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CDN Aviator said:And do what ?
It's hard enough to get a guy from the regimental hockey team in trouble, can you imagine getting a prince in shyte
I suppose, if you look at it from the point of the RCAF ;D
CDN Aviator said:And do what ?
It's hard enough to get a guy from the regimental hockey team in trouble, can you imagine getting a prince in shyte
1011now.com, 24 Aug 12Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.
"He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy," explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.
Grand Island's "Weapons in Schools" Board Policy 8470 forbids "any instrument...that looks like a weapon," But a three year-old's hands?
"Anybody that I have talked to thinks this is absolutely ridiculous. This is not threatening in any way," said Hunter's grandmother Janet Logue.
"It's a symbol. It's an actual sign, a registered sign, through S.E.E.," Brian Spanjer said.
S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English, Hunter's sign language. Hunter's name gesture is modified with crossed-fingers to show it is uniquely his own.
"We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child," said Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson.
That's just about all GIPS officials will say for now.
Meantime, Hunter's parents say that by Monday, lawyers from the National Association of the Deaf are likely to weigh in for Hunter's right to sign his own name ....
milnews.ca said:The hand gestures for your name sorta-kinda look like a gun? One school board's answer: time to change your name, little buddy. :
DOHHH! Thanks - fixed that.PMedMoe said:(BTW, link isn't working )
RDJP said:I saw some "dessert boots" for sale at the local army surplus when I went to pick up some boot bands. :nod:
George Wallace said:Wonder what the sugar content was on them?
Pat in Halifax said:What good does it do to accumulate airmiles at a Funeral Home??? Can you use them in the afterlife?
http://www.dignityairmiles.ca/
jollyjacktar said:
I saw that but it still seemed like "...the dumbest thing I saw that day..."PMedMoe said:Maybe you missed the word "pre-arranged"? Just sayin'....
Old Sweat said:I came across this on my intenet provider's news pages. It is reproduced under the Fair Dealing Provision of the Copyright Act. I note that the endangered creature was dissected in a lab to determine its identity. Reminds me of the Vietnam era line about destroying a village in order to save it.
Endangered Spider Discovery Stops $15 Million Texas Highway Construction Project
The Huffington Post | By Sara Gates Posted: 09/10/2012 4:22 pm Updated: 09/10/2012 4:23 pm
While biologists may be rejoicing over the recent discovery of a rare spider that was thought to be extinct, not everyone is elated -- particularly commuters around San Antonio, Texas.
Workers found the Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver (Cicurina venii) spider, which hasn't been seen in three decades, in the middle of a $15.1 million highway construction project in northwestern San Antonio. The eyeless arachnid is on the endangered species list—since construction would disrupt the spider's natural habitat, the project has been halted for the foreseeable future.
Jean Krejca, a biologist and President of Zara Environmental who was consulting on the project, made the extraordinary discovery after a downpour of rain revealed a 6-foot deep spider hole. After dissecting the spider, a taxonomist later confirmed that the distinct-looking arachnid was, in fact, the Meshweaver, named for its pattern of webbing.
The Meshweaver was placed on the federal endangered species list in 2000, along with eight other spiders found only in the Texas county. George Veni first identified the spider in 1980 in a location five miles away from the construction site.
Krejca compared the discovery to “stumbling on a new Galapagos Island in terms of the biological significance of the region."
Construction on the highway at Texas 151 and Loop 1604 began in April and biologists like Krejca were on hand to "observe and preserve" the scene, which is reportedly full of natural resources, according to Stirling J. Robertson, the Texas Department of Transportation's biology team leader.
Aside from the Meshweaver, biologists discovered 19 cave features, five of which contained other non-endangered species of spiders. However, Robertson believes the entire area may be a Meshweaver habitat.
Construction has been terminated until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Federal Highway Administration can determine the best way to continue the project without disturbing the rare spider's habitat. Josh Donat, San Antonio District spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation, said it is too early to tell which options are viable.