The Murder of Adam Walsh: A 27-Year Mystery Solved…

A child’s sacrifice saved thousands… With the murder of 6 year old Adam Walsh in summer of 1981, set in motion one of the largest manhunt in history. His dad John Walsh never gave up the fight for his son. Threw his pain and the loss of his son; Americas Most Wanted, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was founded.

Though young Adamn lost his life, thousands of children have been saved. … Thank you Mr. Walsh for your sacrifice. A sacrifice no parent should ever have to make…

Rest in peace Adam, we will never forget you…
FOXNews.com – The Murder of Adam Walsh: A 27-Year Mystery Solved

Since 1984, NCMEC has assisted law-enforcement with more than 148,160 missing-child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 132,000 children. Remember, if you ever see a missing child, or simply need help, call 1-800-THE-LOST…  Since its 1984 inception, the toll-free Hotline has handled more than2.3 million calls.

Since 1997, the AMBER Alert Program has been credited with the safe recovery of 426 children. To date there is a network of 120 AMBER Plans across the country.

Learn more about the disappearance of Etan Patz “The Boy on the Milk Carton“… And this national movement to keep our children safe.

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Well I did a little research. Because I was considering an iPod Touch, to maybe show off some photos, or some sort of portfolio of work to clients and friends. I didn’t find much on iPod Touch Accessibility functions, but I did find this video from MacWorld, about the new 4th Generation iPod Nano, and iTunes 8.x.

4th Generation iPod Nano, and iTunes 8.x. Accessibility’s include:

• Spoken Menus
• Large Font Choise
• High Contrast LCD
• Screen Reader Technology for iTunes 8

Although the iPod Touch does little for people with bad eyesight (as far as I can tell?) Reading the text is REALLY SMALL, for icons and such other things like Address Book, and iCal , but you can zoom in for mail and web pages.

It should be noted that other folks who may have mobility issues can benefit from the iPod Touch functions, and it’s touch screen use.

Read more about Apple iPod and iTunes Accessibility, from Apple
Some info about iPod Touch and Accessibility at the ATMac website.
Check out, Assistive Technology for Apple and Mac Users (ATMac) website, for more.

No, I did not buy an iPod Touch… I’ll stick with my 3rd Generation iPod Nano for now.

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Update to: A Good Class Tonight…

The tournament went well, about 75 kids showed up (that’s about normal for a developmental event).

No one got hurt, and every one had fun! Sensei Fred and Andy refed a few matches, and I coached. We did good!!! Galen (his first ever event), won 3rd… He even managed to take his 2nd match to “Golden Score” (it’s what we call Sudden Death – aka a 2nd full 2min match incase of a tie score, first point wins.), Matt won 2nd… and … Paul, and Dylan both got FIRST PLACE! For both it was there very first ‘1st’ finish at an event. Weeee! And ‘big’ Paul (one of our adults) got first (won both matches by Ippon – Full Pint, perfect throw!)

In all it was a well-run, nice event as always from Liberty Bell Judo. All proceeds from this event went to benefit the 2009 Maccabean Judo Team, who will be traveling to Israel to fight in the 2009 Maccabean Games.

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