KEY BISCAYNE EDITION / JULY 2012
2012
Hurricane
SeaSon Officially
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Contents 2012 Hurricane Season Officially Underway Here we go again. Check your battery, water and canned food supplies because the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season is officially underway.
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Federal Task Force Cracks Down On Financial Fraud
South Florida has moved up to the number two spot behind New York City when it comes to financial fraud. Officials with the U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of 15 people in a dozen local cases of alleged Ponzi scams, stock manipulation and securities fraud.
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“Hotspotting” Technology Aiding S. FlORIDA Police In Crime Fighting
There is a new way authorities are reducing crime across South Florida. It is called hot spotting, and it’s the latest way police identify a problem and then use what they’ve learned to solve it.
EVENTS CALENDAR Self Publishing Gives Budding Authors The Write Stuff
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Writing letters to publishing companies with hopes for a book deal can be a frustrating and difficult process, but there are other options available.
Best Athletic Wear Stores In Miami
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Athletic wear and gear that provides the utmost comfort and support is some of the best motivation for physical activities, such as sports and exercise. And let’s face it—while comfort and support might be a big part of it, it’s also fun to find any excuse to pick out a new outfit or pair of shoes. Whether you need new sneakers for those daily gym visits or gear for a specific type of sport, the following shops in Miami have you covered.
Poll: Florida Voters Warming To Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Florida is one of multiple states that enacted a gay marriage ban; but according to a new poll, Florida voters are warming to the idea of allowing same-sex marriage in the state.
Student Entrepreneurs Hope For “Pop Up” Success
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As school winds down in South Florida, some high school students plan to use their summer vacation to focus on their plans for the future and life even beyond college.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami.com)
2012
hurricane season OffICIAlly UnderwAy
Here we go again. CHeCk your battery, water and Canned food supplies beCause tHe 2012 atlantiC HurriCane season is offiCially underway. u.s. department of Homeland seCurity seCretary Janet napolitano wants to make sure ameriCans are prepared for tHe start of HurriCane season. “Lets all lean forward and we will be prepared for this hurricane season,” Secretary Napolitano said. She joined Federal Emergency Management Agency head Craig Fugate, as well as Florida Gov. Rick Scott to urge those likely to be affected by storms to prepare beforehand. Officials started their public service campaign at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Fugate said Florida is at the top of his concerns as hurricane season starts. “Florida is the sore thumb in the Hurricane Belt,” Fugate said. “It is the most vulnerable, most frequently impacted part of the country.” The season has already seen two named storms. Tropical Storm Alberto formed off the coast of South Carolina on May 19 and dissipated a few days later. And on Memorial Day, Tropical Storm Beryl came ashore near Jacksonville and dumped 10 inches of rain in some areas of north Florida. The next name on the list is Chris. The NOAA Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast calls for 9 to 15 named storms, 4 to 8 hurricanes, and 1 to 3 major hurricanes. The busiest part of hurricane season is typically in August and September and ends on November 30th. Since South Florida hasn’t seen a devastating storm since Hurricane Wilma hit in 2005, emergency managers worry that many people won’t take the time to stock supplies and have a plan in place just in case we are threatened with a storm. “Don’t wait until the last minute. You run out of time,” said Fugate. “Don’t wait for the next forecast and hope it gets better. You’ll run out of time. Don’t think because you’ve lived here all your life it can’t be worse than you ever imagined.” Fugate continued, “People have lost their lives, have lost their homes, have lost everything because they waited too late.” The National Hurricane Center and the National Weather
Service recommends that families not only make and discuss their emergency plans, but also know their home’s vulnerability to wind, flooding and storm surge. Now is the time to locate the safest place in the home, away from windows, or find the closest shelter. It’s also not a bad idea to have an out of state friend as a single family contact in case members get separated. Now is also the time to check your homeowner’s insurance coverage and flood insurance. Also make sure you have a plan on what to do with pets since there only are a few pet friendly shelters in Broward, MiamiDade and Monroe Counties. This August also marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew. “One of the many things we have learned from Andrew and other disasters is government cannot do it alone,” Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center Director Curtis Sommerhoff. At Miami-Dade’s EOC, officials hoped they wouldn’t have to return there until November. “God willing this is the last time you see us here to the end of hurricane season, sometime in November,” said Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez.
“Florida is the sore thumb in the hurricane belt”
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A Night Inside South FlorIdA’S
GANG WAr Spend a night with the MiaMi-dade police departMent’S gang Unit, and itS coMMander, lt. lUiS alMagUer, and yoU will be forever on the Move. on a recent night in which the gang taSk force waS operating, alMagUer and hiS fellow copS were racing on callS froM liberty city to MiaMi gardenS and cbS4’S JiM defede Joined theM every Step of the way. there are at leaSt 250 gangS in Mia Mi-dade coUnty with a MiniMUM of 2,000 gang MeMberS.
By comparison, miami-DaDe’s gang unit is comprised of Almaguer, three sergeants, and thirteen officers. That’s 17 against 2,000. Add to that as many as another 10,000 “associate” gang members – hangers on who aren’t formally members of the gang but often participate in their crimes – and you quickly get the sense of how tall a challenge the police are facing. On this night in March, the county’s north end was in the midst of one of its bloodiest months in recent memory. At least 30 individuals would be shot — almost all of it attributable to street gangs. Of course not all of the victims were gang members – some, like 5-year-old Mckayla Bazile – were caught in the crossfire. When the task force gathered earlier that afternoon for a briefing, it was the violence that was on everyone’s mind. “Gentlemen, we’ve had numerous shootings up here on the north end, you guys need to back each other up,” Almaguer said. In addition to Miami-Dade’s gang unit, this task force will include officers from Opa-Locka, Aventura, North Miami Beach, Sunny Isles, Golden Beach, Miami Gardens, and a half dozen other agencies. The night jumps off with a series of calls. Cruising though a 79th Street gas station, a Sunny Isles task force officer spooked one of the drivers at the pumps. When the driver realized there was a police officer in the unmarked car cruising the gas station, he abandoned his vehicle and took off running. A quick check of the license plates revealed that the car was stolen. As the officer in pursuit shouts out the man’s direction over the radio, Almaguer pleads for more information. “Keep calling it,” Almaguer demanded over his radio. “Set up the box.” The “box” is cop speak for establishing a perimeter around the neighborhood. In a matter of minutes police surround the area hoping to cut off any avenue of escape. Almaguer takes one corner, and begins stopping cars leaving the area to make sure the suspect isn’t hiding in one of them. Police dogs are brought in as a police helicopter circles overhead. Sure enough in less than 30 minutes they find him. Fearing police had a description of his clothing, the man stripped down to his boxers, believing he would be less conspicuous in his underwear. “Fantastic,” Almaguer said as he walked up to where the suspect was hiding. “He was sitting right there in front of the house,” a detective tells the lieutenant. “Yeah, well that’s what you get,” Almaguer said. A homeowner spotted the half naked 20-year-old hiding in her bushes and called 911. “He said somebody let him hold the car,” Almaguer said. “Somebody let me hold it.” The car was stolen from Miami Lakes and the boxer bandit admitted being a member of an Opa-Locka gang. Gangs are not merely a problem in dangerous or low-income neighborhoods. More often than not the crimes they commit are in the more upscale parts of town. Which is why fighting the gangs – and the violence that comes with them – should be important to everyone. A short time after the stolen car arrest is made other members of the later gang unit conduct a traffic stop of known gang members. “We’re just introducing ourselves to the community,” Almaguer said with a wry smile. There are at least three separate gang wars taking place on the north end among rival gangs. Tensions are running high on this night and one of the things Almaguer on his officers is looking to do is make their presence felt, hoping it will allow things to cool down.
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During this traffic stop, police find a handgun and some powder cocaine inside the car. Almaguer says the gangs have learned how to structure their crews so that at least one of them can be legally armed. One member of a crew will have a concealed weapons permit, allowing them to be armed. In Florida, anyone can get a gun permit as long as they have not been convicted of a crime. In some cases, Almaguer claimed, individuals may have multiple of arrests, but they get to keep their gun permit until they have an actual conviction. So you end up with a situation where one guy holds the gun, another guy holds the dope, and a third guy drives. “And there is nothing you can do about it because [the guy with the gun] has no convictions,” Almaguer said. “They’ve figured out the system and still have a firearm on them.” The traffic stop ends with the guy holding the cocaine going to jail while the man with the concealed weapons permit was given back his gun and let go. No one in the unit thinks they’ll eradicate the gangs, this is about trying to manage and control the violence. Two nights earlier, a drive by shooting in Miami Gardens killed two people. Worried retaliation was imminent, the task force made a point of cruising the area where the gangs were known to stay. Driving past the house of one of the victims, a Miami Gardens task force officer spotted a group of men, including one brandishing a handgun. The officer chased him over a fence, tearing up his knee in the process. The bad guy got away — but not before dropping his gun in the scuffle. Once again units flood the area. “We got a guy running around here with a gun, you might want to go inside,” Almaguer shouted to residents. “I said we’ve got a guy running around here holding a gun so you might want to go inside.” One of Almaguer’s officers walked up to him. “This is where our homicide occurred, right around the corner,” the detective offered. “It’s going to be the same gang.” “Okay,” Almaguer said with a nod. Checking the crowd, the police find one of the men also carrying a gun. But he has a concealed weapons permit. They find another individual with a pocket full of bullets. He’ll go to jail tonight because he was on probation. Arthur Rolle came out to see he commotion. He said he had just come from his cousin’s funeral. “He got shot,” Rolle explained. “Somebody set him up, supposedly what the word on the street is.” Rolle said he has gone to more funerals than he can count. “I’m tired of going to funerals,” he said. “Like I told you, I’m tired man, its other things that our young adults could do. Back in the day we use to fight but now we got a bunch of cowards. Everyone wants to grab a gun.” This night ends when they find their suspect hiding in the house where one of the victims lived. “Fabulous night, huh,” Almaguer said to anyone who would listen. “Fantastic police work going on around here.” As everyone prepares to leave, the man with a concealed weapons permit wants his gun back. “When do I get my gun?” he asked one of the task force officers. The detective said he needed to check on the status of his permit with the state and wouldn’t be able to do that until morning. In the meantime, the officer said, he was holding on to the man’s gun and his permit. For this night anyway, this gun was going to stay quiet. The night’s accomplishments may seem modest – a couple of handguns seized, a dozen people arrested. The victory came in what didn’t happen — on this night at least, there were no shootings in the north end. If it seems that fighting the gangs is like trying to clear a beach by removing one grain of sand at a time, you’d be right. And the victories can be fleeting. The night after the gang unit conducted their sweep, 14 people were shot outside a funeral home when rival gangs showed up to pay their respects.
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Hotspotting
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Technology
Aiding South Florida Police In Crime Fighting
RepoRting JoRge estevez
theRe is a new way authoRities aRe Reducing cRime acRoss south FloRida. it is called hot spotting, and it’s the latest way police identiFy a pRoblem and then use what they’ve leaRned to solve it. “I’m able to filter it by the type of crime. When I click on one of these locations, I can see actual robberies,” said Lieutenant John Carpenter, of Miami Police’s Problem Solving Team. They use old fashioned police work with the help of new technology with software called Crime View. “It is definitely a great tool in identifying hot spots and target areas. It helps us to go out and find the crimes so we can stop them,” said Sergeant Carpenter. The system stores police calls and then sorts them anyway they need. CBS4 went along with police as they searched the north end of Miami looking for a burglar who has been targeting the area for weeks. They narrowed down the search with reports of burglaries and descriptions of the potential burglar. “When it comes down to it, you have to see where people are,” said Sgt. Carpenter. “i’m able to First, CBS4’s FilteR it by the Jorge Estevez and officers found a type oF cRime. driver, late at night, in a car when i click on sitting in the industrial one oF these section of the north end of Miami. It is locations, i considered a suspiactivity in an can see actual cious area where there RobbeRies” have been a rash of burglaries.
“We don’t want him here if there is no valid reason for him to be here,” said Officer Milligan who spent hours with officers patrolling the streets. Together, they stopped suspicious people including a homeless woman who fit the description of the kind of person breaking into homes. But after a thorough search of her belongings, nothing appeared to be stolen. These kinds of efforts are what residents living in the area appreciate. “We have taken a hit with burglaries in homes and some burglaries with occupied dwellings where they have gone in there with people in there,” said Frank Rollason who lives inside an area with increased crime. “It is great because they concentrate on a particular problem that area is having.” A few days after the police operation, they had a break through. The technology led them to find Shepard Campbell in a warehouse district. As police approached him, he attempted to conceal something, which turned out to be burglary tools. Police confiscated red bolt cutters and booked him – something that may have taken longer if it had not been for the hot spotting software. Sgt. Carpenter is grateful to have an added tool to help his team do their jobs with the hopes of making the streets real safe. “If you handed me every single robbery that happened in the city of Miami in a month, you’d have a stack this tall and for me to be able to actually sort through and get them. It would take hours,” said Sgt. Carpenter.
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Calenda of Events MIAMI DADE
Tango Baroque The Argentine Folk & Tango Show (7/14/2012) www.tAngotIMEs.us Celebrating the Argentine Independence Day. Music: Anibal Berraute Cuarteto. singer: Cristina Longo. Dancers: oscar Caballero, Roxana garber and the tango times Dance Company. 8:30 p.m.
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Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach (fRoM 7/17/2012 to 7/22/2012) www.fAshIonwEEkMIAMI.CoM this fashion event happens three times a year: March, July and october. Designers scheduled for october include Isabel and Ruben toledo, Eco fashion show, AhA Red Dress fashion show, nicole Miller and many others.
Going Green Festival (7/14/2012) www.MIAMIChILDREnsMusEuM.oRg green is a scream! Become part of Miami Children's Museum's green team. Learn little things you can do to help keep our earth a healthy place for you and me, noon to 4 p.m.
Food Truck Night
(7/12/2012) www.MIAMIDADE.gov/pARks Beautiful park landscapes and music set the vibe as you mix, mingle and enjoy affordable gourmet delights served up by the wildly popular food truck chefs. there are food choices galore with everything from Cuban influenced burgers and Asian-style chicken wings to deep fried oreos to chow on. patrons are invited to bring along a picnic blanket, or folding tables and chairs to enhance their dining experience. glass containers and pets are not permitted. 6-10 p.m.
Made in the U.S.A. (fRoM 7/7/2012 to 7/8/2012) www.sIMon.CoM this great event will feature a wide array of vendors and exhibitors selling and promoting the best of their products and services, all made in the usA!. we will have fun activities for kids, face painting, photos with characters, and more! there will also be great music, live entertainment, and fun for the whole family. July 2012 CBS4 News Magazine Key Biscayne [ 15 ]
Self Publishing Gives Budding Authors The Write Stuff
RepoRting lisa petRillo
MIAMI (CBS4) – Rochelle Weinstein is a Wife and motheR Who gave up heR busy music adveRtising caReeR aRound 10 yeaR ago to spend time With heR family. that’s When she WRote a book, a love stoRy of soRts called “What We leave behind.” “It’s about anyone who has ever loved and lost and wondered what could have been,” she said. But like many authors, she learned writing a book can be easy compared to getting it published. Rochelle wrote letters to many publishing companies with high hopes for a book deal. “It’s almost like matchmaking,” she said. “It’s a very difficult process.” When a local book club read the story and had a positive response, Rochelle started thinking about other options. “Self publishing started to emerge and I was like absolutely no way I will ever do this. I poo-pooed it,” she said. “I want to be a rock star and I wanted to have it published in the traditional way. But I realized it wasn’t going to happen that way.” She went online to Amazon.com’s self publishing website called Createspace, and with a few clicks – including using the picture she took of the street she grew up on as the cover – Rochelle created her book and became a published author overnight. “I controlled everything that was happening,” Rochelle said. “I controlled my cover, my pricing, where it was, where to go. I eliminated the middleman.” Thanks to digital technology and the emergence of all-digital E-books, the self publishing trend is growing. In 2006 there were around 51,000 authors who self published books. By the end of 2010 that number had exploded to more than 133 thousand. Those writers keep more of their earnings. For example, createspace offers writers as much as 70% of revenue on digital books, depending on the retail price. By comparison, traditional publishers typically pay their authors 25% of net sales and even less on print books. The cost for a DIY book is flexible and depends on how much you want. Extended promotion and detailed editing costs more, for example, but you can create your book for between $1 thousand and $3 thousand. Weinstein’s “What We Leave Behind” is available in soft cover for $14.99 and as an ebook for $9.99. Her book has been on the homepage of createspace.com as a hot seller and she checks those sales daily. “When I first did research in self publishing what I was told was statistically that a self published author sells 150 books a year.They figure it’s your friends and your family and that’s it. “I’m now a little over 2 months and 750 books and I’m starting press and publicity today” said Rochelle. You can find “What We Leave Behind” locally at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Turnberry Hotel and online at Amazon.Com and other e-book sites. For more info on self publishing; http://www.top10tag.com/top-10-self-publishing-services/
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Best athletic Wear stores in MiaMi
Foot Works
athletic Wear and gear that provides the utMost coMFort and support is soMe oF the Best Motivation For physical activities, such as sports and exercise. and let’s Face it While coMFort and support Might Be a Big part oF it, it’s also Fun to Find any excuse to pick out a neW outFit or pair oF shoes. Whether you need neW sneakers For those daily gyM visits or gear For a speciFic type oF sport, the FolloWing shops in MiaMi have you covered.
South Miami, FL 33143 (305) 667-9322 www.footworksmiami.com
Foot Works in Miami, now with a shiny new location in South Beach, offers gear from some of the best athletic brands out there for men, women and kids. Some of the brands offered include New Balance, Nike, and Oakley. More than just footwear, the shop also offers apparel for any type of exercise or sport. At Foot Works, shoppers can also take advantage of yearlong programs and training events to promote exercise and fitness. There’s just no excuse to not be motivated after visiting this store.
sole Fly sneaker Boutique Miami, FL 33143 (305) 661-3423 www.solefly.com
Sole Fly Sneaker Boutique in Miami sells an array of footwear and gear for men and women, including apparel for fans and supporters of the Miami Hurricanes. In addition to the Miami location, Sole Fly Sneaker Boutique also offers convenient online ordering. They also offer the option to order by telephone, so this place is perfect for Miami transplants that may have moved away but remain fans of the local teams. Think you have the best kicks around? Email a photo of your new shoes to Sole Fly to be featured on their website.
BlueFish sport Miami, FL 33126 (305) 267-9494 www.bluefishsport.com
Catering to active women and men who don’t want to sacrifice fashion and style for comfort, Bluefish Sport in Miami sells swimwear and other athletic wear for an array of different activities. Looking for a great deal? Become a fan on Facebook to save 15 percent, or take advantage of one of their many programs. There’s even a refer-a-friend program for the opportunity to earn Chi Dollars.
cycle World Miami, FL 33155 (305) 221.2123 www.cycleworldmiami.com
Love to cycle or just getting into the sport? Then Cycle World is the place for you. Not only does the store offer all the parts and services you need for cycling, but it also sells all the proper clothing and gear that you need. Cyclists will find everything from trendy cycling shoes to stylish helmets. Members of the military can receive 10 percent off all accessories and 5 percent off all bicycles.
sole runners Miami, FL 33176 (305) 595-7867 www.solerunners.com
Ask any runner, and they’ll tell you—while everything you wear for running is important and must be considered carefully, the most vital part of the ensemble is the shoes. The proper running shoes, whether you’re a beginner or training for a marathon, make all the difference in the world. At Sole Runners, a combination of technology, equipment and staff expertise is used to help find customers their ideal running shoe. The store’s stride analysis guarantees a perfect fit.
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Poll: Floridians Warming To
Same-Sex Marriage Florida is one oF more than 30 states that has passed constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage in the state. But, those opinions may slowly be starting to change in the Sunshine State. According to the latest Quinnipiac University polling, a plurality of Floridians now believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry. The Q-poll found 36 percent of Floridians supported allowing same-sex couples to marry while 34 percent supported the concept of civil unions, but not marriage. The poll found that just 23 percent supported giving same-sex couples no legal recognition of a marriage or a civil union. The poll’s findings were the first time since the question was first asked in August 2007 that the largest group supported allowing same-sex couples to marry. Quinnipiac found support for allowing same-sex couples to marry was higher in women, Democrats, African-Americans, and Hispanic voters. White voters were split evenly on either allowing same-sex couples to marry or form civil unions.
reporting tim Kephart
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Companies
Fight Back against Negative
ONliNe Reviews reporting Jorge estevez
the Next time yOu leave a Review ONliNe FOR a cOmpaNy, Be waRNed: yOu might get a phONe call FROm the BusiNess askiNg yOu tO take it dOwN. sOme cOmpaNies aRe FightiNg Back agaiNst Negative cRitiques aNd sOmetimes NOt iN a Nice way.
More and More critical consumers have reported that they have received phone calls from companies who monitor their online reviews and have been asked to take down their negative comments but the angry tone has some customers on the defensive. For Eric Winick, it all began when he left a mixed online review about a restaurant. He raved about the food, but said he grew frustrated that it took an hour to be served. “I said in the review that they had taken a ridiculously long time to bring the food,” Winick said. He was even more alarmed when he received an email from the restaurant’s owner which asked him to take it down. “He said that something along the lines of ‘We’re trying to make a go of it in this area, we all have families to feed’ and sort of trying to prey on my sympathies a little bit.” Many businesses around the country are reaching out to customers who leave bad reviews and they are not always trying to make amends. In an extreme example, an Atlanta restaurant launched Facebook and Twitter campaigns identifying a customer who left a bad review and the food fight went viral. Social media expert Patrick O’Malley said that the effect of the web posts can make or break a company’s reputation. “A single person can now go home and get on Facebook and tell 500 or 1000 people what they think of your restaurant,” O’Malley said. The impact is immense. A Harvard Business School study found that even a one star increase on a businesses’ rating on the online review site Yelp led to a five to nine percent boost in revenue for independent restaurants. “In the last few years, it has changed the way we have done business,” said Zalmi Duchman, the founder of FreshDiet.com. He is among business owners who have requested to remove bad reviews and he explains to customers how damaging negative comments can be. He said sometimes it’s effective. “We’ve found in the past the faster you react to the customer the better chance you’re going to have to get that customer to remove their negative review because they see you take their comments and their feedback seriously,” Duchman said. Online review site Urban Spoon said it actually encourages businesses and reviewers to connect and warns customers many companies take what they type very seriously. “For a small business their business is an extension of who they are. There’s a real emotional connection to that,” Kara Nortman, of Urban Spoon. For Winick, he responded to the restaurant and indicated that he wouldn’t remove his review. The business apologized for reaching out, but didn’t offer any incentive for him to return and give them another chance. “I thought it was a waste of time, frankly, on the part of the restaurant to do that,” Winick said.
“FOR a small BusiNess theiR BusiNess is aN exteNsiON OF whO they aRe. theRe’s a Real emOtiONal cONNectiON tO that,”
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Can Food Dyes Cause Or Affect
ADHD? RepoRting Cynthia Demos
Color dye is now being investigated by the Food and Drug Administration to see if certain colors added to enhance the look of the foods your kids love to eat will affect their behavior in the end. Ivana Feldmeier’s eight year old son Frederich has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He was diagnosed in 2010 after Feldmeier noticed he was having problems in school. “I had concern cause he wasn’t improving in his learning.” She brought him to psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober and learned the foods her son was eating could be making his condition worse. “We know that certain chemicals that are synthetic, whether they’re dyes or whether they’re things in the environment, can sometimes cause behavioral symptoms. And a lot of the research shows recently that these food dyes may be exacerbating or producing ADHD symptoms,” said Dr. Bober. The dyes of concern are Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6. You can find it in some macaroni and cheese products, Doritos, Goldfish crackers, M&Ms, Kool-Aid, fruit punch, bubble gums and the list goes on. Researchers say the yellow dyes deplete zinc levels enough in some kids to cause hyperactivity. The Red 40 may lead to temper tantrums, aggressive behavior, fidgeting, anxiety, and inability to concentrate. Nausea and headaches are also common. In Europe, foods with synthetic dyes carry a warning label. That tactic is not used in the U.S., but is currently being researched. The FDA took a hard look at this last spring. They did say food dye could affect kids like Fredereich who already have ADHD, but they decided not to put warning labels on food because the topic still needs more research. “I am telling them my patients that they should be aware that this data is out there and that food dyes may be exacerbating ADHD symptoms. Before they put their kids on drugs that they may want to consider a restriction diet and eliminate these food dyes to see if the symptoms could be treated that way before using medication,” said Bober.
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Working Less May Be
More Productive Reporting Lisa Petrillo
We’re tethered to Work through our technology, Working around the clock constantly checking those eMails even When We’re at the office. sound faMiliar? But
What if it didn’t have to Be that Way?
“My daughter joked, you don’t know where my school is. I know where her school is. But to have a daughter joke that… just the whole implication is about how much I’m not traveling around,” said Deborah Lovetch. Lovetch was working harder and working longer to get ahead, treating her smartphone like a member of the family. Which meant missing out on time with her actual family. But then her company, the Boston Consulting Group agreed to take part in an intriguing experiment. What would happen if it’s workers… conditioned to work 24/7… suddenly took one night off? The idea was the brain child of Harvard Professor Leslie Perlow, the author of the book “Sleeping with your Smartphone.” She believes people are basically doing that very thing… sleeping with their Smartphones. “So I think that the downfall is that it’s unnecessary and we convince ourselves that it’s a requirement of the job,” explained Perlow. A small team of employees at BCG were the test subjects. They would cover each other, making sure that every member of the team got one night a week to completely turn off. The surprise of this experiment wasn’t that shutting the
Smartphone off made for a better personal life, that was sort of expected. The surprise was that unplugging actually made the work better. “Productivity absolutely went up,” reported one of the bosses at BCG. ” You can work less, but you actually work better.” How much better? A survey of BCG workers who took part in the experiment found the work to be more collaborative, more efficient, and effective. Job satisfaction also started to soar. “And the amazing result here is pay attention to people’s personal lives and you’ll get these tremendous work benefits,” explained Perlow. Empowering the employees to let the company know when they needed the time off was a key to the new-found freedom. “I’m not thinking in the back of my head, what are the things that are hitting my inbox now that I should be worried about? I feel pretty safe,” said one BCG employee. “And you really learn to take time off and not worry,” explained Lovetch. Now there’s an experience where being the guinea pig feels pretty good.
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Student Entrepreneurs Hope For
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