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BREAKING NEWS

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MAY 16, 2008

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THE

PONCE INLET BOAT RAMP

AND

BOAT RAMP PARKING AREA

WILL BE CLOSED FROM

Thursday, May 15, 2008 (10:00pm)

Till

Saturday, May 17, 2008 (10:00pm)

This closing will accommodate the

PONCE INLET 3^rd ANNUAL

CORVETTE SHOW

We appreciate everyone's cooperation.

Thank You.

The Ponce Inlet Police Department

"Why I Joined the ACLU, and comments on the
Protection of Marriage Amendment"

will be presented by

Davie Griffin

[Without the American Civil Liberties Union
and their support of the Bill of Rights (their only mission),
we might not have the Center for Inquiry!]

Davie Griffin is one of the founding members of the Volusia/Flagler chapter of the ACLU. She served for two years on the Board of Directors and after a short hiatus, has recently been re-elected for another term. She chairs the information table for the chapter and the Restoration of Rights project to aid ex-felons in restoring their rights. She is chair of the chapter Membership Committee and is working on the project to bring the play �Clarence Darrow� to Daytona Beach later this year. She is involved in many LGBT issues, and works with the Florida ACLU coordinator against the so-called �Protection of Marriage� Amendment (Proposition 2).

She is the wife of George Griffin, President of the chapter, mother to two grown children and she is a paraprofessional in the special education department at Deltona Middle School.

Noon
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Red Lobster Restaurant
2735 N. Atlantic Ave. (Rte A1A), Daytona Beach
about 1 mile south of Granada Blvd. (Rte 40)

The public is invited. Free to CFI Friends of the Center; $6 requested from others. You can order from the lunch menu, but seating is limited. Please email your reservations to DaytonaCFI@aol.com [or phone 386-671-1921] giving names as they are to appear on name tags.
Our usual agenda is: Signing in about noon; and lunch from about 12:15 to 1 PM when the program usually begins and lasts until about 2 PM when a discussion period follows.

Notice:

Mimi Cerniglia had surgery for a partial hip replacement at Halifax Health Medical Center on Monday, May 5 and then was transferred to the Peninsula Rehabilitation Center, and she is doing exceptionally well.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Mimi!!!!

Her program on June 21 at the Port Orange Library has been postponed until later.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/education/summer_session/

The Voluai County Council Agenda for the May 22, 2008 Council Meeting is now
available online at http://www.vcservices.vcgov.org/agenda/

HISTORY TV Listings
Programming Schedule

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_weekly.jsp?NetwCode=THC&timezone=1

POI SELECTION:

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

10-11pm -- UFO Hunters - Crash and Retrieval
In 1947 an unknown object approaching US air space at great speed and a civilian craft out of El Paso were heading towards each other when they disappeared from radar. At the crash site near Coyame, the Mexican government beat the U.S. to the scene and loaded the wrecked UFO onto a flatbed truck. When the U.S. military arrived the Mexican convoy was found ambushed and the military personnel killed. The UFO craft was taken by the U.S. military to an unknown location. Our team goes to Mexico in search of the plane crash site where they hope to recover evidence. Then in August of 2007, in the Mexican towns of Ciudad de Valles and Xilitla, reports of "a silver object falling from the sky," and "a fireball coming down over a tree," were called into the Center for Control. Our team will interview the witnesses who have collected evidence, including an officer who risked his career to tell the story, and visit sites where the area has been burned.

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History Channel International TV Listings

Browse the complete schedule:
http://www.historychannel.com/glob
al/listings/listings.jsp?NetwCode=HCI

POI selected highlights:

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Friday, May 23, 2008

8-9pm -- History's Mysteries - Witchcraft.
Once upon a time that cackling crone on a broomstick held the exalted position of a healing woman who harnessed nature's secrets for humanity's good. What happened in the Middle Ages to transform her into a Christian symbol of evil? We'll study the psychological and social causes of the European and Salem witch trials.

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

8-10pm -- The Protestant Reformation -
It was the point at which Europe left the medieval world and entered the modern one resulting in the greatest forced movement of population in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. Spurring the development of both modern nationalism and modern democracy The Protestant Reformation shattered the authority of the traditional Church. Without it there would have been no scientific Revolution and no Enlightenment. See how the seeds of dissent put forth by a single individual blossomed into a spiritual, intellectual and Cultural Revolution that forever changed the shape of religion.

10-12am -- Ten Commandments -
What's the real story behind history's most famous written document? Our 2-hour special examines the three different--and sometimes contradictory--biblical accounts of Moses on the Mount, and then looks at each of the 10 Commandments in historical context. Adultery, perjury, murder, theft, graven images, Sabbath laws, coveting--what did they mean then? And do they mean anything today? Also examined are the other 603 commandments prescribed by Moses that took a backseat to the more famous first 10. What was in these commandments and why have they been largely forgotten? Legal, religious and historical scholars, including legal author Alan Dershowitz and Old Testament expert Daniel Smith-Christopher, reveal how the issues raised by the 10 Commandments have been viewed--and punished--throughout history. From ancient times to modern times, see how the definitions, the laws, and morality have changed within the parameters of history's most formidable "Top 10" list.

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the following days

recorded

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May 5, 2008 = 1,208

May 4, 2008 = 1,186

May 3, 2008 = 1,026

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May 1, 2008 = 1,400

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