one is some people did lose weight on the atkins diet.like any diet, no matter what the diet is, the grapefruit diet, you remember that, all kinds of diets, some people lose weight and they may be helped. but i think for losing weight, the best kind of study to look at is one that looked at people who did lose weight and kept it off. what kind of a diet did they eat. and the overwhelming kind of diet was a diet low in fat, low in refined sugars, low in fat, low in refined sugars and people were careful about their calories plus exercise. that helped people lose weight and keep it off better than any other kind of a diet. >> you remember julia childs of course. >> i sure do. >> the host of a widely popular french chef tv series and the author of numerous books. she had one of her interests in thinking about food is the tendency to view food about poison. do you think you're a little bit alarmist, not so much you but michael jacobson, the example directly opposite childs who was a great believer of eating and drinking great cuisine. >> we s

i do know that -- so the atkins case was actually argued by a professor at the university of new mexico and he is constantly barraged by what's the best way to assess i.q., especially when you have these different tests and different measures, et cetera. i.q. is one of the most well studied things in psychology. so taking a brain scan and fitting your brain along a dimension and getting a value is just a slightly different way of doing it than giving you the tests and stuff like that. so i have not obviously testified to anything like that. i just tried to give that as an example. there is an enormous literature out there that is already peer-reviewed and published on i.q. there are dozens of papers. the big question is how well can i take a single person's brain scan and with what confidence can i get a number associated with it that we would derive an i.q. those measures and ways that we do that get better every month, basically, every year we're getting more and more accurate at taking a single piece of information or complex piece of information and fitting it. to my knowledge, it h

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the sheriff's office says jordan atkins wondered from his home yesterday.amily members found him floating in a pool less than four feet deepment they rushed him to the hospital where he died. officers are investigating and not going to rule out foul play. >>> two recalls to tell you about if you own a hyundai, one is the santa fe suv, the front passenger air bag may not deploy in the event of a crash. the other recall is for the sonata. if the recalls affect your car, call hundredday at 800-633- 5151. >>> the u.s. postal service could make history this week, it's not going to be in a good way. if congress doesn't act by wednesday, the postal service will default on 5.5 billion dollars payment to the government. it would be the fist default in 200 year history of the postal viers. the senate passed legislation to sure up the services finances but the house has yet to act. >>> baltimore native fell native phelps, chatted with piers morgan about what it's like to represent the u.s. >> it's one of the greatest feelings in the world. you know that there are peop

atkins farm is turning to entertainment.have two zip lines and so far, we're told, a huge success. >> we have only been open for a few days to the public and we have already had close to 50 people out here. we have a will the of reservations already. >> 50 people. okay. the farm also allows other outdoor activities like paint ball. owners are hoping that will carry them over to the fall and maybe some rain. what do you think? >> well, i like making lemonade out of lemons. >> any rain coming their way or our way? >> we have a couple storms on doppler 9,000. some are heavy, one is on the border of culpeper county. we'll start with live doppler 9,000. that prompted that warning until 7:30. so another 11 minutes or so. i think this did have hail in it at one time. that's the criteria for severe thunderstorms. but has to be hail about the size of quarters and winds 58 miles per hour. it doesn't matter how much lightning or rain is in there. pretty big rains from cumberland back through the mountains in west virginia. by and large

atkins says they will work to continue to be the best -- hopkins says there will work to continue toe the best. >> that hasn't changed today. it was the same as it was yesterday. that is what this place is all about. >> the rankings are based on hospital performance. massachusetts beat out hopkins because of their specialty programs. >> sergeant james dixon received the highest civilian award. he brought his congressional gold medal back to the baltimore city police department to celebrate with his family and friends. >> i want to thank you for all you have done. [applause] >> he served in the baltimore city police department from 1954 to 1987. congratulations and well deserved. >> 79 degrees on tv hill. the orioles needed zach britton to shine in his debut. sports is next. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> good morning. continues.' slide they lost to the twins last night and are no longer in second place in the american league east. nick markakis sets the table early. this time he scores thanks to a wild pitch. the bulk it's thrown in the dirt --

if you go back to atkins and read the opinion, it's on the basis of an eighth amendment analysis of the twin pillars of the criminal law which are retribution and deterrence. the court makes the judgment that low i.q. means that you're less responsible and less likely able to be deterred. so the twin pillars of the criminal law don't really apply. but i'm not sure that the psychologists who do psychological testing and i.q. or the neuroscientists have really connected up the constitutional reasons why because it may be that they're substructures of i.q. that are more relevant to the eighth amendment question. it's not a general i.q. score that is ultimately relevant. in fact, the california supreme court has dealt with exactly that question of what subscales might be constitutional relevant rather than the global i.q. score. >> one question here which i think is very interesting. in my community, we strongly feel that diet plays a strong diagnosis of the violence we see, the intake of sugar which is heavily consumed is a factor. what is your take on that? >> diet certainly plays a role

dale atkins is a psychologist and shasta nelson is ceo of girlfriendcircles.com. >> she's big trouble ever since third grade, if you know what i mean. >> so good friends. >> we take them for granted, don't we? >> often we do take them for granted. and sometimes we have to wonder, are we still as friendly with the people we thought we were friendly with? and are we nurturing the friend ships we really want? you never want to take a good friend for granted. >> sometimes we outgrow a friendship. >> nothing really happens except you have children or something happens. >> research is showing we're replacing half our friends every seven years. so if you were to take bridesmaids and pick them today, half of them would be different in years from now. >> is that a healthy thing, dale? >> it can be healthy. one of the things i'm concerned about when people are changing their friends like changing their clothes, they are not necessarily really focusing on the history they may have shared. there's something to be said for history and something to be said for shared experiences. and you go through

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. >>> 4 year old is dead after drowning in a pool, the sheriff's office says jordan atkins wondered froms found him floating in a pool. at kips died at the hospital. investigators are investigating. >>> get ready to see changes downtown at the inter harbor. construction begins today. organizers are putting down the ceremonial first jersey barrier. prep work expected to last for about a month. we are more than a month away from the second running of the grand prix. weather and traffic back in half an hour. stay with us. >>> after all that work, so many years of early mornings, late nights, just coming up short. reigning gymnastics world champion jordyn wieber leaving the arena in tears. so hard to see that. her chances to compete in the individual all-around final comes to a devastating end. we'll look at what it meanslymp. >> she has a shot at team gold. she has to focus on the team right now. hard to watch. george off watching it. i hope you're enjoying the action in the comfort of your own home. >>> the latest in the "twilight" drama, the possible split between those two. before her ad

it is by rodney atkins. the president was visiting with service members gathered on the white house lawn. the subset of the marine corps van stuck up his song. it is one of mitt romney's walkout songs on the campaign trail take a listen. [music playing] rick: i guess both candidates like the song. it is no surprise why. it is a great song. the president and the first lady hosting the families for the fourth of july holiday. martha: afghanistan now with the drawdown of u.s. forces is well underway at this point. here is how it is breaking down right now. nearly 100,000 troops are currently in afghanistan. roughly 30,000 are scheduled to return home by september. by next year, the forces remaining will shift from a combat roll into an advisory role. dominic dinatale is live from kandahar, afghanistan. how is it going, and how is it going to progress? >> a landmark moment for seven hours ago, the pakistanis open the border of afghanistan to allow nato supply convoys to come into the country. that is going to be

. ♪ >> brian: it's america by rodney atkins. he use it is to walk out to all his campaign events.h will be back in campaign mode today. molly henneberg has been investigating the music being played -- i'm just kidding. she's following other stories and is live in washington. hey. >> it is a popular song on the fourth of july. probably it was heard played all over america. good morning, juliet and brian and peter. this will, in an hour action the president will leave op his first bus type. the 2012 election season. it will take him to two states that he won in 2008, ohio and pennsylvania. two states that republicans would like to try to take away from him. president obama, who hosted military families at the white house yesterday for a fourth of july barbecue, will be using this betting on america bus tour to talk about his economic policies and his bailout of the auto industry, while also continuing his attack on governor mitt romney's time as the head of a private equity firm. it's a theme that the president's election campaign has been pushing in ads like this one from earlier t

we go to atkins arkansas for more. janet, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning to you. at least half the nation is experiencing some form of drought right now but this is where it's taking itsiggest toll, ranches and farms in the heartland, some of which haven't seen rain for as many as three months. it's a hungry herd. unusually low rainfall and a record breaking heat wave. >> it's just devastating. it looks like what i count the desert. >> reporter: her arkansas pastures have never been this brown and barren. she's had to sell off 100 of her 250 cattle herd. >> if no significant rain comes, i'll have to go out of business. i just don't have any grass and won't able to afford the hay price. >> reporter: while more than half the country is in some form of brought, in arkansas it covers the entire state. farm equipment sits idle. there's nothing to cut and bail. the only real activity is at the sale barn, packed with ranchers selling off cattle, a move that could raise beef prices 10% in the coming year. this town has never gone dry until now. >> the other option is just

my name is richard atkins a recent graduate at the school and its direct my question is directed towards gregg perhaps others because gregg is also a physician has of ibm and this is a derivative of the discussion that you had. access to health care is one thing. availability of health care is something entirely different. and what do you think the impact of this law is going to have on availability particularly physicians who see the requirements ... all is so onerous whether it is an reporting or income or the requirement to set up a whole new style of practice and larger groups which some physicians don't want. they prefer to be individual practitioners. the impact is going to be significantly on physicians who were in mid career because the of the largest percent of physicians in the country. how many of them do you think will leave the profession because -- and do something else because the impact? >> the point is often made that after the clinton health care reform effort collapsed, change had been quickly in medical care and was expected to happen if the clinton plan had succeeded

chief stephen atkins. chairman scott gabaldon of the mishwal wapoo tribe. chairman ann tucker, muscogee nation chief. and supervisor don iain dillon district three. i think all of my witnesses. you're written testimony will appear in the record so i ask that you keep your statement to five minutes microphones are not automatic so please press the button when you are ready to begin. i also want you to explain how our time works when you begin to speak the clerk will start the time and the green light will. after four minutes a yellow light will appear and you will begin to conclude your statement. at five minutes the red light will come on. you may complete your sentence but at that time i will ask you to stop. one thing to keep in mind, all of you at the table in very strict about procedures the dignity the house of representatives reserves not conduct says business mix with the house conducts its business in an orderly fashion and permit members to properly understand and participate the business of the house. therefore i want to remind our witnesses house