May 13, 2016


News and Views


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/underage-sex-scandal-rocks-oakland-police-dept/

Underage sex scandal rocks Oakland Police Department
CBS NEWS
May 13, 2016, 8:10 AM


OAKLAND - An internal affairs investigation is underway focusing on several Oakland police officers who allegedly had sex with an underage girl.

Sources told CBS Station KPIX the internal affairs investigation centers around a young woman who recently began revealing details of her relationships with officers on her Facebook page.

The woman, now either 18 or 19 years old, is believed to have had sex with potentially dozens of police officers beginning when she was 16. Such acts would be a crime under the state's statutory rape laws.

On her Facebook page, Celeste Guap suggests she is involved in the sex scandal, but says she never snitched on anybody, only having "harmless relationships" within the police department.

In one post decorated with emojis of a police officer and a wink, she writes, "Calls me his Ms. Undercover ... that's cuz we always underdcover."


In another post, she says the only officer she messed with while underage is sadly gone.

Oakland Police Officer Brendan O'Brien committed suicide last September, about a year after his wife's death (which was also ruled a suicide). Investigators say O'Brien left a note that led to an initial internal affairs investigation.

A subsequent investigation ordered by a federal judge led to many Oakland police officers admitting they had lied during the first internal affairs investigation about their relationships with Guap. Sources say one officer also admitted to knowing she was underage when he had sex with her.

Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Johnna Watson told KPIX correspondent Da Lin that there is an investigation underway involving three officers, but wouldn't give any specifics. Nonetheless, she admits it's another black mark for the department.

"We are entrusted by the community to protect, to serve them and to uphold the law. So we take the allegations of this nature very seriously," said Watson.

In addition to the internal investigation, there is an ongoing criminal investigation happening in connection with the activities of the officers.



“The woman, now either 18 or 19 years old, is believed to have had sex with potentially dozens of police officers beginning when she was 16. Such acts would be a crime under the state's statutory rape laws. …. On her Facebook page, Celeste Guap suggests she is involved in the sex scandal, but says she never snitched on anybody, only having "harmless relationships" within the police department. …. Oakland Police Officer Brendan O'Brien committed suicide last September, about a year after his wife's death (which was also ruled a suicide). Investigators say O'Brien left a note that led to an initial internal affairs investigation. A subsequent investigation ordered by a federal judge led to many Oakland police officers admitting they had lied during the first internal affairs investigation about their relationships with Guap. Sources say one officer also admitted to knowing she was underage when he had sex with her. …. In addition to the internal investigation, there is an ongoing criminal investigation happening in connection with the activities of the officers.”


This is as bad as the cases that have hit the news about high school or even grammar school teachers who do these things. Whenever a person in a position of power and authority does this, even if they aren’t underage, it should be an especially severe penalty I believe. The fact that three have admitted it shows me that they almost certainly passed her name around among the members of the force. That also should cause a greater penalty as well. I know policemen are “just men” and subject to considerable passion, but any man who stoops to this should be jailed. I do hope that the PD doesn’t give these guys their “special” status privilege of getting off easily. At least one of them, O’Brien, had a conscience.



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-of-possible-knockout-game-attack-leads-to-arrest/

Video of possible "knockout game" attack leads to arrest
By CRIMESIDER STAFF CBS/AP
May 12, 2016, 12:12 PM

Video -- WFSB 3 Connecticut


HARTFORD, Conn. -- A teenage boy in Hartford, Connecticut, has been arrested after a video circulated around his high school, appearing to show the teen attacking a 66-year-old man from behind, reports CBS affiliate WFSB.

Video shows Wilbert Prude standing on the sidewalk near his home in late April, when a teenager approached from behind and punched him, causing him to stumble and fall into the street.

"He sucker-punched," Prude said in an interview with WFSB.

Prude went to the hospital, but said he is doing okay.

"I feel pretty good and glad to know I'm still alive and I thank the good lord for that," Prude said.

Video of the incident, which authorities may have been "knockout" -- a notorious game in which teenagers sneak up on people and punch them -- was obtained by a local high school administrator, who reportedly identified the suspect for police.

The Hartford Courant newspaper reports that the unidentified juvenile was charged with third-degree assault on an elderly person, second-degree reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident.

Police said the student was also recently arrested for a fight at his high school. He will be in court for this "knockout" incident at the end of the month.



EXCERPT -- “Video of the incident, which authorities may have been "knockout" -- a notorious game in which teenagers sneak up on people and punch them -- was obtained by a local high school administrator, who reportedly identified the suspect for police. …. Police said the student was also recently arrested for a fight at his high school. He will be in court for this "knockout" incident at the end of the month.”


The “Knockout Game” was featured in the news about two years ago. I found it shocking and even frightening then, that kids were actually doing such a thing. Sometimes I think police are called in for minor reasons or even to administer “discipline,” but this kind of thing is clearly a crime, and one that should be punished with jail. This is not “normal” childhood behavior. Laws have been enacted in some places that some will hate, but personally I approve of it. Parents of such children can be fined or even jailed.

Whether they “love” their kids or not, they aren’t paying enough attention to what they do. I’ll bet there are serious behavior problems in the home, also. Many older kids physically and mentally abuse their siblings or pets, and that can be a sign of the sociopathic personality disorder. Such a kid needs psychiatric treatment including individual talk therapy and a fair and intelligent discipline. Often, they also are not being treated with warmth and understanding in the home, and they also need a firm, but not brutal, hand. Over-punishing is as likely to bring out more violence in the child as not enough discipline. It would be good, also, if the parents would seek out a parenting class, which won’t be available in most rural areas, but they often are in cities. Heaven help this kid. He has what seems to me to be a very rough future. Thank goodness the elderly man wasn’t severely hurt. I’m so glad this school administrator contacted police rather than trying to sweep the whole thing under the rug.



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-air-force-general-lori-robinson-norad-first-woman-leader/

Woman takes over top-tier U.S. combat command - a first
AP May 13, 2016, 1:00 PM

19 Photographs -- Gen. Lori Robinson, the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, talks to reporters Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia. ROD MCGUIRK, AP
Play VIDEO -- NORAD's 60 years of tracking Santa Claus


DENVER -- The Air Force has just two female four-star generals, and one is about to become the first woman to head a top-tier U.S. warfighting command, but that may not be the most remarkable thing about her.

Gen. Lori J. Robinson takes over the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command in Colorado on Friday. People who know Robinson describe her as the personification of a new generation of leaders, someone who understands the Air Force has a broad role in space, cyber security and drones, not just flying and fighting.

That's what sets Robinson apart, not her gender, said Maria Carl, a retired Air Force colonel who knows her.

"Gen. Robinson reflects that change as much as anything else," said Carl, who serves on the Military Affairs Council of the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce. Carl didn't serve under Robinson but worked with her in her Chamber of Commerce role, when the general headed the Pacific Air Forces at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

"She has an ability to take all the different pieces of the picture and pull it together strategically," Carl said.

Robinson wasn't available for an interview before she officially started her new assignment at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs.

Her family has deep roots in the Air Force. Her husband, retired two-star Gen. David Robinson, was a pilot in the Thunderbirds demonstration team. David Robinson's daughter, 2nd Lt. Taryn Ashley Robinson, graduated from the Air Force Academy in June 2005 but was fatally injured in a pilot-training crash that autumn. She died in January 2006, four weeks before her 23rd birthday.

Lori Robinson's father, George Howard of Jackson, New Hampshire, was a 30-year Air Force veteran and a pilot in the Vietnam War.

"I have looked up to my father my entire life," Robinson told senators at a confirmation hearing for her new job last month. He accompanied her to the hearing.

One of her new commands, the North American Aerospace Defense Command or NORAD, is a joint U.S.-Canada operation that defends the skies over both nations and monitors sea approaches. It's best known for its Cold War-era control room deep inside Cheyenne Mountain - now used only as a backup - and for its wildly popular NORAD Tracks Santa operation on Christmas Eve, fielding calls from children asking for Santa's whereabouts.

Her other command, Northern Command, is responsible for defending U.S. territory from attack and helping civilian authorities in emergencies. It was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Northern Command is one of nine warfighting centers the Pentagon calls unified combatant commands. They combine elements of all the military services and have responsibility for geographic areas of the globe or specialized roles, such as special forces.

All the other combatant commands are led by men.

Robinson has an extensive background in command and control, the science of orchestrating military operations across a broad area. In her previous job, commander of Pacific Air Forces, her area of responsibility spanned more than half the globe.

"You're dealing with a lot of countries, a lot of the air forces in the Pacific, China being one of them," said Darryll Wong, a retired Air Force major general and Hawaii's former adjutant general. "She had to be a fast learner."

Wong said Robinson showed she has a compassionate side as well.

"I think it's very reassuring that you have a strong leader and a compassionate leader," he said. "It says a lot to the enlisted (personnel)."

Robinson joined the Air Force in 1982 through the ROTC program at the University of New Hampshire. She has been an air battle manager and tactics chief, and her commands have included an operations and training groups. She was also an Air Force fellow at the Brookings Institute.

She received her fourth star in October 2014. The only other female four-star general currently serving in the Air Force is Ellen M. Pawlikowski, who leads the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.



“People who know Robinson describe her as the personification of a new generation of leaders, someone who understands the Air Force has a broad role in space, cyber security and drones, not just flying and fighting. That's what sets Robinson apart, not her gender, said Maria Carl, a retired Air Force colonel who knows her. …. She has an ability to take all the different pieces of the picture and pull it together strategically," Carl said. Robinson wasn't available for an interview before she officially started her new assignment at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. …. Northern Command is one of nine warfighting centers the Pentagon calls unified combatant commands. They combine elements of all the military services and have responsibility for geographic areas of the globe or specialized roles, such as special forces. All the other combatant commands are led by men. …. Robinson joined the Air Force in 1982 through the ROTC program at the University of New Hampshire. She has been an air battle manager and tactics chief, and her commands have included an operations and training groups. She was also an Air Force fellow at the Brookings Institute. She received her fourth star in October 2014. The only other female four-star general currently serving in the Air Force is Ellen M. Pawlikowski, who leads the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.”


I wonder how many kids who join ROTC are serious about a military career after college. Clearly this lady was. Her photograph shows a handsome and pleasant, but serious minded person, as all police and military people should be. I think many times the wrong sort of person is hired in those fields. There was a scary story about a “gung ho” young soldier about six years ago, I don’t remember his name, but a colleague of his described how happy and excited he would get when he shot people. He was a sniper. Likewise, too many police officers, kill for pleasure of it or administer severe injuries to “punish” a suspect. This lady looks, and from the accounts in this article, is capable and professional to the nth degree. I’m also glad to see a woman rise this high, of course. It’s like the lack of black and Hispanic faces in the public eye of some twenty years ago. There were really very few back then. Now we have hundreds of them across the country from large businesses to politics and college professorships. Though she will never see this blog, I will say congratulations to General Robinson. This is good news.



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/netherlands-sex-abuse-victim-euthanasia-incurable-ptsd-assisted-suicide/

Sexually abused Dutch woman given help to end her life
CBS NEWS
May 12, 2016, 11:14 AM

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Papers published recently by the Dutch Euthanasia Commission reportedly revealed that a woman in her twenties was allowed to go ahead with assisted suicide based on psychiatrists' decision that her mental health condition was "insufferable," and it was therefore illegal to deny her life-ending drugs.

The woman, who has not been identified, was sexually abused between the ages of 5 and 15, according to Britain's Independent.

Multiple reports cited the documents published by the Commission as stating the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) the woman suffered due to the abuse was "incurable," enabling the approval under Dutch law of her request for euthanasia.

The Telegraph reports that the young woman was not an isolated case, and in fact, the rate of approved assisted suicides in the Netherlands for patients suffering from mental disorders has increased dramatically since the procedure was first made legal.

In 2010, only two people were granted euthanasia due to "insufferable" mental conditions, while The Telegraph said that number rose to 56 in 2015, according to the documents released by the Commission.

In remarks likely to cause even greater concern for foes of assisted suicide in Europe, one of the psychiatrists who grants approval for the procedure based on mental illness at the Netherlands euthanasia clinic told The Telegraph she believes doctors are still "too hesitant" to give the nod in such cases.

The psychiatrist, Paulan Starcke, was due to give a speech -- entitled "Condemned to live with unbearable psychiatric suffering, or allowed to die?" - on Thursday at a conference on euthanasia in Amsterdam.

Euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands in 2002, and the procedure has seen a significant rise in the country since then, with people from across the world traveling to its End-of-Life clinic.



“Papers published recently by the Dutch Euthanasia Commission reportedly revealed that a woman in her twenties was allowed to go ahead with assisted suicide based on psychiatrists' decision that her mental health condition was "insufferable," and it was therefore illegal to deny her life-ending drugs. …. The Telegraph reports that the young woman was not an isolated case, and in fact, the rate of approved assisted suicides in the Netherlands for patients suffering from mental disorders has increased dramatically since the procedure was first made legal. In 2010, only two people were granted euthanasia due to "insufferable" mental conditions, while The Telegraph said that number rose to 56 in 2015, according to the documents released by the Commission. …. Euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands in 2002, and the procedure has seen a significant rise in the country since then, with people from across the world traveling to its End-of-Life clinic.”


I’ve seen a couple of TV documentaries on the subject of PTSD and it definitely is a very severe form of mental illness, characterized by shocking visions of attacks suffered in years past with fierce “fighting back” at the vision, which might actually be their wife. This isn’t the ordinary wife beater or sociopath. The way the man on the documentary acted looked more like schizophrenia, to me. My father had two mentally disturbed brothers. One had bipolar disorder and the other had schizophrenia. It was frightening to see how he acted. Daddy said that the onset of the disease was around age 20, and he just suddenly started fighting his father for no apparent reason. They subdued him and took him to the nearest doctor. From there he was sent to Dix Hill in Raleigh, a mandatory confinement hospital for those showing intractable symptoms. That was around 1930, and there was very little effective treatment then.

Somehow a medically administered suicide seems to me to be giving up on a possible cure, but perhaps this woman had been under treatment without relief for a long time, and I can well imagine that psychic pain of that degree could be more than she should have to bear. I did visit my uncle in the hospital and there were people there who took no notice of anything that was going on around them, staring fixedly ahead. That is called catatonia.

I heard some years back that of the occupational fields which exhibited the highest rates of suicide, the first on the list was psychiatrists! They, like many police officers, see so much human misery that they are overwhelmed by it and they too often kill themselves. That kind of pain can also cause violence such as the young men who carry a gun to school and start shooting everyone they see.

So many people in this society absolutely refuse to seek out psychiatric help for themselves, or even for family members. I think it is like some fundamentalist Christians. They do not BELIEVE in mental illness. If there’s no illness, there is nothing to cure, only evil to punish. I have known a number of people who think the insanity defense is a lot liberal claptrap, and only believe in life in prison or the death penalty. All perpetrators of crime should “get what they deserve.”

It is a fact that many of the things that some insane people do are indeed horrifying. Luckily, not all insane people are violent or otherwise dangerous individuals and some with the right therapies can become, apparently at any rate, cured. The hospitals nowadays do try to let people out with outpatient care, meds and perhaps a halfway house. Neighbors in an area where a halfway house is to be built often object so strenuously that it is driven out, to seek another location. It’s understandable, but still sad.




http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-zimmerman-auctioning-gun-used-kill-trayvon-martin-n572661

George Zimmerman Auctioning Off Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin
by KERRY SANDERS and ERIK ORTIZ
NEWS MAY 12 2016, 10:35 AM ET


Video -- George Zimmerman allegedly auctioning gun in Trayvon Martin case 2:11
Photograph -- A crime scene technician showing the gun used by George Zimmerman to shoot Trayvon Martin during Zimmerman's trial in 2013. Gary W. Green / Pool via EPA
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Play Video -- FROM MAY 11, 2015: FROM MAY 11, 2015: George Zimmerman Involved in Florida Shooting Incident 0:27
Image: Zimmerman's gun that killed Trayvon Martin to be auctioned


The gun used to kill Florida teenager Trayvon Martin is up for sale in an online auction.

The listing on GunBroker.com includes a description written by George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch captain acquitted by a jury in the teen's 2012 shooting death. The killing sparked a national conversation about race and "stand your ground" laws.

"This is a piece of American History," Zimmerman says in the post.

Zimmerman's brother, Robert, confirmed to NBC News that the gun sale is "legit."

The firearm is listed as a 9 mm Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol, and goes on sale Thursday morning with bidding starting at $5,000.

In the post, Zimmerman, 32, said the Justice Department had recently returned the gun to him, and he has received offers from people who want to purchase it or put it on display: "However, the offers were to use the gun in a fashion I did not feel comfortable with."

A portion of the auction's proceeds are supposed to "fight BLM (Black Lives Matter) violence against Law Enforcement officers" as well as "ensure the demise of … Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric."

Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for president, said in a speech in April to the National Action Network that Zimmerman should never have had a gun.

Zimmerman killed Martin after he saw the unarmed 17-year-old walking through his gated Sanford community on Feb. 26, 2012, and did not recognize him. He confronted the boy, leading to an altercation and the shooting. Zimmerman claimed self-defense.

The death of Martin, who was African-American, set off a wave of protests.

Zimmerman at his 2013 trial was found not guilty of second-degree murder.

Neither Zimmerman nor his defense attorney immediately responded to requests for comment about the auction.

In an interview with FOX affiliate WOFL, Zimmerman said he is "a free American. I can do what I want with my possessions."

"And if I sell it and it sells, I move past it," he told the station. "Otherwise, it's going in a safe for my grandkids never to be used or seen again."

An attorney for the Martin family released a statement reaffirming that the Trayvon Martin Foundation is "committed to its mission of ending senseless gun violence in the United States" and has "no comment on the actions of that person (Zimmerman)[.]"

Zimmerman's transition out of the public eye has not been without incident, and last year he was shot at by another driver during a confrontation on a Florida road. He was also arrested on assault charges against his girlfriend, although the charges were later dropped.

Zimmerman filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC News in 2012. A judge dismissed that claim in 2014. Zimmerman appealed, but a judge ruled against him.



“The listing on GunBroker.com includes a description written by George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch captain acquitted by a jury in the teen's 2012 shooting death. The killing sparked a national conversation about race and "stand your ground" laws. "This is a piece of American History," Zimmerman says in the post. …. In the post, Zimmerman, 32, said the Justice Department had recently returned the gun to him, and he has received offers from people who want to purchase it or put it on display: "However, the offers were to use the gun in a fashion I did not feel comfortable with." A portion of the auction's proceeds are supposed to "fight BLM (Black Lives Matter) violence against Law Enforcement officers" as well as "ensure the demise of … Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric." Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for president, said in a speech in April to the National Action Network that Zimmerman should never have had a gun. …. The death of Martin, who was African-American, set off a wave of protests. Zimmerman at his 2013 trial was found not guilty of second-degree murder. …. Zimmerman's transition out of the public eye has not been without incident, and last year he was shot at by another driver during a confrontation on a Florida road. He was also arrested on assault charges against his girlfriend, although the charges were later dropped. Zimmerman filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC News in 2012. A judge dismissed that claim in 2014. Zimmerman appealed, but a judge ruled against him.”


"And if I sell it and it sells, I move past it," he told the station. "Otherwise, it's going in a safe for my grandkids never to be used or seen again." This statement shows me that he may actually have some remorse, and I do hope he, as in the article above, will go to psychotherapy and get to the root of his problems. His assault on Martin was not rational in my eyes, he has assaulted his girlfriend, and he got into some kind or road rage incident that ended in his being shot at. I have always heard that we shouldn’t get in one of those road conflicts because we can never know what kind of weapon they may be carrying. Besides, most of what happens on the highway is accidental.


FIGHTING DEMENTIA


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/best-foods-for-your-aging-brain-to-prevent-alzheimers-and-other-types-of-dementia/

Best foods to protect your aging brain
CBS NEWS
May 13, 2016, 2:21 PM

Related: The MIND diet: 10 foods that fight Alzheimer's (and 5 to avoid)


The aging of America means more cases of Alzheimer's disease. Experts predict the number of people with the condition is expected to nearly triple by mid-century. But there's growing evidence that there may be a way to reduce the risk for dementia, and it starts in your grocery store aisles.

A number of foods have been associated in studies with a lower risk for Alzheimer's. They include:

Leafy green vegetables
Blueberries
Nuts and seeds
Fatty fish
Olive oil
Lentils
Legumes
Whole grains

"These foods all have different components in them that are either neuroprotective -- they help protect our brain... Other ones give our brain fuels," registered dietitian Alissa Rumsey told CBS News.

These "brain foods" are also elements of the Mediterranean diet, which includes less red meat and processed foods. Nine out of 12 recent studies found a link between a Mediterranean-style diet and a reduced risk of Alzheimer's.

More than 100 million adults worldwide are expected to develop dementia by mid-century and that's adding a sense of urgency to research.

The Alzheimer's Association has evaluated the evidence and said it does point to a link between heart-healthy foods and a lower risk of cognitive decline.

Rumsey said it's easy to add foods that boost brain health to your daily diet.

"It's about trying to take those refined carbs, and the higher sugar foods and saturated fat, out of your diet slowly and then adding in these foods to replace them," she explained.

One 2015 study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: It's about trying to take those refined carbs, and the higher sugar foods and saturated fat, out of your diet slowly and then adding in these foods to replace them," she explained. People who mostly consumed an unhealthy diet had about twice as much cognitive decline as those whose diets included a mix of healthy and less healthy items over time.

Still, those in the study who had a mixed dietary pattern -- healthy and less healthy -- had more cognitive decline compared to those who stuck stringently to a healthy diet, study author Behnaz Shakersain, from Karolinska Institute Aging Research Center, in Stockholm, told CBS News last October, when the research was published.

"It's never too early, never too late. The healthier you eat, the more benefits -- better cognition at older age -- you may gain," said Shakersain.

Another study in 2014 linked consumption of more fried foods with an increased risk for Alzheimer's.

Along with following a healthy diet, the Alzheimer's Association recommends other lifestyle guidelines to reduce the risk for dementia, including regular exercise, which may boost blood and oxygen flow to the brain, and staying mentally and socially active.

One shopper, Krysta Stasi, told CBS News that she's making healthier choices when she's picking up groceries.

"I'm just really trying to make the effort to eat more greens and grains," she said. "I would be happy to know I'm doing the right thing."



"These foods all have different components in them that are either neuroprotective -- they help protect our brain... Other ones give our brain fuels," registered dietitian Alissa Rumsey told CBS News. These "brain foods" are also elements of the Mediterranean diet, which includes less red meat and processed foods. …. The Alzheimer's Association has evaluated the evidence and said it does point to a link between heart-healthy foods and a lower risk of cognitive decline. …. It's about trying to take those refined carbs, and the higher sugar foods and saturated fat, out of your diet slowly and then adding in these foods to replace them," she explained. …. "It's never too early, never too late. The healthier you eat, the more benefits -- better cognition at older age -- you may gain," said Shakersain ….. Along with following a healthy diet, the Alzheimer's Association recommends other lifestyle guidelines to reduce the risk for dementia, including regular exercise, which may boost blood and oxygen flow to the brain, and staying mentally and socially active.”


“Rumsey said it's easy to add foods that boost brain health to your daily diet.” I’m so that to hear that. Adding foods isn’t nearly as much of a problem as removing them. I’m already eating a partially healthful diet, so I need to add more of the good ones and progressively less of the bad boys, and walk half an hour every day. I know I can do that without following a bunch of rigid and restrictive rules. I used to enjoy homemade rice salads, so I’ll try to start that again. I will miss saturated fat, so I will limit it to my crisply broiled chicken thighs with the skin on and maybe ¼ lb. of cheddar cheese a week, more sardines and mackeral, dark greens from kale and broccoli to turnip greens, brown rice and whole grain Italian bread from the Publix bakery. Needless to say, I will also, occasionally at least, eat “forbidden foods” such as pizza and Oscar Mayer all beef wieners. I know from long experience that we need to do that to keep from going bonkers. (Good psychiatric health is important, too!) If I can significantly reduce the onset of dementia that will be good, and I won’t have to live like a monk to do it.