On the family farm, young Marais was brought up on stories of the sufferings of his volk.

ECONOMIST: Jaap Marais

Indeed, the only two commenters on most of the articles I find are Volk and Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer at Autism Speaks.

FORBES: 5 Caveats About The Autism And Air Pollution Study

Indeed, the Autism Speaks Website, in a post highlighting this research, notes that Volk is the recipient of an Autism Speaks research grant to study autism and air pollution.

FORBES: 5 Caveats About The Autism And Air Pollution Study

Her previous study of freeways, air pollution, and autism cites funding from Autism Speaks, but in an emailed response to my queries, Volk says that funding was for a different author.

FORBES: 5 Caveats About The Autism And Air Pollution Study

"We still have earnings problems, economic growth problems and international problems -- and until those get straightened out the market is not going to do anything, " said James Volk, managing director of equity trading at D.

BBC: Corporate woes hit Wall Street

The Grimms grew up in the febrile atmosphere of German Romanticism, which involved intense nationalism and, in support of that, a fascination with the supposedly deep, pre-rational culture of the German peasantry, the Volk.

NEWYORKER: Once Upon a Time

The only grant I can find for a study on air pollution and autism in the Autism Speaks grant database (going back to 2006) is the one to Volk, who wrote by email that the Autism Speaks grant did not fund the current work.

FORBES: 5 Caveats About The Autism And Air Pollution Study