When a college drinking buddy invited C. Brian Smith to hang out with her parents, he tried not to sweat the fact that they lived in the White House. He even had fun—until 9/11 made watching bad movies with the president feel like a guilty pleasure America couldn’t afford.
It’s a very intersting Vanirty Fair read with great insite and sevearl surprises. Link
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Tourist officials in Australia are looking for somebody to look after a desert island.
They are willing to pay £70,000 ($103,700) for someone to work 12 hours a month for six months while carrying out such duties as feeding turtles, watching whales and picking up the island’s post.
No academic qualifications are needed, but good swimming skills and a love of snorkelling, scuba diving and other water sports are a must.
A passion for the great outdoors and the ability to speak English are also considered to be an advantage.
The successful candidate will have to demonstrate an ‘adventurous attitude’ coupled with a ‘willingness to try new things’.
They will live rent-free on Hamilton Island (population 5,000), the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland coast, and also look after some neighbouring islands.
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KERRVILLE — A lawsuit has blocked, at least temporarily, the erection of a huge metal cross intended as the showpiece of an elaborate prayer garden proposed for a hillside here overlooking Interstate 10.
The suit by J. Frank and Michele Clark against The Coming King Foundation asserts that deed restrictions bar the non-profit religious group from putting the 77-foot-tall cross in their Mesa Vista subdivision.
“This is not a religious issue, it’s a property rights issue,†said the Clarks’ lawyer, Norman L. Nevins, noting the subdivision deed restrictions say lots are for residences, not commercial uses.
But defense attorney Barbara Cole said the subdivision plat drafted in 1972 for the 12-lot hilltop development wasn’t approved by county commissioners.
“Our position is that the restrictions are null and void,†she said.
Max Greiner Jr., a local sculptor, designed the cross and has spearheaded plans for the prayer garden, most of which will be located on 20 acres adjoining the subdivision at I-10 and Texas 16.
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A new study finds that among people who attend church, only 30% are completely loyal to the denomination they are currently attending (meaning they would only consider attending church within that specific denomination). Another 44% prefer their current denomination, but would be willing to consider others. Denominational loyalty differs dramatically between Catholics and Protestants. Six out of ten Catholics will only consider attending a Roman Catholic church, while Protestants are about as likely to be loyal to their toothpaste or bathroom tissue as they are to their current denomination.
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More pics can be found at the Washington Post and the NY Times.
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But then again, the majority of you are trying to figure out what the heck is HSU.
American Muslim, Baptist Leaders Hold Groundbreaking Meeting
round 80 Baptist and Muslim leaders from across the nation gathered in Boston for a first-of-its-kind dialogue Jan. 9-11 in hopes of furthering mutual understanding and discovering areas of common ground. Held at the Islamic Center of Boston and Andover Newton Theological School, the meeting included presentations, breakout discussion sessions, worship services and fellowship times.
Baptist plenary speakers for the gathering included: Charles Kimball of the University of Oklahoma; Rob Sellers of the Logsdon School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas; and Cheryl Townsend Gilkes of Colby College in Maine. Muslims scholars who made presentations were: Imam Amir Mukhtar Faezi of the Bait-ul-llm Academy in the Chicago area; Louay M. Safi of the Islamic Society of North America Leadership Development Center in Plainfield, Ind.; and Muhammad Shafiq of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.
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