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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three Milwaukee police officers who ignored a suspect's pleas for help as he gasped for air in the back of a squad car should face misdemeanor charges in his death, a jury concluded at an inquest Thursday.
After seven days of testimony, the six jurors unanimously concluded there was probable cause to believe a crime was committed when Derek Williams died in July 2011.
Special prosecutor John Franke will consider the jury's recommendation in deciding whether to formally charge the officers. The three officers refused to testify during the inquest, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The officers were not present when the verdict was read in court.
The jury also found that there was probable cause that Williams — who had the genetic marker for sickle cell but not the disease itself — died of sickle cell crisis.
The 22-year-old robbery suspect was arrested after running about a block and a half. He had been released from jail earlier in the day, where he had been held for unpaid tickets. He had no criminal record. A video shows that for nearly eight minutes, he struggled to breathe and begged for help while officers ignored his pleas, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
In his closing statement Wednesday, Franke presented arguments both in favor of charges and against charges. On one hand, he said, half a dozen neighbors testified that they heard Williams repeatedly say he couldn't breathe as he was arrested and taken to the squad car.
"As they put him into the squad car in the condition he was in, all that was needed was a simple check ... or a call for help. They didn't do it, and we have seen the result," Franke said.
On the other hand, Franke pointed out that the officers eventually performed CPR and called paramedics. The officers said they thought Williams was faking his illness.
Franke decided earlier against asking the inquest jury to consider felony charges against any officers in connection with Williams' death, because of the complexity of the medical evidence and lingering uncertainty about why Williams died.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm sought the inquest after a Journal Sentinel investigation prompted the medical examiner's office to change its ruling in Williams' death from natural to homicide. In forensic terms, homicide means "death at the hands of another" but does not necessarily mean a crime was committed. Chisholm named Franke, a former Milwaukee County judge and assistant U.S. attorney, as special prosecutor in part to counteract criticism that county inquests typically have been biased toward police.
In more than 25 years, no Milwaukee County inquest jury has recommended criminal charges against a police officer in a fatal shooting or in-custody death.
The Milwaukee Police Department said in a statement Thursday that Police Chief Ed Flynn "appreciates the diligence and professionalism" of the special prosecutor.
"The Milwaukee Police Department has cooperated and will continue to cooperate with this process," the statement said.
Mayor Tom Barrett said he and Flynn called for an independent investigation after the medical examiner's office changed its ruling. He also noted that Milwaukee police have changed their operating procedures, so officers must call for medical help when someone has health problems.
"As today's findings are vetted and work their way through the legal process, I ask everyone to remain patient and respectful of the process," Barrett said in a statement Thursday.
Milwaukee Common Council President Willie L. Hines Jr. said Thursday he was pleased by the jury's recommendation.
"I am grateful to hear that some strides toward justice are being made in the death of Derek Williams," Hines said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. "This verdict marks a significant advancement in an attempt to hold individual police officers accountable for their actions."
A federal criminal investigation into Williams' death continues. The U.S. Department of Justice also is considering whether to sue the Milwaukee Police Department over a possible pattern of civil rights abuses.


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May 08. 2013 11:35PM
Central's top student named Parker Scholar of the Year
By TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
Elizabeth Conway, a senior at Manchester Central High School, won the scholar of the year, during the Francis Parker Wayland scholarship dinner held at the Puritan Backroom, in Manchester on Wednesday. Thomas Roy/Union Leader
MANCHESTER - Elizabeth Conway, valedictorian of her senior class at Manchester Central High School and aspiring journalist, was selected Wednesday night as the Francis Wayland Parker Scholar of the Year.
"I'm just truly honored," Conway said.
In addition to being at the top of her class, Conway is a champion cross-country runner and is the editor of The Little Green, Central's student newspaper.
Conway said she intends to pursue a career in journalism, despite the field's increasing challenges.
"I really like to write," she said. "I've accepted the fact that it's a really tough position, a tough field to enter in. It's a field that requires pure grit and determination. If you're willing to accept that, then you can get where you need to get."
Conway's selection provided a bright spot to end what had been a tough week after spending several days in the hospital after suffering complications from a spinal tap, she said.
"This is my first time out in six days," she said.
Conway's mother, Dina, said her daughter's selection as scholar of the year, and the $2,000 scholarship that comes with it, came after a lot of hard work.
"She doesn't stop," she said. "She's very focused. But more importantly, I think she actually loves learning."
"I'm very proud of her," said her father, Michael. "She's a perfectionist at everything she does."
The Francis Wayland Parker Scholar program is sponsored by the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, in cooperation with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Lifetouch Studios and the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England.
Nan Parsons, president of the principals association, said she is inspired by contemporary students.
"People ask me what is wrong with today's youth. Well, I say that there is a lot right about today's youth," Parsons said.

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A virtual natural resource? Doesn't make sense, does it?
Let me explain.
Natural resources are derived from the environment. Many of them are essential for our survival while others are used for satisfying our wants.
… is with Wikipedia says about natural resources.
Now, some 150 years ago a handful of people saw the potential of petroleum which is nowadays the basis for a multi-billion dollar industry. Roughly the same holds for electricity. It's not exactly that the crude resource is of much interest or, FWIW, might even be dangerous to handle – ever dipped your fingers into crude oil? ever touched a power outlet with bare hands?
However, as I already said a while ago, the applications on top of the natural resources are valuable and our modern society couldn't do without it.
Back to Wikipedia. The Homo Digitalis lives in a digital environment, producing data almost as a side-product of the daily activities and depending on it as it drives the applications.
In this sense, yes, Open Data is the virtual natural resource #1 and here to stay.
When will you realise the potential of (Linked) Open Data?


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Feb 13, 2012 12:08 PM|Straeken|LINK
I'm creating a to-do list application. Items in the list are loaded from a db and displayed dynamically via code-behind (c#) and this is working fine. You can click a dynamically created ImageButton to check an item off the list and the db is updating properly. So far so good.
The problem comes when I want to allow users to edit the text of a list item directly in line with the text. I have a dynamically created "Edit" next to each item which, when clicked, puts the text of the item into a TextBox rather than a Label as it is initially generated. A "Save" button also appears. This all works fine. But I can't figure out how to capture the text in the TextBox once the user has changed it and clicks "Save". I think it is a matter of using the correct page life cycle event, but I can't seem to figure it out. The text I'm trying to save always reverts to its previous value.
Any ideas? I'm perfectly willing to use workarounds, like storing the text in an invisible control or something like that.
Code to generate TextBox and Save button is called from Page_PreInit:
LinkButton btnEditItemSave = new LinkButton(); TextBox txtEditTitle = new TextBox(); btnEditItemSave.Text = "Save"; btnEditItemSave.CommandArgument += item1.ID.ToString(); btnEditItemSave.Command += new CommandEventHandler(Edit_Item_Save); btnEditItemSave.ID = "btnEditItemSave" + item1.ID.ToString(); txtEditTitle.ID = "txtEditTitle1";
Code to actually save the item:
protected void Edit_Item_Save(object sender, CommandEventArgs e) { TextBox txtMyTitle = (TextBox) phThisList.FindControl("txtEditTitle1"); string myTitle = txtMyTitle.Text; //code to update database with myTitle... }
Feb 13, 2012 12:26 PM|stevenbey|LINK
Are you adding the text box to the phThisList control during postback?
Feb 13, 2012 12:28 PM|Straeken|LINK
Feb 13, 2012 12:28 PM|stevenbey|LINK
Sorry, wasn't clear:
Are you adding the text box to the phThisList control during postback that was triggered by the Save button?
Feb 13, 2012 12:32 PM|Straeken|LINK
No. Here is the entire event, in case I've left out something critical:
protected void Edit_Item_Save(object sender, CommandEventArgs e) { int listID = Convert.ToInt16(Request.QueryString["id"]); TextBox txtMyTitle = (TextBox) phThisList.FindControl("txtEditTitle1"); TextBox txtMyID = (TextBox) phThisList.FindControl("txtEditID1"); string myTitle = txtMyTitle.Text; int myID = Convert.ToInt16(txtMyID.Text); AttendanceDataContext db1 = new AttendanceDataContext(); var upd = db1.ToDoListItems.SingleOrDefault (x => x.ID == 2); upd.Title = "something else"; db1.SubmitChanges(); }
Feb 13, 2012 12:36 PM|Straeken|LINK
I should probably point out that the db update is test code. I'm trying to just update a known record (ID = 2) for now. Just update something! Anything! :-)
Feb 13, 2012 12:41 PM|stevenbey|LINK
In order for you to access dynamically created controls, you need to recreate for each subsequent request. That includes the LinkButton control, as the Command event can't be executed unless the control exists and has the event handler assigned to the event. Furthermore, the text box needs to be created before the LoadViewState method is called, so that the text property can be updated, which means that it needs to be created in Page_PreInit or Page_Init.
Feb 13, 2012 01:23 PM|Straeken|LINK
That makes complete sense. Unfortunately it kind of blows up my whole flow, but I'll say I'm back to square 2 and not all the way to square 1. Thanks for your help!
Feb 13, 2012 03:14 PM|Straeken|LINK
Thanks again Steven, and in case anyone might benefit from this, here's how I worked around my particular problem after Steven showed my what I needed to do.
In the event handling the Edit button, I added a string to ViewState that contained the record ID of the item I wanted to edit, like this:
ViewState["EditThisRecord"] = e.CommandArgument;
Then I used the Page_SaveStateComplete event to write that value to a Session variable, like this:
protected void Page_SaveStateComplete(object sender, EventArgs e) { //Save viewstate variables into session variables to be used in Page_Init if (ViewState["EditThisRecord"] != null) { Session["RecordIDOfEditItem"] = ViewState["EditThisRecord"].ToString(); } }
In that way, I was able to pass the record ID from Page_SaveStateComplete to Page_Init. There may be a cleaner way to do this, but I don't know it! After I had the record ID in Page_Init, I simply passed it into the function that was building the dynamic controls and the rest worked as expected. Just make sure you set the ViewState variable you created back to null in the Save button event, otherwise it hangs around and causes weirdness.
Feb 14, 2012 06:12 AM|stevenbey|LINK
StraekenIn that way, I was able to pass the record ID from Page_SaveStateComplete to Page_Init. There may be a cleaner way to do this, but I don't know it! After I had the record ID in Page_Init, I simply passed it into the function that was building the dynamic controls and the rest worked as expected. Just make sure you set the ViewState variable you created back to null in the Save button event, otherwise it hangs around and causes weirdness.
Why not just assign directly to Session in the event handler and don't bother with ViewState? :)
Feb 14, 2012 11:40 AM|Straeken|LINK
That makes way too much sense.
I think I was so thrilled to figure out when I could get the info out of ViewState in the Page_SaveStateComplete event that I didn't think about not even needing it.


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Lizabeth suggested at about 12:45pm Saturday afternoon that we hit a 1pm showing of Disney's new "Winnie the Pooh" film, which gave us little time to transition from Eeyore to Tigger mode. But we made it, and enjoyed every second of nostalgia nirvana in the short 73 minute film.
"Winnie the Pooh" is a literature lover's dream — filled with images of books, letters and punctuation marks that come alive (as muses, not monsters), and scenes of Pooh characters bouncing, stumbling and flying through the pages of a "Winnie the Pooh" storybook.
Tigger doesn't text or tweet. Kanga and Roo get letters the old-fashioned way — in their mailbox. Friends work together to solve problems. They're creative. They cheer each other on. And they accept one another, foibles and all. Pull out the Pooh books before heading to the theater — you'll want to extend the movie magic with a few good reads when you get home.
"Winnie the Pooh" is a lovely musical jaunt, full of classical music in various tempos and styles. The movie features an original score by Henry Jackman and original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, a married couple with impressive joint and individual credits.
Lizabeth spotted Robert Lopez's name in the credits — because she's familiar with his work on "The Book of Mormon" and "Avenue Q." The couple share music and lyric credits for seven songs in the film. Anderson-Lopez voices Kanga and Playbill.com reports that Lopez makes the rumbling sound for Pooh's tummy. It's a gift, I suppose.
A careful review of the movie's credits — which roll as some of the movie's funniest antics unfold — reveals plenty of familiar names. There's Zooey Deschanel, who contributes an original song and vocal performance for the film. And Craig Ferguson (the voice of Owl) of late-night fame.
Also actors who've voiced characters for Toy Story 3, Phineas & Ferb and SpongeBob SquarePants. Most endearing is the voice of Christopher Robin. It's that of Jack Boulter, and it's his first-ever voiceover role. I may have to enjoy the movie a second time just to relish all the voiceover talent — including narration by John Cleese, co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
A single line in the credits reads "Dan Read-In Memorium" — in honor of a longtime background and visual development artist for Disney Animation films who died in May of 2010 after battling melanoma. I read that donations to local SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) chapters were requested in lieu of flowers.
Film credits mention "caffeination by Carlos Benavides" and thank three museums, including Britain's Victoria and Albert Museum, where film directors Stephen Anderson and Don Hall studied original "Winnie the Pooh" illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. The original stuffed animals that inspired Milne's stories for his son Christopher Robin Milne are housed at the New York Public Library.
Children and their grown-ups giggled throughout the film as Tigger pounced atop a downtrodden Eeyore, Owl recited his lengthy memoir, Roo braved the forrest in his tea cup helmet, Rabbit found comfort in a checklist and Pooh raced to escape angry bees. There were no angry birds back in author A.A. Milne's day (1882-1956).
When characters ponder knotting a rope to rescue friends who've fallen into a pit, Eeyore suggest that "it's all for naught." Later he's convinced that "we're all gonna die." Roo offers a deadpan "Send the pig" (Lizabeth's favorite line) when scary noises loom, and Tigger spends a lot of time saying "it's gonna be great." Pooh dreams of honey, meeting frustrations with a simple "Oh, bother!"
Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" website offers a "100 Acre Wood Personality quiz" for those of you who've yet to identify with a particular character, and there are plenty of games, activities and facts for younger "Pooh" fans. As other folks flock to Harry Potter's Forbidden Forrest, I'm perfectly content to linger in the 100 Acre Wood.
— Lynn
Note: Lizabeth found a cool "10 Questions" interview of Robert Lopez by Belinda Luscombe of TIME Magazine in which he talks about his "personal connection with Pooh." Click here to watch the video from TIME.com.
Coming up: Pardon my Pygmalion


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In Stykkishólmur the weather is unpredictable. There can be sunshine and snow at the same time, but these moments are priceless and in these situations you want to have your camera ready because there are moments with the light and nature that you only see for a few seconds and then they are gone. Today Eldhús found a nice spot down on the dock near a large cliff with an amazing view over the islands of Breiðafjörður.
My brother spent his summers on one of those islands as a kid. He told me he once saw a killer whale throw a seal meters in the air, like in ice skating when they throw their female dancers in the air. But this was not dancing, he was playing with the seal before having it for dinner. Today though we are not having dinner - we are having lunch.
Our chef of the day is a local named Sumarliði Ásgeirsson. He's originally from Reykjavík but after meeting a nice girl from Stykkishólmur he decided to settle there. It's a place that is known for great seafood especially mussels, which is his dish of the day. While he sets up his gas stove I notice our guests out the window so I'd better finish setting the table.
This fine Friday, we welcome five guests, four girls from Australia; Courtney, Tamarra, Rosa and Connie plus one American; Todd Clancy from Atlanta, Georgia. There are a young crowd that were willing to take a day off their schedules in Iceland for a bit of an adventure in the west of Iceland. Todd had been before but the girls were here for the first time. Mostly hoping for a chance to see the northern lights but also two of them wanted to go to a rave with DJ Tiesto. Interesting choices, I wonder if we get them to dance after lunch.
Sumarliði was fast getting his specialty together, mussels in a cream sauce with root vegetables and herbs. On the side he served a nice bread bun to dip into the sauce and as the guests found their seats the chef told them all to "dig in."
Everyone was ecstatic to get seafood as they all admitted that they do not get much seafood in their hometowns. Todd said that good mussels are really rare in Atlanta so it's a good thing they came to Stykkishólmur, a place us Icelanders like to think of as the mussel capital of Iceland.
Sumarliði brought a second portion of mussels to the table that disappeared like the first one, while drinking coffee the group said that they intended to see more of the west this same day. The white peaks of the mountains glistened on this fair day so the group was in for something special. Courtney, a lively one, said she had a new slogan for Iceland that I feel is good to close with: "Iceland. More than a volcano."


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|2012-07-03, 04:52
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Wow! I'm surprised at how popular this very very new series is. Only 2 chapters have been released and yet so many posts for its discussion already? I think Akame ga Kiru! also started with almost 90 pages yet almost no one talk about it at that time, only it became the topic of talking about when Lucifell started translating it...
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Well Akame release rate is kinda slow before it goes into massive release one by one. If their is no release. Their is nothing to talk about. I will be waiting for vol 06 of it
Tora kiss for all its opening gives a good vibes and setting. The MC is likable though a bit arrogant for me. I don't like it when he is being to lazy or coward or even try to lazy around. Its the work of someone confident of his skills but too lazy to do a thing. He is badass but I prefer a badass like Tatsuya over him. If he wants to stay low or at least out of spot light then act in a normal way that doesn't stand out and not a lazy bum that acts cool.
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Hope I guest right =)
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heck with the spoilers chapter 2 is out and i must admit this is the most interesting chapter 2 that i've read in any manga haha Sylvie made her move and boy was it a move that half amused me and shocked me and it word appear tsubaki is sakura's sister
EDIT: Chapter 2 also gave us one of the greatest quotes ever. "even if you can make use of the <data> inside the <monument>I doubt you'll be able to control a mans lower half"
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the way he says thanks after than scene kinda reminds us of Arata in trinity 7...
Also kinda pity the teacher...
And 100th placers kinda irritating... Sylvie do have a point there for stating she's acting like the GF after 1 kiss...
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considering she already now his lazy attitude and his inconsiderate behavior, what make her think that he will accept the duel?, especially with the reward that one sided like that.
If he win, she's willing to become representative, but she will be rejected, since only strongest will be sent, it mean minus and no answer from him if she win, he'll become representative, which is also not beneficial to him too.
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I think this ch just confirm us that there is more that than him being lazy.
And what ever make him like this is linked to Tsubaki and her death(?). Something bad happen to her and seem linked to the monument or at least this is what his sister make us understand.
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How To CURE Your Yeast Infection In ONE DAY
Hi there, Eric Bakker, naturopath. I'm going to do a tutorial today on how to cureCandida in 24 hours. How you can get rid of your yeast infection completely in one dayand be fully cured and healed and never get it back again, zero. What do you think aboutthat? Well, I just spent a good hour on YouTubehaving a look at a whole array of different YouTube tutorials by experts in Candida. Andone particular person claims you can cure Candida 100 percent in one week; every caseof Candida can be cured by following a 100 percent vegan diet. All you've got to do iseat lots and lots of fruit, nothing but fruit;
you avoid all animal proteins completely,no meat at all, no eggs, no fish, no chicken, no beef, absolutely no animal food. Just eatnothing but fruit and within one week, it's fully cured because all animal foods containfats, which line your arteries and keep sugar in your blood, which allows Candida to feedoff. What a load of crap! I just can't really buy a lot of this stuff that people come upwith. I'm telling you folks, there's so much bologna on line. There's another man I saw on a YouTube clip.He said, You can drink alcohol with a yeast infection. There's nothing wrong with Vodkaor Gin. Neutral spirits are fine. Just avoid
other things like Whiskey and Bourbon andbeer, but Vodka and Gin are fine to drink with a yeast infection. Now, if you're going to watch these sortsof clips and believe them, you're going to be a real fool and a sucker for punishment.Some of these tutorials have had 20,000 or 30,000 views in 30 days, which shows me that a lotof people maybe are falling for this sort of crap. I really hope you don't fall forthis absolute nonsense. Think about it logically, eating lots of fruit, 15 pieces of fruit aday, loaded with sucrose and fructose. What are you doing to your gut?
Now, this particular person's about 20 yearsold and quite a fanatical vegan no doubt like a lot of vegans are. But I'd like to see thisparticular person when she's 50 like me to see what she looks like; if she's still bubblyand bright and bouncing around and all happy. She could be a big ball of lard at that stage;we don't really know what she's going to look like. I'm not here to criticize her, but I'm goingto tell you that these sorts of approaches are absolute garbage. You know they may workfor 6 months or 12 months. They may work for her, but if you're going to try this approachwith a seriously bad yeast infection and just
eat fruit all day, how do you think you'regoing to feel? Within a couple of years, you're going to be B12 deficient, you're going tobe Iron deficient, you're going to get fatigued and tired, you'll have recurring infections,you'll have blood sugar problems, and you're going to feel pretty sick. I want you to takemy advice and don't follow these sorts of ridiculous radical approaches. My approach makes a lot more sense and isbased on the work done by a naturopath and medical many years ago. Trowbridge; Trowbridge's MEVI approach makes common sense to me. Eggs, vegetables, meats, yogurt,cultured fermented foods, nuts and seeds,
a wide range of different foods obviouslytailored to suit a specific person. Now I'm not here to argue the merits of veganism orvegetarianism versus eating meat in the diet, but I've been through a strict stage in mylife where I've avoided all that or more, proteins, completely for a while and I feltgreat. But then after a while, I didn't feel great until I incorporated protein back intomy diet from an animal source. I'll do some YouTube clips outlining the importanceof animal proteins in your diet, which I believe are very important. But it's up to you todecide what way you're going to get your protein sources from. You may want to get them fromvegetable sources or legume sources or nuts
Doing This ONE Thing Can Cause Severe Candida DieOff
Greetings. It's Eric Bakker, naturopath fromNew Zealand. Author of Candida Crusher and the formulator of the Canxida range of dietarysupplements. Thanks for checking out my tutorial today. I'm making this tutorial because overthe years, I've had patients on and off that I notice end up with severe aggravations whenthey're on the Candida cleanse. Regardless whether they're on a Candida diet or the CandidaCrusher diet or whatever kind of a Candida cleansing approach, some people end up witha severe aggravation and severe die off. Now, this is one patient in particular whomI had yesterday on Skype. Of course, I won't mention her name, the country, or any detailsabout her, but she was quite happy to discuss
her case anonymously with the public. Thislady still has got quite a major yeast infection, vaginal yeast infection, intestinal yeastinfection, probably systemic yeast infection, and for many years, she's been treated bydifferent practitioners and she's been taking fluconazole on and off for a long time. Recently,she's been on a strict diet, and then occasionally, she'll break out of the diet. So then, sheapproached me. My recommendations were for her to go nice and easy on the treatment andgradually build treatment up. And what this poor lady did is she droppedthe treatment she was doing entirely and went on a very powerful cleansing regime. She startedto take right off the bat, 60 drops of grapefruit
seed extract per day, 6 capsules of oreganooil per day, one liter of a very strong antifungal tea, different kinds of tea she was drinking,5 tablespoons of coconut oil, and a very strict diet. All carbs were gone. It was like a meatdiet with some eggs in it. Literally within a couple of days, she felt unwell, but shekept the treatment going and pushing and pushing. She ended up in the emergency room. She thoughtshe was dying of a heart attack. She had chest pains, she had facial pains, and she couldn'tsleep. I think it lasted almost two weeks this headache. It was a severe headache onone side of the face. She thought her head was going to explode. She was vomiting. Shecouldn't sleep. She had severe aggravations.
Well, these things can come about when youdo a 360, when you do an about turn, and do a very abrupt stop of everything you're doingand a very abrupt start of everything new and in particular in high dosages. You cancause a serious aggravation. This is not what I want people to do. And in my book, I'vewritten about this on many occasions that you're better off to slowly wind down, especiallyif you're eating a poor diet, just slowly take your diet down over a two or three weekperiod and gently introduce new foods. And at that time, it's probably not a good ideato put antifungal treatment in right from day one. You're better off cleaning yourselfup a little bit in terms of diet and lifestyle
and then putting an antifungal approach inthere. And when you do, you start on a low dose if you have severe Candida, then yougradually build up. It may take two or three weeks before you can start taking even a reasonableamount of antifungal. I've had this same thing with people takingmy Canxida Remove and Canxida Restore products. Some people will start, they take 12 straightaway,so they'll get the bottle, and they'll take three tablets, 2 hours later another three,then another three. Some people seem to think that if you take a huge amount of something,you're going to hurry up and quickly get the cleanse over and done with. You're going tokill all the Candida in your body. This is
a stupid way of thinking. If you want to feelreally sick and get bad aggravations, go ahead, take lots and lots of things. Make lots andlots of changes abruptly. It's not a good idea.For example, if you're going to join a gym or going to get fit, you're not going to goto the gym on day one and do three hours of weights and then go out and do 50 miles ona bike, and then a week later, you won't be able to walk for a month. No. You don't dothat. You go very slowly into exercise. Very slowly and get a reasonable level of fitness,then build that fitness up gradually until you become increasingly fit. And who knows,in six months, you may be able to do a quarter
How to Cure Candida in 6 Steps
Hey, guys. Axe here, of functionalmedicine and founder of DrAxe . Today I'm going to share with you the exact diet, treatmentand supplements you need to take the clear Candida from your body. And this is what Ireally consider to be my SixStep Candida Cure Diet Protocol. And you're going to seeamazing results with this protocol. And let me say this first, what is Candida?Candida is the overgrowth of yeast and bad bacteria in your body and it can cause somemajor symptoms that you want to get rid of. And so some of the symptoms of Candida caninclude any type of fatigue issue. If you struggle with chronic fatigue or adrenal fatigue,those can be related to Candida.
Any type of leaky gut issue. Leaky gut isintestinal permeability, where proteins like gluten can leak through your gut and causeinflammation of your body. So if you have food sensitivities or if you have digestiveissues like gas and bloating, also if you have any problem related to the thyroid, thosecan be warning signs you have Candida. Also if you get yeast in your body. If younotice, let's say, yeast or whiteness on your tongue or if you ever get chronic yeast infectionsor coming down with the cold and flu often, those can be warning signs that you have Candida.And, of course, also with Candida any sort of other digestive issues, like irritablebowel syndrome or chronic diarrhea or constipation
or even acid reflux, those are warning signsthat you might have Candida. And last but not least, is a sluggish metabolism.If you aren't losing weight and burning fat like you know you should be, those are warningsigns you could have Candida, along with actually even bad breath and lack of detoxification.Those are some major warning signs. So here are the six things you need to do to eliminateCandida fast. Number one, you need to stop consuming somuch sugar. Now, I know that's obvious. That's something that I think most of us realizeis that sugar feeds yeast in your body. But again, you have got to get rid of processedsugar, fruit juices, any sort of added sugar
to any sort of product sweetener. Even mostpackaged products and fast foods are also high in sugar. Even things like pasta saucesand crackers, you'd be surprised, but sugar is added to almost everything. So again, eliminate especially the processedsugar out of your diet. As a replacement, I recommend using a little bit of Stevia,which is a nocalorie natural sweetener and then about one to three teaspoons a day ofmanuka honey. Okay? Those are the sweeteners you should be using if you have Candida. Number two. You need to eliminate grains fromyour diet. Why? Because grains turn into sugar
and they also tend to be more inflammatory.And so again, getting those grains out of your diet, especially wheat products and glutencontaininggrains, that's step number two. Instead, do a lot more vegetables and maybe some starchycarbs. Number three thing you have to do to clearCandida from you system, is support your spleen. Now, this is cuttingedge information thata lot of people don't realize. And this is a practice in Ancient China that is oftenused by acupuncturists today. But they have found that the number one cause of Candidais a weakened spleen. And so if you have spleen issues, and spleen is responsible for digestionof the body, producing red blood cells in
your system. And so the spleen is a very importantorgan. In order to support the spleen, there area couple things you need to do. But really the spleen is supported by starchy foods,especially squash, things like sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and also even doing certaintypes of beans like lentils and mung beans. So again, getting some of those good starchycarbs. And that's really where your sweetness shouldcome from. A little bit of butternut squash, acorn squash, foods like that that has thatmild sweetness. That's the only sweet you should be really getting in your diet. Again,with no processed sugar and, again, very low


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Prospecting the Last Frontier
Legal Considerations for Franchisors Expanding into Inner-City Markets
By Erik F. Dyhrkopp and Andrew H. Kim
Current thinking sees low-income urban neighborhoods as a land of golden opportunity for companies that are willing to compete aggressively for the sizable spending capability of community residents. Because these markets traditionally have been underserved, advocates tout the inner city as "the last frontier of U.S. retailing."
As more franchisors begin to target inner cities aggressively for expansion, it is important that they carefully evaluate the legal risks that may be encountered. Market opportunities in inner cities. The case for businesses to expand into distressed urban areas has been made by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). Identifying the positive market attributes of those communities, the ICIC has pointed out that inner-city markets are densely populated, resulting in "enormous buying power per square mile in those communities despite the lower household incomes." Stores in the communities also benefit from high foot traffic, and inner-city shoppers are willing to spend their dollars on consumer goods.
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A franchisor may wish to implement security measures, such as requiring the hiring of security guards or the installation of additional lighting and surveillance cameras. These steps provide some protection to patrons and employees, may improve goodwill by establishing a location where local residents feel secure from harm, and may enhance sales. However, a franchisor's involvement in a franchise's security issues may give rise to a duty on the part of the franchisor to protect employees and patrons, thereby exposing the franchisor to liability if an employee or patron is the victim of a crime committed at the franchise location.
Several cases have addressed the liability of a franchisor where a customer or a franchisee employee is killed or injured on the franchise premises. In almost all of these cases, the court determined liability by taking into consideration the conduct of the franchisor and the language of the franchise agreement, focusing on the level of control that the franchisor exercised on the franchise. In particular, the courts looked for the level of control the franchisor had over the day-to-day operations of the franchise, or alternatively, the level of control over security measures at the franchise. Typically, courts declined to find that a franchisor had exercised sufficient control over the operations of a franchisee to impose liability on the franchisor.Graffiti and vandalism. The accelerated wear and tear on urban franchised stores resulting from graffiti and other vandalism presents a difficult choice to a franchisor. How aggressively should the franchisor enforce image standards at these locations? One choice is to require inner-city operators to meet the same image requirements of outlets located in suburban communities that experience less nuisance crime. This approach, however, may impose higher store-maintenance costs on urban franchisors, which must expend greater efforts than their suburban counterparts because of the comparatively greater problem they face. Further, given the rapid reappearance of most graffiti, it may be unrealistic to expect inner-city stores to keep their premises as graffiti-free as stores in other areas. If so, an inner-city franchisee may argue that its failure to achieve unreachable image standards cannot constitute good cause for termination or other adverse action taken by the franchisor. An alternative for the franchisor is to be flexible in applying image standards to locations in blighted urban neighborhoods, tailoring standards to the problems of graffiti and vandalism that confront franchised outlets in such communities. Disappointing results. Des-pite the promise of expansion in inner cities, franchisors also must plan for unsatisfactory outcomes. Although the temptation to finance quick development of the inner cities may be great, particularly where adding franchised outlets in these areas will promote a franchisor's diversity programs, the practice makes a franchisor vulnerable to potential default by borrowing franchisees. One means of guarding against this risk is for a franchisor to insist that franchisees pioneering the inner city satisfy traditional requirements for working capital and debt-to-equity ratios.
Lending to franchisees to help them overcome financial difficulties can also complicate termination, as demonstrated by Ransom v. A.B.Dick Co. In Ransom, the plaintiff was an exclusive distributor of A.B.Dick products in Mexico. When hard times befell Ransom, A.B.Dick guaranteed loans that Ransom used to pay amounts owed to A.B.Dick, attended company meetings at Ransom, proffered advice on how Ransom could handle its debt problems, encouraged Ransom to restructure its financing rather than to declare bankruptcy, and sent its chief financial officer to help develop a business plan and prospectus for attracting new investors. Ultimately, A.B. Dick announced that it would be appointing a substitute distributor for Mexico. In a lawsuit between the parties, a jury returned a verdict for Ransom after finding that A.B. Dick had violated fiduciary duties owed to the distributor. On appeal, the court held that A.B. Dick's close involvement with Ransom during its years of financial difficulty, including its guarantees of debt and financial advice to Ransom, was a fact that the jury could have relied on to find a fiduciary relationship between the parties. A.B. Dick breached its fiduciary duties when it "artificially prolonged the existence of Ransom...until it could find a new distributor."
Ransom indicates the risks that may attend a franchisor's lenient financing of inner-city franchises. Loans to the franchisee may be a first step toward the fiduciary relationship found in Ransom, especially when those loans are used for royalty and other payments to the franchisor and "artificially prolong" the life of the franchisee by encouraging it to continue doing business in the face of mounting losses. Avoiding "redlining." The selection of franchisees to receive new or existing store locations is a subject that has drawn recent fire from minority franchisees claiming that franchisors have discriminated against them on account of race. It is important that franchisors do not steer minority owners to inner-city locations while failing to offer them site opportunities in suburban locations, which could constitute redlining.
Franchisors face potential problems if their minority recruitment efforts are focused exclusively on inner-city locations. Minority operators may assert that they are shunted to hardscrabble urban areas while white operators are offered choice suburban locales. Franchisors should keep an eye on minority recruitment in nonurban areas rather than assume that increasing minority representation in inner cities is sufficient by itself to satisfy diversity objectives for the franchise system.
Erik F. Dyhrkopp is a partner and Andrew H. Kim is an associate with the firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd in Chicago.
- This article is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared on page 89 of Franchise Law Journal, Spring Winter 2000 (19:3).


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Lockers, carpets leading to the sea, waiter service, dining at the water's edge, and watersports – welcome to the world of the private beach.
It's worth knowing what your options are before you head down to the seashore and throw your towel in with the punters on the public beaches. For one thing, you'll not be throwing your towel, you'll be carefully unrolling it on one of the patches of scalding pebbles that is not yet occupied, and for another, you'll need to keep a careful eye on your gear when you go for a swim (not an easy feat when negotiating the Med's punchy little waves). Unsupervised bags are easy pickings for opportunistic thieves.
Going private can eliminate many of these hassles (lockers keep your belongings safe, thick hessian carpets lead right down to the water's edge, protecting your feet against the tricky terrain).
But the options vary, and some beaches are better than others. It all depends on what you're looking for (and, of course, where you're staying, as a good many of the hotels have preferential rates with various private beaches).
Taking them in order, running east to west from the foot of the colline du Château, this is our pick of the private beaches. First up is Castel Plage, with its smart restaurant and decking. In the lee of the headland, this beach is a wonderfully sheltered spot, with comfortable loungers and efficient waiter service. Similarly, Opéra Plage, the next in line, offers a smart spread with the addition of a locker for valuables. But the classiest patch on this strip is the venerable Plage Beau Rivage, with its art deco signage announcing the steps down to the blue and white livery of mattresses and umbrellas. Affiliated to the hotel of the same name, the Beau Rivage offers top-notch dining at the water's edge.
Blue Beach, the only one of the bunch to be open all year round, tends to offer watersports, such as parasailing. And our final pick is Neptune Plage, a must for Riviera purists with its picturesque wrought-iron jetty.
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Consensus Report
Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan (2010)Water Science and Technology Board
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Proper management of water resources has become a critical issue, driven by population growth, urbanization, changing land use patterns, and climate change. The Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network, proposed for funding through the National Science Foundation, is one initiative that could provide advances in basic science needed to respond effectively to that challenge. The WATERS Network would integrate hydrologic observatories and experimental facilities across the United States, linking them with high-performance computing and telecommunications networks.
This National Research Council report, sponsored by National Science Foundation, finds that the WATERS Network Science Plan outlines a compelling vision for ways in which new, integrative hydrologic, engineering, and social science research can help address pressing water management concerns while advancing water science and education. However, the argument for the need to construct a simultaneously operated national observatory network is less convincing. The report recommends that the WATERS team bolster its case for a national network or consider other funding mechanisms that would allow phased construction. The WATERS team should also coordinate and collaborate with related government and nongovernment agencies and organizations at an early stage.
Key Messages
- As the WATERS team goes forward, it should bolster its case that a national network of observatories is required to address the science questions that are posed. Alternatively, a different funding mechanism within the National Science Foundation might be considered, if feasible, for establishing a phased network of observatories that could address the questions posed in the WATERS Science Plan while taking better advantage of advances in technology over time.
- The WATERS Network Science Plan succeeds in communicating a high-level vision for transforming water science and engineering research through the establishment of an observatory network.
- The WATERS Network could serve as a catalyst for bringing agencies together to contribute to a broader integrated agenda.
- The integration of social sciences with engineering and hydrology is a key benefit of the WATERS Network.
- To enhance coordination and integration, the WATERS team should involve appropriate federal agencies, state and local governments, organizations, and international programs at an early stage.


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Jodi Short
Professor Jodi Short's research was cited in The Guardian in a story on how women make better supply chain auditors. The topic has been under increased scrutiny since the Rana Plaza factory collapse killed more than 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh.
"In the context of government regulations, academic research has shown that the enforcement practices of individual inspectors vary substantially, and that their interpretations determine how rules actually influence company behavior," the Guardian reports.
"Do individual auditors in the private sector hold similar sway over the codes of conduct put forth by brands? Together with Jodi Short at UC Hastings College of Law and Andrea Hugill at Harvard Business School, I analysed data from nearly 17,000 private sector audits that occurred during 2004-2009."
"Our anecdotal evidence suggests female workers are more willing to talk openly with women auditors, making it more likely they will share information about poor working conditions. Furthermore, our interviews revealed instances where female auditors conducted more thorough records reviews."
"Numerous sociological studies from the past half-century have noted that women in bureaucratic organisations are more likely to "go by the book" than men, and that gender diversity often leads to improved team performance. Women and men have been shown to have different perceptual styles that may help them identify different types of violations."
Bottom line: Women have a stronger influence on workplace safety. Read more here.
Marsha Cohen
Professor Marsha Cohen (@msprof) was quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the $9 billion verdict against Takeda and Eli Lilly, which failed to disclose cancer risks for their diabetes drug, Actos.
A federal jury in Lafayette, La., awarded $9 billion in punitive damages. Previous judgments had been thrown out on appeal.
Legal experts said the high penalty, which they expect will be reduced on appeal, sends a signal to the pharmaceutical industry to provide customers with proper warnings about the dangers of their medications. The verdict may also be thrown out on appeal.
"The question is how much money does it take to get the attention of a giant company like Takeda?" Cohen said. "These companies shouldn't be unaware of the risks for chronic disease drugs like Actos, which have a huge number of people taking them." Read more here.
Morris Ratner
Professor Morris Ratner's talk at UC Santa Cruz on his epic class-action litigation to help Holocaust survivors recoup assets stolen by the Nazis and squirreled away in Swiss banks was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Ratner's talk at UCSC's University Center Monday, attended by around 200, signals the start of a partnership between UCSC and the San Francisco-based law school. Beginning this fall, a new joint program, 3+3 BA/JD, will allow UCSC students to obtain a bachelor's degree and law degree in six years instead of seven.
Ratner gave advice to prospective students. "If you are defiant, if you are rebellious, you may have a career ahead of you in social justice lawyering," Ratner said. "Those are qualities you can harness for the greater good."
What keyed their success, he said, was the merits of the case. "We thought we could prove that the Swiss banks aided and abetted genocide," Ratner said. The justice achieved by the $8 billion payout was delayed and imperfect, he said, but still warranted. Read more here.
Joan Williams
Professor Joan Williams (@JoanCWilliams) was quoted by NBC News in a story about the challenges of baseball players who try to take paternity leave during the season.
New York Mets' Daniel Murphy was excoriated for missing two games for the birth of his son.
"It's a knockdown, drag-out battle about what it means to be a good man and a good father," said Williams, director of the Center for WorkLife Law.
"Women who take leave...are seen as bad workers but good mothers," Williams said. "The men are often seen as bad workers and losers as men."
That definition of masculinity is changing among a younger generation of dads, Williams said. But for many of the men who are those new dads' bosses, being a good dad has traditionally meant being a good worker and provider. It makes sense that any shift in that definition of being a good dad would leave some older men feeling defensive, because their own identities as dads are at risk, she said.
"The older men have a lot to prove that there's only one way into the big leagues," Williams said. "If you're serious about the game, you miss your children's childhoods." Read more here.
Williams' latest book, "What Works for Women at Work," with Rachel Dempsey, was favorably reviewed in the New York Times. Read the review here.
Lisa Frydman
Lisa Frydman, managing attorney for the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, was quoted in a Dallas Observer piece about the plight of unaccompanied minors caught in the U.S. immigration system.
Minors fleeing persecution on their home countries who are caught by border agents are often detained and deported without counsel. Before 2012, only 6,000 or so "unaccompanied children," as the system labels them, were detained in any given year. That number has doubled every year since, and this year, experts estimate, agents will nab 50,000 or 60,000, most of whom are fleeing gang violence in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Others are fleeing domestic abuse and a "climate of impunity" around rape, Frydman said. Read more here.
CGRS recently produced a lengthy report with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), " A Treacherous Journey: Child Migrants Navigating the U.S. Immigration System," which urged U.S. lawmakers to reform its policies for dealing with unaccompanied migrant children. Read the report here.
The report was cited in a Huffington Post article arguing that children should not be treated the same as undocumented adults. "As the KIND and CGRS report puts it, our legal system treats these children as "adults in miniature." Read more from the piece, by Maria Teresa Rojas, director of the International Migration Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, here.
Guy Kornblum
Guy Kornblum '66 published a piece in Litigation Commentary & Review on the best way to approach and achieve settlement. His piece, "Is Mediation the Best Course," can be read here.
Jennifer Keller
Jennifer Keller '78 was featured in Litigation Commentary & Review for her successful defense of Saudi Princess Meshael Alayban on human-trafficking charges. The Orange County District Attorney's office brought based its case on claims by a Kenyan household worker that she was not free to leave her employer's residence, had been denied medical care, and was working 16-17 hours a day. The charges were later dismissed. Read more here.
Tina Marroquin
Christina "Tina" Schmieding Marroquin '03 was named to the Board of Directors of Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska. She is a partner with Pollack & Ball in Lincoln, Neb.
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Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe Leaving Parks and Rec [Updated]
Whoa, bombshell, Pawnee fans: It looks like Rashida Jones and Rob Lowe are leaving Parks and Recreation. According to BuzzFeed, Jones and Lowe will make their exits on the season's thirteenth episode, which will probably air in February. Last season, Ann and Chris were trying to have a baby together, even though that plotline was sort of frustrating and did not really solve the Ann Perkins blandness crisis. Given that Ron Swanson is facing fatherhood this season and the show has already seen two couples from courtship to matrimony, there's not a ton of new ground to cover regarding romance and family-building, and maybe Ann and Chris had just run their courses. Still, though. Litrally a little sad about this.
UPDATE: Showrunner Mike Schur wrote a statement reading, "We absolutely love both Rashida and Rob, and will be sad to see them go. Rashida was one of the very first people we knew we wanted in the cast, and as important as Ann is to Leslie (and vice-versa), she'll certainly never be far from Pawnee. Rob we initially thought we could only have for six or eight episodes, and we couldn't be happier that he will have stuck around for 75. They are wonderful, funny, committed actors, they've been a huge part of the Parks and Rec family, and we think we have a great Pawnee send-off in the works for them." Deadline also hears NBC may be setting up a new series with Lowe.


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Martin out as coach of Marist
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Marist has announced that Chuck Martin has been relieved of his duties as head men's basketball coach. A national search for Martin's replacement will begin immediately.
"I'm very appreciative of the hard work Chuck and his staff demonstrated over the past five years," Marist Director of Athletics Tim Murray said. "Chuck represented Marist with class, and conducted his program with great passion and integrity. I think that Chuck is a wonderful person, and I have the utmost respect for him."
Martin was hired as the ninth head coach in program history on April 17, 2008. In his five seasons, the Red Foxes compiled a record of 41-118 (.258). Marist's highest win total under Martin was 14 in the 2011-12 season. The Red Foxes reached the MAAC Tournament quarterfinals in 2009, 2011 and 2012.
Prior to Marist, Martin spent two seasons at the University of Memphis and coached in the national championship game in 2008. Martin also worked as a Division I assistant coach at St. John's, Drexel, Massachusetts and Manhattan.
"The College has made a significant investment in our basketball program with the renovation of the arena and construction of a new basketball complex," Murray said. "Our goal is to compete at the top of our conference and contend for a MAAC championship each year."


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This week's "Got Questions" answer comes from pediatric psychiatrist Joseph Horrigan, M.D., Autism Speaks assistant vice president, head of medical research.
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are common among those with autism, and in many cases, they relate to overly restricted eating habits.
This is understandable as autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are commonly associated with gastrointestinal problems and sensory issues with food textures and smells. It is also possible that the underlying biology of autism may cause deficiencies in the digestion of certain foods, which could affect vitamin intake. For example, a recent study documented that some children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances have impaired carbohydrate digestion. Normal growth and good health depend on the body absorbing and metabolizing the vitamins and minerals that are part of a well-rounded diet.
In addition, studies have identified several examples of nutrient deficiencies affecting thinking and behavior – for example, the ability to focus or stay alert in school. Also, nutrient deficiencies such as those involving omega 3 fatty acids may worsen behavioral symptoms such as irritability and hyperactivity. As such, it's entirely possible that taking supplements may improve such symptoms in some individuals with ASD - especially if the individual has clinical or laboratory evidence of low levels of crucial vitamins, minerals or other nutrients.
In recent years, researchers have looked deeper into how well particular vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements lessen the severity or intensity of core autism symptoms – namely communication difficulties, social challenges and repetitive behavior.
The results of these clinical studies have been mixed. One recent large study examined the effect of an over-the-counter supplement called Syndion on 141 children and adults with autism, as compared to the effects of a placebo pill. The researchers reported that the product effectively raised levels of vitamins and minerals in the blood. They also showed that it produced no significant side effects during the 12-week study. The study did not demonstrate meaningful improvements in autism symptoms according to three out of the four assessment tools used. It did, however, show modest but statistically significant improvements on a fourth measure (the Parental Global Impressions-Revised questionnaire) in terms of hyperactivity, tantrums and receptive language.
When interpreting the meaningfulness of these results, readers may take note that the two lead authors were also the developers of the commercial product being tested. Despite the limitations of this study, it raises important questions as to whether vitamins may be helpful in addressing the core symptoms of autism. It is important to continue supporting research that will provide parents and individuals with clear answers about the value of vitamins, minerals and other nutritional supplements in ASD. Autism Speaks is currently funding several projects to this end, including a new study investigating the possible role of carnitine deficiency in some individuals with ASD.
(Carnitine is a nutrient used by cells to process fats and produce energy. It is abundant in red meat and dairy products, but some individuals appear to have difficulties absorbing and/or metabolizing it.) We are also funding an ongoing collaborative project, through five Autism Treatment Network sites, to collect extensive information on the dietary intake and nutritional status of children with ASD. If you are worried that you or your child may have a nutritional deficiency, supplements may be a good option to consider.
It is important that you consult with your doctor about brands and dosages. Supplements vary in quality and potency, and some may have harmfully excessive levels of certain vitamins, minerals or other ingredients.
Explore more of the studies we're funding through our grant search, and find more news and perspective on the Autism Speaks science page.


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"This new science is forcing the medical community to take more seriously the popular notions of the mind-body connection," says Esther M. Sternberg, M.D., director of the Integrative Neural Immune Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. In response to stressful events, our bodies pump out hormones. These hormones aren't necessarily harmful and can be very useful, says Dr. Sternberg, author of The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions. "The problem is when the stress response goes on for too long," she says. "That's when you get sick. Hormones weaken the immune system's ability to fight disease."
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The Push Button Quick Detach Sling Ring is ideal for a quick disconnect for slings on aftermarket stocks such as Magpul. It is a heavy duty, push button, quick detach sling swivel designed for use with any sling mount, stock or other accessory with QD socket capability. It is constructed of steel and finished in a rich black phosphate. The push button at the rear provides a quick and simple method of detaching the sling completely from the weapon. The QD push button swivel is constructed from steel and finished with a rich black phosphate for a rock hard lasting finish


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Representational artwork may best represent / reenforce a specific place. Nothing is left to the imagination; the association between object and place is clear, and the artwork contributes additional information about the space to the viewer.
This life size bear trio looms over the entry court of a private residence in Vail, Colorado. They look like they've just emerged from their woodland home. Notice how the white trunks of the aspen trees create a nice contrast with the dark patina of the bronze. The colorful flowers at the base of the sculpture catch the eye (as if the bears aren't enough!) and bring them into scale. The large size and prominent location make this a major focal point for this home.
A Japanese quince (Chaenomales japonica) paired with a Japanese lantern reinforces the identity of the Japanese Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Again, a bright flower companion may initially catch the eye, but the dark, evergreen background in contrast to the pale stone sculpture is key.
This statue does not reinforce its urban Denver location but is, instead, a memento or symbol of a specific time or place that's important to the owner. This small piece is part of a vignette within a garden — a treasure to be discovered. Here, the gardener has used a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) with dark foliage as a contrast and color echo to the clay. I also like the way that the water's reflection has been used to magnify the presence of this little piece.
Abstract artwork may be viewed as the self-expression of the owner. It represents an emotion or a memory — perhaps related to a specific person, place or time — that's meaningful to the owner.
This joyful sculpture of stainless steel by Denver artist Kevin Robb, is reaching up to the clear, blue sky. It's hard, shiny, geometric form is wonderfully contrasted by the organic, undulating forms (lavender? rosemary?) beneath it. Perfection is the color echo of matte gray foliage to the steel.
|photo courtesy of Kevin Robb Studios
Another whimsical art piece is this sculptural gate by Denverite Dennis West. The lively, nature-based forms bring a hard, impersonal entryway to life.
Sinuous curves feature in the simple, repetitive design of this sculpture (perhaps originally part of an architectural detail), which is the perfect focal point of a small meditation garden. Note how the fine textures and limited selection of the companion plants create a calm and relaxed setting.
Last, but not least . . . my favorite art piece in my garden is this tile mosaic that hangs on our patio wall, adjacent to the place that inspired it. It was made by our daughter when she was 10 or 11 years old (sadly, it's not dated) and is simple titled "Pond." Erin went on to earn a degree in apparel design and production from Colorado State University and became a talented textile designer. She recently opened her own business and is the proud owner of Super Good Art Stuff in the Tennyson Art District of Denver.
Art is a wonderful investment (at any price) in improving one's quality of life. Buy (or create) what you love, and integrate it into your garden. Read more about art in the garden from my fellow members of The Garden Designers' Roundtable, or click on the direct links to their blogs here:
Susan Cohan : Miss Rumphius' Rules : Chatham, NJ
Mary Gallagher Gray : Black Walnut Dispatch : Washington, D.C.
Lesley Hegarty & Robert Webber : Hegarty Webber Partnership : Bristol, UK
Jenny Peterson : J Petersen Garden Design : Austin, TX
Deborah Silver : Dirt Simple : Detroit, MI
Rebecca Sweet : Gossip In The Garden : Los Altos, CA
Pam Penick : Digging : Austin, TX


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Earlier this season, Valentino Rossi dropped the bombshell that he would be doing an about face and return to Yamaha Racing, after his failed experiment with Ducati Corse. Almost as soon as The Doctor was done making his announcement regarding his return, chatter started about whether Jeremy Burgess and his crew would join Rossi at Yamaha as well.
Confirming that news today, MCN's Matthew Birt talked to Yamaha's Lin Jarvis, who confirmed that Yamaha wasn't trying to maintain Ben Spies' crew within the team, and that the venerable Burgess would join Rossi in the factory team's garage.


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Short of having a mic with no output due to a blown ribbon that needs repair, your mic may still need work....
... 80% of the three hundred or so Chinese-manufactured ribbon mics I've seen have arrived at my shop with severe "ribbon sag" - ribbons sagging with 80% of their length out of the magnet gap. Output level and linearity suffer as a result. A mic with a ribbon in this condition should be repaired.
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Here's a quick way to tell if your ribbon mic needs repair - while listening in headphones, rock the mic toward and away from you in an 180 degree arc so it comes to rest with the ribbon parallel to the floor. If the ribbon is stretched and sagging severely it will either drag against the magnets and create a clanging metallic sound or a sudden "clunk" as it flops back and forth. Not good.