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Published: Friday, December 20, 2013 at 11:10 a.m.
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The Henderson County Sheriff's Office has charged a driver for Apple Country Transportation with taking indecent liberties with a child, according to a release from the Sheriff's Office.
Johnny Wayne Johnson, 70, of 3154 N. Clear Creek Road, was taken into custody around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say he took or attempted to take indecent liberties with a boy, who was younger than 16 years old at the time, according to an arrest warrant.
The offense was noted to have happened between June 1 and Dec. 17 of this year. Chief Deputy Frank Stout of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office said that he wasn't sure whether the illegal activity happened once or more than once or whether other victims might come forward.
David White, executive director of Community Action, said that Johnson's employment was terminated Friday when his office learned of the allegations. Johnson passed a background check by the agency before he was hired in 2002. He cleared another background check by Henderson County Schools in 2008 or 2009 when he was contracted to provide transportation for Balfour School, according to White.
Johnson was employed by Western Carolina Community Action as a driver for Apple Country Transportation at the time of his arrest.
Johnson was being held Friday at the Henderson County Detention Center in lieu of a $20,000 secured bond. The investigation is ongoing and further charges are pending, according to the release.
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Monday on News 12 we told you about an Amber Alert for a newborn baby in Macon. The 3-day-old baby boy was taken right out of his mom's room. The newborn is safe with his mother now, but there are worries about nursery safety. News 12 is on your side with how local hospitals are making sure what happened in Macon doesn't happen here.
They're tiny babies, but big procedures go into keeping them safe and in the hospital. At Doctor's Hospital it starts with the little one's ankle.
Vera Lee's baby girl is a day old and already she's protecting her.
"The maternal instincts, when the baby cries it's something you can't describe. You would do anything for this child," Lee said.
On the day of this little girl's birth, a woman walked into a hospital room in Macon and walked out with a baby boy. At Doctor's, there are procedures in place to prevent someone from kidnapping a baby. Every newborn wears a bracelet with an ID number on it. Mom and Dad get one too, and they have to be wearing it to get their baby from the nursery.
"Even if dad had been here three or four days and I know him, I've been in their room, even if I know him I can't give him the baby if he doesn't have that band on," said Sally Wood, Breast Feeding Counselor.
Staffers also wear unique identification and parents are trained to only let people with specific ID's touch their baby.
"It's like a lion with her baby cub," Lee said.
If a baby is taken, hospital employees are ready to act fast. About four times a year they practice a coke pink, that's an alert for a stolen baby.
New moms can help keep their newborns safe by never leaving them alone in the hospital room, putting the baby in bed if mom naps, and knowing who is in the room.
"I've had moms be a little shy about asking me who I am. Don't be shy, that's your baby, you ask. You have a right to know who's taking your baby and what they're taking her for," Wood said.
Coming in a few months to Doctor's Hospital, an electronic device that goes on the baby's ID band. If the baby leaves the wing, an alarm sounds and the elevators lock down.
The Macon hospital reported the baby did have on an electronic monitoring bracelet. It went off not once, but twice yesterday, when the baby left the maternity ward and when she left the hospital.

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What's the deal with Game of Thrones' unpredictable winters? MAY 03 2012
George Dvorsky details five possible scientific explanations for Westeros' seasons of unpredictable length. A "wobbly planetary tilt" is one possible reason:
In the episode "The Kingsroad," we learn that Westeros has at least one moon. It's very possible, therefore, that they have a very small or distant moon, that is causing a variable tilt in their planet's rotational axis.
It's interesting to note that, according to legend, Westeros used to have two moons, but "one wandered too close to the sun and it cracked from the heat" pouring out a thousand thousand dragons. Well, dragons aside, it's conceivable that some kind of cataclysmic celestial event could have wiped out their second moon, which would have thrown their planet's rotational axis out of whack.


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One sent to hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning Friday
Published: Monday, June 16, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.
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Workers were evacuated and one person was sent to Park Ridge Health after Hendersonville firefighters discovered high levels of carbon monoxide at Hendersonville Printing Company Friday morning.
According to a release from the Hendersonville Fire Department, carbon monoxide readings were close to 300 parts per million. A normal carbon monoxide reading level range in a home is less than 5 parts per million, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Firefighters determined a propane-powered forklift being used inside the enclosed building was the source of the carbon monoxide Friday morning.
Fire department crews and Henderson County EMS responded to a medical call around 10:15 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, it was clear that the patient was experiencing symptoms related to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a release from the
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, the most common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and confusion. High levels of carbon monoxide poisoning can cause loss of consciousness and death.
By 12:30 p.m. Friday, all occupants were allowed back inside the Hendersonville Printing Company after the building was properly ventilated and no more carbon monoxide readings were detected.
Known as the "invisible killer," carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and poisonous gas produced by products of incomplete combustion and equipment powered by internal combustion engines, such as cars, power washers, portable generators and lawn mowers.
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Playing Division I ball was a dream for Melissa Smith, so when the former South Tahoe pitcher finally got her chance she took it.
Smith accepted a full-ride scholarship to pitch for a Division I school, Lamar University, in Beaumont Texas. It's the first time the Division I school has fielded a softball team since 1987, and Smith will help rebuild its legacy.
"We're excited to have her," said softball coach Holly Bruder. "Coming mid year is always a scary situation, but she's shown great character in the workouts already and that's coming from a junior college and taking a little time off probably."
Smith was pitching at Feather River College in Quincy, Calif., when her coach got an email that Lamar needed a pitcher who could throw inside. Smith fit the bill.
The right-hander was 13-6 with a 1.90 ERA and 118 strikeouts in 110 innings. She also had two saves, and could throw inside risers and screwballs like nobody's business.
So Smith put some pitching footage together.
"It was always my dream to play for a DI school so I figured I'd give it a shot," Smith said.
The Lamar coaching staff liked what they saw.
"Her inside stuff is really good," Bruder said. "Most kids are a little fearful of hitting kids, but she likes going in. The pitch coming up is always the one you've got to think about, and if she can throw that efficiently, like I think she can, than she might be pretty effective."
Right now, Smith is throwing 59-60 mph consistently every pitch. Bruder expects she'll be hitting 63 by the end of the season with all the extra weight training of a DI program.
"You can throw a six at this level with some movement and you'll be OK, but if you really want to excel at a mid-major Division I you're going to have to hit about 63 or 64 and I think that's going to just come with training," Bruder said.
Just as a refresher, Smith led the Vikings to their first-ever league championship back in 2011. She also set Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association records for strikeouts in a game (17) and season (252). She picked up a couple titles of her own along the way - Mount Rose League Player of the Year, Academic All-State selection all four years, and first-team All-State pitcher.
Now Smith is hoping to build another softball legacy with a new team and a new program.
"It's kind of a fun in a way because no one expects anything out of us, so it's just going to be something to prove," Smith said.
Don't underestimate Bruder's ability to recruit either. She did, after all, find Smith.
Lamar plays in the Southland Conference, and will open its softball season at Feb. 9 at home.


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- NFL draft: San Jose State's David Fales selected in sixth round by Chicago Bears
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With Ben Gardner's seventh-round selection by the Dallas Cowboys, Stanford equaled its most prolific showing in the NFL draft since 1936.
Gardner was the sixth Cardinal player chosen -- five of them on Saturday -- matching a total reached seven times previously, most recently in 2005. The only draft in which Stanford had more players chosen was the very first one, in 1936, when seven Cardinal players went in a nine-team, nine-round process.
Prior to Gardner's selection at No. 231, running back Tyler Gaffney was chosen with the 204th overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round. Two years earlier, Gaffney was a 24th-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the major league baseball draft.
Two members of Stanford's vaunted offensive line, tackle Cameron Fleming and guard David Yankey, were drafted within 20 minutes of each other Saturday.
Fleming went to the New England Patriots with the final pick of the fourth round, at No. 140 overall. Five picks later, Yankey was taken by the Minnesota Vikings.
Then safety Ed Reynolds was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles with the No. 162 pick.
Outside linebacker Trent Murphy was the first Stanford player drafted, taken Friday in the second round, 47th overall, by Washington.
Gaffney spent the summer of 2012 playing for the Pirates' Class-A New York/Penn League affiliate, and batted a solid .297. But Gaffney returned to Stanford and last fall became the offense's workhorse, carrying the ball 330 times for 1,708 yards and 21 touchdowns.
"If you want a hard runner, a guy who goes north and south and gets every yard there is to get, it's Tyler Gaffney," said ESPN analyst Bill Polian. "He does not have big speed, does not have shake and bake. He's got great vision and maybe the vest want-to of any back in this draft. I would not bet against him."
The 6-foot, 220-pounder was at his best for the Pac-12 champions in some of their biggest games. Gaffney ran for 157 yards on 45 attempts in a 26-20 win over Oregon, carried 36 times for 171 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-10 defeat of UCLA, then 33 tries for 189 yards in a 27-20 conquest of Notre Dame.
Gaffney is the third Stanford running back picked in five years, following Stepfan Taylor (Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round) in 2013 and Toby Gerhart (Minnesota Vikings in the second round) in 2010.
Gardner (6-4, 275) was a first-team all-Pac-12 Conference selection last fall, despite missing the final month of the season. Gardner tore a pectoral muscle against Oregon State on Oct. 26 and had season-ending surgery.
Gardner finished his abbreviated season with 19 tackles, including 2.5 sacks. He totaled 14.5 sacks for his Stanford career.
Fleming (6-4, 323 pounds) was second-team all-Pac-12 Conference selection last fall as a junior. He is a month away from earning his degree in aeronautics and astronautics.
"I can't be an astronaut ... I'm actually an inch too tall. But if I was going to go down that route I would have given it my all," Fleming told reporters. "Now I'm going down the NFL route and playing with the Patriots and I'm just going to give it my all."
Yankey (6-5, 315) was a two-time consensus All-America pick for the Cardinal. He played both guard and tackle at Stanford and now will get a chance to help pave the way for All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson.
"I like most everything about him," Polian said. "When you're blocking at Stanford, you're blocking for the running game. When you're blocking for Minnesota, you're blocking for A.P.
"He's a better athlete than you think. He's pro-ready. He's a run-blocking guard and those people are valued in the NFL."
Born in Sydney, Australia and raised in Roswell, GA., Yankey has come a long way since being modestly rated by Scout.com as the No. 44 offensive tackle prospect in the nation as a high school senior.
Reynolds, a two-time first-team, all-Pac-12 Conference selection, follows in the footsteps of his father, Ed Reynolds, who played 10 seasons in the NFL for the New England Patriots (1983-91) and New York Giants (1992).
A 6-1, 207-pounder, Reynolds had a breakthrough season as a junior in 2012, when he had six interceptions.
Reynolds is the first Stanford defensive back to be taken in the draft since 2011 when the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks picked All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman.


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A Bay Area cat that goes by the less-than-confidence-inspiring name of Mr. Nuts has some disappointing news for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney -- he's going to lose the election.
Mr. Nuts, a tuxedo cat who shares a home in Fremont with Michael Ostrofsky and his family, is known for his ability to predict outcomes in perhaps the most ignoblest of methods.
Forget scientific polls and margins of errors, Mr. Nuts makes his predictions in the litter box. If he picks yours, your fate is sealed, and not in a good way.
"Normally," Ostrofsky says, "you'd think he'd be picking the winner. But when it comes to Mr. Nuts, any time you're dealing with him and his litter box, you lose."
Ostrofsky, founder of Five Pet Place -- a luxury cat furniture store in the Mission San Jose area -- set up two litter boxes. Romney's was placed on the right, keeping with his political leanings. President Barack Obama's was on the left.
"The right-left thing was as scientific as we got," Ostrofsky says.
Then, he waited. Eventually, nature called and Romney paid the ultimate price.
Mr. Nuts, whose age is estimated as 10 year old, has a short but impressive history of picking losers. Ostrofsky says the cat foresaw the defeat of the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV and the loss of the New England Patriots the following year in Super Bowl XLVI.
Although some have accused Mr. Nuts of having a litter box bias -- one of Ostrofsky's relatives thought the test might be rigged against Obama while another questioned Mr. Nuts' liberal California pedigree -- Ostrofsky says Mr. Nuts will not be persuaded to favor either. He calls them as he sees them.
Despite living in a house full of Steelers fans, Ostrofsky says, he put the litter box stamp of disapproval on Pittsburgh.
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Definition of asexual in English:
1Without sexual feelings or associations: she rested her hand on the back of his head, in a maternal, wholly asexual, gesture
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- His James is celibate and asexual, without the homosexual yearnings suggested in Tóibín's novel, although Lodge does allow him the reflection that, if one had to, rather with a man than a woman.
- Mary's asexual image, I suspect, is partly to do with her assertion that fidelity isn't so terribly important and that Jeffrey isn't the first politician to indulge in a 'fling'.
- While I agree that this predicament probably sucks for his girlfriend, I also don't see why it would be a blessing for many other women, unless they too, were asexual.
2 Biology (Of reproduction) not involving the fusion of gametes.
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- It can either start asexual reproduction or it can produce gametes through mitosis.
- The organism can also go through asexual reproduction.
- On the other hand, consider organisms that reproduce by agametic, asexual reproduction.
2.1Without sex or sexual organs: asexual parasites
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- The diagnosis is made by the observation of intracellular asexual forms of the parasite on thick and thin blood smears.
- This, combined with a sufficiently high rate of deleterious mutation, can allow sexual genotypes to outcompete asexual genotypes in the face of the twofold cost of sex.
- To experimentally measure this distribution requires either an asexual organism or a sexual line that is genetically homogeneous (homozygotic at each locus).
A person who has no sexual feelings or desires.
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- Ellen, my first choice in the book kept by the class asexual, chose my best friend Josh, he later told me, because he was safe.
- We had a written record, a closely held book, kept by the class asexual, listing everyone's first, second, and third choice in the opposite sex.
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- Probably, but like any orientation, asexuality has many nuances, some of which also pertain to issues of attraction.
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Wednesday's letters: Liberal agenda
Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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To the editor: The bias of the national news has never been more apparent than in the recent debate taking place in the Supreme Court concerning same-sex marriage.
On last Wednesdays ABC national news, an 83-year-old lesbian was portrayed as heroic and brave because she openly made it clear that she favors gay marriage. One can only imagine what an outspoken 83-year-old Christian would have been portrayed as if she openly defended the sanctity of marriage.
The national news media have gone beyond reporting the news and have become advocates for progressive and liberal ideas. Because Barack Obama is a minority, the media are determined to see that he is successful. No matter what he does, it is presented as being positive.
However, there waits on the horizon a dilemma that not even the liberal media can control. In 2014, when Obamacare is fully implemented and people begin to see their parents refused humane treatment because of their age, and when good citizens see their outlandish taxes being used to support healthy people who choose not to work but to live off the government, there will be anger in the streets of America.
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To the editor: Living in Hendersonville, I have always frequented a gas station known for its more reasonable prices that located is very close to my home.
Recently I was in Fletcher, and the same gas station was 22 cents a gallon cheaper, and most of the gas stations in Fletcher were 17 to 20 cents cheaper than in Hendersonville.
Why are we being charged more?
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In Michigan, it's a close race between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Some polls show Santorum slightly in the lead, but Romney is not losing momentum.
"Romney has more money to spend in the campaign and seems to be a little more aggressive in the campaign. I think it's going to be really tight on election day," said political analyst Tom Shields.
Michigan is Romney's home state and some see that as an advantage for him. Even so, Shields says Santorum may stand a better chance with Democrats.
"They [Democrats] would want to elect the weakest Republican in their minds and elect somebody that they think Obama can beat," Shields said.
Experts say that means Romney is out since he's seen as the strongest of the four GOP candidates. As Santorum takes the lead in Michigan, Democrats may just help to give him that extra boost.
"If you can beat Romney in his home state where he was born in Michigan here, you can have a negative effect on his campaign and potentially get him out of the race which is really what I think the Democrats want to do," said Shields.
However, the Michigan Democratic Party says they won't need that help and they're not encouraging such actions.
"We feel that all of these candidates are very weak and we don't have a problem running against any of them," said John Tramontana, spokesperson for the Michigan Democratic Party.
Shields expects 10% of the voters in the upcoming primary to be Democrats and thinks some of them will vote for Romney.
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Published: Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
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NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees has set an NFL record with touchdown passes in 48 straight games, breaking the mark set by Johnny Unitas a half-century ago.
The record-setting scoring strike was a 40-yard pass to Devery Henderson against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night.
Unitas set the record between 1956 and 1960 and no one had come within 10 games until Brees began to close in late last season. Tom Brady has the third-longest streak, extending his to 37 games Sunday in a victory over Denver.
Coach Sean Payton, assistant head coach Joe Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis — all three suspended in the NFL's bounty investigation — were permitted by the NFL at Brees' request to attend the game.
Unitas' son, Joe, also was present.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � A little over three decades ago, Tim Marks was an 18-year-old doorkeeper to the Maine Senate. Now's he's back � as the state representative from Pittston.
Marks, a Democrat, is among the dozens of newly elected, first-time elected legislators who are in the State House for orientation on Thursday.
After stints as doorkeeper and document clerk, Marks had a career as a state trooper. He says coming full circle by returning to the State House is "very cool ... awesome."
Marks and other freshmen say they're ready for a lot of hard work in the session ahead. Republican Rep.-elect Corey Wilson of Augusta says majority or minority, it's time "to get together and get things done."
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Fletcher chili cook-off sets a record
Published: Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 11:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 11:08 a.m.
FLETCHER — It was bright, brisk and clear Saturday morning as cookers from the area pulled out slow cookers to participate in the annual Fletcher Chili Cook-off at Veritas Academy's gym. Before doors opened to the public at 11:30 a.m., chefs stirred their two gallons of chili, set out chips or cheese and decorated their booths.
Cook-off winners
Best Overall Chili: Kathy Conway
People's Choice Award: Laura Tadlock
Best Individual: Laura Bush
Best Business: Gus Theodosis — Plaza
Best Non-Traditional: Aaron Morgan
Best Table Decoration: Pam Herbst
Honorable Mention 1: Laura Tadlock
Honorable Mention 2: Wayne Helms
"This year, we've had more entries then we've ever had before," said Chris Wiener, Fletcher Parks and Recreation's recreation/program supervisor. "There are 22 this year."
Mixing meat, beans, peppers and herbs started with the Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans long before Columbus and the conquistadores, according to the International Chili Society's website. It is the state dish of Texas, and traditional chili, as defined by the society, has meat cooked with red chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients, but beans and pasta are forbidden.
The rules at the Fletcher Chili Cook-off weren't as strict.
Dawn Clayton of Mills River entered two pots of chili. Mountain Magic was her traditional Fletcher competition chili — which included a mixture of beans — and she tried out her Road Warrior, which followed the society's guidelines.
"Several ingredients can make a difference in your chili," Clayton said. "I used six different chilies in my chili."
By the times the doors opened, people were flocking to taste the different chilis. Lyn Martin of Fletcher decided to tone down her chili, saying "it was not as hot as usual."
"This is my sixth year here, but I've been making chili for years," Martin said. "What you put into it as well as yourself is important.
It's not just the ingredients."
Martin usually keeps her recipe the same, except for a little tweaks, and won best overall in a previous year.
Bill Sack of Rosman has entered the competition for four years. He said he doesn't really have a special recipe for chili.
"Keep it chili. Use good chilies, good meat, good spices," he said.
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Relating to medicinal drugs, or their preparation, use, or sale: a pharmaceutical drug the pharmaceutical industry
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1A compound manufactured for use as a medicinal drug: pharmaceuticals and cosmetics [as modifier]: pharmaceuticals companies
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- Bioprospecting is one avenue for the discovery of novel pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics.
- Some biologists may only work in silico, searching the databases for novel ways to make vitamins or pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics.
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1.1 (pharmaceuticals) Shares in companies manufacturing medicinal drugs: the drugs group lost 6p and other pharmaceuticals were also dragged lower
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- Treating depression during pregnancy pharmaceutically has always presented problems for WLL because of the scantiness of reliable information on the effects of antidepressants on the baby.
- There are now pharmaceutically available brands of natural progesterone, natural estrogen.
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- Many pharmacy schools/colleges, new and established, have very few or no faculty members in the areas of pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, and/or medicinal chemistry at present.
- The professional pharmacy curriculum focuses mostly on drug interactions, pharmaceutics, drug products, and diagnosis and treatment of disease.
- In addition, DNA condensation is becoming important for pharmaceutics, because the formation of compact particles is one of the possible ways for DNA delivery in gene therapy.
Mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs 'druggist', from pharmakon 'drug') + -al.
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Fear is a natural part of human development and the purest form of self-preservation. Without it, ancient man would've been unable to sense danger and deploy "fight or flight" against saber-toothed tigers.
But Tyler Stenton is no caveman. He's 6 years old and painfully afraid of the dark. Even though his parents, Jenna and Irvin, of San Jose, insist that he is a big boy who should sleep alone in his room, Tyler's heart races each night as he crosses the hall to their room, curls up at the foot of the queen bed, and falls into a peaceful slumber until morning.
"It's starting to become a problem," Jenna Stenton says. "We tell him there's no reason to be afraid of the dark, but he throws a tantrum every time. He's just really scared."
As adults, we have irrational fears. It's called anxiety. Imagine what that feels like for a youngster. It is estimated that 8 percent of youths ages 13 to 18 have an anxiety diagnosis, with symptoms typically beginning at age 6. However, nearly all children face some type of fear or anxiety during their development. Toddlers often fear strangers, loud noises and separation from parents; for children ages 3 to 6, it's common to fear the dark and sleeping alone, while children 7 and older tend to worry about everything from natural disasters to social embarrassment and academic failure.
While it is normal and healthy to have fears, it is critical for parents to help their children cope with and conquer what troubles them so they can grow up to be emotionally healthy adults, says Dan Peters, a Walnut Creek clinical psychologist and author of the book "Make Your Worrier a Warrior: A Guide to Conquering Your Child's Fears" (Great Potential Press; 2013).
"Resiliency research is as simple as understanding that our thoughts determine our emotions and behavior," explains Peters, an anxiety expert who works with gifted children. "We're really trying to help our children deal with life. These tools are more far-reaching than the worry monster."
Peters' four-step model is simple: Identify the troublesome thought, challenge it, modify it, then replace it with a positive one. An example: Peters worked with Adam, 8, who loved soccer but grew anxious around tryouts from thoughts that he would forget how to dribble and kick. The thoughts made his "chest feel funny" and caused shortness of breath.
Adam's father helped him work through his anxiety by reminding him how much he loved soccer, how long he'd been playing and how he's always known what to do at tryouts before. Adam was able to look at the situation a different way and realize that the worry monster was being a bully and lying to him. "I play soccer a lot and know how to play," he told his father.
Kylie O'Kennedy, of Benicia, tried a different approach when her daughter, Sunshine, then 3 ½, developed a fear of monsters after seeing part of the animated film "Monsters, Inc." In the movie, monsters enter children's rooms through doors. Anytime Sunshine saw a door, she would become particularly anxious.
"We would talk about how monsters were not real, and how if there were monsters, our dogs would bark at them and protect us," O'Kennedy says. "But that didn't seem to work."
So, O'Kennedy tried something more hands-on. She gave her daughter a foam sword and told her she had the power within herself to make the monsters disappear. All she had to do was raise her sword and say, "Go away, monsters!"
"The results were immediate," O'Kennedy says. "She did it for a couple of weeks whenever the fear popped in her head, but then eventually stopped worrying about them altogether. It felt good to see my daughter so empowered. And I feel that validating the fact that they were real to her was an important part of the healing process."
Equally healing was how O'Kennedy worked with Sunshine's teacher to squelch her separation anxiety during preschool. About three months into her second year of preschool, Sunshine would start to cry and cling to her mom when it was time to say goodbye. Instead of lingering, O'Kennedy hugged her daughter and made a swift exit. Then, her teacher took Sunshine to the window so they could wave and watch mom drive away.
"I'd also write notes that said, 'Our hearts are always together' and put them in her lunch, so she looked forward to seeing those," O'Kennedy says.
Distress at separation is a normal developmental response and among the most common fears in children, says psychiatrist Andrew Giammona, medical director and division director for Mental Health and Child Development at Children's Hospital & Research Center in Oakland. In fact, in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5, the updated manual on mental health disorders, the age at onset for separation anxiety has been extended, "because a substantial number of adults report onset of separation anxiety after age 18," he says.
Before going on a trip, Giammona recommends spending extra time with your child. Also, try leaving a transitional object behind for them. When Giammona's son Manfred was 3, it was dad's hospital badge. "It had my picture on it," Giammona says. Also, keep communication promises. If you say you'll be back at the hotel to Skype at bedtime, then do it.
"The most important thing is to check yourself first," Giammona says. "If you're showing your own anxiety or go into the yo-yo of coming and going (at preschool or the airport), then you're telling your child that this behavior is normal and acceptable."
With 40 million Americans currently living with anxiety, a National Institutes of Mental Health number that only represents the people who have sought help and been diagnosed, it is clear that giving your child the tools to cope with their worries now is critical to how they will manage and overcome anxiety in the future.
It's especially important, Giammona says, at a time when our world is a somewhat scary place.
"We are definitely more exposed to anxiety-provoking images, and that occurs at even younger and younger ages," he says. "We don't watch the news at our house. You have to filter information for them until they are able to filter it for themselves."
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Five warning signs
Only 5 percent of children suffer from real phobias, but if your child's fear is worsening or there may be a more serious emotional or developmental issues, it may be time to consult a professional. Look for these five signs, courtesy of psychologist and anxiety expert Dan Peters of the Summit Center in Walnut Creek:
Certain strategies don't help to minimize worry and fear, including: identifying and modifying the fear, positive self talk and external reinforcement.
The worry and fear continue to make it difficult for a child to manage and participate in such daily activities as school, social activities and sleep.
The child is experiencing significant daily distress that is causing persistent and intense behavior.
The child's distress is having a significant effect on family functioning and harmony.
The child begins to become depressed, avoids many aspects of life and isolates from family and friends.
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conquer fears
Psychologist Dan Peters is an anxiety expert and executive director of Summit Center in Walnut Creek, which specializes in the treatment of gifted children with social and emotional challenges. The following tips can be found in his book, "Make Your Worrier a Warrior: A Guide to Conquering Your Child's Fears" (Great Potential Press; 2013).
Teach them about the survival response. When we feel anxiety, the amygdala, the brain's fear center, sends a message to our body to run fast and fight hard. That process can cause a chain reaction of sensations, from tummy butterflies to having a tight chest.
Teach them about the Worry Monster. According to Peters, the Worry Monster is an imaginary creature that bullies kids by telling them worrisome things. Giving the problem an external identity separates it from the child and makes them feel that they can overcome it.
Teach them to identify and modify. Going from, "I'm scared I'm going to fail the test" to "The test is going to be hard, but I am prepared and will try my best and do fine" modifies and reduces the Worry Monster's power.
Help break down scary steps into small, doable steps. Afraid of big dogs? Start by looking at a book about dogs. Then, check out the neighbor's dog from across the street.
Give them external reinforcement. Who wants to do something they find scary? Incentivizing helps kids take a step forward. Frozen yogurt if they take a bath ? Fifteen extra minutes of "Minecraft" if they take the test? It motivates.
-- Jessica Yadegaran
free seminar
Licensed psychologist and anxiety expert Dan Peters will discuss the strategies in his book, "Make Your Worrier a Warrior: A Guide to Conquering Your Child's Fears" (Great Potential Press; 2013) at a free public seminar for parents from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 10 at John F. Baldwin Elementary School, 741 Brookside Drive, Danville. http://summitcenter.us.


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Well, there is a lot of functionality there that you can take advantage of. An extra tool box of goodies, if you will. I will be taking a look at a few of its features in upcoming posts because the list of features is pretty long. Taken from the plug-in summary page, here is a list of those features:
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According to Ed Bouchette, the Pittsburgh Steelers may soon be in the market for a new offensive coordinator as Todd Haley interviews with the Arizona Cardinals for their vacant head coaching position. Haley only arrived in Pittsburgh last year, but was a head coach with Kansas City Chiefs previously as well as an offensive coordinator with the Cardinals before that. Although he hasnt appeared to endear himself to fans or his quarterback, the Steelers would likely prefer not to have to endure another coaching staff change after just one season.
Should Haley leave, the Steelers will be intent on keeping running backs coach Kirby Wilson, who has also been under consideration for potential roles elsewhere this off-season. Wilson was initially a candidate to be the offensive coordinator last season, but a house fire that hospitalized him took him out of the running. Wilsons running backs havent exactly impressed during his tenure, but he was hired by Mike Tomlin in 2007, which would work in his favor. Much like the Steelers learned with Sean Kugler, it is unwise to use the performance of the players being coached to judge the actual work of the coach. Instead it must be clear that the man involved is a good fit in the specific role that needs filling.
If Wilson, or anyone else, is to be fit in the role of offensive coordinator for the Steelers, there are a few alterations that must be made.
Although it wasnt completely his fault, Haleys relationship with Ben Roethlisberger was key to the Steelers failings this year. Roethlisberger never appeared to buy into the Steelers offensive ideal. Haley was brought in to establish the running game and reign in Roethlisbergers punishment by establishing a short passing game. Because Roethlisberger was blatantly still upset with the release of Bruce Arians, combined with the simple fact that this offense required him to be more disciplined and play an unnatural game, the Steelers never got the best out of him this year.
Not only is Roethlisberger the best offensive player the team has, he is also the best player the team has. Furthermore, as the quarterback, the franchises future hangs almost conclusively on what he can do. This is not the Troy Polamalu-era, nor the James Harrison-era. Its the Ben Roethlisberger-era and the Steelers need to act accordingly. Instead of replacing Haley (presuming he leaves) with someone who can effectively implement the current scheme, the Steelers should seize this second opportunity to accept what Roethlisberger is and play to his strengths.
Under Arians he may have taken too many hits and held onto the ball too long, but he also made plenty of plays and did more than enough to help the Steelers win consistently. Roethlisberger doesnt have pinpoint accuracy or a great ability to diagnose defenses before or after the snap, but he does have an innate ability to avoid pass rushers and hit receivers on the move. Instead of trying to box him in for his own safety, the Steelers should find an offensive coordinator who will allow him to drop into the shotgun consistently and use three wide receiver sets not to run from, but to repeatedly pass. Much like the Dallas Cowboys use Tony Romo, the Steelers need to put the ball in his hands and look for big plays instead of asking him to act like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.
Roethlisberger won two Super Bowls by being a play-making quarterback who first complemented a strong running game and then a historically good defense. Ken Whisenhunt and Bill Cowher somewhat limited his impact during his first two seasons, but since then he has never worked well with a leash holding him back. The Steelers cant try to extend Roethlisbergers career if that career is one of a mediocre quarterback. Three elite seasons is much more valuable than seven of what was put on show this year.
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At season's end, most waterfowlers break out their best gun cleaning supplies-a rag and spray bottle of gun oil-and treat their loyal duck guns to a good rub down before retiring them to the cabinet. By the end of duck season, however, most shotguns have endured considerable abuse and are due for a serious checkup.
A first step, of course, is a thorough cleaning. If you have access to a small compressed air tank, use it to blow powder residue and other grime out of the trigger assembly and receiver. Then treat all metal surfaces with a light coating of high-quality gun lubricant. (Some shotguns with complex mechanisms-the A5 and BPS immediately come to mind-should be fully disassembled and cleaned only by a gunsmith.)
While your shotgun is disassembled, check for excessively worn or damaged parts, and have them replaced by a gunsmith. If your autoloader's stock spent a considerable amount of time in water last season, ask a gunsmith to check the action spring for rust. A rusty, gummed-up action spring will cause some autoloaders to cycle slowly or malfunction in cold weather.
Lastly, before opening day, double-check to be certain your gun's factory magazine plug is installed, and if you have had repair work done, test fire your shotgun to verify that it is cycling properly.
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Once your shotgun has a clean bill of health, you should put it to good use before the season starts. For duck hunters, sporting clays is a godsend, offering much more realistic targets than either trap or skeet. At many courses, a round of sporting clays or five-stand isn't cheap, but it makes for an entertaining afternoon with friends and will definitely improve your shooting skills.
If possible, try to shoot sporting clays with your duck gun. Remember, you're not shooting for a high score here; the idea is simply to get back on target. Also, let the range operator know if you are not an avid sporting clays shooter. Many facilities have different shooting stands at each station for novice, intermediate, and advanced shooters.
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Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 6:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 6:11 p.m.
If you think you're up on current events, please tell me the connection that links David Perdue, Margie Carranza and Emma Hernandez.
Time's up. All three were shot at by California police officers in the midst of a manhunt focused on ex-Los Angeles police officer Chris Dorner.
Eventually, the story goes, Dorner was tracked down at a cabin in the woods and died in the resulting fire. So far, the cops have denied that the fire was started on purpose.
Back to the other three. Perdue was stopped by the police, checked out and told to go on his way.
He is, after all, a thin white guy, not the hefty black man Dorner was.
Moments later, he was sideswiped by a police cruiser, and his truck was riddled with bullets.
He suffered a concussion and a shoulder injury but was not struck by any of the bullets fired into his truck by the zealous police officers.
Margie Carranza and her mother, Emma Hernandez, had the misfortune of delivering newspapers as the cops were searching for Dorner.
They, too, are not large black men.
But that didn't keep another team of officers from shooting up their pickup truck, hoping to kill Dorner — who was nowhere near the two women.
They, too, escaped with their lives, no thanks to the many rounds of ammo fired into their truck.
Apparently, the police out in California make up in persistence what they lack in marksmanship or judiciousness.
Unwilling or unable to identify their human targets, they were willing to just shoot at people who happened to be in pickups that did or did not match the description of Dorner's truck.
So when they surrounded the cabin in the woods and gunfire erupted, there wasn't much reason to suspect they had the right guy. But they say they did.
The medical folks as of Thursday were still performing genetic testing on the body recovered from the cabin to find out if this police shooting victim happens to be the person the cops were actually trying to kill.
If it is — and the police seem pretty sure — the manhunt will have come to the violent end both sides seemed to crave.
All of this brings up a few questions:
Who is teaching these guys how to shoot?
I might be suffering from inflated expectations here, but if you put a certain number of bullets into a pickup, you should probably hit someone, right?
I'm not saying that the man or the women who were just innocent passersby should have been shot, but if the cops were trying to kill them, they didn't even come close.
Does a cop killer warrant swifter justice than other suspects?
The answer to this is a resounding yes.
I'm not endorsing this view, but it is more than clear from watching the unfolding manhunt that people who are suspected of killing police officers get more attention than those who kill your average Joe.
That's fair.
People who kill cops are likely to kill anyone.
But wouldn't it be nice for the residents of Los Angeles to expect their own lives to elicit a similar response from their protectors in blue?
Do you guys even try to get it right?
With a growing list of innocent victims of police shootings, I suppose all of Southern California is fortunate that the Dorner manhunt has finally ended. There is no telling how many more people would be shot at or if more might actually be hit by police bullets had the manhunt continued.
While it is tempting to think that Dorner was cornered and killed because of the careful, dedicated police work that is the hallmark of law-enforcement professionals, everything else we know about the case demands we look elsewhere for an explanation.
Instead, let's just give thanks that the body count isn't any higher and that the California cops can't hit where they're aiming.
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On September 8, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and Autism Speaks organized a brain-storming meeting in North Carolina entitled "Autism and the Environment: New Ideas for Advancing the Science". Researchers, scientists, and parent advocates from within and outside the field of autism were invited to participate. Over the course of the day, the group's objective was to share novel ideas and unique perspectives in identifying and overcoming the primary obstacles to progress in the field of environmental health research in autism. From these discussions the group was charged with identifying the best opportunities for accelerating research aimed at understanding the role the environment plays in the risk for autism. What made this meeting unique from others is that autism researchers with expertise in the unique challenges of discoveries in this disorder were invited together with experienced, senior researchers in other disorders with known genetic and environmental risk factors. This included schizophrenia, Parkinson's Disease, and breast cancer. For example, Dr. Caroline Tanner described the sequence of scientific discoveries that led to the conclusion that Parkinson's Disease has both environmental and genetic causes, and how researchers are using this information to better understand how the two interact. Dr. Tanner commented that, like autism, Parkinson's Disease is associated with gastrointestinal problems, noting that such problems often occur before the onset of the motor problems that are characteristics of this disorder. Other scientists pointed out how both epidemiological evidence and basic science discoveries have suggested that early immune system challenges, such as maternal influenza, can influence fetal brain development, resulting in an increased risk for schizophrenia. Another feature of the discussion was the broad, inclusive nature of environmental factors under consideration, as well as how basic science and epidemiology can work together in parallel, rather than sequentially, to identify and validate suspected environmental targets.
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I find it interesting that they mention maternal flu. My child with Autism is the ONLY child that I received a flu shot with. I never felt healthy until a year after that shot. It also caused night itching that was unbearable. When answering questions for research, I often mention that I wish I never received that shot. My first son was born 10 years before and they didn't PUSH the flu shot. I would never get a flu shot again when pregnant. I personally felt it was a contributor and also the fact that when they gave my child his flu shot he swelled up with inflammation throughout his legs/groin area. He was breastfed, was probably exposed to this flu shot through the placenta and then received 2 flu shots. Could over vaccination and over exposure be an immune problem? I think so.
September 13, 2010 at 1:57 pm
When will this meeting be available for parents, family members and other Autism Speaks stakeholders and sponsors to view?
It was tremendously disappointing that the website and AS choose not to allow families the opportunity to tune into the meeting because none of us knew it was happening!
Why was their no notice of this conference on the website? Autism Speaks science needs to start treating parents as real partners. Telling us about the meeting after the fact isn't sufficient. I would like to see the conference for myself and make up my own mind. This topic is very important to me and my child.
EVEN IACC gives the public a few weeks notice before meetings AND IACC allows a chance for the public to ask questions. Why isn't AS just as willing to do the same? Parents are paying for this meeting. AS money is not coming out of some giant govt. account but from individual family members. The very least we have a right to expect is to be notified in the event we would like to watch the webcast.
Yes there were a few handpicked parents in attendance but it is inappropriate and counter to the spirit of AS that AS scientists should be allowed to inform some parents of this meeting but not others.
Noreen, I agree with you. Although I barely was able to watch much of the meeting, on the agenda it was clear that the organizers were frightened to address vaccines directly. We cannot be fearful in science, everything must be on the table. Discussion of this obvious environmental trigger should have been on the agenda. My son had an horrific adverse vaccine reaction to 7 vaccines at once. That is an important environmental trigger to 100,000s+ of families! How could environmental factors such as adverse vaccine reactions/ regression fail to be on the agenda yet the genome was?
Please let us know where we can view this meeting.
September 13, 2010 at 9:00 pm
We do not want a "summary report." The public deserves access to the meeting period, not your interpretation.


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1. New productivity blog: To-Done
I stumbled upon a cool new productivity blog: http://www.to-done.com. Keith started on May 4. Based on the articles that are already up, I'd say To-Done is a blog well worth watching. I mean, someone who's into the Hipster PDA and GTD and other things can't be all that bad, eh? ;)
You might also want to subscribe to 43folders if you aren't reading that yet. Really nifty.
And if you're having a hard time keeping on top of all of these blogs, I highly recommend Bloglines! It's an RSS aggregator that makes it easy for you to subscribe to many sites and view all of the new entries on one page.
I love reading people's reflections on how they plan their day and how they organize their information. Have any other blogs to recommend?
彼女はコンピューター・プログラマーではないのですか。 Isn't she a computer programmer?
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2. Hipster PDA: GTD Tiddly Wiki
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GettingThingsDone adaptation of JeremyRuston's Open Source TiddlyWiki. The purpose of GTD Tiddly Wiki is to give users a single repository for their GTD lists and support materials so they can create/edit lists, and then print directly to 3x5 cards for use with the HipsterPDA.
No kidding. I wonder what we should do to get Planner to support 3x5 index cards sanely...
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