WANTED: FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR IMPORTANT VIRGINIA DEM CAMPAIGN Democratic candidate for VA Attorney General in 2013 seeks Finance Director and fundraising staff. You should have experience in a major legislative, statewide, or Congressional campaign, as well as fundraising through social media and finance committees. You also should have a commitment to justice and fairness, a zest for the rough-and-tumble of a statewide...
Thursday, 31 May 2012
(Career Progress) Fwd: VA Attorney General Race Finance Directorq
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[Unicum] Farewell
Dear Unicum Members, It is time for me to say goodbye to all of you as I will return to Hungary today and continue my work at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I would like to thank all of you for assisting and attending the cultural events at the Embassy of Hungary, and all other types of support during the last 5 years. I wish you all the best and I hope to return soon either as a diplomat or as a tourist. Best...
[SCOW] Sailing on the Bay Friday 6/8 - Sunday 6/10
Hello Sailors!
We have reserved a Parklawn Sailing Association boat for Jun 8, 9, and 10 on the Chesapeake. The boat resides in Galesville (West River).
We are planning to get to the boat around 10 on Friday, leave around noon, sail to the Eastern shore (depending in part on weather and winds), maybe anchor out one night and go to a St. Michaels, Rock Hall, or Oxford another night. We plan to return around 6 on Sunday.
We're...
[SCOW] Special Olympics Call for Volunteers!
Ahoy Sailors!SCOW's participation in Special Olympics training is starting this coming Monday, June 4th.Training will be each Monday night from 5:30 to 7:30. We start preparing the boats at 5:30 and they should be in the water and ready to sail at 6pm when we have a brief meeting near the cranes. We will be using all four of our Flying Scots for each Monday night in June (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th). We...
[SCOW] Social Sail Tonight
ANNOUNCING SOCIAL SAIL THIS THURSDAY MAY 31 6 PM It is a beautiful summer day and I'm sure the sunset will be spectacular tonight at the marina. Come to our social sail at 6 PM (5:30 to assist setting up boats and food cart). There will be sumptuous homemade chili and veggie platter by Rob VanTassell, with co-host Rose Anna and dockmaster Greg Segal. Don't miss this rare opportunity for homemade dinner...
(Career Progress) TOMORROW: DC Tech Meetup: "Explore Digital Dupont" (open house happy hours including progressive firms Salsa Labs, National Field, Public Citizen etc)
5pm-9pm June 1stDupont Circle (various locations) RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/DC-Tech-Meetup/events/39214212The June DC Tech Meetup is something new. No content. No single venue. Just one Digital Dupont for you to explore. Startups, incubators, accelerators, and digital agencies will be opening their doors for you to drop in on them from 5pm-9pm.OPEN HOUSE MAP: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=210144278722087189496.0004bfb5fdcc6a078ba70&msa=0&ll=38.911689,-77.042806&spn=0.009066,0.016565...
[SCOW] Moonlight Raft-up Friday Night, June 1st - Still Room
We still need skippers and crew for the Moonlight Raft-up tomorrow night . See attached announcement. RSVP today – river@scow.org Faith Rodell River/Bay Director ...
[news] Official: 160 girls poisoned at Afghan school
source:http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/asia/afghanistan-girls-poisoned/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A hospital in northern Afghanistan admitted 160 schoolgirls Tuesday after they were poisoned, a Takhar province police official said.Their classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered, police spokesman Khalilullah Aseer said. He blamed the Taliban.The incident,...
[news] Student Sues Over Prayer at Irmo High Graduation
source:http://www.wltx.com/news/article/188928/2/Student-Sues-Over-Prayer-at-Irmo-High-Graduation- Irmo, SC (WLTX) - A senior at Irmo High School sued the school district over a prayer at graduation ceremonies.Matthew Nielson, 18, filed the suit along with the Freedom of Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based group that advocates for the separation of church and state. The document names Lexington-Richland...
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
[SCOW] Tonight's Racing Summary
Hello, It was a fun night of racing tonight. We had all 4 Flying Scots out and about 16 people, and we got off about 9 races in the cove. Some boats were utilizing spinnakers. There were a lot of close finishes in light air. I also noticed a lot of crew rotation in individual boats, so I hope everyone got to learn something. Most importantly we saw lots of right of way situations that exercised our knowledge. It...
[news] Secular Coalition will bring lobbyists to Virginia Capitol by 2013 to advance atheist views
source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/secular-coalition-will-bring-lobbyists-to-virginia-capitol-by-2013-to-advance-atheist-views/2012/05/30/gJQAKe4Q2U_story.html RICHMOND, Va. — A national secular group is planning to have a lobbying interest in Virginia by next January with an unabashedly godless agenda.Virginia is among the first group of states the Secular Coalition for America is targeting for opening chapters...
Re: [news] Washington Post: Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 05:23:32AM -0700, GORDON SILLARS wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/serpent-handling-pastor-profiled-earlier-in-washington-post-dies-from-rattlesnake-bite/2012/05/29/gJQAJef5zU_story.html
I must've been blinded by the irony or something, because the
first time, I didn't read the second page of the article, the one
where it says that Wolford's father also died of being bitten by...
Re: [news] Washington Post: Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite
-- Poetic justice From: "GORDON SILLARS" <ggsillars@verizon.net>To: "Secular News" <secular-news@googlegroups.com>Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:23:32 AMSubject: [news] Washington Post: Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/serpent-handling-pastor-profiled-earlier-in-washington-post-dies-from-rattlesnake-bite/2012/05/29/gJQAJef5zU_story.html...
[news] NCR: Is the Roman Catholic Church downsizing into a sect?
Pretty scathing criticism of the Catholic hierarchy in a Catholic newspaper. http://ncronline.org/blogs/grace-margins/roman-catholic-church-downsizing-sect "I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine." -- Bertrand Russell &nb...
[news] 'Ten Commandments' Judge Roy Moore: Secularism Leads to Sharia Law
source:http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/ten-commandments-judge-roy-moore-secularism- The man who is likely to be Alabama's next chief justice is warning that secular government will lead to Islamic law in the United States.In an interview with conservative talk show host Steve Deace last week, Roy Moore opined that "a government that is denying God" was also allowing Sharia law to take hold.The Republican candidate...
[news] Reaching Out to Young Adults Will Screw Up Your Church
source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-adam-j-copeland/reaching-out-to-young-adults-will-screw-up-your-church_b_1543142.html I have a theory about young adults and the church. Here it goes.While many mainline churches say "we want young people," they don't really. If young adults actually showed up and joined their church for good, the change they'd naturally bring with them would be stark, even off-putting. In fact,...
[Unicum] Invitation to a Hungarian Event
Hungarian Event at the Library of Congress Wednesday, June 13, 2012Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai will read from his recently translated novel, Satantango (Sátántangó), and discuss the state of contemporary Hungarian literature. Book sales and a signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored...
[SCOW] Skipper Director update
Hi Sailors, Several of you have recently expressed interest in getting tutoring or taking a water checkout-- we're trying to get things scheduled, but in the meantime I would encourage you to contact skippers in the club (send an all-SCOW if necessary) and ask them to take you sailing so you can get some practice. A few of you have already done this successfully, and I'd like to see more of that so we get...
[SCOW] This SATURDAY! Leukemia Cup Regatta Kickoff Event: June 2, 4-8 pm
Hi Friends!Hope you can make it out this Saturday to the Leukemia Cup Regatta Kickoff Event: June 2, 4-8 pm! It ought to be a great party and kickoff start for the upcoming Leukemia Cup Regatta -- the largest boat race on the Potomac! (Also, a huge HUGE thanks to all the wonderful folks who contributed to our great earlier Team Tartan party! What a great time!) in any case, the fun continues this Saturday, so, come on out and...
[news] Washington Post: Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/serpent-handling-pastor-profiled-earlier-in-washington-post-dies-from-rattlesnake-bite/2012/05/29/gJQAJef5zU_story.html "I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine." -- Bertrand Russell &nb...
[SCOW] Racing Tonight!
Hello SCOW Members and Racing Fans! Come racing tonight with us on the Flying Scots. We will begin setting up boats at 5:30 PM and putting them in the water about 6 PM, with a brief skipper's meeting at 6. We'll try to get in as many races as we can, and we'll keep the races relatively short so that we have lots of opportunity for close boat racing, which will give us practice on our right-of-way rules, especially at...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
[news] Openly atheist Georgia house candidate calls for marijuana legalization
source:http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/183687/openly-atheist-georgia-house-candidate-calls-for-marijuana-legalization/ Mike Smith calls himself "The rational representation for the 99%," and he's running for District 69 of the Georgia House of Representatives. Smith is quite unique in American politics in that he openly occupies two verboten cultural stances: he is openly atheist and he is in favor of marijuana legalization....
[news] Teen Atheist Who Brought Down Prayer Banner Wins Humanist Award
source:http://www.christianpost.com/news/teen-atheist-who-brought-down-prayer-banner-wins-humanist-award-75737/ A teen atheist who brought down a prayer banner that had been displayed in her Rhode Island high school for over half a century will be honored at the American Humanist Association's 71st Annual Conference next week in New Orleans.Jessica Ahlquist will be given the Humanist Pioneer award at the AHA Conference,...
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