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...ruled by emotional battles about what a "good" mother should do. By measuring children's levels of the stress hormone cortisol, Sims says it's possible to gauge how they're reacting to their surroundings. Her initial research showed that the better the care - "where children felt loved and safe and secure, and where care-givers knew them as individuals" - the lower their cortisol levels. Because chronically high cortisol levels can impair memory and the immune system, Sims argues that children receiving consistently poor care are at risk of learning and social problems later in life. Early findings from research...
...more accessible. “The goal is to ensure that those who are sexually active are protecting themselves and making condoms available seems to do just that,” Ballinger wrote. “Working towards this end seems not to encourage sexual activity, but rather encourages safe sex for those who are sexually active.” Greenough, Weld, and Canaday were chosen to participate in the pilot “since these are buildings that are fairly central in each of the 3 yards and would make for convenient access,” according to Ballinger...
...Europe's largest poultry producer, Brittany-based Doux, last week announced reduced hours for about 700 of its 4,500 employees in France due to plunging sales. "There's just been too much noise about all this," grumbles Lepeule. "People are mixing up eating cooked chicken, which is entirely safe, with a highly hypothetical risk of human infection." But the bad news continues. By the end of last week, total or partial import bans on French poultry products had been issued by 43 non-E.U. countries, including Japan, the biggest non-European importer of French foie gras. "There...
...continued source of irritation for military officials is the infiltration of militants from Pakistan; many Afghan officials believe that elements in Pakistan's intelligence agency, which midwifed the Taliban in its early years, are conspiring with the religious parties that govern Pakistan's border regions to create a safe haven for Taliban commanders and a launching pad for attacks--including around 25 suicide bombings in the past six months--throughout Afghanistan. Helmand Governor Mohammed Daud told TIME he believes that Mullah Osmani, a Taliban leader, is recruiting and training fighters at the Girdi Jungle refugee camp in Pakistan's Baluchistan...
...even for risk takers, there are good arguments for playing it safe by putting 5% to 10% of your portfolio in TIPS. If pension money keeps rolling in--TIPS are useful for institutions addressing pension reforms--TIPS may keep right on chugging along...