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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson did not play this past Sunday because he was deactivated by his team after being indicted for abusing one of his sons. The Vikings owners, Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf, announced yesterday that Peterson, the teams best player, will be activated for this Sundays game against the New Orleans Saints.
No sane person wants to hurt a child and I have no reason to believe Peterson or NFL commissioner Roger Goodell do not want to do what is best for children. The leagues idea to create a team of four women to combat domestic violence is a step in the right direction. But as uncomfortable and sensitive it may be to discuss, the league needs to include fathering children with single women as part of the conversation.
As study after studyafter study has shown, children raised by a single parent are far more likely to be abused than children raised by two parents. In this article in Psychology Today,David Popenoe, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University, says Fatherless children have a risk factor of two to three times that of fathered children for a wide range of negative outcomes, including dropping out of high school, giving birth as a teenager and becoming a juvenile delinquent.
This is a broader societal problem40.7% of U.S. births in 2012 were to single mothersand its not clear that football players are any worse than the rest of us. But there seems to be little doubt that the NFL has its share of players who have fathered multiple children with different women to whom they were not married.
A good time to have started this discussion could have been five years ago, when New England Patriots All-World quarterback Tom Brady sired a child with actress and girlfriend Brigitte Moynahan. Brady, who subsequently married model Gisele Bundchen, is more than the face of the Patriots, he is a key ingredient to the NFL brand. But no discussion ensued.
Peterson splitting defenders in the 2008 Pro Bowl. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
As former Pro Bowl cornerbackTroy Vincent, who retired after the 2006 season, told ESPN two years ago: By the time the player is drafted, theres a pretty good chance hes thoroughly spoiled and surrounded by enablers. Any potential problemwhether its fathering children out of wedlock, shaky financial investments or just irresponsible spending habitscan be overcome because, well, things have always worked out in the past.
Until they dont.
A year ago, Petersons two-year-old sonwhom the All-Pro had only recently learned was hisdied afteralleged abuseby a man who was dating the boys mother. I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child and I am by no means trying to pick on the Vikings star and his family. I am simply saying that the NFL needs make fatherhood part of its program to help children. Tom Brady would have been a great place to start. But better late than never.
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Contact: Julie Flory Julie.Flory@WUSTL.EDU Washington University in St. Louis @WUSTLnews
We have all seen a peacock show its extravagant, colorful tail feathers in courtship of a peahen. Now, a group of researchers have used a special camera developed by an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis to discover that female northern swordtail fish choose their mates based on a similar display.
Marine biologists at the University of Texas at Austin used a bioinspired polarization camera developed by Viktor Gruev, PhD, associate professor of computer science & engineering at Washington University, to make the discovery. His camera has been used in other applications in marine biology and also is now being used at the School of Medicine to help physicians and researchers see cancer cells very early in development.
In the new study, the researchers found that female swordtail fish are attracted to certain patterns, called polarization ornaments, visible in polarized light in large male swordtail fish.
"There is a lot of social interaction among the fish," Gruev said. "We saw the female fish checking out the large males and looking at their polarization ornaments. During the whole courting behavior, the more polarization a male has, the higher the chance for mating."
Various animals can detect polarization, or the alignment of light waves in a plane. Previous research found polarization sensitivity in invertebrate animals, including octopus, but this is the first research to find polarization behavior in vertebrate animals.
The research was published online Sept. 2, 2014, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.
Gruev's camera is similar to polarized sunglasses, which reduce glare by blocking polarized light. The camera is built with nanomaterials inside the camera, allowing it to capture the polarization properties of light in real time.
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3 hours ago by Beth Miller A video polarimetry image of a large male northern swordtail in false color shows the differences in polarization on its surface.
We have all seen a peacock show its extravagant, colorful tail feathers in courtship of a peahen. Now, a group of researchers have used a special camera developed by an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis to discover that female northern swordtail fish choose their mates based on a similar display.
Marine biologists at the University of Texas at Austin used a bioinspired polarization camera developed by Viktor Gruev, PhD, associate professor of computer science & engineering at Washington University, to make the discovery. His camera has been used in other applications in marine biology and also is now being used at the School of Medicine to help physicians and researchers see cancer cells very early in development.
In the new study, the researchers found that female swordtail fish are attracted to certain patterns, called polarization ornaments, visible in polarized light in large male swordtail fish.
"There is a lot of social interaction among the fish," Gruev said. "We saw the female fish checking out the large males and looking at their polarization ornaments. During the whole courting behavior, the more polarization a male has, the higher the chance for mating."
Various animals can detect polarization, or the alignment of light waves in a plane. Previous research found polarization sensitivity in invertebrate animals, including octopus, but this is the first research to find polarization behavior in vertebrate animals.
The research was published online Sept. 2, 2014, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.
Gruev's camera is similar to polarized sunglasses, which reduce glare by blocking polarized light. The camera is built with nanomaterials inside the camera, allowing it to capture the polarization properties of light in real time.
"We changed the polarization so that the large males with high contrast showed good contrast in their polarization ornaments," Gruev says. "When we suppressed the polarization ornaments externally with light, the females didn't pay attention to the males. When we changed the light sources to change the polarization signals on the fish body, the social interactions between female and male swordfish significantly increase."
Gruev is an expert in polarization and signal processing. The camera is a replication of the visual system of the mantis shrimp, which is among the most sophisticated vision of all animals.
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When kids misbehave, some parents choose to spank. (Thinkstock)
What do you think? Is spanking kids OK? Why or why not? You can join the conversation on our Facebook page or tweet your thoughts using #WTOP.
WASHINGTON -- The Adrian Peterson case has started a discussion about spanking.
Allegations that the Minnesota Vikings running back injured his son by hitting him with a tree branch have sparked conversations about corporal punishment and spanking, what it is and if it's OK.
Nationwide, spanking is legal as long as the force is reasonable. But the definition of reasonable varies by state. In some states, a jury gets to make the decision. But the general consensus in most places is if there's an injury, the punishment has crossed the line.
Also, it seems as a country, the views are changing about if spanking is acceptable. The use of spanking has been on the decline for the past few decades.
A 2011 study by the University of Texas at Austin found African Americans were most likely to spank, with 89 percent of black parents saying they had spanked their children. Eighty percent of Hispanic, 79 percent of white parents and 73 percent of Asian parents said they spanked their kids.
Regionally, a Harris Interactive study found people are more likely to be in favor of spanking if they live in the South and Midwest than in the West or East.
Also, the older a person is, the more likely they are to favor spanking. Eighty-eight percent of baby boomers are supportive of spanking compared to only 72 percent of echo boomers.
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This is one part of a two-part interview with Matt Lambert, Executive Chef and Co-Owner of The Musket Room about earning a Michelin Star and introducing New Zealands cuisine to NYC. Read the second part, where he curates NYCs top 6 restaurants.
Oceanic cuisine is unmistakably trending in New York City right now. In the last year, the media has shone a flattering spotlight on the multitude of cleanly designed, produce-led restaurants and cafes that are beginning to inhabit many of the citys streets. And The Musket Room, arguably New York Citys first foray into the finer side of modern New Zealand Cuisine has been lapping up its fair share of attention after having acquired a Michelin Star within only 4 months of opening.
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Matt Lambert, a proud New Zealander and executive chef of The Musket Room, started his restaurant career as a 14 year old dishwasher before finding his passion at Merediths, one of New Zealands most critically acclaimed restaurants. A move to NYC to perfect his art at some of NYCs highly lauded eateries including Saxon + Parole and Public was his biggest step towards a lifetime goal of earning a Michelin Star. Then, it took a passion for his countrymans cuisine, a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds for The Musket Room and an aligning of the Michelin stars to make his restaurant dream the reality it is today.
Up ahead is a conversation with Matt where he sheds some light on NZ cuisine and The Musket Rooms sophisticated take on it. He also shares his point of view on what the quintessential elements of NZ food are; how it felt the moment he garnered that coveted Michelin Star and his top 6 NYC restaurants.
Matt Lambert Executive Chef and Co-Owner of The Musket Room NYC
JENNY NGUYEN-BARRON: How would you describe modern NZ cuisine?
MATT LAMBERT: Modern New Zealand cuisine is really fresh and honest as opposed to years ago. Traditional Kiwi cooking takes after the classic British Isles style that settlers brought when they came to New Zealand, incorporating fresh ingredients available locally. I like to take what New Zealand dishes were and work on making them what they can be.
NGUYEN-BARRON: You received a Michelin Star just 4 months after opening Congratulations that mustve been a wonderful surprise! Can you tell me about the moment you found out?
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