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September 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · del.icio.us

Fake firefighter showed up at disasters - Yahoo! News
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Radner/Peterson Memo to Bishop WinterowdTo:
Ephraim Radner was Missioner to Sangre de Cristo District in Colorado? Boundary jumping abounded? Isn’t he in the IRD? The ACI? Yep.
(tags: EphraimRadner, IRD, Anglican schism)

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RFID implants (for humans) linked to animal tumors - Boing Boing

September 9th, 2007 · No Comments · The Life of Riley

The hell with humans - what about our beloved little cat Riley?  He’s chipped, though the studies seem to have been just on mice and not on cats or dogs. Is he at risk? I’ve just fired off a query to Avid,  the manufacturer for clarification or comment. Their email address was not easy to [...]

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Across the Divide: BRAAAINSSSsss

September 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Episcopal, Hot Off The Presses

Could there be a psychological or neurological reason why some people tend to be conservative, while others tend to be liberal? Possibly; and it might extend to how people think about new scientific ideas, political concepts, and even matters of faith.  This might explain a lot about the current divide between the liberal and conservative [...]

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Davis Mac-Iyalla: Probably Can’t Attend Akinola Protest

September 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Episcopal, Good and Joyful Things

From the ongoing discussion at Father Jake’s regarding the protest of border-crossing Bishop Akinola in Wheaton: a commenter has posted a press release from Changing Attitudes Nigeria director Davis Mac-Iyalla, the gay Anglican activist from Nigeria who is now living in exile in Togo. He regrets that he probably won’t be able to arrange a [...]

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Salt Lake Tribune - Keep a distance: Seminary, school should be in separate buildings

September 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Notty Problems: Even Leaving Doesn't Solve Them, Only in Utah...

Salt Lake Tribune - Keep a distance: Seminary, school should be in separate buildings
In Lindon, a new charter school - a public school that operates with taxpayer money - and a seminary operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are occupying the same building.
That doesn’t technically violate the constitutional mandate that [...]

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