THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 2013
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Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, stands next to Batman as he receives the key to the city from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, left at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 15.
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City hopes donations will help recoup $105K cost of 'Batkid'
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SAN FRANCISCO — The city of San Francisco spent $105,000 in public funds to honor a 5-year-old boy with leukemia who captivated the nation with his exploits as "Batkid," and it hopes to recoup the money through private donations, the mayor's spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Most of the money went toward renting a sound system, video screens and other equipment at the last minute to accommodate the surprisingly large crowds that gathered outside City Hall to watch capred cruader Miles Scott receive a chocolate key to the city, said Christine Falvey, communications director for Mayor Ed Lee.
"What started out as a few hundred people at most on the steps of City Hall ... grew into what would obviously attract a 20,000-plus crowd," Falvey said. "They weren't going to see anything the way we
originally had it set up."
Miles, who lives in Tulelake in far Northern California, was able to fulfill his wish to be his favorite superhero last week when the Make-A-Wish Foundation arranged to have him driven about San Francisco in a Lamborghini Batmobile as he handled make-believe capers.
The fantasy included a police escort and an adult Batman impersonator who accompanied the costumed Batkid as he rescued a damsel in distress from cable car tracks, captured the Riddler as he robbed a bank, and saved the San Francisco Giants mascot from the Penguin's clutches.
The elaborate masquerade and feel-good nature of the event made Miles a social media darling. But a city lawmaker and some residents asked whether it was appropriate for the city to subsidize a celebration for one child.
Neither the police nor public works departments incurred extra expenses from Friday's daylong event, which was staffed with officers and maintenance workers on their regular shifts, Falvey said.
Waiting for Miles the BatKid and Wondering how many 1000s of SF
kids living off SNAP/FoodStamps could have been fed from the $$," Supervisor Eric Mar wrote on Instagram. After Miles' supporters denounced the comment, Mar issued a statement that he simply was seeking "similar amounts of love, compassion and empathy for children living every day in dire circumstances."
Falvey said the costs would have been even higher if vendors had not offered discounts or donated services. The San Francisco chapter of Make-a-Wish hopes to reimburse the city for what was spent through private donations, she said.
Study ties nuts to lower cancer, heart disease risk
HEALTH
"It was a very successful event. We were honored to be part of it. Miles gave to us more than we gave to him," she said.
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Nuts have long been called heart healthy, and the study is the largest ever done on whether eating them affects mortality.
DALLAS — Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of any cause — during a 30-year Harvard study.
--death risk, in direct proportion to consumption.
Researchers tracked 119,000 men and women and found that those who ate nuts roughly every day were 20 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who never ate nuts. Eating nuts less often also appeared to lower the
The benefits were seen from peanuts as well as from pistachios, almonds, walnuts and other tree nuts. The researchers did not look at how the nuts were prepared — oiled or salted, raw or roasted.
A bonus: Nut eaters stayed slimmer.
"There's a general perception that if you eat more nuts you're going to get fat. Our results show the opposite," said Dr. Ying Bao of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Observational studies like this one can't prove cause and effect, only suggest a connection. Research on diets is especially tough, because it can be difficult to single out the effects of any one food.
sponsored the study,but the nut group had no role in designing it or reporting the results.
She led the study, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health and the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation
Researchers don't know why nuts may boost health. It could be that their unsaturated fatty acids, minerals and other nutrients lower cholesterol and inflammation and reduce other problems, as earlier studies seemed to show.
"There's a general perception that if you eat more nuts you're going to get fat. Our results show the opposite."
People who eat more nuts may eat them on salads, for example, and some of the benefit may come
DR. YING BAO Brigham and Women's Hospital
from the leafy greens, said Dr. Robert Eckel, a University of Colorado cardiologist and former president of the American Heart Association.
versity of Miami neurologist who also is a former heart association president, agreed.
Dr. Ralph Sacco, a Uni-
food, Sacco said.
The Harvard group has long been known for solid science on diets. Its findings build on a major study earlier this year — a rigorous experiment that found a Mediterranean-style diet supplemented with nuts cuts the chance of heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them.
"Sometimes when you eat nuts you eat less of something else like potato chips," so the benefit may come from avoiding an unhealthy
In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration said a fistful of nuts a day as part of a low-fat diet may reduce the risk of heart disease. The heart association recommends four servings of unsalted, uncoiled nuts a week and warns against eating too many, since they are dense in calories.
Many previous studies tie nut consumption to lower risks of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer and other maladies.
The new research combines two studies that started in the 1980s on 76,464 female nurses and 42,498 male health professionals. They filled out surveys on food and lifestyle habits every two to four years, including how often they ate a serving (1 ounce) of nuts.
Study participants who often ate nuts were healthier — they weighed less, exercised more and were less likely to smoke, among other things. After taking these and other things into account, researchers still saw a strong benefit from nuts.
STATE
Former nursing student sues two Kansas colleges
WICHITA — A former nursing student filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against two community colleges in Kansas over an adverse and secret clinical reference she contends destroyed her educational and employment opportunities.
Rebecca A. Lemon sued Coffeville Community College and a nursing program instructor for defamation. Her lawsuit also claims the college falsely assured her when she enrolled that its nursing program would be accredited.
Lemon is also seeking a court order requiring Labette Community College and its nursing director to disclose the identity of the person whose reference was the basis of her denial to that school's
nursing program. She wants copies of her educational records, including a copy of the adverse recommendation, and a court order forcing the college to admit her into its nursing program.
The colleges and the two employees named as defendants did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. Lemon's attorney, Ray Simmons, declined to comment on the filing.
in the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Wichita, Lemon contends she graduated in December 2012 from the Coffeyville program with a 4.0 grade point average in the core nursing courses and a 3.92 overall grade point average. She was certified as a licensed practical nurse the month later by the Kansas Board of Nursing.
Lemon was accepted into Coffeville's resident nursing program, but instead wanted to go to an accredited school.
according to the lawsuit. She took pre-requisite classes at Labette Community College in order to enter its accredited resident nursing program.
Lemon is also seeking a court order requiring Labette Community College and its nursing director to disclose the identity of the person whose reference was the basis of her denial to that school's nursing program. She wants copies of her educational records, including a copy of the adverse recommendation, and a court order forcing the college to admit her into its nursing program.
The colleges and the two employees named as defendants did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. Lemon's attorney, Ray Simmons, declined to comment on the filing.
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