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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 09, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A14 A 14 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012 SCIENCE winnipegfreepress. com O O D H A V A V E N Think Toyota. Think Woodhaven. Woodhaven Toyota A proud member of the Birchwood Automotive Group 204- 889- 3700 woodhaventoyota. ca PROUD PARTNER OF THE WINNIPEG JETS * All offers on approved credit, while supplies last. $ 500 trade enhancement only available on retailable vehicles only. Not applicable on wholesale or auction units. N O O D H A V A private / O O W O W .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. THREE DAYS ONLY In appreciation of the support we have received from all Manitobans in making us the # 1 Toyota dealership in the province, we are extending an exclusive opportunity to save on the purchase of your new or used Toyota from Woodhaven Toyota for the next JUNE8 JUNE9 JUNE 11 F R I D A Y S A T U R D A Y M O N D A Y .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 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COME EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION! 2012 COROLLA 2012 RAV4 0 % FOR 60 MO . * 2012 VENZA 2012 MATRIX 2012 TUNDRA 0 % FOR 60 MO . * 0 % FOR 60 MO . * 0 % FOR 60 MO . * 0 % FOR 60 MO . * X Details of the RM's application are available for review at the RM's office or The Public Utilities Board's office. Questions concerning the application, for revised rates or the operation of the Utility, should be addressed to the RM. The Public Utilities Board is the provincial regulatory agency that reviews and approves rates for municipal water and sewer utilities. The Board's review process involves: . the Utility filing a rate application to the Board . the Public notification of proposed rate changes . the Board's review of the application through a public hearing or paper review process . the issuance of a Board Order which outlines the Board's decision on the rate application and the rates to be charged Any person who has concerns regarding the Victoria Beach Utility application for revised rates should write to: The Public Utilities Board 400- 330 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0C4 Or, send an email to: publicutilities@ gov. mb. ca on or before June 18, 2012. The Board will then decide whether any further notice and/ or an oral hearing is necessary. All concerns received by the Board will be considered in the Board's decision on rates to be charged. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN CONSIDERING THIS APPLICATION, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD MAY OR MAY NOT FIND IT NECESSARY TO DETERMINE RATES DIFFERENT FROM THOSE APPLIED FOR BY THE MUNICIPALITY. Note: All proceedings will be conducted in accord with the Board's Rules of Practice and Procedure which the Board may vary in order to constrain regulatory costs. The Rules are available at www. pub. gov. mb. ca Kurt Simonsen P. Eng Associate Secretary Manitoba Public Utilities Board June 4, 2012 The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach ( RM) has applied to The Public Utilities Board for revised rates for the water and sewer services for 2012, 2013 and 2014 as set out in By- law No. 1540 read the first time on March 29, 2012 and revised by Resolution 2012/ 126. The current rates and proposed rates are provided: 400- 330 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0C4 www. pub. gov. mb. ca NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR REVISED RATES By the RM of Victoria Beach for the Utility of Victoria Beach The Public Utilities Board Yearly Rates Existing Proposed Increase Proposed Increase Proposed Increase 2012 2013 2014 Single Family Residence/ Cottage Grocery Store Doctor's Office $ 132.50 $ 139.15 5% $ 143.35 3% $ 147.65 3% Restaurant, Bakery, Other Commercial $ 251.25 $ 263.85 5% $ 271.75 3% $ 279.90 3% Golf Course $ 4,746.25 $ 4,983.55 5% $ 5,133.05 3% $ 5,287.05 3% Non- connected water user $ 27.75 $ 29.15 5% $ 30.00 3% $ 30.90 3% C AN murderously depraved behaviour be biologically based, some glitch or misfiring in the brain that turns people into callous, manipulative and less- than- human monsters? If the charges against Luka Rocco Magnotta - the Montreal porn actor accused of killing and allegedly eating parts of his victim before sending other body parts through the mail - can be proven, the question for many will be: How could a person be capable of such depravity? And is there any way to detect the psychopaths among us? Experts say there is no neurological litmus test for psychopathy. However, over the past decade there has been a rush to research the brains of society's worst criminals, with a stream of studies linking psychopathic behaviour to physical abnormalities. Scientists from King's College London claim to have found what they have described as the strongest evidence yet that psychopaths have abnormalities in key areas of their " social brains." For their experiment, the team slid 44 male violent offenders - murderers and rapists among them, 17 fitting the diagnosis for psychopathy - through an MRI machine. According to their brain scans, the prisoners with psychopathic traits had significantly smaller amounts of grey matter in regions associated with processing empathy, moral reasoning and " self- conscious" emotions such as guilt and embarrassment. High on a psychopath's list of traits is an inability to empathize with the distress of others. " They are utterly without compassion," says Elliott Leyton, professor emeritus at Memorial University and author of the book Hunting Humans. " Other people are just things they use for their own pleasure." Stephen Benning is an assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Two years ago, he was part of a team that reported in the journal Nature Neuroscience that the brain of psychopaths may be wired for rewards. Brain scans showed that people high in " impulsive antisociality" - a combination, Benning says, of " meanness" and disinhibition - showed greater activity in parts of the brain related to anticipating and expecting rewards. When those rewards don't come nearly as frequently as wanted, they become more aggressive, more frustrated and " more alienated toward the world," Benning said. " Once you reach a certain level of frustration, people may essentially feel like, ' Forget it, it's not worth trying to achieve what I want by normal, societally acceptable means. I'm going to go out and hurt someone to get what I want.' " At this stage, experts can only speculate based on news reports, but several said Magnotta exhibits some of the key characteristics of the " prototypical psychopath." He is also a classic thrill- seeker, says psychologist Dr. Frank Farley, who coined the term " Type T ( thrill seeker)" personality. " I think a lot of killing involves more thrill value than we acknowledge," he said. But not all are comfortable with the field's sudden rush to the brain. Farley, an Edmonton native and past president of the American Psychological Association, worries a new kind of reductionism is at play. " We're trying to reduce very complex human behaviours to some precise little process in the brain," he says. It doesn't wash, he says. " Humans have evolved in a complex social world of relationships, families, upbringing and human connections," says Farley, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia. " It can't be boiled down to a microscopic- sized area of the brain," he argues, or one of the thousands of biochemical activities of the brain. Biology can be a part of it, he says, but it's the social side, " the social influences, the nurturing influences that, in my view, dominate." For example, abuse in childhood is common among those with psychopathic traits - abuse so relentless, " he has to anesthetize himself against it," says Leyton. " And in the process of anesthetizing himself, he also loses any touch of his own humanity." - Postmedia News Psychopath brain scans reveal abnormalities By Sharon Kirkey ' They are utterly without compassion. Other people are just things they use for their own pleasure' - Elliott Leyton, professor emeritus at Memorial University and author of the book Hunting Humans A_ 14_ Jun- 09- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A14 6/ 8/ 12 8: 32: 32 PM ;