JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his coalition partners he will have to call an early election if they do not back a "responsible" budget he must present by the end of the year.
Netanyahu said he would start meeting coalition partners after he returns home from New York on Sunday. Failure to pass the budget by December 31 would mean bringing forward a national ballot currently scheduled for October 2013.
"I'm sorry to say that it depends on each and every (coalition member)," Netanyahu told Israel's Channel 1 television in an interview recorded in New York on Friday and aired in Israel on Saturday night.
Netanyahu travelled to the United States where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, with Iran's nuclear programme the highlight of his speech.
"I need a responsible budget and I am saying to my coalition partners: if you are going to go all the way (with me) and don't only pay lip service ... then there will be a responsible budget, but if I will see that this is not the case we will have to call elections. I hope that they will go for the responsible (option)," the Israeli leader said.
Netanyahu has been under pressure from Israel's central bank to maintain fiscal credibility at a time when the economy is slowing and tax revenues are falling short.
His right-wing coalition includes five partners who control 66 seats in the 120-seat parliament. Some of the partners, including ultra-Orthodox religious parties, have been reluctant to agree to budget cuts and spending priorities.
Two weeks ago, Stanley Fischer, the central bank governor, urged Netanyahu's coalition to deliver the budget for ratification by next month, citing concerns about economic stability.
"The prime minister will have to decide whether he can submit the budget by the mid- to end October. He needs to lower the level of uncertainty," Fischer told the Maariv newspaper.
"I understand that the decision is a complex one, but it is better to have a budget by now. If not, a budget that will be approved after the elections will include a conservative fiscal policy," Fischer added in the interview.
Israel's Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told Reuters in an interview earlier this month it would be possible to know if a budget could be passed at the end of the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot which begins on Sunday. (Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
Washington County will no longer be a member of the Minnesota High Speed Rail Commission.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to end its membership on Tuesday.
The commission was created in 2009 as an advocate for a high speed rail from St. Paul to Chicago along the River Route in Minnesota. Washington County joined the commission that same year.
The board voted to withdraw from the commission by the end of 2012.?
Yes, you read that correctly; a tablet was spotted presumably running Android in North Korea's capital of Pyongyang. The photo was taken during a trade fair where various approved electronic were being shown off.
Due to the closed nature of North Korea, we don't know much about the tablet. No hardware specs, no software information and certainly no dates for availability. One of the only tidbits that was discovered was a box in the background that read Samjiyo, which is the name of another North Korean tablet introduced in June.
From the photo, it looks to have around a 10-inch screen and has some applications installed. Other than that, it's anybody's guess. If we were to surmise about a North Korean tablet, we'd assume it's extremely locked down and will not run Google's core services. Remember North Koreans are prohibited access to the wider Internet. Interestingly enough, it seems as though the Seoul Google office took interest in this photo as well and are trying to find out more information, just as we are.
There's a certain irony in a closed nation like North Korea being able to develop its own tablet because of an open-source OS like Android, don'tcha think?
Of the four big US carriers, AT&T's always been a solid go-to for variety across its wireless product portfolio. And today, the operator's welcoming a gaggle of Android devices from Samsung to bolster its 4G LTE offerings. Headlining this galactic quartet is the Galaxy Note II, the company's 5.5-inch phablet sequel which, though previously announced, has yet to receive a solid ship date. Also sharing that spotlight is an actual tablet, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, and two new smartphones: the Galaxy Express and Galaxy Rugby Pro. While that latter handset is a mere update to the rugged, water-, shock- and dust-proof OG Rugby Smart, the Express is a fresh 4.5-inch ICS device that reps a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU and considerable 2,000mAh battery. All are said to be arriving within the "coming months" which, in non-PR garble, should translate to a pre-holiday release. Check out the official presser after the break.
Prior to the release of the Nikon D600 ($2,099.95 direct, body only), full-frame cameras were marketed squarely at pro shooters. Well-heeled enthusiasts might put hard-earned dollars towards a D800, Canon EOS 5D Mark III , or even a Nikon D4, but those cameras are packed with features that advanced amateurs might never use. The 24-megapixel D600 eliminates some of the pro features, including the flash sync socket and CompactFlash memory support, in favor of a smaller body, but it lacks some of the bells and whistles that are packed into Canon's similar offering, the EOS 6D. The pro-level Nikon D4 ?is still our Editors' Choice for full-frame SLRs, but don't discount the D600 if you don't need the D4's full feature set?or its hefty form factor.
Design and Features The D600 measures 4.4 by 5.6 by 3.2 inches (HWD) and weighs 1.7 pounds without a lens. It's a bit smaller around the edges when compared with the 2-pound D800 , which measures 4.8 by 4.7 by 3.2 inches, a bit taller and wider, but just as deep. The control layout is similar to that of its larger sibling, although a bit more compact and with fewer buttons. The top-mounted Mode Dial is a first for an FX Nikon camera?other models require you to hit a Mode button and to adjust the shooting mode via a control dial. It replaces a series of four buttons that controlled Image Quality, White Balance, Bracketing, and ISO on the D800. From my perspective this is a welcome change?bracketing is now controlled via a button on the front of the camera, directly below the flash release, and the other three functions have been moved to the rear, to the left of the LCD.
Where the compacted control suffers is to the right of the LCD. The directional pad, used to select the active focus point, is significantly smaller than on the D800, making it a bit less comfortable to operate. There's no dedicated AF button, so you'll have to choose between using the AE-L/AF-L control for Exposure Lock or activating the autofocus, another departure for longtime Nikon FX shooters. If you're moving up from a D7000 or other APS-C camera, you'll likely feel right at home with the D600, but owners of pro FX bodies who are considering the D600 as a second camera for events may struggle a bit when moving back and forth between bodies.
The viewfinder is the same 100 percent pentaprism that's found in the D4 and D800, but it does have a different eyepiece. Its eyepoint (the measurement of how far away your eye can be from the finder and still see it in its entirety) is 20.6 millimeters, a full 1.1 millimeter longer than the D4 and D800. This makes it easy for eyeglass wearers to see the entirety of the frame, but does make the viewfinder appear just a bit smaller than an identical one with a shorter eyepoint.
The 3.2-inch 921k-dot rear LCD is sharp and bright. It doesn't quite measure up to the million-dot display found on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, but is sufficient for framing shots in Live View, as well as confirming critical focus in playback mode. Nikon includes a removable hard plastic cover to protect the LCD, so you won't have to worry about scratches. The display is fixed; right now, the Sony Alpha 99 is the only full-frame D-SLR with an articulating rear display.
If you're looking for GPS or Wi-Fi, keep looking. The D600 builds in neither, although the $60 WU-1b adapter plugs into the side of the camera to add Wi-Fi, and the $312 GP-1A can add GPS coordinates to your photos. The Canon EOS 6D, which sells for the same price as the D600, integrates Wi-Fi and GPS.
One advantage that Nikon users have over Canon shooters is lens compatibility?you can mount APS-C DX lenses on the D600 via a mode that crops the image in-camera, but Canon shooters can't move APS-C EF-S lenses to a full-frame system, the mounts are incompatible.
At only 20 years old, J. Anton Boykin is already affectionately known as the "Sax Sensation." Since the age of eight he has been mastering the craft of music. Come listen to him talk about what inspires him.
EGH Media presents Rowan Galagher who is The Mad Pride. A singer, songwriter and instrumentalist who doesn't read music and also successfully controls Tourette?s syndrome.
Helen Yoest, award winning lifestyle writer and stylist whose work has appeared in Better Homes & Gardens, Traditional Home, Martha Stewart Living & Fine Gardening magazines joins us to discuss her new book "Gardening With Confidence"
MGN Radio welcomes Author Ngozi Achebe to discuss her new book, Onaedo - The Blacksmith's Daughter on our show. Her debut novel has already been nominated for several literary awards.
The Gridiron Chefs with TP Tymless and James Greenwood break down the weeks games in the NFL, the pressing topics around the league and listener questions.
If you want to know who the ?real? Mitt Romney is, tune in this Saturday at Noon ET to hear from Dr. Dane Bryant, a lifelong friend of the GOP candidate.
This week Tim and Jill will finish the discussion on LGBT and Marriage Equality, this is a hot topic that has been trending on social networks and is an important issue for voters as we near election time.
Francy and Friends will be LIVE from The Days of Terror Convention, be sure to tune in as they will be meeting some of the biggest names in horror films. You never know who you might run into.
Michelle Materre's professional background spans more than 25 years in television, film and video with a concentration on independent film. She has worked in a myriad capacities and is here to discuss how she got her start.
It's open-wheel racing and NASCAR on this episode, as Dustin Parks will be joined by guest co-host Glenn Locke. These two always bring great conversation, and this will be no different.
Grab your Saturday morning coffee and tune into "Those Diner and Motorcycle Guys" hosted by those eggs over easy riders Garrison Leykam and Scot Doane. "Those Diner and Motorcycle Guys"...talk radio was never like this!
The Bad Seed and Nadine Michel welcome Krayz Drayz of the legendary hip hop group; Das Efx, to the show. Krayz Drayz stops by to discuss the origon of the "iggedy" style that blew up all over the world.
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When Jets coach Rex Ryan told Joe McKnight that he?s been traded from the offense to the defense, McKnight took that as an indication that he?s not good enough as a running back.
Ryan says that was the wrong message for McKnight to get. Instead, Ryan thinks McKnight should take it as a compliment that the coaches think he has the talent to move to cornerback, even though he hasn?t played there since high school.
?I think Joe misunderstood,? Ryan told reporters today. ?We?re trying to teach Joe our defense. The coverages and things like that. He still has a role on offense. It?s not that he?s being forgotten as a running back, that?s not the case. I want him to learn the coverages and things like that on defense. The way the league is now, you almost can?t have enough corners. They?re going three, four, five, receivers or something, so you have to be able to match up. The one thing I know from a physical standpoint, [is] that Joe can, from a talent and a physical standpoint, he can match up. He can run. He?s got size. He?s got some natural instincts, and that?s what we?ve seen. When we used to put him on scout team, that?s what we saw. Yesterday, he actually picked off all three quarterbacks. That?s a good thing and a bad thing.?
Ryan heard that McKnight took it as a criticism of his ability as a running back, and that he thinks he didn?t communicate well enough to McKnight.
?That was certainly not the message that I wanted to send to him, so I wasn?t clear on that,? Ryan said. ?He?s got talent as a running back. The one thing I know about Joe is when given an opportunity, as a kick returner, he led the NFL as a kick returner, so I think that?s pretty impressive. He was the number one kid in the country coming out of high school. His talent is pretty special. I had a coach from USC tell me that the day he walked on campus he was their best corner. They wanted to play him at running back, but that?ll give you an indication of the kind of talent that Joe has.?
Ultimately, a player?s job is to play whatever position his coach tells him to play, and if Ryan thinks McKnight can help the Jets more as a cornerback than as a running back, then McKnight is a cornerback. McKnight shouldn?t have a problem with that.
Dining out while eating right has always been a challenge for me. Looking at a menu can often be daunting, especially when, at first glance, everything seems to be unhealthy. But it turns out that restaurants are actually very accommodating, and the options on the menu are not always the only things available.
For example, at an Italian restaurant a few months back, I really wanted a pasta dish, but didn?t see whole-wheat pasta listed anywhere. I asked the waiter if there was any available and to my delight he said, ?Sure, we have a whole-wheat penne tonight.? He also told me that I could substitute the whole-wheat penne for any dish on the menu. I was pleasantly surprised and ordered whole-wheat pasta with shrimp and broccoli in a garlic olive oil sauce.
At another restaurant one evening, I ordered an Alaskan halibut that came with rice. But all I had to do was ask if I could substitute vegetables for the rice at the same price, and I was promptly told yes!
I?ve learned over the past several months that restaurants are happy to oblige to specific food requests, and that if you don?t see something on the menu, all you have to do is ask. More often than not, there is a healthier option available if you just substitute, add, or revise. The lesson learned: Don?t be shy and speak up!
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The Westport Plaza Farmers Market offers locally-grown produce in Midtown. Yesterday, the city council got a briefing on ways it could ramp up urban agriculture; for instance, helping to fund small businesses that could ensure corner grocery stores provide fresh local produce.
Urban agriculture is not just tomato plants in the back yard anymore.?It became a major grassroots movement in the last 15 years and cities need to plan for it just like they plan for streets or buildings, a new report concludes.
The report presented Thursday at the city council business session left council members pledging to do more to help plan and establish city farming and food distribution efforts.
For instance, they said, a fund for small businesses could lend money for corner stores, where many farmers could sell fresh food in neighborhoods where grocery stores are as scant as water in the desert.
The report provides an overview of urban agriculture and food service resources and practices in the United States and parts of Canada. The main goal was to provide ideas and resources that encourage and support urban agriculture in Kansas City, St. Louis and Columbia.
But it also created a searchable public website that shows nationwide efforts, documents, websites and resources related to the matter ? a kind of list of best urban farm practices.
The University Extension Service website collects best practices for urban agriculture.
Mary K. Hendrickson, an associate professor at the University of Missouri Extension, told council members that the web site might be the most important report result.
As urban agriculture has grown so have complexities associated with it, such as? allocating land, capital, water and coordinated efforts among complex city codes and zoning.
Most urban farms are less than one acre but farms up to 100 acres are possible that could gross more than $50,000 an acre and be important economic development tools, the report states.
It notes that a two-acre plot of organic soil in Kansas City, Kan., grosses over $100,000 in sales for the non-profit Cultivate Kansas City, a group involved in one of the proposals to buy Westport High School and Middle School.
A development group said this summer they want to turn the high school into a new pilot private school and that Cultivate Kansas City would use part of the middle school site for training in urban agriculture, a community greenhouse, gardens and orchards.
In August, Katherine Kelly, the cultivate group?s executive director, said it is ?expanding like crazy? and needs an educational space and community interaction site in the city.
On Thursday, Hendrickson told city council members that such expansions are happening nationwide and cities, universities and others must coordinate and plan for them.
Councilman Scott Wagner noted that on a visit to Austin, Tex., he found they had a food policy board for such planning and that some health insurance providers gave prescriptions for fresh fruit and vegetables.
He said the city council is studying allocating land for urban farms and also for institutional buying of food from them.
Councilman Scott Taylor suggested that the $1.5 million fund for small businesses could be used for the corner stores or possibly other urban farm needs.
Councilman John Sharp spoke of a more basic problem in times of hot weather and high water bills.
?One of he issues to deal with is being able to access water in an affordable manner,? he said.
ZENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) - A Bosnian man who was banned from running in next month's local elections for using pornographic images on the Internet as part of his campaign says he will fight to be reinstated and get a chance to turn his town into "Hollywood".
"Seven days after my campaign began, the whole planet is talking about me," Mirad Hadziahmetovic told Reuters. "I think I have had a super campaign and proved to be the best market expert in Bosnia."
The self-proclaimed "innovator" had been running as an independent candidate for mayor of Zenica, the fourth-largest city in Bosnia with a predominantly Muslim population, in the October 7 ballot.
The election commission removed him from the race last week over pornographic material accessible on his campaign web page.
After each question visitors to his web page posed about local election issues, they were allowed to proceed to links with pornographic content, which had to be removed after the commission's decision.
Hadziahmetovic appealed against what he said was a "shameful decision" to Bosnia's state court this week and voiced confidence that it would be overturned.
Unless he is re-instated as a candidate, he will file a suit to the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, he said.
In an open letter asking for support from Western ambassadors in Bosnia, Hadziahmetovic said he only wanted to turn Zenica into a Hollywood instead of a Tehran.
"I know boys and girls in my country want to make love freely, have fun and enjoy life. They all dream of Hollywood, not Tehran," he wrote, refering to Zenica's current mayor, who comes from a Bosnian Muslim party with post-war links to Iran.
(Reporting By Miran Jelenek and Daria Sito-Sucic; editing by Zoran Radosavljevic, editing by Paul Casciato)
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IEEE, a worldwide organization of engineers, computer scientists and researchers, inadvertently exposed the usernames and passwords of 100,000 of its members, nearly 25 percent of its total?membership.
The discovery was made by Radu Dragusin, a teaching assistant in the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science, on Sept. 18.
"Among the almost 100,000 compromised users are Apple, Google, IBM, Oracle and Samsung employees, as well as researchers from NASA, Stanford and many other places," Dragusin writes on?his blog.?
Dragusin said he did not make the "raw data" available to anyone but IEEE. In a statement to NBC News Wednesday, the organization confirmed the problem, but said it has "conducted a thorough investigation and the issue has been addressed and resolved."
The IEEE is also "in the process of notifying?those who may have been affected," a spokesperson for the group said, advising them to change their passwords, and apologizing to members for what happened.
Lest you think that engineers and scientists would?probably have lockbox-tight passwords, that doesn't appear to be the case. Dragusin did an analsyis of the exposed passwords, and surprisingly, some?of them were the?all-too-common and not-advised choices?including: "password," "123456," "abcd1234," "12345678" and "1234567890."
In describing what he does, Dragusin says he is working on a specialized search engine to help "clinicians aid in the diagnosis of rare diseases. For the future, I am looking for something exciting to do." It looks like he may have found it.
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Reliever having kind of rare season that merits award consideration
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Through Monday, Braves closer Craig Kimbrel had allowed only 25 hits and struck out 106 batters in 58 2/3 innings.
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By Tony DeMarco
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updated 7:24 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2012
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Baseball Expert Tony DeMarco has been covering the big leagues since 1987, and been casting Hall of Fame ballots for the last 15 years. He answers questions weekly here:
Q: Given his lights-out ninth-inning performances, how realistic is it to say that Craig Kimbrel is a serious Cy Young Award contender? ? Lee Ayres, Atlanta
A: It's very realistic to think that Kimbrel's name will be included on most of the 32 BBWAA ballots ? which incidentally, now include the top five finishers, rather than the long-standing three. But winning the award figures to be a difficult proposition for him.
Since I happen to have an NL Cy Young Award vote this season, I can't go into any detail at this point on how I will fill out my ballot. But I'll present the questions that voters will have to debate in deciding where to put Kimbrel among a list of standout candidates that includes R.A. Dickey, Gio Gonzalez, Clayton Kershaw, Johnny Cueto, Kyle Lohse, Matt Cain, Aroldis Chapman and possibly a few other potential vote-getters.
First of all, relievers just don't win the award very often. Eric Gagne was the last to do it in 2003, and Dennis Eckersley's MVP/Cy Young season was 20 years ago. It's simple ? no matter how dominant a reliever might be, it's hard to have more impact in 60-or-so innings as a starting pitcher does in 200-plus.
But there are exceptions to every rule, and Kimbrel's dominance certainly has been historical and remarkable (as has Chapman's). How about some of these Kimbrel numbers through Monday?:
25 hits allowed in 58.2 innings and 214 batters faced. His .126 opponents batting average is the lowest qualifying average since 1900.
1.08 ERA
With only 14 walks allowed, his WHIP is 0.67 ? the lowest by an NL reliever since 1900.
106 strikeouts, or 16.4 per nine innings ? the best single-season ratio on record.
39 saves in 42 opportunities for a league-best 92.8 percentage.
But the problem is going to be that innings total of only 58.2. Chapman has thrown 10 more despite being shut down for awhile in mid-September, and actually has 13 more strikeouts than Kimbrel.
And are Kimbrel's historically microscopic numbers better in the grand scheme of things than ? just to pick two leading candidates:
Dickey with a very good shot at a pitching Triple Crown, going 19-6 (with two remaining starts) for a sub-.500 team, pitching seven innings and allowing one or fewer runs in 15 starts, tossing back-to-back one-hitters, and being in the top three in virtually every major statistical category?
Gonzalez winning 20 games (granted with the league's best run support and no blown saves behind him), leading the NL in opponents' batting average and OPS, and doing all of it for a first-place team?
These are tough calls voters will have to make, and it just may come down to this last week of the regular season for many of them to decide.
Q: Do you think that being pushed by the Orioles will help the Yankees come playoff time? Or does it matter at all? ? Jennifer Chilm, Los Angeles
A: This question arises every late-September for first-place teams, and here's how I see it: I do think it's better for division leaders to be somewhat challenged, and be forced to play at a high level down the stretch. That makes it easier to keep their edge once the playoffs begin ? as opposed to clinching too early and losing intensity.
In almost every postseason, we see a favorite who clinched early and coasted into the playoffs, only to get upset. And most often, it's by a team that had to fight its way into the playoffs, and in effect, had been playing playoff games for the last couple of weeks. Last year's Cardinals are the latest in a long line of teams to fit the latter bill.
But as the first-place team, you don't want to be pushed for too long, or challenged so late that you don't clinch until the last day or two of the regular season. That might not allow you to set your rotation, or rest a regular or two who could use a couple of days off.
So the ideal scenario to me is be pushed a bit, but clinch the division title with a minimum of three games left in the regular season. In the new playoff format, with off days and the wild-card play-in game, that would allow almost a week to adjust and set things just right heading into the LDS round.
In the Yankees' case, the AL race is a bit tighter than they'd like. In fact, it's been so tight for so long that their 1.5-game edge over the Orioles through Monday seems big, doesn't it? I do think they will outlast the Orioles and win the AL East, setting up a first-round series against either the White Sox or Tigers.
And at that point, then it will become more a question of match-ups with either of those two teams, as well as how healthy and effective the Yankees' starting pitchers will be, not to mention Mark Teixeira.
Q: The Padres signed Carlos Quentin and Huston Street to extensions this year, but have not signed Chase Headley, who in my opinion is their best player. Why is that? What do you think will happen in the off-season with him? ? Robert Pyper, Phoenix
A: Oh, there's no doubt about it, Headley is the Padres' best player. Which makes their handling of his situation very interesting and important, to say the least.
In his breakout season, Headley, 28, is making $3.475 million ? easily one of the game's best bargains among arbitration-eligible players. His salary for 2013 will more than double in arbitration, and a long-term deal certainly has become the likeliest option with his monster second half (.300, 21 HR, 66 RBI, .372 OBP, .576 slugging through Monday).
While Headley's second half significantly has upped his value, if I were the Padres, I'd lock him up in a multi-year deal that will take away a year or two of free agency. He doesn't complain about the home ballpark, has proven that you can put up numbers despite its pitcher-friendly conditions, and is a solid defender and team leader.
And as you mention, the team's new ownership already has handed out extensions, so it appears as if there's room to expand the payroll ? certainly in the case of a cornerstone-type player such as Headley, rather than a chronic injury risk such as Quentin.
But the Padres were listening to offers for Headley around the trade deadline, and could do again this winter. And in fact, they owe it to themselves to at least see if there's an offer out there similar to the great package (Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal, Edinson Volquez, Brad Boxberger) they received from the Reds last off-season for Matt Latos. If so, they may decide to go that route.
But absent that, Headley likely will get a long-term deal to stay in San Diego.
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Sabathia strikes out 10 as Yankees top Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - C.C. Sabathia struck out 10 batters over eight innings for New York to help the Yankees stretch their AL East lead to two games over Baltimore by beating the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Wednesday.
Jewish women who were severely exposed to hunger during World War Two were five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who were mildly exposed, according to research in the October issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
The study also found that women who were up to seven-years-old during that period had a three times higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who were aged 14 years or over.
Sixty-five women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2005 and 2010 were compared with 200 controls without breast cancer. All the women lived in Israel. The women with breast cancer were recruited from five medical centres and the controls were members of various organisations for Jewish World War Two survivors.
"The women who took part in our study had all lived under Nazi control for at least six months" explains Dr Neomi Vin-Raviv from the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa, Israel. "We were keen to see what effect restricted calories during this period had on the development of breast cancer and how exposure at an early age, before breast development, affected the potential risk.
"We believe that our findings will be of interest to clinicians treating women involved in any situation such as war and famine, where food is scarce and hunger is severe."
Key findings of the study included:
Average age at interview was 76.2 years for the women with breast cancer and 78.3 years for the controls. Women with cancer were more likely to be obese and women in the control group were more likely to be overweight. There were no significant differences in smoking status, alcohol consumption, current physical activity and reproductive and gynaecological characteristics.
A much higher percentage of the women with breast cancer were seven years old or less at the time of World War Two (49.2%) than the controls (27%). 12% of the women with breast cancer were born during the War, compared with 7.5% of the control group.
63% of the women with breast cancer lived under direct Nazi rule, compared with 83.5% of the controls, and the remainder lived in "independent countries" that co-operated with the Nazi regime.
61.5% of the women with breast cancer experienced severe hunger, compared with 37% of the women without breast cancer. The figures for moderate hunger were 17% and 38% respectively and the figures for mild hunger were 21.5% and 25%.
The odds of developing breast cancer was five times higher in women with severe hunger than mild hunger. Being aged seven-years-old or less increased the odds by 2.8 times.
"The link between restricted calorie intake and cancer is a complex one" says Dr Vin-Raviv. "Several theories are discussed in our paper, but further research into the biological mechanisms are needed.
"What is clear from our study is that there was a clear association between severe hunger and breast cancer in Jewish survivors and that the women who were seven years old or younger during the War were the most affected group.
"These findings are of relevance not only to World War Two survivors, but to other communities that may be currently exposed to restricted calorie intakes."
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The paper is free online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02966.x/abstract
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Severe caloric restriction in young women during World War II and subsequent breast cancer risk. Vin-Raviv et al. IJCP. 66.10, pp948. (October 2012). doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02966.x
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Jewish women who were severely exposed to hunger during World War Two were five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who were mildly exposed, according to research in the October issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
The study also found that women who were up to seven-years-old during that period had a three times higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who were aged 14 years or over.
Sixty-five women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2005 and 2010 were compared with 200 controls without breast cancer. All the women lived in Israel. The women with breast cancer were recruited from five medical centres and the controls were members of various organisations for Jewish World War Two survivors.
"The women who took part in our study had all lived under Nazi control for at least six months" explains Dr Neomi Vin-Raviv from the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa, Israel. "We were keen to see what effect restricted calories during this period had on the development of breast cancer and how exposure at an early age, before breast development, affected the potential risk.
"We believe that our findings will be of interest to clinicians treating women involved in any situation such as war and famine, where food is scarce and hunger is severe."
Key findings of the study included:
Average age at interview was 76.2 years for the women with breast cancer and 78.3 years for the controls. Women with cancer were more likely to be obese and women in the control group were more likely to be overweight. There were no significant differences in smoking status, alcohol consumption, current physical activity and reproductive and gynaecological characteristics.
A much higher percentage of the women with breast cancer were seven years old or less at the time of World War Two (49.2%) than the controls (27%). 12% of the women with breast cancer were born during the War, compared with 7.5% of the control group.
63% of the women with breast cancer lived under direct Nazi rule, compared with 83.5% of the controls, and the remainder lived in "independent countries" that co-operated with the Nazi regime.
61.5% of the women with breast cancer experienced severe hunger, compared with 37% of the women without breast cancer. The figures for moderate hunger were 17% and 38% respectively and the figures for mild hunger were 21.5% and 25%.
The odds of developing breast cancer was five times higher in women with severe hunger than mild hunger. Being aged seven-years-old or less increased the odds by 2.8 times.
"The link between restricted calorie intake and cancer is a complex one" says Dr Vin-Raviv. "Several theories are discussed in our paper, but further research into the biological mechanisms are needed.
"What is clear from our study is that there was a clear association between severe hunger and breast cancer in Jewish survivors and that the women who were seven years old or younger during the War were the most affected group.
"These findings are of relevance not only to World War Two survivors, but to other communities that may be currently exposed to restricted calorie intakes."
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The paper is free online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02966.x/abstract
Note to editors
Severe caloric restriction in young women during World War II and subsequent breast cancer risk. Vin-Raviv et al. IJCP. 66.10, pp948. (October 2012). doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02966.x
IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice, was established in 1946 and is edited by Dr Graham Jackson. It provides its global audience of clinicians with high-calibre clinical papers, including original data from clinical investigations, evidence-based analysis and discussions on the latest clinical topics.
http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/IJCP
www.twitter.com/IJCPeditors
About Wiley.Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace. Our core businesses publish scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training materials, and online applications and Web sites; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.
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