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The 5 Most Insane Improvised Weapons (That Were Animals)
How many times have you found yourself under attack only to reach for your trusty chainsaw duct taped to a canoe paddle, and suddenly realize it's in the shop.
That's why, when the time to defend your life comes, you need to know how to improvise.
Anything you can get your hands on can become a weapon. ANYTHING. Including nearby animals. Or are you telling us you've never heard about...
#5. Pet Shop Thief's Last Stand
The "Weapon"
A ferret.
Like Pogs, Hammer Pants and Scott Baio, pet ferrets best serve as reminder of just how questionable our entire country's judgment was in the 80s.
It was a simpler, more Beastmaster-y time.
To hobos, however, ferrets remain irresistible. Which explains why Rodney Bolton, a 38-year-old homeless man, waltzed into a Florida pet store one day and stole one via stuffing the little bastard down his pants. We can only ponder whether Bolton intended to free his furry acquisition or keep it imprisoned in his pants as a great cocktail party icebreaker for whenever a partygoer inevitably asked whether he was just happy to see them.
"Well ladies, as a matter of fact, that is a feral weasel in my pants."
As Bolton fled the scene, he was confronted in the parking lot by a 17-year-old kid who apparently witnessed his act of grand theft ferret. That's when our quick-thinking, homeless hero sprung into action, whipping his furry beast from his trousers and slapping the dude in the face with it.
It probably knocked him right out of his rollerblades.
The ferret, apparently shocked to find himself part of a euphemism come to life, panicked and bit the closest thing to it: the kid's face. Interestingly, Florida law considered the ferret a "special weapon." As such, Bolton was charged with "dangerously wielding" it, which is unfortunate because the day we outlaw trouser ferrets is the day only outlaws will have trouser ferrets.
Home of the free, indeed.
Actually, on second thought we're fine with that.
#4. An Unconventional Throwing Star
The "Weapon"
A Hedgehog.
Hypothetical: If you're a fully-grown adult, what do you do when a 15-year-old kid gets on your nerves? Do you:
A) Politely (but firmly) insist that he cease;
B) Tease him about his testicles and their assumed lack of descension or;
C) Throw a damn hedgehog at him.
All of the above.
You probably already guessed which option New Zealander William Singalargh picked.
When a kid tried his patience, Singalargh retaliated by launching a sentient shuriken and scored a direct hit on the boy's leg.
Presumably, Singalargh had to go through a strenuous training montage with an elderly Asian man to perform such a move.
Perhaps Singalargh played Sonic the Hedgehog one too many times and was surprised to see the animal didn't turn into a bunch of rings when it struck the boy. Instead, the cuddly missile turned into a nasty welt and some puncture wounds.
It turns out that wacky comedy assault carries the same penalty as regular assault, so Singalargh was arrested and ordered to pay a $545 fine, which had to have hit pretty hard since that's 178 bazilliongy dollars in crazy people money.
Or 359 buttons or "hobo dollars."
It should be noted though, that Singalargh's missile fared less well. The poor little guy was found dead at the scene. To be fair, perhaps the hedgehog was dead beforehand which only opens the more troubling question: What kind of man carries a dead hedgehog around for chucking? And is it too late for us to make a comic book about him?
#3. Motel Argument Turns Ugly, Via Snake
The "Weapon"A four-foot python.
When you have a serious phobia, it's generally not a good idea to go around telling people about it. Well, not obnoxious strangers you meet in motels, anyway.
"Well, Mr. Bates, I'd say the two things I fear the most are taxidermists and being killed in the shower."
Jeffery "I don't do snakes" Culp learned this the hard way when he checked into a motel with his wife whilst looking for a new home. A few days into their stay, Jeffery noticed fellow motel-dweller Tony Smith "running up and down the sidewalk" with his pet python. Not knowing well enough to walk away from the "running snake man," Jeffery made a point of telling Smith that he was "deathly afraid" of snakes. Needless to say, he'd live to regret this.
A while later, Jeffery complained Tony and his cronies were playing music way too loudly. He went to Smith's room to give them a piece of his mind, only to find them "racing down the hallway in chairs." We're starting to seriously doubt whether Tony Smith is actually capable of transporting himself anywhere without looking like a total fuckwit.
Anyway, a heated argument followed. Jeffery went back to his room, the matter seemingly resolved.
That is, until, Jeffery went out for a smoke a couple of hours later. As he lit up, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He whirled around to see the grinning form of Tony Smith, who promptly said "Here, look at this!" before shoving his python into Jeffery's face. Snake handling and chair racing, Tony was good at. Witty one-liners, not so much.
"You made a big miSNAKE, buddy! Ooh, that's what I should have said!"
The snake latched onto Jeffery's lower lip, probably causing him to scream hilariously and run around frantically shaking his head. Despite this, the physical damage was minimal and the psychological trauma merely permanent.
Smith, meanwhile, was arrested and charged with assault and battery. Wait, the ferret gets a special charge and a snake attack is regular ol' assault?


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Roads closed due to swift water and flooded homes were among the obstacles that conservation rangers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encountered this week as they provided assistance to South Georgia residents and other law enforcement agencies in the wake of Tropical Storm Debby.
The St. Marys River rose to almost double (23.2 feet) its flood stage level of 12 feet in a short amount of time. This flooding resulted in numerous access roads and two major state highways (GA 185 and GA 121 intersection) covered by swift water, which stranded several residents with homes along the river.
Earlier this week, rangers Cpl. Jason Shipes and Sgt. Patrick Dupree utilized jon boats to reach approximately 20 flooded dwellings. Four residents and their belongings were transported to high ground. The rangers made additional trips to deliver bottled water and other supplies to residents in the flooded river bottom who refused to leave their homes.
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Where are the Senate's women? It matters.
The lede for this morning's feature article in Politico:
Four months after taking an electoral pounding, Republicans cant agree on what went wrong in 2012 let alone on a path to recovery.Each week brings a new diagnosis of the partys woes. Karl Rove says its candidate quality. Mitt Romney chief strategist Stuart Stevens argues Democrats have won over minority voters through government programs like Obamacare. Some Bush White House vets say its the GOPs trouble understanding how to approach a changing electorate. Techy conservatives blame the partys inferior social media presence and outdated voter targeting and data-mining. [...]Theres a split between those who believe the partys problem is cosmetic, those who believe its data-based and those who think its ideological and policy-based. Within those camps, theres no common ground on what a better approach would look like.
All these analyses may be right. But I think the photo the editors chose to run with the story signals the simplest aspect of the GOP's woes. As Gallup demonstrated, the gender gap in the 2012 vote was the largest in the poll's 60-year history. And though the next national election will choose senators that will usher in the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment (in 2020), there is still one party that is represented in grave disproportion by men.Consider our most august body of elected officials, the U.S. Senate, which currently has 4 women from the Republican party. One might retort that the Democrats have only 16 women, and indeed both parties have far to go before approaching a more "representative" government.
But what appears to be a 4-to-1 difference is actually much more dramatic in terms of representation and voter perception. Instead of counting Senate seats, let's consider how many actual people are represented by these senators. Republicans have AK, ME, NE, and NH. Democrats have CA (2), HI, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NY, WA (2), and WI. The tally is about 5,236,900 people represented by a female Republican senator and about 121,816,900 people represented by a female Democratic senator.
So there is a 4-to-1 difference in seats, but there is a 23-to-1 difference in terms of actual voters. Almost 39% of our population is represented in the Senate by a female Democrat. Only 1.7% of our population is represented in the Senate by a female Republican.
One final number: if we double-count CA and WA for the Democrats, since both members of their delegations are women, the percentage shoots up to 53%. Granted, this is some funny math, since they are representing the same citizens. But it brings the point home that female Democratic senators are representing very populous states, while the Republicans are not.
In a representative democracy, people want to be represented. That's the GOP's biggest problem -- and it's not just, as they say, a cosmetic one.
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Now let's do the same math for the Church ... http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2013/02/28/349173.jpg
What self-respecting woman could belong to such a club?
"there is still one party that is represented in grave disproportion by men."I would say two parties.
Margaret, indeed! But haven't we joined worse.
And you have to love the hats.
While the lack of more women in leadership roles is hurting our politics, by focusing on it we miss the broader dimensions of what afflicts the American body politic.The only anecdote to this and other political problems about the broken state of the Congress requires something that makes the eyes of even the most wonkier folks here on dotCommonweal glaze over: Change the Constitution.It's time for a new American constitutional convention to rewrite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights so that it not only reflects our history since 1789 but also prepares us for the brave new world of the 21st century where the US will not be the dominant economic power. There have been myriad analyses in the media for years about the political imbalances between different US geographic regions from tax revenues to gender equality to military installations to income distributions to educational funding to voting rights, ... and on and on.There are NO politicians [Zippo!] at this present time on the scene, or in the offing, that have a clue about addressing these problems. So we citizens are consigned to lurching from one sequester to debt crisis to the next fiscal cliff to down-grading the US bond rating. What's next? And, the media just loves this: it feeds their 24/7 talk and information machine. The US is an empire in decline.Our major political parties are just a symptom of the underlying disease: Democrats try to keep the creaking mess going. Republicans have a death wish. The congenital inability to make a choice dominates the independents at the political center with their infuriating feckless passive aggressive indecision. [Note how Romney had a bump in the polls following the first debate, mainly fueled by independents concluding: "Hey, this white guy can really lie his way out of trouble - just like the Gipper!"]When he ran for President in 2000, Bill Bradley told us that "our politics are broken." We didn't listen then. We're not listening now.
Constitutional convention, si! Term limits for SCOTUS. Throw out the 2nd Amendment.
In the swath of suburbia where I reside, there are quite a few elected Republican women officials. But for whatever reason, they don't seem to go "up-ticket" to Congress, much less the Senate. I don't know why that would be, but it seems to be the case.
It would no doubt be good to see more Republican women in the Senate, though I'd much prefer more Democratic Senators, whatever their gender.I think we're using "representative" equivocally in this discussion. The word "representative" in "representative democracy" does not mean the same thing as the same word in the sentence "he was representative of his generation." In the context of political process, to represent means to advance the interests of; in the context of identity politics it means to resemble. It is the first meaning that ought to concern us first. Do I believe that, all other things being equal, a senator who's a man represents me better than one who is a woman? Not really, no. And if all those other things really are equal (a very big if), then a man might represent a woman as well as a woman would, just as an African American senator may represent me as well as a white senator.Let's say, hypothetically, that there were both rich and poor senators. A rich senator who voted to extend unemployment insurance, raise the minimum wage, and protect Medicaid would represent the poor voters in his state better than a poor senator who voted against their interests (and his own). Demographic correspondences of the kind Michael is writing about here are finally a pretty weak indicator of whether or not our elected leaders are representing their constituents well.
"I dont know why that would be, but it seems to be the case.'A long-standing Catholic practice as well ...." Gives truth to the adage that you'll always be, Rarely the dog, but most often the tree."From NCR about the time (1983?) when this finally stopped being forbidden.
I think that, all else being equal, a Senate that was half female would serve all of us better- men and women- than would a Senate that's not reflective of all of our voices. 70% of those women Senators, by the way, were once Girl Scouts (only 8% of US women were scouts).The Girl Scouts launched a campaign this year ToGetHerThere which is aimed at increasing the number of women leaders. Among its' many goals is to see Congress achieve parity by 2037.
I cut off the first part, so here it is en toto:"Ladies, Ladies, soon you'll agree This altar girl crumb from the Holy See Gives truth to the adage that you'll always be, Rarely the dog, but most often the tree." From NCR about the time (1983?) when this finally stopped being forbidden.
I didn't realize there were only four female republican senators. That adds some specificity to a quasi-serious proposal I recently made in a local newspaper column regarding the budget deadlock in Congress: "One behavior expert has called it middle school behavior. It is that. It is also guy behavior. Stupid standoffs seem to be our speciality. Why not turn negotiations over to the women in Congress. Let them select an equal number from each party (four in the Senate) and show how things can be settled, how adults behave. And if they can't do it, well, like a the ending of an old cheerleading chant from way back in the last century, "nobody can."
Matthew, your distinctions are correct, of course. And I intended to equivocate in the final line of my post. I agree it is theoretically possible that a Republican Senate delegation of men could advocate for issues primarily of concern to women, but the history has not shown that to be case very often. Laws such as the Family and Medical Leave Act were passed because of the tireless efforts of congresswomen such as Pat Schroeder, and such advocacy I think demonstrates that the two meanings of "represent" are not often separable in political practice. Yes, people are capable of putting themselves in another's shoes, or stepping behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance when crafting public policy, but in practice we are not very good at this.
If were going to reduce ourselves to something as superficial as counting by sex, I see 6 women contributors on dotcommonweal, and 24 men. Hmmmm. Talk about a mens club!
Mark ... you are a year late and many dollars short. Gerelyn has dealt with this matter over and over and over.
True, Jim, but it's good to know that an all-round conservative has gotten the message.
Jim--When you are ready to actually address my point, please let me know.
Mark- Maybe it only seems superficial when it 's not your own gender that's heavily under-represented. And especially when that under-represented gender continues to experience discrimination in our society.
Irene--So, do you see this as evidence of discrimination?http://www.nber.org/digest/jan07/w12139.html
Mark-I need to ask you, now, what is your point?
IreneThe point of my question was to raise the possibility that disproportionate representation is not a sign of (unjust) discrimination.As a further example, lets suppose theres a Jesuit University in, say, Manhattan where the male/female faculty ratio is heavily slanted towards one sex. Should I conclude the over-represented sex has benefited from unjust discrimination? That they should resign immediately to renounce their ill-gotten gains? Of course not. I think it would be inexcusably presumptuous and mean-spirited for me to jump to those conclusions.
It seems pretty clear that the Democrats are finding electable women candidates. It's pretty arguable that the Republicans are not. And the gender gap was large in the last presidential election. Both parties regularly beat the bushes, looking for candidates to groom and run. Republicans should work harder to identify electable women.
Mark- I do indeed believe that gross under-representation is a sign of discrimination. Both in the Senate and in the hypothetical university. (If the University in question were not co-ed, or the faculty were 100% Jesuit, that would be different, of course).And yes, you would indeed be, as you say, inexcusably presumptuous and mean-spirited to insist the members of the over-represented group resign. Just as you would be inexcusably presumptuous and mean-spirited to dismiss the claims of the marginalized group that they be more fully included.The Christian and generous thing for you to do would be to figure out how you can stand in solidarity with the marginalized and work together with them to make the institution in question more inclusive.


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This week the lines were longer, with people wanting to donate to those affected by Superstorm Sandy.
According to the Red Cross 325 blood drives were canceled in the Northeast because of Sandy.
And now the Tennessee Valley Blood Region is sending blood to aid those residents in need.
"There's a lot of people that need and all of the blood drives being. They really need blood, and in this area, this is a way to help people in our country to really help the people in need," says Kay Faysel, who donated for the first time today.
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For some reason, this person today gave me their log-in and their account isn't really 'real' so-to-speak. I'm navigated to the page they created upon log-in and there is nothing else loaded, not even a search bar. I was able to add the developer app by navigating to Edit Info (search bar popped up). However I am unable to add any apps to this account. The 'Add to My Page' does not show up on any app pages I navigate to. Is this because the account doesn't really exist? There is a "Create Your Profile" link up near the Settings/Logout buttons.
Am I thinking about this wrong? Is there another way for me to add apps/sidebar tabs with an account like this?
I was thinking of telling the person to register the account fully since "If you create a profile for your business, your account may be disabled for violating our Terms of Use."
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WINTERSVILLE - The former Bantam Ridge Elementary School will echo with the sound of footsteps again - those of young children, teens and adults - after the relocation of four agencies to its 587 Bantam Ridge Road facilities.
Located in one of the classrooms is the Wintersville Head Start program, with Robert Hines, Jefferson County Community Action Council administrative teacher, seated at the desk. Christina Wilson is the teacher's aide.
"We were the first to move here from the St. Anthony School and are awaiting licensing right now. We have room for 20 children from ages 3 to 5," he said.
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NEW HOME — The former Bantam Elementary Ridge School, which was a part of the Indian Creek Local School District since it was built in 1955, is now home to four agencies. Representing those agencies are, from left, kneeling, Janine Yeske, Ohio State University/Jefferson County Extension educator and 4-H youth development; and Sarah Cross, OSU agriculture and natural resources educator. Standing, Janene Smith, Jefferson County Farm Bureau office administrator; Robert Hines, Jefferson County Community Action Council Head Start administrative teacher; and Irene Moore, Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District program administrator. - Esther McCoy
"At present, the 18 children we have on the roster can come out here, but they need to be accompanied by an adult. They can get the routine of the classroom and become familiar with the setting here," Hines said.
"We have other centers in the county as well. Juanita Thorn is the Head Start director and Barbara West is the director of the Community Action Council," Hines explained.
The sound of teen footsteps will come from the Ohio State University/Jefferson County Extension agency, with 4-H members attending Junior Leader meetings and those under 4-H age, the Cloverbuds, participating in the summer camps.
"This is a great set-up for the Cloverbuds as there is a gymnasium and playground that we can utilize. We can have bigger meetings and events for the 4-H members as well," said Janine Yeske, Ohio State University/Jefferson County Extension educator and 4-H development.
"We have already had 4-H members, advisers and ag clients stop in. We left a sign, with directions, on the door at the old office along Main Street in Wintersville, and they have no trouble getting to this new location," she said.
"When moving, we found a list of 4-H clubs dating to its beginning in the county in 1927. James Wood, a past 4-H member, is compiling the history for his college class," Yeske said.
The Jefferson County Farm Bureau has been in the new location long enough to get comfortable with its environment. Members of the bureau board helped to make the move from its 734 Main St. location in Wintersville.
"It is nice to have all three agencies together for collaboration efforts. We will be able to work more together now," said Janene Smith, office administrator. "We can help each other," she said in referring to the Extension, Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District and the farm bureau.
"We participate at the Jefferson County Fair just like the 4-H and from the board standpoint, it gives us more availability to work together. We hope to hold some of our meetings here and will be holding our annual Christmas luncheon in the gymnasium on Monday. We have downsized our office and had to get rid of some things that were no longer needed and it should work fine," Smith said.
The Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District is in the process of making the transition and will officially be open after the Dec. 14 open house planned for the three agencies.
"This is a great opportunity as the building was available for all of us. It will be a learning curve for people to put us on their radar in driving to this new location, three miles from our past Stambaugh complex location," said Irene Moore, JSWCD program administrator.
"There is plenty of space for meetings and plenty of storage space here. In our 65 years, we have been situated in three other locations. The first was at the old post office building on North Fourth Street. Then on Main Street by Oliver Pool, next the Stambaugh complex in 1996 and now here. This has been the second move for me in my 25 years with soil and water conservation," she said.
There are signs on the office doors designating where all the occupants are located, and the Extension office, Farm Bureau and JSWCD are holding an open house from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 14 for county residents to view their new location
"We hope that you will stop in and enjoy some great food, sign up for door prizes and meet the staff, volunteers and board members of the three agencies. We are looking forward to seeing you," Smith said.
For those unfamiliar with the school, Bantam Ridge Road is across from the Steubenville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol on Cadiz Road, west of Wintersville. Turn left at Smith Oil and Gas and the school building is on the right, just past the self-storage units.


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Will you see the movie version of Les Miserables?
I'm a musical theater geek, and I have my ticket for 11 a.m. Christmas day. I have to admit, I'm keeping the bar low, since A) There's no way they can replicate the show on film and B) I've heard Russell Crowe sing, and, um, Ouch.
Still, I'm excited that this is finally happening, thrilled that Hugh Jackman is playing Valjean, and interested to see the performers singing "live" as opposed to lip-synching pre-recorded music.
What's your take?
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Got a ticket to go see it Thursday night! :)
I will be in attendance at some point over the holidays.
Probably. The wife wants to go.
Sorry, but I won't be.
I'll probably wait for the Blu-ray. Even though Les Miserables is one of the "must-see" musicals, I don't care for it too much (I've seen it twice). There aren't enough standout songs, in my opinion. Not to mention what you said about live music theatre not translating to film. That's the first thing I thought when The Phantom of the Opera was made into a movie. The real reason I want to see this is the cinematography. Judging from the trailer, the sets they put together for this film will look phenomenal in high-definition, which is the one thing you can't create on a stage. That's the same reason I watched Snow White and the Hunstman, even though I'm not into the fantasy genre.
My friend and I will go. We like all the actors. We also go to the theater at least once a week, so we see pretty much all the new films.
@stormshadow999: I'm not the world's biggest Les Mis fan, but I grew up on it, and I have the symphonic recording (every word in the musical) pretty much memorized.
I actually didn't hate the Phantom movie, but Phantom just isn't my thing, so I had nothing to lose.
Now, if they ever manage to make a movie of Into the Woods. . . no, I hope they never make a movie of Into the Woods. Nobody on the planet can do it justice.
Yes. I am impressed with the trailer and love the cast. With the exception of Anne hathaway I love her acting skills but in the siging in the trailer she sounds bad already this scares me...
I'm looking forward to it, it looks pretty good. Plus I don't think I'm ever going to finish the book and I've never seen the play so I don't know much about the story. It will almost be like new to me.
I'll have to wait for the blu-ray. DH hates all things musical theater (opposites attract, I guess) and unless I can find some fellow theater geeks to go with me, I doubt that I'll go alone. Looks beautifully made. I've never seen it on stage and it's been years since I read the book, so I've recently tackled that again.
I'm a really excited! One of the things we will be doing during my visit to my mom's that almost all of us are in agreement about (my brother being the one holdout - he is ok with going, just not really excited since musicals aren't his thing). In fact, you just reminded me to check out ticket options to make sure we get the showing we want.
The trailer at the last movie I went to see already had me in tears, so I have high expectations. I hope I am not let down, but just hearing the music will be good enough for me. I am expecting changes to what I am used to hearing on my old school broadway soundtrack though.
My son was in a stage version earlier this year- played the role of Marius- one of the few that didn't die in the story... he's excited to see the new film, but after seeing the stage production as many times as I did, I'm not all that excited- it is such a depressing story... I'm sure I'll be dragged to see it, though
I may, if I can find someone to go with me, I'm not big on going to a movie alone, never have and probably never will, lol.
I loved the book when I read it in high school, and our teacher had us watch a video of the musical. As I was watching the trailer for the first time, I was like...ohh..OMG...is that Les Mis?! Yup! So, I'll have to see it, just to see how it looks on film, lol. Let's hope I'm not disappointed.
My son did the show in high school. I think I've seen it enough times. I'll most likely see it when he watches it at home next year.
I don't need to walk around singing everything I say for days on end again.
Yes. Two of my friends will be going with me on the 26th.
STOKED doesn't even begin to cover it. I can't watch the previews without getting choked up.
No. The advertising claims for it have been/are painful to endure. Good for you, though.
I can't wait to see it. I love the musical, though when I saw it a few years ago, it started feeling a bit dated. I'm hoping the movie will make it feel new again.
Yes, absolutely.
I love the musical and have performed in one of the productions in Europe. I must have seen it in 17 languages already as well. The movie looks spectacular, and I wonder how good/bad the singing would be (Gerald Butler was awful for Phantom), but sounds like Hugh Jackman could hold his own, and Anne Hathaway, too.
I also wonder what cuts they have made to make the show shorter. The choices would be interesting.
I'm not sure I'll ever view or read anything that has to do with it...
@lll0228: Hugh Jackman can more than hold his own. Check out the reviews of his performance in Oklahoma! on stage and on film. It turns out that Wolverine can sing.
Yet another reason for Dr. Cox to hate him.
I will probably go.......on my own...
See what I did there?
Jackman is actually a trained triple threat actor, singer, dancer. It's just that most people aren't familiar with him singing and dancing.
Will definitely do to see Les Mis over the holidays.
It's on my must see list with The Hobbit, Anna Karennina, Sky Fall and Lincoln.
@hessem: Russel Crowe is a singer. too. I only know because I find the name of his band hilarious: 30 Odd Foot of Grunts.
@coondogg97: Yes. I will also go on my own. . . but I will be pretending someone is beside me.
@moondrake: Singing in a band (that perhaps no one would know about if he was not in it) is different than singing in what is essentially an operetta. From what I've heard of his singing in Les Mis, it's not pretty.
That's what I love about Hugh Jackman. He's a genuine movie star and he has genuine theater chops. Look up some of his Tony/Academy Award performances on You Tube. He's pretty amazing.
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@curli76: All alone. I'll watch with him till morning.


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The Option: So Simple Nobody Can Stop It
An Old College Staple That Is Confounding NFL Coaches; Giggling Behind Clipboards
National Football League coaches report to training camp next week in a state of puzzlement. They have no earthly idea how to defend the option.
Never mind that NFL coaches are regarded as the greatest minds in professional sports, and that the option dates back to the Truman Administration. When an NFL quarterback takes the snap and runs, the league's best defensive coaches tend to hide behind their clipboards. It's enough to induce laughter in the film room afterward.
Coaches "don't know what they are doing," said Tony DeMeo, a longtime college coach who now advises other coaches on the option.
"Pro coaches have not studied it hard enough," said Ted Sundquist, a former NFL general manager who learned to stop the option while an assistant at Air Force in the 1980s. Watching NFL defenses succumb to option-induced paralysis, "I sit back and laugh," he said.
The problem, actually, is less bafflement than arrogance. The option, after all, is a staple of the college game. It's how the Cornhuskers and Sooners won national championships. By contrast, NFL coaches have long regarded their quarterbacks—and the opponents' quarterbacks—as too precious and fragile to risk running with the ball. "Everyone in the NFL has been stubborn," said Denard Robinson, the Jacksonville Jaguars' running back who broke rushing records as a quarterback at Michigan.
But ignoring the option is no longer an option. The number of runs by NFL quarterbacks rose to 1,587 last year, up 20% from five years ago. And that doesn't include the many times a running quarterback exercised the option of pitching the ball to a running back.
Propelling the trend is the rise of running quarterbacks such as Robert Griffin III (Redskins), Russell Wilson (Seahawks) and Colin Kaepernick (49ers). What separates them from old-school option-running quarterbacks—and from their contemporary, Tim Tebow (now with the New England Patriots)—is that these signal callers can fake the option and throw 40 yards downfield with pinpoint accuracy.
The option, developed in the 1940s and continuously honed in subsequent decades, is a deceptively simple play. A quarterback takes the snap from center and runs left or right along with a phalanx of linemen, running backs and receivers. Assessing what the opposition is doing in front of him, the quarterback either pitches the ball or keeps it and runs. From that basic play, the NFL has developed multiple wrinkles, one known as the read option, wherein a quarterback takes his cue from reading a single defensive player's reaction to the snap.
Adding to the play's potency and popularity these days is the mounting wave of rules changes in the sport aimed at protecting quarterbacks by effectively outlawing contact with their heads or knees.
Eric Crouch, Nebraska's 2001 Heisman-winning option quarterback, said that when he was playing, defenders were taught to hit him in the chin with the crown of their helmet whenever he had the ball, thus discouraging option plays. "There were plays when I couldn't talk, I couldn't call a play because my jaw and tongue didn't work. I had to call a timeout," Crouch said.
Drafted in the NFL in 2002, back when the league had no use for option quarterbacks, Crouch was turned into a wide receiver and safety.
The power of the option—and the powerlessness to stop it—were on full display during San Francisco's 45–31 defeat of Green Bay in January's divisional playoff game. Kaepernick completed 17 of 31 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns. But his most devastating accomplishment came on the ground, where he finished the game with 181 yards on 16 carries. One particularly embarrassing moment for Green Bay came in the fourth quarter when Kaepernick took the snap from his own 12-yard line.
First he handed the ball off to his running back—oh no, he didn't. By the time Packers star linebacker Clay Matthews realized Kaepernick had kept the ball and was running left, the defender had only one hope of mounting any pursuit: He spun around like a ballerina. Sixteen yards later, Kaepernick ran out of bounds.
The befuddlement of Matthews on that play was so obvious as to elicit hoots from some viewers. Clay Matthews and Packer coaches, through a team spokesman, were not available to comment. But Clay's brother Casey Matthews, a Philadelphia Eagles linebacker, said his sibling "was very frustrated after that game."
What's an NFL coach to do?
NFL observers like Sundquist said the read option could be tamed with simple assignment football—one defender on each offensive player who could possibly receive the ball. That, however, could detract from a linebacker's ability to defend against the pass.
Rick Lantz, a longtime defensive college assistant for teams including Notre Dame said the NFL could slow the option with the return of so-called "rotational coverage." This calls for defensive backs to protect the outside and force ball carriers inside. That, too, however, could weaken downfield pass coverage.
There's some evidence that the NFL is taking lessons from the college game. According to a school spokesman, Georgia Tech, which runs one of the most pure options in football, has traded ideas with the nearby Atlanta Falcons.
All of this brings glee to the coaches who've long suspected the option would work in the NFL. Former Oklahoma Sooners and Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer said in an interview that he once asked Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to draft an option quarterback behind Troy Aikman for red zone purposes, but was rebuffed. Now, Switzer believes that the NFL is finally hiring bold coaches who are committed to running a nontraditional NFL offense, along with creative owners who will let them.
One reason the option is succeeding in the NFL, says Anthony Allen, a Ravens running back who is an option specialist, is that defenders are encouraged to make big plays—and are paid by the same measure, he says. So they look for big plays instead of focusing on a player who only may receive the ball. He laughs when thinking about overeager NFL defenders who can't stop a simple pitch. But he also knows his good fortune. "I mean, it's funny. I never thought the option would work in the NFL. Then I see all the NFL teams start using a pitchback and I get excited and think 'Hey, whoa, maybe I have a future in the NFL.'"
Some top-tier NFL coaches aren't convinced that anything needs to be done. Turning their noses up, they regard the option as a gimmick best employed by the likes of the University of Oregon, not grown men.
This offseason, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin called the read-option offense "the flavor of the month."
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I mean Endofunctor maps category $A$ to category $A$ - so all of it's objects, and morphisms must remain the same. Isn't this an identity Functor?
For example, if I have a category $A$ of integers with an ordering on them:
$M(x,y) = \{(x,y) | x,y \in O, x \leq y)\}$
any Endofunctor I try to think of ends up being an identity Functor...
What I am thinking wrong here? Thanks.
EDIT: As per suggestion, let me try mapping all objects, via and endofunctor $F$ to $1$ and all morphisms to $1 \leq 1$.
$$F_{O}: O_{A} \to O_{A}, F_M: M_{A} \to M_{A}$$
then $F_{O}(1) = 1, F(2) = 1, ...$ and $F_{M}( M(1,2) ) = M(1,1) $
so now either:
- Nothing is changed and $A$ remains the same (endofunctor having only "mapped" things around)
- Or the new $A$ is now missing all objects except for $1$ and all morphisms except for $1\leq 1$.
If it's the former (1), what is the point of this functor in the first place, if it does not "do" anything...


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The burglar left without taking anything. The teen was not injured.
The incident was reported at 1:51 p.m. in the 500 block of North Broadway.
A 17-year-old boy reported to police he had been upstairs in his residence. He came downstairs and encountered the burglar, said Maj. Dan Nicodemus, Leavenworth Police Department deputy chief.
"The suspect demanded to know where money and jewelry were located," Nicodemus said.
The teen told the burglar his family didn't have money or jewelry in the house.
The burglar told the boy to lay on the floor, and the suspect continued to search through the house. The suspect, who never displayed a weapon, eventually left.
Police could not find signs of forced entry at the residence, Nicodemus said.
The burglar was described as a black man who is between 40 and 50 years old. He is about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He was wearing a black stocking cap and a dark blue trench coat. He also had a cast or boot on his left foot.
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WE WON! Now, it's time for that giveaway...
So, the budget Paula's Choice has given me for a year's supply of their skincare is enough to last me, well, more than a year. I'd like to share some of it with you all as thanks for voting for my little Spock and helping us get here! With that said, you can still enter this giveaway even if you didn't vote (I have no way to know whether you did or not anyway).
I am offering $50 each in Paula's Choice products to five lucky readers worldwide. The credit is on my account, so I will contact the winners and at that point they can choose the items they'd like - anything on the Paula's Choice website is up for grabs - and I will order their requested items and ship them to the winners. Please note that simply logging into Rafflecopter with your Facebook or email address does not itself earn you an entry; you need to enter in at least one of the four offered ways as well. Good luck!
Update: For the "Leave a Blog Post Comment" entry, that actually means leave a comment on the blog post, then let me know the name/date/time on the comment you left in the entry field where it asks for that information (so I can confirm that you commented). Lots of you are putting your comments into the "Leave a Blog Post Comment" entry field itself, which does not automatically add your comment to the post. From now on, if I see you've incorrectly submitted an entry so it doesn't qualify (like just putting "you're awesome!" in the field where you're asked to post a link to your tweet about the giveaway - while I appreciate the compliment, that's not a valid entry), I will delete that invalid entry so you can try again.
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Did I comment or not? Oh well, I'll enter here too. Love PC's RESIST line - almost all of it!ReplyDeleteReplies
Sorry, Georgia - I realized after making the post that the moderation settings I've had enabled would make commenting on the post and then providing the name/date/time stamp on the comment for the entry very difficult. I've changed it now so you don't have to be logged in to comment, and comments on this post are automatically published. I'll change the settings back to how they were before after the giveaway is over. :)Delete
Definitely some of the BHA and exfoliant products... My clogged pores are bad lately :(ReplyDelete
Comment fail. I am interested in her Skin Recovery line, since my face is like a five year old trying to avoid vegetables--very picky!ReplyDelete
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I love the 2% salicylic acid lotion - I really want to try the salicylic acid body care!ReplyDelete
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Oh my gosh - Congrats!!! I love PC's skin care and have used it for years! I would love to try the skin recovery toner! And the earth sourced cleanser!ReplyDelete
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BHA 9 and BHA 2% liquid!ReplyDelete
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Hooray! Congratulations on your win!! As for the products, I really need to incorporate some a/o's into my routine, and I have been specifically eyeing Paula's Skin Recovery Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum with Retinol. Thank you so much for so very generously sharing your winnings with your fans! :)ReplyDelete
I think my comment didn't work quite right, BUT! I love the BHA 2% gel, and I would like to buy a full size BHA9!ReplyDelete
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ANDERSON, S.C. – Anderson University head track and field and cross country coach Randy Greer has announced the addition of three prep standouts for the 2014-15 campaigns.
Joseph Siegwald (Mount Pleasant, S.C./Palmetto Christian Academy), Torrance Robinson (Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern H.S.) and Mason Hazel (Summerville, S.C./Pinewood Prep), a brother of current AU women's standout, Sydney Hazel, have all inked national letters of intent to compete for the Trojans in cross country and/or track and field next season.
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High School: Palmetto Christian Academy
Hometown: Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Awards and Honors: Claimed third place in the 100 meters at the 2013 South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) Championships … Won the 200 meter title, the long jump and the triple jump at the 2013 SCISA Championships.
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• 200 meter - 23.78
• Long Jump - 20'4.5
• Triple Jump - 41-6
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High School: Northwestern
Hometown: Rock Hill, S.C.
Awards and Honors: Finished 10th in the 200 meter at the South Carolina High School Class 4A, Region 3 Championships.
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• 200 meter - 24.16
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High School: Pinewood Prep
Hometown: Summerville, S.C.
Awards and Honors: Runner up at 2013 SCISA Cross Country Championships … Runner up in the 1600 meter at the 2013 SCISA Track Championships … Finished third in the 1600 meter at the 2013 Region III-AAA SCISA Championships … Garnered third place in the in the 800 meter at the 2013 Region III-AAA SCISA Championships … Placed fourth in the 3200 meter at the 2012 SCISA Track Championships.
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7 Bizarre Prehistoric Versions of Modern-Day Animals
#3. Odontochelys semitestacea, aka Shell-Less Turtles
Evolution is lazy. It takes thousands of years to produce one minor change, and even then it will do the absolute bare minimum. Point in case, Odontochelys semitestacea. About 220 million years ago, turtles were essentially just drifting hunks of meat for predators. Finally, evolution stepped in and decided that it was only fair to give the turtles some kind of natural defense. The result? A hard belly, and that's it.
Odontochelys semitestacea was usually snapped up by whatever sea monsters lived in deep waters. Because the predators attacked from the bottom, the turtles that developed shells on their stomachs survived longer. The only problem was that as soon as anything figured out how to attack from the top or even bothered to flip one of these turtles around, suddenly it was the equivalent of putting a meal on a plate. If anything, the evolutionary advancement of Odontochelys semitestacea just made for fancier predators.
"At least my horrible death was convenient."
Still, the fossil of Odontochelys semitestacea has helped paleontologists determine how turtles actually evolved their full shells. What they originally assumed was a thicker skin that evolved into a hard casing now looks more like extensions of the backbone and ribs that grew together over time to make a shell. But regardless of how important the discovery of this species might be, it still looks just like a naked turtle to us. One that's gone skinny dipping in some ancient pool, with its shell up on the shore.
#2. Odobenocetops, aka Walrus-Face Whale
Even though Mother Nature usually fusses with the attributes of each type of animal separately, she isn't above mashing two totally different species together just to see what happens. Sometimes the outcome is amazing, combining all the best characteristics of both, and other times the final product is Odobenocetops, aka the failed mix tape of the ocean.
During the Pliocene period about 3.5 million years ago, Odobenocetops was essentially a whale with the head of a walrus, except one tusk was much longer than the other and its face was locked in a perpetual Eeyore sulk. The longer tusk could grow to be about 3 feet long, but it was completely useless for defending Odobenocetops against predators because it was too brittle. In fact, no one really knows why it had such ridiculously mismatched and ineffectual fangs.
"I may look retarded, but I get better reception than your cellphone."
We can't overstate how harmless and unprepared these walrus/whales were for the prehistoric world they lived in. To give you some context, they were around during the same era as the megalodon shark, an apex predator roughly the size of a blue whale, with five rows of teeth stretched across a 7-foot jaw. While it was technically carnivorous, Odobenocetops only ate clams and worms that it sucked up from the sand, and presumably it complained all the time about how nobody ever remembered to invite it to their birthday parties. That sad pout on its face almost makes it look like Odobenocetops knew just how ridiculous it was.
#1. Gigantopithecus, aka Sasquatch
It seems unfair that while there are a handful of wildly different prehistoric versions of most species, the biggest variation among human ancestors was the slope of their foreheads. Sadly, evolution never experimented much with giving primates hooves or poisonous skin, so compared to nearly every other animal, our physical variances seem pretty lame.
Or at least they did until the 1930s, when a paleoanthropologist discovered the teeth of a primate that was over 10 feet tall and weighed around 1,200 pounds. For some context, a male silverback gorilla weighs about 400 pounds. Gigantopithecus was bigger than a polar bear and looked suspiciously like Bigfoot if he was making a considerable effort not to be shot during buck-hunting season.
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The giant ape lived in the jungles of Southeast Asia, where it survived exclusively on plants and fruits, judging by the shape of its teeth. As horrifying as it might be to meet one of these monsters in the forest, there's a pretty good chance that our ancestors did occasionally. Gigantopithecus and early man were alive at the same time and lived in the same areas. In fact, humanity might be at least partially responsible for their extinction. Yeah, some things never change.
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The website Bankrate.com says new banking regulations -- like limits on overdraft fees --are forcing banks to look elsewhere for profits.
Many are now adding charge for checking, from $5 to $15 a a month for accounts that just two years ago had been free.
How to avoid the new fees
But Bankrate says with most banks, you can keep your free checking if you:
- Keep a minimum balance, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 in most cases.
- Or direct deposit your paychecks, keeping at least $500 or $1,000 in the account at all times.
- Or have multiple accounts, such as a savings account or money market tied in with your checking.
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But from the "doesn't that stink" file, the rising minimum to keep free checking.
Some banks are now requiring you to keep $5,000 in checking to keep the account free: Doesn't that stink?
Bankrate says in that case, shop around: Most smaller banks, community banks, and credit unions, require much less.
So check your bank statement for any new monthly charge for checking. If you find one, ask what you have to do to avoid it.
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Many of you reading this article right now can't imagine a world before the Internet. Either you were too young, or the Web has entangled itself so completely into your everyday life that the very wiring of your brain has adjusted accordingly.
But the world hasn't changed as much as we think. In fact, many of the things we think of as being unique to the Internet generation pre-date it by decades.
#8. Emoticons
Here's something that has to have originated in online culture, right? Nothing symbolizes the "lazily use as few keystrokes as possible" culture of the email/text message generation like combining punctuation to convey human emotions.
For example, this lets people know that there is a spider on your face and you are wearing a party hat.
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The first emoticon showed up nearly 120 years ago, when author Ambrose Bierce wrote his essay "For Brevity and Clarity" and proposed a new type of punctuation mark to convey jest, which he knew would make the satire a little more clear in typewritten correspondence where he proposed, say, killing a hobo with a bag of doorknobs.
The new punctuation took the form of a horizontal parenthesis, which was meant to look like a smile, sort of like a written laugh track to cue readers in on all the jokes.
This shit is fucking funny.
Bierce's eyeless horror-smile never caught on, but other versions continued to turn up in places like the personal telegraphs of Abraham Lincoln. Then the most uncanny example of old-timey smileys comes from 1881 when a satirical magazine called Puck--sort of like Ye Olde Cracked.com, presumably with 19th century dick jokes--published its own list of "humorous typographical faces" for use in telegraphs.
Yes, 18-Fucking-81.
#7. LOLcats
A couple of years ago, around 78 percent of Internet bandwidth was made up of pictures of cats superimposed with broken English captions. Perhaps you've seen one or two.
They got a book deal out of it.
Combining the two things the Web loves the most--cats and badly misspelled words--made for the perfect Internet meme. Something only Web-surfing teens could have invented, right?
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Well, you're only off by about a century.
It was in the early 1900s when Harry Whittier Frees started working on his animal postcards for The Rotograph Company of New York. What did he come up with? This:
This is an old-timey photograph, so this cat had to sit here for like fifteen minutes.
Note the words near the bottom. Yep, it was cats in hilarious poses, with kitty dialogue superimposed. LOLcats of the Teddy Roosevelt era.
Back in those days, picture postcards were fairly recent developments and Frees's animal models were filling the public's need for adorable animal cruelty. Frees experimented like hell with his cats and dogs, playing around with different settings, costumes and props and restraining the animals in their poses. Hilarity ensued!
Well, sort of.
This cat is not asleep.
#6. Cartoon Porn
Many of you can probably pinpoint the exact moment your childhood innocence died: right around the time someone showed you extremely detailed drawings of April O'Neil getting plowed by a Ninja Turtle, who then was blown by Krang. That person then pointed out that you were looking at an entire website full of nothing but cartoon porn. A vast website.
Wouldn't it be nice to live in a simpler time before such depravity, when people didn't actually masturbate to pictures of Marge Simpson going down on Sailor Moon?
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You know, back when they masturbated to this instead?
Yes, to escape pornographic spoofs of famous characters you would have to set the Way-Back Machine to before the 1920s when there were no Tijuana Bibles; the racist-tastic name given to an eight-page underground porno comic book found all throughout America up until about the 1960s.
They often featured famous cartoon creations like Popeye, Mickey Mouse and Little Orphan Annie filling each other out like a service questionnaire at Outback Steakhouse. And we're not talking about boring, edited-for-television sex. We're talking about butthole-lancing graphic pornography, sometimes with a sprinkle of bestiality.
"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a boner jamwich today."
Typically, Tijuana Bibles were sold "under the counter" (a phrase which here means "out of the backs of station wagons or from oversized overcoat pockets") at garages, barber shops and even schoolyards, because nothing develops young minds quite like an image of Popeye bashing through a wooden door with his erect cock.
#5. Twitter
Twitter is surely the clearest and most pathetic sign of the downfall of our civilization. It's a damning byproduct of an attention-deficit, egocentric and aimless population, with millions of us reporting that we went to see Paranormal Activity movie and that it was "totally creepy lol!"
Honestly, at what other point in history could we have felt the need to log our everyday activities in 140 characters or less?
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Well, if Twitter is a sign that we're all shallow and vapid, then we've been going down that road for a long, long time.
Check out some of the ancient wall writings discovered at Pompeii. Sure, you've got the normal graffiti--the kind about various individuals' less-than-immaculate reputations and where they can be reached "for a good time." But you also find a ton of people who stopped to scrawl reports of whatever random, pedestrian activity they were involved in. For example, one guy wrote the date he made a loaf of bread. Another guy detailed his laundry list.
Not interesting. Ever.
They were Tweeting. Posting the ancient equivalent of all the "at the mall" and "this guy in front of me totally just farted" messages that dominate Twitter on a daily basis.
Back then, graffiti was used to pass gossip around the city, letting people know what everyone else was up to. And as these brief "tweets" were often replaced with new entries, a simple stroll down any Roman street kept you up to speed with everything that was happening with your friends and neighbors, same as visiting their Twitter pages.
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I'm interested in the issue of "explanatory" mathematical proofs and would like to try to find out what intuitions mathematicians have about proofs of "if and only if" claims, like this one from graph theory "a connected graph is Eulerian if and only if all of its vertices have even degree", and this example from real analysis "a sequence of real numbers is convergent if and only if it is Cauchy". I know that "explanation" and "explanatory" are very vague words, but I'm just hoping to find out what mathematicians think about a particular issue.
In a lot of "if and only if" proofs that I've come across, one direction seems to do some explanatory work, whilst the other direction seems to be "trivial" or "obvious" and so of little, if any, explanatory power. So I was wondering if anyone had an example of a particular proof of an "if and only if" claim where they felt both directions to be explanatory? If you do, I'd be very grateful if you could post them here, and possibly try to indicate what about both directions you find explanatory? Thanks in advance for your help.


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Politicians prefer gun control, but it's wrong approach
There is no question the unprovoked Dec. 14 attack at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School was a horrific act of violence. But the political reaction, which was immediate and continues today, has little to do with alleviating the problem through more gun control. As a longtime competitive shooter, hunter and advocate for the Second Amendment, I am fully cognizant of the conflict between liberals and their news media, and those of us who own firearms legally.
The majority of the states, including Connecticut, have sufficient controls. The purchase of weapons goes though the Department of Public Safety and the FBI. What is not controlled is the assessment of the mental capacity of individuals buying weapons, which can be partially achieved only through means such as checking medical history.
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KITTY wrote on Jan 22, 2013 11:52 AM:
Rob M wrote on Jan 22, 2013 4:59 PM:
conservative1 wrote on Jan 23, 2013 8:57 AM:
roy wrote on Jan 23, 2013 8:59 AM:
Go put on some "orange", go out during hunting season and look at every gun a hunter has. Many ARE semi-autos.
Controls on specific guns take away all my Second Amendment rights.
If you have issues with "Specific guns", check out the Communist organization called CAGV. They are part of "The Consiracy".
BTW, I believe the whole Sandy Hook was a well-planned conspiracy. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 23, 2013 9:04 AM:
The 2nd Amendment isn't about HUNTING so you can stop trying to make it about hunting. That's like say the 1st Amendment just covers placing an order at Dunkin Donuts. Taking any gun away from non felon citizens attacks the 2nd Amendment. Move to Venezuela, you'll love it there. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 23, 2013 2:02 PM:
the first allows free speech..... but slander.. libel... hate speech sedition.. or copywrite all violate the rights of other and you are not free to use them
the 4th prevents search and seizure but is waived in cases of operating motor vehicles under the influence
sorry but the 2nd does not grant absolute freedom from gun control and restrictions.....restrictions are legal constitutional and ethical......if someone says otherwise they are incorrect
let us not forget we've already had an assault weapons ban in this country........ "
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FREEPRESS wrote on Jan 24, 2013 4:41 PM:
If you were faced with a home invasion, rape or violent robbery, I suspect you'd become an instant pro-gun convert...just like Rosie O'Donnell did when she and her kid were threatened and she allowed her BODYGUARD to carry a firearm. Sadly not all of us can afford an armed bodyguard and have to protect ourselves.
" "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."
"When seconds count, police are only minutes away." (Reportedly 20 minutes in the Sandy Hook shooting.)
"The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun."
"If more gun laws could reduce violent crime, we could demand more spoon laws to reduce obesity."
"Banning guns to prevent violence is like banning cars to prevent drunk drivers."
"Once upon a time, a free people decided that guns caused violent crime, so they banned guns. But violent criminals ignored the gun ban and continued using their evil guns to commit violent crimes against law-abiding citizens. Without guns, the people could not defend themselves, so they banned violent crime too. All the violent criminals saw that they had no choice but to turn in their guns and become law-abiding citizens, and everyone lived happily ever after. The End. " LOL ROTF " "
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KITTY wrote on Jan 24, 2013 10:54 PM:
@AL....agree.... looks like feinstein's bill doesn't have a chance this time .....maybe have a few more mass shootings...the time's they are a changin.....doesn't happen overnight....but it will happen....... "
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apologies for the repetitious commenting, but the left will try to wear you down. they must be countered at every turn. "
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Thank you Mayor Bloomberg. Thank you intelligent firearm regulation.
Hopefully Chicago (and Connecticut) can emulate his success. "
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The 6 Most Hilariously Stupid Criminal Excuses of All Time
#3. I'm Not Drunk, I'm a Werewolf
It had been a quiet night at the Timber Ridge Campground in northern Ohio until Thomas Stroup hit the vodka a little too hard. Someone called the police, complaining that Stroup was in a drunken frenzy and was starting fights with people. He had even kicked a dog cage in his fury.
Deputies found Stroup passed out in his trailer, surrounded by swords and knives, which, along with throwing stars and a magnetic dartboard, are required to be placed in every odd-numbered unit in a trailer park. When they woke him up, Stroup only growled at them. Once he finally started talking, he spoke in a Russian accent and threatened to kill the deputy's cousin Keith, only the deputy didn't have a cousin named Keith, so instead of being flushed with terror, the threat just left everyone feeling confused.
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"No, seriously. Get me on a basketball court, and I'll show you."
After being unsuccessful in his attempt to intimidate the deputy, Stroup explained that a wolf had scratched him during a recent trip to Germany, so now whenever the moon was out, he felt compelled to prowl through the night and attack (and evidently kill guys named Keith).
Stroup also mentioned that he'd been arrested by German police during his trip for drinking too much and blacking out in public. His passport indicated that he had, in fact, been arrested in Germany, but the police wisely connected the dots and determined that, rather than getting scratched by a wolf and turning into a feral demon, Stroup had just drank too much and turned into an asshole.
"Wanna see my throwing stars?" failed to attract the ladies.
#2. 103? Thought I Was Going 031
A worried driver called police when he saw another motorist yelling and waving a cigarette around while erratically changing lanes at high speed (if he had been waving a gun instead of a cigarette, everyone would've just kept driving). Responding officers clocked Matthew Cook doing 103 in a 60 mph zone, but Cook had an explanation: his dyslexia kept him from understanding the speedometer.
"It also prevented me from seeing that I ran over that child back there."
We should note here that dyslexia does not in fact keep a person from feeling the forces of acceleration or from looking out their goddamn windows and seeing that cars are blurring past them like the stars in hyperspace. Also, even if Cook had a numeric speedometer and was dyslexic with numbers, he would still know he was looking at three digits. Unless you are on a racetrack, on the Autobahn or in freaking space, you are driving too fast.
"I'm also colorblind. I can't see black or off-white. That's how that works, right?"
Regardless, Cook didn't have the chance to argue his claim, because his speedometer read like a dial, and the court didn't buy that dyslexia would make him unable to understand that he was burying the needle. Cook's license was revoked.
#1. It's Not a Crime, It's Method Acting
Detective Robert DiGiacomo was on the lookout for a suspect who started a fairly lame crime spree by stealing a bottle of water and face-punching a convenience store clerk. As DiGiacomo sat idling in his Chevy Impala, the passenger door opened and a man climbed in. Micah Calamosca, who would actually turn out to be the clerk-punching water bottle thief, then told DiGiacomo to get out of the car because he was totally stealing it.
When DiGiacomo finally stopped laughing and had a chance to wipe the tears of hilarity from his eyes, he pulled out his gun and arrested Calamosca. But Calamosca had a ready-made excuse: The movie The Dark Knight Rises was filming nearby.
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Batman might break the "no murder" rule to rid Gotham of that facial hair.
Calamosca explained that he was involved in the filming of the latest Batman movie and that the script had called for him to steal the detective's vehicle. The fact that there was a staggering lack of cameras, film crew and Christian Bale anywhere near the scene of the carjacking made the story hard to believe, though, so Calamosca was hauled off to jail.
But even his excuse was a bit more plausible than that given by a guy who robbed a Belfast lingerie store, making off with bras, underwear, garter belts and stockings. At his trial, the man claimed that he didn't really remember what he was thinking during the robbery, but that Beho, his female elf character, might have had something to do with it.
Well, the motivation is certainly there. Her current clothes just make her look silly.
He said he had been playing Shadowrun, a role-playing game set in a cyberpunk/magical future. His character, Beho, was an elven shaman who carried a Japanese sword, and the man claimed he had lost the ability to separate the fictional game world from reality. The judge didn't buy this, presumably because there is no quest in Shadowrun that requires you to go steal an armload of panties at knifepoint, even though that exact setup describes 70 percent of the games currently sold in Japan.
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All of a sudden today on the first line of this code I started receiving
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The former Camp Lejeune Marine, charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range, had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past four months.
Lancaster police records show 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh was taken to a mental hospital in September after threatening to kill his family and then commit suicide. Routh told authorities then that he was a Marine veteran who was suffering from PTSD.
The Dallas Morning News reports that police records show Routh was taken back to the same mental hospital in mid-January after a woman called police and said she feared for Routh's safety.
Routh, an Iraq War veteran, is charged with one count of capital murder and two counts of murder in Saturday's shooting deaths of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.
The man charged with fatally shooting former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend at a Texas gun range was an Iraq war veteran.
The U.S. military confirms that 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh was in the Marines from 2006 to 2010. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007. His current duty status is listed as reserve.
CNN reports that Routh lived at Camp Lejeune before he moved to Texas.
Routh is accused of killing 38-year-old Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range Saturday evening.
Police say after the shootings, Routh drove to his sister's home in Midlothian and told his sister and brother-in-law what he had done. After he left, his relatives called the police.
The Erath County Sheriff's Office says a semi-automatic handgun thought to have been used in the killings was found at Routh's home.
Authorities say Routh has not made any comments as to what his motive was.
The director of a nonprofit that provides exercise equipment for emotionally and physically wounded veterans says Kyle and Littlefield had been trying to help Routh deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Routh is being held on $3 million bond.
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Child car safety begins with carefully choosing, properly fitting and always using the right child car restraint or booster seat for your child's age and size.
The restraint should meet the requirements of Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS) 1754.
If you buy or accept a second-hand restraint, you should check its age, condition and history.
You should move your child into the next type of restraint or booster seat only when he's too big for his current restraint. Using a restraint that doesn't fit your child properly can put him at risk in a crash.
Children should sit in the back seat, where they're safest.
In fact, it's safest for children under 12 years to sit in the back seat if possible. Children under four aren't allowed to travel in the front seat of a car with two or more rows. Children under seven years shouldn't travel in the front unless all the back seats have other children under seven in them.
Young children learn most by watching the grown-ups around them. If you want your child to behave safely, you can set a good example by always wearing your own seatbelt.
Don't drive unless all seat belts are done up. If your child removes the straps or undoes the buckle, stop the car and do up the belt again. Explain what you're doing. Never drive while the belt is twisted or undone.
If you need to give your child a reward or incentive for leaving the belt or buckle alone, it's best to use one that will distract your child's attention and last until you reach your destination.
Your child should always keep arms, legs and head inside the car when it's moving or parked on the side of the road.
You can also activate the childproof locks so your child can't get out when the car is moving or standing still.
Loose items can fly about in a crash, so keep loose items in the glove box, the boot or behind the cargo barrier in station wagons and four-wheel drives.
When travelling with an empty booster seat in the car, fasten the seatbelt around it to prevent the booster seat from injuring someone.
You must also restrain any pets travelling with you.
You can teach your child about safety around cars.
For example, always make sure your child is supervised by a grown-up around roads until at least the age of 10 years.
Also get into the habit of getting your child in and out of the car on the kerb side, away from traffic.
Driving with bored and unhappy children in the car can make it harder for you to concentrate and drive safely. The following tips might help:
It's true: cars turn into ovens very quickly, even on cool or overcast days. Never leave your child or pet alone in the car, especially in hot weather. The temperature inside a car on a hot day can rise to dangerous levels very quickly.
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The following tips can help keep your child comfortable and safe when you're driving in hot conditions:
If you have a child with additional needs, it might be more challenging to keep your child safe in the car.
Health professionals such as occupational therapists can work with your family to come up with ways to ensure safety. These can include modifying a restraint, recommending a restraint accessory or suggesting a specialised restraint.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2005). Mortality and morbidity: Children's accidents and injuries. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/1d72f5e5299decc5ca25703b0080ccbf!OpenDocument.
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (2009). Road deaths Australia: 2008 Statistical summary. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2009/pdf/rsr_04.pdf.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009). A picture of Australian children 2009 (Report No. PHE 112). Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/phe/phe-112-10704/phe-112-10704.pdf.
Brown, J., Bilston, L., McCaskill, M., & Henderson, M. (2005). Identification of injury mechanisms for child occupants aged 2-8 in motor vehicle accidents. Motor Accidents Authority of NSW. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.maa.nsw.gov.au/getfile.aspx?Type=document&ID=44186&ObjectType=3&ObjectID=3893.
KidSafe (2009). Kids in hot cars. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from www.kidsafevic.com.au/images/stories/pdfs/hotcars.pdf.