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...synthetic oxytocin and a placebo intravenously to 15 autistic adult patients; afterward, those who received oxytocin were better able to decipher emotions in tone of voice. Moreover, these improvements in social awareness lasted for nearly two weeks. (In 2006, Hollander filed a patent for the use of oxytocin to treat symptoms of autism spectrum disorders; the request is still pending). Investigators at Mount Sinai have also found that oxytocin nasal sprays enhance autistic patients' ability to interpret facial expressions...
...Whether it was the sun or the smiles, Sydney thawed. "Go, pilgrims," called office workers lunching in the park opposite the city's St. Mary's Cathedral. The pilgrims were "pleasant people who don't swear or brawl," commented reader "Thomas" at the Daily Telegraph website, "and they treat each other with respect." Most of the populace seemed to approve. "People have been high-fiving us in the street," said Sydney Catholic Marcia Moses, who took part in the event...
...first question appears to have an easy answer. Most reports credit South Korean chain Red Mango with starting the trend when it began selling tart frozen yogurt in 2002, years before Pinkberry opened the first similar store in the U.S. Soon there were dozens of shops offering the treat, and as the market grew crowded, the competition grew fierce, with law suits and allegations of peddling unnatural "yogurt" flying between store owners...
...Civil rights attorneys in both cities have filed motions in federal court arguing that the announced arrangements fall far short of what the Constitution requires. "The Constitution commands the government to treat peaceful expressions of dissent with the greatest respect - respect equal to that of the invited delegates," ruled U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock in 2004, in response to outcry over the arrangements for protesters at the Democratic convention in Boston. At the time, the zone for protesters - a cordoned-off area under an abandoned railroad track topped by razor wire - was widely seen as affront...
...services ranging from a "sensual tie and tease" to "severe bondage and domination torture." Her clients' high-powered lives make them eager to submit. "They're running multimillion-dollar companies and make decisions all day, every day," she says. "They genuinely want to be submissive. They want somebody to treat them like...