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By: Shaun Fluker, Elliot Holzman, and Ian Pillai
PDF Version: Impaired Driving and Approved Screening Devices
Case Commented On: Goodwin v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 46; Wilson v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 47
In October the Supreme Court of Canada issued two companion judgments concerning the constitutionality and meaning of the Automatic Roadside Prohibition (ARP) provisions set out in the Motor Vehicle Act, RSBC 1996, c 318. In Goodwin v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) the Supreme Court upheld British Columbia's ARP scheme as valid provincial law that does not unlawfully invade federal criminal law power or contravene section 11 of the Charter, but the Court also ruled that the seizure of a breath sample using an approved screening device (ASD) under the scheme as previously administered was an unreasonable seizure under section 8 of the Charter. In ruling as such, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Chambers Justice who heard the matters back in 2010. Subsequent to that initial ruling the Province of British Columbia amended the ARP scheme in an attempt to remedy the unreasonable seizure, and the Supreme Court's companion judgment in Wilson v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) concerns the interpretation of these new provisions employing principles of statutory interpretation. In this comment we provide an overview of the ARP scheme and the issues raised by the use of ASDs in impaired driving cases, and bring this matter into an Alberta context. We also examine the Supreme Court's constitutional analysis in Goodwin and its application of the principles of statutory interpretation in Wilson.
Overview of the ARP Scheme and the Use of ASDs
Prior to 2010, impaired driving investigations in British Columbia looked similar to every other province. If an officer had reasonable and probable grounds that an individual had a blood alcohol level that exceeded 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milligrams of blood ("over 80"), they were statutorily required to serve a notice of driving prohibition on the individual. In practice, the grounds for serving notices came from a breath analysis by an approved instrument ("breathalyser") usually done at the police station. This scheme was upheld as constitutional, as regards both the division of powers and s.7 of the Charter: Buhlers v Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (B.C.), 1999 BCCA 114.
In 2010, British Columbia instituted a regime in the Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) known as "ARP" – automatic roadside driving prohibition – and it marked a shift in the province's approach to the regulation of impaired driving. Under s.215.41(3.1) of the MVA, reproduced in a later section of this analysis, instead of relying on the breathalyser reading at the police station, driving prohibitions would now be issued immediately at the roadside, following an analysis using an ASD.
The ASD is a handheld machine administered by a peace officer that a driver blows into at the roadside. Typically, the peace officer puts in a new straw every three blows and the machine will read "Fail" if a driver blows over the legal limit. In Alberta, the ASD is used as an investigatory aid rather than an evidentiary instrument in most impaired investigations. That is, no criminal charges flow from registering a "Fail" on an ASD. Rather, a peace officer, having formed reasonable and probable grounds that the driver is operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol, will then demand a breath sample from the approved instrument at the station. The maintenance logs of an ASD used in an impaired investigation are not disclosed partly because there is no direct charge that result from blowing a "Fail" on an ASD, while the maintenance logs for the approved instrument are: see R v Kilpatrick, 2013 ABQB 5, leave denied in R v Kilpatrick, 2013 ABCA 168.
When a driver registers a "Warn" or "Fail" on the ASD under the British Columbia scheme, a peace officer must issue a Notice of Driving Prohibition, provided that the officer "has reasonable grounds… that the driver's ability to drive is affected by alcohol." A "Fail" reading (blood alcohol over 80mg) would immediately result in a 90-day driving suspension, while for the first time, a "Warn" reading (blood alcohol between 50mg and 80mg) would result in a suspension between 3 and 30 days, depending on past driving history.
A person issued an ARP can apply to the BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles for a review. When this new scheme was enacted in 2010, the grounds for review by the Superintendent were limited to three areas: whether the applicant was actually the driver, whether in the case of a "Warn" reading, the prohibition was a subsequent prohibition, and whether the driver failed or refused, without reasonable excuse, to provide a sample. The scheme was amended in 2012 and now allows review by the Superintendent regarding the calibration of the ASD (i.e. whether the ASD was working properly).
Both appeals involved persons who were subject to an ARP. Richard Goodwin failed to provide an adequate sample into the ASD. Lee Michael Wilson was stopped at a police road check and provided two samples of his breath that registered a "Warn" reading. Wilson was served with a Notice, prohibiting him from driving for three days. Goodwin was prohibited from driving for 90 days, had his car impounded for 30 days, and was required to pay monetary penalties and fees.
Wilson: Principles of Statutory Interpretation and the ARP scheme
The Wilson judgment looks at the ARP provisions in the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act as amended to address the section 8 Charter violations noted above. Wilson was pulled over at a road check where a police officer noted the odour of alcohol on his breath. Wilson provided breath samples into two ASDs – and both devices registered a "Warn" reading. As a result of these readings, the officer issued Wilson a Notice prohibiting him from driving for 3 days pursuant to the Act.
Wilson sought a review with the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, asking that the Notice be revoked on the ground that the officer lacked reasonable grounds to believe his ability to drive was affected by alcohol. Wilson's argument was that the applicable provision in the Act does not provide the officer with the power to form reasonable grounds on the basis of the ASD readings alone. The Superintendent dismissed Wilson's appeal, finding that the "Warn" reading from the ASD alone provides the officer with reasonable grounds to issue the notice of driving prohibition under the relevant provision of the Act.
The relevant provision is section 215.41(3.1) of the Motor Vehicle Act as follows (emphasis added):
(3.1) If, at any time or place on a highway or industrial road,
(a) a peace officer makes a demand to a driver under the Criminal Code to provide a sample of breath for analysis by means of an approved screening device and the approved screening device registers a warn or a fail, and
(b) the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe, as a result of the analysis, that the driver's ability to drive is affected by alcohol,
the peace officer, or another peace officer, must,
(c) if the driver holds a valid licence or permit issued under this Act, or a document issued in another jurisdiction that allows the driver to operate a motor vehicle, take possession of the driver's licence, permit or document if the driver has it in his or her possession, and
(d) subject to section 215.42, serve on the driver a notice of driving prohibition.
The legal issue here comes down to the meaning of the phrase 'as a result of the analysis' in clause (b) noted above. Specifically, can the analysis be solely the readings provided by the ASD in a roadside checkstop? Or must the analysis be in addition to the ASD readings?
The Supreme Court begins its analysis by observing the now familiar position in substantive judicial review that the interpretation by the Superintendent of its home legislation is presumptively owed deference (at para 17). The issue being one of statutory interpretation, the Court then cites the principle on statutory interpretation known as the 'modern approach' as the authority to determine whether the Superintendent's interpretation of its home legislation is a reasonable one (at para 18). The modern approach essentially amounts to reading statutory provisions in their literal sense as well as in light of their nearby context and overall purpose, to decipher the intention of the Legislature (or Parliament for federal legislation) in relation to the meaning of legislative text. In cases where 'real' ambiguity in meaning remains after these various approaches, a reviewing court will turn to either or both of external context (eg. committee work or house debates) and common law presumptions to decide on meaning. The leading authorities on the modern approach are Rizzo and Rizzo Shoes Ltd (Re), [1998] 1 SCR 27 and Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v Rex, 2002 SCC 42.
The Court also notes the onus is on Wilson to not only provide a reasonable interpretation of the provisions in question, but also demonstrate the Superintendent's interpretation is unreasonable (at para 20). This onus comes from the Court's 2013 decision in McLean v British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2013 SCC 67 and was the subject of an earlier ABlawg.
Wilson argues section 215.41(3.1) requires the peace officer to have additional evidence of impairment in addition to the ASD readings in order to form reasonable grounds to believe a driver is impaired and issue the Notice to prohibit driving. His reading of the words "as a result of the analysis" in clause (b) is that the legislature would not have included this phrase if it were solely the ASD readings that triggered the obligation to issue the Notice, and therefore the phrase itself must stand for analysis in addition to the ASD readings (at paras 27 and 28). He further argues this reading is necessary to ensure section 215.41(3.1) is consistent with Charter values, and in particular the rights of drivers contained in sections 8 and 10(b) of the Charter (at paras 23 and 24).
Writing for the Court, Justice Moldaver rejects these arguments in favour of a reading that the phrase 'as a result of the analysis' in clause (b) can mean solely the readings provided by the ASD in a roadside checkstop. In other words where a driver triggers a "Warn" or "Fail" reading in two ASD samples, the officer administering the ASD test must issue the Notice to prohibit driving. Justice Moldaver dismisses the application of Charter values here because the Court sees no real ambiguity here (at para 25). As noted above, the modern approach only calls for external aids and presumptions such as the presumption that legislation conforms with Charter values where there is real ambiguity.
Justice Moldaver runs through a literal, contextual and purposive analysis to find the Superintendent's interpretation is a reasonable one. The literal text of section 215.41(3.1) links the officer's assessment of the driver to the ASD results. In the words of the Court: "The wording could not be clearer. The ASD analysis is the yardstick against which to measure the reasonableness of the officer's belief" (at para 26). Justice Moldaver also looks at the factors a Superintendent may consider when hearing a review application from a driver on the issuance of a Notice, and he observes those factors are focused primarily on the manner in which the ASD is administered and the reliability of the results (at para 30). For Justice Moldaver this context supports the interpretation that analysis means ASD results only. Finally, Justice Moldaver looks to external aids of interpretation (other judicial decisions and Hansard debates) to confirm the Superintendent's interpretation is in line with the overall public safety purpose of the legislation to confront and reduce impaired driving (at para 37).
This judgment is another example of the Court speaking of deference at the outset but seemingly applying correctness when it gets into the substance of the matter. Of note, we are never provided with the reasons of the Superintendent for rejecting Wilson's appeal of the Notice in the first instance. Accordingly, Justice Moldaver's statutory interpretation analysis stands alone and reads very much like the Court is deciding the interpretive issue for itself rather than deferring in any way to the Superintendent's reasons.
And then there is the perception that the modern approach to statutory interpretation is a very results-orientated principle. The literal text of section 215.41(3.1) is not all that clear about linking the phrase 'as a result of the analysis' in clause (b) solely to the ASD readings. More clarity in the drafting of clause (b) to expressly link the analysis to that conducted by the officer under clause (a) would be helpful. And moreover the external context cited by the Court near the end of its judgment (at paras 36 to 39) in fact says nothing specific about relying on ASD readings alone as the basis for issuing Notices to prohibit driving under the legislation.
Goodwin: Constitutionality of the ARP Scheme
While the issue in Wilson came down to a question of statutory interpretation, the central issue in Goodwin was whether the ARP scheme was intra vires the province (see generally paras 16 to 34). The Supreme Court ruled it was. Goodwin argued that, in pith and substance, the scheme replaced the Criminal Code's impaired driving provisions with a provincial regime of severe penalties – a roundabout way of ousting the criminal law. The province argued that the ARP scheme fell under s.92(13) of the Constitution Act, 1867, which gives the provinces jurisdiction over civil rights and property.
The Court found that the scheme was intra vires for two principal reasons. First, they rejected Goodwin's submission that the true intent of the scheme was to provide a criminal law response to drunk driving without having to engage the Charter. The Court found that the purpose of the legislation was to prevent death and serious injury on the roads of B.C.
Second, the Court rejected Goodwin's submission that the "punitive" nature of the penalties imposed by the legislation was akin to the criminal law. Goodwin asserted that the tendency for police officers to enforce the ARP scheme over the criminal law provisions set out in the Criminal Code illustrated the legislation's "criminal" intent. The Court found that while Goodwin's submission was a factor to consider in determining pith and substance, it was not determinative, as police are granted more discretion than other members of society to adopt different strategies to prevent death and serious injury.
These findings constitute further evidence of Canadian courts' reluctance to use the Constitution to invalidate schemes that are regulatory and not penal, and deny persons the same procedural rights afforded to those accused of crimes: see also Guindon v Canada, 2015 SCC 41. Moreover, it is relevant that there is a growing tendency to use ARPs and not charge people under the Criminal Code when assessing the constitutionality of provincial legislation. The Court found that the scheme was not meant to oust the criminal law, yet in practice, that is exactly what it has done. It is our understanding that for the vast majority of first-time offenders, police go straight to the ARP scheme, thus denying many of the Charter rights that someone charged criminally would receive. Moreover, even where there is an accident causing bodily harm or death, or the individual has past impaired driving convictions, the ARP scheme is increasingly used over the Criminal Code provisions. So while the Supreme Court dismissed Goodwin's submission on this point, there is evidence to support his claim that the scheme's practical effects are ousting the criminal law as the preferred means of dealing with suspected impaired drivers.
ARPs Coming to a Province Near You?
In dismissing the appeals in Goodwin and Wilson, the Court may be opening the door for other provinces to enact similar schemes. Earlier this year, Justice Wakeling of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta dismissed a challenge to section 88.1 of the Traffic Safety Act RSA 2000, c T-6 (TSA) on similar grounds that the Supreme Court used in Goodwin and Wilson: Sahaluk v Alberta (Transportation Safety Board), 2015 ABQB 142.
At issue in Sahaluk were amendments made to the TSA that provided for an immediate suspension of a person's drivers' licence who was charged with an alcohol-related driving crime. In practice, Albertans charged with alcohol-related driving crimes under sections 253 and 254 of the Criminal Code have their licenses suspended for the entire pre-trial period, and if found guilty at trial, face a mandatory one-year driving suspension for first-time offenders. Sahaluk raised similar arguments to Goodwin and Wilson: the Alberta scheme was ultra vires the head of government that enacted it, and if that argument failed, the scheme violated sections7, 8 or 11(d) of the Charter.
Similar to the decisions in Goodwin and Wilson, Justice Wakeling found no conflict between the provincial scheme and the Criminal Code, noting at para. 244 that section 88.1 of the TSA promoted highway safety, while the Criminal Code punishes the offender by imposing post-conviction sanctions. The Charter arguments were similarly dismissed: a person has no constitutional right to drive, therefore the liberty interests protected by section7 are not applicable. Moreover, the sanction under section 88.1 of the TSA does not charge the person with anything, therefore s.11(d) is not engaged.
The Alberta and B.C. schemes raise serious issues about procedural rights. Both cleverly sidestep basic Charter rights by using provincially administered suspension schemes to tackle the issue of impaired driving, which bar the accused from accessing the remedial provisions of the Charter. Both are an attack on the presumption of innocence by revoking the drivers' licence of an individual before they can mount a defence at trial or in an administrative hearing. By removing these licences from people who have not been found guilty by a court or tribunal, it potentially extorts guilty pleas out of people who may have legitimate defences but who neither have the money nor time to spend months or sometimes years awaiting trial.
There is a common thread running the opening lines of these decisions. In Sahaluk, Justice Wakeling notes that the Government of Alberta is taking "dead aim at those who choose to drink and drive," while the Supreme Court in Goodwin and Wilson mentions the "devastating consequences of impaired driving reverberate throughout Canadian society" and "Impaired driving is a matter of grave public concern in Canada." In fact, some found it odd that the Supreme Court even granted leave to appeal in Goodwin and Wilson. After all, the Court essentially adopted the exact same position as the British Columbia Court of Appeal: see Sivia v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2014 BCCA 79 and Wilson v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2014 BCCA 202.
Perhaps the Supreme Court is trying to send a message that impaired driving is such a scourge on society that the Court is increasingly less likely to allow Charter arguments to continue to dominate impaired driving law. One also may wonder whether the Court was trying to send a message to the provinces that they will be more deferential to provincial schemes that avoid Charter rights by treating drunk driving as a regulatory, rather than criminal offence. Time will tell whether the provinces will heed the call.
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SCOTT McDONALD insists there would be no better time to end his scoring drought for Australia than against Scotland at Easter Road.
Incredibly, the former Motherwell and Celtic striker has yet to find the net for the Socceroos in 25 games but he'd love to break his duck in tomorrow night's friendly.
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We are living at a time when many people are indifferent to the message of Easter. Dr. Billy Graham once told Time magazine, "If I were an enemy of Christianity, I would aim right at the Resurrection, because that is the heart of Christianity."
The founder of the Jesus seminar, Dr. Robert Funk, offers a perfect example of what Billy Graham was talking about. This is how Dr. Funk explains what happened to Jesus' body after his crucifixion: "The tales of entombment and resurrection were latter-day wishful thinking. Instead, Jesus' corpse went the way of all abandoned criminals' bodies: it was probably barely covered with dirt, vulnerable to the wild dogs that roamed the wasteland of the execution grounds."
When Thomas Jefferson wrote his version of the life of Christ, he removed all mention of the supernatural, including the miracles of Christ, the Virgin Birth, and the Resurrection. This is how the "Jefferson Bible" ends: "Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus, and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed." That's it. The end. He died and they buried him. No mention of the Resurrection.
Even some professing Christians say it doesn't matter. One man put this way: "Without a doubt, Jesus was raised from the dead. It does not matter at all to me if He was 'physically' raised from the dead." Another writer put the matter this way: "I think the resurrection of Jesus really happened, but I have no idea if it involves anything happening to his corpse, and, therefore, I have no idea whether it involves an empty tomb … so I would have no problem whatsoever with archeologists finding the corpse of Jesus for me. That would not be a discrediting of the Christian faith or the Christian tradition." [Quotes from Dr. Ray Pritchard]
So, here's the question: Does the Literal and Physical Resurrection of Jesus really matter?
The Apostle Paul must have faced similar doubters in his day. He addressed the Corinthian church with several reasons why the resurrection of Jesus does indeed matter. Turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15.
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
Let's follow Paul's explanation. He begins by arguing that obviously, if there is no such thing as life beyond the grave, Christ could not have come back from the dead. If this really is all there is, then obviously Jesus couldn't have risen from the dead. Of course, one would wonder how you could ever know that there was no life beyond this one. Paul now turns to the implications if Jesus really didn't rise from the dead.
If Christ did not rise our faith is meaningless (v.14). Paul said, "14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith."
If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, why are we wasting our morning in church? What is our basis for hope? Our faith becomes nothing but wishful thinking. We become like every other religion in the world. It is but a fantasy.
If Christ did not rise we are false witnesses (v.15) "More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised."
Obviously, if Christ has not really risen from the dead then the Christian faith is one big hoax. When we preach about Heaven, Grace, Forgiveness, or new life, we aren't telling the truth. These things all presuppose the resurrection of Jesus. When I stand at a gravesite and talk about seeing our loved ones again because of the promise of Jesus, it is all a delusion if Christ has not really risen from the grace. I am a liar. You lie when you talk about people who have died being "in a better place". You lie when you talk about a Day of Judgment or Heaven. We believe these things because of Jesus and we believe Jesus because of His resurrection.
If Christ did not rise we are not forgiven (v 17). "17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins."
Paul gets personal. If Jesus didn't rise from the dead then He was just a good man who died for a cause. His death had no power to save us. Any notion that God has forgiven us is foolish. If God is in Heaven and He is holy, we cannot and will not survive the judgment. We have offended Him and without a Savior we are lost. What makes forgiveness sure is the fact that Jesus rose from the dead and proved that His promise and His sacrifice is true.
If Christ did not rise then those believers who died are gone forever (v 18) "Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost."
If there is no resurrection of Jesus, there is no reason to believe there will be a resurrection of the people you love. There is no good reason to have any hope as we stand at a cemetery. Our goodbye at the cemetery is final.
It is amazing how many people refuse to believe in the resurrection of Jesus but insist on holding out hope of Heaven when someone they love dies. You can't have it both ways!
If Christ did not rise we are saps (v.19) "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men."
There is a regular Internet letter that goes out in dozens of different forms. It states that a rich person in a foreign country has died and they want to get their money into the United States. They propose to give you a percentage of the money if you will help them. I understand that if you respond to the letter you will be asked for your bank account number and some kind of access code. When these people look for the money that was transferred, they find that the only money that was transferred was their money!
If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, we are just as gullible as these people. While other people are out doing whatever they please, we are trying to live for a Lord that was apparently just a good man. While others are only concerned about the present, we are trying to invest in an eternity that does not exist. We are performing religious deeds and actions that are meaningless!
So, to see the impact of the resurrection all you need to do is take these statements and make them into positive:
If Christ rose from the dead, then there is obviously life beyond the grave and there is the possibility that we too can live even though we die. The resurrection of Jesus opens the door of eternity just enough so we can catch a glimpse.
If Christ rose from the dead, then He is verified to be the Son of God as He said. His promises therefore are trustworthy. His teaching has the highest credibility.
Christ's resurrection means our sin can be forgiven. Our Father in Heaven accepted the sacrificial death of Christ as sufficient payment for sin. If we put our trust in Him we can be made new. Our sin can be washed away.
If Christ rose from the dead then our faith is not a waste of time, the best investment we could possible make is to get to know Him better and follow Him more completely.
If Christ raised from the dead our testimony about eternal life is not only true; it is the most important information we have to communicate to others.
If Christ rose from the dead it means that our loved ones who have died in Christ are not lost forever; we will see them again.
So, do you see the significance of the resurrection of Jesus?
So, the million dollar question is this: "Is the resurrection true?" Yes, I believe it is true. I believe there are several compelling reasons to believe in the resurrection.
First, there is the empty tomb. When Jesus died the Jews and the Romans both wanted to make sure that Jesus didn't deliver on His promise of rising from the dead. The gravesite was guarded. When it was announced that Jesus was missing the push to find the body was great. They found nothing.
Would my faith crumble if archaeologists were able to prove that they had found the body of Jesus. Yes! The empty tomb is the greatest argument for His resurrection. EVERY other religious leader has been buried and is still where they were buried. Not Jesus!
Second, there are the eyewitnesses. There were hundreds of eyewitnesses. In the gospels and some of the letters we have eyewitness accounts of those who saw the formerly dead Savior. Remember, this was back in the day when a person's word was their bond. But it wasn't just the authors of Scripture that saw Jesus. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians that over 500 people saw Him at one time. He challenged his readers to check out their story. I'm betting lots of people checked the story.
Some say the eyewitness testimony was corrupted over time. They say people changed the Bible record over the years. That's not true. There are copies of portion of the New Testament that go back to just decades after the death of Jesus. Every archaeological study has shown that what we read in the gospels today, is most likely exactly what was written originally.
Third, there was the martyrdom of the witnesses. People may pull a scam for a while but when their life is threatened some would deny the story. History didn't need all of the disciples to deny that they saw Jesus after His death . . . they really just needed one. But no one . . . no one who claimed to be an eyewitness denied the resurrection of Christ. They faced death and horrible torture which could have all been avoided if they had only said, "I lied."
Think about it. People today will confess to crimes they didn't commit so that they can get a favorable plea bargain. People will implicate others if it will save their own hide.
These early believers were so convinced of the resurrection of Jesus and the certainty of life beyond the grave that they chose death rather than deny the One who came to set them free. It's a powerful argument.
Fourth, there are all the skeptics who have become believers. There are many people who set out to disprove the resurrection of Jesus and ended up becoming one of His followers. When people examine the evidence honestly they find it overwhelming. Most of the people who deny the resurrection of Jesus start with the presupposition that it didn't happen. They have never objectively and faithfully examined the evidence.
If you want to examine the evidence I encourage you to pick up a copy of "the Case for Easter" by Lee Strobel, or "Evidence that Demands a Verdict" or "More than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell, or perhaps "Who Moved the Stone" by Frank Morrison. There are other books but I found these very helpful and compelling.
May I confess something to you? There are times when I doubt. There are times when I look around at the gullibility of those around me and I wonder if I am just as gullible but in a different way. I look at the church and I see the people who make great professions but don't seem to have any influence of God in their daily living. I see the way Christian people often show no real evidence of faith and I wonder if I am like those people. I look at those around me and I see them living carefree (and I would say, reckless) lives and I wonder if I am making a mistake giving so much of who I am and have to this Savior of mine.
In these times of doubt there is one thing that always gets me back on track. That one thing is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. When I recount the evidence. When I review the eyewitness testimony and look at the transformation in those who were convinced of His resurrected life, I don't doubt any longer. It is true regardless of the people around me. It is true whether I feel it or not. And because it is true, giving my life to this Jesus, is still the smartest thing to do.
What I suggest is this: the resurrection of Jesus is not something you can be neutral about. If He rose from the dead then follow Him with every ounce of strength you have. He is the Savior, He is Lord, He is One of a Kind. And if you believe He didn't rise from the dead then you should ask yourself why you are here and you need to realize the implications of your conclusions.
If you believe Jesus rose from the dead then I need to ask you another question: "What have you done about your belief?" It's not enough to simply "believe" the historical record. God calls us to respond to this one who rose from the dead.
If Jesus rose from the dead, I encourage you to turn to Him for forgiveness and new life. Develop a personal relationship with the man who holds the key to eternity. That relationship with Jesus can begin today. To start that relationship you must,
- Admit your own sinfulness. You need to take responsibility for your thoughts, your actions, and your intentions. No more excuses. Admit the truth about your sin.
- Second, you must be willing to turn from your sin. You may feel that you are not able to turn from your sin. That's normal. God will give you the strength, you must want to move in a different direction.
- Third, turn to Jesus as the One who can pay for your sin and make you a child of God. In the depth of your heart, come to Jesus and say, "I ask you to make me new by your death and resurrection. I turn to you as my Savior and my King"
- Receive the new life that Christ promises and begin to follow Him as He leads you on the road to eternity.
Easter is either a joke or the most important event in all of history. You must decide for yourself whether you will embrace the message of Easter of whether you will turn away.
Sir Winston Churchill understood the significance of the Resurrection, Most of us know him as the man who single-handedly rallied the British people in the darkest days of World War II when the armies of Hitler were poised to cross the English Channel. By the power of his words he gave courage to an entire country. Before he died he planned his own funeral service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The service itself was magnificent in every way, filled with biblical liturgy and great hymns. Just as the benediction was pronounced, an unseen bugler hidden in one side of the dome began to play Taps, the traditional melody signaling the end of the day or the death of a soldier. As the mournful notes faded away, another bugler on the other side of the dome began to play Reveille, the traditional melody signaling the coming of a new day. "It's time to get up, it's time to get up, it's time to get up in the morning." It was Sir Winston's way of saying that though he was dead, he expected to "get up" in the day of the resurrection. [Quoted in Pritchard Sermon]
Ah! This is the difference that the resurrection makes to all who have put their trust in Jesus Christ the one who rose from the dead. There is a hope that lasts beyond this life. There is a reason to be confident about forgiveness. There is a reason to be sure of Heaven. There is a reason to rejoice.


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I tried solve rigid body (beta) and I have few questions if anybody can help me.
First I tried just put cube in to the water to find out how to work with rigid body. I can't find any tutorials to solve rigid body so I combined few similar tutorials. It seems to be working but soon or later I get negative element error. I tried change time step or make finer mesh but I got same error. Is any known relevance between mesh and time step for rigid body solution?
Model is make as cube[20x20x20[m]] in cube[2x2x2[m]].
For domain cube I used 5 faces as wall and top face as open BC.
Initial condition: HydroP by expre., VaterVF by expre., speed in all directions is 0.
Rigid cube is drowned (1/2).
I will be happy for every suggestions and advice.
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The negative element volume means a mesh element has turned itself inside out. This means you need to either improve your mesh smoothing approach or do a remeshing step.
Alternately you could use the immersed body solver and you will have no mesh problems, but you will loose boundary layer fidelity. But for bodies which have a large motion the immersed body solver is a good choice as the grid motion is very difficult to get working.
have you tried v11 or v12?
Thank you very much.
I will try improve my mesh(I already working on it) and try solve rigid body by immersed body solver for now.
I tried v12.
Hi ghorrocks
I am also studying immersed boundary method and and try to simulate a block falling in the water. I am using "immersed solid" then rigid body 6DOF and I let it fall freely but it can't stoped in the bottom where the velocity must be zero. I give a density to the block and i let it fall freely under gravity. Noted that the rigid body is defined as an immersed solid. i have specified a stationary coordinate frame that has its origin at the center of mass of the physical rigid body. Another fixed coordinate frame was specified related to the water at rest.
What can I do to stopped the rigid body in the bottom where the potentiel energy must be zero?
thank you!
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"An American Bistro and Bar," this western but elegant establishment serves up cowboy fare wtih a twist of new mexico and a dash of french savvy for sauces. The decor is typical for the wild west...chandeliers made from the antlers of deer, wood finishes, and a saloon to quench the thirst. They do have an extensive wine list, though I tried one of their mixed drinks, which is something I do at every restaurant I visit.
'Iced Tea' - Bacardi Limon, Lemon & Mint 5.50 'Wrath of McGrath' - A Shiner Bock Beer with a Shot of 100 Proof 9.00 Smirnoff Jalapeno Vodka drizzled over it & a Squeeze of Lime
$7 dollars, and it tasted like a "mojito" with an ounce of iced tea. got a bunch of the mint leaves stuck between my teeth.
For an appetizer I tried the Cockles and Craw Fish, with a roasted garlic butter sauce with kaffir lime. I would have spent more than the $9.50 just to delight in the sauce again. Truly a phenomenal and unique taste, though there was only a small amount of crawfish, and perhaps five cockles. Well, it is an appetizer, though i can guarantee that once you sample this savory sauce, you will want more.
Second Appetizer was the Kettle of green chile pork, with jack cheese and flour tortillas. Also $9.50, and very delicious, this appetizer is not so overwhelming as to satisfy appetite, but is intense on the taste buds, as it is flavored with a habanero pepper.
The Restraurant offers two seperate menus. TheSaloon menu is available at the bar only, and features less expensive foods from 8.50-12.00. Stew, Steak, Quesadillas, and a "Big Ass Burger" are all found here. I shared a "Big Ass Burger" with my beau, for $10.00, and we couldn't fit it into our mouth.
Though our waitress was slow, and we waited quite some time for our drinks, she was very amiable. When I bit into a wedge of plastic while enjoying the appetizer, the manager came to personally apologize and to offer us complimentary dessert, as well as taking the Crawfish off the bill. Though none of that was necessary, it is always a treat when a restaurant concerns itself in such a way with pleasing its customers.
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A man stood at a Metro station in Washington DC playing the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of whom were on their way to work.
Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried along.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly, he was late for work.
During the entire 45 minutes, only 6 people stopped and stayed for any length of time. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk. He collected a paltry $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
The violinist was Joshua Bell, considered to be one of the best musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the cheap seats were $100 and his talent often commands upwards of $1,000 per minute.
This endeavor was made possible by a "social experiment" by the Washington Post. Fearing people might recognize Bell, or large crowds gathering, they pressed on with the experiment to see if people would notice beauty and exquisite art; if they were capable of recognizing it in such a chaotic environment such as a DC subway, or if people simply don't care anymore.
It saddens me to see the results. Such art is heard once in a lifetime for most, if ever.
From the Pulitzer Prize winning article by the Washington Post:
"Bell decided to begin with "Chaconne" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 2 in D Minor. Bell calls it "not just one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, but one of the greatest achievements of any man in history. It's a spiritually powerful piece, emotionally powerful, structurally perfect. Plus, it was written for a solo violin, so I won't be cheating with some half-assed version."
Bell didn't say it, but Bach's "Chaconne" is also considered one of the most difficult violin pieces to master. Many try; few succeed. It's exhaustingly long — 14 minutes — and consists entirely of a single, succinct musical progression repeated in dozens of variations to create a dauntingly complex architecture of sound. Composed around 1720, on the eve of the European Enlightenment, it is said to be a celebration of the breadth of human possibility.
If Bell's encomium to "Chaconne" seems overly effusive, consider this from the 19th-century composer Johannes Brahms, in a letter to Clara Schumann: "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."
So, that's the piece Bell started with."
Continue Reading the amazing story, Pearls Before Breakfast, at the Washington Post
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Persons of the Dialogue: Charlotte. Gabriel.
Scene: A Starbucks in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The way we use the term "technology," implies that it is a very new concept, therein defining the modern era by our advancements in the readability of knowledge and the supposed ease added to our lives because of it; however technology by definition is simply any scientific development used for practical purposes making it's existence dated to the first time humans used a self-constructed fire for warmth and cooking. At the time Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was written, technology Continue reading
Whenever a disease is on the rise, people search for answers and feel the need to find a reason for the cause. This is a naturally occurring human response. Since the rate of autism has been on the rise, it is understandable that people search for a cause for the debilitating developmental disease. In a few incidents, onset of autism has closely followed the administration of the MMR vaccine, resulting in increased scrutiny and scapegoating of this widely used immunization. In truth, we may not yet have all the answers to how and why the condition develops. Continue reading
Comparing the size of a single human being to the vastness of the whole universe inspires feelings of amazement, wonder, and fear. Despite these feelings or perhaps because of them, humans have bravely ventured to the moon, low-Earth orbit, and have sent probes to planets as far as Mars, Venus, and Saturn. These endeavors, however, raise questions about their goals. Although President John F. Kennedy along with astrophysicists Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson all appear to have the same goals for space exploration, further inspection reveals that their underlying motives differ greatly. Continue reading


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Instagram Is the Pace Car of Social Media
Al Urbanski, Senior Editor
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February 22, 2016
It's growing five times faster than social media overall and will pass 100 million U.S. users in 2018.
Instagram's U.S. user base is projected to grow by 15% this year. The user base of social media as a whole is expected to grow just 3%. Add to that the fact that the image-posting site will account for one-fifth of Facebook's mobile ad revenues in 2016 and it's for sure that the billion dollars that Mark Zuckerberg paid for Instagram four years ago was money well spent.
These figures emanate from a new report by eMarketer, which charts a steady climb for Instagram—in tandem with its parent company—through 2020. It's expected to have 116 million American users then, still far shy of Facebook's projected 178 million, but well ahead of Twitter's 71 million and Pinterest's 67 million.
Instagram's future is bolstered by a strong contingent of millennials. Currently more than half of its 89 million users fall into that age group; eMarketer predicts that nearly two thirds of all millennial smartphone owners will use Instagram by 2019.
"Instagram and Facebook know that mobile has changed the way people—especially millennials and Gen X-ers—communicate," said Debra Aho Williamson, eMarketer's principal analyst. "Instagram has a lot of momentum with advertisers and its revenue is increasing rapidly."


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The Morning Ledger: Corporate Tax Probe in Europe Targets Transfer Pricing
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Good morning. European Union regulators made official their investigation of tax rates being paid by multinational companies, and identified the tax practices of Apple Inc., Starbucks Corp. and Fiat SpA as targets of the probe. Tax experts say the move could deter major corporations from using certain tax structures to shrink their tax bills, the WSJ's Tom Fairless reports.
The European Commission, the region's antitrust authority, said it would examine whether tax deals granted to Apple in Ireland, Fiat Finance & Trade in Luxembourg and Starbucks in the Netherlands amounted to illegal aid by governments for the companies.
At issue are so-called transfer-pricing arrangements, under which companies can redistribute profit within a group by charging for goods or services sold by one subsidiary to another, typically located in different countries. While not illegal, such arrangements could violate EU rules if tax authorities allowed specific companies to charge prices internally that didn't reflect market conditions. The commission is concerned that national tax authorities allowed the three companies to underestimate their taxable profits, and thereby gain an unfair competitive advantage.
At 8:30 a.m. we'll see three important data points: jobless claims, retail sales, and import and export prices. Analysts are anticipating jobless claims to register at 309,000 for the week of June 7, down from 312,000 the week before. Retail sales in May are expected to have increased by 0.6% over April. And both export and import prices are forecast to have increased by 0.2% last month. Then at 10 a.m. we'll get data on April business inventories, which are expected to have grown by 0.4% over March.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. reports earnings today, and analysts are expecting first-quarter earnings of 32 cents a share, unchanged from the same quarter a year ago. Ahead of the Tape's Spencer Jakab writes that even as the company's flubs from the past year, including overly sheer yoga pants and the resignation of its chief executive, recede into the past, it still is facing challenges from both eager competitors and a consumer base that thinks athletic wear is simply too expensive.
Repatriation holiday gets consideration from top congressmen. Senators Harry Reid and Rand Paul are in talks to bring back billions of cash to the U.S. that companies are holding offshore to avoid the 35% U.S. tax rate, CFOJ's Maxwell Murphy reports. An agreement could potentially bring back more than $1 trillion stashed overseas. The chairman of the Senate finance committee, Sen. Ron Johnson, said he would prefer comprehensive tax reform but would back a repatriation holiday as a last resort.
FASB to tweak accounting for inventories and income statements. U.S. accounting-rule makers decided this week to kick off two short-term projects aimed at simplifying generally accepted accounting principles, CFOJ's Emily Chasan reports. The projects will streamline inventory-measurement techniques and reduce extraordinary items in corporate income statements, the Financial Accounting Standards Board said.
Lawyers race GM to find black boxes. As General Motors Co. braces for a costly legal slog over its liability for defective ignition switches, a tug of war has emerged between the car maker and victims' lawyers over the data in black boxes, the WSJ reports. Both parties are racing to find "event-data records" in wrecked cars and track down old downloads of black-box data. Some families and plaintiffs' lawyers said the auto maker has contacted them seeking possession of black boxes.
Activist funds dust off "greenmail" playbook. More companies are resorting to an old tactic to get rid of activist investors: paying them off to get lost, the WSJ reports. The practice, which involves buying back shares from activist hedge funds, has raised concerns among some investors because it bears similarities to "greenmail," a controversial strategy in the 1980s that saw companies buying back their shares above market price.
Real-estate sector moves crowdfunding beyond the trinkets. Dozens of crowdfunding sites now offer individuals the chance to invest in everything from single-family fixer-uppers to ground-up real-estate developments and even distressed mortgages, the WSJ reports. Many of the new platforms were launched in response to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, but already they have raised more than $135 million in debt and equity for real-estate deals. Key questions about crowdfunding in real estate are answered here.
GoPro seeks to raise up to $427 million in IPO. Wearable camera maker GoPro is seeking a market capitalization of up to $3 billion at an uncertain time for technology initial public offerings, the Financial Times reports. GoPro and GoDaddy, the Web hosting company that filed for an IPO this week, are testing investor appetite after a pullback earlier this year for high-growth companies in the broader market.
The return of Aubrey McClendon. Aubrey McClendon has been all but absent from the public eye since his ouster as chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp. last year. Now he is easing back into the spotlight, the WSJ's Daniel Gilbert reports. Mr. McClendon has raised $10 billion in the last nine months for his American Energy Partners LP, and on Wednesday he joined the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and the governor of Delaware at a Goldman Sachs energy conference.
Detroit's appetite for aluminum grows. Auto makers plan a shift to aluminum from steel in larger vehicles over the next decade in a move that could allow consumers to keep buying their favorite pickups and sport-utility vehicles as fuel-economy standards rise, the WSJ reports. Ford Motor Co.'s decision to employ an aluminum body for its coming 2015 F-150 pickup truck is proving a trigger for an extensive move by auto makers and their suppliers toward lightweight materials, according to a report by consultants Ducker Worldwide.
J.P. Morgan may cut some investment-bank pay. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s chief financial officer said the firm may cut pay for some of its investment-bank employees amid relatively slow trading conditions, the WSJ reports. CFO Marianne Lake didn't give a time frame but described the revenue pressures as "cyclical."
Alibaba debuts U.S. shopping site. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd.'s 11 Main marketplace is its latest foray into the home turf of Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc., and comes as it prepares for its massive IPO in New York, the WSJ's Juro Osawa reports. In addition to 11 Main, Alibaba has been stepping up its deal activities in the U.S. over the past year, investing in a range of U.S. companies – not just in e-commerce, but also in other areas like mobile messaging.
Lululemon founder calls for board change. Chip Wilson called for changes on the yoga-wear retailer's board "to increase shareholder value," and has hired bankers and lawyers to advise him on how he might pursue a fight with fellow directors, the WSJ reports. Mr. Wilson said board members favor short-term results at the expense of long-term goals, product and corporate culture. The company replied that its board members "are aligned with the company's core values and possess the necessary expertise to successfully lead Lululemon forward."
Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy consider joint bid for Alstom assets. Siemens AG said it would decide by Monday whether to submit a joint proposal with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for Alstom SA's energy assets, the WSJ's Friedrich Geiger reports. An executive of Hitachi Ltd. also said that his company will work closely with its partner Mitsubishi Heavy in a potential joint bid.
AT&T defends DirecTV buyout. AT&T Inc.'s proposed $48 billion acquisition of DirecTV is the only way the two companies can compete with Comcast and Time Warner Cable in the market for bundled video and broadband service, the WSJ's Gautham Nagesh reports. That's because customers increasingly seek an integrated bundle of video, voice and broadband service at home, something neither AT&T nor DirecTV can offer at present.
Hunt for yield leads to a rare bond prize. Investors are chasing callable bonds—those which can be bought back before maturity—issued by companies recently upgraded from junk status, the WSJ's Mike Cherney reports. The scramble in this corner of the $3.5 trillion U.S. high-grade corporate-bond market illustrates the intense focus on garnering higher returns at a time when yields on debt issued by developed countries are very low.
Ruling challenges claims by defunct law firms. In a decision likely to influence litigation over failed law firms, a federal judge has ruled that the defunct Heller Ehrman has no right to profits from unfinished legal work its ex-partners brought to their new employers, the WSJ's Jennifer Smith reports. The decision could bolster arguments made by big law firms that hired partners from bankrupt rivals, then pushed back against claims for the profits from legal work that originated at the failed firms.
Pinnacle weighs Hillshire options. Pinnacle Foods Inc. is considering its options—including seeking more breakup money—before agreeing to release Hillshire Brands Co. from a merger agreement they struck last month, the WSJ's Liz Hoffman reports. Hillshire needs Pinnacle's consent to move forward with a sale to Tyson Foods Inc., which has bid $7.7 billion for Hillshire but doesn't want Pinnacle.
New Australia stock exchange adopts Nasdaq technology. Asia Pacific Stock Exchange, or APX, which kicked off in March with the listing of its first two companies, signed an agreement to adopt Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s X-stream trading technology, the WSJ's Robb M. Stewart reports. For Nasdaq, it's part of a push to sell its technology across Asia and strengthen its relationship with other exchanges. APX will benefit from an updated platform more brokers will be able to access and which allows trade in multiple asset classes.
Hackers claim attacks on World Cup sites. Hackers' group Anonymous claimed responsibility for taking offline a number of websites associated with the World Cup, including Bank of Brazil's and that of the country's military police, the Financial Times reports. The hackers appear to have used a denial-of-service attack, which bombards an organization's servers with so much traffic that its site is forced offline.
BNP bows to request for ouster of adviser. BNP Paribas SA has tentatively agreed to oust a senior adviser as part of a proposed settlement of alleged sanctions violations, the WSJ reports. Benjamin M. Lawsky, who runs New York's Department of Financial Services, requested the bank remove Vivien Lévy-Garboua, who has served as head of compliance and internal controls for BNP in North America and currently acts as an adviser to senior bank officials. The bank said it is willing to let some executives go as part of a possible settlement, including Mr. Lévy-Garboua. Investors believe the bank will agree to remove at least a dozen executives.
GAO study finds little decline in competition on U.S. air routes. The Government Accountability Office examined the effect on competition from 2007 to 2012, when three mergers created today's Delta Air Lines Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co., and concluded that there was relatively little decline, the WSJ's Jack Nicas reports. On the 37 most-traveled U.S. routes, the number of airlines providing nonstop or connecting service decreased to an average of 4.3 in 2012 from 4.4 in 2007.
BofA, Justice Department tangle in court. The outcome of the mortgage case could influence the course of a multibillion-dollar settlement the two sides are seeking to hash out over a broader set of alleged violations, the WSJ's Christina Rexrode reports. Bank of America Corp. said the Justice Department hadn't proved that it willfully misled investors, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Ryan shot back, "The government is on the offense here."
U.K. to lay out market-cleanup plan. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is laying out plans aimed at cleaning up Britain's financial markets after a series of damaging scandals, the WSJ's Margot Patrick reports. Measures include making it a criminal offense to manipulate benchmarks used in foreign exchange, fixed income and commodities markets.
U.S. health-care data points to much weaker first-quarter GDP. The U.S. economy likely contracted at a much quicker pace in the first quarter than previously estimated, with data pointing to weaker health-care spending, Reuters reports. The government reported that the economy contracted at a 1% annual rate, but economist say growth probably declined at a rate of at least 1.7%.
Cardinal Health Inc., a health-care-services company based in Dublin, Ohio, said its chief financial officer, Jeff Henderson, is to retire after the 2015 fiscal year. The company will search for people from inside and outside the company to take over the position. Mr. Henderson received compensation valued at $4.1 million in 2013, according to a proxy filing.
Charles Taylor PLC, a London-based company that provides outsourcing and claims-adjusting services to insurers, named Mark Keogh as its CFO, effective June 16. Mr. Keogh was previously finance director at Warner Estate Holdings PLC. Tito Soso is CFO at Charles Taylor at present. Mr. Soso received compensation valued at $708,719 in the fiscal year ending in 2013, according to Charles Taylor's 2013 annual report.


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ACLU responds to story about woman banned from Northgate Mall
by Erik Avanier
The Tennessee ACLU has issued a statement in response to a question that was regarding free speech and expression versus a company code of conduct.
The question was raised after a News 12 report on a woman who was fired from her job and banned from Northgate Mall after she was overheard making anti-Islamic comments and posted anti-Islamic signs on her car.
Tennessee ACLU Executive Director, Hedy Weinburg issued this statement:
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Patton Oswalt likes to look at nut sacks of old men. See for yourself on Rabbit Bites. Patton, of course, only did Rabbit Bites because I did a year ago (I'm a trend setter. I'll bet Oswalt doesn't do "Internet Superstar" until Aug 2009).
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That was great. It was hilarious and original. I've never seen anything funnier.
Although I do like Patton Oswalt, I've long since grown tired of watching unintelligible rodents interviewing people I've never heard of or don't care to know about. I unsubscribed months ago. And I have no idea what that pink thing was in the video, which annoys me even more.
And by pink thing, I meant the graphic, you filthy-minded degenerates.
I agree, sukatra. Buns and Chou Chou wore out their welcome with me some time ago.
the rabbits I know the pudgy guy… no idea.
and ladies… mams… I don't take kindly to your criticism of my favorite furry floppies, all they need is a little nalts and marquisdejolie
jan – they already did nalts. And it wasn't that funny.
but they never brought them together – it's peanut butter and chocolate I tell ya!
Those rabbits drive me nuts. Their voices haunt me in my sleep.
Oh, and Jan, the pudgy guy is some actor from some sitcom but I don't know which one; one I don't watch.
Rabbits taste yummy.
Leave the rabbits alone!
sukatra I've read your taste in humor.
Marylin sitcoms depress me.
Nutcheese rabbits are gamie.
Jan: I don't watch sitcoms either, with a couple of exceptions: The Office and Family Guy. Giggity, giggity.
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Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh is one of the oldest gompas in Ladakh. Located at a height of 3,510 metres on the Srinagar-Leh highway, 15kms from Leh it is a place worth visiting. It takes about 3 hours to reach the place from Leh. We covered it on the way while coming from Srinagar during our Photo-tour to Ladakh.
About the place –
Lamayuru Gonpa or the Yuru Gonpa was founded by Skyoba Jig vten Gonpo (1143-1212)
It is believed that the whole valley was under a lake. Nimagon prayed for a monastery to be founded at the place. The Naga Serpants – spirits of the water caused the water of the lake to drain out. The grain of corn that was offered to the water spirits grew in shape of a Yung Dung (swastika) and hence its also called Yung Dung gonpa.
In 1820, William Moorcroft, the English explorer discovered letters of protection and exemption from forced labour and revenue taxes issued to the monastery by Mughal King Aurangzeb and by another Balti King.
The Lamayuru festival called Yuru-Kabgyat will happen on June 14-15 in 2015.
The mystical moonland is another attraction of the place.
The mystical moonland
Thanks to Shailaja, Ipsita, Madhavi, Shubha, Bindu, Renuka, Vamsi and Kamesh garu for joining me for this tour.
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Sorry for the posts tonight, I have been saving up my questions apparently...
So LO (little one) cut his first tooth right before he was 4 months, and his second a couple weeks later. Immediately the drool and fussiness stopped. But about a week later it started up again! Hands in the mouth, tons of drool, even the rosy cheeks.
I've checked out the top gums in front and it doesn't look like anything is coming through. Is it possible that some back teeth can come through this early? I honestly didn't think it was, but he keeps shoving his fingers all the way in the back and then kind of gags on them.
So does any other early teething babies have teeth other than the bottom two?