Air Force works to fill need for drone pilots

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Becoming a fighter pilot is still a hotly coveted goal at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

But slowly, a culture change is taking hold.

Initially snubbed as second-class pilot-wannabes, the airmen who remotely control America's arsenal of lethal drones are gaining stature and securing a permanent place in the Air Force.

Drawn to the flashy drone strikes that have taken out terrorists including al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen to the terror group's No. 2 strongman Abu Yahya al-Libi in Pakistan, airmen are beginning to target unmanned aircraft as their career of choice.

It's a far cry from the grumbling across the air corps a few years ago when Air Force leaders ? desperate to meet the rapidly escalating demand for drones ? began yanking fighter pilots out of their cockpits and placing them at the remote controls of unmanned Predators and Reapers.

The shift is critical as the Air Force struggles to fill a shortfall of more than 300 drone pilots to meet the U.S. military's enormous hunger for unmanned aircraft around the world.

Some airmen are even volunteering to give up the exhilarating G-force ride in their F-16s for the desktop computer screens and joysticks that direct drones over battlefields thousands of miles away.

The difference is often generational, but many pilots see drones as the future of air combat.

Drone pilot Maj. Ted began his Air Force career as an F-16 pilot but shifted to flying drones and now says he won't go back to flying a fighter jet. He said piloting a drone is empowering because every day, it has a direct impact supporting U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. military doesn't allow drone pilots to make their full names public because of concerns the pilots could be targeted.

Asked which is harder to do ? manned or unmanned flight ? he said that at times, he's been more overcome by the torrent of information pouring in during a drone flight than he was in the cockpit.

"In an F-16, to form a three dimensional picture, I look outside," said Ted, who flew F-16s for about four years before switching to armed Reapers, a drone that can carry Hellfire missiles and laser-guided bombs.

"In an aircraft, you can look outside, and you know how high you are from the ground. You know that the guys I am supporting are over there and the bad guys are over there," he said. "But here I have a picture, and it shows me turning left, but I don't feel myself turning. I don't feel the speed; I can't look quickly and see where everybody's at."

Instead, he said, "I have multiple computer screens showing two-dimensional information that I have to then mentally build that picture."

The drone workstation looks more like mission control than a video game. The pilots, housed in a number of locations around the country including Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, face a bank of at least a dozen computer screens streaming live feeds of video from the aircraft along with other maps and data. Headphones connect the pilots to commanders, who provide information about the operation and can also give the order to fire.

The pilot uses a joystick to steer the aircraft, while the sensor operator seated next to the pilot controls the camera, zooming in on possible suspicious activity or human targets such as terrorists planting roadside bombs.

Col. J.J. Jinnette, the division chief in charge of the Air Forces' combat force management, agreed that even though drone pilots aren't physically in the aircraft, "they get a great deal of job satisfaction. They can see that what they are doing is making an impact downrange."

Would Jinnette, a former F-15E squadron commander who flew fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan, make the same choice Ted did?

His answer came quickly.

"No. I'm a fighter pilot," said Jinnette. "I love flying. You're talking to someone who just loves flying."

To attract more drone pilots, the Air Force has created a formal new career specialty within the service and is ending the system that forced drone assignments on fighter pilots. The new system creates a separate training pipeline for drone pilots.

In a recent survey, the Air Force asked 500 airmen who started out as pilots but had been shifted to drones if they would like to stay on in the unmanned aircraft field. There were 412 volunteers.

Those results, according to Air Force leaders, show that while a new career field may take 20 years to fully develop, this one is on its way.

Despite the end of the Iraq war and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, top military leaders staunchly defend plans to boost the drone fleet in order to meet intelligence, surveillance and targeting needs of U.S. commanders in other hot spots, including the Pacific, Africa, and South America.

Budget cuts could slash that spending, but members of Congress have largely supported the unmanned aircraft programs and voiced little opposition to the drone fever that has gripped the military. The military's spending on drones ? which includes aircraft used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, known by the acronym ISR, as well as the hunter killers used for air strikes ? has grown from roughly $2.3 billion in 2008 to $4.2 billion this year.

"My current position allows me to see where almost every ISR asset in the world is being utilized," Lt. Gen. John Kelly recently told a Senate committee. "And what I can tell you from that is that there's simply not enough ISR to go around. It's obviously concentrated in a couple parts of the world doing very, very, very important work."

Kelly, who is being promoted and will take over U.S. Southern Command, added, "I will make as much noise as I possibly can, within, certainly, the halls of the Pentagon to increase the amount" of drones he gets in his new job.

Right now, drones are completing 57 24-hour combat air patrols a day, mostly in Afghanistan, Pakistan and areas around Yemen and the Africa coast.

The goal is to increase that to 65 patrols daily by mid-2014, with eight crews each. By 2017, the Air Force wants to have 10 crews per combat air patrols, in order to meet staffing requirements and allow the drone pilots time for schooling, training and other career-building time. Each crew is made up of a pilot, a sensor operator and a mission intelligence coordinator.

To staff 65 combat air patrols, the Air Force will need nearly 1,700 drone pilots and 1,200 sensor operators. Currently there are just 1,358 pilots and 949 sensor operators.

The goal is within reach, said Ted.

"They're going to be on the tip of the spear," he said. "And not just deploying weapons, not just dropping bombs; it will be doing the (surveillance), collecting that intelligence, and really feeding the fight for everyone."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/air-force-works-fill-drone-pilots-171041502.html

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Building Moxie's 106 Yard to the Remodeling Show Scholarship ...

Okay, and as promised, it is that time.? Time to award one remodeler with a trip to Baltimore for the Remodeling Show and Deck Expo 2012.

The Remodeling Show (and Conference) runs October 9th, 2012 thru October 12th, 2012, and if you haven?t figured, it is being held in my hometown ? Baltimore.

While our? Contest will be held in a separate post, we first wanted to lay out some ground rules and consequently . . . maybe digress a bit.? ha!

2012 Remodeling Show Banner

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We usually take a loose approach to the term ?remodeler.?? Remodeler ? Any individual or organization that actively engages in the design, construction . . . or really ? any work involving updating, renovating, redecorating ? the remodeling of an existing structure.? In context of this blog, and further in the context of this Contest, we are referring only to individuals and organizations working in/on/with residential structures ? homes.

A Remodeler, and further the Winner of our Contest, could be a homeowner alone, a businessperson, or a firm.? Said firm could be either large or small.? Said Remodeler could be a single individual working as a home improvement business or could be a principal individual in an home improvement organization.? Said principal individual may choose to attend themselves or may choose to select a member of their team instead to attend. ? (The Show certainly provides opportunity for any one and/or all of the above mentioned folks.)? If the Winner of this Contest has already made arrangements to attend, we will reimburse that individual.

Note: The key point in all of the above is that as our Winner ? You (or someone from your team) Must Attend!? In other words, in entering this Contest ? you are agreeing to attend the 2012 Remodeling Show if you are in fact selected as our Winner.

What?s at Stake? What?s Included for our Winner?

  • Roundtrip Airfare to and from the Show (Baltimore).? Booked on the airline of the Winner?s choice from their location to BWI International Airport.? A maximum reimbursement of (and not to exceed) $600 (updated).
  • Ground Transport.? Booked shuttle or rental car stipend of the Winner?s choice (BWI International Airport).? A maximum reimbursement of (and not to exceed) $120 (updated).
  • 3 Nights Accommodations in a Remodeling Show-Affiliated Hotel.? Booked by the Winner (and availability of course will apply).? A maximum reimbursement of (and not to exceed) $620.
  • Spending Money.? A maximum reimbursement of (and not to exceed) $120.
  • All-Access Pass (AP) to the Show, as defined here >> Pricing & Packages ? Remodeling Show. No cash value.

How to Win? :: (Judging Criteria)

The Winner of this Contest will fit one simple description >> He or She will be very well suited for and will benefit greatly from attending the Remodeling Show.? The Winner will be chosen by vote, and hopefully in consensus, from an already selected, three-member Judging Panel.? (Nope! Don?t ask; we have them hidden away as not to be influenced by those that may be entering.)

Since the Remodeling Show itself is billed as the single largest ?trade? show for those working in the Remodeling field? we will instruct our Judges (all knowledgeable of the Show) to pick based in part on whom might receive the most value from attending.

How to Win? :: (How to (& Who Can) Enter)

Later today (Thursday, August 9th), we will post an article on this blog entitled, ?Building Moxie is Bringing One Remodeler to the Remodeling Show 2012. Is it You??? In it, we?ll post a simple question . . . the Comment section of the post will be open for answers.

You may comment on behalf of (read: enter) yourself or on behalf of someone you know? (but they of course would have to be willing to attend and in turn would have to affirm that in a Comment as well).

Viola! Entered. Very informal and just like that.

While a social media presence (ie. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin) is not required.? We do ask that if you have the means, to please Like our (Building Moxie?s) Facebook fan page ? http://www.facebook.com/buildingmoxie . . . as we will be providing periodic updates about the Contest to it.

Entry to the Contest will remain open until Saturday, September 1st ? with the Winner announced shortly thereafter.

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Thanks out for reading.? Please spread the word, RT, Share, Pin, Post, etc.? And hopefully we have more for you soon.?

Thanks out to the Sponsors to the 106 Yard Fund: DAP Products, American Standard, Houzz and Wilsonart HD. (Click their links!)

To read more about the 106 Yard Fund:

& Happy Birthday to Mark Clement @ MyFixItUpLife. ~jb

Source: http://www.buildingmoxie.com/2012/08/106-yard-to-the-remodeling-show-contest-rules-and-sundries/

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What Makes Love Last - The Gottman Relationship Blog

We recently sat down with Dr. John Gottman and talked about trust, emotional attunement, and the upcoming release of his new book. For all intents and purposes of this posting, Dr. Gottman's words will be bolded.?One of the most integral parts of creating trust in our relationships is what Dr. Gottman describes as a deficit in emotional attunement
, defined by psychologists and researchers in a variety of different ways. Dr. Gottman?s definition is the following:

?Attunement in adult relationships is the desire and the ability to understand and respect your partner?s inner world.?

Do not be deceived by the simplicity of this concept! The mechanisms behind a

failure to attune are very specific. Based on his complex research, these mechanisms are referred to by Dr. Gottman in layman?s terms as The Five Steps. In his long-awaited upcoming book What Makes Love Last?, he describes the results of the Five Steps and their domino effect, offering such resources as a test measuring Negative Sentiment Override. Speaking about his recent research on trust, with palpable delight and the usual twinkle in his eye, he describes his new book:

?Prior to this [research on trust] we were suggesting that any two people who could learn these skills could establish a positive relationship, but this is not true! There is chemistry behind establishing trust! It involves hormones and neurotransmitters? this is the mystery. Now we are working to reveal the dynamics of this mystery...?


In explaining his thoughts, Dr. Gottman refers to Kahneman, author of recent bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow, a book with incredible new insights into behavioral economics. It distinguishes between intuitive, creative, immediate conclusions that we come to in System I thinking and the slower, more critical, and analytical thoughts of System 2. As Dr. Gottman cautions, ?When you start living with somebody you fall into Kahneman?s Type II thinking. You see the red flags.? Though the outlook may seem bright at the beginning of a relationship, trust makes or breaks a serious commitment to another person.

In his flurry of words and ideas, within the dance of his arms and the excited gesticulations of his hands, one thing is made clear:? ?You have to find the right person.? Long story short, Dr. Gottman?s conclusions are these:?

?Love and romance and trust are conscious decisions to cherish what is wonderful about your partner and nurture gratefulness for what you have. What people frequently instead is nurture resentment for what they don?t have. Trust has got to be mutual.??

Glancing over at his wife in their sunlit kitchen on Orcas Island, he stops and smiles. ?I am always aware of how lucky I am to have Julie in my life.?

All for now,
E. Lisitsa
TGI Staff

Source: http://www.gottmanblog.com/2012/08/what-makes-love-last-exclusive.html

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New US study finds diverse beliefs in Muslim world

The global Muslim community of 1.6 billion people agree on the core principles of their faith, but differ widely in religiosity and religious tolerance, according to a poll published Thursday.

"Muslims are unified by core beliefs and in core practices" like faith in a single God, believe in the Prophet Mohammed and fasting during Ramadan, but "there are differences, sometimes widely" in religious interpretation, James Bell, the principal author of the new Pew Research Center study, told AFP.

The report, which Bell said was "unprecedented" in scope, was conducted in over 80 languages in 39 countries that account for 67 percent of the world's Muslim population.

Researchers interviewed around 38,000 people in 2008-2009 and 2011-2012 as part of a larger project on changes in global religions.

Between 85 and 100 percent of Muslims believe in God and revere the Prophet Mohammed, the survey said.

Eight of ten people interviewed in sub-Saharan Africa as well as South and Southeast Asia say religion is "very important."

But only six in ten agreed in sample countries of the Middle East and North Africa, and only one in two agreed in former Soviet countries like Russia and some Central Asian republics.

In the Middle East and North Africa, Muslims aged 35 and over are more religious than their younger counterparts. The opposite is true of religiosity in Russia.

In 39 countries surveyed, men are more likely than women to pray at a mosque, which Bell explained "is likely to do with social culture about how women publicly observe their worship."

Still, "in most countries surveyed... women are about as likely as men to read (or listen to readings from) the Koran on a daily basis," the report said.

A median figure of 63 percent of Muslims in surveyed countries believe there is only one way to interpret Islam. Only 37 percent of American Muslims agreed with that statement.

In countries where Sunnis and Shiites live side by side in large numbers -- such as Lebanon and Iraq -- believers are more likely to accept the other sect.

Conversely, in predominantly Sunni Pakistan, 41 percent of Muslims believe Shiites are not true Muslims.

A quarter of everyone surveyed "identify themselves neither as Sunni nor Shiite but as 'just a Muslim.'"

Nine out of ten Muslims interviewed were born into the religion.

Conversion rates are highest in former communist countries, with seven percent of all converts in Russia. Many of the converts were raised in atheism.

"When it comes to conversion ... it is not playing a large role in expanding or growing the number of Muslims around the world," said Bell.

Pew plans to publish another survey soon on Muslims' social and political attitudes.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-study-finds-diverse-beliefs-muslim-world-160513758.html

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Valve to launch non-gaming apps on Steam next month | Ubergizmo

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Valve, the popular video game development and digital distribution company, is thinking out of the box as it plans to launch a new line of software titles ranging from creativity to productivity this coming September 5. Via press release, the famed creators of Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, and Half-Life, said that the announcement marks a major expansion to its platform.

Many of the launch titles will take advantage of popular Steamworks features, however, Valve did not reveal the upcoming titles it is planning to introduce next month. But the gaming company assured that more titles will be gradually added following the launch.

?The 40 million gamers frequenting Steam are interested in more than playing games,? said Mark Richardson at Valve. ?They have told us they would like to have more of their software on Steam, so this expansion is in response to those customer requests.?

Related articles:
Gabe Newell thinks Windows 8 is a "catastrophe", which might explain Steam for Linux
Valve documents Steam for Linux via new blog
Steam app for Android spotted with non-game categories

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Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/08/valve-to-launch-non-gaming-apps-on-steam-next-month/

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S&P hits 1,400 as ECB-inspired rally persists

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose for a third straight day on Tuesday, pushing the S&P above 1,400 for the first time since early May, on growing optimism the European Central Bank would act soon to contain the euro zone's debt crisis.

Trading was light, which could distort the level of optimism investors truly have that Europe will follow through with adequate measures. ECB President Mario Draghi boosted hopes last week when he spoke of restoring calm to the euro zone's troubled bond markets.

Since then, good news from Greece and declines in borrowing costs for Spain and Italy from peaks above 7 percent have kept sentiment positive. The relative calm allowed the S&P to break through the psychologically important 1,400 level after trying unsuccessfully the past couple of sessions.

"If the ECB expands its balance sheet, it will keep pushing these bond yields lower, which can help these countries finance their debt, giving markets a bit of reprieve," said Joseph Tanious, global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds in New York. "It's likely we won't get anything official for a few weeks, and until then investors are likely to be skittish."

Summer holidays have added to light trading volume, which has contributed to volatility. Equities cut their gains just before the close on Tuesday, mirroring Monday's late-day action.

About 6.39 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, below last year's daily average of 7.84 billion.

The real tests for markets may come in September. The ECB is expected to face decisions about controlling the euro zone debt crisis and the Federal Reserve could take stimulus actions to aid the flagging U.S. economic recovery.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 51.09 points, or 0.39 percent, at 13,168.60. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 7.12 points, or 0.51 percent, at 1,401.35. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 25.95 points, or 0.87 percent, at 3,015.86.

Despite worries over the economies of Europe and the United States, investors have pushed the S&P 500 up more than 11 percent so far this year. Yield-hungry investors have kept buying stocks as U.S. and German government bond prices soar and yields hit historic lows.

Tuesday's advance was led by stocks in cyclical sectors like energy, materials and consumer discretionary, while defensive sectors like telecoms and utilities edged lower.

Energy stocks rose 1.3 percent, helped by Chesapeake Energy, which jumped after it said it would sell some assets and spend less on new properties. The stock surged 9.4 percent to $19.37 and was one of the top percentage gainers in the S&P 500.

Banking shares rose 0.5 percent, lifted by Morgan Stanley, which was up 2.5 percent at $14.50.

"Despite what seems like a weekly scandal of some sort, the banks have posted incredibly large profits. The Fed has made it very easy for them to take on very little risk and make very large profits," said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives for Charles Schwab in Austin, Texas.

Watch and fashion accessory maker Fossil Inc soared 32 percent to $91.77 after it forecast growth in Asia and Europe.

With 82 percent of S&P companies having reported quarterly results, 68 percent have beaten profit expectations, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson scrapped further studies of an experimental drug for Alzheimer's disease after the drug failed in a second trial. U.S.-traded shares of their partner, Elan Corp, dropped 0.9 percent to $11.15. Pfizer fell 2.1 percent to $23.74 and J&J edged 0.8 percent lower to $68.29.

A group of investors rescued Knight Capital Group in a $400 million deal that kept the market maker in business, but existing shareholders were nearly wiped out. Knight closed 0.3 percent lower at $3.06, erasing gains of more than 3 percent from earlier in the session.

About 62 percent of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange closed higher while 61 percent of Nasdaq-listed stocks finished up.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/p-hits-1-400-ecb-inspired-rally-persists-060623914--sector.html

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Brain activity may predict teens' heavy drinking

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PISCATAWAY, NJ Heavy drinking is known to affect teenagers' developing brains, but certain patterns of brain activity may also help predict which kids are at risk of becoming problem drinkers, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Using special MRI scans, researchers looked at 40 12- to 16-year-olds who had not started drinking yet, then followed them for about 3 years and scanned them again. Half of the teens started to drink alcohol fairly heavily during this interval. The investigators found that kids who had initially showed less activation in certain brain areas were at greater risk for becoming heavy drinkers in the next three years.

Then once the teens started drinking, their brain activity looked like the heavy drinkers' in the other studies that is, their brains showed more activity as they tried to perform memory tests. This pattern of heavy drinking typically included episodes of having four or more drinks on an occasion for females and five or more drinks for males.

"That's the opposite of what you'd expect, because their brains should be getting more efficient as they get older," said lead researcher Lindsay M. Squeglia, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Diego.

The findings add to evidence that heavy drinking has consequences for teenagers' developing brains. But they also add a new layer: there may be brain activity patterns that predict which kids are at increased risk for heavy drinking.

"It's interesting because it suggests there might be some pre-existing vulnerability," Squeglia said.

That doesn't mean teenagers are going to start having MRI scans of their brains to see which ones might start drinking. But the findings do give clues into the biological origins of kids' problem drinking.

These findings also reinforce the message that heavy drinking may affect young people's brains right at the time when they need to be working efficiently.

"You're learning to drive, you're getting ready for college. This is a really important time of your life for cognitive development," Squeglia said. She noted that all of the study participants were healthy, well-functioning kids. It's possible that teens with certain disorders -- like depression or ADHD -- might show greater effects from heavy drinking.

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Squeglia, L. M., Pulido, C., Wetherill, R. R., Jacobus, J. Brown, G. G., & Tapert, S. F. (September 2012). Brain response to working memory over three years of adolescence: influence of initiating heavy drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73(5), 749.

To arrange an interview with Lindsay M. Squeglia, Ph.D., please contact Debra Kain at ddkain@ucsd.edu or 619-543-6163.

The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (www.jsad.com) is published by the Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It is the oldest substance-abuse journal published in the United States.



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Contact: Debra Kain
ddkain@ucsd.edu
619-543-6163
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

PISCATAWAY, NJ Heavy drinking is known to affect teenagers' developing brains, but certain patterns of brain activity may also help predict which kids are at risk of becoming problem drinkers, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Using special MRI scans, researchers looked at 40 12- to 16-year-olds who had not started drinking yet, then followed them for about 3 years and scanned them again. Half of the teens started to drink alcohol fairly heavily during this interval. The investigators found that kids who had initially showed less activation in certain brain areas were at greater risk for becoming heavy drinkers in the next three years.

Then once the teens started drinking, their brain activity looked like the heavy drinkers' in the other studies that is, their brains showed more activity as they tried to perform memory tests. This pattern of heavy drinking typically included episodes of having four or more drinks on an occasion for females and five or more drinks for males.

"That's the opposite of what you'd expect, because their brains should be getting more efficient as they get older," said lead researcher Lindsay M. Squeglia, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Diego.

The findings add to evidence that heavy drinking has consequences for teenagers' developing brains. But they also add a new layer: there may be brain activity patterns that predict which kids are at increased risk for heavy drinking.

"It's interesting because it suggests there might be some pre-existing vulnerability," Squeglia said.

That doesn't mean teenagers are going to start having MRI scans of their brains to see which ones might start drinking. But the findings do give clues into the biological origins of kids' problem drinking.

These findings also reinforce the message that heavy drinking may affect young people's brains right at the time when they need to be working efficiently.

"You're learning to drive, you're getting ready for college. This is a really important time of your life for cognitive development," Squeglia said. She noted that all of the study participants were healthy, well-functioning kids. It's possible that teens with certain disorders -- like depression or ADHD -- might show greater effects from heavy drinking.

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Squeglia, L. M., Pulido, C., Wetherill, R. R., Jacobus, J. Brown, G. G., & Tapert, S. F. (September 2012). Brain response to working memory over three years of adolescence: influence of initiating heavy drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73(5), 749.

To arrange an interview with Lindsay M. Squeglia, Ph.D., please contact Debra Kain at ddkain@ucsd.edu or 619-543-6163.

The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (www.jsad.com) is published by the Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It is the oldest substance-abuse journal published in the United States.



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Facebook, ACLU: Clicking 'like' is free speech

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NORFOLK, Va. --?Attorneys for Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union want a federal appeals court to rule that clicking "Like" on the social networking site is constitutionally-protected free speech.

The case revolves around six employees who were fired by Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts after they supported his re-election opponent in 2009.

The workers sued, saying they should not have been fired and that their First Amendment rights were violated. U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson ruled against them. The workers are appealing to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

One of the workers 'liked' the Facebook page of Roberts' opponent. Jackson wrote that clicking the 'like' button isn't a substantive statement that warrants First Amendment protection.

Facebook and the ACLU filed arguments in support of that worker.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Source: http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/facebook-aclu-clicking-free-speech-930950

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Russian rocket fails to reach target orbit

(AP) ? A Russian booster rocket on Tuesday failed to place two communications satellites into a designated orbit, officials said, marring the prestige of the nation's space program a day after NASA landed a robotic vehicle on Mars.

Russia's Roscosmos space agency said the Proton-M rocket was launched just before midnight Monday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The booster's first stages worked fine, but the upper stage intended to give the final push to the satellites switched off earlier than expected, it said.

The engine's malfunction stranded the Russian Express MD-2 and Indonesia's Telkom-3 satellites in a low orbit that would make it impossible for space officials to recover them, Russian news agencies reported. The Indonesian satellite was Russian-made.

The failure comes a day after NASA managed to land a roving laboratory the size of a compact car on Mars after an an eight-month, 352-million-mile (566-million-kilometer) journey.

A Russian robotic probe designed to study a moon of Mars got stranded in Earth orbit after its launch last November and eventually came crashing down in January.

A few months before, a Soyuz booster rocket similar to those serving the International Space Station failed, prompting officials to ponder over plans to leave the space outpost unmanned. Russian space officials eventually tracked down the reason, saying it was caused by an "accidental" manufacturing flaws and the Soyuz launches resumed.

Those mishaps followed other failures. Russia lost three navigation satellites in December 2010, then a military satellite in February 2011 and a telecommunications satellite in August of that year.

Officials blamed the botched launches on the post-Soviet industrial meltdown that stymied modernization of once-proud space program, which put the first satellite in orbit and sent the first human into space. Despite a steady increase of funding thanks to windfall oil revenues, Russia's space industries continue to rely on obsolete equipment and aging workforce, and production standards have degraded.

Associated Press

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How to communicate with class to grow your business |

In terms of interpersonal relationships whether professionally or personally, a good communication is very important because it builds a successful contract between two persons or company. We communicate with class in different ways and usually it involves no words. A majority of effective communication is not through speaking but more on the nonverbal cues we show to other people. Communicating with class by just the way you look is one of the many examples of a good communication.

A research shows that the tantamount things to consider when interacting with the surroundings is through body language such as the facial expression, gesture, eye contact, tone of voice, posture and even the way you look or carry your fashionable personality. Your capacity to communicate with class by the way you look is a powerful technique in order to assist you with your link to other people in the environment, express your thoughts and opinions, building a stronger and better relationships both personally and professionally and overcoming challenging situations through the self confidence that you have inside.

The way you look can be a good way of interacting to another person. The way you dress and even move also helps you in relaying the message you want others to understand. These signals are vital factors during communication because they send strong messages of certain emotions to the surroundings. There are many forms of body language or nonverbal communication. It can be a facial expression, hand gestures, eye contact, touch, space, body movements and posture, voice and the way you dress.

A facial expression can be a powerful tool in communication because you can express several emotions by just determining the reaction of a person. Feelings of sadness, happiness, anger, fear, confidence and many others can be shown through the face. The face of a person can express some thoughts extremely and they are quite universal. Hand gestures are another method in expressing one?s thought.

These gestures are already within our society since the beginning of our lives and therefore hand gestures are iconic. Moving the hands and shaping them into something enhances interaction. The movement of the eyes is a good way of getting to know the response of the other person. Through eye contact, you can convey a message of affection, hostility, attraction or interest. It is essential in the maintenance of the link between two interacting individuals.

A handshake, a warm hug a pat on the shoulder or back a strong grip on the arms is a great factor in communication through touch. On the other hand, a distant physical space can convey a different message during certain situations. It can show that the distance between you and the person relates to the closeness of the relationship you have for each other. Signals of professionalism and certain personal relationships can be shown through space.

Furthermore, the way you carry yourself, the tone of voice and the way you dress affects communication greatly because the way you are perceived as a person depends on these signals. The way you walk, sit, stand, hold your head, carry your wardrobe can be considered by other person as your unique personality. So if you wanted to be perceived just as what you expected, then you must consider the vital signs in communicating.

Today, one huge communicating factor to consider is fashion. It is a form of expressive industry in this generation that is why it is also a thing to be considered when interacting. Communicating with class by the way you look can be greatly affected by the fashion sense you have inside you. You must express those creative juices within you through the way you dress, choose your wardrobe and wear varied accessories.

Whether you are a conformist or non-conformist, you must have a certain fashion sense to show other people that you are unique and amazing in every way.

By doing this, it enhances your personality and gives you more confidence in dealing with people at home or in your business. Fashion is a captivating method in expressing communication without the use of words.

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Category : Style / Dress to Impress

Source: http://yourbusinessinstyle.com/2012/08/how-to-communicate-with-class-to-grow-your-business/

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