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Keep those four-letter words
coming — a study out of
Long Island University
found that swearing
actually boosts physical
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 18 , 2018
WELCOME TO TRUMP SAYS RUSSIA BANNON NOT INSTRUCTED
METRO.US HELPING NORTH KOREA ON TESTIMONY: KELLY
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KRISTIN TOUSSAINT, REPORTER
Have you ever let out a curse word President Donald Trump Russia is making up for some of President Donald the 2016 U.S. election. Bannon,
while doing something strenuous? said on Wednesday Russia is what China is doing.” With North Trump’s chief of staff who testifi ed on Tuesday
If so, your profanity may have given helping North Korea get sup- Korea persisting as the major John Kelly told Fox before the House Intelligence
you a power boost, according to plies in violation of international global challenge facing Trump News on Wednesday the Committee, refused to answer
a recent study. Metro spoke with sanctions and that Pyongyang is this year, the president cast doubt White House did not questions about his time in
Dr. David Spierer of Long Island getting “closer every day” to being during the 53-minute interview tell former Trump Trump’s administration
University Brooklyn about his fi nd- able to deliver a long-range mis- on whether talks with North chief strategist Steve or during the transition
ings that show swearing improves sile to the United States. “Russia Korean leader Kim Jong Un would Bannon to invoke after his lawyer had
physical performance (and why you is not helping us at all with North be useful. In the past he has not executive privilege conferred with the
should say the F-word when you’re Korea,” Trump said during an Oval ruled out direct talks with Kim. He in closed testimony White House, accord-
struggling to open that pesky pickle Offi ce interview with Reuters. declined to comment when asked before Congress on ing to Rep. Adam
jar). Read more on page 4 and at “What China is helping us with, whether he had engaged in any its probe of alleged John Kelly Schiff , the top Democrat
metro.us. Russia is denting. In other words, communications at all with Kim. Russian meddling5 in GETTY IMAGES on the committee.
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President Donald Trump on of what most Republicans believe Apple Inc. will open a presidential campaign, when 36% comes closest to your feelings about
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solidly with conservative the opposite of what I campaigned fi ve-year, $30 billion U.S. maker for making products in
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demands for protections for at least some Democratic votes to The company has been under technical support for customers Other / not sure. - 11%
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 18 , 2018
Swearing could improve your
physical performance, study finds
or “round”).
KRISTIN TOUSSAINT
When cursing, par-
[email protected]
ticipants saw about a 4.6
percent improvement in
Need a power boost power.
when doing some- “That may not seem
like a lot if you look at it
thing intense? Say
out of 100,” Spierer said,
some curse words, “but when looking at
and it might help . what 5 percent does for
revolutions-per-minute,
If you’ve ever let out an F- that is the difference [for
bomb or two while doing an athlete] between first
something strenuous (and and second place, no
who among us hasn’t?), doubt.”
keep the curses coming — In the U.K., study par-
it’s not vulgar language, ticipants did a handgrip
it’s a scientifically-proven strength test and saw an
power boost, according to 8.2 percent increase in
new research. strength while swearing
A study recently pub- — or the difference, Spier-
lished in the Journal of er described, between Need a boost of strength when doing something intense? Try
Psychology of Sports and being able to open that swearing, researchers say. ALL PHOTOS ISTOCK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
Exercisefound that swear- pesky jar of pickles or not.
ing out loud can increase Participants weren’t down their inhibitions, he 4.6%
your physical perfor- yelling out the curse added, and mask the diffi-
mance and strength.  words at full force or with culty of a task so they can
Dr. David Spierer of a “violent” way either, get a little burst of power.
Long Island University Spierer said. To keep that Spierer and Stephens
WHEN CURSING,
Brooklyn and Dr. Rich- factor controlled, they are already working on
PARTICIPANTS SAW
ard Stephens of Keele methodically said a curse a follow-up study to look
ABOUT A 4.6 PERCENT
University in the United (the most common cho- at the effect of swearing
IMPROVEMENT IN
Kingdom collaborated on sen was the F-word) every on more common, less
POWER, WHICH CAN
a study about the special three seconds in a “con- intense exercises. The two
MAKE THE
power of swear words. versational” tone. That’s have a website,  swear-
DIFFERENCE
Using their respec- actually something Spier- ingmakesyoustronger.
BETWEEN FIRST AND
tive two labs (one in the er said that he does while com, to help fund their
SECOND PLACE FOR
United States, one in Eng- on a difficult hike. research. They plan to
AN ATHLETE,
land) they looked at the Methodically cursing, also look into if swearing
ACCORDING TO
connection between curse and studying that, may is linked to our flight-or-
DR. SPIERER.
words and physical perfor- seem silly, Spierer ac- fight response, which re-
mance, building off of Ste- knowledged, but it’s seri- leases hormones.
phens’s previous research ous science. “We really want to
that showed the benefits “When we swear, we explore and detail what’s 8.2%
of swearing when it came don’t use the area of the going on in the brain
to physical pain. brain that we use for lan- when we curse, why does
Participants in the U.S. guage,” he said. “So there it have this change in our
completed an intense is something else going physical performance?”
PARTICIPANTS IN A
30-second stationary bike on when we swear, that Spierer said.
U.K. STUDY SAW AN
test twice — once while our brain is telling us ei- So, in the meantime,
8.2 PERCENT
swearing and once while ther this is taboo or I’m does their research mean
INCREASE IN
saying a “neutral” word distracting myself from that you should mutter
STRENGTH WHILE
(they were instructed to something else.” obscenities to yourself
SWEARING.
pick a word that could de- Cursing may also al- when you can’t get a jar
scribe a table, like “flat” low people to sort of shut open? It’s worth a try. Dr. David Spierer studied the power of swear words. PROVIDED BY DR DAVID SPIERER
INTELLIGENCE
“If you’re having diffi culty
opening a jar, start cursing and
Why swearing is a sign of College and the Massachusetts likely to name the most
intelligence College of Liberal Arts pointed out, creatures. see if it works — it may
People who curse more tend to the stereotype is “that people who The study also
have expanded vocabularies, ac- swear frequently are lazy (or) do found that “no overall distract you from
cording to a language study. not have an adequate vocabulary.” sex diff erence in ta- how diffi cult it is
“Speakers who use taboo words But the 2015 study found boo word generation
understand their general expressive otherwise. was obtained.” In other and you may be able
content as well as nuanced distinc- Participants were asked to words, women and men
tions,” psychologists Kristin Jay and say as many swear words as they are equal when it comes to to generate more
Timothy Jay wrote inthe Language could think of in 60 seconds. They cursing. force, and the result
Sciences journal. “The ability to were then asked to name as many So throw away the swear
make nuanced distinctions indicates animals as they could think of in the jar and start letting the is opening the jar.” 
the presence of more linguistic same amount of time. Researchers expletives fl y.
knowledge.” found that those who said the most CRISTABELLE TUMOLA
As the researchers from Marist four-letter words were also more David Spierer
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 18 , 2018
NYCHA trains
residents for
leader ship roles
The New York City free college credits via
NIKKI M. MASCALI Housing Author- four classes through the
[email protected] Murphy Institute/CUNY
ity launches a free
Classes cover the fundamentals of public housing, community organizing, nonprofi t strategies and data interpretation. ISTOCK School of Professional
Resident Leadership Studies. Most residents,
Get Your Academy to who needed to have a
high school diploma
empower its future
or equivalency to be
from within. eligible, will likely take
one course a semester to
Life Back With 326 developments complete the program in
and more than 400,000 two years.
residents across the city, Classes cover the
the New York City Hous- fundamentals of public
ing Authority serves a housing, community or-
large number of New ganizing, strategies used
Yorkers, but often, public by nonprofits and data
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housing is overshadowed interpretation, which
by the city’s other for- students can bring back
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transit, parks, education and apply.
and art. “We would like to
That’s why, as part of see them position them-
NextGeneration NYCHA, selves to expand their
the agency is launching network to better repre-
its Resident Leadership sent their development,”
Academy this month to said Jenelle Hudson,
empower its future from NYCHA’s director of resi-
within. The initiative is dent engagement. “Gone
in partnership with the are the days where
Fund for Public Housing NYCHA or resident lead-
and CUNY. ers can be self-reliant
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of the Fund. “I think in- Leadership Academy stu-
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 18 , 2018
DOT mulls protected
crosstown bike
lanes in Midtown
The fi rst set of bike
98%
lanes would be east- NIKKI M. MASCALI
bound on 26th Street [email protected]
and westbound on
The city’s DOT is proposing the addition of two protected bike lanes in Midtown in the wake of an increase in cyclist
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IN BIKE COMMUTING
fatalities in 2017, cyclist
BETWEEN 2010
deaths rose to 23 from 18
AND 2015.
NOW is the time to take during the previous year,
and five of those fatali-
ties occurred on Midtown
streets without dedicated including Manhattan’s
care of YOUR BODY! bike lanes. first two-way crosstown
To combat that going bike lane on 13th Street.
forward, the city’s Depart- The first set of pro-
ment of Transportation is posed bike lanes would
proposing the addition be installed eastbound on
of two sets of one-way 26th Street and westbound
protected crosstown bike on 29th Street. The sec-
lanes in the 20s and 50s. ond pair would be south
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our city’s streets. Howev- lane is estimated to cost
Pain/Burning Fatigue er, the increase in cyclist less than $500,000, the
fatalities indicates just agency added.
Restlessness Cramping how much work we still The bike lanes are sure
have to do,” DOT Com- to be a welcome addition
missioner Polly Trotten- for Manhattan cyclists,
Frustrated with previous treatments, berg said. as the borough saw a 98
She added that the de- percent increase in bike
services and poor results? partment will work close- commuting between 2010
ly with Midtown commu- and 2015, partially aided
Trust the doctor that nity boards and elected by the launch of Citi Bike
officials on the initiative, in 2013. Last year, Citi Bike
cares about you! especially as the DOT pre- had a record 6 million
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for new protected bike added a record 25 miles
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