Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/307636253?client_source=feed&format=rss
wiz khalifa 2013 Grammys kelly clarkson Lumineers The Lumineers grammys frank ocean
Friday, May 24, 2013
Gawker Real Lesbians React to Fake Lesbian Porn Made for Straight Men | Deadspin Leroy's Revenge: Tw
Gawker Real Lesbians React to Fake Lesbian Porn Made for Straight Men | Deadspin Leroy's Revenge: Two Dogs, Father And Son, Fight To The Death | Kotaku The Xbox One Uncertainty Principle | io9 The World's Most Awkward Taxidermy
     |
Ryan Lanza Facebook Connecticut shooting Nancy Lanza school shootings Jenni Rivera Adam Lanza Facebook the hobbit
Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole
MOSCOW (AP) ? A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.
The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith have sent, urging Russia's courts to free Maria Alekhina and the other Pussy Riot still in prison, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
In its ruling on Thursday, a court in Perm province accepted a claim by prosecutors that Alekhina had systematically disobeyed prison authorities and failed to repent for her crime, Russian media reported.
Alekhina went on a hunger strike Wednesday after being barred from the hearing, even though the court is across the street from the prison colony where she is serving her sentence for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." She also ordered her defense not to participate.
Band members Alekhina, Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich gained worldwide notoriety last year when a Moscow court jailed them for two years for conducting a punk protest in Moscow's main cathedral.
Samtusevich was later released on appeal.
A lawyer for Alekhina said the artist would appeal Thursday's ruling.
The parole decision came despite two letters dated Monday by McCartney, the former Beatles' star, asking for both jailed Pussy Riot members to be released.
McCartney mailed the letters to a court n Mordovia that had denied Tolokonnikova parole last month, and they were posted on online by Pussy Riot supporters. In them, McCartney asks for parole to be granted to Alekhina and Tolokonnikova.
The singer wrote that he was making the request "in a spirit of friendship for my many Russian acquaintances who, like me, believe in treating people ? all people, with compassion and kindness."
Alekhina's lawers also had copies of the support letters that Gabriel and Smith had written.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole-124749258.html
Deval Patrick Dedication 4 labor day college football scores khan academy Espn College Football Eddie Murphy died
6 Common Gluten-Free Myths - Shape
With gluten-free delivery pizza, cookies, cakes, and even dog food on the market, it's clear that the interest in gluten-free eating isn't slowing down.
This May, in honor of Celiac Awareness Month, we're looking at some of the most common misconceptions about celiac disease and a gluten-free diet.
1. A gluten-free diet can benefit anyone. People who suffer from celiac disease struggle with digestive problems, malnutrition, and more. That's because gluten?a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley?triggers an immune response that causes damage to the lining of the small intestine. That, in turn, can interfere with the absorption of nutrients, causing malnutrition, anemia, diarrhea and a host of other problems.
Other gluten sensitivities exist, but for the general population, gluten is not harmful. Forgoing gluten when you don't have a problem digesting and processing it will not necessarily help you lose weight or make you healthier. While many gluten-free foods are our most healthful options (think: fruit, vegetables, lean proteins), gluten-free diets are not by default healthy.
RELATED: Check out seven foods a nutritionist would never eat?and find out why you shouldn't either!
2. Celiac disease is a rare condition. Celiac disease is one of the most common hereditary autoimmune disorders in the U.S., with about 1 percent of Americans?that's one out of every 141 people?suffering from the disorder, according to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness.
3. There are many ways to treat a gluten sensitivity. Currently, the only way to treat celiac disease is with a strict gluten-free diet. There are several supplements on the market that claim to help people digest gluten, but these are not based on clinical research and it's unclear if they have any effect. Researchers are currently testing a vaccine and, separately, medication in clinical trial, but nothing is available yet.
4. If it isn't bread, it's gluten-free. Gluten can pop up in surprising places. While bread, cake, pasta, pizza crust, and other wheat-based foods are obviously full of the protein, unless otherwise specified, some surprising foods can also offer a dose of gluten. Foods such as pickles (it's the brining liquid!), blue cheese, and even hot dogs can be inappropriate for those who eat gluten free. What's more, some medications and cosmetics use gluten as a binding agent, so it's best to check those labels as well.
5. Celiac disease is a nuisance, but it isn't life-threatening. Sure, the stomach pain, bone pain, skin rash, and digestive issues are more distressing than fatal, but some celiac sufferers really are at risk. According to the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center, if left undiagnosed or untreated, celiac disease can lead to the development of other autoimmune disorders, infertility and even, in some very rare instances, cancer.
RELATED: These easy, healthy brown-bag lunches from nutrition experts will give you the energy you need to face down that long afternoon to-do list.
6. Gluten intolerance is an allergy. Celiac disease patients have an autoimmune disorder that causes an immune reaction triggered by gluten. There are many people for whom gluten has an adverse effect, but who do not have celiac disease. In those instances, a person may have what's known as non-celiac gluten sensitivity or he or she may have a wheat allergy.
More on Huffington Post Healthy Living:
5 Superfoods for Better Skin
4 Reasons to Try the Mediterranean Diet
7 Health Problems that Can Be Fixed With Food
?
Source: http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/6-common-gluten-free-myths
chechnya live news nbc UMass Dartmouth Katherine Russell MBTA Fox News Live
Friends of Syria demands Hezbollah, Iran fighters withdraw
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Friends of Syria alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to regional stability.
In a communiqu? issued after a meeting in Amman, the alliance said it will "further increase" support for the opposition and "take all other steps as necessary" until a planned peace conference backed by Russia and the United States produces a transitional government that would assume power over the army and executive, which are now in President Bashar al-Assad's hands.
Referring to Hezbollah guerrillas fighting along the Syrian army and pro-Assad militia in the Syrian town of Qusair near the Lebanese border, the alliance "called for the immediate withdrawal of Hezbollah, fighters from Iran, and other regime allied foreign fighters from Syrian territory."
The meeting of 11 Western and Arab nations, as well as Turkey, which constitute the core group of the alliance, also warned of "severe consequences" if use of chemical weapons by Assad's forces is confirmed.
The communiqu? said Assad's forces "committed ethnic cleansing" this month in the city of Banias. Opposition campaigners said forces from Assad's minority Alawite sect killed and mutilated at least 100 Sunni men, women and children in the coastal city of Banias on May 2.
But the alliance warned that radicalism was growing on both sides of the two-year conflict, in which at least 80,000 people were killed.
"The ministers expressed their strong concern over the increasing presence and growing radicalism on both sides of the conflict and terrorist elements in Syria that deepens the concerns for the future of Syria," the statement said.
(Reporting by Suleiman al-Khalidi and Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Michael Roddy and Cynthia Osterman)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/friends-syria-demands-withdrawal-hezbollah-iran-fighters-220903522.html
sparkle sacagawea new hope baptist church associated press foster friess new orleans hornets ghost rider spirit of vengeance
Thursday, May 23, 2013
HP refreshes its laptops for back-to-school season, one has a 3,200 x 1,800 screen (updated)
With back-to-school season upon us and Intel's Haswell launch just around the corner, now's a great time for PC makers to start unveiling their summer lineups. Two weeks ago we heard from Sony and today it's HP's turn: the company just refreshed everything from its mainstream notebooks to its high-performance machines. Heck, even the pint-sized dm1 got a makeover. With the exception of that machine (now called the Pavilion TouchSmart Notebook), everything here will be offered with Haswell. There's a little something for everybody, and it's all waiting for you in a neat summary after the break. Join us as we break it down.
Update: We've added one more model to the list, and we think you're going to like it: an Ultrabook with a 3,200 x 1,800 display. HP hadn't meant to announce it today, but you know the internet -- sometimes the cat gets out of the bag anyway. In any case, we've added a quick blurb, as well as hands-on photos. Enjoy!
mothers day gifts kim kardashian jaycee dugard JA Happ Tim Lambesis Great Gatsby Mark Sanford
Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces
A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
Penny Phillips throws out a bag of salvaged clothing as she goes through the remains of her home on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Moore, Okla. that was destroyed by Monday's tornado in the area near 4th and Bryant. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger)
Brian Mullins and his Father Terry survey tornado damage to the home of Brian's girlfriend Sara Robinson, right, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney)
Jeff Thayer, right, and his son Heath look at a tornado-ravaged pickup truck belonging to another son Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
MOORE, Okla. (AP) ? With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.
It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, Jeff, and her grandsons picked through what was left of her belongings, Arvin found some dark humor in the situation.
"Oh thank God," she said, laughing, when a grandson brought over her keys. "We can get in the house."
Monday's tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble, killing seven children inside.
As state and federal officials work to set up disaster recovery centers to provide aid and assistance, Arvin and other residents of Moore are beginning the deliberate process of assessing what's left of their homes and possessions and what comes next.
Officials are still trying to make sense of what will be needed in the coming days, weeks and months: Will homes be rebuilt or torn down? Where will the children go to school? How much will it all cost?
Helmeted rescue workers have been searching tirelessly for survivors and victims, and officials said Tuesday they planned to keep going ? sometimes double- and triple-checking home sites. Officials were not certain of how many homes were destroyed or how many families had been displaced. Emergency crews had trouble navigating devastated neighborhoods because there were no street signs left. Some rescuers used smartphones or GPS devices to guide them through areas with no recognizable landmarks.
Moore Fire Chief Gary Bird said Tuesday he was confident there are no more bodies or survivors in the rubble. Every damaged home had been searched at least once, Bird said, but his goal was to conduct three searches of each building just to be certain there were no more bodies or survivors.
"I'm 98 percent sure we're good," Bird said.
The Arvins and others looked for bright spots throughout an otherwise dark day. Arvin's son Jeff noticed a set of five dishes without a single crack. He and his nephews pulled out golf clubs, pictures and a decorative key and note holder.
It was an ordeal they've faced before.
Monday's tornado, which traveled 17 miles and was 1.3 miles wide at points, loosely followed the path of a twister that brought 300 mph winds in May 1999. This week's tornado was the fourth since 1998 to hit Moore, a middle-class community that has been one of the fastest-growing suburbs of Oklahoma City.
"'99 taught us a lot, especially in Moore ? such as, you've got to have a plan," Jeff Arvin said.
Billy McElrath's entire home was reduced to rubble, and even its concrete foundation was split. His wife and a friend McElrath hired to do some painting managed to make it into an underground shelter moments before the tornado shredded the home.
His 1968 red convertible Corvette was smashed under heaps of bricks and wooden frames inside what was left of his garage.
"My wife got it for my 50th birthday last August," McElrath said. "I haven't driven it since my son and I took it to a car show in Springfield last September."
His plan was simple: "We'll just start over."
Survivors emerged with harrowing accounts of the storm's wrath, which many endured as they shielded loved ones in hallways, closets and bathrooms.
Larry Harjo, his twin brother and their wives headed for the hospital at the end of the street only minutes ahead of the tornado that ripped the roof off their home and blew out its walls.
"We could see the tornado coming. We could see one side of it, but we couldn't see the other so we knew it was big," Harjo, 45, said while standing in his driveway. "There was no surviving that. It was either underground or out of the way kind of thing and we got the hell out of Dodge."
The hospital was their plan. They had sheltered there before, but this time, it took a direct hit.
"We were directly center of the hospital and we could hear the cars hitting the building, so we knew it wasn't going to be nice," he said. "Thump, thump, thump. Loud thumps."
"Ceiling tiles falling everywhere. I thought it was going to cave on us there for a minute," he said.
From the air, large stretches Moore could be seen where every home had been cut to pieces. Some homes were sucked off their concrete slabs. A pond was filled with piles of wood and an overturned trailer. Also visible were large patches of red earth where the tornado scoured the land down to the soil. Some tree trunks were still standing, but the winds ripped away their leaves.
Officials had revised the death toll downward from 51 to 24 on Tuesday after the state medical examiner said some victims may have been double-counted in the confusion immediately after the storm. More than 200 people were treated at area hospitals.
The National Weather Service said the tornado, which was on the ground for 40 minutes, was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph ? the first EF5 tornado of 2013.
___
Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Sean Murphy and Tim Talley contributed to this report.
Associated Pressjon jones vs rashad evans results rashad evans jon jones chuck colson death meteor showers 2012 ufc 145 jones vs evans
Thinking 'big' may not be best approach to saving large-river fish
May 22, 2013 ? Large-river specialist fishes -- from giant species like paddlefish and blue catfish, to tiny crystal darters and silver chub -- are in danger, but researchers say there is greater hope to save them if major tributaries identified in a University of Wisconsin-Madison study become a focus of conservation efforts.
The study says 60 out of 68 U.S. species, or 88 percent of fish species found exclusively in large-river ecosystems like the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, are of state, federal or international conservation concern. The report is in the April issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
On the other hand, says lead author Brenda Pracheil, a postdoctoral researcher in the UW's Center for Limnology, the study offers some good news, too.
Traditionally, the conservation emphasis has been on restoring original habitat. This task proves impossible for ecosystems like the main trunk of the Mississippi River -- the nation's shipping, power production, and flood control backbone. While the locks, dams and levees that make the Mississippi a mighty economic force have destroyed fish habitat by blocking off migration pathways and changing annual flood cycles species need to spawn, removing them is not a realistic conservation option.
But, says Pracheil, we're underestimating the importance of tributaries. Her study found that, for large-river specialist fish, it's not all or nothing. Some rivers are just big enough to be a haven.
For any river in the Mississippi Basin with a flow rate of less than 166 cubic meters of water per second, virtually no large-river specialist fishes are present. But in any river that even slightly exceeds that rate, 80 percent or more of the large-river species call it home.
That means Mississippi tributaries about the size of the Wisconsin River and larger are providing crucial habitat for large-river fishes. When coupled with current efforts in the large rivers themselves, these rivers may present important opportunities for saving species.
"Talk to any large-river fish biologist, and they will tell you how important tributaries are to big river fish," says Pracheil. "But, until now, we've not really understood which rivers are most important. Our study tackles that and shows which tributaries in the Mississippi River Basin show the most promise for conservation of large-river fishes."
Current policies governing large river restoration projects are funded largely through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which requires that funds be spent on mainstems -- or the big rivers themselves. Pracheil's study suggests spending some of that money on tributary restoration projects might do more conservation good for fish, while also letting agencies get more bang for their habitat restoration buck.
"Tributaries may be one of our last chances to preserve large-river fish habitat," Pracheil says. "Even though the dam building era is all but over in this country, it's just starting on rivers like the Mekong and Amazon -- places that are hotspots for freshwater fish diversity. While tributaries cannot offer a one-to-one replacement of main river habitats, our work suggests that [they] provide important refuges for large-river fishes and that both main rivers and their tributaries should be considered in conservation plans."
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/nMUAD2Uvhnc/130522180342.htm
Black Mesa matt ryan matt ryan att wireless Mother Jones cars Bacon Number
Article: Sony's Testing a Better, Faster Video Streaming Technology.
Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.
Shakira Amanda Berry Farrah Abraham Sex Tape Met gala lauryn hill teacher appreciation week Jodi Arias trial
Acer C7 Chromebook getting 16GB SSD option, keeping $199 price tag
Acer's C7 Chromebook is the cheapest way to get in on Google's cloud-OS party. But, it still ships a 320GB 5,400RPM drive. Truth be told, such a large amount of local storage is counter to the whole idea of Chrome OS -- not to mention that the slow spin introduces a certain amount of unwelcome lag. Thankfully the bargain-basement $199 laptop is about to get an SSD makeover, according to a listing at Best Buy. The official specs at the Google Play store still list the standard hard drive, but the big box shop has a model featuring 16GB of solid state storage. The updated C7 keeps the same affordable price point, though we have no idea when it might start shipping. Best Buy lists the Chromebook simply as "coming soon," with no estimated delivery date. From what we can see there are no other changes to the machine, so if you weren't a fan of the cheap construction before, don't expect that to change.
[Thanks, Cody]
Source: Best Buy
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ddAHVC2nhs8/
mexico earthquake aziz ansari aziz ansari katherine jenkins peyton manning broncos mexico city earthquake stand your ground law
Digital Multiplex: Warm Bodies and Aftershock
Plus one more film currently in theaters, and another yet to be released.
Not a whole lot worth mentioning this week in streaming movies, but we do have a fairly well-received zom-rom-com, a couple of movies still out in theaters, and one more that hasn't even seen a theatrical release yet. Read on to find out what's available to watch right now.
Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1927514/news/1927514/
titanic ii babe ruth new jersey nets nba playoff schedule rondo morris claiborne clippers
Marilyn Manson Helped Avril Lavigne Find 'Bad Girl' ... And Shave Her Head
Canadian pop-rock star talks to MTV News about her relationship with Manson outside of the studio.
By Christina Garibaldi
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1707863/avril-lavigne-marilyn-manson-bad-girl.jhtml
NBA Draft 2013 eva longoria WWE April Macie nicki minaj celebrity apprentice Jodi Arias Trial Live
Small businesses beware! Point-of-sale malware is after you ...
With easy pickings to be had from under-protected small operations, this pattern is only going to grow until people start fighting back with better system security, and ideally better payment card systems.
How point-of-sale malware works
A few weeks ago I looked at a report highlighting the high levels of data breaches in the retail and food and drink sectors, areas not famed for handling large bank accounts or valuable industrial secrets.
For some time before that, we've seen a number of reports on malware strains targeting POS systems. Both here on this blog and elsewhere, I've read reports analysing a slew of attacks, all aiming to harvest data from POS systems. The main aim is to pick up small batches of card numbers from mom-and-pop operations where the least attention is payed to best security practices.
These are in a way the opposite of the high-profile, high-sophistication targeted attacks which make most of the headlines these days. Big-name brands are rarely involved, and no huge sums of money are being stolen from any single victim.
Instead, large numbers of smaller targets are being taken for small amounts of cash, in the end making for big windfalls for the bad guys with much less risk of aggressive countermeasures.
POS present
These malware families are being diligently worked on to improve and expand their functionality, and as most seem to be available for sale to anyone willing to buy them online, their implementation grows more diverse by the day.
The functionality is used as a standalone data exfiltration technique in more focused attacks, or rolled into more general-purpose crime kits, which can probe for any likely POS data just as they would for anything else of potential value.
In the last week or two, there have been some detailed analyses of some of the major strains, including a multipart blog series from Trustwave's SpiderLabs, whose annual report inspired my first look at this topic.
Both these studies highlight the complex web of interrelationships between several seemingly different malware strains, the similarities being in the structure of their command and control systems.
This implies some degree of organisation and pooling of ideas and resources. All of this effort is aimed purely at harvesting card info, and converting that info into cash.
What payment systems are affected?
To clear up some misunderstandings from recent pieces on this topic, these problems don't only affect operations in the US, where the EMV or 'Chip and Pin' system hasn't yet been implemented. There have been reports of data breaches all over the world, but they do share one common trait, they all impact locations where the chip-and-pin system is not widely used.
Outside of the US, this is mainly international hotels where large numbers of foreign guests are processed. In the US, it's just about anywhere.
The chip-and-pin system itself is not entirely perfect, as we've seen some reports of that being bypassed too, but they seem to be almost exclusively physical breaches, where pin-reading machines have been doctored, or replaced with Trojan lookalikes.
That kind of attack is pretty hard to defeat of course - you can be as careful as you like with your anti-virus updates, your software patches and your firewall rules, but if the bad guys can come into your house and replace your PC with an identical-looking one under their control, it's basically game over.
Mitigation: what can be done to stop point-of-sale attacks?
Chip-and-pin at least provides some protection against the indiscriminate data-harvesting conducted by the likes of 'Alina', 'Vskimmer' and 'Dexter'. Once it is properly and universally adopted, with no-one anywhere carrying old-style, easily copied 'Track 2' style cards, this whole cabal of scammers should be out of business.
In the meantime, there are some things business owners can do to protect themselves, starting with the basics of ensuring all software running on their customer-facing networks is kept up-to-date with the latest patches. They should also ensure that any services allowing remote access have secure passwords - many of these attacks have simply used default passwords in common tools to penetrate networks.
In happier news, a convicted Romanian carder has invented a device which protects ATMs from card-skimming add-ons. Yay.
Image of Lady shopping and credit card purchase courtesy of Shutterstock.
Chase.com Talk Like a Pirate Day raiders Demi Lovato iOS 6 Features big brother iOS 6
Michael Douglas Chokes Up While Talking About Cancer Battle, Behind the Candelabra Role at Cannes
While at a Cannes Film Festival press conference for his new movie Behind the Candelabra this week, Michael Douglas got choked up while talking about the opportunity to play Liberace after his 2010 cancer battle.
Talking about the HBO film, Douglas told reporters, "And so for me this has?" before suddenly pausing to fight back tears.
After several silent seconds, the 68-year-old actor continued, "Sorry, because it was right after my cancer, and this beautiful gift was handed to me, and I'm eternally grateful for Steven [Soderbergh] and Matt [Damon] and [producer] Jerry [Weintraub]."
NEWS: Sharon Stone flashes major side boob at Cannes
After the emotional moment, Douglas, who successfully beat throat cancer in 2011, told The Hollywood Reporter, "It totally came over me."
"For this to come along, when you're wondering if you have a career?you've had this big hiatus, you don't know what repercussions cancer has for being hired," he said. "It was something so much to look forward to."
PHOTOS: See all the stars from the Cannes Film Fest
hyperemesis gravidarum BCS Bowls palestine Zig Ziglar alabama football sean taylor Lisa Robin Kelly
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
AT&T says all customers will soon get access to FaceTime, Hangouts over cellular
There's a reason that many eyes were on Plaza Towers Elementary as Moore, Oklahoma began to assess the damage from a deadly, devastating tornado that blasted through the town Monday evening?and killed at least 51 people: the school was leveled, with dozens of children still inside. And so far, some of the most emotionally charged news has emerged from the story unfolding there.?
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/t-says-customers-soon-access-facetime-hangouts-over-212514980.html
sag aftra mega mill power ball livan hernandez soledad o brien mega ball lottery winner
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Aggressive behavior linked specifically to secondhand smoke exposure in childhood
![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sgXAkhYd7G6d3_B5twsE5y0f5Wylcq4wSWmk3WyO8QqzI8MC_anaEBc1DAMseRKN-yKzvd8QpdK2ktYYer3zvGwC6ixV_4smBDvBNycgg=s0-d){kind=small}
Public release date: 21-May-2013[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: William Raillant-Clark
rw.raillantclark@gmail.com
514-566-3813
University of Montreal
Groundbreaking study controls for smoking during pregnancy and antisocial parents
This news release is available in French.
Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial, according to Linda Pagani and Caroline Fitzpatrick of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine hospital. No study to date has controlled for these factors. "Secondhand smoke is in fact more dangerous that inhaled smoke, and 40% of children worldwide are exposed to it. Moreover, exposure to this smoke at early childhood is particularly dangerous, as the child's brain is still developing," Pagani said. "I looked at data that was collected about 2,055 kids from their birth until ten years of age, including parent reports about secondhand smoke exposure and from teachers and children themselves about classroom behaviour. Those having been exposed to secondhand smoke, even temporarily, were much more likely to report themselves as being more aggressive by time they finished fourth grade." The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health on May 21, 2013.
Given that it would be unethical to exposure children to secondhand smoke, Pagani relied on longitudinal data collected by Quebec health authorities from birth onward on an annual basis. Because parents went about raising their children while participating in the study, the data provided a natural experiment of variations in the child population of household smoke exposure throughout early childhood. Although no direct causal link can be determined, the statistical correlation suggests that secondhand smoke exposure does forecast deviant behavior in later childhood. The very detailed information collated for the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development enabled her to do something no other researcher has done to date: distinguish the unique contribution of secondhand smoke exposure on children's later deviant behavior. "Previous studies looking at groups of children have generally asked mothers whether they smoked or not, and how much at each follow-up, rather than asking whether someone smoked in the home where young children live and play," Dr. Pagani said. "Furthermore, few studies have looked at antisocial behaviour in the parents and even fewer have investigated the subsequent influence of prolonged exposure to secondhand smoke over the long term. None have taken into account the fact that disadvantaged families are less likely to participate in a long study like this one, which of course skews the statistics."
The statistics are backed by other biological studies into the effects of smoke on the brain. Secondhand smoke comprises 85% sidestream smoke emanated from a burning cigarette and 15% inhaled and then exhaled mainstream smoke. Sidestream smoke is considered more toxic than mainstream smoke because it contains a higher concentration of many dispersed respirable pollutants over a longer exposure period. "We know that the starvation of oxygen caused by smoke exposure in the developing central nervous system can cause low birth weight and slowed fetal brain growth," Dr. Pagani said. "Environmental sources of tobacco smoke represent the most passive and preventable cause of disease and disability. This study suggests that the postnatal period is important for the prevention of impaired neurobehavioral development and makes the case for the promotion of an unpolluted domestic environment for children."
###
About Linda Pagani
Linda Pagani is a professor with the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, a researcher at the Research Centre at CHU Sainte-Justine (University Hospital Centre), and a member of the Groupe de recherche sur les environnements scolaires (School Environment Research Group) of the Fonds de recherche du Qubec Socit et culture. The University of Montreal is officially known as Universit de Montral.
[ | E-mail | Share ] ?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Public release date: 21-May-2013[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: William Raillant-Clark
rw.raillantclark@gmail.com
514-566-3813
University of Montreal
Groundbreaking study controls for smoking during pregnancy and antisocial parents
This news release is available in French.
Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial, according to Linda Pagani and Caroline Fitzpatrick of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine hospital. No study to date has controlled for these factors. "Secondhand smoke is in fact more dangerous that inhaled smoke, and 40% of children worldwide are exposed to it. Moreover, exposure to this smoke at early childhood is particularly dangerous, as the child's brain is still developing," Pagani said. "I looked at data that was collected about 2,055 kids from their birth until ten years of age, including parent reports about secondhand smoke exposure and from teachers and children themselves about classroom behaviour. Those having been exposed to secondhand smoke, even temporarily, were much more likely to report themselves as being more aggressive by time they finished fourth grade." The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health on May 21, 2013.
Given that it would be unethical to exposure children to secondhand smoke, Pagani relied on longitudinal data collected by Quebec health authorities from birth onward on an annual basis. Because parents went about raising their children while participating in the study, the data provided a natural experiment of variations in the child population of household smoke exposure throughout early childhood. Although no direct causal link can be determined, the statistical correlation suggests that secondhand smoke exposure does forecast deviant behavior in later childhood. The very detailed information collated for the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development enabled her to do something no other researcher has done to date: distinguish the unique contribution of secondhand smoke exposure on children's later deviant behavior. "Previous studies looking at groups of children have generally asked mothers whether they smoked or not, and how much at each follow-up, rather than asking whether someone smoked in the home where young children live and play," Dr. Pagani said. "Furthermore, few studies have looked at antisocial behaviour in the parents and even fewer have investigated the subsequent influence of prolonged exposure to secondhand smoke over the long term. None have taken into account the fact that disadvantaged families are less likely to participate in a long study like this one, which of course skews the statistics."
The statistics are backed by other biological studies into the effects of smoke on the brain. Secondhand smoke comprises 85% sidestream smoke emanated from a burning cigarette and 15% inhaled and then exhaled mainstream smoke. Sidestream smoke is considered more toxic than mainstream smoke because it contains a higher concentration of many dispersed respirable pollutants over a longer exposure period. "We know that the starvation of oxygen caused by smoke exposure in the developing central nervous system can cause low birth weight and slowed fetal brain growth," Dr. Pagani said. "Environmental sources of tobacco smoke represent the most passive and preventable cause of disease and disability. This study suggests that the postnatal period is important for the prevention of impaired neurobehavioral development and makes the case for the promotion of an unpolluted domestic environment for children."
###
About Linda Pagani
Linda Pagani is a professor with the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, a researcher at the Research Centre at CHU Sainte-Justine (University Hospital Centre), and a member of the Groupe de recherche sur les environnements scolaires (School Environment Research Group) of the Fonds de recherche du Qubec Socit et culture. The University of Montreal is officially known as Universit de Montral.
[ | E-mail | Share ] ?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uom-abl051613.php
breaking dawn part 2 breaking dawn part 2 Jennifer Lacy Honey Baked Ham hostess israel AMA
US military has shut down Wi-Fi access at the Guantanamo Bay following threats from Anonymous that
US military has shut down Wi-Fi access at the Guantanamo Bay following threats from Anonymous that it would "disrupt activities" as part of its #OpGITMO campaign.
| |
nfl 2012 draft miami dolphins buffalo bills st louis rams ryan tannehill pittsburgh steelers seattle seahawks
Boost Mobile Wallet app and prepaid Visa hands-on
Boost Mobile launched a Mobile Wallet app and service today at CTIA 2013 with an interesting twist in that it is tied to a Visa Prepaid card. Boost Mobile customers simply hit up a store to get signed up, download an app onto their handset and once funds are added to their account can use them in a wide variety of ways. From sending money via the app to people in 135 other countries, the ability to pay more that 3,500 billers nationwide, top up your prepaid account and using the included Visa debit card any money in your account can be accessed via that card as well. The app also makes use of your handset's camera with its Quick Check feature -- which is coming soon -- allowing an account holder to snap a photo of a check and submit it using the app to have the check's value added to your mobile wallet once approved -- which is nifty, if you don't use a bank we suppose. There are no month-to-month fees for the service but each bill you pay will cost some $2 and climbs depending on how quickly you need the payment made against the account. The service launches in Los Angeles, San Diego and parts of New Jersey today with rollout to all markets expected by the end of the year.
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/OO_7E8-5nx8/
facebook buys instagram kevin systrom fibonacci sequence maryland lottery grand jury ozzie guillen fidel castro darvish
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)