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MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? Rising political stars and personal friends, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker worked quietly behind the scenes to coordinate public policy, avoid each other's limelight and steer clear of political minefields that would haunt their campaigns, according to more than 1,000 pages of internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. But there was at least one pointed snub between them, too.
Ryan and Walker, both in their early 40s, have made Wisconsin a focus of the political universe. In June, Walker became the first governor to defeat a high-profile recall election. Ryan, the congressman from Janesville, Wis., ascended the national political stage in August when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney picked him as his running mate. In the presidential race Wisconsin is a battleground state, one of a handful that will determine who moves in ? or stays in ? the White House.
The emails reviewed by the AP offered an unusual, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the interpersonal relationship between Ryan and Walker. Although as a congressman Ryan's emails are exempt from disclosure under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, messages sent by Ryan or his aides to Walker or the governor's staff are subject to Wisconsin's open records law. The week after Ryan was tapped as Romney's vice presidential candidate, the AP requested all such emails since Walker was elected in November 2010. It received 1,037 pages of them late Friday.
The day after Walker won his recall election, Ryan tried to call Walker to congratulate him. Was there a better phone number?
"He has his cell, but not able to get through often," wrote Ryan's scheduler, Sarah Peer. In another message, she wrote: "Yeah, they call each other frequently. I think Paul just wants to speak with him right away, which might not be a possibly (sic) at this time."
The emails showed that aides to Ryan and Walker, both Republicans, coordinated closely at times on political issues on behalf of their bosses. As Wisconsin's health services secretary, Dennis Smith, prepared to testify during a congressional hearing in January 2011 about the costs to states under President Barack Obama's health care law, Walker sent a preview of Smith's remarks to Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee and an outspoken opponent of the health care law.
"Good stuff," wrote Conor Sweeney, the committee's communications director. "Any chance you could hit the impact on Wisconsin families and Wisconsin's budget from Medicaid expansions?"
Walker's then-communications director, Chris Schrimpf, said he would forward the request to Smith's chief of staff to revise the testimony.
The emails also show how Ryan and Walker sought to steer clear of sensitive political traps, and how Ryan was sensitive as early as September 2011 about offering any praise to government projects funded with money under Obama's economic stimulus law. In August, the AP and other news organizations noted that Ryan ? a vocal opponent of the stimulus law ? sought to steer money under the program to companies in his home state, which Ryan first awkwardly denied then acknowledged to be true.
In the emails, Walker's director of federal relations, Wendy Riemann, sent a message to Ryan's aide, Kevin Seifert, to describe a new grant from the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department awarded for a local water project. Riemann asked whether Ryan wanted to be quoted in a press release praising the money being spent in Wisconsin.
"Not to create more work for you, but do you have any idea where the money for this grant came from? Was it stimulus/the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?" Seifert replied. "Our concern is that, if it's stimulus funds, we won't want to highlight (and would think you guys wouldn't, either) .... We generally don't do press on things we actively oppose."
Riemann responded that she would check the source of the money, which turned out not to be stimulus funding. "Feel free to proceed without us on this one," Seifert wrote.
Sometimes, the rising political stars inadvertently overshadowed each other. Greta Van Susteren in July 2011 cancelled a television appearance by Walker on her Fox News cable program to instead interview Ryan about the debt ceiling.
"Did you mess with my trip scheduling for tomorrow?" Riemann asked Seifert. She included a smiley in her email, suggesting she wasn't genuinely upset.
"If I did I'm really sorry and had no idea that's what they were doing," Seifert replied. "They didn't mention Gov. Walker was on the schedule ... Had they even mentioned that you guys had something set, I wouldn't have done that ... You know me, that's not my style."
Sometimes, the powerful politicians handled mundane requests, too. Seifert emailed Walker's staff about a "random request from Laura Ingraham," noting that the conservative radio talk show host had contacted him and needed help hiring a new executive producer. But he made clear what he thought of Ingraham's request: "We've got a million other more pressing priorities," he wrote.
The emails included at least one embarrassing snub by Ryan. Riemann, from the governor's office, emailed the congressman's office to ask for help coordinating a tour of the U.S. Capitol for Walker's wife, Tonette, who expected to travel to Washington. Such tours are known as dome tours. Ryan's staff said he was too busy to accommodate the request.
"Sorry, Paul doesn't do dome tours," Ryan's scheduler wrote back. "He never has, so sorry we can't be of assistance there."
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Associated Press writers Ted Bridis, Jack Gillum and Andrew Miga in Washington, and Roger Schneider in Milwaukee, contributed to this report.
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Richard Eggers says the policy discriminates against low-level workers. He was fired in July for having been arrested 49 years ago for putting a cardboard cutout of a dime in a washing machine at a laundromat. Wells Fargo offered to rehire Eggers to his previous job, which had a salary of $29,795 a year.
"If Wells Fargo had agreed to our requests, I would have returned to work," Eggers, 68, told USA Today. "But this isn't just about me -- I'm eligible for Social Security -- this is also about the thousands of working families with children which have been hurt by the same rules."
According to USA Today, as many as 3,000 bank workers have been fired under the new federal rules, which prohibit banks from employing anyone convicted of dishonest behavior and carry $1 million-a-day fines for each violation. Wells Fargo had secured a waiver from federal regulators so that it could rehire Eggers.
Eggers' attorney, Leonard Bates, told USA Today that his client wanted to negotiate more humane terms for all Wells Fargo employees fired under the rule, however. Wells Fargo spokeswoman Vickee Adams says the company is disappointed that Eggers rejected the job offer and didn't recognize its "responsibility to apply the law equitably and fairly" for all employees.
Eggers' firing has been reported around the world. According to USA Today, he is scheduled to appear on Comedy Central's '"Colbert Report."
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DETROIT ? Long before Ryan Vogelsong went to Japan, before he had his elbow cut, before those years of misery in Pittsburgh or those two sets of Triple-A walking papers that forced him to look up to find the end of his rope?
He went to lunch. With Mark Gardner.
?Gardy and I were teammates,? said Vogelsong, on the eve of his first World Series start. ?That?s how we met for the first time. I was just a young pup then, and Gardy was one of our starters and he took me under his wing right away.
?He was one of those guys I bounced questions off a lot, and not just about pitching but making sure I was in the right place at the right time in spring training, and going through the drills and everything.?
Recalled Giants GM Brian Sabean: ?Looking back, Gardy shepherded a lot of the younger guys, whether it was taking them to lunch or dinner. You could tell he was someone who would stay in the game after he was done playing.?
Vogelsong still calls Gardner a friend, but not a teammate. The former right-hander from Fresno is the Giants? bullpen coach now, although in practice he is nearer to being a co-pitching coach along with Dave Righetti.
Righetti is getting another national upwelling of well-deserved accolades, now that the Giants? starting pitchers are punching up their performance once again with the baseball world watching. The Giants rotation is 5-0 with a 0.55 ERA and a .195 opponent?s average over the past five games ? three elimination victories against the St. Louis Cardinals to burglarize the NL pennant, and then a pair of tone-setting wins at home against the Detroit Tigers to set the tone in the World Series.
Barry Zito, Vogelsong, Matt Cain, Zito again and Madison Bumgarner have combined to issue just six walks and strike out 30 in 33 innings. They haven?t allowed a single home run over that span.
It?s a dominant run that club officials worried wouldn?t be possible, given the way so many of their arms lagged through September. Vogelsong was as lost as any of them, posting a 10.31 ERA over a seven-start span from mid-August to mid-September in which opponents hit .366 against him.
But Vogelsong kept after the flaws that had crept into his delivery, and after finishing the regular season by flashing power stuff in his last three starts, he has parlayed his hard, moving arsenal into a tremendous postseason. Vogelsong is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three playoff starts, including a dominant effort against the Cardinals in Game 6 of the NLCS that kept the Giants alive.He credits two people who have known him since the first day he stepped in big league camp as a wide-eyed kid.
?I think they balance each other well,? said Vogelsong, who rejoined the Giants on a minor league deal last year to begin his inspiring renaissance. ?Gardy, he?ll get into a lot of the mechanical stuff with you, and Rags is more on the mental side. He does some mechanical stuff as well, but Rags is more of ? he?s been through everything in this game that you can do as a pitcher. He?s closed, he?s started, middle relief. There?s nothing as a staff we are going to encounter that this guy hasn?t done in the game. That goes for Gardy as well, who relieved and started.
?You know, I think they bounce things off each other all the time, and they come up with what they think is the best solution if there?s a problem going on. I know I go to both of them because I want to try to get as much information as possible. They do a tremendous job with our staff.?
They?ve been doing it a long time. How many bullpen coaches are on their third manager, instead of vice versa? And Righetti, with 13 seasons, ranks as the longest tenured pitching coach with his current club, now that Dave Duncan has taken a leave of absence from the Cardinals.Sabean is frustrated that Righetti, and bench coach Ron Wotus, have not received more interest on the major league managerial carousel. Then again, it?s not like he wants to see either man go.
?On the pitching side, we have two guys who are very patient, they?re good at their craft and also aggressive when need be when they feel adjustments need to be made,? Sabean said. ?The players trust them. They have confidence in their acumen in helping to turn them around, and the manager cooperates and goes with their lead.?
That was never more evident than this postseason, when Righetti told Bochy that Zito would give them a chance to bring them back from Game 5 in St. Louis. The left-hander responded with 7 2/3 shutout innings.
The Giants had to extend themselves to a seventh game to beat the Cardinals, so they didn?t have the luxury to set up their rotation for the World Series as the Tigers did. The Giants faced a soft spot for Game 2, and Bumgarner already had been yanked from the playoff rotation after getting battered for an 11.25 ERA in two starts, including 15 hits and three homers in just eight innings.But Gardner worked with Bumgarner on shortening up his torso rotation, Righetti helped him sharpen his slider just enough and the results in three bullpen sessions were encouraging enough.
Righetti recommended that Bumgarner take the ball. Just based on numbers alone, it would be like driving the jet fuel truck into a structure fire. But Bochy acted with faith, and Bumgarner rewarded it. The Tigers managed two hits in seven innings against the left-hander.
[EXTRA BAGGS: Giving rope to Bumgarner, etc.]
Now Righetti is getting the laurels. But save some for Gardner, too.
Gardner is just happy he's seeing the starters perform to their capabilities.
?We knew going into the playoffs the starting pitching would be so important,? Gardner said. ?You only go as far as they take you. And September, yeah, it was rough on them and you knew that going in. But there were times the bullpen stepped it up for them, and now you see they?re doing it.?
What gives Gardner such an eye for mechanics? Well, perhaps it?s because he was a shortstop at Fresno State who was learning pitching from scratch. He didn?t have to unlearn bad habits.
?They had us work with another guy and watch them, observe, and I think it started then,? Gardner said. ?You learn early on that everybody has their own style, but there are parts of a delivery you need to do. You have to have an eye for it and try to pass it along.?
Balance. Stride. Release point. Where you are when your foot hits the ground. When your hands separate, and where they are at every point in your motion.
?It?s all part of making a pitch,? Gardner said. ?With these guys here, all of them made 30 starts so you know every one of them is going to have a rough spot. But we?ve been lucky with these guys. They?ve been outstanding and durable and they get their work done, so it?s easy to have guys like that.?
It won?t be easy this offseason, though ? especially when it concerns Tim Lincecum, who has been successful in a relief role this postseason but plummeted from one of the league?s most effective aces to a pitcher whose shocking, 5.18 ERA was the highest among all qualified NL starters.
It?ll be up to Lincecum to tweak his mechanics and reinvent himself as a pitcher this offseason.?He?s just in transition,? Sabean said. ?He?s going to have to learn how to pitch with less velocity and he?ll have to get his arm or his release point in a better spot to make pitches. Because it?s about throwing strikes with consistency, and in his case he?s not going to miss as many bats. So he?s going to have to be resourceful and try to throw fewer pitches per at-bat and play to contact.?
Lincecum tends to adhere to his own process and listen to his own voices. But Righetti will lend his, and he?ll channel Gardner?s thoughts along the way.
Who knows? Maybe a nice, leisurely lunch would help, too.
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For more than a decade, studies have shown that some cancer patients benefit from taking aspirin, but who exactly might benefit remained unclear.? Now a new study appears to have found a specific patient population that may live longer by taking this drug: Colon cancer patients.
After reviewing data from 964 colorectal cancer patients, researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston found when patients whose tumors had a mutated form of the PIK3CA gene took aspirin after being diagnosed, they lived significantly longer than patients without the mutation.
The study is published in the October 25 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Ninety-seven percent of patients with this mutation who took aspirin were alive five years after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Only 76% of patients with the mutation who didn't take aspirin were still alive five years later.
Patients who didn't have the PIK3CA mutation didn't seem to benefit from taking aspirin.
"Although these data are exciting and intriguing, they need to considered as preliminary and will require validation in prospective studies, given the small number of patients included in this study," says Dr. Boris Pasche, director of hematology/oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in an accompanying editorial. That's because only 66 patients taking aspirin had the PIK3CA mutation.
But he's excited about the prospect that something as simple and as inexpensive as aspirin could help some colon cancer patients live longer.? "Aspirin may well become one of the oldest drugs to be used as a 21st century targeted therapy," he writes.
"Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States when men and women are considered separately, and the second leading cause when both sexes are combined," according to the American Cancer Society.
If these study results are also seen in larger studies, it could be a major plus for colon cancer patients if simply adding aspirin could help them live longer, Pasche?tells CNN. In his editorial, he writes: "Since more than one in six primary colorectal tumors harbors PIK3CA mutations, targeted use of adjuvant aspirin could have a major effect on the treatment of colorectal cancer."
This research builds on a story that's been emerging over the last decade when it comes to aspirin as an added treatment for colon cancer, says Dr. Ernest Hawk, vice president for Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center. ?Hawk, who was not involved in the research, calls this a "very compelling study" because it suggests "aspirin works better than some chemotherapies."? He also believes that testing patients for this particular genetic mutation should be completely doable, since most pathology labs today now have the ability to do testing the DNA of tumors.
Hawk agrees more research is needed because this is just one study in a highly selective population. The 900-plus patient records were drawn from the two studies involving female and male health care professionals, people who may be healthier and more compliant than other patients.
He says larger trials are needed not just to validate these results but to provide more clarity on optimal dosing, whether location of the tumor makes a difference in benefit and to determine how long patients have to continue to take aspirin. He says these are all pieces of this puzzle that must be found before recommending aspirin as a treatment.
While the exact role aspirin plays in cancer prevention is not fully known, Pasche?suggests that the same ability of the drug to block an enzyme called cyclooxygenase-2?or COX-2 and reduce inflammation may also block a cancer cell's ability to thrive and reproduce.
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Once you have Windows 8 up and running, the first thing you'll want to do is start installing the apps you need to get things done. Thankfully, Microsoft's new Windows 8 store offers quick access to a number of the applications you'd normally have to go hunt down anyway, but it also has some real treasures worth downloading. Here are some of the best.
Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging - You probably already have these apps pre-loaded with WIndows 8. If you don't grab them first. As their names imply, they give you quick access to your email, calendar and contacts right from the Start Screen. Mail and Calendar support multiple account types, including Microsoft and Outlook.com accounts, Google accounts, and others. People can connect with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Outlook. Messaging gives you access to MSN and Facebook friends.
Evernote - If you're a heavy Evernote user, the Evernote app for Windows 8 lets you browse, edit, organize, and manage your notebooks and notes right from the Start Screen. The app doesn't do anything that the webapp doesn't do, but it's a fast and free way to get to all of your notes without going to the Desktop, opening your preferred browser, and logging in. The Windows 8 app saves you more than a few steps, and gets you working right away.
TuneIn Radio - For those of us who enjoy a little streaming music or internet radio while we work, TuneIn Radio, one of your favorite internet radio services, has a Windows 8 app and live tile that gives you complete access to the service's massive catalog of streaming music stations, terrestrial radio stations that simulcast on the internet, and global stations with live streams. Once you hit play, the live tile shows you what you're currently listening to, and you can open other apps, go to the desktop, or get to work without having to go all the way back to the app to quickly check what you're listening to. You can even pin your favorite stations to the Start Screen.
FlightAware - One of the nice things about the Start Screen is that it gives you quick access to useful information, often through live tiles. If you travel, or have to pick someone up who's on their way to you, FlightAware tells you more than you could possibly want to know about your flight. Its arrival time, date, current position, even its altitude and speed are all available, and if you need to know when someone's landed, you can create notifications for specific flights so you'll know when to leave for the airport. You can even track national flight delays, so you know if you're in for a rough time when you get there.
Windows 8 Cheat Keys - The Start Screen and all of the changes to Windows 8 are difficult to get used to, we understand that. Windows 8 Cheat Keys is an app that helps you get the hang of it quickly. The app offers multiple tips, time-saving hints, and shortcuts every day to help you navigate Windows 8 like a pro. In no time, you'll be old hat and wondering, "Windows 7 what?"
The Windows 8 Store is surprisingly large and full of useful apps for an OS and product this new, so don't hesitate to try something new if it looks like it'll be useful for you. There were plenty of apps we didn't cover here because they were either really geared towards Windows 8 tablets like the Surface, or because they came from developers we weren't terribly familiar with. Just like with mobile apps, make sure you take a look at the developer and the permissions an app requires before you install it, and a good glance at the reviews won't hurt either, although you should always take those with a grain of salt.
We should also note that reading news and browsing headlines on the Start Screen was a joy?and there are plenty of apps for newspapers, magazines, and even some tech blogs. Most of the apps just reformat the top stories and articles for comfortable tiled viewing, but it's definitely a fun and interesting way to surf the headlines. With more apps coming to the Windows 8 Store every day, if you don't find an app specifically for your favorite web site or service, just stay tuned?it'll likely appear quickly.
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While it is true that High-Functioning Autism is not something a child simply "grows out of," there are many treatments that can help kids learn new skills and overcome a wide variety of developmental challenges. From free government services to in-home behavioral therapy and school-based programs, assistance is available to meet your youngster's special needs. With the right treatment plan, and a lot of love and support, your youngster can learn, grow, and thrive.
Here is a comprehensive list of things to consider:
1. Accept your youngster, quirks and all. Rather than focusing on how your HFA youngster is different from other kids and what he or she is ?missing,? practice acceptance. Enjoy your kid?s special quirks, celebrate small successes, and stop comparing your youngster to others. Feeling unconditionally loved and accepted will help your youngster more than anything else.
2. Be consistent. Kids with High-Functioning Autism have a hard time adapting what they?ve learned in one setting (e.g., a therapist?s office or school) to other settings, including the home. Creating consistency in your youngster?s environment is the best way to reinforce learning. Find out what your youngster?s therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the possibility of having therapy take place in more than one place in order to encourage your youngster to transfer what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It?s also important to be consistent in the way you interact with your youngster and deal with challenging behaviors.
3. Become an expert on your youngster. Figure out what triggers your kid?s ?bad? or disruptive behaviors and what elicits a positive response. What does your HFA youngster find stressful? Calming? Uncomfortable? Enjoyable? If you understand what affects your youngster, you?ll be better at troubleshooting problems and preventing situations that cause difficulties.
4. Caring for a youngster with High-Functioning Autism can demand a lot of energy and time. There may be days when you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or discouraged. Parenting isn?t ever easy, and raising a youngster with HFA is even more challenging. It?s essential that you take care of yourself in order to be the best mother or father you can be. Don?t try to do everything on your own. You don?t have to! There are many places that families of HFA children can turn to for advice, a helping hand, advocacy, and support.
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5. Create a home safety zone. Carve out a private space in your home where your youngster can relax, feel secure, and be safe. This will involve organizing and setting boundaries in ways he can understand. Visual cues can be helpful (e.g., colored tape marking areas that are off limits, labeling items in the house with pictures). You may also need to safety proof the house, particularly if he is prone to tantrums or other self-injurious behaviors.
6. Don?t give up. It?s impossible to predict the course of High-Functioning Autism. Don?t jump to conclusions about what life is going to be like for your youngster. Like everyone else, people with High-Functioning Autism have an entire lifetime to grow and develop their abilities.
7. Don?t wait for a diagnosis. As the mother or father of a youngster with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger?s Syndrome, the best thing you can do is to start treatment right away. Seek help as soon as you suspect something?s wrong. Don't wait to see if your youngster will catch up later or outgrow the problem. Don't even wait for an official diagnosis. The earlier kids with HFA get help, the greater their chance of treatment success. Early intervention is the most effective way to speed up your youngster's development and reduce the symptoms of HFA.
8. Every mother or father needs a break now and again. And for moms and dads coping with the added stress of High-Functioning Autism, this is especially true. In respite care, another caregiver takes over temporarily, giving you a break for a few hours, days, or even weeks.
9. Figure out the need behind the temper tantrum. It?s only natural to feel upset when you are misunderstood or ignored, and it?s no different for kids with High-Functioning Autism. When kids with High-Functioning Autism act out, it?s often because you?re not picking up on their nonverbal cues. Throwing a tantrum is their way communicating their frustration and getting your attention.
10. If stress, anxiety, or depression is getting to you, you may want to see a therapist of your own. Therapy is a safe place where you can talk honestly about everything you?re feeling?the good, the bad, and the ugly. Marriage or family therapy can also help you work out problems that the challenges of life with an HFA youngster are causing in your spousal relationship or with other family members.
11. HFA infants and toddlers through the age of two can receive assistance through the Early Intervention program. In order to qualify, your youngster must first undergo a free evaluation. If the assessment reveals a developmental problem, you will work with early intervention treatment providers to develop an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). An IFSP describes your youngster?s needs and the specific services he or she will receive. For High-Functioning Autism, an IFSP would include a variety of behavior, physical, speech, and play therapies. It would focus on preparing HFA children for the eventual transition to school. Early intervention services are typically conducted in the home or at a childcare center. To locate local early intervention services for your youngster, ask your doctor for a referral.
12. Joining a support group is a great way to meet other families dealing with the same challenges you are. Moms and dads can share information, get advice, and lean on each other for emotional support. Just being around others in the same boat and sharing their experience can go a long way toward reducing the isolation many moms and dads feel after receiving the youngster?s diagnosis.
13. Keep in mind that no matter what treatment plan is chosen, your involvement is vital to success. You can help your youngster get the most out of treatment by working hand-in-hand with the treatment team and following through with the therapy at home.
14. HFA kids over the age of three may receive assistance through school-based programs. As with early intervention, special education services are tailored to your youngster?s individual needs. Kids with HFA are often placed with other developmentally-delayed children in small groups where they can receive more individual attention and specialized instruction. However, depending on their abilities, they may also spend at least part of the school day in a regular classroom. The goal is to place children in the least restrictive environment possible where they are still able to learn. If you?d like to pursue special education services, your local school system will first need to evaluate your youngster. Based on this assessment, an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) will be created. An IEP outlines the educational goals for your youngster for the school year. Additionally, it describes the special services or aids the school will provide your youngster in order to meet those goals.
15. Learn about High-Functioning Autism. The more you know about HFA, the better equipped you?ll be to make informed decisions for your youngster. Educate yourself about the treatment options, ask questions, and participate in all treatment decisions.
16. Look for nonverbal cues. If you are observant and aware, you can learn to pick up on the nonverbal cues that kids with High-Functioning Autism use to communicate. Pay attention to the kinds of sounds they make, their facial expressions, and the gestures they use when they?re tired, hungry, or want something.
17. Make time for fun. A youngster coping with High-Functioning Autism is still a kid. For kids and their moms and dads, there needs to be more to life than therapy. Schedule playtime when your youngster is most alert and awake. Figure out ways to have fun together by thinking about the things that make her smile, laugh, and come out of her shell. Your youngster is likely to enjoy these activities most if they don?t seem therapeutic or educational. There are tremendous benefits that result from your enjoyment of your youngster?s company and from her enjoyment of spending un-pressured time with you.? Play is an essential part of learning and shouldn?t feel like work.
18. Pay attention to your youngster?s sensory sensitivities. Many kids with High-Functioning Autism are hypersensitive to light, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Other kids are ?under-sensitive? to sensory stimuli. Figure out what sights, sounds, smells, movements, and tactile sensations trigger your kid?s ?bad? or disruptive behaviors and what elicits a positive response. What does your HFA youngster find stressful? Calming? Uncomfortable? Enjoyable? If you understand what affects your youngster, you?ll be better at trouble-shooting problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating successful experiences.
19. Reward good behavior. Positive reinforcement can go a long way with kids with High-Functioning Autism, so make an effort to ?catch them doing something good.? Praise them when they act appropriately or learn a new skill, being very specific about what behavior they?re being praised for. Also look for other ways to reward them for good behavior (e.g., giving them a sticker, letting them play with a favorite toy, etc.).
20. Stick to a schedule. Kids with High-Functioning Autism tend to do best when they have a highly-structured schedule or routine. This goes back to the consistency they both need and crave. Set up a schedule for your youngster, with regular times for meals, therapy, school, and bedtime. Try to keep disruptions to this routine to a minimum. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare him for it in advance.
21. Under the U.S. federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), kids with disabilities?including those with HFA?are eligible for a range of free or low-cost services. Under this provision, kids in need and their families may receive:
Kids under the age of 10 do not need a diagnosis to receive free services under IDEA. If they are experiencing a developmental delay, including delays in communication or social development, they are automatically eligible for early intervention and special education services.
22. With so many different treatments available, it can be tough to figure out which approach is right for your youngster. Making things even more complicated, you may hear different or even conflicting recommendations from other moms and dads ? and even doctors. When putting together a treatment plan for your youngster, keep in mind that there is no single treatment that will work for everyone. Each child with High-Functioning Autism is unique, with different strengths and weaknesses.
23. Your youngster?s treatment should be tailored according to his or her individual needs. You know your youngster best, so it?s up to you to make sure those needs are being met. You can do that by asking yourself the following questions:
24. Know that a good treatment plan will:
25. Know your youngster?s rights. As the mother or father of an HFA youngster, you have a legal right to:
Source: http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2012/10/assisting-children-with-high.html
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Right now I'm phasing out summer's tomatoes and corn, green beans and zucchini and picking up Chinese broccoli, mushrooms, cabbage and carrots at the farmers' market. I'm still finding an array of peppers and beautiful Asian eggplants to brighten my wok. Stir-fries can be adapted to any number of ingredients that may be lingering in your refrigerator, or in your freezer, like the frozen peas that liven up a fish and mushroom stir-fry that is one of this week's recipes. The extra step to "velvet" the chicken is worth it for such tender, succulent chicken Stir-Fried Rainbow Peppers, Eggplant and Tofu Roasting the eggplant before stir-frying may not be the Chinese way, but it produces great texture without using much oil. Stir-Fried Medley of Kale, Brussels Sprouts and Baby Bok Choy With Chicken Omit the chicken or substitute tofu to make this dish vegetarian. In any case, the antioxidant-rich cruciferous vegetables are the centerpiece of this dish. Cabbage and Carrot Noodles With Egg Glass noodles, also known as bean threads, are made with mung bean flour and have more texture than rice noodles. Either kind works in this dish. Wok-Seared Cod With Stir-Fried Mushrooms and Peas Cooking the vegetables first prevents the delicate fish pieces from flaking apart in the pan. |
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Oct. 15, 2012 -- People who undergo weight loss surgery may be at risk of addictive behaviors such as drug or alcohol abuse and cigarette smoking. Cholesterol Levels Down Among U.S. Adults
Oct. 16, 2012 -- Cholesterol levels are dropping among U.S. adults, new research shows. Study Questions the Value of Annual Physical Exams
Oct. 16, 2012 -- Regular physical exams are annual rituals for many Americans. Some Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk
Oct. 17, 2012 -- Some antidepressants are linked to a slight increased risk of bleeding stroke, according to a new analysis. Is a New Crohn's Disease Treatment on the Horizon?
Oct. 17, 2012 -- A drug used to treat psoriasis may provide a much-needed option for people with bad cases of Crohn's disease. Cranberries Little Help Against UTIs
Oct. 16, 2012 -- Drinking cranberry juice or taking cranberry pills may do little to prevent urinary tract infection (UTI), according to a new review of the latest research. Hospital Food Contaminated With C. diff
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AMES, Iowa (AP) ? Mitt Romney is promising to revitalize the nation's economy with "bold ideas" and a senior aide said the Republican presidential candidate would not cut ties with an Indiana Senate candidate who said pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended."
As President Barack Obama took a break from the campaign trail, Romney delivered what his campaign billed as a major economic address in swing state Iowa on Friday to help win the dwindling number of voters yet to make up their minds. While the speech did not break new ground, it was designed to help crystalize the differences between his and Obama's economic approaches less than two weeks before Election Day.
"If Paul Ryan and I are elected as your president and vice president, we will endeavor with all our hearts and energy to restore America," Romney said. "Instead of more spending, more borrowing from China and higher taxes from Washington, we'll renew our faith in the power of free people pursuing their dreams."
Minutes before the speech, senior strategist Eric Fehrnstrom said Romney would not call on Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock to remove his TV ads featuring Romney's endorsement. Fehrnstrom said Romney disagrees with the Indiana Republican's recent comment about rape, but would not interfere with Mourdock's advertising.
"That's his decision," Fehrnstrom said when asked whether the campaign wants Mourdock to remove the ads. He added that Romney feels he has addressed the matter and doesn't plan to discuss it further.
Romney has not spoken about Mourdock's comments directly, despite repeated questions from reporters about it in recent days.
The candidate was focused on the economy as he addressed several hundred supporters on a cold autumn day outside a local construction company.
Romney argued that Obama has no proposals that can meet "the challenges of the times." He dismissed the president's signature legislative achievement, a health care law, as "his vaunted Obamacare" and said he would instead focus on saving Medicare and Social Security.
He repeated many of his standard campaign themes: that Obama is focusing on small issues like "characters on Sesame Street and silly word games" and that Romney will improve kitchen-table concerns like health care, job creation and school choice. His signature refrain is that America can't afford another four years like the last four years.
The speech came hours after the government reported a slight pickup in economic growth in the final such report before the Nov. 6 election.
The pickup to 2 percent from July to September from the 1.3 percent in the second quarter may help Obama's message that the economy is improving. Still, growth remains too weak to rapidly boost hiring. And the 1.74 percent rate for 2012 trails last year's 1.8 percent growth. Romney called the news "discouraging."
"Slow economic growth means slow job growth and declining take-home pay," Romney said in a statement. "This is what four years of President Obama's policies have produced."
The White House had a more positive take on the news in a blog post by Alan Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. "While we have more work to do, together with other economic indicators, this report provides further evidence that the economy is moving in the right direction," he wrote. Obama got better news from a survey out of the University of Michigan showing consumer confidence rising to its highest level in five years.
An Associated Press-GfK poll out this week shows Romney overtaking Obama as the candidate that likely voters trust more to handle the economy. The poll found 51 percent of those voters surveyed Oct. 19-23 picking Romney, compared to 44 percent for Obama. The two candidates were tied among likely voters on that issue in the previous poll in mid-September.
Still, the two are locked in a dead heat in the nationwide poll. Other surveys show a tight race in the swing states that will decide the election, with the winning candidate needing 270 Electoral College votes. With Hurricane Sandy threatening the East Coast during the final full week of the campaign, Romney canceled a rally in Virginia scheduled for Sunday. Obama aides said they were watching the storm's path before deciding whether to call off any of his events.
Obama was pushing back on Romney's criticism on another front ? relations with Israel, which could have an impact particularly with Jewish voters in swing state Florida. The Republican has repeatedly criticized Obama for not traveling to Israel as president. Obama visited as a candidate in 2008.
A new ad shows images of Obama's trip and video of his pledge during his final debate with Romney that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon while he's president and that "our bond with Israel will be unbreakable."
Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg responded that Obama's Middle East policy "has been a failure."
"As president, Mitt Romney's first overseas trip will be to Jerusalem, and under a Romney Administration, the world will never question America's solidarity with Israel," she said in a statement.
Romney was expanding his TV advertising into Minnesota, where President Richard Nixon was the last Republican to carry the state 40 years ago. The investment is described as a small buy that Democrats suggest is simply intended to generate media coverage and force the incumbent campaign to spend money there as well. And Obama's campaign followed suit, going up with what it described as a small buy meant to reach voters in neighboring Wisconsin.
Romney's running mate Paul Ryan also spent time in states not expected to affect the race's outcome, with fundraisers in South Carolina and Alabama. Ryan was scheduled to join Romney for a rally Friday evening in North Canton, Ohio, before the vice presidential candidate embarks on a two-day, 400-mile bus tour of the state.
At a midday luncheon in Huntsville, Ala., that raised more than $1 million for Romney's campaign, Ryan told donors they were helping pay for television ads in battleground states and staff to get voters to their polling locations. "Historically, Republicans have not been as good at that," Ryan said. "We're getting a lot better."
Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning Friday in Wisconsin, said Romney "meant what he said" when he was caught on tape saying that 47 percent of the nation considers themselves victims.
"Romney talks about victims. I don't know where the hell he lives," Biden told about 1,000 people at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. "I don't recognize the country he's talking about." The Obama campaign has a radio ad playing heavily in Wisconsin keying off of Romney's 47 percent line and using it to question the Republican's priorities. Both Romney and Ryan plan to campaign in Wisconsin early next week.
Obama arrived back in Washington late Thursday following a 40-hour battleground state blitz of eight states. He took a one-day break from the campaign trail Friday, spending much of the day at the White House, with a trip to Democratic Party headquarters to film a live appearance on MTV. Turning out young voters who tend to vote Democratic is a key strategy for the Obama campaign. He was scheduled to campaign in New Hampshire on Saturday.
The president also planned Oval Office interviews Friday with American Urban Radio Networks, which has a largely black audience, and Michael Smerconish, the conservative-leaning radio host who backed him in the 2008 election.
Obama also planned to talk to local television stations in swing states. And the campaign announced Friday that the president will travel next week to Colorado, Wisconsin and Ohio for a series of campaign rallies and events.
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Pickler reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Julie Pace in Washington and Philip Elliott in Huntsville, Ala., contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/speech-romney-promises-revitalize-economy-194635689--election.html
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Cold weather and the holidays are right around the corner.? Once again, the Frederick County Department of Social Services is sponsoring their annual 2012 Holiday Gift Project to make the season special for some of some of our neighbors in need.
There are many seniors, families, and children who would not be able to celebrate the holidays without the assistance of their neighbors and community.? Many offices, groups, families, and individuals have volunteered to help spread holiday joy by participating in this program.? Last year over 367 children and families, 78 home bound senior citizens, and numerous nursing home residents were able to enjoy the holidays thanks to generous donations from our donors and sponsors.
Those who volunteer to sponsor are provided an information sheet about the family or person(s) they are helping.? Then gifts are purchased, wrapped, and brought to the Department.? Workers will then distribute the presents to their clients.? All donations are greatly appreciated.
The Frederick County DSS Holiday Gift Project not only warms the hearts of those in need, but the hearts of those who donate as well.? If you, your family, or group would like to participate by providing presents, please contact Jennifer Long at Social Services via e-mail at ??jlong@dhr.state.md.us or by calling (301) 600-4544.
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SEATTLE (AP) ? An Algerian man convicted of plotting to blow up the Los Angeles airport around the turn of the new millennium was sentenced Wednesday to 37 years in prison after previous 22-year terms were thrown out by an appeals court as too lenient.
Ahmed Ressam, who had trained with al-Qaida in Afghanistan, was arrested in December 1999 when a customs agent noticed that he appeared suspicious as he drove off a ferry from Canada onto Washington's Olympic Peninsula. A resulting search turned up a trunk full of explosives.
Ressam's capture, after a brief foot chase, prompted fears of a terrorist attack and the cancellation of Seattle's New Year's Eve fireworks.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour had twice ordered him to serve 22-year terms, but both times the sentences were rejected on appeal.
This time, Ressam's attorneys conceded that he should face at least three decades to satisfy the appeals courts, but no more than 34 years.
The Justice Department, which previously sought sentences of 35 years and of life in prison, recommended a life sentence again because of the mass murder Ressam intended to inflict. In those pre-Sept. 11 days, it was "a virtually unimaginable horror," Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Brunner told the court.
"If Mr. Ressam had succeeded," she said, "it is likely hundreds if not thousands of innocent lives would have been lost."
Brunner also argued that Ressam continues to pose a threat, as evidenced by his recantation of prior cooperation, which forced the government to dismiss charges against two coconspirators.
Ressam's lawyer, Thomas Hillier, disagreed, pointing to a letter Ressam sent the judge this week in which he wrote: "I am against killing innocent people of any gender, color or religion. I apologize for my actions."
Ressam, who made a similar statement to the court in 2003, did not speak at the hearing Wednesday.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys said they would review the ruling, and neither indicated whether they would appeal. U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said that regardless of whether she agreed with the judge, the case represented a victory for the rule of law.
"We afforded a man who sought to do us the greatest harm the full due process of the law," she said.
Coughenour read his lengthy sentencing order from the bench, noting that of the 4,000 to 5,000 sentences he had handed down in his 31-year career, Ressam's case was the only one he could remember in which the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deemed him too lenient.
Nevertheless he thanked the appeals judges for their guidance, saying that some cases are so long and difficult that a trial judge can lose perspective.
"This case provokes our greatest fears," Coughenour said. "Because Mr. Ressam planned this act of violence and took steps to carry it out, many, including the federal government, believe that Mr. Ressam is a continuing threat and he should never see freedom again. But fear is not, nor has it ever been, the guide for a federal sentencing judge."
The sentence reflected more than the 35 years maximum for the two most serious of the nine counts Ressam was convicted of: committing an act of terrorism across international boundaries, and carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony.
Prosecutors noted that had Ressam tried to carry out his plot after 9/11, he almost certainly would have been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, which can carry life in prison.
Coughenour discredited the government's argument that Ressam would pose a future threat. He will be eligible for release at about age 64, and his prior cooperation with terrorism investigators would make it difficult for Ressam to become involved in any plot even if he were so inclined, the judge said.
The sentence also took into account Coughenour's belief that Ressam stopped cooperating because of the effect of extended solitary confinement. His recantation was a "deranged protest," rather than a true return to terrorist sympathies, Coughenour said.
The judge said that if the harsh conditions of his confinement were in fact what caused Ressam to stop cooperating, that shouldn't compound his sentence.
"I will not sentence a man to 50 lashes and then 50 more for getting blood on the whip," he said.
Ressam's case has been vexing because he started cooperating after he was convicted and was interviewed more than 70 times by terror investigators from the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany and France. Information he provided helped convict several terror suspects; prompted the famous August 2001 FBI memo titled "Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S."; and contributed to the arrest of suspected Osama bin Laden lieutenant Abu Zubaydah, who remains in custody without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
However, Ressam recanted all of his cooperation when it became clear that the prosecutors weren't going to recommend that he serve less than 27 years in prison. That forced the Justice Department to drop charges against two suspected coconspirators, Samir Ait Mohamed and Abu Doha.
In previously sentencing Ressam, Coughenour noted that before he went to trial, the government offered him a 25-year sentence if he would plead guilty ? no cooperation necessary. Ressam refused, but Coughenour said that any discount for Ressam's cooperation, while it lasted, should start from that 25-year offer.
The appeals court rejected that rationale.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/terrorist-sentenced-37-years-millennium-plot-165435276.html
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