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NORCO, Calif. (KABC) -- School officials in Norco have a real dilemma: A popular teacher was allegedly threatened by a special-needs student there. Students at John F. Kennedy Middle College High School held a rally and protest march Thursday morning. They want their teacher back.

For the past 54 school days, a substitute teacher has been teaching Heather Ellis's 11th-grade English class. Ellis's students say it's unfair, and it's time for their teacher to return to the classroom.

At least 150 students packed the Corona-Norco Unified School District parking lot after walking out of John F. Kennedy Middle College High School Thursday morning.

Their demand was simple: Bring back beloved junior English teacher Mrs. Heather Ellis.

"We are protesting because a teacher was harassed and threatened and nothing was done about it," said Avery Smith, a senior at the school.

Students marched a mile to the district office in protest over a death threat their teacher allegedly received in October.

Students say the classmate who sent the threat was suspended for seven days but the teacher, fearing for her safety, has not returned to the classroom.

District Assistant Superintendent Thomas Pike says he cannot discuss the incident because of privacy issues.

"With respect to specific incidences, we take that very seriously, we look at it very closely," said Pike.

Oscar Ruiz's daughter attends the high school. He came out to the demonstration with a few of his own questions for the school's principal.

"What is he doing to protect my daughter and all the kids? What is he doing to protect the teachers from kids that are not fit to be in school? And if he needs help, send him to get some help," said Ruiz.

Students say the district is not following its own policies when it comes to protecting their campus because they say the student in question has mental health issues.

During a two-hour meeting students broke up into groups with school administrators to voice their concern and to demand action.

"Our parents always tell us follow the rules and do what's right -- well, they are not following the rules or doing what's right," said Avery Smith.

"I feel like we got our message across and now they understand what we want, but for the most part they avoided most of our questions," said senior Ammon Cruz.

Ellis was reached by phone Thursday. She said she could not comment on the incident that took place, she said that she was deeply moved by the support that students are showing.

A school board meeting scheduled for Tuesday is expected to be jam-packed with students, parents and teachers voicing their concern over this incident

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NORCO, Calif. (KABC) -- School officials in Norco have a real dilemma: A popular teacher was allegedly threatened by a special-needs student there. Students at John F. Kennedy Middle College High School held a rally and protest march Thursday morning. They want their teacher back.

For the past 54 school days, a substitute teacher has been teaching Heather Ellis's 11th-grade English class. Ellis's students say it's unfair, and it's time for their teacher to return to the classroom.

At least 150 students packed the Corona-Norco Unified School District parking lot after walking out of John F. Kennedy Middle College High School Thursday morning.

Their demand was simple: Bring back beloved junior English teacher Mrs. Heather Ellis.

"We are protesting because a teacher was harassed and threatened and nothing was done about it," said Avery Smith, a senior at the school.

Students marched a mile to the district office in protest over a death threat their teacher allegedly received in October.

Students say the classmate who sent the threat was suspended for seven days but the teacher, fearing for her safety, has not returned to the classroom.

District Assistant Superintendent Thomas Pike says he cannot discuss the incident because of privacy issues.

"With respect to specific incidences, we take that very seriously, we look at it very closely," said Pike.

Oscar Ruiz's daughter attends the high school. He came out to the demonstration with a few of his own questions for the school's principal.

"What is he doing to protect my daughter and all the kids? What is he doing to protect the teachers from kids that are not fit to be in school? And if he needs help, send him to get some help," said Ruiz.

Students say the district is not following its own policies when it comes to protecting their campus because they say the student in question has mental health issues.

During a two-hour meeting students broke up into groups with school administrators to voice their concern and to demand action.

"Our parents always tell us follow the rules and do what's right -- well, they are not following the rules or doing what's right," said Avery Smith.

"I feel like we got our message across and now they understand what we want, but for the most part they avoided most of our questions," said senior Ammon Cruz.

Ellis was reached by phone Thursday. She said she could not comment on the incident that took place, she said that she was deeply moved by the support that students are showing.

A school board meeting scheduled for Tuesday is expected to be jam-packed with students, parents and teachers voicing their concern over this incident

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Our Collective Denial: What the Tucson Shooting Says About America

{by Rev. Paul M. Turner, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta}

Our Country is 236 years old. Of those 236 years we have been in a war of one kind or another or some kind of military action for a total of 165 years and still counting.

In case you think my count is off here is the history:

War of Independence 1775-1783
Northwest Indian War 1785-1795
Quasi-War 1798-1800
Barbary Wars 1801-1815
War of 1812 1812-1815
1st Seminole War 1817-1818
2nd Seminole War 1835-1842
Mexican-American War 1846-1848
3rd Seminole War 1855-1858
Civil War 1861-1865
Indian Wars 1865-1898
Spanish-American War 1898
Philippine War 1898-1902
Boxer Rebellion 1900-1901
Mexican Revolution 1914-1919
Haiti Occupation 1915-1934
World War 1 1917-1918
World War 2 1941-1945
Korean War 1950-1953
Vietnam War 1964-1973
El Salvador 1980-1992
Beirut 1982-1984
Persian Gulf "Support" 1987-1988
Invasion of Grenada 1983
Invasion of Panama 1989
Persian Gulf War 1991
Somalia 1992-1993
Bosnia 1995
Afghanistan 2002-2011
Iraq 2003-2011

1, 317, 348 Americans have died in these 30 conflicts. I could not find reliable figures for the number of people who were causalities at our hands, but suffice it to say I am sure it is far greater than 1.3 million.

Just since 1976 the United States have executed 3, 260 of its citizens.

Killing people seems to be what we do best. We glorify killing, we put it up in the bright lights of Hollywood, we sprinkle it all through our theology and we justify it as “free speech”. We call a movie with two people “making love” porn and call it immoral. We make movies showing people being blown to bits and we give them Academy Awards.

So has our political speech become so violent as to have played a part in what happen in Tucson last week? I think if one reads the list the answer is clearly NO. It is simply who we are as a society.

So there is the truth in black and white for all to see. Say what you will, but we are far better at just eliminating those who disagree with us rather than finding a way to live together in our diversity.

However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t time to take a second look at how we talk, how we think, how we live and how we relate to others.

Mr. Ira Leonard is a professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Ct. and in an essay entitled; “Are We a Peace-Loving Country or a Violent One?” sums it up rather accurately when he writes:

"The reality is that war -- whether on a large or small scale -- and domestic violence have been ever-present features of American life and culture from this country's earliest days almost 400 years ago, though this is not taught in American schools and textbooks. Violence, in varying forms, according to the leading historian of the subject, Richard Maxwell Brown, 'has accompanied virtually every stage and aspect of our national experience,' and is 'part of our unacknowledged (underground) value structure.' Indeed, 'repeated episodes of violence going far back into our colonial past have imprinted upon our citizens a propensity to violence.'"

"Thus, America demonstrated a national predilection for war and domestic violence long before the 9/11 attacks, but its leaders and intellectuals through most of the last century cultivated the national self-image, a myth, of America as a moral, "peace-loving" nation which the American population seems unquestioningly to have embraced.

"Despite the national, peace-loving self-image, American patriotism has usually been expressed in military and even militaristic terms. No less than seven presidents owed their election chiefly to their military careers (George Washington, 1789, Andrew Jackson, 1828, William Henry Harrison, 1840, Zachary Taylor, 1848, Ulysses S. Grant, 1868, Theodore Roosevelt, 1898, and Dwight David Eisenhower, 1952) while others, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, for example, capitalized upon their military records to become presidents, and countless others at both federal and state levels made a great deal of their war or military records.”

How sad is that we have become so accustom to violence it only shocks us occasionally.

What is really sad about all this is it does not account for all the murders committed in this country. It does not account for all the people who die way to early because of a lack of medical care, lack of mental health services, safe housing or enough proper food to eat.

It does not account for the countless number of people who are beaten to within an inch of their lives or killed because of the color of their skin, religious beliefs, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any one that does not fit those in power belief system.

My friends, read those numbers again; try to wrap your mind around the fact that we live in a world that is far more interested and invested in killing you. We say we honor life but when given the opportunity to do that, we miss the mark not just a little but by a lot

Brown vs. The Board of Education

Howard Thurman

When we face challenges that seem too daunting to overcome, where can we find the strength to carry on? There is an inexhaustible wellspring of energy available to us in the moments of quiet stillness when we become aware of the Divine.

Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman

When we face challenges that seem too daunting to overcome, where can we find the strength to carry on? There is an inexhaustible wellspring of energy available to us in the moments of quiet stillness when we become aware of the Divine.

Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman

When we face challenges that seem too daunting to overcome, where can we find the strength to carry on? There is an inexhaustible wellspring of energy available to us in the moments of quiet stillness when we become aware of the Divine.

Howard Thurman

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The Color of Courage - Asian American Police Officers

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it...

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Signs of overdose Snoring deeply - This is often and understandably mistaken for sleeping Turning blue Not breathing No initial signs at all - the effects can kick-in hours after the initial hit   What not to do Things you should never do if you think someone has overdosed.  Never put people under a cold shower or in a cold bath Never pick someone up to walk them around Never smack, hit or hurt someone to try and bring them round Never inject someone with salt water The only affects any of these things might have, is to cause more damage, increase the likelihood of the person dying and/or delay the time it takes to call an ambulance.   What to do Call 911 If you are searching to find out if someone you are with is Overdosing you should call 911 right now because you are worried that they are overdosing and you are looking for information on signs of overdosing and what to do. It is simple. Don't take a chance with that person's life. Call 911  to save their life.

Call 911!       FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DIE    They  Call For  Help  No Matter What!

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- Police hope you can help them track down a man accused of using a social networking site to lure a 13-year-old girl to a San Bernardino motel.

Michael Ray White has a $1 million warrant out for his arrest. Police say he lured the girl from her home in Lancaster to a motel and sexually assaulted her.

"Our investigation also showed that he had met our victim on a social networking site some days before he came to pick her up," said San Bernardino Police Department Chief Robert Handy. "They had been conversing on the social networking site and he had developed a relationship with her."

The girl's parents learned about their daughter's whereabouts after logging on to her computer and contacted authorities.

Police were led to the Leisure Inn Suites where they found the girl, but the 60-year-old had already fled.

Investigators say White had been staying at the motel since November. They recovered his computer and learned that the 13-year-old may not have been the only alleged victim.

"Our investigation has revealed multiple other girls coming and going from the room from November to the end of the month- the end of December," said Handy.

Police are hoping to speak with the girls seen coming and going from White's room.

Investigators say White has a distinct hunched-over appearance because of a spinal disease. He has blonde hair in a ponytail, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with the tattoo "Dina" on his chest. They also say White may not be clean-shaven, as opposed to the photo depicting him with a beard.

Authorities say he has been spotted panhandling in Redlands, Loma Linda and Upland.

Investigators said they recovered White's abandoned rented car in Upland. If you have any information call San Bernardino police at 909-384-5742.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi

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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi

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NEVER FORGET THE PROPHETIC WORDS OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER IN HIS FAREWELL SPEECH! A POWERFUL STATEMENT OF TRUTH COMING FROM THE ONE TIME HIGHEST RANKED ARMY OFFICER IN SERVICE OF THE USA.

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