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Written for Xcode 4, iOS 4 in Action guides you from setting up your development environment, through coding your first app, all the way to selling in the App Store. Work through sample applications including a chat client, a video game, an interactive map, background audio, and more as you explore the iOS 4 SDK.
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Version 4 of the iOS SDK adds powerful new features like multitasking, GCD, blocks, and iAds. With the release of Xcode 4, it's easier than ever to get programming, even if you're new to Objective-C.
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iOS 4 in Action, written for Xcode 4, is a detailed, hands-on guide that goes from setting up your development environment, through your first coding steps, all the way to creating a polished, commercial iOS 4 application. You'll run through examples from a variety of areas including a chat client, a video game, an interactive map, and background audio. You'll also learn how the new iOS 4 features apply to your existing iOS 3 based apps. This book will help you become a confident, well-rounded iOS 4 developer.
What's Inside
- Full coverage of iOS SDK 4.3
- Mastering Xcode 4
- Multitasking for iPhone and iPad
- Game Center, iAd, and AirPrint
- Local and push notification
- Implementing in-app purchasing
Who Should Read this Book
No previous iPhone or iPad know-how needed. Familiarity with C, Cocoa , or Objective-C helps but is not required.
About the Authors
Jocelyn Harrington is an experienced full-time mobile developer with a dozen entries in the App Store. Brandon Trebitowski, Christopher Allen, and Shannon Appelcline are the authors of the previous edition, iPhone and iPad in Action.


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Compendium of Evidence-Based Interventions and
Best Practices for HIV Prevention
Healthy Relationships
Intervention Description
Target Population
People living with HIV
Goal of Intervention
Reduce HIV-transmission risk behaviors
Brief Description
Healthy Relationships is a small-group, skills-based behavioral intervention for men and women living with HIV. The intervention focuses on skills building, self-efficacy, and positive expectations about new behaviors. Through group discussions, role plays, videos and skill-building exercises, the intervention helps persons living with HIV develop skills to cope with HIV-related stressors and risky sexual situations. Intervention sessions also enhance decision-making skills for self-disclosing HIV-serostatus to sex partners, and help participants develop and maintain safer sex practices. Participants receive personalized feedback about their own risk practices, and with the help of the intervention group, develop strategies to maintain satisfying relationships while protecting both themselves and their partners. Intervention sessions are conducted separately for men and women in groups of 6–10 participants.
Theoretic Basis
Social Cognitive Theory
Intervention Duration
Five 2-hour sessions, with 2 sessions delivered weekly for 2.5 weeks
Intervention Setting
Community AIDS service organization
One male and one female group facilitator, one of whom is an HIV-positive peer counselor
Delivery Methods
- Exercises
- Goal setting
- Group discussions
- Lectures
- Printed materials
- Role plays
- Video
Intervention Package InformationAn intervention package was developed with funding from CDC's Replicating Effective Programs (REP) Project. The intervention package and training are available through CDC's Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project.
Evaluation Study and Results
The original evaluation study was conducted in Atlanta, Georgia between 1997 and 1998. The study included a sample of 328 men and women living with HIV, 48% of whom had a high-school degree or less.
Key Intervention Effects
- Reduced unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse
- Fewer non-HIV+ sex partners
- Increased condom use
- Increased refusal of unsafe sex
Study Sample
- 74% African American; 22% White; 4% other
- 70% Male; 29% Female; 1% Transgender
- 52% homosexual; 39% heterosexual; 9% bisexual
- Mean age of 40 years
Recruitment Settings
AIDS services and infectious disease clinics
Eligibility Criteria
Men and women were considered eligible for the evaluation if they were living with HIV/AIDS and willing to complete the study activities.
Assignment Method
Participants were randomly assigned to either the Healthy Relationships intervention (n = 185) or to a health maintenance comparison intervention (n = 143).
Comparison Group
The health maintenance comparison intervention consisted of five 2-hour group sessions that included social support groups for people living with HIV. The sessions also provided informational updates on HIV disease, management of health problems, medication adherence, health care and health insurance concerns, and nutrition. Participants also developed personalized health maintenance plans.
Relevant Outcomes Measured and Follow-up Time
- Sexual risk behaviors during the prior 3 months (including number of sex partners; number of unprotected vaginal and anal sex acts; proportion of protected vaginal and anal sex acts; and having safer sex without disclosure of HIV status) were assessed at 3- and 6-month follow-ups.
- Refusal of unsafe sex during the prior 3 months was assessed at 3- and 6-month follow-ups.
Participant Retention
- Intervention:
81% retained at 3 months
79% retained at 6 months
- Comparison:
85% retained at 3 months
77% retained at 6 months
Significant Findings
- At both the 3- and 6-month follow-ups, participants in the Healthy Relationships intervention reported significantly fewer occasions of unprotected vaginal/anal sex with non-HIV+ partners than those in the comparison intervention.
- At the 6-month follow-up, intervention participants significantly reduced their total number of occasions of vaginal/anal sex and occasions of unprotected vaginal/anal sex, and reported fewer non-HIV+ partners than participants in the comparison group.
- Finally, intervention participants reported a significantly greater proportion of condom use for vaginal/anal sex and refusal of unsafe sexual practices at the 6-month follow-up than comparison group participants.
- The comparison group participants were unexpectedly, but significantly, more likely to have refused unsafe sexual practice at the 3-month follow-up. This finding was reversed at the 6-month follow-up.
References and Contact Information
- Kalichman, S.C., Rompa, D., Cage, M., et al. (2001). Effectiveness of an intervention to reduce HIV transmission risk in HIV-positive people. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21(2), 84–92.
- Kalichman, S.C., Rompa, D., Cage, M. (2005). Group intervention to reduce HIV transmission risk behavior among persons living with HIV-AIDS. Behavior Modification, 29(2), 256–285.
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Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing is an oasis of calm situated a mere 15km from Beijing's Forbidden City.
Beijing literally means 'northern capital' and is recognised as the political, educational, and cultural centre of the People's Republic of China. Beijing is one of the world's oldest cities dating back to the first millennium BC. It has been rebuilt several times throughout China's dynastic history. Today this renewal continues apace. A visit to Beijing offers travellers a kaleidoscope of Old and New. With the Forbidden City at its core, Beijing expands in concentric rings echoing a blueprint from the Ming Dynasty. Old Beijing is found in the temples, palaces and narrow alleyways within the city's second ring road, the original site of the long-demolished city walls. Around this historic centre, the modern city is a living showcase of contemporary China. Skyscrapers reach for the heavens and the city's rich culture is celebrated with a wealth of cultural and entertainment options, from traditional opera to fine dining on regional and international cuisine. Travel between Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing and the city centre takes around 30-45 minutes.
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By Len ButlerDallas Recruiting Station
DENTON, Texas, July 22, 2011 When Army Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Stone saw cars suddenly braking and swerving ahead of him on Interstate 35 East in Dallas, he knew something bad had just happened on the freeway he was driving on. In the minutes that followed, Stone pulled a victim from a burning vehicle.
Those actions that December day prompted Stone's commanding officer to nominate him for the Noncommissioned Officers Association of the United States of America Military Vanguard Award, presented annually to recognize acts of heroism.
Stone, 28, was driving an applicant through the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch to the Denton recruiting station when he saw the accident. Moving to the high-occupancy-vehicle lane, he got around the stopped cars and was able to see several vehicles had been involved in an accident, with one of them emitting flames and leaking gasoline.
"I was in the HOV lane and I saw the [burning] car facing oncoming traffic," Stone said. "I got out of my [government car] to go see if everyone was all right, and that's when I noticed the flames underneath the car. Then I noticed the dripping fluid, and I realized that sooner or later, that car was going to blow up."
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With flames all around the car, Stone grabbed the man by his arm and pulled him out. Another motorist came to Stone's aid and helped to pull the victim to safety. Almost immediately after Stone pulled the victim out of the burning vehicle, the car was engulfed in the flames. Moments later, the fire department and police arrived.
Stone learned later from the investigating police officer on the scene that the victim was in good condition at a hospital and was expected to recover.
Officer Susan Sharp, who was the investigating officer that day for the Farmers Branch Police Department, said Stone gave responders his recruiter business card and left the scene. Only after she compiled the statements from witnesses and drivers involved in the accident, who referred to Stone as "that Army guy," did she realize how crucial a role Stone played, she said.
"Had Sergeant Stone not extricated [the victim], he would have burned to death within a minute or two," Sharp said. "Stone didn't just save a life. He was the difference between a group of bystanders seeing a man rescued by one of America's heroic soldiers, versus seeing the man die a horrific death, burning right before their eyes."
Stone, an Iraq combat veteran, said his Army training played a crucial role in his actions in saving the man that day. The Iraq experience, he explained, helped in that he was much calmer because he had already had enough pressure-packed situations in Iraq.
"It just comes down to being at the right place at the right time," he said. "I'm just glad that somebody was able to continue their life, and I'm thankful that I was able to help someone in that capacity."
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Wow! This is an amazing story. Good job!. I would also like to share an article I read a few days ago. This article got my attention because it talks about a safety service that has access to 911. I've been looking for a safety solution that will allow me to immediately ask for help. Supposedly this one gives you a response from friends and family members, and if needed gets the emergency to 911. Here's where I found it: http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/tips/mobiletrec-safekids-052211.html If you want to see what they are talking about it's at http://safetrec.com/
- quinnSmith, Roseville
There can be no words to express our joy in learning the name of the man who pulled my grandson from the burning car back in December of 2010. In the seven months following this accident, my grandson has undergone emotional loss, physicial disability and depression. Just now he is getting his life back on track with a new job and less pain to his body. He and all of us have wanted to meet the hero who came forward to give my grandson another chance at life. When we all meet,( which I am sure we now will), it will be a most blessed time and a true healing time for my grandson. His birthday in September will mark his twenty-three years. It will also mark a life with a future.
This wonderful man, Sargent Stone, deserves every award and praise that can be bestoyed upon him . From a most grateful family, thank you for this notice.
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CLEMSON It has almost been a perfect offseason to date for Clemson football, almost.
After securing the services of offensive coordinator Chad Morris and quarterback Tajh Boyd for another season, Clemson wasnt able to make it a perfect 3-for-3 with its up-in-the-air assets for 2013, as receiver DeAndre Hopkins declared for the NFL Draft on Thursday.
Quarterback Tajh Boyd is returning in large part for legacy motivations as he was not in line for a seven-figure signing bonus.
Hopkins, a projected late first or second-round pick, is expected to earn a signing bonus well over one million dollars.
For reference, former South Carolina receiver Alshon Jeffery was selected in the middle of the second round last season, 45th overall, and took home a $1.74 million signing bonus. Bonuses are typically the only guaranteed dollars in NFL contracts.
After setting Clemson single-season records with receptions (82), yards (1,405) and touchdowns (18) in 2012, Hopkins might have reached his college ceiling.
Hopkins rarely met with the media throughout his career and announced his decision on Twitter, and Clemson later released a statement.
It is tough to leave because this is my home; this is the place I wanted to play since I came out of the womb, said Hopkins, a Central native. But I feel it is best for me and my family to take my talents to NFL at this time.
While Hopkins was one of the best receivers in program history, owning a rare combination of hands, body control and competitiveness, Clemsons offense should still operate at a high level in 2013.
Receiver is perhaps the deepest position on the Clemson roster. Sammy Watkins could bounce back to his 2011 form if he can remain healthy, and hell be motivated to perform well as he will be eligible for next years NFL Draft. Moreover, Hopkins departure will allow talented rising junior receivers like Martavis Bryant, Charone Peake and Adam Humphries more opportunities. Freshman Germone Hoppers has also received positive reviews.
The Clemson offense is also returning one of its best all-time quarterbacks in Boyd and four starting offensive linemen.
The offense will still be led by Morris, who interviewed for the Texas Tech and N.C. State head coach openings last month,
Hopkins departure is a significant loss, but returning two of three of its key offensive assets in question isnt a bad start to the offseason for Clemson.
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To the Government of the People's Republic of China
- China's leadership should publicly and unambiguously condemn chengguan assaults on and illegal detention of suspected administrative law violators, emphasizing that such malfeasance is illegal and announcing new measures to ensure rigorous investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution of chengguan officers believed responsible for such acts.
- The leadership should also establish an independent commission which includes representatives of the Public Security Bureau, the Chinese Communist Party's Political Legal Committee, and academics and lawyers familiar with problems in the regulation and operations of chengguan to assess chengguan performance and suggest further reforms. The merits and demerits of replacing the chengguan system with other mechanisms of urban administrative law enforcement should be among the topics addressed.
- The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) should consider creating an independent investigatory taskforce with the resources necessary to investigate and bring to account Public Security Bureau personnel complicit in chengguan abuses in Beijing and other cities.
- The State Council's Information Office should ensure that chengguan abuses are among the issues addressed in the government's pending National Human Rights Action Plan (2012-2015).[5]
To the Public Security Bureau
- The PSB should create a special unit dedicated to investigating criminal abuses perpetrated by chengguan officers. This special police unit should be given legal authority to conduct spot-checks on chengguan operations and have capacity to respond to reports of chengguan abuses whenever and wherever they occur. The authority of the police to intervene to halt chengguan abuses, however, should be general and not limited to a special unit.
- The PSB should create 24-hour telephone and internet hotlines for victims of chengguan abuses to report misconduct to the new police unit.
- The PSB should ensure that all victims of chengguan abuses receive appropriate medical and legal assistance and compensation for their losses.
- The PSB should also initiate a mass public education campaign on the legal rights of street vendors, including their right not to be physically abused or illegally detained by chengguan officers, even when they lack vending permits. Campaign targets should include police, chengguan, and all public security forces, reminding them of their obligations to protect the rights of all persons, including street vendors, and the potentially severe legal penalties that abuse of those rights entails.
To Provincial, Autonomous Region, and Municipal Governments in China with Chengguan Enforcement Organs
- Publicly and unambiguously condemn chengguan assaults on and illegal detention of suspected administrative law violators, emphasizing that such malfeasance is illegal and announcing new measures to ensure rigorous investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution of chengguan officers believed responsible for such acts.
- Educate chengguan officers in the rights of all people, including street vendors, and the potentially severe legal penalties that abuse of those rights entails. Ensure that all chengguan training includes components on human rights and the illegality of torture, assault, illegal detention, and extortion.
- Review personnel records of existing chengguan officers and ensure that any who have been implicated in illegal detention, assault, or other abuses are suspended from active duty while allegations against them are fully investigated. In cases where there is evidence of potentially criminal conduct, records should be shared with police to facilitate investigation and possible criminal prosecution.
To Governments and International Bodies Funding Chinese Legal Reform or Concerned with Human Rights in China, including the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank
- Express strong concerns to Chinese officials about chengguan abuses, emphasizing that those abuses violate both Chinese and international law, that perpetrators should be punished, and that victims should be provided with reasonable compensation.
- Raise chengguan abuses with Chinese authorities in legal reform and security sector training programs, including relevant educational initiatives.
[5] "China to map out 2nd action plan on human rights," China Daily, (Beijing), September 28, 2011, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-09/28/content_13813529.htm (accessed October 23, 2011).


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Georgia state Rep. Scott Holcomb says he is considering running for his state's open Senate seat in 2014, even as the Peach State's Democratic Party brass tries to narrow down the field to a single candidate.
"It's fair to say that I'm thinking about it, and that's largely a function of many people calling me and encouraging me to think about it," Holcomb said, adding that a race against Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is also under consideration. "My background as a military veteran and also someone who understands business and can talk with business owners and the business community, many people think that might be an advantage in a statewide race."
Though only in his second term in the legislature, Holcomb is considered a rising star in the state party and has been mentioned as a potential contender by several Democratic strategists and consultants. Many cited his appeal to Republicans and independents, which helped him to pull in 56 percent of the vote in his reelection last year, even after Republicans drew him into a much more difficult district. He has also run statewide before, losing in a Democratic primary for secretary of State in 2006. Holcomb even grabbed some national attention last year after he filed a bill mandating drug tests for lawmakers, in response to Republicans' push for testing welfare recipients.
But party leaders and consultants are meeting behind the scenes in an attempt to narrow down the field of Senate candidates and avoid a primary altogether, according to several reports and strategists familiar with the meetings. State party chairman Mike Berlon is the driving force behind them, arguing that the party has lost winnable races in the past due to bruising intra-party fights. Some Democrats are skeptical that he has the power to bring potential candidates to an agreement, while others, including Holcomb, are worried about the optics of a backroom deal. "I think in terms of us winning, it's the best process. But there is something unsettling about having what may be perceived about background conversations," Holcomb said.
The current frontrunners for the Democratic nomination to replace retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss, according to strategists, are Rep. John Barrow and Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn. The two are reportedly set to meet to discuss which of them will run, but one Democratic consultant said that Nunn's allies have been putting out word that she may enter the race regardless of Barrow's intentions. Strategists warn that the younger Nunn has put out feelers on a Senate race several times before, only to ultimately pass. And with no electoral history, Nunn won't scare off primary opponents the way Barrow would.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Steve Israel said in March that he expects Barrow to run for reelection, rather than mount a Senate candidacy. Running statewide would have its advantages, however: Barrow's district is contested every cycle and is actually more Republican-leaning than the state at large. "Eventually he's going to get a good opponent [for his House seat]," said one Democratic strategist. "Why not take the shot up the chain, if you're living a sort of cliff-hanger existence?"
Barrow is much more conservative than the other candidates being mentioned for the race -- including Rep. Sanford Bishop (D), former Sen. Max Cleland and former state Attorney General Thurbert Baker, who ran for governor in 2010 -- and is viewed coolly by many of the party faithful. But his fundraising ability and name recognition have Democrats saying they'll grit their teeth and get behind him should he run.
The race is moving much more slowly for Democrats than for Republicans. Most Democratic strategists and consultants say no Democrat appears anywhere near an announcement, while Rep. Jack Kingston is likely to become the third declared candidate on the Republican side tomorrow. Holcomb, who is getting his MBA at the University of Georgia, in addition to working as a legislator and attorney, said he likely won't make a decision until the summer. "The good news is there is not a real rush right now" with no other candidates moving towards a bid, Holcomb said.
Democrats are encouraged about their prospects for picking up the seat due to demographic changes, with the state's Hispanic and African-American populations continuing to boom. The number of white registered voters in the state dropped from 63 percent in 2008, to 59 percent in 2012, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But strategists privately admit that it may be too soon to cash in on those changes.
Holcomb said he is taking that into consideration, noting that the advantage of running in 2014 is that a Democrat may be able to avoid a primary altogether because the demographics aren't quite there yet. But by 2018, when Democrats will have a much better shot at a possible open-seat race for governor, all bets are off.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article misidentified state Democratic chairman Mike Berlon and the number of percentage of white registered voters.
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GURNEE — It's back-to-school time, and children and their parents are invited to attend a special kids' night from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Rainforest Cafe in Gurnee Mills. Children will eat for just $2.99 with the purchase of an adult entrée. But there's much more to this event than a great meal deal.
The Volo Auto Museum is among sponsors coordinating a truly memorable family evening. The back-to-school fest and kids' night will feature a magician, balloon twisting, face painting, games, raffles, temporary tats, crafts and more, said Brian Grams, Volo Auto Museum director.
"We will be bringing Tow Mater from Disney's 'Cars,'" he said. "Mater is a huge fan favorite in our new Cars in Wonderland exhibit."
Event sponsors also include Build-A-Bear, La Petite Academy of Round Lake, Pump it Up Gurnee, Toys R Us, Rink Side Sports and the girls' clothing store Justice. Children can meet Build-A-Bear's Bearemy, Rink Side's Snowflake, Geoffrey from Toys R Us, and Cha Cha the Tree Frog from Rainforest Cafe.
This Rainforest Cafe location is within the Gurnee Mills mall, 6170 Grand Ave., Gurnee. A wild place to shop and eat, Rainforest Cafe caters to kids, offering a child-friendly menu against an exciting rainforest backdrop.
Grams said Volo Auto Museum is happy to play a role in the kids' night fun.
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WAVERLY — One of the best throwers in the state of Ohio and in the country will not be going far to showcase his talents collegiately.
Waverly senior Dylan Dyke, who is ranked second in the nation in the shot put and fifth in the weight throw, signed his National Letter of Intent Wednesday morning to join the Ohio State track and field team. Dyke, who captured the 2012 OHSAA Division II State Championship in the shot put and finished sixth in the discus, selected the Buckeyes over Washington, Michigan and Indiana.
He has been told there are no plans to redshirt him in his first year in Columbus.
"It's probably the biggest day in my life so far," Dyke said. "It was hard to sign, I was shaking so bad."
A number of factors drew Dyke to Ohio State, who will come to Columbus with an undeclared major. The first he mentioned was the coaching staff that has a focus on total body strength. Assistant coach Ross Richardson will be handling the throwers at OSU and has mentored 11 All-Americans throughout his career.
Familiarity at the school also influenced Dyke to his decision. The state track and field meet is held annually at Ohio State facilities and Dyke has competed in the meet the previous two springs.
"I just felt at home," Dyke said. "As soon as I got up there and they started showing me campus, I could just feel that I wanted to be there for four more years."
When Dyke was a sophomore, he started receiving interest from schools during the state meet and kept in contact through social media. It was the step he felt he could parlay into something bigger.
"Well, maybe if I can keep throwing better, maybe I'll start getting some more attention and getting to go to more places," Dyke said.
Entering his final season for the Tigers, Dyke's personal records of 64 feet in the shot put — which he threw earlier this year at a meet held at the University of Findlay — 71 feet, 10 inches in the weight throw, 178 feet in the hammer and 175 feet, one inch in the discus. He has goals of setting the indoor and outdoor state meet records for the shot put and the school record in the discus by the time he graduates.
Dyke's primary event will be the shot put and will have to make the transition from the 12-pound ball that is used in high school to the 16-pound ball in college. Adjusting to the weight will include bulking up.
"All of your great shot putters are almost benching 500 pounds and squatting 700," Dyke said. "We've still got a ways to go and that's the big part right now, getting stronger."
Dyke credits Josh Hobbs as his strength coach, his father John Dyke and Bill Maloy as his throwing coaches. One of the next big meets for Dyke is one in New York before the outdoor season begins.
Waverly track coach Byron Green felt it was a special day not only for the school but also for the region. With less than four years until Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosts the next summer Olympics, Green has faith that Dyke could be participating.
"He's capable of that caliber I believe," Green said.
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"We've got to focus on this year first," Green said.
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First a friend, then a foe
Onondagas say Ephraim Webster betrayed them in treaties with state
Friday, August 11, 2000 Mike McAndrewFor three decades, the Onondagas trusted and relied on Ephraim Webster more than any other white man. The first white person to permanently settle in what became Onondaga County, Webster spoke the Onondaga language, married an Onondaga woman, fathered an Onondaga leader, dressed like an Indian, and made a living trading goods with them.
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He was a translator at three treaties in which the Onondagas sold the state about 70,000 acres. The Onondagas liked Webster so much that they pestered New York's governor to give him a square mile of land from territory they sold to the state. They wanted Webster to live near them.
Even after Webster left his Indian wife and married a white teen-ager, he remained on good terms with the Onondagas.
But in 1817, the trust was broken.
Webster was the state's agent and translator for the Onondagas that year when they sold land to New York.
The treaty the Onondagas signed also required they give Webster a present - 300 acres of their shrinking territory.
Disagreements over the 300 acres prompted the Onondagas to accuse their friend of betraying them. "We are determined not to have any further dealings with him," Onondaga chiefs wrote New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton. "How can we trust a man as agent when we believe he has very often deceived us?" When Webster died, he left the 300 acres and all of his possessions to his second wife and his white children, and nothing to his Onondaga son.
"He married an Onondaga woman," said Oren Lyons, a faithkeeper in the Onondaga Nation. "But he had an eye to the land."
The Onondagas are preparing to sue New York over ownership of 70,000 acres - which includes nearly all of the city of Syracuse - that the state acquired in treaties.
The Onondagas claim New York violated a 1790 federal law by buying land from Indian nations without obtaining the federal government's approval.
The 300 acres Webster obtained from the Onondagas is less than half of 1 percent of the 70,000 acre claim area.
But to the Onondagas, that missing chunk is a constant reminder of the injustices allegedly committed by New York and its pioneers.
"It's a symbol that even your closest white friend - or who you thought was your closest white friend - that even they betray you," said Robert Venables, an associate professor in Cornell University's American Indian Program.
Living with Onondagas
Raised in New Hampshire, Webster served as a teen-ager in George Washington's Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
At 24, he came to Onondaga Hollow in 1786 to trade with the Onondagas. He built a trading house on the east bank of Onondaga Creek, near where it empties into Onondaga Lake.
A chief named Kahiktoton married Webster to an Onondaga woman known as "One-Eyed Nancy" on the banks of the Onondaga Creek, according to an 1837 account given by Catherine Farmer, an Onondaga.
Farmer said smallpox robbed Nancy of sight in one eye.
Pioneer Calvin Jackson wrote of meeting up with Webster, his one-eyed Native American wife and their son near Onondaga Lake.
He "was dressed in Indian costume and painted and a jewel in his nose and ears," Jackson said.
In 1793, Webster worked as a translator at treaty talks between the Onondagas and New York.
The day the treaty was signed, eight Onondagas, including the chief Kahiktoton, marked Xs on a deed giving land on Onondaga Creek's west bank to New York with instructions that the state give the land to Webster. The deed indicates the land was a gift in return for Webster's services as an interpreter.
Webster "is considered a person of good character among (the Onondagas) and has always conducted himself in a manner friendly to the state," wrote the state's treaty negotiators, Simeon DeWitt and John Cantine.
The Onondagas sent Clinton a letter in 1794 reminding him they expected the state to deed to Webster the land.
"It will be very bad to have the white people that we are acquainted with to go away and strangers come that we cannot speak with ..." the Onondagas' letter said.
Shortly after that, the state deeded to Webster as "a free and voluntary gift" a total of one square mile that it had acquired from the Onondagas.
"In a communal society like the Onondagas, every gift carries an obligation," said Venables, who has done research for the Onondagas. "Giving a gift (of land) was cementing this guy into their community. They think he's going to be associated with their community. I don't think they think he will be alienating the land from their community."
But in 1796, just months after Webster received legal title to the square mile, he married a white teen-ager, Hannah Danks.
Webster and his second wife built a house in the square mile on what is now the banks of Webster's Pond in Syracuse's Valley section. They had five children together.
Historians have written conflicting accounts of what became of Webster's Onondaga wife, ranging from him tricking her into getting drunk so he could divorce her to her simply dying.
Webster sold off most of the square mile in small chunks for $9,000.
Onondaga Nation Chief Irving Powless believes his ancestors would have expected the land to be returned to the nation's after Webster's death.
"In our concept, we give you a parcel of land to use, but with the understanding that we are going to use it also. Because the land was for everyone," Powless said. "The idea isn't that we give it to you and you can put up a fence around it, and then sell it."
Staying friendly
In 1798, Webster was elected the first supervisor of the town of Onondaga.
Even after Webster rejoined white society, he apparently enjoyed a good relationship with the Onondagas.
Gov. Daniel Tompkins told the Assembly in 1811 that the state needed to appoint an agent to live with the Onondagas because of the "numerous and unprovoked trespasses and injuries which evil-minded white persons commit upon the property and persons of those inoffensive Indians."
The legislature appointed Webster to the job.
When the War of 1812 began, Webster wrote to President James Madison on behalf of the Onondaga chiefs. The chiefs wanted to know if Madison wanted Onondaga warriors to fight for America.
Webster and several hundred Onondagas, including his son, Harry, fought in two battles for the United States against British troops and their Indian allies, which included Onondagas who were living in Canada.
In 1817, Webster interpreted at a treaty between the Onondagas and New York that was negotiated in Albany. The Onondagas sold the state 4,000 acres on the east side of their reservation for $1,000 and annual payments of $430 and 50 bushels of salt. The treaty also gave Webster the 300 acres.
Webster had been leasing the 300 acres from the Onondagas for 10 years prior to the treaty.
Sour note
Soon after, Webster's relationship with the Onondagas soured.
In March 1819, 23 Onondaga chiefs and warriors signed a letter to Gov. DeWitt Clinton asking the state to remove Webster as their agent.
We "believe that we have been deceived by him, and that he does not attend to our concerns as he ought to do," the Onondagas said. "Although our dispute with the said Webster respecting the three hundred acres of land conveyed by us to him and our saw mill is settled, still the misunderstanding between us is such that we think he cannot be useful to us as our agent and that we are determined not to have any further dealings with him."
The Onondagas and Webster settled their dispute with Webster surrendering ownership of a saw mill on the Onondagas' land. In return, the Onondagas agreed not to pursue any claims they had against him. Gov. Clinton told the assembly the Onondagas wanted to replace Webster as their agent, but the legislature apparently did not.
In 1822, Webster interpreted at the last treaty with New York in which the Onondagas sold 800 acres off the southern end of their reservation for a one-time payment of $1,700.
That left the Onondagas with 7,300 acres - the size of their territory today.
Inheritance sought
At 62, Webster died in 1824 at the Seneca Indian reservation at Tonawanda.
His will left all of his possessions to his second wife, Hannah and to their white children. Some of the children lived on the 300 acres until at least the late 1800s.
Nothing was left to Harry Webster, the Onondaga son.
After Webster's white wife died, Harry Webster went to court in April 1837 for a share of the land inherited by his white step-siblings, according to a 1962 Onondaga Historical Association bulletin. The bulletin said Harry Webster lost.
Harry Webster became the tadadaho - the spiritual leader of the Iroquois Confederacy - before he died in 1864.
Harry's connection to Ephraim Webster continued to be argued for decades after both had been buried. In a letter to the Syracuse Herald in 1899, Orris D. Webster, a white descendant of Ephraim Webster, insisted Ephraim did not father any Onondaga children. He said Harry's was a bogus lawsuit financed by his supporters.
"They started a suit in this county, and kept it in the courts for three years and searched the county for anyone to swear on their side," Orris Webster wrote. "They were beaten, lost their money and their case."
Today, the Onondaga Nation is hoping for better results than Harry Webster achieved.
Powless pledged the Onondagas will not evict homeowners as part of a land claim. He said the Onondagas will ask New York to give them an undetermined amount of land.
Onondaga chiefs have not identified what land the nation wants.
Given the history between Onondagas and New Yorkers, it would be fitting if the nation could recover some of the land Ephraim Webster acquired, said Dorothy Webster, an Onondaga clan mother who says she is Ephraim's great-great-great granddaughter.
"My mother and father always told me the land was taken illegally," Dorothy Webster said. "We never gave away anything."
Ephraim Webster
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