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How to Dispel Your Illusions - - - The New York Review of Books
We previously posted an article about his book here
In 1955, when Daniel Kahneman was twenty-one years old, he was a lieutenant in the Israeli Defense Forces. He was given the job of setting up a new interview system for the entire army. The purpose was to evaluate each freshly drafted recruit and put him or her into the appropriate slot in the war machine. The interviewers were supposed to predict…
Religion for Atheists ? Guidance for the Godless
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The Moral Funscape
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Brian Angliss engages Burt Rutan (one of the WSJ 16) Engineer to Engineer
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The Moral Funscape
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Simply being near a church makes people more hostile to outsiders
Priming studies (in which you plant thoughts or topics in people's minds without their being aware of it) typically take place in laboratories. But you can get the same effects in the real world too. So, for example, people will vote differently depending on the location of the polling booth (in a Church, in a school, etc).
In a recent study, Jordan LaBouff (University of Maine) worked with collea…
Religion ? Unbaptizing Mitt?s Father in Law
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Our Cult of Ignorance
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Immanuel Kant Song
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New Rule: Atheism is not a religion! Unbaptizes Mitt Romney's Dead Father-In-Law! - Bill Maher - YouTube - BegovicMirza
The Real Time host brings Mitt Romney's father-in-law back to the realm of the dead atheist.
Bill Maher, Real Time, February 3 2012, 02/3/2012, Baptism, Religion, Atheism, Atheist, Mitt Romney, Christopher Hitchens, Ayn Rand, Jesus, Super Bowl, Mormonism, Mormon, Edward Davies.
Anoka, our little blight on the prairie
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Just as effective as the Mormon ceremony
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Play WeiQi ! !
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Zooming in on the Origin of Life Science Foundation
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A poll with a stupid question
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Why I am an atheist ? Beanpuff
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Say what, Ron Paul?
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Mitt Romney Fires Debate Coach For Making Him Bad By Making Him Look Good
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Fitness Model Loves Jesus? and Gets Praised Because of It
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Gay Marriage & Freedom: Protecting Marriage is No Reason for Discrimination
Freedom 2 RingAnti-Prop 8 Protest in PittsburghPhoto © Bonnie Cline, 2008
Supporters of legalized gay marriage insist that there is no threat to marriage and, hence, that the arguments of opponents are ill-founded. Even if one concedes the truth of at least some threat on the margins of marriage, that isn't enough to justify opposing gay marriage because bans on gay marriage devalue same-sex co…
Delegitimizing Atheists in the Media
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Fitness Model Loves Jesus? and Gets Praised Because of It
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Bill Maher unbaptizes Mitt Romney?s dead father-in-law
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Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot - Leslie Kaufman and Kate Zernike - The New York Times
Is the "United Nations" a code word for the Illuminati?
Jared Soares for The New York Times
At a Roanoke County, Va., meeting, dozens opposed the county's paying $1,200 to a nonprofit.
Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They brand government action for things like expanding public…
Saturday Open Thread: Random and Interesting, Music Edition
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Debaptism: Put that in your font and dunk it!
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Britain is becoming less religious, survey shows
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Bill Maher: Why The NFL And The Super Bowl Are A Lot Like Socialism
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Apatheism on the rise in USA survey shows
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Is Jesus Getting in the Way of Your Relationship?
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Stoicism is a Helluva Drug
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Who Was Saul Alinsky?
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Reactionary Values
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in defense of richard dawkins
by christopher hitchens.snipif you haven?t read it, you will almost certainly have seen it: the critique of professor richard dawkins that arraigns him for being too ?strident? in his confrontations with his critics. according to this line of attack, dawkins has no business stepping outside the academy to become a ?public intellectual? and even less right to raise his voice when he chooses to do so…
Saturday Open Thread: Random and Interesting, Music Edition
It's been a while since I last did one of these, but I want to start making it a regular feature. This thread is for you to tell us about something cool and interesting you've come across lately, something that makes you happy and that you think more people should know about. This week, I'd like to ...Read More
The Skeptics Guide #342 - Feb 4 2012
Interview with Derek Bartholomaus; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Speed Limit for Birds, Reading Brain Waves, Conspiracy Contradictions, Scorpion Inspired Armor; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Britain is becoming less religious, survey shows
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Volcanoes Indicted for Europe's Long, Big Chill - Richard A. Kerr - Science - AAAS
For years scientists have debated what could have plunged Europe into the half-millennium-long cold spell that ended only a century ago. Was it the temporarily spotless and therefore faint sun, or did a burst of volcanic eruptions loft debris that shaded out a normal sun? Or were the sun and volcanoes in cahoots? Researchers analyzing plants killed in the Little Ice Age's opening years are now pinn…
Are You Being Fooled Online?
Most atheists today seem to spend a lot of time online. This makes sense because there are so many active and engaging atheist communities online. But did you ever stop to wonder if perhaps the "people" you were interacting with weren't really people in the first place? They probably are, but the time may be coming when such assumptions will be tougher to justify.
Recently there was a little conte…
MLK Jr. on Prayer in Schools - Ed Brayton - Dispatches from the Culture Wars
There has been a furious effort by the Christian right in recent years to turn Martin Luther King, Jr. into one of them, in the same manner that they have tried so hard to make the Founding Fathers into mirror images of themselves. But as Rob Boston points out, King did not join them in condemning the Supreme Court?s ruling on mandatory prayer in schools:
King supported the Supreme Court?s dec…
Closely Watched Study Fails to Find Arsenic in Microbial DNA - Elizabeth Pennisi - AAAS - Science Insider
The debate over whether a bacterium can incorporate arsenic into its DNA just flared up again, with the posting yesterday of a paper refuting the idea on ArXiv, an electronic preprint archive primarily used by
astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists. The controversy began in December 2010, when NASA astrobiology fellow Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues described online in Scienc…
Is Jesus Getting in the Way of Your Relationship?
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hang on to your hopes my friend
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What Are Atheists Up To, Anyway?
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Saturday Reflection #67
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hang on to your hopes my friend
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Apatheism on the rise in USA survey shows
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Have A Cup Of Coffee
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Bill Maher?s Unbaptism
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Patton Oswalt on Arguments Against Gay Marriage
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bill maher unbaptizes edward davies
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danny hillis: back to the future (of 1994)
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An Ode to ?
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in defense of richard dawkins
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Zooming in on the Origin of Life Science Foundation
I'd been wondering about the credibility of David L. Abel, an Intelligent Design creationist who claims to work in the Department of ProtoBioCybernetics and ProtoBioSemiotics, Origin of Life Science Foundation, Inc. I tried to track down this foundation with the lofty title, the million dollar prize, and the elaborately specific departments, but the best I'd been able to do was find a google satell…
Politicians Need the Money More
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Politicians Need the Money More
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danny hillis: back to the future (of 1994)
from deep in the TED archive, danny hillis outlines an intriguing theory of how and why technological change seems to be accelerating, by linking it to the very evolution of life itself. the presentation techniques he uses may look dated, but the ideas are as relevant as ever.blog post, copyright ©2011 helen sotiriadis. content copyright of respective owners.
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bill maher unbaptizes edward davies
... who was mitt romney's father-in-law, and an atheist, and who was posthumously baptized into the mormon church, on new rules, february 3, 2012.blog post, copyright ©2011 helen sotiriadis. content copyright of respective owners.
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Why are Atheists & Agnostics Less Interested in Making a Difference?
Atheists and agnostics seem to be less likely than the national average to want to make a difference in the world. But why? Are there good reasons for this difference in attitude? Should this reflect poorly on atheists and agnostics in America? Are atheists and agnostics are more selfish than others? Are they just more concerned with themselves and their own lives?
Share Your Ideas: Why are Atheis…
A Super Bowl Sunday Ad You Won?t See During the Game
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chronosphere 1
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Blood-thirsty Islam? It?s just a myth.
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Why Presidents Should Boycott Prayer Breakfasts
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Religious Young Adults Become Obese By Middle Age
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chronosphere 1
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A Super Bowl Sunday Ad You Won?t See During the Game
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Religious Young Adults Become Obese By Middle Age
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Starbucks hates God ?
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One Way to Escape a Sex Scandal
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Misconceptions about the benefits of religion on display
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Why Religion Makes Only Some of Us Happy
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Why Religion Makes Only Some of Us Happy
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Bath Christian group's 'God can heal' adverts banned - -- - BBC News
A Christian group has been banned from claiming that God can heal illnesses on its website and in leaflets.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it had concluded that the adverts by Healing on the Streets (HOTS) - Bath, were misleading.
It said a leaflet available to download from the group's website said: "Need Healing? God can heal today!"
The group, based in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltsh…
Something from nothing? A conversation with Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins - ASU Origins Project - RDFRS
The ASU Origins Project and the Richard Dawkins Foundation are pleased to present:
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING?
A conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Tickets Now On Sale!
7pm | Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 | ASU Gammage Auditorium
BOOK SIGNING FOLLOWING EVENT
Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author La…
No positive correlation between religion and social morality
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No positive correlation between religion and social morality
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44 ? An Atheist Temple
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What Would Jesus NOT Do?
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Review: Chronicle
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Fahizah
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One of the most compelling Hitchens clips
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The Most Heroic Response To The Susan G. Komen Foundation You Will Ever See
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?Atheism is Religion Like Abstinence is a Sex Position?
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?Atheism is Religion Like Abstinence is a Sex Position?
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Thank You Jesus!
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?In Which I Defend Muslims
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Signs of Freedom
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Anything beats church anytime
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Free Will, Determinism and Religion
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State Congressperson Debates Dan Barker on ?Year of the Bible? Resolution
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State Congressperson Debates Dan Barker on ?Year of the Bible? Resolution
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Tebow gets sacked by a Jewish Football star!
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Religion ? Should atheists be tolerant of the religious.
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Obama Girl shows the way?!!
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First World Fallacies
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Christopher Hitchens: In Defense of Richard Dawkins
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lf Only?
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What?s The Point?
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The Stupid! It Burns! (plausible scenario edition)
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Carnival of Evolution #44
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?Jesus is like actually God? ? Outreach Media
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Florida Senate Bill 98 Would Allow Graduation Prayers at Public Schools
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Florida Senate Bill 98 Would Allow Graduation Prayers at Public Schools
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Rick (In)Sane Torum, a real Ladies Man.
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Komen Concedes (but it still sucks)
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Making excuses
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Friday Cephalopod: Feasibility trial successful
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What the Book of Mormon says about the poor (and why Mitt Romney should be concerned about them)
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Komen changes course
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Troll Dad
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Favorite Agnostic / Atheist Facebook Page of 2011
It seems that everyone uses Facebook these days, doesn't it? You can't get away from it, but some people have done a nice job using Facebook to promote their causes, ideas, or organizations. Atheists are no exception, so there are lots of atheists on Facebook and lots of Facebook fan pages. Which do you like the best? Nominate your favorite atheist Facebook fan page for the 2012 About.com Readers' …
Freshwater: Appeal goes to the court
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amazing adjustment layers
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Sam Harris: The Fireplace Delusion
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amazing adjustment layers
a video i made about photoshop's adjustment layers, using the black&white as an example.©2011 helen sotiriadisblog post, copyright ©2011 helen sotiriadis. content copyright of respective owners.
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The Violent Oppression of Women in Islam - Narrated by Nonie Darwish - LiveLeak
WARNING: This video contains violence & graphic content, including two stonings. This is NOT for the faint of heart or those with a weak stomach.
In Defense of Richard Dawkins - Christopher Hitchens - Free Inquiry
If you haven?t read it, you will almost certainly have seen it: the critique of Professor Richard Dawkins that arraigns him for being too ?strident? in his confrontations with his critics. According to this line of attack, Dawkins has no business stepping outside the academy to become a ?public intellectual? and even less right to raise his voice when he chooses to do so. Implied in this rather hyp…
Low Pay for Teachers is an Example of ?Biblical Principles?
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The Arsenic Affair: No Arsenic in DNA!
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Friday Cephalopod: Feasibility trial successful
Next step: lasers mounted on squid mantles.
You puny humans are so screwed.
(Also on FtB)
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Low Pay for Teachers is an Example of ?Biblical Principles?
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Nicholas Pfab: Atheists Should Kill Themselves, Save Air for Others
Nicholas Pfab: Atheists Should Kill Themselves, Save Air for Others
What would you think of a person who said to you that you should just kill yourself and save the air for others? Such a person definitely doesn't think very well of you and certainly couldn't be counted on to even be decent and civil, never mind helpful. Well, that would probably describe Nicholas Pfab, a Roman Catholic who wishes…
Making excuses
The editor of Life, Shu-Kun Lin, has published a rationalization for his shoddy journal.
Life (ISSN 2075-1729, www.mdpi.com/journal/life/) is a new journal that deals with new and sometime difficult interdisciplinary matters. Consequently, the journal will occasionally be presented with submitted articles that are controversial and/or outside conventional scientific views. Some papers recen…
Another tooth bites the dust
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A bureaucracy doing its job
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Why I am an atheist ? Stu
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Life ? Thought of the day: Why go to college?
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The Irish seem to have this poll well in hand
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There has to be a script somewhere
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Sex, Marriage, and Fairytales
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Quote of the Day: American Gulags
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Gays and Atheists as "Unacceptable"
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One Reason Why Religion Persists?
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Playground Semantics, Part 2
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The Farewell Tour- New Hollywood
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NCAR & UCAR ?Staff Notes?
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BHA wishes David Pollock a Happy 70th Birthday
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Darwin Day Saskatoon updated info
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