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Ahmedabad: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten half-century and left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht's three wickets helped India beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the first women's ODI played here on Monday.
Opting to bat, Bangladesh scored 194 for nine in 50 overs with skipper Salma Khatun remaining not out on 75. For the Indian eves, Bisht scalped three for 27 while pacer Subhalakshmi Sharma picked up two wickets.
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"I need to play. I've been injured way too long, jeopardized my future," said Gibbs. His long term goals, though, include not just fighting his way back into the U.S. team, but heading back to Europe, where he just spent two years at Charlton Athletic on the injured list.
He understatedly calls that time "a bit disappointing. I spent two years in England and I wasn't able to get myself fit enough to play. But I definitely see myself back there in the future. Definitely." But can he first establish himself in Major League Soccer? "MLS's history is littered with American players who returned from Europe," writes Lalas, "hoping to jumpstart their careers or 'be seen' and soon found themselves struggling to crack the starting lineup -- good players, like Jovan Kirovski, Greg Vanney, Tony Sanneh."
Gibbs made the move back to MLS once already, when he came back from Germany to play for Dallas in the 2004 season, making 21 starts, and leading to national team call-ups. A move to Feyenoord (with Ruud Gullit in charge) followed, then a loan to Den Haag, and then the transfer to Charlton and the injury that caused him to miss the 2006 World Cup. Over a year later he came back to the reserves and immediately broke his leg in three places, and though he was back to full fitness by the end of last season, he parted ways with Charlton and landed in Denver after L.A. (with Ruud Gullit no longer in charge) passed up the chance to sign him. With that final move, Gibbs said, "I can honestly say I'm happy."


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Low cost airline Ryanair yesterday operated its first flight from Malta to Trapani, raising the number of Ryanair routes from Malta to 10. The airline said these services will provide 500,000 passengers each year.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Superstarov, Apr 11, 2006.
"I'm an earth sign and my wife's a water sign -- together we make mud."
That's some good stuff.
"I called up the prayer line the other day & they told me to go to hell!" "Even my chidren don't respect me! I told one of them the other day, 'one day you'll have kids of your own.' She said, ' Yeah? Well so will you!"
My apartment is so run down, if I take a shower and someone flushes, I get burnt. He bumbled his way to 64 wins and we coulda had 67. Maybe his collars are too tight?
I tell ya, I don`t get no respect, the other day I went to a fight, and a hockey game broke out!!!!!!!!
D59, that's gotta be 25 years old.
I'm sure this says it all (from today's Free Press): EVANS SHINES: Wallace's replacement, ..... ....."He came and played well," Saunders said. (I wonder if he was twitching and doubling up on the w-w-w-words like Max Headroom) ...."The one thing you know about Mo is he's always going to give you great energy and great hustle." - (This should be a RED FLAG people!).... .....Evans played 10 minutes in Game 4 and scored three points...... (See above statement in regard to "played well") ....Evans did a nice job guarding Cavaliers forward LeBron James. Evans went after him aggressively..... (Who wrote this, Bizarro?) ....Evans had James bottled up .... (seriously, they were able to type this without convulsing in laughter?) I thought we had left the days of open propaganda behind. But, I guess if you're sporting Pistons 3-D hooper glasses, you'll believe anything. Coach is working his magic dust on this one.
Evans does not come close to Michael Curry or LB's boy Ham.
The way Flip's finger hovers on his cheek all the time, I'm certain it's up his proboscis during TV timeouts. There's only one thing that comes out of those timeouts...and it's obvious that it ain't a play!
Since we can't change Flips mind Mo better live up to the hype, broke finger or not, cause this game is serious.
I, personally, would like to thank Flip Saunders for ruining my favorite team and turning them into a soft ass, no defense playing, bunch of stagnant jump shooters. Please fire this %%%%%hole tonight.
ARRRRRGH! Flip was given everything any coach could dream of when he got here...and he slouched his way thru a great regular season. Tonight's game seriously torched my butt! Bring back LB!
I have a feeling that this thread is going to get a whole lot longer.....
I implore you to sticky this and delete the "Flip Fan Support Thread" immediately.
Hey, so what...........
The smartest thing JoeD could do RIGHT NOW is fire Flip and take over the playoff coaching duties himself before Friday's game. Joe ain't dumb...he knows Flip's not gettin it dun!
This has got to be the funniest"whoops, I spoke too soon thread" I ever seen!
you think flip is doing a good job? i'll be honest, i blame flip for mostly everything that's happening. if we're going to have a coach that does nothing, who stands like a cardboard cut-out, we should at least have a cardboard figure that exudes confidence, a la Daddy Rich. or Darth Vadar? possibly Donald Trump? George Washington?
I'm pretty sure HQ was referring to the Rodney D jokes earlier in the thread and the other 'pokes' at Flip. I don't think anyone on this forum is any too happy with Flip right now. The chat tonight was pretty ugly.
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Right, i've got an 2001 E39 525d SE Touring. It's done 175k miles, FSH, fully loaded apart from Comms Pack and Leathers.
I got this to replace the E34 525 TDS, as wanted something a little more modern, but similar economy / performance. I must say, the E34 felt more solid than this car does!
A few niggles I wish to post up on here, in the hope of getting some replies!
The problem I have is that the fuel economy doesn't seem to be brilliant? I understand that being a Touring, it's a heavier car, so it will drink a little more.
However, a week ago, I filled up £55, and only got 230 miles out of the tank! I wasn't hammering the car, was driving sensibly, around town and on the dual carriageway. The fuel at the time was £1.20 per litre, so that works out to 23mpg! Which is shocking, and I could get way better mpg out of my old 328i Coupe!
It was -2.5 degrees, and the car was smoking a little (normal, I presume in that temp?). I could smell diesel fumes in the cabin, and the mpg on the trip computer fell to the teens! Could it have been bad batch of fuel?
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Also, the car seems to 'hiccup' or hesitate a little at low revs, when accelerating in 1st and 2nd gear?
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History does not support their position.
Historically, men did not have the universal suffrage that suffragettes demanded for women. Voting rights were tied to all kinds of terms and conditions. Further, there are examples (with more emerging) of women voting before the women's suffrage movement.
One such example is a recently discovered document listing English women voters in an election which took place in 1843, 75 years prior to legislation recognizing women's voting rights in 1918. At that time, suffrage for men was not universal, but limited to the upper classes, with various groups agitating for parliamentary reform throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The women recorded in the 1843 document would have had to meet the standards met by men. They paid a fee, and it determined how their vote was counted. Note that the article mentions that the high fee paid by Grace Brown gave her 4 votes, where those who paid less got only one vote. These women also enjoyed a privilege denied to men who did not meet legal voting requirements. Adult men who were not heads of households could not vote.
Prior to the formation of the United States, voting in the colonies was largely governed by the same standards used in England. However, contrary to popular belief, women were not universally barred from voting. As with the women in England's 1843 document, American women who voted prior to the 20th century did so under the same terms and conditions faced by men, save for one: Women were not and still are not subject to being drafted into the military in times of war.
One interesting example of early female voters prior to universal male suffrage is the colony of New Jersey, where gender was not a factor in voting rights until the Democratic-Republican party, which eventually became the Democrat party, took the vote away from Jersey women, minorities, non-citizens, and the poor in 1807 over conflict between their party and federalists.
Even after the U.S. became a nation, men's suffrage was not universal. Voting rights continued to evolve throughout the 19th century, with states slowly letting go of property ownership requirements over the course of decades. After the 15th amendment was ratified, recognizing black male citizenship and voting rights, southern states passed "grandfather clauses" to roll back their rights, and used Jim Crow laws and poll taxes to get out of recognizing them until the success of the civil rights movement in the mid 20th century. This allowed wealthy and middle class white women to vote while many poor and minority men and women were kept away from the polls.
In 1876, the supreme court ruled that Native Americans were not citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment, and therefore could not vote. In 1890, they were told they could apply to become naturalized citizens in their own ancestral land. Laws denying citizenship to various Asian immigrants passed in 1882 (the Chinese exception) and 1922 (Japanese immigrants.) In 1919 Native Americans and in 1925 Filipinos were told they could earn citizenship by risking their lives serving in American wars. Various stipulations, including Jim Crow laws and poll taxes, left the majority of the indigenous population of the U.S. and its territories, along with the majority of Asian immigrants, and most minorities, subject to the rule of the American government without representation by officials for (or against) whom they had the right to vote - the same injustice that sparked the Revolutionary war. Asians did not see their voting rights universally recognized until the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952. Native Americans' right to vote was not fully recognized until 1957, 37 years after the 19th Amendment recognized women's right to vote... 12 years before the first man walked on the moon. It was not until 8 years after Native Americans were recognized, 4 years after the first manned American space flight and 4 years before we put a man on the moon, that the Voting Rights Act passed, protecting the right of all blacks and other minorities to vote. Upper class white women got the vote in 1920. Impoverished black men and women did not truly get theirs until 1965.
Feminists who paint the history of citizen suffrage in starkly gendered terms do so in either ignorance of or contempt for reality. Western civilization's growing pains have not been so clearly defined, nor has the weight of feminism's influence on the evolution of voting rights. It was both separate and tandem fighting by many disenfranchised groups which brought about voting reform in England and the United States, including, but not limited to, women's rights.
The suffragette movement is yet another example of feminists approaching a human problem as if only women are impacted, and only women deserve relief.


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looking for an engine rebuilding buddy 350 ci
Awsome site, looks like I'll get my engine up and completed soon with this site. I am Rebuilding a 1969 350 chev going into a 1991 chev p/u with EFI to replace the 305. I have got the block magna fluxed, bored, squared and decked.Original crank balanced to .000 along with the new fly wheel and harmonic pully. Thats for start, I am looking for some help on building the rest. Thanks
Hey neighbour, I'm just a sled dog ride away from you. You must know Bob from Scarborough, he's just next door to you. If you need any help this is the place to be, many great guys here. If you need I can hop on the snowmobile and come over to your igloo, just throw some bannock on the fire and I'll bring the Molsons. :p
She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.
Han Solo
Molsens???I thought Labatt Blue was Canada,thats what the grizzle bear on the comercial said???
Yea, What did we do before the internet? When I bought my 81 Cutlass in about 1988, the motor was bad but the body was perfect. I needed another motor but wanted something cheap, quick and mildly powerful that wouldn't need a rebuild. A gent at work, told that a 403 would fit. I flat did not believe him so I called all around and nobody else thought the 403 would fit in my G-body either! The gent at work insisted that it could be done and knew where I might find a 403. I went ahead and got that engine for 318 bucks and lost sleep every night until myself and that gent slipped the engine into the Cutty's engine bay. Fit like a glove and remained there until last year, when I took out the 403(she was tired but still ran well) and installed a stock 455! Whats my point? Well, I could have avoided alot of anguish if the internet was up and running. However, when I tackled the 455 swap last year, I obtained 99 percent of advice from gents on the net. I'm sure the motor swap went alot easier using the net. You've got friends here. So go ahead make our day, fire those questions at us. You'll be surprised how many gents have been there and done that. My only wish is that I consulted the net when I was looking for a wife. When I first met the misses, she looked like Susan Anton. Now, I need every one of the 455s cubes to haul her big rear end around! Plus, I've had five little screamers with her! I should have worked on my Cutlass, more!! Good luck
78 Monte, some rules for living in Canada.
One last thing, it is not illegal to carry a whip and chicks love-em. :p
She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.
Han Solo
What type of driving will this be used for, street, strip or street & strip? Is fuel mileage important? How much cash is on hand?
Good Luck
Your killin me! Kinda sounds like most wife stories. HG
I was built with the body of a God! To bad it was buddah.
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Actually, some days are good and some are down rite horrible, with the misses! I even go so far as to put the misses over my knees and pull her pants down to give her a spanking, then I forget what I'm mad at her about!! Sorry gotta run, the misses is calling!
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I think it's always important to understand what the club is about and what the fans believe in, and when you've got a history the size of Liverpool's, that makes it even more important. But having said that, we've had managers come in from abroad - like Rafa Benitez and Gerard Houllier - who have done great jobs and understood what the club was about.
I was fortunate the way I came through, because I went from reserve-team coach to first-team coach to assistant manager, so I felt I served my apprenticeship and it stood me in good stead. But you do quickly realise the responsibility on your shoulders increases 1000 per cent, because the attention and the spotlight is on you.
You can't change your own personality. My role at one point was to be Mr Nice Guy with the players and put my arm around them. When you become manager you can't change overnight, and I like to think you can still have a good relationship with them. I still believe players respond better to a pat on the back, and just the occasional kick up the backside. For some players you have to be a bit stronger, but generally you just have to be yourself.
It's no good trying to model yourself on somebody like Bill Shankly, who had tremendous charisma and his own style. If you are just copying someone else, the players will soon realise you are faking it, so the most important thing is to get a balance in your staff to make sure you are able to deal with all the personalities in the squad - to have someone to be a bit more aggressive if you're not that way inclined.
It was a great time to be in football. The difficult part was the transition from buying mainly British players to having more European players. You had to have a greater knowledge of continental football in your scouting, which made it a bit trickier.
We had a lot of good young British players, so who knows what would have happened if the others hadn't had the foreign players? Our record was still good. We were never out of the top four, and probably should have won it one year.
We were proud to have some great local lads like Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman, and probably the best compliment you can get as a manager is when people come up to you and say they enjoyed watching your team.
He was just a great goalscorer and also a team player. He had something you cannot really coach in players, he just knew where to be on the pitch. He didn't just react to things, he anticipated them. Plus he could score any type of goal, whether a 35-yarder or a tap-in and he took equal pleasure from both. It helped to have players the quality of Jamie Redknapp and McManaman behind him, plus full-backs who attacked at will in Rob Jones and Jamie McAteer.
I didn't know much about it. The players decided on their own suits, they had a deal with Armani and at some time in the run-up they just said they were going to wear white suits. Ronnie Moran then decided we wouldn't wear them, and had navy suits instead. But if we'd won the game nobody would have talked about them. Unfortunately we lost and everybody blamed the suits! It was a time in football when the media was becoming more 24/7, and the players were getting higher profile and more sponsorship deals. At that stage they were treated more like film stars than footballers. But no, the suits weren't the reason we lost the Cup final.
He had a good start, he brought that desire and you hoped the team would go on, but unfortunately that has been derailed a little bit. They have won the Carling Cup, and it's great to win a trophy in your first full year, and they have a chance of another in the FA Cup.
But I think everybody recognises their league form hasn't been good enough - that's not to criticise Kenny, it's just a fact. They have struggled to win games at home and haven't been their usual force - and everyone is doing their utmost to put that right.
Stability is hugely important in football. Nowadays in football the players never seem to bear any responsibility when things go wrong, and it is always the manager who gets blamed.
You see some clubs chopping and changing managers at will, and something needs to be done about that. You look at the most successful clubs, and they are the ones where the manager has been given time to get his feet under the table and do his job properly.
Owners need to show some patience, and realise you cannot simply buy success while changing the manager every season.
Everybody should keep in mind Alex Ferguson, who people thought was close to being sacked in 1990, and just look at what he has achieved because the club gave him time to get things right.
I don't think so. They go into a different mode and a different mentality in the second half of the season.
It's hard for me to say it, but they have been the best team over the course of the season. Even if it is not the strongest squad they have ever had, they know what it takes to win and they would be worthy champions.
Sometimes you have to take the pressure of the players and let them play football. If you go into a mode where you're telling the players 'we can't lose' they can get tight. The best thing is just to let them enjoy themselves and play with freedom.
At Liverpool we were able to do that throughout my time at the club. We always played to win, and never went into a game thinking about drawing - so we had the right mentality and that stopped negativity and nerves creeping in.
You also need to give the players responsibility out on the pitch, and not try and kick every ball for them. It's important to have faith in the team you select - they are out there to make decisions on the pitch, and good players normally get them right.


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Greetings from the South Pole
Greetings from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. Jon Emanuel here, member since 1993.
If you're wondering what I'm doing down here, the answer is cooking dinner for our crew of 220+ scientists and the people who support them. This is my second tour proudly supporting science as a contractor to the National Science Foundation.
I'm sending a photo I thought you might enjoy. It was taken on the Solstice.
In it, you'll find the spot marking the Geographic South Pole---the very bottom of the globe. That's me holding a copy of Freethought Today, which I brought all the way down here from my home in Alaska. The copy is wrapped around the actual "South Pole" marker--thereby crossing every time zone and line of longitude on the planet. "Freethought Around the World"---pretty cool, eh?
Hope you're all having a great time up there--I hear it's colder there than it is here! I should be visiting Wisconsin sometime in the spring. I'd love to stop by the Hall and say hello.
Jon Emanuel
Let Reason Prevail
Kudos for your placement of the "Winter Solstice" plaque in the Capitol rotunda in Madison, Wisconsin.
I recently showed friends from abroad (Netherlands and Taiwan) the architecture of the Capitol. Both were impressed that such a magnificent structure could be left open to the public without guards or security of any noticeable sort. My explanation was that, as a free nation, trust is placed in the judgment of the people who own the building (that is, the general public) to use and protect their own resources.
When we came across the Winter Solstice plaque, I was struck by the fact that our conversation about freedom was so boldly reflected in your statement. There, amidst the tree and otherwise relatively subdued holiday displays, was the beautiful line, "Let Reason Prevail." It struck a chord in me. I think I shall adopt it as my personal motto.
At home, I found your website and sent the quote to several friends.
Craig Walker
Kudos for Eric Zorn, Student Essays
I loved "No Graven Images & Other Reflections," by Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn (Dec. 2000). It is total common sense, easy to read. Every word is exactly what I wish I had the talent to formulate and express.
I wonder how long until our rural area will have journalists like Mr. Zorn? Our only paper continues to appall my senses with extreme right-wing opinions from columnists and the editor!
Freethought Today "washes" my mind of the daily pollution I suffer here in Mormon country!
I always am impressed with the student essays you publish. They are wise way beyond their years!
Connie Chabot
Proudly, Unequivocally Secular
When I received the December Freethought Today, which I usually read from cover to cover (always a joy), I had to read the back page first, lured by the headline ("The Facts vs. The O'Reilly Factor").
No need to guess how O'Reilly would do on the Foundation's State/ Church Quiz. He is obviously a bully pulpit tactician. His weak-kneed semi-mea culpa, "The Constitution itself is a secular document," is evidence that he got a lot more intelligent flak than he is willing to acknowledge.
As for FFRF & Freethought Today and all you good people involved, I acknowledge and shout with fierce enthusiasm, "Long may you continue in your great work."
As for me, I'm proud to be unequivocally secular--like the Constitution.
Mildred Perpigna
Why Didn't I Think of That?
Recently I was in Border's bookstore and came across a book titled A Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible.
How come I did not think of this title?
T. Hartin
Editor's note: In addition to this book, which is for real, there is also one titled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World Religions" and another called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Prayer"!
Counterbalance Welcomed
If the ranks of freethinkers indeed include billionaires, such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, as indicated in "Who's Who in Hell?" (Dec. 2000), one wonders why we do not hear of their contributing significant sums to the cause. Such would be a welcome counterbalance to the many opposing contributions coming from the Wal-Mart, Domino Pizza, and other such fortunes, not to mention the huge amounts raised by televangelists.
Just think what might be accomplished if freethought controlled a media empire comparable to Pat Robertson's!
John G. Fletcher
Two Dedicated Members
My daughter is about to turn 18 and I could think of no more appropriate coming-of-age gift than her own membership in the Freedom From Religion Foundation. She has lived vicariously through mine for the six years I've been a member now and has even emailed you about issues that concerned her. She looks forward as much to my copy of Freethought Today as I do, though she waits patiently for me to finish it first. I thought it about time she got her own.
It will be a real pleasure to receive two issues at our address. Rest assured you have two dedicated members here.
Donna Hamel
New York
Visitors Like Freethought Today
I have been enjoying Freethought Today for the past few months. My brother-in-law and his wife, who were visiting from Canada for Thanksgiving, had the same reaction I did when they saw an issue of it--they had to have it!
I would like to purchase a subscription for them.
Thank you! Keep up the great work you are doing for all of us freethinkers!
Colleen A. Zaccaria
Thumbs Down on Templeton
After many years of membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I sadly must allow my membership to lapse because of the unfortunate relationship with the Templeton religious organization.
Over 90% of top scientists are nontheists, and should be aware of the terrible history of suppression of science by religion that continues to this day. I do not want any interference with cloning and genetic engineering (it could prolong my life) because the religious think it might be some god's exclusive business.
Until this relationship ends, I cannot continue to support AAAS.
J.B. Osborne
Credit Atheist, Not Miracle
Some need proof that atheists can be good folks:
As I walked down the street, returning from holiday food shopping, I looked down and saw a beautiful wallet. I picked it up. To my surprise it was full! This happened at a bus stop so I was sure it had been dropped as the owner boarded.
At home I went through the wallet and found a name and address but no phone number. The owner lived only a few blocks away, so I decided to deliver it. My knock was answered by a woman who summoned her son, saying, "Your wallet has been miraculously found!"
Both hugged and kissed me, then invited me in and told me the real story. He had been robbed at gunpoint--almost killed! They both had been distraught ever since.
Their appreciation and constant reference to god encouraged me to say I was an atheist. They were astonished! They now have personal experience with the fact that atheists can be good folks and this was a surprise.
June Krebs
Bible Belt Time Travel
I recently made a 28-day trip from California to New York and back. Part of what made it pleasant was playing Johnny Appleseed. The only difference was that I did not plant apple seeds, but thought seeds, FFRF "nontracts."
I left nontracts everywhere I went, particularly at public telephones. I found it gratifying that perhaps someone with lingering doubts, especially in the so-called bible belt, would be pulled over to reason if they read it.
Also, when paying for services, I used cash. I offered bills that had the words "In God" from "In God We Trust" obliterated. Altogether I must have distributed over 200 nontracts and bills totaling over $1,000. It's fun and I recommend it to other freethought travelers, no matter what their mode of transportation.
By the way, when traveling east, you will set your clock back one hour as you enter each time zone so that you're in the same time frame as those who live there. When you enter the bible belt, set it back 2,000 years for the same reason.
Niko Theris
Uneasy in Religious State
I just wanted to thank you for the work you do. I came upon your website about two years ago, when I was a student at the University of Oklahoma. It had a profound effect on my thinking, as I had been a member of a Southern Baptist Church for my entire life (no big surprises there, coming from Oklahoma).
I was struggling with some doubts that I had about my faith, which can be largely attributed to the philosophy classes I was taking in school. I was feeling a lot of guilt, and was still holding on to my irrational fear of the possible consequences of not believing. Most of my family and friends are extremely religious, and I was concerned about the possible impact that my lack of belief could have on those relationships. Once I read the story of Dan Barker's experience with some of these things, I felt much more confident about my position. I now have a son who is 19 months old, and he will be raised in an environment where he is free to think and decide for himself.
Living in a very religious state, it is not always easy to hold the views that I do. I often visit the Freedom From Religion website, and it helps me gain some perspective. You do really great work.
Courtney Kneifl
Catholic Component of Supreme Court
It cannot be denied that Justices Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy consider all abortion to be murder. They are bound to do so by the infallible Papal Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, "Evangelium Vitae," which they consider a "higher law" than the U.S. Constitution that they swore to uphold.
Let's face it, they believe that a Bush Presidency will lead to a Supreme Court that will overrule Roe v. Wade and approve parochial school tax vouchers; while a Gore Presidency may not, and that these "higher law ends" justify the means--the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 political intervention in the Florida 2000 election to prevent a full hand count of votes, a fateful precedent to interfere in all future state elections.
Who knows what some future American Mussolini, Stalin or worse, will do some day with such a power?
The tragedy is that such unprincipled opportunism destroys the integrity of the Presidency, the separation of church and state, and the balance of powers that our forefathers gave their all to establish. The Justices' names will live in infamy.
John Tomasin, Esq.
New Jersey
Try Subversive Wording
In his great student essay "One Nation . . ." (Nov. 2000), Eric Breitenstein related how he would get through the choral recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at school, by substituting subversive words of his own choosing.
I had a similar experience years ago, when I participated in a Twelve-Step program, and each meeting ended with everyone joining hands and reciting the Lord's Prayer. As an atheist, I just couldn't bring myself to say those words, and yet I didn't want to make a fuss or to draw attention to myself. So I composed my own prayer, to sound so much like what everyone else was saying that nobody noticed me, no matter how loudly I "prayed":
Our Powers are within,
Whatever be their name.
What they have done, what still may come,
This Earth can yet be as Heaven.
Live then this day, and without dread,
And forgive your own trespasses
As you forgive those who trespass against you.
And be not led into temptation,
But flee away from evil,
For Time is the Healer,
With power to restore me,
Forever and ever, Amen.
Richard Packham Oregon
Dear Dr. Laura . . .
OK. We capitulate. After being emailed and sent umpteen copies of the below clever, anonymous letter circulating everywhere, we're finally publishing it in Freethought Today for the record. It's worth reading, again!
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. How should I deal with this?
I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as it suggests in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
Lev. 25:44 states I may buy slaves from the nations that are around us. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans but not Canadians. Can you clarify?
I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
Lev. 20:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.


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Peel the Limelight to follow their successful production of "Julia Pastrana" with Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize winning and Off-Broadway hit play "How I Learned to Drive", a story of love and sexual experience before the age of consent
Following their sold-out and critically acclaimed premiere of "The True History of the Tragic Life and Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World" by Shaun Prendergast last November, Peel the Limelight announce their second production of the season, Paula Vogel's award-winning and Off-Broadway hit play "How I Learned to Drive", promising the Bangkok audience yet another intimate and emotional theatrical experience.
"Li'l Bit has always felt like an outsider and no one in her dysfunctional family understands her, except Uncle Peck", Artistic Director Peter O'Neill explained. "Set against the backdrop of a Driver's Education course, this is a story of love and sexual experience before the age of consent", he added.
"One of the most discomfiting love stories to emerge from the American theatre", according to the New York Times, and winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" confronts us with the cycle of abuse and challenges the audience to question whether, "All roads lead back home"!
The play had its Off-Broadway premiere at the Vineyard Theatre in 1997 and was revived at the Second Stage Theatre in 2012.
Directed by Peter O'Neill and produced by Jaime Zúñiga, the production stars (in order of appearance) Siree Riewpaiboon (Li'l Bit), James Laver (Uncle Peck), Nick Gallagher (Greek Male Chorus), Mandi Manson (1st Female Greek Chorus), and Claire Stanley (2nd Female Greek Chorus), with sets and costumes by Kochawan Chayawan and sound design by Surasak Kerdsin.
"How I Learned to Drive" was written by American playwright and former chair of playwriting at Yale School of Drama, Paula Vogel. Her plays often deal with taboos and controversial subjects. She rose to fame with The Baltimore Waltz, a play inspired by the AIDS-related death of her brother Carl, which won her the Obie Award for Best Play in 1992. Other notable plays include Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief (1979), The Oldest Profession (1981), And Baby Makes Seven (1984), Hot 'N Throbbing (1994), and The Mineola Twins (1996).
The play will be performed in English with Thai surtitles from March 3rd to March 13th at the Spark Drama studio. Discounts for early bookings and students are available as well as special packages for schools interested in bringing groups of students.


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Buying Women Drinks
Don't get her drunkDrinking certainly doesn't bring out the best in everyone. While a drink or two might help you become the most suave and confident version of yourself, the same amount of alcohol might turn her irritable and depressed. After you buy her a few drinks, the girl you originally hit on may become a totally different and — let's face it — a way lamer person. You may find yourself stuck on the business end of an endless tirade against her ex-boyfriend. Or you may simply find her drunken ramblings boring.
If you keep buying a woman drinks after the point where she seems like she's been "overserved," she could get sick. That's about as far from sexy as you can get, and you don't want to end up holding her hair over the toilet or hauling her into a cab at the end of the night. Sure, it's intimate — but not in the way you were hoping for.
The point is not to get her drunk, but to break the ice and make it easier to get to know each other. You might think that getting her wasted will make you more attractive to her, but beer goggles don't work the same way for women as they do for men. In fact, a British study showed that the effect wears off much more quickly for women.
Ask her what she's drinkingInstead of coming right out and asking, "Can I buy you a drink?" try taking a more assertive approach by asking what she's drinking. She will appreciate that you bothered to ask before buying her a drink and you'll avoid wasting money on a cocktail she doesn't like. Also, by not referring to buying the drink, you may be able to avoid her responding with, "I can buy my own drinks, thank you."
For more tips on how to buy women drinks without buying yourself a handful of trouble, read on...


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Monday, 23 November 2009
Twittering OCR
'things that go bump in the tunnel'
As I've beem following the LHC restart I've written a parser for the vistar status feed to send it to twitter. The basic method is:
Grab URL (see image) then do some imagemagick hackery to cut out the corner. Resize larger (helps with the OCR) and save as tiff. Run the image through OCR software, compare the output to the last run, if different then upload to twitter.
curl -o $IMG $SRC
convert $IMG +repage -crop 509x205+1+533 -resize 1000x -threshold 39000 $IMG
convert -monochrome $IMG $TIFF
mv $OUT.txt $OUT.old # make a backup of old
tesseract $TIFF $OUT
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DATE=`date +%d-%m-%Y`
sed -i "s/Comments $DATE /#LHC Status /" $OUT.txt
diff -q $OUT.txt $OUT.old
if [ $? -eq 1 ] ; then
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Monday July 23rd, 2012 5:08pm
By Drew Westervelt
Lacrosse players will do most anything to gain an advantage on the field. Sometimes, the lengths to which we'll go are painful, too. Wind sprints, weight training and wallball by the hour, day, week and month are all done to have a leg up on the competition.
Yet, one in a hundred players properly maintains his pockets before, during and after playing in a deluge, when rain effects stick skills to the extent a pulled hamstring effects speed.
How well you manage a wet pocket can make the difference between a "W" and an "L." And keep you out of the penalty box with a three-minute non-releasable, in the process.
The last time my stick was fully and completely put to test was during the infamous 2011 MLL semifinal in Annapolis. Better known today as "The Hurricane Game."
In spite of the horrendous conditions, there were still people displaying incredible stick work. Even though we lost that game, it fuels the fire to get back onto the field for 2012. It was not until I got to the professional level that I've seen players consistently manage their sticks when wet. Wet weather is a necessary evil associated with this sport. There's no reason to wait until you're a pro to figure it out.
Here are a few tips to maximize stick performance during wet conditions.
When your pocket gets wet, it tends to "bag" or get deeper. Plan ahead and tighten the bottom of your pocket near the throat of your stick. I do not recommend tightening shooting strings or sidewalls since you want the pocket to expand and shrink back to dry consistently. If you make alterations to the shooting strings, the pocket's going to be a disaster once dry.
Your pocket isn't the only area of your stick that needs attention before the start of a rain game. A fresh tape job is also critical. Sometimes I completely re-do the tape at halftime. Shafts tend to be difficult to control when the glove palms are wet. Utilize tape to pinpoint where you like your hands when passing or shooting. I do not like a ton of tape because its tends to weigh the stick down when wet. There is a happy medium between too much and too little tape, so test this out during practices until you learn what the right amount is for your glove-shaft combination.
Monitor the depth of your pocket throughout the game. Make changes by tightening the pocket at the throat rather than sidewalls or shooters. And pay attention to depth! Playing with a soaked stick is hard enough, the last thing your team needs is an illegal stick penalty.
I do not recommend trying to keep your stick dry once you have started playing. You are delaying the inevitable. Get used to how your stick throws when wet and tailor your play to the limitations of your pocket.
The amount of whip added by a wet pocket can be magnified by the strength of the shot or pass. So between quarters and at the half, don't just toss the ball back and forth with your buddies. Take one or two hard shots on the cage or into the fence. A wet stick may pass fine, but surprise you with a major hook on a hard shot.
If you can't get a handle on this new degree of whip, it's better to take a little off your shots and sacrifice some velocity rather than sacrificing accuracy.
Attention to Details
Think about your pocket. Don't cut corners. Do ANYTHING in your power that will make that stick perform better. For example, in the MLL, I know my pocket functions very different in Denver than in Baltimore. Denver is drier. Low humidity means the ball will have less hold or "wipe." The humid climate of Baltimore means more hold.
Make an in-depth pocket evaluation at half time and do a proper fix to anything that's been bothering you and you haven't been able to tweak while playing. And take the three minutes to give your shaft a brand new tape job. The first couple minutes of the third quarter are often the most important of the game. It makes all the difference in the world during rainy weather and hardly anyone else bothers to do this.
I'm realistic. I know that not everyone will be playing wall ball or shooting on the goal in the back yard religiously after each and every rain game. But one thing that takes far less motivation and you should never skip — never leave your stick in a bag, locker room, garage or — worst of all — propped in the corner with wet gear stacked on the shaft.
The reason we follow these routines is because after being saturated with rain, your wet pocket retains the same form it had when it dried.
This note is imperative. This will not only it ensure your pocket is restored to your liking the moment you pick it up, but repeatedly breaking in a dry, crumpled pocket increases wear and tear, shortening the life of your mesh.
As far as mud and grime goes, wash that off while the stick is still soaked. If not, you'll need to wet your head once again to remove the caked-in debris.
Throughout the '90s, along with the offset head, the ability of mesh to hold up better when wet played a role in the dramatic migration from traditional pockets to mesh. If you still do play with traditional, the rules are still relatively similar, you just tighten the 4 leathers at the throat rather than the lower nylon holding the mesh. That being said, mesh will always hold up to rainy conditions better than the leathers of a traditional pocket. So traditional sticks need even more of that attention to detail.
Drew Westervelt
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