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High-ranking male baboons recover more quickly from injuries and are less likely to become ill than other males, biologists have found.
via ScienceDaily: Latest Science News http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521163851.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29
A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet down Niagara Falls on Monday after climbing over a rail and “deliberately jumping” into the Niagara River. “Based on witness statements and surveillance video, it doesn’t appear in any way, shape, or form that this was anything other than a suicide attempt,” said Niagara Parks Police Sergeant Chris Gallagher.
Rescuers reached the man at the bottom of the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the river about two hours after the jump. Members of the fire department rappelled down slick, steep shale and boulders and pulled him up the cliff in a basket. Estimated to be in his thirties or forties, the man somehow managed to swim to the shore despite suffering chest injuries, including broken ribs and a collapsed lung. According to the Associated Press, the man is the only the third person known to survive a plunge over the falls without a safety device. After luck like that, this man has some serious living to do.
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via Daily Intel http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/man-survives-180-foot-plunge-down-niagara-falls.html
Newark Mayor Cory Booker hit back on Monday night after the GOP pounced on his comments that the negative advertising by both campaigns is “nauseating†and that he is “uncomfortable†with the Obama campaign’s attacks on presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s time at the private equity firm Bain Capital. Â
The rising Democratic star said on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show that the GOP crossed a line on Monday with press releases, sound bites, and even a petition on the GOP website urging voters to “Stand with Cory.â€
Booker stressed that he has been an Obama supporter for his entire political career, and is “upset†with how the GOP has twisted his words. He posed a challenge to the GOP, invoking the Obama campaign’s new rallying cry. Â
via Homepage http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/booker-hits-back-calls-bain-attacks-fair-game–20120521
The new mental health diagnostic guide may broaden the definition of alcohol abuse. Deni Carise calms fears:
[T]he new DSM will not cause more people to be diagnosed with addiction. Instead, more people who may not yet be addicted (but whose drug use is nonetheless problematic and unhealthy) will be able to access very inexpensive but proven effective treatment earlier and easier. Treating these folks is no different from treating those in the early stages of diabetes — it requires minimal professional help, some education, and simple lifestyle changes. We wouldn’t wait until a pre-diabetic started experiencing the symptoms of full-blown diabetes before we offered him or her help. Instead, we would intervene early in hopes of preventing such a difficult future. The same should apply for those with early substance misuse.
Keith Humphreys, meanwhile, argues that labeling risky behavior risky isn’t a moral judgement.
via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewsullivan/rApM/~3/5LQCz_Xbnn4/40-percent-alcoholics-ctd.html
President Obama’s re-election campaign is doing some damage control after a top surrogate Sunday sharply criticized a major Democratic assault on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/cory-booker-walks-back-criticism-obama-campaign-bain-105420351–abc-news-politics.html
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Rob Trump wonders:
There are two opposing things going on at Christwire, and both are fascinating. On the surface of Christwire are the extreme, exaggerated viewpoints that signal a satire of conservative Christianity. This might lead you to believe that [creators Bryan Butvidas and Kirwin Watson] are left-leaning and nonreligious. But they’re not, as the Times originally reported; both identify to some extent as Christian. Which might, if you had missed it before, help flesh out the other level on which Christwire operates: as a satire of those whose opinions of Christians are so negative that they’re completely blind to exaggeration and humor, and willing to accept anything about the side they hate. On Christwire, pretty much nobody comes out looking good.
One of the site’s longest-running writers offered his take:
I’d like to think that our ideal reader is the type of liberal who is prone to knee-jerk self-righteousness, quick to be offended by anything that goes against what his college professors and Facebook friends are parroting on a daily basis. He’s the type who reads a headline and maybe a sentence or two before posting his outrage to Tumblr and Twitter. He’s the sort who only believes in Freedom of Speech when it applies to the things he already believes in. I think this is a real intellectual problem for young people today. They just can’t understand the idea that freedom means living around ideas you despise.
via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/05/who-is-christwire-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+andrewsullivan%2FrApM+%28The+Daily+Dish%29
The problem with Facebook and other social media is that they were not designed to carry advertising.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/rance-crain/buzz-social-media-users-interested-ads/234842/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adage%2Fhomepage+%28Advertising+Age+-+Homepage%29
While the broad consensus among digital marketers is that Google+ is an empty city where the masses go to set up a profile but then seldom return, Google is continuing to double down on the investment.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/digital/google-a-ghost-town-brands-decamp-pinterest/234867/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adage%2Fhomepage+%28Advertising+Age+-+Homepage%29