related, from gourmet chocolate to gourmet sex toys. We answer questions, help people find resources and offer sex and relationship classes throughout the year.
We also run an online store at www.selfservetoys.com
4. What are your particular goals and passions in the field?
I am passionate about helping people have a stronger, healthier body image, better communication in their relationships, and for folks to find new ways to experience pleasure. I truly believe a sex positive approach to relationships and one?s sexuality will lead to a happier life.
I am currently pursuing my MSW, and hope to do more one-on-one counseling in the future. I also offer trainings for health professionals on sexual cultural competency.
5. Why did you choose to work in this field?
Sex is everywhere, and yet access to accurate and honest information, and products for promoting healthy sexuality is limited. At Self Serve, we offer a healthy alternative to the way we ?consume? sexuality information in our culture. This sex-positive approach was, and still is in many ways, radical: It posits that sex is healthy, and pleasure is good for you. Sex-positive spaces like Self Serve encourage each person to find accurate sexual health information, define his or her own sexual identity, and choose relationships without judgment. Like the sign at the front of our space says, Self Serve is for everyone.
I am passionate about spaces like Self Serve existing, someday I hope in most cities and towns. People deserve a space to ask questions, find resources and find toys and treats that help them feel more joy and pleasure. In our society, most people only find sex information (in a very limited way) through peers, medical professionals and the internet. Folks have few resources they can trust, and I?m proud Self Serve offers that safe space.
6. Where did you go for school/training?
I graduated with a BA cum laude from George Washington University in Washington, DC. I majored in Psychology and Women?s Studies. The human mind, gender and identities are all tied to sexuality and our everyday experience.
I learned many valuable lessons working for Grand Opening in Boston, MA from 2003-2005. I discovered how much I loved working in a women-run sex shop. Much of my formative learning was passed down from other sex educators I worked with. During my time there I was lucky to learn on the job as well as attend trainings in safer sex and public health.
I am currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work. I plan to pursue more sexuality training, as well.
7. Do you have any literature out (websites, articles)?
I am proud of the website, blog and videos we?ve created through Self Serve:
selfservetoys.com
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8. What would you recommend to future professionals attempting to get into the field?
Figure out in what context you get excited about the work. Do you love counseling individuals? Do you like talking to a big group? Work with different populations (older women, gay men, leather folk, transgender people, survivors of sexual assault, etc) and see who you?re most interested in working with. You can definitely talk to everyone about sex, but sometimes we feel most excited about a certain group or experience, or benefit from working in the communities we?re part of.
Consider whether an institution like a University or Non-Profit is right for you, or if you?d rather carve your own path. I am personally inspired by how many great Sex Educators, Performers and Writers are starting their own business, website, movement or educational forum.
9. What is the most challenging aspect for you working in this career?
One of the toughest challenges can be the most liberating: there aren?t a wide range of ready-to-wear jobs in sexuality. One reason so many Sexuality Educators are entrepreneurs is because they have to be in order to realize their dreams. It is still challenging to fight for the importance and legitimacy of Self Serve and sex ed with a predominantly sex negative public.
One defining moment I recall with pride is when Matie and I won the Tough Cookie Awards in 2008 from NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners, Northern New Mexico).
The Tough Cookie Award was recognition of all we?ve accomplished in starting and growing our business, despite the obstacles. We told the awards committee of the discrimination against our business: in funding, finding retail space and zoning regulations. We live in a society that writes off all sex-related businesses as prurient, harmful and unsafe. We were told SBA funding is off-limits to us, we learned how zoning would limit how we merchandise every square foot of our store, and landlords rejected us when we sought retail space. I see myself as a culture-shifter, hoping our world will relax and become more positive in attitudes around sex, relationships and body image. The process in which we help make that shift involves a lot of uphill battles. I am very proud of the moment we won the Tough Cookie awards, and I?m proud of the business organization NAWBO for publicly valuing the work we do.
10. One must read-what would you recommend? Why?
My favorite sex book varies day to day, but lately I find myself recommending Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel a lot. I love how she breaks down the unhealthy way we typically view long term relationships in our culture, and introduces a more playful, creative, erotic view. The subtitle is ?unlocking erotic intelligence? which I think is aptly titled. Many women, men and couples in American society lack a critical understanding of co-dependence and interpersonal relationships. Perel?s book provides a new outlook that is freeing and positive.
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Source: http://thecsph.org/hump-day-hero-molly-adler
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5 Things You Should Know About Gay Conversion Therapy
A therapy that claims to convert gay people into heterosexuals is being tested in court with two new cases, one of which seeks to sue counselors offering the therapy and the other seeking to defend them.
Gay conversion therapy, as it is known, supposedly helps gay people overcome same-sex attractions. But mainstream psychologists say the therapy is ineffective, unethical and often harmful, exacerbating anxiety and self-hatred among those treated for what is not a mental disorder.
Here are five things you need to know about the therapy and the current lawsuits.
1. What's happening in the courts?
Two new legal challenges are targeting conversion therapy. The first is a civil suit in New Jersey in which four former clients of a counseling group called Jonah are suing for deceptive practices. The patients argue they paid thousands of dollars for therapies that did not rid them of same-sex attractions, and that they then had to pay for mainstream therapy to repair the damage done by the conversion therapy. [5 Myths About Gay People Debunked]
In a second case in California, a federal judge is hearing arguments against a new state law that bans conversion therapy for minors. The bill was signed into law in September. Conservative legal groups claim the law is a violation of the right to free speech, freedom of religion and privacy.
2. What happens in conversion therapy?
Because conversion therapy is not a mainstream psychological treatment, there are no professional standards or guidelines for how it is conducted. Early treatments in the 1960s and 70s included aversion therapy, such as shocking patients or giving them nausea-inducing drugs while showing them same-sex erotica, according to a 2004 article in the British Medical Journal.
Other methods included psychoanalysis or talk therapy, estrogen treatments to reduce libido in men, and even electroconvulsive therapy, in which an electric shock is used to induce a seizure, with side effects such as memory loss. [7 Absolutely Evil Medical Experiments]
More recently, people who have been through conversion therapy report talk therapy that emphasizes pseudoscientific theories, such as the idea that an overbearing mother and a distant father make a child gay. In an April 2012 essay in The American Prospect, writer Gabriel Arana describes his "ex-gay" therapy experience. His therapist blamed his parents for Arana's homosexuality, and urged him to distance himself from his female best friends.
Chaim Levin, one of the men suing Jonah for deceptive practices, says that he quit conversion therapy after his therapist had him strip down and touch himself to "reconnect with his masculinity," according to the New York Times. ???????????
3. Why psychologists say conversion therapy doesn't work
Homosexuality is not considered a mental disorder, so the American Psychological Association (APA) does not recommend "curing" same-sex attraction in any case. Instead, societal ignorance, prejudice and pressure to conform to heterosexual desires are the real dangers to gay people's mental health, according to a 1997 statement on "conversion" or "reparative" therapy by the APA.
A 2009 APA task force found that conversion therapies, despite being touted by religious organizations, have little evidence to back them up. A review of studies from 1960 to 2007 found only 83 on the topic, the vast majority of which did not have the experimental muscle to show whether the therapies achieved their stated goals. (Many of the people studied in the early years were court-mandated to take the therapies, adding a coercive element to those outcomes.)
The best-quality studies were more recent and qualitative, the APA task force found, meaning they focused not on the statistical effectiveness of treatment, but of the subjective experience.
"These studies show that enduring change to an individual's sexual orientation is uncommon," the task force wrote in their 2009 report. The participants continued to report same-sex attractions after the conversion therapy, and were not significantly more attracted to the opposite gender.
These studies did find that conversion therapy could be harmful, however. Negative effects included "loss of sexual feeling, depression, suicidality and anxiety."
4. How did conversion therapy get started?
The desire to turn gay people straight goes way back. In 1920, Sigmund Freud wrote of a lesbian patient whose father wanted to see her converted to heterosexuality. Freud echoed modern psychologists by responding that changing sexual orientation was difficult and unlikely. He offered to see the woman anyway, but later broke off the therapy due to her hostility. In 1935, Freud went even further, writing to a woman who wanted her homosexual son converted that homosexuality "is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation; it cannot be classified as an illness."
Other psychologists throughout the early mid-1900s believed homosexuality could be changed and recommended a variety of treatments. One of the stranger attempts was an effort by Viennese endocrinologist Eugen Steinach to transplant testicles from straight men into the scrotums of gay men in an attempt to rid them of same-sex desires. It didn?t work.
One of the most prominent advocates of conversion therapy in the 1940s and 50s was Edmund Bergler, who saw homosexuality as a perversion and believed he could "cure" gay people with a punishment-based, confrontational therapy style.
Once the American Psychiatric Association stopped classifying homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973, conversion therapies lost support. But religious-right organizations such as Exodus International and Focus on the Family's Love Won Out took up the charge, promoting their own "ex-gay" therapies. A small group of psychologists, splitting with their peers, continue to promote the therapies, founding the conversion therapy organization NARTH, or the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality. The group has religious links; for example, one of its founders and former president, psychologist Joseph Nicolosi, is a one-time spokesman for Focus on the Family. [The 10 Most Controversial Psychiatric Disorders]
5. Okay, but what about that one study that found conversion therapies work?
Groups that promote conversion therapy often point to a single study to support their work. In 2003, famed psychiatrist Robert Spitzer, who spearheaded the removal of homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's mental disorder list in 1973, reported in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior that interviews with conversion therapy patients suggested that some people could change their sexual orientation.
The paper was incendiary and highly criticized, given that it relied on interviews with patients instead of measurable benchmarks of same-sex desires. Conservative groups were delighted to have support from Spitzer, who wasn't tainted with religious bias or anti-gay ideology; gay organizations felt betrayed.
In the end, however, Spitzer came to agree with his critics. There was no way to confirm that what his interviewees said was true, he wrote in 2012 to the editor of the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. The study, he said, was fatally flawed.
"I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy," Spitzer wrote.
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Ashlee Simpson & Vincent Piazza Split!
Sources say the couple has broken up after a year and a half! See more celeb pairs who are back to going solo
Windows 8 sales hit 40 million
Microsoft said Tuesday it sold 40 million licenses for its Windows 8 operating system in the first month after a launch which got a mixed reception.
One of the new heads of the Windows unit, Tami Reller, made the announcement to an analysts' meeting and Microsoft provided the information on its Windows blog.
"Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in terms of upgrades," the blog post said. "We built Windows 8 to work great on existing Windows 7 PCs. And we also set out to make upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 super easy."
Microsoft released the new operating system worldwide on October 26 as a way to help the dominant PC software maker get a bigger share of the market for mobile devices such as tablets.
But some say the new system may be hard to adapt to both PC and tablet format and that businesses may be slow to adopt Windows 8.
It's not clear how many people are using Windows 8, because the licenses may be sold to PC makers and not yet in use.
Earlier this month, Microsoft said the head of its Windows unit was leaving.
Windows president Steven Sinofsky will depart Microsoft and, effective immediately, his duties will be divided between a pair of executives who will answer directly to chief executive Steven Ballmer.
Julie Larson-Green was promoted to lead Windows software and hardware engineering. Reller will run the business side of Windows in addition to her duties as chief financial officer.
Microsoft has not disclosed sales data for its new Surface tablet computer, which uses Windows 8, and was launched at the same time as the operating system.
The Redmond, Washington giant said it was also boosting the number of apps in its Windows Store as part of its mobile strategy.
"There were more apps in the Windows Store at launch than any other app store at their launch and since then, the number of apps in the Windows Store has doubled," the blog said.
"A number of apps in the Windows Store have crossed the $25,000 revenue mark and the developer keeps 80 percent of the revenue they make off downloads for the life of their app. A lot of great new apps have been added to the Windows Store since launch."
(c) 2012 AFP
Source: http://phys.org/news273260055.html
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Patient's own immune cells may blunt viral therapy for brain cancer
ScienceDaily (Nov. 25, 2012) ? Doctors now use cancer-killing viruses to treat some patients with lethal, fast-growing brain tumors. Clinical trials show that these therapeutic viruses are safe but less effective than expected.
A new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC -- James) shows that the reason for this is in part due to the patient's own immune system, which quickly works to eliminate the anticancer virus.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, show that the body responds to the anticancer virus as it does to an infection. Within hours, specialized immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells move in to eliminate the therapeutic virus in the brain.
The researchers discovered that the NK cells attack the viruses when they express specific molecules on their surface called NKp30 and NKp46. "These receptor molecules enable the NK cells to recognize and destroy the anticancer viruses before the viruses can destroy the tumor," says co-senior author Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri, director of Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center and CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, and a senior author of the study.
"When we blocked those receptors, the virus has more time to work, and mice with these brain tumors live longer. The next step is to block these molecules on NK cells in glioblastoma patients and see if we can improve their outcome," says Caligiuri, who is also the John L. Marakas Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation Chair in Cancer Research. This study of cancer-cell-killing, or oncolytic, viruses is an example of the value of translational research, in which a problem observed during clinical trials is studied in the laboratory to devise a solution.
"In this case, clinical trials of oncolytic viruses proved safe for use in the brain, but we noticed substantial numbers of immune cells in brain tumors after treatment," says senior author and neurosurgeon Dr. E. Antonio Chiocca, who was professor and chair of neurological surgery while at Ohio State University.
"To understand this process, we went back to the laboratory and showed that NK cells rapidly infiltrate tumors in mice that have been treated with the therapeutic virus. These NK cells also signal other inflammatory cells to come in and destroy the cancer-killing virus in the tumor."
The study used an oncolytic herpes simplex virus, human glioblastoma tumor tissue and mouse models, one of which hosted both human glioblastoma cells and human NK cells. Key technical findings include:
- Replication of the therapeutic virus in tumor cells in an animal model rapidly attracted subsets of NK cells to the tumor site;
- NK cells in tumors activated other immune cells (i.e., macrophages and microglia) that have both antiviral and anticancer properties;
- Depletion of NK cells improves the survival of tumor-bearing mice treated with the therapeutic virus;
- NK cells that destroy virus-infected tumor cells express the NKp30 and NKp46 receptors molecules that recognize the virus.
"Once we identify the molecules on glioblastoma cells that these NK cell receptors bind with, we might be able to use them to identify patients who will be sensitive to this therapy," Caligiuri says.
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Spain to tap up to 42.5 billion euros in EU funds for banks: report
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government will request between 40 billion and 42.5 billion euros ($52 billion-$55 billion) in European financial aid for its troubled banks, El Pais reported on Monday, citing government sources.
Spain's Economy Ministry declined to comment on the report.
Spain was granted up to 100 billion euros of aid in June as part of a euro zone rescue fund to clean up a banking sector hit by a burst property bubble five years ago.
El Pais said the government will use 37 billion euros for its four nationalized banks (Bankia, Novagalicia, CatalunyaCaixa and Banco de Valencia) and 2.5 billion to capitalize the recently-created bad bank, known as Sareb.
An additional 2 billion to 3 billion euros of European Union funds would be used for other banks that may need public money, the newspaper said.
On Sunday, El Pais said European authorities would transfer 35 billion euros to Spain's state bank rescue fund on December 15 in exchange for massive lay-offs at the four nationalized banks.
This followed comments by Spain's deputy economy minister Miguel Temboury last week that the country would probably tap less than 40 billion euros of aid from the euro zone rescue fund.
(Reporting By Feliciano Tisera; Writing by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Clare Kane and Hans-Juergen Peters)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spain-tap-42-5-billion-euros-eu-funds-101430270--finance.html
Monday, November 26, 2012
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Eating disorders in teens: Could the emergency room be a good ...
Could the emergency room be a good place to spot undiagnosed eating disorders among teens, and help steer them to treatment? A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that could be the case.
Researchers screened more than 940 teens and young adults aged 14 years to 20 years for eating disorders, as part of their visit to the U-M Emergency Department for any non-psychiatric reason.
They found that 16 percent ? more than one in every 6 ? had indications of an eating disorder. Those that did were also much more likely to also show signs of depression and substance abuse ? conditions that often go hand-in-hand with eating disorders.
The results are published in the November issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
The researchers, from the U-M Medical School?s Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, and the Center for Eating Disorders of Ann Arbor, MI, also noted that more than a quarter of the patients with signs of eating disorders were male ? a higher percentage than might be expected.
Contrary to most people?s perceptions of eating disorders, but consistent with what experts know about the condition, the patients who screened positive for eating disorders in the ER were more than three times as likely to be obese than those without eating issues.
Although anorexia nervosa is the most commonly known eating disorder, and calls to mind images of unhealthily skinny teens, bulimia and binge eating are also eating disorders ? and are known to be associated with overweight and obesity.
Suzanne Dooley-Hash, M.D., who led the study, works as an emergency physician at U-M. She started the effort because she had a sense that eating disorders were more common among ER patients than the care teams there might think ? it?s just that no one was asking about it.
For many teens and young adults, ER visits are more common than regular doctor visits ? or the only form of medical care they get. In fact, teens who received public assistance of some sort were more likely to have signs of eating disorders in the ER study population.
So the idea of screening for eating disorders there, and helping at-risk teens get treatment after they leave the ER, could be an effective way of stemming problems before they become even more serious. Similar approaches have been taken for drug and alcohol abuse, risky driving, and other risky behaviors.
The new study was part of the UConnect study, led by Rebecca Cunningham, M.D., who is senior author of the new paper and an associate professor of emergency medicine, and Maureen Walton, MPH, Ph.D., a co-author of the new paper and research associate professor of psychiatry. Cunningham also holds an associate professorship at the U-M School of Public Health and directs the U-M Injury Center.
The researchers acknowledge that the study represents patients from one hospital, located in a university town, and say that further research would be needed to confirm the findings? applicability before any interventions are designed.
?They come in for other things ? and it?s up to health care providers to know what to look for,? says Dooley-Hash, an assistant professor of emergency medicine who has worked to educate her fellow emergency physicians about eating disorders and how to spot high-risk teens. ?ER teams can be equipped to refer patients for care, just as we do for substance abuse. It could be a wakeup call, a teachable moment, a chance to tell them they need to seek help and direct them to resources.?
She notes that many teens with eating disorders may come to their physician or an ER with stomach-related complaints but not want to acknowledge that their symptoms are related to an eating issue. Many go undiagnosed for years. On the other end of the spectrum, she says she has seen teens die in the ER after struggling with eating disorders and the depression and suicidal tendencies that often accompany them.
While treatment for eating disorders is not a surefire thing, and can take years, the earlier a patient is diagnosed the better their chances are, she says.
In addition to Dooley-Hash, Cunningham and Walton, the new paper?s authors include Judith D. Banker, MA, LLP, FAED of the Center for Eating Disorders and Yarden Ginsburg, MS of the U-M Department of Psychiatry. The research was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health, grant AA018122. Dooley-Hash also serves as the medical director of the Center for Eating Disorders.
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A Second Take on Meeting the Press: From an up-close look at Rachel Maddow's sneakers to an in-depth look at Jon Krakauer's latest book ? it's all fair game in our "Meet the Press: Take Two" web extra. Log on Sundays to see David Gregory's post-show conversations with leading newsmakers, authors and roundtable guests. Videos are available on-demand by 12 p.m. ET on Sundays.
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PFT: Seahawks CB Sherman denies taking PED
Getty ImagesIt sounds like rookie quarterback Ryan Lindley will get another shot? to start for the Cardinals, after his four-interception debut.
But as with all things Cardinals quarterbacks this year, that comes with an asterisk.
Cards coach Ken Whisenhunt said Monday that Lindley would start again if Kevin Kolb wasn?t healthy, making it reasonable to wonder if John Skelton will ever see the light of day again.
Two of Lindley?s picks were returned for touchdowns in the Cards loss to the Rams, their seventh straight after a 4-0 start.
?Yes. We stay with Ryan,? Whisenhunt said of the non-Kolb condition, via Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic. Listen, let?s start this thing off by saying you can?t have those interceptions. But in the first half, I thought he did a really nice job. He moved in the pocket, was decisive, managed it, made some good throws. We had three scoring drives in the first half, 17 points and over 200 yards of offense, possession time, was good on third down. I felt that we did a lot of good things, even with the pick-six.
?And the first pick-six, that was a mistake in his read. That can happen. The one in the second half, you have to learn from those. He made a bad decision. That?s what you have to see, can he learn from that? There was nobody more upset about than him, especially after the game. He was torn up because he knows he can?t do that.?
In Arizona he can, because they?re running out of options.
Asked if Kolb might be ready to return from a rib injury this week, Whisenhunt said he wasn?t sure yet.
?I don?t know where Kevin is health-wise,? Whisenhunt said. ?He?s making progress but as far as being ready for a game, that?s something we can?t determine until we see where he is Wednesday.?
Short of Kurt Warner coming back, it?s hard to imagine how any shuffling of the current deck chairs is going to matter that much.
Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/26/sherman-denies-taking-adderall/related/
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Minecraft Reality for iOS finds a home for our blocky dreams in the real world (video)
While it's possible to translate the hours and hours spent building worlds in Minecraft to real objects, we wouldn't say the results always match the initial vision -- they're more likely to involve either a miniature 3D printout or the time and money spent on a whole lot of Lego. Mojang and 13th Lab have developed what's arguably a smarter solution with their new Minecraft Reality for iOS. After scanning the environment, the app can insert anyone's uploaded cuboid masterpiece into a perspective-correct augmented reality for viewing from any angle. Interaction is mostly limited to resizing objects, but the title will display the handiwork of anyone nearby and take a shareable screenshot for posterity. There's no word of an Android version just yet; if that's no obstacle to making dreams a (virtual) reality, however, the $2 to pay for Minecraft Reality is a much cheaper and faster alternative to a mountain of plastic bricks.
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Wednesday 28.11 at 6pm at Old Arkadia: screening hosted by ...
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Dear friend of Arkadia,
You are invited to the screening hosted by Simon Dannapfel of ?The Sacred Science? by Nicholas Polizzi on Wednesday 28.11 at 6pm.
The Sacred Science follows eight people from all different walks of life, with varying physical and psychological ailments, as they embark on a one-month healing journey into the heart of the Amazon jungle. Working with a handful of local Shamanic healers and using a combination
of plant medicine and intense spiritual exercises, the barriers between physical health and mental well-being are blurred and eventually eliminated altogether.
For more information visit www.thesacredscience.com.
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To book a seat for the screening please email Simon at info@fitnesstohealth.org.
A 4 euro donation is kindly requested to cover the screening rights, refreshments and hosting costs.
You are also asked to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the film to enable a prompt start.
Please join the discussion and express your views! You are most heartily encouraged to do
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Welcome!
Warm regards,
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Simon is a personal trainer, sports coach and health and fitness enthusiast living Helsinki after moving from New Zealand four years ago.
He has been involved in the fitness industry professionally for 10 years and his mission is to understand and integrate the physical, nutritional, mental and lifestyle needs of clients in order to create purposeful living based upon a solid foundation of physical excellence. He is currently working as a personal trainer at Elixia in Salmisaari.
He is hosting the film showing of The Sacred Science to share his ongoing interest in different approaches to achieving health and well-being in the modern world. An open-minded and friendly discussion about the topics raised in the film will follow the screening.
For more information about Simon, please visit www.fitnesstohealth.org or look up Fitness To Health on Facebook.
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David Quammen: The Spillover of Animal Infections to Humans
David Quammen talks about his latest book, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. From his website: "The next big and murderous human pandemic, the one that kills us in millions, will be caused by a new disease--new to humans, anyway. The bug that's responsible will be strange, unfamiliar, but it won't come from outer space. Odds are that the killer pathogen--most likely a virus--will spill over into humans from a nonhuman animal."
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David Quammen talks about his latest book, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. From his website: "The next big and murderous human pandemic, the one that kills us in millions, will be caused by a new disease--new to humans, anyway. The bug that's responsible will be strange, unfamiliar, but it won't come from outer space. Odds are that the killer pathogen--most likely a virus--will spill over into humans from a nonhuman animal."???
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Analyst sees better conditions for steel makers
NEW YORK (AP) ? The steel sector jumped in Monday trading with Credit Suisse seeing a better supply landscape at the start of the year, thanks to rising demand and better prices.
Domestic suppliers have grappled with weak demand because of the global economic slowdown. That situation has been worsened because of imports and new U.S. steelmaking facilities.
As a result, shares of steelmakers have been on the decline, which makes an investment in the sector even more compelling if Credit Suisse analyst Richard Garchitorena is right.
Garchitorena sees imports declining in December and January, just as demand is ready to pick up. He also notes that recent price hikes by steelmakers are holding, and that another increase could be on the way before the year is over.
There remains one big hurdle in the looming fiscal cliff, and a deal between President Barack Obama and GOP congressional leaders will be mandatory.
"While volatility will remain extreme heading into the 'fiscal cliff,' we believe steel stocks have already priced in some of the downside," Garchitorena wrote.
In late-morning trading, shares of United States Steel Corp. rose 97 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $21.03; Nucor Corp. rose 75 cents to $40.18; Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. rose $1.47, or 2.7 percent, to $55.50; AK Steel Holding Corp. rose 7 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $3.65; and Worthington Industries Inc. rose 59 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $22.19.
Metals USA Holdings Corp. fell 14 cents to $14.30.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analyst-sees-better-conditions-steel-makers-165128825--finance.html
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Turkey to ask NATO for air defense missiles aimed at Syria
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey is expected to formally request on Monday that NATO Patriot missiles be placed on its border to defend against Syrian attacks, Western officials said.
Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad have been able to take large swathes of land but are almost defenseless against Syria's air force. The rebels have called for an internationally enforced no-fly zone, a measure that helped Libyan rebels overthrow their long-term leader last year.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Germany expected Turkey to make the request to NATO for Patriot deployment on Monday and would study such a request "with solidarity".
"But if we have a deployment of Patriots on the Turkish border then this will happen with German soldiers," he told reporters in Brussels, on the sidelines of a meeting of EU defense ministers.
Only the United States, the Netherlands and Germany have the appropriate Patriot missile system available.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Turkey could count on "allied solidarity" but said that the missiles would be purely for defense and not for creating a no-fly zone in Syria.
In Damascus, opposition activists said that Assad's forces had started the heaviest bombardment in 40 days of air strikes and artillery shelling aimed at limiting gains by rebels operating on the edge of the capital.
"Multiple rockets launchers are just making huge, random destruction," said Rami al-Sayyed of the Syrian Media Centre, an opposition activists' organization monitoring Assad's crackdown on the 20-month revolt.
Plagued by division, Syria's opposition formed a broader coalition group last week which was promptly recognized by France as the sole representative body for the Syrian people.
But on Monday, a group of Islamist fighters in Syria's Aleppo province, many of whom are well known members of powerful rebel units in the area, said that they planned to establish an Islamic state and reject the umbrella group, which is led by moderate preacher Mouaz Alkhatib.
However, members of Islamist groups listed in a YouTube video as supporters of the plan told Reuters that they had nothing to do with the announcement, but acknowledged some members of their groups had appeared in the video.
This could suggest cracks in Islamist fighter ranks over how to respond to growing efforts to unify rebel groups and potentially sideline more radical Islamist elements.
BORDER CLASHES WITH KURDS
The civil war, which activists say has killed 38,000 people, has dragged Syria's neighbors and world powers into the conflict. Iran, Russia and China have stood by Assad as France, Britain and the United States have called for his overthrow.
Syrian mortar rounds have fallen in Turkey, Lebanon and Israel as rebels hug the borders looking for safety, and Turkey is in talks with NATO allies about how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-mile) frontier.
Turkey's border has witnessed clashes not only between the rebels and Assad's forces but internal rebel disputes and, increasingly, fighting between the rebels and Kurdish separatist groups.
A Reuters cameraman on the Turkish border said that hundreds of families had fled the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain and were gathering at the border gate, after clashes between rebels and Kurdish separatists who are wary of both rebels and the government.
The Turkish army seemed to be on high alert, sending in military jeeps to patrol the border and stationing soldiers in recently dug trenches along the border.
Turkey has responded in kind to Syrian mortar bombs that land on its soil.
NATO has deployed Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Turkey twice before, once in 1991 and then in 2003, during both Gulf Wars. Those missiles were provided by the Netherlands.
Ankara has twice this year invoked Article 4 of the NATO charter which provides for consultations when a member state feels that its territorial integrity, political independence or security is under threat.
Alexander Von Rosenbach, armed forces analyst at IHS Jane's, said deploying Patriots to Turkey would be partly symbolic. "It's more of a commitment from NATO to say we are behind Turkey," he said.
Manufacturer Raytheon says Patriot provides "a reliable and lethal capability to defeat advanced threats, including aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and UAVs (drones) ....".
(Additional reporting by Adrian Croft, Sebastian Moffett and Robert-Jan Bartunek in Brussels,Yosri Al Jamal in Ceylanpinar, Tom Perry in Cairo, Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Amman and Erika Solomon in Beirut; Writing by Oliver Holmes; Editing by Louise Ireland)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-ask-nato-air-defense-missiles-aimed-syria-155350885.html
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Google Nexus 7 & LG Nexus 4 'back in stock soon,' says search giant
Google will restock the Play store with the Google Nexus 7 and LG Nexus 4 in a matter of weeks, it has pledged, after exhausting its supply on its first day of release.
Amid a traffic surge that kyboshed the Play site, the Google Nexus 7 sold out within half an hour of going on sale Spurred by a keen price point of ?239 for such a lavishly specc?d phone, Play?s supply of the Nexus 4 was also gone in short order.
If you were among the many who missed out on buying a slab of vanilla Android goodness, the good news today is that you shouldn?t have too long to wait to have another tilt at getting hands on some shiny, new Nexus kit.
A post on the search giant?s Google+ page stated: ?There?s been so much interest for the Nexus line-up that we?ve sold out of some of our initial stock in a few countries!
?We are working hard to add more Nexus devices to Google Play in the coming weeks to keep up with the high demand.?
The Nexus 4's price at the Play store is believed to be so eminently affordable compared with contract pricing because Google is subsidising the cost of the phone to the tune of hundreds of pounds per unit.
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CNH Signs Distribution Agreement With DKSH for Agricultural ...
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?The Partnership Will Support the Country's Agribusiness Sector With Best-in-Class New Holland Agriculture Machinery and After-Sales Activities, Leveraging on DKSH's Strong Distribution Network
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwire)---?CNH International, a subsidiary of CNH Global -- a world leader in the agricultural and construction equipment businesses and part of Fiat Industrial -- has signed a distribution and service agreement with DKSH Group, Asia's leading market expansion services provider, to sell and support New Holland Agriculture equipment in Vietnam.
DKSH Vietnam will provide sales, after-sales, marketing, and customer services, leveraging on the extensive infrastructure supporting its well-established and diversified business portfolio. Their organization currently counts on 2,900 specialists, five offices, ten distribution and logistics service centers, one showroom and two after-sales service workshops in the country. In addition, DKSH plans to open dedicated New Holland Agricultural facilities, expanding its dealer network to further strengthen its support for agricultural equipment customers.
CNH, which has a long standing and rich history of innovation in the agricultural equipment business, serves farmers around the world with its extensive knowledge and technical expertise, after-sales and training services, as well as the widest range of agricultural machinery in the industry with its two global agricultural brands New Holland and Case IH. The company's product offering includes low, medium, and high horsepower tractors, combine harvesters, hay and forage equipment, balers, and specialized machines such as sugar cane and coffee harvesters, and cotton pickers.
Adrian Eberle, global Head of Business Unit Technology at DKSH, commented, "DKSH Vietnam can rely on a wide network, in-depth knowledge of the local market and award winning customer services to best support the distribution of New Holland machinery in Vietnam's agricultural sector. The cooperation with CNH is a major achievement in DKSH's strategy to become a leading player in the Vietnamese agricultural machinery segment. We look forward to another success story in the region."
"The partnership between CNH and DKSH is an important milestone that aims to strengthen our position in Vietnam," stated Michele Lombardi, Head of Agricultural Operations in the Far East for CNH International. "This agreement proves our commitment to support the Vietnamese government's efforts to develop the local agricultural business sector with best-in-class machinery and after sales services, meeting the needs of every customer."
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Source: http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/21347
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sara Sloan, Founder Of Sloan Fitness & Personal ... - Net PR & News
Targeted PR Campaigns to Encompass Sloan?s Effective ?Minimal Equipment, Maximum Results? Training Style and her Role in WellFest Delray Expo 2013.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Nov. 12, 2012 ( NET PR News) Sara Sloan, founder of Sloan Fitness & Personal Training (Facebook Page: Sloan Fitness), is a certified personal trainer who has retained Simply the Best Public Relations (www.simplythebestpublicrelations.com) as her PR firm of record. Simply the Best PR will publicize Ms. Sloan?s growing personal training business, her unique fitness style, and her just-announced role as event manager for WellFest Delray Expo (www.wellfestdelray.com), a health and wellness festival that will bring together locals, visitors and businesses to promote physical, spiritual, emotional, holistic and environmental wellness, on March 7, 2013.
Recently relocated from Ohio, Sara Sloan is now running her thriving personal training business in the Boca/Delray/Boynton area. Ms. Sloan is certified as a personal trainer through AFAA, courses on Athlekinetix, Spinning, TRX, Body Pump, CPR and is AED certified. She is also studying to become a certified holistic health coach with INN, the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the largest of its kind in the U.S.
Ms. Sloan?s? fitness program sets her apart from most other personal trainers. She says, ?The way I train is different than most other trainers. I go to the client?s home or business, using minimal equipment but getting maximum results.? My focus is on strength, cardio, balance, core, flexibility by muscle confusion. I do functional, three-dimensional moves rather than the traditional two-dimensional machines. I also tailor my workouts to each client?s capabilities.?
?Our targeted publicity campaign will position Sara Sloan as the best personal trainer and fitness professional clients in the area should consider,? states Kim Morgan, President of Simply the Best PR (www.simplythebestpublicrelations.com). Ms. Sloan has dramatic personal success stories from clients who have regained their health and have lost up to 100 pounds or more. Simply the Best PR plans to utilize Sloan?s testimonials in all PR campaigns.
As the event manager for the WellFest Delray Expo 2013, Simply the Best PR will also help Ms. Sloan approach and secure area business and companies who want to participate in this high-profile event.
Interviews and high-res images of Ms. Sloan are available upon request.
For interview requests and additional information including high res images, contact Kim Morgan at (561) 210-4411 or kmorgan@goodpresspublishing.com
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