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Dihydrotestosterone or "DHT", is the "bad form" of testosterone and is the purported cause of age-related hair loss in men and women. DHT appears to cause hair follicles to enter a resting phase faster, causing hair shedding to occur at a quicker rate, ultimately leading to the follicles shutting down and becoming dormant. NuHair DHT blocker contains vital nutrients that emerging research suggests may help combat age-related hair loss and promote thick, vibrant hair growth. The DHT blocking effect is enhanced by the addition of saw palmetto and phytosterols. The result is healthier, stronger, thicker hair for men and women.*
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Both the store owner, 30-year-old Pritalkumar Patel, and one employee, 33-year-old Prayas Patel, were arrested at the scene, but they weren't the only ones upset they were getting shut down.
News 12 talked to a regular customer to the store who wished to remain unnamed.
"Dang, they got busted for spice? Really? I came to buy some," he admitted.
Words from a regular customer who couldn't get what he came for because now it's in the hands of Richmond County narcotics investigators.
"I can get gas and Mountain Dew across the street. But I'm angry that this store is closed, and they weren't angry that they couldn't buy gas and Mountain Dew," said Richmond County Narcotics Investigator Sgt. Allan Rollins.
What they wanted was spice -- an illegal drug referred to as synthetic marijuana. Investigators recovered several pounds of the substance packaged as incense.
They say the street value is more than $10,000.
"Far as spice investigations go, this would be right up there with one of the top investigations we've done. He had a full supply of it," Rollins said.
The owner and the clerk were arrested at the scene and charged with the sale of a synthetic narcotic and possession of synthetic narcotics with intent to distribute.
Investigators say the drug was not sitting out in the open.
"What he had was hidden, and it was under the counter in a locked box, not where the public could see it. You had to know what you were going in there for," Rollins said.
The regular customer says he has one specific reason for smoking spice.
"It just help you pass drug tests. Really, that's the only reason I smoke it," he said.
Investigators say there could be more arrests in the future.
"We probably have enough on the other employees just to go ahead and arrest them, but we are going to do interviews and talk to them and see what their reasoning was behind it," Rollins said.
While there's no spice left to buy there, the regular customer says it doesn't really ruin his plans.
"Shoot. I just been smoking it because, but I'll go buy me some weed, it's cool," he said.
Investigators spent the past month buying spice undercover from the store and having it tested at a crime lab.
They say the store will probably not shut down since it has a legitimate business aspect to it.
In the time News 12 was there after the scene had cleared, at least five other people said they were coming to the store just to buy spice.

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For the second year in a row, the Central Coast Section's two most storied football programs meet for a section championship.
St. Francis beat Los Gatos 17-0 for the CCS Division II title last season, the program's 15th section title overall. Los Gatos has 13 CCS championships.
The teams come into their D-II title game Saturday night at Westmont with impressive credentials -- St. Francis is the only CCS team to beat Open finalist Serra this season and Los Gatos rolled past Division I finalist Milpitas to claim a share of its league title.
"The mindset is to respect St. Francis and what they're about," Los Gatos coach Mark Krail said. "But, to be honest, it's respect them greatly, but certainly not fear them."
St. Francis has similar admiration for Los Gatos, which has won nine of its past 10 games.
"They're a great team," St. Francis defensive back/running back Landon Baty said. "We have a lot of respect for them. Historically, we're two of the prominent programs around.
"Joey Wood is a great running back. We know they're going to have to run the ball on us, and we're going to have to stop the run."


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In Their Own Words – Hanging My Hat on Hope
The 10th Annual Long Island Walk Now for Autism Speaks Awards Reception took place last week. It was a wonderful evening of celebration, not just because of the money we raised – over $1.4 million – but because of the people that came together to make a difference in the autism community. The night was about Brendan, Eileen, Joseph and all of the kids and adults affected by autism. This is a very special community and I am honored to be a part of it.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of divisiveness in the autism community in general, a lot of dissension, a lot of "my way or the highway" mentality. It is a funky energy that often baffles me. I believe it is rooted in the overwhelming passion that families have for their loved ones affected by autism. They face indescribable challenges, from the seemingly mundane to the enormous. They are desperate for answers. And the majority of society doesn't get it. Most people don't have a clue about what living with autism 24/7 is like. Add sleep deprivation to the mix, and there are powder kegs of emotion everywhere.
The flipside to the conflicting opinions, and the thing I hang my hat on, is hope. My hope for the community is rooted in the one thing that unites us, the bedrock and the common foundation for all of us – our loved ones. So we can be on very different sides of the fence – pro–bio–medical or pro–science, pro–vaccine or anti–vaccine, pro–GFCF diet or anti–GFCF diet, genetic or environment – but we are all in the same backyard, encompassed by the same fence.
All parents of children with autism – child or adult – that I have met are most passionate about their children. No matter what side of the fence they reside on, or if they are on the fence at all, or in neutral territory (like Switzerland); they are driven to make the best life possible for their children. They are hopeful.
That shared hope is what will unite this community in the long run, because no matter what your beliefs about what causes autism, we are in it for our children. The autism debate comes down to this – Danny, Tom, Kelly, Tyler, Brendan, Kevin, Jackson, Christian, Kerry, Nicky, Jonathan and countless others. They are individuals with names, faces, lives and families who love them. Call me an optimist – which I am – but I truly believe that under all the debates and arguments and contrasting opinions, the love and passion for our children will rise to the top and bring us together.
I believe that opposing sides will one day meet at the fence and that the first questions they ask each other will not be "What do you believe causes autism?" Or "Why don't you believe what I believe?" It will be "Who is your child? Whom do you love who is affected by autism? Who are you fighting this battle for?" So that we begin at the beginning, and uncover our commonalities before we begin discussing what divides us.
Someday, we will have the answers we seek, no matter what path was traveled to find them. Some day … I "have a dream" that someday we will be a united community, not always in agreement, because that would be boring, but united in our passion for our children, or anyone we love affected by autism. I have a dream that someday, there won't be a fence.
This "In Their Own Words" essay is written by Rose Ann Walsh of Northport, N.Y.
If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
April 6, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Your story moved me. I thank you for writing such a passionate and honest blog.
I will pray for you and your family.
April 15, 2011 at 4:08 pm
i wish i could find am autim walk in my area or i could figure out to put one together;having a son with what the docters call functional autism is something i didn't really think i would be doing because i never thought i would be raising a child with disabilities let alone a child with multiple disabilities; i really didn't know much about autism untill my son turned 10 & i asked the dr. why he still behaved a certain way even though mentally he was & is 3 years behind his age group i still thought there was something wrong with him so i asked the dr. what was wrong & he told me my son had functional autism i really love him & i would like to find away to support the research for autism.
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(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
This 2 hour webinar will consider internal auditing techniques and best practices that are used by a metrology laboratory to comply with ISO/IEC 17025 criteria. There are no prerequisites for this webinar.
Learning Objectives. During this webinar, using your notes and ISO/IEC 17025 or NIST HB 143, you will:
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You can register to participate via the OWM Database. The current fee for webinars is $199 and confirmed participants will be provided a web link to make a payment. OWM will contact State participants regarding payment.
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Saturday, 09/09/1989
Dining Commons, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Set 1: Foam, Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg, Rhombus Narration[1] > DividedDivided Sky, BagAC/DC Bag > McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > GinBathtub Gin, PYITEPunch You In the Eye -> Wilson, MSOMy Sweet One[1], BowieDavid Bowie
Set 2: Ya Mar, YEMYou Enjoy Myself -> AlumniAlumni Blues > LTJPLetter to Jimmy Page > AlumniAlumni Blues > SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt[2], HoodHarry Hood, Walk Away, Possum
[1] First known version.
[2] Fish drum solo.
· Reba tease in David Bowie
Noteworthy Jams: David Bowie
Average Song Gap: 8.11
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show contained the first known Rhombus Narration and first known version of My Sweet One. Reba was teased in the Bowie intro. Melt contained a Fish drum solo.
Song Distribution:
5 The White Tape
4 Lawn Boy
4 Junta
3 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
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Jeep Joins Burger King in Getting Twitter Hacked
A second corporate victim of Twitter hacking surfaced Tuesday when users of the site saw Jeep's account suddenly announce the firm had been "sold to Cadillac," and point to an image of an imaginary Jeep "CEO" appearing to smoke drugs out of a lightbulb.
The hack was the second of a major Twitter brand account in as many days—Burger King's account had announced Monday that the fast food chain was sold to McDonalds "because the whopper flopped."
Burger King has since restored its account, reinserting its blue, red and yellow logo and more mundane tweets on topics like BK Chicken Nuggets. The account posted that while it had been an "interesting" Monday it hoped its hundreds of thousands of followers would stick around.
Later on Tuesday afternoon, Jeep's account—which also boasts more than 100,000 followers—had deleted the tweets and fixed its image and description. Jeep then posted the following tweet: "Hacking: Definitely not a #Jeep thing. We're back in the driver's seat!"
Both the Burger King and Jeep hacks included the hashtag #OpMadCow, though it wasn't immediately clear who was responsible in either case. The Burger King tweets included the nickname @DFNCTSC, which is a reference to the hacking group Defonic Team Screen Name Club, best known for breaking into Paris Hilton's Sidekick and posting her photos.
A Twitter spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
For a brief interval Tuesday the Twitter account used by MTV also appeared to have been hacked, with Black Entertainment Television logo imposed alongside "Hacked MTV!" However the music and reality show channel later tweeted that the hack was a faked: "We totally Catfish-ed you guys. Thanks for playing! <3 you, @BET. ;)"
Twitter advises account holders who think they have been hacked to pull any connections to third-party applications and update passwords. "Accounts may become compromised if you've entrusted your username and password to a malicious third-party application or website, if your Twitter account is vulnerable due to a weak password, if viruses or malware on your computer are collecting passwords, or if you're on a compromised network," the company advises.
Earlier this month Twitter acknowledged that it had been victim of an attack which may have granted hackers access to user names and email addresses for about 250,000 of its users.
"There's been a recent uptick in large-scale security attacks aimed at U.S. technology and media companies," the company said then, noting other recent attacks targeting publications including The Wall Street Journal.
Here's a Storified look at Jeep's hacked account and the chatter on Twitter that followed:
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STOCKTON - Police, paramedics and firefighters were dispatched to the McDonald's restaurant in the 300 block of South Center Street about 8 p.m. Friday after a man was shot.
The man sustained two gunshot wounds to the back. He was alert and conscious when paramedics took him to a hospital for treatment.
The victim told police he was shot at another location nearby, but officers found no evidence of a shooting there. The victim was described as uncooperative. There was no description of the shooter.
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Nightclub fight leads to arrest, deputies say
Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:51 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 11:28 a.m.
A weekend fight at a pool hall landed one participant in jail, Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said.
Deputies got the call about 2 a.m. Sunday that a 31-year-old had been knocked unconscious at High Tides Night Club, 194 Monarch Drive, Larpenter said.
Danny Charles Farkas Jr., 31, 1157 Cross St., Montegut, was arrested Monday; he allegedly admitted fighting at the bar.
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POSITION: Right Wing
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BIRTHPLACE: Mlada Boleslav, CZE
DRAFTED: COL: 1999-212 overall
|QMJHL First All-Star Team (2001) Played in NHL All-Star Game (2015) Traded to Carolina by Colorado for Bates Battaglia, March 11, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Liberec (CzRep), September 4, 2004. Traded to Chicago by Carolina for Chicago's 4th round choice (later traded to St. Louis - St. Louis selected Cade Fairchild) in 2007 Entry Draft, December 29, 2005. Traded to Phoenix by Chicago for Kevyn Adams, August 11, 2007. Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, July 1, 2008. Assigned to Mlada Boleslav (CzRep) by Tampa Bay, December 9, 2008. Loaned to Liberec (CzRep) by Mlada Boleslav (CzRep), January 29, 2009. Traded to Phoenix by Tampa Bay for Todd Fedoruk and David Hale, July 21, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Mlada Boleslav (CzRep-2), November 1, 2012. Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, July 3, 2014.
|2012-13 Highlights
Recorded 12-16-28 in 34 games to rank second on the team in scoring...Ranked tied for second on the team in plus/minus (+6), third in shots (106) and tied for third in goals (12)...Had five multi-point games...Recorded his fourth career hat trick, including the GWG and a SHG, and matched a career high in points (3-1-4) at ANA, Apr. 27...Scored a goal at STL, Apr. 18 and at CHI, Apr. 20...Notched two assists vs. COL, Apr. 6...Played in his 700th NHL game vs. LAK, Apr. 2...Scored a goal at SJS, Mar. 30...Registered 2-1-3 to reach 400 career points at NSH, Mar. 28...Missed 14 games with an injury (2/18-3/18)...Scored a goal vs. CBJ, Feb. 16...Recorded a five-game assist streak (1-5-6) Jan. 24-Feb. 1...Registered 1-1-2 at DAL, Feb. 1...Recorded 2-1-3 in season opener Jan. 19 at DAL.
2011-12 Highlights
Posted career highs in goals (35) and points (62)…Tied for first in the NHL in GWGS (12)…Eighth in the NHL in road goals (21)…Second on the team in plus/minus (plus-24) and ranked 12th in the NHL…Led the team in shots (232) and PPGS (9)…Had 15 multi-point games…Coyotes went 21-4-3 when he scored a goal…Scored his career high 12th GWG at STL, Apr. 6…Had 1-1-2 in a 4-0 win vs. ANA, Mar. 31…Picked up his seventh two-goal game of the season, including his 11th GWG, in a 2-0 victory vs. SJS, Mar. 29…Collected his 200th career NHL assist at PIT, Mar. 5…Scored his 30th goal of the season and had three points (2-1-3) vs. LAK, Feb. 21…Established a new career high with his 28th goal vs. DAL, Feb. 18…Posted a career-best seven-game point streak Jan. 24-Feb. 11 (4-5-9)…Scored the GWG and had an assist at DAL, Feb. 7…Had a five-game point streak Jan. 7-Jan. 16 (3-3-6)…Scored his 20th goal of the season at NYR, Jan. 10…Had five goals in a three-game span from Nov. 19-23…Netted two goals vs. ANA, Nov. 23…Scored a SHG at WSH, Nov. 21…Netted two goals at BUF, Nov. 19…Recorded two goals, including the GWG, at COL, Nov. 2…Posted 2-1-3 vs. LAK, Oct. 29…Scored the GWG at DAL, Oct. 10…2012 Playoffs: Recorded 2-3-5 in 16 postseason games…Second on the team in postseason shots (43)…Played in all five games of the WCF against LAK and had one assist…Scored a goal in Games 1 and 2 of the WCSF vs. NSH, Apr. 27 and 29…Appeared in all six games of the WCQF against CHI, collecting an assist.
2010-11 Highlights
Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 19-29-48…Led the team in shots (240)…Second on the team in PPGS (10)…Tied for second in goals (19)…Was 7-for-11 in shootouts…Posted 14 multi-point games…Posted a four-game point streak (2-4-6) from Mar. 13-18…Recorded 1-1-2 at EDM, Mar. 17…Recorded 2-0-0 vs. COL, Feb. 7…Had three assists at COL, Jan. 6…Recorded two assists at MIN, Jan. 2…Recorded 1-1-2 at NYI, Dec. 18…Recorded 1-2-3 at EDM, Nov. 19 and vs. STL, Nov. 13…Scored two goals in the season opener against BOS, Oct. 9 in his home country (Czech Republic)…2011 Playoffs: Tied for the team lead in scoring in the playoffs with 2-3-5 in four games vs. DET in the WCQF…Recorded 1-1-2 in Game 2 of the WCQF at DET, Apr. 16…Scored a goal in Game 1 of the series at DET, Apr. 13.
2009-10 Highlights
Recorded 24-19-43 in 82 games in his second stint with PHX…Ranked second on the Coyotes in goals and fifth in points…One of four players to appear in all 82 games…Went 8 for 18 in shootouts with two shootout-deciding goals…Netted the SDG vs. CHI, Mar. 20…Scored the game-tying goal with 1:00 remaining in third period before also recording the SDG in 4-3 win at FLA, Mar. 18, and finished with a career high 10 shots on goal…Recorded his 20th goal of the season and added an assist in a 3-2 win at MIN, Feb. 10…Appeared in his 500th career NHL game, Feb. 8 vs. EDM…Notched the Coyotes' only regulation goal in a 2-1 SO win at CHI, Feb. 5…Compiled a five-game point streak (3-2-5) from Jan. 9-18…Scored a goal in four straight games from Dec. 10-16…Had a goal and an assist in 3-0 win at PIT, Oct. 7…Scored two goals at LAK, Oct. 3, his first game with PHX since Apr. 11, 2007…2010 Playoffs: Appeared in all seven playoff games vs. DET, recording 2-2-4 to finish tied for fourth on the team in playoff scoring…Tallied a goal and an assist for his first career playoff points in Game 3 win at DET, Apr. 18…Scored the GWG in Game 6 at DET, Apr. 25.
2008-09 Highlights
Appeared in 18 games for TBL, recording 3-3-6…Was reassigned by the Lightning to Mlada Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga on Dec. 9…Registered 5-3-8 in 11 games for Mlada Boleslav before joining Liberec…Recorded 7-2-9 in seven games for Liberec…Compiled a three-game point streak (1-2-3) from Nov. 13-18 for TBL…Scored his first goal as a member of the Lightning vs. FLA, Nov. 18.
2007-08 Highlights
Established new career highs in goals (27), assists (29), points (56), power-play goals (7), shorthanded goals (3), GWGS (5) and plus/minus (plus-6) in his first season as a member of the Coyotes…Led the team in shots (246) and ranked second in goals and points while tying for the team lead in GWGs…Finished with 16 multi-point games…Set new career high by recording his 28th assist of the season vs. ANA, Mar. 22…Had a goal and two assists while playing in his 400th career NHL game in win at LAK, Feb. 18…Recorded three points on a SHG and two assists vs. DAL, Feb. 14…Scored the game-tying and overtime game-winner at COL, Feb. 4…Recorded his third career hat trick and added an assist for a four-point night in win vs. NSH, Jan. 24…Had a goal and an assist to reach 200 points for his NHL career at COL, Jan. 2…Registered four consecutive two-point games (5-3-8) from Dec. 29-Jan. 3…Registered two goals and an assist – the 100th of his career – at ANA, Nov. 23…Made his Coyotes debut and collected an assist in win vs. STL, Oct. 4.
2006-07 Highlights
Appeared in 77 games for CHI, tallying 14-27-41…Ranked second on the team in points (41), third in assists (27), sixth in goals (14)…Set career highs in points, assists and penalty minutes (26)…Missed five games throughout the season due to an upper-body injury…Tallied two goals in regulation and scored the shootout-deciding goal while logging a season-high 22:12 TOI in a 4-3 win over OTT, Mar. 4…Had a three-game assist streak (0-3-3) from Dec. 29-Jan. 2…Played his 300th career NHL game vs. NSH, Dec. 20…Registered a pair of PPGS, including the GWG, in a 3-1 win over STL, Nov. 10…Recorded 11 points (3-8-11) in the first eight games of the season…Began the season with a five-game point streak (2-5-7) from Oct. 5-16…Tied his career high with three assists at DAL, Oct. 20…Scored the GWG in 8-6 season-opening win at NSH, Oct. 5.
2005-06 Highlights
Appeared in 45 games with CHI, registering 13-21-34 and a plus-4 rating…Totaled 15-24-39 in 61 games with CAR and CHI…Tied for second on the team with six PPGS…Ended the season with a four-game point streak (3-3-6)…Had eight multi-point games…Had a career high four points (2-2-4) vs. SJS, Mar. 26…Registered a career high three assists in a 4-2 win vs. COL, Jan. 19…Scored a goal in four straight games from Jan. 10-15…Tallied his first goal as Blackhawk on the power-play in a 4-3 OT win at WSH, Jan. 10…Recorded his first point as a Blackhawk with an assist vs. VAN, Jan. 5…Made his Blackhawk debut at CGY on Jan. 2…Traded from CAR for future considerations on Dec. 30…Appeared in 16 games for CAR, recording 2-3-5…Had a pair of assists vs. NYR, Nov. 17…Registered a goal and an assist vs. NJD, Oct. 15…Scored CAR's first goal of the season at TBL, Oct. 5.
2004-05 Highlights
Led HC Bili Tygri Liberec in goals (18), assists (21) and points (39), playing in 45 of Liberec's 52 regular season games…Tied for 14th in the Czech Republic Extraleague in points.
2003-04 Highlights
Completed his third NHL season and second with CAR…Recorded 12-13-25 in 80 games…Ranked tied for fifth on the team in goals…Had a goal and an assist at TBL, Mar. 13…Scored the eventual game winner on the power-play at EDM, Dec. 9…Notched his second career hat trick and first with the Hurricanes vs. PIT, Nov. 29…Scored his first points of the season with a goal and an assist at PHI, Oct. 25 – the assist was his first with CAR.
2002-03 Highlights
Recorded 16-19-35 in 76 games with COL and CAR…Scored two goals vs. OTT, Mar. 18…Scored the extra-attacker, tying goal with 10 seconds remaining in regulation and became the fifth Hurricane player to score in his franchise debut at BUF, Mar. 12…Was acquired by CAR from COL in exchange for Bates Battaglia on Mar. 11…Scored fourth consecutive game-winner at CHI, Feb. 17…Scored the OT game-winner vs. MTL, Dec. 6…Scored a goal and notched an assist vs. OTT, Nov. 6…Scored COL's first goal of the season vs. DAL, Oct. 9.
2001-02 Highlights
Completed his rookie season in the NHL with COL, recording 18-12-30 in 52 games…Finished seventh among NHL rookies in scoring…Ranked tied for third among all rookies in goals…Began the season with Hershey (AHL), recalled on Nov. 20…Remained with COL for the club's final 61 games…Named NHL's Rookie of the Month for February…Recorded a three-game goal-scoring streak (3-0-3) from Feb. 11-26…Recorded his first hat trick at MIN, Feb. 8, scoring on all three of his shots…Recorded a five-game point streak (3-3-6), the second-longest by a rookie, from Dec. 1-8…Tallied first career NHL goal at NYI, Nov. 21…Had a three-game point/assist streak (1-5-6) from Nov. 20-24 to begin NHL career… Recorded two power-play assists in NHL debut at NYR…2002 Playoffs: Appeared in nine playoff games for Colorado…Made NHL playoff debut in Game 1 vs. LAK.
2000-01 Highlights
Led Shawinigan (QMJHL) with 56 goals and ranked second on the team with 120 points…Ranked sixth among all QMJHL players in goals and points…His plus-48 rating was third on the club and seventh overall in the league…Recorded four hat tricks in his first 13 games…Held the longest point streak in the league at 31 games from Nov. 11-March 11…Named QMJHL Offensive Player of the Month for September and October…Played in one playoff game for Hershey (AHL), notching his first professional point (assist) in his first professional game.
1999-2000 Highlights
Finished third in scoring with Hull (QMJHL), tallying 29-45-74 in 58 games.
1998-99 Highlights
Was a first round selection (18th overall) in the 1998 CHL Import Draft…Tallied 22-38-60 in 54 games with Hull of the QMJHL.
International Career
2008: Recorded 5-2-7 in seven games while playing for the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Championshipin Halifax and Qubec City…Ranked tied for second on the team in goals and tied for third in points…2005: Played for the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Championship in Austria, recording an assist in three games.
Radim and his wife Petra have one son, Krystof…Most memorable hockey moment is scoring his first NHL goal…Favorite road city in the NHL is New York…Other favorites include The Shawshank Redemption (movie), Seinfield (TV show), Nirvana (band), Czech Republic (vacation spot)…If he could meet one person, dead or alive, it would be his father…Enjoys playing tennis and soccer in the offseason…Nickname is "Verby".


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The CAREacter Star Athlete Program is based on a five-point Star System that includes the basic traits of a true champion, whether on or off the field. Those traits are attitude, character, grades, community service and performance.
Every week coaches from schools across the county select one student from each specific sport as their school's "Star Athlete of the Week" based on the five traits.
Week 4 athletes include Anderson County's Dillon Jarnigan, Clinton's Michael Hammond, Oak Ridge's Harry Boston, Oliver Springs' Anthony Woods and the University of Tennessee's James Stone.
Week 5 athletes include Anderson County's Owen Allen, Clinton's Aaron Watson, Oak Ridge's Michael Baker, Oliver Springs' Cory Kindred and the University of Tennessee's Raijon Neal.
Week 7 athletes include Anderson County's Matthew Pyke, Clinton's Ben Ross, Oak Ridge's Caleb Clement, Oliver Springs' Anthony Woods and the University of Tennessee's Brent Brewer.
Week 8 athletes include Anderson County's Jared Lindsay, Clinton's Shane Hooks, Oak Ridge's Brandon Bonds, Oliver Springs' Brandon Buck and the University of Tennessee's Corey Miller.
Week 9 athletes include Anderson County's Cale Brock, Clinton's Skylar Douglas, Oak Ridge's Marcuss Knaff, Oliver Springs' Brandon Morgan and the University of Tennessee's Antonio Richardson.
Week 10 athletes include Anderson County's Bryson Phillips, Clinton's Jonathan Bean, Oak Ridge's Gered Young, Oliver Springs' Eddie Stephson and the University of Tennessee's Michael Palardy.
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Voices of Samuel L., Snoop Dogg make for great kids entertainment in 'Turbo'
MERECEDES HOWSE When life is moving at a snail's pace you might just need some "Turbo!" The younger kids will definitely enjoy DreamWorks newest creation, Turbo. The movie is about a small garden snail's quest to win Indianapolis 500. Theo aka Turbo (voice by Ryan Reynolds) is tired of being stuck in the tomato garden and always had dreams to branch out and become the fastest snail in the world. After saving his brother, Chet (voice by Paul Giamatti), in a crow eating attempt, Turbo found himself in a place where he was free to race.


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Residents of the Williston School District will vote next month on whether to approve up to $55 million in bonding for a new middle school and a new elementary school.
The new buildings would be aimed at dealing with rapid growth in the district in the heart of the booming western North Dakota oil patch. Some of the money would go toward renovating and repairing existing schools, including the high school.
The special election is scheduled for Dec. 11
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Encrypt and Securely Delete Files (PC)
Before you proceed: These instructions are intended for users who manage their own computers. If your computer is managed by ITS, do not proceed. Contact your IT administrator for further assistance.
Why Encrypt and Securely Delete?
What do you carry around on your laptop? Does it include things like your resume, transcripts, school or internship applications or financial records?
If your laptop falls outside of your physical control due to loss or theft, the data inside your computer should already be made electronically inaccessible. Encryption is the standard technology used to protect sensitive data from unauthorized disclosure.
Deleting a file from your computer is like opening a book and scratching out the name of a chapter in the table of contents. The chapter isn't really gone, just the information about how to find it is. To really wipe out the information in a book, you would turn to the chapter itself and scribble over the words until they were illegible.
When a file is deleted from your computer, the only data erased from the hard drive is a small bit of information that points to the location of the file. The actual file remains on the hard drive where it can be retrieved with common software tools.
A secure delete application such as Heidi Eraser will prevent the recovery of deleted files by overwriting the file data with meaningless data. Securely erasing data with this procedure is considered a best practice for eliminating sensitive data, and is a critical task to perform if you donate or sell your computer.
Encrypt Documents on Your Windows Computer
See these instructions from Microsoft Support to learn how to encrypt documents on your Windows Computer (Windows 7, Vista).
Securely Delete Files Using Heidi Eraser
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Heidi Eraser is the recommended application to perform a secure deletion of files or disks on a Microsoft platform. The application is free and can be downloaded from the Eraser Downloads Page. You should download the most recent build under the Stable Builds header. You need administrative rights to your computer to install the software. Please see the Eraser Forum for assistance with any questions you may have.


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I have a need to change text proportions(scale): for example keeping the height(h) but to change the width(w) to say 75% or less. The scale change does not work with the QCAD set of fonts. Also I've added many fonts to QCAD and it doesn't work with any of them either. The fonts sets I've added are ttf. I load the fonts in my computer font file, then open the needed font in CAMBAM and export it as a DXF file and then I am able to open it in QCAD and work with them. Of course the fonts are recognized as objects but I am able to work with them.
Is there something I'm doing wrong when trying to make the fonts narrower, using the scale tool or is it just not possible to do this in QCAD?


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Tickets were super easy to come by and I ended up taking my cousin to her first show this night. To our delight, we would up sitting in the first few rows up the rise about 30 ft from Page and had an outstanding 'long' view down the stage.
I really dug the 'Chicken Shack' opener, hatching out a thick, laid back groove to kick things off. They could bring that one back anytime as far as I am concerned. As others have mentioned, the 'Bowie' is hot. The second set is the bacon though and the opening 'Wolfman's' is definitely of the deep dish version. And hey who can complete about a tight 'Lizards' and an 'Albuquerque' - man I love the texture Phish brings to that song. I feel for it hard that night.
It might not translate as well over a recording but the encore was really, really special. I mean check it out! Not only is it a four song affair but the intimacy of that encore was something I had not (yet) experienced with Phish and it was a transformative moment for me with the band. And the 'Coil' topped it all off in fine form. What a great night, great show - and as it stands now a bit of a 'secret'.


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The Senate has passed the Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act, a bill that positions the United States to remain a leader in the fight against human trafficking. Now, the House of Representatives must take up the measure in order for the bill to become law.
Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), a comprehensive federal law to combat human-trafficking and modern-day slavery in the United States and abroad.
Jesse Eaves, World Vision senior policy advisor for child protection, says it's heartening to see the Senate pass the TVPRA.
"At a time when it seems impossible to move important legislation, the Senate vote not only gives hope to millions of exploited men, women, and children around the world, but also to the thousands of advocates around the country who've worked tirelessly to push this legislation through," he says.
But Eaves warns that the success of the TVPRA in the Senate could easily be scuttled by partisan gridlock in the House of Representatives. He urges both parties in the House to set politics aside and pass the bipartisan bill before the end of this Congress.
"We now implore the House to take notice and follow suit so this life-saving bill can be renewed."
The reauthorization act strengthens the provisions of the original Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which became law in 2000. The act was reauthorized in 2008 to expand the original law's scope and reflect evolving tactics used by perpetrators of human trafficking.
The last reauthorization expired in September 2011. World Vision helped draft the original act and has fought vigorously for its reauthorization.
Eaves says the reauthorized legislation offers important gains in the efforts to combat traffickers and provide support to those who have suffered abuse.
These provisions include:
Eaves says many countries have laws in place to combat trafficking, but lack the resources to do so effectively. A prime example is the Philippines.
"They have done a good job of arresting people and getting children out of slavery," he says. "However, there is such a backlog of cases that traffickers are not getting to court."
The TVPRA will provide the training and resources needed to ensure that offenders are successfully prosecuted in such countries and that services are available to protect the vulnerable and give help to trafficking survivors.
Eaves says the act will also be cost-effective by streamlining existing U.S. anti-trafficking efforts, and by building the capacity of countries to ultimately administer their anti-trafficking laws independently.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who proposed the TVPRA as an amendment to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, said it was fitting that the Senate should pass the TVPRA on Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 150 years ago, declaring that all those enslaved in Confederate territory should be freed.
"Although the Thirteenth Amendment to our Constitution was ratified long ago, making slavery illegal, we continue to fight human trafficking, which can amount to modern-day slavery," Leahy said.
World Vision has extensive programs to combat human trafficking and slavery in countries such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Romania.
Programs include providing safe havens for trafficked children; providing counseling and vocational training to help children recover from their experiences; reuniting trafficked children with their families; helping communities learn to prevent trafficking at a grassroots level; and partnering with authorities to identify and prosecute traffickers.
Read more about the Senate approval of the Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act on the World Vision Blog.
Thank God for the action taken by the Senate to protect children from trafficking. Pray that the House of Representatives would act quickly so that the United States may remain a leader in the fight against modern-day slavery. Pray, too, for those vulnerable to exploitation right now.
Call your members of Congress. Thank your senators for passing the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, and urge your congressional representative to take swift action to introduce a House version of the bill so that the bill may be passed and signed into law.
Make a one-time donation to help girls and women in crisis. Your gift will help prevent the exploitation of girls and women by equipping skilled, local staff to offer training, education, counseling, small business loans, and other programs that reach women and girls as well as boys.


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I recently found a bug of the program while trying to make things work like I wanted... I found out that when my content(videos) is not in the main drive that I have my Leopard installed, I cannot get DTS sound and I cannot resume if I quit the video.
For example...
Lets say Leopard is installed in Raptor drive with label: Leopard
All my video files(FULL HD) are in another drive with label: Videos
When a movie is in "Videos" disk I cannot get DTS sound when I play it in my PS3 and I cannot resume the movie If I quit it from ps3. BUT when I move the the same movie in the "Leopard" disk I can have DTS and resume feature through PS3.
I dont know if I am the only one with this problem but can you check this out? Its really strange whats happening... If you need more infos just let me know!


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"Deck the Halls" and "Jingle Bells" have met their 21st century rival as East Bay cities and towns carol "Shop Local!" -- hoping the tune will ring loud enough in the ears of East Bay residents to ring in the sales at local merchants.
"This year we had a party on Dec. 8 with bands and free cookies. We had 'Try Lafayette First' logos and posters in the store windows," says Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jay Lifson. "People totally get why it's important to have a good, vibrant downtown."
That city is also repeating last year's successful "Shop Local" contest. Customers spending at least $150 between now and Jan. 3 at three different types of businesses can enter their receipts to win shopping-spree prizes in the new year. In 2011, receipts showed that 200 businesses had been visited; although he doesn't have the grand total, Lifson says amounts spent ranged from the $150 minimum to one noteworthy $3,200 receipt.
Lifson admitted results in 2012 have been "mixed" and he attributed any success to "hammering at the message" year round.
"You need to be creative -- and give away stuff for free. It's hard to get merchants to participate. It's like pulling teeth. They've got their heads down because they're so busy."
Jen Frick, owner of relatively new Tulip Baby and Kids Boutique, moved her store from Oakland four years ago.
"I appreciate the chamber's amazing efforts. However, I can't say I've seen a significant increase from the Dec. 8 campaign. I'm telling more shoppers about the contest than I am finding they are telling me about it," Frick says. "There could be more push, starting with bankers and realtors, who see people every day. It's on all of us to shop locally if we want to get out of this economic situation."
Specialtees has been in Lafayette for 35 years, and owner Ann Rubin says loyal customers have helped her store stave off the damaging effects of online retail.
"I know that others around me are suffering," Rubin says. "That new mall in Livermore means prices have to be really sharp. We're on the Internet to 7,000 people, so I can't tell if the chamber's campaign brought in new customers."
In Orinda, outgoing COC President Rick Kattenburg says the "Shop Orinda" campaign started in earnest with giving away reusable bags and placing tent cards on tables at restaurants.
"We've displayed the 'Shop Orinda' graphic on windows, on our website and in a banner in the Lamorinda Weekly," Kattenburg says. "It's almost become a salutation, a way to remind citizens that keeping dollars here will fix the roads and at the very least, cut down on our carbon footprint."
Kattenburg says the city relies on events like the Orinda Restaurant Tour and the annual "Live at the Orinda" comedy show to bring attention to downtown, but agrees with Lifson that getting the message out takes constant diligence.
Cyndi Hilton, whose Hilton House Consign/Design & Estate Liquidations. Inc. is selling more high-end specialty items for homes and fine jewelry as the economy stabilizes, says increased communication and higher discounts have had more impact on her bottom line than the chamber's monthly mixers and similar programs.
"It would be good if they did more promotions for retailers," she says. "Customers have to be reminded more frequently to stay local."
In Moraga, chamber administrator Kathe Nelson says a changed website, with easier access and updated blue and red graphics (to tie in with Saint Mary's College colors) and local banner ads are the major thrust of the "Shop Moraga First" campaign.
"Several years ago, we tried different events, like caroling and Santa visits," she recalls. "It didn't come off that well. We found people had too many things to do on the weekends."
Chamber membership is up tremendously, she says, and increased networking, spotlighting special retail programs and forming subgroups is now the focus. Restaurants and retailers do not share the same needs, and Moraga is customizing their approach to better support local commerce.
"We're still learning," Nelson says. "Most of our efforts have been on making different departments feel welcome and supported."
Moraga Hardware Store owner Bill Snyder and Edy Schwartz started the local shopping program five or six years ago.
"The impact sometimes can't be measured in dollars and cents, but the fact that there are (shop local) bookmarks, posters, and conversations about it is good. I hear people say, 'I always Shop Moraga First,' they actually repeat the slogan!" he says.
Still, Snyder suggests elected officials, service organizations and town businesses could do a better job getting the word out.
"We need to continually talk about it, lead by example, use internal memos and emails. We need to keep it top of mind and look within to buy equipment and supplies for community events right here, even if it costs more," he insists.


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Students 'Love Loud' during spring break
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 6:08 p.m.
Instead of taking the week to hit the beach or an amusement park, more than 70 Henderson County students got their hands dirty volunteering during Hendersonville First Baptist's Love Loud Spring Break.
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There will be a ribbon cutting and tour of Regal Oaks at 4 p.m. Friday, April 25. For more information, contact the Housing Assistance Corp. at 828-692-4744.
For a second year, students were invited to take an alternative spring break trip Sunday through Thursday, camping out in the church and volunteering across town during the day.
Student volunteers have helped community members with yard work, cleaning homes and maintenance projects, sent letters to wounded soldiers, and thanked local rescue workers with freshly baked cookies.
"These kids are eager to sign up and they want to give of their spring break," organizer Rose Dwyer said. "Monday they start school again, and they have given up their spring break to work without complaining, fussing one single bit ... they are giving 100 percent of all of what they have to give."
On Wednesday, one group headed over to Regal Oaks Apartments off of Old Spartanburg Highway to plant fig and cherry trees at the newly opened affordable housing community for adults 62 years and older, a combined effort between the alternative spring break and donations from the city's Tree Board.
"It is planting for the future; it is bringing food back within reach in the city limits and honoring our agricultural heritage," said Housing Assistance Corp. Volunteer Coordinator Stefanie Kompathoum.
Cecelia Smith, 34, joined her daughters Hayla, 7, and Jaina, 5, for Love Loud and worked with them to till the soil of the community garden at Regal Oaks.
"It is a lot of fun and it's been great," Smith said. "There's a lot of things that we've been exposed to that we can get involved in and help out with."
Hayla stood beside her mother, digging her pitch fork into the soil, and said getting out and getting dirty with yard work has been her favorite part of the week so far.
"I am going to keeping doing it until I am old because I can stay and do it by myself then," Hayla said. "I loved going to Lake Pointe Landing and (reading to the seniors). It was my first time and I am only 7 years old."
Kompathoum said she was glad to get outside of the office for the day and work with the volunteers.
"This has been a really rewarding project for me because I personally am a gardener, so to be able to bring everything together — youth development, gardening, working with the people that live in our apartments," Kompathoum said. "One day I don't have to sit at a desk, it is sunny for once and the city is behind it too; what more could I ask for?"
Students with Love Loud will kick off their last day serving Easter dinner to roughly 100 members of the community through Love's Kitchen at First Baptist.
"It is just a way of serving people in our community and letting them know we're here and we love them, we care about them, and it's been great," Dwyer said. "It's been an incredible week."
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John Perez seemed to have it all as he ran for state controller -- a bankroll far bigger than those of his rivals, the political clout after four years as Assembly speaker and the Democratic stronghold of Los Angeles as his home base.
Yet the June primary election's initial tally found him 481 votes behind out of more than 4 million cast, behind Democratic rival Betty Yee, a Board of Equalization member from Alameda. Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, a Republican, finished first.
Now Perez has demanded a recount in 15 counties, launching California's first-ever recount for a statewide office -- a process that critics say can let better-funded candidates try to buy their way out of defeat. The recount began Friday after Secretary of State Debra Brown certified the election.
California law lets Perez choose which counties are recounted, and in what order. He must pay for the recount as it goes, but can stop it at any time -- though Yee can promptly request one too. It's a time-consuming process on a hard deadline: The state must print ballots for November's election in time to start mailing them out Sept. 5 to overseas and military voters.
Perez argues that the razor-thin margin makes it "of the utmost importance that an additional, carefully conducted review of the ballots be undertaken to ensure that every vote is counted." But Yee counters that "cherry-picking only the 15 counties that he won, and sorting the precincts within the counties to reflect his strongest areas, indicates that he has no interest in a fair and impartial recount."
While most Californians have little idea what the controller does, keeping the books of the world's eighth-largest economy is nothing to sneeze at. He or she also sits on 81 state boards and commissions, including those that run the state's huge pension funds, administer its taxes, control its public lands, and fund school facilities, transportation and alternative energy projects.
It's among California's most influential posts, and can be a steppingstone to higher office. Past controllers have included Gov. Gray Davis and U.S. Sens. Alan Cranston and Thomas Kuchel.
Perez, 44, is a former union political director, and state worker unions hope he'll be more likely than Yee -- or incumbent John Chiang -- to side with them on public pensions, salary disclosures and other matters.
So never before has 0.012 percent of the vote hurt so much or caused so much second-guessing.
"When you're talking about 500 votes ... you're thinking about everything you possibly could've done, everywhere you could've spent money, endorsements you could've gotten," said Corey Cook, director of the University of San Francisco's Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good.
Gale Kaufman, a veteran Democratic campaign strategist, said down-ticket races in low-turnout elections with candidates who've never sought statewide office before can be "a complete crapshoot," with dozens of factors contributing to victory or loss.
Perez's time as Assembly speaker didn't give him automatic name recognition among most voters, she said, and actually might have been more hindrance than help given voters' low opinion of the Legislature.
The average voter can't name a Board of Equalization member, either. But more people had voted for Yee before -- she represents 21 counties in Northern and Central California. Perez represents just one Assembly district.
Perez parlayed his background as a union political strategist -- and the political influence of his cousin, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa -- into an Assembly seat and, two years later, the speaker's chair. Yee is a longtime numbers wonk, from her days as a legislative committee staffer through a stint as the state's deputy finance director to her time at the Board of Equalization, which administers California's sales tax, among others.
Yee, 56, committed to this race much earlier, announcing her campaign staff in April 2013 and laying a lot of groundwork last year. Perez launched his campaign in October, four months after Treasurer Bill Lockyer -- a California Democratic powerhouse with millions to spend on the controller's race -- announced he wouldn't run.
California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton, trying to maintain unity, had asked statewide candidates not to seek the party's endorsement. When Perez pushed ahead anyway, Yee mustered enough support to deny Perez the 60 percent of convention delegates he needed to win the endorsement. After that vote, Yee's convention speech played upon concerns that Perez might be too political for a job that many Californians believe should be nonpartisan.
"Democrats, we are just as guilty of getting sucked into the influence of money and power about which we criticize Republicans," she said at the time. "It is time we have politics shaped by our values, rather than our values shaped by politics."
Perez started 2014 with $1.87 million banked for the race, Yee with $502,000. Perez outraised and outspent Yee from January through May 17, and they entered the campaign's final weeks with $1.84 million and $116,000 left, respectively. Independent spending favored Perez, too: State-worker unions spent $48,500 on his behalf, while the National Organization for Women's California chapter spent $7,300 for Yee.
But "in terms of a fundraising lead, you have to have a really huge one in a state as big as this for it to make a difference," said Matt Rodriguez, a Democratic strategist and a fellow at the University of Southern California's Unruh Institute of Politics. Perez's bankroll still wasn't big enough to pay for the kind of polling, micro-targeting of voters and advertising he would need to lock down a statewide race like this, he said.
Also, Perez chose not to abide by the state's $5.4 million campaign spending cap, so he couldn't place a candidate statement in the official voter information guide. He never came near hitting the cap, and when voters consulted the guide, the only Democrat they learned about was Yee.
"That is very important in off-year elections. Often times, the people who do bother to vote, that's the only thing they're going to look at," said Jessica Levinson, an election law and governance expert at Loyola Law School.
But Perez goes into the recount looking stronger, given the money he can raise and spend.
Any voter can request a recount in any number of counties in any order, but he or she must pay the costs daily; if the recount changes the election's result, the money is refunded. The request can be for a machine recount or for a by-hand review by election officials. And if the recount changes the tally, the other candidate can then demand a recount, too.
Perez asked for hand recounts in 15 counties where he beat Yee -- in order: Lake, Napa, San Mateo, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial -- at an estimated $3 million cost. If he comes out on top and Yee has the option to request her own recount, "she's not going to have the funds to be able to do this," said Rodriguez, who worked on Perez's 2008 Assembly race.
Levinson said that's "very distressing, because getting votes counted should have absolutely nothing to do with financial ability."
"A recount should be a full recount, and it's troublesome to think about cherry-picking votes," she said. "It looks like you're playing politics with the most important right that we have to exercise our power in a democracy."
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Experience: Board of Equalization member, 2006-present; acting member, 2004-2006; chief deputy to board member Carole Migden, 2003-2004; chief deputy budget director for Gov. Gray Davis, 1999-2003; senior staff positions on several committees in both houses of the Legislature
Education: Bachelor's in sociology, 1979, UC Berkeley; master's in public administration, 1981, Golden Gate University
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In July 2012, a San Francisco surgeon demanded a recount of some Los Angeles and Orange County precincts for Proposition 29, a $1-per-pack cigarette tax to fund cancer research that had been narrowly defeated; another voter requested Proposition 29's votes recounted in Placer County. Neither changed the election's outcome.
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What is epigenetics? Does this new field hold promise for understanding the causes of ASD?
"Got Questions?" is a new weekly feature on our blog to address the desire for scientific understanding in our community. We received over 3000 responses when we asked what science questions were on your mind. We answered a few here and the Autism Speaks Science staff will address the other themes we received in this weekly post.
Scientists have long wondered how experiences during a person's lifetime can alter behavior and body functioning. In the early 1800's Jean Batiste Lamarck suggested that giraffes' necks grew long through many generations of stretching to reach distant leaves. That theory eventually fell to evolution–pressures from the environment selectively amplify or quiet certain traits that are variably present within a population. Later, the DNA code was found to be the mechanism for inheritance and the level at which selective pressure acts.
Today's scientists see hints of Lamark as they peer into the molecular biology of inheritance.
Consider DNA to be a library of books that encode genes. These "genetic books" must be read so that proteins can be formed from the code. Some genetic books are open and available for reading by the cell's molecular machinery. Others maybe temporarily unavailable and still others are in the restricted section—essentially permanently unreadable.
Experiences throughout an individual's life create tags on the genetic code, marking it as available or not for reading. The molecular methods that control the availability of the genetic code are collectively referred to as epigenetic mechanisms. Literally meaning "above the genome", epigenetic mechanisms tag DNA with different chemical marks, such as methyl or acetyl groups. Certain tags can increase the reading frequency, resulting in more protein building-blocks transcribed from the DNA code, and more of that gene "expressed". Other tags result in a particular piece of the genetic code to be skipped during reading.
A host of environmental agents and interactions may leave epigenetic marks on the genome. Early life stress, smoking, exposure to toxins may all leave epigenetic marks either creating or removing barriers for protein creation.
Here is where Lamark comes in. Most epigenetic marks are removed before the sperm and egg meet to form an embryo, but sometimes, epigenetic marks remain. This is one mechanism by which environmental exposures can be passed along from parent to child.
The study of epigenetics and gene expression in autism is underway and early findings are exciting. Some of the genetic syndromes associated with autism, such as Angelman and Prader-Willi syndrome, result from epigenetic marks that render one parent's genetic contributions unreadable. Recently, gene expression studies from the blood and even brain tissue of individuals with autism have shown differences in the activity of patterns of genes that are involved in brain development and function.
This is an exciting area of research and we look forward to sharing more details as we learn more from the science.
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November 19, 2010 at 11:11 am
It sounds promising enough that epigenetics are worth studying. I don't think many people would argue that this epidemic is related to both genetics and environment. Here is another article with more info about the role epigentics may play in neuro-behavioral disorders:
November 19, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Yes, we watched a study on this about 6 months ago and definitely feel it will hold some answers (but not all). Autism is tricky and I still feel that there are at least 4 different ways to have it. Genetics, Immune/viral/vaccines, allergic reaction to environmental toxins (pesticides/air pollution that causes inflammation, chemical or drug exposure (both ingested and inhaled) causing harm to the fetus. There are at least 4 avenues. This one is linked to the genetic part (possibly 25%).
November 20, 2010 at 7:43 pm
The one area not considered in the four ways of getting autism, nutrition/diet is not considered. My research has shown this to be the basic cause for autism and the other four are secondary at best. The sixty or more nutrients that have been found to be deficient in those with autism appears to hold the answer for cause, prevention, and cure.
November 22, 2010 at 2:46 pm
No offense intended to these families but I son't see how Angelman or Prader -Will has anything to do with the vast majority of ASD cases which are idiopathic in nature. Angelman and Prader are entirely genetic diseases, they cannot be acquired after an environmental insult.
Can't we just study one some of ASD's barely researched environmental triggers and the document the effect these substances have on the infant brain? We don't need to get into the genome right now. It is prohibitively expensive research – we have so much higher priority here and now environmental research to do.
1)Let's start by studying the viral interaction of all 42 vaccines given to babies under 2
2)Then let's study the impact of the most commonly used pesticides on American lawns
3)Then lets study some ASD clusters- like Brick Township and the Somalis in Minneapolis. Autism averages 1 in 50 kids in these communities! Rather than focusing on Angelman's Syndrome why not study the environmental factors behind these ASD clusters now?
November 22, 2010 at 3:38 pm
'No offense intended to these families but I son't see how Angelman or Prader -Will has anything to do with the vast majority of ASD cases which are idiopathic in nature. Angelman and Prader are entirely genetic diseases, they cannot be acquired after an environmental insult'.
Actually the majority of cases of Angelmans Syndrome and Prader-Willi Syndrome are the consequence of a de novo mutation meaning that the genetic mutation is not present in either parent. Other genetic Syndromes associated with autism some of which are over 99% caused by a de novo mutation not present in either parent, such as Rhetts Syndrome and Downs Syndrome. In Timothy Syndrome over 90% of the cases are de novo mutations not present in either parent. Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome is also the consequence of a de novo mutation in over 90% of the cases. Tuberous Sclerosis is one of the most studied genetic syndromes associated with autism. Two thirds of Tuberous Sclerosis cases are also the consequence of a de novo mutation not present in either parent. The majority of Williams Syndrome cases are also de novo mutations not present in either parent.
One of the misleading claims is that autism must be genetic since it is associated with these genetic disorders. The problem is that these genetic conditions for the most part are NOT heritable at all since the mutations are not present in either parent. There is Little research into the causes of de novo genetic mutations, however, evolutionary theory implicates environmental factors in the cause of these de novo genetic mutations.
Another problem is the misdiagnosis of the syndromes as being on the 'autism spectrum'. Like Rhetts Syndrome, Angelmans Syndrome has such a profound effect in all sorts of ways that the association with autism is quite questionable.
If you visit the website of the Angelman's Syndrome Foundation they state on their website that Angelmans Syndrome is often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism:
So, Katie, you are absolutly right when you state that Angelmans Syndrome and Prader-Willis Syndrome may not have anything at all to either with idiopathic autism, and additionally these syndromes may not have a place anywhere on the 'autism spectrum'.
November 30, 2010 at 3:59 pm
LOL. If Autism Speaks actually researched vaccines they would easily have already done the Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated study that would end the argument once and for all. We would know what proportion of the autism epidemic is due to vaccines, and what is due to other environmental insults. If Autism Speaks won't fund this study, somebody else will. And at that point the "Science", what Pat Kemp states is the true "Autism Speaks Brand", will be reduced to nothing more than a bunch of over paid pharma and insurance industry sympathizers who betrayed an entire community.
November 23, 2010 at 3:56 pm
I called in to the Diane Rehm show the day that an author was discussing her book on fetal origins and asked a question about epigenetics and the expression of genes associated with autism and was fobbed off with a 'Jennifer, you did not cause your daughter's autism' reply rather than really discussing it. I'm so glad that this is being looked into further. Both my pregnancies were plagued with hyper-emesis and stress and very traumatic for both me and the babies, including off-label uses of zophran and phenagren to try to control the vomiting, and while I don't think any of that caused the autism, could it have affected gene expression in the way diabetes and heart disease seem to be affected by pre-natal trauma?
November 27, 2010 at 10:15 am
I'm new to this so if I ask a question that has already been asked I apologize. I wonder if there are good articles about teenagers with Autism. My son turned 15 at the end of October and for the last couple of years he's had some major issues with anger. He has hormones to deal with as well as adjusting to high school and…oh yeah, his medications too. They make him sleepy and his teacher's aid who goes to all of his morning classes with him was only trying to help him by shaking him awake received the full effects of my son's anger and he received an office referral for his disrespectful and embarrassing and LOUD comments to her. Being a teenager is a toxic stew anyway but,as you may know, all of these things being added to the stew-pot to create the perfect storm.
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