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Perhaps the worst fate for a person with ASD is to have a lively intelligence trapped in a body that makes it difficult for others to see that the lights are on. Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich at the University of California, San Francisco, studied an autistic boy who is unable to speak or even sustain his attention to a task for more than a few moments, and yet is aware of his condition and writes remarkable poetry. How many other autistic kids, Merzenich wonders, "are living in a well where no one can hear them...
...charisma did not go unnoticed by political potentates, in California (Jerry and Willie Brown sang his praises) and Washington (Walter Mondale and Rosalyn Carter appeared with him). For a time, he was head of San Francisco?s Housing Authority. But the whispers about his predatory sexual appetite (which devoured parishioners of both sexes) and his reluctance to let disaffected members leave the fold caught the attention of the authorities. Jones moved the Temple to the Guyanan jungle, out of which his flock built an impressive village, Jonestown, housing thousands of Temple worshipers and their families. In a newsreel clip, Jones...
...might look as though they had been “dragged out of the furnace.” “There’s a lot of in the moment training. You...sort of learn on the go,” says Savitsky. During her childhood in San Francisco, Savitsky and her best friend joined the Pickle Family Circus, where she spent seven years as a contortionist. She says her role in the 2004 play “Venus”—in which she played a circus freak—is her “only...
...Korea formally declared them as its own. Five years later, the Japanese countered by claiming them as well. In 1910, Japan annexed mainland Korea, making it a Japanese colony for the next 35 years. In the aftermath of Japan's defeat in World War II, the Treaty of San Francisco did not mention the islands in the list of surrendered Japanese territories-a fact that the Japanese use to bolster claims that the islands are still theirs. But in 1952, Seoul declared that the islets were within Korea's borders and ordered the arrest of any Japanese boat that crossed...
...Windy City is by no means the only place experiencing a mass transit boom. Transportation authorities in the Cleveland area are expanding park-and-ride lots to help accommodate the growing commuter ridership, while cities from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City and San Francisco are experiencing near-record passenger levels...