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[color:black]As of April 5

[color:black]Top 5 Teams In The Standings- Total Games Remaining

Caspien - 67

Ollie - 68

Booche - 65

Matty C - 63

Dave-0 - 64

[color:black]Most Games Missed Due To Injury

C-Towns - 144

Booche - 140

Dave Andrews - 136

Davey Boy - 136

Badams - 131

Caspien The Leader 71 - Nice to stay healthy

Hmmmmm

I don't have pictures but, I had organic beef burgers on the weekend...wow...what a difference in taste.

- I'd started to forget that one - thanks for reminding me, as we're talking about censorship in class tonight and it'll make a great example.

Here's another example Bahamas bans 'Brokeback'

The Plays and Films Control Board announced its ban at the request of the Bahamas Christian Council.

[color:purple]How odd.

If anybody's up right now there is a good light show

A good ploy by Random House since they publish both books.

Da Vinci victory for Dan Brown and Random House

Last Updated Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:00:49 EDT

CBC News

A judge in Britain has rejected the claim that Dan Brown copied ideas when he wrote the best-selling book The Da Vinci Code.

High Court justice Peter Smith ruled Friday in a London courtroom on the controversial lawsuit.

"Today's verdict shows that this claim was utterly without merit. I'm still astonished that these two authors chose to file their suit at all," Brown said in a statement, adding that he was "eager to get back to writing."

"I'm pleased with today's outcome, not only from a personal standpoint but also as a novelist," he said.

Brown was accused of infringing copyright by two historians who wrote the non-fiction book Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh sued Random House, publisher of The Da Vinci Code. They claimed Brown had stolen "the whole architecture" of his novel from their work.

Both books explore the theory that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, they had children and their bloodline survives to this day.

The theory, dismissed by theologians, caught the imagination of millions of readers in Brown's fast-paced mystery novel.

Authors and publishers were watching the case closely, because the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail – called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail in its most recent, illustrated publication – were testing a fundamental principle of copyright.

They had not claimed Brown copied passages from their work; instead, they were trying to retain copyright over their ideas. If the judge had ruled in their favour, it would have set a precedent.

"A victory for Leigh and Baigent would make it very difficult for novelists, particularly historical novelists," said Fiona Crawley, a copyright expert with law firm Bryan Cave LLP.

"They go to source books to research the history to incorporate into their novel," she said in an interview with the Associated Press. "It would call into question how they can research a historical novel without being accused of copyright infringement by the historian who has written the key work on that incident in history."

During the trial, Brown testified that he did consult Holy Blood, Holy Grail when writing the book, but said it was just one of many books he used.

The publicity shy author said his wife, Blythe, did much of the preliminary research.

In making his ruling, Judge Smith read both books and heard two weeks of esoteric testimony about subjects such as the founding of the Knights Templar and evolution of the Merovingian dynasty, Jesus' supposed bloodline.

The Da Vinci Code has sold 40 million copies around the world and was released in paperback in North America just last week. A movie, starring Tom Hanks, is to be released in May.

I just put my house up for sale last night.

Before 1960s' Flower Power, LSD was a medical wonder drug - a supposed treatment for mental illness. Then it became outlawed and discredited. But now a new generation is researching the medical benefits of psychedelic drugs.

"You realise that your feelings are beginning to change. You have to understand these drugs don't put things into your mind. You're very aware and in a subtle way this drug begins to change your perception - you're able to look at your same problem and feelings in a very different way."

Pam Sakuda, 58, is dying of cancer. Last year she took part in a controversial pilot project which uses psilocybin (pronounced sil-o-cybin), which comes from magic mushrooms, to help patients cope with the anxiety of being terminally ill.

From BBC News - Full Story

Will Arnold still be there?

Ebola virus best way to kill billions and save world: ecologist

Last Updated Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:13:08 EDT

CBC News

A respected Texas scientist says the best way to kill 90 per cent of the people on the planet and save the world is the Ebola virus.

"HIV is too slow," Eric Pianka said. "It's no good."

Biology professor Eric Pianka is known as the 'doomsday ecologist' for his controversial views on population growth. (Courtesy Eric Pianka)

Pianka, a 67-year-old biology professor at the University of Texas in Austin, can't understand why people object to his views.

"I don't bear any ill will towards anybody," Pianka said as he discussed the death threats, the jeering and the protests since his views became public last week. "I've got two granddaughters, man. I'm putting money in a college fund for my granddaughters. I'm worried about them."

He doesn't want to harm anybody, said Pianka, who has since backed off somewhat from his original comments. He just believes that the world has far too many people. The population of the world is estimated at six billion.

"What we really need to do is start thinking about controlling our population before it's too late," he told the Associated Press. "It's already too late, but we're not even thinking about it. We're just mindlessly rushing ahead breeding our brains out."

Labelled the "doomsday ecologist," Pianka is a latter-day Thomas Malthus, the 19th-century British economist who said there were too many people in the world. Malthus wanted to control human breeding to prevent overpopulation and starvation, ideas that were picked up 200 years later by the Chinese government.

Pianka approves of Chinese theories on birth control. But he goes one step further and advocates the use of the Ebola virus to kill off the world's surplus people.

"If we don't control our population, microbes will," he said. "Why do we have these lethal microbes that kill us in the first place? The answer is, there's too many of us."

Starvation and war will inevitably decimate the world's population, he says. But diseases, such as the Ebola virus, offers the most efficient and fastest way to "kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to be solved."

Pianka's unique view of the world extends to his own personality. His website shows an elderly man standing in the scrub of central Texas with a tangled grey beard, ragged clothing and a four-foot long monitor lizard.

He has even pre-written his obituary, presumably in case he's first in line for the Ebola virus.

The website shows a man who has unique views on the world, but is also a highly-respected scientist.

He describes himself as "The Lizard Man." He says he became a cripple at the age of 13 when he set off a bazooka shell that he picked up on an army base and developed gangrene in his leg. He also spent 10 years as a hermit in the desert and he lives with a herd of bison.

But he went on to become an eminent, award-winning scientist with 20 books and hundreds of scientific papers under his belt, studies at Ivy League Princeton University and positions on a host of scientific boards.

He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow. He was even made a Distinguished Texas Scientist by the eminent Texas Academy after giving a speech earlier this year on his population ideas.

Pianka's views have caused a stir in Austin, where he studies lizards at the local university.

"We have a lot of different points of view on the University of Texas at Austin campus. And we certainly support our faculty in saying what they think," said Don Hale, spokesman for the University of Texas.

"They have the right to express their point of view," he said. "But they're expressing their personal point of view."

I can't say I disagree.

If you can pull off 10 hour shifts during the week and take (and randomize) your extra day off during the week all would be well.

So, i'm at work wanting to go home and watch Lyon vs AC Milan. Then I remember that my office has cable (but no TV). Then I get a call that my shipment of DLP projectors has arrived. I found an old VCR that won't play tapes but can run the cable through and bam here is TSN getting ready for the match. Plug my pc speakers through the VCR head phones jack and the sound chimes in. Ready for a great afternoon at work.

Wooohoooo

It must be hard for the beggars these days when lots of people use their bank card to purchase everthing they need. No need to carry change any more. I suppose it won't be long until street people take Interact.

bnl over neil?

Steve here is how the list was made.

The list unfolded over ten weeks, with five songs added each week for eight weeks. A further ten songs were added by listener input in the ninth week. Panelists included Terry David Mulligan, Jay Ferguson, Lorraine Segato, Laurie Brown, Damhnait Doyle, Denise Donlon, Geoff Pevere, Leah McLaren, Lee Aaron, Jennifer Hollett and Emm Gryner. After the 50 songs were chosen, a listener vote was held to rank them.

Did anyone listen to the series on CBC radio about a year ago that took on this very exercise?

Here is the list from last year.

1. Ian and Sylvia, "Four Strong Winds"

2. Barenaked Ladies, "If I Had $1,000,000"

3. Neil Young, "Heart of Gold"

4. Stan Rogers, "Northwest Passage"

5. The Guess Who, "American Woman"

6. Gordon Lightfoot, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"

7. Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now"

8. Leonard Cohen, "Suzanne"

9. Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi"

10. Gordon Lightfoot, "Early Morning Rain"

11. Bruce Cockburn, "Lovers in a Dangerous Time"

12. Stompin' Tom Connors, "The Hockey Song"

13. Tom Cochrane, "Life Is a Highway"

14. Blue Rodeo, "Try"

15. The Band, "The Weight"

16. The Tragically Hip, "New Orleans is Sinking"

17. Bryan Adams, "Summer of '69"

18. Bachman-Turner Overdrive, "Takin' Care of Business"

19. Anne Murray, "Snowbird"

20. Sarah McLachlan, "Angel"

21. k.d. lang, "Constant Craving"

22. Spirit of the West, "Home For a Rest"

23. The Guess Who, "These Eyes"

24. Neil Young, "Rockin' in the Free World"

25. Gordon Lightfoot, "Sundown"

26. Buffy Sainte-Marie, "Universal Soldier"

27. The Tragically Hip, "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)"

28. Alanis Morissette, "You Oughta Know"

29. Bruce Cockburn, "Wondering Where the Lions Are"

30. Gilles Vigneault, "Mon Pays"

31. Trooper, "Raise a Little Hell"

[color:red]32. Blue Rodeo, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet"

33. Rush, "Tom Sawyer"

34. Hank Snow, "I'm Movin' On"

35. Martha and the Muffins, "Echo Beach"

36. Men Without Hats, "The Safety Dance"

37. k-os, "Crabbuckit"

38. Rough Trade, "High School Confidential"

39. Sam Roberts, "Brother Down"

40. Paul Anka, "Diana"

41. Ron Hynes, "Sonny's Dream"

42. Leonard Cohen, "Tower of Song"

43. The Crew Cuts, "Sh'Boom"

44. Parachute Club, "Rise Up"

45. Sloan, "Coax Me"

46. Maestro Fresh Wes, "Let Your Backbone Slide"

47. Tommy Dorsey, "I'll Never Smile Again"

48. Rush, "Fly By Night"

49. D.O.A., "Disco Sucks"

50. Wilf Carter, "My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby"

Does anybody use cycling shoes with a clip-less pedal? Do you find it worth it? Does it help your cycling?

Thanks

the US is whacked. read the following article discussing Florida's new "Stand Your Ground" law in which a person can shoot and kill anyone who illegally enters their home.

Leave it to Jeb.

Don't forget your car and boat as well.

i wonder where the parents were keeping the gun?

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The 5-year-old boy climbed from a chair onto a washer-dryer and got an unloaded pistol out of a cupboard at home, police said.

The Berenstain Bears Books.

Although I must have missed this one growing up.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Posted: 8:04 a.m. EST (13:04 GMT)

FIRCREST, Washington (AP) -- A kindergarten student was expelled for 10 days after he brought a .22-caliber gun to school, officials said.

The 5-year-old boy climbed from a chair onto a washer-dryer and got an unloaded pistol out of a cupboard at home, police said. He showed a friend the gun on the Whittier Elementary School playground, then put it into a friend's backpack, Police Chief John Cheesman said.

The boy never made any threat and told the principal what he had done Monday but was expelled immediately, said Patti Holmgren, a spokeswoman for the Tacoma school system. Police confiscated the gun.

School officials were investigating, classmates have been reminded not to bring guns to school and a letter on the incident has been sent to parents of Whittier students, Holmgren said.

The boy's parents tried to keep the gun out of his reach and did not store ammunition with it, so no criminal charges are likely, the police chief said.

"The boy now realizes he should not have brought the pistol to school," Cheesman added. "There was an understanding there that he shouldn't have done it and that what he did was wrong."

School officials were investigating, classmates have been reminded not to bring guns to school

It's pretty bad when school kids have to be reminded not to bring guns to school.

Oppps wrong forum. Damn how do you change it?

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) -- A Canadian province wants to make it easier for people to say they are sorry without the fear of being sued.

British Columbia proposed legislation Tuesday to allow people, companies and public officials to apologize without it becoming an admission of liability.

"There are times when an apology is very important and appropriate, but the legal implications have been uncertain," Attorney General Wally Oppal said.

The province's ombudsman had asked for the legislation, saying in a report in February that apologies can soothe the anger of citizens wronged by the government.

From CNN

Ya man I like remember this one time when I bought some hash the guy didn't charge me any GST. It was awesome

I liked when he called Lisa "TVisa".