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...Wendy Weber, a naturopathic physician at Bastyr, the group decided to study St. John's wort after the Food and Drug Administration approved atomoxetine - an agent that keeps nerve endings in the brain flooded with the neurotransmitter norepinephrine - for treating ADHD in children. They knew from previous studies that at least one of St. John's wort's active ingredients, hyperforin, has the same effect on brain neurons, and speculated, as have other proponents of alternative therapies, that the botanical might help to relieve symptoms of ADHD without a prescription. But among the 54 children between six and 17 years...
...prison experience is omnipresent in his paintings, which have been featured in recent exhibitions in both Hong Kong and London, where he now lives with his wife, a former British ambassador to Burma. His work - and unique modus operandi - is attracting the attention of international collectors, according to Karin Weber, owner of a Hong Kong gallery specializing in contemporary Burmese art that has shown Htein Lin's paintings. "They're dense with visual information," Weber says, referring to a corpus that both chronicles the artist's bodily and sensory impoverishment, and offers a timely glimpse into a country that...
...novel orchestrations, Htein Lin's years in prison gave him a technique uniquely adapted to privation. Even after his release, he has continued to paint in the primitive, almost childlike style he developed in jail. "He has this need to fill his canvases with as much as he can," Weber says, "because he may not have another chance." In a recent painting of his adopted home, for instance, Htein Lin depicts London as a chaotic welter of traffic and pedestrians. Every inch of the canvas is covered with color, as though the artist is unsure who will donate the next...
...incredibly interesting and helps us understand the world we’ve created, the world that also has been thrust upon us. This is my own project—to try to understand the world that we’re living in. And if that means using Weber or Foucault, that’s fine, that’s helpful.THC: To some extent, this novel is as large as can be, addressing world political issues like Israel and Palestine, but it is also a small, intimate portrait of three young, white, Ivy-educated males. Are you at all worried about...
...Hornets insist they are trying. Weber points to the dozens of picnics and cocktail parties to which the team has flocked, a grassroots effort to connect with fans on the ground. The prices are relatively fan-friendly: the average Hornets ticket costs $31, just 60% of the NBA league average...