| Lohan's boyfriend slams mum's TV show
Lindsay Lohan's boyfriend has criticised her mother Dina for filming a reality TV show.Snowboarder Riley Giles said publicity surrounding the series could set back Lindsay's recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.The pair have been dating since they met at the Cirque Lodge rehab centre in Utah, where Lohan spent two months in a treatment programme. Giles also revealed that he and Lindsay were asked to appear on the show, writing on his MySpace page: "Advice of the week - if you're a mother with four kids the best thing you can do for them right now is have a reality show We Do Not Want. She had the nerve to ask us to be on it. No thanks!"The series, which began filming last month, will follow the Lohan family's life in New York, focusing on Dina's new career as a talent manager.Lindsay reportedly sacked her mother as her manager last month, accusing her of courting media attention.
NAC as a Natural Treatment for Cocaine Addiction?
(NewsTarget) Three recent clinical studies, two about cocaine addiction and one about compulsive gambling, examine the role of a simple amino acid in normalizing brain chemistry of those with addiction. Drug addiction and various forms of pathological gambling has widely ruined personal finances, family cohesiveness and health. Relapse rates are extremely high. These studies offer much hope for an inexpensive, non-toxic option for healing.
N-acetylcysteine, a form of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine is a precursor to the brain neurotransmitter glutamate. There is observational evidence that low levels of glutamate in the brain will increase compulsive and addictive behaviors and intensify cravings. Taking NAC by mouth has been shown to increase glutamate concentrations in the regions of the brain (the nucleus accumbens) which, when low in glutamate, promotes addictive behavior.
Breaking the cycle of drug addiction
If a community were a pond, then drug addiction would be a pebble big enough to cause ripples throughout, said Jim Gouveia, Benton County Drug Treatment Court program coordinator.According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Oregon ranks No. 2 in the country for illegal drug use, and mid-valley communities are no exception."I can't say the drug problem in Benton County has increased necessarily," Gouveia said. "But we're up there."Drug use isn't an individual problem or even a family problem. It's a community problem, said Jennifer Hogansen, a behavioral health specialist with the Corvallis Clinic."The effects on children and families, in particular, can be devastating," Hogansen said.The drug problem is a top priority for the criminal justice and social services systems, as well as educators, mental health experts and taxpayers.Locally, a consistent approach of modifying drug users' behavior to achieve lasting, life-changing results is being applied to public and private treatment programs.
Benefits cheat jailed after CCTV camera exposed 'bad back' scam
FOR ten years Jack Beesley claimed his back problem was so bad he could barely lift a saucepan of water. But in reality Beesley was working as a carpet fitter in Southampton while fraudulently claiming nearly £100,000 in benefit payments. Today, Beesley, 49, woke up behind bars after he was sentenced for a catalogue of illegal claims since 1997. His partner Jeanette Osman, 39, was also handed a nine-month suspended sentence for her part in the scam. Together, they skimmed £120,000 in income support, disability living allowance and housing and council tax benefits. Southampton Crown Court heard how Beesley had been spotted lifting heavy rolls of carpet on his shoulder at his rented, lock up garage in Kendal Avenue, Southampton.
Pilot injured when plane crashes on Round Lake near Garrison
GARRISON, Minn. - The Aitkin County sheriff's office was investigating after a plane crash Saturday. Sheriff Scott Turner said the single-seat, amateur-built plane was en route from Brainerd to Winsted when it crashed on the ice of Round Lake, just north of Garrison, shortly after 12:30 p.m. Witnesses told investigators it sounded like the plane was having engine trouble, and that it appeared the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing. The sheriff said the pilot is a 63-year-old Mayer man. He was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale. His name has not been released, pending notification of family members. .
The Halo Effect: Seeking Angels
As the number of socially motivated companies has grown, so have the ranks of investors interested in funding them. Just about everyone seems to be getting into the act: successful entrepreneurs who've sold their own companies; specialized funds; philanthropic enterprises such as Google.org, Google's $1 billion charitable arm; community development venture capital funds, which invest in companies that provide jobs to unskilled workers or help develop underserved areas; angel investing groups—and the list goes on. Says Cathy Clark, director of the Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School: "It's a very hot area." One such investor is Schuyler Lance, a co-founder of Windjammer Capital Investors, a private equity firm in Newport Beach, Calif., and Waltham, Mass.
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