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Recognizing VI Professionals in their Role as Recruiters
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For more information about becoming a Texas Fellow or working as a VI professional contact KC Dignan at <>.
Press Release from Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
Abstract: This article describes a new on-line resource that provides information about local providers of Medicaid Waiver services.
Key Words: blind, visually impaired, deafness, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), DADS Quality Reporting System (QRS), Medicaid waiver programs, compliance
The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has unveiled a new on-line resource that provides information to families that are seeking to find qualified local providers of Medicaid Waiver services including HCS, CLASS and Texas Home Living services. The information can be found at the following web address: <http://facilityquality.dads.state.tx.us>. To find the Medicaid waiver information, click on the very last link, Home and Community-Based Programs (Waivers).
This site offers families a way to compare providers on the basis of data compiled in the DADS Quality Reporting System (QRS). All providers that DADS contracts with may be identified by county or zip code. The following is provided for each waiver provider:
- The provider's administrative address and phone number.
- A listing of waiver services offered by the provider.
- Total number of individuals served by the provider in the provider's contract area. Note: Many DADS contracts cover a multicounty area. Zero denotes that the provider has received a contract to provide waiver services but currently serves no individuals
- Violations of the waiver certification standards noted in the most recent local inspection
- 36 month history of past regulatory compliance noting specific compliance deficiencies and steps taken to resolve the deficiencies
This QRS information can help families as they seek to evaluate providers offering waiver services in their communities.
Abstract: this article describes a free sign language instruction program available on the internet
Keywords: blind, visually impaired, deaf, deafblind, Family Signs Program, sign language, Educational Resource Center on Deafness, ERCOD, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD
Family Signs is a free sign language instruction program powered by Skype and ooVoo that provides one-on-one classes using computers with a high-speed Internet connection or videophones when available. This program is intended for parents of deaf or hard of hearing children who want to improve their sign language skills but do not have easy access to traditional sign language classes. Family Signs is coordinated by the Educational Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD) at Texas School for the Deaf (TSD).
If you are a parent or guardian of a deaf or hard of hearing child and you reside in Texas you are eligible for this program. We encourage you to visit the Program Overview and Student Information pages for more information about the program.
Instructors are advanced sign language students of college/university Deaf Education Programs, advanced sign language students of college/university Interpreter Training Programs, sign language interpreters, and volunteers with advanced sign language skills
Excerpt from The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Abstract: this article describes a survey to collect information about children who have been diagnosed with optic nerve Hypoplasia/septo-optic dysplasia.
Key Words: blind, visual impairment, Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, Septo-Optic Dysplasia, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, survey, Mark Borchert, M.D., The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
At Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), a national survey is being performed to examine the distribution of optic nerve hypoplasia/septo-optic dysplasia (ONH/SOD) cases across the United States. Mark Borchert, M.D., is conducting this research with Pamela Garcia-Filion, MPH, who is a Ph.D. student in Epidemiology at the University of Southern California.
The researchers are asking for your assistance in providing this survey to families that have a child with ONH/SOD. The survey takes less than 15 minutes to complete and participation is voluntary. The Institutional Review Board at CHLA has approved the researchers to collect information from the parents about the:
- season and year their child with ONH was born,
- census tract for where the mother lived 3 months before conception,
- census tract for where the mother lived during the 1st trimester, and
- census tract for where the mother lived during the 2nd trimester of the pregnancy.
The survey can be submitted to us by mail or it can be completed over the Internet at any one of the following websites:
If you do not want to complete the survey over the Internet, then you can complete a paper version of the survey provided and return it to us by mail. Our address is:
Attn: Pamela Garcia-Filion, MPH
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #88
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Information collected from parents is protected under a Certificate of Confidentiality issued by the National Institute for Health and the data will be entered into a confidential database at CHLA. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact the Children's Hospital Los Angeles at (323) 361-4510.
Enabling Devices Presents New Catalog Section for Visually Impaired
Press Release from Enabling Devices
Abstract: this is a press release from Enabling Devices announcing a new catalog section for the visually impaired.
Key Words: News & Views, assistive technology, access, accommodations
Enabling Devices announced that its 2010 catalog and website will feature a new section devoted entirely to products for the Visually Impaired.
According to Steven Kanor, Ph.D., President of Enabling Devices: "With advancements in assistive technology for people with visual impairments and blindness, we have seen an exponential growth in interest in our products for this population. As such, we have decided to dedicate an entire section of our 2010 catalog and our web-site to highlight communicators, switches, and adapted toys specifically designed for the visually impaired."
Gail Cocciardi, Director of Product Development, says: "Our development team at Enabling Devices has been working to produce additional innovative products for the visually impaired. In 2009 we introduced the Portable Communicator for the Visually Impaired which uses the latest LED technology. Several new exciting and innovative products are under development for 2010."
Enabling Devices is a company dedicated to de-veloping affordable learning and assistive tech-nology devices to help people of all ages with disabling conditions. The company specializes in creating custom devices for individuals with se-vere disabilities. Founded by Steven E. Kanor, Ph.D. and originally known as Toys for Special Children, the company has been creating innovative communicators, toys, switches, and sensory devices for the physically challenged for more than 35 years. For Information: www.enablingdevices.com or Contact: Elizabeth Bell, Director of Marketing, Phone: 800-832-8697 x36
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Abstract: this article describes a new website from National Federation of the Blind that describes personal accounts of the various types of employment where individuals who are blind are currently working.
Key Words: blind, visually impaired, National Federation of the Blind, NFB, employment
What kind of work are blind people doing? How do they do it? Why should employers hire a blind person? What careers are YOU interested in pursuing?
Blind people are working in a wide variety of jobs doing work that people mistakenly believe require sight. Blind students are often "tracked" into certain fields, whether they are interested in them or not. Within these pages, you will find written personal accounts of the various types of employment that the blind are engaged in, how they do it, how does a person enter the field, and what positive influences helped the person to achieve their goal.
In these pages, Where the Blind Work, you can learn more about blind people who are working in the fields of administrative and office, business/ entrepreneurial, computer, customer service, education, financial, government, human services, law enforcement, legal, media/marketing/public relations, medical and other vocational careers.
If you are blind, you can share your experience with others by filling out the Where the Blind Work Questionnaire. In these pages, NFB wants to collect as many employment descriptions as possible--a wide range of jobs and multiple examples of each. Thus, you may fill out a form for any or all the jobs you have ever worked.
By Christy Householter, Consultant, Region 10 Educational Service Center
Abstract: this article describes the USA Women's National Goalball team's come-from-behind victory in the Onnela Goalball Tournament in Onnela, Finland
Key Words: blind, visually impairment, goalball, Women's National Goalball Team, Ken Armbruster, Onnella Goalball Tournament
The following is an excerpt from a recent goalball tournament in Finland, submitted by USA Women's National Goalball Team Coach, Ken Armbruster. Armbruster is a seasoned goalball veteran, recently leading his team to a Gold medal in the Beijing, China 2008 Paralympics, and then clinching "Paralympic 2008 Coach of the Year". Dallas, Texas goalball coach and aspiring national assistant coach, Christy Householter, had the chance to learn first-hand the thrill of victory as she accompanied the team on her first international trip.
Coming from behind in a stunning gold-medal match that was decided by a shootout, the USA Women's National Goalball team emerged as champions of the 2010 Onnela Goalball Tournament held 23-24 January in Onnela, Finland.
Team USA opened their tournament play against the host Finnish team. USA built an early 5-2 lead behind two goals apiece from Asya Miller (Birmingham, AL) and Lisa Czechowski (Tucson, AZ). Although Finland challenged USA center Nicki Buck (Kalamazoo, MI) and produced a pair of comeback goals, Team USA held on for a 5-4 victory. USA's next pool match was against the current European Champion, Great Britain. Both teams scored a goal early and remained in a 1-1 deadlock for most of the first half. With four seconds left in the half, Great Britain's Emily Luke powered in one of her tournament leading scores resulting in a 2-1 Great Britain lead at the halftime buzzer. Midway in the second half, USA's Robin Theryoung (Colorado Springs, CO) converted a penalty shot tying the score and Czechowski hit the game winner with 57 seconds left in the game: final score, team USA 3-2 over Great Britain. In a 4-2 loss to Sweden, Miller scored on the first throw of the game only to be countered by Sweden's Malia Gustovasen's first throw. Sweden went ahead midway through the half and Miller tied it at 2-2 shortly before halftime. USA couldn't penetrate the rock-solid Sweden defense in the second half, while Sweden converted a penalty shot and Gustovasen added to the scoring tally, resulting leading to a 4-2 Sweden victory. The last pool game was against Greece. Jordan Walters (Boulder, CO) gave a strong defensive effort contributing to a 2-0 USA victory. Jackie Barnes (Wadsorth, IL) scored at the six minute mark of the first half and Theryoung added a second half goal.
The ladies avenged their only pool play loss to a strong Swedish team with a thrilling shootout victory. Trailing the Swedes midway through the second half of the game Miller scored her third goal of the game, tying the score at 3-3, and keeping Team USA's chance alive for a gold medal in overtime play. As the game progressed to a shootout, Miller and teammates Czechowski and Theryoung (Colorado Springs, CO) scored goals while Walters made a key defensive stop against the number one Swedish scorer Malia Gustovasen, sealing the victory and the gold medal.
After two upcoming training camps, the next competition will be the Lady Malmo Cup (Malmo, Sweden) where USA are the defending champions.
Excerpt from www.accessibleemergencyinfo.com
Abstract: this article provides information about a new web site developed to assist special needs populations become prepared for emergency situations.
Key Words: blind, visually impaired, deaf, emergency preparedness, special needs populations, Northeast Texas Public Health District
The Northeast Texas Public Health District has compiled 18 emergency preparedness topics and formatted the information to be accessible to deaf, blind, and limited sight populations. www.accessibleemergencyinfo.com
The information is in video and downloadable document format for public use. Simply click on the preferred link to access information as an ASL Translated video file, Braille formatted documents, large print documents, or regular print English documents. The ASL Translated video files also have an audible voice over and text appearing alongside the interpreter. All of the information is free for public use; any organization may link to the website and use the information to inform the public.
The developers encourage you to post comments on the discussion page. There are also two surveys for those viewing the information to assess preparedness levels before and after viewing the material.
By Beth Dennis, Blind Children's Consultant, Division for Blind Services
Abstract: this article reviews a blog written by Gayle Yarnell, Director of Adaptive Technology, a Division for Perkins Products.
Key Words: blind, visually impaired, disability, Perkins Products, adaptive technology
Meet Gayle Yarnell, Director of Adaptive Technology, a Division for Perkins Products: <www.perkins.org/gayleunplugged>. She introduces herself with, "Welcome to the lighter side of Adaptive Technology, A Division of Perkins Products. This part of our website is also known as 'hints for real life'. We will cover real life and how blind people cope with the situations that occur about fifty times a day."
In her blog entries, she discusses her experiences in the world—going to movies, to the theatre, being a grandmother, talking to a soldier in Afghanistan—from the unique perspective of a woman who happens to be blind. And what you find out when reading the blogs is that she's writing from the unique perspective of a human being writing about the stuff of life. Check it out: <www.perkins.org/gayleunplugged>.
And while you're at it, check out Perkins Scout, listed under the Resources link. Perkins Scout is a searchable database of carefully evaluated online resources related to blindness and visual impairment and organized for your convenience: <www.perkins.org/scout>. There are 21 different topics, such as Assistive Technology, Cooking and Kitchen Safety, Education, Etiquette, O&M, Physical Education and Sports, Recreation, Transition, and 13 other topics.
By Charles Young, President, The Hadley School for the Blind
Abstract: this article describes distance education courses available through the partnership between DARS and the Hadley School for the Blind.
Key Words: blind, visually impaired, deafblind, DARS, Department of Assistive and Rehabilitation Services, Hadley School for the Blind, distance education
Thanks to a new partnership, The Hadley School for the Blind and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitation Services are pleased to offer distance education courses at no cost to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, their families and Texas service providers.
Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, The Hadley School for the Blind provides more than 100 courses in accessible formats including braille, large print and audio. Many of the courses are also available online. Hadley's curriculum is focused in four program areas: Adult Continuing Education, Family Education, High School and Professional Studies. Courses range from independent living skills to finding employment to academics and recreational activities.
Hadley provides award-winning braille instruction too, including 10 braille reading and writing courses for visually impaired students and three braille courses for parents and sighted professionals. In addition, Hadley offers a high school diploma program to qualified students and can help high school students transfer credits to their local school district for graduation. Hadley also offers free webinars called Seminars@Hadley. These popular online discussions provide "just in time" training and cover the most current topics such as GPS travel, self-employment, new technology and more.
Billy Brookshire, a longtime trainer for DARS, is the Hadley representative in Texas. He will be managing this exciting new initiative to benefit Texans concerned with visual impairment and blindness. For more information about The Hadley School for the Blind, visit <www.hadley.edu>, call 800-323-4238, or send a question by email to: < >.


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Chicken Salad is great and all, but it's definitely been done. You can vary the ingredients a little bit—grapes and slivered almonds is one of my favorites—but the basic chicken + mayo base doesn't change much. And frankly, it gets a little boring.
Which is why this recipe from Patricia Wells is so intriguing. It looks like a regular chicken salad but there's no mayo in sight. The creamy sauce is made from blended tahini (sesame paste often found in hummus) and yogurt. It's therefore much lower in fat but has most of mayo's richness and, I think, a much better flavor.
The recipe (from her recent book Salad as a Meal) keeps things simple with some blanched green beans and slivers of celery, but the sauce is the real story here. You could adapt this in a hundred different ways. I may never go back to mayo again.
- Yield:4
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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- 2 plump, moist garlic cloves, peeled, halved, and green germ removed
- 1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste)
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- salt and pepper
- 8 ounces green beans, trimmed at both ends and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 pound cubed cooked chicken
- 3 ribs celery, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/2 cup finely minced fresh cilantro or parsley
In a small food processor, mince the garlic. Add the tahini, yogurt, lemon juice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and blend well to form a creamy dressing (alternatively, mince the garlic by hand and whisk in the remaining ingredients. Set the dressing aside.
Bring a large sauce pan of salted water to boil. Add the green beans and cook until just tender, then drain and plunge into ice water to cool quickly. Dry on kitchen towels.
Combine the cooked chicken, green beans, celery, and yogurt and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with cilantro and parsley. Serve on a bed of greens with extra dressing drizzled on top, in a sandwich, or on its own.
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I'm am optimistic for the WiiU...mainly because who the fuck is seeing the money and sales besides a core few companies to develop on something as massive and capable as the PS4/NextBox
I remember console reveals when I was a kid. Such a period of hope and excitement that'd last years from initial pictures and specs to me playing it. Now I'm curious as to what crap will be on it that I don't like and will piss me off.
Quote from: Dice on May 15, 2013, 02:14:24 AMI'm am optimistic for the WiiU...mainly because who the fuck is seeing the money and sales besides a core few companies to develop on something as massive and capable as the PS4/NextBoxI remember when the 3DS was doing badly and we thought it wouldn't end well and look at it now. I love mine. WiiU may do the same..
Do we even need new hardware?
Quote from: MeshGearFox on May 20, 2013, 02:14:09 AMDo we even need new hardware?Well, the PS3 at least has a future secured until next year as far as I know. The 360 on the other hand is a console that really completed its life cycle, and I don't think there's much that Microsoft can offer outside of what they have been doing since 2011 or so with more Gears of War, Halo, Forza and timed-exclusive for big multiplatform titles like Call of Duty or Tomb Raider.*shrug* I don't know man. A lot of the "360 people" seem way more excited for next gen than the ones from the PS4 crowd that are mainly interested in the console as a future purchase.Is also worth mentioning that I started seeing rumors of new consoles back in 2009 so... do we need new hardware? Both consoles have shown their age for a few years now (one more than the other) and there is a group of people excited for a change (whatever that change might be or mean for some people).


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A Noise Within (ANW), a classical repertory theatre company which recently re-located to a new state-of-the-art theatre in Pasadena, opened a disastrous performance of Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA on Saturday, March 3, 2012.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, directed by ANW Producing Artistic Directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott will close on Sunday, May 13, 2012. This Shakespeare tragedy follows the love relationship between Cleopatra (played by Susan Angelo) and Mark Antony (played by Geoff Elliot) from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar (played by Max Rosnak), the future first emperor of Rome.
Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with the country's beautiful queen, Cleopatra. A message arrives informing him that his wife, Fulvia, is dead and that Pompey (played by Christian Rummel) is raising an army to rebel against the triumvirate, so Antony decides to return to Rome. Upon his arrival, he and Caesar quarrel. Realizing that an alliance is necessary to defeat Pompey, Antony and Caesar agree that Antony will marry Caesar's sister, Octavia (played by Angeles Gulner), who will solidify their loyalty to one another. Enobarbus (played by Robertson Dean), Antony's closest friend, predicts to Caesar's men that despite the marriage, Antony will return to Cleopatra.
In Egypt, Cleopatra learns of Antony's marriage and flies into a jealous rage. However, when a messenger delivers word that Octavia is plain and unimpressive, Cleopatra becomes confident that she will win Antony back.
Caesar breaks his truce, wages war against Pompey, and defeats him. After using Lepidus's (played by William Dennis Hunt) army to secure a victory, he accuses Lepidus of treason and imprisons him. This news angers Antony, as do the rumors that Caesar has been speaking out against him in public. Antony decides to fight him at sea, allowing Cleopatra to command a ship despite Enobarbus's strong objections. Antony's forces eventually lose the battle when Cleopatra's ship flees and Antony's follows, leaving the rest of the fleet vulnerable.
Convinced that his lover has betrayed him, Antony vows to kill Cleopatra. In order to protect herself, Cleopatra sends word that she has committed suicide. Antony, full of grief, is determined to join his queen in the afterlife. Antony then falls on his own sword, but the wound is not immediately fatal. He is carried to Cleopatra's monument, where the lovers are reunited briefly before Antony's death. Caesar takes the queen prisoner, planning to display her in Rome as a testament to his empire, but she kills herself with a poisonous snake instead. Caesar has her buried beside Antony.
Many consider the role of Cleopatra in this play as one of the most complex, powerful and captivating female roles in Shakespeare's work. However, this Cleopatra played by Susan Angelo was nothing of the sort. Susan Angelo's portrayal of Cleopatra was not regal, powerful, strong or mesmerizing but instead she delivered a basically awful performance. It was painful to watch Ms. Angelo continuously pace up and down in a frantic fashion throughout the play and her body posture, way of walking and sitting and general movements were not that of a royal Queen of Egypt! In History, Cleopatra evokes the epitome of female or Venusian power and beauty – a Goddess who could provoke powerful men to fight wars but Ms. Angelo's Cleopatra was the opposite. Her portrayal of Cleopatra was not that of a captivating, exotic beauty but rather of a frantic, frivolous, ordinary woman. She did not come across as a powerful ruler of Egypt.
Antony, played by Geoff Elliot was also badly performed. I don't think it is a good idea for the lead actor to be a director as well. Geoff Elliot played a bumbling Antony throughout the play.
Octavius Caesar (played by Max Rosnak) was also poorly performed. Mr. Rosnak did not carry himself as a powerful leader in stature and with his attitude. I was not convinced that he was Octavius Caesar!
As for the "torrid love affair" between Antony and Cleopatra, I did not believe this was a sweeping love epic because both Ms. Angelo and Mr. Elliot lacked chemistry with one another and just seemed to be speaking the lines or at times exaggerating the drama with gestures to show affections instead of simply speaking from the heart.
None of the actors had stage presence except for Lepidus, played by Willaim Dennis Hunt and Pompey, played by Christian Rummel. Both these actors delivered solid, good performances. The rest of the actors did not communicate or relate to each other from the heart so I did not believe what they were saying, thinking or feeling. They did not listen to each other or use their natural instincts to communicate to each other or to the audience. The actors and acting was amateurish and self-indulgent. Even a high school production would have been better acted. Even though this is Shakespeare with its complex language, you still have to tell a story from the heart. Instead of being a Shakespearean tragedy, this play felt like a farce or mockery of "Antony and Cleopatra"!
Since the location of this play takes place in Rome, Athens and Egypt; I did not see many ethnic actors cast in any of the roles except for a minute few. Egypt is in Africa and I was amazed and offended that Cleopatra and all her attendants were as pale as ghosts. Los Angeles is full of so many actors from diverse backgrounds that I find it difficult to believe that the whole cast was mostly Caucasian.
The music, by composer Laura Karpman was more exotic and soulful than the acting. The lighting throughout the play was brilliant. The set design and staging was impeccable. Using ropes and higher and lower levels gave the scenes depth and a great visual display of the era. The quick set changes were effective and effortless. The costumes, furniture and props were colorful and added a rich texture to the play. However, I was not a fan of Cleopatra's costumes because they were not regal or decadent enough for a Queen. The battle and fight scenes were excellent and well-choreographed. The highlight of the set was the rectangular pool of water at the front of the stage. It was a divine spectacle!
The set design was superb but this Shakespearean tragedy of "Antony and Cleopatra" felt more like "The Comedy of Errors". This Noises Within production had style but no substance. Sitting through and watching this production was a gruelling experience for me.
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"He is the greatest artist the South has produced. . . . Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century [yet] for all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for greatness of our classics." —Ralph Ellison


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ATHENS, Greece - Greek police say Michalis Aslanis, one of the country's most prominent fashion designers, has been found dead in his Athens apartment.
His death Wednesday comes a week after Aslanis told a Greek newspaper that he had been "ruined" by close aides who allegedly stole large sums of money from him.
A police official said there was no initial indication of foul play in the designer's death. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the country's privacy rules.
Aslanis, 63, was the best known of the old guard of Greek fashion designers, whose reputations were mostly domestically based. He told the Espresso newspaper he had been defrauded by two aides whom he had entrusted with paying his tax and social security bills.
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text: dave ziegler Posted July 16, 2013 When it came to bottling Whiskey in the late 1960's and 1970's The Continental Distilling Bottle house at Kinsey was second to none. In those days it was the worlds biggest and also did many custom jobs for Seagrams, Jacquins and many more. 1. Here is an Old Kinsey Whisky Match Pack for Kinsey The Unhurried Whisky! 2. The Old Security Shack sitting across from where it sat when I worked there in Ruin! Dave Z ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kinsey The Unhurried Whisky For Unhurried Moments Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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It seems that people have always had a "sweet tooth" to some extent.
So much so, that much of the Caribbean and the American south was covered with sugar plantations throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
This need for something sweet has carried on to the present-day. Unfortunately, sugar, as sweet and delicious as it is, is also very effective at packing on the pounds.
So, when James Schlatter, a drug researcher at G.D. Searle and Co., stumbled upon aspartame in 1965, it was instantly studied as a substitute for sugar.
According to Aspartame.org, which is a member The Calorie Control Council, an international non-profit association representing the low-calorie food and beverage industry, the artificial sweetener is currently "consumed by over 200 million people around the world and is found in more than 6,000 products."
Controversy over Safety and Toxicity
However, since the artificial sweetener was approved by the FDA in 1974, there has been controversy around its safety and toxicity.
After it hit the market in 1985, several complaints against the artificial sweetener arose. However, the government maintained that aspartame is safe for human consumption. Yet, opponents of the artificial sweetener state that the government's investigation and subsequent approval were corrupted due to a conflict of interest.
Nevertheless, the Aspartame.org maintains, "The safety of aspartame has been affirmed by the U.S. FDA 26 times in the past 23 years."
Many people, including some doctors and researchers, are not convinced.
In article by Dr. John Briffa for The Epoch Times, the link between Aspartame side effects and fibromyalgia is explored. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome usually characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
Two Cases Linking Aspartame to Fibromyalgia
Braiffa cites two cases from Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology journal published in December 2010.
In the first case, a woman suffered from the syndrome for years. While on vacation she discontinued her aspartame consumption and her symptoms ceased. When she returned home, she resumed consuming aspartame and her symptoms returned.
In the second case, a man suffered from fibromyalgia for three years. His doctor removed aspartame from his diet and his symptoms ceased. In reference to these two cases Braiffa states:
"Case studies such as these don't prove that these individuals' symptoms were due to aspartame. [snip] Certainly, should I see an individual suffering from generalized pain andfibromyalgia in the future, I'll be making doubly sure I ask about their consumption of aspartame and will be advising them to stop it as a matter of course."
Side Effects of Aspartame
In a recent article found at The Gleaner, Dr. Janet Star Hull stated the following were common Aspartame side effects:
–> Nervous system: epileptic seizures, headaches, migraine, severe dizziness, unsteadiness, memory loss, drowsiness and sleepiness, numbness of the limbs, slurring of speech, hyperactivity, restless legs, facial pain, tremors, attention-deficit disorder and brain tumors.
–> Eyes/Ears: blindness, blurring or decreased vision, bright flashes, and decreased night vision, pain in the eyes, bulges in eyes, ringing or buzzing sounds, hearing loss.
–> Psychological/Psychiatric: depression, irritability, aggression, anxiety, personality changes, insomnia, phobias.
–> Chest: palpitations, shortness of breath, high blood pressure.
–> Intestinal: nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain.
–> Allergies: wheezing, asthma, itching, skin rash.
–> Diabetes: Aspartame can precipitate diabetes, worsens blood sugar control, may cause diabetics to have seizures and interact badly with insulin.
Aspartame aggregates diabetic retinopathy, damages the optic nerve and promotes blindness. The free methyl alcohol it produces causes neuropathy and increases the risk of diabetics losing limbs.
However, Aspartame.org contends that these allegations are false – proven not only by the FDA, but also by other food safety organizations.
"Recently, several governments and expert scientific committees (including the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission, the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency, the French Food Safety Agency and Health Canada) carefully evaluated the Internet allegations and found them to be false, reconfirming the safety of aspartame. In addition, leading health authorities, such as the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., the Alzheimer's Association, and the Lupus Foundation of America, have reviewed the claims on the Internet and also concluded that they are false."
The organization also states the artificial sweetener has received a clean bill of health from the National Cancer Society and the American Diabetes
This controversy has been going on for nearly three decades and there is no sign of it letting up any time soon.
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Jason Bentley serves up the hypnotic pulse of modern city life on Metropolis, the soundtrack to a living theatre of fashion, art, and an endless parade of fascinating people from all corners. Even in Hollywood, where there is a circus of events happening at all times, nothing beats the seductiveness of the dance floor.
"In a club, people come together for very creative reasons. Whether it's the promoter, a performer, a dancer, DJ or lighting guy – everyone comes together for that indefinable creative spark. I would make the argument that the dance floor is the most interesting place in music."
Jason gained worldwide attention as the music supervisor for the Matrix films and the accompanying video games. He spins at intimate house parties for celebrities and for the masses at LA's hottest clubs, but his dedication to dance music goes even deeper. Jason was instrumental in the creation of a Grammy award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, and offered his expertise as an A&R Executive at Madonna's Maverick Records and the Chris Blackwell-era Island Records.
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"Most of their new record, War Stories, was recorded here in the Joshua Tree area of Southern California with popular rock producer Chris Goss. You can definitely hear the difference; it feels like a West Coast record."
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And the timeless song that defines Metropolis?
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All the hype in the world won't get you Jason's attention, but creating very compelling music will.
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Jason is currently putting the finishing touches on a hybrid compilation of original music and remixes due out on Quango next year.
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Over seven months have passed since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, and while much of the city is back to normal or well on its way, the South Street seaport tells a different story.
Buildings there remain eerily empty, as if the residents had vanished into thin air and, in late April, bulldozers worked to a symphony of drills and hammers. A number of local business owners—many of them restauranteurs—are still waiting for the return to normality promised to them.
The Durst Corporation owns 95 residential and 13 commercial units on Front Street, all between the blocks of Beekman Street and Peck Slip. Because the units share a heating system still in need of repair, none have come back to life, a loss that has been particularly difficult on neighborhood-oriented businesses like Pasanella & Son Vinter.
"We're a neighborhood store and there's nobody in the neighborhood. People are coming back slowly, but we're still missing the people in the Front Street buildings," Pasanella told me. "We had to rebuild that whole ground floor. We lost all that wine and three weeks of business during the holiday season, which, for a wine store, is a really big deal.
"We have clients from all over, but the bread and butter are the people who are in your neighborhood. The people who, on their way home from work, are going to pick up a bottle of wine for dinner. Those people buying a $12 bottle of wine every day, a couple times a week, those end up being the people who are the mainstay of the business. People don't walk blocks and blocks for a bottle of wine. Really, they go within a few blocks of where they live, and it just happens that those blocks near us are the ones that have most been impacted by Sandy."
One of the Front Street businesses that remains closed to this day is the pizzeria Il Brigante. Like many in the neighborhood, the restaurant was exposed to the full force of the storm. In the days immediately after Sandy, the owner—who, for professional reasons, has asked not to be named and will be referred to henceforth as T.—was determined to open up immediately after. It is now May, and they will not open any earlier than August.
"When I saw the damage, I said, 'I don't care how much it's going to cost. I'm going to spend the money as quickly as possible, and get us back on our feet in a couple of weeks.' That was my initial response," T. told me. "And then I spoke to someone from Durst who said, 'you might not want to do that right away.' So that was when I first got an inkling that there was something beyond my control, and then they started talking about this big geothermal nightmare."
That geothermal nightmare is the reason why Durst's Front Street properties all remain uninhabited, while nearby restaurants like Aqua reopened a month after the storm. The company had installed what T. called a "state of the art, avant garde" geothermal heating infrastructure underground, leaving it unavoidably vulnerable when Sandy hit. This is the locus for the dubiously prolonged closing of Il Brigante and the other businesses on Front Street.
Part of the problem was figuring out what to do next. Durst waffled over whether to replace or repair the equipment for two months, eventually favoring replacing it. To avoid further incident in the event of similar hurricanes, the company is trying to put as much equipment as possible on the roof and to avoid having any equipment near ground level.
The owners of Il Brigante are now able to move ahead, but remain a long ways from reopening.
"The stage we're at now is that the landlord has looked through the designs, has just made a few modifications and now my engineer is making the corrections," T. told me in late April. "The plans are going to be sent back to my landlord and finally I can send it to the Department of Buildings and Landmarks for approval, which should take about four weeks. Then we're talking about seven weeks of rebuilding time."
After the hurricane, Durst took the precaution of removing the sheet rock in Il Brigante all the way up to the ceiling, and not just what was required by law. As a result, the ceiling began inadvertently collapsing and will need to be replaced. Every wood panel in the restaurant must be replaced, as do the electrical fixtures, and the plumbing and sprinkler system have to be reattached. Everything, T. said, must be done from scratch. When I visited the restaurant, it looked like the basement of a bombed out building. Stoves and fridges were stacked near the entrance, and wire tubing hung from the ceiling in the back.
Though she lost most of her staff as a result of the prolonged closure, in December T. was able to start a delivery service out of a pair of local kitchen spaces. This has allowed her to hold on to five key employees, including her chefs, but all the money has gone to paying those employees and the businesses she is renting from. She estimates that the damages will cost $150,000 in total, a comparable amount to that suffered by Coney Island's Totonno's, though some public assistance has eased the burden.
However, T. is worried that things won't be the same when they finally do reopen.
"The question is: I don't know if we're going to busy as we were when we reopen. I just don't know if the neighborhood is ever going to be the way it was before. They're tearing down Pier 17, that's going to be a four year project, so a huge tourist attraction is going to be out of commission for the next four years."
The delivery service has allowed Il Brigante to continue serving customers in a limited capacity over the last 5 months, but this kind of extended, drawn-out absence is particularly difficult for a neighborhood spot like the restaurant. Still, the busy dining room of Pearl Diner after their three-month closure offers hope.
By the time Il Brigante reopens, it will have been ten months since hurricane Sandy. Other businesses in the neighborhood that are not Durst Corporation properties have endured similar trials. The owners of the Paris Tavern tell me they will likely reopen in July.
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Lawmakers catch breath, summarize session
After a fast-paced, 13-week budget-adjustment session of the General Assembly, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle started to catch up on sleep Thursday and assess a cascade of late-breaking legislation that kept them wrangling right up to their 12:01 a.m. deadline.
Majority Democrats and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy say they've succeeded in promoting job growth, increasing loans and incentives for small business, and securing a $4.5 billion commitment from United Technologies to keep the aerospace giant's jobs and infrastructure in Connecticut.
They say raising the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017 and creating more than 1,000 new pre-kindergarten seats will mean a stronger state.
Malloy, speaking to reporters Thursday, emphasized that the new budget set to take effect on July 1 is balanced, under the constitutional spending cap and comes with no new taxes. He said it sets the stage for another balanced budget next year.
Malloy also fired one of the first shots of the 2014 gubernatorial race, promising that there will be no tax increases next year if he remains in office, which would be four years after he presided over the largest tax hike in state history.
"Hey, last night we wrapped up what I would call a very productive legislative session," Malloy said. "I'm very proud of it. We have a state that defends the middle class and makes it easier for those striving to be in the middle class. When our middle class in Connecticut succeeds and when we make it just a little bit easier for people to enter the middle class, our state as a whole moves forward."
But Republicans charged Democratics used gimmicks, including a projected $75 million in new revenue from delinquent taxpayers a year after a successful amnesty program. Those set up the new budget for a $300 million shortfall and multibillion-dollar deficits in subsequent years, the GOP said.
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, and Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, who are both retiring this year, held a joint news conference to recap the session.
"The real question has to be, `Is Connecticut a better place than it was four years ago?' " Cafero said. "The resounding answer is `no.' In reality, the budget isn't balanced. This is the governor who said `no more gimmicks,' and boy, did he double-down big-time."
McKinney, who is seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Malloy in the fall, said "one-party rule" over the last four years has been bad for the state and stifled the voice of state residents. "At the end of the day, this session, like the last three, has moved Connecticut in the wrong direction," McKinney said.
"Clearly (Malloy is) very proud of the record he's created over the last four years and he's going to run on that," McKinney said. "I think the election is going to come down to our party presenting a candidate who can present a better vision for the state of Connecticut than the one we've seen over the last four years."
Republicans are at a 96-54 disadvantage in the House and 22-14 in the Senate.
While tensions between Republicans and Democrats were most obvious during the final days of the Legislature, when the GOP threatened to block action until members reviewed budget-related legislation, friction among Democratic House and Senate leaders might have created more intrigue.
A bill promoted by Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, that would have banned genetically modified grass seed from the state, failed miserably in the House last month, the day after its Senate passage.
Coincidentally, a pet bill of Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, that was aimed at helping towns and cities collect taxes from now-tax-exempt hospitals and universities, died in the Senate without a vote late Wednesday.
Williams, who is retiring from the Legislature, denied that the issues created tension between chambers.
"For those who have been involved in the inside-baseball game of seeing what passes and what doesn't pass in a short session, there is a tremendous amount of legislation that does not wind up being passed because of our timetable," Williams said. "Folks raise a tremendous amount of additional legislation, despite the fact that we have a much-abbreviated timetable."
Williams said Sharkey's tax-related legislation, called a reverse PILOT, was opposed because it would create new taxes on traditionally exempt entities for which towns and cities receive annual so-called payments in lieu of taxes.
Sharkey, appearing with House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, told reporters that the GMO-grass seed bill was voted down promptly in the House because if it had lingered on the calendar, lawmakers would be distracted by a bill that was destined to fail.
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"Predators" brings together some of the meanest, nastiest warriors a well-connected alien would ever want in a killing contest. But director Nimrod Antal had to be sold big-time on the concept of casting a woman in the bunch.
Even when the part of Izzy/Isabelle was laid out in the script, Antal fought it.
"I wanted to cut Izzy," he admitted at "Predators" press day. "It took me a while to get my head around it."
"It would have been a huge mistake if I had won that battle," he admits now.
But in the heat of warfare, Antal argued hard for cutting the female character with producer Robert Rodriguez.
"My first concern was there aren't very many theaters of war which allow women into combat," said Antal. "We were talking about hardened people who have seen a lot of nasty things, so I was a little bit concerned with that."
But when he asked Rodriguez "how many great girls have there been" in combat movies, Rodriguez had a quick answer. Ripley from "Alien." Sarah Connor from "Terminator," Nikita. And so on.
"I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're right. There have been a few good ones," admitted Antal. But even then he tried to find away around it, even suggesting that the female character turn out to be an alien in the end.
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"I still think that's a good idea," said Natal. "I think she should have been an alien."
At least his doubts disappeared in the casting of Brazilian/predator butt-kicker Alice Braga (who is something of a box office draw on her hotness as well).
"We found Alicia and then we were both relieved," said Rodriguez. End of discussion. She rolled with the big boys.
Braga works. There are a few truck-sized holes in the movie's plausibility (and who really cares in a movie like this as long as green alien blood is flowing with red human blood?). But Braga's credibility as a warrior is never in question. And, as a spoiler alert -- she's entirely human.


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Oh, Tim Tebow. Think you've got the NFL world wrapped around your pretty little finger, do you? Think you're the only one with a knack for pulling out miraculous victories that have a distinct whiff of divine intervention? WELL YOU ARE WRONG.
I'm sorry, Tebow. But you aren't the ONLY miracle-maker this NFL season. There is ANOTHER. It's true! There are not one, but TWO comeback kings in the NFL right now. Two Tebows, nee Tebi! There's you, and there's the unstoppable force that is Eli Manning!
Oh, if only people talked about Eli the way they talk about Tebow. Every time Eli does something great, it's like a parent watching their child tie their shoes for the first time. OMG WHEN DID YOU LEARN TO DO THAT LITTLE FELLA?! This is a 30-year-old with a wife and a Super Bowl ring. ELI IS A MAN, DAG GUMMIT! And yet, no one is saying after Eli mounts another comeback that he's some kind of ethereal QUARTERBEING sent by the Heavens to give man faith in both the Lord and in slow throwing mechanics. No, no. Instead, Eli is simply congratulated for a job well done and considered by many to be a worthy addition to the NFL's elite.
When you think about it, Tebow should be considered in similar terms. But because people are annoying, he's been elevated to some kind of magical spirit elephant. Well, I'm not letting Tebow hog all the Intangiscrappitude. I'm putting him head-to-head with Eli to determine QUIEN ES MAS MACHO?!
COMEBACKS: Eli has six comeback wins this season. Tebow also has six comebacks to his name, and has orchestrated four little miracles in a row. HOWEVAH, I would like it noted for the record that Tebow's last two comebacks were made entirely possible by a horrible Christian Ponder interception, and by Marion Barber infecting the Bears with some of the leftover chokery he brought with him from Dallas. Those two late touchdowns that Manning pulled off last night? PURE ELI. EDGE: ELI
FACIAL HAIR: Dude, have you seen Eli's goatee? It's so pathetic. I want to rub Miracle-Gro on it and spray it with water thrice daily. Tebow's stubble is much more well defined. No wispyness of any kind. A gift from the Maker. EDGE: TEBOW
ABILITY TO TURN MY DESIRE FOR THEM TO FAIL INTO MASSIVE SUCCESS: Just yesterday, Brian Urlacher told the press that Tebow is a great "running back," and this was after Tebow beat him! What an idiot. It's time for Tebow haters to shut up, and not because Tebow isn't worth ridiculing (he is!). No, they need to be quiet because it's clear that all Tebow hateration is doomed to backfire, which makes his eventual triumphs are the more grating. I say it's better to believe in Tebow now and watch him crash and burn! EDGE: TEBOW
FINAL JUDGMENT: I think both of these teams are gonna make the playoffs, and I think that Tebow actually has a shot in an underwhelming AFC field, much more so than the Giants, who have no shot of getting past the Packers goliath. But in the end, I must point out that Eli has been doing this miracle stuff for a bit longer than his counterpart. And therefore, I must confer upon him a golden rattle and blue blankie and declare him the MACHOEST OF ALL MACHO MEN. Congrats to you, Eli. From now on, we're calling you Teli.


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Pacific Beach with its beach, boardwalk, restaurants and nightclubs, is one of the most popular party destinations for college students and young military servicemembers in Southern California, migrating here for an eight-week period that began March 1.
RADD, the entertainment industry's voice for road safety, has partnered with local colleges, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), the Navy, the California Office of Traffic Safety and Discover Pacific Beach to highlight safe partying practices and encourage revelers to "plan ahead."
Radio announcer Jeff Krapf served as emcee for the media event.
Safety should be high on the list for any student or resident planning to spend time in popular Spring Break party spots, said SDPD Capt. Lori Luhnow.
"Last year, there were 485 DUI-related arrests in the greater San Diego area during the eight weeks of Spring Break," Luhnow said. "This year, we've added 10 DUI checkpoints and nine traffic-enforcement details in an aggressive attempt to keep the roads safe."
Students and representatives from local San Diego colleges were present at the event, hosted by the Pacific Beach Shore Club, to share their favorite tips for having fun while staying safe during the two-month Spring Break that's known for risky behavior and particularly high DUI arrest rates.
Shore Club owner Billy Ramirez welcomed visitors to stop by and have fun during Spring Break while asking them to be responsible.
Event speakers also encouraged patrons to earn free incentives from among the 90 partnering RADD Rewards bars and restaurants in San Diego's most popular beach and nightlife destinations by simply becoming designated drivers.
Partiers were urged to make a transportation plan prior to celebrating in the city's many hospitality zones in order to get themselves and friends home safely.
"Take turns being the designated driver, share a taxi cab, get a room or crash on a friend's couch. There are many options to avoid driving drunk if you make a plan ahead of time," said Erin Dugan Meluso, President of RADD International.
Local college and university students showed their school spirit by wearing RADD crew T-shirts and school colors. Event activities included the unveiling of the long-awaited "RADD Designated Driver Reserved Parking Signs" showing Pacific Beach merchants' commitment and dedication to road safety and RADD's alternative transportation and designated-driver program.
Look for the RADD signs at PB Shore Club, Miller's Field, PB Bar & Grill, Typhoon and Tavern at the Beach, among others.
For a list of safety tips from RADD, the city of San Diego and local RADD campus partners that includes road safety, alcohol consumption, sun safety, dehydration, popular social media mistakes and more, visit collegeisradd.org/tips, www.collegeisradd.org or www.OTS.ca.gov.
For a list of RADD Rewards Partners in the San Diego Area, visit collegeisradd.org/rewards-partners/san-diego-california.


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Other Beethoven Periodicals
In English:
The Beethoven Journal (formerly The Beethoven Newsletter). Edited by William Meredith. San Jose: American Beethoven Society. Vol. 1 (1986) - present
The Journal contains information and news on Beethoven written for the general Beethoven enthusiast. It is available with membership in The American Beethoven Society.
Arietta. London: Beethoven Piano Society of Europe. No. 1 (1999) - present.
Short articles and reviews. Available with membership in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe.
In French:
Beethoven, la revue de l'ABF (2003-present)
Publication of the Association Beethoven France et Francophonie. List of contents of all issues available on the association's website.


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Borderlands 2 furthers the distinct blending of First Person Shooter and Role Playing genres to create the true evolution of the Role Playing Shooter. Team up with up to three other players for four-player online goodness or go old-school with two-player split-screen couch sharing mayhem as you spend hours leveling up your character and equipping them with one of the millions of badass weapons. Borderlands 2 features a new visually stunning array of procedurally generated guns, shields, grenades, artifacts, enemies and more. Choose one of the four new character classes to be taken through a carefully crafted and connected story to all new and surprising environments across the living planet of Pandora. Make new friends, arm them to the teeth and fight alongside them on your relentless quest for revenge and redemption.
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- Gunzerker Leads a Cast of All-New Characters and All-New Classes: Step into the role of the Gunzerker, whose highly deadly skills allow him to dual-wield any two weapons found in the game. Not only that, you will build on that skill to do more things with two guns than you ever imagined possible. Dual machine guns? Cool. Dual rocket launchers? Of course! Dual Sniper Rifles? Sure, if that's your thing! Want to try other styles? More tactical perhaps? There are multiple classes to choose from!
- Dynamic Co-op online, split-screen and LAN: Share your adventures with friends both online and via LAN. Borderlands 2 features a seamless system enabling you to drop in and drop out of a campaign without ever having to restart the game. On top of that you can even take your new gear from any game to any other!
- World Connected Story: You will find yourself left for dead in the frozen tundra of Pandora as you begin your quest of revenge and redemption. Expose the evil surrounding the Hyperion Corporation and take on the perpetrator of a universe-wide grand deception -- the nefarious Hyperion CEO, Handsome Jack. (Oh, also: he's stolen credit for the opening of the Vault.)
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Lackland instructor's legal woes cited in apparent suicide tries
A former Air Force instructor facing 53 years in prison on charges of misconduct with three trainees threatened to jump from a local overpass last weekend after becoming overwhelmed by his legal problems and travel restrictions.
Staff Sgt. Craig LeBlanc left his car on a ramp linking the eastbound lanes of Loop 410 to U.S. 281 on Saturday, backing up traffic and prompting a negotiation with police, who talked him down after about 45 minutes.
His attorney, Joseph Jordan said the incident was LeBlanc's third apparent suicide attempt this month and is part of a pattern of "self-destructive behavior" he's exhibited since being charged with having improper personal relationships with the trainees.
Now in Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a local mental health facility, LeBlanc was denied a pass to see his 5-month-old daughter, Ellie, last weekend in Dallas.
Commanders have limited him to going to work, the grocery store, gas station and Laurel Ridge for outpatient care.
"I think it's that and I also just think he recognizes that while he stands a really good chance of winning the most significant charges on the charge sheet, he knows that he's probably going to be found guilty of some of the other charges, which is going to require him to spend some time in jail," Jordan said Tuesday.
LeBlanc is one of 25 instructors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland who have been or are under investigation for improper relationships with 49 women in basic and technical training.
Only one other instructor of five who have gone to trial this year faced a longer sentence than LeBlanc, 27.
Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker was given 20 years in prison last summer for misconduct with 10 women in basic training. The jury could have handed him 60 years.
Prosecutors have lodged eight charges and 12 specifications of misconduct against LeBlanc, including sexually assaulting an airman two nights after she graduated from basic training by luring her and another woman to a dimly lit supply room.
He's accused of having intercourse with the woman, identified as Airman 1, while another instructor had sex with a just-graduated airman nearby.
That case alone could land LeBlanc in prison for 30 years. The Air Force alleges he used his position as a training instructor to coerce the women into having sex.
The other allegations in an unusually long charge sheet include committing adultery; being absent without leave; lying to a senior NCO; lying to a lieutenant colonel; and ordering trainees to eat cookies during fitness training.
LeBlanc also is charged with obstructing an investigation by asking a woman to lie to Air Force law enforcement officers and to delete text messages and photos from her cell phone; trying to have an improper relationship with a technical training student, and wrongly contacting a third woman who also was in technical training.
A Feb. 11 trial was set Monday, but Jordan said a sanity board will first examine LeBlanc's fitness to stand trial. A judge ordered the exam, marking the second time that military officials had taken up the issue of LeBlanc's capacity to stand trial.
"Unfortunately, there have been other incidents," Jordan said. "He's had a history of self-destructive behavior since this thing started."
In one instance last summer, Jordan said his client was arrested for being drunk and disorderly on a North Texas canoeing trip.
Two apparent suicide attempts occurred in the past week, Jordan said. He declined to discuss the previous attempts, but said that his client began to receive psychiatric help last summer.
Sanity boards are composed of at least one psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. They decide if the defendant suffered from mental illness at the time of the offense or is currently unable to understand the nature of the legal proceedings.
Col. Stephen Clutter, chief spokesman for the Air Force's training command, said he couldn't comment, citing federal health privacy law.
While military authorities and San Antonio police refused to identify LeBlanc as the instructor threatening to jump from the overpass, one local TV reporter received a call from him and called authorities.
Jordan said relatives told him LeBlanc was on his way home and talking with his fiancée, "and I guess he just became overwhelmed by emotion" over his case and how it was progressing.
In a brief statement, LeBlanc said Tuesday he wanted to move on with his life so he could be with his fiancée and family.
"I understand that I will likely have to pay some consequences for my actions," he said, "but I don't appreciate the kind of scrutiny that has been put upon my case."


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Where did it all go wrong? India wonders…
By Amit Baruah
Not very long ago, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could do no wrong – or so it seemed.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, hoping it would restore confidence in his beleaguered government
Long considered a man of unimpeachable integrity, Mr Singh coasted to a second term as the prime minister of the world's second most populous nation in May last year.
From 145 seats in the lower house of parliament, Lok Sabha, in 2004, his Congress party increased its share of seats to 206 in the May 2009 polls.
By current Indian electoral standards, it was an impressive performance.
With the opposition in disarray, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government appeared to be on a roll.
An unshakeable understanding between Mr Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi ensured political stability in the country. Frequent meetings between the two suggested a neat division of responsibility between party and government.
In the past few months, the personal equation may have continued, but things have begun going horribly wrong for the Congress-led coalition.
Regular protests by Telangana activists are just one of the government's worries at the moment
Inflation, corruption scandals, a massive and ongoing agitation for a separate state of Telangana in southern India, apparent favours in the allocation of land, the abuse of discretionary powers by state leaders: everything seemed to go wrong at the same time for Mr Singh and his government.
A spate of court cases has given the government a headache.
The Supreme Court made some sharp observations of official decisions in what has come to be known as the 2G scandal – where the government is said to have incurred losses of billions of dollars in the sale of mobile phone spectrum.
And on Wednesday, hearing a case of unaccounted money being held by Indians in foreign banks, the court criticised the coalition for its reluctance to provide more information.
"It is a pure and simple theft of national money," said Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar. "We are talking about mind-boggling crime. We are not on the niceties of treaties."
Such comments have become a near-daily affair for the government in one case or the other.
And so far it has not been able to come up with convincing answers.
Government 'rudderless'
In what the Indian media has dismissed as a lame effort to energise his government, Mr Singh changed the portfolios of as many as 36 ministers on Wednesday, terming it a "minor reshuffle" and promising a more "expansive exercise" in the next few months.
But analysts believe that this may not help the image of the government as a performing entity.
Neena Vyas, associate editor of The Hindu newspaper, told the BBC: "More important is whether the government is able to break the logjam with the opposition, which prevented parliament from conducting any business in the recent session of parliament."
Ms Vyas was referring to the impasse in parliament, in which all sections of an often-divided opposition came together to demand a parliamentary inquiry into the 2G scandal.
Several officials who chose to remain anonymous told this writer that a sense of paralysis had gripped the government.
"No-one wants to take decisions in such an environment where everything is suddenly under question. The government appears rudderless," one of them said.
"It's sad, but this is true," confirmed a junior minister in Mr Singh's government, who told me he believed the prime minister had been extremely hurt by the personal allegations levelled against him by some opposition leaders.
Challenges ahead
It is an open question whether the reshuffle carried out by Mr Singh will mean anything in real terms.
There also appear to be divergences on key issues like a new Food Security Bill between the government and the National Advisory Council, a powerful lobby group within the establishment headed by Mrs Gandhi.
Mrs Gandhi has said publicly there should be "no tolerance" for corruption or misconduct.
At a Congress party conference in December, she suggested fast-tracking corruption cases against public servants, providing full transparency in public procurements and contracts, and reviewing the discretionary powers of state chief ministers.
She also called for an open and competitive system of exploiting natural resources.
Analysts are comparing Mr Singh's second tenure to the political crisis, linked to a corruption scandal, that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi faced back in the mid-1980s, despite having a huge majority in parliament.
Eventually, Mr Gandhi lost the 1989 elections and a motley coalition of parties took power.
While there are similarities between then and now, Mr Singh and Mrs Gandhi still have the opportunity to retrieve lost ground.
A lot will depend on whether or not the government can check spiralling food inflation. Also, whether the Congress and its allies are able to blunt the opposition attack during next month's budget session of parliament will be critical.
Mr Singh and his government still have a little over three years to go before the May 2014 elections.
But the prime minister, Mrs Gandhi and the government have a tough job ahead if they fancy a return to power in Delhi.


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Watch Nas Live at Ibiza Rocks on MTV this Weekend
This weekend, MTV Music offers viewers a chance to relive Nas' epic performance at this year's Ibiza Rocks Music Festival. Premiering on Saturday at 10pm on MTV Live HD and Sunday at 9pm on MTV Music, MTV will air exclusive highlights from July's performance where Nas celebrated the 20th anniversary of Illmatic with a special performance of the album in it's full glory. Performing classic tracks from that album including the classics, "It Ain't Hard To Tell" and "N.Y. State Of Mind," Nas rocked the audience with some of his biggest hits, like Stillmatic's "One Mic." Tune in this weekend.


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Luigi's Mansion takes a dark turn in Ty Dunitz's killer piece for this years FanExpo (August 25-28). Available in a very limited quantity at the show!
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