Sixty-eight days later, and the 33 Chilean miners are coming up to the surface. Thank God. They will be at it for a while, but it has started
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Chilean Miners have begun trip to surface.
The Sikh Empire had its own currency for the first time under the iconic Sikh general, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. The use of these coins was carried on by subsequent kings of Punjab and reached its epitome under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who laid the foundations of Sikh Empire. Before Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, the use of coins was prevalent in Punjab, but these weren’t used as currency, albeit as obeisance to the Sikh Gurus.
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Coins of the Sikh Empire
A 99-year-old marathon runner from east London, a leading scientist and a polo player were among those honoured for their achievements at a Sikh awards ceremony. Fauja Singh, from Ilford has set various records for his sporting achievements in his age category and once appeared in an adidas advert with David Beckham. He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by prominent Sikh Bhai Sahib Ji at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
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Marathon runner, 99, honoured at awards ceremony
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In pictures: Sikh temple opening in Norwich
I have had my differences with Stanley Fish in the space of this precious, precious blog — here , here , and here for instance — but his discussion of Howl , the film about Allen Ginsberg’s trial and his famous poem that gave rise to it, demonstrates why I have not dropped his blog from my RSS reader. Fish: Because the trial’s analyses of specific lines and passages interrupt (or are interrupted by) the movie-long declaiming of the poem, we have a chance to hear the same lines and passages twice and even three times, and, as a result, we experience the effect of deepening understanding that is produced by the classroom teacher who circles and surrounds a poem with information, references and multiple points of view.
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Fish on Howl
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 OCTOBER, 2010: Legal advisor of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), P. Uthayakumar responded to the controversy that arose from his younger brother and Hindraf leader P.
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Uthayakumar: In Umno’s 1Malaysia It’s Not ‘Sensitive’ to Insult Hinduism
I read an article in Insight Newsletter , the Newsletter of the Insight Meditation Society, talking about efforts of various people involved in social justice work. The article began by pointing out the obvious, that “[w]hen you look at what’s going on in the world, it’s a challenge not to be extremely angry and harrowed.” There are sufferings of the world that just make me sad – a tsunami that kills many people.
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Motivation for (Social) Change
We can subconsciously slip into viewing preaching as something other than communication. How so? Well, we can slip into thinking it is about simply teaching information, or view it as a literary exercise (written and read), or view it as a liturgical procedure
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People Communicate
On September 28, Beijing celebrated the birth anniversary of ancient philosopher Confucius at his 14th century temple in Guozijian quarter. This was the first time the country’s atheist government had allowed Beijing to hold such an event since the founding of communist China.
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The big switch
It is generous of Cathy Lynn Grossman to walk us through the hazards of posing thoughtless rhetorical questions: [Jerry] Coyne argues we must clear vision from the fog of belief and religious structures that nourish communities of faith. No common awe for the dazzling sunrise here
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A Rhetorical Scared Straight