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14 snakes found in woman's bedroom

News Interactive Sat, 29 Nov 2008 5:01 AM PSTA WOMAN says she lived her worst nightmare finding 14 snakes in her bedroom as she was about to go to sleep.

It was the longest lasting news event on US networks since 9/11New Kerala Fri, 28 Nov 2008 9:55 PM PSTBy Mayank Chhaya, New York, Nov 29 : The Mumbai terror attacks played big time in the US media but nowhere more so than on the 24-hour news network CNN.

Woman's testimony unreliable, judge finds in sexual assault caseStarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,CanadaFabian Maytwayashing, 34, was tried in October on four charges: Committing sexual assault, choking to enable him to commit sexual assault, breaching a court ...See all stories on this topic
U.S. military bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders

More Men Take the Lead Caring for Elderly ParentsNew York Times Fri, 28 Nov 2008 8:55 PM PSTEven as they make up nearly 40 percent of family care providers now, men are less likely to ask for help to cope.

Sex invariably spells trouble, says Dalai LamaAFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:38 AM PSTThe Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, on Friday said sex spelt fleeting satisfaction and trouble later, while chastity offered a better life and "more freedom."

Sex offenders, predators find a home at Kissimmee motelOrlando Sentinel Sat, 29 Nov 2008 5:46 AM PSTWith just 15 units that date back to the 1960s, the Friendly Village Inn & Motel on U.S. Highway 192 is easily overlooked. But for more than a half-dozen sex offenders and predators, it is a place to call home.


AFPDutch "magic mushroom" vendors lose court bid against banAFPSeveral political parties have become more critical of the Netherlands' traditionally liberal approach on issues such as drugs and prostitution which is ...See all stories on this topic

End of a good spell for Amsterdam’s magic mushroomsTimes Online - UKThe Dutch Government has adopted a stricter stance on issues such as soft drugs and prostitution, as well as immigration, since the elections in 2006, ...See all stories on this topic

Wireless hub + RouterTo help us maintain a healthy community please report any illegal or ... So basically connecting my usb cell phone modem into a wireless router so it can ...

Wireless LANS: Phooey to 3GCell phone service in Afghanistan: The war-torn country's wireless service ... The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory .

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Documents released in Hatfill anthrax caseJournal Inquirer Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:26 PM PSTWASHINGTON — Pharmacy records and writings initially — but wrongly — helped lead the FBI to Army scientist Steven Hatfill in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Justice Department documents released Tuesday show.


Working with K-9 teams for successful perimeter containmentPolice News - San Francisco,CA,USAPerimeter containment is a proven tactic for apprehending fleeing suspects who are attempting to evade law enforcement on foot. ...See all stories on this topic

Rendell rightly saves important health care agencyTowanda Daily Review - Towanda,PA,USAIt extends the life of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, also known as PHC4, through the end of the current fiscal year, ...See all stories on this topic
';Loneliness as a Way of Life'Wall Street Journal - USAThe All -- the absolute containment of the inside on the outside; the One -- the absolute containment of the outside on the inside. ...See all stories on this topic

Triple Crown of Surfing on today; larger waves expectedHonolulu Advertiser Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:45 AM PSTThe Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is on today at Sunset Beach.

Surfing becomes a new wave treatment to cure drug addictsTimes Online Thu, 27 Nov 2008 4:50 PM PSTAs a sport and lifestyle, it is not noted for its medical benefits. But an addiction clinic in Cape Town has taken up surfing as part of its rehabilitation programme.

Former South African addict helps others kick the habit – by surfingThe Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News Fri, 28 Nov 2008 0:00 AM PSTThey've ridden the high and lows of addiction and now a group of recovering addicts is learning to surf the waves as an unlikely part of their rehabilitation program.

Boulder Woman Drugged, Assaulted Thanksgiving NightMy Fox Colorado.com - Denver,CO,USAIn the past month, sexual assault reports have happened in this area almost weekly. "It makes me really sad to think that this is happening in Boulder which ...See all stories on this topic

New Sacramento cop trades DA's office desk for life on streetsSacramento Bee - CA, USA"I think it's certainly a testament to his character and his commitment to law enforcement to make that change," Young said. Hall's interest in law ...See all stories on this topic

Medical liability: Tough callTopeka Capital Journal - Topeka,KS,USAWilson said some law enforcement departments have addressed the issue by hiring third-party medical service providers who agree to assume liability for ...See all stories on this topic

found it online, so it must be trueDallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USAReuters Health talked to a medical professor who has researched the accuracy of information on Wikipedia about prescription drugs. ...See all stories on this topic

Bush interviewed by sisterAustin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USAI carefully considered the advice of smart, capable people and made tough decisions. I’d like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million ...See all stories on this topic

BBC NewsA non-man's man in the mean streetsBBC News - UKWith the drugs come killings, committed largely by and on young men involved in the trade. For the best part of four weeks these crime-ridden communities ...See all stories on this topic

Studying how nitric oxide alters brain function can lead to ...DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USAProfessor Forsythe revealed that his research team will be trying to understand how these signalling mechanisms are applicable elsewhere in the brain, ...See all stories on this topic


Crime victims hailed for battling backToronto Sun Fri, 28 Nov 2008 0:51 AM PSTThirteen victims of crime, victim service professionals and volunteers received the Victim Services Awards of Distinction at the Ontario legislature yesterday.

Severe mental illness sufferers more likely to be crime victimsThe Shreveport Times Fri, 28 Nov 2008 0:01 AM PSTPeople with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses are more likely to be crime victims than crime perpetrators, according to a 2005 national study. Schizophrenics can control symptoms of the illness with medication and therapy. LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport is participating in two clinical trials that study whether medications can help adults and teens with the illness.

'Human traffic' victims rescuedBBC News Fri, 28 Nov 2008 3:56 AM PSTThe police organised crime squad rescues two victims of human trafficking in the greater Belfast area.

Focus is on the victimsThe Paris News Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:46 AM PSTCrime victims, particularly those who’ve had a loved one die in a crime, face bittersweet holidays in the wake of violence. A group of local advocates are holding their sixth annual ceremony to honor the memory of victims and give survivors the opportunity to reflect.

Police quiz might help prevent holiday crimeThe Topeka Capital-Journal Fri, 28 Nov 2008 6:35 AM PSTNow that the holiday shopping season is here, the Topeka Police Department has some tips that might reduce the risk of people becoming the victims of crime.

Paying respects was grave errorHerald Sun Fri, 28 Nov 2008 5:00 AM PSTBEN Cousins' decision to attend the funeral of a convicted drug trafficker has outraged victims of crime.

DUIs: Forget what you think you knowThe Daily Democrat Fri, 28 Nov 2008 4:17 AM PSTIn the history of crime, suspects, victims and witnesses express the same sentiment: I was surprised at how quickly and uncontrollably things went from good to terrible. This power of bad facts set in motion is the foundation of crime as we know it and is illustrated, routinely, in DUI collisions.

State cuts hurt program protecting elderly and disabledThe Record Searchlight Fri, 28 Nov 2008 8:40 AM PSTThe watchdog service with an eye for bedsores, bruises and thefts inflicted on the most vulnerable people - frail elders and the disabled in nursing homes and residential care facilities - is straining under state budget cuts. The Long Term Care Ombudsman program monitors and responds to complaints of physical, emotional and financial abuse in 13 north state counties. It lost $267,000 in ...

Stem cell obstaclesPhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA"There are still a number of major hurdles in the path of stem cell research today that are preventing the routine application of the technology in ...See all stories on this topic

ReutersResearch on mice links fast food to Alzheimer'sReuters - USA... brain," Susanne Akterin, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, who led the study, said in a statement. ...See all stories on this topic

Fast Food A Potential Risk Factor For Alzheimer’sScience Daily (press release) - USAPrevious research has shown that a phenomenon known as oxidative stress in the brain and a relatively low intake of dietary antioxidants can also increase ...See all stories on this topic

Men taking on big waves as Triple Crown of Surfing is onHonolulu Advertiser Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:15 AM PSTThe men's division of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is on today in big waves at Sunset Beach.

Tag That Image: Visual Bookmarking Sites Worth BrowsingNew York Times Fri, 28 Nov 2008 7:43 PM PSTHalf the fun of surfing the Internet is stumbling across tasty little Web treats that you never would have thought to look for. Traditional social bookmarking sites like Digg and Delicious are great for finding articles and other text that other Web surfers have tagged as interesting.

Lay day called at Roxy ProThe West Australian Sat, 29 Nov 2008 1:23 PM PSTA lay-day has been called at the women's Roxy Pro surfing event at Sunset Beach. Organisers have called the competition off for the day, allowing the men in the Triple Crown to tackle the solid three- to four-metre surf on offer.

Surf-tour Brad on board for the LordMudgee Guardian Sat, 29 Nov 2008 1:29 PM PSTIT'S not unheard of for religious people to pass gracefully over water but the professional surfing world tour has taken that to a new level by appointing a chaplain.

Tail slide puts Payne in good positionHonolulu Star-Bulletin Sat, 29 Nov 2008 4:44 AM PSTDusty Payne owned Sunset Beach yesterday at the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing. It was the first day of competition at the second jewel of the 26th annual Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and Payne was ripping.

Towering waves hit Oahu's North ShoreKHNL News 8 Honolulu Fri, 28 Nov 2008 8:04 PM PSTOAHU'S NORTH SHORE (KHNL) - It's a huge day for surfing on Oahu's North Shore. The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing continues its second leg Friday. Towering waves mean a thrilling race for both the women's and men's competition. While it's good news for pros, it's also a warning for amateurs.

Gilmore rebounds to reach quartersAustralian Broadcasting Corporation Fri, 28 Nov 2008 8:20 PM PSTAustralian world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore has rebounded from a first round hammering at the hands of Hawaiian Melanie Bartels to reach the quarter-finals of the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.

Gilmore storms back to reach quartersFOXSPORTS.com.au Fri, 28 Nov 2008 5:30 PM PSTWORLD surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore has rebounded from a first round hammering to reach the quarter-finals of the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach.

FBI Special Agent Samuel Hicks Killed in the Line of DutyWed, 19 Nov 2008 10:42:16 -0600
Special Agent Samuel Hicks, assigned to the Pittsburgh FBI Office, was fatally shot today while executing a federal search warrant associated with a drug distribution ring. One suspect is in custody and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting is being conducted.7:33 AM HAST ThursdayDisney brea

The U.S. Department of Labor has joined with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to launch a Web-based directory to help wounded warriors identify resources available to assist them in transitioning back to civilian life. The National Resource Directory encompasses more than 10,000 services and resources. This new website also allows visitors to find help and resources in their own state by clicking on a state map.

"This directory is valuable for our returning wounded warriors and their positive reintegration back into mainstream American life," said Neil Romano, assistant secretary for the Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy.

This information has recently been updated, and can be accessed by visiting this link: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=10. ks ground at Hawaii resort http://zangarijournalism.com/

NASA Plans Test of 'Electronic Nose' on International Space StationTue, 18 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600

NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air.

A Juvinile Putty Shoot

The Springs Of My Bed

I fired up the amplifier.
I had wired it wrong and the shock of the ambient electricity filled the room. Static electricity arced between the follicles of my hair. My teeth and gums tingled wickedly.
In a sizzle, the electricity flooded the wires around the room and hit the speakers with a whump.. It threw a howling wave of feed-back across my auras and the lobes of my brain like someone tossed a bucket of paint in my face.
“IYEEEEEEEE!” came the disembodied scream of my harasser from the refrigerator.
“Be careful” he screamed.
The smell of copper filled the room.
I could taste it on my tongue.
For a brief moment, the man on the microphone had stepped out of role.
He had dropped the litany of my sins and pooped his pants.
I would pay for that, he assured me.
For two months I had been involved in a radio show that I could not turn off.
There was little to distinguish this involvement from a psychotic break, except for the fact that it wasn’t particularly creative, it was obviously scripted and had a goal. The individuals doing the 24/7 air shift wanted me to move. They would not let me sleep or work. It was constant. I couldn’t go to the bathroom without someone commenting on the size of the emission or the smell.
I had made the police reports. They had been noted.
Describing this situation had been a real challenge.
Especially since filing the lawsuit my advisories had told anyone that would listen that I was psychotic, mentally deranged, wacked out, disgruntled and maybe even dangerous since leaving the agency.
I hadn’t slept in two months and I needed a haircut.
I assumed the role of a lunatic without saying a word.
“Don’t listen to him. He’s crazy” the director would say when he casually called the police and local journalists to give them the heads-up. "Under the influences, if you know what I mean."
“He wets the bed, shoplifts and worships the devil.”
Coincidentally, things that he himself had as hobbies.
The police, people I had worked with for several years looked at me with weary eyes.
“Toxins” I managed to get out when I could talk about it. “The work place is dangerous. They cause brain damage.”
“Get over it” friends urged.
I could barely talk.
As the copper tanged my tongue, I realized that we had entered a new phase in the lawsuit.
Gone were the ideas of a civilized debate among colleagues.
The daggers were out.
I knew I would have to fight back to survive.
The enemy had invaded the home land.
They spoke to me from the springs in my bed.
I was involved in a juvenile putty shoot.

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K-complex-induced seizures in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe ...
In nine cases a sound induced a K-complex that was immediately followed by the seizure. ... of sound-triggered seizures - support the view that ADNFLE seizures may be ...
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An Exploration Of 'The Migraine Brain'
Neurologist Carolyn Bernstein, co-author (with journalist Elaine McArdle) of The Migraine Brain, estimates that 30 million Americans suffer from migraines — and that most sufferers don't realize they have the condition.
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Reef Hawaiian Pro men's surfing finals postponedHonolulu Advertiser Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:45 AM PSTThe final day of the Reef Hawaiian Pro men's surfing contest is postponed today due to a lack of quality waves at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach.
The Pentagon responds to anthrax articlesBaltimore Examiner - Baltimore,MD,USAThe Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly found, and independent medical experts have confirmed, that the anthrax vaccine is safe and effective. ...See all stories on this topic
Health Department Uses Flu Clinic as DrillNew Canaan News Review - New Canaan,CT,USAThe response team meets weekly to draft emergency plans for many health threats, from hurricanes to anthrax. During one meeting in mid-November, ...See all stories on this topic

Woman to Be Sentenced for Child Sex Trafficking1010 WINS New York Fri, 21 Nov 2008 5:42 AM PST A 46-year-old upstate New York woman will be sentenced for selling a 12-year-old girl to a man for sex as payment for the woman's back rent.

Brain scans to detect Gulf War syndromeUPI Thu, 20 Nov 2008 6:37 PM PSTDALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas said they are aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the the brain affected by Gulf War Syndrome.

Attendance of Religious Services Reduces DeathPsych Central Fri, 21 Nov 2008 6:49 AM PSTA new study strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent in post-menopausal women. The findings, published in Psychology and Health, were based on data drawn from participants who spanned numerous religious denominations. The research was conducted by Eliezer Schnall, Ph.D. of Yeshiva [...]

More NewsThe Scranton Times-Tribune Fri, 21 Nov 2008 1:39 AM PSTQ: In what language do bilingual people dream? A: It depends on a number of factors, said Dr. Jyotsna Vaid, professor of psychology at Texas A&M University. These factors include how fluent a person is in a second language, the length of residence in the country of the second language and the language of the person’s elementary education.
Sexually Harassed Employees Experience Less Job Satisfaction And Lower Job PerformanceMedical News Today Fri, 21 Nov 2008 4:08 AM PSTA new study in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance. Employees also experienced higher levels of psychological distress and physical problems than those who were not harassed.
FDLE talks of cutbacks that have local law enforcement nervousGainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USABy Karen Voyles Those are all activities the Florida Department Law Enforcement has proposed eliminating to cut the agency’s budget by 10 percent. ...See all stories on this topic
3 US arrests over racist anti-Obama graffitiGMA News Fri, 21 Nov 2008 1:36 PM PSTMASTIC, N.Y. - Three men accused of spray-painting racist and lewd graffiti on about 40 vehicles, including messages targeting President-elect Barack Obama, are not being charged with a hate crime because none of the victims were specifically targeted because of their race, a police official said Friday.

Gunshots to scare birds triggers reactionThe Press-Enterprise Fri, 21 Nov 2008 8:15 AM PSTA golf course groundskeeper shot several blank cartridges into the air to scare away nuisance birds yesterday in Palm Desert, triggering emergency calls of gunshots and a police investigation to find shooting victims and a crime scene, according to Riverside County sheriff's officials.

SENIORS LEARN ABOUT PINE BLUFF’S DRUG WARPine Bluff Commercial Fri, 21 Nov 2008 7:35 AM PSTIllegal drug activity is a reality in every community, but there are efforts being made every day to fight the problems, according to presenters at a Crime Victims Support Group meeting Wednesday.

Board rejects `don't tell' policyToronto Star Fri, 21 Nov 2008 1:37 AM PSTThe Toronto Police Services Board has voted to reject a controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy for victims and witnesses of crime who are not legally in the country. It's a move that social advocates say is endangering women's lives.

Bruning to ask tougher penalties for small fraudsLincoln Journal Star Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:54 PM PSTOMAHA — Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning will ask the Legislature next year to allow prosecutors to combine the losses of multiple victims of financial crime in a single charge.

Berks Latino youths learn to handle bullies with careReading Eagle Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:33 PM PSTBullying in schools can be like organized crime, perpetuated by groups of students who exercise power over others. To combat it, victims need to speak up and find a mediator to confront the problem, students were told Thursday at the third annual Latino Youth Conference in Reading.

Blood Component That Turns Anthrax Bacteria Virulent IdentifiedScience Daily Fri, 21 Nov 2008 1:13 PM PSTScientists have discovered the key chemical that signals Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, to become lethal. This finding opens up new avenues of exploration for the development of treatments for bacterial infections.

Brevard's unemployment rate hits 7.6%Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USAThe 7.6 percent figure in October was the highest jobless rate on the Space Coast since January 1995, when the local rate was 7.9 percent. ...See all stories on this topic

State officials seek OK to jam cell-phone signals in prisonsGreenville News - Greenville,SC,USA"FCC Chairman Kevin Martin understands the concerns of state and local law enforcement officials and is willing to work with them on this complex issue," ...See all stories on this topic

Swedish DNA tests confirm remains of CopernicusThe Local - SwedenJerzy Gassowski, head of the Archeology and Anthropology Institute in Pultusk in central Poland, confirmed the news at a press conference on Thursday. ...See all stories on this topic
Taser Safety Has Many Asking More QuestionsWJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA"We don't have jurisdiction over any of the local law enforcement agencies. But, what we can provide to them is a comprehensive look at the issues of taser ...See all stories on this topic
Urban Violence Subcommittee, co-chaired by local DA, issues reportWakefield Observer - Beverly,MA,USACoakley and Blodgett gathered leaders with diverse perspectives about urban violence, including law enforcement, educators, business leaders, youth-service ...See all stories on this topic

Some good came of a quiet man speaking upThe Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:23 PM PSTBeing one of the first to speak out about Gulf War Syndrome was not a good career move, former medical researcher Tom Tiedt says.

Surfing: Second event in Vans Triple Crown of Surfing postponedHonolulu Advertiser Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:46 PM PSTThe second event in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is postponed today due to a lack of quality waves at Sunset Beach.

Neb. Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition hires executive ...NTV - Kearney,NE,USA(AP) - The Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition has hired Lynne Lange as its new executive director. Before being hired, Lange was the ...See all stories on this topic

Thai general told to danceThailandnews.net Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:11 PM PSTA maverick Thai general who has threatened to bomb anti-government protesters and drop snakes on them from helicopters has been reassigned as an aerobics teacher, the Bangkok Post said yesterday. Majo...

Experts question boy's confessionSan Diego Union-Tribune Sun, 23 Nov 2008 3:15 AM PSTPHOENIX – It's very unlikely the videotaped confession of an 8-year-old Arizona boy charged with killing his father and another man will be admissible in court, legal and child psychology experts say.
Fed report vindicates ill Gulf War vets
Nov 23 1:39 AM EST
Kevin Knight can rattle off the symptoms: skin rash, respiratory problems, short-term memory loss and chronic fatigue. He has had them all. But for years, the retired Army first sergeant was told that his poor health had nothing to do with his service in the Gulf War.

Al Qaeda says order given for US attack “far bigger than 9/11”DEBKAfile Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:35 PM PSTDEBKA file ’s counter-terror sources report that US president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of state in Washington for the G20 conference over the weekend were briefed about a probable early al Qaeda attack.

Clue to Cause of Epileptic Seizures DiscoveredWashington Post - United StatesRecent research has suggested that activation of the immune system in the brain, and the resulting inflammation processes, may play a role in epilepsy. ...See all stories on this topic
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November 24, 2008


EEL Program to Host Migration Celebration

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. – Brevard County’s Environmentally Endangered Lands Program will host a Migration Celebration, on Saturday, December 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Barrier Island Sanctuary Management and Education Center (Barrier Island Center), located at 8385 South Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach.
The Barrier Island Center invites the public to “migrate” to the Center for a celebration of the six-month anniversary of the Center, the end of hurricane season, the beginning of the Right whale migration, and the start of shorebird migration season.
Featured events for this celebration will include guest speakers, presentations, a guided hike, shorebird viewing, oyster mat making, live music, live animals, eco-arts, and storytelling. There will be activities for all age groups, and the event is free. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Overflow parking for the Migration Celebration will be available at Chapel By the Sea, 8240 South Highway A1A, located just north of the Sanctuary on the west side of A1A.
For more information, call the Barrier Island Center at 321-723-3556. Visit www.barrierislandcenter.com to learn more about upcoming events.

Police might be violating open record lawsThe Post and Courier Sat, 22 Nov 2008 9:19 PM PSTCharleston police are violating the state's open record laws by withholding key information about crime victims, witnesses and events from incident reports released to the public, one of the state's foremost experts on sunshine laws said. After years of releasing crime reports in their entirety, Charleston police recently began blacking out names, addresses, phone numbers and other important ...

Could Marijuana Substance Help Prevent Or Delay Memory Impairment In The Aging Brain?Science Daily Sat, 22 Nov 2008 3:29 PM PSTScientists are finding that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation of new brain cells. Some research suggests that developing a legal drug that contains certain properties similar to those in marijuana might help prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Though the exact cause of ...

Antigenics Vaccine for Brain Cancer Extends Lives of PatientsBloomberg Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:53 AM PSTNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Antigenics Inc. said its experimental cancer treatment, which uses cells from a patient's tumor to produce a vaccine, helped extend the lives of people with an aggressive form of brain tumors.

It's Not a Tumor, It's a Brain WormABC News Mon, 24 Nov 2008 8:07 AM PSTDoctor surprised to find a worm living inside a woman's brain.

Adult brain neurons can remodel connectionsEurekAlert! Mon, 24 Nov 2008 2:29 PM PSTOverturning a century of prevailing thought, scientists are finding that neurons in the adult brain can remodel their connections.

Third brain operation for Seve Ballesteros after further bleedingDaily Telegraph Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:45 PM PSTSeve Ballesteros to undergo third operation on rare type of tumour to stop bleeding in the golfer's brain.
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FBI Special Agent Samuel Hicks Killed in the Line of DutyWed, 19 Nov 2008 10:42:16 -0600
Special Agent Samuel Hicks, assigned to the Pittsburgh FBI Office, was fatally shot today while executing a federal search warrant associated with a drug distribution ring. One suspect is in custody and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting is being conducted.

The U.S. Department of Labor has joined with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to launch a Web-based directory to help wounded warriors identify resources available to assist them in transitioning back to civilian life. The National Resource Directory encompasses more than 10,000 services and resources. This new website also allows visitors to find help and resources in their own state by clicking on a state map.
"This directory is valuable for our returning wounded warriors and their positive reintegration back into mainstream American life," said Neil Romano, assistant secretary for the Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy.

This information has recently been updated, and can be accessed by visiting this link: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=10. ks ground at Hawaii resort http://zangarijournalism.com
NASA Plans Test of 'Electronic Nose' on International Space StationTue, 18 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600
NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air.
oastal engineering firm says building an artificial surfing reef just south of Cocoa Beach Pier would likely cost too much to justify.

Secret Gitmo camp opened to defense lawyersNewBallesteros out of intensive care following brain surgery on tumourCanadian Press via Yahoo! News Tue, 18 Nov 2008 4:17 PM PSTMADRID, Spain - Five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros was released from intensive care but remained in hospital on Tuesday to recuperate from brain surgery on a malignant tumour. s On 6 Tulsa Wed, 19 Nov 2008 4:41 PM PSTAssociated Press - November 19, 2008 11:33 AM ET SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - For the first time at Guantanamo, defense lawyers have seen a top-secret prison where the alleged 9/11 plotters and...NY

Emplo AD== SURFING SCIENTIST: FLIPPING COINS ==Flipping a coin one hundred times might sound mundane but it always produces truly astonishing results. You’ll astonish your class by correctly identifying who really flipped a coin one hundred times at home, and who faked their results.http://abcmail.net.au/t/328902/685626/6185/0/HD is not autismArizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USAI’ve been hearing lately that Sensory Integration Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are now being included in Autism Spectrum Disorders. ...See all stories on this topic

PharmAthene signs deal with Israeli firm to market biodefense drugsBizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA... manufacturing of the vaccines and treatments, developed to guard against bioterrorism — a threat to Israeli citizens even before the deaths from anthrax ...See all stories on this topic

It's time to help veterans with Gulf War illnessChicago Tribune - United States... we were forced under penalty of UCMJ prosecution to take, from nerve gas agents to malaria and anthrax, were a toxic coctail, a recipe from hell. ...See all stories on this topic

The Hidden Cost of the Gulf WarHuffington Post - New York,NY,USAOther long-suspect agents, like anthrax vaccines, and exposure of 100000 US troops to Iraqi poison gas dumps blown up by the US Army, may also have played a ...See all stories on this topic
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Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness - Washington PostBy Gary(Gary) These include exposure to nerve agents, exposure to smoke from oil well fires, and vaccines given to the troops. The panel ruled out depleted uranium and anthrax vaccine as causes. The panel also found government research and funding ...

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Senator Tom Daschle to Head HHSBy Ginger Taylor(Ginger Taylor) Daschle fought the Eli Lilly rider in the Homeland Security Bill and fought the anthrax vaccine that was harming military personnel. From David Kirby's HuffPo piece today:. By nominating Tom Daschle to head up the agency, ...Adventures in Autism - http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/

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Toxin-like Proteins Modulating Brain Function and BehaviourPharmalicencing Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:13 AM PSTA new A new treatment for chronic pain, Arrhythmia and degeneration and behaviour disease (such as Schizophrenia, mania-depression, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases).

Report Details Gulf War Illness Findings, Recommendations Altered ...Drug Topics Magazine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USAStudies have indicated alterations in brain structure and function, autonomic nervous system function, and neuroendocrine and immune function among these ...See all stories on this topic

Artificial brain project gets $4.9 millionSan Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAArtificial brain research has existed for decades, and in an influential 1993 essay, Vernor Vinge, a Hugo-winning science fiction writer and scientist, ...See all stories on this topic

IBM Tries to Bring Brain Power to ComputersPC World - USAIBM Research on Thursday is expected to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs ...See all stories on this topic

New Evidence That Brain-Plasticity Based Training has Broad Impact ...MarketWatch - USAIn the latest research, 20 study participants trained on the Brain Fitness Program, ten of them on the same version as older adults. ...See all stories on this topic

New Insight Into the Controls on a Go-To EnzymeMarketWatch - USAThis research was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Institute of Health Research and ALSAC. St. Jude Children's Research ...See all stories on this topic

Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer'sU.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA"That was the premise of this research: that by giving this medication we'd be able to influence the beta-amyloid in the brain. And we didn't receive this ...See all stories on this topic

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2008

BREVARDIANS SAVE $253,000 ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
IN 4 MONTHS

VIERA, Fla. – Brevard County managers are thrilled with the savings of more than $253,000 on prescription drugs by Brevard County residents in the past four months through the NACo/Caremark Prescription Discount Drug Card.
The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners approved providing the free program to the residents of Brevard County in May, and the program began in August. Since then, the card has been used by 8,600 residents to purchase over 24,000 prescriptions, with a total savings of $253,128.
Brevard is one of the heaviest users of the program in Florida , with October’s savings of $113,456 exceeding that of all other counties except Palm Beach , Pasco , and St. Lucie.
The discount drug card can be used by Brevard County residents, regardless of age, income or existing health coverage. There are no enrollment fees, restrictions or limits on frequency of use and an entire family can use one card for their purchases. The card program offers an additional safety benefit feature that alerts pharmacists when one drug may conflict with another medication that was purchased using the discount card.
The NACo card helps consumers save money on their prescription medications any time their prescription is not covered by insurance, including a Medicare Part D plan. Brevard residents who are uninsured or under-insured are able to save an average of 22 percent off retail prices, depending on the drug and quantity of purchase. Card holders can also save on pet medications through retail pharmacies.
The program is subsidized by the National Association of Counties.
For more information, contact Tammy Harris at (321) 633-2076 or tammy.harris@brevardcounty.us or visit www.NACo.org.

psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance. Employees also experienced higher levels of psychological distress and physical problems than those who were not harassed.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 20, 2008

HOLIDAY HOEDOWN TO BE HELD
FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- Brevard County Parks and Recreation will sponsor the 31st Anniversary of Holiday Hoedown, an event for persons with disabilities, their families and friends, on Sunday, December 14, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Island Park Community Center , 951 Kiwanis Island Park Road , Merritt Island .
Holiday Hoedown features live music, dancing, contests, food and festivities. This is the largest community special event for persons with disabilities in Brevard County .
For additional information on programming for persons with disabilities, please call the closest Parks and Recreation office: North Brevard – 264-5105; Central Brevard – 455-1380; South Brevard – 255-4436.

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=z= The novelist, journalist and psychologist Michael Zangari http://zangarijournalism.com

The Psychology of Sexual Harrassment and The Gulf War Syndrome

Congradulations Gulf War Vets. They have found a problem which they are now calling "Gulf War Syndrome." Ten years down the pike it's official. There's something going on.
The Brits insist it is caused by the anthrax vaccine, and the genetic traces in the body are identicle with the vaccine. In the USA they can't agree. This year the official reason was tracer bullets as the likly cause of the syndrome. Now, the dominant theory is that the pills they gave combat people are the likly cause. They agree more research is needed.

It's In Your Eye-Ball Today.

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FBI Special Agent Samuel Hicks Killed in the Line of DutyWed, 19 Nov 2008 10:42:16 -0600
Special Agent Samuel Hicks, assigned to the Pittsburgh FBI Office, was fatally shot today while executing a federal search warrant associated with a drug distribution ring. One suspect is in custody and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting is being conducted.7:33 AM HAST Thursday

The U.S. Department of Labor has joined with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to launch a Web-based directory to help wounded warriors identify resources available to assist them in transitioning back to civilian life. The National Resource Directory encompasses more than 10,000 services and resources. This new website also allows visitors to find help and resources in their own state by clicking on a state map.
"This directory is valuable for our returning wounded warriors and their positive reintegration back into mainstream American life," said Neil Romano, assistant secretary for the Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy.

This information has recently been updated, and can be accessed by visiting this link: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=10

Disney breaks ground at Hawaii resort

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Secret Gitmo camp opened to defense lawyers
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Gulf war illnessBy Faheem(Faheem) By pointing to the two neurotoxins as the main cause of Gulf war illness, they played down the significance of other factors widely blamed for the symptoms, including depleted uranium, anthrax vaccines, fuels, solvents, and sand. ...Newspaper Articles - http://www.paperarticles.com/

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Panel: Gulf War Syndrome Research LackingChannel 8 San Diego Wed, 19 Nov 2008 3:14 PM PSTA research panel has concluded that federal research has not adequately tackled finding treaDeStates disagree greatly on Amber Alert criteriaThe Associated Press


Law enforcement officials insist the alerts can be crucial to recovering endangered children, even when multiple states are involved ..

Wither the Gay Agenda?San Francisco Bay Times - San Francisco,CA,USA“Federal legislation is crucial to ensuring local law enforcement is given the tools they need to combat hate violence in our communities. ...See all stories on this topic

Black tar heroin on the riseKVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USACoulson says, "The problem that we're having is that we're getting anecdotal evidence from both treatment providers and law enforcement that says that ...See all stories on this topic

Deep Brain Mapping To Isolate Evidence Of Gulf War SyndromeScience Daily Thu, 20 Nov 2008 7:15 AM PSTAs a congressionally mandated report reveals one of every four veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf conflict suffers from Gulf War syndrome, statistical scientists are analyzing brain scan images from a nationwide sample of veterans displaying symptoms. tments for veterans afflicted by a collection of symptoms commonly called Gulf War illness. This even as potentially hundreds of thousands of veterans continue to suffer nearly two decades since the end of the conflict. es who are sexually harassed experience less job satisfaction and lower job performance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2008
BREVARDIANS SAVE $253,000 ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
IN 4 MONTHS
VIERA, Fla. – Brevard County managers are thrilled with the savings of more than $253,000 on prescription drugs by Brevard County residents in the past four months through the NACo/Caremark Prescription Discount Drug Card.
The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners approved providing the free program to the residents of Brevard County in May, and the program began in August. Since then, the card has been used by 8,600 residents to purchase over 24,000 prescriptions, with a total savings of $253,128.
Brevard is one of the heaviest users of the program in Florida , with October’s savings of $113,456 exceeding that of all other counties except Palm Beach , Pasco , and St. Lucie.
The discount drug card can be used by Brevard County residents, regardless of age, income or existing health coverage. There are no enrollment fees, restrictions or limits on frequency of use and an entire family can use one card for their purchases. The card program offers an additional safety benefit feature that alerts pharmacists when one drug may conflict with another medication that was purchased using the discount card.
The NACo card helps consumers save money on their prescription medications any time their prescription is not covered by insurance, including a Medicare Part D plan. Brevard residents who are uninsured or under-insured are able to save an average of 22 percent off retail prices, depending on the drug and quantity of purchase. Card holders can also save on pet medications through retail pharmacies.
The program is subsidized by the National Association of Counties.
For more information, contact Tammy Harris at (321) 633-2076 or tammy.harris@brevardcounty.us or visit www.NACo.org.

PhysOrg Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47 AM PSTA new study in the journal Psycho Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance. Employees also experienced higher levels of psychological distress and physical problems than those who were not harassed.

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HOLIDAY HOEDOWN TO BE HELD
FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- Brevard County Parks and Recreation will sponsor the 31st Anniversary of Holiday Hoedown, an event for persons with disabilities, their families and friends, on Sunday, December 14, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Island Park Community Center , 951 Kiwanis Island Park Road , Merritt Island .
Holiday Hoedown features live music, dancing, contests, food and festivities. This is the largest community special event for persons with disabilities in Brevard County .
For additional information on programming for persons with disabilities, please call the closest Parks and Recreation office: North Brevard – 264-5105; Central Brevard – 455-1380; South Brevard – 255-4436.
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Repost: A Visit to a Viet Nam Casualty Ward (High School): Poison Again

Entry for September 23, 2006
The Poison within the Poison

In 1998-1999, the flood of information about the chemicals in the carpet and the horrific effects on the body washed over my world. Everything that had come before was swept away in the putrid overload. I was swimming desperately to stay afloat. The only thing I found to cling to in the deluge was the federal court process and the novel I was working on. I hung on to my word processor like a life jacket while computer after computer was hacked and destroyed. One of the things that was back-pocketed was the envelope of talcum powder from Nigeria. Without FBI follow-up, I skittered off this bizarre incident into the infinitely crazy world of litigation. It was in a dimension I had never imagined existed. It was like some crazy chess game with a dizzying list of rules moderating every thought of movement. It was a place where you could not talk, even to correct mistakes so blatant that flashed like neon bozo nose on the face of what was happening. My lawyer, post stroke, screwed up. My transcripts were stolen. My EEOC file disappeared. On two occasions my girlfriend and I woke up to a dog being tortured to death outside our bedroom window at midnight. The apartment was broken into to.

My mind settled into a narcotic like puddle where everything blended like pudding mix and oil.

How exactly were these events related?

I was getting sicker.

Was it the anthrax or the chemicals?
Was it the electricity?
The circuits in my girl friends house were clearly crossed.
The house was hot-boxed and under some kind of surveillance.

I kept thinking about what I had learned on the sugar cane plantations, back when there were sugarcane plantations. The Russian Extraterrestrial (or so they said) and electrical genius Nikolai Tesla had been hired by the Hawaiian Royalty to electrify Hawaii. The royal palace was electrified before the White House in the United States. The literacy rate was also higher than it was in our own country. That was just prior to the overthrow of the monarchy.
While Tesla was there, the plantations also hired him. You can see the transformers he designed for the plantations workers homes in plantation museums there. Usually without explanation.
The second and third generations’ accounts of the plantation workers are that the houses of the time were wired up in a crude reward/punishment mode. The positive effects were sexual. The negative effects were aggressive and painful. The spine would bristle under extreme electrical exposure. We experienced that.

My eight year relationship broke apart under the pressure.

The anthrax issue became just a puzzle piece.

Entry for September 22, 2006,
Poison Choices2 No Ask, No Tell

The second red flag ran chills up my spine.
I think it was the grammar.
There was a clause in the termination agreement that said in part: "Employee shall make no reference, allusion, or allegation of any wrongdoing against employer in any public media or privately."
Under executive order and my sworn oath as a deputized federal marshal my obligation to report all illegal activities supersedes all other considerations, especially when there is a possibility of a clear and present danger. It is clear how present that possibility of danger is. Failure to report is punishable by at least a year in jail and a 10,000 dollar fine At least it was the last time I checked. That’s a hefty time in the can and quite a chunk of change for a spineless, morally reprobated act like participating in a safety cover-up at a clinic that services children, families and disabled people. But not hefty enough.
After the Enron scandal, I am of the opinion that public corruption should be viewed as a form of domestic terrorism. At the government level, that’s treason of the highest kind. That is betraying office and public trust. The reforms recommended by George W. Bush via his executively ordered committee on this issue triples fines and punishments for this kind of thing, as it should. It should be law instead of ideal.
If anyone at that clinic is directly responsible for any of this, from the cutting of corners on construction to the covering up of dangerous circumstances arising from construction. They should be held accountable for their actions and people should be compensated for the medical problems and life style changes that have happened as a result.
Two of my friends and coworkers have died since that time. Maybe more. I am only recently well enough to consider these things in perspective. What has happened since? I don’t know.
I have done my best to document what happened.
It may very well be up to someone else to update facts.

Friday September 22, 2006
Entry for September 21, 2006

Poison Choices Con't

I know this is no fun.
It will be.
I promise.
I feel an obligation to my clients and the people I worked with to give a full accounting of what happened before I left Hawaii. I want them to know about how I left and what I found out before I went. For all I know the material I left behind with friends got distributed and people have added their own information to mine.
Maybe were all still in the dark, literally, with the impact of these chemicals on the eyes.
It is my deepest hope that the survivors are being taken care of.
There was heavy litigation around the Bigelow Nu Broadlock carpet adhesive. As a result, information on the product line, its legality and its impact on the human body has been severely limited on the internet to prevent further litigation.
The mediator read the data sheet on the main chemicals to me over the phone. I followed up. I don't remember what exactly I found out. I do know that the product was made by a major chemical company like Du Pont. I also know they sold their stock in the product after it became a liability. Someone else evidently could make a profit from it.
I left in the middle of a tsunami after a hurricane after an earathquake after a flood.
Things were crazy. Like many people forced to leave Hawaii I had to leave everything behind. That's why the thrift stores are so good there. It's disaster packing for a lot of people. And it usually happens around the ten year point of entry. In territorial law (made invalid by statehood in 1949) it was the law that after ten years in Hawaii, all protection of law stopped. And the newcomer was game for slaughter. The sexual assualts that happened after that point are legendary. The horror stories are many. Is this ten year point arbitrary or a linage remainder or territorial law? I can't tell you anymore than that.
At anyrate, thats what happened.
Sick and without income I lost everything I had.
As far as the chemicals and the clinic go, It’s an interesting comment on the priorities that rule these things.
It’s the same old story.
It’s money before human safety.
The E Pluribus Unum blues. Out of the many, the one, ultimately.
It’s the selfish little pig-glut called profit.

Thursday September 21, 2006 - 10:55am (EDT)

Entry for September 20, 2006

A Choice of Poisons3

It takes approximately ten years for the combination of chemicals used to gum the carpet in at the mental health clinic to impact the human body.

Wednesday September 20, 2006 - 02:16am (EDT)

Entry for September 18, 2006

The Bird Cage (Second Edit)

As distasteful as it is, you learn quickly about disability issues when your world is limited by physical or psychological barriers.
It’s not about disability. It’s about ability. I had to learn the basic skills I needed to cope with my situation. Most of that was establishing habit and doing fine adjustments on things like motor skills, fatigue and focus. The psychological brick-a-bract, the self esteem issues, the desire to fit in, and the courage to go after the things I wanted soon followed. For my personality type there’s nothing quite as motivating as someone telling me that I can’t do something or that I am not good enough to do something. That really that winds my key.
By far the most difficult things for me to adjust to were the limits that other people put on me. That had always been the case. But it becomes much more familiar when you are disabled. Statistically, in the work place, a disabled person will typically out perform an abled person when basic needs are accommodated. There are millions of disabled people who work and are not accommodated. If you are disabled you must stay in your place. If you do well, you incur animosity. Almost certainly your disability will be viewed by some as an advantage. You become recognizable as different. Social isolation is common. The challenges that some people face are far greater than what other people face but you must never, I repeat never compare disabilities. As Cervantes, the man that wrote “The Man of Lamancha” wrote, “comparisons are odious.”
Every person’s situation is unique, and uniquely painful. I stayed busy. When I got back from the hospital in San Antonio, I hit the ground running. I was active in the church choir. I played in bands. I became the president of the Catholic Youth Organization and became Student Council President. I slept a lot. I’d be in bed right after dinner on nights when I had nothing to do. My bed was between two huge speakers from the first stereo built in the 1960s. The dial glowed green and threw weird shadows against the wall. I listened to KRCB in Council Bluff Iowa, and had vivid dreams of working there. I occasionally listened to KFMQ in Lincoln.
I had managed to cope most of my life with my situation. It was a dreamy existence. Because of the autism, I had developed a keen hyper-focus. I was very present tense when I was oriented. When I wasn’t it was like being drugged. It had taken me eight years to get my B.A. The hypersomnia was bad. I slept all the time. In the mid nineties it became obvious that I would have a difficult time establishing and maintaining a career with my limits. It had taken me that long to develop the skill to see my limitations.
I saw a doctor for a consult and was tagged with the diagnosis Attention Deficit Disorder Residual. I had never had any other psychological diagnosis tagged onto me before except for PTSD. I was put on cognitive enhancers. The Doc gave me Ritalin at first which I couldn’t stand. It made me feel high all the time. The first hour you shit like a duck and smelled like pee. It milks peak experiences. I was already hyper-present. For the first week I talked fast. It caused great muscle tension. That’s why kids don’t like it. I developed a strong compassion for special need kids that I had not fully engaged before. I began looking for solutions.
I ended up on Dexedrine and Aderil alternatively. In the interim I looked for other solutions. I applied for a grant to get biofeedback equipment at the clinic and succeeded. At a very primitive level I began to learn about nuerofeedback. Nuerofeedback works for me now as does various forms of oxygen enhancement. It is in fact, nuerofeedback is statistically, more effective than psychostimulants alone. In some cases it is even more effective without. I ditched the speed.
Psychostimulants played their role. Some people need them. Despite the liabilities of taking the drugs on a daily basis it worked for me. I woke up. I was able to maintain wakefulness. My whole world opened up. I ended up in program management.
I was getting more assertive with what I needed to succeed and more self aware of my liabilities. My immediate boss offered me two solutions when I got promoted. I was told I could work at home, when I needed to. This was essential for curriculum development, and I was allowed to take breaks when I needed them. This became an issue after about an hour of intensive work. I knew I assimilated information better verbally than in a written form so I asked to be briefed on important issues and not over stimulated. These few things provided a clear road to success for my pilot programs. We stayed on task and successful for three years. She had enabled me to succeed.
These simple things also provided a roadmap on how to sabotage my success.
The disabilities contract signed by my supervisor and countersigned by the director of the clinic was admitted as evidence.
This is how that happened.
The ADA specifies that an older worker must be informed a week in advance when a termination contract is presented. The over 40 workers is allowed to review the contract in advance in a situation conducive to understanding it. It is acknowledged by the federal government that reestablishing a career after the age of 40 is extremely difficult. In a sense, it is regarded as a disability, and covered by disability laws. Management is required to inform the worker get a lawyer and that lawyer needs to be present at any termination meeting. None of the legal protocol was followed. I was surprised with the contract and asked to read and sign it on the spot. I was double teamed by two senior management people who traded rapid fire accusations and threats as I tried to read the contract. The meeting lasted well over an hour.
Hawaii has an "at will" law, meaning that essentially you can fire anyone at anytime for any reason. These elaborate manuervers were not needed. I could have been fired outright.
It was under these circumstances that I refused to resign. I was fired and left after signing a contract. I knew it was not binding, but it released my paycheck and expedited unemployment insurance. With the termination contract tucked into my pocket I left. It was the night before Thanksgiving, 1997. My girl friend and I returned that night with a senior management official and we cleaned out my office. I left everything in order, including the books I had bought out of pocket for the program.
In a most shameful act I was not allowed to terminate with clients, one of which committed suicide shortly after I left. Nobody knew what had happened to me. The foster parents I supervised had asked for a Ho’o’pono’pono ceremony which is how Native Hawaiians traditionally problem solved difficult family situations. They were promised this ceremony. It never happened. It was in this manner I left one of the most important positions in my career. It was a job that was more than a job. It was a charge by the Hawaiian community to serve there. Something I took very seriously. Seriously enough to stand my ground as it was ripped out from under me.
It was the popping of yet another bubble in the bigger picture, a red flag over something not quite right. My cognition was deteriorating.

Entry for August 07, 2007

The Bird Cage With Notes

On A Visit To A Viet Nam Casualty Ward

This photograph was taken in the Early 1970s. Pictured are Don Fawn, Michael Zangari (On brace), Colleen and Cathy Williams and Suzy Hearn. That is not the way Susan's last name was spelled in the paper. It was wrong. I had to guess about the right spelling. . But then again the paper said I wasn't in the picture. Dave Fisher is somewhere in the background doing Dave Fisher things, though the papers says he is Dennis Daugherty. Dennis Daugherty was in the Mamas and the Papas. I'm not sure he sat in with us. Dave wasn't exactly thrilled to be in the church choir, evidently or was getting the full force of the resentment for doing "California Dreaming" in church. We did some odd songs for a Catholic choir. Songs like the Animals "Sky Pilot" We did songs by the Buffalo Springfield and the Association as well. Don did "Embryonic Journey" and "Good Shepard" by the Jefferson Airplane to fill time.. We were popular. People pretty much left us alone. If there was a lot of behind the scenes action, I'll never know. The sixties were over. The news hadn't reached us yet. I do know that a woman in the congregation once brought us a copy of "Why Me Lord" by Kris Kristofferson to learn. But we didn't. I'll take that one to my grave. We should have learned it. The photo is a U.S. Air Force photo by David Hartley and appeared in the Offutt Air Force Base paper. We were performing at the local psychiatric hospital in Omaha. It was another captive audience. We got a USO bus when ever we performed off base. I liked that. Riding in the dark. We took that bus one other time to the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Another captive audience. It was our Folsom Prison Blues show, the girls in their famous mini-dresses out there in front. We got paid in cake.
In rewriting this I wanted to make clear that this is not a snot on the sleeve kind of essay. I survived very well thanks to a good family and friends. People asked for it for perspective. I was glad to give it. I claim my life everyday. And celebrate it.
Entry for September 18, 2006
The Bird Cage (A Third Edit)
In the Kurt Vonnegut novel “Sirens of Titan,” Malachi Constance, the main character, is kidnapped and imprisoned on Titan one of the moons of Mars. He is forced to endure mind control and is made to march in the army of Mars.
Of his experience Malachi Constance was reflective. He said “I was a victim of a series of accidents. As are we all.”
I have been a pinball most of my life. Shot into space in a random trajector. I have fallen against electronic bumpers and rebounded into maze tunnels that spit me out for ten points, or lofted me gently between the flippers into another blank start against the plunger. Like Malachi Constance, it has been a long series of accidents that have brought me here. There have certainly been contributing factors along the way psychologically and physically. It's exactly like pinball in the brain. The hip. The number of beers. The song on the jukebox or the sensitivity to tilt all have an impact.
It is all the product of the factors of existence gummed together by the torch of suffering in dark eyes and the need for action. We all need to keep moving.
To this day I’ve tried to play it the way it fell. With varying degrees of success. As have we all. You do the best with what is flippered to you.
I was born with a heart murmur which impacted the way the left hemisphere of my heart pounded in my chest. In this case, it beat weakly. The blood picks up oxygen in the left hemisphere of the heart and pinballs it to the brain, which impacts cognition. The lower levels of oxygen have made me hypersomnic most of my life. I sleep a lot. Even when I am awake. It was observed in school early on that I was probably autistic. Later I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. The truth is, I was sleepy.
Show me a child with significant cognitive difficulties and I'll show you a heart murmur or heart defect. It's about oxygen delivery.
I had to teach myself to write. I didn’t learn it in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I liked to read. I learned to write by imitating the words I read.
I was basically “in a world of my own” as my mother is fond of saying. In sixth grade when I started watching Johnny Carson on television I discovered stand up comedy.This shocked me back into the world. The comedians were commenting on what they saw. It was funny. I gave it a shot in class with solid results. I did a guest shot from the back of the room. I had an indulgent teacher who laughed at my jokes. i stayed after to sit at her desk and talked about life. Later, she rode a pinball to the Marshall Islands mid-term to follow her husband's assignment. The incoming teacher was a tougher audience.
My fate had shifted again.
I learned my third lesson about success in the entertainment industry in the seventh grade. I was had just come from a successful year run in sixth grade. I knew about applause. In fifth grade I had leaned about jealousy. People resented you when you did well. It was a wheel inside a wheel. Acceptance and rejection spun inside each other like fancy hub caps. I thought I was ready for a bigger venue. I was hooked on the acceptance. The jealousy was irrelevant, or part of the candy of success. It was just validation. People didn't appreciate my act. It was clear that my humor needed to evolve beyond the sixth grade.
Entering seventh grade I had to do it all over again. My prior success in a small pond did not transfer. Nobody knew who I was in the big school. I didn’t look right. I didn’t smell right. I was not accepted immediately by everyone. I was not the sun in everybodys life that I was at home. I was the bottom of the pile again. I was nobody and not particularly welcome. I was still a fish in a pond. A very big pond. I needed a vinyl jacket to fit in and got one. It didn't help my status any. It was just a uniform for the Army of Mars. I learned how to march.
Two years later I was diagnosed with scoliosis. This is a rare bone disease in males that makes the spine twist into a “s” curve like the roads in the mountains above Monte Carlo. I leaned to the right like the tower in Pisa.
In females, the disease is more common. I had friends who had the disease and had their spines fused as a mandatory treatment. The males got back braces without the surgery. I was told that I would have to wear a hulking, erector set of a brace. The doctor explained this as best as he could. My mom was in tears. I went into shock. I didn't know what the heck he was talking about or why my mother was crying. It would be ok.
I was going to wear the Eiffel Tower under my vinyl jacket. That's all.
In those years, the brace fit like a bird cage with a harmonica rack up under the chin. It was huge. It could not be ignored. They prepared the students in school for my return to class. I was going to be wearing armor to class. I was one of the first to get the brace.
One day I disapeared from school.
Nobody knew what happened to me. They assumed there had been a tragic back injury. Most people thought I broke my neck. It was all a big secret. Everybody knew it must have been terrible.
I was whisked off to a hospital in San Antonio, Texas to be fitted with the hardware.
My father was in the Air Force. The medical costs were covered by the CHAMPUS program.
I was carried onto an airplane on a stretcher. It was a Med Evac plane with a big red cross on the tail. The plane was the size of an airliner. There was one guy sitting in his pajamas and slippers in front, and I was in the back in my sling, hanging from the ceiling and swaying as the jet took off.
Laying in a stretcher carried by medics into the airplane was the first clue that things were not going to be the same. This was serious. My dad following behind was the second clue. He had always in front. Now he was walking behind my cart like at the president's funneral. Like I had been assassinated.
I took theairplane ride flat on my back, suspended from cables from the roof of the airplane. It was an interesting angle. I was well into another level of shock.
En route, the snow began to fall. I could hear them talk about it on the intercom. Visibility was a factor. Out the window, the view was as gray-blue as the blanket that was spread over me. Bad conditions beame a blizzard. Conditions were as bleak as a shaved poodle. With limited or no visability, the plane was forced down in Denver, Colorado, where we were to wait the storm out before continuing on to Texas.
The cold air hit me as they carried me into the ambulance.
My dad didn't ride along. We were seperated. I was going to have to make it without the constant gin rummy game that was going on between us. That was the mantra. "Gin." Racking up a million and one points to fill my empty head as we crossed the country. He stayed at the barracks. I went into the hospital.
It was a chilly dog out there, alright.
I mentioned that I could walk.
The corpman looked at me and shook his head.
"No, you can't."
I dropped into another level of shock in the box of shock box.
I couldn't walk.
The only place for me to stay in Denver was the Fitzsimmons Army Medical Facility. This was at the peak of the Viet Nam conflict. The casualties were so heavy that they had to screen in the lanai that circled the hospital and turn in into one long ward where the amputees arrived from the battlefields for treatment. I was placed in this ward for several days. I was the only person in this endless ward who had not lost a limb. The wounds were so fresh that they were still bleeding. The norm was a bloody bandage over a severed limb or mangled face. I was 14.
"No you can't" I thought.
I watched the ward with big eyes. It came alive after midnight with tears and pain. In the daytime it bustled with activity. The nurses came and went at a blinding speed. I tried to stay small and quiet in my bed. I watched people cope. Some were better than others. Some chose to be mean and abusive. Others nice as pie. Shock comes in many flavors and kinds.
I understood in a way I have never understood before or since what reality is. It's a crap shoot full of shrapnel.
As distasteful as it is, you learn quickly about disability issues when your world is suddenly limited by physical or psychological barriers. I saw it. I experienced it.
I came out of Fitzsimmons changed. It’s wasn't about disability anymore. It was about survival, anger and tears. It was about consiquence.
And when I got back to school in my cage, I understood it even better.
The people staring at me as I walked down the hall. Thier eyes were always there. When I bent in half or got on my knees to get a drink of water.
"Cripple" someone would yell, then run away.
I knew anger like I never knew it before. Visceral. Flaring. Real. I also knew compassion. I had a metal bar infront of me. Hugs didn't quite get to me. A friend's girlfriend wanted me to feel a hug and gave me one. Carefully placing the bar between her breasts and snuggling in. Another moment of awakening.
It’s about ability.You have to find the ways that work.
I had to learn the basic skills I needed to cope with my situation.
Most of that was establishing habit and doing fine adjustments on things like motor skills, fatigue and focus. The psychological brick-a-bract, the self esteem issues, the desire to fit in, and the courage to go after the things I wanted soon followed. For my personality type there’s nothing quite as motivating as someone telling me that I can’t do something or that I am not good enough to do something. That really that turns the key in the lock.
By far the most difficult things for me to adjust to were the limits that other people put on me. That had always been the case. But it becomes much more intimate when I understood what it meant to be disabled. Even to the degree I was.
Statistically, in the work place, a disabled person will out perform an more ambled person when basic needs are accommodated. There are millions of disabled people who work and are not accommodated. Skill level alone does not account for the general level of success.
If you are disabled you are expected to stay in your place. That place is ideally on a poster for a fundraiser where you can be airbrushed to perfection and glow printed. In the work place you are real and present. People can be uncomfortable around you. If you do well, you incur animosity. Almost certainly your disability will be viewed by some as some kind of an advantage. Your privileges as a disabled person are regarded as an unfair advantage by some over ordinary workers. You become even more recognizable as different, not only by disability, but by status.
Social isolation is common.
The challenges that some people face in the work place are far greater than what other people face but you must never, I repeat never compare disabilities. As Cervantes, the man that wrote “The Man of Lamancha” wrote, “comparisons are odious.”
Every person’s situation is unique, and uniquely painful.
I stayed busy. When I got back from the hospital in San Antonio, I hit the ground running. I was active in the church choir. I played in bands. I became the president of the Catholic Youth Organization and Student Council President. I slept a lot. I’d be in bed right after dinner on nights when I had nothing to do. My bed was between two huge speakers from the first stereo built in the 1960s. The dial glowed green and threw weird shadows against the wall. I listened to KRCB in Council Bluff Iowa, and had vivid dreams of working there. I occasionally listened to KFMQ in Lincoln.
I was completely emeshed in the radio broadcasts. They were my life. What I looked forward to. I began to learn the name of the songs.
I had managed to cope most of my life with my situation. It was a dreamy existence. Because of the autism, I had developed a keen hyper-focus. I was very present tense when I was oriented. When I wasn’t it was like being drugged. It had taken me eight years to get my B.A. The hypersomnia was bad. I slept all the time. In the mid nineties it became obvious that I would have a difficult time establishing and maintaining a career with my limits. It had taken me that long to develop the skill to simply see my limitations.
Everything else was attitude and show biz.
And the shock box. What doesn not kill you makes you stronger. That which kills you makes you dead. What else was there?