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London, Ontario:Mayor given House Arrest for fraud.($1700)

June 16, 2014 Updated : June 16, 2014 | 7:56 am

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London Mayor Joe Fontana considers appeal of guilty verdict

By Scott Taylor Metro

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THE CANADIAN PRESS London Mayor Joe Fontana with his wife Vicky, walk from the London, Ont., courthouse after hearing the verdict in his fraud trial Friday June 13, 2014. Fontana has been found guilty on charges of fraud, forgery and breach of trust that date back to his time as a Liberal MP.

Gord Cudmore said he and client Joe Fontana “aren’t going to make any knee-jerk reactions,” but admitted that an appeal of Fontana’s guilty verdict is something they’re considering.
Fontana was found guilty of fraud, breach of trust and uttering a forged document Friday in London superior court.
The maximum penalty Justice Bruce Thomas could impose for breach of trust – the most serious of the charges – would be 14 years in prison.
Thomas wouldn’t dole out anything close to that to a public figure with no prior criminal record, but any jail time would end Fontana’s term as London’s mayor immediately.
That includes house arrest.
The first thing Fontana and Cudmore will do is hear the sentence July 15. Then a number of avenues will be explored.
Cudmore was asked about a contentious issue during the trial, when assistant Crown attorney Tim Zuber asked to re-examine former Marconi Club general manager Joe DiPietro to contradict the testimony of former club president Vince Trovato.
Cudmore argued against it, but was overruled by Thomas.
“That could be one,” Cudmore said of grounds for a possible appeal.
London defence lawyer – who’s also been a Crown attorney – Phil Millar said everyone has the right to appeal, but he’s doubtful it would be granted in Fontana’s case.
“I think the judge was very careful in how he came to his decision. He essentially did what we call make it appeal-proof,” he said. “Essentially, he said the mayor lied. It’s hard to appeal that.”
Millar said Cudmore can base an appeal on the DiPietro issue, but doesn’t believe that would stand up to scrutiny.
Cudmore would have 30 days after sentencing to appeal.

(COMMENT: Problem in ONTARIO that Top People avoid running for Puiblic Office. That this person should be Mayor of a major University City is a tragedy.  Kellogg  left London because of City mismanagement.. London declining. Many pawn shops and drug addicts.. Not suitable environment for Undergraduates. )

ProMed:SYPHILIS in SWEDEN

SYPHILIS - SWEDEN: RISING INCIDENCE, DECREASING CONDOM USE
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Thu 10 Jul 2014
Source: The Swedish Wire [edited]
<http://www.swedishwire.com/science/19481-syphilis-booms-due-to-declining-condom-use>


Swedish Radio News said the Scandinavian country saw a sharp uptick in
the number of cases of syphilis last year [2013], while new cases of
chlamydia and gonorrhea are showing signs of slowing down.

The agency reported 275 new cases of syphilis, an increase of 37
percent from 2012; half of which have taken place abroad.

"Changed sexual behavior has contributed to sexually transmitted
diseases becoming common. Studies show that condom use among young
people is quite low with new and casual partners," epidemiologist Inga
Velicko at the agency told Swedish Radio.

[Byline: Johan Nylander]

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[The increased incidence of syphilis in Sweden is similar to the
situation in the US and other countries (see prior ProMED-mail posts
below). In many countries, the increased incidence of syphilis is
occurring mainly among men who have sex with men (MSM), and has been
characterized by high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
co-infection, high-risk sexual behavior, use of drugs such as
methamphetamines, use of Internet chat rooms to meet sex partners
(<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5510a1.htm>), and more
recently, use of smartphone applications like Grindr, a gay social
networking site. The news report above does not give more information
about the epidemiology of the rising incidence of syphilis in Sweden.

However, a Eurosurveillance article in 2008 reported that the spread
of syphilis in Sweden among MSM, particularly in the big cities, has
been a major contributor to an increase in cases in that country
(Velicko I, Arneborn M, Blaxhult A. Syphilis epidemiology in Sweden:
re-emergence since 2000 primarily due to spread among men who have sex
with men. Eurosurveill. 2008;13(50). Available online:
<http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19063>).
Estimated syphilis incidence among Swedish MSM was up to 28 times
higher than in the general Swedish male population. The most affected
age group among males was 25-44 years of age. The majority of
infections in men and women through heterosexual contacts were
acquired abroad, whereas the majority of infections attributed to sex
between men were acquired in Sweden. - Mod.ML

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at:
<http://healthmap.org/promed/p/108>.]

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SWITZERLAND: Assisted reproductive technologies cause VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION in children

Review article: Medical intelligence | Published 25 June 2014, doi:10.4414/smw.2014.13973
Cite this as: Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w13973

Vascular dysfunction in children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies: underlying mechanisms and future implications

Stefano F. Rimoldi^a, Claudio Sartori^b, Emrush Rexhaj^a, David Cerny^a, Robert von Arx^a, Rodrigo Soria^a, Marc Germond^c, Yves Allemann^a, Urs Scherrer^a,d

^a Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
^b Botnar Centre for Extreme Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne
^c Centre de Procréation Médicalement Assistée, Lausanne, Switzerland
^d Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile

Summary

Epidemiological studies in humans have demonstrated a relationship between pathological events during fetal development and increased cardiovascular risk later in life and have led to the so called “Fetal programming of cardiovascular disease hypothesis”. The recent observation of generalised vascular dysfunction in young apparently healthy children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (ART) provides a novel and potentially very important example of this hypothesis. This review summarises recent data in ART children demonstrating premature subclinical atherosclerosis in the systemic circulation and pulmonary vascular dysfunction predisposing to exaggerated hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. These problems appear to be related to the ART procedure per se. Studies in ART mice demonstrating premature vascular aging and arterial hypertension further demonstrate the potential of ART to increase cardiovascular risk and have allowed to unravel epigenetic alterations of the eNOS gene as an underpinning mechanism. The roughly 25% shortening of the life span in ART mice challenged with a western style high-fat-diet demonstrates the potential importance of these alterations for the long-term outcome. Given the young age of the ART population, data on cardiovascular endpoints will not be available before 20 to 30 years from now. However, already now cohort studies of the ART population are needed to early detect cardiovascular alterations with the aim to prevent or at least optimally treat cardiovascular complications. Finally, a debate needs to be engaged on the future of ART and the consequences of its exponential growth for public health.

Key words: in vitro fertilization; endothelium; epigenetic; eNOS; arterial hypertension; pulmonary hypertension; preeclampsia

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