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Feds to Pay for GPS Trackers for Autistic Children

1/30/2014

The U.S. Justice Department will now cover the cost of GPS tracking devices for children with severe autism and other similar conditions, New York Senator Charles Schumer announced Wednesday. Sen. Schumer has been pushing for the move since the disappearance and death of Avonte Oquendo in October last year

Schumer said the voluntary-use GPS tracking devices will be like those used to track people suffering from Alzheimer’s for which the DOJ already provides grants, The New York Times reports..

The push for the government to cover the cost of GPS tracking for autistic children comes in response to the death of Avonte Oquendo, a severely autistic, non-verbal 14-year-old who disappeared from his Queens, New York school on October 4 last year. His remains were later found in the East River, but the cause of his death remains unknown.

Schumer said he will continue to press for legislation to secure long-term federal funding for the devices.

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Read more: Justice Department: Feds to Pay for GPS Trackers for Autistic Kids | TIME.com http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/29/justice-department-gps-trackers-autistic/#ixzz2rvD8JSNZ

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Suncor Employee Working Alone Dies in Fort McMurray

1/21/2014

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JANUARY 21, 2014 by BLACKRIDGE SOLUTIONS
An employee working alone was found dead at around 11:00 am on Sunday at a Suncor sand dump area used for drying oil extraction materials.

At around 5:30 AM, the 40-year-old man went alone to investigate a pipeline leak. When he did not return for his shift change at 7:00 am, Suncor employees started looking around for him, the company said. They found their co-worker just before 11:00 am. at a so-called “sand dump” area, where materials tied to extracting bitumen from the oil sands are left to dry. “He was found unresponsive in a pool of sand and water,” says Lisa Glover, spokesperson for Alberta Occupational Health and Safety.

The RCMP were contacted at around 8:00 am and were notified en route that the employee may have been deceased. The missing employee was found submerged in sand. His death has not been deemed suspicious.

Alberta OHS is currently investigating the scene of the incident. Suncor has also initiated its own investigation.

Suncor’s Response

In response to the incident, Suncor has “initiated grief counselling activities for family and co-workers of the employee.” in addition to releasing a statement regarding the incident:

“We extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends and co-workers, they are certainly in our thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time.” Mark Little, Suncor’s executive vice president leading the upstream division

Read the Globe and Mail article here

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GPS Watch Eliminates Wandering Concerns

1/20/2014

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Now available in Canada, the Freedom GPS Watch from Blackridge Solutions is one of the world’s first and smallest wandering prevention and emergency alert devices. Aimed at independent elderly people and vulnerable adults, Freedom allows for independent living while leaving you free of concern when it comes to the safety of your loved ones or employees. With a unique locking mechanism, the GPS Watch is designed to stay attached to the user at all times and can only be removed with a specific unlocking tool. This eliminates high risk wanders from ever being lost.

Features:

The same size and look as a normal digital wrist watch
Includes a secure, lockable strap.
Panic Button on watch
Up to 48 hours battery life in GSM mode ...up to 30 days in RF mode.
Scratch & Shock Proof and Water Resistant/Splash Proof
RF, GSM and GPS technology

The Freedom solution also allows for multiple watches to communicate with multiple base stations. This allows the system to protect an entire care home, assisted living facility, or hospital to keep all residents safe. No longer will you need to rely upon door locks alone, as Freedom is a discreet wandering alert system.

Our child-safety product, Freedom for Kids, uses state-of-the-art positioning technologies to help you locate them when out and about. By attaching an aesthetically pleasing digital watch to your child's wrist, the child has the freedom to play, and you the knowledge they’re never far away. For parents with high risk children with disorders such as Autism or mental and chronic illness, the Freedom GPS Watch for Kids is a must have.

These GPS locators have been designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind, making them accessible from your home, office or abroad via a computer, smartphone or tablet.

Both products use a patented Cell ID algorithm that gives an approximate location for indoors, which is refined with even greater accuracy when outdoors.

For further information on these products, please contact Blackridge Solutions at: (778) 686-5799 or [email protected] . To order, click here

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