'WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, NANCY PELOSI, HARRY REID, AND ALL THE ELITES OF CONGRESS, THE MASS MEDIA, AND HOLLYWOOD , THAN WITH ONE CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN!'
This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Whiting, Indiana .
You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement.
However, we are a society which holds freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty.
And after all, it is just a sign.
You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign.
Answer:
"Owen's Funeral Home"
You gotta love it!'WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, NANCY PELOSI, HARRY REID, AND ALL... more
Two Indiana teenagers whose sexually suggestive slumber party pictures made their way into the hands of the high school principal are fighting back against what they say is an unfair suspension from athletics for activities that took place off school grounds.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed suit on behalf of the two sophomore girls. The suit claims the Smith-Green Community School Corporation and Churubusco High School Principal Austin Couch violated the girls' First Amendment rights when they suspended them from extra-curricular activities and forced them to attend counseling sessions over a few racy photos that were posted on their MySpace pages.
On Thursday, Oct. 22, in Bloomington, Indiana, one of the best live dance parties of all time went down, courtesy of a rather unlikely sponsor, Victoria’s Secret.On Thursday, Oct. 22, in Bloomington, Indiana, one of the best live dance parties of... more
Local to Western Indiana, the Funktion is a 3-piece band with a unique sound that will entertain whilst rocking. This video was shot in a rural barn @ night.Local to Western Indiana, the Funktion is a 3-piece band with a unique sound that will... more
The Indiana Court of Appeals says six inmates at the Greene County Jail didn't commit a crime when they sneaked into each other's cells to have sex.
The 2-1 ruling upheld Greene Superior Court Judge Dena Martin's decision dismissing escape charges against three men and three women. Martin ruled the inmates didn't commit a crime because they didn't intend to leave the jail.
Court records say the men — ages 44, 38 and 17 — and the women — ages 27, 26 and 21 — crawled through the ceiling after midnight, having sex and drinking homemade alcohol.The Indiana Court of Appeals says six inmates at the Greene County Jail didn't commit... more
Good news and bad news everybody. The Beatles Lithograph contest is over, congrats to Matt out in Bloomington, Indiana for being the first to correctly peg Ringo Star as the object of Marge's affection.Good news and bad news everybody. The Beatles Lithograph contest is over, congrats to... more
Celebrate the pioneer spirit of John Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed," Chapman was a colorful character of the Indiana frontier in the early 1800's.
During the latter part of his life, Chapman traveled the countryside on foot, planting orchards in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas. In the process, he became a national folk hero and his gravesite memorial area in Fort Wayne's Archer Park has been designated a National Historic Place and is identified as such on the National Register of Historic Places.
35th ANNIVERSARY!
September 19th & 20TH, 2009
Saturday 10:00AM - 6:00pm
Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
There is NO admission fee!Celebrate the pioneer spirit of John Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed,"... more
Some great bands descend upon Muncie, Indiana this weekend as Village Green Records welcomes the fall colors and returning students with a FREE musical onslaught of local and national indie goodness. Local faves like Rodeo Ruby Love, We Are Hex and Jookabox (formerly Grampall Jookabox) are playing alongside stellar touring acts like Mason Proper and Seedy Seeds.
The full list is below of what to expect but you’ll want to come out early to catch American History and Seedy Seeds early on. It’s a great day with FREE music (did we mention that already?), but donations will be accepted so if you appreciate it, feel free to give. The goal is to continue to develop a great musical community in Muncie so VGR can continue bringing great music to the area. If you’re out and about, come see us.
2:00pm – American History
2:30pm – Seedy Seeds
3:15pm – Bonesetters#
3:45pm – Secrets Between Sailors#
4:00pm – Jookabox#
4:45pm – Prayer Breakfast#
5:30pm – Native Young#
6:10pm – Selfish Whale#
6:55pm – Good Luck
7:35pm – Small Wonders#
8:15pm – Rodeo Ruby Love#
9:00pm – We Are Hex#
9:45pm – Mason Proper#Some great bands descend upon Muncie, Indiana this weekend as Village Green Records... more
This is Hamilton home videos taken at Dunkirk, Indiana showing a slice of life in the Midwest in the early 1960's.This is Hamilton home videos taken at Dunkirk, Indiana showing a slice of life in the... more
Straight from the cornfields of Bloomington, Indiana, I bring you this weeks’ Re-Up. With RH busier than ever, this week’s post is jam-packed with some of the hottest new tracks, the latest trends, and several “must-read” interviews.Straight from the cornfields of Bloomington, Indiana, I bring you this weeks’ Re-Up.... more
On November 22-23, 2008, the first Histories & Mysteries Conference was held in The Hub, in the very heart of Edinburgh. The event was the first time the famous Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull went on public display.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Police and prison guards aided by search dogs hunted Sunday for two convicted killers and a third man who escaped the maximum-security Indiana State Prison, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes.
All three men were considered dangerous, and prison officials used a telephone notification system to send alerts to nearby residents and others. It was not known if any of the men had weapons.
Authorities identified the men as Charles Smith, 48, and Mark Booher, 46, both of New Castle, and Lance Battreal, 45, of Rockport. Smith and Booher were convicted of murder in the 1990s. Battreal was serving time for rape. All three faced at least 30 more years behind bars.
Indiana State Police, federal marshals and local police and sheriff's deputies joined prison guards in searching for the three.
But authorities did not know where the men might be headed, Indiana Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison said. Investigators were poring over visitor logs and talking to the men's relatives in hopes of finding leads, Garrison said.
The men were discovered missing from their housing units around 10 a.m. Sunday, Garrison said. The prison said in a news release that it appeared they escaped by getting past the bars in the tunnels and pipe chases under the prison grounds. Garrison said it looked as if bars were removed.
The prison sits in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Michigan City, about 30 miles west of South Bend and not far from Lake Michigan and the Michigan state line.
Smith was sentenced in 1999 to 95 years for murder and had a projected release date in 2045. He has a tattoo of a scorpion on his right hand and a cross with dots on his left hand, the prison said.
Booher was sentenced in 1999 to 65 years for murder and 20 years for robbery. His projected release date was in 2041.
Battreal was sentenced in 1998 to 50 years for rape, 20 years for criminal confinement and three years for stalking. His projected release date was in 2047.
Additional details about their convictions were not immediately available from the Department of Correction.
Battreal and Smith may have both recently cut their hair or shaved it, the prison said.
New Castle and Rockport, the men's hometowns, are both more than 140 miles from the prison. New Castle is about 30 miles east of Indianapolis, and Rockport is about 30 miles east of Evansville.MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Police and prison guards aided by search dogs hunted Sunday... more
http://www.triponadeal.com This week we feature sites around the world fans can visit to honor the late Michael Jackson. From Neverland Ranch to his boyhood home in Gary, Indiana ... plus some surprising destinations. What does Shanghai or Berlin have to do with the King of Pop. Or this year's Iowa State Fair. Find out on this week's Trip on a Deal!
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(Valparaiso, Indiana) - Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, Indiana delivers a Sunday homily about “the major evils of today – genocide and ecocide” entitled “Repent or the Time is Near” on May 31, 2009 at the Union Community Church in Valparaiso, Indiana.
In this two part homily video series, Rev. Cairns discusses the “Cosmic Christ” and a related story in “The Lutheran” magazine by Elaine Siemsen, the United Nations definition of genocide, the loss of language and other heritages in Indigenous peoples like the American Indian, Ecocide, the acclaimed ABC News Special “Earth 2100” and how many experts believes the Earth and its inhabitants are facing the “the Sixth Great Extinction” of the world.
Cairns talks about the results of the American Museum of Natural History national survey on Ecocide that “reveals a biodiversity crisis” and is entitled “Scientific Experts Believe we are in the Midst of Fastest Mass Extinction in Earth's History: Crisis Poses Major Threat to Human Survival; Public Unaware of Danger”
With the statute of limitations up, Rev. Cairns confesses his childhood antics to prevent a highway construction project from ruining the woods in which he played - now an interstate freeway has “vaporized” those woods that meant so much to him while growing up.
The other homilies on Celtic Christianity take a look at several topics including the European roots of the Celts (primarily Scotland and Ireland) and how Earth-based cultures can impact the future of civilization including actively protecting the environment, respecting fellow humans, different cultures and nature.
Cairns works closely with Rev. Gregory Jones on several social fronts.
Rev. Jones is the pastor of the Union Community Church and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University.
Founded in 2007, The non-profit Turtle Island Project is known for its ongoing work with Native American issues and the other wing involves other Earth-based religions like the Celts. Dr. Cairns is the co-founder of the nonprofit Turtle Island Project.
Rev. Cairns continues to work closely with the foremost Celtic group in the world, the Iona Community in Scotland.
(Valparaiso, Indiana) - Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, Indiana delivers Sunday homily entitled “The Cost and Joy of Discipleship” on May 3, 2009 at the Union Community Church in Valparaiso, Indiana.
The homilies on Celtic Christianity take a look at several topics including the European roots of the Celts (primarily Scotland and Ireland) and how Earth-based cultures can impact the future of civilization including actively protecting the environment, respecting fellow humans, different cultures and nature.
Cairns is working closely on several social fronts with Rev. Gregory Jones, pastor of the Union Community Church & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University.
Artwork of Saint Columba, Wikipedia: Saint Columba, Apostle to the Picts
Saint Columba banging on the gate of Bridei, son of Maelchon, King of Fortriu.
Source: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Scotland's Story
Saint Columba banging on the gate of Bridei, son of Maelchon, King of Fortriu.
Created by illustrator John R. Skelton in 1906.
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Wikipedia Iona Island (Scotland) topo map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona
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Summer's almost here travelers! While most travel businesses are suffering there is one that is thriving in this economy: Campgrounds. 2009 is the summer for camping! So campers this week light up the campfire and listen to our story, "The Tale of the best camping resources available on the net!"
Get all the links to the camping resources at triponadeal.com
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Summer's almost here travelers! While most travel... more
Celtic Christianity Today Homily “The Goodness of Creation” on April 26, 2009 at Union Community Church, Valparaiso, IN by Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, IN.
Rev. Dr. George Cairns delivers Celtic Christianity Today homilies:
The homilies on Celtic Christianity take a look at several topics including the European roots of the Celts (primarily Scotland and Ireland) and how Earth-based cultures can impact the future of civilization including actively protecting the environment, respecting fellow humans, different cultures and nature.
Cairns is working closely with Rev. Gregory Jones on several social fronts.
Rev. Jones is the pastor of the Union Community Church and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University.
Founded in 2007, The non-profit Turtle Island Project is known for its ongoing work with Native American issues - and the other wing involves other Earth-based religions like the Celts. Dr. Cairns is the co-founder of the nonprofit Turtle Island Project.
Rev. Cairns continues to work closely with the foremost Celtic group in the world, the Iona Community in Scotland that is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship.
Cairns is a research professor of Practical Theology and Spirituality at Chicago Theological Seminary, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and lives in Chesterton, Indiana.
Cairns recently completed a six-part "contemplative reading and discussion" of Philip Newell's book "Christ of the Celts" at the Union Community Church. Cairns and his wife, Nancy, recently hosted a conference on Celtic Spirituality, Ecology, and Participative Consciousness.
Dr. Cairns says:
Celtic Christianity is a strand of the Christian tradition which developed during the
middle of the first millennium. Its full flowering in Ireland and Scotland continued for several hundred years before it was incorporated into the dominant church as many of its traditions were lost or suppressed.
There are two major reasons for this recovery and reconstruction of Celtic Christian practical theology for the church today: Church Renewal & Engaging and transforming the genocide and ecocide taking place today.
We are concerned that our current individual and systemic western consciousness is disembodied and ill. We believe that this process started several thousand years ago in the late Paleolithic. We are not trying to turn back the clock to the Stone Age. But we do know that a change in consciousness must begin if our planet and we are to survive.
What we have lost is participative consciousness, which understands that our lives are profoundly related to the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of all of creation. Another way of putting this is that we are completely relational beings. Reconnection with all of creation as sacred and responsive
and alive is our great task in the early 21st century.
We have living guides to help us such as Celtic Spirituality, Native American Spirituality and post-modern science. I believe we need to integrate the profound gifts of these resources and open ourselves to deepen our relationships with all of creation.”
Tara L. Brandon, 38-year-old summer camp director, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex multiple times with a teen boy. The boy admitted to police that he and Brandon performed sex acts on each other and had sexual intercourses more than 30 times over the summer of 2007 and 2008. Police also interviewed another counselor who told police that he had witnessed what he thought was a sexual relationship between Tara Brandon and the boy earlier this year.
Brandon is removed from her Whitko High School teaching job, but officials do not believe the sixth-year biology teacher had improper relationships with any Whitko students.
The victim also reported that Brandon tried to break up his relationship with his girlfriend by sending her text messages that badmouthed him, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Brandon faces 15 counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. Each count is potentially punishable by 6 to 20 years behind bars.
She also faces 18 counts of controlled seduction. Each of those counts is potentially punishable by up to 3 years behind bars.Tara L. Brandon, 38-year-old summer camp director, has been arrested for allegedly... more
Tricia D. Mallernee, 32-year-old Anderson woman has been charged with four felony counts of child seduction for allegedly having sex with a teen foreign exchange student more than 50 times from August 2008 through April 2009.
According to investigators, Mallernee began having sex with the 17-year-old male student about two weeks after he arrived at her home. The boy told police that the first incident happened after Mallernee had given him alcohol and coaxed him into her bedroom.
Mallernee and the teen had sex in her home and while on a spring vacation in Florida. On one occasion in April, Mallernee had the boy dismissed from school early and the pair had sex at Mounds State Park, according to court documents.
Police said the boy told them that he tried to end the relationship several times, but Mallernee allegedly threatened to have the boy removed from the home if he stopped having sex with her, law enforcement officials said. He told investigators that he was afraid that moving to a new home would mean having to stop participating in school activities, according to court documents. He continued in the relationship.Tricia D. Mallernee, 32-year-old Anderson woman has been charged with four felony... more
"Because of President Obama's appearance and speech at Notre Dame this Sunday, some seniors will not attend their own graduation ceremony and instead join a University prayer service on the grounds at Notre Dame. No indication yet as to how many seniors will forgo the graduation ceremony.
The student group behind this effort, ND Response, has made this wild hollywood style video showcasing their displeasure with Notre Dame and the President. I must say the production value is extremely high and I feel like I'm watching a trailer for some sort of hollywood blockbuster movie."
Watch it above."Because of President Obama's appearance and speech at Notre Dame this Sunday, some... more
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