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The players are expected to report at the camp on Sunday for training sessions as they gear up for the crucial qualifier tie.
Players called by the coach and their teams in bracket are Amina Salum (Lord Baden School), Asha Rashid, Evelyn Senkubo, Fatuma Gotagota, Mwanahamisi Omari, Zena Khamis and Fatuma Khatib (Mburahati Queens).
Others are Aziza Mwadini (New Generation, Zanzibar), Esther Mayala (Street Girls, Mwanza) and Fatuma Bashiri (Simba Queens).
Uzuri Queens soccer team players joining the camp include Mwanaidi Khamis, Zena Said and Hanifa Idd, Fadhila Hamad as Fatuma Mustafa, Rukia Khamis and Fatuma Omari (Sayari), and Maimuna Said and Mwajuma Abdallah (JKT).
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Washington DC – On the same day the EPA is holds its public hearing on the proposed rule 2014 Standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, Americans United for Change announced it is soon hitting the airwaves in Iowa in defense of the RFS. "Simple Choice" will air primarily in the Des Moines media market in the heart of the country where real people and their lives and livelihoods are at stake, while big oil advertises to elites in the DC market. The ad urges the millions of Americans who benefit from the RFS – from family farmers, ethanol industry workers, secondary industries, surrounding economies, to American consumers paying less at the pump – to tell the EPA to do what's best for rural America, not Big Oil's bottom line.
Viewers are encouraged to visit www.SavetheRFS.com operated by Americans United ally VoteVets.org, the 360,000+ supporter veterans group, and sign up to be part of a team of real Americans who will communicate the importance of renewable fuels and the RFS to our nation's leaders, including those who aspire to lead the country in the future.
Brad Woodhouse, President, Americans United for Change: "The industry that brought us the Gulf oil spill loves the new RFS rule as it stands and would love nothing more than to keep rural America quiet until the ink is dry. That's why it's incredibly important that Americans in the heartland make their voices heard, because the strength in numbers of those who benefit from the RFS can beat Big Oil's deep pockets. If this misguided EPA rule is made permanent, the ripple effect cannot be overstated. As the family farmer and ethanol industry goes, so goes the positive economic growth we've seen in rural America since the RFS was established, so goes the hundreds of thousands of American jobs the industry has created, so goes the availability of fuel 70 cents cheaper wholesale than gasoline, so goes the billion dollars American consumers save every week, so goes the gains made in combating climate change and reducing dependence on oil from unstable regions overseas. Big Oil knows that if they're successful at eliminating their cheaper, cleaner, better performing competition, then anything goes when it comes to prices at the pump. The oil industry doesn't care what it takes to rake in more profits, even if it means sending more of our troops, and money and jobs overseas. This is a whole new standard in greed: an industry that can reap $23 billion in profit in one day while shamelessly collecting tens of billions of dollars in tax payer subsidies, and still want more."
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Ever since we learned that Cleveland passed a Domestic Partnership Registry last month — the one which proved extremely controversial among some council members, the one that is still so controversial that Rev. C. Jay Matthews of Mount Sinai Baptist Church is trying to overturn it — we've been trying to figure out what that registry provides. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Connie Schultz, it's not much at all:
The registry just guarantees that unmarried couples with none of the legal rights of marriage can pay the city a fee to document that they are unmarried couples with none of the legal rights of marriage.
It's as if Cleveland City Council said, "Look, we know that all committed adult couples should be equal in the eyes of the law, but we just can't bring ourselves to say that out loud, 'kay?"
Now, the registry does arm gays and lesbians with a defense, sort of, against greedy relatives, self-righteous clergy and all sorts of official-looking people who think only heterosexuals should have the legal right to marry, no matter how many times it takes them to get it right. To be specific, the registry gives homosexual couples a piece of paper to call their own.
For example, let's say you're gay and weeping over the body of your recently deceased partner when her parents show up at the funeral and demand the keys to the house you shared for the last 20 years. If the house was in her name only, I'm afraid you're still headed for a rental with a futon, but now you can whip out that sheet of domestic registry paper, wave it wildly and shout, "We are too a couple. Says so right here on this document."
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America's Leading Companies Continue to Invest Big in Solar Energy
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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) today announced that U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will keynote the general session at Solar Power International (SPI) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, Oct. 22. In his cabinet role, Dr. Moniz implements critical Department of Energy (DOE) missions in support of President Obama's goals of growing the economy, enhancing security and protecting the environment.
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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is overseeing a pilot project to build nine net-zero energy homes in Fontana, California. SunEdison will supply advanced battery systems for the endeavor. Also partnering on the project are national homebuilder Meritage Homes, which is constructing the houses, the California Public Utilities Commission and local utility Southern California Edison. The research institute is leading the project to evaluate how net-zero energy homes that generate and store their own energy impact the local electricity grid.
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i dunno. it feels more natural and seamless to go from looking through the viewfinder to looking at the lcd without the delay or having to push a button. i guess i'm just used to using dslrs.
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Some of the recipes make more than one serving, which is fine, but some of them make 20 servings. I don't know about you, but I would have expected them to have already done the math and decreased the servings to at least be what you would be using for the one week.
I tried to remember where items are in the store and divided this list into several categories: Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, Dairy, Snacks, Other, Seasonings, Seafood, Canned/Bottled, Meats, and Beverages.
A few tricks for understanding the shopping list:
1. I color coded the items based on whether they are for breakfast only, snack only, lunch only, dinner only, or a general item. That way, if you don't want to make any of the lunch items, for example, you can easily take out the green-colored items you don't need.
2. If the ingredient is for a specific recipe, I included a shortened version of the recipe name in parenthesis at the end of the ingredient. Once again, if you don't want to make that recipe, you don't need to buy these items. If the ingredient's text color is black, it is used for more than just breakfast or lunch, etc.
3. If an item is italicized, that means it is an ingredient for a recipe that makes more than one serving. So the quantity is flexible depending on how many servings you really want to make. It got to the point, though, that I stopped adding the ingredients from the recipes that make eight or more servings, because it is adding so many ingredients that you don't end up needing. So I recommend that you consult the list in the book and see which of these recipes you want to make and then add the quantities you want.
4. I also included a list with the names of the recipes for Phase 1. These are also color-coded; show the page number the recipe is on; states how many servings they make if they make more than one; and, if I did not include the ingredients on the grocery list, that is stated as well.
I created the grocery list in Microsoft® Word 2007, that way it is easy to edit. Also, it is a grocery list for ONE PERSON for ONE WEEK using the "Meal Plan Approach" for Level II. This took a lot of time to put together, but at least we can use it for four weeks! I hope this is helpful to others out there. Good luck!
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FORT STEWART, Ga. - As our nation reflects on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week, I encourage our Soldiers, Family Members and Department of the Army Civilians at Fort Stewart -Hunter Army Airfield to pay tribute to the American hero by embodying the beliefs and ethics that he exhibited during his lifetime. It's no coincidence that these same beliefs happen to provide the framework for our Army--we know them more commonly as core Army Values.
The values Dr. King exemplified helped him to become a prominent and notable leader during the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and '60s and helped him to become one of the most influential leaders of our nation's history.
As leaders in our organization and in our Army community, it is important that we revisit and carry out these Army Values so that we too, can make a lasting, positive impact on our society.
Loyalty: Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, your unit and other Soldiers. Despite open criticism and what was considered unpopular, Dr. King remained loyal to not only Black Americans but to all Americans as he continued his move toward equal rights. In turn, a loyal Soldier stands up for other Soldiers under all circumstances.
Duty: Fulfill your obligations. Duty means accomplishing all tasks to the best of your ability. Carry out all assigned tasks without shortcuts. Just as Dr. King stepped up to plate and was a deeply committed activist, we need to remain committed to our Army mission. If you don't do it, no one else will.
Respect: Treat people as they should be treated. Dr. King always taught to treat other people with respect and to settle disagreements with love instead of hate. His non-violent fight for equal rights and respect for all individuals was at the forefront of his agenda. Respect begins with an understanding that all people possess worth as human beings. In our Army, respect breeds unit readiness, higher morale and unit cohesion
Selfless service: Put the welfare of the nation, the Army and your subordinates before your own. Dr. King suffered hardships as a result of his action for equality. The pain he endured, though, was all for the betterment of others as he placed his duty above his personal desires. Selfless service is larger than just you. And like Dr. King, in serving your country, you are conducting the Army mission without the thought of recognition or gain.
Honor: Live up to all the Army Values. Honor is a matter of carrying out, acting, and living our core values. Make these values a part of your every-day life. Dr. King was a man of honor. he was honest with himself, truthful and sincere in all actions.
Integrity: Do what's right, legally and morally. Live by your words, and be honest in all that you do. Dr. King gave hope to millions of Americans as he remained steadfast in his moves toward civil rights. Having integrity builds trust and credibility.
Personal Courage: Face fear, danger or adversity. In the face of danger, oppression and violence, Dr. King remained peaceful, faced all fears and continued his mission to gain racial tolerance in our nation. As Soldiers, having personal courage is what makes us unique as we stand in harm's way to defend and preserve our nation's freedoms.
Dr. King was assassinated April 4, 1968, but we have the opportunity to carry out his legacy by living the Army Values, daily. It is important that we keep these values Dr. King practiced and preached alive. Together we can make King's dream a reality.
Editor's Note: Information in this article was provided by www.army.mil


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| Uncyclopedia advisory to terrorists
The following article perpetuates a vicious cycle of hate. (Now it's your turn; bombs strapped on?)
There's still time to instead read Judaism --or Christianity --or Terrorism --or Sikhism
"Finally! a theme for my presidency!"
"And you shall behead those who say that Islam is violent"
Islam is the religion that regards the Quran as its holy book and "Dude, Where's My Car?" as its holy film. It is the dominant religion of Arabia and parts of Asia, the principal religion of France, and the only religion that can be practiced openly in American schools and universities.
Islam seeks to convert "infidels" to its way of non-violence. The Quran calls for the use of the sword, and indeed avoiding imminent murder is the usual motivation for converting. Islam has accommodated itself to modernity: devotees now use box-cutters instead, which are more easily snuck onto a plane.
Nonetheless, devotees practice quaint habits such as misogyny, reject modern inventions such as banking, and spend their days pondering important questions, such as, "Which way is Mecca?" and "Has someone of importance seen the crescent moon yet?" And they take frequent breaks in the middle of their work day, "to pray." They study detailed dogma to explain why the resulting endemic poverty is entirely the fault of infidels.
ISLAM is an acronym for International Society of Liars And Murderers. It is pronounced "I slam," as in "I slam planes into buildings." The word Islam is derived from the ancient Arabic word "salami" which means "nitroglyceride." Adherents to Islam are referred to as Islamists. Everyone else is referred to as infidels. A female Islamist is known as a Pinky or Clyde, referring to her culturally-mandated attempt to impersonate the ghosts from Pac-Man.
Due to the dominance of Islam in Arabia, infidels in the West sometimes refer to Muslims as "towel-heads" or "diaper-heads" (in Britain: "nappy-heads"). This is not racism but merely a playful reference to the turban that many Muslims wear to keep all the precious religious payload inside their skulls.
To further confuse things, Muslim churches are known as mosques, the preacher is called an imam, and the Supreme Being is named Allah. If you pray to Him addressing Him generically, such as "God," you will merely get His voice-mail.
Islam was invented by a pig-herder named Balaam (nickname: "Jaclyn")(pbuh). He wrote a simple pamphlet about why he hated pigs and never wanted to eat pork again. Unbeknownst to the poor bastard, it grew in the telling and became the modern Quran. Jaclyn (pbuh) never wrote about putting infidels to the sword. At least not one hundred times.
The Muslim Patient Zero or index case was an Arabic man who lived in Mecca in the late 6th and early 7th centuries and was the husband of a local trader. The initial infection was spread within Mecca and was largely limited to friends, family and the clan of the Patient Zero. The infected individuals were quarantined in neighboring Medina, where the infection took root as an epidemic and spread to the larger region, mostly by (s)words, on which contaminated blood was able to reside and subsequently find its way beneath the skin of further individuals.
Islam is thought to have originated after jumping from wild cherubim (Homo divinis angeles) to humans shortly before the time of its discovery. Islam have come into existence within an incarnation of God (Homo divinis jesusus) who contracted it during a three-day residency in hell.
Currently two strains of Islam:
- "Sunni Muslims" and is the cause of the majority of terrorism
- "Shiite Muslims," is largely confined to Iran and neighboring regions. Muslims in name only.
Formal organization
Islam has no formal organization. A spiritual leader or imam may speak for his congregation, and the various sects of Islam may call councils, but there is no de jure spokesman for the religion as a whole. (There is a de facto spokesman: Osama bin Laden, tape recorder in one hand, dialysis machine in the other. His status as Big Man on Muslim Street was achieved by authoring more mass murder than anyone else.)
This is why "organized Islam" did not quickly condemn the September 11 attacks, although it didn't approve of them either. Of individual Muslims, a mere 20% reacted to the attacks by dancing in the streets. The other 80% reacted with silent meditation or by just continuing to milk the goats. (Five clerics in Dearborn, Michigan did condemn the terror attack, but every religion has its odd-balls.) Virtually all Muslims feel that non-Muslims stereotype them, and virtually none wonder whether frying 2,974 American civilians at their desks was the right way to remedy this.
Islam's two methods of giving back to the community, the fatwa (decree of death) and jihad (decree of holy war) are pronounced by leaders of individual sects, and may be joined by other sects. Alternatively, a sect may pronounce a decree of, "No, not him! Kill the other guy!"
Sects of Islam
Did you mean Sex of Islam?
- Sunny--Terrorist diaper-heads who sometimes blow up other terrorist diaper-heads' mosques.
- Shi'a--Terrorist camel-riders who like to whup themselves on their butts during the holiday of "I'll Sue Ya". They started this because their lawyers said people pity the victims.
- Sufi--A secretive sect that claims it's essential to their kids' self-esteem to be allowed to wear unsheathed daggers into high school.
- Kharijites--Terrorist dynamite jockeys whose main activity is arguing with everyone else.
- Hannafi--They hate America and clam chowder. Sean Hannafi spews his fundamentalist hatred on U.S. talk radio.
- Wahhabi--An extreme sect centered in Saudi Arabia. They ban people from various cities, treat women as pets, enjoy blowing up skyscrapers, and reckon dates from 9/11.
- Hadhari--A sect of Islam in Malaysia that, unsurprisingly, claims that only Malaysians can use the name "Allah."
- Baha'i--A recent form of Islam Lite--Islam without the duty to kill a lot of people.
- Jihad Jack--New cell from down under.
- Black Muslims--A fad of African Americans in prison. Getting religion shortens sentences; Islam reinforces your belief that your imprisonment is the fault of the
- Buraqis --Terrorists who intend to blow up Santa Claus's sleigh in mid-air by flying into it on Pegasus or flying carpets.
- fight clubbers --follow the traditional islamic code of having fun with an imaginary freind then blowing shit up .
Islam as a race
Islam has been awarded the status of a race by the Dhimmiology section of European Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE), which ironically is also trying to de-emphasize race.
Islam's status as a race in the Brave New Islamic State of Europe unfortunately makes ridiculing Islam the crime of racism, especially if you draw political cartoons that hint at Islamic violence. But it also means you can change your race faster than Michael Jackson. Just file a declaration that you accept Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as your personal savior and authority on Holocaust history. Changing in the other direction is more problematic and may result in being beheaded.
The Five Pillows
The first pillow of Islam, Shahadah, is a recitation that simply affirms that Allah (swt)[1] is the one and only God and Muhammad (pbuh) is his messenger. That is, the first thing that converts must buy into is simply the concept of buying into stuff. Deceptively simple. In fact, it is simpler than the Holy Trinity by a factor of three.
- ↑ (pbuh) is short for "Pranks Be Upon Him." I really don't know what (swt) is short for, although schoolgirls do write (swak) ("Sealed With A Kiss") when passing notes to their boyfriends.
Salat is the practice of praying to Allah five times daily. Successful Muslims such as travel agents stop work frequently to pray. Their time cards are a mess, but the customer always waits.
The correct salat requires that the devotee face toward Mecca. Certain radio waves follow line-of-sight and others follow the curvature of the Earth, but it is not clear what path telepathic brain waves follow to the Holy City, en route to Allah, nor why they would shoot straight out from the forehead. In any case, for most Muslims, a straight line to Mecca would go through the Earth and they should look down to pray to Mecca. This is partly achieved by bowing during prayers. Muslims ritually touch their nappies to the dirt. In this case, I-slam means "I slam my head against the floor."
If a worshipper is on a flying carpet at the time, the carpet should be pointed downwards and towards Saudi Arabia. Care should be taken to avoid falling off. If one is on a Buraq, or flying white horselike creature, the Buraq knows how to point in the right direction, so the worshipper need not worry about it. However, if one is on a Pegasus, which is another flying horselike creature, he or she may wind up facing Athens.
In major Islamic cities, bells or horns alert workers that it is again time to stop trying to lift the Muslim world part way out of the Stone Age, face Mecca, and recite passages from the Quran to Allah. Like he hasn't heard them. In fact, most sects do not use the Quran but a special prayer book, because Allah gives a bump in the queue to supplicants who pay the extra $15. You may pray for your family, friends, a Mercedes-Benz, mansions, the numbers for the next lottery draw, and victory in an MBL match. You ought not pray for disaster victims; they are taken care of, as described below.
The zakat, or humanitarian tax, is a wealth tax imposed by Islam. It defiantly ignores the old saw of classical economists that "what you tax, you get less of." The last time a wealth tax was tried in the saner hemisphere, it induced hundreds of Mexican milling machines to start turning up in dusty small towns in Texas. However, when considering whether an annual tax on concentrations of wealth bears any relation to their extreme rarity in the Islamic world, recall that Islam blames all its social ills on the infidels.
A fixed amount of the zakat is devoted to grants to the needy. The remainder is spent to continue the spread of the movement. In this sense, it is little different from Breast Cancer Awareness Day at a ballpark in America.
Sawm is the Islamic practice of going without eating for the entire month of Ramadan. Except when the sun is down and no one is looking. Judaism (though Jews stop after one or two days!) led Muslims to believe that Islam would not be a proper religion unless it mandated discomfort without seriously hurting the devotees. Thus Islam concluded that the God who gave you that mouth does not want you to use it.
The Quran requires Muslims to visit the holy city at least once. Most Muslims make their hajj (pilgrimage) to the holy city during the holy month, and the resulting crowds and bottlenecks are holy Hell. The holy city is in fact a slum called Mecca, not to be confused with the delightful curry entrée. The original Quran may have used "holy city" as a humorous contradiction in terms, but this was lost on later generations who believe that a cubic structure with absolutely nothing inside could be holy. There are several rituals to be performed on arriving at Mecca, which may improve the pilgrim's cardiovascular state but will not matter to Allah unless He has a perverse sense of humor.
Non-Muslims are forbidden from entering Mecca, which happens to have rocket ships and a stadium posing as a mosque. Given that each Muslim military commander travels with a cohort of children, so his survivors can play an instant guilt trip if the adversary takes him out with a missile--and given that a strike on the holy city would arouse all Muslims everywhere--If I were stockpiling Weapons of Mass Destruction, or harboring Osama bin Laden himself, I'd store them right inside that cube.
Poor you! you have faithfully performed the five pillows of Islam, then you find out there's a practice often known as the sixth pillow, that of jihad (holy war). The company appreciates your service, but right now we are all going one country over, to kill everyone.
While the fatwa is declared against a single infidel, the jihad is declared against an entire nation of infidels. And while conventional war is fought to defend or even capture territory, jihad is fought solely for honor. We are going to war with you because we simply know you really hate us.
For jihad, Islam has been uncanny at picking enemies with large armies, modern weapons, and a prepared citizenry. The jihad against Israel has lasted 60 years with nearly no casualties, apart from the jihadists themselves. In the middle of this multi-generational rout, it was a master stroke for Islamic leaders to open a second front, by declaring jihad against the United States, now known as the Great Satan.
Jihadists use the high state of readiness of their opponents' military to justify the favorite form of Islamic warfare: strikes against unarmed women and children in shopping centers and dance halls. Otherwise, how would we ever kill anyone? Jihadist nations lack any delivery vehicle for bombs except jihadists themselves, or preferably their sons and daughters, recent recruits and trainees, and whatever other suckers will walk a bomb into an enemy population center. Rearing a child to be a suicide bomber brings a parent Islam's highest social standing--for removing stupidity from the Islamic gene pool.
Such attacks do not affect the enemy's military strength and may hasten a counter-strike. But again, this war is not about clear thinking, but about honor.
The War Against Terror
It surprised no one more than the jihadists that, after a decade of damaging United States warships and foreign embassies, in which the U.S. responded by sending lawyers and prosecutors armed with memoranda and writs, the first good hit provoked an actual military response, with the U.S eventually occupying two countries in the heart of the Islamic world. Though this response was unexpected, it's not clear what you should expect when you fly a plane into the military headquarters of a nuclear-armed world power and don't even claim it was those Canadians.
But the jihadists have stalemated the United States in the mountains of Afghanistan so long that no American can say why the troops are there (except to "win the war"). The U.S. now has a new President who cowers at the word "victory." Government lawyers now oppose the very term "War on Terror" as zealously as they refer to foreigners who sneak past Immigration as "undocumented workers." The correct new term for the war is, "The Current Unpleasant Conflict against Disaffected Activists Who Happen to Be Muslims."
Jihad against the Juice
All Muslims hate the juice. This probably began when Tropicana changed its logo. Islamic leaders have called a grand jihad against the juice. There have been suicide bombings of orange groves in Florida and of bars that serve the juice. One jihadist said, "The juice is an infidel because it refuses to tolerate Islam! Death to the juice!" Then he screamed derka derka derka for around 5 minutes. The grand jihad against the juice has been endorsed by the Got Milk? advertising campaign.
Holy animals
Worshiping animals, colored in Islamic green, is a common mode of prayer. When you see any of these holy animals, kneel down, close your eyes, open your pocket Quran and read a prayer. (Ask the deity's help to read, as you closed your eyes.) Muslims are often seen kneeling behind animals with stern looks on their faces, and this is the explanation. Refer to the following list of
tasty holy animals:
- Anaconda
- Turtles (Not the ninja ones)
- Crocodile
- Mutant rats
- Chameleon (Only when it is islamic green)
- Green killer ants (The colorblind shall regard red killer ants as holy)
The religion of peace
"Okay! Okay! It's a religion of peace! Just get that sword away from my neck!"Islam is often known as the "religion of Peace." US President George W. Bush, often called "the honest president," coined this phrase in a speech to Congress in 2001, just after 19 Muslims crashed four airliners into skyscrapers and the Pentagon. Bush wanted people to know that the imminent US invasion of Afghanistan and, later, Iraq was nothing personal. (The desire that a nation love America, despite its apparent intention to occupy it indefinitely, continues with his successor.)
Muslims reinforce this label often, when a political cartoon suggests that they or their Prophet is prone to violence. They defend Islam's peaceful reputation against these insults either by killing the cartoonist or by rioting and burning down several cities.
The religion of pussy
Muslims view Allah as a benevolent, pussy-sharing God. The following tenets of the religion are perfect for the incurably horny devotee:
- 72 virgins for suicide bombs--that's right not 60, not 70 but right now--for a limited time only--72 whole virgins. But wait--There's more!
- Pleasure marriage--Ever wanted sex without the annoying burdens of marriage? Pleasure marriage may be right for you! All the sex you want without long-term commitment (though the bride is still subject to stoning and beheading).
- Multiple marriages--Why get stuck with the same chick for twenty-odd years when you can have 2 or 4? Call now and get a slice of the Islam pie.
- Rape--Ever saw a hot chick on the streets that you wanted to get your hands on? Well now YOU CAN!! Simply stalk and rape her in a secluded place. In fact, Sharia law makes it more likely that she will get executed than you, if she goes to the cops.
- Child marriage--Ever saw a young girl with potential, the kind built by two apples a day and lots of milk (cow milk, I mean)? You know what they say: Bend the tree while it's young.[1] Sharia law permits marriage as young as 6 years old and sex at the age of 9 years! By the time your other wives are past their use-by date, you will have a fresh young beauty to molest.
- ↑ Another aphorism is, "Old enough to bleed, old enough to breed." Although the Muslim version is: "Old enough to pee, old enough for me."
The religion of logic
Islam's customs and global outreach are widely misunderstood by infidels. Muslims offer defenses of their action, many of which fall into the following categories:
- The infidels steal candy from children. Therefore it is okay for me to steal candy from children.
- People used to eat dirt a lot, so that means eating dirt is not wrong.
- 10,000 people who say donkeys can fly can't be wrong.
- My Imam said Barney is a real dinosaur. Therefore Barney exists.
- The lying Americans said Barney is just a TV character. Therefore Barney exists.
- I AM RIGHT I AM RIGHT I AM RIGHT I AM RIGHT I AM RIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!! Therefore I am right.
- La la la la la...Oh sorry, I wasn't really listening to you. Anyway, I am right.
- You look like a cow, which means I am right.
- We believe in A. Some infidels believe in A too. Therefore A exists.
- We are peaceful people. We will find peace once all the infidels are decapitated.
- If you irresponsibly draw a picture of Mohammed, it is no more irresponsible for me to burn down your house.
- If you were born on a flat island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, you have to be a Muslim, because Big Sultan said so.
- We can invade your countries in the name of Allah but when you take them back from us it's an evil Western expansionist crusade.
Relation to Judaism
"Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends"
Islam is the exact opposite of Judaism. However, there is the nagging fact that the two faiths live cheek-to-jowl in the same desert, both play weird-sounding music, wear silly beards and funny hats, and
almost fanatically practice their respective religions, which have the following additional, uncanny similarities:
- Claim it is of Osamic origin, is the One True Faith,™ and makes them the world's chosen people
- Practice ritual mutilation of their babies
- Have dietary restrictions that prohibit simple pleasures such as eating ham (pictured) and occasionally prohibit eating at all
- Deny the divinity of Jebus and don't do normal stuff at Christmas
- Maintain numerous schools, in which scholars make up silly rules, study the holy book, and argue with each other
- Have a holy site that they periodically clog with crowds of pilgrims
- Believe that how offended they are should govern what you can say.
Muslims in Arabia and Jews are collectively known as Semites. The world is said to be riven with anti-Semitism. This is crap. At most, everyone hates either Muslims or Jews. Nobody hates them both.
Telling them apart
Despite the above, it is sometimes crucial to distinguish Jews from Muslims. Say you are travelling by tube and someone with a large beard, carrying a non-see-through backpack is speaking in another language. He may be a psycho/terrorist/Arab/Afganistani/Sufi etc. about to blow the tube into smithereens.
The solution is to look for the bagel, which resembles a mummified doughnut. If you see this, your suspect is merely a Jew. Breathe a sigh of relief. (But slink behind your newspaper before he details his digestive complaints. Worse he should start in on his son the doctor.)
Muslim Fashion
Muslim Women pride themselves on wearing tents. The Muslim woman carries a series of pegs under her tent in case of a slight gust of wind. Muslim women flying down the street in high winds is a common sight, occasionally ending with an explosion when they impact the ground, usually caused by a hidden C4 pack. The Other Muslim Hijaab fashion is the Post box look. Just a slit in the head piece allows them to see, and you to mail your post through.
Muslims and McDonalds
It isn't a rare thing to see a McDonalds filled with Muslim staff in UK cities. On spotting a Muslim, take not that they ask 'What drink would you like?' more than once, and even after answering, persist as if you never asked for Coke to start with. Also, always check your change after being served; they are known to use the money for home-made bombs, made of Big Macs left over after their shifts.
The opening lines of the Qu'ran reads "durka durka durka" which translates to "go forth and rape random shit at will." Allah lived in Islamabad (Iz'lahm-uh-BAD), and played football for Islamabad FC but he was so shitty they kicked him off the team. Pissed off at this Allah went backpacking for a year to clear his head. On holidays Allah discovered that he liked men - just as friends. It has been scientifically proven that Allah was a kind generous god, furthermore, Nigerian scientists have proven that Allah enjoyed receiving as well as giving. But he wasn't as weird as the Sikh gurus who grew their pubes to 50 metres long then used them to climb walls. When he got to India the guru went in search of cock but couldn't find any large enough to satisfy his lust. He got by for the first week raping what little farm animals he could find but soon grew tiresome of fluffy rectums and went in search of a big queen style overly camp faggot whom he could bum for all eternity. Unfortunately, he was an ugly prick and every fag he found wouldn't let them bum him, so he got really pissed off and became an alcoholic and ate pork chops all day. Then he wrote a really stupid and angry book called the Guru Granth Sahib which millions of fellow angry retards across the world follow to this day. It has been scientifically proven that the Guru Granth Sahib promotes being a closet gay, it encourages readers to bum and rape the asses of other men but keeping really quiet about it at the same time. As is the case with all Arab men, reading the Guru Granth Sahib prompts the growth of pubic hair on the face of the reader and it is known fact that all Sikhs with those long beards actually grew pubes on their chins from reading the Guru Granth Sahib while bumming their male friends.
Muslims' hypocrisy on clothes
Different levels of wearing clothes: Muslim women need to cover some part of body, and the accent is on some parts, which lead to hypocrite wearing of clothes.
Most hypocritical
The subject wears the least required clothes, for the sake of appearance, and can still interact productively with the western hemisphere of her brain. At this lever the subject, can easily ingest food and blend in to the environment, and the subject will also acquire a love for the smell of the floor, no matter where he is making her smell it 5 times a day. The subject will also begin to orient himself toward the desire to travel, though of course excluding such places as beaches because here you won't be able to blend in.
Slight hypocritical
At this level the subject begins to suffer significant problems interacting with her western hemisphere; she may also suffer degradation of her humor processing cortex, preventing her from productively reading material on her condition. At this stage, many patients begin to exhibit external signs of infection. Women's skin becomes hyper-sensitive to male visual contact and must be covered by a large protective garment called a burqah.
Non-hypocritical aka the most unnecessary
At this point the patient is in critical condition and begins to pose a threat to those around him. She's obsessed that someone may notice a slight part of her body and may weaken the integrity of her skin and organs or stranger's looks may pose a threat to her body. Everyone who would be frowned upon her look would be labeled as dirty "infidels".
Though no definitive inoculation exists against the disease, there are several steps that can be taken to minimize infection when exposed to a Muslim.
- Drop whatever you may be doing and continually stare at the subject to try and deter them from moving any closer to you or those around you.
- Prevent the Muslim from coming into contact with other individuals using a cage or leash.
- Use a condom or other prophylactic when handling Muslim fluids.
- Ward your theophanic membranes using ritual hats or caps.
- To prevent deterioration of your brain's western hemisphere, say the word "freedom" constantly.
- Enjoy healthy Jewish pass-times often; hold a Bar Mitzvah.
- Blow places up before they do!
- Dress like a Muslim as they will love you back.
- Whenever in contact with a Muslim, before talking to one, make sure you strip search them first
- Exposure to pork delicacies have been found to be an effective way to deter a Muslim from coming near you
- Do not, I repeat, do not ever get near one as infection can be transmitted via fleas which calls a Muslim's beard 'Home'
- To prevent violence NEVER EVER DRESS LIKE A JEW
- Avoid eye-contact: rumour has it they are hypnotic kaleidoscopes.
- Do not eat their curry as it contains the virus.
- Do not get into their cabs or use their corner shops.
Muslims erotica
The following sex acts are common place:
Anal- performed as a male on male and male on female sex act, no protection is used and ejaculation is totally acceptable.
Rimming- performed as a way as cleaning a Muslim of his or hers sin. The giver is usually a close relative of the receiver if not best friend.
Blow jobs- performed as a way of connecting with spiritual side of life by sucking on a mans nob the giver will feel closer to Allah and some say in some cases the man receiving will turn into Allah who has a 12 inch penis and cum in the mouth of the giver to show his appreciation. hand jobs are a good way to waste time and to cum easily.
Cum eating is accustom to Muslims family share cum on a day to day basses.
How to spot A Muslim
Muslims are people that live in the middle east. It is very easy to spot a Muslim because they have a towel on their head. One reason Muslims wear a rag on their head is because that's a good place to carry explosives. All Muslims are loony tunes, not surprising because they watch cartoons like Tom & Jerry over and over for hours on end, taking time out to pray five times a day.
Muslims smell bad because they never take a bath. Muslims have camels, this leads to them being called Camel Jockeys. Camels smell almost as bad as Muslims.
No one is sure what a Muslim eats to survive. No one is sure what a camel eats to survive. It is very easy to remember a Muslims name, because they are all named Mohammad, Muslims don't like to put much thought into choosing names for their kids, Muslims are simple people. Muslims are mad all the time, Muslims are mad because they never eat pork but their wives look like pigs. This proves the theory that if you do not eat port and your wife looks like a pig you will be very mad. I guess they found out years ago that camel meat taste terrible.
Camels like to spit on Mohammad. Usually the only bath Mohammad gets is the camel spit. Mohamed has his towel handy to dry off with, so the towel on his head is extremely practical.
Mohammad dislikes Christians and Jews, they are constantly thinking up ways to do away with Christians & Jews. A really dumb Muslim even had a bomb in his shoe that he was going to blow up an airplane with, but dumb Mohammad forgot to put a fuse to the bomb, he mistakenly put the flame to his toe which caused him to scream in agony, security arrested him, he is now serving life in jail and working on a terrorist bible.
As can be seen besides all the other problems they have they are also extremely dimwitted and uncreative. Muslim women are also very ugly, they are so ugly that they wear this sheet over their head, kind of like KKK; this is good because Christians are spared from looking at them. It is not good for banks and quick stops. A trend that is catching on in the urban neighborhoods is to don a black sheet and rob the quick stop or hold up the bank. A sharp eyed cop can discern the discrepancy though because the thief makes the get-away in a car instead of a camel.
Muslims lie about everything and anything, therefore their society is in disarrays, because Mohammad lies and he can't be trusted. The Koran teaches them to lie, cheat and steal. Never believe anything a Muslims says; come to think of it never believe anything a politician says, politicians and Muslims have much in common.
Muslims make pretty good terrorist, and all terrorist are Muslims. This makes it very easy for the authorities to locate the terrorist, just look for the guy on the camel with the rag on his head. Christians could wipe out Mohammad the terrorist relatively easy, just ask the Japanese, Christians have much technology at their disposal, B-52's for carpet bombing and nuclear submarines to name a couple, but Christians like to toy with Mohammad for entertainment purposes, What would Fox & CNN news do if they didn't have Mohammad to kick around? Some Christians think a Stadium; modeled along the lines of the one the Roman Empire had would be a nice addition to the NYC Skyline. THe Romans shut it down because they had run out of lions and dark skinned people to slaughter.
Ahab the Arab is Mohammedan's favorite song. Mohammad steers clear of China though; Chinese have a very low tolerance for Muslims, its shoot on sight there. Chinese obviously have a less developed sense of humor than Christians.
Muslims don't work because no employer can pay them to take time off to pray 5 times a day, very little work would get done, just like the AFL-CIO union. Kneepads are a big seller for Mohammed the merchant. Besides Muslims have very few if any skills, they can however blow themselves up and they do it quit often, proves my point. Muslims believe that they will have 54 virgins waiting in heaven, they also believe they will be pretty western girls, this makes them anxious to strap on the bomb belt that they all have in the tent, and go to a market somewhere. Christians on the other hand like to fly at 10,000 feet and blow things up or launch from a ship or sub.
Muslims do a lot of breeding, 8-12 kids is about average, thing is they can't feed all these kids, so they raise them to blow themselves up. Christians wonder how you could have sex with such an ugly woman. The kids are just as ugly as the parents except they don't have facial hair. A very sad sight to see kids that ugly, you wish for them to grow up fast so they can cover up with that strange looking sheet that the old Muslim women wear.
Muslims know a few English words even, their favorite is Racist, using this word alone makes an instant ally of liberals. Liberals & Muslims have one thing in common, they both hate Christians.
If the police happen to pull Mohammad over for violation of traffic laws, like riding a camel on the street, the first word out of Mohammad's mouth is racist or profiling. If you want to have some fun with Mohammad casually mention Christian Crusaders, then sit back and watch the fireworks. Mohammad straps on his bomb belt and evaporates, best to get back a few feet to avoid injury.
The first Mohammad, the Muslim that founded this so called religion, took a 9 year old wife, and had many other wives. How smart can you be if you want all these ugly woman around you all the time? Muslims offspring's have an 85% chance of being female, so Mohammad has plenty of butt-ugly women. All Muslim women are rarely seen, and no one seems to know what common name the women use, I have done extensive research and I don't have an answer for that one.
Muslims often kill their female offspring out of sheer repugnance. Muslims can make money from male offspring and apart from blowing up things the only thing a Muslims wants is to hug his money. A female Muslim is incredibly proud when its daughter grows its first mustache. After beating a Muslim to the floor you will find their money contained in tissues, handle with care as they may have infected the tissue- stupid Muslims believe the tissue has magic powers and is impenetrable, but what do they know... silly beggars.
Muslims tear things down, and blow things up as best they can with their limited resources. Christians build great buildings and great warships. It is possible for Mohammad to learn to steer a plane, trouble comes when they remember that they can not land the plane, something they should have though of before they took off, a good landing for a Muslim is to run into some sort of building. All Muslim landing are what we in the west call "Crash Landings". Muslims cheer crash landings, especially if Mohammad is lucky enough to have found a building to crash into. They can be observed in the middle east dancing in the street and chanting, after such a "landing". Just imagine how ecstatic they would be if one actually managed to land on a landing strip. Muslims have no f-16 or great ships like the USS Reagan. Muslims have a camel, lots of ugly women and a poor diet and very little else.
How to kill a Muslim (Jewish Novel)
How to kill a Muslim is a Jewish Novel written by the high Rabbi of Redfern
The main plot of the Novel is of a plan of a group of Jewish radicals who plan to exterminate the Muslim Race. Individual methods of extermination are written into separate chapters, such as:
- Muslim Man we must cut his throat
- Muslim Man we must steal his goat
- Muslim Man force pork down his throat
- Muslim Man your religion's a joke.
- Muslim Man we must nerve gas him
- Muslim Man we must not let him win.
- Muslim Man we must send to hell
- Muslim Man you are all going to hell.
- Muslim Man you will all yell
- Muslim man, make him trip and fall to prepare him for the devils call.
- Muslim man you're an abomination
- Muslim man get ready for you annihilation
- Muslim man who prays to a rock
- Muslim man who rapes with his cock
- Muslim man who forces the burqah
- Muslim man you are a jerka.
Other chapters include
- The Muslim praying to a pagan rock in Mecca
- The false Prophet Muhammad
- Carry holy water and a cross near at hand. Muslims it may stop raping your black momma
- You don't eat pork but your wife looks like a pig
- Let's drop a bomb on the Hajj and kill them all at once.
- How to randomly bomb desert wilderness that possibly contain caves where jihadists live.
See Also
Specific to Islam
Islam in popular culture
If you are a Muslim, don't be offended by this article. Instead, have some Doritos.


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Beating Up Baby
Clint Eastwood, in the line of fire; plus, Hide and Seek.
Being Julian: Yesterday I asked for corrections, and here's a big one. Although I'm not a cabaret critic and the entry below was meant to be about Martha Plimpton, Rhonda Lieberman feels, with some justification, that I slighted Plimpton's partner, Julian Fleisher: "As a longtime fan of Fleisher's," she writes, "I think you should know that he's been crafting this act (and its distinctive song stylings and wit) since the mid-'90s. Martha—as even she had the good grace to say from the stage—just recently came along and stepped into what was his show." My apologies.
Beating Up Baby:Now that Million Dollar Baby has won a slew of Oscar nominations and Clint Eastwood is closing in on Martin Scorsese as the favorite for the best director prize, it's worth touching on the ticklish issue of the movie's ending. Critics are in a no-win position here: We can't really grapple with the film without revealing its most brutal plot turn, but to "spoil" the ending would be to incur the wrath of millions.
So stop here if you haven't seen the movie. Read on if you have, or you don't care to, or you haven't and want to know what's in store for you.
Disabled organizations around the country—among them Chicago's Not Dead Yet—have begun a campaign against Million Dollar Baby. In the film, the quadriplegic Maggie compares herself to an old, sick dog that needs to be taken out to the woods and shot, and the movie endorses that view. The weirdly belligerent, foul-mouthed priest argues (unconvincingly) that euthanasia is a sin, but the film's true priest—its spiritual conscience, Eddie (Morgan Freeman)—gives Eastwood's Frankie his blessing to finish her off.
You could argue that Million Dollar Baby is not offering Maggie's fate as a prescription: It's one particular young woman in one particular place in one particular story—which some critics have maintained is an allegory with boxing as its frame. I'm a literal-minded guy, though, and have a hard time getting past the wrong and crudely manipulative notes on the surface. Isn't it odd that this million-dollar baby (a boxing cover girl, a celebrity, a near-world champion) is in a hospital room with no flowers or cards, no hovering fans, no doctors or counselors committed to helping her with her transition? Her trailer-trash family is cartoonishly venal: They don't even pretend to offer sympathy. (Couldn't just one of her relatives have been genuinely distraught?) Last year, Christopher Reeve went out like a champ, but Eastwood's movie is so threadbare, underpopulated, and shameless that there really is nothing for the saintly martyred Maggie (also, supposedly, a celebrity) to live for. She took on the world with shining eyes and was broken without mercy.
I don't buy the view of the disabled community that the notoriously vindictive Eastwood is getting revenge for having been sued under the Americans With Disabilities Act over access to a hotel he owns in Carmel, Calif.—although Michael Miner in the Chicago Reader notes that Eastwood later testified before Congress for a change in the law that many activists felt would gut it. Eastwood didn't write the screenplay (Paul Haggis did) or the stories it was based on. This isn't about revenge; it's about insensitivity and opportunism, as well as an aesthetic that lends itself to fatalism—a man is what he is, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, etc.
I loved The Sea Inside for Javier Bardem's performance, but I'm also troubled by its view that euthanasia should be sanctioned by the government. It's possible that an individual has a moral right to take his or her own life, but the legal hurdles should be left in place. The last thing we should want is for a disabled or terminally ill person to feel pressure to ease the emotional or financial burden on family members—or for family members to apply that pressure. And as Not Dead Yet wants you to know … well, the name says it all. ... 12:23 p.m. PT
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The movie is OK for a January horror picture, but given the premise and the cast—which includes Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Dylan Baker, and Melissa Leo—it should wring you out emotionally as it's scaring you witless. The plodding director, John Polson, reliably telegraphs the big boos, and the next time I see an actor gingerly open a cupboard and get knocked back by an overamplified screeching cat, I'm walking. Hide and Seek cheats a bit, but it's at least consistently creepy, full of gray light; cawing crows; bare, twisty branches through the windows; and the occasional view from behind the slats in the door of the little girl's closet. Charlie is apparently jealous of Emily's dolls, and their savaged faces are the movie's most disturbing images.


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Zoey went to Elgin County with Jennifer for her first show.
What a fabulous year we have had with Damien.
It has been a busy and fun fall. Damien is so happy in the ring and having lots of fun no thanks to Jenn !
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Damien and Jenn are in Cornwall at a very big sporting group show due to all the specialties in the sporting group. A lot of Americans travel up to this show. How did they do?
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January 30, 2009
A unique child care center and support group for Philadelphia families coping with HIV/AIDS may face closure soon, as funding sources for such care dry up. The St. Mary's Family Respite Center has served more than 450 families since it opened 15 years ago, said Sandra Thompson, its executive director.
"Right now we are living month-to-month," Thompson said. "We do have enough money to provide services through the month of January, but beyond that it's unclear." "For the staff here, it's not so much about the impact on us if we close, it's the impact that it will have on the families," she said. "Because nobody else is providing this service, they wouldn't have it anywhere else."
St. Mary's provides each family with day care for infants and children from ages five months to five years for one day each week. Up to 10 children each day can receive breakfast, lunch, and snacks, and participate in structured learning activities to prepare them for full-time day care or kindergarten. While the children are being cared for, parents and caregivers can run errands, seek jobs, and take care of medical issues. The facility also hosts a support group for the families twice a month. Recent funding losses have required St. Mary's to cut staff and transportation services to ferry clients' children to the agency.
"The clients being served by St. Mary's are the poorest of the poor -- there's really no other way to put it," said Kevin Burns, executive director of the city's largest nonprofit AIDS service organization, ActionAIDS. "St. Mary's has always gone above and beyond what their mission is, and it's a sad commentary that places like those are being cut, because they are really needed."
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When one ask of certain questions relating to the origin of matter, energy or intervening space of the early universe, or to its organization or distribution, one is appealing to a highly specialized branch of physics called cosmogony. It may very well be that such questions, while arising from common sense and everyday experience, are too simplistic and may be unsuitable and inappropriate for understanding the origin of the universe.
In his famous equation E=mc2, Albert Einstein demonstrated that matter and energy are equivalent and interchangeable, and that neither is capable of being destroyed or created, that they only change form. This powerful discovery of the real nature of matter/energy led to the development of atomic energy (and weapons).
But we as non-physicists have a very difficult time grasping the concepts of particle physics, general relativity, and, especially, quantum mechanics-- incredibly complex subjects that are necessary for understanding cosmogony. The mathematics needed to perform the calculations are far beyond what most people are familiar with, and require at least a dozen years of higher education. According to cosmologist Timothy Ferris, resolving the origin of the universe entails a shift "from a classical [relativistic] to a quantum paradigm." He goes on to say: "Living in a macroscopic world where quantum phenomena are rarely manifest, we humans came upon classical physics first, and tend to think of quantum physics as a special case. Nevertheless it's beginning to look like the universe is fundamentally a quantum system."
There are at least three paradoxes associated with the beginning of the universe.
1) First Cause, which states that there can be no effect without a cause. Each event must have been caused by some prior event.
This completely logical sounding argument, which fully agrees with everyday experience, was the basis of Thomas Aquinas's "cosmological proof" of the existence of God. But today we understand the nature of causation a little differently than in the 13th century.
Timothy Ferris, in his book "The Whole Shebang: a State of the Universe Report", says: "The doctrine of causation erodes considerably when applied to the subatomic realm of quantum physics, and therefore seems a dubious tool for understanding the early universe, when virtually all particles were subatomic. (To construct even an atom in the big bang would have been like building a house of cards in a firestorm.)"
Strict causation, (if A then B), is not a concept applied in quantum mechanics (there is a 50% chance of A, and therefore a 50% of B), where the probabilities are said to be inherent in nature and not merely a reflection of our limited knowledge.
"Strictly speaking there seems to be, for instance, no such thing as a "cause" of the radioactive decay of a radium atom.... Similarly, there is in quantum mechanics no such thing as a strict cause of a particular vacuum fluctuation, such as the fluctuation that some versions of inflation theory postulate as the agency of creation... So strict causation may break down both in quantum physics and in considering the origin of the universe. Possibly this is not a coincidence, but a clue that the quantum principle holds the key to understanding genesis."
2) Getting Something from Nothing, which states that you can't create the universe out of nothing, and therefore there can be no logical explanation of the genesis of the universe.
Again, appealing to our common sense and experience, we find this to be the case in the everyday world. But why should our notions of the everyday world be applied to the world of high energy subatomic particles?
The whole argument of "you can't get something from nothing" is a plain English statement of the law of conservation of energy- that a zero-energy system to which no energy is added must remain in a zero-energy state. This would apply to the universe if indeed it has an energy content of zero. As the physicist Edward Tryon proposed, gravitation is a purely attractive force and so should be entered into the negative side of the total energy ledger. When it is calculated against all the matter and energy in the universe, the result, remarkably, is zero. If these observations are correct, then the origin of the universe is not a matter of getting something from nothing, but of getting one zero-energy system from another zero-energy system.
There is a quantum mechanism called tunneling that could have generated the universe from a zero-energy balloon from a preexisting space. In noted cosmologist Andre Linde's theory of inflation, he proposes quantum tunneling, as does Alexander Vilenkin of Tufts University.
Quantum mechanics permits genesis through the tunneling concept of many sorts of zero-energy ballooning universes, and can resolve the something-from-nothing paradox.
3) Infinite Regress, which states that regardless of the energy, the universe must have originated from another system, and it must have likewise originated in an earlier system, and so on; we are caught in an infinite regress.
There are two types of infinite regress.
The first is temporal, (time) based on the assumption that time is infinitely divisible. In this case, scientists might propose theory after theory, getting closer and closer to the moment of generation, but never quite reach it.
But quantum physics suggest that time is not infinitely divisible.
"If the very early universe- during the Planck epoch- comprised a quantum space-time foam, then time as well as space was fragmented. In these conditions there was no "arrow of time," so it would be meaningless to talk of something as having come "before." Hence no problem of infinite temporal regress arises."
The second is logical regress.
"The problem of logical regress is more robust. Certainly it is very difficult to imagine a theory in which the universe originates out of absolutely nothing... As we have seen, some versions of inflation theory postulate cosmic expansion as having arisen from a chaotic array of scalar fields, but one may always ask where the chaotic fields came from. String theory makes everything from ten-dimensional space- but what selected that particular geometry for primordial space? Either [the fundamental constants of nature] are inevitable, like the statement 1+1=2, or they are the random result of phase transitions or other chance occurrences... So there's potential regress either way.
"Ultimately, logical regress may turn out to be a bedrock paradox, but it's just too soon to say. In any event, progress would be made if science were to demonstrate that the universe emerged from some quite different state, regardless of whether future generations were able to explain that state's origin. The big bang is itself a theory of that kind. It depicts our universe as having emerged from a quantum state, the particulars of which may be investigated experimentally. It remains to be seen whether such investigations will lead to a new scientific paradigm capable of resolving the paradox of logical regress."
There are two kinds of physics available for us to choose from- classical and quantum, and classical physics, as Alex Vilenkin points out, "fails to describe the beginning of the universe." The three paradoxes detailed above compel us to use the quantum approach. Quantum mechanics is not something humans made up to explain away difficult problems. It is the way the universe works. It is why, for example, we have television sets.
The problem is that we, as human beings, gain comfort from the idea of "concrete" knowledge- knowing something in absolute terms. Questions such as "Where did all the matter/energy/space for the universe come from?" reflect that craving for absolute knowledge. The bible, and creationism, seem to satisfy this longing.
But if you begin your quest for origins and truth with the outcome already firmly (and irrevocably) established, then you have painted yourself into a philosophical corner. As someone once said:
When the evidence conflicts with the theory, the scientist rejects the theory. The theologian rejects the evidence.
Or, as I say:
Science deals with questions
that may never be answered.
Religion is based on answers that may never be questioned.
Science is a search for truth that does not assume its own infallability, and as such, yields the purest results, and in the end is the only real method for discovering empirical truths.
Truth is the degree with which a thing corresponds to reality.
Reality is limited to that which is directly perceptible through our physical senses and scientific instruments or indirectly ascertained through the proper use reason. (If you disagree with this statement, please prove an instance of an empirical reality that is imperceptible).
Reason is a tool of critical thought that limits the truth of a statement according to the strict tests of the scientific method.
The Scientific Method states that for a statement to be considered true, it must be testable (what evidence or repeatable experiments confirm it?), falsifiable (what, in theory, would disprove it, and have all attempts to disprove it failed?) parsimonious (is it the simplest explanation, requiring the fewest assumptions?), and logical (free of contradictions and non sequitors).
Scientific knowledge is tentative. Many people have a problem with that. Others do not, realizing that as our observations, technology and calculations improve, our understanding of the universe comes into sharper focus. Science is the best tool we have. We, as a species, have only just begun to explore the origin of the universe, and it is unrealistic to expect such deep mysteries to be solved in a few short decades.
The world's most famous cosmologist, Professor Stephen Hawking, speaking at a 1983 General Relativity conference in Padua Italy, stated:
"Today I want to make a proposal for the quantum state of the universe... This proposal incorporates the idea that the universe is completely self-contained, and that there is nothing outside the universe. In a way, you could say that the boundary conditions of the universe are that there is no boundary."
In his film, "A Brief History of Time", Hawking says:
"So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would neither be created nor destroyed it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?"
In his book "Black Holes & Baby Universes", he writes:
"One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would have to act through the laws of physics."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) had this to say:
I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no supernatural human authority behind it.
"A mans ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
No idea is divinely inspired.
If you are seriously interested in pursuing cosmology, you might start your quest here.


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TPNB Hosts Alameda Morning Mixer!
March 28th, 2013 by Ivy Suryasentana
Trans Pacific National Bank hosted the Alameda Chamber Morning Mixer on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from 8 – 9:30 am. Guests of 60 came by for breakfast and fresh coffee at our beautiful historic Webster Street branch. A big THANK YOU to Alameda Chamber and to everyone who attended the morning mixer. It was a great turnout and hopefully everyone enjoyed the networking opportunity. We'll keep you posted on our next event.
To see pictures from the morning mixer, click here.
Trans Pacific National Bank Hosts Mayor & Millbrae Chamber of Commerce
October 25th, 2012 by Ivy Suryasentana
On October 25th the Millbrae Office of Trans Pacific National Bank hosted a Millbrae Chamber of Commerce Mixer for the businesses in Millbrae. The event was well attended by customers, city officials, and local business people who all enjoyed some horse devours from local sushi restaurant Naked Fish, some fantastic wines from TPNB customer R&B Cellars, and even Game 2 of the World Series broadcast on the branch wall. The highlight of the evening was a special update on the city of Millbrae and local businesses from Mayor Marge Calapietro. The Mayor took all in attendance on a verbal trip down the El Camino with detailed descriptions of the changes and exciting things underway throughout the city.


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OneRepublic Tease New MusicRyan Tedder has great expectations for the group's next album.
2015 Oscar Nominations: The 10 Biggest Snubs for Best Original SongSometimes it's an honor just to be nominated. On the other hand, lots of great songs from films don't even get an Oscar nod for Best Original Song.
Taylor Swift Announces New Song 'Welcome to New York': Listen to a PreviewThe synth-heavy "Welcome To New York" was written by Swift and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.
OneRepublic Release New Music Video for 'I Lived': WatchFor their latest video, OneRepublic have decided to highlight one special person: Bryan Warnecke.
Listen to OneRepublic's Song for 'The Giver' Soundtrack, 'Ordinary Human'For OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, writing a track for the film was a personal project.
Ryan Tedder is Working With Adele on the Follow-Up to '21'"I've heard everything we've done and I'm as proud of it, or prouder of anything we did on the first album, and she is sounding even better than ever," Tedder said.
Interview: How Ryan Tedder Helped Colbie Caillat Rethink Her New Album"Once I heard the production and the direction that we went with on this song, it inspired me and everyone on my team of this new sound."
OneRepublic Announce 2014 'Native Summer Tour'Supporting their latest release, 'Native,' the band will spend the summer on the road with The Script.
OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder Joins 'The Voice'Ryan Tedder is joining The Voice as the show's first ever in-house producer and songwriter.
Colbie Caillat Talks About Her New Sound In 'Hold On'Colbie Caillat gave her fans an early Christmas gift with her new single, "Hold On." The song is a departure from her stripped down acoustic sound, and Caillat talked all about it with Gina J.
Sara Bareilles Announces Fall Headlining TourSara Bareilles is hitting the road behind her latest album, The Blessed Unrest.
How Ryan Tedder & A Kidney Stone Inspired Parachute's New Album"My tour manager said I was singing that song through my stupor and pain so I knew at that point that was going to be the single," Will Anderson said.


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A survey conducted by Landor Associates and strategic research and communication firm Penn Schoen Berland in September compares brand perceptions of the Presidential candidates and their wives. Just as they express the personalities of large organizations, as well as small ones, brand identities can also say a great deal about an individual. This press release from Landor details the brands associated with each candidate in a simple chart.landor.com
2012 Candidates and Their Brands
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Hmmm. More clever than accurate. Anyone that knows a mormon (and his wife) knows they don't drink coffee or any kind of alcohol. Also, Romney was all about making drastic cuts in govt. & being Mr. Tight Budget. Opera & Armani, fan of Europe? Obama is the multi-trillion dollar wasteful drunk-on-other people's money type, jetting around the world on vacation after & vacation, playing golf more than any other prez. in history. Smells like propaganda... this "art" is. Works, I guess. Very effective when the electorate can barely read. A picture is worth a thousand words, truthful or not.
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