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From the Wright's Law Newsletter:
November 11, 2008
ISSN: 1538-3202
Issue: 461 Subscribers: 65,452
In This Issue:
Be a Hero...To a Hero
Military Family Month13th Annual Celebration
HR 3690: Military Family Autism Equality Act
A Lifeline for Military Families
Operation Gratitude

HR 3690: Military Family Autism Equality Act
Retired military families who have children with autism will have their health care benefits protected if bipartisan legislation introduced by Virginia Congressman James P. Moran (D-8) and Florida Congressman Jeff Miller (R) is enacted into law.
"Our soldiers risk their lives on the battlefield in service to their country. It is incumbent upon us to care for them and their families when they return home.
For retired military families with an autistic child, this benefit is a lifeline for their child's future and the family's financial future," Moran said.
A Lifeline for Military Families
Designated as the Military Family Autism Equality Act, HR 3690 will provide retired military families who have children with autism with the same health care benefits as families of active duty service members with children with autism. Department of Defense statistics indicate there are an estimated 8,784 retiree families that will benefit from this legislation.
Serving the Children of Those Who Have Served Active duty service members who have a child with autism have access to benefits through TRICARE which provides $2,500 a month (a max of $30,000 per year) for Applied Behavioral Analysis, a proven treatment for the symptoms of autism. Unfortunately, the day an active duty military person retires, their dependents lose access to the ABA benefit, according to Moran and Miller. This loss occurs if the retirement is voluntary or is forced at the end of their career obligation.
Military Retirement Shouldn't End Autism Coverage - Letter of Support for this legislation from Congressman Miller and Congressman Moran.
Read A Lifeline for Military Families by Chuck Hagee in the Mount Vernon Gazette. For more information, go to Health and Special Education Services for Military Children with Autism
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HATE CRIME STATISTICS 2007: Inside a National Scourge
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Innocence Lost Sting II Another 47 Kids Rescued A second national sex trafficking sweep nets 73 pimps and 518 prostitutes and rescues more kids from the sex trade.
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To Save a Child Inside a Prostitution Sting FBI agents partner with local police in an effort to rescue underage victims of prostitution as part of a nationwide sweep.
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12:00 PM EST MondayWinn-Dixie donates $400k to fight breast cancer 2:33 PM EST MondayCoggin Pontiac to lay off workers 9:30 AM EST MondayCircuit City files for bankruptcy

Grape seeds may combat Alzheimer's DiseaseTelegraph.co.uk - United KingdomEating grape seeds may help combat degenerative brain conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. ...See all stories on this topic

The brain-gut connectionMacleans.ca - Toronto,Ontario,CanadaOther research, looking at how activity is transmitted from the gut to the brain, is focusing on a hormone called corticotropin-releasing factor or CRF, ...See all stories on this topic
Neuroimaging of Brain Shows Who Spoke To A Person And What Was SaidScience Daily (press release) - USAHowever, the findings from this study imply a less hierarchal processing of speech that is spread out more across the brain. The research was partly funded ...See all stories on this topic
UCLA Medical Researchers Report Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest ...MarketWatch - USAThe research included a blood conditioning process employing a leukocyte (white blood cell) reduction filter, the LeukoGuard(R) BC Filter* from Pall Life ...See all stories on this topic

StalkingBellaOnline Sat, 08 Nov 2008 4:23 PM PSTStalking defined is a repeat pattern of unwanted attention. Stalking is a crime that affects over one million people each year. Every year approximately one million women and 400,000 men are victims of stalking. Do you know how to stay safe?
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Device lets blind people 'see' with soundsTelegraph.co.uk - United KingdomProf Blakemore, who is the former chief executive of the Medical Research Council, believes that further study into how the brain adapts to use audible ...See all stories on this topic

In Hawaii, the Super Bowl of surfingLos Angeles Times Sun, 09 Nov 2008 2:22 AM PSTEvery year, the world's best surfers flock to Oahu's North Shore for the sport's Triple Crown. The waves are phenomenal -- as long as the weather cooperates. You're on Oahu's North Shore at the Banzai Pipeline, the most famous big wave on the world's most famous big wave surfing coastline. You set up not 50 yards from the wave's rising peak, so close you feel the shivers as its water wall ...
Get an all-girl intro to surfing in MexicoNew York Daily News Sun, 09 Nov 2008 1:26 AM PSTSo you say you want to surf? Las Olas surf safaris for women in Mexico will quash any reservations or excuses that have held you back from splashing around in the waves in the past.
Surfing Cunninghams embrace the sportBeaches Leader Sun, 09 Nov 2008 4:11 AM PSTComments ( No comments posted. ) "No wind,” thought Shealyn Cunningham, 9, as she looked at the still trees outside her bedroom window in Ponte Vedra.
A Rooster's reinventionMilton Ulladulla Times Sun, 09 Nov 2008 5:20 AM PSTMick Fanning credits it as the reason he became a surfing world champion. Craig Fitzgibbon's certain it's why he's about to slip into a Kangaroos jumper again.
Slater's brothers: Same wavelengthFlorida Today Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:42 PM PSTEver wonder what it's like being one of the brothers of nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater? Not really a big deal, according to older brother Sean, 39, and the younger, 30-year-old Stephen, better known as "Skippy."
Haleiwa's Bonga Perkins wins world longboard titleHonolulu Advertiser Sat, 08 Nov 2008 4:15 PM PSTBonga Perkins of Hale'iwa is the 2008 world champion of longboard surfing. Perkins, 36, clinched his second career world title by winning the Oxbow World Longboard Tour contest today at San Clemente, Calif.

Something, anything to stop the painBoston Globe - United StatesFor him, as for some of his peers, drugs meant to comfort patients became his refuge and his undoing. ''My take on Brent [above] was he was a very smart ...See all stories on this topic

FDA Approves Magnets on Brain to Treat DepressionThirdAge Sat, 01 Nov 2008 7:59 AM PDTWASHINGTON - The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression -- a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. Emotionally needy risk depressionThe Times of India Sat, 01 Nov 2008 0:14 AM PDTTORONTO: Emotionally needy individuals are at greater risk of recurring depression, says a new Canadian study. Myriam Mongrain, who is associate professor of psychology in York University here, studied graduate students with a history of depression, rating their levels of emotional dependence.

Brain imaging study supports the 'cognitive reserve' hypothesisEurekAlert! Mon, 10 Nov 2008 1:31 PM PSTIndividuals with higher education levels appear to score higher on cognitive tests despite having evidence of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Brain scans demonstrate link between education and Alzheimer'sEurekAlert! Mon, 10 Nov 2008 1:01 PM PST( Washington University School of Medicine ) A test that reveals brain changes believed to be at the heart of Alzheimer's disease has bolstered the theory that education can delay the onset of the dementia and cognitive decline that are characteristic of the disorder.

Strokes: Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost DexterityMedicineNet.com Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:23 PM PDTTitle: Strokes: Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity Category: Health News Created: 10/31/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 10/31/2008

L.I. stab slay a hate crimeNew York Daily News Mon, 10 Nov 2008 1:27 AM PSTA gang of white teens prowling for Hispanic victims stabbed an Ecuadoran man to death on Long Island in a brutal attack cops described Sunday as a hate crime.
The US has begun transferring more than $500m in Libyan compensation money to the families of American victims of the ...The Herald Mon, 10 Nov 2008 6:56 AM PSTRelatives of victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people responded to the execution of three Indonesian militants for the crime by saying they do not believe justice has been fully achieved.
SF Crime Study: "Today's Shooter Is Tomorrow's Victim"Bayinsider Mon, 10 Nov 2008 4:45 AM PSTSAN FRANCISCO -- A UC Berkeley study has found that nearly half – 47 percent – of the 98 homicides in San Francisco in 2007 were gang-related and that the vast majority of the victims were men who were either African-American or Latino.
7 LI Teens Accused Of Murder In Racial Bias AttackWCBS-TV New York Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:35 AM PSTSeven Suffolk County teenagers charged in a brutal apparent hate-crime killing in east Patchogue will be arraigned on Monday. They drove the streets, according to police, looking for trouble. And late Saturday night, the white gang members found it. A murder is never trivial, but according to Suffolk County Detective Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick, Saturday's murder was especially disturbing. "The victims ...
Small Town Stunned After 8-Yr.-Old Boy Charged With Premeditated MurderCityNews Mon, 10 Nov 2008 5:30 AM PSTThe victims included his father and his co-worker, and cops allege the youngster confessed to carefully planning the crime.

The Psychology of FearThe Facts Sat, 01 Nov 2008 9:20 AM PDTYou’re home alone when you hear the crash of breaking glass. Did a dish fall off the kitchen cabinet? Or might it have been a window smashing as an intruder breaks in? You won’t know unless you look.

Sex not great, but so what, women reportChicago Sun-Times Sat, 01 Nov 2008 2:04 AM PDTSex is painful, uninteresting or unsatisfying for four of every 10 U.S. women, yet just 12 percent say they feel distress because of their difficulties, a survey by a Harvard University researcher found.


Undetectable data-stealing trojan nabs 500k accountsThe Register Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:49 PM PDTSinowal's evil genius A well-organized crime gang has stolen credentials for more than a half-million financial accounts in less than three years using a sophisticated trojan that remains undetectable to the vast majority of its victims, a report published Friday warns.…
Protecting Yourself Against CrimeKOAT Albuquerque Thu, 30 Oct 2008 5:25 PM PDTWith armed robberies in Albuquerque on the rise and perpetrators taking aim at a wider population of victims, many are left wondering if they're next and what they should do if they are.
You Decide: Proposition 9FOX 11 News Los Angeles Fri, 31 Oct 2008 3:10 AM PDTProposition 9 has been referred to by some as a 'bill of rights' for crime victims. If it passes, it will amend the California Constitution to add provisions regarding victims of crimes. As Phil Shuman reports, Prop 9 is an emotional issue for its supporters.
Strasbourg court to consider appeals on WWII Katyn massacreRussian Information Agency Novosti Fri, 31 Oct 2008 4:33 AM PDTMOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to consider pleas from two Poles demanding that Russia recognize those killed in the WWII Katyn massacre as war crime victims, and grant access to documents on the massacre.
Falsely accused try to rebuild their livesWIS News 10 Columbia Thu, 30 Oct 2008 5:21 PM PDTIf you never thought you could be falsely accused of a crime, these stories may make you think again. Two people in the Midlands went from being suspects to victims, and now their lives have never been the same.

Ballesteros confirms he faces brain tumour fightIndependent Fri, 31 Oct 2008 8:23 AM PDTSeveriano Ballesteros will undergo a biopsy tomorrow after the five-time major champion confirmed last night that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The 51-year-old, whose fame transcends the game of golf, was admitted to La Paz hospital in Madrid on Monday after briefly losing consciousness following a "partial epileptic fit" and spent until Friday night in intensive care as he ...
Balance In The Brain Is Found To Be Key In Study Of Learning Disabled MiceMedical News Today Fri, 31 Oct 2008 8:10 AM PDTA new study in the October 31st issue of Cell, a Cell Press journal, has revealed the molecular and cellular underpinnings of one of the most common, single gene causes for learning disability in humans. The findings made in learning disabled mice offer new insight into what happens in the brain when we learn and remember.
Brain’s "hate circuit" identifiedVietnam Net Fri, 31 Oct 2008 3:07 AM PDTPeople who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a "hate circuit," according to new research published in the latest issue of U.S. online journal PLoS One, available here on Thursday.
Hap LeCrone: Our defense mechanisms can protect us or do us harmWaco Tribune-Herald Sat, 01 Nov 2008 3:23 AM PDTDEAR DR. LeCRONE: My sister regularly practices amateur psychology on her friends and family, and she claims that I am over using my defense mechanisms. I’m not about to give her the satisfaction of asking her what she means. Can you please tell me what she may be accusing me of or is she just making up psychobabble? — A reader in New York
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