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Faith, Friendship, and Tragedy at Santa Fe High

Sabika Sheikh, a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan with dreams of changing the world, struck up an unlikely friendship with an evangelical Christian girl. The two became inseparable—until the day a fellow student opened fire.

Old things

Material below this point was last updated Oct 27 2015. When time permits I will review it.

A site that I maintain:

• Vancouver Institute - Information about their lecture series. The schedule for the Fall 2015 season is now posted. RSS feed here (but not up to date).

Links to other places:

Disclaimer: Many of the sites whose addresses are given below are dynamic in nature; it's a near-certainty that their content will have changed since the last time I checked on them (about seven years ago—I've been busy with other things). They might not even be there any more.

• James Randi Educational Foundation — Includes information on the Million Dollar Challenge.
• Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal)
• Skeptic The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine
• Skepchick Magazine
  • June 2006 Editorial — Pink Ponies and Pandora’s Box: Linux and Skepticism
• Stop Sylvia Browne — "Is she a well-intentioned spiritual leader, with actual psychic powers?"
  Note: If you click on the underlined text, your browser will take you to a site which is not affiliated with Sylvia Browne and is neither maintained nor endorsed by her. Persons sensitive to criticism of this person should not instruct their browsers to go there.
  • Montel: Lynda McClelland Reading — Commentary on a particular reading.
• GrokLaw - Digging for Truth
• Schneier on Security
• Pharyngula
  • We stand awed at the heights our people have achieved
• Effect Measure
• Vancouver Linux User Group
• B.C. Science Fiction Association (BCSFA)
• Science Fiction Links
• Richard's Digital Rag Daily
  • Of Eagles and Eaglets - Cameras and Computers - and the Net
  • What a difference 100 years makes
• Majikthise Analytic philosophy and liberal politics (archives). Moved to Focal Point.
• Focal Point Focal Point is a blog about politics, ideas, photography, and feminism. It began in 2004 as the independent blog Majikthise.
• Aldebaran A handy guide to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) which you can do yourself, without sending money to people like Dr. Marc Schneider. I haven't yet looked at the rest of the Aldebaran site, but have subscribed to its RSS feed.

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