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Ellen Page and Alia Shawkat were at Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals the other night in LA. Click here for a refresher. I was surprised that more than 5 of you cared. Last night Ellen's hockey companion was Alexander Skarsgard. They worked together on a movie.
How much do you LOVE the pictures of them during the game, super intense, living and dying with every play? I think I might turn the one of them side by side, with both hands by their heads into my new wallpaper. The height difference makes it even better.
So now the series goes back to NJ for Game 5. Hollywood doesn't get to celebrate an at-home Stanley Cup win unless the Kings lose and return for the next. Which...I mean you never want to take that chance but the NHL would probably like nothing more than to stretch to a Game 6 in Los Angeles with the Cup on the ice by the end of the night.
Why am I cheering for LA and not Martin Brodeur playing in his last final? I told you about the time I interviewed him right? At the Hockey Hall Of Fame? There's a goaltender game at the HHoF and we wanted to shoot him going up against the game, obviously. You can put the game on 3 settings: easy, medium, expert, something like that. None of us were particularly impressed when he had to be a baby about not playing it on the hardest level, getting all bothered and sulky when the pucks were going past him. Like, come ON. Who's holding that against you and if that's the case why don't you make like Roy and stick your Cup rings up their asses?
I remember all of us, our crew that day, being super dejected after that experience. He was our hero. That's Marty Brodeur! Today we're not doing a Hollywood interview, we're spending time with a Canadian hockey legend! And, well, it turned out to be kind of the same.

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A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, March 10, 2013, the Fourth Sunday of Lent | Carl E. Olson
Jos 5:9a, 10-12
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
2 Cor 5:17-21
Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
"How could a loving God send people to hell?"
It's a question I've heard many times from people who balk at the claims of the Catholic Church because they believe she worships a supernatural despot intent on punishment, not love. Years ago the founder the local "Freethinkers and Atheists' Society" sent me a letter filled with angry attacks on the Christian God. "It must be comforting," he wrote, "thinking that you're going to heaven where you can look down at the billions of souls screaming and writhing in pain … consumed by flame for all of eternity, but never dying; all this courtesy of your all-compassionate and loving friend Jesus. . . . Do you find this condemnation the act of a moral god? Why would such a creature bother creating an entire system where the vast majority of his creation will spend all eternity burning in flames?"
Sadly, this is the case for many people who, for various reasons, believe God wishes to deny them happiness, fulfillment, and love. Today's Gospel reading of the well-known parable of the Prodigal Son offers a very different perspective, which flows from the knowledge the Son has of both His Father and man's fallen, sinful state. Seemingly simple, the parable is rich with meaning and conviction, for it captures the tension and love at the heart of human relationships while illuminating the difficulty we sometimes face in correctly understanding the mercy, justice, and love of our Heavenly Father.
Part of the great power of Jesus' story of the father and his two sons is how it brilliantly captures the viewpoint of each of the three men without ever losing any moral clarity. And I think that most readers can relate in some way to the desires of each man, even while recognizing that some of those desires are sinful and others are holy. For instance, we know what it is like to be rebellious and to think that God is hindering us from enjoying our lives on our terms. This is what the Catechism calls "the fascination of illusory freedom," (CCC 1439) the belief that we can find meaning, joy, and peace apart from God.
We also know what it is like to begrudge the joy of others, as the brother does, understanding our relationship with God in purely legalistic terms while failing to the embrace the sonship given to us in baptism. In his encyclical Dives in Misericordia, Pope John Paul II highlighted what this parable teaches about the dignity of the son who dwells in the father's house. He points out that when the one son leaves, his greatest loss is not material, but the loss of familial life—the "tragedy of lost dignity, the awareness of squandered sonship" (par 5). Yet the son who never left had also squandered his sonship, having failed to see himself as a son first, not just an heir to material possessions.
The prodigal son, upon recognizing how far he had fallen and how he had wasted his life—his very being—on sinful pleasures, rediscovers his sonship, paradoxically, by recognizing that he is not worthy to be called a son: "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son." His brother's failure is shown not just in his anger at the feast prepared by the father, but by his refusal to address as "Father" the one who gave him life.
Many who believe that God desires to punish them have confused the alienation caused by their rejection of God with divine anger. In exercising their free will, they miss that their freedom is a gift of love given by a merciful Father. He will not force anyone to come home; He will not make anyone embrace the gift of sonship. But He does wait, longing for the return of every lost soul "to the bosom of his family, which is the Church." (CCC 1439).
(This "Opening the Word" column originally appeared in the March 18, 2007, edition of Our Sunday Visitor newspaper.)


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Standing at 186cm (6'1″) and weighing 15kg (33 lbs.) Martin Latta's (thire5) life sized LEGO model of the T-800 from the Terminator films is a sight to see. In particular with Martin standing beside it for a sense of scale.
Those lucky enough to be in the area, this model has been created for an exhibit in Lipno Point, Czech Republic.
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Artificially generated black holes could provide us with the power to make inter-solar travel a possibility. New research shows how strapping a black hole to your starship might just give you the juice to get to Alpha Centauri.
Louis Crane and Shawn Westmoreland of Kansas State University propose a way to use black holes as fuel that is entirely within the bounds of physics and technology as we know them, but would take phenomenal amount of engineering.
The crux of their idea involves using using a laser to form a micro black hole, which could be used as an energy source. This would be a Schwarzschild, or non-rotating, black hole which outputs Hawking Radiation, and the smaller the black hole, the more energetic.
Of course, making a black hole isn't the world's most easy undertaking. It takes a huge amount of power to build one in the first place. To make one of these mini black holes, Crane and Westmoreland propose a 370km2 solar panel, at an orbit one million km from the surface of the sun, which, if perfectly efficient, would gather enough energy per year to make one black hole. This power would be fed to a spherically converging gamma laser, with a lasing mass of around 10^9 tonnes. However, after you make a few black holes, you can use them as a power source to make more.
According to the authors, a black hole to be used in space travel needs to meet five criteria:
- has a long enough lifespan to be useful,
- is powerful enough to accelerate itself up to a reasonable fraction of the speed of light in a reasonable amount of time,
- is small enough that we can access the energy to make it,
- is large enough that we can focus the energy to make it,
- has mass comparable to a starship.
Fortunately, black holes have a sweet spot in terms of size, power and lifespan which is almost ideal. If you take a trip to Alpha Centauri, with an acceleration of 1g to the half way point, and then decelerate at 1g for the remainder of the journey, the trip takes a relativistic 3.5 years. A black hole that would survive the entire trip would have a radius of 0.9 attometers, would have a mass of 606,000 tonnes, and a power output of 160 petawatts. The lifespan of the black hole could be extended by feeding it mass, too.
For longer trips, you could use larger but weaker holes, and smaller and more powerful ones for short trips.
Getting the black hole to act as a power source also requires a bit of work. One potential method involves placing the hole at the focal point of a parabolic reflector attached to the ship, creating forward thrust. A slightly easier, but less efficient method would involve simply absorbing all the gamma radiation heading towards the fore of the ship, and let the rest shoot out the back to push you onwards.
Of course, there are potential problems with Crane and Westmoreland's ideas. According to Govind Menon, Professor of Physics at Troy University, most views on extracting energy from black holes involve using ones that rotate. "With non-rotating black holes, this is a very difficult thing…we typically look for energy almost exclusively from rotating black holes. Schwarzschild black holes do not radiate in an astrophysical, gamma ray burst point of view. It is not clear if Hawking radiation alone can power starships." Menon adds that extracting energy from black holes is highly problematic. "Given [this type] of black hole, it is not clear to me how someone would go about extracting energy."
Another issue is what to do with the black hole when it reaches the end of its life span, as they tend to explode. "Such an explosion is powerful by terrestrial standards, but not by astronomical standards", say Crane and Westmoreland, so it's merely a matter of dropping the black hole around 1 AU away from anything too important, and letting it detonate.
With a set of four machines: black hole generator, black hole drive, power plant, and a self perpetuating black hole powered black hole generator, the potential is enormous. As Crane and Westmoreland say:
A civilization equipped with our four machine tool set would be almost unimaginably energy rich. It could settle the galaxy at will.
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Did you buy the Woot 2012 Calendar? If you did, you probably noticed that there's a QR code on every page. Scan the QR code at the beginning of each month for the latest chapter in The Secret of El Arenque Rojo. To recap, in Chapter 1, video store owner Roy Odom found a box of mysterious VHS tapes. In Chapter 2, he started to notice some odd coincidences and symbols in the movies on the tapes. He sought the help of an unusual film professor in Chapter 3; discovered that the implications were bigger than he'd ever imagined in Chapter 4; and had a disquieting dream before being betrayed by a confederate in Chapter 5. The turncoat had a change of heart in Chapter 6... but learned in Chapter 7 that even considering betrayal has its price. Chapter 8 introduced us to a shady new character determined to destroy all evidence. Will he succeed? Read on to find out…
Duke squirmed to find a comfortable position with his hands tied behind his back. There were seven los Estereotipos crammed in the bed of the 1979 El Camino with him to thwart any attempts to escape. He took care not to make any sudden movements, because when he did, the one with the especially prominent unibrow slapped him over the head. The sun was coming up, but between the wind-blown dust assaulting his eyes and his swollen, parched tongue sticking to the roof of his mouth, he barely noticed. They had been driving all night.
For the first time in miles, they came upon an intersection. They must be getting close, he thought. Two men pulled up next to them in a black Chevy Nova. When the driver looked their way, Duke stumbled to his knees and called for help. Unibrow grabbed him by the back of the neck and threw him against the rear window. None of this seemed to phase the driver of the Nova, who simply turned his head back towards the road and casually drove off when the light turned green.
Evelyn Sayre slid open the glass panel that separated them from her seat inside the cab. She spoke with a vaguely Spanish accent that he had never noticed before.
"Sit down, tú pollino estúpido. You have no chance for escape."
"I told you a million times, Evelyn. I'm sorry. If you let me go, I promise I won't tell anyone about any of this." Duke's eyes flitted desperately back and forth between Evelyn and Roy Odom, who merely pursed his lips and shrugged. Was he in on it, or was he a captive too?
"You are correct about one thing, Duke. You won't be telling anyone about any of this. Mi familia, they have been guarding this secret for centuries, often with our lives. You think it was an accident that those tapes landed in the hands of this simplón?" she said as she gestured at Odom.
"We thought he was too dumb to figure it out, but we underestimated his resolve."
"Thanks! I mean, hey wait a minute …" said Odom.
She ignored him and continued. "We never would have dreamed he'd think to get you involved. That was our mistake, one we won't be making it again. The point is, if you think I'm going to let some gabacho film professor blow this whole thing wide open, you've got another thing coming. I would die first."
As if on cue, the El Camino suddenly burst into flames. The explosion flipped it end over end, and it spun around three times before grinding to a stop upside down.
Roy Odom lifted his head 50 feet from the wreckage, still gripping the box of tapes. Blood dripped down into his eyes from a large gash on his head, but amazingly, he was otherwise unscathed. Dead los Estereotipos were strewn all over the road. The driver's lifeless body dangled upside down, still fastened into his seatbelt. He saw Duke, wedged underneath the overturned cab. He hadn't made it.
Odom blinked and squinted into the sunrise. A dark figure was approaching on foot. Just then, Evelyn emerged from the other side of the car. She was inching forward on her stomach, slowly, painfully dragging her injured legs behind her. She drew a gun from her belt, and aimed it at the dark figure who was now standing directly over her.
He blocked out the sun enough so that Odom could now see him clearly. He was tall and thin with shoulder-length silver hair combed neatly behind his ears. He cocked his head to the side and looked down upon her with a look of amusement. Without fear, he bent down and took the gun from her hand. Odom closed his eyes tight and buried his face in the box. A single shot went off with a bang.
Drake had just gotten out of his car at Secreto Mortal Studios when he heard the explosion. He could see the plume of smoke rising in the sky a few miles away. "Damn," he said as he flicked his cigarette to the ground and stamped out the butt. "Looks like someone beat me to the punch."


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Vesy History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsVesy is a name whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. The Vesy family lived in Northampton. The name, however, derives from the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Vassy, Normandy. One of the first records of the name was Robertus Invesiatus, Lascivus which appeared in the Domesday Book [1] in Essex [2]. Other records show the name was originally De Vesci, which was a baronial name, a branch of the De Burgh family. [3] Eustace de Vescy or Vesci, Baron Vesci (1170?-1216), "son of William de Vesci and Burga de Stuteville, paid his relief on coming of age in 2 Richard I (1191-1192). He was with the king in Palestine in 1195. John de Vescy (d. 1289) was eldest son of William de Vescy (d. 1253), and elder brother of William de Vescy. In 1253, on the death of his father in Gascony, he succeeded to the family estates. These included the barony of Alnwick and a large property in Northumberland." [4] Early Origins of the Vesy familyThe surname Vesy was first found in Northampton where Robert de Vassy (Veci) and his brother Ivo were granted nineteen Lordships in that county and overlapping into Warwick, Lincoln, and Leicester, by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. "The 'Sires de Waacie,' spoken of by Wace at the battle of Hastings, were Robert, who in 1086 held a great barony in Northants, Warwick, Lincoln, and Leicester; and Ivo, who does not appear even as a mesne-lord in Domesday. Yet we hear nothing more either of Robert or his possessions, and the whole history of the family centres on Ivo, and Ivo's posterity." [5] Ivo (John) won the hand of Alda, daughter of Gilbert, Lord of Alnwick in Northumberland and the family claim considerable prominence as the Lords of Vesey from which Lords Fitzgerald and Vesei claim descent. Further to the south in Tamerton, Cornwall, "Vacye was for some time the seat of a family of this name; but it is at present the property and residence of George Call, Esq. The church of Tamerton contains several memorials for the family of Vacye." [6] Early History of the Vesy familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vesy research. Another 204 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1313, 1462, 1470, 1500, 1554, 1589, 1661, 1674 and 1746 are included under the topic Early Vesy History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Vesy Spelling VariationsAnglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Feasey, Feasy, Fessey, Fassey, Fessys, Fressis, Veasey, Vassey, Vassy, Vesci, Vezey, Vezay, Vesey, Vessey and many more. Early Notables of the Vesy familyAnother 49 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Vesy Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Vesy family to IrelandSome of the Vesy family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Migration of the Vesy familyFor many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Vesy or a variant listed above were: Andrew Veasey settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876; William Veazie settled in Massachusetts in 1640; Nathaniel Feazey settled in Somers Islands in 1662.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto. Motto: Sub hoc signo vinces Motto Translation: Under this sign we shall conquer.


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LONDON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Funding from the European Union for tidal energy projects off the British coast is a vote of confidence for low-carbon ambitions, a British official said.
The European Commission this week voted to back two tidal array projects with a combined $51.5 million in funding for Scottish Power Renewables and Marine Current Turbines.
British Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said EU funding for the tidal array projects would help position the country as a world leader in clean energy.
"This new investment is a fantastic opportunity for these projects to demonstrate the future potential of marine energy," Barker said in a statement.
Britain also announced it was placing a priority on building-mounted solar power projects and biomass developers. The government said prioritizing those industries could bring in as much as $973 million in green investments.
This month, the British government announced it was lifting a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of shale natural gas resources in light of new risk controls. Fracking operations were suspended last year following reports of minor tremors associated with natural gas operations in the country.
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There are a number of parking regulations in Tipp City, please refer to section for more information. There is additional parking available in the Downtown are, look for sign to direct you. § 76.04 PARKING PROHIBITIONS
No person owning or having control of a dog or any animal or fowl, shall permit it to run at large in any street, alley, public park (except the dog park located in Kyle Park), other public ground, or permit any animal to go upon any private yard or lot without the consent of the property owner.
No person shall keep a dog which engages in loud and frequent or habitual barking, howling or yelping, which causes annoyance or disturbance to the neighborhood.
The owner or person in control of any dog which defecates upon any property not owned by this person, shall pick up and remove all feces deposited by the dog and dispose of it in a sanitary manner.
It is illegal to park or stop in a fire lane at any time. Fire lanes are marked by yellow curbing or striping and signs.
Garage sales do not require a permit and are permissible with the following guide lines:
House numbers shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the front of the building. The numbers must be at least 3 inches in height.
Reflective numbers and green reflective base plates are offered for sale by the Tipp City Fire Department. For more information contact the Fire Department at 937-667-9199.
Dumping of unwanted items is illegal in the City of Tipp City. Unwanted items can be disposed of by contacted Waste Management and arranging for pickup.
Skateboarding is not permitted on any public or private property unless permission is obtained from the property owner. The City of Tipp City maintains a skateboard facility in Kyle Park.
An abandoned or junk vehicles is defined in City ordinance 98.04 as a motor vehicle:
Such vehicles can be reported to the police department by calling the dispatch center at 937-440-9911.
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No person under 18 years of age shall be upon the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, or any unsupervised place in the city of Tipp City between the hours of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays, and between the hours of midnight to 6 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
It is unlawful for any person to possess or sell fireworks in the City of Tipp City. Further, it is unlawful for any person to discharge, ignite, or explode any fireworks within the municipality. § 76.22
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For years, museum displays have featured the small extinct ape Australopithecus afarensis. The first specimen, discovered in 1974 and nicknamed "Lucy," was presented as having clearly human eyes, feet, and posture. The feet and posture, however, can only be verified by relevant fossilized structures. So far, no 100 percent complete Lucy fossil has been discovered, so the absence of evidence has provided rich ground for speculation.
For every evolutionary biologist who imagines Lucy as an upright walker, there is another who interprets the evidence, such as it is, to mean that Lucy was instead well-suited for life in trees. Now, three researchers have described what they identify as an Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy-like) foot bone that has convinced them that Lucy had an essentially human manner of walking.
In an interview with CBC radio, lead author Carol Ward said, "Lucy's foot would have been just like yours or mine."1 But what if the bone was actually from a human and not from Lucy at all? Since it was not attached to any other bones, this is a strong possibility. Also, her assertion contradicts other Lucy finds showing that its "big toe" projected sideways, like a thumb.
Other Australopith fossil discoveries showed that Lucy's small size, shoulders, inner ears, hands, and toes made her well-suited for a life swinging from tree branches, as are many modern apes. How can this information be reconciled with the assertion that Lucy walked like a human?2
A University of Missouri press release stated, "Researchers at the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have found proof that arches existed in a predecessor to the human species that lived more than 3 million years ago."3 Similarly, a FOX News headline read, "Ancient Foot Bone Proves Prehuman Lucy Walked Tall."4 Does this newly discovered bone actually prove how Lucy walked? What can an isolated bone really prove?
The bone in question looks just like a human metatarsal. Metatarsals form a bridge from the heel bones out to the toes, spanning the arch across the middle of the foot. The researchers identified it as the metatarsal that bridges to the fourth toe, counting over from the big toe.
A simple diagram published in the journal Science in the related study compared this newly discovered bone, named AL 333-160, to those of modern humans and apes.5 It clearly shows that the foot bone is within the range of modern humans, does not match any ape metatarsals, and for that matter shows no hint of being ape-like.
This bone simply looks like a human bone. So, why has it not been straightforwardly identified as human?
The study authors wrote, "We assign AL 333-160 to A. afarensis, the only hominin species in an assemblage of [more than] 370 hominin specimens so far recovered from the Hadar Formation."5 The evolutionary term "hominin" includes apes, humans, and any imaginary human-like apes.
But this reasoning is flawed. The researchers noted that no modern human bones have yet been found in this deposit, but they seemingly assume that no human bones even could be there. Asserting that no human bones have been found is an entirely self-serving first premise! What if human bones have been found, but were misidentified? AL 333-160 could actually be a human foot bone. If so, then it directly contradicts the very assertion on which their argument rests.
The study authors demonstrated more of their bias by asserting that another extinct ape of recent fame, Ardipithecus ramidus, walked like modern humans despite its "hands for feet" that would have been ideal for grasping tree branches. They also ignored the skepticism of other scientists regarding whether Ardipithecus' hip structure was similar to that of humans.6
So, this newly described foot bone has not proven that Lucy walked upright, since definitive proof would require a live Lucy walking, which is not likely.
The next best evidence would be to find more complete foot bones actually connected to an Australopith skeleton. Perhaps the third best indicator of Lucy's walking stance would be a reconstruction of whatever bones it did have, alongside other relevant evidence. Is an apparently human foot bone singled out from a scrap heap of "greater than 370" bones really the best evidence for an extinct upright-walking ape?5
Other Lucy-like remains show that their creatures were like chimpanzees and able to grasp tree branches. Duane Gish wrote about this for the Institute for Creation Research in 1987.
All of the species of Australopithecus and Homo habilis had long curved fingers and long curved toes. Creatures with such anatomical features use them for only one purpose…swinging from branch to branch in the trees. So much for the supposed human-like upright locomotion of Homo habilis and Australopithecus, including "Lucy."7
Since then, Lucy-like specimens have been found that indicated their owners had flat ape feet, not arched feet as this Science report and its attendant news articles claimed.8 This was not mentioned in the Science paper.
The recent discovery that human tool marks were found on bones dated to the Lucy era means that human and Lucy-like remains might be expected to be found together if they shared a common habitat.9 Also, the discovery of Lucy-like remains dated as more recent than those of the supposed first humans ruled out Lucy as a "prehuman" candidate.10
Legitimate Australopith fossils…or what is known about them…show that these creatures were well-suited to swing from tree branches. They had none of the host of skeletal features, including hip, spine, femur, and foot bone arrangements, that produce the uniquely human gait.11 Thus, if the AL 333-160 foot bone actually was from a Lucy, it would certainly be the first skeletal feature to challenge this conclusion.
But to assert that the bone was from a Lucy is to beg the question. This newly described bone no more belonged to an Australopith than the misidentified pig tooth belonged to "Nebraska Man."12
- Playing Footsie with Lucy. Quirks & Quarks. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program. Posted on www.cbc.ca February 12, 2011, accessed February 15, 2011.
- Lucy's inner ears were oriented like those of an ape, which holds its head at an angle to the horizon. Only human inner ears are oriented so that the head is held upright, perpendicular to the horizon. See Alemseged, Z. et al. 2006. A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature. 443 (7109): 296-301.
- Lucy's Arched Feet Suggest Human-Like Locomotion, Researchers Discover. University of Missouri press release, February 11, 2011.
- Walsh, J. Ancient Foot Bone Proves Prehuman Lucy Walked Tall. Fox News. Posted on foxnews.com February 11, 2011, accessed February 16, 2011.
- Ward, C., W. H. Kimbel and D. C. Johanson. 2011. Complete Fourth Metatarsal and Arches in the Foot of Australopithecus afarensis. Science. 331 (6018): 750-753.
- Thomas, B. 2009. Did Humans Evolve from "Ardi"? Acts & Facts. 38 (11): 8-9.
- Gish, D. 1987. Startling Discoveries Support Creation. Acts & Facts. 16 (9).
- Wong, K. 2005. Footprints to Fill: Flat feet and doubts about makers of the Laetoli tracks. Scientific American. 293 (2): 18-19. See also Stern, J., and Susman, R. 1983. The Locomotor Anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 60 (3):279–317.
- Thomas, B. Human Tool Marks Found from 'Lucy' Era. ICR News. Posted on icr.org August 18, 2010, accessed February 15, 2011.
- Walker, J., R. A. Cliff, and A. G. Latham. 2006. U-Pb Isotopic Age of the StW 573 Hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa. Science. 314 (5805): 1592-1594.
- See Thomas, B. Human Evolution Story Stumbles over Footprints. ICR News. Posted on icr.org April 6, 2010, accessed February 17, 2011.
- Gish, D. 1974. Richard Leakey's Skull 1470. Acts & Facts. 3 (2).
Image Credit: Copyright © 2011 AAAS. Adapted for use in accordance with federal copyright (fair use doctrine) law. Usage by ICR does not imply endorsement of copyright holders.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on February 18, 2011.


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"We are a bunch of journalists and we share much of the information via e-mails. This has become tedious now. Hence we found out a way to share, by just having to share our private blog posts via RSS(achieved through token OAuth.) But now there is a new problem. Not all private posts are the same. I want only a specific group of people to see a specific set of feeds not all. So I started to encrypt that part of the feed required by a specific group, by a specific key, the key being shared my all those members part of that group. Since a group has the key to decrypt only a part of the feed, the information in the other part is safe. Now there seems to be a new problem, a person might be a part of two groups, that means he needs to have both the keys to decrypt it, that means the decryption is two times slower and we have to send two keys securely. Is there a way out of this problem. Can this be somehow achieved through PKI?"
(This is something I encountered while trying to solve a problem. If you are interested see http://groups.drupal.org/node/9719 )
NOTE:Imported from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14502756/rss-feed-restricted-access


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OCEAN CITY – Four years after making it a citation offense, the City Council threw its support this week behind a request to return an open container violation to a misdemeanor that can result in an arrest determined by the discretion of a police officer.
Last week Chief Bernadette DiPino requested the City Council consider changing an open container violation from a municipal infraction to a misdemeanor criminal offense with no discussion. This week the matter came to the council in form of a first reading of an ordinance.
"We changed this about three years ago to a civil citation thinking that might clear the load of some of these arrests," Council President Jim Hall explained, adding that ever since that time DiPino has been asking to change it back.
For years, a violation of Ocean City's open container law for alcoholic beverages in public areas was a criminal violation and often resulted in an arrest. In 2008, the town relaxed its open container law, changing it to a municipal infraction typically resulting in a citation and a prepaid fine.
"I didn't agree with it when it was changed to a civil infraction," DiPino said. "It has always been illegal to drink in public in Ocean City and it's also illegal to possess an open container … The reason is it gives police officers a tool in their tool box to take care of problems when they are small, instead of taking care of a problem when somebody is so intoxicated from drinking that they become a victim of a crime or a suspect of a crime."
The change will address the issue through the "broken window" theory, which is used to stop situations from becoming more serious. This has been a successful police strategy in the past.
Under the "broken window" theory, DiPino has said in the past making an open container arrest at 7 p.m., for example, might prevent the same suspect from committing a more serious crime much later in the evening or the wee hours of the next day.
"Most people who are drinking in public will commit other infractions later on and that is what is causing this, it is a public safety concern," she said.
DiPino assured the Mayor and City Council and public that the officers are trained to use discretion when it comes to making arrests.
"They will go case by case on this … we have historically seen that there can be problems later," she said. "It is better to take a person who is intoxicated, or is causing issues, out of the public way with the arrest of an open container as opposed to giving a citation and leaving them right where they were causing a potential problem later."
DiPino took the opportunity to address a number of other concerns she has heard in reference to the change.
The chief said the arrests would not displace officers from patrol for a long period of time to complete paperwork.
"It is a relatively quick process for the officer," she said.
As far as added costs to pay officers overtime while they are in court, the chief said most officers are scheduled for court for other cases so additional cases due to open container charges will not sway overtime costs by much.
"The majority of the cases for the open containers is when they go to court the people are allowed to do community service if they have a clean criminal record, and we work with the state's attorney on that," she said.
A question came up on if a person was causing a problem by being intoxicated in public than why the officer couldn't make an arrest for public intoxication. The chief explained that in order to arrest an individual for public intoxication the officers have to prove that they are a danger to someone else or to themselves.
"It is very difficult to be able to prove that in court and that is why this will be able to help us," DiPino said. "If they have a beer can in their hands, we will be able to take them for their safety as well other people in the area."
DiPino added that people do not need to fear walking to their mailboxes with a beer in their hand.
"That is just not the way we are going to operate," she said.
Joe Groves, spokesman for the private sector Citizens For Ocean City group and president of the Delmarva Condominium Managers Association (DCMA) spoke to the matter. He said in the last couple of weeks he has had to evict many high school graduates for their behavior.
"From a DCMA perspective, the last two weeks have been hell for us dealing with kids drinking in public and just giving citations … it just doesn't cut it," he said.
DiPino believes the change would assist with controlling underage drinking in public, which officers only had the authority to write citations over previously. She said the change would allow them to put a stop to it immediately.
The council voted unanimously to approve the chief's request followed by the mayor's approval to pass it as an emergency ordinance, which skips second reading and goes straight to law.
Ocean City police are reminding citizens the new open container violation falls under the town's code as unlawful to possess or consume alcoholic beverages on any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, Boardwalk or public beach within town limits. Any violation in the law may result in an arrest.


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Yes, corn is planted at the following blinds: 6, 8, 3, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21.
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Yes, a daily draw occurs at 4:30 during each day of the waterfowl season. No fee is collected to draw. You must have 3 or four members of your party present at 4:30 to draw. Singles or parties of 2 will be allowed to hunt stand by if any blinds are available.
Yes, the fee is $10 per person and $5 for youths and seniors.
A shooting schedule will be published that will identify which blinds will be open for the day and what the shooting times will be. Throughout the season blinds available for hunting and what the shooting times will be.
No boats are available at all blinds that need them.
Yes. The shell limit is 25 and is strictly enforced.
Yes, draws will begin at 6:30 p.m. on January 3, 2018.


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A Car Rental is an upcoming car rental in Iceland, built on many years of experience. Our staff has been in the car hire business for a total of 50 years, and we take pride in excellent customer service and making sure all our cars meet our clients' requirements.
We have rental cars of all sizes and shapes, and we only use new or very recent models in our rental. Our sales team will gladly assist you in finding the right car for your trip around our beautiful island and advise you on all the different things you need to know about before you start your journey.


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Back in my Mormon Matters days (a John Dehlin website), it seems like we'd get a post every couple of weeks about how the scriptures are full of bad stories of God commanding the death of someone. We'd get complaints about Nephi and Laban, of course, but the story that seemed to get the most attention was that of Abraham being commanded to sacrifice Isaac.
I remember one post, in particular that suggested the story should be changed to have Abraham refuse to sacrifice Isaac and the angel of God then praises Abraham for refusing to do something immoral even if God commands it.
I can see why this story is so troubling to theological liberals and non-believers. This story simply leaves no room to ethically explain it away. Continue reading


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What do oil giant BP (BP), the mining company Massey Energy (MEE), and Goldman Sachs (GS) have in common? They're all big firms involved in massive plunder. BP's oil spill is already one of the biggest and most damaging in American history. Massey's mine disaster, claiming the lives of 29 miners, is one of the worst in recent history. Goldman's alleged fraud is but a part of the largest financial meltdown in 75 years.
All three of these companies are also publicly-held, which means that much of the financial costs of these failures will be passed on to their shareholders, many of whom are already watching their stock prices plummet. Prominently among those shareholders are pension funds and mutual funds held by people like you and me.
That may seem fair. After all, shareholders benefited when BP made big profits extracting oil without paying attention to a possible blowout, when Massey Energy got fat earnings from its careless coal mining operations, and when Goldman Sachs did wonderously well for its own stock holders by allegedly defrauding others. In fact, it was pressure from their shareholders seeking the highest possible returns — and their executives, whose pay is linked to the firms' share performance — that led all three companies to cut whatever corners they could cut in pursuit of profits.
But profits aren't everything, which is why we have regulations that are supposed to be enforced. So a key question in each of these instances is: Where were the regulators?
Why didn't the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service make sure offshore oil rigs have backup systems to prevent blowouts? One clue: You may remember MMS's wild drinking parties exposed during the Bush era.
Where was the Mine Safety and Health Administration before the Upper Big Branch mine exploded? MSHA says it fined the company for a whole string of violations, but the law didn't allow fines high enough to deter the company. Which raises the next question: Given Massey's record, why didn't the Bush-era MSHA seek to change the law and increase the penalties?
Why didn't the Securities and Exchange Commission spot fraud on the Street when it was happening? Well, as we all now know, the Bush SEC was asleep at the wheel.
But don't blame it all on George W. For thirty years, deregulation has been all the rage in Washington. Even where regulations exist, Congress has set such low penalties that disregarding the regulations and risking fines has been treated by firms as a cost of doing business. And for years, enforcement budgets have been slashed, with the result that there are rarely enough inspectors to do the job. The assumption has been markets know best, and when they don't civil lawsuits and government prosecutions will deter wrongdoing.
When shareholders demand the highest returns possible and executive pay is linked to stock performance, many companies will do whatever necessary to squeeze out added profits. And that will spell disaster – giant oil spills, terrible coal-mine disasters, and Wall Street meltdowns – unless the nation has tough regulations backed up by significant penalties, including jail terms for executives found guilty of recklessness, and vigilant enforcement.
After thirty years of deregulation, it's time for the rebirth of regulation: Not heavy-handed and unnecessarily costly regulation, but regulation that's up to the task of protecting the public from companies and executives that will do almost anything to make a buck.
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Although we're sure they exist, we wouldn't want to meet anybody that can't look back fondly on the halcyon days of youth that included playing hide-and-go-seek. Some kids never grow up and continue the tradition with geocaching or orienteering, but that sense of limitless discovery wanes over time. [Kurt] came up with a small scavenger hunt beacon that brings back the unending wonder that accompanies the unknown.
The beacon is just a simple ATtiny13 that flashes a message with an invisible IR LED. To receive the messages, [Kurt] made a scavenger decoder shield for an Arduino. The decoder includes a phototransistor and a 20×4 LCD display. All [Kurt] needs to do is hold the decoder up to the beacon for the text in the firmware of the ATtiny to be displayed. The beacon is only one inch square and powered by a watch battery, so it can be hidden anywhere.
[Kurt] suggests that the text of one beacon should provide the clue to the next. We're thinking this is just a great excuse for a walk in the park. You can check out [Kurt]'s IR decoder getting data from a beacon after the break.


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I am currently switching over to CForm to display all of my forms (great feature by the way) but because I am using Twitter bootstrap all of my forms are looking a bit out of wack. Let me try to explain a bit more and my thought process.
Here is what is being outputting by CForm…

Name *
<input name="Tenant[Name]" id="Tenant_Name" type="text" maxlength="50">
This is kinda what I need CForm to output in order to be compatible with Twitter Bootstrap 2.0…

Email *

<input name="LoginForm[username]" id="LoginForm_username" type="text">

So I think I need to create a controller and extend CForm (note: I have already done) then copy/paste in the "render" methods and switch them up to display the correct markup. But here is my problem… currently to render a form I do this, "echo $form->render();" but how do I do this with a component? Note: I have already added the component to my config file and its route is Yii::app()->form. Or am I doing this totally wrong?
Any help would be VERY VERY VERY much appreciated.


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More Amazing Blakeslee Covers!
This week we have more great Dare-Devil Aces covers by Frederick Blakeslee. Popular Publications published some dynamite aviation art on the cover of Dare-Devil Aces! Sadly, we don't use more than a sliver of it for our books. But that's a design choice — We're not trying to keep anything from you. And now we've added two more years of great Blakeslee covers to our growing gallery––1936 and 1937!
The June and December covers of 1936 are probably the two most recognizable Dare-Devil Aces covers and we have featured both of them now on back covers of our books. Our very first publication, Steve Fisher's Captain Babyface, featured the June cover on the back. Captain Babyface and Mr Death matched wits through ten of the twelve issues that year––their last scrap appearing in the November issue. William Hartley's The Adventures of Molloy & McNamara started running in the July 1936 issue with the adventure we choose to use as the title for the volume, Satan's Playmates, in the December issue allowing us to utilize it's cover in the cover design of that book.
As 1936 gave way to 1937, Blakeslee's covers move further away from depictions of planes in use during the late great hate and start to feature more contemporary planes in the frenetic melees depicted on the covers. Robert J. Hogan's The Red Falcon was also printing it last stories in 1937 with the last Dare-Devil Aces Red Falcon story being published in the January 1938 issue. The June 1937 cover seemed to work best with the crimson cover of the Red Falcon's fourth and final volume. This is the latest cover we've used, but fear not, this is not the last update to our covers gallery. There are more covers to come.
You can enjoy these as well as covers from 1932 through 1935 in our Dare-Devil Aces Cover Gallery!


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Plan 027H-0140
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Plan Details
Plan Features
Plan Description
Perfect for a narrow lot along the beach or ideal for waterfront property at the lake, this vacation home plan provides the perfect getaway. On the main level, the living areas combine creating an open floor plan. Don't miss the kitchen island and snack bar, the living room fireplace or the screened porch strategically placed to take in beautiful views of the surrounding landscape. On pleasant evenings sit outdoors and listen to coastal waves crashing on the shore. A walk-in closet compliments the first floor bedroom. Upstairs, ample closet space graces two secondary bedrooms as they share a deluxe bath. Designed on a walkout basement, this two-story coastal home plan works well on a sloping lot.


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HowTo:Hunt hippies
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"Here's your haircut, hippie!"
"Die, hippies!!!"
"Let's go kill some hippies!"
What You Need[edit]
- guns, when hunting hippies for fun
- guns with tranquilizer darts, when hunting hippies for profit
- high-powered water cannons, for flushing hippies out of their dens and de-lousing them later.
- laser-guided missiles, for when you're just too lazy to sneak up on the hippies and blow them away one by one.
- beer.....not really a weapon, but it makes hippie hunting more fun
- Heavy metal rock (not Stoner Metal; Black Sabbath, or Led Zeppelin)
- DAMN BARE HANDS, when hunting for a meal.
- marijuana
- free vegetarian food
- free tofu
- 'shrooms
- snacks, for when the hippies get the "munchies"
- taped hippie calls, including "free pot", "free food", "free money", "free Tibet", and "free Mumia"
- Drums (used for drum circles, 3 raps on the drum and you will have these hippies right were you want them, stoned in a circle)
- Anything with the words 'Save the _______ (insert word here)'
- A big, flashy sign pointing to a 'major music fest'. It'll attract hippies by the millions, guaranteed, since music festivals are the only opportunities for hippies to score with each other in massive stoned orgies.
- Glitter. Hippies love to be trapped in "glitter prison", especially while tripping or at said music festivals
Plan of Attack[edit]
- Before hippie hunting, you must first de-scent yourself. Any traces of soap, perfume/colonge, aftershave must be washed off and covered over with smelly hippie oils, grime, or dirt. Alternatively, if you don't want to stoop to their level(and happen to have a lot of money), wear a radiation-protective suit, then smear your protected body in said foul excretions. Hippies can smell a clean person from a mile away, and will flee at the presence of your fresh, out-of-the-shower lack of stench.
- Once ready, find a proper place to hunt for hippies.
- Light marijuana as bait. The scent will lure hippies into the area, thinking there's free weed to be had. Be careful not to inhale the fumes yourself, or you may become a hippie.
- If you can find a CD with any of the songs of Woodstock, play them as the Hippies draw near. Make sure to put protective gear (earplugs) before playing the songs though, or else you may die or worse, be converted. They will all immediately freeze in place and start either singing, smoking weed, reproducing, or just sitting there humming. That's when you fire. It is highly discouraged to use anything not from that time period as bait, for it is the equivalent of infecting them with rabies.
Rules & Regulations For Hippie Hunting[edit]
- - To avoid annoying the neighbours, refrain from hunting hippies between the hours of sun-up and sundown. To hunt hippies between these times can be impolite, and will be considered poaching.
- - Baiting hippies is allowed, but dressing up a friend like a hippie and getting him/her to lead other hippies to a kill zone is discouraged, as other hippie hunters may mistaken the decoys for hippies, and thus real people may be hurt or killed.
- - Hippies may be flushed from their dens by the use of the following animals: dogs, police, and IRS agents.
- - Hippies may not be flushed from their dens using tear gas, pepper spray, or other airborne chemicals while hunting, though it is still quite fun. Water is only sanctioned in a few states, and cleans them. Meaning you have angry hippies.
- - if you have chosen DAMN BARE HANDS, just kill `em all. Due to lack of personal hygiene, protective gloves and face mask are recommended.
Hippie Hunting For Fun[edit]
- Have fun, be safe. (Use condoms)
Hippie hair is a commodity traded on the open market, and hippie hair can be sold for as much as ten pence per ton at your average wig-makers.
Whether you sedated & restrain your hippie, or just kill them, the hair must be washed and dried first. Trying to wash hippie hair after it's been shaved off leads to more hair going down the drain and clogging it up. Use a beard trimmer, a pair of scissors, or a machete to remove the hippie hair, though a beard trimmer is recommended as it's quicker. Also hippie scalps are now coming into fashion. It isn't considered cruel to scalp hippies while they are still alive, as they will be stoned out of their wits and won't feel a thing.
- Note: make sure to wear proper biohazard gear when shaving the dirtiest areas of the hippie; the groin and the armpits. Even a thorough washing of these areas may not scrub away all contaminants. Please set hair from these areas in separate bags, as wig-makers must irradiate this hair before using it.
Price Tag Per hippie[edit]
- -single druggy hippi (600$)
- -Drug selling/growing hippi scum (1,000$)
- -Hippi community member (800$)
- -Hippi community leader (5,000$)
- -College Know-it-all hippi (10,000$)
- -Jimi Hendrix: Priceless.


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By Amanda Lee Myers
Associated Press
PHOENIX - Critics of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff on Wednesday called for his resignation and for the federal government to indict him and take control of his office amid allegations of corruption, racial profiling, and misspending.
The call for action comes after a recent investigation revealed evidence of corruption among Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's top commanders, and emails cited in court documents showed that top deputies circulated offensive jokes about Mexicans even as they were being scrutinized over allegations of racial profiling.
"We're the laughing stock of the world," said Salvador Reza, an organizer of a local immigrant rights group who joined County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, a state representative and others at a news conference where they called for Arpaio's resignation.
Asked whether he would resign, Arpaio _ widely known for his department's crime and immigration sweeps _ told The Associated Press: "Never."
"I have no fear about what these people want," he said. "I think we've done a pretty good job in the sheriff's office. There's always bumps in the road sometimes, but when they come about I take immediate action."
Arpaio fired two top aides last month following a misconduct investigation by another local sheriff's office. A heavily redacted report portrayed one of the aides, former Chief Deputy David Hendershott, as a manager who cut corners in criminal investigations and tried to bully colleagues who objected to his orders.
The group calling for Arpaio to resign says the report shows that at best, Arpaio is an incompetent manager if he didn't know about the alleged corruption, and at worst, that he was perfectly aware of it.
Arpaio said he did not know about it, is responsible for 15,000 employees and delegated a lot of responsibilities.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said he found no evidence that Arpaio knew what was going on among his command staff and placed much of the blame on Hendershott.
A federal grand jury also is investigating Arpaio over abuse-of-power allegations, and the U.S. Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation of Arpaio's office and examining jail policies that discriminate against people with limited English skills.
The group of activists calling for Arpaio's resignation also pointed to recently released emails that showed top deputies forwarded offensive jokes to each other that reinforced stereotypes about Mexicans. Several officers distributed an email making fun of Spanish accents, while another officer circulated a photo of a mock driver's license for a fictional state called "Mexifornia."
Portions of the emails were included in court filings for a civil lawsuit that accuses officers in the Arizona county of racially profiling people during traffic stops.
Arpaio denies that his deputies engage in racial profiling.
Additionally, a county examination found that the sheriff's office inappropriately spent $99 million from two jail funds over the last eight years to pay for other law enforcement operations, including immigration patrols and unsuccessful criminal cases brought against two county officials and a judge.
The findings by county budget officials were sent to federal prosecutors in charge of the abuse-of-power investigation.
In addition to calling on the federal government to file charges against Arpaio, the group of activists said they want the sheriff's office placed into receivership and for the federal government to assume control over it.
Jacqueline Byers, research director at the National Association of Counties, said that would be unlikely.
She said if anyone could take over management of the sheriff's office it would be the state.
"The federal government can't say anything about how a county runs itself," she said. "Counties are creatures of the state, so the state would have to provide oversight."
Even if the state has laws in place to assume leadership and wants to, Byers said Arpaio likely would have to resign or be indicted on criminal charges first.
She was unaware of any other law enforcement agency in the country being placed into receivership, but said county governments in Michigan and New Jersey recently were taken over by state officials over budget issues.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012...12:27 pm
First Student-Driven Symposium on Foreign Language Teaching a Huge Success
"Celebrating Foreign Language Education: A Monterey Bay Symposium†was organized by students from the Teaching a Foreign Language (TFL) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) degree programs at the Monterey Institute, with the help of faculty and staff.
The symposium was held on Saturday, March 10 and was a great success, drawing over 160 participants from the Monterey Institute and other educational institutions in the Monterey Bay region. The full-day schedule offered opportunities for teachers, students, administrators and other professionals to discuss current trends and issues in the field of foreign language education. The event was a wonderful success and it appears likely that the 2012 event will be known as the first annual teaching foreign language symposium when it is repeated next year.


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Sikhs : Never Forget 1984 & Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Ji's self defense training with guns
Sikhs : Never Forget 1984 & Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Ji's self defense training with guns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7LPjCM2eog&list=UUQDV5etGNZ9AnZ-3PnLklzw
SIKHS IN SAN FRANCISO : ATTEND YOUR KHALISTAN SIKH FREEDOM & 1984 REMEMBRANCE RALLY ON 8TH JUNE...PLEASE ALSO TAKE PICS/VIDEOS https://www.facebook.com/95881811720/photos/a.103723276720.95169.95881811720/10152072768346721/?type=1&theater
WORLDWIDE KHALISTAN SIKH FREEDOM & 1984 REMEMBRNACE RALLIES - HISTORY IN THE MAKING! #SikhGenocide84 30 Years 1984 - 2014 #iPledgeKhalistan
8TH JUNE 2014 CENTRAL LONDON SHOULD BE A SEA OF KHALSA NISHAN SAHIBS, #iPledgeKhalistan #SikhGenocide84
Call or write Gursant Singh with questions and requests for help with individual or group training at your Gurdwaras on the use of hand guns and rifles for self-defense and security.
Ph 505 903 2675 or write firstname.lastname@example.com
What will it take for Sikhs to start self-defense training with firearms after still another attack on a Sikh man in California yesterday? http://www.sikhnet.com/news/ca-sikh-man-attacked-after-vehicle-accident
In response to a brutal attack on a Sikh man yesterday, all Sikhs need concealed weapons permits & self defense training with a hand gun & assault rifles to stop hate attacks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrNP2Cf48I
Guru Gobind Singh Ji commanded his Sikhs to carry the most portable and deadly weapons available, therefore why wouldn't it be incumbent on Sikhs to carry handguns in today's modern society where we face attackers and hate mongers who would destroy us like the Moghuls and Hindu Rajas of old?
"When all other means have failed, it is but lawful to take to the sword." "Without uncut hair and weapons do not come before me" ~ Guru Gobind Singh
ਸ਼ਸਤਰ ਹੀਨ ਕਬਹੂ ਨਹਿ ਹੋਈ, ਰਿਹਤਵੰਤ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਈ ॥
Those who never depart his/her weapons, they are the Khalsa with excellent rehats.
— Rehatnama Bhai Desa Sahib Singh
Join the Sikh Shooting Team USA.
My idea is to start a Sikh shooting team and eventually travel to Gurdwaras around the world to teach marksmanship & self-defense to Singhs & Kaurs. Specifically, air rifles are a good way to start learning riflery & marksmanship. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sikh-Shooting-Team-USA/130403307030647?fref=ts
Meet the Sikh Man Who Wants to Arm His Turbaned Brothers http://www.vice.com/read/meet-the-sikh-man-who-wants-to-arm-his-turbaned-brothers
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Support Group: Grief Journeys for Adults (East Grand Forks)
February 8, 2018 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
An event every month that begins at 1:30 pm on day Second of the month, repeating until December 8, 2022
This is a free ongoing grief support group for adults 18 years and older who have experienced the death of a loved one.
Date: Second Thursday of each month
Time: 1:30-3 p.m.
Location: East Grand Forks Campbell Library, 422 4th St. NW, East Grand Forks, Minn.
This support group is free and open to the public.
Our grief program is a community resource available to anyone who has experienced a loss through death, whether they had hospice services or not. To view more information about our grief support services, visit the grief support section of our website.