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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Eating to Live or Living to Eat?
Scholars have understood the different motives for eating as far back as Socrates, who counseled, "Thou shouldst eat to live, not live to eat." But nowadays, scientists are using sophisticated brain-imaging technology to understand how the lure of delicious food can overwhelm the body's built-in mechanism to regulate hunger and fullness, what's called "hedonic" versus "homeostatic" eating.Breitling Cosmonaute
One thing is clear: Obese people react much more hedonistically to sweet, fat-laden food in the pleasure and reward circuits of the brain than healthy-weight people do. Simply seeing pictures of tempting food can light up the pleasure-seeking areas of obese peoples' brains.
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Two conferences this week on obesity are each examining aspects of how appetite works in the brain and why some people ignore their built-in fullness signals. Scientists hope that breakthroughs will lead to ways to retrain people's thinking about food or weight-loss drugs that can target certain brain areas.
In a study presented this week at the International Conference on Obesity in Stockholm, researchers from Columbia University in New York showed pictures of cake, pies, french fries and other high-calorie foods to 10 obese women and 10 non-obese women and monitored their brain reactions on fMRI scans. In the obese women, the images triggered a strong response in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a tiny spot in the midbrain where dopamine, the "desire chemical," is released. The images also activated the ventral pallidum, a part of the brain involved in planning to do something rewarding.Rolex GMT Watches
"When obese people see high-calorie foods, a widespread network of brain areas involved in reward, attention, emotion, memory and motor planning is activated, and all the areas talk to each other, making it hard for them to resist," says Susan Carnell, a research psychologist at the New York Obesity Research Center at Saint-Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University and one of the investigators.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday on Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, with the Palestinians and Arab nations demanding condemnation and an independent investigation.
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The Palestinians and Arabs, backed by a number of council members including Turkey, also called for Israel to lift the blockade on Gaza, immediately release the ships and humanitarian activists, and allow them to deliver their goods.
Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco said in his briefing to the U.N.'s most powerful body that the early morning bloodshed on Monday would have been avoided "if repeated calls on Israel to end the counterproductive and unacceptable blockade of Gaza had been heeded,"
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose country had been a longtime Muslim ally of Israel, called the raid "banditry and piracy" on the high seas and "murder conducted by a state." He urged the council to adopt a presidential statement circulated by Turkey. Many of the activists aboard the ships were apparently Turks.
The original draft text, obtained by the Associated Press, would have the council condemn the attack by Israeli forces "in the strongest terms" as a violation of international law, express deep regret at the loss of life and call for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to undertake "an independent international investigation ... to determine how this bloodshed took place and to ensure that those responsible be held accountable" and consider the issue of compensation.
The draft also calls on Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza and immediately release the ships and civilians it is holding.
Ban condemned the violence.
"I am shocked by reports of killings," he said in a statement. "It is vital that there is a full investigation to determine exactly how this bloodshed took place."
After statements from the 15 council members as well as Israel and the Palestinians, the council moved into closed consultations to consider possible action. The consultations then broke into a smaller group including the U.S., Turkey and Lebanon, which holds the council presidency.
Council members decided to take a brief dinner break nearly seven hours after their meeting began and then resume discussions on the latest draft which calls for "a prompt, independent, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards."
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. observer, said he expected further changes to the text. Several diplomats noted that the United States, Israel's closest ally, was waiting for instructions from Washington.
Mansour called the attack on unarmed civilians on board foreign ships in international waters a "war crime," and he declared that "those fleets, one after the other, will be coming until the unethical blockade is put to an end and the suffering stops for our people."
louis vuitton Monogram MulticoloreFrance's U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud also called for an "independent, credible" investigation that meets international standards, and the lifting of the Gaza blockade.
But U.S. deputy ambassador Alejandro Wolff, made no mention of an international probe, saying: "We expect a credible and transparent investigation and strongly urge the Israeli government to investigate the incident fully."
While the Palestinians and Turks insisted that those on the ships were humanitarian and human rights activists, Israel's deputy U.N. ambassador Daniel Carmon said "this flotilla was anything but a humanitarian mission."
Some activists have "terrorist history" and its organizers support radical Islamic networks such as Hamas, which controls Gaza and refuses to recognize Israel's existence, he said.
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Carmon defended the legality of Israel's blockade and the boarding of the ships - which refused repeated calls to send their cargo through Israel - as "a preventive measure" to counter the illegal attempt to break the blockade.
He called the results "tragic and unfortunate."
Wolff said the United States "is deeply disturbed by the recent violence and regrets the tragic loss of life," considers the situation in Gaza "untenable" and will continue to urge Israel to expand the scope and type of goods allowed into the territory to meet humanitarian needs.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Songs From Lennon/McCartney Catalog Return to “American Idol”
Last night’s episode lacked an innovative, stand-out performance, but it did feature a few words of encouragement from Sir Paul, who’s currently showing everyone how it’s done on an incredible solo tour: “I just want to say get out there, go for it, enjoy yourselves!” Everyone did get out there — even a didgeridoo player and bagpiper hit the stage. Here’s how it turned out:
Ones to Watch:
• Casey James admitted he got choked up during his performance of “Jealous Guy” when he focused on … being a jealous guy. Easy to see why Kara DioGuardi said he showed “depth.” But seriously, Simon nailed it when he called his tune “the best performance of the night so far.”
Meh:
• Aaron Kelly’s boring “The Long and Winding Road” led me on a short and direct journey to my remote to see what was happening on The Biggest Loser.
• Katie Stevens’ straightforward “Let It Be” had the judges gushing and Simon hallucinating (he claimed credit for leading her in a “more country” direction. Was that country “England”?).
• Andrew Garcia’s “Can’t Buy Me Love” was so loungy, Simon didn’t bother comparing him to a wedding singer — he compared him to a wedding guitarist who steals the mike for a number.
• A few things that really happened during Michael Lynche’s “Eleanor Rigby” segment: he revealed his singing family went by the name “the Lynche Mob”; Randy Jackson said, “I love that you’re feeling yourself”; Simon sort of dissed musicals, then had to backtrack and say “we like Glee.”
• Crystal Bowersox was drawn to the “fun groove” of “Come Together.” And nothing says “fun groove” like Ernie on the didgeridoo!
• Siobhan Mangus had a bizarre judging, too: after a sleepy, operatic “Across the Universe” she nearly cried and was hugged by an audience member named Earl who booed Simon’s critique.
• Lee DeWyze decided to jazz up his otherwise dull dorm-room version of “Hey Jude” with a bagpiper. The best part of his segment was the pre-taped bit where the contestants joked about him having “Danny Gokey babies” with best pal Andrew Garcia.
Thanks for the Memories:
• Tim Urban admitted he “decided to do something different with my hair.” Like make himself into a shaggy Beatle? Last week, he got criticized for having no vibrato, so on “All My Loving” he opted to warble every single note. If Vote for the Worst doesn’t keep this guy on the show, his time should be up.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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