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...with families like mine in mind that Alexandra Abend set out to organize Autism Family Night in restaurants. Alex, 16, has an 8-year-old autistic brother. "We were at some little restaurant," she recalls, "when my brother started completely freaking out, pulling his hair, trying to bang his head on the table, pulling my dad's hair, biting...I overheard this man behind us say, 'Why can't they be better parents...
...That kind of empathy is the reason families like mine would embrace more Autism Family Nights at restaurants, or even a permanent program-regardless of which restaurant sponsored it. But at the moment there aren't any future plans in the works, and Alex, who has college to think about, can't be expected to make it happen all on her own. Launching a program like this takes time and dedication, and unfortunately, for those of us with autistic children, time and dedication are already monopolized. But here's hoping that T.G.I. Friday's-or someone-sees an opportunity, where...
...cell phones have emerged as an important resource for both criminal investigators and defense lawyers. Now a small group of international forensic code breakers is working to go beyond the obvious and familiar - the call logs and address books - and tap deeper into our phones, into a hidden gold mine of personal information. Their work is prompting kudos from crime busters while raising concern among civil libertarians...
...become red-hot? The answer is oil, lots of it, along with enough natural gas to power Tokyo - which, actually, is where most of it will be going. Sakhalin Energy (SE), an international consortium led by Shell and the Russia's state-owned Gazprom, is spending $20 billion to mine the waters around Sakhalin; one executive says the island could eventually become as important to the industry as the Gulf of Mexico. SE is finishing a pair of underground 500-mile pipelines down the spine of the island that will deliver oil and natural...
...shape, learning hand motions that became obsolete with the invention of the turn signal, and watching movies such as “The Nightmare After Prom” and “Red Asphalt.” It’s not uncommon to have a creepy teacher like mine, who carried three cell phones and two pagers with him at all times and frequently asked me to drive him to the mall during my lessons. Our most memorable interaction: He once told me that the moment he meets someone he knows whether or not they will...