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There is a lot of crap on Facebook, no doubt about it. I just visit it once a day for a quick browse. I don't do any of the games or surveys or countless other applications. There are usually funny photos that get posted or silly things people I know like to 'share'. Like: Do we really need a Lysol product scented like Lavender? Wouldn't the scent put you to sleep before you finish the kitchen floor? (silly stuff like that) Also my Facebook friends often share interesting news articles. (I think it's dangerous to complain about work, however...and I am always amazed that some people don't see the danger in THAT. Like the nitwits you mentioned...IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION!)
You should find some news sites that interest you and "like" them. I found that once I started seeing interesting and funny articles in my news feed, I was more interested in facebook. If you like to geek out, Laughing Squid is an awesome site to follow. The Oatmeal is hilarious for snarky grammar comics. I follow Jon Stewart for updates, I've got a bunch of science sites followed. It really does make it a more interesting place. I don't know what you're into, but you should search random stuff and see what comes up. If you have any favorite websites you should see if they have a facebook page.
I find that the more involved you are with someone on a personal level, the faster things are going to go badly. I generally only add people I have direct contact with, or because of guilt. If my annoying aunt adds me as a friend, I'm going to feel obligated to friend her. Even if that means I'm just going to "hide" her the next day. She will probably end up hiding me too, because if I don't like her bullshit, she's not going to like mine.
Personally, I have no interest in my childhood friends. I'm content allowing people from my past to stay there. I feel that if I need to be in contact with a person, I won't need a social networking site to bring us together. I also don't use it to advertise what is going on in my personal life. I feel like the people who need to know those details will know those details without having to enter a username and password. I generally share news articles I find interesting, comics or pictures. I don't feel bad about declining someone's friend request because... it's just facebook. :)
So my recommendation to make facebook less annoying is to find and follow sites that interest YOU and forget about the other people on your friends list. It's your page, so you should enjoy your experience. I have very little tolerance for crappy posts so I've customized my page to really suit MY interests; the people who bother me no longer appear, so I'm don't feel like anger is just waiting for me. If someone is a habitual crappy-poster they're probably not going to change. You can always visit their page directly if you're curious as to what they're saying.
Get familiar with the "hide" options, it will become your best friend and fail-safe. Good luck and thanks for letting me ramble, sorry about any typos - it's been a long day.
I use it to promote my blogs. I write under a pen-name, so recently set up a FB account under that name. I link to my blogs and also share posts etc from others. Is a way to read interesting posts from others too. Most of these people I've never met.
I don't use the one under my real name much. It has a bunch of people from my past like happy clappy christians & people from school I barely remember. I have a note on there if anyone wants to read my blogs about losing my faith in god, then contact me. Only the non-judgemental christians did so.
I was reluctant to join facebook, as thought I wouldn't have friends (I'm not a very social person). There are some friends I lost contact with long ago but most are acquaintances and relatives I hardly know.
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Liam learns what Hope did, Bill puts his plan in motion, and Steffy changes her mind.
In her office, Steffy bickers with Bill about going to Liam's wedding. She protests that it would be torture! He insists anything could happen - and she'll want to be there when it does. Steffy says it's too much. Bill knows it's hard for her to see how this could turn out, but he urges her not to give up. He thinks Steffy should be in Italy in case something goes down and Liam needs her.
At Hope's house, she tells Liam she visited Bill. He muses, "Baby steps." Hope then tells him she asked Steffy to be in the wedding. Liam can't believe she did that - it's like rubbing salt in the wound. Hope says it would be the best wedding present ever if they could have peace in the family. Liam's impressed with her efforts to reach out. As they leave, Hope remarks that the next time she walks through that door she'll be married.
At Forrester, Brooke tells Ridge she understands his concern for Steffy, but it's Hope and Liam's time now and they need their support. Katie appears and says they have her support, but she won't be at the wedding. Katie says Bill is showing signs of getting with the program, having agreed to be Liam's best man. Ridge tells Katie to take care of herself. Katie asks them to keep an eye on her husband - she doesn't think he'll have a relapse, but you never know.
Back at his office, Bill and Alison firm up plans as Katie arrives. She enthuses about how glad she is he's accepting Hope as his daughter-in-law - he always comes through for family. Bill gruffly says she's putting him in a pedestal. She says maybe a little step stool. They express their love and hug. After, Bill gets on the phone and intimidates the warden into releasing Deacon and following his plan. Once on Bill's jet, Alison asks why he's messing with Liam's happiness with Hope. Bill says it won't last, and this is his last shot. His son's future hinges on Sharpe.
On the Forrester jet, the pilot interrupts a kiss between Hope and Liam. He asks about Steffy's name being on the manifest. Brooke and Ridge appear and ask why that would be. Hope tells them she asked her to be part of the wedding. Suddenly, Steffy appears. She says the healing has to start. Liam watches Steffy with admiration. They hug and toast. Hope and Liam kiss.
In the prison, the warden tells Deacon that Spencer's on his way. He looks at a photo of Hope.
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Brooke reaches out to Steffy.
Hope and Liam arrive in Italy.
Deacon steeps in guilt over Bill's plan.
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Fog lifts for Eagles' LeSean McCoy, Michael Vick
PHILADELPHIA — After two months of dark skies over the franchise that has included the firing of two coaches and the pending demise of Andy Reid as head coach, the Eagles finally had some sunshine peek through Sunday in a win over Tampa Bay.
Monday they found out that some other clouds were finally dissipating as well.
Quarterback Michael Vick and running back LeSean McCoy, both victims of concussion-delivering hits, both passed the baseline examinations on their brains, which means theoretically they could be back at practice today as the Eagles cram for their Thursday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
According to Eagles officials, Vick was sent home after the exam because he was sick. McCoy, meanwhile, was in the NovaCare Complex locker room briefly while it was open the media Monday afternoon, but declined to comment.
Vick and McCoy almost certainly will not be in uniform Thursday, since both players have to get through a full-contact workout without any issues — today is the only contact practice for this short work week — and must be cleared by an independent neurologist.
While the Eagles have come to an agreement with Vick that, barring the unexpected, Nick Foles will start the final three games, there is nothing along those lines preventing McCoy from returning. His replacement, Bryce Brown, rushed for 347 yards in his first two starts in the Pro Bowler's place, but was stuffed for just six rushing yards on 12 carries by the Bucs, who have the NFL's best rushing defense.
Brown might have crashed back to earth after two wild afternoons against the Panthers and Cowboys — games in which his huge yardage totals were spoiled somewhat by fumbles — but the attention he got from Tampa Bay's run defense allowed Nick Foles to exploit its porous pass defense.
Although it's doubtful McCoy will be pressed into action Thursday, it's likely he'll be in the backfield for the final two games. Brown doesn't mind if his feature-back status changes.
"I shared (the backfield) with Dion (Lewis)," Brown said. "I think it's great. The more talented guys we've got in our corner, the better chance we have of winning.
"The coaches make the decisions, so I'm just going to follow the directions they give me. … Whatever we do, I'm with it." Continued...
The Eagles will face a more balanced defense against the Bengals. They rank seventh in the NFL in total defense, with both their rushing and passing defensive numbers better than the league median.
It will be a test for many of the young players pressed into action by injuries. Right tackle Dennis Kelly said that this is the first time he ever has had to prepare for a game with fewer than five days between games.
"This is my first time ever having a turnaround like this," Kelly said, "so I'm just learning this process as it goes. The way we're looking at is (do) double the preparation and we'll be ready for it."
Brown didn't anticipate issues with the quick turnaround.
"I'll do the same as always — spend a lot of time in the trainer's room, doing the things I need to take care of my body," he said. "This is the first time doing anything like this. It's pretty crazy, but I'm looking forward to Thursday."
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Foles' 10-yard touchdown run Sunday became an online sensation for how, um, deliberate he was from the point he decided to tuck the ball and head for the goal line after rolling to his right.
His teammates didn't hesitate when it came to piling on the slow-footed rookie.
"I might give him a run for his money," Kelly said, laughing, when asked if he could take Foles in a 40-yard dash. "We'll have to try that."
The Bucs sacked Foles six times after entering the game with just 18 in their first 12 games, but Foles also had moments when he sidestepped pressure and showed patience, which at times paid off. Continued...
Kelly gave Foles credit for that.
"He did a fantastic job overall," he said. "We gave him a little more pressure than we wanted him (to see), but he picked it up, took a step or two and was able to get the throw off."
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While Vick and McCoy are on the road to recovery from their concussions, Brent Celek will have his 93 consecutive-game streak end Thursday after taking a shot to the head on the opening drive Sunday that left him concussed.
Even if Celek's baseline test immediately came back clear, there wouldn't be enough time in the next three days for him to get check marks on the other three concussion protocols to get the rubber stamp needed to be cleared.
That means Clay Harbor will have a chance to follow up his performance filling in for Celek Sunday. He had six catches for 52 yards and a touchdown. Foles went 6-for-6 when targeting Harbor.
"You can't really replace Brent Celek. He's a great all-around tight end," Harbor said. "He blocks well, runs well and catches the ball well. I'm just going to go in there and do the best I can.
"It's an opportunity for me to get on the field more and get more snaps, and really build confidence in the coaching staff and put some stuff on film there and show them what I can do. I'm going to take it as a good opportunity to get out there and get some good playing time."
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Breezy winds will continue Friday and Saturday with the gustiest winds to our west in the mountains.
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Without U.S. soldiers and their equipment deployed to faraway — and often dangerous — lands, the need for the depot's skilled labor can diminish. That's the odd tug-of-war that puts the desire to bring American troops home against the depot's need for military vehicles and weapons to refurbish and repair.
Washington still holds the keys to the size of the depot's staffing. But now the depot — and a few thousand local employees — are looking at another nation, Morocco, for a brief respite in the severe cutbacks in the depot's workload.
A story in Friday's Star detailed how military leaders are, in essence, in the business of repairing other nations' military equipment. If Congress approves, Anniston's depot will be one of two U.S. facilities that will begin work on Moroccan tanks. That North African nation is seeking help with 200 M1A1 tanks, which it wants changed into a "special armor" configuration.
That job is tailor-made for Anniston's depot.
Consider the timing; it's critical. By the end of September, nearly 500 depot employees are scheduled to be laid off as the Pentagon continues the military drawdown in the U.S.'s foreign wars. There's simply not enough work expected for the depot to retain its current work force.
Once in place, this potential deal with Morocco would allow many depot employees to remain on the job until October 2013. For skilled workers facing layoffs, those extra months of paychecks are no small matter.
Congress and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which is overseeing this process, need to make this happen.
We harbor no illusions that Anniston's depot will be spared sizeable cuts to its manpower — even if more Moroccan-style contracts are signed later. Depot officials and military leaders have not strayed from this solemn message: The ending of the United States' involvements in Iraq and Afghanistan means the depot's work force will be reduced.
For the time being, it's comforting that Nathan Hill, the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce's military liaison, confirms that depots like Anniston's may temporarily benefit from tank-refurbishing contracts from other nations.
But Hill's message, like that coming from Washington, remains stark. As he told The Star, "(T)he workload overall is going to be coming down, which means that most of those people — I hope not — but most of those people probably are going to be terminated at a later date."
Consider this a temporary victory. More depot work means more local families with paychecks. That's a win — for now.
But it's also another warning about the need to diversify Calhoun County's economy. Communities so closely aligned with government jobs — military or otherwise — exist at the mercy of D.C. decisions. Or, in this case, decisions made by military bosses in Morocco.


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NEW YORK -- The smartphone patent wars have lit up courtrooms around the world. Next up: the smartphone case wars.
The makers of protective cases that shield cell phones from coffee spills and sticky-fingered toddlers are entangled in countless lawsuits seeking to protect their designs.
The fights come as the mobile accessories market has gone upscale with some cases made by luxury designers costing more than the phones they cover. Some cases are billed as virtually destruction-proof, said to protect precious electronics from crushing blows or cresting waves.
Smartphones themselves are at the heart of a global patent fight, with Apple battling South Korean giant Samsung over the design of the iPhone and iPad.
But now similar fights are escalating over what swaddles the gadgets, as the smartphone case market has become a roughly $1 billion annual industry, according to NPD Group, a market research firm. More than 100 million Apple and Samsung phones were shipped in the most recent quarter, making for more demand.
The damage claims in the case design fights are tiny compared with the smartphone wars, but the lawsuits could help spur a shakeout in a crowded market.
The biggest industry players sell their products at Apple and AT&T retail stores, as well as at retailers such as Best Buy. They have had success in getting court judgments against Chinese counterfeiters and domestic sellers of knock-offs, but the lawsuits involving one designer against another aren't as easily resolved.
Otter Products, the maker of OtterBox cases, has become a frequent visitor to the courthouse. The Colorado-based company has filed lawsuits in federal court in its home state against LifeProof, also known as Treefrog Developments, and Mophie for alleged patent infringement involving waterproof cases for iPhones, iPods and other devices. Mophie and LifeProof in court papers have denied the allegations.
Otterbox and Mophie did not respond to requests for comment. LifeProof declined to comment on pending litigation. Company spokesman Jonathan Wegner said, however, that LifeProof has programs in place to protect its own intellectual property.
The Ballistic Case, based in Florida, has also been a repeat plaintiff. The company has sued rivals Cell-Nerds and Boxwave for allegedly copying the look of its rugged "Shell Gel" series of cases, which feature a dotted back and come in an array of colors. Continued...
Designers invest significant resources in case styles and deserve legal protection, said Alan Weisberg, a Ballistic attorney.
The company has sold more than $12 million worth of Shell Gel cases, according to court documents, and they are available at major retailers. Both Cell-Nerds and Boxwave are smaller enterprises that sell cases online. The Shell Gel models are priced at about $35, while similar Cell-Nerds and Boxwave cases go for less than $10.
Earlier this month, a Miami federal judge allowed Ballistic's case against Cell-Nerds to move forward, while the Boxwave case is in its early stages in the same court. Ballistic claims it has so-called "trade dress rights" to the design of its cases and wants similar, rival products off the market.
An attorney for Cell-Nerds, Ury Fisher, said the company does not think Ballistic has accurately described its trade dress rights, and he noted that such cases are difficult to prove because plaintiffs have to show their product is readily recognizable to consumers.
An attorney for Boxwave did not respond to a request for comment.
For patent-based lawsuits to succeed, plaintiffs will need to prove another company is infringing their patents and may also have to show what is innovative about their designs and worthy of protection.
If found to infringe, some companies could be forced out of the market, said intellectual property attorney Christopher Carani of law firm McAndrews, Held & Malloy.
So far, however, the in-fighting among case designers does not show signs of slowing down the industry.
Casemakers have trotted out models they say are tricked out to withstand two tons of force or can be used to film movies underwater. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where new case designs seemed to be on display everywhere, one maker even showed off a case lined in soft orange putty that is designed to become "rock hard" if the phone is dropped.
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Historic Roe v. Wade abortion case turns 40
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation's most intractable debates.
Many in the anti-abortion movement looked to Kansas, where Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a series of tough anti-abortion measures during his first two years in office. Other states with GOP governors and Republican-controlled legislatures have taken similar steps.
"There's joy in what you're doing and keep it up," Brownback urged hundreds of fellow abortion opponents at a rally outside the Kansas Statehouse. "Keep marching. Keep moving."
Abortion-rights groups observed a quieter anniversary — a possible reflection of the reality that it's far rarer for lawmakers to expand access to abortion. The National Organization for Women planned a candlelight vigil at the Supreme Court to commemorate the 1973 decision, which created a constitutional right to abortions in some circumstances and prevented states from banning the practice.
The ruling "should be honored," said Rep. Emily Perry, a lawyer and Democrat from the Kansas City suburb of Mission who supports abortion rights. "I wish the amount of energy put into narrowing Roe v. Wade would be put into school funding or our budget."
In Topeka, at least 1,000 people rallied with Brownback and anti-abortion legislators. The Kansas governor has called on state lawmakers to create "a culture of life." He is expected to support whatever further restrictions they approve.
Kansans for Life, the most influential of the state's anti-abortion groups, plans to ask lawmakers to enact legislation ensuring that the state doesn't finance abortions even indirectly, such as through tax breaks or by allowing doctors-in-training at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., to perform them on the center's time.
The group also wants to strengthen a state law dictating what information must be provided to abortion patients, banning abortions because of the fetus' gender and allowing wrongful-death lawsuits when a fetus dies because of an accident.
Comparable proposals are gaining ground elsewhere, too. Republican lawmakers in North Dakota are pursuing a measure to ban "sex selection" abortions. Alabama's GOP legislative majorities are looking to impose new health and safety regulations for abortion providers. And Republicans in Arkansas want to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.
"I think more of America is becoming more pro-life," said Dr. Melissa Colbern, who started a crisis pregnancy center in Topeka near the state Capitol last year. "I think maybe the culture is changing." Continued...
But Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro Choice America, said most citizens are not demanding their elected officials push for new abortion restrictions.
"A lot of these anti-choice politicians don't run on the issue," Keenan said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. "They run on jobs, or they run on the economy. And then they show up in these state legislatures, and they begin to advance very anti-choice legislation."
In the four decades since Roe v. Wade, a series of court decisions have narrowed its scope. With each decision, lawmakers in multiple states have followed up by making abortions more difficult to obtain or imposing restrictions on providers.
According to the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-rights think tank, 135 laws aimed in some way at restricting access to abortion were enacted in 30 states — most of them with Republican-controlled legislatures — in 2011 and 2012. More such measures already have been proposed in several states this year.
In Wyoming, for example, a pending bill would prohibit abortions after a fetal heartbeat is audible. A similar "heartbeat" bill is pending in Mississippi, and one was debated but later sidetracked in Ohio last year.
In Texas, Republican Gov. Rick Perry has told lawmakers that he expects to make progress during the 2013 session toward his goal of making abortion "at any stage a thing of the past." Anti-abortion activists have pledged to use every legal means possible to make obtaining abortions difficult, if not impossible.
But Kansans for Life, the most influential abortion group lobbying state lawmakers in Topeka, eschews proposals designed to set up a head-on legal challenge to the Roe v. Wade decision, fearing the Supreme Court might wipe out some of the gains achieved by abortion opponents in recent years.
"We'd like to continue on our successful strategy," Kathy Ostrowski, the group's legislative director, said during a pre-rally news conference. "We feel that we're making better strides that way."
Tuesday's events won't be the only anniversary observances. The annual March for Life, which traditionally draws several hundred thousand abortion opponents to Washington, is scheduled for Friday.
Although bills to strengthen access to abortion are rare, there are some pending proposals in New York and Washington state. Continued...
In their state of the state speeches this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed a bill that would further entrench the right to abortion, while Washington's new governor, Jay Inslee, said he wants to enact a measure that would require insurers who cover maternity care — which Washington insurers are mandated to provide — to also pay for abortions.
Both Cuomo and Inslee are Democrats.
"Forty years ago, the United States stood as an example to the rest of the world in recognizing a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion as a constitutionally protected right," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. "But the women in this country shouldn't have to rely on the courts to right the wrongs of their elected officials."
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Bricklink is an unofficial lego marketplace. Essentially it is the EBay for lego, where you can buy or sell anything to do with Lego. The lego community maintain a number of fantastic resources that catalogue all of the Lego products, often down to the detail of the number, colour and type of each part in a lego set. The catalogue that powers the Bricklink website is available for download and reuse and has been used to create this dataset.
Currently the dataset consists of descriptions of over 9000 Lego sets and over 23,000 Lego parts. A number of the lego sets have detailed inventories including number, type and colour of parts. There are also links to sets, instructions and part images.
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- Kasabi page for Bricklink Search API 15 text/html
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Judge rules feds have jurisdiction in tribal corruption scandal By Jeff Armstrong A U.S. district judge in Minneapolis reaffirmed tire court's prior ruling that Minnesota state senator Harold (Skip) Finn must face federal conspiracy charges for alleged theft of tribal funds, money laundering, mail fraud, tax evasion and lying to federal investigators. The former Leech Lake Reservation attorney was indicted by a federal grand jury last June in a $ 1.5 million corruption scandal. Along with Leech Lake chairman Alfred (Tig) Pemberton and secretary treasurer Dan Brown, Finn is accused in a 38- count indictment of embezzling nearly $1 million through a phony tribal insurance corporation known as Reservation Risk Management. According to the indictment, Finn used the money to purchase land, automobiles, boats, golf carts and numerous other goods and services for his personal use. Finn avoided state taxes by claiming the purchases were made on behalf of the Reservation Business Committee. District Judge Davis denied numerous motions for dismissal by Finn, who had argued that the U.S. Government had no authority to try the case since Congress delegated criminal jurisdiction to the state via Public Law 280. Finn had previously maintained that the state had no jurisdiction to investigate the matter, an argument which—bolstered by his close relationship to Senate majority leader Roger Moe~helped postpone ethics charges until after Finn's trial. The indicted senator had earlier accepted a guilty plea to lesser charges, but withdrew from the agreement when faced with a year or more imprisonment and the inevitable loss of his senate seat. Davis sustained an Oct. 12 ruling by magistrate judge Erickson that the state and federal government share concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the reservation. The district judge's decision was in response to a request by the defense to review Erickson's ruling for legal errors. While finding the magistrate's order "neither clearly erroneous nor contrary to law," Davis did grant a motion by Finn to order the U.S. Attorney's office to immediately disclose summaries of expert prosecution witnesses to the defense. Federal prosecutors must comply with the order at least 21 days before the scheduled Jan. 8 trial, said Davis. Attorney Doug Kelley's latest request for a continuance seems yet another stalling tactic by the defense, employed as Finn attempts to rehabilitate his public image and reassert his political position at the tribal and state level. In addition to the criminal charges, Pemberton and Brown are the subjects Scandal cont'd on pg 3 Judge rules feds have jurisdiction in scandal/ pg 1 Three native corps file suit against Interior Sec/ pg 1 Complete text of judge's order in Finn case/ pg 5 Cutbacks hits Santa's twelve days of Xmas/ pg 6 ICWLC needs help to fight legal doctrine/ pg 8 Voice ofthe The People J Conditions in the Minneapolis American Indian community offer little to celebrate Illative Fifty Cents Ojibwe News We Support Equal Opportunity For All People Founded in 1988 Volume 8 Issue 9 December 14, 1995 By Gary Blair Conditions in the Minneapolis American Indian commumty continue to deteriorate and there appears to be no letup in sight. After more than 25 years of "Indian programs" and millions of dollars in foundation grants, there are still many basic human needs not being met. Area foodshelves and soup kitchens are being strained; more than 500 people use the dinning site located next to the Little Earth Housing Project-most are Indian families. And now with the Christmas season here, the pressure on the Indian family is even greater. Dysfunctional Indian alternative schools have added to the commumty pressures. The Center School Inc. became engulfed in a heated controversy shortly after it opened for classes this fall. As a result the school was closed for nearly two weeks. During that time many ofthe families had difficulty providing the extra meal for the students who were at home waiting for things to cool-off. Turmoil at the Heart of the Earth Survival School surfaced when many ofthe longtime Indian teachers were not re-hired this year ~ a good number being single family bread winners. Recently, some ofthe teachers who are presently employed at the HOTESS found their positions being advertised in the want ads of the Star Tribune. Nevertheless, on Friday the school's administration will hold a Christmas party for the staff at a restaurant in the Pillsbury Center, downtown Minneapolis. A group of homeless people recently set up a makeshift shelter on the east side of the Minneapolis American Indian Center. Community members say the camp was developed to help draw attention to the growing Offer cont'd on pg 8 ^mmwrn-mw-wmm-mm A weekly publication. 1 Copyright. Motive American Prein, 1995 Leaders forming political action committee By Mark A. Hutchison StaffWriter The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma Indian tribal leaders are strengthening their lobbying efforts to ensure that this year's proposed federal tribal program cuts won't happen again without a fight. And if a political action committee being formed by most of Oklahoma's 39 tribes is successful, its leaders say it could affect the 1996 elections. "We're going to become a player in politics," said Michael Dodson, spokesman for the Sac and Fox Nation and secretary of the new political committee. "We need to find out what out potential is." Tribal rolls in August 1994 indicated there were more than 270,000 Indians in Oklahoma. By 2000, that figure is expected to increase to 289,000. "What really brought this home was what's been happening in Congress," he said. "When our leaders saw7 the (proposed) BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) cuts, they realized that if we'd develop political clout we wouldn't be in the shape, politically, that we are." Other executive officers elected to establish bylaws for the committee are Tyler Todd of the Cheyenne- Arapaho Tribe, chairman; Jeff W. Rabon of the Chickasaw nation, vice chairman; Frances Wise, Wichita and Affiliate Tribes, treasurer; and Dudley Whitehorn of the Osage Nation, executive member at large. The coordinator for eastern Oklahoma and Muskogee area tribes will be Charles Head of the Cherokee Nation. Western area tribes will be coordinated by Merle Boyd of the Sac and Fox Nation. Bob Musgrove of the Chcvc+ir,^-, Arapaho Tribes will provide administrative, organizational and developmental services. Dodson said members of the committee will draft a report to be discussed at a Jan. 18 meeting. Among the issues the report will address is how the group will obtain funding and how to register Indian voters statewide. This article is reprinted from the Wednesday, December 13, 1995, edition of The Daily Oklahoman. One of the few open water areas in the northland, the Mississippi River flows into Lake Bemidji. Snowmobilers are advised to use caution and good judgement due to thin ice in some spots. staff photo Jury: Tribal official made defamatory remarks Nettie Kingsly awarded $20,000 for statements made by Dallas White Wing By Robyn Lontz Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids A Wood County jury unanimously decided Tuesday in Favor of a former Rainbow Casino employee who claimed a Winnebago tribal official made defamatory statements against her in a newspaper article. NACPC seeks academically gifted Ojibwe students NettieKingsiyponEdwards wm be awarded $20,000 in damages from Dallas White Wing, of Wittenberg, The Native American College Preparatory Center is seeking to identify academically gifted Ojibwe middle school and high school students for its summer programs. The Center expects to conduct a middle school program at the Oklahoma International Space Academy, located on the campus of Oklahoma City University and a high school program at Stanford University. The Oklahoma International Space Academy is considered the premiere space program of its type in the nation. The aerospace curriculum prepares students for life in the 21st century. All programs emphasize critical and creative problem solving, teamwork and communication, and responsible decision-making. Participating middle school students will spend a week at the Oklahoma City campus; they will, among other things, participate in a simulated space mission aboard a two- story, actual size space shuttle and conduct space operations from the computerized control center. Lastyear Duane Meat, who attends the Bug-O- Nay-Ge-Shig School at Leech Lake, was named Outstanding Space Cadet for his space operations squadron. The center plans to repeat its program at Stanford University, one of the premier universities in the world, for academically gifted high school students. Students will enroll in actual Stanford college courses and, also, be required to take a four-unit college level Ojibwe language course. The Ojibwe language course is based on the Pimsleur "Speak and Understand Essential Ojibwe" audiocassette course developed by the center and is taught by Dr. Cecil King of Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. Brian Dunkley, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, participated in the program after completing the tenth grade. Dunkley, who is now serving as class president at Pine City (Minnesota) High School, earned ten Stanford University quarter units and completed courses in computer science, English and Ojibwe language. If Dunkley participates for two more summers, he will have completed his first year of college studies at Stanford University before he graduates from high school. Ojibwe high school students are required to take the American College Test (ACT). Interested students should take the ACT in February 1996, or arrange to take a residual ACT test at a local college or university. For more information and application materials, write to NACPC, 2212 Westpark Drive, Norman, Oklahoma 73069. because of his statements in a Feb. 25, 1993, story in the Daily Tribune. The newspaper was not named as a defendant. White Wing was not present at the one-day jury trial but was represented by his attorney, William Gardner. Gardner could not be reached for comment after the trial. The 12-member jury made the decision in Kingsley's favor after one hour of deliberations late Tuesday afternoon. "I am really, really happy with the decision," said Kingsley after the verdict was delivered. "I believe this case was fairly judged in front of an unbiased group of people." In a civil suit filed May 27, 1994, Kingsley alleged that White Wing "maliciously composed and caused to be published" statements that she was fired from her job as facility manager ofthe Rainbow Casino, near Nekoosa, Award cont'd on pg 3 Three native corporations file lawsuit against Interior Secretary ANCHORAGE (AP) _ Three Alaska Native corporations have sued Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Ada Deer, the U.S. government's top official on Indian Affairs, over the administration's opposition to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Arctic Slope Regional Corp., Cook Inlet Region Inc. and Kaktovik Inupiat Corp. filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Anchorage. The corporations contend that the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 guarantees them input on decisions about the refuge. The corporations say they were not adequately consulted on the issue of development ofthe refuge. The three corporations stand to profit if the refuge's coastal plain is opened to oil development. The suit also criticizes Deer for "taking sides" in the harsh battle between the Native corporations and the Gwich'in Indians who live south ofthe refuge. The Inupiat corporations argue the refuge can be developed without hurting the environment or wildlife. The Gwich'in fear it would disrupt caribou on which they subsist. The suit says Deer should have considered all Native interests before opposing refuge drilling, and said she "exploited the minority Native view to perpetuate the cynical myth... that opening the Coastal Plain is opposed by the Alaska Natives that would be most directly affected." Deer, a Menominee Indian from Wisconsin, came to Alaska in October and gave an impassioned speech urging the Alaska Federation of Natives not to endorse ANWR drilling. The federation, led by Inupiat delegates, voted 2-1 against taking a neutral stand on the issue, and passed a measure asking Congress to lift the drilling ban. The suit says the companies didn't have enough input into a report by the federal government critical of ANWR development. "Secretary Babbitt has blatantly Corps cont'd on pg 3 Utility to serve bingo hall with territory in dispute Navajos infected with AIDS returning to tribal healing MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ Wisconsin Power & Light Co. has agreed to provide electricity to the Ho Chunk tribal bingo hall being built just east of Madison _ territory Madison Gas & Electric Co. thinks is its own. WPL officials said the action is justified because the Ho Chunk are a sovereign nation, and the land involved was "undesignated" territory that either company was free to serve. MGE officials said they had no immediate reaction to the position taken by the competing utility. Public Service Commission staff members said they had many questions about the agreement. People on both sides of the dispute saw the agreement as a harbinger of the kind of competition that could become routine among Wisconsin power companies. The Public Service Commission is due to vote Dec. 12 on how much to free utilities from traditional monopoly rate and service regulation and how much choice to give consumers to shop for electric power much as they now can shop for longdistance telephone service. "This is all about a customer making choices based on availability and price," saidPatricia McMahon, a WPL spokeswoman. "This is what is to come." "Because the Ho Chunk Nation is a sovereign nation, they have the opportunity to pick their energy suppliers," said Linda Brei of WPL. She said her company made a lower bid than MGE to provide power to the bingo hall. In addition, the bingo hall is in a "no man's land" between WPL and MGE service territories, Brei said. A staffer at the PSC said the regulatory agency was questioning the agreement. "How does Power and Light provide them with service? Whose lines are going to be hooked up to the building?" asked Paul Newman ofthe PSC staff. The Ho Chunk's Dejope bingo hall, opening next spring, is expected to consume about a million watts of electricity at peak times _ about enough to power 500 homes. WPL officials said they expect to have a power line to the hall completed this week. Dejope is another word for Ho Chunk, an Indian name forthe former Wisconsin Winnebago tribe. By Carol Sowers PHOENIX (AP) _ As a teen-ager, Tony, a Native American, sat once or twice in the stifling heat of a sweat lodge in the back yard of his resen'ation home. But he was unconvinced that the ancient purification rite cherished by his family held meaning for modern Indians. Five years ago, Tony, now 32, left his Arizona reservation for Phoenix and ajob, shoving his tribal traditions into the dimmest corners ofhis mind. "I wanted to start my life," he said. But a year ago, Tony, who is gay, tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Now Tony and hundreds of other infected Native Americans across the country are rushing back to their traditions, fighting a new curse with old ways. They are victims of an epidemic that until a decade ago was almost unknown in Indian Country. In 1985, there were only 13 known cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome among 2 million Native Americans nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. That number has grown by more than 9,000 percent overthepast 10years,to l,202_more than double the growth rate of AIDS among all ethnic groups. About 60 Native Americans in Arizona have AIDS, and 61 others, like Tony, have been diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus but do not suffer the symptoms of fullblown AIDs. Native American women are at particular risk, as are all women of low-income minority groups. Indian women account for 15 percent of all AIDS cases in the nation, more than the double the rate for white women. Twenty percent of Indian AIDS patients in Arizona are women. Confronting AIDS is more difficult for some Indians, especially homosexuals, because they may come from cultures where there is little understanding of the disease, AIDS experts say. Return cont'd on pg 3
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Title | The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1995-12-14 |
Edition | Volume 8, Issue 9 |
Date of Creation | 1995-12-14 |
Publishing Agency | Native American Press Company (Bemidji, Minnesota) |
Language | English |
Minnesota Reflections Topic | American Indians |
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Minnesota City or Township | Bemidji |
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Country | United States |
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Walmart Reacts to Plans for a Black Friday Walkout of Workers
By: KNWA News
Updated: November 16, 2012
The walkout builds on an October strike that started at a location in Los Angeles and spread to stores in 12 other cities. More than 100 workers joined in the October actions.
During that walk out, the union-backed groups OUR Walmart and Making Change at Wal-Mart, and a watchdog group Corporate Action Network demonstrated outside the retailer's Bentonville office.
The groups has been calling on Walmart to end what they call "retaliation against employees who speak out for better pay, fair schedules and affordable health care."
Walmart sent KNWA a statement today, calling the planned event a publicity stunt:
On Black Friday, the organization says they expect strikes or demonstrations at as many as 1,000 locations. But Walmart doesn't seem to be worried. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the number of workers who are raising concerns is very small and don't represent the views of the vast majority of its workforce of 1.3 million.
Labor experts say that even a small number of workers could make an impact.
A similar thing happened when workers at a Quebec store attempted to unionize in 2005, Bianco said. Wal-Mart closed that store a few months after that. The company said at the time that its decision was prompted by the union wanting to change how the store operated.


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A new technology for point of care diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is about to be become available to GPs through leading UK healthcare distributor Williams Medical Supplies.
Williams has an exclusive agreement with Finnish company Mediracer to make this groundbreaking diagnostic tool available to UK primary care.
CTS, often linked to typing or driving, is a pressure on the median nerve in the wrist that can lead to numbness, tingling, weakness or muscle damage in the hand.
The use of Mediracer's NCS test is claimed to reduce the CTS screening cost per patient from £270 in secondary care to £67 in primary care.
The Mediracer NCS technology identifies nerve entrapments in the hand using disposable surface electrodes. The results can be used to diagnose CTS and grade its severity.
Steve Dunn, CEO of Williams Medical Supplies, said: "We have a strong presence in the primary care market, but we want to strengthen our position to help suppliers and manufacturers – like Mediracer – to win more business.
"By offering exclusivity on key products to Williams, these companies will benefit from our unparalleled market penetration and business support."
"CTS is a high-incidence condition and our tool provides consultant interpretation within minutes, allowing GPs to do work which is normally confined to hospitals and which saves the NHS money," commented Pasi Karsikas, Mediracer's Sales Director.
"We chose to partner with Williams for a number of reasons – they are the UK's leading GP supplier, with excellent customer support and unrivalled market penetration – so we are looking forward to a bright future in this marketplace."
Based in Gwent, Williams Medical Supplies is the UK's leading provider of medical supplies and services, used by around 9,000 of the 10,500 GP surgeries.
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"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, 'Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. But fool me... can't get fooled again!'."The anti-Assad propaganda is in full swing with contradictory and unsubstantiated claims that the Syrian government has "used chemical weapons against its own people." Against this backdrop of faulty, evocative rhetoric, Israel recently launched deadly air strikes on Syrian territory. Like textbook plagiarism or a record on repeat, we're seeing a re-run of the 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' (WMD) lies that led to the illegal invasion of Iraq ten years ago.
~ Dubya interpretation of 'Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me', Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
UN investigator Carla del Ponte reported that if any sarin gas was used in Syria, it was actually fired by the US-backed opposition rebel forces, not the state forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
The damning additional fact is that the Syrian 'rebels' the West are arming are, in reality, terrorist 'Al-Qaeda' factions, as has been admitted in the French daily Le Monde and supported by an admission in the New York Times. Just as many Azawadi rebels in northern Mali last year defected from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad to Al-Qaeda-in-the-Islamic-Maghreb and other CIA fronts ahead of full-scale military intervention by Western powers in January 2013, Free Syrian Army 'rebels' are consolidating their allegiances to (and pooling their resources with) Jabhat al-Nusra, "an Al Qaida associate operating in Syria" that is responsible for cross-border attacks in Turkey and Lebanon.


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Lincolnshire: One or Two Night Stay For Two from £69; or Family of Four from £79 With Local Attractions Day Pass and Access to Health Club Facilities at The Olde Barn Hotel (Up to 66% Off)
- Country hotel with health club and spa with indoor heated pool
- Dressing up box and Playstation and games available for kids
- Restaurant and bar uses produce from the herb garden
The Deal
- En suite room with TV, Wi-Fi, and tea and coffee tray
- For two or family of four
- Includes breakfast each morning
- Pass to Rockingham Castle, Beltan House, or Burghley House
- £5.00 discount off three course dinner at the Barn restaurant
- 10% off pre-booked spa treatments
Limit 1 per 2 or 4 people. Limit 1 per stay. May buy multiple as gifts. Booking required. 48-hour cancellation policy. Check-in from 2pm; check-out by 11am. Saturday stays incur a £30 surcharge. Two person stay valid for superior double room; four person stay valid for 2 adults 2 children (aged 11 and under) in family room. Burghley House day pass excludes 30 August to 2 September 2012. Three course restaurant dinner must be pre-booked. Valid for option purchased only. Original values based on online booking system for stay 18 to 20 September 2012. Limited availability for these dates. Original values verified on 1 August 2012 at 3.44pm.
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Glistening with three stars from the AA Hotel Guide, The Olde Barn Hotel stands proudly amidst plush green fields, just a lawn-mower's ride from the banks of the River Cherwell.
Have a rural retreat with today's Groupon from Merchant. Choose from the following options:
Stay for two
In an en suite superior double room with breakfast each morning and day pass to a choice of local attraction
• £69 for a one night stay (Up to 50% off)
• £99 for a two night stay (Up to 64% off)
Stay for family of four
In an en suite family room with breakfast each morning and day pass to a choice of local attraction
• £79 for a one night stay (Up to 53% off)
• £109 for a two night stay (Up to 66% off)
The Hotel
With something for everyone, this hotel keeps kids entertained with dressing up boxes and Playstation games, while adults can enjoy some downtime in the spa. The on-site health club also makes a splash with an indoor heated swimming pool for water-based fitness as well as floundering around, with the gym offering group classes and personal trainers to keep things motivational. The elegant furnishings of the Barn Restaurant keep eyes feasted, while palates are indulged by seasonal menus, using locally-sourced produce where possible and pickings from the hotel's own herb garden.
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Make the most of the complimentary day pass, with a trio of local attractions to choose from in the Hidden England area. Belton House sits in 1300 acres of gardens and parkland, a 17th century country house with many royal connections to its name. Keep eyes peeled for the herd of fallow deer in the gardens surrounding Burghley House, scout out the teddy bear's picnic area, or simply sit back and admire the façade of one of the grandest houses of the first Elizabethan age. Alternatively rock up to Rockingham Castle, one of the few still-occupied castles in the country, and explore the history that spans back to William the Conqueror.
The Stay
• In an en suite superior double or family room
• TV, Wi-Fi, and tea and coffee making facilities
• Breakfast each morning
• Day pass to Belton House, Rockingham Castle, or Burghley House
Train: Grantham rail station is around a 15 minute drive away and lies on the Nottingham to Peterborough line for connections across the country.
Road:The hotel is located on Toll Bar Road which sits off the A1.
The Olde Barn Hotel recieved a King-sized 4/5 from TripAdvisors, while 80% of LateRooms.com reviewers would stay again. While a few opinions varied, guests noted the hotel's leisure facilities, relaxing atmosphere and friendly staff.
The room was spacious, the bathroom clean and well equipped and the staff in the restaurant were very friendly and accommodating to special requests. Considering its a spa hotel, the pool, steam and sauna were quite good as well.
– Murtaza M, TripAdvisor, Jun 2012The hotel is lovely, and situated very conveniently just off the A1. Staff are friendly and exceedingly helpful, and the bedrooms are modern and spacious. Lots of the family enjoyed the pool, especially the children.
– Susan Y, TripAdvisor, May 2012


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The IT Support manager is responsible for managing and developing the existing Helpdesk and Support function to achieve both excellence in customer and business satisfaction whilst promoting a process of continual improvement through the enforcement of strict KPI's.
Key Responsibilities:
- Organising the developing the Helpdesk and Support function in –line with best practices and the business and IT strategies
- Get management buy-in for improving the help desk by demonstrating greater return on investment
- Develop and maintain formal procedures for consistency and increased productivity
- Implement methodologies to improve first call resolution, manage customer perceptions, and build strong internal relationships
- Choose appropriate technology and other resources to maximize help desk effectiveness
- Develop a customer care philosophy that ensures customer satisfaction
- Analyse help desk performance through various statistical and reporting methods
- Market the image of the help desk as a support group showcase that advances the IT vision and strategy
- Must have a proven track-record in an IT support management position in a Contact Centre environment
- Qualified to a sufficient standard in an information technology subject
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
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- Stage II: mild
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- Location of endometriosis growths (implants).
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The story: Back in 2005 Shanda, a Chinese electronics firm ( not as shady as it sounds: for what it's worth, they're traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange) decided the time was right for china to enter the videogame market in a serious and legitimate way. It was announced that they were going to challenge Nintendo and Sony, and develop a home console and a handheld.
They apparently test marketed the home console, the EZ Station ($800 retail?), and claimed to have had a very positive response. Then with much fanfare Shanda's handheld, known as the EZ Mini, was shown at a electronics expo in late 2005. And then.....nothing. Well almost nothing. Records seem to indicate that Shanda was forced to pull the plug on their entire video game venture due to a conflict of interest with one of their corporate partners.
So recently I friend of mine in China actually found a pair of production samples for the EZ Mini, and I bought them. They arrived today and here are my impressions:
Each unit appears brand new. They are both white, with removable plastic film still covering the screen. They each have a custom wall charger. No box was ever produced, so they came in plastic bags and soft pink foam. A small barcode sticker is on the back of the system. These appear to be enabled with both BlueTooth and WiFi, but I have not yet tested these features. There is a slot on the top, between the speakers, that accepts SD and MMC cards. The unit has a touch screen, and a small retractable stylus is included. The EZ Mini takes a second for the load screen to activate. The main menu offers games, Music, video, ebooks, and downloads. These menus appear in a combination of Chinese and English. As you can see, the EZ Mini is about the same length and thickness as a DS Lite, in it's closed position.
*note: screen protector-film has not been removed in some pics.
Shanda planned to develop 1500 (!) games which would have been downloadable from an online store, through the EZ Mini's USB port. Since the "store" never materialized, and I have no technical "hacking" experience, I assumed that actually using a Production sample of a canceled handheld to play games was out of the question. Yet much to my surprise, I quickly discovered that mine had a small amount of pre-loaded software included.
Some of the text is Chinese, but I've found a Kirby/Zelda hybrid, a beautiful medieval hack-n-slash (koei-esque), and a fun space shooter, which prompts you to hold the unit vertically, wonderswan style :) Also is a much appreciated pack a Taito classics including Bubble Bobble, Space Invaders, and many others. (the Taito games all contain the proper copy-write credentials and seem like fully authorized ports).
Everything looks surprisingly professional and it seems a real shame that Shanda didn't get the opportunity to push things past the test phase. Some of the load screens seem incomplete and during boot-up some raw code-gibberish can be seen briefly, but otherwise things are very polished. I'm optimistic that with a bit of translation help from my friend, I can unlock more of the EZ Mini's potential. In fact I just made the menu background flip to green instead of default red.
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When Jan Campito entered the world of special needs, she trusted the experts to tell her what was wrong, and how to proceed to help her children. As she realized that no one else was stepping in to obtain appropriate help, she decided to take on that responsibility. Here Jan shares some of her experiences and what she has learnt in the process. more »
2007, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, challenging behaviour, children, disability, Down's syndrome, dyspraxia, emotions, families, high functioning autism, hyperlexia, nonverbal learning disabilities, parenting, tics, tourettes
Drawing on their experiences with their son, who has TS, the authors offer strategies for creating an affirmative social and emotional environment that unlocks the potential genius in 'neurologically eccentric' children. They discuss identifying the signs of giftedness, providing care and mentoring, and using medication with due consideration. more »
2005, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, bipolar disorder, challenging behaviour, child psychology, children, education, emotions, families, high functioning autism, occupational therapy, parenting, tics, tourettes
This is a collection of real-life accounts from the siblings of children with special needs, disability or serious illness, ranging from 3 - 18 years old. They explain, in their own words, what it's like to live with their siblings. These stories come with related tips to help siblings deal with some of the things that happen in their family lives. more »
2005, Paperback: £10.99/ $17.95Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, challenging behaviour, child protection, children, disability, Down's syndrome, dyspraxia, emotions, high functioning autism, nonverbal learning disabilities, parenting, tics, tourettes
Natasha T. Hays uses stories from her paediatric practice to illustrate the challenges faced by children with different types of special needs, including autism, bipolar disorder, genetic syndromes, cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and giftedness. more »
2004, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, children, dyspraxia, emotions, families, fiction, health care, high functioning autism, hyperlexia, memoirs, nonverbal learning disabilities, parenting, psychology, tics, tourettes
Row illustrates how the special educational needs system works and empowers parents to demand help for children with special needs. This practical book challenges the theoretical established literature on SEN, providing an accessible and effective resource for those needing advice on their rights to services and help for their children. more »
2004, Paperback: £15.99/ $27.95Keywords: ADD, ADHD, autism, challenging behaviour, children, Down's syndrome, dyspraxia, emotions, families, high functioning autism, hyperlexia, parenting, special education, tics, tourettes
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The Union Public Safety Department is investigating the following incidents:
Armed robbery
On Nov. 17, officers were dispatched to 613 S. Pinckney St. in Union in reference to an armed robbery with shots fired.
Once on scene, city officers set a perimeter around the store and looked for the suspect. 911 dispatch advised the subject ran toward Dixie Curb Market and was wearing dark clothing with a white mask. Dispatch informed officers that the store clerk was not hit by the shots.
Once the Union County K-9 unit started the search, an officer spoke with the store clerk who stated that a male, approximately 5 feet, 5 inches tall, wearing a black hoodie with a white T-shirt around his face entered the store. The clerk stated the male ran up to the counter with a handgun pointed at him and demanded money. The clerk opened the register and began handing over money, but the suspect then told the clerk to get on the ground, began firing the weapon and took money from the register himself.
The K-9 unit tracked from the scene to a backyard on South Mountain Street. The investigation is continuing.
On Nov. 19, an officer spoke with on Meansville Road resident who stated that after returning from work, she noticed someone had vandalized her car. The officer noticed markings made with a sharp object at various places on the vehicle. Obscenities were engraved on the car.
The Union County Sheriff's Office is investigating the following incident:
Burglary/breaking and entering
On Nov. 17, a deputy was dispatched to 2nd St. in Lockhart after a burglary/breaking and entering was reported.
The victim said the crime occurred between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Nov. 16, when an unknown person or persons broke into a camper by forcing their way in through the camper's sliding glass door. The victim said that a .45-caliber pistol was taken from an old microwave.
The pistol was entered into NCIC (National Crime Information Center).
The Union Public Safety Department reported the following arrests:
Jamie Tyrone Brannon, 35, of 218 Deepwater Road in Union, was charged Tuesday with breach of trust.
Robert Alonzo Whethers, 45, of 136 N. Church St. in Union, was charged Tuesday with trespassing and drug equipment violations.


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Worcester winger David Lemi will captain a Samoa squad including six uncapped players on their three-match tour next month.
Lemi has taken over the captaincy in the continued absence of hooker Mahonri Schwalger who led Samoa at last year's World Cup.
The new caps in the 29-man squad named by coach Stephen Betham are Auckland Blues lock Filo Paulo, former New Zealand rugby league player Setaimata Sa, Samoa sevens star Robert Lilomaiava, flanker Tivani Foma'i, France-based prop Viliamu Afatia and Auckland scrum-half Auvasa Faleali'i.
Samoa will play Canada at Colwyn Bay on 9 November, Wales at Cardiff on 16 November and France in Paris on 23 November.
Former Auckland Blues coach Pat Lam, who will travel with Samoa as a technical advisor, said: "There's some quality players there.
"Certainly, Wales and France are the two form teams in the northern hemisphere at the moment but something that Samoa looks forward to."
Samoa squad: Sakaria Taulafo, Logovi'i Mulipola, Census Johnston, Viliamu Afatia, Ti'i Paulo, Ole Avei, Daniel Leo, Fa'atiga Lemalu, Joe Tekori, Filo Paulo, Taiasina Tuifu'a, Ofisa Treviranus, Maurie Fa'asavalu, Tivani Foma'I, Kane Thompson, Kahn Fotuali'i, Jeremy Su'a, Auvasa Faleali'i, Tusi Pisi, Ki Anufe, Setaimata Sa, Seilala Mapusua, Paul Williams, Robert Lilomaiava, David Lemi (captain), Reupenna Levasa, Paul Perez, Fa'atoina Autagavaia, Alesana Tuilagi, one to be added.