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July 28, 2005
Quick stuff --
When it comes to inheritance, emotion-laden personal items are five times more likely to create family conflict than money, a new study says.Obviously the people conducting the study never met my ex-husband.
When a "counter-culture" art show reaches Twenty Years Old ...
Among a panel of artists assembled to discuss the artworks they will introduce at the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert next month was engineer Corbett Griffith, sporting a Mohawk and Versace leopard print pants. He used slides to explain the physics behind the Colossus, a 7-story maypole of dangling 8-ton boulders that will spin with manpower.... has it stopped being avante garde and now has all the originality of Hollywood's Summer 05 offerings?
In the "Well, that's nice but where have you guys been for the last four or more years?" category we have this
American Muslim scholars who interpret religious law for their community issued an edict Thursday condemning terrorism against civilians in response to the wave of deadly attacks in Britain and other countries.Let's say I'm a little less than impressed when I continue to read
In the statement, called a fatwa, the 18-member Fiqh Council of North America wrote that people who commit terrorism in the name of Islam were "criminals, not 'martyrs.'"
Many Muslim leaders overseas have issued similar condemnations in recent weeks, but some have left an opening for violence to be used.Sheesh.The U.S. fatwa did not specifically address suicide bombings in a war.
Particularly as I'm a mom, stuff like this tears my heart out. Go look at that smiling face and see if you can help, even if it is just remembering the family in prayer. If you can, spread the link.
Posted by Darleen at July 28, 2005 12:31 PM