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Dyslexia HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAZ! ADHD at its Worst Strattera May Treat ADHD in Some Young Kids | Hot News Today Information and news about Study Shows Non-stimulant Drug Is Effective for Some Kids Aged 6 and Younger By Denise MannWebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD March 21, in Hot News Today. ADHD App Test for Adults and Children: The Symptoms » Phone Reviews For many years I always believed that ADHD was in children and not adults but I was very much mistaken, it goes to prove that if you do not know the full outcome of ADHD we should read a little more. Well thanks to the ADHD iOS app I … New Simple Hand Test May Help Identify ADHD In Kids – ABC15.com … PHOENIX – Did you know that more than 5.4 million kids in the U.S. are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder? What’s even more disturbing is that number is going up each year according to the Centers for Disease Control . ADHD's Upside: Greater Creativity? | Hot News Today Information and news about THURSDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) — The distractibility and impulsiveness that is the hallmark of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) may have a in Hot News Today. adhd – March 30, 2011 | Submit Digital San Francisco Gate: 2011-03-28T22:39:29Z – ADHD is, like autism, an ever-expanding diagnosis; it has been applied to 5 million American children. A team of Dutch researchers decided to see if our modern diet was part of the problem. … pervocracy says: @FaeNathara I have ADHD and it's not “paradoxical”– ADHD is the condition of not having *enough* energy to control yourself.
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Girl shot in chest is believed to be London’s youngest gun crime victim A five-year-old girl is in a critical condition after she and another passerby were shot during an apparent gang-related attack in a shop in south London. The girl, believed to be London’s youngest gun crime victim, was injured in the chest, and a 35-year-old man was shot in the face. The incident took place at around 9pm on Tuesday at the Stockwell Food and Wine shop in Stockwell Road, Brixton. Police have confirmed that the two victims were not the intended targets of the shooting, which is believed to be connected to local gangs. Just before the shots were fired, witnesses saw two black youths coming from nearby Broomgrove Road, being chased by three other black youths on bicycles. It is understood that the three youths on bikes approached the shop, but did not enter. DCI Tony Boughton from the Met’s Trident taskforce said: “The assumption is at the moment is that the firearm is fired through the open door because there is no damage on the outside.” The shop worker and child were hit as two black youths hid in the store from the other three youths who had been chasing them. As the pair hid inside, the gunman stopped at the door and opened fire indiscriminately. The three attackers, who are thought to be aged between 14 and 17, fled as their intended targets chased them on foot from the Stockwell Road shop along Broomgrove Road and into Stockwell Park Estate. Mareh Silva, age 34, was leaving the Stockwell Food and Wine shop with friends at around 9pm. She said she saw three black youths aged between 14 and 17 drop their bikes outside. She explained how the boys’ faces were covered with black scarves and balaclavas and she could only see their eyes as they ran into the shop. “I looked in and saw a lot of blood on the floor but I didn’t want to look at what had happened, and I was very scared,” she said. DCI Boughton would not confirm if the groups were from rival gangs. He said: “I’m treating it as three young lads chasing two other young lads – we don’t know any affiliations and the assumption is that they are from the local area.” The 35-year-old victim was a worker in the shop, and was not related to the five-year-old, who was at the shop visiting other relatives. The names of the two victims have not been released, but it is understood that both are of Sri Lankan origin. They were taken to King’s College hospital, where they are now in a stable but serious condition. Barny Stutter, 45, co-owner of nearby Brixton Cycles, said workers in the area’s fastfood shops often had similar trouble. “We are absolutely disgusted with what’s happened,” he said. Peter Robbins, one of three Lambeth councillors who represent the area, said, “It is incredibly shocking, I think the whole community at the moment is numb and horrified. “There is a fairly well-known problem with gangs and guns in Lambeth, it is something that the council and the police are working together incredibly hard to solve. There is always more you can do and incidents like this really bring that home.” Rachel Heywood, Lambeth’s cabinet member for community safety, said she found the crime “hugely shocking”. “Tackling serious violence is a major priority for this council. We will of course do everything in our power to assist the police with their investigation. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families at what must be an extremely distressing time.” Anyone with information is asked to call the Metropolitan police on 0300 123 1212 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 Gun crime Crime London Camilla Turner guardian.co.uk
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More than 200 organisations lose support on ‘agonising’ day of 15% cuts to the arts – but those who win, win big Live blog – culture cuts It is a day of radically mixed fortunes for the arts in England , as organisations up and down the country receive news of their funding levels from Arts Council England (ACE). In all, 638 organisations who applied for funding were disappointed as the crucial letters flooded into email inboxes this morning. Of those, 206 were formerly funded regularly by ACE. Alan Davey, chief executive of the organisation, talked of “agonising and painful decisions” and “good organisations we have not been able to fund”. He said there had been a “clear intellectual framework” for the decisions and a “transparent process”. But 110 new arts organisations were brought into the ACE portfolio for the first time, among them innovative young theatre organisations including HighTide Festival Theatre, Birmingham’s live art Fierce festival and the much larger Manchester International Festival. ACE, which received a 29.6% cut in its grant-in-aid from the government, passed on cuts of 15% to the arts as a whole, but it promised not to “salami slice”, giving equal pain to all. This meant there were big winners – and big losers – as the funding decisions were announced. Exeter Northcott theatre and Derby theatre lost their funding totally. So did the organisation that exists to help arts organisations raise funds, Arts and Business. Also disappointed this morning were Shared Experience theatre company and the Riverside Studios in London. The Almeida theatre in London took a surprise hit of 39% in real terms while its neighbour a few miles east, the Arcola theatre, saw its grant up by 82.1%. Punchdrunk, which has become famous for its immersive theatrical experiences in unusual spaces, had a hefty rise of 141%. The large national organisations, such as the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and the Royal Shakespeare Company, all received cuts, in real terms, of 15% over the period 2012-15. English National Opera had a slightly smaller real-terms cut of 11%. Tony Hall, chief executive of the Royal Opera House, said: “It is fair that the big organisations take what cut they can to allow others to survive and do great things. Alan Davey has come up with some wise judgments.” In the field of visual arts, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, which has struggled financially in recent years, took a heavy 42% cut, but Davey called thenew grant of £900,000 a year “a good amount of money … Putting this amount of money in is a vote of confidence in their future.” There were uplifts for galleries, such as 107% for the South London Gallery, currently enjoying a successful period, and increases for a trio of new galleries about to open – FirstSite in Colchester (up 16.8%), the Hepworth in Wakefield (up 7.7%) and Turner Contemporary in Margate (up 9.8%). Mima, in Middlesbrough, was a significant winner, with an upswing of 143.8%. The country’s symphony orchestras received a standard 11% cut in real terms, but Cambridge’s Britten Sinfonia was rewarded for innovative touring work with an 11.8% increase; and Tête à Tête opera, which creates small-scale work in innovative spaces, became part of the portfolio for the first time, as did the Academy of Ancient Music. Arts leaders spoke out against the cuts from central government. Tim Etchells, artistic director of the theatre company Forced Entertainment, welcomed his standstill grant, but said: “We feel that the government cuts – to the arts and to other vital areas of social provision – are both destructive and ideologically motivated. Cuts for the arts are particularly shortsighted given that the recent commitment to funding and development has made British culture the envy of the world and an industry which enjoys a sizable return on investment.” Tom Morris, artistic director of Old Vic, also received a standstill grant. “However,” he said, “many organisations and cities have not been so fortunate. It would be easy to blame Arts Council England, but this is not their fault. They have been set a riddle to which there is no fair solution.” Ivan Lewis, the shadow culture secretary, said: “The contention that the cuts will not affect frontline provision of the arts have been blown out of the water. Half of those who applied received no funding. Arts Council England has tried to do its job in good faith … but taken together with cuts to local authorities and to higher education, the picture is not good.” Arts funding Theatre Art Classical music Opera Cuts and closures Charlotte Higgins guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Poll: PBS is the most trusted name in TV news as Fox plummets. The price of being O’Keefe’d
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Fox News has now lost their perch as most trusted news in the PPP’s newest survey. However, since PBS wasn’t polled last year, I’d say they never had that distinction in the first place. Raw Story: In the space of one year, Fox News has lost its perch as the most trusted TV news network in the US and is now average at best, a new survey has found. A poll gauging public trust in TV news has found that PBS is the most trusted name in news, while trust in Fox News has dropped significantly. According to a survey from Public Policy Polling, “a year ago a plurality of Americans said they trusted Fox News. Now a plurality of them don’t.” In a survey taken a year ago, PPP found that Fox was the most trusted news network, with 49 percent saying they trusted the network, and 37 percent saying they did not. In the new poll, 42 percent said they trusted the network while 46 percent disagreed. The new reigning champion is PBS, which was not included in last year’s inaugural poll. The public broadcaster was found to be trusted by 50 percent of respondents, and distrusted by 30 percent — the closest any news network has come to gaining the trust of a majority of Americans. Fox News has found itself in roughly the same place, trust-wise, as NBC and CNN, but still above ABC and CBS, who were trusted by 35 and 36 percent, respectively, in the latest poll. PPP notes that trust in the network declined only marginally among conservatives, from 75 percent to 72 percent. “But moderates and liberals have both had a strong increase in their level of distrust for the network — a 12-point gain from 48 percent to 60 percent for moderates and a 16-point gain from 66 percent to 82 percent for liberals,” the institute reported… read on They lost 12 points of trust with moderates. As Digby says, who are these people? Anyway, it’s good to see some people understanding the truth, but it’s really taken a lot of crazy-town to convince them and as the election draws near, the amount of crazy will surely rise to incredible heights. enlarge Credit: jezebel James O’Keefe the Pimp! I know conservative flim-flam artists will not abide. Here’s a reminder to PBS and their staff and brass: Beware being O’Keefe’d. The guy even took a slimy shot at CNN . What did they ever do to him? I mean, CNN even does its best to support the Tea Party. PBS, just remember the pimp.
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NBC's Matt Lauer, on Wednesday's Today show, startled Michele Bachmann as he tried to convince her that Obama's strategy of bombing Libya was a good way to show support for the rebels as he pressed the Republican Minnesota Congresswoman ” If there are flickers, as you say, of al Qaeda among the rebels, would it not be a sign to them or showing them that the United States has compassion and we are willing to use our military might to help all people?” Bachmann was taken aback by the thrust of the question as she responded: “Compassion for al Qaeda?” Lauer scrambled to clarify himself, insisting he meant the U.S. would be showing compassion for “civilians in Benghazi.” Bachmann pointed out to Lauer: “Well of course we have compassion for people. That is not the point,” as seen in the following exchange: (video, audio and transcript after the jump) (MP3 audio) MATT LAUER: Going back to my question though, had you been President on that day, March 17th, what would you have done? Would you have done nothing? MICHELE BACHMANN: I would not have gone in. LAUER: So would you have called the other leaders of NATO countries and said, “We support you, but we're not coming?” BACHMANN: Well I think that what, what presidents do is they stay involved and they, they try to get their, the very best intelligence that they can. Because I think, one thing the American people need to know is that we did not know, nor did the intelligence community know who the opposition is. If we are going in – because, remember, there were, there was just testimony yesterday that there are flickers of al Qaeda. We don't know how much al Qaeda is involved in the opposition forces. Why would we want to strengthen al Qaeda's hand in North Africa? That certainly wouldn't be in the interests of the United States. LAUER: Well, well let me, let me flip that coin on, on its, on its other side. If there are flickers, as you say, of al Qaeda among the rebels, would it not be a sign to them or showing them that the United States has compassion and we are willing to use our military might to help all people? BACHMANN: Compassion for al Qaeda? LAUER: No, compassion for civilians in, in Benghazi. BACHMANN: Well of course we have compassion for people. That is not the point. There is no more compassionate nation in the world than the United States of America. We are the ones that offer the humanitarian aide. But in this instance, under the Obama Doctrine, the President of the United States is using the United States military for the purpose of humanitarian aide. This is a marked difference from the way that the United States military has been used before. The Obama Doctrine is very, very different from any interventions that we have done in the past. The following is the full interview as it was aired on the March 30 Today show: MATT LAUER: Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota has been critical of U.S. involvement in Libya calling it, quote, “President Obama's war.” Congresswoman Bachmann, good morning to you. [On screen headline: "Target: Libya, What Would Bachmann Do Differently?"] REP. MICHELE BACHMANN, MINNESOTA-R: Good morning, Matt. LAUER: I want to take you back to March 17th. It was a Thursday, it was the day that Moammar Khaddafy told the people of Libya and Benghazi that his troops were on the way, they would show no mercy and they would find them in their closets. If you had been President of the United States on that day what would you have done specifically? BACHMANN: Well I don't think at that point that we had seen the threat to the United States either from Khaddafy or have we seen a vital American national interest at risk. That really needs to be our first line of defense. Because unfortunately there are atrocities that do happen in different countries in the world. We just saw this weekend slaughter in Syria. So based upon that criteria humanitarian intervention, which apparently is the new Obama Doctrine- LAUER: Right. BACHMANN: That would be the basis for the United States to enter into one country after another. I don't think that's in the American interest- LAUER: So- BACHMANN: -for us to enter into one country after another. LAUER: Going back to my question though, had you been President on that day, March 17th, what would you have done? Would you have done nothing? BACHMANN: I would not have gone in. LAUER: So would you have called the other leaders of NATO countries and said, “We support you, but we're not coming?” BACHMANN: Well I think that what, what presidents do is they stay involved and they, they try to get their, the very best intelligence that they can. Because I think, one thing the American people need to know is that we did not know, nor did the intelligence community know who the opposition is. If we are going in – because, remember, there were, there was just testimony yesterday that there are flickers of al Qaeda. We don't know how much al Qaeda is involved in the opposition forces. Why would we want to strengthen al Qaeda's hand in North Africa? That certainly wouldn't be in the interests of the United States. LAUER: Well, well let me, let me flip that coin on, on its, on its other side. If there are flickers, as you say, of al Qaeda among the rebels, would it not be a sign to them or showing them that the United States has compassion and we are willing to use our military might to help all people? BACHMANN: Compassion for al Qaeda? LAUER: No, compassion for civilians in, in Benghazi. LAUER: Well of course we have compassion for people. That is not the point. There is no more compassionate nation in the world than the United States of America. We are the ones that offer the humanitarian aide. But in this instance, under the Obama Doctrine, the President of the United States is using the United States military for the purpose of humanitarian aide. This is a marked difference from the way that the United States military has been used before. The Obama Doctrine is very, very different from any interventions that we have done in the past. LAUER: Alright, let me ask you one more question, again, placing you in the White House. If you are the President of the United States, given what you know now, what's taking place on the ground in Libya, would you make a decision to arm the rebels? BACHMANN: I would not. Because, again, we do not know enough about who they are. And we also have not identified it an American vital international interest. That must be done before the United States can intervene in another nation's affairs. LAUER: So as I ask you a couple of questions asking what you would do if you were president, are you running? BACHMANN: No. I haven't made a decision to run. I'm going into the early primary states and speaking to primary voters, but I won't be making the decision, I don't think, until some time this summer. LAUER: Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Congresswoman Bachmann, thanks for your time this morning. I appreciate it. BACHMANN: Good to see you, Matt. Thanks. —Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here
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Nearly a week of continuous rain has triggered severe floods in southern Thailand. Officials said hundreds of thousands have been affected, with at least 15 people dead including 4 killed by landslides. (March 30)
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France and the United States will help Japan in its battle to contain radiation from a crippled nuclear complex where plutonium finds have raised public alarm. The problems at the Fukushima plant have added to Japan’s humanitarian disaster, with 27,500 people dead or missing from a March 11th earthquake and tsunami. New readings showed a spike in radioactive iodine in the sea off the plant to 3,355 times the legal limit, the state nuclear safety agency said today, although it played down the impact, saying people had left the area and…
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