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If you're looking for an easy way to catalog your movie collection, Videobrary might be worth a look.
The layout for Videobrary is as simple as you can get. There is one page listing your movies with alphabetical indexes and another to list any T.V. Series in your collection, again listed with alphabetical indexes. To add your home movie collection to Videobrary, just tap the "+" button that sits at the bottom of the main pages. A search engine will be pulled up where you can search IMDb, Cinoche.com or Allocine for you movies and television series.
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The app ran smoothly for the most part but at times Videobrary seemed to get stuck in a search loop that would result in an error. The issue cleared once you exited the search screens and tried the search again but it was a little frustrating.
Videobrary is a free app for your Windows Phone 7x or 8 device and you can find it here in the Windows Phone Store.


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[ Academia ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Antidiscrimination : This examination of the history of race and slavery in the U.S. and other national powers is a good choice for students whose chosen practice areas include legal responses to the problem of racial discrimination. Discriminatory treatment of African-Americans is a recurring theme in practice areas that include civil rights, education and employment law, as well as public interest and criminal law. This course offers useful perspectives on the influence of slavery and its attendant racial hierarchy on the constitutional regimes of the U.S. and other states that permitted slavery.
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This course will explore the interaction of law, slavery and race in the United States, as well as from a comparative perspective. We will read original documents, including excerpts of trial transcripts, appellate opinions, treatises, codes, and first-person narratives. We will study the way law, politics and culture interacted to shape the institution of slavery and the development of modern conceptions of race. Course lectures and discussions will focus on questions such as: Did different legal regimes (Spanish, French, British) foster different systems of race and slavery in the Americas? How did/does law work "on the ground" to shape the production of racial hierarchy and creation of racial identities? In what ways did slavery influence the U.S. Constitution? How has race shaped citizenship in the U.S., and how can we compare it to other constitutional regimes? The course will begin with the origins of New World slavery, race and racism, and move chronologically to the present day. All students will be required to read and to participate in classroom discussion (obviously, attendance is required). Students will prepare two questions for discussion for 12 out of 20 class meetings; participation and discussion questions together will count for 25% of the grade. For students taking the exam, there will be a one-day take-home essay exam. Alternatively, students may write a final paper based on original research, of approximately 26 pages in length. A prospectus and rough draft will be required, for 5% and 10% of the grade respectively. The final exam or paper will be worth 75% of the grade (including the prospectus and rough draft). After the term begins, students accepted into the course can transfer from section (01) into section (02), which meets the R requirement, with consent of the instructor. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Attendance, Written Assignments, Final Paper or Final Exam. Cross-listed with History (HISTORY 254D) & (HISTORY 354).
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Hope College Theatre will present William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" on Wednesday-Saturday, April 2-5, in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
Hope College Theatre will present William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" on Wednesday-Saturday, April 2-5, in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
The show will run on Wednesday-Friday, April 2-4, with an 8 p.m. curtain; and on Saturday, April 5, with 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. curtains.
"Twelfth Night" is a comedy of mistaken identities. Leading lady Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked, and each believes the other to be dead. Posing as a man and masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, Viola enters the service of Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with the bereaved Lady Olivia, and sends his new page as a messenger to her. Olivia, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with this handsome and eloquent messenger. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man, and who regards her as his confidant. By the end of the five-act play, all is revealed and love prevails.
"Twelfth Night" is directed by guest director Patricia Daniels. A native of Albuquerque, N.M., Daniels received her Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from CaseWestern ReserveUniversity in Cleveland, Ohio. She has performed for various theatre companies across the nation, including Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Mass.; The Asolo Conservatory Theatre in Sarasota, Fla.; Kentucky Repertory Theatre; Missouri Shakespeare Festival; Tibbets Opera House; and The Pennsylvania Center stage. Her directing credits include productions such as "Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," "The Comedy of Errors" and "Trojan Women" for KalamazooCollege. For Western Michigan University she directed "Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" and "Antigone." Daniels also directed "To Kill A Mockingbird," "Romeo and Juliet," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" for the Kalamazoo Civic as well as "Hamlet," "The Tempest" and "Twelfth Night" for the Michigan Shakespeare Festival. She has also directed "The Rainmaker" for The Wagon Wheel Theatre. In 2006 Daniels directed "A Midsummer Night's Dream," co-produced by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre. She is an adjunct professor at WesternMichiganUniversity and has taught all levels of acting for Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College. Her audio credits for the Brilliance Corporation include Nora Roberts's "Jewels of the Sun," "Tears of the Moon" and "Heart of the Sea."
Hope's production of "Twelfth Night" features designs by two senior students: Sarah Watkins, scenic designer from Detroit, and Amanda Spaanstra, costume designer from Grandville. Both Spaanstra and Watkins have designed and worked on numerous productions at HopeCollege and spent summers working in the professional world at such companies as the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
Spaanstra received a KCACTF Region III Certificate of Merit in Costume Design for "Rose and the Rime." This fall she will enter the three-year MFA costume design program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Watkins received awards that include: the Hope College Distinguished Artist Award, Hope Sophomore and Junior Theatre Department Awards, and KCACTF Certificates of Merit for Scenic Design ("Perfect Pie" and"Rose and the Rime"). She was the 2008 KCACTF Region III Scenic Design Project Award Winner for her design of "A Flea in Her Ear," and this fall will enter NorthwesternUniversity in Evanston for the three-year MFA program for scenic design.
When asked why she is passionate about design, Watkins replied, "I find the dialogue shared between director and fellow designers both invigorating and inspiring. I love the creative energy; I'm kind of addicted to it. I love being a part of a team that is challenging our audiences to think freely."
The remaining designers on the project include faculty members Perry Landes as lighting and sound designer and Richard Smith as properties master; sophomore Jeri Frederickson of Wheaton, Ill., as assistant costume designer; senior Rachel Wells of West Bend, Wis., as assistant sound designer and musical director; and freshman Lauren Zeldenrust of Lansing, Ill., as assistant scenic designer.
Technicians for "Twelfth Night"include: Paul Anderson, staff technical director; freshman Brianna Cooney of Waterford, assistant stage manager; senior Stephanie Lawson of Mount Vernon, Ohio, stage manager; freshman Cassie Niespodziewanski of Clarendon Hills, Ill., assistant stage manager; junior Katie Terpstra of Zeeland, properties assistant; and freshman Christine Worden of Midland, assistant stage manager.
Cast members include: junior Justin Barigian of Coarsegold, Calif., as Officer 2; freshman Chris Billquist of St. Charles, Ill., as Valentine; junior John Bruinsma of South Bend, Ind., as Sir Andrew; junior Isaac Bush of Muskegon as Feste; senior Isaac Droscha of Mason as Orsino; senior Jon Kay of Three Rivers as Fabian; junior Luc Leavenworth of Naperville, Ill., as Sir Toby; sophomore Alex Martin of Saugatuck as Officer 1; junior Meghan McNamee of Hartland as Lady Servant; senior Sam Mirto of Saugatuck as Antonio; senior Brandon Ruiter of Grand Rapids as Sebastian; senior Kelly Sina of Watertown, Wis., as Olivia; senior Jon Sprik of Grand Rapids as Malvolio; sophomore Josh Teusink of Zeeland as Priest; senior Jeremiah Vipond of Traverse City as Ship Captain; senior Rachel Wells of West Bend, Wis., as Viola; freshman Jon Weppler of Libertyville, Ill., as Curio; and freshman Alexa Westley of Kalamazoo as Maria.
Tickets for "Twelfth Night"are $7 for regular admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for students and senior citizens, and are available in the ticket office inside the main entrance of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, the theatre lobby ticket office in the DeWitt Center will be open on performance nights shortly before the curtain rises. The ticket office may be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave. between Ninth and 11th streets. The DeWitt Center is located 141 E. 12th St., facing Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.
"Twelfth Night" had originally been scheduled to run later in the month, but has been moved to April 2-5 as a result of Hope College Theatre's production of "Rose and the Rime" having been chosen to be featured during the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (ACTF) National Festival in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 17. Only three full-length college- or university-staged plays were chosen for this year's national festival from among the best productions highlighted during the eight ACTF regional festivals held around the U.S. in January and February.


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COMMERCE CITY, CO -- Conor Casey converted twice from the penalty kick spot as the Colorado Rapids registered a comfortable 3-1 victory over visiting Toronto FC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Sunday.
TFC, which was playing its second match in three days, also scored on a PK as Dwayne De Rosario momentarily equalized the score in the second half.
Referee Ricardo Salazar sanctioned a total of three penalty kicks on the afternoon. The PK fest began in the 23rd minute after Casey converted a controversial penalty awarded for an alleged hand ball in the box by Toronto defender Adrian Cann. Casey stepped up to give the Rapids a 1-0 lead in an otherwise uneventful first half.
Just 12 minutes after the break, TFC left midfielder Sam Cronin found himself open on the left side of the box and was brought down in a reckless challenge by Rapids goalkeeper Matt Pickens. De Rosario drew the visitors level from the spot with his fourth goal of the campaign.
The Toronto equalizer rattled the Rapids, who had largely controlled the game up to that point. It wasn't until Jeff Larentowicz scored from a
free kick in the 70th minute that calm was restored for the home side.
Second half substitute Wells Thompson, who notched both goals in the midweek U.S. Open Cup win over Kansas City, made a nice run to win the set piece near the left corner of the penalty area. Toronto FC Designated Player Julian de Guzman inexplicably jumped out of the TFC defensive wall, allowing Larentowicz with an easy opening to beat TFC goalkeeper Stefan Frei, who remained rooted to the spot.
The game closed with a handful of scoring opportunities but the Rapids controlled the remainder of the proceedings with Toronto barely able to get the ball into the Colorado half.
Casey's second penalty kick in the 85th minute, awarded after he was hauled down by TFC defender Maksim Usanov, proved icing on the cake for the home side.
The two PK conversions lifted Casey to third place on the all-time Rapids scoring list and gave him three goals on the season, all coming from the spot kick.
Scoring Summary:
COL -- Conor Casey 2 (PK) 24'
TOR -- Dwayne De Rosario 4 (PK) 58'
COL -- Jeff Larentowicz 1 (unassisted) 71'
COL -- Conor Casey 3 (PK) 85'
Misconduct Summary:
TOR -- Martin Saric (caution; Reckless Foul) 45'
TOR -- Maxim Usanov (caution; Reckless Foul) 84'
Colorado: Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne, DrewMoor, Danny Earls (Scott Palguta 81), Jeff Larentowicz, Pablo Mastroeni, Jamie Smith (Wells Thompson 57), Colin Clark (Quincy Amarikawa 67), Omar Cummings, Conor Casey. Subs not used: Andre Akpan, Ian Joyce (GK), Mehdi Ballouchy, Ross LaBaeux
Toronto: Stefan Frei, Maksim Usanov, Nana Attakora, Adrian Cann, Ty Harden, Sam Cronin, Julian de Guzman, Martin Saric (Dan Gargan 79), Nick LaBrocca (Jacob Peterson 60), Chad Barrett (O'Brian White 65), Dwayne DeRosario. Subs not used: Jon Conway (GK), Nick Garcia, Nane Joseph, Raivis Hscanovics
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee's Assistants: Chris Strickland; Peter Manikowski
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Weather: Clear-and-66-degrees
Attendance: 9,928
Match Recap: PKs, Set-Piece Haunt Reds
COMMERCE CITY, CO -- Conor Casey converted twice from the penalty kick spot as the Colorado Rapids registered a comfortable 3-1 victory over visiting Toronto FC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Sunday.


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The preparations came as four of his alleged victims were buried in Israel.
Police surrounded a house in Toulouse, trying to coax into surrendering the suspect in the Monday shootings at a Jewish school and the shooting deaths of three French paratroopers of north African descent last week.
French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said police were still talking to the suspect, identified as Mohamed Merah, 23, a French citizen of Algerian origin. Merah had cut off communications with police early Wednesday but French television says negotiations resumed as Merah tried to set the terms of his surrender. He is believed armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, a Mini-Uzi 9mm machine pistol and handguns.
A man claiming to be the gunman called France 24 early Wednesday, saying he had chosen his victims at random as part of a "much larger campaign" to protest the French ban on women wearing the full Islamic veil and the presence of French troops in Afghanistan.
Police said the suspect told them he has ties to al-Qaida and wanted to "take revenge for Palestinian children" killed in the Middle East, France 24 reported.
Shots fired from inside the house -- in the Cote Pavee neighborhood, about 2 miles south of the Jewish school -- injured two officers, police said.
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It's always nice to be reminded that not all who call themselves Christian are dishonest anti-science ideologues who use their beliefs to justify their haughty disdain for reality. Henry Neufeld is a self described liberal Methodist who has a few things to say about Expelled, and he nails every reason why the movie gets it all wrong with admirable succinctness. From its confusion over what "free speech" really means, to his unequivocal condemnation of the movie's most brazen lie that "Darwinism" led inexorably to Nazism and the Holocaust, when in fact the teaching of Darwin's theory was banned in both the Third Reich and Stalinist Russia, and Hitler famously credited his own anti-Semitism to a certain invisible guy in the sky there's not a single one of Stein and Co.'s reprehensible falsehoods Neufeld doesn't take down. His most interesting point is one which is liable to raise the hackles of most of Neufeld's brothers in Christ.
Repeatedly, Ben Stein equates the theory of evolution with atheism, and claims that all ID wants is to open the door to considering that God might have done something. Evolution may be incompatible with certain forms of Biblical interpretation, but it is in no way incompatible with basic theism.
Neufeld's batted 1000 here. True, Dawkins' passage from The Blind Watchmaker to the effect that "Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist" is the one often flogged by creos who want to condemn evolution as a tool of the Devil to turn everyone away from Jebus. And the "evolution=atheism" link has been effective in pushing the emotional hot buttons of scientifically illiterate religionists. But, while it's true that evolution does explain how nature works entirely on its own to effect biodiversity without any "need of that hypothesis," it's also true the theory itself is not fundamentally incompatiable with some notions of theism.
The deistic god is one who is said simply to have created the world and then left it alone. So evolution has to be operative under deism. But if the Christian God is supposed to be omnipotent, there's no reason why he couldn't have done his business via evolution either. Indeed many liberal Christians have attacked creationism on this very point, that a bunch of stick-up-the-ass fundies are trying to dictate to God how he must have created life, and that it could not have been by evolution. How arrogant! Heh heh.
I, of course, think the concept of God is entirely superfluous, but again, Neufeld's right in that a basic understanding of the principles of Darwin's theory does not necessitate atheism. On the other hand, as I read from some commenter elsewhere this morning, the makers of Expelled must be completely clueless doorknobs if they think the Nazi Holocaust is a great argument for the loving God of the Bible!


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2007-08: Appeared in 25 games... Made the first start of his career against Wagner and grabbed four rebounds in 15 minutes... Also started at home against Cornell and pulled down four rebounds... Made seven consecutive shots from the field over a seven-game stretch midway through the season... Scored a season-high seven points at home against Columbia.
2006-07: Appeared in 20 games off the bench... Tied for fourth on the team in blocks with six... Top performance came at Harvard when he scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds in a career high 25 minutes. Was 2 of 3 from the field and made all four of his free throw attempts... Scored six points, all from the free throw line, at Penn... Scored four points and pulled down four rebounds in his first career game against Allegheny.
Before Yale: Averaged 13.0 points, 13.6 rebounds and 3.6 blocks at Ridgewood High School... A McDonald's All-America nominee... Earned first team all-league recognition... In his junior year, Ridgewood captured the Northern New Jersey Group IV championship before falling to Atlantic City in the state championship game... Selected to participate in the Top 20 All Star game at the Eastern Invitational camp... Played AAU basketball for the Jersey Shore Warriors.


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At New York
1. Detroit, Matthew Stafford, qb, Georgia.
2. St. Louis, Jason Smith, ot, Baylor.
3. Kansas City, Tyson Jackson, de, LSU.
4. Seattle, Aaron Curry, lb, Wake Forest.
5. New York Jets (from Cleveland), Mark Sanchez, qb, Southern Cal.
6. Cincinnati, Andre Smith, ot, Alabama.
7. Oakland, Darrius Heyward-Bey, wr, Maryland.
8. Jacksonville, Eugene Monroe, ot, Virginia.
9. Green Bay, B.J. Raji, dt, Boston College.
10. San Francisco, Michael Crabtree, wr, Texas Tech.
11. Buffalo, Aaron Maybin, de, Penn State.
12. Denver, Knowshon Moreno, rb, Georgia.
13. Washington, Brian Orakpo, de, Texas.
14. New Orleans, Malcolm Jenkins, db, Ohio State.
15. Houston, Brian Cushing, lb, Southern Cal.
16. San Diego, Larry English, lb, Northern Illinois.
17. Tampa Bay (from N.Y. Jets through Cleveland), Josh Freeman, qb, Kansas State.
18. Denver (from Chicago), Robert Ayers, de, Tennessee.
19. Philadelphia (from Tampa Bay through Cleveland), Jeremy Maclin, wr, Missouri.
20. Detroit (from Dallas), Brandon Pettigrew, te, Oklahoma State.
21. Cleveland (from Philadelphia), Alex Mack, c, California.
22. Minnesota, Percy Harvin, wr, Florida.
23. Baltimore (from New England), Michael Oher, ot, Mississippi.
24. Atlanta, Peria Jerry, dt, Mississippi.
25. Miami, Vontae Davis, db, Illinois.
26. Green Bay (from Baltimore through New England), Clay Matthews, lb, Southern Cal.
27. Indianapolis, Donald Brown, rb, Connecticut.
28. Buffalo (from Carolina through Philadelphia), Eric Wood, c, Louisville.
29. New York Giants, Hakeem Nicks, wr, North Carolina.
30. Tennessee, Kenny Britt, wr, Rutgers.
31. Arizona, Chris Wells, rb, Ohio State.
32. Pittsburgh, Evander Hood, dt, Missouri.
33. Detroit, Louis Delmas, db, Western Michigan.
34. New England (from Kansas City), Patrick Chung, db, Oregon.
35. St. Louis, James Laurinaitis, lb, Ohio State.
36. Cleveland, Brian Robiskie, wr, Ohio State.
37. Denver (from Seattle), Alphonso Smith, db, Wake Forest.
38. Cincinnati, Rey Maualuga, lb, Southern Cal.
39. Jacksonville, Eben Britton, ot, Arizona.
40. New England (from Oakland), Ron Brace, dt, Boston College.
41. New England (from Green Bay), Darius Butler, db, Connecticut.
42. Buffalo, Jairus Byrd, db, Oregon.
43. Carolina (from San Francisco), Everette Brown, de, Florida State.
44. Miami (from Washington), Pat White, qb, West Virginia.
45. New York Giants (from New Orleans), Clint Sintim, lb, Virginia.
46. Houston, Connor Barwin, de, Cincinnati.
47. Oakland (from San Diego through New England), Michael Mitchell, db, Ohio.
48. Denver, Darcel McBath, db, Texas Tech.
49. Seattle (from Chicago), Max Unger, c, Oregon.
50. Cleveland (from Tampa Bay), Mohamed Massaquoi, wr, Georgia.
51. Buffalo (from Dallas), Andy Levitre, g, Oregon State.
52. Cleveland (from N.Y. Jets), David Veikune, de, Hawaii.
53. Philadelphia, LeSean McCoy, rb, Pittsburgh.
54. Minnesota, Phil Loadholt, ot, Oklahoma.
55. Atlanta, William Moore, db, Missouri.
56. Indianapolis (from Miami), Fili Moala, dt, Southern Cal.
57. Baltimore, Paul Kruger, de, Utah.
58. New England, Sebastian Vollmer, ot, Houston.
59. Carolina, Sherrod Martin, db, Troy.
60. New York Giants, Will Beatty, ot, Connectitcut.
61. Miami (from Indianapolis), Sean Smith, db, Utah.
62. Tennessee, Sen�Derrick Marks, dt, Auburn.
63. Arizona, Cody Brown, lb, Connecticut.
64. Denver (from Pittsburgh), Richard Quinn, te, North Carolina.
NFL Draft selections (first and second rounds)
At New York


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After hearing complaints from nearby homeowners, the Terrebonne Parish Council overwhelmingly rejected a rezoning proposal that could have allowed businesses and industry to operate along the newly opened Valhi Boulevard extension.
After hearing complaints from nearby homeowners, the Terrebonne Parish Council overwhelmingly rejected a rezoning proposal that could have allowed businesses and industry to operate along the newly opened Valhi Boulevard extension.
Residents of The Lakes subdivision pleaded with the council Wednesday night to reconsider the rezoning plan. It would have allowed industry to locate on vacant lots from Equity Boulevard to Savanne Road.
"We have a great parish with tremendous opportunity to expand," said Timothy Rhodes, a Lakes resident. "However, we should not sacrifice the peace and, ultimately, the safety of our established residential neighborhoods to accomplish this agenda."
Rhodes said it is not his intention to impede growth in Terrebonne.
"I understand the need for commercial growth," he said, "but this proposition will negatively affect our neighborhood."
Under the proposal, the east side of Valhi would be rezoned as neighborhood commercial, while the west side would be rezoned to light industrial.
Neighborhood-commercial zoning allows businesses such as small strip malls and convenience stores to build but not establishments that sell alcohol to be consumed on the property.
Light-industrial zoning allows for small manufacturing operations that are enclosed in a structure.
Zoning officials have recommended the rezoning in an effort to keep up with the projected growth along the Valhi extension.
Rhodes said the homeowners association is quick to hold residents accountable for housing codes, such as uniform mailboxes and the proximity at which a car in the driveway may be parked.
"Now, these same developers, along with our appointed Zoning Commission, are proposing that commercial buildings be allowed 25 feet from the back of some of our yards and that light industrial property be developed just across the street?"
The proposal is "irresponsible, reckless and greedy," Rhodes said.
Rhodes suggested that the commercial-residential rezoning take place across Valhi.
"This would give us the opportunity to see the nice front side of a C-3 development instead of the back doors, pallets and dumpsters of some of these potential properties."
Another resident, Jamie Devereux, presented the council with what he said are blueprints of his property from when he first bought it. The vacant lot next to his property reads "future residential development," which, he said, is why he bought the property in the first place.
The neighborhood-commercial land use is not restricted from building homes, according to zoning officials.
Councilman Russell Hornsby, in whose district the property is located, said he receives many calls from constituents who are against the rezoning.
Hornsby said he understands these concerns and proposed that a measure be made to send the proposal back to the Planning Commission to make revisions.
"You buy a house — that is where your home is and where you rest and enjoy your life," he said.
Hornsby said he would support commercial-residential development on the south side of the Valhi extension but not on the north side.
"That has to stay residential — period," he said.


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I am truly enjoying the Henry County Local articles and letters to the editor regarding the campaign for the open city council seats in Eminence. I am amused by the outrage and indignation being expressed by the currently seated council members, the supporters of the currently seated members, and a few "very" concerned citizens; in regard to one "very outspoken" candidate (who shall remain nameless).
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Mad Men: Mrs. Blankenship Drops Dead
Tonight on Mad Men, Sally came unglued, Roger and Joan got mugged, Peggy got political and Mrs. Blankenship met her end. Things are afoot at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
Tonight's episode was a slightly sprawling affair, giving key scenes to multiple characters and keeping the storylines of nearly all the major characters moving forward. It's the kind of episode that makes you aware of all the balls that the show has in the air and how much will happen as the season comes to a close in just a handful of episodes.
On the way to the probable fate that's most likely awaiting him, Greg is called up and sent to Vietnam. Inspired by that, and the near-death experience of a gunpoint mugging, Joan and Roger find themselves with each other, making the same mistake they've made for years.
[There was a video here]
Peggy's been contending all season with her place in the world of SCPD, whether it is within the office hierarchy, as we saw, for example, last week when she canned Joey, or within the landscape of the 1960's, as her experiences with Joyce and Abe have shown. Tonight, Joyce and Abe were back but Peggy didn't just listen to their spiels. She's unable to just listen to Abe rant about his political convictions and later rebuffs his (literary) apology. But, she can't quite bring herself to be completely on board with the ethos and ethics of an industry that truly doesn't care about the ills of the companies they work for.
[There was a video here]
Then there's Sally. This episode was her biggest rebellion yet, running away from her mom to join her dad in the city, doing her best impression of an adult. She makes french toast, accidentally using rum instead of syrup. She and her dad "do something" - visit the Natural History Museum. She even sits like a perfect middle aged woman when it all comes crashing down, and Don hands her back over to her mother. The anger and resentment in Sally is so strong; it really makes you fear for what lies ahead for her. Even worse, she seems completely aware that there isn't a way out.
[There was a video here]
And, of course, this was the end for Mrs. Blankenship. "She was an astronaut," says Cooper.
[There was a video here]
Bon voyage, Ida.


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Bosses behind upcoming comedy "The Heat" have come under fire in the U.K. for allegedly slimming down Melissa McCarthy's figure in its promotional poster.
The star's face and neck appear to be digitally altered in the new poster, and the image has caused a backlash from fans who are upset about the production company's decision to make McCarthy look thinner, even though the 42 year old has never been ashamed of her curves.
On British entertainment website The Shiznit, a blogger named Ali writes, "Nobody is unclear what Melissa McCarthy's body size is – she's plus-sized and proud. So why have the designers of this poster done their utmost to Photoshop a good 30lbs off of McCarthy's face? This is one of the worst Photoshop jobs I have ever seen, but it's not just offensively bad craftsmanship – the intention behind it is downright nasty."
This isn't the first time McCarthy's figure has reportedly been retouched – a one-sheet for her 2011 film "Bridesmaids" also depicted a thinner version of the Oscar nominee.


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Lets have a look at July for books. I usually check my pre-orders mid June and then revisit the list around the start of July. These are the books I am interested in. I try to put new never before published books here, for me there is no difference if the book is first published in the US, UK or in Australia. The delivery time to the far north is about the same. So we are going for world's first here.
This month holds some very anticipated books, two of them where on my list of New SF to Read 2010 in January. Honor Harrington is one of the most popular science fiction characters out there and David Weber [profile] is one of my favorite authors. Mission of Honor is the next main story novel and I can't wait to get my hands on it (it is in transit atm, curse the slow mail service). The other book is Pathfinder by Laura E. Reeve [profile]. Her writing is influenced by Greek culture and feels refreshing and new. This time Ariane Kedros has a mission from the mysterious Minoans, I have been waiting since book one for her to go exploring again.
I realized I was missing out on Karl Schroeder who I haven't read since Permanence (great book by the way). That book needs company on it's shelf and the Virgo setting in its steampunk pocket universe sounded too good to resist. Gibson and Wooding have been on my radar for a while now so I felt it was time for a sample. Howard Birnberg is more of a shot in the dark from my side, I liked the blurb, hope it is good.
Since last time I also decided I need the new Ian McDonald – Dervish House.
The Puppets Masters is a book that has been with me from adolescence. It is a fun read and you should get a copy if you don't own one.
And I always use the Publishers dates when release dates don't match between the online stores and publisher, unless I know otherwise (like the book is in the mail from the store).
These are my recommendations for July
On Order
Title: Mission of Honor
Series: Honor Harrington 12
Author: David Weber
Genre: Military Science Fiction | Space Opera
Publisher: Baen
Hardcover: 864 pages
Buy: Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
A new main story Honor Harrington is a must read for me, cant wait. It is on my list of New SF books to read in 2010.
The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, and she has paid a price for the victories she's achieved in that conflict. And now the unstoppable juggernaut of the mighty Solarian League is on a collision course with Manticore. The millions who have already died may have been only a foretaste of the billions of casualties just over the horizon, and Honor sees it coming.
She's prepared to do anything, risk anything, to stop it, and she has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. But there are things not even Honor knows about. There are forces in play, hidden enemies in motion, all converging on the Star Kingdom of Manticore to crush the very life out of it, and Honor's worst nightmares fall short of the oncoming reality.
But Manticore's enemies may not have thought of everything after all. Because if everything Honor Harrington loves is going down to destruction, it won't be going alone.
Title: Pathfinder
Series: Major Ariane Kedros 3
Author: Laura E. Reeve
Genre: Military Science Fiction
Paperback 336 pages
Publisher: ROC 6 July 2010
Order from: ROC | Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
Pathfinder is on my most anticipated books list for 2010.
Reserve Major Ariane Kedros needs a shot at redemption-and the mysterious aliens known as the Minoans need an extraordinary human pilot with a rejuv-stimulated metabolism like Ariane for a dangerous expedition to a distant solar system. But there's a catch. The Minoans have to implant their technology in Ariane's body, and it might not be removable. Ariane is willing, but as she begins the perilous journey, there is an old enemy hiding within the exploration team who is determined to see them fail…
Title: Empire of Light
Series: Stealing Light 3 | Shoal Sequence 3
Author: Gary Gibson
Genre: Space Opera
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Tor UK 2 Jul 2010
Order from: Tor | Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
The nova war has begun to spread as the Emissaries wage a fierce and reckless campaign, encroaching on the area of space occupied by humanity and forcing the Shoal into a desperate retreat. While Dakota goes in search of the entity responsible for creating the Maker caches, Corso, left in charge of a fleet of human-piloted Magi ships, finds his authority crumbling in the face of assassination attempts and politically-motivated sabotage.
If any hope exists at all, it lies in an abandoned asteroid a thousand light-years beyond the Consortium's borders, and with Ty Whitecloud, the only man alive with the skill to decipher the messages left behind by an ancient race of star travellers. Unfortunately Whitecloud is locked in a prison cell aboard a dying coreship adrift in space, awaiting execution for war crimes against Corso's own people. But if humanity has any hope of survival, Corso is going to have to find some way to keep him alive – and that's only if Dakota doesn't kill him first …
Title: The Dervish House
Author: Ian Mcdonald
Hardcover: 410 | 480 pages
Publisher: Pyr 27 July 2010 | Gollancz 29 July 2010
Order from: Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
In the CHAGA novels Ian McDonald brought an Africa in the grip of a bizarre alien invasion to life, in RIVER OF GODS he painted a rich portrait of India in 2047, in BRASYL he looked at different Brazils, past present and future. Ian McDonald has found renown at the cutting edge of a movement to take SF away from its British and American white roots and out into the rich cultures of the world. THE DERVISH HOUSE continues that journey and centres on Istanbul in 2025. Turkey is part of Europe but sited on the edge, it is an Islamic country that looks to the West. THE DERVISH HOUSE is the story of the families that live in and around its titular house, it is at once a rich mosaic of Islamic life in the new century and a telling novel of future possibilities.
Title: The Black Lung Captain
Series: Tales of the Ketty Jay 2
Author: Chris Wooding
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Gollancz 29 July 2010
Order from: Gollancz | Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
Darian Frey is down on his luck. He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed and his rickety aircraft in the sky. Even the simplest robberies seem to go wrong. It's getting so a man can't make a dishonest living any more. Enter Captain Grist. He's heard about a crashed aircraft laden with the treasures of a lost civilisation, and he needs Frey's help to get it. There's only one problem. The craft is lying in the trackless heart of a remote island, populated by giant beasts and subhuman monsters. Dangerous, yes. Suicidal, perhaps. Still, Frey's never let common sense get in the way of a fortune before. But there's something other than treasure on board that aircraft. Something that a lot of important people would kill for. And it's going to take all of Frey's considerable skill at lying, cheating and stealing if he wants to get his hands on it . . . Strap yourself in for another tale of adventure and debauchery, pilots and pirates, golems and daemons, double-crosses and double-double-crosses. The crew of the Ketty Jay are back!
Title: The Genius Gene
Series: Catherine Fox Trilogy 1
Author: Howard Birnberg
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Book Guild Ltd 29 July 2010
Order from: Book Guild | Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
Einstein, Newton, Da Vinci. The names are synonymous with genius; however, is genius nurtured or does nature provide it? In the fictional scientific thriller, The Genius Gene, young geneticist Catherine Fox has the surprising answer. She has discovered a source of genius in our genes. Unfortunately, her former mentor and spurned lover, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist, Stephen Yates would do anything to obtain her confidential research. Backed by greedy pharmaceutical companies, Yates has become corrupt and he wants to engineer the genius gene into the unborn children of wealthy parents. The time is the mid-21st century and Stephen has established clinics to design the genome of children according to their parents' preferences. Catherine calls these offspring 'Frankenstein children' and she fears the creation of a master race. Her research may make this possible and she struggles to prevent Yates from learning the workings of the genius gene. Unknown to Catherine, there are other secrets to protect. On the eve of crucial hearings on legalizing Yates' process, he vanishes and Catherine becomes a suspect in his disappearance.
On Order New ReReleases
Virga: Cities of the Air
Series: Virga
Omnibus: Sun of Suns (2006), Queen of Canedsce (2007)
Author: Karl Schroeder
Paperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Tor 6 July 2010
Order from: Tor | Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
Sun of Suns – It is the distant future. The world known as Virga is a fullerene balloon three thousand kilometers in diameter, filled with air, water, and aimlessly floating chunks of rock. The humans who live in this vast environment must build their own fusion suns and "towns" that are in the shape of enormous wood and rope wheels that are spun for gravity.
Young, fit, bitter, and friendless, Hayden Griffin is a very dangerous man. He's come to the city of Rush in the nation of Slipstream with one thing in mind: to take murderous revenge for the deaths of his parents six years ago. His target is Admiral Chaison Fanning, head of the fleet of Slipstream, which conquered Hayden's nation of Aerie years ago. And the fact that Hayden's spent his adolescence living with pirates doesn't bode well for Fanning's chances.
Queen of Cadansce – Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air between the artificial continents of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive. Queen of Candesce is her story.
Titel: Diamond Star
Series: Saga of the Skolian Empire
Author: Catherine Asaro
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Baen (1st 2009)
Order from: Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
Excerpt: Chapter 1-8
I have started to dive into the Skolian Empire series my first book was Primary Inversion and I liked it. It was a Romantic science fiction with space opera, military scifi and hard science influence about a formidable yet human Julia character and it avoids the usual pitfalls of that genre, it is not action packed but there is enough thrill to go around. This looks like something a bit different in the same universe.
Del was a rock singer. He was also the renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, which made his career choice less than respectable, and gave him more to worry about than getting gigs and not getting cheated by recording companies, club owners, or his agent. For one thing, the Ruby Dynasty ruled the Skolian Imperialate, an interstellar Empire, which had recently had a war with another empire, the Eubian Concord. For another, Del was singing on Earth, which was part of a third interstellar civilization, and one which had an uneasy relationship with the Imperialate.
Del undeniably had talent, and was rapidly rising from an unknown fringe artist to stardom. But, with his life entangled in the politics of three interstellar civilizations, whether he wanted that or not, talent might not be enough. And that factor might have much more effect than his music on the lives of trillions of people on the thousands of inhabited worlds across the galaxy.
Other books of Interest
I should also mention the anthology Gateways that will be out in July. Anthologies and collections of short stories isn't my thing but this one looks promising. I might change my mind and include it in the later post.
Title: The Restoration Game
Author: Ken MacLeod
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Orbit 1 July 2010
Order from: Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
There is no such place as Krassnia. Lucy Stone should know – she was born there. In that tiny, troubled region of the former Soviet Union, revolution is brewing. Its organisers need a safe place to meet, and where better than the virtual spaces of an online game? Lucy, who works for a start-up games company in Edinburgh, has a project that almost seems made for the job: a game inspired by The Krassniad, an epic folk tale concocted by Lucy's mother Amanda, who studied there in the 1980s. Lucy knows Amanda is a spook. She knows her great-grandmother Eugenie also visited the country in the '30s, and met the man who originally collected Krassnian folklore, and who perished in Stalin's terror. As Lucy digs up details about her birthplace to slot into the game, she finds the open secrets of her family's past, the darker secrets of Krassnia's past – and hints about the crucial role she is destined to play in The Restoration Game …
New ReReleases
Title: The Puppet Masters
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Baen 27 July 2010 (First published 1951)
Order from: Amazon US | UK | B&N | sfbok
This is one of my favorite Heinlein book, the perfect summer read. It has a afterword by Sarah A Hoyt.
First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed. Except that two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the U.S. government were on the scene and disappeared without reporting in. And four more agents who were sent in also disappeared. So the head of the agency and his two top agents went in and managed to get out with their discovery: an invasion is underway by slug-like aliens who can touch a human and completely control his or her mind! Sam Cavanaugh was one of the agents who discovered the truth. Unfortunately, that was just before he was taken over by one of the aliens and began working for the invaders, with no will of his own. And he has just learned that a high official in the Treasury Department is now under control of the aliens. Since the Treasury Department includes the Secret Service, which safeguards the President of the United States, control of the entire nation is near at hand…
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I had an argument with a Facebook friend the other week that led to others joining in with her against my expressing my views about her beliefs, and the politics attached to them.
She is Catholic, and was expressing support for the bishops who are suing the US government to stop them "being forced to supply contraceptives".
I linked some article about the absurdity of people - particularly women - who allow their lives (and in particular reproductive lives) to be dictated to be a bunch of celibate men. She deleted my post, and a row ensued, whereby I said that the Catholic church was "founded on a lie which has been allowed to fester for the past 2000 years".
It subsequently lost me more Facebook friends who, I imagine, see me as some kind of "monster" for criticizing this woman's "beliefs". I think I'm just making the woman think.
Am I alone in thinking there are more ways than one of putting an atheist message across? And that although gentle discussion has its place, the occasional blast of "This is how it is" is necessary?
Personally, I'm tired of treading on eggshells around religion. I think it's time to let the Emperor know in no uncertain terms that his new clothes don't exist, and that he's making a fool of himself - even if it means losing friends doing so.
I'm of the opinion that religion isn't just some benign nonsense, but that it has political consequences, and it's an absurdity that causes a lot more problems than it fixes. And that it's about time we made more noise about it.
Opinions, please.
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One of the things that I've observed about religious people is their tendency to be right wing. Christians are a good example. I thought about it for a while why it seemed so that "The Christian Right" seemed to be a common phenomenon in the US and Britain. Then it occurred to me that part of it is that Christians pass responsibility over to "God" for their actions.
Christians love to spout on about humans being imperfect, and that "God" forgives them for their sins. They believe, too, that they'll even go to "heaven", regardless of how many sins they've committed, as long as they "accept Christ into their hearts". Only then, they think, will they be accepted.
So it's understandable that they'll feel happy: they don't feel responsible for their actions. Look at Tony Blair and you'll see a fine example of someone who doesn't take responsibility for his actions.
And perhaps this is where we have one of the biggest uphill struggles as atheists. We have nobody or no magic pixie to pass the buck over to. We're thinking people, and all we have is the science backed knowledge and conclusions we reach from actually thinking about shit.
Whereas the religious simply accept the bullshit, do what they're told, and pass the buck.
No different whatsoever to a military force: take orders, don't ask questions, and fuck the "enemy" - as long as you've got food on your table, plenty of stuff, and don't have to think too hard.
The extreme wingnutism is religious on both sides. Extreme commies just substitute communism for religion (see North Korea, China).
Its such a shame that people equate some things with wingism... because both sides have good and bad points - down the middle & balance is lost with this new pc that basically is going to turn the world into the film "Idiotocracy".
new pc = politically correct, not necessarily true but fits with the desires of the current cultural or social norm.
Wow. Many of the Christians I grew up with were very liberal socially, and often quite willing to defy church doctrine. Of course, I grew up in the Episcopal church.
Personally, I'm tired of treading on eggshells around religion. I think it's time to let the Emperor know in no uncertain terms that his new clothes don't exist, and that he's making a fool of himself - even if it means losing friends doing so.
I'm of the opinion that religion isn't just some benign nonsense, but that it has political consequences, and it's an absurdity that causes a lot more problems than it fixes. And that it's about time we made more noise about it
I'm with you. However you cannot argue with a person with a belief system, because a logical argument requires a few things:
Of course, if the person with a belief system had any of those things, they wouldn't have a belief system in the first place.
What we need to do is get to all the children of the world and educate them to think (you may have to confiscate all ipads and iphones LOL) before the world turns into the film "Idiotocracy".
But the point is that people DO change. There are plenty of people who believe, then come to their senses. I'm one of them. I know plenty of others who realize what a load of bollocks they've been believing, and become atheist.
What makes some change and others not?
I'm inclined to think they exist on a spectrum. Some are way at the believing end, and others have just a tentative hold on their faith.
Even then, though, I think any of them can shift. Sometimes I think it's the ones that spout off the most are the ones who believe it the least.
I do believe (yes, believe...) that there will be some kind of "critical mass" (not a Catholic one!) that will cause a major shift in belief, though. And it will be in atheist's favor.
It will only take a large swing towards rational thinking, which will include some prominent theists such as ex-clergy and ex Muslims (particularly famous ones) that will cause larger and larger numbers of people to drop religion entirely.
At least, that's what one can only hope for...
People do change. However, it was not ridicule that caused me to change. It was contemplation. The ridicule was largely based on ignorant points based on misconceptions about what Christianity taught, or what the Bible said. It really kept me from realizing that atheism had some serious arguments, because there was so much nonsense and there were so many smug ignorance-based comments.
I believe you are right about the shift. I think it will be brought about by the free access to information through the internet. I don't even think we need to try any harder than to just be have the most airtight and strongest positions and watch the people come in.
You and I converted under different means. Atheists are still an enormous minority as well. We can not definitively say that being a militant atheist would be a better way to speed up conversion rates. That is unskeptical. And when in doubt, it is not wise to take the "be a jerk to people route"
I think the most reasonable one is the middle ground. You don't need to tiptoe over their faith. It is fine to point out the specific parts that you really have the most problems with. It is also fine to grind any of their attacks into dust.
It is better to err on the side of caution. Using a method that will be interepreted as being a terrible person on account that it "may" lead to greater successes without blowback, reminds me of the many foreign policy blunders of the USA, or even the recent fiasco http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/atheist-slavery-billboard-... where an attempt to show why the bible is bad ended up coming across as racist.
The passage used in the billboard did not condone slavery as an institution, it condoned martyrdom, in the same way that the turn the other cheek passage condones martyrdom.
I don't believe we should be trying to de-convert people, I think we just need to get religious people to clean up their game. They're only human, they get confused and led astray. Their underlying concepts are sound, and in fact, rooted in reality. We need to appeal to their own, best, traditions of humanity and discipline.
I think trying to de-convert people is a bit weird. We hate it when religious people evangelize, so why is it OK for us to do it? Why not leave people alone to their own beliefs? We all want the same thing. It's not like they're nazis and criminals.
Well, I disagree. It's not a case of "de-converting" people. It's a case of educating them.
I'd like a world full of people who are rational. That might be asking a lot, but the more people who are turned off religion, the more likely they'll turn others off it and we'll finally be shed of it like we were shed of flat Earth theory and a geocentric universe.
It's Ok for us to do it because we're enlightening people. The religiods are only ever misguiding people or pulling the wool over their eyes.
"It's not like they're nazis and criminals"...well, some would disagree. The Catholic Church, for example, is one very big business which has its fingers in a lot of pies. Religion has a stranglehold over a lot of politicians. The religious ideologies are intertwined with just about every country's political system in some way.
And let's not even start with Islam...
But when you say "educate", surely you mean "de-convert".
You seem to equate "rational" with "correct". Rational, in an atheist sense, just means scientific, intellectual, materialist. But there's more to life than that.
Have you heard of Godels's Incompleteness Theorem? He proved that within the system of arithmetic, there are some statements that cannot be proven by using only the rules and axioms of that system. Or something similar. I believe that the same applies to "rationality". You can't answer every question by staying within the boundaries of strict, narrow rationality. If we try and do that, we end up going round in little circles. Rationality has to have something to work on besides just itself. All it is is a system of making sense of and describing the world. Nothing more. I think we spend too much time trying to fit the world into our nice neat little set of theories, and tend to forget about the world itself.
So it's not really very rational at all to stick with a strict narrow definition of rationality.
Rationality is great, we all love it, it's necessary. But there are other things which are just as important. Such as the quality of who people are, how they behave in everyday life, how they treat people, bring up their kids, do business. These are all things we can pull people up on and have public discussions about.
"These are all things we can pull people up on and have public discussions about."
Indeed. But none are remotely connected to the existence of a "god" or religion.
Face it, religion and "god" are founded on the "science" of the day. They're what made sense a couple of thousand years ago, just as Flat Earth Theory did.
Now, they're redundant.
I mean, would you be happy with someone teaching your kids Flat Earth Theory, a geocentric universe, or "creationism".
We still have schools which teach the latter.
Nope. I mean "educate".
> "These are all things we can pull people up on and have public discussions about."
> Indeed. But none are remotely connected to the existence of a "god" or religion.
But they are connected with religion. This grass-roots stuff is every bit as important as the big famous issues like birth control or creationism. It probably has more effect on people.
Religion can cause great damage within people's lives when it is done in the wrong way. Conversely, it also saves many lives and souls. If that means that people spend their lives engaged in what seems to us to be goofy rituals, then that's up to them, it doesn't cause any harm, and it's all part of the package.
It can cause harm through: Repression. Guilt. Judgementalism. Phoney selfish reasons for being hard on someone. False legitimacy assumed just because a person is religious. Denying someone's natural healthy humanity. Etc. Plain bullying, arrogance and selfishness. It doesn't have to be like that, and it's not supposed to be like that. It's all because people can't handle themselves, in my opinion, and can't handle not being seen to know everything.
As for teaching creationism, withholding birth control and other public policies: these are all separate issues, separate from each other, to be taken on a case-by-case basis - like all of these things are, although some are more or less linked.
For example, I don't know, but perhaps instead of fighting with Christian groups over teaching creationism, which is something that is very difficult to win, with both sides being very deeply entrenched: why not push for teaching Evolution to be given equal prominence.
For birth control, that's a completely different battle, and it looks like a very slow difficult one.
The only way we can influence anyone is to appeal to them as human beings, and speak to them in their own language. Religious people are not satanists. They claim to want the best for the world, and very often, they really do. Their traditions are heavily based on "love and peace" and we can mobilise those traditions with the aim of stopping "suck".
"Educate" seems like a good idea.


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Wolfpack awarded Champions of Character
October 14, 2011
Loyola University New Orleans was once again named a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Champions of Character Five Star Institution. This marks the third consecutive year the 'Pack has been awarded this prestigious title.
In order to achieve the award, schools must score 60 points or higher on the NAIA Champions of Character Scorecard. Institutions are measured in the following categories: character training, conduct in competition, academic focus, character recognition, character promotion, student-athlete grade point averages and no ejections during competition throughout the course of the academic year.
"We are extremely grateful to be recognized by the NAIA as a Champions of Character Five Star Institution," said athletic director and men's basketball coach Dr. Michael Giorlando. "The lessons learned in applying the five core values of character on and off the playing field is paramount to our student athletes for their future endeavors, and fits perfectly with Loyola University's mission of educating the whole person."
Twelve teams were recognized and represented by the Southern States Athletic Conference this year. Loyola improved upon the previous year's 61-point performance by scoring 78 total points, fourth highest in the conference. The 'Pack is proud to boast its excellence in integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.
"The Scorecard supports and recognizes member institutions and conferences using sport as a vehicle to teach life lessons," said Kristin Gillette, NAIA director of Champions of Character. "No doubt this is a point of differentiation in college athletics and makes a huge impact on our 60,000 student-athletes."
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