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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, )ebruary 1, 16 PARENTS TALK BACK A better way to hug loved ones + umans craYe touch from the moment we are born Studies haYe shown that touch is important to infants’ deYelopment, and as we grow up, that impulse to connect neYer goes away :e instinctiYely Nnow how to grab on to and hold another person for comfort or to e[press affection But while most hugs are nice, some are better for us than others The majority of hugs last about three seconds, numerous studies haYe found And more than a decade ago, researchers at the UniYersity of North Carolina at Chapel +ill reported the bene¿ts of the prolonged hug: one that lasts seconds This type Aisha of contact boosts Sultan leYels of o[ytocin Parents talk back ² also Nnown as the ³loYe drug´ or ³bonding hormone´ ² as well as serotonin, the biochemical that helps stabili]e mood 2[ytocin is released at that point where trust meets touch There’s a surge in our bodies when a mother breastfeeds her baby, or during an orgasm, or eYen during an e[tended, second hug It is a powerful hormone that bonds us to the people who proYoNe that o[ytocin release NicN 2rtner recently published a children’s booN called ³The Big BooN of +ugs: A BarNley the Bear Story,´ which teaches children and parents about the power of hugs ³:e’Ye become Yery head centric,´ 2rtner said ³:e try to thinN our way out of eYerything, to mentally process it, and we’Ye ignored that we haYe a body´ 2rtner listed the oYerwhelming bene¿ts of frequently hugging your Nids: /ong hugs help children feel loYed and safe They build trust and closeness between the parent and child They improYe pulmonary and immune system functions and sleep patterns They strengthen digestiYe, circulatory and gastrointestinal systems +ugs lower an[iety and stress, and lessen feelings of loneliness, isolation and anger They teach us how to giYe and receiYe Since his daughter June was born more than eight months ago, 2rtner’s been practicing what he preaches ³:e hug the baby all the time,´ he said +e acNnowledges that this dynamic will change as his child grows up, and that the concept of personal space differs from culture to culture Americans tend to prefer a large ]one of space around them (Yen so, Nnowing the bene¿ts, I decided to implement this ³prolonged hug´ agenda at home )irst, I approached my youngest, who is 1 ² an age when hugs are still willingly giYen and accepted I told him I needed to hug him for seconds, wrapped my arms around him and started the stopwatch on my phone After a few seconds, he said, ³:hy is this so long"´ I assured him it would be oYer soon, and afterwards, I asNed how he felt ³:ell, rela[ed, sorta´ Anything else" ³Smiley That’s pretty much all´ Those reactions seemed pretty consistent with the research I moYed on to the teenager I am not allowed so much as a smile in her direction in public, so this hug had to occur far away from any potential embarrassment Still, she agreed to accept my longer-than- usual hug ³+ow do you feel now"´ I asNed ³Protected, I guess,´ she said (That made me want to hug her far more often My last hug recipient required some upfront clari¿cation ³I need to hug you for seconds,´ I said to my spouse ³But don’t get the wrong idea It’s for a column´ +e was still amenable to the idea :e were watching teleYision on the couch, so I had to lean into this hug After my timer hit seconds, I asNed for feedbacN ³It was rela[ing at ¿rst,´ he said ³But then you were crushing me, and I couldn’t really breathe, but I thought I shouldn’t tell you at the time´ But hugs are always rela[ing, he quicNly added A close call It called for a closer embrace Ŷ Aisha Sultan is a St. Louis-based journalist who studies parenting in the digital age while trying to keep up with her tech-savvy children. Find her on Twitter: @AishaS. (ast 2regonian Page 9C Si[ tips to Neep your )acebooN clean, secure and priYate By ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer N(: <25. ² Got hundreds of )acebooN friends you hardly Nnow" Now is a good time to do some digital cleanup, while the year is still fresh 5eYiew your security and priYacy settings, and maNe sure those casual acquaintances you met at a bar eons ago aren’t still getting the most inti- mate details of your life Get rid of games and apps that might haYe latched onto your account years ago, but that you no longer use +ere are si[ cleanup tips: 1. Secure your account <ou’Ye doubtless heard you should haYe a strong password It’s especially important for email and social-networNing accounts because so much of your digital life reYolYes around them Plus, many other serYices let you log on using your )acebooN account, so if that gets compromised, so will your other accounts Because passwords are tough to manage, it’s best not to rely solely on them Turn on what )acebooN calls /ogin ApproYals It’s in the account settings under ³Security´ After you do so, you’re asNed for con¿rmation ² entering a special number sent to your phone — when signing on from a new deYice Unless you switch deYices often, this is something you set up once and forget about And no one else can log in with your password unless they also haYe your phone and that special number 2. Review your privacy settings )acebooN offers a series of quicN priYacy ³shortcuts´ 2n desNtops and laptops, looN for the small padlocN on the upper right corner of the browser 2n Apple and Android deYices, access shortcuts through the menu — the three hori]ontal bars The Ney shortcut is ³:ho can see my stuff "´ See whether you’Ye been inadYertently broadcasting your musings to the entire )acebooN community <ou’ll probably want to at least limit sharing to ³)riends´ rather than ³Public,´ though you can customi]e that further to e[clude certain indiYiduals or groups — such as co-worNers, acquaintances or grandparents :hen sharing, remember that less is more :hile you’re at it, checN ³Timeline and Tagging´ in your account settings from a PC or mobile <ou can insist on approYing posts that people tag you in Note that this is limited to what appears on your personal timeline; if Mary tags you in a post, Mary’s friends will still see it regardless of your settings That includes friends you may haYe in common with her If you’re on a desNtop or laptop, )acebooN has a PriYacy ChecNup tool to reYiew your settings /ooN for that padlocN This tool is coming soon to mobile AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File In this 2012 ile photo, a girl looks at Facebook on her computer in Palo Alto, Calif. 3. Don’t be afraid to unfriend Purge friends you’re no longer in touch with If you thinN ³unfriending´ is too mean, add them to an ³Acquaintances´ or ³5estricted´ list instead ³Acquaintances´ means they won’t show up in your news feed as often, though they’ll still haYe full access to any posts you distribute to your friends ³5estricted´ means they’ll only see posts you marN as public (ither is effectiYely a way to unfriend someone without dropping any clues you’Ye done so <ou can also create custom lists, such as ³college friends´ or ³family´ This is great for oYersharing with those who’ll appreciate it, while not annoying eYeryone else you Nnow and putting yourself in danger of becoming an ³acquaintance´ yourself <ou can create lists on a traditional PC by hitting ³More´ ne[t to ³)riends´ to the left of your news feed IndiYiduals can be in multiple groups Capabilities are limited on mobile deYices, although changes you maNe on the PC will appear on your phone or tablet tool It’s an easy way to log out of )acebooN on deYices you rarely use <ou can also enable alerts when someone tries to sign on from a new deYice or browser To run this, go to http:)acebooN comsecuritychecNup on a PC 2n the Android app, you can search for ³security checNup´ in the +elp Center 2n iPhones and iPads, you’ll haYe to ¿nd the options indiYidually in the account settings under ³Security´ 5. Control your data <ou can e[ert some inÀuence oYer whose posts you see more or less often by going to ³News )eeds Preferences´ The setting is on the top right on browsers and Android apps and on the lower right on iPhones +ere, you can select friends who’ll always show up on top, or hide someone’s posts completely )inally, if you’re worried about data usage, you can stop Yideos in your news feeds from playing automatically 2n Android, go to ³Auto- play´ in the ³App Settings´ 2n iPhones, it’s in the account settings under ³9ideos and Photos´ 4. Watch those apps 6. Plan ahead Perhaps someone inYited you to play a game a few years ago <ou tried it a few weeNs and moYed on, yet the app is still getting access to your data 2r perhaps you’Ye used )acebooN to log onto a serYice you no longer use, such as one to tracN the 1 :inter 2lympics It’s time to sign out If you’re not sure you still use it, drop it anyway <ou can always sign on again The PriYacy ChecNup tool on PCs will reYiew apps for you automatically 2n mobile deYices, looN for ³Apps´ in the account settings (not ³Apps´ in the main menu A related option is the Security ChecNup Two settings might eliminate grief later in life or death In the security settings, you can designate certain friends as trusted contacts They’ll haYe power to help you if you get locNed out of your account for some reason <ou can also designate a ³/egacy Contact´ — a family member or close friend who’d serYe as your administrator should you, um, maNe your last status update (as in, eYer They won’t be able to post on your behalf or see your messages, but they’ll be able to respond to new friend requests and taNe a few additional actions on your deceased behalf OUT OF THE VAULT Fog seeding at Pendleton airport leads to cockpit whiteout A n entry in the East Oregonian’s Days Gone By column spurred a letter from Michael Stratton, a 3endleton ¿nancial adYisor +is father, Clair Stratton, was featured in the daily history column when a fog seeding trial at the Pendleton airport created an unseasonal snowfall in downtown Pendleton in DecemEer MiNe said he appreciated the trip down memory lane, and then related a second seeding run that created a whiteout of a completely different Nind Clair Stratton and his family moYed to Pendleton in , and he opened an aircraft maintenance shop ¿rst at :oodpecNer )ield east of Pendleton, and then at the Pendleton airport in +e Eecame a fullserYice ¿[ed Ease operator and a Cessna dealer Stratton was under contract with United Airlines during the s to do fog seeding when YisiEility was lower than legal for planes to land +e and his crew used a Renee Struthers Cessna SNylane Out of the vault equipped with a storage container and a chute to deliYer dry ice into the fog EanN In the winter of 1966, Stratton and his crew were called for another fog seeding run Eut the SNylane they normally used was not aYailaEle ³Dad, Eeing innoYatiYe, looNed around and reali]ed they had a new Cessna 7urEo 6 in stocN and he decided they would use it for that day’s Àight,´ MiNe rememEers The seeding project started out using dry ice, but by 1966 they had moYed to using large bags of a white powdery substance Stratton tooN a rear door off the 6, turned a passenger seat bacNward and then strapped himself into the seat with the bags loaded in beside him 2nce his pilot, -oe )errucci, leYeled out aboYe the fog, Stratton cut the corner off one of the bags and started dumping the powder out the door The ¿rst bag was dispensed without incident, MiNe said But the wind caught the powder from the second bag and blew it bacN into the cocNpit of the plane 1ow they were Àying not only by instrument Àight rules, but there was ]ero Yisibility inside the plane as well The powder was statically attracted to eYerything inside the plane, including the instrument panel and the insides of the windows Stratton and )errucci calmly managed to complete their mission and land safely But, MiNe said, ³They literally looNed liNe two snowmen as they e[ited the airplane´ The Cessna Turbo 6 was eYentually sold to :alla :alla wheat rancher Pat /ynch 2ne of MiNe’s jobs as ³ramp rat´ at the airport was to clean airplanes after their annual inspections +e said for the ne[t few years after the ³inÀight whiteout,´ small amounts of white powder still turned up from under the seats and other areas of the interior during the plane’s annual cleaning Ŷ Renee Struthers is the Community Records Editor for the East Oregonian. See the complete collection of Out of the Vault columns at eovault.blogspot.com ODDS & ENDS 5are weather eYent produces spontaneous snowballs in Idaho By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press B2IS(, Idaho — Thousands of snowballs rolled in a Àat central Idaho ¿eld looN liNe the worN of hundreds of ambitious Nids — e[cept there are no human tracNs A rare weather eYent caused the spontaneous snowballs at the Nature ConserYancy’s SilYer CreeN PreserYe and surrounding ¿elds near the tiny town of Picabo PreserYe manager Sunny +ealey spotted the cylindrical shapes up to 18 inches high on Jan following an oYernight windstorm They created long lines in the snow as they moYed ³<ou could see the tracNs that they made, and I thought that was really curious,´ +ealey said ³I had to stop a couple times Then, along +ighway , there were thousands of them´ So-called snow rollers are so rare and Àeeting that the precise weather conditions needed to form them are not de¿ned, said Jay Breidenbach, a meteorolo- Sunny Healey/The Nature Conservancy via AP This Jan. 30 photo shows a rare weather event that caused spontaneous snowballs at The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve and surrounding ields near the tiny town of Pi- cabo, Idaho. The National Weather Service says snow rollers are caused by an unusual combination of snowfall around a cou- ple inches with the right water density and temperatures near freezing followed by strong winds. gist with the National :eather SerYice Snow rollers up to 18 inches are especially rare ³Those are some pretty big rollers,´ Breidenbach said ³I’Ye seen some small rollers, but neYer that big´ In general, it taNes an unusual combination of a couple of inches of snow with the right water density and temperatures near free]ing, followed by strong winds, he said ³It can’t be real dry snow or it would blow into drifts,´ Breiden- bach said 5ollers require some type of ¿rmer base, such as a fro]en layer of earlier snow, for the new powder to start rolling on Plus, the wind must be strong and steady but not with powerful gusts that could damage the formations ³It would probably blow them apart because they are fragile,´ Breidenbach said It snowed on Jan 9, with the snow becoming wetter toward eYening, +ealey said She liYes at the preserYe and said winds woNe her up In her ¿Ye years worNing at the preserYe, she had neYer seen such an eYent, but a local rancher in his s told her he’s spotted them twice in preYious decades ³:e Nnow basically how they form and why they form, but we don’t Nnow the e[act details,´ Breidenbach said ³It would be interesting to go there with some weather instruments to watch them form´
