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Stocks Poised To Open Higher, But Solar Stocks Tumble - Investors ...

The stock market was indicated to open higher Tuesday, as it seemed to shake off weakness in German stocks.

Index futures were slightly higher in the stock market today, while the S&P 500 proxy SPDR Trust (SPY), PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) and the Diamonds (DIA), which mirrors the Dow Jones industrial average, were up 0.1%.

In Europe, a weak reading in German confidence helped bring down German stocks. The DAX index was down 0.3%, but the FTSE 100 climbed 0.2%. France's CAC 40 was off a fraction.

U.S. futures had been lower following the news, but turned higher as the opening bell drew closer.

Solar stocks, which have been hot in recent days, tumbled in premarket trading and were among the most active in pre-opening dealings.

SolarCity (SCTY) plunged 10% after the company reported a loss of 41 cents a share and gave weak guidance. The stock soared 24% Monday to a new high ahead of the earnings report.

Rivals fell in sympathy. First Solar (FSLR) and SunPower (SPWR) were down about 1%.

Cree (CREE) was off 4% in premarket trading after Stern Agee reportedly downgraded the stock. The maker of LED lightbulbs has been at new highs after coming off support at the 10-week moving average.

Tesla Motors (TSLA) was poised to continue its big rally. Last week, it raised its sales outlook, sparking a 41% surge to new highs.

Source: http://news.investors.com/investing-stock-market-today/051413-655944-stocks-set-to-open-higher.htm

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Emotional response to climate change influences whether we seek or avoid further information

Emotional response to climate change influences whether we seek or avoid further information [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 15-May-2013
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People with negative feelings toward climate change seek out more information, study finds

BUFFALO, N.Y. Sixty-two percent of Americans now say they believe that global warming is happening, but 46 percent say they are "very sure" or "extremely sure" that it is not. Only 49 percent know why it is occurring, and about as many say they're not worried about it, according to the April report of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.

Because information about climate change is ubiquitous in the media, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Texas, Austin, looked at why many Americans know so little about its causes and why many are not interested in finding out more.

The study, "What, Me Worry? The Role of Affect in Information Seeking and Avoidance" was conducted by Z. Janet Yang, PhD, assistant professor of communication at UB, and Lee Ann Kahlor, PhD, associate professor of public relations and advertising at UT Austin. It was published in the April 2013 issue of the journal Science Communication and is available at http://scx.sagepub.com/content/35/2/189.

Yang says, "Our key variables of interest were 'information seeking' and 'information avoidance.'

"We found that emotions have different impacts on both behaviors and that those with whom we socialize also are an important influence on our communication behaviors."

In particular, according to Yang, the study found:

  • Those who had negative feelings toward climate change feelings marked by states of fear, depression, anxiety, etc., actively sought more information about climate change. They also saw climate change as having serious risks, and considered their current knowledge about it insufficient.
  • Those driven by a positive affect toward climate change an emotional state marked by hopefulness, excitement, happiness, etc. actively avoided exposure to additional information on the issue. They also said climate change presented little risk to nature and humans, and they viewed their knowledge about climate change as sufficient.
  • Our social environment has the potential to strongly influence whether we seek or avoid climate change information. This, the researchers say, may be because we are most often around people who agree with us about important issues, reinforce our perception of risk and support or discourage further action.

The study involved an online survey of 736 undergraduates from two large U.S. universities (61.3 percent female, 62.5 percent white, median family income, $90,000).

The research survey was developed and executed using Qualtrics software and was designed to ascertain:

  • The subjects' general affect in relation to climate change positive (excited, hopeful, happy) or negative (concerned, worried, anxious)
  • How much information about climate change they thought they had and how much more they thought they needed
  • How severe they found the threat of climate change to be to themselves and to nature, and its impact around the world
  • How valuable they thought seeking information on the subject would be to them
  • How much they valued others' opinions toward seeking information about climate change
  • The confidence each had in his or her ability to find information about climate change

"Earlier research in social psychology has found that emotion, both positive and negative, is motivational and involves action tendency and action readiness," Yang explains.

"Those with a negative affect may seek out information, even if it includes negative predictions, in order to reduce their uncertainty and perhaps reassert control over the situation," says Yang.

"On the other hand, those with a positive affect who say they avoid seeking information may do so because they want to maintain their uncertainty and their emotional equilibrium from negative information that might upset them as well as contradict the attitudes of their social support group."

The researchers say the study results present several ways to improve the communication of risk information related to climate change. They say the data on subjects' reported information sufficiency suggests that risk communication about climate change might benefit from these approaches:

  • Arousing a sense of curiosity and debunking false beliefs about ecological risks so people are not complacent about what they already know
  • Highlighting potential negative consequences and fostering a positive attitude toward learning about climate change
  • Monitoring the audience's social environment and its perceived ability for finding and understanding information about climate change
  • Promoting optimism that human action, such as reducing greenhouse gas, could actually combat the consequences of climate change.

Yang conducts research centered on the communication of risk information related to science, health and environmental issues, and on social cognitive variables that influence information seeking and processing, health decision making and public perception of environmental and health risks.

Kahlor's research is centered on health and environmental risk communication with an emphasis on mass communication of complex science and information seeking.

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716-645-4602
University at Buffalo

People with negative feelings toward climate change seek out more information, study finds

BUFFALO, N.Y. Sixty-two percent of Americans now say they believe that global warming is happening, but 46 percent say they are "very sure" or "extremely sure" that it is not. Only 49 percent know why it is occurring, and about as many say they're not worried about it, according to the April report of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.

Because information about climate change is ubiquitous in the media, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Texas, Austin, looked at why many Americans know so little about its causes and why many are not interested in finding out more.

The study, "What, Me Worry? The Role of Affect in Information Seeking and Avoidance" was conducted by Z. Janet Yang, PhD, assistant professor of communication at UB, and Lee Ann Kahlor, PhD, associate professor of public relations and advertising at UT Austin. It was published in the April 2013 issue of the journal Science Communication and is available at http://scx.sagepub.com/content/35/2/189.

Yang says, "Our key variables of interest were 'information seeking' and 'information avoidance.'

"We found that emotions have different impacts on both behaviors and that those with whom we socialize also are an important influence on our communication behaviors."

In particular, according to Yang, the study found:

  • Those who had negative feelings toward climate change feelings marked by states of fear, depression, anxiety, etc., actively sought more information about climate change. They also saw climate change as having serious risks, and considered their current knowledge about it insufficient.
  • Those driven by a positive affect toward climate change an emotional state marked by hopefulness, excitement, happiness, etc. actively avoided exposure to additional information on the issue. They also said climate change presented little risk to nature and humans, and they viewed their knowledge about climate change as sufficient.
  • Our social environment has the potential to strongly influence whether we seek or avoid climate change information. This, the researchers say, may be because we are most often around people who agree with us about important issues, reinforce our perception of risk and support or discourage further action.

The study involved an online survey of 736 undergraduates from two large U.S. universities (61.3 percent female, 62.5 percent white, median family income, $90,000).

The research survey was developed and executed using Qualtrics software and was designed to ascertain:

  • The subjects' general affect in relation to climate change positive (excited, hopeful, happy) or negative (concerned, worried, anxious)
  • How much information about climate change they thought they had and how much more they thought they needed
  • How severe they found the threat of climate change to be to themselves and to nature, and its impact around the world
  • How valuable they thought seeking information on the subject would be to them
  • How much they valued others' opinions toward seeking information about climate change
  • The confidence each had in his or her ability to find information about climate change

"Earlier research in social psychology has found that emotion, both positive and negative, is motivational and involves action tendency and action readiness," Yang explains.

"Those with a negative affect may seek out information, even if it includes negative predictions, in order to reduce their uncertainty and perhaps reassert control over the situation," says Yang.

"On the other hand, those with a positive affect who say they avoid seeking information may do so because they want to maintain their uncertainty and their emotional equilibrium from negative information that might upset them as well as contradict the attitudes of their social support group."

The researchers say the study results present several ways to improve the communication of risk information related to climate change. They say the data on subjects' reported information sufficiency suggests that risk communication about climate change might benefit from these approaches:

  • Arousing a sense of curiosity and debunking false beliefs about ecological risks so people are not complacent about what they already know
  • Highlighting potential negative consequences and fostering a positive attitude toward learning about climate change
  • Monitoring the audience's social environment and its perceived ability for finding and understanding information about climate change
  • Promoting optimism that human action, such as reducing greenhouse gas, could actually combat the consequences of climate change.

Yang conducts research centered on the communication of risk information related to science, health and environmental issues, and on social cognitive variables that influence information seeking and processing, health decision making and public perception of environmental and health risks.

Kahlor's research is centered on health and environmental risk communication with an emphasis on mass communication of complex science and information seeking.

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Modern Etiquette: When a colleague is abusing alcohol

By Mary M. Mitchell

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The lovely dinner meeting with my colleague turned out to be a bad dream. Sure, we had wine with the meal. I loved every moment, morsel, and drop of it.

Yet I was poorly prepared when she not only had wine, but slugged down cognac afterward, and commented that she had preceded our meeting with "a couple of scotches."

I ended up taking her car keys and checking her into the hotel that housed the restaurant where we dined. It all seemed like a dramatic hassle - and then I realized it wasn't over. I had to face this woman again. And what would I say when I did?

It can be a painful experience to watch an associate or friend behave badly after having one too many at a business function or the local watering hole.

So I turned to Todd Whitmer, senior executive officer of the Caron Foundation, a nationally recognized U.S. non-profit addiction treatment center, for advice on how to help my colleague avoid alcohol-related career suicide - or worse.

Talk About How Their Actions Made You Feel

Work is one of the last places a drinking problem will surface, Whitmer says.

But friends and colleagues are likely to know someone is having a problem with alcohol before the boss does, and can help steer him or her away from danger.

Whitmer suggests these steps: If your friend could endanger herself, intervene. Take the car keys, call a cab, or look her in the eye and ask her to leave with you.

Otherwise, wait until she is sober before you try talking to her.

Be specific about what you observed, without accusing.

For example, instead of saying: "You were really drunk last night," try: "I felt embarrassed about the joke you told last night. You don't ordinarily talk like that. Maybe you had too much to drink."

Use "I" language as much as possible. Express your feelings such as alarm, fear, and sadness, not what you think is happening to the other person.

"Although he may argue, he can't deny your feelings," Whitmer says.

Express your concern for your colleague and offer to provide feedback when you see the problem surfacing. Talk to her before the next company gathering, and let her know you will signal when you sense inappropriate behavior coming on.

Offer Help, Not Counseling

For example: "The last time all the managers went out for a drink after the strategic planning meeting, I was afraid, after the third drink, that your remarks about the boss were going to get you into trouble.

I'm feeling some anxiety about tonight's business dinner. If I sense you're getting into dangerous territory, I'm going to give you that feedback. Does that make sense to you? When I say 'Remember what we talked about yesterday?' that's the red flag."

You can certainly show compassion and express your concern, but don't hesitate to say: "I'm not in a position to counsel you about what's going on."

If your company has an employee assistance program, steer her in that direction. If that resource is unavailable, suggest contacting an alcoholism information and treatment center.

Don't Just Look The Other Way

Sometimes being kind means being tough when you protect fellow workers. It's not easy to speak up to someone who is self-destructing with alcohol - or any other substance.

Still, it's the right thing to do.

Don't ever turn your eyes from a difficult situation like this. We need to take care of each other.

We are, after all, in this life together. Thus, we all deserve respect, both in the giving and the getting.

(Editing by Paul Casciato)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/modern-etiquette-colleague-abusing-alcohol-090425352.html

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Oldest fossil hominin ear bones ever recovered: Discovery could yield important clues on origins of humankind

May 13, 2013 ? A new study, led by a Binghamton University anthropologist and published this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans. The study analyzed the tiny ear bones, the malleus, incus and stapes, from two species of early human ancestor in South Africa. The ear ossicles are the smallest bones in the human body and are among the rarest of human fossils recovered.

Unlike other bones of the skeleton, the ossicles are already fully formed and adult-sized at birth. This indicates that their size and shape is under very strong genetic control and, despite their small size, they hold a wealth of evolutionary information.

The study, led by Binghamton University anthropologist Rolf Quam, was carried out by an international team of researchers from institutions in the US, Italy and Spain. They analyzed several auditory ossicles representing the early hominin species Paranthropus robustus and Australopithecus africanus. The new study includes the oldest complete ossicular chain (i.e. all three ear bones) of a fossil hominin ever recovered. The bones date to around two million years ago and come from the well-known South African cave sites of Swartkrans and Sterkfontein, which have yielded abundant fossils of these early human ancestors.

The researchers report several significant findings from the study. The malleus is clearly human-like, and its size and shape can be easily distinguished from our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. Many aspects of the skull, teeth and skeleton in these early human ancestors remain quite primitive and ape-like, but the malleus is one of the very few features of these early hominins that is similar to our own species, Homo sapiens. Since both the early hominin species share this human-like malleus, the anatomical changes in this bone must have occurred very early in our evolutionary history. Says Quam, "Bipedalism (walking on two feet) and a reduction in the size of the canine teeth have long been held up as the "hallmark of humanity" since they seem to be present in the earliest human fossils recovered to date.

Our study suggests that the list may need to be updated to include changes in the malleus as well." More fossils from even earlier time periods are needed to corroborate this assertion, says Quam. In contrast to the malleus, the two other ear ossicles, the incus and stapes, appear more similar to chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. The ossicles, then, show an interesting mixture of ape-like and human-like features.

The anatomical differences from humans found in the ossicles, along with other differences in the outer, middle and inner ear, are consistent with different hearing capacities in these early hominin taxa compared to modern humans. Although the current study does not demonstrate this conclusively, the team plans on studying the functional aspects of the ear in these early hominins relying on 3D virtual reconstructions based on high resolution CT scans. The team has already applied this approach previously to the 500,000 year-old human fossils from the Sierra de Atapuerca in northern Spain. The fossils from this site represent the ancestors of the Neandertals, but the results suggested their hearing pattern already resembled Homo sapiens. Extending this type of analysis to Australopithecus and Paranthropus should provide new insight into when our modern human pattern of hearing may have evolved.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Eq9ua4lKGUM/130513174331.htm

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Gwyneth Paltrow: Fashion Fail Month

  Wow. Score one for the cast and crew of the new Star Trek movie! The picture above on the right looks like an outfit that would be worn at a gala on the Starship Enterprise. How ridiculous. Sheer with cut off sleeves? Now we’re losing our minds on this one. The worst part is that she was named the most beautiful woman in the world recently. I guess that title has nothing to do with style choices, because this is just plain silly. The outfit on the above right picture looks like the wrapping materials someone would use for a big Valentine’s Day gift. It looks like she got it snagged on the way through the door, then had her assistant cut a strip off the make it look better. She needs to hurry up and fire her stylist so she doesn’t end up losing her title. It’s that bad. Your thoughts?   Pictures: PR Photos

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A Guy Made the Fire Breathing Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros

If you ever thought real life should be more like the video games we play, you're not alone. At the very least, you definitely have an awesome friend in Caleb Kraft, senior editor at Hack a Day. He made a real homemade version of the fire breathing piranha plant from Super Mario Bros. It's incredible.

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Lib at Large: Huey Lewis and the News celebrate the 30th anniversary of 'Sports'

TO COMMEMORATE the 30th anniversary of their blockbuster "Sports" album, Huey Lewis and the News returned to Mill Valley's 2 A.M. Club the other day. Not to drink, necessarily, but to pose for an update of the photo of the band in their hometown bar that was on the cover of the album that shot them out of Marin County into Reagan-era, 1980s rock stardom.

"Sports" delivered a grand slam of Top 10 hits ? "The Heart of Rock & Roll," "I Want a New Drug," "Heart and Soul" and "If This Is It." A fifth single, "Walking on a Thin Line," even cracked the Top-20.

"We didn't know we were going to have four or five hits, we just wanted one," Huey told me, speaking by phone

from his Montana ranch. "We needed one, and it turned out we had five. Who knew?"

Huey and the News are celebrating this milestone with a new 30th anniversary issue of "Sports" with all nine original songs digitally remastered along with a second disc with live renditions of all the tunes, some never before released. It comes out on May 14.

After rehearsing in their new studio and office in San Rafael, Huey and the band are hitting the road on a "Sports 30th Anniversary Tour" of North America with more U.S. and international dates being added as we speak.

They've already been on "Dancing with the Stars," "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me," and they are scheduled to play on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on May 15. They're also booked to

appear on CBS "Sunday Morning" and "Good Morning America." The Wall Street Journal is working on a piece about them.

If you were around here in the '80s, you probably remember how cool it was that one of the biggest bands of the decade, their songs ubiquitous on the radio, were an entirely homegrown Marin product. Huey, sax player/arranger Johnny Colla, drummer Bill Gibson, keyboardist Sean Hopper, guitarist Chris Hayes and bassist Mario Cipollina were all Marin guys who came out of the local bands Soundhole and Clover and got together at a Monday night jam at Uncle Charlie's in Corte Madera.

Huey wasn't even the lead singer in Clover, but manager Bob Brown bought into him as a frontman the first time the handsome Huey, radiating charisma and good guy charm, walked into his office in Mill Valley.

"Bob is probably the third person on the planet who thought I could sing a song that could be commercial," Huey recalled. Brown, who now owns Rancho Nicasio, parted ways with Huey and the band last year. But through most of their career, Huey says, "He was a relentless advocate for Huey Lewis in the News, which was intrinsic to our success."

It was Brown, after all, who persuaded the band's label, Chrysalis, to let them make their records and videos on their home turf.

"The thing we're proudest of is that we did it ourselves in Marin County," Huey explained. "In 1982, there weren't any bands coming up that made records in their hometown. You didn't do that. You went to L.A. and did it that way. If Bob hadn't pushed so hard, it wouldn't have happened."

But it did. "Sports" was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito and Fantasy Records in Berkeley. The choice of the 2 A.M. Club for the cover shot was a natural because in Mill Valley, the bar is a landmark ("turn left at the 2 A.M. Club") and has an authenticity and lack of pretension that seemed to counter the "yuppie rock" label some critics were trying to pin on the band.

"The place kind of looked like us and where we're from," Huey said. "We're local characters anyway."

In today's digital music business, there are any number of ways for young musicians to make records and be heard. Huey, who'll be 63 in July, reminded me that in 1982 there was no Internet, no smartphones, hardly any personal computers, no jam band scene, no YouTube.

"The one avenue to success was Top-40 radio," he said. "What was going on in those days was that you tried to write, arrange and produce a hit record. Everything was driven by that. So we recorded 'Sports' with an ear toward radio."

The casual cover notwithstanding, "Sports" was meticulously, methodically produced to sound glossy and good over the airwaves.

"With the cover, it seems like it could be a pub record," Huey said. "It was really anything but. Each track was handled very specially. Everything was overdubbed piece by piece. Listening to it now, it sounds like a collection of singles. And that's what it was."

Huey and the News were also on the vanguard of rock videos as vehicles into mainstream pop culture. Like the albums, they were also locally made. The video for "Don't Ever Tell Me That You Love Me," for example, was shot in the Cushing Memorial Amphitheater on Mount Tamalpais.

"We dressed in our sharp clothes and went up to the amphitheater on the mountain and goofed around," Huey chuckled, crediting that video for helping them get a record deal.

It was that deal that led to the "Sports" album, rock stardom and now, 30 years later, a tour in which the band, boasting four of the original members, will be playing their breakout album from front to back.

"We've got a lot of work ahead of us, but the important thing is we can still play music for a living, and we've had a career," Huey said. "We have 25 people working for us. All these years later, we're still a cottage industry from Marin County."

Contact Paul Liberatore via email at liberatore@marinij.com; follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LibLarge. Follow his blog at http://blogs.marinij.com/ad_lib.

Source: http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_23203022/lib-at-large-huey-lewis-and-news-celebrate?source=rss_emailed

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Church Accounting Software

Some companies offer computer programs on the Internet and provide a free downloadable trial version. Some sites have tutorials that assist with learning how to operate the software. Tutorials for church accounting software usually include basic information about the program; how to begin using the program; menu bar options and help menus throughout each option. Some companies offer training classes for their software. All churches need a good system for record keeping. Church accounting software will assist in keeping good records. Information will be at one's fingertips when purchasing programs for the church accountant.

God's word tells us that it is very important that we be good stewards with his money and his business. Ministry is his business. Let us not be careless in taking care of God's ministry by lacking in the area of church accounting. There are many good reasons for accountants to use computer programs. The extensiveness of the church accounting software could very well depend on the unique needs of each ministry. However the basics would be very similar. One of the essential key areas to maintain would include financial records, including all incoming and outgoing money exchanges. Most of the money acquired through church functions is mainly through contributions. A good program will provide the ability to keep detailed contribution information. This will be much appreciated by the contributors. Most non-profit organizations that are set up legally must provide their contributors with a record for income tax purposes at the end of each year.

Ministry accountants should provide detailed records of all financial transactions concerning the Lord's money. Sometimes we get so busy with our ministry that we neglect the records that need to be kept. Someone within the administration should be responsible for making sure these church accounting records are kept daily. Something may be lost if it is put off. Details of a specific situation may not be remembered if we forget to record something immediately. Computer financial programs make this task easier. Let us be responsible with all of God's work. Let those who are of the household of faith set a standard. A standard that says, "God's work is the most important thing I can do, so I will be faithful in maintaining church accounting records as confirmation that I truly believe it is a worthy vocation to the Lord. "And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward" (Luke 16:2). "If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Luke 16:11-13)

Source: http://www.christianet.com/accounting/churchaccountingsoftwares.htm

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Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection

May 7, 2013 ? Certain types of anti-depressants have been linked to an increase in the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. Awareness of this link should improve identification and early treatment of CDI.

CDI is one of the most common hospital acquired infections and is responsible for more than 7000 deaths annually in the USA alone. Several types of medications are thought to increase risk of CDI, including anti-depressants, and given that depression is the third most common medical condition worldwide a team from the University of Michigan investigated the exact nature of this risk.

Firstly the team studied Clostridium difficile infection in people with and without depression and found that people with major depression had a much higher chance of CDI (a 36% increase) than people without depression. This association held for a variety of depressive disorders and nervous or psychiatric problems. Age and family support also impacted risk of CDI. Older, widowed Americans were 54% more likely to catch C. difficile than their married peers. Just living alone increased risk by 25%.

Secondly they looked to see if there was an association between antidepressant medication and hospital acquired CDI. They found that use of most types of antidepressants did not affect CDI risk -- out of the twelve drugs tested only mirtazapine and fluoxetine increased risk of CDI, in each case the risk was doubled.

People who have been prescribed these types of anti-depressants need to keep taking them unless otherwise advised by their physician. The researchers stress that it is not yet known whether the increase in CDI is due to microbial changes in the gut during depression or to the medications associated with depression.

Dr. Mary Rogers who led this study explained, "Depression is common worldwide. We have long known that depression is associated with changes in the gastrointestinal system. The interaction between the brain and the gut, called the "brain-gut axis" is fascinating and deserves more study. Our finding of a link between depression and Clostridium difficile should help us better identify those at risk of infection and perhaps, encourage exploration of the underlying brain-gut mechanisms involved."

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/6menTD7yQfw/130507061048.htm

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Google Hangouts add remote desktop control, let you play tech support

DNP Google Hangouts updated with remote desktop control, turns you into tech support in the process

Google recently updated its Hangout chat client with the same remote desktop control tech integrated into Chrome. This slick new feature gives you the option to take control of someone's computer (with their permission, of course) during a video call. If you often find yourself recruited to help friends and family members with technical issues, you'll definitely dig this. To begin a remote session, start a Hangout and click View More Apps > Add Apps > Hangouts Remote Desktop. Now that you've got this light work out of the way, it's time to move on to some heavy lifting -- like helping grandma set up that Netflix account she's been asking about.

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