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Arkansas is poised to join a majority of other states, including Ohio, that allow concealed handguns in churches and other houses of worship. Legislation passed by the Arkansas House and Senate last week is now on the desk of Gov. Mike Beebe, who has said he will sign the bill.
Among the 49 states that allow concealed handguns, Arkansas and nine others currently have specific prohibitions against taking the guns into churches.
In Ohio it's up to individual houses of worship whether or not to allow concealed handguns inside their facilities.
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Members of Marietta's First Congregational Church leave the building following services Sunday morning. The church has signs posted inside asking anyone with a concealed-carry handgun permit to leave guns outside the institution.
"If a sign is posted that no handguns are allowed, they cannot be brought into the church-otherwise, people with proper concealed-carry licenses can take their guns inside," said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks.
He said area church boards should consider the issue and decide what's best for their institutions.
Pastor Linda Steelman said signs are up at the First Congregational Church in Marietta.
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Both houses of the Arkansas legislature have approved a bill that allows concealed handguns in churches and other houses of worship.
The legislation is expected to be signed by Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe soon.
Among the 49 states that allow concealed handguns, Arkansas is one of 10 that specifically prohibit the guns in churches.
In Ohio allowing concealed handguns in churches is left up to the individual institutions that may post signs if they want concealed handguns left outside the building.
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"It's never been an issue here. We have signs posted, asking people not to bring guns into the church," she said. "We just ask people, out of respect for a place of peace, to leave the weapons in their cars, outside of the church."
Steelman said she knows some church members do have concealed-carry permits, but they've never complained about the signs.
Waterford Church of the Nazarene Pastor Karl Kesselring said the issue of properly-permitted concealed handguns being brought into the facility has been discussed, but the church has no signs prohibiting people from carrying their guns inside.
"We do have some folks, including law officers, who have concealed-carry permits, but it's never been an issue, and we've never had to establish a public policy about allowing them to carry concealed guns in the church," he said.
But Kesselring said he expects in the future more churches will be developing official statements pertaining to their stance on allowing guns inside those institutions.
Roger Edwards, 50, of New Matamoras, a concealed-carry permit holder, said there should be little concern about a properly-permitted handgun owner carrying his gun into a church.
"I have my permit, but had to take a 12-hour class of instruction on how to handle a gun, as well as classes on shooting, and then underwent a thorough background check before I could even get that permit," he said. "Legal concealed-carry permit holders are also law-abiding citizens. So I have no problem carrying my gun in church or anywhere."
Edwards said he doesn't carry a handgun with expectations of having to shoot someone.
"That thought never even crosses my mind," he said. "I've taken the training and went through the proper channels to obtain a concealed-carry handgun permit, so I see it as a legal right to do so."
But when he sees signs on churches or businesses asking people not to carry their concealed guns inside, Edwards said he has no problem complying with the request.
"You go to church for one reason-if you're there for that reason, it shouldn't make any difference whether you're carrying a concealed gun or not," he added.
Edwards also noted that those carrying concealed firearms illegally aren't likely to be deterred by a sign asking them not to bring a gun into the church.
One case in point is an East St. Louis, Ill., church whose congregants were robbed by three armed men Jan. 27 during Sunday services. According to an Associated Press report, one of the three men held a gun to the pastor's head and ordered the congregation to the floor. Twelve victims had cash, wallets, rings and cellphones stolen. All three suspects were arrested and jailed Friday on charges of armed robbery.
Seventeen-year-old Emilia Jacobs of Marietta said a legal concealed-carry permit holder with a gun could be a potential deterrent in such circumstances.
"I believe people should be able to carry a concealed handgun if they have gone through the legal process and obtained the proper paperwork," she said. "It could be a way to protect a church."
But 75-year-old Shirley E. Sayres of Marietta doesn't see why anyone should have to carry a concealed handgun-especially in church.
"They shouldn't have a gun at all," she said. "If someone's out hunting, that's different."
Her daughter, Barbara Sayres, 49, agreed.
"The only people who should have concealed handguns are police officers," she said.
Sam McCauley, 53, of Marietta, is a gun owner who said he may consider obtaining a concealed-carry permit.
"But personally I never would take a gun into a church," he said. "And if I did take one, I would be leaving it in my car."


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Businesses are not philanthropists. They are not, intentionally, educators or evangelists for ideologies. However, from time to time their business models just happen to coincide with their more idealistic customers own interests. Asus is one such company.
When they launched the little EeePC they could scarcely have imagined the extraordinary reaction it would cause. They say that any publicity is good publicity but the reaction to the two pound wonder was almost universally favourable. It was hot. I mean nuclear hot. And it was GNU/Linux.
The net was humming with praise, enthusiasm and replete with hagiographic articles drooling with admiring screenshots. I was one the EeePC groupies too. An EeePC slut. I liked it so much that, like Victor Kiam, I bought one. Hell, I couldn't contain myself. I joined the drooling throng and penned four articles on this ultra portable laptop computer. The praise was mostly unstinting and the lust for the little machine was positively Gadarene.
Yes, there were niggling reservations: Xandros was the installed default distro of choice--but this company, like Novell, had entered into an agreement with Microsoft and they played silly buggers with the Kernel before a torrent of complaints caused them to release the source code. Then there was the matter of the sanctity of the GPL. In the first flush of enthusiasm it was possible to put a peg on our noses, avert our gaze and wax lyrical about the little beast. The Asus EeePC is one of the few purchases I have made that did not induce the classical post-purchase "buyers' remorse" syndrome. However, all is not mimsy in the borogroves, as Lewis Carroll would say.
Asus at least give the appearance that free software operating systems are being quietly shunted onto the back burner
Window shopping on the digital mall I stumbled across a report about the Computex 2008 show in Japan which reported that the Asus stand was being very coy about advertising GNU/Linux. (Sorry, I can't give you the link. I was in live CD mode at the time, so I emailed the link to myself but it all went pear shaped.) In fact you would have been hard pushed to see any reference to it at all. Windows was a different matter altogether. There was plenty of promotional material suggesting that things go better with Windows on the EeePC. Leaving aside the technical improvements to the latest EeePC models, including the bigger nine inch screen and the Intel "Diamonville" Atom processor, Asus at least give the appearance that free software operating systems are being quietly shunted onto the back burner.
This raises a rather cynical question. Was Asus simply using GNU/Linux as a lure to get a cheap foothold in the micro market and tempt Microsoft by the stunning sales figures? After all, Microsoft has reputedly reprieved Windows XP as it wants to get a share of this lucrative market too and it knows that Vista is having problems running well on conventional laptops and will therefore have problems running well on lower spec'd machines like the EeePC. Well, Asus is a business too and it will partner with whatever operating system shifts most product. They know that the overwhelming majority of private computer users are, by inertia, indifference, and technical and political ignorance, Windows users. That, presumably, is why Asus told Zdnet that sixty percent of all EeePCs shipped in 2008 would come with Windows XP preinstalled; and Microsoft have not been shy in admitting that the purpose is to position itself to "get into the next ten billion consumer market". Of course, that is not the same as market share. Sixty percent of EeePCs with Windows XP pre installed is not the same as selling that sixty percent. If GNU/Linux has carved out a popular niche for itself on the EeePC, new users and upgraders may stick with free software and Asus may not shift as many Windows XP machines. If that turned out to be the case Asus would be compelled to persist with GNU/Linux to meet consumer demand. Perhaps.
What next? Will the CEO of Asus wake up in the morning and find a horse's head in his bed? Will Bill and Steve make them an offer they can't refuse?
It's not as bad as it looks
Pitching your product at the biggest market does make sense. Here be profits. It is unreasonable to expect a business to disinterestedly promote software for reasons of principle or Evangelical piety and purity. Nevertheless, it would be rather galling to see software released under the GPL licence being using to establish a foothold in a new and emerging market only to have a kind of corporate raider/asset stripper step it and hoover up the fruits of all the initial hard work. Bill Gates may not be Gordon Gecko but clearly greed is good. Greed is right. I have no gripe with honest profit but parasitic profit annoys me. Really. (This is not dissimilar to the situation of GNU/Linux software being ported for cross platform use on Windows and Apple, Firefox and OpenOffice chief amongst them. Many argue that this tactic aimed at enticing users away from proprietary operating systems by giving them a "taster" of what free software has to offer can backfire because it is bagged but without much reciprocation, and more importantly, it fails to entice sufficient numbers of users to GNU/Linux.)
If the responses to reports on Zdnet are to be believed, Asus got a call from "a high placed and distinctly unhappy member of the Microsoft family" reminding them that "nasty thing happen" to people who don't take their "protection". What next? Will the CEO of Asus wake up in the morning and find a horse's head in his bed? Will Bill and Steve make them an offer they can't refuse?
The good news however is that Asus seems to be ploughing on with developments that are not entirely Windows centric. As I mentioned in the last of the four-part series on the EeePC they have released an SDK for the machine for developing software. More recently, Asus has developed Splashtop (dubbed "Express Gateway") to be embedded into all their motherboards (including those for EeePC models?). This allows for an almost instantaneous loading of a PC. It is composed of a proprietary OS running from the BIOS and a Linux stack on top of which the applications run. On 1st July the 901 and the 1000 EeePCs series will be released and both versions will come with a choice of GNU/Linux and Windows. So, it looks like Asus is not going out of its way to publically antagonize Microsoft whilst quietly proceeding with a binary policy of offering customers operating system choice across a range of hardware specifications. I would be happier if the playing field were level, that Asus didn't ship with sixty percent of machines with Windows XP pre installed.
It seems that GNU/Linux needs to be an underground success before it becomes - a success
Too many bottles, too few corks
The astounding success of the EeePC has been a shot in the arm for all lovers and supporters of GNU/Linux. It has thrilled everybody. However, it encapsulates the classic conundrum (or Catch 22) of GNU/Linux. When it comes preinstalled on machines like the EeePC it attracts interest like sharks in a feeding frenzy and Microsoft clamour for a piece of the action and start muscling in with bribes, threats and FUD. Exit GNU/Linux stage left. It seems that it needs to be an underground success before it becomes--a success. If it stays "underground" to avoid attracting attention to itself it just leaves the field open to the proprietary competition. It looks like a no win situation but that is only true if you view the position statically.
Hardware and software development is a constantly moving target. Asus might be hoist with the petard of its initial success but that very success has led to the equivalent of a nuclear chain reaction--and it is unstoppable. If Asus falter and cave in to proprietary pressure there are many others eager and willing to step up to the mark: Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, HP Mini-Note, Dell E series--and they all offer free software solutions out of the box. It would take some very nimble footwork for Microsoft to manage or contain the threat offered by this Hydra-headed profusion of free software choice. I don't believe they can do it.
The genie is truly out of the bottle. Microsoft is just trying to put the cork back in. Well, let it
I started this article wondering and worrying that Asus were back sliding on GNU/Linux but I am inclined to conclude on a note of cautious optimism. The debut of the ultra portable laptops is what physicists would call a phase shift and that shift is changing some of the ground rules and, coincidentally, giving hardware vendors--perhaps for the first time--the ability to resist the siren lure of Microsoft. What really frightens Redmond is the thought and prospect that they can be done without after all. Even if Asus start to succumb to the threats or blandishments of Microsoft, the truth is that the emergence of the EeePC has led to a rash of clones and self-styled "EeePC killers"--and they all run GNU/Linux. The genie is truly out of the bottle. Microsoft is just trying to put the cork back in. Well, let it. There are too many bottles out there and they don't have enough corks. Cheers and bottoms up!
What we can do to help Asus put more Linux PCs on the market
Thank you for brining the light into this subject. Its quite unfortunate to see that someone is getting "a free ride on [Linux] tail, mate" if we use Gordon Gecko's vocabulary and not admitting the part of EeePC success to FOSS phenomenon.
Of course, it's quite natural and expected to see the corporate clout to prevail in situations such as these. It comes as no surprise to someone who follows closely or knows MS tactics.
I believe what we can do in these situations is to help organizations, such as public libraries, schools, nonprofits and small businesses to order computers with Linux option pre-installed and help change the demand for Asus. Asus is put in a very tough spot, it is also a corporation and belongs to the group tightly controlled by Intel and MS. Going against this powerful couple can lead to big financial losses and unnecessary legal trouble for the computer manufacturer. Shareholders will not like it despite all the effort and drive that the management and engineers put in the FOSS support. However, shareholders can not say "no" to something that market demands and that is where IT professionals and IT decision makers can help. Help to generate demand for Linux Asus PCs.
We also should support companies and buy their products, like Zonbu, who openly advertises the fact that they use Linux and other open source software, such as OpenOffice.org. Make it difficult and costly for PC makers to ignore the Linux.
The corporate business may be tough, but Asus still should give some credit to Linux and put a more serious effort on disclosing this on their websites and in their campaigns. Nothing wrong with giving consumers a choice and providing an objective comparison feature matrix as many car makers do on their websites.
Finally, enthusiasts and organizations (such as Linux Foundation)that support FOSS, should also help promote FOSS-based products. Put online a few consumer information websites and educate the end-users. I know it may be too much for many consumers out there, but little by little the word of mouth will take its tall and the seed will turn into a larger tree of FOSS consumers.
millions of embedded Linux mobo's
I agree with the tone of the article because we have seen how even the once revered OLPC turned their back on GNU-Linux when Microsoft came calling with their 7 year old PREVIOUS OS.
It was a legitimate worry.
But the Splashtop technology Asus will be using is hard to push aside like which OS will come pre-loaded.
Every Asus motherboard and a few laptop series will come with Splashtop's instant on technology. That's millions of motherboards every month that will come with embedded Linux.
There is a good chunk of the Windows using public that will live in the Linux section (for those that dont know: the progs are Firefox, Skype, Pidgin (for IM) and a photo viewer) and almost never go into the main OS.
THAT is going to be huge.
Its unfortunate that the tech media barely acknowledged this even though we geeks have been whining for two decades about slow boot times.
As my friend Mike said: "Splashtop isnt the promised land (Charlize Theron) but its damn close to it (Ali Larter)".
Asus is a bit of a mystery to me... I dont understand why they would price themselves in the 600$ range for their 9inch versions of the EEE.
But on the other hand, their small EEEBox at 269$ which looks like a Wii will fit in nicely in the living room. (the EEEBox will come with Splashtop)
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Great comment. I too wonder about the lack of GNU+Linux as a front page option for these computers. How ever I think that these OEMs should be given some credit as well. Both the original post author and the commenter state that.
What is more is that I would expect the commercial distributions to be doing some adversing them selves. The blame does not all belong to the OEMs. Zero dollars are as of now spent by the distributions on advertising to the Microsoft or Apple crowd.

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EDINBURG, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Baseball team split a pair of games on Tuesday, winning 4-2 over Texas – Pan American in the first game of the day, while falling 9-8 against the Broncs in the nightcap at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.
The Islanders (25-20) got a three-run home run by Jordan Lee, his first of the year, in game one that turned out to be the game winner, and Jacob Dorris came on to get his 10th save of the season, while Seth Horton picked up his first win of the season. Dorris was not as fortunate in game two, coming on in the ninth, but giving up two unearned runs as UTPA won 9-8 on a walk-off single.
Adam Hoelscher pitched a brilliant 5.0 innings in game two, shutting down UTPA after they scored seven runs in the first three innings, before giving way to Franco Pace with two outs in the eighth. Hoelscher allowed just two hits over the five innings while walking one and striking out one.
Game one saw the Islanders fall behind by a 1-0 score in the third inning, and it would last until the top of the fifth when they knotted it at 1-1.
Stafford Brantley started the inning off with a one-out single and then stole second base. After the second out was recorded, Kyle Danford came up with an RBI single through left side to even the score at 1-1.
UTPA regained the lead at 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Islanders would take the final lead in the top of the eighth.
Cody Stephens singled up the middle to lead things off, and Jonathan Gonzales singled to right to move Stephens to second. Brad Porras followed with what was nearly an inning-ending double play, but a bobble on the turn allowed the inning to continue, with just Gonzales being forced at second for out number two.
The Islanders then tried to run the delay steal play twice, with Porras missing the sign the first time, and then Lee fouling the next pitch off, so the play was taken off and Lee was just told to swing away. That is just what he did, drilling a pitch down the right field line and hitting the fair/foul pole for a three-run home run to make it a 4-2 lead.
That score would hold up, as Dorris came on in the ninth and closed it out for his 10th save to become the first player in Islanders history to record double-digit saves in a season.
Game two started out badly for the Islanders, giving up two runs in the first, two in the second and three in the third before Hoelscher came on to get the final out. From there he shutdown the Broncs, giving up no runs and just two hits over the course of the next five innings as the Islanders would take the lead.
They score two runs in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 7-2, and then they plated six runs on six hits in the fifth to take a slim 8-7 lead.
Hoelscher continued to make it stand up, going all the way until two outs in the bottom of the eighth, giving way to Pace for the final out of the inning.
Dorris came on once again in the ninth, but this time the Islanders were not as fortunate. He allowed two walks and one hit, with the tying run scoring on a wild pitch with the bases loaded, and then an RBI single ended the game at 9-8. Both runs were unearned, as a one-out error allowed a batter to reach base and go on to score the eventual winning run.
Next up for the Islanders will be a three-game Southland Conference series this weekend at Chapman Field. It will be the first three of six straight games for the Islanders in the final two home weekends of the year. First pitch against McNeese State is set for 6 p.m. on Friday night.
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They were followed by Yerington, Sage Ridge and Hawthorne, none of which had enough golfers to record a team score.
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Republican Wright McLeod is asking for a recount in his loss to Rick Allen. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Allen has 26 percent of the vote with 15,438 votes. McLeod has 25 percent of the vote with 14,854 votes. There is a difference of just 584 votes.
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"Since last Tuesday, I have been overwhelmed by the encouragement that has resonated from supporters throughout the 12th District. Your message has been clear: Don't give up! Our campaign has been awaiting the Secretary of State's official certification of the July 31, 2012 primary so that we would have the best idea of how to proceed. No matter what, we don't want to lose the ultimate goal -- which is to beat John Barrow in November.
Last night, the final numbers posted, and we have remained within 1 percent of our nearest competitor. We have requested that Secretary of State Brian Kemp conduct a recount to ensure that the numbers are accurate.
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Right now, Allen will challenge Lee Anderson in the runoff on Aug. 21. Maria Sheffield, who came in last in the 12th Congressional Race, has endorsed Anderson in the runoff.
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A woman was shot nine times in front of a cheering crowd in Afghanistan in what was called "an honor killing." The Taliban soldiers present in the video had allegedly had some kind of "dispute" with the woman, and, according to the governor of the province, Abdul Basir Salangi, accused her of adultery "in order to save face."
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In Their Own Words – I Want to Have a Party!
This "In Their Own Words" essay was submitted by Edwinna McHale, who has a son with autism.
My son asked a question today! But, you might ask, why is that such a big deal? Every three year old asks questions, don't they? They just drive you nuts with questions, don't they?
Of course they do, but my child is 13. Never before today had he asked a question just to get information. Not, at least, without a monumental amount of effort, prompting and scripting. Today, as we were repeatedly circling the parking lot trying to find a space close enough to the clinic door, with the irritation that can only be a boy of 13 who has lost patience, he asked me "Why are we driving around in circles?"
And now I want to have a party! When you walk the autism road, you celebrate the smallest accomplishments. Sometimes, they are the only kind of accomplishments you have to celebrate.
Tommy learned early on, how to ask questions to get things he wants – like asking for food. But, most three-year-olds start to look for information. Why do things work this way? Who is that person? Where are they going? When will we get there? What are you doing? Until today, the only spontaneous questions my son has ever asked was when he wants something. "Mom, may I have a Diet Coke, please?" "Mom, can we go to McDonald's, please?" But never, before today, has he asked a question in order to obtain information. And never before today, has he actually listened to any answer more complex than "Yes" or "No."
When he was four, I wondered if I ever would hear him tell me "I love you, Mommy." I never did. When he was six, I would say, "I love you, Tommy." And he would answer "Me, too." But it was not until about three years ago, that he spontaneously said "I love you, Mom" for the first time in his life. He was already too old to be willing to call me 'Mommy" but he could, at long last, tell me that he loves me! I wanted to have a party then, too.
We wanted to have a party when he was five and got dressed by himself for the first time. When he was six and a half and was able to pick out a complete outfit for school the next day. When he was eight, and he could tell me "My tummy feels sick." Such small things, really. Most parents take them for granted. It's just a natural part of growing up, and all kids do it, right?
But for a child with autism, even learning how to look at a friend, smile, and say "Hi!" is a process that can take years. And suddenly, one day, without any warning, HE DOES IT! And we want to celebrate. People ask me why such small things warrant a celebration. I tell them that they will never know how hard it was to get here, but the fact that the journey was hard is reason enough to celebrate when we get here.
I am thankful that my child has taught me to appreciate and celebrate the small victories, and to truly understand how monumental those small victories really are.
So, my son asked a question today, and I want to have a PARTY!
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
July 14, 2010 at 9:24 am
That is so funny because i feel the same way about celebrating the small things my son learns. One day about 1 year ago my son was 9 years old and came home from school saying mommy mommy mommy I want to show you something. He said LOOK!!! I told him to hold on. He kept hounding me until I finally said ok what? Well he bent over and starting showing me how he learned how to tie his shoes. OMG that was huge!!! I was so happy….he finally learned how to tie his shoes. We also have many of these kinds of days where I want to just tell the whole world. I get on the phone and call his nana, his auntie, his grandfather and his cousins. I call everyone!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
July 14, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Dear Edwinna, I want to have a party for you! My son is 8 and also has autism. Today he actually told me that he watches Tom & Jerry in school with two other students…I almost fell off the chair. It was the first time he ever told me what he does in school and the first time he mentioned any friends. I totally understand your excitement. God Blees him.
July 14, 2010 at 2:39 pm
My daughter is 3 and was diagnosed with ASD in April. She has been progressing wonderfully with therapy, but still has some terrible food issues. Her Speech Therapist that is working with her has been working with her diet. He got her to eat a pretzel the other day (and yes just one). I was so happy I called my whole family. Some were like, it's just a pretzel, but I was thinking eventually it will be something else! What a happy moment for you! I can only imagine the day when my daughter starts talking without scripting or prompting, which is all she does now. It gives me a wonderful thing to look forward too.
July 14, 2010 at 2:47 pm
CONGRATS!!!! I know just how you feel! A lot of people don't understand why I would want to feel like I want to party or have tears in my eyes when my Son says or does something that we worked really hard on. It is good to know that there are others out there that know what we are going through and also want to celebrate with us. :o)
July 14, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I'm so happy for you and your son. I want you to know that your story made my day. Very few people understand why this "small accomplishment" is so big. I understand. I'm still waiting for the day my son begins a sentence with "why" or "what". Sometimes I begin to lose hope. Then I read something like this and my hope is renewed. Thank you for helping me and yipeeeeeeee for your son!
July 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm
WOW! I want to have a party for you. That is awesome. I am the proud mother of a 4 year old who is autistic and he said "I want tickles please, mom" yesterday for the first time and we celebrated. He hasn't called me mom since he was beginning to babble as an infant. Even better, he told me what he wanted in a full sentence. The most simple of things can be huge in our world. I'm really happy for you and your son and excited for what is yet to come. God bless
July 14, 2010 at 3:14 pm
P.S. Thank you for the happy tears :)
July 14, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Love you story. Cograts to you and your son.My son has asked to have a birthday party we have not had one yetdue to the fact the other children he goes to school with do not live anywhere near us. We live in Delaware County, Penna There are no support groups or anything out here. I read these blogs everyday and everyone of them brings tears to my eyes. Im so happy for you and i hop one day we can have a party. We hope to move next year after he finishes this program. also your right every little (big) step our children make is cause for celebration!!! Lisa Mango
July 14, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I am so happy for you and your son. Many Many MORE PARTIES!!!!!!!!!! p.s. I have a grandaughter with autism. She is so smart, and I have had plenty of parties for her.
July 14, 2010 at 4:37 pm
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a WONDERFUL party!!! My own son asked his first "why?" question the other day, I was driving and I kid you not, nearly drove right into a tree. Wanted to shot it from the rooftop…but, knowing that NO ONE around would understand, nor think I was sane…I decided against it. And, to top it all off he just came home and started working on his computer like the world hadn't changed. Party of one that day, but what a GREAT party!!!!!
July 14, 2010 at 7:14 pm
My 14yr old Austistic son was put under for a mri to see if he had a brain trumor.During this procedure his lungs filled up with fluid and we almost lost him.There is a trumor but no cancer.For three days we were in the hospital for EEG…Throught the whole time I did not cry…He needed me to be strong.The last day the nurse noticed he was getting sick of sitting in bed and said "Robert I know u are tired of sitting in bed, how long has it been now?" My son, who can't even tell me he has a tummy ache looks right at the nurse and says " 3 days and I am done now". I cried like a baby. The nurse looked at me like I was nuts.Thank u so much for sharing.
July 14, 2010 at 10:52 pm
I am so happy for you and your son! I know what you mean! We went on a real vacation this year for the first time in years and my son Christian totally walked into the bathroom without a melt down! Bathrooms are not his strongest point and he is overcoming slowly. :))
July 15, 2010 at 10:02 am
…sometimes I think my son, throws out a "break-thru' moment just to give "me" support ! ….but, yes those little things others take for granted bring such joy.
My 14 year old son Declan does the food sentence thing as well as other requests….I love you Declan from me is usally returned with I love you Declan, rather than I love you Dad……but sometimes he gets it right….small things brings smiles..never realized how importnat a smile could be….I hold onto everyone of them Regards, Rory
July 15, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I'm so happy for you! I almost did a backflip when I picked my 4-year-old up from preschool and the teacher told me that he'd turned to the girl next to him and said, "stop touching me!" Yesterday, during ABA, he said, loud enough for the whole house to hear, "I'M TIRED!"
July 20, 2010 at 12:36 pm
I'm so glad you shared that. It made my day, and it reminded me of similar moments in my own family. I'm still grateful for every one. Other moms are thrilled when their child first says "mama". One of my best moments was when a friend told me my son had made a baby sign we'd taught him for "mom" and was looking around for me when I was out of the room. He had never asked for me before. My mouth fell open the first time he imitated a sound I was making when reading him a bedtime story. Children are supposed to imitate everything, but mine didn't talk and had never imitated anything ever. More recently,I especially remember a day when my son was practicing for the middle school swim team. We had plenty of struggles dealing with competition and motor planning for different swim strokes and the general noise level. But on this day, after 2 hours of almost continuous swimming, which I know calms him and helps him feel more balanced, my son very casually looked my friend who was standing next to me RIGHT IN THE EYE and ASKED HOW SHE WAS DOING. Completely ordinary for any other child I know, but for my son, that just didn't happen. She had known our family for a long time, and it completely blew her away, too. I was floating on a cloud for days after.
July 29, 2010 at 12:09 am
wow i can relate to that. My son jacob is 5 he's never said i love you mommy. i pray some day he'll say it to me on his own..when i say i love you Jacob he says nothing…i do get him to 1/2 repeat me with wisper wove oh…that is the hope i hold on to.I do know he loves me in his own wy though..im the one one he'll let help him in the bathroom or with getting him dressed or even getting him his chocolate milk or food at home.yes i know these are all nessesitys for him.But one thing he'll share with me are is drawings time to time…he draws he has stuck in his head ie..pics of foxes or lions or dinosours..these are the things he ficates on…it started when he first drew on his bedroom walls large drawings of foxes with a red sharpie!when i asked him why he said "it was stuck..stuck in my head"…so we know keep him supplyed with lots of paper and pencils…its working he draws for hours at a time every day…and now if he moves on to drawing on the walls its in pencil so now it will wash off which happens more and more infrequently now its all on the stacks off papper on his desk!
August 8, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I have (mild-high functioning) autism, been through lots of therapy growing up, still have a worker I see about once a month or so, and am now a young adult. I am also hard-of-hearing/Deaf, born 40% loss, now about 80%loss (you'll see importance of fact soon).
Tips that may lead to opportunities for parties, from personal experience:
1. Try using a signed language… (American Sign Language is real, complete as any other language, fulfilling, and rich. Signed English will get you started academically, though not as easy to use for natural story-telling experiences, still okay.)
Sometimes have trouble sharing my world and wish others can see it too. My signing can help because it is very visual way when my speaking words are not able to do it, or if just no English words, I can usually express myself in American Sign Language (ASL) as it is different.
(I started better opening up and communicating willfully when I was enrolled in grade 2 into a small classroom with other signing Deaf and hard-of-hearing children, in sort of special all-day class (this is when I started to learning signing as an everyday language for all manner of subjects abstract and concrete). That is when I finally actually started paying attention to others for content. I vividly remember my first day, I actually hugged my classmates, first time I ever did that. In hindsight, regrettable perhaps as maybe I crossed a social boundary line to others, but for me it was a big out-of-shell moment and that was MY party!)
2. Make paper signs for child to let you know how they are feeling, encourage them to reflect on themselves at the present, have them make faces (human, animal, alien, whatever floats the boat) and/or symbols to match their inside feelings, and find words they understand relating to it. Use a combination of these to make options for the child on a sheet of blank printer paper or coloured paper they like. (Otherwise have 1 paper for each feeling, and just have them hang up the one they want at the moment.)
This may help start the day on a better ground by being prepared based on their current state. From there, well, you know your child. It's in your hands.
You can even make signs for other family members, for feedback for everyone including the hope that the ones with autism will begin to pick up on it. So, more party!
I moved to a new house, but still have a sibling and their domestic-relation person with me, we share house. Sometimes I deal with ups/downs, etc. by posting signs on my door with options about how I'm feeling: overall today, and how I'm feeling: at the moment.
My door signs include ASL handshapes and pictures of ASL signs, written English, and some with drawn faces or my symbols of how I feel.
How to make an options sign easy to use: Take a sticker backing, cut into strip the length of the options altogether, tape it beside the options you and child made. Use child's current favourite sticker to mark which option they feel. (The sticker backing strip for easy sticker reuse.)
3. Read for the need of when communication has become exhaustive, but still the need for human presence exists. (Ones who don't like to be alone, but untalkative at the moment especially.)
Sometimes I want "quiet" companionship. I don't want to actually "communicate" in a "verbal" sense. I want us to just "be". Maybe a smile, sitting just an inch closer, a nod of recognizing presence occasionally. Just the company. (Sometimes I appreciate touch/contact, sometimes it's physically irritating– there goes the little streaker ones, eh? Also, yes, apparently I did the stiff-board-baby sometimes, too.)
My personality of being affectionate can win over my introvert-moments from autism in this sense. My mom could throw a party, because all of us make efforts, together, somehow. (My personal dog would probably come more for cake crumbs dropped than the fact that my dog is always with me. Wink!)
4. Thought time! How do friendly animals share quiet time with people or each other? Sometimes the same with kids… (I like kids and was one too, so no insult here!) Homework is done, now go have that PARTY!


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OAKLAND -- Three daughters of former Hercules City Manager Nelson Oliva will remain as co-defendants along with their father in a $3.2 million civil suit brought by the city, an Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
The city seeks restitution of the $3.2 million it paid to the Oliva family company, NEO Consulting Inc./Affordable Housing Solutions Group, during Nelson Oliva's tenure as city manager.
The Olivas' lawyer, Richard Ewaniszyk, had argued that Taylor Oliva, Gabrielle Oliva and Adrianna Oliva should be dismissed from the suit because the daughters were not public officials. According to the city's complaint, the Olivas violated a section of the California Government Code that bars public officials from having a financial interest in contracts they make in their official capacity.
But the city's counsel, David Trotter, argued successfully that the daughters and their father were alter egos of the company.
NEO held a wide range of city contracts during Nelson Oliva's tenure with the city that included managing the affordable housing, housing loan, mortgage bailout, business development loan, neighborhood beautification and secure mailbox installation programs. The daughters were CEO, secretary and chief financial officer of NEO, according to a 2009 filing with the California Secretary of State. Taylor Oliva worked out of an office next to Hercules City Hall and had a city email address and phone number.
Nelson Oliva was Hercules city manager from April 2007 to January 2011; he served briefly as assistant city manager before ascending to the top post.
On Friday, Judge Robert B. Freedman confirmed his tentative ruling that the city, in its First Amended Complaint, had made a strong enough case that the daughters were alter egos of NEO and that they aided and abetted Nelson Oliva's conduct to justify including them in the suit. Ewaniszyk's co-counsel, Shannon Suber, argued vainly that the fact that the daughters were not public officials means there is no cause of action.
Freedman also rejected the Oliva attorneys' argument that the suit should be dismissed because the complaint is too "uncertain."
The defendants were not in court Friday, nor were their attorneys, at least not physically. Suber made her argument via a speaker phone connection.
Freedman scheduled a case-management conference for Feb. 8 and tentatively set trial for November 2013.
Outside the courtroom, Trotter characterized the ruling as "awesome" and a win for the city.
Ewaniszyk could not be reached for comment.
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The Augusta National Golf Club is constantly making improvements to make visiting and watching the Masters more enjoyable for the patrons.
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We've all heard the talk about the added length to the course...but this year, there are new spectator areas on three of the holes: the fourth, seventh and fifteenth.
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Anyone who grew up in a small town in the 1940s and 50s can remember how much fun it was to come to town on the weekend to connect with friends and family on Main Street. It was a time for town and country to mix and mingle thorough music, dance, food, drink and fancy cars. All of that will be recreated on Friday, October 4 from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. in downtown Granite Falls as part of the annual Meander Opening Night Celebration. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
The evening will get underway at 4:00 p.m. with poetry being read by students from the Montevideo Schools. Students will gather in the K.K. Berge Building to read their original compositions describing the river, the wildlife, the rocks and the stories of the people who live in the Upper Minnesota River Meander Region. Poet and longtime resident of the river valley, Florence Dacey will also read poetry and tell tales of her recent visit to Ireland beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The K.K. Berge Gallery will feature a variety of Meander Artists at 807 Prentice Street in downtown Granite Falls. Visitors to the Gallery will see a representative sample of work from 20 of the 45 artists who are involved in the Meander Arts Crawl, which is celebrating its 10th year.
At 6:00 p.m. Opening Night Celebration visitors will be encouraged to walk the streets and visit the shops and art studios amidst an antique car show featuring vehicles from the 1940's and 50's on Main Street. Meander tourists are encouraged to dress up in the style of the 1940s and 50's to help set the scene and create the historical mood of the evening.
In this setting, the premiere of an outdoor walking theater production entitled Granite Falls: Saturday Nights!!! will be performed starting at 7 p.m. on Main Street. Local volunteer actors and musicians will take part in a unique play where the audience walks with the cast down the street as they are treated to song and soliloquy about life of Granite Fall's Main Street in the hey days after WWII. The play is written and directed by Ashley Hanson and Andrew Gaylord of PlaceBase Productions and it will be performed free of charge, thanks to sponsorships by a wide variety of Granite Falls based businesses, organizations and the City of Granite Falls.
After the play at 8:30, live big band music will begin on Main Street to the sounds of the Echo's 1940's Swing Music band. It is hoped that street dancing will ensue and those who just want to sit and listen are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs to enjoy the music.
Throughout the evening, food will be available at the Granite Falls American Legion, Jimmy's Pizza, Carl's Bakery and the famous Kiwanis Club Popcorn stand. Granite Falls Main Street shops will be open for business and the art studios of Gene Stukel, Claire Swanson, Brad Hall, Curt and Paula Soine and Dale & Jo Pederson will be welcoming visitors during the entire the weekend.
Page 2 of 2 - The Opening Night Celebration is part of the 10th annual Meander Arts Crawl event, being held on October 4, 5 & 6th, 2013. The award winning Meander is a free self-guided tour of artist studios featuring 45 local artists from the Upper Minnesota River Valley. The Meander has become a tradition for friends and relatives experience the "hidden gem" art studios, small towns and family farms to be found along the tributaries of the Minnesota River.
A free brochure detailing the locations of the art shows will be sent to anyone who calls 1-866-866-5432. The brochure can also be downloaded from the web at: www.artsmeander.com. More information can also be found on the Meander Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MeanderArtCrawl.
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"Food Fighters" (8 p.m., NBC): Here's a new reality series that pits amateur cooks against professional chefs in a series of culinary battles. Tonight, a married mother of three whips up her signature dish for close inspection. Adam Richman hosts.
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"Perception" (10:01 p.m., TNT): An infant is reported stolen and Moretti (Eric McCormack) tracks the kidnapper, only to make a bizarre discovery.
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Business buzz: Heritage Park accreditation; Easter Seals gets Guidestar Gold; Window World rated high by J.D. Power
Published: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 8:26 p.m.
Heritage Park accredited for 2014
Heritage Park Care and Rehabilitation Center has received accreditation for 2014 as a skilled nursing facility performing Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities.
The accreditation, presented by independent accreditor Providigm LLC, shows the facility is continually assessing residents' quality of life.
Unlike other such rating systems, the Providigm QAPI Accreditation is based on actions nursing centers take to identify and correct quality problems.
Local Easter Seals gets GuideStar gold
Easter Seals Southwest Florida received the GuideStar Exchange Gold participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA Inc.
In order to use the GuideStar Exchange logo, Easter Seals had to meet all requirements of that level, including demonstration of fiscal transparency, accountability and viable mission-related goals with strategies for implementation.
Window World rated high by J.D. Power
Window World Inc., America's largest replacement window and home remodeling company, earned the ranking of "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Windows and Doors" from J.D. Power for the second consecutive year.
Window World, headquartered in North Carolina, has more than 200 locally owned and operated offices nationwide, including one in Bradenton.
The study is based on feedback from more than 2,300 customers who bought windows or patio doors in the previous 12 months. Window World scored 806 points out of a possible 1,000, a five-point improvement over its rating in 2013.
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There were 49 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,460 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Weapons arrests: Officers arrested Cesar Garcia, 20, and Lucio Avila, 21, on suspicion of having a loaded pistol in their car after a vehicle stop for a traffic violation at East Eighth and Anne streets around 5:13 p.m. Sunday.
The California Highway Patrol did not provide an incident report covering the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 100 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday, including seven vehicle accidents, 80 medical calls and three structure fires.
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired.
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.
Acclaimed illustrator Daniel Sampere brings Paulo Coelho's classic to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.
Andalusian shepherd boy Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.
Since its first printing The Alchemist has been translated into seventy-one languages and sold forty million copies worldwide, establishing itself as a modern classic that will enchant and inspire readers for generations to come. Beautifully rendered, The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel is a must have for any collector's library.
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June 5th marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of what is now known as AIDS, a disease that has claimed the lives of at least 30 million people worldwide. NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., who has been closely involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS since it began, will describe his personal experiences as a physician, leading HIV/AIDS researcher, and scientific administrator during a special lecture to commemorate the anniversary.
Dr. Fauci's lecture, "Thirty Years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey," will be held on Tuesday, May 31, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10. It will also be Webcast live at http://videocast.nih.gov/.
In his talk, Dr. Fauci will discuss the bleak early years of AIDS when none of his patients survived; the growing understanding that AIDS was not only affecting white gay men, but people of all ages, races, genders, and sexual orientations; the breakthrough discovery of HIV as the cause of AIDS; the development of lifesaving antiretroviral medications; work with gay activist groups, Congress, and White House administrations throughout the epidemic; progress and continued research to find new ways to prevent HIV infection and, ultimately, a cure; and the many remaining challenges.
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LETTER: Gun safety important in hunting season
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 4:31 p.m.
Dear Editor: Well, it's hunting season. Time to grab the guns and go out in the woods and get away from our wives for awhile. Most deer hunters try to follow all of Alabama's hunting laws.
Then, there are ones that just can't control themselves when it comes to deer hunting. They become raving lunatics. Every hunter knows a few lunatics. They shoot deer from their trucks on public roads. They night hunt, shooting at eyes reflecting in the headlights.
When they are out in the woods, many of them will slip over onto other people's land. Raving lunatics will shoot dogs, horses, cows and tweety birds. When I was a teenager, my cousin shot the dash of my mother's car. I saw a man shoot a hawk out of a tree, just to see if he could hit it. (It is against federal law to shoot a hawk or an owl.)
I guess by now you have figured out, back when I wore a younger man's clothes, I too, was a raving lunatic.
Many people say I am still a little crazy, but not when it comes to guns. When you are hunting with younger people, you have to teach them gun safety and to follow the letter of the law.
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