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FINALLY! International Criminal Court filed genocide charges Monday against Sudan’s president… read the article from msnbc

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putting the "Jireh" back in Jehovah

by ak on July 14, 2008

A recent article from Time touched an area of my life that is presently already smudged up with heavy strokes of yellow highlighter.  In Who owns that prayer?, David van Biema discusses pious art, intellectual property, and royalties.  Biema notes that huge royalty fees demanded by those holding the copyright of pious art by deceased [...]

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Steve in Kenya with A Better World

by ak on July 10, 2008

My friend, Steve Neufeld is in Kenya right now doing work with Eric Rajah of A Better World.  Carpet Colour Centre in Red Deer and HJ Cody, a High School in Sylvan Lake where Steve works, funded some work to build classrooms for a school. Eric Rajah is documenting their journey on his blog.

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I think these articles and the continuing discussion in mainstream press are worth attention. Read the article by Henry Aubin of The Montreal Gazette, about “Margaret Somerville, the McGill University ethicist and …the intellectual climate in the country’s top court and scholarly bastions.” (Thanks Luke) If you have trouble with the link (which I seem [...]

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E for Everyone: The Mouse and the Elephant, is now available for rental at Movie Gallery in Red Deer.

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weekend, oui

by ak on July 8, 2008

- wake early to get wimbeldon fix – spend some time clicking – starbuck it with chris and shana, shoot breeze – connive and conspire with matt about upcoming bachelor party – wake early for wimbeldon fix, skip church for one of greatest matches in history – (miss out on final set!) – hit the [...]

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Morgentaler’s shallow victory Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post Published: Monday, July 07, 2008 Excerpt: It turns out that abortion is not quite the settled issue it was supposed to be. Awarding the Order of Canada to Henry Morgentaler was intended to confer just that, a sense of settled legitimacy to the publicly funded unlimited [...]

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unbelievable!

by ak on July 7, 2008

a match to remember! if you missed the last set (like i did, due to the rain delay and a trip out of town) you can watch the final set, in its entirety on nbc.com:

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