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Colorado Freethinker Charged with "Desecration"
Rodney Lyle Scott is a thirty-four-year old mechanic who works for United Airlines. He travels daily to and from Denver International Airport on Interstate 70, which is the main east-west highway in Colorado. Rodney is divorced and has joint custody of his three-year-old daughter.
In recent years, private citizens have erected a number of Christian crosses and other religious memorabilia along the median strip of Interstate 70. These displays mark the spots where loved ones died in traffic accidents although, in one case, a cross marked the area where a murdered woman's body was thrown from her assailant's car. So many crosses have been erected that Rodney Scott has likened it to driving through a graveyard. This phenomenon has not been restricted to Interstate 70. Crosses are cropping up on other highway rights of way all over Colorado and, we understand, in other states.
With all due respect to the grieving families, about two years ago FFRF's Colorado Chapter asked the Colorado Department of Transportation, commonly known as "CDOT," to stop this use of State highways to promote Christianity. This led to a program whereby CDOT, upon receiving a complaint, would first offer the family which had erected the memorial an opportunity to remove it. If that was not successful, CDOT would remove and dispose of the display itself.
Although a number of religious objects were removed under this program, it proved to be unsatisfactory primarily because, usually within days, the object would reappear at the same location. For this reason, the Colorado Chapter filed a written request with CDOT asking (1) that fines be assessed against the party or parties who erected a display and (2) that CDOT's maintenance crews routinely remove these objects regardless of whether their presence had been brought to official attention by the Colorado Chapter.
Ironically, just about the time this request was made, a Colorado State Trooper noticed Rodney Scott's pickup truck sitting in the median strip one evening alongside Interstate 70 about 25 miles east of Denver. He also noticed some religious paraphernalia in the back of the truck and questioned Scott. Satisfied that nothing was wrong, the Trooper left but not until he had made a note of the license plate number on Rodney's truck.
Things get a bit fuzzy after that. However, it appears that several people complained to the authorities that their Christian crosses had been removed from the Interstate 70 median strip and an investigation was initiated by the local sheriff's department. The State Trooper who had taken Scott's license number heard about the investigation and contacted the sheriff, who then questioned Scott. In the course of this questioning, Scott was not advised that he had a right to say nothing, that anything he said could be used against him and that he had a right to consult with a lawyer. This is the Miranda warning that is so often ignored by the authorities.
It was determined that Scott was probably the culprit who removed the crosses. An effort was first made to charge Scott in Arapahoe County because that was where he was originally spotted by the State Trooper. However, the Arapahoe County District Attorney refused to file charges, so Scott was charged in Adams County. The District Attorney in Adams County is a mean-spirited, politically ambitious person and undoubtedly saw this case as a career stepping-stone.
Curiously, Scott was not charged with theft of a roadside memorial. Instead, he was charged under a little-used law making it a crime to "desecrate an object venerated by the public." This has all the indicia of a crime against religion. The word "desecrate" means to destroy the sacredness of, and "veneration" is synonymous with worship. Our legal system has a long history of rejecting crimes such as blasphemy and heresy, so a major issue in the case will be whether the law violates the Constitutional principle of church/state separation.
At the arraignment, Scott was offered a plea bargain whereby he would only be fined $50 if he pled guilty. Scott refused and the case has been set for trial in early December.
We are now in the "discovery" phase of the case. This means that Scott is entitled to receive all documents relating to the case that are in the hands of the prosecution. One such document is a letter written by CDOT about two years ago advising a private citizen to remove a roadside cross which he complained about. On the basis of this, we asked that Scott's case be dropped, but the District Attorney refused. The prosecution's position on this issue is that the authorization was limited to the person to whom the letter was written and no one else. Odd, to say the least.
We are now in the "discovery" phase of the case. This means that Scott is entitled to receive all documents relating to the case that are in the hands of the prosecution. One such document is a letter written by CDOT about two years ago advising a private citizen to remove a roadside cross which he complained about. On the basis of this, we asked that Scott's case be dropped, but the District Attorney refused. The prosecution's position on this issue is that the authorization was limited to the person to whom the letter was written and no one else. Odd, to say the least.
The trial promises to be interesting. Assuming for the sake of argument that Scott did remove the roadside crosses, does this constitute "desecration"? What is an "object venerated by the public"? Will a survey be taken to establish this? What about those people who find roadside crosses repulsive? Will this be taken into account in determining whether the public venerates them? How can CDOT give one citizen authority to remove a roadside memorial and then have the government turn right around and file criminal charges against another person who did the very same thing? What gives people the right to erect private memorials on property owned by all the taxpayers? And what recourse does a citizen have if the government does not fulfill its responsibility by seeing to it that public property is not used to promote religion? If the government refuses to take a patently unconstitutional display down, doesn't the public have the right to do so?
At the arraignment, the presiding Judge insisted that the trial should not take more than one day. He reluctantly set it for a two-day trial but we believe that it will take the better part of a week. This could create some friction with the Judge so, thankfully, under our system of justice, Scott is entitled to a jury trial. Empanelling the jury to make sure that there are no jurors who are biased in favor of religion or opposed to separation of church and state could take an entire day.
Meantime, we have filed a motion with the Judge to dismiss the case on two grounds: first, that the criminal statute has the effect of unconstitutionally endorsing religion and, second, that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because it does not set an objective standard against which an alleged wrongdoer's actions can be measured. That motion is pending before the Judge and we are not optimistic that it will be granted. The usual response from a Judge is to allow the case to go to trial and let the jury decide.
After the case has been tried or in the unlikely event the Judge dismisses it, we shall do a follow-up on the results.
Attorney Robert R. Tiernan is a Foundation member who directs the Denver FFRF chapter. He is representing Rodney Scott pro bono.
Tennessee Schools At It Again
On behalf of a family in Dayton, Tennessee, the national Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting pervasive religious influence in the town's public schools, including:
bible study in the classroom, conducted during school hours by an outside group of fundamentalist Christians from Bryan College
distribution of bibles in classrooms by the Gideon Society
morning bible reading over the intercom followed by a moment of silence; and
the posting of overtly religious messages by some teachers on the walls and doors of classrooms
The school board more than a year ago voted not to stop the bible classes.
Dan Barker, a spokesperson for the Foundation, which has members in the Dayton area, as well as throughout Tennessee, and in every state, sent an official letter of complaint to Superintendent Susan Porter, Rhea County Schools, enumerating the various prevailing Supreme Court decisions which the practices violate.
Under McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203, 212 (1948), religious instruction in the public schools is unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand two lower court rulings barring distribution of Gideon Bibles on school property: Tudor v. Board of Education of Rutherford, 14 J.N. 31 (1953), cert. denied 348 U.S. 816 (1954), reaffirmed in Berger v. Rensselaer, 982 F.2d, 1160 (7th Cir.) cert. denied, 124 L.E. 2d 254 (1993). A moment of silence with religious intent was halted as unconstitutional in Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38, 72 (1985). Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980) outlawed the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools because they are religious.
The Tennessee Constitution also forbids such entanglements, stating that: ". . . no human authority can, in any case whatever control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship." (Article I, Declaration of Rights)
In his letter, Barker noted that the family complainants object to "the indignity that their children (as young as kindergarten!) experience while being forced to sit through the indoctrination of someone else's religion in their own public school system."
The Foundation called for assurance that these blatantly illegal practices will be halted immediately.
"Seventy-five years after the Scopes Trial, is this where the Dayton public schools want to be--illegally promoting religion and violating the law?" Barker asked.
"The Dayton schools need to evolve," Barker added.
Chattanooga radio stations have been covering the story, as well as the Chattanoogan. After a story about the issue ran in the Dayton Herald-News (which is editorializing in favor of the bible classes), a second family with children in the Dayton schools contacted the Foundation to join the complaint.
As of press time, no formal answer to the Foundation's September 27 letter has been received from the school board, although Superintendent Porter has reportedly told the media that she is not afraid of a lawsuit, asserting that 99.9% of the community supports religion in the schools.
Bryan College is the bible school in Dayton that was founded in the name of William Jennings Bryan, who debated Clarence Darrow during the famous 1925 Scopes trial in that town.
Tennessee Schools At It Again
On behalf of a family in Dayton, Tennessee, the national Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting pervasive religious influence in the town's public schools, including:
bible study in the classroom, conducted during school hours by an outside group of fundamentalist Christians from Bryan College
distribution of bibles in classrooms by the Gideon Society
morning bible reading over the intercom followed by a moment of silence; and
the posting of overtly religious messages by some teachers on the walls and doors of classrooms
The school board more than a year ago voted not to stop the bible classes.
Dan Barker, a spokesperson for the Foundation, which has members in the Dayton area, as well as throughout Tennessee, and in every state, sent an official letter of complaint to Superintendent Susan Porter, Rhea County Schools, enumerating the various prevailing Supreme Court decisions which the practices violate.
Under McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203, 212 (1948), religious instruction in the public schools is unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand two lower court rulings barring distribution of Gideon Bibles on school property: Tudor v. Board of Education of Rutherford, 14 J.N. 31 (1953), cert. denied 348 U.S. 816 (1954), reaffirmed in Berger v. Rensselaer, 982 F.2d, 1160 (7th Cir.) cert. denied, 124 L.E. 2d 254 (1993). A moment of silence with religious intent was halted as unconstitutional in Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38, 72 (1985). Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980) outlawed the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools because they are religious.
The Tennessee Constitution also forbids such entanglements, stating that: ". . . no human authority can, in any case whatever control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship." (Article I, Declaration of Rights)
In his letter, Barker noted that the family complainants object to "the indignity that their children (as young as kindergarten!) experience while being forced to sit through the indoctrination of someone else's religion in their own public school system."
The Foundation called for assurance that these blatantly illegal practices will be halted immediately.
"Seventy-five years after the Scopes Trial, is this where the Dayton public schools want to be--illegally promoting religion and violating the law?" Barker asked.
"The Dayton schools need to evolve," Barker added.
Chattanooga radio stations have been covering the story, as well as the Chattanoogan. After a story about the issue ran in the Dayton Herald-News (which is editorializing in favor of the bible classes), a second family with children in the Dayton schools contacted the Foundation to join the complaint.
As of press time, no formal answer to the Foundation's September 27 letter has been received from the school board, although Superintendent Porter has reportedly told the media that she is not afraid of a lawsuit, asserting that 99.9% of the community supports religion in the schools.
Bryan College is the bible school in Dayton that was founded in the name of William Jennings Bryan, who debated Clarence Darrow during the famous 1925 Scopes trial in that town.
Clarence Reinders: Freethinker of Year
Foundation Life Member Clarence R. Reinders was named "Freethinker of the Year." He was unable to attend the Foundation's 23rd Annual Convention in person, but sent this acceptance speech.
I wish to thank the Freedom From Religion Foundation for naming me "Freethinker of the Year." I am delighted to accept this award. It is like receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for fighting and being wounded in a fierce war in defense of the First Amendment to the Constitution. After all, that's what I really am, a defender of the first clause of the Bill of Rights, i.e., the separation of church and state.
I am honored to have fought and prevailed in keeping the church and state separate because it is between these two powerful governing forces, one "sacred" and the other secular and profane, that freedom of the individual is given a chance to survive and thrive, where free men and women can think and believe and act freely. What a privilege to have been given the opportunity to be a foot soldier in service to such a noble cause.
On June 19, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 6 to 3, handed freethinkers everywhere a huge victory. Like the successful appeal, by a 3 to zero vote, of the Jesus idol in the Marshfield Park, it was a strong decision in upholding the first clause in the First Amendment of the Constitution which bars government from establishing religion.
The Santa Fe Independent School District in suburban Houston, Texas, had a policy which allowed an elected student representative to deliver a public prayer before home high school football games. The Supreme Court banned this student-led prayer. You all probably remember reading about this. But what you may be unaware of is that this suit was not brought to the court by a bunch of us "immoral" atheists attacking religion in public life. Irony of ironies, it was brought by a Catholic family and a Mormon family, two Christian minorities bobbing in a sea of the majority Southern Christian Baptists in the very hostile buckle of the Bible Belt.
But what most people are unaware of is that these two families--one Catholic and one Mormon--had their identities sealed by the courts. That fact speaks volumes about their fear of reprisals from their loving Southern Baptist Christian friends and neighbors and the courts' concern to protect their lives, limbs and property from the depredations of their fellow Christians. So much for Christian love.
Yet in order to challenge the statue of Jesus in a Marshfield public park a named citizen of Marshfield had to step forward, identify himself and sign his name on the dotted line of the legal complaint.
Freedom From Religion needed someone with legal standing, a foot soldier on the frontline to be shot at and I gladly agreed to be that sitting duck. In fact I volunteered. My Christian wife who had supported me in my beliefs, i.e., disbelief of all religious belief systems, had died. My career as a motel owner/operator in Marshfield was near its end. I was in my late sixties. If I didn't finally take a stand for liberty of conscience and do it now, when?
Anne Nicol Gaylor had asked me many years ago when I first became a member of Freedom From Religion to sue the city regarding the Jesus shrine in the Marshfield park. But I could not do it at that time and she understood. I was fearful about how this basically Christian community and my Christian wife would react. But conditions change and become ripe for ideas whose time has come. And we as atheists, agnostics, skeptics and humanists--our time has finally come.
I knew it wasn't going to be any cake walk and that I would be the target of much Christian hate. So I bought a telephone answering machine and a tape recorder to record the calls and settled in for the inevitable hostile reaction to the lawsuit. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty but was totally unprepared for the violent and vitriolic ad hominem attacks on me as the mere messenger. After all, I only said, "The emperor has no clothes." And the good loving Christian community was really steamed at me for having said it. They never addressed the issue of the unconstitutionality of a religious statue in a public park.
Instead I was called all kinds of names and invited to leave this god-fearing country if I didn't like it here. One fellow knew of an island in the ocean where I could go. A doctor's wife from the Marshfield Clinic said I would be lucky if I didn't get my house egged. And so on. All recorded on tape. I even had a news reporter and a policeman together listen to some pretty nasty threats. Naturally after it was reported in the Marshfield News-Herald that their phone messages were being recorded the volume of phone calls trailed off.
I did however receive three anonymous phone calls from supporters who were fearful of giving their names and phone numbers. Two upfront outspoken supporters called, one of whom was Bernie Ehrman, a Freedom From Religion member who has since died. The other was a very sharp local lady. I also had three or four supporters drop by in person at the motel to give me encouragement, one of whom was my doctor from the Marshfield Clinic. So we as atheistic and agnostic individuals are not so alone as we may seem. Definitely a despised minority but definitely not alone.
Whenever there would be some report in the newspaper as the lawsuit progressed there would be a flurry of letters to the editor. Sometimes four or five letters on this issue dominated the comment section. I clipped and saved them all. The vast majority of them, like 20 to 1, were in favor of keeping the idol in the park. They thought that the majority in Marshfield should rule and that I as part of the minority should just accept it and when I drove by the idol I should just look the other way. They just didn't get it that the Bill of Rights is not about majority rule but about the protection of the minority within the majority.
They thought that Anne Gaylor and that atheistic organization in Madison should keep their noses out of the way they ran the parks in Marshfield. They just didn't understand that to protest an egregious violation of the First Amendment is everyone's secular civic duty and that the benefits of the defense of the First Amendment accrue just as well to them. The day is fast coming when, because of projected future demographic multicultural changes, the Christian majority will become the Christian minority and then they will be most thankful for the religious protections secured by the First Amendment.
As soon as the lawsuit had been filed against the city of Marshfield, the city immediately knew that it was in an indefensible position and was in violation of the First Amendment. First it put up a disclaimer sign saying that it did not endorse any particular religion. Then it quickly sold 15 hundredths of an acre of the public park to the Praschak Memorial Fund and smugly thought it was off the unconstitutional hook. Then Freedom From Religion sued the city and the Praschak Memorial Fund as still being in violation of the separation of church and state because the shrine would still appear to be in a public park. Judge Shabaz found otherwise and the case was appealed to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago where, to my wonderment and surprise, it found 3 to zero in our favor.
I never in my wildest dreams ever thought we would get more than one vote on our side. Three to zero! What a victory! The Jesus idol was found to be in violation of the First Amendment. We were vindicated. That's what we had claimed all along and we were right. The emperor did indeed have no clothes.
Now a final delicious irony. The Praschak Memorial Group in collusion with the City of Marshfield fought to keep the statue in its present high visibility and prime location on Highway 13 as a welcoming figure to travelers entering and exiting Marshfield on the south side. All north and south traffic is funneled on that one road only. You had to drive by the idol unless as a native of Marshfield you knew of one back street to avoid it. I was several times counseled to use this detour since I was so offended by the sight of their precious Jesus. What a juicy propaganda location to display their cherished idol for all to see.
Even with a fence around it and two disclaimer signs, the city and the Praschak Memorial Group think that they have nevertheless won. After all, they did not have to move the idol which still commands its high visibility location. For, as they say in real estate, the three most important features of a property are location, location and location.
However, the State of Wisconsin is building a bypass around and through the city. Guess what? That bypass will become Highway 13. And the street ahead of the idol will no longer be the official Highway 13 but just plain South Central Avenue. The upshot will be that the vast majority of the traffic that enters and leaves the city will no longer be forced to travel past the idol. What delicious just deserts!
We did not succeed in moving the religious statue out of the public park but benevolent and capricious fate intervened and moved the highway away from the shrine, thus effectively negating the propaganda value of its prized location.
And they say there is no god!
Overheard - Religion & Politics
"Holy Joe," get out of the pulpit and come back to earth.
That's the message for Joe Lieberman, the religion-drenched Democratic veep candidate who talks as though God were his campaign manager.
And it goes for George "Dubya" Bush, Al Gore and any other tub-thumping pols who hammer their religion as a cheap campaign ploy.
Cool the gospel singing, guys, and climb off the sawdust trail.
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News, Aug. 31, 2000
This is a presidential campaign. Not a holy war.
If it doesn't stop soon, the Constitution doesn't have a prayer.
Philadelphia Daily News Editorial
Aug. 30, 2000
The time has come for all the candidates on the national tickets to reaffirm their belief in the constitutional separation of church and state. . . .
When it comes to religion and the campaign, one might ask: "Which side is God on?"
The same question might be asked of the defiant students and parents, urged on by some pastors and Christian broadcasters, who stood in the bleachers in high school stadiums across the South last weekend to recite the Lord's Prayer before the opening kickoff.
All the candidates have to do is look around the world to see how well religion and politics mix.
The Founding Fathers certainly knew and protected us from the combination.
Reporter Helen Thomas
"Keep the Wall Between Church and State"
New York Times, Aug. 30, 2000
The president is not the moral leader of his people, no matter how often he prays or mentions God's name. He was never intended to be the moral leader, and it is unhealthy when candidates for president present themselves or are regarded in this way, especially when they think they have a pipeline to God. . . .
Religifying politics tempts politicians to messianic delusion. And politicizing religion cheapens and corrupts the spirit. If we return to the wisdom of the founders on this point, excessive public expressions of religious piety will be regarded with suspicion. Our motto should be: 'By their deeds shall we know them.'"
Former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy & Keith C. Burris
"The Singular Piety of Politics"
New York Times, Aug. 31, 2000
When religion controls government, it is not a pretty sight. . . . When the government gets involved [in religion], someone's rights inevitably are going to be trampled.
Rev. Brian Harbour
Oct. 1, 2000 D.C. sermon (President Clinton in audience)
Those who would use government to push religion on their fellow citizens dishonor their political heritage as Americans, and belittle the freedom of conscience granted to each and every one of us. They need to go into a nice quiet closet and think about that.
Columnist Jay Bookman, Atlanta
New York Times, Sept. 1, 2000
For a man with one divorce under his belt, Lieberman [has shown] a distressing tendency to cast stones at a man whose marriage lasted.
I am reminded of President Truman's warning about people who pray too loud in church. The old Missouri Baptist said that loud prayers always made him think "you'd better go home and lock up your smokehouse."
Robert Reno, Newsday
Arizona Republic, Sept. 1, 2000
I believe Lieberman slept through his Yale Law School classes on the First Amendment. Americans as individuals are among the most religious people on Earth. But America as a country has no religious mandate. . . . And the First Amendment does indeed protect us from government-fostered religion.
Columnist Lars-Erik Nelson
N.Y. Daily News, Aug. 30, 2000
. . . Lieberman's words suggest that the doubters, skeptics and old-fashioned village atheists are somehow less worthy than others in what has become a faith-based democracy. . . . They may not be a potent voting bloc, they may not be targeted by the Democratic ticket, but nonbelievers have an equal claim to the First Amendment.
Columnist Walter Shapiro
"Freedom isn't only for the believers"
USA Today, Sept. 1, 2000
Politicians who invoke God's name insult those of us who recognize no establishment of religion in our personal lives. . . .Lieberman, Gore and Bush aren't likely to become ayatollahs, but I wish they would give us some freedom from religious sermons.
Columnist Rob Morse
"Let those without sin cast votes"
San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 30, 2000
One danger of piety on the campaign trail is that it equates faith with good citizenship. . . . The argument that religion is essential to moral behavior is insulting and dangerous. A second danger is that this campaign will make religion a credential for public office.
Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial
"Holier than thou"
Aug. 31, 2000
The Host and Hostess with the Mostes'
Early in August I received a phone call from an FFRF member in Brownsville, Texas, telling me that the big news down in the valley was that a German high school exchange student had been booted out of the host family's home. The reason? The German student was an atheist. Horrors!
The weird thing about the story was that the student had plainly filled out the required papers and had put a-t-h-e-i-s-t in the space for religious preference. The host family (C-a-t-h-o-l-i-c) was given that information before the student was assigned to them and had expressed no alarm or displeasure.
The coordinator for the local chapter of SHARE! High School Exchange Program had been quoted as saying, "We exist so that we can help people from other countries learn about Americans, to develop an understanding and a tolerance."
It wasn't quite clear to me who was to develop the tolerance, but the American family certainly flunked it bigtime. As for learning about Americans, the German student learned very quickly that "tolerance" meant control. When invited to attend Mass with them, Martin demurred politely. The host family quickly called Yvette Coffman, Texas State Director of SHARE! High School Exchange Program, and told her that things were not working out because the German boy would not attend Mass with them, thus exhibiting a distinct disinclination on his part to partake in the exchange of tolerance.
Of course I do not know the full story of what was said, or how much time elapsed between the opening of the door of the Catholic family's home to the exchange student, and the slamming of it behind him (about a week, I think). Nevertheless, it put Ms. Coffman in a terrible fix, but, in her unflappable manner, she found the student a temporary home until she could find a more stable host family for this sixteen-year-old pariah.
News of this act of American tolerance reached the ears of a reporter at the McAllen newspaper. He wasted no time in spreading the story, which resulted in Ms. Coffman being bombarded with offers from families wanting to take in the homeless student. He was placed . . . take a deep breath . . . with another Catholic family! However, they had read the whole sad tale and were eager to remove the stain of intolerance from the Catholic escutcheon. So far as I know, the family and the exchange student are getting along peacefully.
On September 20, I received a phone message from Ms. Coffman, requesting I return her call so that we could discuss something that was on her mind. I wasted no time in doing so. She had been delightful when I had called her last August to express concern from the freethought community, and our wish to help with the placement of the evicted student.
I was now further delighted when she said that she had been thinking about foreign students and host families and realized that the program's contact for these families was largely through the churches. Since many of the foreign students were atheists, she felt that they were not given a wide enough option regarding host families. Did my heart jump for joy? Right out of my mouth.
Ms. Coffman suggested that perhaps atheist groups should be informed of this fact and would be inclined to volunteer as hosts. I assume that terms such as freethinker, humanist, rationalist, etc., would also be welcome designations. However, do remember that the word atheist is not, in more enlightened countries, the big scary horned beast that it is here in the United States.
Knowing many freethinker folk, of one designation or another, I feel confident that many of them have hosted a foreign exchange student at one time or another. This program is the sort that would be appealing to them. However, I think that, possibly, these nontheist families never registered their true religious nonpreference in the space provided, maybe daring to go so far as writing the word "none" as a response. I know that in civic activities we have all learned that it is better not to advertise.
I am aware that British and European citizens do not regard religion with the same adolescent fanaticism as do a vast number of Americans, but it never entered my mind that in one mainstream activity, the exchange student program, our nonbelief category would be wanted, needed and welcomed!
There's a big push here in Texas for host families for the 2001 spring semester. Wear your religious dis-preference proudly and print your preferred freethinker designation on the forms you may request from:
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
United States Department of State
475 Washington Blvd. Ste. 220
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Tel: 1-310-821-9977 or
Fax: 1-310-821-9282
In Texas, contact:
Yvette Coffman
TX State Director
1-972-727-7966 or 1-800-941-3738
Waste no time; go for it
The writer is a long-time Foundation activist and officer who lives in San Antonio, Texas.
"Exorcism" in the News
Chicago Archdiocese Hires Exorcist
The Archdiocese of Chicago secretly appointed a fulltime exorcist nearly a year ago, whose task is to "heal those afflicted by the Evil One," according to a page one story in the Sept. 19 Chicago Sun-Times.
The archdiocese's "spokesman on exorcisms," the Rev. Robert Barron, told the newspaper there is a "world of angels and devils, fallen angels."
The Rev. James LeBar, an exorcist for the Archdiocese of New York, appointed by the late Cardinal John O'Connor, says there has been a "large explosion" of exorcisms (from zero to 300) over the past decade in New York.
"As people lose their respect and reverence for life, spirituality and human beings, the devil can move in," LeBar warned.
Among the Catholic Church's ten warning signs of possession: "aversion to all things spiritual" and "hidden insights into a person's private life, or past sins."
Both LeBar and the Chicago exorcist agreed the newly re-released 1973 movie, "The Exorcist," accurately portrays the exorcist ritual. LeBar added: "In one or two cases, there was an extraordinary amount of gagging."
Pope Fails in Exorcism
Pope John Paul II carried out an impromptu exorcism in September upon a teenage girl, after the church claimed she began "screaming insults in a cavernous voice" during a general audience in St. Peter's Square.
The pope's chief "Satan-buster," Father Fabriele Amorth, told Italian media that when Vatican guards restrained the 19-year-old, she displayed "a superhuman strength" in trying to free herself. The pope then "exorcised" and prayed over her, but later admitted failure.
"She Was Possessed"
Police found the lifeless body of seven-year-old Aaren Dunn, who had been baking cookies with her sister, on the kitchen floor of her home in Manitou Springs, Colorado, after her father sliced her throat from ear to ear, slashed her carotid artery, stabbed her chest and fractured her left upper arm.
Robert Walter Dunn, 51, who faces first-degree murder charges for the June 26 killing, turned himself in to police, his hands soaked in blood, saying: "I killed the devil. She was possessed; I killed the devil."
The Denver Post (June 28) reported the little girl liked to play dress-up, read books, eat macaroni and cheese, and would have entered the third grade this fall.
Foundation Protests Court's Catholic Bias
Divorcing parents in Washington County, Wisconsin, are being ordered by the Court Commissioner to take a seminar conducted by Catholic Charities, and to pay a $25 fee to the Catholic organization. The court describes the program as "nationally licensed" and in use in Milwaukee and other counties.
"Divorcing parents should not be compelled by our courts to go to a Catholic organization and pay them for a seminar," said Anne Nicol Gaylor, Foundation president. "This program should be conducted by a neutral facilitator with payment, if necessary, to the county or the state.
"This particular state/church entanglement is especially troubling for parents who regard the Catholic Church as destructive in its attitudes toward women's equality, reproductive rights and divorce," Gaylor said.
On Oct. 4, the Foundation, on behalf of a local complainant, wrote the Honorable Jeffrey Jeager, Assistant Family Court Commissioner, State of Wisconsin Circuit Court, Branch II, Washington County, asking that he halt this "illegal, unconstitutional abuse."
"The Wisconsin Constitution (Art. I, Sect. 18) says that no person shall be compelled to support religion. Yet this is what is what is happening as your court is now administering the program," Gaylor wrote.
The Washington County complainant who contacted the Foundation was given no comparable secular counseling alternative. Parents must attend the seminar under penalty of contempt of court.
Foundation Calls Foul Over Coach
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is charging officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with stonewalling the Foundation's request to investigate a religion question posed to prospective UW Women's basketball recruits.
Among the facts collected for a dossier on each prospective recruit by the UW women's basketball program is "Religion." Foundation president Anne Gaylor said she believes this may be unlawful, and, at minimum, considers it "certainly inappropriate."
This is the third major complaint the Foundation, a national watchdog group based in Madison, has made to the UW-Madison about coach Jane Albright, a self-described born-again Christian.
The Foundation protested when the coach arranged an exhibition game with the Christian Athletes-in-Action in November 1995, permitting religionists to distribute proselytizing material to the crowd during halftime, and to hold a religious postgame service. The Foundation also notified the UW that the coach was using campus mail to proselytize, and had instituted regular pre-game prayers.
The Division of Inter-Collegiate Athletes responded to the Foundation's complaint with a June 14, 1996 "policy clarification," saying it will maintain an environment "free of harassment or intimidation based on religion beliefs or practices." The statement concludes: "The mission of the Division does not include sponsoring religious events or activities."
However, the very month the clarification was issued, the Foundation was contacted by the family of a young girl enrolled at the coach's summer basketball camp for 4th to 12th graders, reporting Albright included proselytizing sessions. Following the Foundation's request that this be investigated, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward wrote the Foundation on June 26, 1996, promising that "future camps will not include any policy violations."
"It does appear that Coach Albright is uneducable on this issue," Gaylor noted. "Wouldn't she be happier working at a Christian college?"
Gaylor also expressed dismay at the "prying" quality of the questions in the dossier, which records personal information on the prospect's "boy friend," "best friend," and "kind of car," as well as religion.
Albright told the Capital Times (Oct. 4) that if a "girl" would mention that she attends church every Sunday, Albright would arrange a visit to church if the recruit visited campus.
Backlash Begins Over Bigoted Boy Scouts
A backlash against the discriminatory policies of Boy Scouts of America is sweeping the nation, following the 5-4 ruling on June 28 by the U.S. Supreme Court affirming the club's constitutional right to exclude gays as members and troop leaders.
Over the past 20 years, BSA has aggressively denied memberships both to gays and to boys whose families are not religious. Gay groups are joining the call of freethinkers to lobby school districts to stop sponsoring Boy Scout troops. Associated Press reports that schools, which give Scouts many special perks, sponsored 10,653 Boy Scout and Cub Scout troops last year--about 9% of all troops.
According to USA Today (Oct. 9), Boy Scouts of South Florida just lost nearly $350,000 in public money and charitable aid, after a "domino effect" of denial of funds from traditional supporters. United Way of Broward County, the Broward County government and the cities of Miami Beach, Manors and Fort Lauderdale have severed ties with Boy Scouts.
The state of Connecticut has dropped Boy Scouts from the list of charities state employees can contribute to through payroll deductions, prompting a retaliatory lawsuit by Boy Scouts.
A community school district in Manhattan has withdrawn support of Scouts. The Minneapolis school system in early October voted to stop sponsoring two dozen troops with almost 900 members.
School Board member Joann Elder, Madison, Wisconsin, who has a gay son, is asking to re-examine a district policy charging Scouts the same low rental fee charged to nondiscriminatory groups. Following a complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the school board in 1994 started charging rent to Scout troops.
The United Way of Evanston, Illinois, voted in September to stop its $5,000 annual donation.
The school district in Framingham, Massachusetts, voted in September to end Scout recruitment through its schools. "It may be that the Scouts won the battle but end up losing the war," town manager George King told USA Today.
City Council members in Tucson, Arizona, voted on Sept. 25 to cut public funding to Boy Scouts and any other organization deemed discriminatory. That will cost Catalina Council $20,000 next year. The city may also withhold its $1.7 million contribution to the local chapter of United Way. But a policy change banning employee donations to Boy Scouts via the city of Tempe caused such an uproar it was reversed on October 5.
The ACLU filed suit in August to revoke a 50-year lease with the city of San Diego, which rents Balboa Park to the Scouts for $1 a year.
About 24 chapters of United Way, whose 1,400 chapters contribute more than $8.7 million to Scouts, have ended or redirected donations.
A backlash against the backlash is also occurring. U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-CO, introduced the Scouts Honor Act to protect Scouts from punitive measures by any entity receiving federal funds. Several conservative Arizona lawmakers vowed to support legislation to penalize cities that "discriminate" against Scouting.
Youth Today recently published an article by Patrick Boyle claiming that BSA's stance against gays is a "case of money and Mormons." Boyle notes the Mormon Church sponsors about 31,000 Scout units--more than any other group, accounting for 12% of all troops and involving 400,000 boys. The Mormon church filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting the Boy Scout anti-gay policy. In total, 65% of all Scout units are sponsored by religious organizations, according to the BSA.
"If the Boy Scouts stand for discrimination, they should stand alone," the Freedom From Religion Foundation reiterated in letters to public officials, the United Way, and various school organizations following the June decision.
"We urge freethinkers to continue pressuring school districts and government to sever ties with Boy Scouts, based on the group's religion-based bigotry against both freethinking boys and gays," said Foundation president Anne Gaylor.


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Looking to change up your hairstyle for the office? Celeb stylist Terrie V. Owen can help! With a resume that includes Mad Men, Suburgatory, and Iron Man 2, Terrie knows where it's at when it comes to chic, office-friendly looks. As Parks and Recreation's on-set stylist, she currently spends her time getting stars Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones camera ready and fabulous. Coveting Amy and Rashida's gorgeous waves? Here's how to get them!
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For Rashida (seen here), Terrie preps with a heat protectant—"a must for color treated hair," the stylist notes. Next, Terrie hits up Rashida's hair with a 1 and three-quarter inch ceramic curling iron. Before she sets each section, though, she sprays on Rashida's dry hair the same White Sands Liquid Texture Thermal Styling Spray she uses on Amy. "White Sand makes the waves last all day!" she gushes. Finally, she styles the look with Rahua's finishing cream.
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I'm fairly new to linux, but enjoy it very much. The problem I'm having, is getting a display going on this machine, xps15. The gpu is a GT420M and optimus seems to be causing all the problems. Machine is currently dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu 10.10. I get fatal server error: no screens after startx, tried fix-vesa, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and nothing seems to get a display. Md5 is good and the usb boots from a desktop fine. It is BT4 R2. Is the optimus gpu hopeless?
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Astros' No. 12 prospect drives in career-high five runs
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | May 2, 2013 9:22 PM ET
Jonathan Villar snapped a bad slump Thursday -- one that spanned two years.
The Astros' No. 12 prospect was 4-for-4 with a career-high five RBIs on his 22nd birthday to lead Triple-A Oklahoma City past Nashville, 9-1.
Villar, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, singled in his first at-bat in the second inning. He doubled home Marc Krauss and Brett Wallace in the fourth, slugged a solo homer in the sixth and plated a pair with a single to center in the seventh.
"I never hit a home run like that, it was long," Villar said.
Villar had played the past two years on his birthday, going 1-for-5 both times. Setting a career high in RBIs and collecting his first four-hit game since May 21, 2012 put the Dominican native in a very good mood.
"I'm very happy," Villar said. "Today, this morning in my house when I was coming to the stadium I was thanking God for my life."
Villar is batting .317 in 27 Pacific Coast League games this season for the RedHawks. He has 17 RBIs, 15 runs scored and has stolen eight bases in his first season in Triple-A.
"I'm working on my hitting on every day," he said. "Sometimes I stay back when I'm hitting, in the cage or in the field, because I'm getting fastballs in."
Villar's previous career high was four RBIs, most recently with Double-A Corpus Christi on June 22, 2012.
Asher Wojciechowski, Houston's No. 15 prospect, made his Triple-A debut for Oklahoma City. He allowed a run on three hits and striking out five over four innings.
C.J. Fick gave up two hits in one frame, Jason Stoffell tossed a perfect sixth and Josh Zeid (2-0) earned the win with two hitless innings. Jose Valdez tossed a perfect ninth to close out the game.
Jimmy Paredes was 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI while Marc Krauss drew three walks and scored twice for the RedHawks.
Hunter Morris, the Brewers' No. 4 prospect, tripled and scored in the loss.
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Greeneville, Tenn. - Erin Rollins had a match-high five blocks and Ashlie Morrison added eight kills, but the Tornados were unable to overcome Tusculum in South Atlantic Conference action on Friday evening, falling to the Pioneers, 25-16, 25-21, 25-18.
The two teams participated in a Dig for the Cure match, with donations being taken for each dig received by both teams. All proceeds went toward the Susan Komen Foundation.
Rollins and Bethany Stevenson led Brevard (2-14, 0-10), hitting 40.0 percent apiece in the match, while Morrison led the team with eight kills. Jamie Atkinson added seven kills, three blocks and eight digs, while Rebecca Schoonover led the Tornados with 12 digs in the match.
Bailee Price led Tusculum (13-3, 9-1 SAC) on the evening with a match-high 10 kills, while Sam Underwood added eight kills as the Pioneers hit 26.2 percent for the match. Price completed the double-double in the match with 15 digs, while Ashley Sarmiento added a match-high 16 digs. Caitlyn Dean also had 13 digs to pace the Pioneers back line.
The Tornados continue on the road this weekend, traveling to Mars Hill, N.C. to take on SAC rival Mars Hill College on Saturday, October 9th. First serve between the Tornados and the Lions is set for 3 p.m. inside Stanford Arena.


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Hello everyone, this is my 1ST post on the forum after 3 weeks trying to reinstall Bluez.
Here is the situation, by mistake while trying to edit
/usr/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf I delete some folders, (don't remeber which ones) to copy them back from the live CD.
When I try to execute for instance SDPTOOL I get
sdptool: /lib/tls/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by sdptool)
I tried to download again Bluez from the official site and when installing bluez-utils-3.27 with the suggested commands
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/lib
here everything goes fine, then when I execute make && make install
I got the following error message
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Bluez/bluez-utils-3.27/network'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../common -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I../eglib -Wall -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -MT bridge.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/bridge.Tpo -c -o bridge.o bridge.c
bridge.c: In function `bridge_create':
bridge.c:78: error: `SIOCBRADDBR' undeclared (first use in this function)
bridge.c:78: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
bridge.c:78: error: for each function it appears in.)
bridge.c: In function `bridge_remove':
bridge.c:94: error: `SIOCBRDELBR' undeclared (first use in this function)
bridge.c: In function `bridge_add_interface':
bridge.c:117: error: `SIOCBRADDIF' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [bridge.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Bluez/bluez-utils-3.27/network'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Bluez/bluez-utils-3.27'
make: *** [all] Error 2
I google out about `SIOCBRDELBR' but did not found too much info.
I am using VMWARE SERVER I don't know if that helps, but I think is the root cause of the issue.
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Dan Kaercher learns that nothing puts our busy 21st century life into perspective more than floating a river, observing nature and learning a little about those who inhabited Iowa before us.
This wetland complex used to be part of the Mississippi River and its floodplain. It was also cropland at one time. Today it is managed for wildlife habitat and humans are welcome to visit too.
I'm at one of the canoe access points on the southern most part of this 6,400 acre Odessa Wildlife Complex. The Louisa County Conservation Board invited a few friends to go paddling and lined up a canoe partner for me. She is Katie Hammond, a naturalist with the conservation board.
Katie Hammond: We are on the Odessa Wildlife Management area and although a lot of the locals call it Lake Odessa it is actually more of a wetland area. It is connected to the Mississippi River on both the north and south ends by some drainage tubes. The biggest thing about coming out here when it is being managed for the wildlife and the migrating birds is that it does get shallow. So we can navigate it easily with canoe all year long.
Hammond: There's actually a turtle on the log to your right if you look to the right, right now.
Kaercher: I'm missing it.
Hammond: Can you see it? It blends in, it's wonderfully camouflaged with the mud on its back.
Kaercher: Oh yeah, I do see it. Yeah.
Hammond: Right up to your left there is a beaver lodge right on the point.
Kaercher: Yeah.
Hammond: And then further in you can see the lily pads from the lotus plants.
Kaercher: They're gigantic.
Hammond: The kids that I bring out here on the lake like to make hats out of these.
It's a relaxing flatwater paddle. With virtually no current it is easy to stop, turn around and get a closer look at some of our surroundings.
Hammond: Oh, there's some fresh beaver chews to the left. You see where the wood is real light?
Kaercher: We're getting a few sprinkles but it still seems like a lot of fun.
We had a little rain off and on during our paddle, but it certainly didn't dampen anyone's spirits.
Sherry Humphreys: This was my first time out here and it was absolutely wonderful. Even in the rain it was a wonderful experience.
Steve Blodgett: You can get back in real tight areas here and there's trails through the woods that you can just barely get a kayak through that's pretty interesting to see sometimes.
Bob Brissey: When the water is high in the rivers you've got some place you can go, you've got a lot of different trails. It's 6,400 acres and you can get lost anywhere you want to in this lake.
All these wonderful comments should be music to the ears of Julie Ohde, executive director of the conservation board. She worked for years with many other organizations and volunteers to establish a water trail system here.
Julie Ohde: A water trail is about giving people information on how to find the accesses, how to find their way around and what they might see when they are out there. We saw that paddling was starting to get popular in Iowa. Hey, we should have a water trail out here. So, we decided to apply for some grant money through the DNR's water trail grant program and we got some money to do the brochures and the mapping and the signs.
All the information provided did help make this voyage on the water a very simple pleasure indeed. And if you're up for it after the paddling trip, nearby is another attraction. In tiny Toolesboro there are burial mounds and other remnants of a culture that existed here thousands of years ago.
Kathy Dice: We believe the mounds were built about 2,000 years ago, about the time when Christ was walking around the shores of Galilee. And they were built probably over maybe even 100 year span. People who were living in village site we believe down below in the river valley would carry up the baskets of dirt up the bluff to make these mounds. And we know that because when they looked at the dirt in the mounds it was river dirt.
Kaercher: Tell me a little bit about the Indians that built the mounds and how they got here.
Dice: Well, we don't know a whole lot about them because most of what we know about them are from the artifacts we took out of the burial mounds. But it's a part from what we saw in there we called them the Hopewellians and it was part of a culture that seemed to be widespread across the Midwest.
Much more can be seen and learned about the Hopewell culture at the museum adjacent to the mounds. Even if the museum isn't open, there are plenty of interpretive signs outside.
They were also finding beautiful pottery --
In fact, it was shear luck on the part of two travelers from Germany who stopped by when they did since our tour guide Kathy would not normally have been here today.
Alois Mumhofer: We have never heard about this place, we just happened to pass by and saw the sign which said historical marker, some mounds and we thought that would be interesting.
These mounds, which are a designated national historic landmark, lure many passersby like the Mumhofers because they are located along the ten state, 3,000 mile long Great Mississippi River Road. So here's hoping you get to experience southeast Iowa's unique historic treasures and sample the wonders of nature in the area's fantastic wildlife complex.
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The Harvest is past, summer is ended and we are not saved. –Jeremiah 8:20
A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. – Isaiah 40:3
When I was growing up I was always picked to play a shepherd in the manger scene. I'm a red headed, Caucasian male with not a drop of blood tracing back to the Holy Land, but I could stand still and be quiet (more or less) so I was perfect for the part. Luke 2 was a favorite chapter to act out during grade school Christmas programs, and for the past two decades, on every first Sunday of December I've watched the lighting of the first candle of Advent. From a young age I've performed rituals that cultivate anticipation.
Growing up I sang lots of Christmas carols about the coming of Christ, but never about the four hundred years of silence previous to his arrival. There was an emphasis on preparedness for Christ's coming into the world, but there is a significant difference between anticipation for the month of December and waiting four hundred years. How long can you anticipate something without an intermittent status report or confirmation? What is it like to live in four centuries of silence?
I imagine my ancient ancestors, who didn't anticipate a Messiah, were more familiar with silence then I am. I live in a world where expectation is celebrated every year for itself. Every Sunday the church is preaching, teaching, and singing about God's love, his works, and his promises for the future. What would it be like for it all that to gradually go silent? And how long does it take for silence to encourage doubt—for it to make me rush to something talkative and loud? Israel once begged Moses for God to not speak to them "lest they should die." But how long does he remain silent before you feel the anticipation of non existence?
Emmanuel –God with us—hasn't always been a comfortable concept. "God with us" was a terrifying reality when Israel stood before Mt. Sinai. It was probably a distant memory for the anointed King David when he roamed the wilderness as an outlaw. For Ahab it was a rouge curse as Elijah cut the throats of the prophets of Baal in the light of heavenly fire. Emmanuel is a heavy reality—inviting a submission that can't be volunteered by a hardened heart, and the obedient are always driven by Kings and nations into the wild places of the land. As Spurgeon says "men will allow God to be everywhere but on his throne."
Throughout the Old Testament Israel's remnant is pushed into the margins; sometimes the wilderness or as some exiled minority in a foreign city. When this happened Jerusalem became their orientation—it was the city of the temple, the place where God met with man. Inside the Holy of Holies God's presence dwelled until it was pushed by disobedience into the tongues of the prophets. They prophesied to the nation and were killed by the nation. Zachariah is killed between the altar and the sanctuary. The reader finishes the fourth chapter of Malachi and then it goes quiet.
Four hundred years, roughly the same amount of time between Joseph and Moses. This would have been similar to the generations of Israelite slaves who slowly forgot the God of Jacob as they sweat under the whips of the Pharaoh. This would be four hundred years of building a nation that isn't their own and giving birth to slave children threatened by population control. Four hundred years in subjection to Egyptian gods, Egyptian rule, and Egyptian scorn with no word from God.
Malachi stops writing and the situations are similar. Israel never regains sovereignty from foreign nations and is swapped between the Gentile kingdoms of the Persians, the Greeks, and then the Romans. Four hundred years—the excruciating pause before Incarnation.
From the barren places of the earth God sends a wild man. John the Baptist emerges—the voice of the nation's remnant. As if the marginalized, abused presence of God in Israel was shaking with impatience John jumps out of the wilderness with a voice loud enough to be heard across the divide of four centuries. A voice so loud and direct that it could be heard through the span of history, from the ears of Moses to Elijah to the Jew under the Romans washing for repentance in the Jordan River. The spirit of the slain righteous shouts the culmination of their prophecies—the flesh blood reality of Emmanuel.
"He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried. On the third day he rose from the dead: he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty…"
There he sits. We wait one season at a time as creation groans. We anticipate and suffer in silence. We light the candles and count out the years, knowing that when he comes, it will be exactly at the right time.


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He lived, no killing this month! Man, I swear, I feel like I could kill with my bare teeth around my not so monthly. My wright came down per the weekend just from being carb conscious. Today is day 1 of 6 months at 30g carbs. I am enjoying a lazy day off. Going to nap, make some low carb gelatin chocolate pudding, clean my room, and relax.
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My husband rage almost came out at the worst possible moment last night. I hate pms.Primal since 9/24/2010"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within." Miguel de Cervantes
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Diet has been suffering due to lack of time to do proper grocery shopping and food preparation. Stress is high due to so many projects at work and well, finances, as usual. I am applying for a new job, that has been a weird process, of guilt for potentially leaving and then the determination to follow my own dreams and not just be a work horse helping others achieve theirs. Fertility testing next week, we'll see, it's been a bit of a ride as well, sadness, anger, hope, and who gives a fuck, there are worse things than no kids or adoption.
Hope everyone is well.
Hopefully things become less stressful soon. Try to keep your chin up!
^Agreed.Depression Lies
It is a great morning! Yes, I realize for a non-morning person to say so is weird, but I am thinking Day 2 of my mean green smoothie is making a difference (plus some serious down time and stress relief!).
First the 'recipe.' Handful of raspberries and spinach, 2.5 tbsp of raw cacao powder, 1 tsp flax seed meal, 1 tsp bee pollen granules, ice, liquid stevia, blend, voila! I feel great, no coffee!
Stress reduction: I went swimming with a joyous friend that teaches me so much about living with joy on Friday evening and Hubs passed his loan officer exam the same evening. He started his new career/lifestyle on Monday, including getting up and doing burstfit dvd every morning, he is just in a great space and so I am. We had a weekend of running errands, enjoying each others company, and I wasn't stacked to the gills with obligations, meetings, trips, etc. It was nice to just enjoy the simple things.
Monday I sent in my resume to the new role and let the bird fly and land as it will. Then my leadership program subgroup interviewed a nonprofit charter school for a possible community action project, and it has lit up my world. I am soooo excited to help and I know that my path is becoming clearer. Even if this job doesn't come to be, I know I will find a purpose and a job in time that is not work, that I get up and love to go to. It is empowering me to enjoy the role I have, and not take it so seriously.
It isn't my last stop, it is a place that has allowed me so much growth and development. I appreciate that opportunity. I will be sad when the day comes, and yet it can't come soon enough. I will continue to bloom where I am planted, while looking for a new pot. I will also learn from the mistakes of leaders I currently work with (sexist statements, non-inclusive, secretive, angry, etc.), read books, and not burn any bridges. That last part was a reminder to myself was after I found out that a female leader was painted as a catty woman for expressing concern over a situation that has come to fruition. This is not my pot, this is just where I sprouted and now I am outgrowing it and will find a new pot soon.
HSG test showed that my Fallopian tubes are open. Barring any thing the radiologist reports to the doc, it looks like the fertility issue is from pcos and insulin resistance. I have designed a protocol for myself from the research I have done:
1. Eat primal/paleo - reduce dairy, not eliminate, eat low carb, but 30g a day is not sustainable for me, some days, sure, other days a little flexibility will help with not going off the reservation and overloading on sugary treats. I also want to purchase grass-fed beef and chicken, to keep outside hormones out of my system. I will depend on small changes, not hard rules and eliminations.
2. Continue metformin, the doc will probably increase dosage from 1000 to 1750, I have experienced weight stabilization and a little weight loss. I expect for this to increase with an increased dosage. She may suggest clomin, but I would like to wait 3 months at increased dosage of metformin before adding more to my body. I would also like to see what weight loss, lifestyle changes, and exercise will do.
3. Supplements - cinnamon, vitex, and stress b, and JP+.
4. Exercise, I am committing to 30 minutes of exercise a day, either walking or burstfit dvd or yoga dvd. Exercise seems to be the most significant treatment for IR.
5. Stress reduction and management. Read books, laugh with friends, do art, float in the pool, enjoy adult beverages, sleep as much as I need, take more time off from work, regardless of what needs to be done. Health is a must.
I am feeling empowered again. Mood swings are common with PCOS, so it helps me relieve it when I know it isn't psychological, but biological.
Onward and upward, have a little fun today!
Glad to hear about all this happiness & forward movement
I'm curious: how long have you been taking the vitex for (or did you just start)? I took it for about 9 months, basically straight, and am recently feeling like it's not doing anything for me anymore. My PMS symptoms are gone (no low moods or cramping except for first day of period) & my sex drive has been good up until this week. I'm a bit stressed so that's probably why. From what I've read, it can take a few months for it to really kick in and some people need to stay on it for a while (about as long as I have been taking it) until everything normalizes. I'm tapering off now and interested to see how things go next month.Depression Lies
NW, I always wonder, is the protocol to answer your question here or in your journal? I have taken it and stopped a few times, but just added in to my protocol this week as part of my pcos plan. I plan to take it for a long while. I may order the sublingual drops at some point, instead of the capsules. We shall see what happens. I have a feeling I'll be working on balancing my horomones for the rest of my life with PCOS. I am planning on listening to this podcast soon on how to balance your horomones naturally. http://www.grassfedgirl.com/podcast-...dr-dan-kalish/
Haha, I am not sure! I tend to answer in the place the question was asked, unless it's very specific to me and then I'll take my response back to my journal (if I'm the one answering). I was curious about your process, so I think it makes sense to keep it all here.
I switched from capsules to liquid form, but wouldn't recommend taking it sublingually. It tastes bad! You're supposed to put it on water. The doseage on the bottle was 2000 mg, much higher than I was taking in capsule form, so I reduced the # of drops (to 20-25 instead of the recommended 57).Depression Lies
Back again. So strange, at the exact same weight I started this journal at. Weird how life bring you back where you need to be to accomplish your goals. Many things remain the same, but one of the best things has happened to me.
Just had a baby, she's 3 months old now. It is time to live a better life for her to see me doing it. So she has the best chance at a healthy lifestyle I can give her.
I was very healthy prior to the baby, was holding at 220, exercising, and eating low carb. I am off my game, so I am back here for community and support. I am tracking over at My Fitness Pal starting tomorrow.
I had gestational diabetes, controlled it perfectly with food, only gained 25 lbs while pregnant and took it off in 6 weeks. Then in the last 7 weeks I have put 10-12 lbs back on. Now is the time to regroup, take control, and get to my goal weight. Long term goal is to get 60 pounds off by March if possible (40th bday).
For now I am focusing on one small goal at a time. First goal, lose 5 lbs, walk 30 minutes 3 times a week, track all my food, wear Fitbit everyday for tracking steps.
1st GW: 231
Walk 3 times a week for 30 minutes
Carbs 30%/ Fat 50% / Protein 20%
Congratulations. How Wonderful!Primal since 9/24/2010"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within." Miguel de Cervantes
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Congrats on the baby Kymma!Depression Lies
Thanks guys! Apparently I had my weight wrong yesterday. Getting used to changes in my cycle, must have had some water weight. I am also changing my macros a bit. I think I need to keep my protein a little bit lower for insulin resistance purposes. I may change back, just going to play it by ear.
1st GW: 227
Walk 3 times a week for 30 minutes
Carbs 25%/ Fat 60% / Protein 15%
Thanks for the congratulations everyone! I will upload a photo at some point. I tried with imageshack but couldn't get it to rotate the image and will have to work on that laterLast edited by Kymma; 09-23-2014, 10:52 AM.
Kymma! Congratulations on the new baby! So good to see you back again!1. Love ME no matter what noises are screaming at me, or who is trying to tear me down.
2. Eat to heal
3. Move to live
4. Embrace today
5. Live with intention
6. Respect my body
7. Cultivate joy
8. Find my passion
9. Meditate on peace in my soul


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Adam and Eve wouldn't stand a chance in Oak Glen. The trees are loaded with apples. Tempting apples.
Who could resist?
Nobody can resist.
It's apple season in Oak Glen, a glorious rite of autumn and one of the Inland Empire's showcase events.
With its tree-dappled country roads and hill-hugging shops and restaurants, Oak Glen is a popular getaway year-round. But during the fall the crowds become stupendous, especially on weekends.
People know a good thing when they see one.
And people come from all over the world to see Oak Glen.
For us who live here, it's just a hop, skip and a jump up the hill. Go to Yucaipa and you're practically there. A quick zip up Oak Glen Road and, before you know it, you start seeing orchards and ranches and signs. Take a sweater. It's usually 10 to 20 degrees cooler up here.
This year's harvest season is in full swing right now, and the 2012 crop is a good one. Whether you buy your apples already sorted in boxes, or pick your own right off the tree, there are plenty to go around.
A trip to apple country is like a trip to the wine country, only you don't need a designated driver. Everyone can enjoy the fun.
Instead of wineries, you stop in at roadside barns and apple sheds. Instead of sipping wines and nibbling on little crackers, you sip the most delicious apple cider in the world, fresh-pressed and cold, and munch on free apple samples.
Like wines, there are dozens of different varieties to try. You'll find Red Delicious, McIntosh, Glen Seedling, Early Red Fuji, Spartan, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, Red Jonathan, Arkansas Black and many more.
Instead of heading home with a case of wine, you head down the hill with a bushel of apples, a jug or two of apple cider, and a fresh-baked apple pie on the back seat. Your car never smelled so good.
Interestingly, Oak Glen's first settlers, in the mid-19th century, planted potatoes, not apples. The region originally was known as Potato Canyon.
In time, ranch families like the Websters, Wilshires, Parrishes and Fords tried their luck at apple growing. Their luck was so great that the area became famous for a new crop. For decades, Oak Glen apples were shipped by the ton not only throughout the nation but to markets in Europe and around the world.
After World War II, the Oak Glen apple industry evolved from a wholesale shipping operation to a direct-sale tourist attraction, which now welcomes thousands of visitors each year.
The history of Oak Glen is peopled with lots of interesting characters. There was Theresa Law, for example, who became famous for her apple pies. In 1953 she opened Law's Oak Glen Coffee Shop, and to this day it's still one of the most popular attractions on the hill. People line up all day for a slice of that pie.
Then there were the great promoters of Oak Glen, including Emil Wohlgemuth, Guy Bogart and KFI radio host Dick Sinclair, who worked tirelessly to popularize the place as a tourist destination.
Among the town's legendary growers was Blackie Wilshire. His granddaughter, Susan Anton, reigned as Oak Glen's Apple Blossom Queen before she went on to become Miss Yucaipa, Miss Redlands, Miss California and finally a film and recording star.
More Oak Glen stories, along with great pictures, can be found in the book "Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho" by J.R. Sanders (Arcadia Publishing, $19.99). It's available at apple stands and shops all over the hill.
Read more John Weeks at http://sbsun.com/johnweeks and http://blogs.sbsun.com/sb/weeks/. Contact him by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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how does the concept of PWM relate with the DC geared motor?
value of PWM which is 185(slow), 194(mid) and 205(fast) change of duty
I am using the DC Geared motor, not a servo motor..
measure at the rack that has been move, it quite differ between the three speed. at it not constant at all..
Is it my DC Motor not suitable for the positioning application? why it is not suitable?
You said that i am doing kind of servo..
the technique for servo to drive is ...
so, is that my dc geared motor will function like this?
or is it the principle of the dc motor is not the same as servo motor?
Is the PWM signal controlling my motor?
if yes, how does the signal drive the motor?


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It Takes Two…
I read a great post recently on Maneatersblog called You Didn't See It Coming? Really? And I had to put in my two cents. I often overhear (in elevators, at restaurants) and read (on Facebook and Twitter) some downright NASTY comments being made by scorned women. Now, I'm sure there are just as many cuckolded men out there—women cheat too—and women leave too—but men aren't in the habit of airing their dirty laundry publicly. They just cut their losses and move on, like they would with any other business deal gone awry. And you women who say a relationship isn't a business relationship… bullshit! But that's another story all together.
One of the comments I read recently went something like this:
"At first I was angry. It's time to hit him in the pocket book! What fun I'm going to have," and then continued with "I'm gonna get my divorce one way or another…he will regret this."