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  1. Link quote:DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) - People thought American two-door performance cars were dead. The Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac Firebird went out of production in 2003. That left just the Mustang hanging on. It's not hanging on anymore. With its 2005 redesign, the Mustang has taken off, selling like it did in 1964 when it was first introduced. Now the ghosts are revving their engines. Yesterday, the Dodge Challenger, in modern concept-car form, was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. Today, it was the Camaro. Ever since the new Mustang was released, General Motors executives have been saying they wanted to compete. So far, these are only concepts but each could be produced with a few changes. The Camaro concept rolled out onto the show floor at the North American International Auto Show, better known as the Detroit Auto Show, this morning. Like the Dodge Challenger concept, which was revealed on Sunday, the Camaro follows the Mustang's lead in taking its design cues straight from the classics of the late 1960s and early '70s. "The fact that the Camaro has been out of production for a number of years made it particularly important that the Camaro Concept honors the Camaro heritage in the right way," said Bob Boniface, director of GM's Warren Advanced Design Studio, The 2006 concept was particularly inspired by the 1969 version of the Camaro. "The overall proportions, long hood and powerful fender forms say, 'This is a front-engine, rear-wheel drive performance vehicle,' " said Tom Peters, GM's design director for rear-wheel drive performance cars. The concept car has a prominent front grille and hood bulge. Large wheels (the front wheels are 21 inches in diameter and the back wheels are 22 inches), exposed high-performance brakes, and prominent fender shapes add to the "muscle car" theme. Under the hood, the concept Camaro shares an aluminum 6.0-liter engine with the Chevrolet Corvette C6 race car.This and the Challenger, what a great week
  2. video quote:While teaching a gun safety course at a high school, a cop lectures students on the importance of gun safety. Everything he tells them goes out the window when he shoots himself in the leg during the demonstration!
  3. quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: Yeah sad story. I heard this announced on the news some time ago about the recall. Can't tell from the recall list if they are either dry or canned or both food types. I feed my two dogs dry Reward Dinner Rounds with plenty of side treats also. Not sure if it is dry or canned either, but if you live in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Vermont and Virginia you might want to double check your dog and cat food.
  4. link quote:At least 100 dogs in the United States have been killed in recent weeks by toxic pet food despite a recall of the products, scientists said today. Some 19 brands of Diamond, Country Value and Professional dog foods have been recalled. But many pet owners are not aware of the recall, researchers at Cornell University said Friday. Dogs have refused to eat the food and, in some cases, their owners have enticed them with gravy and other lures without knowing they were killing the animals. "Entire kennels have been wiped out, and because of the holiday these past few weeks, the dispersal of recall information was disrupted," said Sharon Center, a professor of veterinary medicine who specializes in liver function and disease at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell. The dog food is tainted with deadly aflatoxins that waste the liver away. The bad food could be present in a dozen other countries, too, the researchers say. About two-thirds of dogs that show symptoms from the toxin have died. The dogs seemed to know their food was deadly. "Some dogs were stealing food from the kitchen counter," Center said. "Others just stopped eating the food and begged for treats. Unfortunately, some owners used gravy and other mixers to entice their dogs to consume what they thought was safe, quality dog food." Only about two dozen deaths have been firmly linked to the tainted pet food. But Center and her colleagues know the toll is far higher. "Every day, we're hearing reports from veterinarians in the East and Southeast who have treated dogs that have died from liver damage this past month or so," Center said. "We're also concerned about the long-term health of dogs that survive as well as dogs that have eaten the tainted food but show no clinical signs." Surviving dogs may develop chronic liver disease or liver cancer, she said. "Despite our understanding of this complex toxin, we have no direct antidote," Center said. Symptoms arise over days or weeks. Early signs include lethargy, loss of appetite and vomiting. Later, look for orange-colored urine and jaundice, which is a yellowing of the eyes and gums. Severely affected dogs produce a blood-tinged vomit and bloody or blackened stools.
  5. As of January 2006, this document began over 40 months ago, over 3.33 years ago, or a good while back however you want to look at it. This page has a header (you are reading it now), and a footer at the end of the document, the body of the page is my journal of experiences, since this battle began. It has been bloody, but none of the blood is on my hands. The issue has been before senators, and officials from several nations, but my adversaries continue to conceive trouble and bring forth falsehood rather than recant and seek my pardon. You will read how the inaction of the chiefs has laid guilt on them who failed to perform the duties of their office...
  6. Each week the Magazine picks out snippets from the news, and compiles them into 10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week. Here's an end of year almanac
  7. ARP has an article where Seagate answered some questions about the acquisition quote:Now, what does this mean for the market? The "loss" of a manufacturer like Maxtor would inevitably mean fewer choices in the market and less competition, potentially leading to higher prices. On the other hand, absorbing Maxtor may allow Seagate to reduce costs and pass the savings to customers. More immediately, what would this merger mean to Maxtor customers? How much will they be affected as a result of Seagate's acquisition of the company that made their products? Will they still be entitled to the same warranty and service channels? We had the opportunity to ask Seagate some questions about these questions. Let's take a look at what they had to say! ARP : What will this mean for Maxtor? Will the Maxtor brand continue to exist? Seagate : It's possible some of the branded solutions/retail products may maintain some Maxtor branding, but it's too early to tell. They're very strong in this space. We will retain the Seagate brand for all other products. ARP : What will Seagate do with current Maxtor products? Will they be integrated into Seagate's product lines or phased out? Seagate : Again, a little too early to tell, but we'll likely keep our line intact as they don't have any products that we don't already have. ARP : What will Seagate's acquisition of Maxtor bring with it, in terms of technology and engineering expertise? Or did Seagate acquire Maxtor only for its manufacturing facilities, etc? Seagate : They do bring engineering expertise, but primarily they have manufacturing assets that are particularly appealing. ARP : How will this affect current Maxtor customers, as far as warranty and service & support are concerned? Seagate : That will be figured out as we progress through the completion of the transaction. ARP : What about current Maxtor distributors? Will they automatically become Seagate distributors, even in countries where Seagate has agreements with sole distributors? Seagate : See answer above. ARP : How will this affect Seagate's and Maxtor's workforce? Will there be any reduction in workforce? Seagate : There is obvious overlap and redundancy. We'll address that as we get closer to the close. Seagate's management will remain in place. There are no planned Seagate workforce reductions as a result of this transaction. ARP : How will this affect Seagate's and Maxtor's facilities? Will Seagate be closing any Maxtor facilities as a result of this merger? Seagate : We'll integrate where it makes sense, primarily in China and their media facilities. Seagate's facilities will only be positively impacted by the acquisition.
  8. quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: 1: Yeah, I've tried to stay away from those types of video cards in the past. But with the new power supply, I hope 450w is still enough, I should be okay. My previous power supply was 350.The 400W Sparkle PSU that I have, seems to work alright for my 6800GT. As long as you got a good brand, 450W should be more than enough. quote: 2: I have Full size server case and I might need to get a longer Floppy IDE because the floppy drive bay is all the way on top. My Msi board is midway on the board and the cable just reaches I think. As for the board you had, that means the power connector for the board was way off the beaten track?Just out of curiosity any reason your keeping the floppy drive? I removed mine the last time I upgraded and I really have not missed it. The power connector was about where your RAM goes. The whole board was a bit off the beaten track being a VL busPCI combo board just about everything was in odd locations, I guess to make room for all of the components.
  9. quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: Thanks. Oh okay, I was thinking it might have had something to do with the video systen.naw, now if you where to upgraded your video card to something like a 6800GT they need extra power, mine used the same plug type as the one you would use for harddrives, CD-Rom drives etc. quote: Motherboard schematics Look where they put the floppy connector. oh that's not too bad, at least it's near the drives, I had a board that put the connector under where the Power Supply would be
  10. Nice! The extra 4 pin connector is needed for more power hungry processors like the AMD 64 and later P4's.
  11. Link quote:Seagate (NYSE: STX) and Maxtor (NYSE: MXO) today jointly announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Seagate will acquire Maxtor in an all stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Maxtor shareholders will receive .37 shares of Seagate common stock for each Maxtor share they own. When the transaction is completed Seagate shareholders will own approximately 84% and Maxtor shareholders will own approximately 16% of the combined company. The value of the transaction is approximately $1.9 billion...
  12. Link quote:BAGHDAD, Iraq - Maybe it was the time the taxi dumped him at the Iraq-Kuwait border, leaving him alone in the middle of the desert. Or when he drew a crowd at a Baghdad food stand after using an Arabic phrase book to order. Or the moment a Kuwaiti cab driver almost punched him in the face when he balked at the $100 fare. But at some point, Farris Hassan, a 16-year-old from Florida, realized that traveling to Iraq by himself was not the safest thing he could have done with his Christmas vacation. And he didn't even tell his parents. Hassan's dangerous adventure winds down with the 101st Airborne delivering the Fort Lauderdale teen to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, which had been on the lookout for him and promises to see him back to the United States this weekend. It begins with a high school class on "immersion journalism" and one overly eager — or naively idealistic — student who's lucky to be alive after going way beyond what any teacher would ask. As a junior this year at a Pine Crest School, a prep academy of about 700 students in Fort Lauderdale, Hassan studied writers like John McPhee in the book "The New Journalism," an introduction to immersion journalism — a writer who lives the life of his subject in order to better understand it. Diving headfirst into an assignment, Hassan, whose parents were born in Iraq but have lived in the United States for about 35 years, hung out at a local mosque. The teen, who says he has no religious affiliation, added that he even spent an entire night until 6 a.m. talking politics with a group of Muslim men, a level of "immersion" his teacher characterized as dangerous and irresponsible. The next trimester his class was assigned to choose an international topic and write editorials about it, Hassan said. He chose the Iraq war and decided to practice immersion journalism there, too, though he knows his school in no way endorses his travels. "I thought I'd go the extra mile for that, or rather, a few thousand miles," he told The Associated Press. Using money his parents had given him at one point, he bought a $900 plane ticket and took off from school a week before Christmas vacation started, skipping classes and leaving the country on Dec. 11. His goal: Baghdad. Those privy to his plans: two high school buddies. Given his heritage, Hassan could almost pass as Iraqi. His father's background helped him secure an entry visa, and native Arabs would see in his face Iraqi features and a familiar skin tone. His wispy beard was meant to help him blend in. But underneath that Mideast veneer was full-blooded American teen, a born-and-bred Floridian sporting white Nike tennis shoes and trendy jeans. And as soon as the lanky, 6-foot teenager opened his mouth — he speaks no Arabic — his true nationality would have betrayed him. Traveling on his own in a land where insurgents and jihadists have kidnapped more than 400 foreigners, killing at least 39 of them, Hassan walked straight into a death zone. On Monday, his first full day in Iraq, six vehicle bombs exploded in Baghdad, killing five people and wounding more than 40. The State Department strongly advises U.S. citizens against traveling to Iraq, saying it "remains very dangerous." Forty American citizens have been kidnapped since the war started in March 2003, of which 10 have been killed, a U.S. official said. About 15 remain missing. "Travel warnings are issued for countries that are considered especially dangerous for Americans, and one of the strongest warnings covers travel to Iraq," said Elizabeth Colton, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Colton said the embassy's consular section can provide only limited help to Americans in Iraq, though once officials learn of a potentially dangerous situation every effort is made to assist. Inside the safety of Baghdad's Green Zone, an Embassy official from the Hostage Working Group talked to Hassan about how risky travel is in Iraq. "This place is incredibly dangerous to individual private American citizens, especially minors, and all of us, especially the military, went to extraordinary lengths to ensure this youth's safety, even if he doesn't acknowledge it or even understand it," a U.S. official who wasn't authorized to speak to the media said on condition of anonymity. Hassan's extra-mile attitude took him east through eight time zones, from Fort Lauderdale to Kuwait City. His plan was to take a taxi across the border and ultimately to Baghdad — an unconventional, expensive and utterly dangerous route. It was in Kuwait City that he first called his parents to tell them of his plans — and that he was now in the Middle East. His mother, Shatha Atiya, a psychologist, said she was "shocked and terrified." She had told him she would take him to Iraq, but only after the country stabilizes. "He thinks he can be an ambassador for democracy around the world. It's admirable but also agony for a parent," Atiya said. Attempting to get into Iraq, Hassan took a taxi from Kuwait City to the border 55 miles away. He spoke English at the border and was soon surrounded by about 15 men, a scene he wanted no part of. On the drive back to Kuwait City, a taxi driver almost punched him when he balked at the fee. "In one day I probably spent like $250 on taxis," he said. "And they're so evil too, because they ripped me off, and when I wouldn't pay the ripped-off price they started threatening me. It was bad." It could have been worse — the border could have been open. As luck would have it, the teenager found himself at the Iraq-Kuwait line sometime on Dec. 13, and the border security was extra tight because of Iraq's Dec. 15 parliamentary elections. The timing saved him from a dangerous trip. "If they'd let me in from Kuwait, I probably would have died," he acknowledged. "That would have been a bad idea." He again called his father, who told him to come home. But the teen insisted on going to Baghdad. His father advised him to stay with family friends in Beirut, Lebanon, so he flew there, spending 10 days before flying to Baghdad on Christmas. His ride at Baghdad International Airport, arranged by the family friends in Lebanon, dropped him off at an international hotel where Americans were staying. He says he only strayed far from that hotel once, in search of food. He walked into a nearby shop and asked for a menu. When no menu appeared, he pulled out his Arabic phrase book, and after fumbling around found the word "menu." The stand didn't have one. Then a worker tried to read some of the English phrases. "And I'm like, 'Well, I should probably be going.' It was not a safe place. The way they were looking at me kind of freaked me out," he said. It was mid-afternoon Tuesday, after his second night in Baghdad, that he sought out editors at The Associated Press and announced he was in Iraq to do research and humanitarian work. AP staffers had never seen an unaccompanied teenage American walk into their war zone office. ("I would have been less surprised if little green men had walked in," said editor Patrick Quinn.) Wearing a blue long-sleeve shirt in addition to his jeans and sneakers, Hassan appeared eager and outgoing but slightly sheepish about his situation. The AP quickly called the U.S. embassy. Embassy officials had been on the lookout for Hassan, at the request of his parents, who still weren't sure exactly where he was. One U.S. military officer said he was shocked the teen was still alive. The 101st Airborne lieutenant who picked him up from the hotel said it was the wildest story he'd ever heard. Hassan accepted being turned over to authorities as the safest thing to do, but seemed to accept the idea more readily over time. Most of Hassan's wild tale could not be corroborated, but his larger story arc was in line with details provided by friends and family members back home. Dangerous and dramatic, Hassan's trip has also been educational. He had tea with Kuwaitis under a tent in the middle of a desert. He says he interviewed Christians in south Lebanon. And he said he spoke with U.S. soldiers guarding his Baghdad hotel who told him they are treated better by Sunni Arabs — the minority population that enjoyed a high standing under Saddam Hussein and are now thought to fuel the insurgency — than by the majority Shiites. His father, Redha Hassan, a doctor, said his son is an idealist, principled and moral. Aside from the research he wanted to accomplish, he also wrote in an essay saying he wanted to volunteer in Iraq. He said he wrote half the essay while in the United States, half in Kuwait, and e-mailed it to his teachers Dec. 15 while in the Kuwait City airport. "There is a struggle in Iraq between good and evil, between those striving for freedom and liberty and those striving for death and destruction," he wrote. "Those terrorists are not human but pure evil. For their goals to be thwarted, decent individuals must answer justice's call for help. Unfortunately altruism is always in short supply. Not enough are willing to set aside the material ambitions of this transient world, put morality first, and risk their lives for the cause of humanity. So I will." "I want to experience during my Christmas the same hardships ordinary Iraqis experience everyday, so that I may better empathize with their distress," he wrote. Farris Hassan says he thinks a trip to the Middle East is a healthy vacation compared with a trip to Colorado for holiday skiing. "You go to, like, the worst place in the world and things are terrible," he said. "When you go back home you have such a new appreciation for all the blessing you have there, and I'm just going to be, like, ecstatic for life." His mother, however, sees things differently. "I don't think I will ever leave him in the house alone again," she said. "He showed a lack of judgment." Hassan may not mind, at least for a while. He now understands how dangerous his trip was, that he was only a whisker away from death. His plans on his return to Florida: "Kiss the ground and hug everyone.
  13. Link quote:F-SECURE, Bugtraq and a number of other security aware outfits have warned of a zero day vulnerability that's being actively exploited as we write. Fully patched Windows XP SP2 machines are vulnerable and there's no known fix as yet. A number of trojans are being distributed using the vulnerability, related to Windows' image rendering. Have a look, for example, at the F-Secure site, here, for more information. F-Secure says you can get blatted if you visit a site with an image file containing the exploit. IE users may automatically be infected. Firefox users can get infected if the image file is downloaded. There's more solid advice at F-Secure. We await a patch from Microsoft. * UPDATE Ken Dunham, director at iDefense, said the zero day WMF exploitation threat affecting fully patched versions of XP and Windows 2003 Web Server is underway. It has been exploited by multiple sites and added to the infamous Meetasploit tools. Attacks in the last 12 hours, said Dunham, have been minor. But systems so far attacked have shown clear signs of infection. He warned further attacks were likely. There is no solid workaround against emerging WMF exploits. Locking down WMF files on the gateway and building network detection signatures may mitigate known threats. The impact of attacks may also increase.F-Secure info Microsoft's offical statement.
  14. Wow! need to start building more of these rovers!
  15. The movie never seems to drag so for me the length was not an issue. The conclusion of the brontosaurus charge was a nicely done comic relief. Overall it was not a bad movie. Only thing I wish they would do is when Kong takes the plunge off the Empire State building, Carl Denham needs to be there to try and "catch" him. 7/10 Wonder if we are going to see the sequel Son of Kong?
  16. Link quote:WASHINGTON - The FDA has warned a California company over problems with its blood-sugar monitors, used by million of diabetics around the world. The Food and Drug Administration said LifeScan Inc., a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, did not meet agency manufacturing standards and failed to properly investigate reports of serious health problems associated with its OneTouch Ultra and UltraSmart blood-glucose monitors. The letter, dated Dec. 7 but posted to the FDA Web site on Tuesday, stemmed from an inspection of the Milpitas, Calif. company that began April 6. Six days after the inspection began, LifeScan warned that users of the glucose monitors could unwittingly change the unit of measure on the devices and misinterpret their results. Two days after that, the company said it had received 40 reports of problems from the misreadings, including what it called "temporary periods" of high or low blood sugar in diabetic patients who required medical attention as a result. The FDA letter cited five such incidents where patients had to be hospitalized. LifeScan failed to properly investigate the incidents, the FDA said. The company stopped shipping the monitors this spring and has since redesigned them. "LifeScan has implemented a number of corrective actions," the company said in a statement. "The recent warning letter acknowledged that many of the new procedures are adequate. However the agency has requested additional information to better understand the further improvements we plan to make." The company estimates 4.7 million people worldwide use its blood-glucose monitors.
  17. Link quote:The Massachusetts Turnpike, our main highway leading through Boston, is a toll road. Riding it end to end costs you $5.60; commuting into the city from the suburbs costs $2.00, or more, each way. All those tolls really add up -- the average commuter spends $1000.00 per year on tolls -- but it's either that or keep our massive highway construction projects under budget. Recently, while giving away yet another $1.00 of my hard-earned money for the privilege of driving into town, I wondered: how flexible are they about the tolls? So I decided to undertake a series of experiments...
  18. I suspect that if this really takes off then everything else will change too, books included.
  19. Link quote:Just in time for his 80th birthday, Winnie-the-Pooh is getting an extreme makeover. The Disney Channel announced Thursday that it was working on a new animated series called My Friends Tigger and Pooh. The show is slated to debut in 2007 and seeks to update the geriatric characters, which were created by British author A.A. Milne in 1926 for his young son, Christopher Robin. The most controversial part: the character of longtime bear buddy Christopher Robin will be banished from the Hundred Acre Wood and replaced by a six-year-old tomboyish girl. The kid-friendly cable network said they hope to attract an older audience by adding the unnamed tyke. The series also will change the look of the rest of the gang, including Piglet, Rabbit and Eeyore, by using brighter colors and 3-D computer animation. "We got raised eyebrows even in house at first, but the feeling was these timeless characters really needed a breath of fresh air that only the introduction of someone new could provide," Disney Channel spokeswoman Nancy Kanter told USA Today. The news has sparked outrage in Milne's native England, where fans have taken umbrage at the change. "This is a betrayal of Milne's stories, because he wrote them specifically for Christopher Robin," one purist grouses in Britain's Independent newspaper. But the makeover is getting a vote of confidence from someone close to Pooh Corner. Lesley Milne, widow of Christopher Robin Milne, says her late husband would be pleased. "He hated the character Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh and Disney," she told London Times. "He detested the whole set-up so much that I don't think he would have minded the loss." Can you feel the love? Meanwhile, news of the Pooh redo came just hours before a federal appeals court denied an attempt by Clara Milne, the daughter of the real Christopher Robin and heir to A.A. Milne's estate, to reclaim the merchandising rights for the Pooh crew. Clara Milne first filed the lawsuit in 2002 in an attempt to win back the books' U.S. and Canadian licensing rights from the estate of Stephen Slesinger, a former literary agent who acquired the rights from the author in 1930, so she could sell them to Disney. In 2003, the court ruled that Milne could not void her grandfather's previous agreement to renew the Slesingers' license. Thursday's ruling upheld that finding. "We are very, very gratified by the court's decision," the late Slesinger's daughter, Pati, said in a statement. "Disney has been trying desperately to get rid of the Slesingers and get out from under their contract." While the Walt Disney Co. was not formally involved in the case, the court ruling noted that they did foot the bill for Milne's litigation. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal "affirms that we have a valid agreement between Disney and Milne and Slesinger and that their attempts to end a relationship by this termination has failed," said Slesinger's attorney, Nancy Fineman. Milne's attorney says the decision might be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Slesinger family has also been involved in a separate state court battle with Disney since 1991, claiming they're owed more than $700 million in royalties from Pooh-related merchandise. The family accuses the Mouse House of hiding revenue to avoid paying the substantial sum. Last year, a trial judge dismissed the lawsuit after ruling that investigators employed by the Slesingers engaged in inappropriate conduct, but the family has filed for an appeal. As a certain honey-loving critter might say, "Oh, bother."
  20. Xbox 360 Controller for Windows Think this is the product that should have been linked?
  21. quote: Pearl Harbor By Marty Lewinter I think of those who died for me, Who gave their lives for liberty, Whose graves are found on distant shores Their young lives lost in freedom's wars. I feel the loss of those cut down - The gloom and tears in some small town When fearful word of snuffed-out lives Dashed the hopes and dreams of wives. I see their ghosts . . . I hear their call, Grim spirits pained but standing tall, "Remember us - we died for you, Make sure our land stays just and true."Link
  22. *sigh* Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class quote:LAWRENCE - A professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he sent e-mails deriding Christian conservatives was hospitalized Monday after what appeared to be a roadside beating. University of Kansas religious studies professor Paul Mirecki said that the two men who beat him made references to the class that was to be offered for the first time this spring. Originally called "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies," the course was canceled last week at Mirecki's request. The class was added after the Kansas State Board of Education decided to include more criticism of evolution in science standards for elementary and secondary students. "I didn't know them," Mirecki said of his assailants, "but I'm sure they knew me." One recent e-mail from Mirecki to members of a student organization referred to religious conservatives as "fundies," and said a course describing intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face." Mirecki has apologized for those comments. Lt. Kari Wempe, a spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, said a deputy was dispatched to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after receiving a call around 7 a.m. regarding a battery. She said Mirecki reported he was attacked around 6:40 a.m. in rural Douglas County south of Lawrence. Mirecki told the Lawrence Journal-World that he was driving to breakfast when he noticed the men tailgating him in a pickup truck. "I just pulled over hoping they would pass, and then they pulled up real close behind," he said. "They got out, and I made the mistake of getting out." He said the men beat him on the head, shoulders and back with their fists, and possibly a metal object. Wempe said Mirecki drove himself to the hospital after the attack. Mirecki told the student newspaper, the University Daily Kansan, that he spent between three and four hours at the hospital. He said his injuries included a broken tooth. "I'm mostly shaken up, and I got some bruises and sore spots," he told the Lawrence Journal-World. Wempe said Mirecki described the suspects as two white men between 30 and 40 years of age. One of the men was described as wearing a red, visorlike ball cap and wool gloves. Mirecki said the men left in a large pickup. Wempe said the department would investigate "every aspect," but couldn't discuss specifics. Andrew Stangl, president of the Society for Open Minded Atheists and Agnostics at the university, described the attack as "bizarre and terrifying." He said Mirecki, who is the group's faculty adviser, was adamant that the beating was related to the recently canceled course. "That absolutely shocked me," he said, "because people don't do that in a civilized society." State Sen. Kay O'Connor, a Mirecki critic, said there is no excuse for someone physically assaulting the professor -- regardless of their politics. "I have zero tolerance for thugs," she said. "There is never an excuse to behave in such a manner. This was just thugs. They used a flimsy excuse, if they had one, to behave as thugs. They can talk about the ID (intelligent design) course if they want to, but that's not an excuse."
  23. quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: his son Jones II.You mean his daughter
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