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  • Is the ever-safer playground actually worse for children? Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:12AMNEW YORK - When seesaws and tall slides and other perils were disappearing from New York's playgrounds, Henry Stern drew a line in the sandbox. As the city's parks commissioner in the 1990s, he issued an edict concerning the 10-foot-high jungle gym near his childhood home in northern Manhattan.
  • Patients who use anti-depressants more likely to suffer relapses Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:09AMPatients who use anti-depressants are much more likely to suffer relapses of major depression than those who use no medication at all, concludes a McMaster researcher.
  • The Next Big Thing Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:20PMApologies for the delay my fellow Helmsleyites, I've been considerably sidetracked in the last week due to various commitments. No doubt you've watched MITB anyway so you have been busy being pumped up bout that.
  • Helping children conquer their fear Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:27PMWhen see-saws and tall slides and other perils were disappearing from New York's playgrounds, Henry Stern drew a line in the sandbox. As the city's parks commissioner in the 1990s, he issued an edict concerning the 3-metre-high jungle gym near his childhood home in northern Manhattan.
  • Merlin Media Appoints Maire Mason as Director of Sales for 101.9 FM in New York Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:45PMMerlin Media announced today the addition of Maire Mason as Director of Sales for 101.9 FM in New York. In her new role, Mason will be responsible for identifying key leads and strategic opportunities to drive revenue in the New York area.
  • Parkinson's Patients Get No Benefit From Antidepressants Sertraline Or Mirtazapine, But Have More Side Effects Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:15PMTwo antidepressants prescribed often for individuals with Parkinson's disease - sertraline or mirtazapine - were found to have no benefits for such patients. In fact, they also experienced unpleasant side effects., according to the results of the HTA-SADD trial published in The Lancet. The article was written by Professor Sube Banerjee and team, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK ...
  • Stress in Pregnancy May Make Kids Vulnerable to Stress Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:49PMChildren born to mothers who are highly stressed during pregnancy exhibit genetic changes that may make them more vulnerable to stress themselves, new research finds.
  • Former student answers call to 'change the world' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:49PMDr. Tracey Ray is the director of mutlicultural student affairs. "Dr. Ray works with the spirit and dedication of the ancestors. She belives in students first and does her job with passion," Toni Thorpe said. Photo by Luis Zapata.
  • Youth hazardous drinking research receives HRC funding Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:29PMThe Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has today announced a $74.56 million funding investment into health research, including two projects which have a focus on youth alcohol and self-harm issues.
  • As school looms, balance your kids' downtime with structured activities Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:49PMFor many school-age children, it's clear that their summers are often continuations of the frantic, jam-packed school year.
  • Embattled Harvard psychology professor resigns Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:59PMMarc Hauser, a well-known Harvard psychology professor who has been on leave since an internal investigation found him guilty of eight counts of scientific misconduct, is leaving the university.
  • Married Men Seek Heart Attack Help Sooner: Study Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:24PMResearch suggests that marriage is good for your health -- especially if you're a man. Married men tend to live longer than their unwed counterparts, they're more likely to see their doctor regularly, and they even have a lower risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke.
  • FoxNews.com Tops with News Consumers, HuffPost Dead Last Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:01PMFoxNews.com is tops with consumers of Internet news and information, according to the latest update of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) released today. ABCNews.com came in second, with USAToday.com and CNN.com rounding out the top four.
  • Take a Vacation the Right Way Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:25PMMany workers experience stress directly related to taking time off. Fortunately, the right planning can make going "on the job" to "on the beach" a relatively stress-free transition.
  • Film Forum's Fall/Winter Lineup is Hot Off the Press Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:06PMThough it may still seem far off with the 90-degree weather outside, fall and winter are on the horizon. When the temperatures (finally) cool off, things will be heating up over at Film Forum with their latest slate of releases. "Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life" leads the pack, while the Sundance-acclaimed war doc "Hell and Back Again" and Frederick Wiseman's latest "Désir" round out the highlights ...
  • Google Will Not Run Circles Around Facebook, But It Gets A +1 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:35AMWhile there are already countless articles about Google+ and many more sharing up-to-the-minute statistics to emerge from the burgeoning network, I reserved my thoughts until now. I needed time to think about it. Part FriendFeed, part Google Buzz, part Facebook, part Google.com and all of its properties, Google Plus represents a fresh approach to social engagement not seen at this level since ...
  • Biking Through Denver, a Sustainable City Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:32AMThis podcast is part of the Sustainable Design radio program , a collaboration between IEEE Spectrum and the National Science Foundation. Susan Hassler: Denver is one of over 1000 American cities whose mayors have pledged to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
  • is it good manners, or something more sinister? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:12AMBasic Black
  • Planning can ease retirement worries, author says Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:30AMIt has been said that life is generally what you make it. This is particularly true of life after retirement. We think about it and dream about it but, unfortunately, few of us actually plan for it.
  • 5 Technical Setups for a Market Selloff Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:19AMBALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Stocks have been selling off for the last week, dropping close to 4% since July 8. While today's early market action stands to give traders a reprieve from that selling, it's likely to be a short one. While stocks continue to sell off, let's take a look at the other side of the market, choosing instead to look at promising technical setups. It's important to note that ...
  • Musician Rickey Minor Joins Author Rich German in Fight Against Youth Homelessness Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:13AM"I think it is important for people who are doing well and those who are recognized in the media to get involved," said Rickey Minor, the former Emmy-nominated music director of American Idol.
  • Eye-tracking technology could benefit disabled children Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:28AMA computer program that could allow children with disabilities to explore their creative side is being developed by researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London.
  • Carl Jung, part 8: Religion and the search for meaning | Mark Vernon Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:40AMJung thought psychology could offer a language for grappling with moral ambiguities in an age of spiritual crisis In 1959, two years before his death, Jung was interviewed for the BBC television programme Face to Face . The presenter, John Freeman , asked the elderly sage if he now believed in God. "Now?" Jung replied, paused and smiled. "Difficult to answer. I know. I don't need to believe, I ...
  • Why dog trainers will have to change their ways Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:37AMProfessor John Bradshaw is leading a revolution in the study of canine behaviour. 'Dogs don't want to control people, they want to control their own lives,' he says. Professor John Bradshaw is holding out a clenched fist – you might see this as a novel way of greeting a stranger were it not that it is my dog, Lily, he is approaching. He is giving her a chance to have a good sniff at him. Before ...
  • Can Nepal Sell Itself as a Gay-Wedding Destination? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:42PMSelling Nepal as a wedding destination for gay couples has been widely embraced by the entrepreneurs of the nation's tourism sector, a once thriving industry that was dealt a severe blow during the decade-long Maoist insurgency
  • Athens resident knocked out of poker tourney Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:18PMAn Athens man fell short in his bid to win nearly $9 million Monday.
  • Grasping risk in life's classroom, the ever-safer playground Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:17PMWhen seesaws and tall slides and other perils were disappearing from New York's playgrounds, Henry Stern drew a line in the...
  • At Wilton High School, the classics live on... and then some Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:14PMAsk Max Gabrielson why people should still study ancient Greek and Latin and he is ready with an answer, an answer that, like Caesar’s famous first line that describes Gaul, is divided into three parts: First: “Both Latin and Greek really help to grow a student’s vocabulary,” he said. “The majority of the words in English are derived from Latin.” An acquaintance with the language gives kids a ...
  • MSU study indicates prejudice in women Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:16PMDuring their highest levels of fertility, women feel more threatened by men, particularly those from differing backgrounds, according to a recent study conducted by MSU psychological researchers.
  • Hicks: Work-at-home parents face huge adjustment Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:49PMIt was a great idea "... until the children started howling. Sara Olsher-Ng thought she solved the dilemma of balancing daily mothering duties with trying to run a home-based business: a shared nanny with someone in a similar position. There was only one problem.
  • Using Braves psychologist, Nationals hope to aid own mental ills Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:09PMWhenever the topic of sports psychology arises, I think of the movie "The Natural." (The same goes for whenever a guy breaks a stadium light bulb with a batted ball.) The fictional team for which Roy Hobbs played was mired in a long losing streak, so the bosses brought in a man portraying team a psychologist in the hopes of getting players to think positively. Over in real life, MASN and the DC ...
  • Male Heart-Attack Victims Seek Help Faster if Married Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:36PMResearch suggests that marriage is good for your health -- especially if you're a man. Married men tend to live longer than their unwed counterparts, they're more likely to see their doctor regularly, and they even have a lower risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke.
  • History and psychology of shoplifters in 'The Steal' Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:31PMRachel Shteir's exhaustive new book traces shoplifting through the ages, and examines theories behind why people steal.
  • On survival, goals, and human space flight Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:01PMThe uncertainty many people feel about the future of human spaceflight with the imminent retirement of the Space Shuttle leave many wondering how to sustain a long-term human future in space. Donald C. Barker says that future ventures much be sold and sustained on the survival of humanity.
  • Internet turned to for info Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:44PMWASHINGTON—Researcher Betsy Sparrow was watching the 1944 movie “Gaslight” one evening and wondered who the actress was who played the maid. She reached for her computer and Googled it.
  • Perry’s pet peeves Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:38PMPlop a prolific researcher down in the middle of a diner in the middle of the afternoon and put an omelet in front of him.
  • Facebook is a breeding ground for accidental affairs Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:02PMYears ago, finding a long-lost love took the kind of effort a married individual would rarely exert. Today, reconnecting with...
  • The American Jobs Conference: A New Way to Create Job Growth Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:21PMThe unemployment situation in this country isn’t getting better. In an effort to get the conversation going about solutions, TweetMyJOBS is hosting the first ever American Jobs Conference on Twitter this Tuesday, July 19.
  • Binging Alcohol Abuse Leads To Loss Of Working Memory In Teens Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:06PMTeenagers' brains are still developing during those years and binge drinking is a problem for many adolescents. A new study has shown that damage to these youth's ability to perceive their environment or their surroundings at a critical time when their brains are still developing, making binge drinking a growing epidemic. Susan F...
  • Psychologist arrested on Medicaid fraud charges Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:53AMPolice arrested a Louisiana resident on Medicaid fraud charges associated with his psychology practice in Mississippi, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.
  • MIND Institute gets new director Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:32AM(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Leonard Abbeduto, an internationally respected neurodevelopmental researcher, will lead the UC Davis MIND Institute as director.
  • Regulator shows JB the right way Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:22AMThe intellectual driving force behind the investment strategy dubbed ''The JB Way'', Justin Beeton, has been given a humbling dressing down by the corporate regulator.
  • Ciccio Azzollini: My Two Cents on Value Investing Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:21AMBy Jacob Wolinsky. Ciccio Azzollini was born in Molfetta on July 1, 1974. Ciccio has completed executive program courses in Value Investing at Columbia University in New York City and in addition, has achieved a diploma in Portfolio Management at New York University SCPC. Read more » »
  • The Reference Desk: Books on Booze and The New Tikatok App Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:14AMFrom news within the publishing industry to literary dispatches, here?s your morning roundup f
  • Communicating Meaning Online: A Digital Expression of Theory of Mind Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:12AMThe growth of email, instant messaging, texting, and various other digitally-mediated communicative tools (DMC) has been rapid and pervasive. [More]
  • Green Mountain: First monastery devoted to care of the Earth Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:08AMIn 1982, the sociology department of a Catholic university invited Passionist priest Fr. Thomas Berry, to reflect upon the future of the Sr. Gail Worcelo Catholic church in the United States.
  • Franklin sees number of blacks dwindle Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:48AMAlderman Pearl Bransford of Franklin is the only African-American elected official in Williamson County. She doesn't want the county to lose what blacks helped build.
  • This grandmother shows how reading and writing are done Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:32AMAfter Jean Dunn enrolled her two grandchildren in the 23rd annual Super Summer Reading Club, she decided that it would only be fair to become a club member, too.
  • On the nose Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:37AMOut for a run six years ago, Molly Birnbaum was struck by a car. Recovering from surgeries to repair a broken pelvis and torn tendons, she realized the blow had also left her completely unable to smell.
  • Parents torn over 'Potter': Many say last film's violence may be too much for kids Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:18PMMINNEAPOLIS -- How dare Hollywood churn out a children's film that drives its audience to tears when heartless outsiders murder a beloved character?