| Give blood, and maybe give up your single life, too
The American Red Cross and Engage.com introduce the "What's Your Type?" blood drive and matchmaking event for singles. Mix, mingle and donate blood while meeting other singles at the following times and locations: -4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the San Jose Blood Center, 2731 North First St. -4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Oakland Blood Center, 6230 Claremont Ave. -1-6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter St., San Francisco. Includes a reception for all donors from 7-9 p.m. To schedule an appointment call 800-448-3543 or visit http://www.BeADonor.com. SF Yoga Journal Conference The fourth annual San Francisco conference will be held Jan. 17-21. The event focuses on inspiration, rejuvenation and community. Participants will be able to customize a program of classes, workshops and special events.
Rogers shares hurt by talk of Telus technology shift
The main selling point of GSM (global system for mobile communication) is that it's the most popular cellphone technology around the world. That means GSM carriers such as Rogers tend to get devices at cheaper prices and sooner than their rivals, including Telus, which use CDMA (code division multiple access) technology. Making such a jump, however, would be a tricky endeavour for Telus. It could cost anywhere from several hundred million up to a billion dollars, analysts reckon. Moreover, the time required for such a change is uncertain, with some suggesting it could be done within a year and others estimating it could take twice as long. "I don't envy the decision because I don't think it's an easy one," said National Bank Financial Inc. analyst Greg MacDonald.
Parents can get help with teens at coalition forum
From drugs and alcohol to sex and family trouble, teens face all kinds of stress these days. And the Greater West Bloomfield Community Coalition for Youth and the West Bloomfield Public Library want to make it easier for parents and teens to cope. The coalition organized several parent education forums for 2008. The first - "How do Adolescents Cope?" - is set for 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at the library. .
Services needed to break young user cycle
TEENAGERS are dying and families are being torn apart due to a lack of services for adolescent drug addicts, campaigners have claimed. A shortage of detox facilities for teenagers, a lack of mental health beds, no proper aftercare for teen drug users when they come out of treatment along with limited accommodation facilities for recovering addicts are combining to create a crisis within Ireland's adolescent population.
While services for teenage addicts improved in recent years, much of a 2005 government-sponsored report on the problem remains to be implemented.
Professionals have identified the lack of residential detox facilities, specifically earmarked for adolescents, as a key weakness in the State's battle against drug addiction.
Two of the country's main drug treatment centres, Beaumount Hospital and Cuan Dara in Dublin, have no designated detox programmes or beds for under-18s.
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