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A teenager posts a Twitter message saying he's going to blow up a school. A husband grumbles that he's looking for a hit man to kill his wife. A wannabe jihadist says in an Internet chat room that he is ready to become a martyr.
Are any of them serious? Or is it all bluster?
Separating real threats from idle talk is a workaday task for law enforcement. It is rarely easy, but it has taken on extreme complexity in the lurid case of Gilberto Valle, a New York City police officer charged with plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women he knew.
At a conspiracy trial now in its second week, a jury has heard how Valle was part of an international community of fetishists who got their kicks trading wild fantasies online about violent acts against women.
By all accounts, he was into some sick stuff. After fighting crime at his day job, Valle spent his free time logging in to websites like Dark Fetish, where users posted accounts of rape, necrophilia and women being strangled and burned at the stake.
The site carried a disclaimer: "This place is about fantasies only." But prosecutors claim Valle took steps to get into closer contact with some of the women he wrote about, including using a police department database to look up their personal information, emailing and texting them more often and meeting with at least one of them.
Jurors in what the tabloids have dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" case will have their hands full when they begin deliberations, possibly as early as Thursday.
Valle's lawyer has argued that it was all clearly fiction. The plans Valle gruesomely described were never carried out. He never purchased the torture implements he described in emails with his fetishist pen pals. He never met the men accused of being his co-conspirators. The women he wrote about learned of the plans only after his arrest, with the exception of his wife, who discovered her husband's pastime after installing spyware on his computer.
As strange as the case is, experts said it touches on a common challenge in law enforcement: deciphering intent without running afoul of the First Amendment right to free speech.
"Simply thinking bad thoughts is not a crime anywhere," said David Raskin, a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted terrorism conspiracies.
Nor is spouting off about violence on the Internet. So when terrorist sympathizers go online and talk about wanting to blow up buildings, the FBI will often send in an operative to tease out how far they are really willing to go.
"Obviously, they are very, very different types of offenses," Raskin said. "But it's the same challenge from the law enforcement perspective, which is, 'How do we get inside the guy's head and figure out if he will act on the things he is saying?'"
Last year, the FBI ran that type of test on Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a college student from Bangladesh who fell under scrutiny after he began using social media to seek support for a terror attack.
The sting ended with the 21-year-old sitting in a van in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, trying to detonate what he believed was a bomb. It was a fake, supplied by undercover agents. He pleaded guilty in February.
The FBI agents who investigated Valle never tried putting together a similar sting. The case against him is based mostly on his email exchanges.
Valle's attorney, Julia Gatto, opened her defense by arguing that the officer was being prosecuted purely for private speech.
"We don't convict people for sharing their thoughts, no matter how scary and disgusting they may be," she told the jury. "If we did, our prisons would be full with the directors of horror movies, with the producers of violent video games, with famous authors like Stephen King. We don't convict people because we don't like their thoughts. And you, ladies and gentlemen, are not deputy agents of the thought police."
A similar argument prevailed in the case of Jake Baker, a University of Michigan student who posted violent short stories about a female classmate in an Internet forum in 1994 and later exchanged emails with a man in which they discussed carrying out murder.
A federal appeals court ruled that the emails weren't "true threats," and the men were merely trying to "foster a friendship based on shared sexual fantasies."
If a jury reaches the same conclusion about Valle, it should acquit, said Andy Sellars, a staff lawyer for the Digital Medial Law Project at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
"If this forum was nothing more than the sharing of repugnant stories, then we shouldn't hold them responsible," he said. "One of the things we protect in free speech is giving a person the opportunity to vent in order to relieve whatever disturbing thoughts they have on their mind."
Criminal law, he said, has historically given the benefit of the doubt to people who contemplate a crime but back away.
The catch in Valle's case is that he and the men he corresponded with talked in great detail about the twisted things they wanted to do. Maybe that was just to make the fantasy seem more real and feel more exciting. But maybe not.
The Russian entrepreneur who created Dark Fetish said in a video deposition taken in February that he himself had trouble discerning fact from fiction in some postings on his site, and had kicked users off for discussing things that sounded like real crimes.
"Let's say that it seemed not to be fantasy anymore," Sergey Merenkov said. "It could have led to something bad, yes."
Raskin, the former federal prosecutor, said that in arresting Valle, authorities did the safe thing. What if he really did kill someone?
"Just think of the story you would write if you found out that people knew about this guy before he did it. ... Half of law enforcement in New York City would get fired because of that story," Raskin said. "That is constantly on the mind of the people who are in charge of investigating these things. What if this is the guy who really isn't a wacko?"


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Pontiac man identified among dead at a motel
A 22-year-old Pontiac man was identified Wednesday as one of two people found dead in a motel room Tuesday morning.
Tyler Friant was identified using fingerprints, according to Livingston County Coroner Mike Burke.
A male and a female were found dead in the Palamar motel. The identity of the female has not been released. A third person was hospitalized.
The third person was taken to the emergency room of OSF St. James John Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac. Details and a condition report were not available.
Pontiac police are investigating with assistance by the state police crime scene services, Livingston County Sheriff's Office, Dwight police and members of the Livingston County Proactive Unit.

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Recent changes to Colorado's Student Practice Act have expanded the qualifications for supervising lawyers who work with law students in pro bono cases, allowing students to get more in-court training and expanding attorneys' ability to volunteer.
Colorado's Student Practice Act allows currently enrolled second- and third-year law students acting under a qualified attorney's supervision to draft motions, prepare pleadings, and enter appearances on behalf of consenting clients for civil, administrative, and certain criminal cases. By creating opportunities for hands-on litigation experience, the statute provides law students a meaningful way to learn through exposure to complex procedural issues and common practice strategies that are difficult to teach in a traditional classroom setting.
Before the rule change, law students could operate under the student practice rules only if they worked for an attorney in the public sector, such as the Public Defender's or District Attorney's offices, or if they were enrolled in a law school clinical program. The former rule prevented private attorneys working in a temporary or voluntary capacity from supervising a student's court appearance and restricted the type of work a student could do for pro bono organizations such as Metro Volunteer Lawyers, which relies largely if not exclusively on volunteers' time and efforts to serve indigent clients.
Law students who have completed at least two years of law school may appear in district, county, and municipal court, according to CRS § 12-5-116. Students must file certification from the dean or registrar of the law school confirming that they have completed two years of law school and are of good moral character. The Office of Attorney Registration provides the form for the dean's certification. Students also must provide the name of the supervising attorney they will be working with.
A team of collaborators that included MVL staff and board members, professors, administrators at both University of Colorado and University of Denver law schools, and the Office of Attorney Regulation worked together to develop the proposed revision to the Student Practice Rules. In response to these efforts, the Supreme Court has adopted its revised Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 226.5. The new Student Practice Rule, which has been effective since July 16, is more permissive regarding qualifications for supervising attorneys in that a supervising lawyer must now work for or on behalf of a public sector or nonprofit organization. This language allows private attorneys to serve as supervisory lawyers to law students who work with them on a pro bono case, so long as the case is referred to the law student and supervising attorney by a qualified legal services provider, such as MVL.
Under the new rule, students may offer legal services under the supervision of private attorneys volunteering on behalf of legal services organizations. Further, it increases the level of interaction between law students and practicing attorneys, benefiting both. The new rule allows attorneys to ask for and expect more from the students they supervise, and acquaints students with more relevant issues in more varied fields of law.
By permitting law students to work with private attorneys on different types of pro bono cases, the new rule teaches students how to address and respond to the substantive and procedural challenges of a case through real-world exposure, and affords them opportunities to work with private attorneys practicing in legal fields that were beyond the scope of the old rule. Colorado's new Student Practice Rule benefits the state's legal system as a whole by expanding volunteers' and private attorneys' work with law school students to produce better-prepared young lawyers who leave school confident and ready to practice.
|Matthew Foster is a third-year student at the University of Colorado School of Law and a student volunteer with Metro Volunteer Lawyers.
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StopTech big brake kit gives you the complete satisfaction with new Callipers, two-piece floating directional aero rotors with hats (pre-assembled), stainless steel brake lines, mounting brackets and performance pads.
StopTech currently offers various caliper colors to choose from: red, black, silver, yellow, blue and Gold. In addition, slotted and cross-drilled rotors are available.
For the purpose of this install, we have chosen red StopTech calipers along with cross-drilled rotors to be displayed behind the car's concave Vossen VVSCV3 wheels.
Tools Required:
Jack & Jack Stands
Impact Gun
17MM 3/8 Drive Socket
18 MM 1/2? Swivel Socket
13MM 3/8 Drive Socket
3/8 Extension
1/2? Breaker Bar
Foot Pound Torque Wrench
7 MM Allen Socket
6 MM Allen Socket
Hydraulic Bleeder Pump
1 Litre Bottle
Clear Tube
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This feature involves one of the most popular brands of brake systems around- StopTech.
We enlisted BMW Certified technician Martin Poplawski to perform our StopTech big brake upgrade at Bimmersport Automotive Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario, a state of the art facility, owned and operated by Charlie Nour since 1999.
A typical first-time installation will take a qualified mechanic about 1-2 hours per axle to perform. In some instances, modifications to the suspension may be necessary and special tools or skills may also be required. If you are comfortable doing a brake change (pads and rotors, etc.), and have basic knowledge of working on cars, the installation of a StopTech big brake kit will not be too challenging. In fact, it will probably be one of the most gratifying upgrades you will perform.
With bigger rotors that have better cooling capacity and the larger surface area keeps heat out of the hubs. This helps the pads cool down and work longer. Minimum rim size is now set to 19" in order to clear the brake Kit. StopTech recommends using any quality name brand or OEM brake fluid that is DOT 4. If this brake system is being installed for track use, you might want to use a racing brake fluid with higher dry and wet boiling points. (Motul 600 is recommended).
It's also a good idea to spread the parts out and check them with the instructions provided by StopTech to ensure all the necessary parts are included in the package. The installation can be performed yourself or, preferably, by a professional.
1. Remove the caliper clip, sensor & slider covers using a flat-head screwdriver.
2. Remove the caliper slider and the calipers will slide off. Secure the caliper using zip tie off the strut to keep the brake line from stretching.
3. Remove the caliper carrier.
4. Remove the rotor by unscrewing the 6mm screw holding it in place.
5. Bend the bottom of the dust shield that sits behind the rotor. This step is necessary due to the size difference between the stock rotor and the StopTech rotor.
6. Put the new rotors on and reinstall the original 6mm screw.
7. Put the new caliper carrier on and tighten down using 18mm screw.
8. Install the new brake pads onto the caliper using anti-seize prior to installation.
9. Install the new caliper onto the new carrier.
10. Slide the caliper onto the rotor, and the washers and nuts onto the carrier and tighten down using 13MM socket.
11. Remove the zip tie holding the factory caliper and remove the caliper and line.
12. Install the fitting onto the OEM brake line and tighten it down. At the ending of the brake line to the caliper and torque down to 14 ft-pounds.
13. Connect the bleeder pump to the master cylinder and pump. Then, open up the bleeder valve to let the brake fluid escape and ensure there are no air bubbles in the brake lines. (This step should be done a few times).
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• Safely, and legally, bring the vehicle up to 100 km/h and brake firmly down to 10 km/h.
• Repeat this procedure 10 times in quick succession to get heat into the pads and rotors.
• Drive around to cool the brakes for 10 minutes without stopping.
• Repeat the 10 braking process steps followed by a cooling drive.
• You may repeat this a third time if desired.
Failure to bed-in the brakes will result in poor performance and uneven pad deposition onto the rotor which could result in vibration. Don't worry about the smell during the Bed-In process – it's completely normal!
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*[http://www.thinkkentucky.com/BSSCProv/search.aspx Training Provider Directory] From the website, "Searchable listings of educational institutions, state certified individuals and educational consultants offering training services in Kentucky searchable by provider, skill area, training specialty, specific course, region, or county."
*[http://www.thinkkentucky.com/BSSCProv/search.aspx Training Provider Directory] From the website, "Searchable listings of educational institutions, state certified individuals and educational consultants offering training services in Kentucky searchable by provider, skill area, training specialty, specific course, region, or county."
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- Online Audit Search - From the website "Use the textbox below to search for audits on our website. Enter words relative to the audit for which you are searching. Common searches use keywords such as county names, i.e., Adair, Barren, Jefferson or the type of audit, i.e., fiscal court, clerk, sheriff."
Cancer Registry, Kentucky
- Cancer Incidence Rates - Searches are configurable by county, types of cancer, sex, race, and year.
- Cancer Mortality Rates - Searches are configurable by county, types of cancer, sex, race, and year.
Corrections, Department of
- Kentucky Offender Online Lookup (KOOL) - List of sex offenders including their addresses. From the website "Entries and updates to improve accuracy are done daily in order for the public to have the information that current technology and public resources will allow."
Court of Justice
- Kentucky Court Records Online - Users can search by county, district, case number, type of party (defendant, plantiff, attorney), last and first name, and date range to retrieve the case number and title of a case.
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Searchable Opinions - From the web "This advanced search engine supports two types of search requests. A natural language search is any sequence of text, like a sentence or a question. After a natural language search, retrieved documents are sorted by their relevance to your search request."
Economic Development, Cabinet for
- Kentucky Deskbook of Economic Statistics - The Kentucky Deskbook of Economic Statistics is a compilation of the most recent statistics on the social and economic conditions in the state of Kentucky
- Community Data Quick Search - Select a county or city to view extensive community information.
- Kentucky Business & Industry Information System (KBIIS) From the website, "contains information about facilities (usually with 10 or more employees) normally associated with Cabinet programs designed to locate and retain industry."
- Kentucky Business Finder (KYBF) From the website, "is a free resource designed to promote sales for and between Kentucky businesses. This is accomplished by enabling buyers to identify Kentucky-based suppliers of products and services."
- Training Provider Directory From the website, "Searchable listings of educational institutions, state certified individuals and educational consultants offering training services in Kentucky searchable by provider, skill area, training specialty, specific course, region, or county."
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- Election Finance Database- From the web, "This searchable database contains records from 1998 to present. Detailed receipt records are included in the database for candidates, issues committees, and exploratory committees."
Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of
- Species information - Searchable and sortable information by common name, scientific name, or genus, as well as lists of species in various categories. This information is funished by a non-profit organization.
Geological Survey, Kentucky
- Maps, Publications and Databases - User can search for items under the following categories: Publications & Maps; Search for KGS Photos and Images; Oil & Gas Well Records; Groundwater Information; Coal Information; Well Sample & Core Holdings; A Single Coordinate Value; or Multiple Coordinates
Historical Society
- The Kentucky Historical Markers Database - From the website, "Based on the book Roadside History: A Guide to Kentucky Highway Markers, compiled by Diane Wells and edited by Melba Porter Hay & Thomas H. Appleton, Jr.; published by the Kentucky Historical Society."
Public Service Commission
Electronic Repository for Commission Decisions (Orders) From the web site "This research tool allows Commission staff and the public to search within the text of all Order and Tariff documents on file and provides a mechanism for knowledge transfer and continuity of information within the agency, as an aid in rendering decisions consistent with previous rulings."
Nature Preserves, Kentucky State
- Kentucky Rare Plant Database Provides searches by common name, scientific name, and county for information on endangered, threatened and species of concern plants monitored by KSMP.
Police, Kentucky State
- Sex Offender Registry - From the website "This website is provided as a result of recent changes in KRS Chapter 17, Kentucky's version of "Megan's Law". The Kentucky State Police is now providing sex/criminal offender registration information to the public through this website. The intent of this site is public safety and awareness."
Revenue, Department of
- Listing of Delinquent Debtors Incudes searches for individuals, business, and child support debtors.
Secretary of State – Kentucky Land Office
- Kentucky Cities and Counties - From the website "Includes information on city filings submitted to the Kentucky Secretary of State's Office. This database also includes various listings of Kentucky cities, population information, and contact information for city and county government, if available."
- Revolutionary War Warrants database - From the website "Access information on 4748 Revolutionary War Warrants issued to Virginia veterans or their assigns prior to 1792 on the Revolutionary War Warrants database. View color images from the Warrants Register and all Kentucky patent files authorized by Revolutionary War Warrants."
- West of Tennessee River Military Patents database. - From the website "Research and view color images of 242 patents in the Jackson Purchase authorized by warrants issued to Virginia Revolutionary War veterans or their assigns."
- Search For Business Organizations- From the website, "You can find information on organization status, registered agent and address, initial directors, current officers, date of incorporation, address of principal office, activity history for the business and any assumed names."
University of Kentucky
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Always leave space in your life for objects that bring out your inner child. We think Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said that, right before inventing the yoga moves needed to get in and out of a Tesla.
Whatever design anomalies, daily annoyances, absurd ergonomics, and ridiculous economics underlie Tesla's little battery-powered peashooter, the car has one slam-dunk feature: It makes boys out of men.
One driver with gray at his temples and a giggle on his lips recalled when he used to daydream of shrinking down and driving his own slot cars. Another became a comic-book rocket guy, racing to save the underground city. Driving the Tesla is so unlike wheeling a normal vehicle—indeed, even the severely abnormal Lotus Elise on which the Tesla is based—that it's possible to be transported in mind much farther than in body. Well, anything that extends a Tesla's range, metaphysical or otherwise, is welcome.
Recall that the Tesla, named for 19th- and early-20th-century electrical über-inventor Nikola Tesla, is a two-seat targa assembled by Lotus in England and finished by Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California. The aluminum-chassis and carbon-fiber-paneled roadster weighs 2756 pounds, 781 more than an Elise, but is made spunky by a 248-hp, air-cooled AC-induction electric motor fed by 6831 lithium-ion cells resembling slightly overweight AA penlight batteries. No gas, no oil, just juice from the wall socket—amounting to about $4 to $7 worth for a single fill-up, depending on your local electricity rates.
After helping invent the online-payment service PayPal, and then selling it for $1.5 billion in eBay stock, Elon Musk, 37, founded Tesla Motors.
The first drivable prototype created in mid-2007 was almost as big as the Beatles in the media. Deposits poured in. As of January, the company claims to have put 168 cars on the road through a pair of reassuringly modern and well-equipped dealerships in California.
Lately, however, it looks as if Lady Luck has been hopscotching in golf cleats on the company. Tesla underwent a bitter management change in late 2007, and it has run into a fund-raising wall since the credit industry and economy went kablammo. The company also jacked up the roadster's base price to $110,950 in January (originally it was $92,950, then $99,950). Customers who had already plunked down deposits but were still awaiting delivery were told to agree to the higher price or their cars wouldn't be built. The internet boiled.
Especially itchy, according to owner blogs, is how Tesla now charges for items that were once standard equipment. Among them, the 240-volt "high-power connector" quick charger allowing three- to four-hour recharges is now an extra $3000 (the charging time with the 120-volt plug that is included in the price takes about 37 hours, while a $1500 lower-amp, 240-volt plug involves eight to 10 hours). The forged aluminum wheels in these pictures, once standard, now cost $2300. The company says it needs to charge more to stay viable.
The glossy carbon-fiber center console looks deluxe, but we're told a new, fancier
dash is in the works.
Regardless of where your mind is transported, your body will move only about 240 miles, at most, between charges, says Tesla. Unfortunately, we can't verify the claim. We traveled only about 160 miles before total failure. Not of the battery pack but of our lower backs. As in an Elise, the Tesla's seats seem to consist of little more than black paint on the fire wall. Now that waterboarding is banned, may we suggest simply locking terrorists inside a Tesla.
Still, we find no reason to dispute Tesla's range claim. The touch screen reports miles remaining on the battery pack, but it's a prediction based on previous behavior. The harder one pushes, the lower the number of miles remaining. Ease up, as we rarely did, and your range circle widens. Holding a steady 75 on the freeway drains the pack fast, as it sucks amps and there are fewer opportunities for brake regeneration. Conversely, pummeling the car on a winding road winds down the clock less quickly.


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Jacksonville, FL — Around the age of 2, Jacksonville's Aliyah Walker developed Rasmussen's encephalitis, a rare, chronic inflammatory disease that usually affects only one hemisphere side of the brain. It usually causes frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor skills and speech, paralysis on one side of the body (hemiparesis), inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), and mental deterioration. Aliyah was experiencing all of these symptoms.
Since Aliyah's seizures were not responding to anti-seizure medication and her function was worsening, her pediatric neurologist and epileptologist Raj Sheth, MD, with Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville, reviewed MRI scans that showed that, over the years, her brain was shrinking on the left side. "This process was slow and insidious, but unrelenting in its progression," said Dr. Sheth, director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Wolfson Children's Hospital. "Already, she had weakness on her right side, difficulty in speech fluency, and a serious risk of injury due to falling. Her condition would only worsen with time."
Dr. Sheth knew there was only one option left for eight-year-old Aliyah: brain surgery. He consulted with University of Florida-Jacksonville pediatric neurosurgeon Philipp Aldana, MD, chief of neurosurgery at Wolfson Children's Hospital.
"The concept with any seizure surgery is to take out the part of the brain causing the abnormal electrical discharges so it doesn't spread to the healthy parts of the brain and cause a clinical seizure," explained Dr. Aldana. "If you can't take out a large portion of the brain then you must disconnect the affected part of the brain from the other parts of the brain. I liken it to electricity, where you cut the wires so the electrical signals don't spread. This is what we did in this case."
"The hoped-for outcome was the elimination of seizures and prevention of further progression," said Dr. Sheth.
Called a hemispherotomy, this major brain surgery involves cutting the fibers that go from the left side of the brain to the rest of the patient's body, down the brainstem and spinal cord, as well as cutting through parts of the temporal lobe that frequently causes seizures. "We preserve blood flow to the part of the brain left behind, but it is no longer functional," explained Dr. Aldana.
He added, "Many of her functions had already partially moved to the right side of her brain in an amazing process called neurononal plasticity, which is the ability of the brain, particularly a young child's, to create new neural pathways to the healthy side of the brain, which takes on the functions of the damaged hemisphere."
Following the 10-hour surgery, Aliyah was hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Wolfson Children's Hospital. She then was transferred to Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital for therapy to help her return to her best possible function.
Dr. Sheth said, "Because we have a strong pediatric epilepsy program in Jacksonville, and a pediatric neurosurgeon skilled in epilepsy and seizure surgery, Aliyah and her family were able to stay near home for her procedure and recovery rather than having to travel to Miami or Atlanta for this very advanced, major brain surgery."
"Aliyah is expected to be seizure-free and lead a relatively normal life," said Dr. Sheth.


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CLEVELAND—American Airlines says engine trouble on a flight from Cleveland to Dallas forced a plane to turn around shortly after takeoff.
American spokeswoman Andrea Huguely says the plane was carrying 139 passengers and five crew members and landed safely after returning to Cleveland on Friday afternoon. She says the airline is working to get passengers on other flights.
A spokesman for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport says one of the MD-80's two engines failed and people on the ground reported seeing a problem just after Flight 1295 left the ground.
American Airlines is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Its parent company is AMR Corp.


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Tony Abbott has defended a foreshadowed agreement to sell uranium to India, describing the South Asian nation as a "model citizen" with peaceful ambitions.
The prime minister is expected to sign a long-awaited nuclear safeguards agreement with his counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Friday.
The deal would allow Australia to start shipping its abundant reserves of uranium to the subcontinent, which is struggling to meet its vast energy needs.
It's a controversial move because India has refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which ensures uranium is used for civilian energy purposes and not weapons.
But Mr Abbott said it signalled trust with the "world's emerging democratic superpower".
"India has an absolutely impeccable non-proliferation record," he told reporters in Mumbai on Thursday.
"India has been a model international citizen. India threatens no one."
But when asked how Australia could guarantee India used its uranium as promised, Mr Abbott declared: "It's not our job to try to tell India how to conduct its internal affairs."
The Australian Greens condemned the deal, warning uranium wasn't any ordinary commodity.
"It is a strategic mineral and a trade that Australia should be getting out of," Greens senator Scott Ludlam said in a statement.
Australia's refusal to sell uranium to India has been a sore point between the nations for years.
Former prime minister John Howard first gave in-principle support to the idea, but Kevin Rudd promptly rescinded the agreement once elected to the office.
It was Julia Gillard during her tenure who convinced Labor in 2011 to overturn its ban on uranium sales to India, and negotiations for a safeguards deal began the following year.
India already buys almost $5 billion worth of Australian coal every year, but is keen to supply more of its energy needs from its 21 nuclear reactors.
The Abbott government wants to capitalise on trade opportunities with the new administration of Mr Modi, who made energy security a key plank of his reform platform.
Two-way trade with India is worth $15 billion - about one-tenth of that conducted with China, Australia's top trading partner.
Mr Abbott has confessed that Australia hasn't invested enough time and energy in the subcontinent compared with the markets of North Asia.
"Our attention was elsewhere," he told reporters in Mumbai.
"Just think what could be achieved between Australia and India if there had been the same focus here as there has been there."
He brought a top business delegation to India's financial capital Mumbai to explore new trade and investment opportunities with Australia's fifth biggest export market.
The government's top trade priority still remains, however, a free trade deal with China, which it's confident will be inked by the end of the year.
Mr Abbott will begin the official bilateral phase of his visit in New Delhi on Friday.


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Medical school may be more popular than ever, but many graduates are grappling with how to pay off ever-heavier debt loads, according to Bloomberg. Those who graduated in 2012 carry a median education debt of $170,000. That's compared to an average of $13,469 in 1978. –Leslie Kwoh
The Guardian talks to several CEOs about their morning routines. Bad news for ambitious night owls: most wake at 6 a.m., if not earlier. –Nikki Waller
Fast-food jobs have long been a source of pocket money for teens. But in the weak job market, more and more of those positions are being filled by adult workers (including many with at least some college education), who are using them as a primary source of income, according to NBC News. Today only 16% of fast-food jobs go to teens, down from 25% a decade ago. — Lauren Weber
As the WSJ notes, Ron Johnson wasn't the only person to lose his job in the J.C. Penney sales debacle of the last few years. Headcount at the retailer had fallen by the end of his first full fiscal year at the helm to 116,000, down from 150,000. — Lauren Weber
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If you're a busy person, you might want to take note of today's HBR's Management Tip: Sort out which of your to-do's need to be done really well and which need to be done just adequately. Allot your time accordingly. – Francesca Donner


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"Arbitrage" is not about Jack Abramoff, or Bernie Madoff or even Mitt Romney. But resemblances between any one of them and the film's protagonist, Robert Miller (Richard Gere), are hardly coincidental. Miller is a stand-in for a whole class of people — the 1% of the 1% of the 1% — to wit, Wall Street. He is what Tom Wolfe labeled a "Master of the Universe" in his novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities" — with which "Arbitrage" shares a number of plot elements.
Miller runs a highflying investment fund. He is, we are told, a billionaire, and he certainly lives like one, with a chauffeur, a huge New York townhouse, a beautiful, levelheaded wife (Susan Sarandon), and a beautiful, not-so-levelheaded mistress (Laetitia Casta). The last is a sack of trouble waiting to happen: She believes he will someday slough off his wife to be with her.
Miller is used to being able to fix anything: A buyer is hesitating to seal a deal to purchase Miller's company; and Miller has smoothly bribed and sweet-talked key people to help cover up a slight irregularity in the books — a missing 400 million dollars. But all the charm, ingenuity and palm-greasing in the world isn't going to help him when he becomes a suspect in a very different kind of crime — the kind that involves physical mayhem.
He may think he is handling the situation with his usual slickness, but he has had to involve an old sort-of-friend (Nate Parker), who is in a much more vulnerable position. And NYPD Det. Bryer (Tim Roth, channeling Peter Falk's Columbo, but with an undercurrent of class-based fury) knows Miller is guilty and is willing to go to almost any length to ensure that, for once, a self-assured fat cat isn't going to slip out of the rap by using money as a lubricant.
Young documentary director Nicholas Jarecki makes an assured fictional film debut with "Arbitrage," which he also wrote. Among other things, he has cast his story perfectly, not least of all with Gere, who could play this sort of character in his sleep but instead tackles it with all his resources.
Early in his career, his tough-guy face and East Coast accent made him a natural for blue-collar roles, so it was a bit surprising when he transitioned with equal comfort as a well-to-do, perfectly turned-out smoothie in films like "Power," "Pretty Woman" and "The Hoax." In the last of these, as in "Arbitrage," he drew on his ability to make a potentially loathsome character somehow charming without a complete whitewash.
That accomplishment may rankle some. If "Arbitrage" were the real world, most of us would relish the notion of such an arrogant liar ending up behind bars. Gere's character is, after all, probably within the top rank of those who crashed the U.S. economy four years ago. Gere — frequently conveying several internal layers through his face alone — makes us root for him, even as we despise everything he represents.
Amazingly, Gere has never been even nominated for an Oscar. It's impossible to know for sure until the smoke from the end-of-the-year stampede of awards bait clears on New Years Day, but this performance should be a contender.
ANDY KLEIN is the film critic for Marquee. He can also be heard on "FilmWeek" on KPCC-FM (89.3).


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A POT TO CHIP IN - Abraham Lease wanted to do something to help his adopted country of the United States of America. His son Izzie flew with the Army Ferrying Command. Another son, Nat Lease, also a pilot, was stationed in Lubbock, Texas. There was a war going on in his native homeland of Russia. When Lease and his wife immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1904, they brought with them a copper boiler which dated back to the 1840s. The five-pound, ten-inch wide, five-inch deep pot could be used by the American military by melting it down to use to make shells for both the U.S. and Russia. To further help the war effort, Lease looked around his back yard and removed thousands of pounds of scrap metal from the abandoned family laundry. Lease saw his donation as a way to save on his taxes and help the cause of freedom. Atlanta Constitution, Oct. 1, 1942.
WILL THE REAL W.J. MULLIS, PLEASE STAND UP? - Any postal carrier whoever put an envelope in the mail box of a John Smith or Elizabeth Williams frequently wondered if they got it in the right place. The postal carrier on the Dexter rural route had a bigger problem. There were at least two hundred members of the Mullis family who lived on his route. The real problem was there were three Mullises who carried the name of W.J. Mullis. At the suggestion of the carrier, one added a "Sr." to his name, another "Jr.," and the other just plain W. J. Mullis. Atlanta Constitution, July 20, 1938.
WE AIN'T NOTHING BUT TWO HOUND DOGS - N.M. Corder always kept a tribe of goats around his house. In the winter of 1889, one of Corder's nanny goats lost her kids. With no children to care for, the nanny decided to adopt two hound dog pups. Every day the goat would go to the front gate of the Corder house and bleat. And, just like clockwork the hungry pups would go to the nanny for a daily feeding of goat milk. The remarkable goat had furnished life nourishing milk to two human orphan children two years before. Atlanta Constitution, March 18, 1889.
BISCUITS, BOARDS, AND BABIES - Henry Dies had enough children to field a football team and a baseball team, with one more for good measure. In 1917, Dies was the father of twenty-one children, seventeen sons and only four daughters. Another son died soon after becoming of legal age. His living issue ranged in age of 18 to 49. And, if that wasn't enough mouths to feed at Thanksgiving, Dies had sixty-four grandchildren. Of course, Dies had help in raising nearly two dozen children. And the credit for this record should not go to him, but to his two wives who nurtured an army of children.
Dies, who at the age of fifty-six fathered his last child, moved to Dublin from his native Sparta. He reported that he was healthy, never being sick, not even ever suffering from a headache, backache, or toothache. At six feet, three inches tall, the 180-pound behemoth board sawyer was the self-proclaimed champion biscuit eater of Laurens County. Two of his children ate their share of biscuits, covered with butter and gravy. William Dies, of Atlanta, topped the scales at 475 pounds, while one daughter, Mrs. Katie Dyal of Augusta, weighed a walloping four hundred and forty-four pounds. Remarkably, the other 19 Dies children were of normal weight. Atlanta Constitution, Nov. 25, 1917.
ONLY IN AMERICA - Many people, especially these days, consider the phrase "government intelligence" an oxymoron. That was never more true than back in 1939. It seems that a representative of the newly formed Social Security Board forbade the employment of a pair of oxen on a grading project on a Wrightsville street. When W.F. Scott Contracting Company were unable to use modern machinery in paving East Elm Street, Scott secured the use of two strong oxen belonging to Clayton Wood. When the beasts of burden were nearly half way through their work, a hopeless bureaucrat appeared on the scene and quickly ordered the work to stop. In compliance with the governments instructions, Wood and engineer Sam Alexander drove to Dublin to the nearest Social Security office. There Wood registered his two oxen as Louis Wood, aged seven years, and Brown Wood, aged eight years. And, to ensure their compliance with the law, the boys were issued their personal social security cards, numbered 477 and 478. With the full permission of the Federal government, the oxen answered the whistle and went back to work to finish the project. This is no joke. Atlanta Constitution, May 26, 1939.
WE DON'T NEED A DOCTOR, WE'VE GOT GRANDPA - Dr. Luther Johnson Thomas was born in 1839. During the Civil War, Dr. Thomas was a Third Sergeant in Company B of the 27th Georgia Infantry. After the war, Thomas worked as a pharmacist in the village of Wellston, which later became Warner Robins. After graduating from Atlanta Medical College in 1882, the doctor moved to Dublin to begin his practice of medicine, which lasted until his death in 1924. During his career, Dr. Thomas delivered a lot of babies. Three of those were on the house. He delivered his daughter, Mrs. C.A. Rogers of Macon. Two decades or so later, Dr. Thomas was present and aided in the birth of his granddaughter, Mrs. A.G. Johnson. Another twenty something years later, Dr. Thomas brought his great granddaughter, Minnie Elizabeth Johnson, into the world. In addition to his prowess as a physician, Dr. Thomas was known for his agricultural skills in using modern scientific methods of farming. Later in his life, Dr. Thomas, married Anna Mary Rainey, widow of Daniel L. Bennett. Mrs. Thomas died on August 27, 1964 and is buried in Northview Cemetery. The 93-year old was the last surviving Confederate widow in Laurens County. Macon Telegraph, Oct. 21, 1914.
AN ALARMING MESSAGE - Mailboxes in neighborhoods are now a thing of the past. But, in 1914, they were placed at strategic locations around the city. It seems that in the days before Thanksgiving in 1914, a Dublin lady walked down the street from her to home to mail a letter. As she stood at the corner, she reached for the box. Its door was open. She pulled the lever to open the slot and let go. In just a few minutes, the entire Dublin fire department showed up with sirens blaring as the embarrassed lady looked around to see the mail box right beside the fire alarm box. The large crowd which had gathered laughed out loud. So did the fireman, who had a brief moment of hilarity during an otherwise boring day. Macon Telegraph, Nov. 27, 1914.


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thank you so much for this. i may print this out and use it for a reference in the future. she says so eloquently what i have been feeling and thinking but unable to adequately express while experiencing my own son's autism adventure.
i really appreciate her use of the word typical. what a wonderful contrast to saying "normal". no one is normal, typical is just right.
Thank you for this wonderful post.
Each of these spotlights have touched me. Everyone is special and a child of God.
What a wonderful insight. I don't know what is harder: looking different so people expect less out of you or looking "normal" and not having people understand that there are difference. Regardless, with love and the grace of God we mothers march on. Thank you for sharing your story.ReplyDelete
I have good friends whose eldest son is also autistic (and we're going to his 9th--NINTH!!--bday party today). Their early story was so much like Ness' it's eerie. They always felt so lucky, lucky that their baby/toddler slept so well, would sit through a full length movie, ride in a plane, all with perfect (and enviable to those of us who were sleep deprived and also socially deprived) behavior. Thank you for this spotlight on a more invisible special need.ReplyDelete
Oh, and to Heidi, I agree with the word "Normal." It sounds so awful when you're saying someone else is not that. I finally hit upon 'ordinary,' since it doesn't detract from how our little autistic friend is by connotation. My kids are all typical, but not always so normal anyway, haha.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing this!ReplyDelete
I can tell you as a teacher, the autistic children are some of the most cherished in a school. Have no worries, the other children and the teachers will all love him. :)ReplyDelete
I really loved this and needed to hear some of the things she said.
That little Beckett is a delicious morsel of goodness.
I think being a mother is THE craziest, hardest, wildest, most outrageous, courageous, insane, wonderful thing any mortal could ever undertake. Ever. The end. Period.
Ness- you're a wonderful writer. Thank you for sharing your story.
my nephew J. is autistic (PDD) & my mom mostly takes care of him so I get to see him a lot. it's nice to see his progression- as slow as it may be or seem. he's a little 4 year old who struggles to talk but is a really good helper & is pretty cheery most of the time.
do you do anything differently with his diet? J. is a terrible eater & my mom doesn't work to get him to eat better or take anything out of his diet that i've read that might work. any suggestions? i guess i could just call you... but your answer may help others as well
Ness here. Thank you all for your nice comments. This has been an adventure to say the least.
Hello, Elsa Bags. We would like to amend B's diet, but as of yet haven't gone there. I know lots of moms have witnessed improvements in their child with a gluten-free/casein-free diet. B eats maybe 6 things -- they're all healthful, but definitely contain gluten and dairy. So changing his diet would be nothing short of a nightmare. We are testing to see if he's allergic to gluten or dairy. And if that's the case, we'll get to work on altering his diet sooner than later and see what happens.
For now we are doing ABA therapy and slowing introducing various supplements into his diet that others have had success with. This stuff is hit or miss -- works with some kids, doesn't with others. So I'm taking it slowly and trying not to overwhelm his system.
I'll e-mail you.


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Frozen Food Sales' Decline Paves the Way for Fresh Food Innovation
With frozen food sales declining but fresh prepared foods growing, redirect your products from the freezer case toward the deli counter.
The frozen food category in past decades established itself as the "fresh" and convenient solution to prepared meals through an expanding combination of product and packaging innovation. However, as consumer perceptions of the freshness and healthfulness of frozen foods wanes and the perceived nutrition and convenience of fresh prepared foods accelerates, the frozen prepared food category is facing a declining future, much in line with the canned foods it displaced decades ago.
How are manufacturers preparing for the ascendancy of "fresh" prepared food? A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, examined the changing consumer perceptions, demographic shifts and responses that are redefining the recipe for success in prepared foods.
Since 1929, when Clarence Birdseye launched his quick-frozen food business, frozen prepared foods offered consumers a practical alternative to canned foods. The introduction of the microwave for home use dramatically accelerated industry growth in the 1980s. The Ice Age took center stage with superior marks on the perceived benefits of convenience, health, freshness, taste and variety. In the 1990s, as consumers embraced healthy eating, frozen food responded with new lifestyle choices.
The very attributes that made frozen foods a successful alternative to canned foods are now more often identified with fresh prepared foods. Consumers gravitate to fresh prepared foods because their environment has not been altered through massive temperature and processing changes. Celebrity chefs and reality cooking shows emphasize fresh ingredients and home cooking. Farmers markets have grown explosively in the past 15 years as consumers have become attracted to fresh and locally grown foods.
Fresh is considered the ultimate, convenient, ready-to-eat solution. Savvy consumers frequent Whole Foods for its fresh, unpackaged take-out and Trader Joe's with its branded, restaurant-quality refrigerated meals.
These perceptions are impacting the frozen food aisle. Frozen prepared meals are in decline, and the significant attempts at innovation have not been able to regain the consumer's top position in terms of quality and convenience. A surprising number of major food companies reported over the past 18 months that they had experienced sustained volume declines in their core businesses. In 2013, units are forecast to decrease by another 3-5 percent… some recent estimates are inching their way up to the double digits.
While investment and accelerated product innovation may slow frozen food erosion in the short term, the accelerating demand for fresh foods will continue to gain share of the consumers' stomachs as shoppers continue to demand what they perceive as healthy and convenient meal solutions in the fresh categories. As consumer perceptions change, two additional factors will define the "fresh age."
1. Millennials Grow as Influential Consumers
By 2020, millennials (the generation born between 1982 and 2001) over 25 will be 19 percent of the population and will significantly impact the food-at-home industry. Millennials are seeking value and convenience in their food, but they increasingly opt for fresher and healthier food.
Millennials, as a whole, are less brand-loyal and are more willing to seek food outside the traditional grocery store. They are not afraid to purchase food online and purchase "food movement" products, such as organic and locally produced products and meal solutions. This increasingly important consumer base spends nearly 50 percent of its food budget on ready-to-eat solutions, such as take-out products and restaurant meals. They buy more frequently and eat immediately vs. the older generations that buy, store and eat later.
Younger shoppers are leaving the frozen food department for other options including some outside the traditional grocery store. As millennials replace baby boomers as the influential consumers of the future, products that are attuned to their preferences and shopping styles will win in the marketplace.
As they move into their peak earning years, millennials will indulge in their preferences for specialty, ethnic, organic, natural and fresh products and put pressure on both large mass market companies and large retailers to keep pace with their preferences and needs.
2. Retailers Respond to the Fresh Age
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Figure U. Primary and Secondary Syphilis—Rates Among Males Aged 15–19 Years by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 2002–2011
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Captioned, "Negro Village in Georgia," shows row of slave houses, adults engaged in various activities--including driving oxcarts, and children playing. The illustration accompanies a discussion of events preceding the Civil War and what transpired in Georgia, but the illustration, which apparently is based on an artist's imagination, is not discussed in the text.