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Monday, August 5, 2013
Scientists discover potential new way to treat anxiety
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Chemically modified inhibitors of the COX-2 enzyme relieve anxiety behaviors in mice by activating natural "endocannabinoids" without gastrointestinal side effects, scientists report. Endocannabinoids are natural signaling molecules that activate cannabinoid receptors in the brain, the same receptors turned on by the active ingredient in marijuana.
Portland Relationship Counselor: Gay Marriage Causing Long-Term ...
As a Portland relationship counselor, I work with a lot of long-term committed gay and lesbian couples that are excited by the prospect that gay marriage may be legalized next year in Oregon. If the proposed constitutional amendment passes, Governor John Kitzhaber, who has already expressed his support, will likely sign it.
The passage of the amendment will be a huge triumph for gay rights in our state, but it may also pose a surprising challenge for some couples.
Saying ?I Do? Isn?t Always Easy, Says Portland Relationship Counselor
For many gay and lesbian couples, the idea of getting married wasn?t something they seriously considered. After all, it wasn?t allowed under the law. But now the question is at the forefront. The surprising result is that many long-term couples split.
Why? Often gay relationships follow a more informal path. If two people fell in love and decided to move in together, they did so without any formal or legal commitment. The idea of getting married was a distant fantasy; one they may have believed wouldn?t happen in their lifetime. Now the possibility is real, and it?s testing their level of commitment.
Many couples find themselves being asked by their partners or even by friends and family if they?re going to get married now that it?s legal. If one partner is feeling indecisive for whatever reason, the other will likely feel hurt. If the answer is no, it is often followed up with ?Why not?? This can bring to light relationship issues that were previously hidden away. Doubts that one partner may have, or a difference of opinion about what their relationship really means.
Of course, many gay and lesbian couples who have solid communication skills and healthy relationships will find that being allowed to legally marry will only strengthen their love and commitment to one another. But for couples that are struggling, it may bring relationship issues to the forefront.
If you?re in a committed gay or lesbian relationship, don?t let that happen to you! Talk to a Portland relationship counselor now to understand what marriage means to you and how to build a strong, successful marriage that will last.
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Agriculture sustainable way of making a living, says GBM - Daily Mail
By CHRISTINE CHISHA and KAPALA CHISUNKA
MINISTER of Defence Geoffrey Mwamba has urged Zambians to venture into agriculture as it is a sustainable way of making a living.
And Vice-President?s wife Charlotte Scott, has described this year?s 87th edition of the Agriculture and Commercial Show as an eye-opener for farmers to diversify crops and adapt to climate change.
Mr Mwamba, who pledged Government?s support towards the sector, said agriculture is the mainstay of the Zambian economy.
?Why should we allow foreigners to take over the agriculture sector when we are able to work more than them? In fact, I have been informed by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock that there are various support programmes for farmers,? he said.
Mr Mwamba was speaking in Lusaka after touring stands at the Agriculture and Commercial Show yesterday.
The 87th edition of the Agriculture and Commercial Show is running under the theme ?Business in a changing environment?.
The minister said it is time Zambia became a nation of producers to feed the entire nation and export excess produce.
Mr Mwamba, who described the exhibitions at the show as impressive, said he has been encouraged to venture into agriculture in Kasama.
Mr Mwamba expressed optimism that this year?s show will be a success and toured nine local stands.
The minister arrived at the showgrounds around 09:40 and was met by Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Bob Sichinga and other senior Government officials.
Mr Sichinga said his ministry targets to produce 150,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser for the 2013/2014 farming season.
He said 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser will go towards the Fertiliser Input Support Programme (FISP) and the rest will go to the open market.
And Dr Scott said apart from farmers adapting to climate change and conservation farming, this year?s theme will help business people to diversify in their marketing strategy.
She said she was impressed that both farmers and business people have come up with new ways of doing business.
She pinpointed companies like Zesco, who are working tirelessly to meet the demand for electricity countryside, mitigate load shedding and build more hydro-power stations.
Dr Scott was also impressed with young farmers from rural areas who she said have more information and knowledge on climate change.
She commended NIPA for coming up with degree programmes and building a modern library.
She arrived at the Show Grounds around 09:10 hours and toured eight stands in the company of show society past president Elizabeth Nkumbula.
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Gold bulls cheer Crude Oil bulls jeer as US job data disappoints
NEW YORK (Commodity Online): With the US adding just 16200 jobs in the nonfarm sector, the futures of crude oil closed lower on the Nymex on Friday. The data stoked gold futures higher and pulled the commodity out of a distress position and helped it cross the $1300 mark.?
?Earlier this week we saw economic data that pointed towards a recovery, and that coupled with a strong dollar kept gold under pressure,? Tom Power, a senior commodity broker at R.J. O?Brien & Associates in Chicago said to Bloomberg.
?Today?s (Friday?s) data was positive for gold, but not enough to turn the direction of the market.?
Gold had gone below the crucial support of $1300 following optimism about the US economy.
Meanwhile data suggested that US unemployment rate touched 7.4% in July, according to US labour department.
However, the data was not enough to propel crude oil futures further up even as some profit booking too took place.
WTI crude oil for delivery on September 13 closed at $106.85/bl, registering a loss of $1.04 or 0.96%. Brent crude oil for delivery on the same date closed at $108.93/bl, notifying a loss of $0.61 or 0.56%.
"We've got a pullback from the jobs data, but I suspect we are also seeing some profit-taking before the weekend," said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho Securities in New York to Reuters.
"That said, we are still trading at historically high levels. I wouldn't be surprised if we tested $110, although that won't happen today," he noted.
On India?s MCX, crude oil for delivery on August 19 was seen trading at Rs.6524 a barrel, a loss of 0.05% as of 10.41 AM IST, Saturday.
Gold futures for delivery on October 5 were seen trading at Rs.28460 per 10 grams, a loss of 0.12%.
(Story image courtesy of Boians Cho Joo Young/FreeDigitalPhotos.net)
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Iran officially gets new President: Vows ?peace and moderation?
Iran officially swore in its newest president today, to high hopes by its citizens. Hasan Rouhani, vowed during inaugural speeches in Tehran to provide ?peace and moderation? and called for ?outlying countries to stop sanctions and speak with respect?.
?All of those who voted, whether they voted for me, someone else, or even if they didn?t vote, all of them are Iranian citizens and have citizenship rights,? he said in his inaugural address.
According to the BBC, some 50 dignitaries from all over the world visited Tehran to witness the speech, something that has not been done since the 1979 Iran revolution.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Search underway for man who jumped into Lake Washington
A U.S. Coast Guard boat pulls up alongside another powerboat on the scene as they they assist in the search for a 26-year-old man using divers and special side-scan radar during Seafair Saturday on Lake Washington. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
Authorities are searching for a man in his 20s who reportedly failed to resurface after falling off a boat into Lake Washington.
Seattle police said the man fell and hit his head on a boat before tumbling into the water at about 4:40 p.m. Saturday near the 5000 block of Lake Washington Blvd. South.?The police department?s Harbor Patrol unit and?U.S. Coast Guard were looking for the man.
It was the second local water-related search on the busy Seafair Saturday.
Earlier, a man was pulled from South Lake Union in critical condition after he jumped into the lake and failed to resurface. The unidentified 49-yera-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to a Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman.
A man hugs a distraught woman near the 5000 block of Lake Washington Boulevard South. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
Source: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/08/search-underway-for-man-who-jumped-into-lake-washington/
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Global travel warning: US cites al-Qaida threat
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend.
The alert was the first of its kind since an announcement preceding the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This one comes with the scars still fresh from last year's deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and with the Obama administration and Congress determined to prevent any similar breach of an American Embassy or consulate.
"There is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it," said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told ABC News in an interview to be aired Sunday that the threat was "more specific" than previous ones and the "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests."
The State Department warning urged American travelers to take extra precautions overseas, citing potential dangers involved with public transportation systems and other prime sites for tourists and noting that previous terrorist attacks have centered on subway and rail networks as well as airplanes and boats. It suggested travelers sign up for State Department alerts and register with U.S. consulates in the countries they visit.
The statement said that al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests. The alert expires on Aug. 31.
The State Department said the potential for terrorism was particularly acute in the Middle East and North Africa, with a possible attack occurring on or coming from the Arabian Peninsula.
U.S. officials pointed specifically to Yemen, the home of al-Qaida's most dangerous offshoot and the network blamed for several notable terrorist plots on the United States, from the foiled Christmas Day 2009 effort to bomb an airliner over Detroit to the explosives-laden parcels intercepted the following year aboard cargo flights.
"Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August," a department statement said.
The alert was posted a day after the U.S. announced it would shut many diplomatic facilities Sunday. Spokeswoman Marie Harf said the department acted out of an "abundance of caution" and that some missions may stay closed for longer than a day. Sunday is a business day in Muslim countries, and the diplomatic offices affected stretch from Mauritania in northwest Africa to Afghanistan.
"I don't know if I can say there was a specific threat," said Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the House Foreign Affairs Committee's top Democrat, who was briefed on the State Department's decision. "There is concern over the potentiality of violence."
Although the warning coincided with "Al-Quds Day," the last Friday of the Islamic month of Ramadan when people in Iran and some Arab countries express their solidarity with the Palestinians and their opposition to Israel, U.S. officials played down any connection. They said the threat wasn't directed toward a specific American diplomatic facility.
The concern by American officials over the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is not new, given the terror branch's gains in territory and reach during Yemen's prolonged Arab Spring-related instability.
The group made significant territorial gains last year, capturing towns and cities in the south amid a power struggle in the capital that ended with the resignation of Yemen's longtime leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh. A U.S.-aided counteroffensive by the government has since pushed the militants back.
Yemen's current president, Abdo Rabby Mansour Hadi, met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, where both leaders cited strong counterterrorism cooperation. Earlier this week, Yemen's military reported a U.S. drone strike killed six alleged al-Qaida militants in the group's southern strongholds.
As recently as June, the group's commander, Qasim al-Rimi, released an Arabic-language video urging attacks on U.S. targets and praising the ethnic Chechen brothers accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. "Making these bombs has become in everyone's ... reach," he said, according to the English subtitles on the video, reposted by private U.S. intelligence firm the IntelCenter.
"The blinking red intelligence appears to be pointing toward an Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula plot," said Seth Jones, counterterror expert at the Rand Corp., referring to the branch of al-Qaida known as AQAP.
Britain also took action Friday in Yemen, announcing it would close its embassy there on Sunday and Monday as a precaution.
Britain, which closely coordinates on intelligence matters with Washington, stopped short of releasing a similar region-wide alert but added that some embassy staff in Yemen had been withdrawn "due to security concerns." British embassies and consulates elsewhere in the Middle East were to remain open.
Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, said the embassy threat was linked to al-Qaida and concerned the Middle East and Central Asia.
"In this instance, we can take a step to better protect our personnel and, out of an abundance of caution, we should," Royce said. He declined to say if the National Security Agency's much-debated surveillance program helped reveal the threat.
The New York Times reported Friday night that American officials said the U.S. had intercepted electronic communications among senior operatives of al-Qaida.
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence panel, also supported the department's decision to go public with its concerns.
"The most important thing we have to do is protect American lives," he said, describing the threat as "not the regular chitchat" picked up from would-be militants on the Internet or elsewhere.
The State Department issued another warning a year ago about potential violence connected to the Sept. 11 anniversary. Dozens of American installations were besieged by protests over reports of an anti-Islam video made by an American resident, and in Benghazi, Libya, the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed when militants assaulted a diplomatic post.
The administration no longer says Benghazi was related to the demonstrations. But the attack continues to be a flashpoint of contention with Republicans in Congress who say Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and others in the government misled the country about the nature of the attack after failing to provide adequate diplomatic protection.
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Associated Press writers Donna Cassata, Sagar Meghani and Kimberly Dozier in Washington and Jill Lawless in London contributed to this report.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/global-travel-warning-us-cites-al-qaida-threat-214616758.html
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