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The questionnaires also asked about concussions and their severity. A concussion is an injury from a blow or shock to the head that causes temporary confusion or loss of consciousness, without any visible brain damage. The investigators found that 384 of the soldiers, or 15 percent, reported at least one concussion. On... |
The severity of the concussion was related to the risk of developing the stress disorder, the survey showed. Nearly 44 percent of the soldiers who had blacked out qualified for the diagnosis, about three times the rate found in soldiers with other injuries. Among soldiers who did not black out, the rate of PTSD was 27 ... |
On the contrary, Dr. Bryant and other experts say, the link to post-traumatic stress suggests that mild brain injuries have a significant psychological component, which can improve with treatment. |
Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said the study, and the interest of doctors and military officials in brain trauma, were long overdue. |
Archives|PROBABLE SCOPE OF LONDON GOLD EXPORT; Continental Markets Generally Expect That the Outward Movement Will Continue. STERLING RATE IS WATCHED Difference of Opinion as to Whether the New York Reserve Credit Will Be Utilized. |
PROBABLE SCOPE OF LONDON GOLD EXPORT; Continental Markets Generally Expect That the Outward Movement Will Continue. STERLING RATE IS WATCHED Difference of Opinion as to Whether the New York Reserve Credit Will Be Utilized. |
But travelers hoping to carry marijuana through LAX should still be aware that they have to get past U.S. Transportation Security Administration agents at LAX, Hernandez said — and at the federal level, marijuana is still very much illegal. |
Planes fly through federal airspace, as the LAX policy webpage acknowledges, meaning federal law prohibiting marijuana possession is applicable. |
So what will TSA agents do at LAX? |
When a TSA agent discovers marijuana on a traveler or in luggage, agents are instructed to refer the violation to law enforcement, Dankers said. That’s the policy regardless of where the traveler is in the country, and regardless of where the traveler is headed — even if the states involved have legalized marijuana. |
Hernandez said if that law enforcement agency is the LAX police department, individuals won’t face arrest. |
“We’re not going to be taking any action against you for having that marijuana,” she said. |
That doesn’t mean passengers who are held up will make their flight, though — or that marijuana will be legal wherever the traveler lands. |
L.A. City Councilman Mitch Englander has proposed marijuana “amnesty boxes” for travelers at the airport to drop their weed into before encountering TSA checkpoints, the Los Angeles Times reported earlier this year. |
“You could be at a minimum held over and searched and miss your flight,” Englander said, according to the Times, even though marijuana is legal in the state. |
There are 20 such bins at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, where marijuana has been prohibited, despite the fact that it’s legal in Nevada, according to the newspaper. |
Other law enforcement agencies in California said air travel with marijuana remains a gray area, CNBC reports. |
It’s a similar situation at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport, USA Today reports. |
There are well-paying jobs in the medical marijuana industry in the 29 states where it is legal, plus Washington DC. These jobs have qualifications and recruiters. Here are the estimated salaries for jobs in cultivation and production. |
Standing in a room of his highly educated peers, the corporate lawyer stares at the under-construction condominium at Yonge and Gerrard Sts. and pretends it’s an aphrodisiac. |
One man’s intentionally bizarre lust for construction season is the same man’s professional development — a little improv to hone communication skills. |
The Law Society of Upper Canada says lawyers must complete 12 hours of professional development a year. Wednesday’s workshop from Osgoode Professional Development is the only option that involves funny walks and cultlike moaning. |
Yes, it was a bizarre scene inside “Room C” as lawyers partnered to simultaneously mimic each other’s noises: “ahhh …. oh…..cheeeeee … mmmmmmm” in a game to instill visual listening skills. |
The absurdity had a purpose. About a third of all legal malpractice claims stem from lawyer/client communications and relationship issues, said Dan Pinnington, vice-president of claims prevention at LawPRO, the legal malpractice insurer for Ontario lawyers. These kinds of errors include not following the client’s instr... |
Tommy Galan, a New York attorney who developed “Improv(ed) Legal Skills” at the Peoples Improv Theater and taught the workshop, believes a little cross-training with improv can help lawyers become better communicators. |
“If you don’t know what it is, give it back to them,” Galan said, trying to instill the lesson that lawyers must take responsibility for their communication, to ensure they are listening well, and that others understand what they’re saying. |
The lawyer who tried to mime “Republican National Convention” by re-enacting the antics of Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair couldn’t make it happen. |
“I thought you were yelling at your kid on the toilet,” Galan said. |
At one point, lawyers had to partner up and give each other terrible gifts. The other person would then react as if it was the best thing they’d ever seen — a dirty jock strap, dinner with Donald Trump, a bucket of snakes. |
That can translate into mediation — seeing the other person’s side, dropping your world view, Galan explained. |
“It’s making me think I should take some (improv) classes,” said civil and commercial lawyer John Philpott, who at one point had to pretend that running out of shampoo before conditioner is one of the most painful experiences in life. |
Galan, who has been delivering the program for three years in the U.S., says lawyers are always a bit apprehensive at the beginning. |
Originally Published: July 27, 2014 6 a.m. |
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Let`s say that a fellow named Joe has dug himself into a financial hole-a $165,000 hole, to be exact. Joe has to go to his local bank to ask for a loan to pay off his debts. Fortunately for Joe, he also happens to be the chairman of the local bank. So Joe the chairman is happy to write Joe the debtor a check for $165,0... |
Nice for Joe, maybe not so nice for the local bank`s stockholders. |
Now, let`s tell the story another way. Similar plot, different characters. |
In this scenario, the debtor is the not-for-profit Heartland America Family Airshow and Festival corporation, the bank chairman is the Du Page Airport, and the local bank`s stockholders are the Du Page County taxpayers. |
Heartland was formed last month to resurrect the Du Page Airshow after a lengthy hiatus. And three of the nine board members of Heartland also happen to be Du Page Airport Authority commissioners. |
The Heartland Airshow was held last month. Its board now is reporting that the non-profit corporation is $165,000 in the red. |
Last week at a meeting of the Airport Authority, a resolution to allow it to cover Heartland`s $165,000 debt ''magically appeared in our packets,'' said Commissioner Michael Fitzsimmons, who is not on the Heartland board. |
The resolution was tabled until the next meeting. But it gave Fitzsimmons-one of Du Page County Board Chairman Aldo Botti`s recent appointees and a former Du Page state`s attorney-the chance to raise two important questions. |
First of all, should the authority use tax dollars to bail Heartland out? And secondly, was it a conflict of interest for authority commissioners who also serve on Heartland`s board to vote on the issue? |
(brother of former Gov. Jim Thompson) became a tad defensive. ''I haven`t really considered that question and, frankly, couldn`t give you an answer right now,'' he replied. |
Then, in an apparent attempt to ease commissioners` concerns, Varney said he felt that the authority could confidently pay off Heartland`s debt because the show would be making a profit in coming years and could pay off the loan with interest. |
For the benefit of Du Page`s shareholders/taxpayers, let`s hope the commissioners can remember Fitzsimmons` point at their next meeting. |
Friday`s About Du Page column dealt with the future of the county`s Recycling Yellow Pages, a free resource that tells residents everything they need to know about the ups and downs of recycling in Du Page. |
Unfortunately, some staff members in County Board Chairman Botti`s office decided recently that they need to have the final say about what goes into the popular county publication. And part of the reason they seem to want to get their hands on it is to ensure that Botti gets some publicity within its pages. |
Last week, the county`s Solid Waste Committee voted not to make the changes Botti`s office was recommending. But that didn`t stop the committee`s chairman, Wallace Brown, a political ally of Botti`s on the County Board, from appointing a subcommittee to ''review'' the Yellow Pages. |
Here`s who will sit on the subcommittee: Michael Formento, also a Botti ally on the County Board; Walter Imrie, former trustee from Oak Brook and the only municipal member of the Solid Waste Committee to vote with Botti`s supporters in favor of Waste Management Inc. to operate the county`s new recycling center (the oth... |
Word is that some regular citizens who support the current Yellow Pages have expressed a desire to sit on the subcommittee. Given the makeup of the subcommittee so far, it will be interesting to see if it`s enlarged to give others a chance. |
Home Magazine On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer Home Sweet Home? |
Baby-boomers who were fortunate to know their grandparents were likely regaled with stories of life in the shtetl and early 1900s New York. One common denominator between our Old World and New World ancestors was the crowded living conditions, with families often consisting of six or more children sharing a dwelling sp... |
Many families did eventually achieve this goal, even if it took a generation or two to do so. So successful were a significant number of individuals that the term “monster home” was created to describe the huge houses that sprung up like weeds, replacing the smaller but decent-sized ranch houses and bungalows that were... |
But I believe that the up-and-coming generations will not live in the grand single-family homes many of them grew up in. That’s because housing in cities and towns in the New York area, in Toronto and other urban areas is becoming a luxury, and fewer and fewer middle to upper-middle income families can afford to buy ho... |
In Toronto, for example, blessed with a large and rapidly growing Orthodox community, the average home is well over $1,000,000. Even fixer-upper homes that are falling apart, but that are located in heavily populated frum neighborhoods, sell for that much. The cheapest homes in the not-as-popular Jewish areas are still... |
A generation or two ago, young married couples would rent an apartment for several years and with money saved, and perhaps some financial help from their parents, they would buy a starter house. Gradually as their family grew, and they became more established in their businesses and professions, they moved into a bigge... |
Those days are over. For those families who may earn an impressive $120,000 a year, home ownership is out of reach even with the current very low borrowing rates. Even if there is money for a down payment, 10% of $1,000,000 is still a formidable $100,000. With tuition for two kids running somewhere around $25,000, how ... |
Some couples may have wealthy parents, but if they have three or four siblings who also need or will need houses one day for their own growing families – well several million dollars doesn’t go that far anymore. |
What I already see happening is that young families are staying in rental apartments and some are buying two or three-bedroom condos or co-ops. They will either have to limit the size of their family to live comfortably in their small living space – or live as their great, great-grandparents did once upon a time, with ... |
On another hot and humid day, strong pop up thunderstorms left a mark on parts of Middle Tennessee. |
The storms didn’t hit everywhere, and many residents reported mostly sunny skies throughout the weekend; however, the storms that did pop up Sunday were strong to severe in several places. |
A tree fell on two cars, just narrowly missing a home on Hayden Drive in East Nashville. On Cahal Avenue, wires were downed by a tree limb that fell, and a car was reportedly stuck in standing water on Elm Hill Pike at Orr Avenue. |
There were no reports of injuries during the storms. |
In addition to the strong wind, we also had reports of hail, including in locations like Spring Hill, Franklin, and East Nashville. |
At one point, more than 6,500 homes and businesses were without power. Officials with the Nashville Electric Service were working to restore power. See the latest outages here . |
For the latest on your forecast, visit our weather page . |
" Any government anywhere will face the problem of competing priorities.There is the choice that the government has to make between how much it will spend on its military as against on development and social welfare." |
(December 21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The government has announced it is purchasing sophisticated new armoured vehicles from Russia to bolster the strength of the country’s security forces.A justification given is that this will permit the Sri Lankan military to obtain assignments on peacekeeping mission abroad.Go... |
Apart from the most recent justification of spending on weapons as being an investment in security, the government has responded to its critics with two other justifications.One is that the defence budget has to remain high in order to pay for the weaponry that was purchased on credit during the war.The other is that t... |
There are two contrasting views about ensuring social stability in a post-war situation.One is by making effort to engage with all parties to satisfy the needs of all sections of the population so that no group in society feels it needs to use violence to achieve its purpose.The other method is by having a strong state... |
Any government anywhere will face the problem of competing priorities.There is the choice that the government has to make between how much it will spend on its military as against on development and social welfare.The decision taken by the government is to make defence the biggest item on the national budget and now, t... |
The government’s strategy to counteract the disappointment of the masses of the population in regard to their economic situation is to focus on non-economic issues and to divert the attention of people to those issues.The electoral strength of the government is the commitment it shows to ethnic majority nationalism.The... |
However, the willingness of the government to reconsider its positions under pressure is also commendable and constructive.The government’s decision to permit entry to Sri Lanka to the Panel of Experts appointed by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to advise him on human rights issues pertaining to the last phase of... |
It is likely that the government considered its experience with the European Union on the issue of extending the GSP+ tariff concession in making its decision to permit the UN Panel to visit Sri Lanka.The EU which had been critical of the government’s conduct during the last phase of the war thereafter sought to send a... |
The final result of the government’s unwillingness to compromise with the EU was that the EU withdrew its GSP+ concession with harmful effects to the country’s apparel exports, the apparel industry and to foreign direct investments in general.Likewise, the government may have been concerned that if it had refused to pe... |
As those within Sri Lanka have a different view of what transpired during the last days of the war as compared to those outside of the country, the UN Panel will now have access to a more comprehensive view of what transpired during those terrible days and the possible justifications for them. The willingness of the go... |
Archives|When Evil Closed in; NIGHT. By Elie Wiesel. Foreward by Francois Mauriac. Translated from the French "La Nuit" by Stella Rodway. 116 pp. New York: Hill & Wang. $3. |
When Evil Closed in; NIGHT. By Elie Wiesel. Foreward by Francois Mauriac. Translated from the French "La Nuit" by Stella Rodway. 116 pp. New York: Hill & Wang. $3. |
Crucial have released a new firmware revision for their m4 SSD, version 0009. It is for the 64, 128, 256 and 512GB flavors of m4 SSDs and you can grab it here. The new firmware includes performance increases of which Crucial say are 20% faster for sequential read speeds, throughput is up and according to the official r... |
0009 firmware will also improve the m4 SSD's PCMark Vantage score if that tickles your fancy. The new firmware also addresses issues with chipset compatibility and a bug that caused teh drive to fail intermittently on a cold boot. Although those problems didn't affect everyone, it's good to see Crucial on top of things... |
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Though the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is looming, few Vietnamese businesses have plans to switch from subcontracting to direct exports or reduce their heavy reliance on feedstock imports or increase exports of processed goods to improve value addition. |
This has caused fears that Vietnam is unlikely to derive the maximum benefit from the trade pact. |
A survey of 1,500 enterprises by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in April found that only 11.6 percent plan to change their production mode in the next three years to improve value addition, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, head of the VCCI’s WTO Center, said. |
Vietnamese firms are not involved in the value chains of many products and merely do outsourcing for foreign partners. |
"All the production stages that bring the highest value-addition to a product, such as designing or making the most important parts, are not done in Vietnam, but abroad,” economist Nguyen Van Nam said. |
"Foreign firms in Vietnam only assemble or package products. Thus, their added value remains low." |
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