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Pluto has now been demoted from planet status, so we now have eight planets in our solar system. Looks like the deciding factor was the fact that it's orbit intersects with Neptune's orbit. Is nothing sacred anymore?

This is one I haven't quite figured out. I'll have a building, say commercial, and when I query it, I get something like 1498/1532 for jobs. (Which I'm ASSuming means there are 1532 total jobs available and 1498 are taken.) But, when I use the commute query tool, I'll get a breakdown of something like 265 car, 192 subway and 68 pedestrian, which is much lower than the total people working in the building. The number is much lower on almost all of the queries. Even more confusing is when the commute query says "workers: none" (which occurs quite frequently),but the building is not abandoned and in fact has close to full capacity for jobs on the regular query tool. This phenomenon is similar whether it's res, ind or comm. Seems like they're using two completely different sets of numbers, but if most of the jobs are taken and the workers obviously don't live there, it would seem they have to commute. I just don't understand the discrepancy between the two queries.

Anything by the Grateful Dead. Since everything sounds pretty much the same, it doesn't seem to matter if I list individual pieces of noise.

Cynical minds think alike, Duke! I read about this in the paper and I thought it was quite convenient that the documents would be found with only ten minutes to spare before trash pickup by an honest, patriotic homeless person who ran straight to the New York Post screaming about how outrageous this was. And I doubt that the missing pages are anything to worry about. If someone had plans (sorry...) for destruction, I'm sure they would've taken the whole package and not just the first 14 pages. I dunno...something just feels a little too slick.

Hey, maybe next year's class will ask to get Tasered! Bizarre. Police Tear-Gas Crowd Near Michigan St. East Lansing, Mich. police Chief Tom Wibert, left, and Mayor Vic Loomis are ... By TIM MARTIN, AP1 hour ago EAST LANSING, Mich. — Police used tear gas early Sunday to disperse a massive crowd partying near the Michigan State University campus after fights broke out and officers were pelted with bottles and cans. Police said in a statement that 3,000 to 4,000 people had gathered for the Cedar Fest party late Saturday. They said 52 people were arrested and 48 others were ticketed for various offenses. Nearly every officer at the scene reported being struck by a flying object, Police Chief Tom Wibert said at a news conference Sunday. Four small fires were reported, windows were smashed on two police vehicles and several officers and partygoers suffered injuries — mostly cuts and bruises. "I don't see how we could have dispersed the crowd without tear gas," Wibert said. He said the gas was used as a last resort and officers showed restraint throughout the night. Authorities said the crowd became increasingly unruly after 1 a.m., and about 80 officers from various jurisdictions worked to contain the crowd. Wibert said police initially used only loud, smoking munitions rather than tear gas to try to get the crowd to leave, but only about half the people dispersed. Tear gas was fired around 2 a.m. "I think that there were some who were there because they wanted to be tear-gassed as a rite of passage, so to speak," Wibert said. "After the initial munitions — the flash bangs and the smoke bombs — they were actually chanting for tear gas." Michigan State student Vanessa Schultz of Macomb County's Clinton Township said she got a whiff of the gas through her apartment window. "I think everyone's mentality was like, 'We want to get tear-gassed. This is fun,'" said Schultz. She said she stayed inside because it didn't look like fun to her. "During the day it was all relaxed and fun," Schultz said. "It was kind of a shock when it turned weird. But we all kind of knew what was going to happen once it started." Police said the majority of Michigan State's 45,000 students stayed away from the gathering and that many of the troublemakers weren't students. Of the 52 people arrested, 28 had been identified as university students. They could face charges ranging from disorderly conduct to inciting a riot. More charges could be coming after police review videotape. Students convicted of charges involving riotous behavior could face long-term suspension, as allowed by state law. The<

These are choice! I like the Easter Island one, too.

"Brainwashed from birth" would appropriately describe the kids (and many adults) in this cult. The kids know only what they are told by the elders and that the outsider's world is evil. Interestingly, one of the horrible things that await them outside is being forced to have sex with many men. They scare the kids about sexual abuse on the outside while they merrily go about sexually abusing them inside the compound. Reading these articles made me wonder...What ever happened to the 150 or so people that were rounded up from Waco in the '90's and "deprogrammed"? A bunch of survivers were charges with bogus charges and carted off to prison, but the ones that they couldn't hang charges on were turned over to county or state social and psychiatric programs to be "treated" and assisted with their re-entry into society. Anybody ever hear what became of these people? Are they wandering the streets with a bedroll and styrofoam cup or maybe rotting away in a padded room with all the thorazine they can eat? I can only hope that there is hope for the children of this recent sect and that they one day can exist in a world free of psychic fear and emotional and sexual abuse.

Re: language: It seems like I've always heard the phrase using one of the seven deadly words and 'me'. A few years back Brittany Spears sanitized this to "Do me, Baby" (one more time) for all of the world to hear.

This would be funny if it wasn't so potentially dangerous! This isn't a bunch of kids "playing Army" or some such. This is a pretty well organized group with a mission and a goal in mind. Kiddie Columbine, maybe? Cops: 3rd-Graders Aimed to Hurt Teacher This photo provided by Chief of Police of Waycross, Ga., Tony Tanner, Tuesda... By RUSS BYNUM, AP23 minutes ago WAYCROSS, Ga. — A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the windows and cleaning up afterward, police said Tuesday. The plot by as many as nine boys and girls at Center Elementary School in south Georgia was a serious threat, Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner said. "We did not hear anybody say they intended to kill her, but could they have accidentally killed her? Absolutely," Tanner said. "We feel like if they weren't interrupted, there would have been an attempt. Would they have been successful? We don't know." The children, ages 8 and 9, were apparently mad at the teacher because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair, Tanner said. A prosecutor said they are too young to be charged with a crime under Georgia law. School officials alerted police Friday after a pupil tipped off a teacher that a girl had brought a weapon to school, Tanner said. Police seized a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape, electrical and transparent tape, ribbons and a crystal paperweight from the students, who apparently intended to use them against the teacher, Tanner said. Nine children have been given discipline up to and including long-term suspension, said Theresa Martin, spokeswoman for the Ware County school system. She would not be more specific but said none of the children had been back to school since the case came to light. The purported target is a veteran educator who teaches third-grade students with learning disabilities including attention deficit disorder, delayed development and hyperactivity, friends and parents said. The scheme involved a division of roles, Tanner said. One child's job was to cover windows so no one could see outside, he said. Another was supposed to clean up after the attack. "We're not sure at this point in the investigation how many of the students actually knew the intent was to hurt the teacher," Tanner said. The parents of the students have cooperated with investigators, who aren't allowed to question the children without their parents' or guardians' co

Seems like some people want to have it both ways when it comes to kids. Take, for example, this front page article in today's Washington Post discussing the labling of children as sexual harassers. 6 years old boy slaps a girl on the rear on the playground...permanent record entry: "Sexual Touching Against Student: Offensive". In Virginia last year, 255 elementary students were suspended for offensive sexual touching. In Maryland, 166 elementary students were suspended for sexual harassment including three preschoolers, 16 kindergarteners and 22 first graders! So, "experts" say on one hand that kids can be capable of sexual harassment, but on the other hand say that they probably couldn't pull off a coordinated attack on a teacher. How can they have it both ways? Personaly, I feel that charging a first grader with sexual harassment for slapping another kid on the butt is ludicrous, but others seem to disagree. I'm just posting this here since I noted it in today's paper and it presents such a dichotomy regarding children today. For Ski and other Washingtonians, Thursday, page A1, bottom right.

Experts agree, Duke! Check out the update... Experts Dubious of Ga. 3rd-Grader Plot This photo provided by Chief of Police of Waycross, Ga., Tony Tanner, Tuesda... By RUSS BYNUM and MIKE STOBBE, AP39 minutes ago WAYCROSS, Ga. — Allegations that third-graders hatched an elaborate plot to knock out, handcuff and stab their teacher were met with shock by neighbors and with doubt by psychiatry experts who said it is unlikely that children that young seriously intended to hurt anyone. Police say the plot at Center Elementary School began because the children, ages 8 to 10, were apparently angry after the teacher disciplined one of the students for standing on a chair. Students brought a crystal paperweight, a steak knife with a broken handle, steel handcuffs and other items as part of last week's plot, police said Tuesday. They said nine students were involved, but prosecutors are seeking juvenile charges against only three of them. Experts said children that age are certainly imaginative and capable of creating elaborate games. But Dr. Louis Kraus, a child psychiatry expert at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, said he doubts they would have actually attacked. "The reality is it is highly unlikely they would have been successful at this," Kraus said. "Even if it had begun, it's unclear whether they actually would have followed through with it." Most premeditated acts of student violence in schools usually don't occur until high school, Kraus said. Younger children have been known to bring knives or other weapons to school, experts said, but often it's more a matter of showing off or acting tough than part of a deliberate assault attempt. Police said the plot had been organized enough that some students were assigned specific roles such as covering classroom windows and cleaning up any mess. Most children under the age of 12 don't generally experience the kind of long-standing anger necessary for a premeditated crime, said Dan Mears, an associate professor at Florida State University's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. "Kids tend to be more spontaneous," Mears said. "If they're angry, they act on it right then." The district attorney is seeking juvenile charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault against an 8-year-old boy and two girls, ages 9 and 10. The girls are also charged with bringing weapons to school. News of the alleged plot spread quickly through this small south Georgia city on the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, where residents

Your point is well taken. Now what if we find out after they investigate that the teacher was actually abusing the kids on the sly and this was their "way out". Sound far fetched? Well, this incident sounds far-fetched, but it happened. Things keep getting stranger every day.

This is some of the sickest most disgusting...well, read it yourself and see. Torture Death Shocks Illinois Town A photo released Thursday, March 13, 2008, by the Alton, Ill. police departm... By JIM SUHR, AP5 hours ago ALTON, Ill. — Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor. Dorothy Dixon ate what she could forage from the refrigerator upstairs, where prosecutors say housemates used her for target practice with BBs, burned her with a glue gun and doused her with scalding liquid that peeled away her skin. They torched what few clothes she had, authorities say, so she walked around naked. They often pummeled her with an aluminum bat or metal handle. Dixon — six months pregnant — died after weeks of abuse. Police have charged two adults, three teenagers and a 12-year-old boy with murder in the case that has repulsed many in this Mississippi River town. "This is heartbreaking," police Lt. David Hayes said. "It was almost as though they were making fun of the abuse they were administering. This woman was almost like living in a prison." Investigators put much of the blame on Michelle Riley, 35, who they said befriended Dixon but pocketed monthly Social Security checks she got because of her developmental delays. Dixon saw little, if any, of the money, Hayes said. For months she weathered the torment to keep a roof over her head and that of her year-old son, who weighed just 15 pounds when taken into state custody after his mom's death. "I've never seen an almost conspiratorial effort by a group of people to continuously torture someone until she finally died, then not really show any remorse," Hayes said. "It was just a slow, torturous, tragic way to die. I highly doubt Dorothy Dixon even knew she was dying." Riley, 43-year-old Judy Woods and three teenagers, including Riley's 15-year-old daughter, LeShelle McBride, are charged with first-degree murder, aggravated and heinous battery, intentional homicide of an unborn child, and unlawful restraint. Riley's 12-year-old son is charged as a juvenile. Riley, her daughter, Woods and 16-year-old Benny Wilson have public defenders who did not immediately return messages for comment. An 18-year-old defendant, Michael Elliott, planned to get his own attorney, court records show. All remain in jail on $1 million bond. Messages left with a Chicago-area sister of Dixon went unreturned, but neighbors, Hayes and newspaper accounts offer a mosaic of the months leading to Dixon's demise inside the small, white, blue-shuttered house. Riley and Dixon, police said, had

Kiss Of Death and No Way Out were two roles he played with amazing intensity. I was surprised to read that he had only one nomination for an acadamy award. He was great. May he rest in peace.

Blackmore. From Rock to Renasiannce.

I know Starbucks is bad, but I thought that what I put in the tip jar would at least get divided so the baristas got something. Had I known the managers were getting it all I wouldn't have left a dime.

I suppose Family's Inhumanity To Woman would've been a better choice. Where does the idea to do something like this come from, let alone the capacity to actually carry the actions out? Are these people inherantly evil or just bored and have a sadistic twist? Is there anyone reading this that would actually consider thinking about doing something like this? (And I'm not talking about revenge fantasies, which I'm sure we've all had from time to time.) What do these people do, sit around and say "Gee, it's a slow day...I think I'll pull out the glue gun and drip some hot glue on the pregnant chick?" What make it even sicker is the fact that the ringleader was in a position of power and authority and had access to a troubled person she could "take home" under the guise of providing care. This is taking a few steps further the act of setting homeless people on fire. Disgusting. These predators should be permanently removed from society. Like the cancer to humanity that they are, they should be excised.

Apparently, this incident happened while they were "jumping the crane". A collar broke loose and severed another connecting collar and that's what caused the collapse. Also, they've found that an inspector who supposedly inspected the crane lied and never actually showed up, but just rubber stamped the inspection of a complaint that the crane "didn't appear to be safe". It's doubtful that his negligence actually contributed to the event, but at least now they have this guy Marguette to hang some blame on.

Sorry...didn't mean to be presumptuous, Duke. I know you live in NYC and have an extensive knowledge of the city, among other things, and figured you might know. It's a new building in the Flatiron District, BTW. About a year old. I find it hilarious that even though he had, uh, "dated" her several times, ol' Eliot had to ask and be reminded of what she looked like when ordering.

This didn't come from the Enquirer, this is an AP News story. Some people have a little red blanket, some have a favourite Teddy Bear others have, well... a toilet. Sheriff: Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years By ROXANA HEGEMAN, AP1 hour ago WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend's bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet — so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police. It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital. "We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it." Whipple said investigators planned to present their report Wednesday to the county attorney, who will determine whether any charges should be filed against the boyfriend. "She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself." Police declined to release the couple's names, but the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, agreed to be interviewed Wednesday by The Associated Press. He identified his girlfriend as Pam Babcock. McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom. "And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,'" Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom." McFarren told the AP that he wasn't to blame, and that it was solely Babcock's choice to remain in the bathroom. "She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said. Although authorities said they think Babcock was in the bathroom for two years, McFarren said he wasn't certain how long she stayed there. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings. "It just kind of happened one day. She went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay — like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said. But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship — except that it all happened in the bathroom. McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together. McFarren called police on Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said. Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said. "She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said. She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators. McFarren said that his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has<

What do you think? Hey, if I was a parent, I might have done this. Mom Faces Trial for Leaving Child in Car By DON BABWIN, AP3 hours ago CHICAGO — Treffly Coyne was out of her car for just minutes and no more than 10 yards away. But that was long and far enough to land her in court after a police officer spotted her sleeping 2-year-old daughter alone in the vehicle; Coyne had taken her two older daughters to pour $8.29 in coins into a Salvation Army kettle. Minutes later, she was under arrest — the focus of both a police investigation and a probe by the state's child welfare agency. Now the case that has become an Internet flash point for people who either blast police for overstepping their authority or Coyne for putting a child in danger. The 36-year-old suburban mother is preparing to go on trial Thursday on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and obstructing a peace officer. If convicted, she could be sentenced to a year in jail and fined $2,500, even though child welfare workers found no credible evidence of abuse or neglect. On Dec. 8 Coyne decided to drive to Wal-Mart in the Chicago suburb of Crestwood so her children and a young friend could donate the coins they'd collected at her husband's office. Even as she buckled 2-year-old Phoebe into the car, the girl was asleep. When Coyne arrived at the store, she found a spot to park in a loading zone, right behind someone tying a Christmas tree onto a car. "It's sleeting out, it's not pleasant, I don't want to disturb her, wake her up," Coyne said this week. "It was safer to leave her in the safety and warmth of an alarmed car than take her." So Coyne switched on the emergency flashers, locked the car, activated the alarm and walked the other children to the bell ringer. She snapped a few pictures of the girls donating money and headed back to the car. But a community service officer blocked her way. "She was on a tirade, she was yelling at me," Coyne said. The officer, Coyne said, didn't want to hear about how close Coyne was, how she never set foot inside the store and was just there to let the kids donate money, or how she could always see her car. Coyne telephoned her husband, Tim Janecyk, who advised her not to say anything else to police until he arrived. So Coyne declined to talk further, refusing even to tell police her child's name. When Janecyk pulled up, his wife already was handcuffed, sitting in a patrol car. Crestwood Police Chief Timothy Sulikowski declined to comment about the case. But he did not dispute the contention that Coyne parked nearby or was away from her car for just a few minutes. He did, however, suggest Coyne put her child at risk. "A minute or two, that's when things can happen," he said. Talk about the case has intensified, particularly online, where bloggers are weighing in on various message boards. Many have harsh words for the police department, calling the arrest of a mother who left her child in a locked car for a few minutes an abuse of authority. Yet statistics show thousands of children are injured and dozens die every year after being left unattended near or inside vehicles. "I am talking tens of thousands of people who leave their kids in the car for any period of time all around America," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of Kansas-based Kids and Cars. "People don't appreciate the dangers of leaving a child alone in the car." Coyne's attorney, Michelle Forbes, argued that Coyne did not break the<

I'm curious, Duke, you'd probably know this... Where is the Carlysle Landmark Apartments in Manhattan? They opened about a year ago. She had a ninth floor apartment in the building. She was worried about paying rent on the place since her boyfriend left a few months ago. No matter who gets the money, her or the service, that's still a lot to pay for "low quality goods". Drugs = disease in some cases. And her picture? Well, put it this way...there are a lot of streetwalkers here in DC equal or better in "hot looks" that are much less.

Well, they identified the girl. Ms. Dupree even has a MySpace page. Ex drug addict, aspiring musician who just broke up with her boyfriend and is worried about paying rent. This is what you get for your $4k+?

This happened a few miles from where I used to live. (Indian Head Hwy between Accokeek Rd and Farmington Rd. Ski and DC folks) After 3 a.m. and you have 3 generations of family watching a race. (grandpa, daughter and grandson). Daughter should lose custody for endangerment! People standing en masse in the middle of a road watching cars race. Shoulda been looking behind them as well! 8 Die As Car Hits Md. Street-Race Crowd Emergency personnel carry the body of a victim involved in a car crash on In... By STEPHEN MANNING, AP1 hour ago ACCOKEEK, Md. — A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch a drag race on a suburban road early Saturday, killing eight people and injuring at least five, police said. Police said the white sedan was not involved in the street race but accidentally drove into the crowd of about 50 people that had spilled onto the highway to watch two racing cars speed off. "There were just bodies everywhere; it was horrible," said Crystal Gaines, 27, whose father was among the dead. Gaines said she grabbed her child but could not help her father, William Gaines Sr., 61. "He wasn't breathing, he wasn't moving," she said. "His body was in pieces." Gaines said the car did not have its lights on, but police could not confirm that. The white sedan hit people standing on the side of Route 210 around 3:40 a.m., Prince George's County Police Cpl. Clinton Copeland said. A tractor-trailer that came by shortly afterward may also have struck someone on the road as it tried to avoid the crash, he said. "It's probably one of the worst scenes I've seen," Copeland said. "This is a situation that could have been avoided, and it's a very tragic situation." The victims ranged in age from their 20s to 60s, police said. Seven people were pronounced dead at the scene, and an eighth died later at a hospital. Hours after the accident on the divided highway in Accokeek, bodies covered in white sheets were scattered along what police were calling a 200-yard crime scene. Some were in the road, while others were on the shoulder. The sedan came to a rest on an embankment about 150 feet from where the crowd had been. It had a crumpled front and hood, and the roof had partially collapsed. The driver of the white sedan had been interviewed and did not appear to be seriously hurt, Police Capt. Donald Frick said. Police said a body found in the car was one of the spectators and not a passenger as they had previously reported. According to police, two cars had lined up for a race on the smooth and relatively flat and straight stretch of highway. They spun their wheels, kicking up smoke, then sped off, Copeland said. The crowd then moved into the road to watch the cars drive away. The combination of the smoke and t

I find it noteworthy that there were over 200 spectators there and not one has named the drivers. Usually these days people are falling over each other to snitch people out.