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Tinley Park Man Charged With Beating Wife to Death Pleads Not Guilty
The Tinley Park man jailed for allegedly bashing his wife's head in with a weightlifting bar was arrested twice before on domestic battery charges.
A Tinley Park man jailed on murder charges for allegedly bashing his wife's head in with a weightlifting bar pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday.
Bahaa Sam, 47, appeared before Judge Robert Livas via a closed circuit video feed from the Will County jail. Livas allowed the public defender's office to withdraw from the case so Palos Park attorney John Eannace could enter his appearance to represent Sam.
An interpreter translated the proceedings into Arabic for Sam, who is being held in lieu of $5 million bond. Sam allegedly bludgeoned his wife, 38-year-old Nermeen Sam, to death Dec. 19, clubbing her in the head at least 10 times with a weightlifting bar.
Police and paramedics went to Sam's house after a Tinley Park public works employee spotted Nermeen Sam's body next to a tree outside and called 911, police said. Officers reportedly found Nermeen Sam face down in the grass, covered in blood, and the weightlifting bar next to her body.
The cops then went inside and ran into the Sams' blood-spattered 4-year-old son. The boy reportedly told the officers, "Daddy killed my mommy."
The Sams have another son and two daughters.
Sam had been arrested twice before for allegedly beating his wife. The first time, in 2005, he was found not guilty of domestic battery following a trial in front of Judge Jeff Allen but was convicted of resisting police. The second time, following a June arrest, he pleaded guilty and took a sentence of 12 months court supervision.
Nermeen Sam had secured an emergency order of protection against her husband in June but failed to appear in court for a July 19 hearing on whether to extend the order.
In her petition for the protective order, Nermeen Sam said her husband punched her in the face and bit her arm in front of their children and her mother. She also accused Bahaa Sam of hitting and pushing her 64-year-old mother.
Prior to the alleged attack in December, Bahaa and Nermeen Sam reportedly argued over his lack of employment. Bahaa Sam tried to stop his wife from leaving their home and she bit his finger, a prosecutor said at a previous hearing. Bahaa Sam then allegedly chased her outside and beat her with the weightlifting bar.
Mrs 406
4:42 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Is this man an American citizen? If not, can he be shipped off to his own country? Our tax dollars are being wasted on this murderer... Whether he's a citizen or not. Lowest kind of scum there is.
Tena Abdallah
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
If he is shipped out of this country, he will get away with murder! This is one time I do not mind my tax dollars being used. He pleaded noy guily REALLY!
Baba Wawa
5:28 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Lemme see if I understand this. Instead of facing a potential sentence of 20-60 years in prison at 100% time, you want to "ship him off to his own country" where he may go free or face no penalty at all or even be a hero? Assuming he's not a citizen, of course.
6:48 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
I would have to agree with Mrs. 406 in the sense that living in an American prison is probably better than living free in whatever Middle Eastern country he came from.
6:52 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Nimbus, you're right in that Bob's response was a bit over the top, but I will say that if this thread took a turn and started discussing immigration policy instead of domestic battery - we do need to reconsider quotas from various parts of the world. People are still killing themselves to get in, and we can afford to be picky - both from an economic standpoint, and from a national security standpoint. I can't see a good reason to allow anyone from Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, etc. etc. to come into our country.
Kerri U
8:00 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Didn't you know that Muslims can beat their wives anytime?? That is their religion. Way to open our country to allow "religious" freedom.
Tena Abdallah
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Kerri that is a false statement ! I am a muslim and before you make comments like that I suggest you do some research on Islam! So when a non-muslim beats his wife I could make the same stupid comment and say it is part of their religion.!
Kerri U
4:59 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
I did not say all Muslims beat their wives. I said they can and if you know your Qar'an, you will find that statement in 4:34 amongst other places with literal statements about controlling and yes, beating women. This is a common practice in the Middle East and that is where this man was from. Sorry if you don't like the reality of the Muslim religion as it is overseas. I also did not state that they are the only people who beat their wives, that is ludicrous. It is a very sad situation no matter how one looks at it.
Tina M.
4:59 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
You uneducated, ignorant fool. First, beating your wife is not part of ANY religion. Secondly, Sam was an Orthodox CHRISTIAN, not a Muslim.
N. Al.
4:59 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Kerri for you information this man is Christian and he is not Muslim.........
11:56 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Yes, Kerri U, as you said, it is a very sad situation. And you chose the situation to show your considerable knowledge of the Muslim religion. Even though you know very little about the family in question. And, as has been stated many times, the family is NOT Muslim. And, they don't live overseas ... they live in your neighborhood. Which might just indicate that they aren't the stereotypical Muslims you are trying to portray them to be to prove your point. I mean, if they actual believed in all the things you've said, why would they want to live in the US in the first place? Nothing like fighting a Holy War in the forums of the Frankfort Patch.
8:10 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Dear Baba Wawa
I suppose you think if he came up with the bond money he should be let out just like Gary Swiercz????
Baba Wawa
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Yeah, Sue. Anyone who posts their bond can get out. It's not specific to whoever is charged with a crime or the nature of the crime. That's the law. I didn't write it. Deal with it.
8:24 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Muslims canNOT beat their wives at anytime!! Get ur facts straight before u make such statements. Islam in its true state is a beautiful and peaceful religion. Unfortunately there are some out there that have their own set of rules and ruin the reputation for others. But again I will say Muslims CANNOT beat their wives at anytime. What this unhumane person has done is commit murder!! Please don't make uninformed generalised statements.
6:57 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Hibs, I think you're being a bit to kind here. Obviously different countries follow different sects of Islam, and can be seen by how many layers of clothing they trap their women under, but the thing that I detest about the religion is their intolerance of other religions. these people kill you for leaving the religion. You may get upset if someone left the Catholic church for some Protestant sect, but no one would condone stoning you for it. It's a barbaric, archaic, stone-age religion. A larger concern of mine how readily they assimilate too - if they come into this country can they adopt our cultural norms, and not for example crush their wives skulls for some reason. Maybe dinner was cold.
8:51 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
this family is Christian. they are from Egypt. neither Arab or Muslim. either way it was a terrible act.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Egyptians are Arab...they speak Arabic, read it, write it....I am half Egyptian myself and you can not tell an Egyptian Christian apart from a Muslim one...same blood my friend :)
Sammy Bee
9:04 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
The ignorance of you people is ridiculous! You obviously dont know anything about other religons. And to say send people back to "their" countries is stupid. EVERYONE in this united states comes from another country.
9:32 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
not really. i was born at Christ hospital in oak lawn in 1967. im pretty sure i didnt come from another country. neither did my parents or grand parents. heritage or nationality is different from what country you are from.
9:44 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
baba wawa is the new deb melchant of the patch. snickin' her nose into every storys comments with her pearls of wisdom. get a hobby. post a comment for entertainment value once in a while instead of the usual ''know it all'' diatribe crap . how many people even get the baba wawa reference gilda?
Mrs 406
9:47 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Clearly I asked if he is a CITIZEN of this country, if not, yes I do think he should return to the country he IS a citizen of. And I'm not a fan of our tax dollars housing a murderer in jail that is not a citizen here...and if he's not a citizen, and he were to be sent to his country.... I could care less how they manage him there.
Baba Wawa
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
So essentially he'd be free and clear. Is that what you want?
10:07 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Such a shame. I am sick reading the above posts, everyone blaming someone else because of their nationality, citizen or not etc. Has everyone lost focus. It is sad enough that the two judges this man appeared in front of did not put an end to the violence then, by a much harsher punishment. My sadness is for the children, they are truly the victims as well as the mother. Instead of all the insults and blaming the afterfact, put effort into finding ways to help this family in need. These childred are left without parents, hearts filled with sadness, they need help beyond belief. Not all this garbage that goes nowhere. Do society a favor, find a way to help others that are not as fortunate as all of you! Do something meaningful, not meaningless words.
Well Informed
10:09 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
I am shocked how some of you are so ignorant, and unintelligent-Bob C. and Kerri U.
To top it off, you are signing your names to your idiotic statements-get a clue!
Mrs 406
10:16 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Sorry Karen, we all have our opinions...this is the forum for them. This pig that did this crime... He deserves nothing...that's my opinion....yes I'd like to ship him somewhere, anywhere.... Just not here.
10:27 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
I agree with well informed. I am guessing your mother never taught you to judge an individual by how they treated you? My most wonderful, respectful, kind and caring friend is Muslim. How can you be so shallow as to talk of someone like that man and include his entire race of people? Such an insult. You really seem like idiots. I hope for your sake that someday you will stop the prejudice and give each person that crosses your path a chance, if not, shame on you.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Thank you Karen for not judging another "Arab"comment! I admire the fact that you have not jumped along the bandwagon for the "it's Muslims" or "Arabs" comments. It shows how educated and socially cultured you really are!
10:53 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
I do agree this man acted out a horrible crime, he deserves the utmost punishment. However, i am not one that believes "out of sight, out of mind" in these circumstances. Sure, we could ship him elsewhere, just to have him act out his anger on another undeserving victim. Not my idea of justice. I also think we need to spend more energy reaching out and helping the children. Just my opinion and i have already taken the steps to do so. I will sleep well tonight. Happy New Year.
9:55 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Kudos to you Karen. I too have taken steps to help the children. I'm not looking for a "pat on the back" as I know you are not either as Mrs. 406 has accused you of. I want to teach my children to help those in need regardless of who or what their parents have done. Those children are the victims. I say we deport him once he serves his time. If we ship him off and set him free in Egypt, he will be free to kill another helpless woman. As for Mrs. 406..............she needs a hug. Obviously she missed the memo that says treat others as you would like to be treated.
Mrs 406
5:51 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
I don't recall stating anything racial, just if he isn't a citizen...go back where he was taught to behave the way he did. My mom taught me well, take a look in the mirror yourself, you just can't keep your mouth shut! I slept very well tonight. I'm glad you reached out to help the children ( getting the pat on the back you were looking for). You and your holier than thou opinion, well you can have it... Not interested in your way of thinking at all.
6:15 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Shut up your comments and your "opinions" are STUPID
Go grow the other half of your brain !!!!
7:58 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
I think everyone here missed the part that he pleaded NOT GUILTY! I'm sorry, but doesn't the statement of a 4 year old tell what really happened that day?! I pray that the little boy doesn't have to testify and relive that day again. Praying for that family to heal. My heart breaks for what the children must have lived with for so many years. May the cycle of violence be broken here for them. And for the other nastiness here...yes, this is a horrid crime and he should be punished to the maximum. However, this kind of hatred is what is fueling so much of the violence and hate crimes right here in our own back yard. It is no different what race or religion this man was. Fact is a man killed his wife...in front of his own child. For the Christians out there may I remind you...
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Thank you Michelle! One of the few, and very few people here who aren't going religious or race crazy on the subject! You stuck straight to the point that an abusive man killed his wife and pleaded not guilty! Thank you again!!!
Kerri U
9:12 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Qur'an (4:34) "Men are the maintainer of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, ADMONISH them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and BEAT them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them."
Do not tell me I am ignorant or wrong. I realize not all Muslims beat their wives but their religion gives them the "right" to do so. I was wrong in my assumption of the man's religion or lack thereof and for that I apologize. I did not state that only Muslims beat their wives unfortunately every race and ethnic group has men that do that.
9:37 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Maybe you should quote the bible where it states rape, incest, and slavery of wives is OK. Don't bash one religion unless you're ready to hold a mirror to your own.
Kerri U
9:48 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
I was giving "proof" that my previous statement was not wrong since someone stated that I was. Sorry if you don't like it. I see you say the bible says those things but I don't see any quotes just accusations. I guess we are in the same boat opposite sides so lets call it a draw, the beauty of the USA.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
And look further Kerri, it says and do not hit them hard. This guy isn't even Muslim. He's Coptic orthodox, which is older than Catholicism! Basically it states that a man may like shake his wife to get some sense in her, but to beat her and leave markings is forbidden. It also teaches that a woman is made from the rib of Adam, she is neither above him nor below him, but equal as she is made from the side of him.....before googling something, try and get different interpretations of it. Misunderstandings of something sensitive like religion can be regarded as disrespectful.
Tina M.
4:59 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Timothy2:12-- And I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
Corinthians 14:34-- women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak but must be in submission always, says the Law.
Would you like me to go on. There are plenty more.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Our cou try? Unless we are Native American, this isn't really our country. Every person here otherwise is an immigrant at one point of time long ago.
beth johnson
10:19 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
hey.... its legal in their country/religion! ahhaha what a scumbag the kid will be scared for life. SHIP HIM BACK!
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
It is not legal for a man to beat his wife in "their country". How many whites, African Americans, and Hispanics beat their wife? Ignorance is strong among us now a days...and ignorance is stupidity.
10:25 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
To Mrs. 406,
What a shame to think we would help children just for recognition or a pat on the back. That statement clearly tells me that you are completely oblivious to the common sense reasoning of our actions. Clearly you are a woman who likes a good argument and is unable to process what we were explaining. I do not care to argue as i feel it is a waste of time and you are not a person with whom we can discuss issues or even agree to disagree. And regarding your statement above, i do not feel we have taken on a holier than thou attitude. You also say you are not interested in our way of thinking, your choice. However, maybe someday if you open your mind a bit to broader solutions, you may even be able to reach out and help someone in need instead of just pointing a finger and being judgemental. I will hope for that for you because it is a much healthier place to be.
11:08 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
If you want to know what "intellectuals" live in your community, all you have to do is come on the Patch and read people's posts. If they were said in a public forum (meaning, in person) you could at least take a picture and know who the village idiots were ... these posts about immigration policy, religion, culture, and legal jurisprudence are priceless. Makes me want to come up with a device you can attach to a computer like a breathalyzer which measures your IQ before you can use it.
11:25 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
No one here claimed to be an intellectual. I do think a bit of xenophobia is warranted though. I read a few other media posts (tribune, southwest town, etc) and it sounds like he punched her and bit her in front of their kids in June because she wouldn't sleep with him. I'm not saying that there aren't other men in America who would do that. But people will naturally put this guy's misogynistic outburst together with the fact that women in some Middle Eastern countries are not allowed to drive cars or be seen in public without a male chaperone, and will conclude that this guy has no right to be in the country. I understand that his wife was a Christian, but I never saw evidence of his religious affiliation.
But tp_pete, it sounds like you don't think Frankfort Patch contributors aren't going to solve domestic violence this weekend - and I just disagree.
11:55 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
So Chauncy ... are you saying that there are no examples of domestic violence by Christians/Catholics? Or maybe you espouse the belief (as another poster so elegantly stated) that we should "send them all back" (whoever "them" is)? BTW, I hope this particular criminal is prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed by the law, not that it will bring these poor kids mother back or be enough of a punishment to make this guy suffer in this world.
12:00 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Also, my definition of "xenophobia" is a fear or distrust of other cultures based on a lack on understanding. I don't associate xenophobia with a rational or reasonable response to encountering something foreign, so I'm not sure why it would be warranted.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
This is not a scientific study, but I am going to go out on a limb and say that our modern Western culture treats women far more equally than does modern Middle eastern culture - whether you're Egyptian, Persian, Shiite, or Sunni. Not many clitorectomies happening in Frankfort - unlike Somalia. Very few girls are shot in the head for speaking for educational equality between the sexes - unlike Pakistan. Not many stoned to death for adultery - unlike Mali.
So no, I'm not saying there aren't Christian scumbags too; there clearly are. What I am saying is that I can completely sympathize with readers who react to his nationality and the frustration that they feel paying $70,000 per year to jail this guy, feed him, educate him, provide him with free medical care, and so on. If you come to this country, keep your nose clean. Not just those from the Middle East, but Latinos, Greeks, Chinese. We provide an unsustainable amount of social welfare in this country. I am all for repatriation otherwise. He can live with the new Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Even in day to day society, I witness Muslim women walk about 20 steps behind their husbands when walking "with" them. They even get a different place inside the mosque to worship. You wouldn't want to treat these uppity women equally. This woman who was murdered had obtained a job, and was trying to improve herself. From what I read, those factors played into their dysfunctional relationship. So tp_pete, I can appreciate good liberal banter - but I am maintaining my defense of anyone who expresses somewhat prejudiced views of men from the Middle East - even though he may or may not be Muslim himself, he comes from a culture which is solidly Arabic/Islamic.
Rich Schmidt II
11:27 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Hopefully, a Will County Sheriffs gun 'accidentally' discharges while close to Mr. Sam. Or better yet Hans & Franz bludgeon him to death w/ their dumbbell.
11:30 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Whoops, double negative in that sentence. I don't want tp_pete to think I'm not an intellectual.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
My last post was apparently censored - maybe we have some Chinese ex-patriots at the Patch who are overzealous with their censorship - but it merely stated that I concede that there are bad Christians as well. Catholics can abuse their wives too.
My deleted point was this: In Frankfort, I don't think any young girls receive clitorectomies - unlike Somalia. Few girls in Frankfort are shot in the head for speaking in defense of educational equality for the sexes - unlike Pakistan. Very few women in Frankfort are stoned to death for committing adultery - unlike Mali. I understand that he may or may not have been Muslim, but he comes from Egypt, which shares an Arabic and Islamic culture, where women are not treated as they are in the U.S. Cultural norms are absorbed through day-to-day interaction, and with 90% of the Egyptian population being Muslim, those norms are undoubtedly conveyed and probably embraced.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
We know that women are not allowed to pray in the same area of the mosque as well. I have worked with Muslims, we have Muslim neighbors, I grew up in a University-town which had a very diverse international population (Madison, WI), I took coursework in religious studies - focused on the "Abrahamic" religions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism. I am not completely ignorant.
I am still defending those who have made posts questioning whether his cultural heritage has contributed to his treatment of his former wife. Now my deleted posts may not be as P.C. as the guy who said "get them the hell out of the country", but I'll stand by my assessment of the differences between Western and Middle Eastern cultures.
4:02 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
For those saying this guy is Muslim and its allowed to beat your wife if you are Muslim, how's this for a big surprise? The guy is Christian. Coptic orthodox to be correct. He is from Egypt. So I guess Christian's are allowed to beat their wives as well then huh? And what do half of anybody know about any other religion besides their own? Absolutely nada except what we get from other ignorant people thinking they know it all. Since people want to be a know it all, why don't you Wikipedia it while your at it...google Islam and see if the religion states "a Muslim man is allowed to beat his wife anytime" if you can find it in the Koran, I will eat my words and agree 100 % and say all of those stereotyping Islam are the smartest people on this planet and buy them all dinner.
4:59 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Lee, Karen did this days ago:
Qur'an (4:34) "Men are the maintainer of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, ADMONISH them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and BEAT them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them."
But since I re-quoted her with the information that you sought, I'll take some crab legs from Red Lobster.


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OAKBROOK TERRACE — About 800 participants climbed stairs Sunday at the Oakbrook Terrace Tower to raise more than $165,000 for the American Lung Foundation in its annual Fight for Air Climb.
"It was a great event," said Erin Petschow, special events manager for the American Lung Association in Greater Chicago. "There were many family and corporate teams who were climbing for loved ones affected by lung disease as a way to honor them."
Petschow said more than 20 fire and police departments participated in the climb. Firefighters took to the 680 stairs of the 31-story office building wearing full gear.
The Oakbrook Terrace Tower hosted the first Illinois stair climb in the 1980s, the American Lung Association Tackle the Tower, Petschow said. That event vanished for a few years, but returned in 1990.
Money raised is used to fund research to end lung disease, including lung cancer, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Sometimes called a "vertical road race," teams and individual participants were able to use the climb as a fitness target or as a race against others.
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TORONTO - The houseguests have yet to move into the camera-rigged house of "Big Brother Canada" but executive producer John Brunton is already predicting a breakout star: 21-year-old funky fashion stylist Gary Levy.
The outspoken reality show guru touted a diverse cast of off-the-wall Canucks seeking fame and a modest fortune on the inaugural season of the homegrown spinoff starting Wednesday, singling out the Toronto contender as one to watch.
"Gary is a superstar," Brunton gushed in a recent interview after 15 houseguests were announced.
"I'll make a prediction: I predict that Gary is going to have a gigantic career after he leaves the 'Big Brother' house, whenever that might be. That guy is 100 per cent original. He is delightful."
Levy describes himself as "funky, outgoing, fabulous" in an online biography for the "Big Brother Canada" website. He says his strategy is to "be really social and friendly" so that he can get information on his rivals, and possibly use that against them.
His competitors include 27-year-old dental hygienist Emerald (Topaz) Brady of Toronto, 26-year-old web content curator Peter Brown of Surrey, B.C. and 36-year-old Suzette Amaya of Vancouver, who also caught Brunton's eye.
The aboriginal cast member is a mother of three who bills herself as "outgoing, thoughtful and funny" and "an uber fan" of the franchise. Brunton simply describes her as "somebody who really blows my mind."
"She just ticks off so many boxes in the 'good person' department," Brunton says of Amaya.
"But she's not in any way sort of what some people might assume to be their view of who they think Suzette would be as a person who's grown up on a reservation and come off it. She just breaks all stereotypes."
Whether such nice-guy attributes will be a help or hindrance has yet to be seen.
The sensational franchise — based on the original Dutch series "Big Brother" — sends houseguests packing after weekly physical and intellectual competitions but it's the sometimes explosive personality clashes that often seal a contender's fate.
Canada's inaugural batch of houseguests have plenty of personality, but Shaw Media boss Barbara Williams says they weren't necessarily cast for their potential to cause drama.
"It was much more about the magnetism that someone just projects, who has just real presence in a room, real presence on a screen and then mixing up a whole range of those types of people who you just know ... will be able to hold their own in a house like that," says Williams, responsible for content on Slice.
The Canuck crew is notably young — 12 of the 15 houseguests are in their 20s.
The youngest is 20-year-old aspiring actress Danielle Alexander of Calgary, a former competitive gymnast who says she's confident she can handle the physical challenges. The oldest is 38-year-old Andrew Monaghan of Halifax, an insurance sales trainer who says he plans to hide his age.
Brunton says the group is nonetheless culturally, economically and regionally diverse. Some come from well-to-do families, others pulled themselves up from their bootstraps, some are country bumpkins while others are city slickers.
"You've got people that are still living with their moms and dads, maybe longer than they should, and you've got other people that are out in the world at a very young age trying to crack it and make it in a big competitive world."
Of course, the moment they enter the house contenders can pretend to be whoever they want — lying, back-stabbing and deal-making have become staple strategies in other incarnations. The grand prize is $100,000, a $25,000 gift card for The Brick and a Chevrolet Trax.
"Some people have said to us, 'I'm just going to go in there and I'm going to be myself.' And other people have said, 'The last thing I'm going to do is be myself. I'm going to be anything but myself.' And then there are other people that may discover who they really are when they're faced with the moral dilemmas," said Brunton, whose other reality show ventures include "Top Chef Canada," "Intervention Canada" and the upcoming "The Amazing Race Canada."
Each week, the houseguests vote to evict one of their own until two remain. The winner will be chosen by the last seven evicted players, known as the Big Brother jury.
Initially, there were 14 spots available but Brunton notes they invited one more player after being overwhelmed by candidates. Slice has said that roughly 10,000 people showed up at cross-country auditions last year.
By the time the game starts Wednesday, the contenders will have already been sequestered for about a week in the greater Toronto area. Once inside the house, they will be totally cut off from friends, family and the outside world for as long as 10 weeks.
And the pre-show wind-up is already getting to them, says Brunton.
"They are very, very antsy and ready to go."
Comparisons to the popular U.S. version of the show are inevitable.
Williams notes that every effort was made to ensure this incarnation stands up to its counterpart in the U.S., where on-screen betrayals have turned contenders into celebrities who walked away with a much richer purse of $500,000.
"Our real opportunity here is also to twist it up for (viewers) and fill it with surprise and make it uniquely Canadian while always delivering something that they know and love," she says.
Brunton adds that there will be classic challenges from the franchise, as well as challenges that are "very Canadian."
"There is going to be an enormous amount of Canadian flavour, just by the nature of the people that we put in that house," he adds.
"We've designed a house that has our own fingerprints all over it. But it's not stereotypical, it's not what people might think."
Viewers will also have the chance to affect what happens on the show online, he says. And footage from the house will be streamed 24-hours-a-day for free at bigbrothercanada.ca.
Williams says it's time Canada puts its mark on the global franchise, which aired 25 formats in 87 countries in 2011 and continues to expand into new territories.
"As a company we're really ready, as a production community we're really ready," says Williams, whose company also spearheaded Canuck takes on the "Real Housewives" franchise with "Real Housewives of Vancouver," the "Top Chef" smash with "Top Chef Canada" on Food Network Canada and has plans to adapt Food Network's popular "Chopped" as "Chopped Canada."
"And Canadians have demonstrated time and time again these last few years that they love the chance to get their own hands on their own show."
"Big Brother Canada" debuts Wednesday on Slice and Global and sends its first houseguest packing Thursday on Slice.
Hosted by Arisa Cox, the series will regularly air Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays on Slice.
"Big Brother Canada After Dark" also debuts Wednesday on Slice. It airs seven days a week from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. ET/ 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. PT.


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Note from Paul: Hi everyone, Paul here. Shea is actually still in Disney, shirking his duties as a husband and a father to write this post. He emailed some photos and asked me to include them in this post for him. Unfortunately, due to a shaky Internet connection, those photos never made it to me. Knowing that Shea would want at least one Disney photo here, I have included one from my own collection of the two of us with Cinderella (or possibly Snow White). Now, back to Shea!
Update from Paul: Shea got photos to me by stealing wifi at a Crystals restaurant. I'm leaving this one here, anyway.
As Paul noted in his post on Monday, reality is a hard concept to wrap your mind around at Disney World (and when I say Disney World, that is to say that includes Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios as well as the all-important Spring Training baseball). Based on what our wives have told us about spring break at Disney World, it is the perfect place for Paul and me since our lives are based around fantasy and ice cream. (For the record, our wives ate the ice cream too.)
Going into this trip to Orlando and having visited Disney World about 18 months ago, Paul and I decided to each take on different perspectives while blogging while on vacation. Each perspective needed to be unique and either were definitely going to annoy our wives. After an intense conversation over bowls of chocolate-covered chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles, I decided to take on the authenticity of Disney World, despite the sudden urgency to exercise.
Is Disney World an interpretive experience? That is a really tough question. If interpretation is defined as a process where emotional and intellectual connections are built, then you may have to look at your Disney experience more intently. Let's face it, no one does things better than Disney—customer service, facility planning, organizing, visitor experience, technology, as well as making elephants fly. I was reminded of their attention to customer service when I found myself in a "Cast Members Only" area of the Caribbean Beach Resort where we were staying.
While my wife was marveling at the inattentive nature of my driving, we came across this sign on the opposite of the "Cast Members Only" sign.
Note from Paul: I'm betting one of the photos Shea meant to put here was of the sign he's talking about. Check back soon. Shea can't be on vacation forever! Back to Shea.
Obviously the sign was timely for my wife as well as for those working at the resort. Interpretive sites worldwide can learn from how Disney teaches customer service.
The use of design at Disney World has led to success. Everything is designed perfectly and purposefully. Exhibit-type elements are nothing short of perfect. I found myself photographing elements such as an oversized viewfinder disk and then searching for my children. As Paul and several security guards can attest, my youngest son takes the "Disney Magic" literally and can disappear before you can get to the "I" of M-I-C-K-E-Y.
While searching for authenticity (and my son) in Disney World, it became obvious to me that Disney primarily uses interpretation (in the strictest interpretations of the definitions of interpretation) as a tool to add authenticity to the overall experience. This was most evident at Animal Kingdom, where the theme park experience crosses with a zoo that crosses with a cast of characters from successful movies that cross with a budget of which any interpretive center would be pleased to have six percent. If there is any awkwardness within Disney World, besides a moment between me, my son and Cinderella, the mixture at Animal Kingdom requires help from interpretation. I actually had to interpret the actions of me and my son to Cinderella's security guards.
Interpretive efforts are key to an overall successful presentation at the Animal Kingdom to ensure that the animals that are cared for there are not just presented as another character or movie prop. Otherwise, flying past a yak at 65 miles per hour on the Expedition Everest roller coaster leaves you with a feeling that the value of the animal's life is second to the feeling of nausea you are experiencing. You can find personal elements such as guides at various kiosks and tents presenting impromptu programs and demonstrations with themes matching the area and animals found in that part of the park. Non-personal elements are presented with Disney flair and have brief, effective, and purposeful messages. That is if anyone is really taking the time to read them.
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What happened to the old fashioned Animal Cookies that used to have that tiny bit of hard frosting on the top side only? I purchased a bag of the Nabisco Classics Iced Animal Cookies and was shocked to taste how awful they were. There is way too much frosting on them and the sweetness makes you want to shiver. What's more, Nabisco isn't interested in hearing our comments, because no where on Nabisco's site, or Kraft's site can you email them. They have no contact link and are not interested in hearing consumer comments. The email link when clicked says; "This page no longer exists." That's ashamed when a large company like this makes it difficult for a consumer to comment, or complain on their products. Sounds like they just aren't interested in their consumers. Horrible cookies and I'm angry I spent the money to purchase them. Nabisco should bring back the Animal Cookies from the 1950s - 1960s when they made huge cookies with the most delicious frosting ever. I feel their quality has declined tremendously. I'd be happy to mail these back to Nabisco if they sent me a postage paid envelope and I would really like the old fashioned large Animal Cookies like when I was a kid.
Yeah! I found some people that remember my favorite cookie of alltime growing up! The boxed sugar cookie with the yummy pink icing. Iremember the white box with a picture of a birthday cake on it withthe animal cookies all around the outside of it and on top. Who madethose cookies anyway? I wish someone had a picture of the box so wecould see. I have only had one other person remember them!
I fondly remember those cookies like it was yesterday. They were agreat part of my childhood, and every so often I ask someone if theyremember them. My husband does. I did send an email to VermontCountry Store, as they have re-created alot of recipes from pastcandies, cookies, etc, and they are making the suggestion. Maybe moreemails from people like yourself will convince them.
I remember the big cookies from the 1960's, and they were the best. Mom used them to decorate angel food cake by pressing them into thefrosting on the side, and then one in the middle on top to cover upthe hole. Only got them on special occasions. They came in anapproximate 9"x6" box with a lid that when opened revealed two rows ofthe animals standing upright. Weren't you disappointed if any werebroken? Still tasted great! Doubt if they're still made, but would like to know who used toprovide them.
Most people don't remember those cookies. They came in a box and theyall were pink iced on the top and were the best. I always picked theelephant, because it was the largest of all the cookies. I've lookedeverywhere on line, and can't find them anywhere. If anyone knows whatcookies I'm talking about, please respond.
ummm,,,,I went out and bought my first bag in ages,,, this one I donot remember having had before. It is the iced lemon cookies, butwell, there went my good eating habits. Harhar. They are lovely and Ilove anything lemon so hoorah for the new Mothers Cookies, next on thelist fiddle faddle and circus animals...party party =============================================== ccie
Mothers made the good ones. But they went out of business or bankruptnot too long ago. I always thought Nabisco bought them up then cameout with the "Classics" I've never seen the Nabisco Classics ones in our store till recently.
Nabisco, of course, can be contacted at the 800 number on thepackage. But they should also be flexible in how they receive comments, so thatthe consumer is not felt "put out" by using a feedback mechanismthat's uncomfortable to them. Some people prefer e-mail to the phone. Me and you, for example. And, of course, if they have a link on their website, it should work. I can confirm that clicking on "Help" on NabiscoWorld.com gives you"We're sorry, the page you requested does not exist on this website." I did a little techie sleuthing and found that you can get to thecomment form using: http://tinyurl.com/nredqs
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There are two different iced animal cookies. I dont know for sure ifNabisco makes both but I have seen both kinds in the stores. One is like you described. Hard cookie...hard icing. I dont care forthose. The other has a softer icing on and sometimes has little sprinkles onthem. I LOVE those cookies! They ARE a lot sweeter. Much moreenjoyable. Maybe you just picked up the wrong kind?
Hi Peggy! I had to respond to your letter because my mother's name was Peggy,and my father worked for Nabisco many years ago. I haven't noticed any difference in the Nabisco products I purchase,but there have been more complaints here than usual, so I'm going toassume that Nabisco is headed in the wrong direction. And why bringback "Classics" if they taste nothing like the original. It's foolishto think no one will notice. I agree that it's a shame when any company makes it difficult forsomeone to comment or complain. It does make you feel like they'renot interested in their customers' opinions. I have written toNabisco in the past and never received a response. Nabisco was alwaysmy first choice, but now I just buy what's on sale. I no longer haveany loyalty to the company. Hopefully, Nabisco will get the message and quickly turn things aroundbefore they lose more customers. If they continue to not listen andmake it difficult for their customers to give feedback, they'll haveno one to blame but themselves for the demise of the company. Please let us know if you get a response so at least some of my faithin Nabisco can be restored. It's sad to think that this company nolonger cares about its customers.


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Anti-Native American legislation being proposed by MN Chippewa Tribe's TEC Local governments fear loss of casino land from tax rolls Commentary: Discrimination is learned, pg. 3 Letters from 1990 critical of Larry Aitken cheating on his Master's thesis while at UMD, pg. 4 • Good luck Red Lake Ogichida pg. 4 Anti-Native American legislation being proposed by MN Chippewa Tribe's TEC c By Gary Blair The Minnesota House of Representative's Crime Prevention Committee has received bill No. 1607 that is reported to be anti-Native American legislation being proposed by the TribalExecutiveCommitteeoftheMin- nesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT). If the proposed bill is enacted into law it would allow forlaw-enforcement officers hired by reservation business committees (RBC's) to receive certification from the Minnesota Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Board. It would also enable RBC's to flagrantly violate the Civil and Tribal Constitutional Rights of Indians by breaching Federal Indian Laws that are supposed to limit state intervention on reservations. A 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision Kennedy v. District Court of Montana, 400 U.S. 423 mandates that State involvement on Indian reservations must receive approval by a referendum of eligible voters. The 1968 Federal Indian Civil Rights Act likewise limited (1953-) Public Law 280 that gave Minnesota jurisdiction on 10 ofthe State's 11 reservations. The recent Stone decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court subsequently reduced the limits of Public Law 280 enforcement on Minnesota reservations. The bill is being sponsored by Representatives Steve Smith (R), Roxann Daggett (R), Stephen Wenzel (DFL), Rod Skoe (DFL) and would apply to 9, of Minnesota's 11 reservations, excluding Red Lake and Nett Lake. State sources say if the bill is successful, it will be concealed in other legislation for passage by the governor. Richard Stanek is the crime prevention committee's chairman and so far the bill does not have a sponsor in the State Senate. A letter dated February 17,1999,from Ken Peterson and Michelle Owen of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office to Eric Boe, Mahnomen County Attorney, White Earth RBC Attorney, Zenas Baer and Tom Foley, MCT lobbyist, reads as follows. "Re: POST Board Appl ication - Dear Counsel: We are sorry about the delay in getting this to the three of you. We appreciate your patience and that of your clients in this matter. "The Attorney General's Office believes there are two Statutory obstacles to POST Board licensure under terms ofthe Mahnomen CountyAVhite Earth tribal Council agreement submitted to the Board in December 1998. "Neither the White Earth Tribal Council nor its policedepartment are a "law enforcement agency" underMinn. Stat. Legislation/to pg. 3 Effort begins to resolve dilemma of trust files ALBUQUERQUE,N.M.(AP)~ While the U.S. Department of Interior battles Indian tribes over trust funds, federal workers here are searching records, organizing files and developing computer systems to change how the government tracks Indian trust money. Tribal members have sued the government in federal court in Washington, D.C, over the accounts, which have been the subject of disagreements between individual Indians, tribes and the federal government for decades. At issue: billions of dollars from court settlements and royalty payments for oil and gas, mineral, timber, fishing and grazing leases on land held in trust for tribes and their individual members. The government has not been able to locate 50,000 account holders for accounts totaling nearly $48 million. No one knows whether the balances in most ofthe 300,000 individual accounts or 1,700 tribal accounts are correct. Records were stored in boxes at about 50 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs offices, warehouses, sheds and employees' garages around the country. Some were lost; some hadn't been filed fora decade. Records were shipped to Albuquer- Effort/to pg. 3 After years of uncertainty, school ready for new campus SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Years of financial uncertainty appear to be behind the Institute of American Indian Arts as the two-year college prepares to build its own campus. T he school is back on its feet with increasing enrollment and high hopes for continued government funding, IAIA President Delia Warrior says. In 1996, enrollment at the school for American Indian artists hit an all-time low of 85 students, down from 250 just two years before, and the federal government threatened to end all funding. Congress ended up slashing IAIA's $9.5 million budget to about $5.5 million, forcing the school to cut its fac ulty from27 to 11 full-time teachers and begin charging tuition. Since then, Warrior said efforts to eliminate the institute's funding have died off. Proposed budgets for next year from Congress and President Clinton include $4.25 million for IAIA. Back in 1996, "stories went out across the nation that we were closing down," Warrior said. "We're still trying to recover from that." But, she said, the school is beginning to convince state and federal lawmakers the Indian fine arts institute is vital to the state's economic growth as the only school in the nation strictly for American Indian artists. Last month, the state House and Sen- Oneida Nation considering plan to pay money to each tribal member GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)- The Indian tribe with the state's largest casino is debating whether some gam ing profits should go directly to each member, a move some say could shortchange tribal programs that now get the money. Several proposals for so-called per capita payments are to be considered in April, when hundreds of tribal members are expected to attend a General Tribal Council meeting to debate the idea. The meeting had been scheduled Saturday. The tribe decided Thursday to postpone it. Last year, the general council voted to pay $2,000 from gambling profits to each of about 1,200 elderly tribal mem bers, which cost the tribe about $2.4 million, tribal treasurer Kathy Hughes said. In another plan, which went from 1995 through 1997, each tribal member received $225 a year, Hughes said. With 13,000 members, that payment costabout $3 million. OneidaBingo & Casino, with 2,500 slot and video poker machines and 96 blackjack tables, generated $74 million in net gaming income last year, the tribe said. Proposals the general council is expected to consider would pay each ofthe tribe's enrolled members anywhere from $570 to$2,847 annually, costing the tribe $7.4 million to $37 million. Some members this year have discussed setting aside at least 35 percent Red Lake man sentenced in death of infant MINNEAPOLIS - A Red Lake Band ofChippewa enrollee on Wednesday was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison in the death ofhis 7-week-old son a year ago. Krisian James Donnell Sr., 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minneapolis of voluntary manslaughter. The baby died April 6 of severe head injuries. Donnel admitted in court that he was frustrated and thre his infant son into a swing, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday in a statement. The baby struck his head on the swing, Voice ofthe People 1 e-mail, email@example.com Native American Press ^ Ojibwe News We Support Equal Opportunity For All People Volume 11 Issue 22 March 12,1999 li que warehouses beginning in 1996, but some that came from Four Corners offices were found to be infested with mouse droppings. Workers, fearing the deadly hantaviruscarried by mice, were unable to retrieve them and specialists had to be called in to decontaminate the records last October. The warehouse was shut down, but a limited number of files were retrieved for agency employees, and workers expect to be able to go back in again by the end ofthe month. A special trustee named to clean up the Indian trust ate passed a memorial urging the federal government to continue funding the school whose graduates, the memorial says, are "some of the most renowned Native American artists in the country ... and contribute substantially to SantaFc's status as the second largest arts market in the country." Enrollment has risen this year to about 120. And after more than 35 years in otherschools' buildings, IAIA plans to break ground April 10 on its own campus, with $8.5 million in hand for construction. IAIA has been housed on the campus of The College of Santa Fe since 1981, pay ing it nearly $600,000 SchOOl/to pg. 6 ofthe annual gam ing proceeds — about $26 million —for per capita payments, Hughes said. For years, the tribe has used gambling profits for tribal programs, forbuying land and fora variety of business pursuits in a strategy to protect the tribe's long-term economic stability. Tribal members who do not live on the reservation say that policy prevents them from directly benefiting from the tribe's financial success. But Hughes said setting the per-capita payments too high could threaten services the tribe provides. "The only area where there probably wouldn't be cutbacks is the gaming operation," she said. causing the fatal injuries. The case was investigated by the FBI and Red lake Law Enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Clifford Ward law prosecurted the case. A weekly publication. Cwyrtjnt Native American Press, 1888 Pholo by Scherling Srudio - Bemidji Judy Needham of Red Lake. MN. is the proud winner of the quilt raffled off by the TARGET Group. The quilt has emblems of the .sewn clam nl tlif Red Lake Nation. It was made by Pat Grace. Profits from the raffle will be used for the TARGET Group trip to Washington, lit. Local governments fear loss of casino land from tax rolls MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - For years, the Shooting Star Casino provided property tax revenue for schools, police and social services in the northwestern Minnesota county of Mahnomen. Last year' s revenue alone, for instance — about $800,000 — could nearly pay forthe salaries of one-fourth ofthe teachers in the 865-student Mahnomen School District. But that revenue-stream could dry up now that the WhiteEarth Band of Chippewa wants the U.S. Interior Department to declare the casino a federal trust property and remove it from tax rolls. " It would be devastating for us, " county treasurer Dan Cook said. " We would have to cut services." The request is part of a pattern of requests from American Indian tribes to have land removed from tax rolls. The casino property is among 5, 300 acres that tribes around the state want to have exempted. An analysis last month by researchers in the Minnesota House showed that another 5,570 acres of tribal property have been removed from tax rolls since casinos opened in 1992. Gambling profits have allowed tribes to buy land for housing, business and cultural preservation, orto consolidate reservation boundaries. The tiny Upper Sioux Community, owners of Firefly Creek Casino near Granite Falls in southwestern Minnesota, has bought 436 acres in recent years and taken much of itoff the tax rolls. " They are paying an astronomical price to get it," said Yellow Medicine County Assessor Connie Erickson, who has watched sellers " hold off until they get what they want" from the tribe. For decades, poor Indian tribes have placed land into federal trust to avoid losing it through forfeiture or foreclosure. But in the era of tribal casinos, the Interior Department increasingly weighs tribal needs against those of state and local governments. The federal Bureau oflndian Affairs recently rejected a request by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community, which owns Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, to take nearly 600 acres off the tax rolls in the city of Shakopee. Mahnomen County, which has a population of 5,000, illustrates how a Tax/to pg. 3 Indian hosts of murdered U.S. activists vow revenge CUBARA, Colombia (AP) - U'wa Indian leaders, hosts ofthe three American activists slain last week, say they have no doubt that Colombia's oldest and largest leftist rebel group committed the killings. And they vow to exact punishment. "We are going to identify and directly punish" those responsible, Luis EduardoCaballero, an indignant tribal leader, told The Associated Press at the U'wa's liaison office in this town just outside the tribe's reservation in northeastern Colombia. He did not specify how the U'wa, who are not known to carry arms, might exact revenge. Colombia's anti-kidnapping czar, Jose Alfredo Escobar, said he also had no doubt the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, were responsible for the killings oflndian activists Ingrid Washinawatok and Lahe'ena'e Gay and environmentalist Terence Freitas. Escobar cited military intelligence intercepts of alleged radio communications between the local guerrillacom- mander and the guerrillas who holding the Americans, whose bullet-riddled bodies were found Thursday, bound and bl indfolded, just across the border in Venezuela. The FARC's national leadership still had not commented Sunday on the killings. But Pino Arlacchi, director of the U.N. anti-drag program, canceled a meeting in southern Colombia with top FARC commanders with to discuss ways to wean peasants off the cultivation of crops used to make cocaine and heroin. "I made the decision in the face ofa lack of clarity regarding the responsibility for the barbaric and repugnant murderofthreeU.S. citizens found by the Arauca river," Arlacchi said in a statement. Also Sunday, Colombia's right-wing paramilitary leadership issued a statement denying any involvement in killings. The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia said it had no disputes with the U'wa and no units in the area. Although paramilitary groups are active in Arauca state, not far from Cubara,thisl60-square-kilometer(60- square-mile) municipality and the area where the three Americans were kidnapped Feb. 25 are all squarely under FARC control, U'wa leaders, townspeople and local military and police commanders say. The Americans were seized by gunmen in civilian clothing whom their U'wa escorts identified as FARC guer- Activists/to pg. 5 \
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Title | Native American Press / Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1999-03-12 |
Preceding Titles | The Ojibwe News; The Native American Press; The Ojibwe News / Native American Press |
Edition | Volume 11, Issue 22 |
Date of Creation | 1999-03-12 |
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Minnesota Reflections Topic | American Indians |
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