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Justin Bieber's Wild Ride
Aired January 29, 2014 - 23:30 ET
NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome, everybody. I'm Nischelle Turner. Just when you thought life couldn't get any more complicated for pop star Justin Bieber, it does. Now more police, more charges, another courtroom, another country, his home country of Canada, this latest issue over an alleged assault of a limo driver more than a month ago, all this as the same time he enters a not guilty plea over that wild night in Miami Beach. This is becoming an all-too-familiar story for him. He's been in the spotlight for only a short while. Now the glare of the glow seems to be blinding Bieber, instant fame, superstar status. My, how quickly things can change. It's the life of Justin Bieber. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TURNER (voice-over): He was an unknown singer whose YouTube videos went viral. CARLOS GREER, "PEOPLE": He pretty much became the first YouTube sensation, the first megastar to launch from YouTube. TURNER: A teenage heartthrob whose chart-topping hits like "Boyfriend" made Beliebers of his fans, until the fresh-faced good boy tops the headlines with his bad boy behavior. SHIRLEY HALPERIN, "THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER": You're a larger- than-life pop star, and you don't know right or wrong. TURNER: A night of partying in South Beach turns into a late- night arrest. SGT. BOBBY HERNANDEZ, MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT: He told the officers that he had been drinking beer, smoking cannabis and taking prescription medication. TURNER: The rise and fall of a pop superstar, "Justin Bieber's Wild Ride." Miami Beach, colorful tropical paradise, with sand, surf, art deco, hedonistic playground, fast cars, beautiful bodies, nightclubs, where the rich and famous look for fun, but often find trouble, TV and movie stars, athletes, rappers, and now pop idol Justin Bieber. On Monday, when Bieber's flight landed at Opa-locka, Florida, Airport, seen in this TMZ video, officers are there waiting for him, waiting to be his personal escorts for the night. DAVID CHIVERTON, OPA-LOCKA ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER: It was unauthorized. The police administration had no knowledge of this escort, and it is not the norm. At some point, the escort took him at least to two locations that we know of. TURNER: The first stop reportedly is a South Beach hot spot, Mansion nightclub. Then, with police still in tow, Bieber goes to King of Diamonds strip club, where Lil' Scrappy is celebrating his birthday. The club tweets, "Justin Bieber just ordered 75,000 ones" -- 75,000 $1 bills. The club's operator denied Bieber dropped so much money. RICKY TAYLOR, NIGHTCLUB OWNER: Nobody is throwing that type of money. They had a lot of dancers around them, and they paid them in their hand. No dancer wants to show what they actually got. TURNER: During his Miami stay, Bieber spends part of Wednesday at the beach with his father and friend, R&B singer Khalil Sharieff. Bieber and Sharieff are also spotted hanging out at a skate shop. "People" magazine reporter Carlos Greer has covered Bieber's career. He says when it comes to the Bieber persona, cute is out, edgy is in. GREER: Justin apparently was living a fast life in Miami, living the rock star lifestyle, going to strip clubs, drinking, apparently doing drugs. TURNER: The next night, Thursday, Bieber is back in party mode, this time seen in these TMZ photos at set nightclub. Then he and his wingman Sharieff hit the streets. On Instagram and Twitter, Sharieff posts photos of them cruising Miami in Italian luxury sports cars, Sharieff's, a red Ferrari, Bieber's a yellow Lamborghini. Bieber has a passenger, model Chantel Jeffries. Police say two black SUVs block off Pine Tree Drive, empty, except for Bieber and Sharieff. Then, according to police, they race down the residential street until just after 4:00 a.m. (SCREAMING) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Justin is going to get -- oh, my God. He's going to get in a crash. (SCREAMING) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, my God. Justin just got pulled over. Oh, my God. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Justin got pulled over. Justin got pulled over. TURNER: Flashing lights. Seen in this TMZ video, police spot the dueling Ferrari and Lamborghini. HERNANDEZ: An officer on active patrol noticed two vehicles which later he determined to be a Ferrari and a Lamborghini racing northbound on 26 and Pine Tree. Thank goodness he was able to pull them over at 41st Street and Pine Tree Drive. He smelled alcohol on his breath, as well as the cannabis, the marijuana smell that he had on his person. TURNER: Bieber And Sharieff had been going 55 to 60 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, according to this arrest affidavit. HERNANDEZ: And he was very upset that the officers were actually questioning him. He felt almost insulted, a "How dare you?"-type attitude with the officer for stopping him. Instead of taking a humble approach, he took an aggressive approach and obviously things went downhill from there. TURNER: The officer reports, "I was going to perform a cursory pat-down. The driver stated, 'I ain't got no F-ing weapons. Why do you have to search me? What the F. is this about? The driver again turned around to face me." HERNANDEZ: At that point, the officer decided, since he wasn't complying with any of his orders, he was going to arrest him for obstruction. TURNER: Bieber is in trouble for more than just his defiance. HERNANDEZ: He told the officers that he had been drinking beer, smoking cannabis, or marijuana, and taking prescription medication. He didn't know exactly medication he was taking. He said that he just takes what his mother tells him to take is what he told the officer. TURNER: Teen idol Justin Bieber is facing serious adult charges. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: DUI, alcohol or drugs, resisting without violence, driving with an expired driver's license. JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Well, the big issue now is, what does the prosecution in Miami Beach want to do? Do they want to press forward with the case that could well be felonies, or do they want to reach some kind of a deal, a plea bargain? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What would the standard bond be? TURNER: Could Canadian Justin Bieber be deported? TOOBIN: Certainly, if this case proceeds in a much more serious way than it currently looks to be, certainly his immigration status might be at issue. But a simple drunk driving case is not the kind of thing that usually gets you thrown out of the country, but if it's more serious than that, there could be worse problems. TURNER: His South Florida caper is the latest in a recent string of bad boy behavior. JUSTIN BIEBER, MUSICIAN: What did you say? TURNER: Fighting with the paparazzi, allegations of spitting on fans. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, come right over here, you (EXPLETIVE DELETED). Call the cops. TURNER: And an ongoing investigation in California into eggs seen in these TMZ images splattered on a neighbor's house. Bieber's come a long way from his squeaky-clean image as a teen heartthrob. Coming up: a teenager whose fame began as a beloved YouTube sensation. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TURNER (voice-over): Justin Bieber was a musically talented tween, a Canadian kid with no musical training, when, at the age of 12, he wowed in a local talent show. His mom posted his performance on YouTube for relatives to see, but friends weren't the only ones watching. GREER: He pretty much became the first YouTube sensation. TURNER: Justin Bieber was singing cover tunes, like Alicia Keys' "Fallin'." And his viral videos caught the attention of manager Scooter Braun, who vowed to make him a pop sensation. Bieber's good luck was about to get even better. Braun introduced him to two of music's biggest stars. BIEBER: I met actually Usher randomly in a parking lot going into a studio. USHER, MUSICIAN: When I saw him online, I understood his talent and wanted to meet him in person. I needed to just understand truly who he was and what he offered as a star. Did he have star quality? So, when I saw him, it was instant. He performed for me in person. He sang a song. He actually challenged for me to sing with him. TURNER: Usher was sold. And he wasn't the only one. BIEBER: And then, a week later, I met Justin Timberlake. And they kind of both saw me. They saw my talents, and they were like, wow, I want to sign this kid. And I was like, really, you want to sign me? TURNER: Shirley Halperin is "The Hollywood Reporter"'s music editor. HALPERIN: It became a little bit of a bidding war even before he recorded his first note. TURNER: Usher won, and took Bieber straight to music executive l.a., where he sang one time. What was that audition with L.A. Reid, where he sang "One Time." (on camera): What was that audition with L.A. Reid like then? HALPERIN: Justin came into the conference room and danced on the table and sang on the table, just really blew away the label staff. He was an unknown entity, but I think L.A. Reid, being very sharp and perceptive when it comes to new talent, just saw that spark and signed him really quickly. TURNER (voice-over): Usher became his mentor and introduced his protege to the world in this YouTube video. USHER: Recording artist Justin Bieber is getting ready to go down. TURNER: Carlos Greer writes for "People" magazine. GREER: Justin was pretty much groomed by Usher. He was groomed by the best. You watch a Justin Bieber performance, you see Usher in Justin Bieber. TURNER: Bieber would break records just months after the release of his first album. In 2010, his song "Baby" became the most watched YouTube video ever. GREER: When Justin released his first single, "One Time," he immediately became a superstar. He had fans running after him. He had to increase his security. And so he immediately just had this wild life. TURNER: Bieber was stealing the spotlight from Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden, appearing on Dick Clark's New Year's Eve show and performing for the president. BIEBER: I have done a lot of cool things. I got to present at the Grammys, present at the VMAs. But probably performing for the president is one of the coolest things. TURNER: But to America, Bieber was cool. His haircut was copied by kids across the country and his presence would send girls screaming. (on camera): Bieber mania went crazy. HALPERIN: Bieber mania exploded. The girls went crazy. Everywhere he went, he was mobbed, malls mobbed. GREER: He literally was like the Michael Jackson of his time. Fans literally were falling all over him. TURNER (voice-over): Bieber loved it. BIEBER: What 15-year-old wouldn't want screaming girls running for him all the time? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know. Do you have a girlfriend? BIEBER: Right now, no. I'm single. TURNER: But, by the end of 2010, that was no longer true. Pop princess Selena Gomez had captured his heart. (on camera): It was like puppy love at its finest. HALPERIN: Yes. And she would show up at his concerts and he would show up on stage with her. It was very sweet. GREER: Selena was sort of like Justin's backbone. They were in inseparable. They were the teenage pop couple of their time. Initially, when they started dating, his fans hated her. But then they grew to actually love them as a couple. TURNER (voice-over): And the love for Bieber kept growing. Just one year after releasing his first record, he had more than one billion YouTube views, more than 15 million likes on Facebook, and four American Music Awards. HALPERIN: It was so insane, that huge ascent, and social media just helped propel it further and faster. TURNER: That same year, Bieber made his big-screen debut in a concert documentary chronicling his life, and, ironically, starred as a bad boy in a string of "CSI" episodes. But just weeks after his character was killed off the show, one of the first signs of a boy behaving badly: Bieber flicks his middle finger to the paparazzi. DR. DREW PINSKY, HLN HOST: It all has that flavor of unregulated aggression. It's like, when I get frustrated, I act out. TURNER: Coming up: UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Drive safe, Justin. Drive safe. TURNER: Acting out would seen bring Bieber more attention than his music. GREER: I think, over the past year, we have been watching Bieber have a meltdown. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) TURNER (voice-over): From little boy to big star, Justin Bieber's fresh-faced good looks have been the focus of thousands of photos worldwide. But this is one photo he never wanted, a Miami Beach mug shot marking Bieber's transformation from bad boy to big trouble. (on camera): Can we talk about the mug shot? HALPERIN: Yes. TURNER (voice-over): Shirley Halperin interviewed Bieber in November of 2013. HALPERIN: It was so funny, because I recognized that Justin Bieber who I spent so much time with, and that look of him in the camera was kind of the look he had when we did this video segment with him where he just turned it on. He is posing for the police. TURNER: Posing, but not talking. Bieber and his camp haven't responded to CNN's request for comment. But it seems safe to assume this isn't what he planned when he dropped "Believe," his third studio album, in June of 2012, a new sound, a new look, a clear message: I'm not that kid anymore. GREER: He has a different haircut. His style has changed. He's constantly out with his shirt off and his pants hanging all the way down. He has all these tattoos now. TURNER: Bieber broke up, for the last time, with Selena Gomez and seemed to amp up the bad behavior, staring down the paparazzi, speeding in a Lamborghini, and, in this TMZ photo, even smoking what was alleged to be marijuana. (on camera): Why didn't somebody see this coming? Why didn't somebody help him or stop him? HALPERIN: It's just that sort of tricky situation where you have a huge star who you really need to make happy. There was a telling moment in his movie, actually, in "Believe," where they sat him down and asked him, have you heard no from anyone, like, recently? And he laughed and said, no. It's really hard to turn him down. TURNER (voice-over): But that, says Dr. Drew Pinsky, isn't doing Bieber any favors. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Drive safe, Justin. Drive safe, man. PINSKY: Just keeping him working is enabling him, in an interesting kind of a way. But, of course, I mean, the people around a celebrity are more concerned with their access to the celebrity than the well-being of the individuals. TURNER: Bieber laughed off his troubles live on "Saturday Night." BIEBER: I also heard he got busted for smoking weed and he's really sorry about it and that people make mistakes, and he's never going to do it again. TURNER: Bieber was unfazed. And why not? "Believe," the album and tour, were minting money, like his hit "Boyfriend." Unfortunately for Bieber, the Grammy voters didn't seem to be fans. HALPERIN: I think the reason Justin doesn't get the recognition by music industry organizations like the Grammys is because it's still seen as bubble gum. We still see him as a teen pop star. I have a feeling he probably hates reading articles where it says "teen phenom." TURNER: March 2013, a month after the Grammys, Justin Bieber celebrated his 19th birthday in London, but not quite as planned. MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: He is having a bad week in London. FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Poor Biebs. TURNER: Shirtless, then wearing a gas mask, hours late to a huge show, then blowing off an autograph session. Ultimately, Bieber was hospitalized, short of breath. But by the time he left the hospital... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. OK. OK. Easy. Easy. TURNER: ... he had plenty to say to the paparazzi. BIEBER: What the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) did you say? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You heard what I said, man. BIEBER: What did you say? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You heard what I (EXPLETIVE DELETED) said. TURNER (on camera): But, when he reacted the way he did, I remember thinking, oh, boy. HALPERIN: I had the exact same reaction, like, it was sort of like he needs to keep himself in check. Sometimes, he just snaps, you know? And, I mean, can you really blame him? He's a 19-year-old kid. GREER: I think, over the past year, we have been watching Bieber have a meltdown. He's been acting erratically. TURNER (voice-over): More erratic behavior? A very public pit stop in this TMZ video from July. BIEBER: We swagger, man. That's the coolest spot to piss. TURNER: Seemingly spitting on fans weeks later, and the odd moment that happened here in Calabasas, California. In the suburbs outside L.A., the rich and famous hide behind gates and hedges, out of reach of everyone, except their neighbors. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The L.A. County Sheriff's Department has arrived on the scene. They are conducting an investigation into an egg-throwing incident that Justin Bieber was apparently involved in. HALPERIN: There was some scuffle with the neighbor. And Justin allegedly chucked -- I mean, there was video of it -- he chucked eggs at the guy's house, a really bad scene. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Causing quite a bit of damage, something to the tune of about $20,000. HALPERIN: You're a larger-than-life pop star, and you don't know right or wrong. LT. DAVID THOMPSON, L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: Mr. Bieber's past actions of loud parties, driving too fast, large numbers of people there are way out of character for anyone that lives in that neighborhood. TURNER: Days later, L.A. County investigators searching the house arrested Bieber's friend, rapper Lil Za, for having the illegal drug Molly. Though no charges have been brought against Bieber, the egg investigation continues. PINSKY: I think something much more serious is going on here, and if my suspicion is right and the substances that are involved are what I'm worried and, this ain't going to stop, it's not going to stop soon, and it could get bad. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: DUI, alcohol or drugs, resisting without violence, driving with an expired driver's license. TURNER: At the time, the egg incident looked like real trouble for Bieber. But now, compared to Miami, it barely ranks as a teenage prank. GREER: This is real life. He has been arrested. He's under police investigation, and he was in tears. I don't think this is Justin Bieber rebranding himself. This is Justin Bieber in trouble with the law. TURNER: After posting bond, Bieber looked back on top of the world, then posted this to Instagram. Shirley Halperin remembers the Justin Bieber she interviewed months ago. HALPERIN: He was incredibly charming and sweet and, you know, well-mannered, the opposite of what we would think of the Justin Bieber who just got arrested in Miami. So, yes, there's a conflict there, and I don't know. Will the real Justin please stand up? (END VIDEOTAPE)


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Favre – A. I considered A- for Favre due to his relatively bad games against the Giants/Bears/Dallas, but he really had a great season and I think it is significant that he had his career-high completion percentage this year – that means better quarterback thinking and better coaching.
Rodgers – B-. Many may wonder how he could not get an A for a top-notch relief effort against the Cowboys – his only real action of the season. He gets the B- for being unable to stay off the injury report. His delicate nature should be a powerful reminder to Packer and NFL fans that Favre's record streak is one of the greatest records in all of sports. Sure, he had bye weeks at the right time and he may have played too hurt at some points in his career, but when you consider all the other QBs other teams have gone through and the fact that our own back-ups can barely make it through a game, it is impressive. And let me add, Brady and/or Manning may someday break the streak if they both keep it up, but neither of these guys get hit like Favre has – they would have to get an asterisk.
Nall – D+. Nall was really bad in his only opportunity. He was not with the team too long so that is an excuse, but still, he had the previous week of practice and laid an egg with his opportunity.
Running Backs/Full Backs:
Morency – C-. If I graded him based on my expectations going into the season, he would get an F. I thought he would be a big contributor with his shifty style and determination. Unless it changes next year, (if he even makes the team), I might have to admit to Brother Steve that this mancrush was a mistake.
Grant – A. Ryan Grant had an incredible season. He deserves an A, maybe an A+. He runs hard, he has an extra gear we're all surprised to observe, and he has a great attitude. I disagree with those who think we shouldn't be somewhat confident that he's the long term answer – he will be. He will be able to build off of this year and become an even savvier (if you will?) runner going forward. I hate to admit it, but Brother Steve called this one big-time right when the trade happened.
Wynn – C+. Wynn kind of got hosed when he was put on IR mid-season. I know the decision to put him on IR was not just due to the injury he had at the time, but due instead to his history of being a wuss, but still – he could have come back in a few weeks. He did have some flashes and made some special plays this year. If he can be a little more pain-tolerant, I think he could end up being a contributor to this team.
Jackson – C. Poor guy – he had a chance to start for a big-time team and blew it. He was bad and rightfully was replaced as the starter. The end of the year, however, he showed that TT may not have been on something when he drafted him afterall. He looked darn good in some of the final games. I also loved his penalty against Seattle trying to block a punt – when was the last time any Packer coach went after a punter! It was a somewhat costly penalty, but I'd much rather take some chances here and there than play lame/conservative ball all the time.
Hall – B-. Did well for making transition from linebacker. Without game video, it's so hard to really understand who is screwing up when a run play goes nowhere, but I can't help but suspect several times, Hall wasn't making the right block. On the other hand, he clearly, sometimes single-bodiedly (as it were) opened holes for Grant. Overall, I do think this guy has promise and think this year of experience will be a solid foundation for years of productivity.
Kuhn – C+. He stepped in and did a decent job when called upon and made some nice special teams plays. Don't mind having him around.
Offensive Line:
Colledge – D+. Not sure if it was as much his fault as people make it out to be, but judging from what the coaches said throughout the season (including the refreshingly blunt Joe Philbin), he did not play well. Platooning with Coston may have disrupted his rhythm, though a solid argument could be that he never had rhythm.
Spitz – C+. I'd have to go back and check, but I think it was Spitz who filled in admirably at center when Wells was out. I don't think he had a great year at guard, but he was a center in college, so we should probably expect some development time for him in this new position.
Wells – B-. Though some coaches really think highly of him, from my perspective, a good number of the run plays that didn't go anywhere seemed to have defenders shooting through the middle area, where Wells is. Maybe it wasn't always his man, but it made me wonder. Still, very solid young player.
Clifton – B. I'm surprised he is going to the Pro Bowl. He has had a few very strong years for the Packers and should have gone before, but I didn't see this necessarily as a strong year. I've read articles from national writers saying he was one of the best in the league this year and I just don't see it. As McGinn noted, he's always been a good pass protector which is a critical skill needed in a left tackle with a right-handed quarterback (blindside guy). However, I just don't think he moves that well on the run blocking. I think Tauscher is quite a bit better than Clifton overall.
Tauscher – A-. He may have had a few errors this year here and there, but overall, he was rock solid again. He should go to the Pro Bowl. His game against Kerney was one of the best games I've seen from an O-Lineman. He is very good on the run and more than adequate on pass plays. He is smart and level-headed (and a great guest on Tuesdays with Tauscher on the new 540 ESPN Radio Milwaukee).
Coston – C+. He apparently showed some flashes when he did play, but I didn't watch him that carefully frankly. There must be a reason they keep him on the roster though.
Receivers/Tight Ends:
Driver – A. He is a true professional. He gracefully stood by as more and more national attention was going to Jennings (and even acknowledged at one point that he thought Jennings should be the one going to the Pro Bowl). I think he genuinely takes guys like Jennings under his wing and provides valuable insight. Jennings and the other receivers are really lucky to have Driver on the team. All class.
Jennings – A. Brother Steve has a huge mancrush on Jennings, sometimes scary. He has said from day one that Jennings just has it – just like what Favre said. He does. He has a way of managing his body that seems so fluid, making moves that usually only talented veterans make. The only issue I had with Jennings this year were a couple times on interceptions where he didn't seem to very aggressively try to disrupt the D-back or prevent the pick.
Jones – B-. I really like James Jones and am trying hard to assess him bias-free. I think he has huge potential and is already quite good. But the truth is, he had rookie moments. It is surprising to me that he led the team in drops considering he has great hands, but he did have some important drops. His fumbles against Chicago also hurt. But these are learning experiences and I expect him to be even better next year.
Martin – B+. When he's in the game, I don't know if there is anyone more active than Ruvell Martin. If he is not running a route, he is making tight-end quality blocks. He plays hard and outside of a pretty crucial drop in the Giants game, he had a great year.
Bodiford – C-. He's another player who had a few opportunities this year that he didn't seem to take advantage of. Like a few others though, there must be a reason he keeps being asked to come back
Robinson – C+. He had a couple nice kick returns and was an important emotional spark for the team at a time when lots of teams start to mentally/emotionally fatigue. However, he clearly has lost speed and his moves do not appear to be very fluid/evasive. I wouldn't mind if he sticks around though because he could end up becoming one of those savvy veteran receivers that make contributions somehow whenever called upon.
Special Teams:
Coverage Units – B-. Solid overall effort. Few (if any?) runbacks allowed and overall held opponents to average field position.
Return Units – B-. There were a few spectacular plays by Williams, Blackmon, Woodson and one by Robinson. Overall the efforts were solid. But championship teams can usually get a bit more out of the return game to make it a solid X factor in games. Hopefully this will happen next year.
Jon Ryan – B-. Wacky year. Some horrendous plays and at least 2 unreal plays (monster punt in the Detroit game after the bad Bears game and the improv panic run for a first down – up there for play of the year). Still, stats-wise he did reasonably well and he seems to be growing nicely into his potential.
Mason Crosby – B. Very solid rookie year. One hallmark of great teams is that the GMs aren't afraid to make what seem like questionable personnel moves if they really believe an upgrade is possible. I don't know of anyone who complained about Dave Raynor after last year so we all assumed finding a kicker was not a priority. TT must have thought differently and seen something in Crosby. He's tough, he has a good leg, he's reasonably accurate, he held his own as a rookie and, like this whole roster it seems, he has a great attitude.
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Special education is a type of education that specializes in meeting the needs of physically or mentally handicapped children. Specialized education is provided in a classroom or private institution.
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Although special education is a relatively new concept, students with disabilities have been present in every era and society. One of the earliest recordings of educating a child with behavioural difficulties is in the early 1800's when physician Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, tamed the "wild boy" of Aveyron, France. Another noted occurrence of special education is when Anne Sullivan Macy worked tirelessly to develop reading and communication skills in the child, Helen Keller, who was deaf, could not speak and blind. In the early 19th century children with severe disabilities such as mental retardation, autism, schizophrenia, and behavioral disorders were recorded. Milder forms, such as dyslexia, became more apparent with the advent of public education.
As early 19th century values began to change so did the treatment of those with special needs. There is documentation to support that up until this time, mentally and physically handicapped people were confined to jails where good food, clothing and hygiene was non-existent. However, as time passed, people who suffered from mental illnesses were now treated in mental hospitals and reform schools were available for children with aggression and behavioral problems. It is around this same time that schools were established for the deaf, dumb and blind and other institutions were created to treat those with severe mental retardation. Although certainly not ideal, the care and education of children with special needs had improved somewhat.
The contemporary history of special education as we know it today began after World War II.
It is at this time that advocacy groups formed such as The United Cerebral Palsy Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Civil Rights Movement. These groups began to advocate universal education of all children--even those with special needs. In the 1960's, under President Kennedy, more schools granted access to children with handicaps. With advocacy and more children who had disabilities attending schools, the Education of all Handicapped Children Act was established. Also know as Public Law 94-142, it states that the federal government will support states in "protecting the rights of, meeting the individual needs of, and improving the results for infants, toddlers, children, and youths, with disabilities and their families. PL 94-142 requires schools to provide "free, appropriate public education to students with a wide range of physical and mental disabilities, and emotional and behavioral disorders." Schools have to provide the most "least restrictive environment" possible. This is achieved through inclusion, mainstreaming, segregation, and exclusion.
The education of special needs individuals has evolved from a time where handicapped children were hidden away and even jailed to a time where individualized learning plans and specialized instruction is provided to meet their needs when they cannot be met in the regular classroom.


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Found here are the archives and official procedings of the Rossica Society, a world-wide society established in 1929 in Yugoslavia by E. Arkhangelsky that is devoted to all aspects of Russian philately, from the pre-stamp days of Imperial Russia to current post-Soviet philately. The purpose of the Society is to unite all philatelist throughout the world with an interest in Russian philately and provide them a means of broadening their philatelic knowledge through inter-communication via the award winning Rossica Journal.
The Archive of the Rossica Society is a part of a larger digital library of the Society's Rossica Journal of Russian Philately, excluding issues published within the last three years, and other digitized holdings from the Society's Library, together with Russian philatelic resources collected by the University of Florida and its partners. This digital library is open to anyone with Internet access. Recent issues of the Rossica Journal along with other monographs and resources are available from the Rossica Society.
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Heiki Nabi took a silver in Greco-Roman wrestling in London, one of Estonia's two medals. So when Nabi returned to his hometown of Kärdla, on an island in the Baltic Sea, seemingly the entire population came out to greet him by serenading him with an Estonian version of a Queen classic.
(Fun fact! Estonian, and the related Finnish and Hungarian, are the only major European languages not descended from Proto-Indo-European, the putative ancestor of nearly every tongue spoken on the continent today. So if you ever wanted to know what Freddie Mercury's lyrics would sound like in a made-up Tolkien language, this is pretty darn close.)


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A mixed blessing: Rose disease reducing invasive multiflora rose
A mixed blessing: Rose disease reducing invasive multiflora rose
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Multiflora rose is one of the best -- or worst -- and most visible, examples of an invasive plant thriving in Pennsylvania's landscape. But for better or worse, a disease increasingly is infecting and killing the thick stands across the state.
Rose rosette disease, first seen in Canada, California and Wyoming in the 1940s, slowly has worked its way across the range of introduced multiflora rose, according to James Finley, Ibberson Professor of Forest Management in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Landowners and managers who have battled this invasive plant for years are celebrating while rose growers are lamenting, he noted. "The ubiquitous patches of multiflora rose across the state are displaying symptoms of rose rosette disease," he said. "Depending on your perspective, it's either a good thing or a bad thing."
Multiflora rose was brought to North America in the 1700s from Asia as rootstock for grafting ornamental roses. It was not too long, though, before it was recognized for other values. From the 1940s through the 1960s, many conservation agencies touted the "living fence" for its many benefits.
Planted along pasture margins, it kept cows and horses confined. But more important, it was easy to grow and could be grown almost anywhere -- even on old strip mines.
"It held the soil, and it provided plentiful and nutritious hips," Finley said. "It created dense wildlife habitat. Many wildlife species flourished with its presence. Some departments of transportation even thought the tangles of thorns were useful as crash barriers."
However, it soon became apparent that multiflora rose had the potential to dominate landscapes with its rapidly growing canes, Finley explained. As the name multiflora implies, each rose bush is capable of producing hundreds, if not thousands, of rose hips, and each of these hips contains an average of seven seeds.
The plant's ability to survive is formidable. These highly viable seeds can lay dormant for a long time, up to 20 years, waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Birds and other animals that readily eat the hips can quickly spread the seeds across the landscape.
"Fortunately or unfortunately, rose rosette disease is becoming more common -- it has slowly spread through native, wild and multiflora rose populations, arriving in southwestern Pennsylvania sometime in the 1990s," Finley said.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas isolated the rose rosette virus in 2011, although it had been present for many years. The disease is spread by a type of mite or by grafting, and multiflora rose is very susceptible. Mite populations are lowest in the spring and build through the summer, becoming most abundant in September.
Here is the downside to the disease that is attacking the invasive plant: Cultivated roses planted downwind of infected multiflora rose are especially at risk when wind currents move mites. Once infected, roses can show signs of the disease in as few as four weeks. There is no known treatment or cure for infected plants.
Rose rosette disease has many symptoms. It typically is recognized by a rapid elongation of new shoots, which often form clusters of small branches or "witches brooms." The leaves on these brooms are often small, distorted and red in coloration. The canes where brooms occur often will be soft and pliable. Even the thorns have these characteristics, at least for a while.
Flowers forming on these canes also may display deformities. Infected plants often die in one or two years; however, some plants may live as long as four years. Some researchers report that infected canes are more susceptible to damage from low temperatures.
While some landowners will celebrate the loss or reduction of multiflora rose, the mortality of this invasive plant is not a reason to reduce vigilance, Finley warned.
"At least one study has shown that the void left by its demise is rapidly filled by bush honeysuckle and, perhaps, autumn or Russian olive, other invasive plants," he said.
"Some people suggest that we give up the fight against burgeoning invasive plants; others argue that we have to encourage more indigenous plants to support native insects, which feed our native species. If you want to keep invasive plant species at bay on your land, the sooner you act the better. It is much easier to control a few plants."


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Whenever I pass a Coles, that awful "Down, Down" cover by Status Quo plays in my head for the rest of the day and wrecks everything. But research shows that solving anagrams may be a way to stop the broken record. Seriously, this better work.
The idea is to occupy your working or short term memory with something other than the song, known as an earworm, so it doesn't just bounce around your head ad nauseum. According to the findings published in the March/April edition of Applied Cognitive Psychology, the key is to strike a balance between anagrams that are too hard for you and ones that are too easy. If you're bored and don't really have to think to solve the puzzle the song will stay put. And if the puzzle is too challenging your brain may look for distractions and relapse.
Earworms are different for everyone, but tend to be pop songs or anything that comes up regularly in daily life. The researchers at Western Washington University found that Lady Gaga and groups like ABBA or Train produce common earworms. If this is the only problem modern science solves today it will have been a good day. [The Telegraph]


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Because people in developed countries spend about 90% of their time indoors, their sense of warmth becomes one key comfort factor for interior spaces. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new method for assessing the individual thermal comfort experienced by different user groups. The design of energy efficient buildings — such as day care centres, schools, offices and homes for the elderly — should pay more attention in future to the thermal comfort of user groups according to real needs.
The new method developed for assessing thermal comfort (Human Thermal Model, HTM) is based on modelling of individual anatomy and physiology. The method can be used to assess the impact of individual characteristics — gender, age, body mass index and muscularity — on the volumes of various tissue types (bone, muscle, fat and skin).
The heat and moisture transfer between a person's anatomy, clothing and the environment determine the local temperature of body tissues. These temperature values can be used to calculate the local thermal comfort of different parts of the body.
An adequately precise identification of the various body tissues is important because muscle tissue, for example, when at rest produces heat at a basal metabolic rate of 0.67 W/kg, while the heat produced by fat tissue is at a rate of 0.004 W/kg. Light office work produces just over 2W of thermal power per kilo of muscle, while cleaning work produces 5W and strenuous sporting performance momentarily over 20W.
When comparing the thermal comfort of women and men using same values for all other individual characteristics (body mass and muscle indexes), the indexes for male thermal comfort were on average 0.39 units higher than for women in the case of 20-year-olds and 80-year-olds, and 0.48 units higher for 50-year-olds.
Several previous researches have shown men to have statistically more muscle tissue on average than women. People also lose muscle mass as they grow older. Because the thermal output of muscle tissue per kilogram is several orders of magnitude higher than that of fat tissue, it is important to be aware about individual amount of muscle tissue. Thus gender and individual muscularity in particular out of the various characteristics have a considerable impact on metabolic rate and tissue temperature — and in the end on the person's thermal comfort.
One mega trend in the coming years will be continuous improvement in the energy efficiency of existing and new construction. From occupant point of view it will important to be able to estimate thermal comfort of different end user groups, so that relevant design and maintenance solutions would ensure simultaneous fulfillment of both energy efficiency and satisfaction with thermal conditions.
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Metro-North: Wheels turning on improvement
NEW HAVEN -- A beleaguered duo of Metro-North Railroad leaders for the second time this week promised to fix Connecticut's broken commuter railroad and, for the first time, offered a few specifics on how they plan to do that.
Joseph Giulietti, Metro-North's newly installed president, and Tom Prendergast, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, both pledged on Thursday to quickly complete four steps to improve safety and ensure that trains run on time.
Those steps include a top-to-bottom management review that Giulietti and Prendergast said could involve replacement of key executives.
They also said Metro-North would install inward- and outward-looking cameras on trains to monitor operations, an automatic control system to prevent accidents and an alerter system that requires engineers to periodically respond to a signal to prove they are awake and on the job.
"We have to restore the confidence of the riding public and safety and reliability. You have to do it. You are only as good as your last rush hour," Prendergast said.
"You have my commitment that I'm involved and I know what's going on," said Giulietti, a former Metro-North executive who rejoined the railroad as its president last week.
"But I do need time to figure out what is going on," he said. "My first mission is the safety of the passengers and employees. I want to emphasize the amount of support from all of the people at our agency."
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who hosted a press conference Thursday afternoon at New Haven's train station after meeting with the Metro-North leaders, said he believes the railroad is sincere in wanting to make improvements.
"I believe (Giulietti is) committed to restoring safety and reliability in the Metro-North system," Blumenthal said.
Metro-North has faced a firestorm of criticism over the last year, especially after one train derailed and collided with another last May in Bridgeport. In December, four people were killed during a crash in New York City after an engineer fell asleep and rounded a curve at too high a speed.
The railroad has been besieged with delays in its schedule and has left passengers stranded on the tracks in freezing temperatures because of power losses. The entire system was nearly shut down for two weeks after a Con-Ed substation failed.
Giulietti "appreciates the frustration and fury from Metro-North customers," Blumenthal said. "They have lost patience and so have I. There needs to be new leadership and accountability at Metro-North."
The press conference Thursday was similar to one held on Monday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who also met privately with Prendergast and Giulietti and then briefed reporters with the railroad officials at his side.
During that presentation, the Metro-North officials vowed to develop an improvement plan within two weeks. By Thursday, they were offering some specifics.
Prendergast said the automatic train system, called Positive Train Control, would be operational in all trains by December 2015. Federal authorities have mandated that railroads across the nation adopt a computerized system that can cut power to a train if it is traveling too fast in a given area and make other automatic emergency corrections.
Metro-North has been accused of being slow to adopt that control system.
Asked how Metro-North ended up in whirlwind of criticism, Prendergast said there is no single answer.
"When you start in a place where you are best in class, and in nine months get to where we are at, it's not one thing," he said. "It's a couple of things. We had the loss of key people and a loss of management focus on what's important. We will identify the problem areas and work to get it back.
"You start with senior executive management and identify the problems. It's not something that happened overnight, and we will work to bring it back as fast as possible. But I can also tell you it won't come back overnight."
Giulietti added, "We have got a lot of federal agencies investigating, and we look forward to those reports. My focus is where we are and what we are going to do to bring it back. We would like to get it back to being a leader in the industry."
Blumenthal said he expects completion dates from Metro-North as it works to improve its system.
"The backdrop is clearly the frustration and impatience of customers, and even fury," Blumenthal said. "It's understandable and well-founded. The railroad must do a better job talking to customers and provide assurance that cameras will be installed by a certain date. Whatever that date is, it should be sooner."
He also blamed the Federal Railroad Administration for failing to issue orders and recommendations in a timely manner.
"We will hold their feet to the fire, too," Blumenthal said.


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This attractive physical map of the Indian Ocean floor appeared in the June 1992 issue of National Geographic. It contains an article entitled "Changing the Face of Earth" and additional information on continental drift. The map's detail of such submarine terrain as fracture zones, basins, and ridges is stunning. A wonderful companion to the ocean floor map of the Pacific Ocean which appeared in the same issue.
Coverage Area: Indian Ocean, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea


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Snapshots from Thailand: The Best Things I Ate
Neither of us ever said it out loud, but after nearly two weeks of nonstop noodles, dumplings, spring rolls, soups, stir-fries, and salads in China and Vietnam, my dad and I were feeling pretty full and wondering how we were going to rev up for the last leg of our trip to Asia: Thailand.
What a silly question. From the moment we drove out of Chiang Mai Airport until we made our last food-grazing stroll down Bangkok's famous Yaowarat Road, my eyes were bouncing from one delicious site to the next, and my eating fatigue disappeared. Check out the coconut pancakes, pad se ew, rambutan, and more snapshots of the best stuff we ate in Thailand.
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Since taking over for former Apple CEO Steve Jobs last August, newly minted CEO Tim Cook has slowly made a number of changes to how things are done at the company. Whereas Jobs was mercurial, Cook is apparently genteel. Whereas Jobs downplayed labor issues in China, Cook has personally visited factory floors and met with Chinese officials.
Fortune editor Adam Lashinsky, who recently detailed Apple's inner workings in his book Inside Apple, is well suited to note such "subtle but significant changes. " In a recently published report for Fortune, Lashinsky makes the case that Cook is leaving an indelible mark on Apple and its corporate culture.
Though Cook is maintaining "most" of Apple's corporate culture, largely implemented by Jobs since he took the helm in 1997, he is reportedly "taking action that Apple sorely needed and employees badly wanted. " And while many of the changes seem positive, not everyone is so sure that those changes are necessarily for the better.
Here are a few examples from the report that caught our attention:
- Since taking over at Apple, the company's stock performance has been remarkably similar to its performance at the time Jobs took over in 1997. After three quarters, however, AAPL is up 42 percent, while after Jobs's first three quarters, it had only risen 21 percent. "By any quantitative measure, so far his performance is phenomenal," Bill Shope, a Goldman Sachs research analyst, told Fortune.
- A former vice president at Apple believes the company is becoming more "corporate" and "conservative," noting that the company resembles more of a "conservative execution engine" than an engineering-run organization. "I've been told that any meeting of significance is now always populated by project management and global-supply management," Max Paley, a 14-year Apple veteran who left in 2011, told Fortune. "When I was there, engineering decided what we wanted, and it was the job of product management and supply management to go get it."
- Apple employees are known for their dedication, passion, and long work hours. But the "90 hours a week and loving it" attitude seems to be relaxing under Cook. One former Apple employee described meeting a current engineer for lunch and expecting his former co-worker to rush back to work after eating. Instead, he offered to take time to have a coffee. "The outsider's conclusion: 'I think people are breathing now.' It's not necessarily a compliment," Lashinsky wrote.
- Unlike Jobs, who preferred to eat with design chief Jony Ive, Cook reportedly tends to sit down at the Apple corporate cafeteria and eat with various workers. "It is a small difference that speaks volumes about how employees can expect to interact with their CEO," Lashinsky wrote. "Cook clearly is a demanding boss, but he's not scary. He's well-respected, but not worshiped."
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Clashes in Istanbul extend Erdogan warns 'no tolerance'
June 12, ISTANBUL (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the square in the evening, in a show of defiance met with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons, hours after riot police had forced their way past improvised barricades to clear the square of protesters occupying the area for the past 12 days.
Protesters and Turkey's prime minister both refused to back down Tuesday in what could become the final battle for Istanbul's Taksim Square, the symbol of nationwide grievances against his government.
Hundreds more vowed to continue their sit-in at Taksim's adjacent Gezi Park, despite an order from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for them to leave — an order bolstered by the police show of force.
A peaceful demonstration against the park's redevelopment that began more than two weeks ago has morphed into the biggest test of Erdogan's authority in his decade of power. The unrest has spread to 78 cities across the country, with protesters championing their objections to what they say is the prime minister's increasingly authoritarian style and his perceived attempts to impose a religious and conservative lifestyle in a country with secular laws — charges he rejects.
So far four people have died, including a policeman, and about 5,000 have been treated for injuries or the effects of tear gas, according to the Turkish Human Rights Foundation. Tuesday's clashes, which saw police and protesters take and lose control of the square several times, came a day after Taksim saw its smallest gathering since the demonstrations began, sparked by a violent police reaction against a sit-in in the park to prevent its redevelopment. The government had also said Erdogan would meet with some of those occupying the park on Wednesday to hear their views.
"The relative calm yesterday was deceptive," said Robert O'Daly, Turkey analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit. "Mr. Erdogan's offer of dialogue appears to have been merely tactical. The appearance of riot police in the square this morning and renewed use of teargas against the protesters fits better with his defiant rhetoric," said O'Daly.
Erdogan, a devout Muslim, says he is committed to Turkey's secular laws and denies charges of autocracy. Yet as he defended his tough stance, he gave critics little hope of a shift in his position. "Were we supposed to kneel before them and say 'please remove your pieces of rags'?" he said, referring to the dozens of banners and flags the protesters had festooned in the square. "They can call me harsh, but this Tayyip Erdogan won't change."
Confident of his position of power after winning the last elections in 2011 with 50 percent of the vote, Erdogan has insisted he will prevail. He made it clear that he has come to the end of his patience with the protesters, whom he accused of sullying Turkey's image abroad and being vandals and troublemakers.
"To those who … are at Taksim and elsewhere taking part in the demonstrations with sincere feelings: I call on you to leave those places and to end these incidents and I send you my love. But for those who want to continue with the incidents I say: 'It's over.' As of now we have no tolerance for them."
"Not only will we end the actions, we will be at the necks of the provocateurs and terrorists, and no one will get away with it," he added. His words, accompanied by the repeated rounds of tear gas that left many choking for breath, seemed to gird the resolve of many in the park rather than weaken it.
"People are definitely going to stay. The more the police attack, the more people come and stay," said Melda, a 29-year-old cook who rushed to the park Tuesday morning when she heard of the police intervention. Fearful of losing her job for participating in the protests, she asked that her surname not be used.
Melda and a group of friends had originally intended to go and set up a stall giving out cupcakes and sandwiches to the protesters. Instead they arrived with first aid supplies. She had harsh words for those protesters who had thrown rocks and firebombs at riot police on the square earlier in the day.
"They're taking advantage of the situation," she said. "And then the prime minister calls us all terrorists." On Tuesday, Erdogan, who has called major pro-government rallies in Ankara and Istanbul this weekend, insisted again that the unrest was part of a conspiracy against his government.
The demonstrators, he said, " are being used by some financial institutions, the interest rate lobby and media groups to (harm) Turkey's economy and (scare away) investments." In Taksim, unrest continued into the night. The tens of thousands of protesters who returned in the evening were met with more rounds of tear gas, which was also fired into the park. Students clutching surgical masks, women in summer dresses and sandals, and boys selling gas masks ran through the trees for cover from the plumes of acrid chemicals that spewed out of canisters fired by riot police.
Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu asked peaceful protesters to stay away from Taksim until it was cleared of "marginal groups." He said some 30,000-35,000 had gathered as police stood by. Police fired tear gas to disperse them because some attacked police.
Ambulances ferried away the injured. Before the evening clashes, more than 300 people had already been treated in a makeshift infirmary set up in the park, most for the effects of tear gas, said volunteer Selin Akuner. Twelve had suffered head injuries.
In the square, water cannons doused a man in a wheelchair carrying a Turkish flag as a phalanx of helmeted officers moved forward. Plainclothes officers in gas masks yanked down banners for the second time in a day.
Barcin Yinanc, a columnist for the Istanbul-based Hurriyet Daily News, said Erdogan's speech indicated he wouldn't allow the occupation of Gezi Park for much longer. "If there is a very serious clampdown, then I think that the protesters will continue to react against the government," she said.
However, he estimated they were unlikely to continue as they had. "Many believe that the message to the government was given sufficiently loud enough and that the opposition to the government should now move off the streets and be channeled through other ways."
But as night fell to the echoes of exploding tear gas canisters in Taksim, few protesters appeared willing to leave.
Associated press coordinator for human rights observers – Norberto Lluch reports from the region.
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