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Red is often associated with attraction, love, and passion. It’s a prominent color in makeup as it imitates the naturally reddening of female features when women are sexually aroused. The “woman in a red” on stage or in movies is often a notoriously sultry figure. However, there’s no cultural parallel for the seductive power of red on men. The only obvious pairing of red with masculinity in pop culture is the robes of historical royalty as well as the red bandannas and capes of bull fighters. However, a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found that women are aroused by men in red.
In the animal kingdom, researchers have long noted the affection many nonhuman, vertebrate females have for males that display red features. In many cases, red is a sign of...
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/08/03/study-red-stimulates-female-attraction-so-buy-more-red-clothes/Red is often associated with attraction, love, and passion. It’s a prominent... more
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CANNABIS CULTURE - Nearly two thirds (65%) of Americans think the US's "War on Drugs" has been a failure, according to a new scientific poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. Only 8% of respondents said they thought it had been a success, with 27% not sure.
Drug Abuse
The online survey, which has a +/- 3.1% margin of error, sampled 1,003 adults about their thoughts on America's and drug problems. 64% of those polled said they thought "America has a serious drug abuse problem and it affects the whole country".
Legalization
52% of respondents strongly or moderately supported the legalization of marijuana. 10% or less supported the legalization for ecstacy, heroin, powder cocaine, methamphetamine or crack cocaine.
Mexico
The poll also addressed Mexico's growing drug production problem, and 49% believed Mexico "deserves most of the blame" for "allowing the drug cartels to grow and flourish".
COMPLETE PDF IS AVAILABLE ON LINK>>> http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/07/22/65-Americans-Think-War-Drugs-Has-FailedCANNABIS CULTURE - Nearly two thirds (65%) of Americans think the US's "War... more
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We’ve all experienced it: an instant connection with a complete stranger that makes you believe in soul mates, destiny, and love at first sight—a feeling so strong you consider leaving everything and running off to Mexico with a virtual stranger. Then there are the moments when you feel in the zone and totally connected with your environment. Click, a new book by the New York Times bestselling authors of Sway, analyzes the mechanics of these magical moments.
When things clicks we feel more alive, more engaged, and more in touch with everything in an almost supernatural way—a description that parallels the use of stimulants like...
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/07/22/the-magic-of-clicking-with-people-like-clockwork-a-book-review-of-click/We’ve all experienced it: an instant connection with a complete stranger that... more
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A British study, the results of which were released this morning, suggests that more than half of all women go at least six months between washing their cars.
The study, conducted by Autoquake, found that about 56 percent of the United Kingdom women surveyed let their cars go unwashed for more than six months. By comparison, 44 percent of the men surveyed were willing to go that long between washings.
The survey of over 1,000 U.K. drivers found that just 34 percent of all drivers washed their cars inside and out every six months, while only 13 percent do a full inside and outside wash once a year. On the bright side, just 4 percent of those surveyed claim that they never wash their vehicles. Women – at 5 percent – were slightly more likely to never wash their cars than men – at 3 percent.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-women-less-likely-to-keep-cars-clean.htmlA British study, the results of which were released this morning, suggests that more... more
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In our leading article today we provide an overview of the nightmare future envisaged by a recent Rockefeller Foundation study which describes a global dictatorship tightly controlled by the world’s elite and super rich.
The Rockefeller blueprint for a new world order entitled “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development,” predicts four future narratives.
One narrative in particular, “Hack Attack” outlines a scenario in which Technology is demonized as a criminal weapon prevalent in a world where civilization has all but collapsed.
“Devastating shocks like September 11, the Southeast Asian tsunami of 2004, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake had certainly primed the world for sudden disasters. But no one was prepared for a world in which large-scale catastrophes would occur with such breathtaking frequency.” the report states.
“The years 2010 to 2020 were dubbed the “doom decade” for good reason: the 2012 Olympic bombing, which killed 13,000, was followed closely by an earthquake in Indonesia killing 40,000, a tsunami that almost wiped out Nicaragua, and the onset of the West China Famine, caused by a once-in-a-millennium drought linked to climate change.” it continues.
The study envisages nation states all over the world literally losing control of their public finances and the ability to retain order and stability with “violence and crime more rampant”. It also envisions global coordination and interconnectedness between nations breaking down altogether to be replaced by proxy wars and low level conflict.
“By 2030, the distinction between “developed” and “developing” nations no longer seemed particularly descriptive or relevant.” the report states.
The only ones able to prosper in such an environment (surprise surprise) are the global elite and the super wealthy:
“The global have/have-not gap grew wider than ever. The very rich still had the financial means to protect themselves; gated communities sprung up from New York to Lagos, providing safe havens surrounded by slums. In 2025, it was de rigueur to build not a house but a high-walled fortress, guarded by armed personnel.” the report states.
As a backdrop to this chaos, the study attacks advanced technology, in particular the internet, depicting it as a tool for criminals and terrorists:
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/rockefeller-study-outlines-doom-decade-life-for-all-but-super-wealthy-will-be-hell-on-earth.htmlIn our leading article today we provide an overview of the nightmare future envisaged... more
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Below are some of the worst work-study jobs held by students. Sure, not everyone hates these positions, but to most, they tend to be either extremely boring, extremely laborious – more so than the pay would indicate – or below their skill sets.
:http://www.bestcollegesonline.net/blog/2010/10-worst-work-study-jobs-in-college/Below are some of the worst work-study jobs held by students. Sure, not everyone hates... more
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Many consider obesity in America a true public health risk, due to the diseases connected to obesity, as well as the costs associated with obesity. Here are 25 enlightening studies and infographics about obesity in America.
link :http://masterofhealthadministration.com/2010/25-enlightening-studies-and-infographics-on-obesity-in-america/Many consider obesity in America a true public health risk, due to the diseases... more
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A woman's body shape may influence how good her memory is, according to US researchers.A woman's body shape may influence how good her memory is, according to US... more
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CBC - Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found.
"The results were stunning. There's no other word to use," said Patricia Moss, academic dean at the Rhode Island boarding school where the study was done. "We didn't think we'd get that much bang for the buck."
The research appears in July's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The results mirror those at a few other schools that have delayed starting times by 30 minutes or more.
Researchers say there's a reason why even half an hour can make a big difference. Teens tend to be in their deepest sleep around dawn — when they typically need to get up for school. Interrupting that sleep can leave them groggy, especially since they also tend to have trouble falling asleep before 11 p.m.
"There's biological science to this that I think provides compelling evidence as to why this makes sense," said Brown University sleep researcher Dr. Judith Owens, the study's lead author and a pediatrician at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I.
An Archives editorial said the study adds to "a growing body of evidence that changing the start time for high schools is good for adolescents."
The fact that the study was in the exclusive setting of St. George's School in Middletown, R.I., doesn't necessarily weaken the results. Owens acknowledged that there might be more hurdles to overcome at poorer, public schools, including busing schedules, parents' work hours and daycare for younger siblings.
'It's about adult convenience'
While these issues have killed many proposals, some public high schools have adopted later starting times.
Mel Riddile, associate director at the National Association of Secondary School Principals, favours later class times for teens but said most districts oppose it. "It's about adult convenience, it's not about learning," he said. "With budget cuts, it's going to make it more difficult to get this done."
Many parents and teachers at St. George's were opposed but reluctantly agreed to the study after a presentation by Owens, whose daughter was a junior there.
Overall, 201 high school students completed sleep habit surveys before and after the nine-week experiment last year. The results were so impressive that the school made the change permanent, Moss said.
Starting times were shifted from 8 a.m. to 8:30. All class times were cut by five to 10 minutes to avoid a longer school day that would interfere with after-school activities. Moss said improvements in student alertness made up for the lost instruction time.
The portion of students reporting at least eight hours of sleep on school nights jumped from about 16 per cent to almost 55 per cent. Reports of daytime sleepiness dropped from 49 per cent to 20 per cent.
First-period tardiness fell by almost half. Students reported feeling less depressed or irritated during the day, health centre rest visits dropped substantially, and the number of hot breakfasts served more than doubled. Moss said the healthier breakfasts probably aided alertness in class.
The study was designed to look at changes in sleep habits and behaviour and didn't examine academic performance. It also lacked a control group of students who didn't experience a change in start times, another limitation.
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http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/06/teen-school-start.htmlCBC - Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness... more
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A paper written by a group of Harvard Students looked into the decline of top newspapers describing water-boarding as torture. As always the findings are quite depressing.
The newspapers in question are The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal etc. The research takes articles from the 1930s through to 2008 and records when water-boarding was described as torture. It also compares opinion to editorial and US to non US.
For example, "From 1931 to 1999 NY Times Journalists Called waterboarding torture or implied that it was torture in 81.5%[...] By Contrast, from 2002-2008, waterboarding was called torture or implied it to be torture in just 2 of 143 articles (1.4%)"-Harvard Study NY Times called waterboarding torture in 81.5% of articles. After this quote, the study points out those two article were not about US waterboarding.A paper written by a group of Harvard Students looked into the decline of top... more
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LOS ANGELES - DOZENS of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells - a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.
The treatment worked completely in 82 of 107 eyes and partially in 14 others, with benefits lasting up to a decade so far. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago now has near-normal vision.
(M.A.L.)LOS ANGELES - DOZENS of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye... more
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Roger Frisch of Plymouth, Minn., lay on the operating table with his hands clutching his violin to his chin. While surgeons operated on Frisch's brain, Frisch began to play the chords he's known for more than 30 years. It seemed like a scene from a science fiction movie. But every note he played told the surgeons whether the electronic pulses they were sending to his brain worked to ease his body's tremors. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/bizzareweird/410-plays-violinRoger Frisch of Plymouth, Minn., lay on the operating table with his hands clutching... more
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Shrek, Dora the Explorer, and other animated TV and movie stars beloved by children have been moonlighting as junk-food pitchmen in recent years. And they're good at it.
Fifty percent of children say that food from a package decorated with a cartoon celebrity such as Shrek tastes better than the same exact food from a plain package, according to a new study.
And when given a choice, the vast majority of kids pick the food from the cartoon-adorned package as a snack, the study found.
The use of TV and movie characters on food packaging is "designed to access certain feelings, memories, and associations," says Dr. Thomas Robinson, M.D., a professor of child health at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. "If you associate certain products with things that are otherwise considered fun, it's going to make those products seem more desirable."
Cartoon characters tend to appear on junk food, which makes health experts even more concerned about the magnetic effect they have on kids. Although characters such as Dora and SpongeBob SquarePants have been used to market fruits and vegetables, they are most often used on chips, candy, and other unhealthy snacks. SpongeBob has even hawked Kentucky Fried Chicken.
"Parents may not set out to buy unhealthy products," says the lead author of the study, Christina Roberto, M.S., a doctoral student at Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, in New Haven, Connecticut. "But kids can be really, really persuasive. They see them and they want them, and it gets difficult to have that battle in the grocery store."
Characters from TV and movies have appeared on food products for years, but until now little research has been done to examine how they influence children's food choices.
In the study, which is published this week in the journal Pediatrics, Roberto and her colleagues presented 40 children ages 4 to 6 with paired samples of graham crackers, gummy fruit snacks, and baby carrots. Each pair of sample foods was identical down to the clear packaging, except that one of the packages had a sticker of Shrek, Dora the Explorer, or Scooby Doo on it.
Between 50 percent and 55 percent of the children said that the food with the sticker on it tasted better than the same food in the plain package. (The percentage varied with each food.) And between 73 percent and 85 percent selected the food in the character packaging as the one they'd prefer to eat as a snack.
"Marketers know that cartoon characters sell food products; that's why they use them," says Marion Nestle, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University. "This study really nails it down. Now we have evidence for asking--no, requiring--food marketers to stop using cartoons to market junk foods to kids."
The American Psychological Association and other organizations have likewise called for the elimination of all marketing of food products to children, a stance that Robinson says is reasonable.
"Young children, particularly under the age of 7 or 8, really don't understand the persuasive intent of marketing," he says. "That seems inherently unfair, and something we should protect children from, just like we protect them from other things we think are beyond their cognitive ability, like pornography."
Using the power of cartoon characters for good--to market healthy foods--may be less effective than restrictions on junk-food marketing, Roberto says. The cartoon characters had the least influence on children's preferences when they were on the package of baby carrots, she notes.
"It might be that they're not used to seeing [the characters] on vegetables," Roberto says. Or it might be that kids already know that "a carrot is a carrot is a carrot," she adds, whereas they're not sure how a specific brand of graham cracker or gummy snack will taste.
Food and beverage companies in the U.S. spend more than $1.6 billion each year to attract children's attention, and 13 percent of that is spent on character licensing and similar cross-promotion efforts, according to Federal Trade Commission data cited in the study.
But the calls for reform have had some impact. The use of licensed characters on food products declined between 2006 and 2008, according to research conducted by the Rudd Center.
"It's good to see the voluntary work on this," says Roberto. "But we'd like to see more."Shrek, Dora the Explorer, and other animated TV and movie stars beloved by children... more
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A study just published online by the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology suggests that marijuana may protect the brain from some of the damage caused by binge drinking.
The study, by researchers at the University of California San Diego, used a type of high-tech scan called diffusion tensor imaging to compare microscopic changes in brain white matter. The subjects were students aged 16-to-19, divided into three groups: binge drinkers (defined as having five or more drinks at one sitting for boys or four or more for girls), binge drinkers who also smoked marijuana, and a control group who had very little or no experience with either alcohol or drugs.
As expected, the binge-drinking-only group showed evidence of white matter damage in eight regions examined, as demonstrated by lower fractional anisotropy (FA) scores. But in a finding the researchers described as “unexpected,” the binge-drinking/marijuana group had lower FA scores than the controls in only three of the eight regions, and in seven regions the binge-drinking/marijuana group had higher scores – indicating less damage – than the binge drinkers who didn’t use marijuana (unfortunately, not all of these stats are in the summary linked above; access to the full article requires payment).A study just published online by the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology suggests... more
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A new study finds that being opposed to recreational drugs may be one of many side-effects of being against casual sex. Religious conservatism can result from, rather than cause, a monogamous relationship. This reinforces the evolutionary life-history model, which claims a person’s mating strategies are behind many of his choices and attitudes.
Humans build their world views and moral attitudes around their chosen relationship model. If someone chooses to be monogamous, his world view...
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/06/17/new-study-finds-that-anti-drug-beliefs-reflect-anti-sex-attitudes/A new study finds that being opposed to recreational drugs may be one of many... more
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