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Just in time for Oscar announcements, Nathan Yau of Flowing Data has made mini-charts for all of AFI's top 100 movie quotes. While not every quote lends itself perfectly to visualization, there are plenty of gems. Here are some of the best:
Lou Gehrig's luck was truly an outlier, showing significant deviation from the upper quartile and non-outlier maximum. Give all 100 charts a look over at Nathan's site.


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Trading Trendline
Hello traders! In this week's newsletter, I'd like to show you a couple of techniques to use trend lines to help you determine the strength or weakness of a trend.
As you have probably noticed from reading our weekly Lessons from the Pros newsletters, our core strategy includes going long in up trends at high quality demand zones, and going short in downtrends in high quality supply zones. A few significant stumbling blocks that new traders encounter is defining the trend that they are in, if that trend still has room to run, or if the trend is getting ready to end. While no trend definition technique is truly infallible, proper use of trend lines can help keep you on the right side of the charts.
So let's define our trends first. An uptrend is a series of higher lows and higher highs-a trend line is most commonly drawn connecting the higher lows. As we learned in grade school, it takes two points to draw a line, but in a trading, that isn't enough. We like to have at least three touches of the trend line to confirm that the line is valid. As far as I am concerned, the more touches of that trend line the better! A downtrend is defined as a series of lower highs and lower lows, with the trend line drawn connecting the lower highs.
One thing to note about the technique illustrated above: I drew my trend lines through a few candle wicks and tails, but not through any candlestick BODIES. Because the spot forex market is a decentralized marketplace, and not every brokerage firm displays the exact same prices especially at volatile turning points in the market, my plan allows me to draw in this fashion. Some traders will insist that you may never draw through any part of a candlestick. My rule works for me, so I will continue to use it!
In any particular move in the market, there are two opposing forces at work – buyers and sellers, demand and supply. This should be a bit obvious to any reader of our newsletters! But there is also a competition between different groups of buyers, and different groups of sellers. Some are more aggressive than others, some even bordering on the foolishly aggressive. To illustrate this point, we will look at trend lines now representing different parts of an uptrend.
In the following chart, I've drawn in three trend lines, first the blue, then red, then pink. Each line is getting progressively steeper indicating increasing momentum in this trend.
One very important point about these steeper trend lines is the faster a pair goes one direction, once the trend reverses the move is usually very fast as well! Who do you think is still buying this currency pair at the fourth or fifth touch of that trend line? Whoever they are, they have been chasing a trend and missed the good entry many, many candles ago! The phrase "irrational exuberance" famously uttered by Alan Greenspan a few years back, could be used to describe the buyers high up on this steepest trend line. As the trend lines get steeper, these competing buyers are becoming more and more aggressive. I would prefer to find another pair to trade, than to buy high up on this curve. By the way, in the spot Forex market, this three trend line technique indicating a too-strong trend is also applicable to downtrends. For brevity's sake, a chart was not included. One more hint about these three steeper trend lines: don't try to be the hero who sells the very top of the market. If a very strong uptrend is still valid, I would prefer to wait for that steepest trend line to break before trying to short this pair. There is no Hall of Fame for shorting at the highest point, but there is a poor house for people who keep trying to pick the top! (Or buy the bottom, for that matter!)
So, if three trend lines can indicate a trend that is going one direction too fast, can they also indicate when a trend has sufficiently slowed to change my bias from long to short (or short to long)? Glad you asked, and the answer is yes. On the following chart I drew in three flatter trend lines, each having at least three touches making them valid lines. As they get flatter, that is indicating a weakening uptrend here.
When the third flatter trend line finally does break, I am no longer looking for long trades but focusing on shorting opportunities. As in the previous example, I'm not trying to be the first trader to be short here! When the first (blue) trend line breaks, that doesn't necessarily mean we are in a downtrend, just that the uptrend is losing a bit of momentum.
If you choose to employ these trend line techniques to your trade plan, please make sure you are using them in conjunction with our core strategy of buying in demand and selling in supply. Keep your losses small and let your winners run!
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Some photos that publicly proclaim my love for eggs.
Note: Every Thursday, post a food photo: it can be of what you're eating, what you want to eat, etc. It can be shot with any device, from a mobile phone, tablet, to a regular camera – point & shoot or SLR. It's all up to you but it must be YOUR photo, no ripping off of somebody else's work. And please include a short description. We want to know what it is and where to eat it too, if possible.
It's been a long time since I've done an egg post. Here's the original, the one that started it all, and at the end of this piece are the rest of my essays on the humble egg. A few mornings ago, I make an all-egg white omelet for breakfast stuffed with red beans. I eat it with whole-grain toast and it's tasty enough, but I can't help but notice how anemic – pale! – the eggs look when divorced from their yolks.
Inherently more flavorful than the unfortunate brekkie I make are these two dishes where the egg, rightfully, plays a starring role. The cover photo above is that of the Grilled Asparagus with Roasted Shiitake Mushrooms and Truffled Egg as served at Malcolm's Place. Shorn of their woody stems, the green spears have a toothsome texture, their pencil-thin bodies slick with olive oil. Contrasting with their crispness are the mushrooms, meaty and bold. Their macho character seems to overwhelm the seemingly plain, poached egg. But then the egg's bulging orb is pierced and a voluptuous imagining comes to life in a glory that seeps and spreads: gold over green.
Another evening, I'm at Mamou. My friends and I have decided that we're not ordering the steak because it's become our default dish. So they both order the Lamb Tapa and I get the Roast Pork & Chicken (P345, half portion). I've not been back to Mamou for more than six months so I want to jump onto the table with glee when I see that a duck egg is available as a side order.
Though the whites of a duck egg are more rubbery than that of a chicken's, there's no comparing their yolks. A yolk from a duck egg is like the orange of a setting sunset or the stigmas of saffron when steeped in hot liquid. The yolk, broken as it is over my red beans and rice, runs its languid course, staining and spilling. With a sprinkle of salt, the flavor of an egg melds with its partners and melts into my memory.
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So being a geek is mainstream now, apparently. But it didn't take that revelation for seemingly unnerdy industries to start recognizing this growing (and spending) demographic.
Since the Tijuana Bibles of the early twentieth century, satire of popular fantasy characters in less-than-virtuous situations has been popping up in all sorts of media. And erotic fan fiction has plagued (or blessed, depending who you are) most popular franchises in recent memory. Now it's the adult film industry's turn.
Once known mostly for badly lit, shoestring-budget films with plot holes you could park a Super Star Destroyer in and dialogue that makes The Hulk seem almost as articulate as Professor X, a new crop of superhero parody porn movies making waves recently even have budgets as much as five times greater than that of Manos: The Hands of Fate.
According to a story by The Associated Press, special effects and plots that could be described as logical grace this new era of superhero skin flicks. Even the costumes are lauded as accurate by some.
The movies are timed to release around the release dates of the major motion pictures they parody and despite the much higher production costs they reportedly sell for as much as three times more than their more familiar, done-in-a-day counterparts. For an industry assaulted by online piracy, amateur copycats and copious overseas competition, this new direction is as welcome as one of Scotty's best-timed beam-outs.
The AP lists several recent naughty knock-offs including those featuring an imitation Iron Man, a spurious Superman, a bogus Batman, and a pseudo Spider-Man. There is even would-be Wonder Woman. Next up, apparently, is an ersatz Wolverine flick from the genre's groundbreaker (and apparent huge comics collector), Axel Braun. There is a (Bad. Really bad.) work-safe trailer on YouTube if you're feeling like you haven't groaned enough today.
Why are these parodies having such an impact? Obviously, if these films are making enough money to keep coming, someone has money to spend on "high quality" pornographic parodies. That revenue is an irresistible temptation for an industry whose profits are down billions from one-time highs.
Geekery may be the new norm, and I know more than a few nerds whose social graces approach normal, but let's face it: a lot of us are still just as awkward and impure as ever, full of the wishes and wonders that Jason Lee brought to life as Brodie in Kevin Smith's punk/nerd powerhouse "Mall Rats" with scenes like this discussion with Stan Lee:
So if you were to look for a nerdy pornographic delight, which of course you never would, what superhero, sci-fi stud or video game vixen would you most like to see? Tell us in the comments below, but please — keep your words and links SFW. This is a family-friendly nerd blog, after all, even if it is a study of stimulation.


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26 thoughts on "Anti-Abortion Nutjobs at it Again"
Hi Emer, and anyone who's interested,
I volunteer for a small (entirely volunteer-run) group called Abortion Support Network (ASN), which provides financial assistance, accommodation in volunteer homes, and confidential, non-judgmental information to women in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland who are travelling to England to access a safe and legal abortion.
I wonder if you'd be interested in supporting us? We could always do with raising awareness (and obviously fundraising). Email me at email@example.com
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I am so glad to see this getting some recognition outside of Ireland. To date, Ms Ní Bhriain's response to anyone criticising this campaign has been to argue any opposition is anti free speech. With the power of the church behind her, she seems to think herself above criticism and immune to any suggestion the posters arent in good taste. Her misinformation knows no bounds – see her recent article for the Irish Times last week and the comments left thereafter. It's very clear that in holy catholic Ireland those of us in favour of choice will be forcibly shouted down by the 'moral majority' who believe its their god given right to force their narrow minded opinions down our throats.
Have you ever noticed that people who vehemently classify themselves as pro life aren't actually interested in the wellbeing of a foetus after its born and certainly aren't interested in the lives of women and mothers?
I don't want to start a row, but as a 40-something anti-abortion male follower of your blog I have to respond. I'm not a campaigner and have never taken issue with anyone on the subject before, so lucky old you.
I believe that abortion is obscene and an offence to human dignity that demeans us all. I didn't used to be anti: I toed the party line until we had children ourselves, and only then realised what abortion actually meant. (My wife was always aginst it – "It's not something I could ever do"). I'm not clear on the metaphysics of when life begins but I side with 'fairly early on', and hold that, undoubtedly, the abortion of a mid- to late-term baby is plain old murder. At the same time I am against (though agonised) about banning it outright: there are sometimes very painful circumstances, such as pregnancy from rape or a threat to the mother's life, where it seems hard and harsh to enforce a moral absolute upon the mother. But nevertheless, should a child lose its life as a consequence of the evil actions of a father it never knew? Plus it's worth bearing in mind there are people who wouldn't be alive today if their mothers hadn't given their own lives to save them – a heroic choice it's impossible to demand of anyone, but that should be respected.
Regardless, such emergency or desperate-situation abortions are a minute fraction of the total.
In general I would go with Bill Clinton's opinion that abortion should be "safe, legal and rare". To which I would add "as early as possible". I deplore the way that abortion is used almost casually today as just another form of contraception.
So saying that, in what way am I a "bigot" or "mysogynistic"? It's really not my fault that only women can get pregnant. These are very subjective labels based on your own value judgments – you know, just like those ones in the ads you so detest. My anti-abortion views have nothing to do with whether women or men, or some weird third sex we've not yet discovered, grow babies in their bodies. It's to do with feeling there's something very wrong about dismembering a living human being while still in it's parent's womb then sucking the remains out with a vacuum cleaner.
There, I said it. That's the fundamental difference between the pro and anti positions: pro's think that's ok (or at least a regrettable necessity) and anti's don't. It's got nothing to do with 'hating women' or 'wanting to control them'. I regret that unwanted pregnancies happen and that this has a major effect on some women's lives, whether for good or bad. Among my other values I believe that all women should be treated with love and infinite respect, and that mothers should receive all the help and care they need. But having a major effect on our lives is what kids do, to all of us, both men and women. Society rightly exerts a moral imperative on all parents to care properly for their children once they are born, and demands the severest penalties and opprobrium when they don't (after all what's more clearly morally wrong than child-abuse?). Anti-abortionists merely extend that responsibility backwards for a few months. Society (which is a construct thrashed out democratically by everyone) exerts a moral imperative on all of us for all sorts of reasons; I don't see why pregnant women should get an exemption simply because it's not fair that men don't get pregnant too.
Ironically, abortion is the method by which a very real and horrific misogyny is currently being perpetrated in various countries around the world, such as India and China where sex-selective abortion is used to 'winnow out' the undesirable female babies. Granted it is patriarchy that creates this situation, but it is abortion that has enabled the death of millions of babies simply for being female.
Hi Sop – I'm already in touch with Mara, and we're hoping to work together when I have a little more time in September. Thanks! x
Hi Kath – really excellent response to the Freedom of Speech argument here:
Hi Dimwoo,
Thanks for weighing in. Your comment is quite lengthy, so I don't have time to respond to all the points you make, but I would like to address a few.
- You (and many others) believe that abortion is obscene and an offence to human dignity and demeans us all. I (and many others) believe that safe, legal abortion is necessary to safe-guard the mental, physical and social well-being of women. Abortion is a complex ethical issue. There are arguments to support both our cases, but ultimately we must respect the opinions and decisions of women who find themselves in situations of crisis pregnancy. Pro-choice people, of course, do not force abortions on women going through crisis pregnancies, and neither should anyone have the right to force a woman to carry a child to term if she is not ready to do so. These are not moral decisions that we can make for others.
- You say that you're not clear on the metaphysics of when life begins, but your belief is 'fairly early on.' You're entitled to this belief, but you don't really offer any explanation for it. I'm linking to a document below that explains the scientific justifications for UK abortion law. It discusses neo-natal survival rates, foetal pain, the development of consciousness. Have a read. It's thought-provoking.
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I'm in absolute agreement with you that abortion should be safe, legal and rare. I have a revelation for you – this makes you pro-choice.
Fourthly -
I am not calling you a bigot or misogynist. However, insofar as bigotry is the intolerance of others' opinions or beliefs, I hold that that it is bigoted to force women who are not ready to have children and who have made their own moral decisions about the implications of abortion to carry pregnancies to term.
Fifthly -
Your summations of the 'fundamental difference between pro and anti positions' is very simplistic. Spend a little time reading and familiarising yourself with the reasons feminists and others are campaigning for safe, legal abortion. For me, one of the most striking differences between the camps is that the pro-choice movement campaigns for individual freedom, and respects the abilities of women to make moral decisions surrounding pregnancy for themselves. The anti-choice side wishes to remove the capacity to make this moral decision from women.
And lastly -
Blaming abortion for the ills of sexist societies is not a productive strategy. Better to change sexist societies. That's what I'm doing, and that's why I'm campaigning for safe, legal abortion in the Republic of Ireland.
Excellent post Emer!
I can barely string a sentence about Youth Defence together without descending into excessive swearing and general flailing rage. I'm off to the protest later on and so delighted that so many people are as angry as I am about those ads. A few weeks ago I came home from work in cranky form and the Bear told me he'd ripped off the lower half of a Youth Defence billboard earlier that day. Cheered me right up, it did!
Just to add, things ain't so rosy here in Britain with regards to anti-choice billboards. We're currently having struggles with groups like Abort67 (check out their website, but only if you're in the mood to see a video of an abortion procedure and pictures of aborted fetuses). They display large graphic posters outside a BPAS clinic in Brighton (just next to a college) and now, London. http://educationforchoice.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/responding-to-vigil-antis.html
Thanks so much for speaking out, Dimwoo (although I feel really silly typing that…)! I love Vagenda so much, but sometimes I feel like I'm not included in its broad scope of feminists, because I too believe that unless there is serious medical risk to the mother, abortion is always the wrong choice because it is murder.
I absolutely acknowledge the painful and traumatic circumstances a woman with a crisis pregnancy is experiencing, but I fail to see how ending a human life is the best answer.
I know that for many feminists, the right to abortions seems crucial because it enables us to have sex more freely however we desire without fear of being thrust into motherhood, but I think we have to accept that biologically, we aren't men. We have vaginas, and they are awesome, and if we have sex and a sperm meets an egg, then generally nine months later a baby pops out. That is a risk we have to accept if we choose to be sexually active. Period. Use birth control, track your fertility, go for oral/anal/manual sex over intercourse, and if you get pregnant, accept it, and deal with it, because you took that risk.
I also think that the patriarchy is the reason why we need abortions in the first place. We wouldn't if it was just ok for a woman to find herself with a unplanned pregnancy under less than ideal circumstances. If we all were there to offer her help and support, whether she chose to give the baby up for adoption or to keep it, then perhaps crisis pregnancies would be somewhat less of a crisis, yes?
In general, there seems to be lots of weird judgement about women who give their babies up for adoption. I'm married, but I married young, and I often thought that should we become pregnant too soon in spite of taking precautions, I would like to give the baby up for adoption, but can you imagine how horrified everyone would be by that?? We should support women who make this courageous decision!
I want a world in which we are all pro-choice, because all women are comfortable with and supported in choosing life.
All that said, and fervently believed, I can only dimly imagine the sheer horror had I found myself pregnant as a teenager (which is why I didn't have sex at all until I was 22 and married…), and I can't in good conscious judge or hate a woman who makes that choice feeling like ending the life within her is the only way to move forward with her life. I just disagree with her, and feel sad that our society has pushed her to think that's the best way.
Thank you Emer, for bringing this to our attention here in England, and for writing so sensibly and eloquently in the face of such an outrageous issue. Situations like this make us realise how much there is still to fight for.
Emer already pointed out some important things, and I'd like to point out a few more…
First of all, "It's not something I could ever do" is NOT by itself a valid reason for being against something. It's not actually any kind of reason at all. Just because eating shrimps is not something I could ever do does not mean I am entitled to morally critisize people who choose to eat them. Same is true for example about certain sorts of sexual encounters that I find distasteful, and so on. My choises and feelings are not the measure for everyone else's morality. Your wife is not other women, and so things that she could or could not do have no bearing on those women.
Secondly, you ask: "should a child lose its life as a consequence of the evil actions of a father it never knew?" What about the woman, should she lose the life she has planned for herself, her sanity, maybe even her health as a consequence of the evil actions of some man she may of may not know, if we are talking about pregnancies from rape? You claim that your opinion is in no way influenced by the biological reality in which it's women and not men who get pregnant, but it seems that you are vastly underestimating the cost of pregnancy for the pregnang woman. (This is pretty incredible considering you write that you have children of your own, and have thus probably been there with your wife during her pregnancy.)
Pregnancy is definitely never easy, and there are always risks included for the woman. I find women who choose to have kids and go through pregnancy incredibly brave. At the same time, I think it's something no-one should be forced to go through if they don't themselves want to. The same way no-one should be forced to donate me a kidney even if I would die without it (since donating a kidney necessarily poses some risks for the donator), no-one should be force to risk her life and health for a potential baby.
Lastly, but probably most important, the whole concept of calling some couple of months old embryo a "human being" is pretty questionable. Different definitions can of course be used, but I don't see much sense in defining human being simply in terms of… what could it even be in case of embryos? Having human cells, maybe? Or having the "potential" to develop into a human being? I know this is an old joke, but if this definition is used, every sperm cell has to be viewed in the same light. It should be remembered that abortions are usually performed during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. In my view, embryos and fetuses at the early stage lack several, if not all, very important features of a singular human being, for example being able to survive without being constantly attached to someone elses body, being capable of social interaction with other people, having personality, etc.
The key phrase in Emily's comment is 'I *believe*… that abortion is always the wrong choice'. This whole debate is between people who choose to have particular *beliefs* that make them think they have a right to interfere very seriously with the lives of others, and people who don't think like that: people who respect the right of individuals to make their own choices. No one is ever going to agree on when a foetus 'becomes' a life that needs protecting, although the science leaves us in no doubt about either capacity to feel pain or human consciousness (as in, a foetus has neither). However, as there will be no consensus on this aspect, banging on about 'human life' won't get anyone anywhere. The simple point is that people who oppose abortion think they have a right to inflict their own personal beliefs on other people. They don't, or at least, they shouldn't. So every time someone says 'I believe abortion is wrong, therefore YOU shouldn't have one', I am disgusted by them.
However someone choses to rationalise being anti-abortion, they are basically putting other people into a situation of distress and sometimes extreme physical danger simply in order to gratify their own view of how things should be. The simple slogan 'if you don't like abortion, don't have one' should mark the end of the debate. There's nothing more to be said.
You know, the example of not forcing someone to donate a kidney because that's a risky procedure with consequences for the donator even though without it the person who needs the kidney will die is the most intriguing argument I've heard from the pro-choice side for a long time. I'm going to have to give that one some serious thought and get back to you.
Also, that argument, "if you don't like abortion, don't have one" makes me want to tear my hair out. To me, it sounds like, "If you don't like murder, don't murder someone! (but don't make a fuss if someone else DOES like murder and DOES murder people, for heaven's sake!)" Just absurd.
Emily, I find it astonishing that you could so freely give up a child for adoption and not even consider the ramifications this child would suffer. Obviously many – most, I hope – adoptees are brought into loving, caring families and never worry about their biological parents. But that's not the case with all of them. And if they do decide to trace their biological parents, the reasons behind being given up for adoption will vary wildly, but usually be because the mother was on her own, too young, and couldn't afford to raise a child; which is no doubt upsetting but nonetheless understandable. But to discover that your biological parents were not only in a stable relationship, but old enough to be married, and had chosen to give you up because the time wasn't right and they just didn't fancy having a baby around the house? That's serious emotional scarring there, for life! "I am so worthless that my happily married parents couldn't be bothered to keep me". There's no other reason. Yet you encourage this behaviour! Yes, they could be adopted by a fantastic family and go on to have a wonderful life, but you don't know that. Do you think just by giving birth, that's all you need to do? Then your obligation to life is over? People who have abortions know that they wouldn't be able to give a child what it needs, and they stop the process of bringing a human into the world to whom they couldn't give the love and nurturing it deserves.
I'm not saying that adoption is wrong, any more than I think abortion is wrong (yes, I am pro-choice, and this goes for both those things), but it's your attitude of being anti-abortion and simultaneously blase about giving away a child which is baffling to me. You may not be responsible for your definition of "murder" but you may well be responsible for a human being living a life of regret, confusion and self-loathing. How is that any better?
Hopefully any kid with my genes, and a good upbringing, would be upset and/or confused, but not emotionally scarred by finding out I wasn't in a typical crisis situation when I elected not to keep him or her.
I really can't get over the idea that because it would be confusing or upsetting, it is preferable to TAKE AWAY ANY CHANCE AT A HAPPY LIFE AT ALL than to hope the child's emotionally strong and mature enough to understand, and move forward.
I wasn't adopted, and the people who I know who were are not close friends, so I don't have a great deal of perspective on the anguish and confusion that often comes along with it, but I know that I've had an awesome life, and if I found out I'd been adopted and no one ever told me I'd be pissed, and probably want to find my birth parents, but I'd also be insanely grateful to them, regardless of whatever reason, shitty or logical, they gave me up for, that they let me LIVE instead of deciding it would just be too hard for me to deal with so they should just kill me.
No amount of emotional difficulty regarding your circumstances makes not having a life at all preferable. If it seems like it does, you should seek help.
That attitude makes me so sad: that death is better than life, because it's just so shitty that even though I'm married and may or may not eventually want children, I know that I don't want them now and would rather give us both a chance at an easier life by giving my baby to someone who would desperately want it.
For the record, we aren't being careless! Any pregnancy is a great responsibility, and it would be better to not conceive a child unless and until we want to provide a home for one, but if in spite of great caution, and medical intervention, I were to get pregnant anyway, I would feel like this kid's a fighter, and deserves a chance.
It shouldn't be unacceptable for an older woman in a stable relationship to give up a baby for adoption. That gives the baby a chance at life in this awesome world.
Thanks to Dimwoo and Emily for commenting in a helpful and polite way – hey, we're having a discussion about abortion on the internet and no-one is being rude! Fantastic!
I was going to weigh in, but Emer and Partycat pretty much said what I was going to, far more eloquently that I would have managed. I just want to say: An embryo is not a person, and Emer's link in the comment above is great for expanding on that. An adult woman *is* a person, and if she doesn't want to be pregnant, then that's very important. Yes, to her.
I don't think that death is preferable to life. I'm not chastising women who choose to give up their children for adoption. For me, a foetus/embryo is not yet a human, and therefore it's not murder, but therein lies the impossible question, and an opinion with which you obviously disagree, and there is no right or wrong answer. I understand that adoption is one viable alternative, but it is the blase attidue towards it which I find so difficult to understand; the choice to give up a child for adoption can and will remain with both the child and the parent(s) for the rest of their lives, for better or worse. Just because they're living doesn't guarantee that they'll have amazing lives, that's all I'm saying.
I also didn't appreciate your comment "the right to abortions seems crucial because it enables us to have sex more freely however we desire" – you seem to have missed a fundamental point there. It's not just about having more sex, it's about other people having rights over women's bodies, and women not being able to make choices as to how they are treated.
I think a large part of what you're reading as 'blase' is simply that I'm trying to express my thoughts as succinctly as possible. Obviously giving up a child for adoption is emotional, and difficult, and presents its own challenges long after the child is happily settled for all parties involved, but it offers a chance for the mother to not jump into motherhood, and for the fetus (sorry, American) to stay on schedule, become a baby, and then get a crack at life. In most circumstances, that would be the best possible solution, in spite of the challenges it presents.
Women have (or at least should have, sadly it's not always the case) control over what happens to their bodies. They choose (except in circumstances of rape)whether or not they take part in activities that can lead to pregnancy. A pregnant woman has controlled her body, and has made a choice that put her in this situation. I don't think her right to make choices about her body should extend to ending the life of the fetus inside of her, because that life isn't her life, it's a new one she created through her own free will.
Maybe now is a good time to point out that I think campaigning to make abortion illegal is a dangerous short cut. Pro-lifers need to be listening to women who get abortions, treating them with respect and compassion, trying to understand why women get abortions, and then working toward making those reasons non-existent.
For example: women who are pregnant because of a rape often opt for an abortion.
Pro-lifers should stop squawking at them and start doing everything in their power to stop rape from happening.
For example: women may feel adoption is out of the question for them because they're in a stable situation, and everyone will judge them.
Pro-lifers should work to end that stigma.
For example: a girl is afraid of being disowned by her parents, or judged by her community if she goes through with the pregnancy.
Pro-lifers should work to end that stigma, and offer emotional and financial support.
I think those are things everyone can agree on, because I think the majority of pro-choicers do think that abortions should be uncommon, yes? And no one out there thinks judgement, stigma, or rape are good things! This is a really healthy debate to have, but long term, rehashing it amongst ourselves isn't the answer. Addressing the situations that lead to abortions is.
Hi Emily, I'm sorry I didn't reply to this earlier – I meant to say that I am in agreement with most of what you say in that post and I thought it made for really interesting reading. This was a side of the abortion debate I've not encountered before so it was good to hear another perspective on it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
As someone who has recently moved from London to Belfast I thought it important to add how utterly astounded I was to discover that Northern Ireland, although part of the UK, does not tolerate abortions; they are illegal and women living here must also travel to the main land should they wish to have one. Although the majority of the population here aren't catholic, there is a strong evangelical stronghold in the Assembly which disheartens me greatly. I would be really interested if anyone knows of any Belfast pro-choice organisations.
Emily, I'd just like to second your thoughts on adoption and abortion- I have an adopted sister and I'd like to think that she's a lot better off with us than if her 16 year old Korean birth mother had had an abortion. Not that it's the best option for everyone, but there are a lot of people out there who would desperately love to be adoptive parents, and in my mind that provides a much better solution than abortion, whether we consider it to be 'plain old murder ' or not. (also, just a response to the concern that adopted kids feel unloved because their birth parents 'didn't want' them- we were always told that my sister's birth parents loved her enough not to abort her but were not capable, financially or emotionally, of 'keeping' her- but that we wanted her so much that my parents undertook the costly 6 year process of adopting her. at least she could never feel like she was an accidental addition to our family, unlike my youngest sister!)
having said all that, I'm not sure what on earth I would do if I found myself pregnant at this 23 year old stage of my life. I don't know how strong my aversion to abortion really is, and I definitely don't think it is evil or always wrong, but I do agree with the "safe, legal and rare" ideal. and I do think that other option (including adoption) should be thoroughly and seriously considered.
I think it's very rich for somebody to get shirty about the morals of abortion (this is at the original comment) when they havn't been in the heart-wrenching circumstance themselves! There are enough unwanted children in the world, sometimes it's the lesser of two evils to send one off peacefully rather than subject it to a difficult life. How can we be certain that foetus' have souls? Maybe that comes later? Maybe sometimes the well being of the woman or girl is more important than some gestating cells? That's my view though!
"Want to shove your opinions down the throats of thousands, but cruelly deprived of an effective platform?… in Ireland you can conduct any non-commercial advertising campaign you like with impunity…"
Which is exactly as it should be. I don't know where this notion that people have a 'right not to be offended' came from; probably some bit of dark Blairite nastiness – but it's disgusting. The cure to speech you find offensive, or hateful, or bigoted, or disagree with, is *more speech* – not trying to use the law to silence your opponents!
They may be bigots, I may disagree roundly with them, but I WILL defend their right to speak their message; their voice is as free as mine. Or yours.
It's interesting to note that one classic criticism of the anti-abortion visual tactics involved in this context still applies- these posters, billboards and other propaganda effectively erase the woman who made the choice and her social context from view. How do we know that she wasn't severely impoverished, wasn't a rape or incest survivor, that the foetus hadn't been diagnosed with a lethal anomaly that rendered it inviable, and so on? Because that's what anti-abortion propaganda leaves out- the voice and images of the woman who chose to have that abortion.


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Chocolate Armagnac Cake, chosen by LyB of And then I do the dishes as this week's TWD recipe, has one of the more amusing backstories in Dorie's repertoire. It's the cake that got Dorie fired! As the story goes, she once substituted prunes and Armagnac for raisins and Scotch in this cake, and was subsequently booted from her restaurant job.
[chocolate armagnac cake recipe]
Though it sounded a bit weird to me to have prunes in a chocolate cake, they did give the cake a lot of moisture and sweetness. I thought they were a nice addition (even though I forgot to cut them up, so I ended up with whole prune chunks).
I had a lot of fun flaming the prunes! ;) I used Scotch whisky instead of the called-for Armagnac, since I couldn't think of any other foreseeable use for the Armagnac. I ended up not being able to taste the flavor of the Scotch too much in the end product, although the kitchen smelled Scotch-tastic for most of the baking process.
I also used almond flour instead of the ground pecans, because, well, I am lazy and I already keep almond flour in the freezer.
Beaten egg whites gave some structure to the cake.
Baking and glazing the cake:
The glaze was a mix of melted chocolate, powdered sugar and butter, AKA deliciousness.
Here are the recipe ingredients and nutrition facts! Be afraid, be very afraid.
45 g finely ground pecans or walnuts (2/3 c) (I used almonds)
31 g all-purpose flour (1/4 c)
1/4 t salt
12 moist, plump prunes, pitted and cut into bits
1/4 c plus 3 T water
1/4 c Armagnac (I used Scotch)
200g bittersweet chocolate (7 oz), coarsely chopped
113 g unsalted butter (1 stick, 1/2 c)
3 large eggs, separated
133 g sugar (2/3 c)
85 g bittersweet chocolate (3 oz), coarsely chopped
3 T powdered sugar
42 g unsalted butter (3 T)
[recipe instructions on LyB's blog]
Nutrition Facts from NutritionData.com:
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Calories: 548
Fat: 35 g
Saturated Fat: 19 g
Cholesterol: 123 mg
Sodium: 106 mg
Carbohydrates: 51 g
Dietary Fiber: 4 g
Protein: 6 g
I finally got wise and calculated the nutrition facts BEFORE eating this cake;) It didn't stop me from eating it, though. Sigh.
Many thanks to LyB for this week's pick! Head over to her blog for the full recipe, and look at the TWD blogroll to check out the plethora of cakes.


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NAMEjoystick - Joystick input driver
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "devname" Driver "joystick" Option "Device" "devpath" ... EndSection
DESCRIPTIONjoystick is an Xorg input driver for Joysticks. There are 3 backends available that are used in the following order, if support was found:
- Linux's evdev interface - Linux's joystick interface - BSD's usbhid interface
The driver reports cursor movement as well as raw axis values through valuators.
SUPPORTED HARDWAREIn general, every by the kernel supported joystick should be supported through the joystick driver. The driver assumes that the joystick is calibrated and reports axis values between -32768 and 32768. See the Linux kernel documentation for a complete list of supported devices.
CONFIGURATION DETAILSPlease refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
The following Driver Options are supported:
- Option "Device" "string"
- Option "Path" "string"
- Specifies the device through which the joystick can be accessed. This option is mandatory and there is no default setting.
For Linux, joysticks are mostly accessible as /dev/input/jsX or /dev/input/eventX.
In *BSD, joysticks are usually recognized as /dev/uhidX.
- Option "AutoRepeat" "delay rate"
- Sets the auto repeat behaviour for key events. delay is the time in milliseconds before a key starts repeating. rate is the number of times a key repeats per second. Default: Xorg default
- Option "DebugLevel" "integer"
- If compiled with debugging information, controls the verbosity of the driver. The higher the DebugLevel, the more output is produced. Default: 0
- Option "MapButton<number>" "string"
- Sets the mapping of the joystick button to the desired action. Counting of buttons starts with 1, Possible options are:
- none
- This joystick button won't do anything.
- "button=<number>"
- The joystick button will generate a click with the specified button (starting with 1).
- "axis=[<factor>]<axis>"
- Where <axis> is one of: x, y, zx, zy
and <factor> is an optional amplifier of the axis, like -, +, -5, 0.4, 1.3, ... Use positive and negative values to control the direction. Default: 1.0
- "amplify=<factor>"
- Amplifies the movement of all axes by the given factor when pressed. Different factors can be combined.
- "key=<keysym>[,<keysym>[,<keysym>[,<keysym>]]]
- When button is pressed, a series of keydown events with the specified keysym is generated. When the button is released, keyup events in the opposite order are generated. You can specify up to 4 keysyms per button.
See special section about key events below.
- "disable-mouse"
- "disable-keys"
- "disable-all"
- Disables either the generation of mouse events, key events or the generation of all X events by the driver. Press button again to allow the driver to generate events again.
- Option "MapAxis<number>" "string"
- Sets the mapping of the axis to the desired action. Counting of axes starts with 1, the parameter may contain:
- "mode=<string>"
- Where <string> can be one of:
none, relative, accelerated, absolute
Every axis which's mode is not none will be reported as an additional valuator.
- "axis=[<factor>]<axis>"
- Where <axis> is one of: x, y, zx, zy, key (see keylow/keyhigh)
and <factor> is an optional amplifier of the axis, like -, +, -5, 0.4, 1.3, ... Negative values will invert the movement. Default: 1.0
- "keylow= <keysym>[,<keysym>[,<keysym>[,<keysym>]]]
- "keyhigh=<keysym>[,<keysym>[,<keysym>[,<keysym>]]]
- When the axis is moved out of the deadzone, a series of keydown events according to the direction of the movement is generated. When the axis is released, keyup events will be generated. You can specify up to 4 keysyms for each direction.
keylow defines the keys to be generated when the axis is moved in negative direction (ie. left or up), keyhigh defines the keys to be generated when the axis is moved in positive direction (ie. right or down).
If mode is set to relative: The driver will emulate autorepeat according to the current value of the axis. A keydown and subsequent keyup event will be generated in short time intervals. To modify that interval and the autorepeat speed, supply the "axis=[<factor>]KEY" parameter.
If mode is set to accelerated: One keydown event is generated, when the axis is moved out of the deadzone, the keyup event is generated, when the axis moves back to the deadzone. The keys will be autorepeated according to the keyboard settings.
See special section about key events below.
- "deadzone=<number>"
- Sets the unresponsive range of the axis to <number>. This can be between 0 and 30000. Default: 5000
- Option "StartKeysEnabled" "boolean"
- Set to False to disable key event generation after startup. You can toggle key event generation with the disable-keys button mapping. Default: enabled
- Option "StartMouseEnabled" "boolean"
- Set to False to disable mouse event generation after startup. You can toggle mouse event generation with the disable-mouse button mapping. Default: enabled
DEFAULT CONFIGURATIONThe default configuration is as follows:
Option "DebugLevel" "0" Option "StartKeysEnabled" "True" Option "StartMouseEnabled" "True" Option "MapButton1" "button=1" Option "MapButton2" "button=2" Option "MapButton3" "button=3" Option "MapButton4" "none" ... Option "MapAxis1" "mode=relative axis=+1x deadzone=5000" Option "MapAxis2" "mode=relative axis=+1y deadzone=5000" Option "MapAxis3" "mode=relative axis=+1zx deadzone=5000" Option "MapAxis4" "mode=relative axis=+1zy deadzone=5000" Option "MapAxis5" "mode=accelerated axis=+1x deadzone=5000" Option "MapAxis6" "mode=accelerated axis=+1y deadzone=5000" Option "MapAxis7" "mode=none" ...
ACCELERATED AXIS CONFIGURATIONAccelerated mode should be selected, if the axis is a pad, which reports only three states: negative, center, positive. It will produce a smooth acceleration of the movement when the axis is deflected. The speed will be affected by the factor of the axis, but not the acceleration speed.
This example will set up the axis as scrolling vertically inverted, which half of the speed:
Option "MapAxis1" "mode=accelerated axis=-0.5zy"
This example maps four buttons to the four half axes, so you can use them like a pad. The movement will get half the normal speed:
Option "MapButton1" "axis=+0.5x" Option "MapButton2" "axis=-0.5x" Option "MapButton3" "axis=+0.5y" Option "MapButton4" "axis=-0.5y"
ABSOLUTE AXIS CONFIGURATIONWith the absolute axis mode, the position of the cursor will be fixed to the position, according to the deflection of the axis. This fixed position is calculated around the previous position of the cursor. You can specify the range in pixels, the cursor can move. The default range is the width of the screen, when mapped to the x-axis and the height of the screen, when mapped to the y-axis. This mode can be combines with the other modes without problems.
In this example the first axis gets a range from left to the right of the screen. The second axis gets a total range of 200 pixels, 100 to the top and 100 to the bottom:
Option "MapAxis1" "mode=absolute axis=x" Option "MapAxis2" "mode=absolute axis=200y"
GENERATING KEY EVENTSProviding a "key=<keysym>[,<keysym>[...]]" option will generate X Events with the specified keysyms when the joystick button is pressed or the axis changed it's position. When the button/axis is released, the keys are released in the reverse order.
The keysym parameter can be defined as a numerical value, which can be looked up in the file /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h, or as the symbolic identifier (case sensitive, without the leading XK_).
You can specify up to 4 keysyms per joystick button/axis, which is useful to use modificators. Make sure you use the modificators that are necessary to get a certain keysym.
Option "MapButton1" "key=0xffe9,0xff09" Option "MapButton1" "key=Alt_L,Tab"will generate Alt_L+Tab when the button is pressed.
Option "MapButton1" "key=0xffe1,0x0064" Option "MapButton1" "key=Shift_L,d"will generate an uppercase d.
Option "MapButton1" "key=0x0020" Option "MapButton1" "key=32" Option "MapButton1" "key=space"is for the space key.
Option "MapAxis1" "mode=relative keylow=Left keyhigh=Right axis=0.5key" Option "MapAxis2" "mode=relative keylow=Up keyhigh=Down" Option "MapAxis3" "mode=accelerated keylow=Left keyhigh=Right" Option "MapAxis4" "mode=accelerated keylow=Up keyhigh=Down"will map the first and third axis to the arrow keys left and right and the second and fourth axis to the arrow keys up and down. The keys for the first two axes will be generated in an interval according to the value of the axis. The autorepeat speed of the first axis will be half the speed of that of the second axis. The keys for the third and fourth axis are generated once when the axis moves out of the deadzone and when it moves back into the deadzone. X.Org will autorepeat those keys according to current keyboard settings.
VALUATORSThe driver reports relative cursor movement as valuators 0 and 1.
Every axis will be associated with an additional valuator, reporting the absolute raw values of the axis in the range of -32768 to 32768.
Axes in the mode "none" will be ignored. The mode has no effect on the reported value. The axis does not need to be assigned to a direction.
NOTESThe driver does not do hotplugging on it's own. The joystick needs to be plugged in when the driver is loaded. If the joystick is unplugged, the device will be automatically deactivated.
There is an example hal policy in ${sourcecode}/config/50-x11-input-joystick.fdi which will take care of hotplugging. Place it in /etc/hal/fdi/policy and customize it to your needs. This is HIGHLY experimental and you can't pass any options to the driver, yet.
Make sure you add the "SendCoreEvents" keyword to the device entry of your ServerLayout section of the xorg.conf file, otherwise the device won't report core pointer and core key events.
InputDevice "Joystick1" "SendCoreEvents"
SEE ALSOXorg(1), xorg.conf(5), xorgconfig(1), Xserver(1), X(7), xmodmap(1)
AUTHORSSascha Hlusiak (2007-2008), Frederic Lepied (1995-1999)
Contenus ©2006-2020 Benjamin Poulain
Design ©2006-2020 Maxime Vantorre


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December 1, 2017Yemen
Averting famine will require Saudi Arabia to permit the resumption of commercial shipping of food and fuel to the besieged country.
January 12, 2006Democracy
L. Paul Bremer III, who headed the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq from May 2003 to June 2004 before the United States returned sovereignty to Iraqis, says terrorists would achieve "a b…
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Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says he is working to reclaim what he calls the traditional values of the GOP, including limited government and less involvement in military campaign…
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The 1986 meeting in Iceland between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was like none other. It offers helpful context for a potential U.S.-North Korea arms control summi…
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A CFR expert on nuclear issues, Paul Lettow says President Obama's agenda will be heavily tilted toward nuclear issues in 2010. He says this is "the ideal moment for strong American leadership on the…
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Paul Collier, an economist and author of The Bottom Billion, discusses five steps to sustainable resource management in Africa.
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The Obama administration has other methods to pursue a binding international agreement on climate change in Paris that fall short of a treaty, says CFR's John B. Bellinger III.
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William Woods Baseball Wins Thriller Against Lyon
FULTON - The William Woods baseball team was able to move on in the American Midwest Conference Tournament staying in the winners bracket in the double elimination tournament, by defeating Lyon College 8-7 in wild fashion.
The offense started swinging the bats well right away, as Greg Hamrock and Stephen Kohler had back-to-back hits, putting runners on second and third for the heart of the order. Zach Nichols got the teams' first RBI of the day with a single to center, scoring Kohler and making it 1-0 Owls. After a Matt Thomas pop out, Jacob Harrison bunted, allowing Kohler to score from third making it 2-0.
The Owls extended the lead to 3-0 in the top of the second, as Hamrock grounded into a double play, but that scored pinch-runner Damon Adrian who ran for catcher Derek Fletcher, as he led the inning off with a double down the left field line.
In the third inning, the lead was pushed to 4-0, as Nichols led the inning off with a double and he was able to advance to third on a Thomas groundout. Nichols was then able to score on a Harrison ground out to second base, giving starter Jeremy Ahillen a comfortable lead.
Ahillen had only allowed one hit through two innings, but the Scots finally got on the board in the bottom of the third, scoring two runs on two hits, cutting the Owls lead down to 4-2. The offenses for both teams' went scoreless in the fourth and fifth innings, but then in the top of the sixth, the Owls offense got going again.
The Owls put three runs on the board on zero hits, scoring two runs on a wild throw from the Scots catcher and a sacrifice fly from Kohler, extending the lead back up to 7-2. Lyon scored one run in the bottom of the sixth and after six inning of play, the Owls led 7-3. The momentum started to shift back towards Lyon, as the Scots scored three runs on four hits, as now the WWU lead was just 8-7 after seven innings of action.
William Woods scored a very important run in the top of the eighth, as Hamrock grounded into a double play, allowing pinch runner Ethan Browning to score, who ran for Fletcher as the catcher led the inning off with a single.
Matt Thomas who came on in relief in the seventh inning, did not have his best outing, as in the eighth inning the Scots loaded up the bases on the reliable reliever and Head Coach Darren Munns was forced to relieve Thomas with Zach Nichols, who had only appeared once on the mound this season. The first batter Nichols faced was Colt Harmon and Nichols got him to ground into a fielder's choice, allowing Kris Kohlstedt to score from third base, putting the scoreboard at 8-7 WWU.
Nichols then got Blake Rogers to strike out swinging with runners on first and third base, holding the one run lead still for the Owls. After a scoreless top of the ninth inning for WWU, it was up to Nichols and the Owls defense to hold the lead.
Henry Castaigne led the ninth off with a double and after a fly-out by Will Lindsey, Castaigne was able to advance to third on a single by Wesley Roberson, putting the tying run on third and the winning run on first. Nichols then got Kohlstedt to strike out, getting a big second out for William Woods. Roger Glaude forced a walk and now the bases were loaded for Colby Rogers, the best hitter for the Scots.
Nichols wasn't phased striking out the top hitter with the bases loaded, as he picked up the save and secured the 8-7 victory for William Woods. The Owls used six pitchers after Ahillen, who picked up the victory allowing two runs on four hits over four two/third innings pitched. Nichols also led the offense by going 4-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI. Hamrock (1-for-5) contributed two RBI and two runs scored, while Kohler (2-for-4) added one RBI and one run scored.
The Owls move on in the AMC Tournament and will now play the winner of the Benedictine-Springfield/Missouri Baptist game, on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.


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A first-generation Nissan 240SX remain a prize for many enthusiasts who want rear-driving, small-car fun. But after one Florida owner died, his friends disposed of his 240SX in the fashion they say he would have wanted: through a crushing. UPDATED
According to the man who posted the video:
Our friend who owned the car passed away.. and No one wanted a punk ass 16yr old to be driving the car around that he finished the way he wanted it before he died.. so instead of it getting picked apart in a junk yard.. crush it...
He was the type of guy who actually threw his last car in a dumpster cause it rattled.. so this fit him perfectly...
The poster later added that the engine from the crushee was given to the family, but otherwise the car went with its rims on to the great Nismo track in the sky.
UPDATE:After we ran our story, we heard from the friends of the owner, whom we know only as Tim:
Tim was a good friend to many, and an asshole to the rest. He didn't tolerate morons, ricers, idiots. He was a mechanic by trade, loved cats, fishing, and liked driving his car. He was young when he died, and sudden also. And yes it is true, he mentioned many times that he never wanted anyone else to drive his car. So for those of you who don't get it, respect a dead man's wish. Money from friends and car shows were donated to the SPCA in his honor.
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Like every year I turn up to watch the fireworks live. But this year I didnt get close to the action, I was at Waston Bay enjoying New Year Eve with friends. After the fireworks we went to Superbowl restaurant for some late night dinner (or early morning breakfast).
The start of 2004 was rather disappoiting for me, I didnt get any kisses. Nonetheless I am keeping my head up high, waiting for NYE of 2005.
Last year I asked Santa to send me a girlfriend for Christmas, I think it going to arrive very soon. Love comes when I least expected. There is someone one in my circle of friend, I got the hot for her.


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To be clear that was directed at Gollumthegreat not Boomer.
I don't believe in this reset concept any more than I believe we will be surviving off of Gold and silver one day because all fiat currencies will curl up and die as he keeps predicting.
It's one thing to believe in some kind of new world currency or to believe in hyperinflation will cause your local currency to need to be replaced by a new release, but to believe that everything will come to an end is what he keeps predicting. Nothing but Gold and Silver to save the day, period. But then he believes everything is evil, all companies, corporations and governments.
The US and Russia are not the only ones flying in the Skies over Syria and no one is shooting at other planes in the air, even an accident wouldn't bring about a new war. Too much at stake for both countries unless one of them decided they finally think it's about time to get it over with and that's not likely to happen, as a shooting war would have to escalate into a nuclear war sooner or later. We just have to thank the heavens that both Russian and china are not run by Religious nuts that might think bringing the world to an end is the right thing to do.
My first trip to Georgia was as a guest of the US Army stationed at Ft. Benning Ga. in the early 60's. Bars couldn't sell anything but beer and soft drinks and ice. But there was a tiny booze stand like a fireworks stand outside any nightclub of size selling just about anything you wanted and you could bring it in with you. Strange laws back then. I don't remember if there were different sizes available, but I do remember everyone seemed to buy these 1/5th size bottles. I didn't go that often as I had to use a fake ID and it was a gamble getting caught. There were plenty of other activities for those of us under 21 back then and drunken bar fight's with a bunch of red necks and soldiers was not on the top of my list.


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Longo, Rays bats finally click to back Cobb
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays came back to Tropicana Field on Friday at the end of a disappointing road trip that ended some time around 3 a.m. They were facing the hottest team in baseball, and they'd just given up two runs in the first inning to fall into an immediate hole.
Not exactly an ideal start for a team that had lost five of its last six and eight of its last 10.
"You could've said, 'Here we go again,'" Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "No question."
But they didn't. Instead, the Rays jumped all over A's lefty Brett Anderson in the first inning and proved on the field what they spent much of the day saying: They're a resilient bunch, and when their pitching and hitting finally click at the same time, things are going to get better in a hurry. And they did Friday night.
Tampa Bay tied a season high with eight runs and played solid defense behind right-hander Alex Cobb, who grinded through 7 1/3 strong innings on 101 pitches as the Rays beat the A's, 8-3, at Tropicana Field. The victory came on the heels of a 2-7 road trip through Texas, Boston and Baltimore that had dropped their record to 5-10 on the year and sparked a pregame, players-only meeting in which the message was simply: Relax and be patient.
"The bottom line is it was our 16th game. We haven't even played a month of baseball," said third baseman Evan Longoria, who spoke in the meeting and later hit his fourth homer in the last five games. "It really only matters where you're at at the end of the season. We'll figure out a way to right the ship, so to speak, and get back on track. And today was a good start."
By their recent standards, the Rays' four-run first inning was a veritable offensive outburst. They'd only scored five first-inning runs in their previous 15 games combined, and they did it by turning the table in two ways: with a two-out rally and a bases-loaded hit.
In the first inning, Desmond Jennings set the tone with a leadoff walk and scored on a one-out single by Ben Zobrist. Longoria struck out swinging, then Shelley Duncan worked a walk, pushing Zobrist to second. Sean Rodriguez bounced out of an 0-2 hole, worked the count full and singled to left field to drive in Zobrist, sending Duncan to third and prolonging the rally.
"I think Sean had the hit of the day, the at-bat of the day," Duncan said. "Getting that two-out RBI, I think that was the best at-bat of the whole game."
"That's what's come to be expected from each one of us. Whether I get a hit or not, don't just give up on the AB," Rodriguez said, practicing the kind of patience the Rays preached before the game.
The rally continued as Ryan Roberts reached on a single, then Jose Lobaton knocked a base hit to left field, giving the Rays' their first hit with the bases loaded since last September. They had been 0-for-12 with two walks in bases-loaded situations this year, and Lobaton's two-run single put the Rays up, 4-2.
"Had to end at some point," Maddon said. "Had to come back to us at some point."
Anderson left the game after the first inning with a sprained right ankle, but the Rays didn't let up against Oakland's bullpen. They added another run in the third, when Roberts dropped a single into center field to score Duncan, and they piled on three more in the fourth. Zobrist recorded an RBI single, and Longoria's two-run homer to left, his fourth of the season, essentially put the game out of reach.
"The wins and losses haven't really reflected how well we've swung the bats offensively," Longoria said. "Tonight was a great game to open the floodgates and score some runs and prove to ourselves that we can put up runs offensively, and hopefully we can continue to do that."
But that was all Cobb needed, as the big lead enabled him to attack hitters and use Oakland's aggressive hitting style against them.
It wasn't a particularly dazzling outing for the right-hander -- he said it was a grind right from Coco Crisp's leadoff, first-pitch double -- and Maddon noted that he "never really got into one of those Cobb grooves." But he was effective, and he was efficient, throwing 7 1/3 innings for the second time this year, the longest outings by any Rays starter.
"He was more workmanlike today, and that's a great thing," Maddon added. "To win a game like that against a hot team when you don't have everything going on in your favor really speaks well for him. That's what I saw. Not on the top of his game, but pitched really well and permitted us to win."
In other words, he did his job, as did the rest of the Rays. And at least on this night, when everything seemed to click, they looked better than their record might suggest -- just like they said they would.
"It's still not there. We still need to improve in certain areas, but it's wins like this that can get you rolling in the right direction," Maddon said. "It's all about confidence and believing. It'd be nice to get a couple in a row and get one of those hot streaks going. We've hit the cold streak. We're going to hit our hot streak, too.
"So hopefully this is the first game of many good ones to come in a row."


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Court-ordered negotiations with two major banks have pushed back the release of a plan to get Detroit through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a spokesman for the city's emergency manager said Thursday.
State-appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr had said his plan of adjustment would be filed in early January in bankruptcy court, but a resolution with UBS AG and Bank of America Corp. on a pension debt swaps deal — along with ongoing mediation with other creditors — has delayed it, Orr spokesman Bill Nowling said.
The city and the two banks had agreed to a $220 million payoff, but bankruptcy court Judge Steven Rhodes told them to find a better deal. A new $165 million deal to terminate the swaps agreement was reached late last month. Rhodes still has to approve the deal.
Detroit pledged casino tax revenue in 2009 as collateral to avoid defaulting on pension debt payments. The swaps allowed Detroit to get fixed interest rates on pension bonds with the two banks.
Orr testified last week in federal court that the proposal to terminate the deal for $165 million is best for Detroit. He said it removes significant financial risks and allows the bankruptcy restructuring to proceed.
Meanwhile, Orr and his team continue to hold court-ordered mediation with other creditors. Any agreements reached would be part of the plan of adjustment.
The deadline ordered by the court for the plan of adjustment isn't until March, but Nowling said Orr's new release date would depend on the progress of the city's talks with the other creditors, which includes unions, retirees and the city's pension funds. Mediation sessions took place this week in New York.
"If we look like we're close, we are going to want to delay the plan so we can bake in any agreement that we make through mediation," Nowling told The Associated Press on Thursday in an interview. "It's pretty fluid right now."
Rhodes also has to approve the plan of adjustment when it's filed.
Orr was hired in March by Gov. Rick Snyder to fix Detroit's finances. He has not publicly said what exactly will be in the plan of adjustment, but wants to get it all done by the time his contract expires at the end of September.


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You'll be hosted by the infamous Les "Chappy" Chapman, who was City's kit manager for many years, who will share fascinating stories, facts and anecdotes about what goes on behind-the-scenes.
The tour will take you into areas such as the changing rooms, the boot room, the first-team gym, the performance analysis suite, players' lounge and will culminate with a buffet in the players' restaurant.
This tours lasts for approximately 3 hours.
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It's not every day that you can raise awareness of the Cylon threat and help the victims of a terrible natural disaster. The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan has added some sweet BSG and Dollhouse schwag to her Haiti charity auction.
Besides a pair of BSG propaganda posters (including the one you see above) Ryan is also auctioning off a set of BSG DVDs signed by the show's producers and cast. And a limited-edition "Last Supper" print. There's also a "Joss Whedon" pack including a couple of books and a really nice Dollhouse Active-wear T-shirt that will probably be worth real money in ten years. (Those Dollhouse T-shirts went out with the DVD screeners for this year's season premiere, and are a pretty limited run I think.) And if you jump on it in the next few minutes, you can also snatch up the complete run of the British Life On Mars on DVD. It's all at Ryan's Haiti charity fundraiser auction on eBay.
Or if you donate $25 or more through this page will get an amazing Dharma Beer Station pin. Which is a pretty neat inducement to do the right thing. [Chicago Tribune]