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WHEELING - West Virginians earning the current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would make an extra $1 an hour by the summer of 2015 under legislation before the West Virginia Legislature.
Sen. Jack Yost, D-Wellsburg, has introduced Senate Bill 411, which proposes a two-step process to raising the minimum wage in West Virginia from the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. Under the measure, the minimum wage for most workers in the state would jump 60 cents to $7.85 an hour this year after June 30, then increase 40-cents to $8.25 per hour after June 30, 2015.
Ohio's minimum wage rose to $7.95 an hour at the start of 2014, making it one of 19 states that have minimum wage rates higher than the federal rate, according to Yost. Yost serves as chairman of the Senate Labor Committee.
"Around the state I see poverty and I see discrimination - especially among women, who make so much less than men," he said. "Sixty percent of school children in West Virginia receive free or subsidized lunches, and we're subsidizing the lunch system because families are not making a living wage. This is about poverty. It's about improving the living wage for people trying to live below poverty level, and who are trying to make ends meet."
Yost set the number of West Virginians employed at minimum wage jobs in the state at between 120,000 and 125,000, and he expects state lawmakers to support legislation affecting so many state residents. He also disputed that raising West Virginia's minimum wage law will result in many low earners losing their jobs.
"From what I've seen in other states, (increasing the minimum wage) hasn't caused a loss of jobs," Yost said. "It's the right thing to do with poverty. It's about children. It's about having food on the table. We just want to help out families with a living wage, and we should do this if we are concerned with working families. I haven't met a poor person in West Virginia, but I've met a lot of proud people living in poverty."
SB 411 is currently before the Senate Labor Committee, and is next slated for the Senate Finance Committee. Similar legislation, House Bill 4283, already has passed the House Industry and Labor committee, and is before the House Finance Committee.
Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Glen Dale, expects the bill to raise the state's minimum wage to pass the Legislature before its regular session ends March 8.
"You see the decline of the middle class, and folks struggling to make ends meet," he said. "Not only is it the right thing to do, it helps local economies. The worker who gets the increase turns around and spends money. Every time we've had a minimum wage increase, we've seen an increase in domestic growth and more money circulating through the system."
Kessler also does not believe raising West Virginia's minimum wage will result in fewer low wage hirings.
"I don't - it's a scare tactic used by those in opposition," he said. "There won't be less people working. Every time I'm at McDonalds, I see signs up for more hirings. There are jobs that have to be done, and those folks deserve an opportunity to earn a decent living as well. The people who are willing to get out of bed to support themselves deserve a decent standard of living. This might give them the opportunity to buy a second vehicle, a computer ... or to take an online course that gives them the opportunity to improve themselves."


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The body of 82-year-old David Little, who went missing 3 weeks ago, has been found.
Saturday, a search group made up of close friends of Little's daughter, Thelma West, and the Craven Sheriffs Department got together to help her look for her father. The group of about 20 met up at Simmons Loop Road off Highway 17 to search for the man. That's the area where Little's hat and coat were found 2 weeks ago.
"I'm so grateful for everyone that helped me find my father," said West. T"hey said that they would not leave until they found him, they came out and they didn't stop."
Within an hour and a half of the start of the search, Little's body was found lying on the ground in a wooded area on Weyerhauser property near the Jones County line.
"He looked like he had made himself a bed and went to sleep," said Sgt. Mark Weaver.
"I'm glad to know he just laid down and gone to sleep," said West.
Craven and Jones County deputies are on scene.
Little suffered from dementia.
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As temperatures continue to drop in Eastern Carolina, the search for a missing elderly man in Craven County intensifies. 82 year old David Little of Greene County went missing over a week ago. His daughter, Thelma West says he wondered off from her home off highway 17 on January 10th.
"He's been gone too long that's a long time it's just too long and I just want him to be home and be safe," said West. "I want him home it's going to be unbearable tonight, he's been without medicine I just can't imagine him being out here no toboggan on his head. No I can't imagine him making it."
Over the last few days tips have led investigators from Simmons Loop Road to Jacksonville, but still no sight of little who suffers from dementia.
Investigators did find Little's coat, hat, and a walking stick on a post on Simmons Loop Road in Craven County four days after he disappeared.
Deputies say someone burned down little's home in Snow Hill late last month, which is why he moved in with his daughter.
Anyone with information on Little's is asked to call the Craven County Sheriff's Office at (252) 636-6620.
The search for a missing elderly man was called off, but authorities and family members are still asking for your help to find.
82-year-old David Little, of New Bern, disappeared Thursday, January 10. According to deputies, the man has dementia. Craven County Emergency Director Stanley Kite tells us there are no leads into Little's whereabouts.
According to his wife Frances Little, he wanted to go back to their home in Snow Hill.
"He unlocked the door, passed the dog. He didn't pay him no mind," said Frances.
"He always went on the porch, said Little's daughter Thelma West," on my front porch not my back porch because he was scared of the dog. I can't understand how he passed by him."
According to authorities someone burned down Little's home in Snow Hill late last month. Little and his wife had only been staying with his daughter for a week before he disappeared without a trace and without his medication.
Anyone with information on Little's is asked to call the Craven County Sheriff's Office at (252) 636-6620.
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2002 wishes and predictions
Posted 01 January 2002 - 01:48 PM
I hope for a return to the longer ballet season at Orange County Performing Art Center. I'd like more companies to tour and to stay longer.
Posted 02 January 2002 - 02:31 PM
That Michael Kaiser continue to lose weight and look terrific, so that he stay healthy & happy in his current post of head of the Kennedy Center.
That the public continue to support the arts & return to pre-9/11 spending habits re. entertainment and philanthrophy for the arts.
That Washington Ballet continue its upward trend of quality programming.
That the upcoming kennedy Center Kirov & Bolshoi seasons include all of the major principals & not a selective few, as in the past. Perhaps this year Gratcheva, Lunkina, Antonicheva will be included in the Bolshoi tour? Perhaps Nikolai Tsiskaridze will be given the opportunity of dancing a leading role in a complete ballet in Washington? I'll think positively.
- Jeannie
Posted 31 December 2001 - 11:41 AM
What would we like to see happen in 2002?
New ballets.
And what do we realistically think might happen in 2002?
There will be new ballets.
And what scares us to death about 2002?
Those ballets sure will be new, won't they?
Posted 01 January 2002 - 12:14 PM
Be hopeful, be outrageous, but let us have something to look forward to in 2002!!!!
Posted 01 January 2002 - 01:50 PM
More tours. Ah, that would be nice.
Posted 02 January 2002 - 02:10 PM
Posted 23 December 2001 - 11:32 PM
What would we like to see happen in 2002? And what do we realistically think might happen in 2002? And what scares us to death about 2002?
Posted 01 January 2002 - 03:18 PM
I'd like Andrea Quinn to realize that she needn't rush through every moment of every piece she's conducting; this is New York and you can catch a taxi at any hour of the night.
I'd like to see the Bolshoi and Kirov come back to NYC. What's with all this Washington stuff? Like it's the capital or something?
I'd like to see Kyra Nichols dancing again.
I'd like to see the Joffrey back in City Center where they belong, dammit!
I'd like to see Dvorovenko and Herrera dance Balanchine (yes, I know).
I'd like to see Ashley Bouder dance Swan Lake, preferably a real one, if such a thing exists anymore.
I'd like for Christopher Wheeldon to stop playing around with his pretty box of paints and figure out just what it is he wants to say already!
I'd like for City Ballet to go back to a month in Saratoga.
I'd like to do a grande jete en tournant without falling over.
OK, that last one is a stretch.
Posted 02 January 2002 - 10:08 AM
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Posted 31 December 2001 - 11:10 AM
I hope Melissa Barak and Chris Wheeldon's new pieces will live up to the promise of their earlier works.
I hope Wallace Chappell will bring some peace to ABT's administrative staff.
I hope you all have a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.
Posted 02 January 2002 - 12:18 AM
On the hopeful but not all that realistic front, I love the idea of bringing back a (newly designed) Blair Swan Lake...
With just barely more realism, I also hope ABT's dancers get the right direction and coaching to bring Fille Mal Gardee to life. I don't mind if they make it their 'own' (rather than try for ersatz Royal Ballet style) as long as they don't wreck it in the process.
Throwing all realism to the wind, and in the spirit of bringing New Yorkers, in particular, joy and healing, I hope Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins share a waltz at the season-ending NYCB gala -- and that she begins working regularly with some of the company's fabulous young ballerinas.
Scaring me to death is the thought that almost every dance company in the U.S. is going to end the year on the verge of bankruptcy and that we will be feeling the effects -- in shorter seasons, taped music, layed-off dancers, cross-over choreograpy, and folded companies -- for years to come. I'll let others say if they think that is realistic or not...
Oh, and may Ross Stretton remember who Frederic Ashton was and everyone at the Maryinsky, Vaganova...
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Posted 01 January 2002 - 10:15 PM
I'd like to see the Bolshoi and Kirov come back to NYC. What's with all this Washington stuff? Like it's the capital or something?
Kirov IS coming back to the Met this summer.
I'd like the Lincoln Center renovation/expansion plan moving forward. Ideas have been floating around that the new opera house for NYCO be located in the WTC site. I think it's a great idea.
I'd like an all Balanchine season at NYCB.
I'd like the return of Blair's Swan Lake, may be with a set and costume update.
I'd like POB and RB coming back to NY.
Posted 02 January 2002 - 05:12 PM
I hope that the relatively small proportion of artists who really do have something to say will receive the financial support and critical acknowledgement that would allow their voices to reach as many people as possible.
I think ballet has to change and evolve now, maybe get beyond the triviality of much of the current repertoire, in order to survive in this new social climate.
Posted 03 January 2002 - 07:16 AM
as Mr stretton does not seem to be too concered with british choreographers he might as well include some balanchine.
The kirov balanchine programmes pr3esentedmin london were a resounding success and im sure the audeince would be only to happy to see some more of his work.............sime time in the next 2 years!!
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Hey guys,
Just wanted to ask if you know something about src.sencha.io being slow lately. At least this is what I'm experiencing in Europe. I mean I really see even small images being rendered slowly, which is weird as this didn't happen before ...
Take for example images from http://app.journalism.co.uk
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Are there any theorems related to the product of Jacobi/Legendre Polynomials and/or Hypergeometric functions? Specifically, I'm interested in the product of ${}\_{2}F_{1}[-n,-n+1;2;x]$ and ${}\_{2}F_{1}[-n-1,-n+3;2;x]$ hoping to obtain it in some form ${}_{p}F_{q}$.
I've found some stuff in Bailey (1928,1935), but it has solutions only for some special cases. I've also obtained the coefficient of k'th term $\frac{x^k}{k!}$. I get (in case I didn't make any mistakes)
$\sum_{m=0}^{k} \binom{k}{m} \binom{n}{m}\binom{n-1}{m}\binom{n+1}{k-m}\binom{n-3}{k-m} \frac{m!(k-m)!}{(m+1)(k-m+1)}$, but I don't quite see what to do next.


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Description: Optical current sensors (OCSs) are initially developed to measure relatively large current over a wide range of frequency band. They are also used as protective devices in the event a fault occurs due to a short circuit, in the power generation and distribution industries. The basic principal used in OCS is the Faraday effect. When a light guiding faraday medium is placed in a magnetic field which is produced by the current flowing in the conductor around the magnetic core, the plane of polarization of the linearly polarized light is rotated. The angle of rotation is proportional to the magnetic field strength, proportionality constant and the interaction length. The proportionality constant is the Verdet constant V (λ, T), which is dependent on both temperature and wavelength of the light. Opto electrical methods are used to measure the angle of rotation of the polarization plane. By measuring the angle the current flowing in the current carrying conductor can be calculated. But the accuracy of the OCS is lost of the angle of rotation of the polarization plane is dependent on the Verdet constant, apart from the magnetic field strength. As temperature increases the Verdet constant decreases, so the angle of rotation ...
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Description: In this thesis, I present my study on the impact of multi-group network structure on the performance of consensus building strategies, and the preliminary mathematical formulation of the problem on improving the performance of the National Airspace system (NAS) through long-term investment. The first part of the thesis is concerned with a structural approach to the consensus building problem in multi-group distributed sensor networks (DSNs) that can be represented by bipartite graph. Direct inference of the convergence behavior of consensus strategies from multi-group DSN structure is one of the contributions of this thesis. The insights gained from the analysis facilitate the design and development of DSNs that meet specific performance criteria. The other part of the thesis is concerned with long-term planning and development of the NAS at a network level, by formulating the planning problem as a resource allocation problem for a flow network. The network-level model viewpoint on NAS planning and development will give insight to the structure of future NAS and will allow evaluation of various paradigms for the planning problem.
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Simulation and Performance Analysis of Strategic Air Traffic Management under Weather Uncertainty
Date: May 2011
Creator: Zhou, Yi
Description: In this thesis, I introduce a promising framework for representing an air traffic flow (stream) and flow-management action operating under weather uncertainty. I propose to use a meshed queuing and Markov-chain model---specifically, a queuing model whose service-rates are modulated by an underlying Markov chain describing weather-impact evolution---to capture traffic management in an uncertain environment. Two techniques for characterizing flow-management performance using the model are developed, namely 1) a master-Markov-chain representation technique that yields accurate results but at relatively high computational cost, and 2) a jump-linear system-based approximation that has promising scalability. The model formulation and two analysis techniques are illustrated with numerous examples. Based on this initial study, I believe that the interfaced weather-impact and traffic-flow model analyzed here holds promise to inform strategic flow contingency management in NextGen.
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I want to access a folder on my new Ubuntu 12.10 box from any machine on my network without the need to provide credentials.
My machine name is Ubuntu1
I have a 2TB disk that formatted NTFS that has media on it
The mount point is mount1
I have numerous folders on the disk and I want to share each of them individually
I have enabled folder1 and folder2 for sharing
I have enabled shared access, Allow others to create and delete files in this folder and guest access is allowed.
The folder icon now has arrows so I assume all is good.
From windows I can see under network
Ubuntu1>folder1 Ubuntu1>folder2
When I click to open the folder from windows I get the error "You cannot access \Ubuntu1\folder1
You do not have permission to access \Ubuntu1\folder1
I have them both on the same workgroup.
Your assistance would be appreciated


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Ultra low sound ftl .
Live Mesh,dead?
tried to crank up the volume? If it's on max try this http://www.bing.com/search?q=hearing+aid
Ha ha, anyway, even at max its very muffled. The first few seconds play fine, but then the rest of it is very low quality.
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Tradition since 2002, the Xtreme Mountain Racing Central Rocky Mountain Region snowmobile circuit is returning to Silverton this weekend.
�We always bring the final race to Southwest Colorado,� Jim Lokey, president of the Silverton Snowmobile Club, said in a news release to The Durango Herald. �They race all over Colorado and Wyoming; we�re known as the best track.�
Snocross, which features short tracks with multiple jumps and banked turns, will be at 9 a.m. Saturday atop Molas Pass.
Lokey said the race, hosted by the Silverton Snowmobile Club, probably will bring in 40 to 60 racers and around 200 spectators for the spectator-friendly sport.
�It�s supposed to be sunny. That�s going to be cool. It makes a big difference,� Lokey said.
The races are a fundraiser for the Silverton Snowmobile Club, and Silverton high school students will be offering concessions to raise money for field work in Washington.
There�s drag racing Sunday in Silverton, too.
�It�s a fun time,� Lokey said. �It gets everybody out to have a little fun.�
There will be six classes of competition: Pro Lite, Sport I and II, Master 30-over, junior classes and 120 classes. Registration for the race is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Hardrock Restaurant in Silverton, and there will be an awards show at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Brown Bear Caf� in Silverton.
Admission to the race is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 6-14 and is free for ages 5 and under.
�They love coming to Silverton,� Lokey said of the XMR circuit. �They can�t wait to get here.�


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- BSO Case Number: PB02-01-3204
- PIO Number: 02-01-15
- Date: January 8, 2002
- Place of Occurrence: 200 block of NW 12th Ct. & 2700 block of NW 13th St., Pompano Beach
- Renard Alcious, 12/26/83, 101 NE 20th St., Pompano Beach
- Two Broward Sheriff's Office detectives
- Timothy Thomas, 28, 9/4/73, 2871 NE 10th Place, Ft. Lauderdale
Description of Incident:
A Broward carjacker, who tried to kill two BSO detectives, climbed a tree and used twigs and leaves to camouflage himself before he was tracked down by a K-9 deputy.
On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 28-year old Timothy Thomas was looking for a car to steal. Sometime around 8:00 pm, he pointed a gun at 19-year old Renard Alcious who was stopped in his 1992 Honda in the 200 block of NW 12th Ct. in Pompano Beach. Thomas forced Alcious out of the car and then took off in the stolen vehicle.
At around 8:05 pm, two BSO detectives saw the stolen Honda pulling into a convenience store in the 1000 block of NW 27th Ave. in Pompano Beach. The detectives swung their unmarked car into the store's parking lot and Thomas took off running. The fleeing felon hopped a fence behind the store, ran into a nearby park, and opened fire on pursuing detectives.
Deputies and detectives set up a perimeter and called in a BSO helicopter and K-9 team to help track Thomas who had climbed a tree and stuffed twigs and leaves in his clothing in an effort to hide. About two hours later, the K-9 sniffed out the cowering carjacker high up in the tree in the 2700 block of NW 13th Street.
Thomas was released from jail in early December 2001 and has more than a dozen felony convictions. He'll now likely go away for a maximum life sentence for armed carjacking and for trying to kill two law enforcement officers.
- INVESTIGATORS: Det. C. Blankenship Det. G. Molamphy
- THIS REPORT BY: Hugh Graf/PIO 1/10/02 2:00 pm
Posted At: 01/10/2002 02:59 PM
- TIMOTHY THOMAS - Tree Climbing Carjacker
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SWANSEA — A police pursuit of thieves who had allegedly stolen a television from Walmart began in Swansea and ended in Fall River on Sunday morning, with police from both communities and Somerset collaborating in the chase.
Swansea police said three suspects, all from Fall River, were arrested in the incident: Reginald Travassos, III, 25, the alleged driver of the black Honda Civic used as the getaway vehicle; Aaron Gagnon, 26; and Jose Furtado, 27.
Travassos was charged with shoplifting, conspiracy, resisting arrest, default warrant and several motor vehicle offenses. Furtado was charged with shoplifting, conspiracy, and resisting arrest. Gagnon was charged with shoplifting, conspiracy, resisting arrest, and straight warrant, according to Swansea Police Sgt. Mark Foley.
Foley said that at 11:17 a.m., police were dispatched to Sears at the Swansea Mall after three larceny suspects who had allegedly stolen items from several stores throughout the area were spotted there. One suspect reported to be in the vehicle had an outstanding arrest warrant for unarmed robbery out of Fall River.
The suspects left Sears without stealing any items and proceeded to Walmart, according to Foley.
Officer Keith Chomka arrived at the store and, while parked, witnessed one of the men running from Walmart with a television. Chomka attempted to stop the vehicle, but operator fled the scene.
Officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 118, east on Route 6, and then east on Interstate 195. Somerset Police assisted in the pursuit at that point. Officers pursued the vehicle into Fall River, which exited the freeway at Exit 5. The operator eventually stopped the vehicle in the area of Tripp Street and King Phillip Road, at which point all three suspects fled by foot.
At this point, Fall River Police were also involved in the pursuit, which continued briefly on foot until the suspects were located and taken into custody, according to Foley.
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I wonder when the institute of lictors was abolished in the Ancient Rome? Who was the last emperor to have lictors as companions?
I have not been able to find any evidence that Lictors were ever disbanded in Ancient Rome, in fact they seem to have been active well into the 5th century.
Once Augustus came to power their roles were gradually replaced by the praetorian guard, marking their decline as an organisation.
After the fall of Rome, most Roman administrative positions from the republican era, such as the consulship lapsed making the position of Lictor irrelevant.
Here is what I came up with so far. The lictors are mentioned in the Theodosian Code (This is from footnote n.46 in this paper). More evidence for them at the end of the 4th century CE can be adduced from Gibbon who says that one Ammonius "expired under the rod of the lictor". I don't know what was Gibbon's reference for that but he can be trusted to get such things right.
So we know that lictors were still in vogue in the 5th century. When did they disappear? My present guess is that Heraclius might have abolished them as part of his reforms that swept a lot of the Roman heritage away. But that's just a guess, I'll keep looking for a real answer.
I also found this tantalizing pointer:
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Bafana Bafana fans take to Long Street for clash against France – Photos
By 15h00 today Long Street's pubs and restaurants were nearly all full as Bafana Bafana supporters congregated to watch the clash between South Africa and France in the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, a clash that will make or break our chances of making it through to the next round. Here are some images from the afternoon. Photos by Ingrid Sinclair.
Full colours at Long Street Café
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If your name's not on the list you're probably not getting into Neighbourhood today
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Many mathematical papers concerning the $\zeta$-regularized Determinant of Laplace-type operators refer for motivation to the broad use of such determinants in mathematical physics, especially in quantum geometry/string theory.
Can someone give further details (or may refer to good literature) how the determinant of the Laplacian is used in that kind of settings? What is the "meaning" of calculating the determinant?
For example, what is the correct physical interpretation of the following example: Consider a surface $(M,g_0)$ (a Riemannian Manifold of dimension 2) with a conformal structure, so I have the conformal class related to $g_0$.
Naively I think: The surface represents a world sheet of a propagating string. What role plays the determinant of the Laplacian?
In another context I read about using such determinants to calculate path Integrals (?)
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I suppose it depends on the severity of the condition, but I was wondering how normal it is to go through several years of school before a "problem" is noticed by parents and/or teachers or other professionals. Is this possible?
Autism is strange beast. It is extremely varied from person to person, and other psychological disorders (and several genetic ones) can look like Autism and not be it. Depression is a good example. Both have very similar symptoms, and at times it's a toss up between which one it is.
3 is around the age where they make an actual diagnosis (also) I believe, but if you have a good pediatrician they start looking for signs much earlier, 1.5 to 2 years old. You should have been asked questions, or given a list to fill out before the child's 2 year checkup. (now depending on the child's age, this may not have happened, as within the past few years, they revised the checklist to include children of a younger age.) You can ask your child's doctor for an Autism checklist they give to parent's to see if concern is warranted.
Children can technically move in and out of this diagnosis, it's just that most don't. Unfortunately, there is no genetic test etc. to say, "Yep, that's what it is." On the upside that means that some of those who go through counseling etc. can lead a somewhat normal as opposed to things like Down's Syndrome where those people will almost always need some sort of help.
It is definitely possible for this to get "missed". Teachers and doctors who are overworked or just don't care could miss early warning signs. The problem with Autism is that it covers a range of behaviors. Depending on the severity, a mild case might be labelled as quirky, or shy. 30 years ago a child who was considered an outsider, might be diagnosed with Autism now. Asperger's syndrome is an Autism spectrum disorder, and people with this are capable of functioning in society without difficulty.
If you have health insurance, what I would do is explain to the child's doctor your concerns and see what comes as that. Check with your insurance provider and see if you can have a psychologist do a formal evaluation. You can also check with the school to see if they have someone who can do that also. In the U.S. most places have developmental schools which are specifically geared towards diagnosing and helping children with disabilities. I suggest this advice more than all others: have two people evaluate the child. Autism can be very very difficult to diagnose, because it focuses on a range of behaviors. One person may say no, where the other may say yes. If you suspect something is wrong, and the first says no, go to the second one. I know this sounds like you are shopping for the answer you want, but in this case you should be absolutely sure. The sooner the better too. The earlier treatment starts, the better off the child will be.
Above all, you need to have professionals evaluate the child. Don't try and make a formal judgement yourself. They know what to look for, and they know what other problems look and what to look for.
Here is what you have to remember above all about Autism. The child is still your kid. Autism is nothing more than a name given to a series of behaviors. Don't let a formal diagnosis change how you feel. All it is saying is that the person needs some help in certain areas. Think of it like getting a Math tutor, but it's tutoring for social skills. Most children with Autism aren't slow, they aren't retarded, they just have difficulty in social situations. If you haven't heard of Temple Grandin, I would check here: http://www.templegrandin.com/templehome.html
This is a very difficult question to answer, for the following reasons:
Finally, as Kevin already pointed out, many other things can be confused for autism. A number of speech/language disorders, emotional trauma, sensory integration disorders, sensory processing disorders, extremely high IQ, a number of social issues, and several behavior disorders (just off the top of my head) are commonly mistaken for autism.
As a very general guideline: I'd be very leery of someone offering a "definitive" autism diagnosis under age 6 or so, and I'd be equally skeptical of an autism determination for a child who showed no symptoms during early schooling and suddenly developed problems later on. While it can sometimes be difficult to discern whether a young one's problems are related to autism or not, unless it's a case of high-functioning autism or aspergers being initially masked by a very bright child's intelligence, it's hard not to know that something is up long before the child is done with primary school.
typically after the age of two.
Sorry but I have to disagree with Kevin based upon the evidence.
Autism is generally diagnosed around the second birthday and as another poster said, there is a wide variation and severity of problems, which make a child at one end of the autistic spectrum very, very, different from a child at the other end of the spectrum. The problems can not simply be explained in terms of "behaviours" like "needing a math tutor" - these are a set of problems caused by abnormal neuro-development. It seems that in individuals who have autism, parts of the brain wire themselves together differently. - It now seems also that there can be various causes for this, one of which is genetic, but also autism can be caused by brain injury.
Neither are the problems caused by this abnormal wiring pattern just "social," they are wide ranging. The fact is that the majority of children who have autism also have some degree of learning difficulty; - some also have epilepsy; - many experience sensory processing difficulties, which then have the effect of producing obsessive, compulsive, defensive and other behaviours.
As to your point about being able to go several years without is being noticed, - with some very mild cases, possible. There is a good book which describes many of the problems which are faced by autistic individuals, which you can find it here.


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Funko Star Wars Fold-Up Headphones for $8.99 + shipping
Now everyone can talk about what a geek you are right in front of you and you won't even be able to hear them.
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This is a really good deal. I bought these in November for $18.99...and I thought that was a good deal. Wish I had waited now.
Might not get here in time, but im tight on money and X-mas is right around the corner. My Star Wars friend will love these.
First time ordering from Tanga... sure hope I get this in time for Christmas!!
Anyone have a comment on the quality of these headphones?
I've ordered from Tanga maybe a dozen times,very very slow shipping and forget about customer service,it will take them a week just to answer your question. I've liked the stuff I've got from them and it does gets to you at some point.
@gusvonpooch: The Amazon reviews are decent, good enough for me to take a chance on these for relative kids who are SW fans.
Yes, let the world know that you are a dork.
is the deal dead? I don't see this available now
nevermind... I was distracted somehow
@joelp77440: If they can't tell I'm a geek by the 8 bit stocking or wreath I have hanging at my desk or over my fireplace, and they can't tell from the transformers or other items I have at my desk, then the headphones aren't going to be what gives it away. I think you're just pissed you picked on "dorks" through your adolesence and now you work for them.
I got these as a gift last year, and I like them. Sound quality is good, and they're decently loud, and comfortable.
They don't feel too durable, being mostly plastic, but if you're just using them at work, they're nice, esp for the price.
I've only ordered from Tanga a couple of times, but both times I got my stuff surprisingly quick! They had a larger, over the ear style of the same thing yesterday. I don't care for foldable style headsets. Just a note: Darth Vader is sold out...
Down for an Alliance set!
In my experience, stuff from Tanga is inexpensive and the quality is okay, but shipping is very slow. It takes them weeks to ship the items. Good luck getting it by Christmas.
FYI only Rebel Alliance are left at this point (2:45 pm central time)... Good enough for me, though
Got my headphones yesterday. Overall I'm impressed. They don't compare favorably to my Sennheiser HD-202s, but then, I didn't expect them to. They ARE very comfortable, lightweight, and easily packable -- none of which the Sennheisers are. Bass is boomy and loose, but for jogging, the gym, the subway, or what not they'll be great. They're loud too. I already like them for playing games on my computer. One note... you won't be able to use them at work. They leak sound like mad.
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5 Forgotten Revolutions That Created The Modern World
When it comes to revolutions, we're quick to remember the big ones -- the American, the French, the Bolshevik and the one that accompanies Prince when he tours. What you probably hadn't realized is that we may never have had "Darling Nikki" if it hadn't been for some world-changing movements everyone promptly forgot about. Such as ...
#5. The Taiping Rebellion
Although virtually unknown in the West, the Taiping Rebellion took place at around the same time as the American Civil War and remains one of the largest, most devastating wars in human history. More than 20 million people died -- 20 times as many as the American Civil War -- and it may have involved more soldiers than the Napoleonic Wars and it was started by one charismatic crazy guy who convinced millions of people he was related to Jesus. Yet it still doesn't get as much respect as the Battle of Hoth.
Which, it should be noted, happened years before the Taiping Rebellion.
It all started when a rejected civil servant in China decided what his country really needed was a clean break from Buddhism, Confucianism and sanity. So in 1844, Hong Xiuquan invented his own sect of Christianity by declaring himself the little brother of Jesus Christ. This gained him the loyalty of 30 million followers, who took on a dynasty that was over 250 years old.
His hat would have had to be at least twice that height for there to be any hope of victory.
The only equivalent we can imagine would be if those Hale-Bopp guys convinced the entire state of California to join the club and they stormed Washington, D.C. The cult army lost, of course, which is why we aren't discussing U.S./Heavenly Kingdom trade relations today. But the rebellion took the Qing Dynasty 34 years to completely defeat, and directly led to the version of China currently limbering up to kick the West's ass in the 21st Century.
Depending on who you ask, Hong looked like either a total dweeb or a character from Dynasty Warriors.
The World-Changer
The problem was that the Qing Dynasty were so far over their heads with the rebels (not to mention several copycat rebellions) that they had to appeal to Britain and France for help, which they were thrilled to provide because it was the 1800s and the West was all up on that imperialism shit. While helping the Qing defeat the rebels, the British Empire and France also helped themselves to whatever they liked along the way by launching the Second Opium War against the Chinese.
By the time the 20th century rolled into town, the previously stable Qing Dynasty was overthrown for good, China was as divvied up as a nerd's candy the day after Halloween and a second civil war between the nationalists and the communists was brewing. Guess who won that one?
"But it'll be smooth sailing for China from now on, guys. Trust me on this."
#4. Arminius' Unsuccessful Attempt to Unify Germania
For those of you unfamiliar with the Germanian barbarian Arminius, think of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan the Barbarian, but picture him fathering nations instead of scandals.
Within that nugget pouch is Western history.
Nineteen hundred years before anyone had ever heard of the Nazis, or their leader Voldemort Von Tiny-stache, Germanic tribes welcomed another charismatic, nationally minded Germanophile into their loving arms. Unlike Hitler, Arminius wasn't just some Austrian with a dream and a Michael Jordan mustache. As a child he was handed over to the Romans, trained in the Roman military and eventually made a Roman commander, citizen and noble, all of which made him hate Rome and rendered any "Don't knock it until you try it" rejoinders moot.
After Rome unwittingly trained him into a living, fire-breathing super weapon, Arminius led a campaign to unite the Germanic tribes against their Roman enemies, a conflict you might remember from the opening scene of Gladiator. And he might have gotten away with it, too, if not for those meddling, excellently armed, better trained and more numerous Italians.
The Romans had Russell Crowe on their side. We're not sure who actually benefited from that.
The Romans, as you may have heard, were really into territorial expansion, which wasn't too cool with Arminius when the expansion was in his own backyard. Sometime in the year A.D. 8, however, Rome got a taste for German soil and decided Arminius' backyard was exactly what they wanted. Noticing that he was highly trained in Roman warfare and possessed the loyalty of thousands of other Germans, Arminius staged a rebellion that gave new meaning to the phrase "won the battle but lost the war." During the Battle of Teutoberg Forest Arminius completely ambushed -- and subsequently massacred -- 20,000 men, or 10 percent of the entire imperial army. That was the good news. The bad news for Arminius was that Roman retaliation was slow but brutal, and rival members of his own tribe eventually murdered him themselves.
On the plus side, a few centuries later he's remembered as a Warhammer figurine.
The World-Changer
Arminius may have failed at his ultimate goal of uniting German tribes into one uber reich, but his victory was so savage that Rome was too traumatized to ever attempt expanding in the German neighborhood again. EVER. The whupping at the Battle of Teutoberg was so horrific that the Roman Emperor at the time, Augustus, turned into a first century emo. He stopped shaving, let his hair grow out and began knocking his head against door posts while whining about his lost legions. The only things missing were skinny jeans, guyliner and threats of running away if he didn't get his own room already.
"Seriously Marc. We've been living together for years and I don't want to sleep on the couch anymore."
Even more important than one guy's descent into Whinyville, the defeat at Teutoberg triggered a complete shift in military strategy for the Roman Empire. For the next 400 years, Rome remained on their side of the invisible line between their empire and the Germanic regions. One historian speculated that had Rome won that single battle, Germans would be speaking a Romance language, the Thirty Years' War might never have occurred and the long, bitter conflict between the French and the Germans might never have taken place.
Thousands of hipsters would ironically wear "The Chaplin."
No Germany as we know it, in other words. Period. In short, not only did Arminius successfully deny Rome the opportunity to expand as far east as Moscow, he established the Rhine as the de-facto German border for -- checking our calendar -- the next 2,000 years. And counting. And the kicker? Everyone in the universe, including Germany, forgot the battle ever took place for over 1,000 years, and no one even knows Arminius' real name to this day.
"For the purpose of this lecture, we'll call him 'Superkraut.' "
#3. The Haitian Revolution
In August 1791, 465,000 slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (later called Haiti) successfully overthrew the 30,000 whites in the area. So naturally an up-and-coming Napoleon Bonaparte dispatched his brother-in-law Charles Leclerc with an expeditionary force to put the slaves back to work. However, two-thirds of the expeditionary force, including Leclerc himself, were wiped out by yellow fever and the military stylings of Toussaint L'Ouverture. On November 28, 1803, the French surrendered and Haiti was declared a republic: the second of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
Way to be posers, Haiti.
The World-Changer
The Haitian Revolution didn't just change the world of human rights or bolster democracy in North America-- it also forced Bonaparte to sell the Louisiana Territory to America, thereby scrapping his plans for a United States of Napoleon.
To understand the Little Corporal's ultimate scheme for North American infiltration, you need some background. In 1697, Haiti was called Saint-Domingue and was one third of the island of Hispaniola. France owned Saint-Domingue, and Spain owned the rest, a proto-Dominican Republic.
One hundred years later, France didn't just own this little slice of Caribbean heaven off the coast of Cuba; she also owned 828,000 square miles of the interior of the North American continent:
You certainly couldn't expect a guy like Napoleon Bonaparte to look at a map like this and not see a continent ripe for the taking. Sending French troops to re-establish slavery on Saint-Dominigue was only the first part of the plan, which thankfully fell apart. Had it succeeded, however, phase two was to transfer the bulk of the French army to New Orleans, and phase three was to establish the island as a major sugar and coffee exporter, with Louisiana providing food, lumber and military support. To do that, the French would have to colonize Louisiana, obviously. And if you think anyone in their right mind trusted Napoleon with a foothold in the Americas, you're dead wrong. Thomas Jefferson himself was scared shitless that the man would attack the U.S., but only after getting all of the "gold and silver of Mexico and Peru."
"And all the beer in Texas."
But none of that ever happened, thanks to yellow fever and General L'Ouverture. Once Napoleon lost Haiti, he didn't have the financial incentive to hang on to the behemoth that was Louisiana, or the strategic launching point of Haiti from which to start rolling on America. So he sold it. To America. And the rest is le history.
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Catching a glimpse of any wildlife is always an exciting experience, but to see rare species in a natural habitat is a rare and treasured opportunity. In this delicate shift from fall to winter, the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge welcomes winged visitors who are in the midst of their migration. One such bird is the whooping crane.
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Going back to a comment I had made in the question on What were the types of sieges something I had seen often referred to in the Bernard Cornwell Sharpe series was the Forlorn Hope. Basically these were the soldiers who were first through a breach in the wall, a sort of suicide attack on a well defended position the typical result of this attack was the death of most groups involved. In the Sharpe series it results in him being promoted at least once. Going beyond the fictional account I am curious as to what the origination on this is.
Amplifying Tom Au's answer:
With the military revolution in European warfare, two features entered military operations:
Prior to the military revolution (cf: Tercio), a subcaste of the nobility mastered warfare, and primarily gained benefits by in group status and rapine. However, the professionalisation of military life meant that in group status benefits were no longer suitable rewards. Instead, systems of advancement, ennoblement, and recognition amongst an open set of wealthy professionals came to replace in group status amongst a caste. For the most junior, and poorest officers of newly professional companies, such advancement was eagerly sought—sought well above the chances of survival.
Secondly, the advances in troop density, decisive infantry engagement, and siege weaponry led to significant changes in the structure of siege warfare. Star forts developed, and again this led to the development of professionalisation. As sieges became more a result of art and engineering than chaos and starvation, the "storming" phase of sieges became much more highly developed. In particular, bastions needed to be stormed by light infantry in skirmish to remove their capacity to defend other emplacements during sieges, and so advance the central purpose of the siege. Such attempts to take by storm had extremely high costs, and the coin paid for those paying the highest price was advancement or in the case of men wealth.
The reduction in smaller field warfare reduced the chance men had for rapine and thus abnormal pleasure, where the increase in troop densities caused systematic and planned pillage to replace amateur rapine. Ordinary men faced military careers devoid of the pleasures of flesh and sin, and so sought the opportunity for abnormal wealth in other phases.
The military necessity of storming heavily defended bastions caused by the military revolution; the change in status structures for those in command of battle caused by the professionalisation caused by the military revolution; and, the change in the opportunity for martial pleasure amongst serving men caused (yet again) by the military revolution in Europe all found their focus in the one event: the folorn hope. The first unit through the breach enjoyed peculiar benefits because of their peculiar and abnormal chance of death. But these benefits were so highly esteemed that the position of the folorn hope was eagerly volunteered for.
By the time of the "Sharpe" fiction series, these cultures had become institutionalised even though warfare had substantially moved back towards field manoeuvre (this change again caused by the continuing effects of the military revolution). While sieges were not central to warfare any more, the folorn hope still played a cultural role related to its military role.
(I say pity more the second unit through the breach: a similar volume of fire, but no advancement).
A "forlorn hope" is a small breach, or at least a weakening of the walls or defense system of a besieged city or fortress. It is the place where the attacker will initially try to enter the defenses, which is why the defenders will typically do their utmost to contain it. As a result, most of the attackers, at least the early ones at the "forlorn hope," will get killed.
Often, this effort is NOT in vain, because while the defenders are trying to contain/repair the breach at the forlorn hope, their attention and manpower will be drawn away from other potential invasion sites. It's possible that the defenders will (initially) contain the breakthrough from the forlorn hope, and succumb to an attack from another direction.


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Thomas Frank on higher education:
Grant to an industry control over access to the good things in life; insist that it transform itself into a throat-cutting, market-minded mercenary; get thought leaders to declare it to be the answer to every problem; mute any reservations the nation might have about it—and, lastly, send it your unsuspecting kids, armed with a blank check drawn on their own futures.
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William Carlos Williams on Wallace Stevens:
Stevens is a troubled man who sings well, somewhat covertly, somewhat overfussily at times, a little stiffly but well. If he were satisfied with that!
Helen Rittelmeyer on the perils of "slow reading":
Certainly we can all stand to be a little more thoughtful about why we read what we read. Am I reading David Brooks just so I can get riled up about what a moderate he is? Am I reading celebrity gossip because I think it will give me a hit of moral superiority? Have I convinced myself of the delusion that it will have the slightest effect on our "national conversation" if I develop what feels like a really well-informed position on the day's headline controversy, and the next day's, and the next's? Those aren't great reasons to read anything, at least they're not good enough for me.
But after six months of sticking with only the most unimpeachable reason—I'm reading this because it makes me happy for reasons I wouldn't be ashamed to admit—I have gained a new appreciation for some of the stupid reasons. Viral articles give you something to talk with strangers about. Blog posts give you an excuse to email your friends. The news cycle helps mark the passage of time, differentiating one week from the next and one's own century from those gone by (not an unalloyed good by any means, but nevertheless indispensable to sanity).
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"Sings well?" Sounds to me as if Dr. Williams is a bit envious of Mr. Stevens abilities.
Williams and Stevens were both great poets. Since part of this post is about the cost of higher education, it is interesting to note that neither one of them earned his living as an academic. Williams was a family physician and Stevens was an insurance executive. They and their contemporaries (Eliot, Frost, Yeats and Pound) were part of an incredibly rich period in English language poetry. If you are unfamiliar with their work, I recommend Williams' The Widow's Lament in Springtime or To Elsie. For Stevens, I suggest The Idea of Order at Key West.
The Thomas Frank article is well worth reading, and a great read besides.
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I love Stevens. Williams not so much. (Not at all, to tell the truth.) Stevens apparently enjoyed his work as a lawyer for a very large insurance company. He was offered a job teaching at Harvard, but turned it down.
Williams' critique of Stevens was certainly gentler than Hemingway's.
Yeah, Hemingway laid a beating on Stevens down in Key West. Stevens managed to land a punch to Hemingway's jaw, but only got a broken hand out of it.
I understand -- a lot of people don't warm to Williams. While I love a lot of his poems, I think his epic length poem Patterson doesn't quite work. Still, poets like Gary Snyder and Alan Ginsberg preferred him to Eliot. Personally, I love Eliot.
Frank --
I haven't read enough Williams to have an opinion, but to me what I've read isn't just simple, it's dishwater plain. Guess he's too subtle for me. Actually, I've gotten to love contemporary poetry only in my old age. so I really should express my opinions. But I KNOW WHAT AI LIKE.
Love Eliot. I find he wears very well indeed.
Oops -- that should be: I should NOT express my opinion. IBut I do know what I like :-:


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You can present a group in a Cayley-like manner, replacing colors by explicit assignment of nodes to edges: while in a Cayley graph $x \circ y = z$ is presented like this:
you can also present it like this:
Now the group axioms can be stated like this:
- For each $x, y$ there is a unique $z$ with $x \circ y = z$, or: such that the following diagram holds ("commutes"):
- There is an $e$ such that for all $x$ it holds that $x\circ e = e \circ x = x$, or: such that the following two diagrams commute:
and for each $x$ there is a $x^{-1}$ such that $x \circ x^{-1} = x^{-1} \circ x = e$, or: such that the following diagram commutes:
- For each $x, y, z$ it holds that $x \circ (y \circ z) = (x \circ y) \circ z$, or: such that the following diagram commutes:
The last diagram is somewhat ugly, even when drawn in this most balanced way (I didn't find a more appealing and symmetric one).
But an astonishing symmetry arises, when we consider Abelian groups. Commutativity is expressed by the diagram:
and associativity becomes:
In the presence of commutativity, associativity seems to be related to commutativity (some sort of "second level commutativity").
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#3. Weekend at Bernie's
The Film
Weekend at Bernie's documents the experiences of two friends lugging their dead boss around in an effort to convince people he isn't dead.
While not the most nuanced comedy ever made, it did appeal to many juvenile, possibly stoned mental-adolescents of the type that read, write for, edit and own Cracked.com. It also apparently appealed to two New Yorkers trying to make a quick buck from a deceased friend.
The Real Life Event
In January 2008, two men were charged with larceny and improper-burial. Improper-burial is a vague description of a crime, but it's a little more concise than taking-your-naked-dead-friend-dressing-him-in-clothes-wheeling-him-down-the-street-in-a-chair-leaving-him-on-the-sidewalk-and-trying-to-cash-his-social-security-check.
This is what pensioners David Daloia and James O'Hare did to their friend, Virgilio Cintron. At least, so alleged the prosecution, on the evidence of witnesses and policemen, one of whom said Cintron was unresponsive, flopped around unsteadily in the chair and appeared to show early signs of rigor mortis. The same policeman had the pair arrested after they failed to get the $355 Social Security check cashed. Daloia and O'Hare, on the other hand, claimed they were simply helping their sickly friend, whose landlord was trying to evict him, presumably for being dead.
"I thought he was alive. Was it stupid? Yeah. But trying to cash a check when he was dead would be even stupider. I'm not that dumb" said Daloia, despite all evidence to the contrary.
The two men were later found not-guilty because the prosecution couldn't prove exactly when Virgilio had died, and because the jury probably imagined the whole scheme being perpetrated by the irascible Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman.
#2. Heat
The Film
Heat is a 1995 heist movie, directed by Michael Mann and starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino back when both actors still... well, acted. De Niro plays a tight-lipped loner who bottles up his aggression and scrunches up his face a lot. Also, he leads a criminal gang that robs banks and armored cars. Pacino plays a cop who over EMPHASIZES words at RANDOM while leading the task force out to stop De Niro.
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The film climaxes with a shootout in a busy street outside a bank, between the body-armored, assault rifle wielding criminals and the police. While Mann shoots the scene with his trademark realism, it features the same over the top violence as the most far-fetched 80s action flicks.
The Real Life Event
During 1995 and 1996, Emil Matasareanu and Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. robbed an armored car and two banks in California. Deciding to go for the hat trick, they kitted themselves out in combat fatigues, ski masks and homemade body armor and set off one February morning in 1997 to rob a Hollywood branch of the Bank of America.
Unfortunately for the two effeminately named robbers, the third time was less than lucky, and they got involved in one of the most prolonged and violent shootouts in American history.
Philips and Matasareanu were spotted going into the bank by a patrol car. The officer found something suspicious about the numerous assault rifles and 9mm handguns the two men were carrying and alerted police headquarters to a "possible" bank robbery.
After leaving the bank with over $300,000, the criminals walked into a barrage of cops and began what would become known as the North Hollywood Shootout. Seventeen people would be injured (read: shot with an assault rifle) in the ensuing firefight. The police shotguns and handguns could not penetrate the criminal's body armor, allowing Philips and Matasareanu to stand without cover, firing armor piercing bullets at the police. And then the SWAT teams arrived and things really kicked off.
After sustaining 11 gunshot wounds, Philips shot himself in the head. Matasareanu held out a little longer but ,after taking his 27th bullet gave up, was arrested and died on the way to the hospital.
A number of lessons were learned from the event, specifically the need for police to carry heavier weaponry, but more importantly, the lesson that if you're considering a life of crime, robbing any more than two banks and an armored car is probably pushing your luck.
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If there's one thing TV executives like doing it's raping a dead horse. Thus the creators of the X-Files decided to focus a spin-off, The Lone Gunmen, on the conspiracy theorist geeks that provided the comic relief in the original series.
In the March 2001 pilot episode of the show, the writers set out to create an over-the-top conspiracy theory and instead eerily predicted the future. In the episode, the main characters investigate and unravel a plot by rogue elements in the government to hijack a plane... and fly it into the World Trade Center.
Yep. Six months before 9/11.
At one point, one of the characters says "bring down a fully loaded 727 into the middle of New York City and you'll find a dozen tinpot dictators all over the world just clamoring to take responsibility, and begging to be smart-bombed."
The climax of the episode shows some painful to watch scenes of an electronically hijacked plane flying closer and closer to the World Trade Center, before the pilot gains control at the last minute and pulls away to safety. They presumably cut the scene where he lands the plane on the Hudson wearing a Steelers-Cardinals Super Bowl T-shirt and a "Change '08" baseball cap, while simultaneously selling a shitload of Lehman Brothers stock.
The Real Life Event
The Lone Gunman foreshadowing the events of September 11th might seem like just a creepy coincidence... but only if you're a helpless pawn in the Neocon, mass media conspiracy!
Shortly after September 11th, rumors began circulating on the Internet that the show was a warning of the attacks. Legitimate website Rumourmillnews.com points out that the Lone Gunmen aired on Fox, that Rupert Murdoch owns Fox and that Rupert Murdoch is a JEW! PropagandaMatrix meanwhile concludes that "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is either someone somewhere within the establishment trying to desperately get out a warning or it is more likely an evil Government operation." We're through the looking glass here people.
The show's writers have argued at length that they were not involved in a conspiracy, instead focusing on their ability to channel a general climate of fear and paranoia. Conspiracy deniers not busy blowing smoke up their own asses have pointed out that when the government is planning a sprawling conspiracy, hack TV writers are usually pretty low on their list of people to brief.
Of course, that's just what they'd want us to think.
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Who Versus Whom
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Just "Whom"
I love you. You are the object of my affection and my sentence. It's like a Valentine's Day card and grammar mnemonic all rolled into one.
OK. So you all asked about "who" versus "whom," but what I think you really want to know is just when to use "whom," because most people don't go around throwing unneeded "whoms" into their sentences. So remember, you use "whom" when you are referring to the object of a sentence. Use "who" when you are referring to the subject of a sentence.
For example, it is "Whom did you step on?" if you are trying to figure out that I had squished Squiggly. Similarly, it would be "Whom do I love?" because you are asking about the object—the target of my love. I know, it's shocking, but the Rolling Stones were being grammatically incorrect when they belted out the song "Who Do You Love?" which I think was originally written by Bo Diddley.
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So when is it OK to use "who"? If you were asking about the subject of these sentences, then you would use "who." For example, "Who loves you?" and "Who stepped on Squiggly?" In both these cases the one you are asking about is the subject—the one taking action, not the one being acted upon.
A Quick and Dirty Tip
Still too hard to remember? OK, here's the quick and dirty tip. Like "whom," the pronoun "him" ends with "m." When you're trying to decide whether to use "who" or "whom," ask yourself if the answer to the question would be "he" or "him."
That's the trick: if you can answer the question being asked with "him," then use "whom," and it's easy to remember because they both end with "m." For example, if you're trying to ask, "Who (or whom) do you love?" The answer would be "I love him." "Him" ends with an "m," so you know to use "whom."
But if you are trying to ask, "Who (or whom) stepped on Squiggly?" the answer would be "He stepped on Squiggly." There's no "m," so you know to use "who."
So that's the quick and dirty trick: if you can't remember that you use "whom" when you are referring to the object of the sentence, just remember that "him" equals "whom."
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