Irregular bed times curb young kids' brain power: And may have knock-on effects on health throughout life

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Going to bed at different times every night throughout early childhood seems to curb children's brain power, finds a large, long term study.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/living_well/~3/IXtMbie9Vcs/130708200158.htm

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Low-Water Lunch A Chinese Breakthrough on Irrigation

The World Monday 8th July, 2013

Growing more food with less water will be one of the biggest challenges in the coming era of surging populations and increasing climate disruption. In China, scientists say they?ve developed a new irrigation method that?s twice as efficient as today?s best technology, part of an increasingly urgent effort by researchers around the world to meet the water challenge.

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Source: http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215698626/scat/9366300fc9319e9b

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Egypt interim president sets timetable for elections, constitution reform

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi wave Egyptian flags and posters with his pictures during a rally near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, on July 7, 2013.?/ Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP

CAIRO Egypt's interim president has issued a swift timetable for the process of amending the constitution, setting parliamentary and presidential elections for early 2014.

Under the constitutional declaration by Adly Mansour late Monday, he would create two appointed committees to work out amendments to the Islamist-drafted constitution passed under ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

A referendum on the new document would be held within four months.

Elections for a new parliament would be held within two months after that, around mid-February. Once the new parliament convenes, it would have a week to set new presidential elections.

The declaration came after clashes with security forces early Monday left more than 50 Morsi supporters dead. Both sides exchanged blame over who sparked the bloodshed.

Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/cbsnews/feed/~3/VC7mqu1NSFA/

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Whitehall Dialogue - The UK and Russia: Oil and Water?

15:45, 24 Jul 2013
RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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PLACES AVAILABLE: Corporate 2 members only

About the event:

A presentation by the Rt Hon Sir Roderic Lyne KBE CMG, formerly British Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

The end of the Cold War generated hopes that Russia and Western Europe, including the UK, would be able to develop a 'normal' relationship. Nearly a quarter of a century later, this has yet to come about. In his presentation, Sir Roderic will consider what has stood in the way of the anticipated convergence between West and East, and whether there are particular factors which keep the UK and Russia apart. He will assess to what extent friction between the two governments has been reflected in business and in other non-official relationships, what the ?prospects are for the period ahead, what sort of country Russia might become in the next twenty five years and whether it will be one that we can do business with.

The Rt Hon Sir Roderic Lyne KBE CMG was British Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2004. Having first served in Moscow in the early 1970s, he observed the end of the Soviet Union from the Moscow Embassy from 1987 to 1990 and then as the last Head of the Soviet Department in the Foreign Office. Since 2004, he has visited Russia many times as a consultant and company director and has written and lectured frequently about Russia. He was a co-author, with Strobe Talbott and Koji Watanabe, of 'Engaging with Russia: The Next Phase', a report to the Trilateral Commission published in 2006 and a contributor to 'Russia: The Challenges of Transformation', published in 2011.

Refreshments will be served from 1515.

This event is 'off the record' and closed to the media.

Open to Platinum Corporate and Major Corporate Level Members only, Whitehall Dialogues are exclusive networking opportunities, that bring together experts from all sectors, in a private forum, to discuss current defence and security issues. To become a Platinum Corporate or Major Corporate Level Member, or to learn more about other RUSI membership benefits, please click here.

Event manager: Sophie Cordes, sophiec@rusi.org

Event manager: Sophie Cordes, +44 (0)20 7747 4971

Source: http://www.rusi.org/events/rss/ref%3AE519CEC023C583/

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Washington Nationals Sweep Three-Game Set With San Diego Padres, 11-7 Final In Sunday Finale

Ryan Zimmerman's grand slam in the third was the big blast of the day as the Washington Nationals swept the San Diego Padres in the three-game weekend set in the nation's capital. Stephen Strasburg dominated on the mound and finally received some support...

Washington Nationals' leadoff man Denard Span got the Nats out to an early 1-0 lead today, going the other way for an opposite field single off San Diego Padres' starter Robbie Erlin in the first and then scoring on an opposite field single to left by Bryce Harper after a wild pitch and groundout had moved Span around to third.

The Padres tied things up at 1-1 in the third when Stephen Strasburg hit Carlos Quentin with a two-strike change and gave up a double to center and off the GEICO wall by Chase Headley on the next pitch.

The Nationals went back up when they loaded the bases on walks by Stephen Strasburg and Ian Desmond and infield single by Bryce Harper. Ryan Zimmerman's 10th home run of 2013 was a grand slam that went out to right over the out-of-town scoreboard to give Washington a 5-1 lead in the third. A Jayson Werth single followed and Anthony Rendon crushed a 1-2 heater for a two-run home run to left that landed in the visitor's bullpen and gave the Nationals a 7-1 lead.

? Zimmerman's Slam:

Strasburg walked Nick Hundley with one out in the fourth and gave up a bomb of a two-run home to right by Alexi Amarista that landed in the second deck above the Nats' bullpen to make it a 7-3 game.

Back-to-back walks to Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman in the fifth ended Robbie Erlin's day and both runners scored when Harper stole second, took third on a pitch in the dirt and scored on a throwing error when Zimmerman stole second. Zimmerman came around on an Anthony Rendon single to right after Jayson Werth walked and the Nationals went up 9-3 over the Padres in the fifth. Wilson Ramos grounded into a double play for the first out of the fifth, but another run scored on the play and it was 10-3 Nationals after three in the nation's capital. Stephen Strasburg to drive in the Nats' 11th run. 11-3.

A 22-pitch sixth in which he gave up a run on a bases-loaded groundout ended Strasburg's day after 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 9 Ks, 111 P, 68 S, 4/2 GO/FO with the Nationals up 11-4.

The Padres' scored two runs on Craig Stammen in the seventh to get within five at 11-6. Three singles in the eighth brought in San Diego's seventh run and ended Stammen's outing, but Drew Storen came on to get the next three outs without another run scoring. 11-7 Nats after seven and a half.

Tyler Clippard came on to end it with a scoreless top of the ninth and the Nationals swept the three-game set with the Padres.

The sweep gave the Nationals four straight wins and they improved to four games over .500 at 46-42.

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Source: http://www.federalbaseball.com/2013/7/7/4501628/washington-nationals-sweep-three-game-set-with-san-diego-padres-11-7

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Kinder, gentler Suh

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Every player has a story about his path to pro football. ?Plenty of them are similar. ?Few mirror Yeremiah Bell?s.

As explained recently by Josh Weinfuss of the Cardinals? website, Bell had a Rudy-style journey, working in a steel mill before willing his way on to the football team at Eastern Kentucky University.

Sure, EKU is a far cry from Notre Dame. ?But that makes Bell?s climb to the NFL even more impressive.

Bell became hooked on Eastern Kentucky football by watching the head coach?s weekly TV show, every Sunday afternoon. ?Bell told colleagues at the mill that he was saving money to enroll at Eastern Kentucky for one year, that he?d walk on to the football team, and that he?d earn a scholarship.

?He always talked about how he?d work his way through college and get to the pros,? Emery Crawford, a coworker at the mill, told Weinfuss. ??Everybody just thought he was talking. . . .?He?d say, ?One of these days I?m going to make it to the big leagues.? ?I said, ?Son, I hope you do, but I?ve heard it before.??

Bell has zero scholarship offers after high school, and he eventually landed at the steel mill, working from 4:30 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. ?After two years at the mill (and eventually making it to the day shift), Bell enrolled at Eastern Kentucky.

But he still had to get on the football team. ?To make it happen, Bell called head coach Roy Kidd every week to inquire about tryouts.

?I know I had to give them a headache,? Bell told Weinfuss. ??I bugged them to death.?

Eventually, Bell got his chance. ?Showing up in borrowed cleats two sizes too big, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds. ?And he was on the team.

The climb was still steep. ?Bell landed in the hospital for three days after cramping severely as a sophomore during two-a-days, and he decided to quit. ?(Obviously, he changed his mind.)

Bell had success at the small school. ?He once intercepted Eastern Illinois quarterback Tony Romo twice in the same game, and Bell was named an All-American and the Ohio Valley Conference defensive player of the year in 2001.

Then, not long before the start of his senior season, Bell ruptured a patellar tendon while playing pick-up basketball. ?Eastern Kentucky?s trainer, Johnda Wireman, worked the leg back into shape and gave Bell constant encouragement about his football future.

Despite the injury, the Dolphins picked the Division I-AA defensive back in the sixth round of the 2003 draft. ?He didn?t make the team as a rookie, landing instead on the practice squad. ?By 2004, Bell had cracked the roster. ?In 2006, he started 11 games.

In 2009, he made it to the Pro Bowl.

After nine years with the Dolphins and one with the Jets, Bell is preparing to extend the unlikeliest of NFL careers to 11 seasons, with the Cardinals. ?Wherever the journey goes from here, Bell?s story deserves far more attention, because it proves yet again that a combination of talent, hard work, dedication, and perseverance can take a person from places like a steel mill in Kentucky to the top of the sports world.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/05/suh-says-he-leads-by-being-affectionate-with-his-teammates/related/

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10 Things to Know for Monday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:

1. WHAT COCKPIT RECORDER REVEALS ABOUT ASIANA CRASH

The crew called to abort the landing about 1.5 seconds before the airliner's tail hit the end of the runway in San Francisco, the NTSB says.

2. HOW PLANE CRASH SURVIVAL ODDS HAVE RISEN

Jetliners today are more structurally sound, and modern cockpit technology means they rarely hit mountains or each other.

3. 'PEOPLE NOW VIEW THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN EGYPT AS LOSERS'

The overthrow of Morsi sends Islamist parties around the region scrambling to preserve Arab Spring gains.

4. PHOTO OF FLAG-DRAPED FIREFIGHTERS' BODIES HAUNTS, COMFORTS

The picture, first posted anonymously to Facebook, shows American flags covering the 19 'Hotshots' who died fighting Arizona's Yarnell fire.

5. 40 STILL MISSING IN QUEBEC TRAIN DERAILMENT

With dozens still unaccounted for, more bodies could be found in the charred wreckage of runaway rail cars filled with crude oil.

6. PENTAGON'S EFFORT TO ACCOUNT FOR MIAs BLASTED

A report finds the decades-old pursuit of bones and other evidence of Americans missing in action sluggish and often duplicative.

7. WHY MORE US EMPLOYERS SEEK TEMPORARY LABOR

Driving the trend are uncertainty about the economy and companies desire for more flexibility in their payrolls.

8. RETURNING CONGRESS FACES CONFLICT

Republicans and Democrats will confront unresolved disputes over student loans, potentially incendiary fights over nominations, the farm bill and immigration.

9. SOCIAL MEDIA FRONT AND CENTER IN ZIMMERMAN TRIAL

The court case is top trend almost daily, with Twitter and Facebook permeating the trial both inside and outside the courtroom.

10. ANDY MURRAY ENDS BRITAIN'S WIMBLEDON DROUGHT

He topped No. 1 Novak Djokovic to become the first British man to win the crown since Fred Perry in 1936.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-monday-104352258.html

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