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Common Burdock
Seedling Description
The seed leaves (cotyledons) of burdock are light green, smooth, and fleshy. They are oval or spoon-shaped, slightly notched at their tips, and connected at the base so that the stem below the seed leaves (hypocotyl) is barely noticeable. When the seed leaves are about ¾ inch (18 mm) long, the first true leaf appears.
True leaves are oval or triangular. Their upper surfaces are green and covered with stiff straight hairs; their lower surfaces, whitish and woolJy.
Common burdock is a biennial weed that reproduces by seed. Seedlings emerge in early spring. The first year's growth produces a large rosette of broadly triangular or oval, bluntly pointed leaves. They are coarsely veined, 6 to 18 inches (15 to 45 cm) long and up to 10 inches (25 cm) wide. The upper surface is smooth to sparsely hairy and dull, dark green. The lower surface is light green and has a woolly texture. The leaves are roundlobed at the base, and the margins are wavy or occasionally coarsely toothed.
2. Second year plants emerge from root.
The thick leaf stalks (petioles) are green or purple, grooved, and usually hollow, at least in the lower portion. The rosette leaves die back in winter, but the root crown remains alive to send up new leaves the following spring. The second-year rosette has a bushier form, and its leaves are rarely longer than 9 inches (22 cm). A branched flower stalk emerges from the center of the rosette. Usually fully extended by late June, the stalk grows 2 to 5 feet ( 60 to 150 cm) tall and bears alternate leaves similar to those of the rosette, but about half the size.
3. Note large leaves and grooved petiole.
4. Second year plants produce flowers.
The burs that form on this stalk are actually composite flowers that bloom in late spring to midsummer. Several to many flower heads cluster in the leaf axils of the long central stalk. Heads are nearly round, 3/8 to ¾ inch (1 to 2 cm) across, and are topped with a corolla of rose-purple, petallike flowers. Slender hooked bracts surround the corolla and become dry and stiff as the bur ripens.
Seeds are spread when the hooked bracts stick to passing animals or people. Very little effort is needed to dislodge and carry away whole clumps of these ripe seed heads.
5. Note hooked barbs on burs.
6. Starchy root is edible.
Flowers are self- or cross-pollinated, usually by insects. Each bur produces thirty to forty seeds inside its spherical pod. One plant can produce as many as 15,000 seeds with 90 percent viability. Seeds last one to three years in soil and require a cold period to germinate.
Similar Species
Arctium lappa, commonly known as great burdock, is similar to common burdock in most respects except for its size. Great burdock often grows 10 feet (3 m) tall, while the largest common burdock plants rarely exceed 5 feet (1.5 m). In the United States, Arctium lappa grows mainly in the Northeast.
In early growth stages, the two burdocks can be distinguished by their leaf stalks. Great burdock petioles are solid, whereas those of common burdock are generally hollow.
Natural History
Burdock grows throughout the United States except for the southern border and some areas of the Great Lakes states. The weed first arrived in North America with the early European immigrants, who used it as a medicine.
The writings of Galen, a second century Greek physician, describe the many curative properties of this plant, especially its effectiveness in soothing coughs and asthma. The North American Plains Indians used the root to treat pleurisy.
The United States imports the dried root of great burdock, called "lappa," for the manufacture of blood medicines, eczema treatments, diuretics, and laxatives.
Oriental and European cultures use burdock as a vegetable. The fleshy taproot contains large amounts of inulin, the same sugar that is abundant in Jerusalem artichokes. The roots, which are actually quite nutritious, may be prepared by peeling and boiling in two changes of water. The stalk may also be eaten, after the rind is stripped off and the inner part cooked. However, its laxative properties limit its use as a main dish. The stalk may also be candied by slowly simmering in sugar water.
Burdock is a slow growing plant, but it can effectively compete in waste areas because its large flat "elephant ear" leaves shade surrounding plants. Burdock likes fertile but undisturbed ground; it is not a serious crop weed because even minimal tillage prevents growth.
The genus name Arctium comes from the Greek word arktos, meaning bear, and refers to the round, brown burs. The species name minus is Latin for "smaller." Other names for common burdock are smaller burdock, clotbur, cuckoo-button, cockle-button, hardock, and bardane.
Plowing or disking as soon as burdock seedlings appear will destroy them. First-year rosettes growing in grass pasture, along fence rows, and in waste areas are easily destroyed by chemical herbicides. Late summer treatment ensures that late emerging seedlings will not grow large enough to produce the root reserves necessary for overwintering.
A second-year rosette can send up a new flower stalk if the plant is only cut off at the surface. Spading or otherwise removing most of the taproot will prevent regrowth. The other option is simply to mow after the flower stalk forms. The plant will not regrow, and its seeds will have been eliminated.
For specific recommendations, consult your county extension agent or the most recent Weed Control Manual and Herbicide Guide, available through Meister Publishing Company, 37841 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby, Ohio 44094. Follow label instructions for all herbicides and observe restrictions on grazing and harvesting procedures.
Prepared by Betsy Ann Wertz, agricultural writer, and W. Thomas Lanini, Extension weed specialist.
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Pastor Jeff's Sermon Itself
We received the first two at about the same time, and neither had seen the other's work (as far as we can tell). If you'd like to see what Pastor Jeff wrote, Click Here; if you'd like to add your own Al Jaffe-type "Snappy Answers To Stupid Assumptions" response, Click This E-Mail Link.
From: "RCJ21483"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Logic to Combat Pastor Jeff
Date: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:40 AM
I mentioned in one letter that pastor Jeff uses illogical ways to combat atheism. While you have the discussion open to allow other atheists to question Jeff, why not let other atheists use logic to attack his sermon? I have my own attack here, taken from his sermon with my responses. I hope you enjoy these:
TEN TOP PROBLEMS OF ATHEISTS Lynn Newsletter 9/14/92
Tell that to the atheist paramedic who gives mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a person who can't breathe.
9. You wake up in the morning feeling really grateful, but to whom?
I loathe waking up in the morning because I have to go to school.
8. You call Dial A Prayer and no one answers.
Is there any such hotline as "Dial-A-Prayer?" I'd like to see what they say about me not converting, assuming they exist.
7. All the change in your pockets says "In God We Trust," and you can't relate
All of our money was changed during the McCarthy era to say that. Prior to that, nearly no U.S. coin ever said "In God We Trust."
Besides, how many Christians (and others) can relate to their God being advertised on public notes and coinage? how many of their missionaries can relate to their God being so forceably allied with the United States, a country who is not by any means universally respected among the nations and peoples of the Earth.
6. You have to tell that tender, small voice to shut up all the time.
I never tell my mind to quit thinking. I don't want to convert to bigoted religions like so many denominations of Christianity.
5. At some point in your life you'll say, "It just can't get any better than this," & you'll be right!
True for anybody: heaven comes to you after you're initially dead.
4. That little statue of Madeline Murray O'Hare on the dashboard just doesn't work.
Is there any place I could get a statue of her?
3. Your idea of a higher power in the universe is the IRS.
Atheists recognize that the universe consists of much more than just the Earth and the United States. And since when has the IRS ever taxed any aliens in another galaxy, or for that matter, any person outside the U.S.A.?
2. Limited profanity -- why bother to curse in the name of someone who doesn't exist?
Since the god claimed by the Christians doesn't exist, it raises a lot of Christian eyebrows, and we don't have to fear Him getting mad that we took his name in vain.
1. No matter where you go when you die, there won't be any atheists there.
Who said that you have to go any place at all when you die?
From: "Kris L Nielsen"
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Subject: Pastor_Jeff's_Sermon_9192
Date: Monday, March 12, 2001 1:39 PM
Just wanted to throw in some comments, pardon me if they sound satirical:
TEN TOP PROBLEMS OF ATHEISTS Lynn Newsletter 9/14/92
I scrub floors on my feet, with one of those thingies on a stick...I think it's called a "mop." I certainly don't go down on my knees to "worship" anything.
9. You wake up in the morning feeling really grateful, but to whom?
I don't wake up grateful. I wake groggy, hungry, and needing to pee...just like everyone else.
8. You call Dial A Prayer and no one answers.
Prayer has a hotline? So, they don't even need to touch you to heal you anymore. Well, I guess now I should believe it, right?
7. All the change in your pockets says "In God We Trust," and you can't relate.
This is the point where they hit the nail on the head. And we don't like it because of the other, more serious problems that the phrase points to.
6. You have to tell that tender, small voice to shut up all the time.
The voice isn't tender or small, it's my voice when I talk to myself, and I think I make rather good company.
5. At some point in your life you'll say, "It just can't get any better than this," & you'll be right!
There has to be one time per day that I tell myself that, so I guess I'm never right.
4. That little statue of Madeline Murray O'Hare on the dashboard just doesn't work.
I have this habit of not depending on statues or idols to influence my life. That must be why.
3. Your idea of a higher power in the universe is the IRS.
Yeah, the IRS is up there, but I still hold the power of the universe and nature to be the highest.
2. Limited profanity -- why bother to curse in the name of someone who doesn't exist?
Are you implying that theists use filthy language and take their god's name in vain?
1. No matter where you go when you die, there won't be any atheists there.
True. And I won't be there, so I don't care.
Why would an atheist be reading a church bulletin board?
"Hast thou ever seen thy brains?
Yep, in lots of pretty colors on a CAT scan.
Hast thou ever felt thy brains?
Ever had a hangover?
Hast thou ever smelled thy brains?
I haven't tried, but being a paramedic, I have smelled others' brains.
And thou sayest thou hast brains!"
And let me guess: You don't!?
QUOTE: Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?
I regard them as Acts of Nature. Pretty sad that theists must insure themselves against their own god.
These quotes are those that atheists have heard over and over again. I just think it's fun to put sassy, one-liner responses to them. Thanks for you time.
Kris Nielsen
Vote NO on school vouchers and increased drug war funding!!
From: "CHESTER TWAROG"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: "Open Letter" Forum
Date: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:14 PM
Dear Cliff,
I am not sure if my own personal experience raising two sons will help on the "atheist" forum, however,
Both of my sons were not "baptized" nor ever attended church services. My wife and I raised them in a loving and caring family setting, corrected them when they talked back or were disrespectful. I occasionally spanked my first son when he misbehaved badly but felt remorse when I was once more severe with him at age eight, regretted it, and only verbally corrected him afterwards.
We did not read from nor teach the Bible. However, we taught both to be honest, caring, loving, not to steal or lie or cheat, to have safe sex if they were to engage in it as teens, that they would be free to choose their own religious beliefs as they needed when they became of age, and they could come to us with any problems. They won't drink wine with our meals when we do have it. My wife and I are also non-smokers.
My wife and I were raised in religious families. I became an Atheist on my own at age 20 when I finally realized that all gods and goddesses were imaginary. My wife is a nonpracticing Catholic. She can attend church if she wants to but has not.
I am proud to write that my oldest son, now 19, and attending Boston University is not interested in any drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or sex (nudity or pornography)(for now--actually refused sex with a dorm student when she came on to him), believes in a "god" initiated the universe and its physical laws but no longer interactive, studies hard, friendly, gets along with mostly everyone, doesn't fight, does not used profanity, etc.. He's studying to be an astrophysicist.
My twelve year old son is a great child, too!
I am a retired Air Force sergeant, disabled. My wife is an elementary teacher.
To answer the religious; I do good deeds, help out when I can, return lost valuables, give to some secular charities, will return monies when I am undercharged or receive too much change, honest as I can be, do worry about "poor" weather forecasts, etc., because I feel really terrific and proud of myself--it makes me feel good. I care deeply hoping that someday we all will come to realize its only "us" that will it all work out. I care about the natural biodiversity and wonder at all of the amazing universe science has "revealed" for us to marvel at for its own sake, respect it and appreciate it. When I rescue a turtle or snake or an alligator off of a busy roadway, it makes me feel good.
In other words, I have fine moral and ethical values as an Atheist. Our modern society could not exist without them.
But I do discriminate against those that hate, who are intolerant, who murder or kill, who destroy our biosphere, who are anti-intellectual, anti-knowledge, anti-naturalism (sex, nudity, or suicide), who just make our Earth and society a junkyard and worse off, etc.
Or, like President Bush who was quick to come on TV to condemn the student who shot and killed students in CA, "we need to teach good values and respect for life", and not when a Catholic girl in a Catholoic School shoots a handgun and wounds a Catholic student.
From: "Darrell Rowbottom"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Response_To_Pastor_Jeff_Sermon_9192
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2001 1:02 PM
Perhaps the most preposterous claim in the good Jeff's collection of notes (he claims it is not a sermon, and I see no reason not to take him at his word) is as follows:
"The above quote {from Huxley} is probably the best explanation I have ever heard about why people do not want to become Christians. This was written by a non-Christian (obviously) as a justification of his rejection of Christianity. If everything is meaningless why not do whatever you want. If there is no superior being, with knowledge of right or wrong, why not live life based on your own desires?"
Presumably, this is the best explanation he has ever 'heard' just because he is not well read in philosophy. It is incorrect on three counts (at least).
First, he fails to recognise that the debate about moral relativism vs. moral absolutism is logically distinct from questions about the existence of God. Indeed, many Christians are moral relativists in their reading of the Bible -- "Well, it was okay to cut a criminal's hand off for stealing in those days, viz. in that societal context, but it's wrong now." And there is nothing incoherent about positing absolute moral rules, even as abstract metaphysical entities, without invoking the concept of 'God', or the notion of 'superior being'; many philosophers have done so, and continue to do so. Conversely, there is nothing incoherent about positing a divine being who is radically amoral (since morals might just be 'human things').
Second, he presupposes that Huxley needs to justify his rejection of Christianity. But this is just to misunderstand where the burden of proof lies -- it is epistemologically 'backwards'. It seems he is suggesting that we should live our lives on the maxim that "If it ain't disproved, it's true." This is obviously absurd, since there are an infinite number of disproved (and sometimes unfalsifiable, period) statements that one might utter. I, for one, think I need not accept the truth of statements such as: "Grass will become poisonous to cows at 9:00pm this evening", "If I stab a knife through my heart, I shall not be harmed", and "Everything we experience is just the result of a Cartesian demon." Jeff misses the very basic philosophical distinction between what is possible, and what is actual. And while almost any metaphysician would want to say "There are possible worlds in which God exists", he wouldn't want that statement to be understood as saying anything, whatever, about the actual world.
Third, even if one believes that the statement "God (actually) exists" is true, we might ask why this should make one want to become a Christian, per se. Why not a Jew, a Muslim, or a Druid? Why not take Spinoza's view of God, as constituting the whole physical universe?
This really is terrible stuff. Confusion about metaphysics. Confusion about moral philosophy. Confusion about epistemology. Confusion about 'God-claims' as opposed to 'God as Christianity says he/she/it is-claims'. Dare one say "confusion", period?
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Construction crews rupture gas line in Safety Harbor; businesses & customers
After a construction crew ruptured a natural gas line, many businesses and their customers in the Oakbrook Plaza at McMullen Booth and Enterprise Roads were forced to evacuate.
After the repair, some businesses continued to be affected because power was not immediately restored.
Jordan Williams said the odor hit him hard.
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Williams just happened to be walking by when construction crews ruptured a natural gas line.
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Although the gas leak was repaired within an hour, power to some of the businesses remained out through the afternoon.
"Very frustrated. Because if I don't work, I don't make money," said Michael Fata.
The chairs sat empty at Salon Savvy. Fata's work day fell victim to the gas leak.
"I had about six chemical works on the books and I have to cancel all of them. And so I'm losing quite a bit of money today," Fata added.
Cheryl Bucki, one of Fata's customers, didn't realize there would be no appointment until she arrived.
"I said I feel bad for you because this is probably your busiest day of the week. But hey, that's life right," Bucki said.
"I'm losing about $500 to $600 today," Fata sighed.
All was not lost though. One group at Westshore Pizza was lucky enough to still get some pizza slices before the 600-degree ovens cooled.
"We still have the possibility of heating up slices of pizza and I have customers in here even though we're closed enjoying lunch," Brum said.


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Considering these political implications and the revolutionary tendency of the peasant struggle, we urge to have a solid international solidarity. And on the behalf of the peasants, we need input on how to challenge these laws on international scale. We have made infrastructure of struggle in the village: community radio and social center. And also theres twice of solidarity actions conducted by our comrades in Melbourne and Perth (due to the involvment of Australian Kimberly Diamond). We are in dire need for help to make this struggle successful without any interference of the leftist institution and its disgusting network. Please contact us for furtrher collaboration and we will update you with a more extensive and comprehensive data of the struggle. This letter are not our own initiative but were a result of our meetings with the PPLP-KP.
Dear Comrades, We are small loose collective* (informal) in Yogyakarta, located in central Java, a region considered as special territory inside the democratic state due to its historical role as a Kingdom of Java, and for the same reason, some of the old feudal rules still preserved inside the so called democratic state.- Since 2007 we have involved in creating solidarity with the peasant struggle in Kulon Progo which located inside Yogyakarta region. The struggle was about resisting iron mining which ARE a joint cooperation of Australian Kimberly Diamond (Indomines) and its local puppet branch company named Jogja Magasa Iron (Mining). Jogja Magasa Iron are owned by the Sultan of Yogyakartas (Sri Sultan Hamengkubowono X) daughter, GKR Pembayun. ---- The Mega-Project -- The planning of Iron mines are just a gateway for other mega-project to come, that we recognised as a development proposal from Asian Development Bank.
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A swing high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its main rings. The view is in natural color, as human eyes would have seen it. This mosaic was made from 36 images in three color filters obtained by Cassini's imaging science subsystem on Oct. 10, 2013. The observation and resulting image mosaic were planned as one of three images for Cassini's 2013 Scientist for a Day essay contest.
Saturn sports differently colored bands of weather in this image. For instance, a bright, narrow wave of clouds around 42 degrees north latitude appears to be some of the turbulent aftermath of a giant storm that reached its violent peak in early 2011. The mysterious six-sided weather pattern known as the hexagon is visible around Saturn's north pole.
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Amy Adams went into business intending to make furniture—her company name, Perch!, was inspired by a stool. Turns out, her welding and woodworking skills are only average. But she's a pro at creating smaller design objects that are functional, too.
Perch! products—contemporary vases, planters, and vessels of all sorts—have now been sold in more than 250 stores worldwide, including Paper Hat in south Minneapolis.
Growing up in Eden Prairie shaped Adams's aesthetic. "I have a romantic idea of cold weather places—from Minnesota to Vermont to Canada and Denmark—and that translated into a love of Scandinavian design and culture," she says. "The light, the cold, the crisp white and sunny interiors and fuzzy blankets inspire me."
Adams, 37, moved to New York to get a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute and decided to stay. Her studio is in Brooklyn.
Launching a company was more destiny than decision. "My family is very entrepreneurial," Adams says. "So I didn't even really think about [having my own business]. I just sort of knew I was going to do it for a very long time."
Birds have been a Perch! theme from the start. Adams's first commercial product was a bird feeder. Her Shake-a-Leg bird-feet-shaped salt and pepper shakers were sold at the Walker Shop. A bird-shaped pendant light has been her top seller for many years.
"I always had this idea that I was creative, but I really wanted to see my things on a bigger scale."
"My round shapes lent themselves to orb-y looking bird feeders, which started selling well. The Perch! Birdfeeder remains one of my best sellers. I liked having them in my backyard and did come to really like birds!"
Perch! products are environmentally friendly, too. Adams uses low-impact materials and processes as well as non-toxic finishes and byproducts.
Adams's sleek ceramics have caught the attention of major retailers, including Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters. She is in talks with others.
"I was always a little disappointed with one-off type ideas of art," Adams says. "I always had this idea that I was creative, but I really wanted to see my things on a bigger scale."
Her dream is coming true.
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In this provocative must-read, the preeminent scientist-and world's most prominent atheist-Richard Dawkins asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong, but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight on the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster. With rigor and wit, Dawkins eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. This is a book that challenges all of us to test our beliefs, no matter what beliefs we hold.
Author Biography
Richard Dawkins taught zoology at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University and is now the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. Among his previous books are The Ancestor's Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil's Chaplain. Dawkins lives in Oxford with his wife, the actress and artist Lalla Ward.
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|Preface to the paperback edition
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|p. 23
|A Deeply Religious Non-Believer
|p. 31
|Deserved respect
|p. 31
|Undeserved respect
|p. 41
|The God Hypothesis
|p. 51
|p. 52
|p. 58
|Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America
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|The poverty of agnosticism
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|p. 77
|The Great Prayer Experiment
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|The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists
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|Little green men
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|Arguments for God's Existence
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|Thomas Aquinas' 'proofs'
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|The ontological argument and other a priori arguments
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|The argument from beauty
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|The argument from personal 'experience'
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|The argument from scripture
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|The argument from admired religious scientists
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|Pascal's Wager
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|Bayesian arguments
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|Why There Almost Certainly is No God
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|The Ultimate Boeing 747
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|Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser
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|Irreducible complexity
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|The worship of gaps
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|The anthropic principle: planetary version
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|The anthropic principle: cosmological version
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|An interlude at Cambridge
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|The Roots of Religion
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|The Darwinian imperative
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|Direct advantages of religion
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|Group selection
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|Religion as a by-product of something else
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|Psychologically primed for religion
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|Tread softly, because you tread on my memes
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|Cargo cults
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|The Roots of Morality: Why are We Good?
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|Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin?
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|A case study in the roots of morality
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|If there is no God, why be good?
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|The 'Good' Book and the Changing Moral Zeitgeist
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|The Old Testament
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|Is the New Testament any better?
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|Love thy neighbour
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|The moral Zeitgeist
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|What about Hitler and Stalin? Weren't they atheists?
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|What's Wrong with Religion? Why Be So Hostile?
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|Fundamentalism and the subversion of science
|p. 319
|The dark side of absolutism
|p. 323
|Faith and homosexuality
|p. 326
|Faith and the sanctity of human life
|p. 329
|The Great Beethoven Fallacy
|p. 337
|How 'moderation' in faith fosters fanaticism
|p. 341
|Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion
|p. 349
|Physical and mental abuse
|p. 354
|In defence of children
|p. 366
|An educational scandal
|p. 372
|Consciousness-raising again
|p. 379
|Religious education as a part of literary culture
|p. 383
|A Much Needed Gap?
|p. 388
|p. 389
|p. 394
|p. 404
|The mother of all burkas
|p. 405
|A partial list of friendly addresses, for individuals needing support in escaping from religion
|p. 421
|Books cited or recommended
|p. 427
|p. 436
|p. 449
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1 A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS NON-BELIEVER I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it. -Albert Einstein DESERVED RESPECT The boy lay prone in the grass, his chin resting on his hands. He suddenly found himself overwhelmed by a heightened awareness of the tangled stems and roots, a forest in microcosm, a transfigured world of ants and beetles and even though he wouldn't have known the details at the time of soil bacteria by the billions, silently and invisibly shoring up the economy of the micro-world. Suddenly the micro-forest of the turf seemed to swell and become one with the universe, and with the rapt mind of the boy contemplating it. He interpreted the experience in religious terms and it led him eventually to the priesthood. He was ordained an Anglican priest and became a chaplain at my school, a teacher of whom I was fond. It is thanks to decent liberal clergymen like him that nobody could ever claim that I had religion forced down my throat.* In another time and place, that boy could have been me under the stars, dazzled by Orion, Cassiopeia and Ursa Major, tearful with the unheard music of the Milky Way, heady with the night scents of frangipani and trumpet flowers in an African garden. Why the same emotion should have led my chaplain in one direction and me in the other is not an easy question to answer. A quasi-mystical response to nature and the universe is common among scientists and rationalists. It has no connection with supernatural belief. In his boyhood at least, my chaplain was presumably not aware (nor was I) of the closing lines of The Origin of Species the famous 'entangled bank'passage, 'with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth'. Had he been, he would certainly have identified with it and, instead of the priesthood, might have been led to Darwin's view that all was 'produced by laws acting around us': Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. Carl Sagan, in Pale Blue Dot, wrote: How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. All Sagan's books touch the nerve-endings of transcendent wonder that religion monopolized in past centuries. My own books have the same aspiration. Consequently I hear myself often described as a deeply religious man. An American student wrote to me that she had asked her professor whether he had a view about me. 'Sure,'he replied. 'He's positive science is incompatible with religion, but he waxes ecstatic about nature and the universe. To me, that is religion!'But is 'religion'the righ


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After a low of 24 this morning at Philly International Airport we reached a high of just 30 with a mostly cloudy day and some snow showers in the afternoon(amounting to just a trace officially recorded). The snow showers were part of not only a low pressure area skirting past the Jersey coastline, but also a piece of energy pushing through the region as well. Now overnight we will stay cloudy with lows in the lower 20s.
Sunday will feature a quick-moving clipper system in the late afternoon that will provide the region with up to an inch of snow with highs just around freezing. Behind the clipper will be another shot of Arctic air so highs come Monday will be around 30 and after a low in the teens overnight we'll just be in the upper 20s come Tuesday.
Wednesday morning will be interesting as we'll start off cold in just the upper teens and with a coastal low forecasted to slide up the east coast we may have periods of snow by the late morning; once milder air pushes in we would see a gradual changeover to sleet and then rain with temperatures rising to the upper 30s. This will continue overnight into Thursday with lows in the upper 30s and highs in the lower 40s; once the low pushes to the northeast we can have some cold air on the back end and with some moisture around after sunset we could see some wet snow flakes(a better chance for that will be north and west).
After that for Friday going into the weekend we get more into a zonal flow(cold air stays north and warm air stays south; we are in between) so highs will be in the lower to middle 40s by day with lows in the middle and upper 20s by night.
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Zonta Club of Medford, MA USA
District 1 Area IV Charter 0303 June 1953
The charter for the Zonta Club of Medford, Massachusetts was granted on April 15, 1953.
Joan Vitello-Cicciu , President
Lucille Rexroad, Treasurer
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Email: medford @ zontadistrict1.org
What's New:
Area IV Amelia Earhart Dinner 2015
You are cordially invited to attend the Zonta Club of Medford's annual chocolate auction, on Valentine's Day. The flyer is attached. Please share with your club members and friends. It will be a lot of fun!
What is Zonta?
Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
What types of projects does the Zonta Club of Medford take on?
Our major fund-raising event is an Annual Chocolate Auction, held each February, just in time for Valentine's Day. Money received allows us to make donations to local groups such as the Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Council, the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, the Medford Family Life Education Center, the Medford Public Library, and the West Medford Community Center. We also make a contribution to the Zonta International Foundation.
In 2008, we reached our goal of raising $5,000 to fund a Village Bank in Haiti. We worked with the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA), whose mission is to provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living.
What are some of the Zonta International service projects?
Zonta International supports and administrates several different international service projects and/or programs Each biennium Zonta International sponsors international programs in association with agencies of the United Nations that work to advance the status of women. Most of the programs are in developing nations and are selected by the Zonta International Board and approved by the Zonta International membership. To learn more about Zonta International's International Service Projects for the current and past bienniums visit the Zonta International Web Site for at www.zonta.org
Zonta International also administers several international scholarship programs including: the Amelia Earhart Fellowship Program which provides post-graduate fellowships to women in the fields of aeronautics and aeronautical engineering; the Jane M. Klausman Scholarship Program which provides college scholarships to women in business; and the Young Women in Public Affairs which offers recognition and scholarships on the district and international level for outstanding young women who are making a difference in their world through service.
In addition many Zonta clubs sponsor Z and Golden Z Club Programs that provide mentoring and support for young high school and college aged women. Additional information regarding these and other Zonta International Programs can be found on the Zonta International web site at www.zonta.org.
Am I eligible for Zonta membership?
Membership is Zonta International is by club invitation to individuals working in a decision-making capacity at least 50% of a normal workweek.
How much time does Zonta membership take?
Zonta clubs are service clubs and each club votes on local service projects and fund raising activities. Zonta members are asked to attend monthly club and committee meetings and participate in club projects. In addition, opportunities exist to attend one-day annual workshops, a two-day biannual conference or seminar, and a week-long biannual international convention.
The monthly meetings for the Zonta Club of Medford are generally 2 – 2-1/2 hours long; committee meetings vary in length.
When does the Zonta Club of Medford meet?
The Zonta Club of Medford meets on the second Tuesday of every month (September through June, except December) at:
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
170 Governors Avenue
Medford, Massachusetts
We gather for a light supper and conversation at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
Most meetings include a speaker – usually related to the mission of Zonta or one of the International Service Projects.
Who's Who in the Zonta Club of Medford?
President: Joan Vitello-Cicciu
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Our postal address is P.O. Box 560021, West Medford, MA 02156


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Jenise Wright's parents are seeking custody of their remaining children after their 6-year-old went missing in early August, turning up dead the following day. Jenise was last seen on August 2; her body was found the following day in the woods near a mobile home park where the family lived, and police arrested a 17-year-old boy who was charged with second degree murder, manslaughter and rape.
But the ordeal for the Wright's didn't end there. James and Denise Wright have a court appearance, set for October, to petition that their other children – ages 8, 12 and 16 – be returned to them. The kids were taken by Child Protective Services, and the reason for their removal from the home has yet to be released publicly. James and Denise are not talking either.
"We've been controlled about what we can say and what we can't say. There is still an ongoing investigation so I can't speak about it," said James Wright.
However, TheSpreadIt.com uncovered the following:
A little digging into Mr. Wright's past showed that in 2000, two young girls reported that he sexually assaulted them. An 8-year-old claimed that he touched her inappropriately, while a 16-year-old who used to babysit for the family said that he touched her breasts and put his hands down her pants.
That, coupled with the fact that the parents evidently did not realize their youngest child was gone until the following day, may explain the delay in the family being reunited.
James, who appeared in court this along with Denise week for a preliminary hearing, was asked about his children, who have been allowed to stay with grandparents. However, James and Denise cannot see them.
"Best as can be expected and thank God they're with family," he said. "If they were in a strange home I would be even more concerned than I am now," adding that he needs his entire family back together so they can "grieve Jenise's death."
Denise, who is Native American, has asked her Nooksack Tribe to intervene on their behalf in the custody dispute.
"Our culture is extremely important to us, as anybody who would have religious preferences," James said. "That's the foundation of our country. We can't sidestep that. Culture is culture."
Investigators arrested Gabe Gaeta, 17, in connection to Jenise's murder.


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The Ca∫e in ℳidnight
◤ Seer / Human / Creature ◢
☾ ℱuyuki ℋyo "Yuki" ☽
◕ Gender: Female
◕ Age: Appears 23 [ True age - 888 ]
◕ Race: Youkai [ Yuki-Onna ]
❝ This 'love' you speak of. Is this an emotion what you feel in your chest? Making you want to hold the other close to you and protect them from all that harm them. Or… is love just you're d-ck telling you 'I want to be inside that'? ❞
◕ Hair: Smooth / silk – Starts silver then turns Raven black towards the end – Pass the lower back
◕ Eyes: Gold
◕ Skin: Pale – Smooth and cold
◕ Height: 5'6''
◕ Weight: "Excuse me?"
[ No one has ever bothered to pick her up, Plus she leaves no footprints in the snow -__- so I guess she's pretty light >.> ]
Personal Details:
◕ Sexuality: "Men are such primal creatures and women are just weak" - Bisexual
◕ Relationship Status: "I'll find someone and then someone else when I'm done" - Single
◕ Significant Other: "Come and I'll give you something that will chill down your spin"
◕ Closest Friend: "Do you expect me to say 'the abdominal snowman' or maybe 'jack frost' or 'Santa'? You are such a fool to believe half those creatures exist….I have no friend, there I said it"
◕ Pets: "Why must I keep such things? They can live on their own… and I can just visit them…. If I wanted to that is. "
◕ Hobbies: Taking walks "Yes that is it… is there something wrong with that?"
[Something you favor]: "ah the chilling air against my face. When the snow falls it's beautiful, and even more so when it covers trees, houses, and the rest of the land. Whether human or animal the sound of the snow crunching on the ground is always favored…oh I with that time of year will come soon" - Winter
[Something you wish for]:
"To love, to know it, to feel it with my emotions … and to hold someone dear, who actually cares for me…my whole self and not just my body"
❤ Loves:
-Things that remind her of the winter season
-Ice cream "I have recently tried Italian ice, just delicious"
-Taking walks "It does not matter where… but it's usually to here"
-Having conversations with those she deems friendly and without 'ill intent'
☠ Fears:
-"As strange as it sounds… falling for someone, I'd rather not state my reasons"
"There is difference between what you dislike and fears, but it is pointless for me to tell you what I hate; since it is the majority of life it self." – Dishonesty and Betrayal.
◕ Powers (Limit 3): [Basically what a Yuki Onna is T_T]
-Freezing Ability to transform moisture/water into varying forms of ice and control, manipulate and move it as they wish. Lowering the temperature of an area.
-Ice Breath : To exhale ice from oneself. The Ice Breath has a variety of forms; often it takes a very odd combination of ice-cold water, freezing whatever it touches, along with a semi-liquid form of ice, and freezing water vapor. Sometimes only one of these forms can be exhaled.
-Limits and Effects of powers
.....oHer powers cause her to have Cold Proof Skin Endure extremely low temperatures, hypothermia, and freezing. Her skin feels cold to touch, and is likely probably why her heart is the same way.
.....oCreation of Ice depends on the amount of moisture available, Dry areas make this harder or impossible.
.....oUnable to control or manipulate water, except possibly slush.
.....oAs with all cold/ice, is affected with abilities using Fire/heat and Magma
.....oVibrations are difficult (if not impossible) to freeze, as they cause the ice to shatter, making sound-based abilities a perfect counter.
◕ Personality:
All these years she spent existing in the world, there things she knows more than others yet knowledge of her own self is far from her grasp.
Being as what she is…Yuki is a 'naturally' cold hearted woman. [To those who fail her 'tests'] Seductive; preying on those who seem to invite themselves to her side, then 'leaving them for dead' – Puts her self out as a hypocrite due to her own dislike of liars, deceit and betrayal. She despises both men and woman for "they always seem to listen to their hormones' Always keeping this in mind, and then putting up a masked smile of a friendly young woman. This mask of hers stays until the end of her 'test' showing whether or not that smile will stay or even remain the same.
"It is a test of my trust, a test of the heart… meaning no; it's not a quiz on love so you're not going to die silly girl"
She speaks in a polite manner showing that she thinks highly of herself, putting up an air of an aristocrat; Pompous. What 'I' say is not always correct but it is just ... it is fact, this is the way 'I' think. Judgmental: She is very critical of others, no matter who they are, but she knows better to keep her mouth shut about it; even harsh words escape her lips, whether she means it or not is something that she will never tell you. Kept from all, even her self, she is a very lonely woman – never knowing what her heart is for, always thinking 'Why is this here if it does not beat?'
Idea-driven; once she has this idea in her head, she starts feeling an impulse; one that she resists yet keeps thinking about until her body moves on her own; Impulsive yet self controlled. - This she does not understand about her self - Caring and kind - Something that she denies about herself.
◕ History:
"I come all the way here to have a meal and....*sighs* ...Fine if you want a story I'll tell you one"
In the mountains of… where was it again?
"I have not bothered to learn such a mountain's name, but it is close enough for me to come here, that is all."
Why in the Mountains though? You ask. A being such as Fuyuki it is natural to see her in such a place. Born of ice and snow with… a heart? Why does she have one? It's not even beating. In her days alone she spends sitting, even wandering around in the mountains on her nightly stroll; she ponders this phenomenon. Why does she have a thing if it does not function? A shadow, glimpses in the corner of her eye. A pair of humans walking together hand and hand. They were smiling they were laughing, happy and enjoying the other's company. The observation went on as curiosity struck her. They stopped… what was this they were doing? …kissing? This was a couple in …Love?
"How do I know that word?"
A curious thing, it really was; knowing something, a word you've never heard before.
"I want to try it. This love seems like a nice thing. It makes humans happy… can I feel that way too?"
She continued her strolling as she encountered traveler to traveler. They always seemed to be a curious bunch, but they also never seemed to be by themselves. Time passes, which only seemed like days to her; A traveler... a male... by himself no less!
"Ah this is my chance. What should I do?"
She walked out casually as if she was passing by, leaving no footprints to prove she was ever there. The man noticed with widened eyes, astounded by the sight of her. She covers her mouth with her sleeve as a flirtatious smile graces her face. Just about to pass each other the man stops her. He takes her by the arm, she emits a cold air. He let's go in surprise.
"Are you not cold?"
"I am not"
"…but your clothing is so thin"
This conversation went on. Why was this man so concerned with her clothes and the weather? It was curious – she thought – She wanted to know more about this person whom she just met; This man named Irie. Their conversation began evolve more and more, becoming friends. It seemed like hours, noticing that the sun had set.
From then on, they met from day to day. She wondered why he kept on visiting so often; it couldn't just to see her was it? – From this she popped the question. His answer;
"I am looking for someone…"
"Someone…? Like who?"
Seeing his smile, saying these words; Yuki could have sworn she felt something. Why was this man looking for her?
"…It's because I fell in love with you"
A… confession…? This man was… in love with her? Now even more she wants to know about this man she spent so much time. Time passes and days go by without notice. His visits become more frequent. Coming up the mountain this time he asks a favor of her.
"…What kind of favor?"
"…a mirror"
This 'favor' was confusing; it seems rather strange… doesn't it? Regardless, it was a simple task that she was willing to accept from a man such as Irie. With just a little energy she created the mirror of ice – it was the first time she showed her power. It astounded her, intrigued him rather than made him tremble in fear. Taking the mirror he thanks her then left just then, showing his gratitude. Watching him walk down the mountain, she noticed that this visit was… short. She only hoped that he would return again for a longer visit.
Days… nights… it was nearing the end of winter. Yuki was feeling impatient, waiting all the time. Where was he? He never returned since that time. Did something happen? The longer she waited, the more she began to worry. Thoughts of tragedy began to continuous swirl in her mind. Why? Why!? Why had he not returned?
'Patience is a virtue', but such things are often broken with out a care for the consequence; now matter how painful it might be. Despite knowing this, despite his lack of understanding for his or even her own feelings and impulses she traveled down the mountain. – This was a mistake. She should have turned back, she should have never gone down; at the bottom of the mountain what was it that she found? Another who was holding a similar appearance to her?
"What is with this similarity?"
The next day he never visited…this time … Yuki was the visitor.
Pretending that she had never seen the other woman, acting as if her wrath was no where to be visible; She made a confession.
"I love you… I've missed you and always think of you when you are not here"
This was a lie. Irie seemed happy to have heard this though; it was laughable – if only she could do so out loud she would. He drew closer to her, apologizing for his absence; making excuses such as 'I had work'. Lies, LIES how could he do such a thing and then… not tell the truth?
A 'loving' embrace, followed by a deadly kiss; a kiss which froze the man's heart, stopping it completely. He was her first love? Can it be called that? Watching the man die… crumble at her feet, she felt nothing; no sadness, regret… just the same cold chill in the place of her she has always had.
"I still want to know what love is…"
Repeating the same cycle
Over and over
Finding someone who claims the words
I love you
Then don't mean it in the end
These are just words
This is not a feeling
You are the one hallucinating
Not me
So perish in your loneliness
As I give you 'the cold shoulder'
And never say those words again
Those lies you keep repeating
"I still don't know what how it feels…"


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I want to distinguish between two disjoint classes of morphisms in a category: (1) those morphisms that are composed of other morphisms (other than identities) and could conceivably be factored into a sequence of other morphisms; and, (2) those morphisms that cannot be factored further.
For the time being, I am referring to the first class of morphisms as "composed" and the second class as "atomic". What is the correct terminology for this distinction?


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One third of the messaging phones in North America are made by LG
Messaging phones (you know, the ones featuring QWERTY keyboards) are becoming more and more popular all over the world, and especially in the US and Canada.
Now, who do you think is leading the North American messaging phone market? It's not Research in Motion, although all its BlackBerries have QWERTY keyboards.
It's LG, the world's third largest handset maker, which managed to sell about 11.8 million messaging phones in North America in 2008 only.
Overall, there were 33.7 million such phones shipped in North America last year (smartphones included), thus LG controls a third of the market.
The latest messaging phone from LG is Verizon's LG Versa, a touchscreen handset that has a detachable QWERTY keyboard and can be bought for as low as $199.
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It is surprising that of all the Starks, Sansa has made it this far in "Games of Thrones." Sophie Turner who plays the timid Sansa was recently interviewed about her expanding role in season 4 by Wetpaint who shared the spoilers on Feb. 8.
Up until now, Sansa Stark has been shy and naïve. Recently forced to marry Tyrian Lannister (Peter Dinklage), her fate seems sealed but Turner says not just yet.
"There's a kind of big evolution [for Sansa in Season 4]," the actress said. "She begins to kind of manipulate the people who have done wrong to her in her past. She becomes a powerhouse character but in a very subtle way. It's really good."
Turner is excited about this new avenue her character will be exploring. She said it feels as if she's just been waiting for the opportunity to manipulate those who have been her tormentors and that the wait seemed interminable. This season feels like a release.
She went to describe the season as a whole as "shocking stuff" and "more deaths, of course, because it's Game of Thrones."
Peter Dinklage has said his character will be facing the most humiliation he's ever faced in the upcoming season. Surely Sansa won't be the cause of that! We will have to wait and see.
"Game of Thrones" will premiere season 4 on Sunday, April 6 on HBO.
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Beehive and IRM are the buzz of day one at OOW
By Simon Thorpe on Sep 22, 2008
Well it's the end of the first full day of Oracle Open World 2008 and i'm shattered. This morning we saw an excellent keynote around the new collaboration server from Oracle, Beehive. Part of this included a demonstration which had an element of Oracle IRM. This means that no matter where your documents and emails, that are being shared via a Beehive Workspace, ultimately reside, they are persistantly secured and protected using Oracle IRM. The buzz has travelled so fast it's made it into an InformationWeek blog already.
I also got mugged by the guys at the Oracle Fusion Middleware lounge to record a video postcard.


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Veterinary students Vanessa Chen and Matt Hille are studying diagnostic veterinary medicine at the Wyoming State Veterinary Lab (WSVL) in Laramie this summer through the University of Wyoming's Diagnostic Externship Program.
Externships are available to third- or fourth-year veterinary students and offered by the Department of Veterinary Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. An externship is supervised practice off-campus or away from a student's affiliated institution.
"It exposes the students to the realities of diagnostic veterinary medicine as a career," said Donal O'Toole, professor in the department and diagnostic externship mentor. "We need more students – ideally, of the right type: curious, outgoing, broadly educated, compassionate, problem-solving – looking at this career option."
Chen, a native of Canton, China, and who grew up in Temple City, Calif., is on a four-week externship from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. She has an undergraduate degree in neuroscience and plans to pursue a career in pathology.
"The defining feature of this veterinary lab to students is the learning environment the lab engenders," said Chen. "Among the various labs there are undergraduate pre-vet students, graduate students, externs and professors all working together. This continual pulse of new energy keeps students and professors excited."
Hille, a Cheyenne native who grew up in North Platte, Neb., holds a master's degree in animal and veterinary science from UW; he is entering his third year of veterinary school at Iowa State University through a joint Iowa State and University of Nebraska, Lincoln collaborative program.
Hille's externship is supported by the Kelly Palm Memorial Externship, which is only offered to UW graduates attending a veterinary school in the United States.
"Ever since I found out about the opportunities available to someone with a DVM degree, I have had an interest in anatomic pathology or microbiology as a career option, and that is the main reason I pursued this externship in the first place," said Hille. "The ability to essentially jump around different labs at the WSVL and see all the more interesting things on a daily basis throughout the laboratory has been great, and I've learned a lot."
Hille said he wants to practice mixed animal medicine, including small and large animals, in one of the Rocky Mountain States upon graduating from Iowa State and may pursue anatomic pathology or microbiology. Hille said his wife, Katie, a native of Sidney, Neb., and a UW College of Education graduate, likes that idea.
"Fortunately, my wife misses Wyoming as much as I do and returning to Wyoming would be our ideal situation," he said.
In addition to necropsies, microscopies and other lab work, Chen and Hille participated in bison vaccinations, radio tracking deer in Douglas and branding cattle at the Y Cross Ranch, owned by UW and Colorado State University, in Horse Creek.
"They will be exposed to the full range of diagnostic services and to wildlife cases," said O'Toole. "Unlike full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratories that are affiliated with veterinary schools, our caseload is from the field. It is not from cases that have been worked up extensively in a veterinary teaching hospital, which tend to be referrals like weird or terminal cases."


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2014 - Saw action primarily on special teams.
2013 - Saw action on special teams and as a reserve offensive lineman ... Had a strong game off the bench at tackle in the win at USC.
2012 - Saw action as a reserve offensive lineman and on special teams.
2011 - Did not see game action in his first year in the program.
HIGH SCHOOL - Played three seasons at Los Alamitos, CA HS for coach John Barnes as an offensive tackle ... Starter in 22 varsity games ... National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete award winner ... Rated as the nation's No. 40 offensive guard by ESPN.com ... Ranked No. 45 among guard prospects by scout.com ... Rated No. 34 player in CA/HI/NV area by SuperPrep ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Rated No. 10 offensive guard in the West by scout. com ... Earned three stars from scout.com and rivals.com ... Member of Tacoma News Tribune Western 100 ... GoldenStatePreps.com All-Southern California first team ... SectionSports.com All-Southern Section first team ... All-Orange County second team ... First-team all-league as a senior ... Team Offensive Player of the Year award winner ... 1,200-pound Lifting Club member ... School won Sunset League championship in 2010 and 2008.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Benjamin David Wysocki ... Born:May 12, 1992 in Seal Beach, CA... Parents: David and Lisa Wysocki... Has one brother, Joe, and two sisters, Ryan and Emma ... His biggest thrill to date was to defeat Edison to win the league title as a senior ... Lists NFL standout Jake Long as the athlete he most admires ... Hobbies include snowboarding, surfing and bike rides ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Winter 2012, Fall 2013 and Fall 2014.


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The shortest of short stories could land a boys' school £1,000 after they entered a national creative writing competition.
Twenty-six year 7 and 8 students from Southborough High have been selected as winners for their mini saga stories based on epic journeys.
Over 150 Southborough students took part in the Young Writers competition that required entrants to produce precise 50-word stories.
The top three schools with the best mini sagas will be given cash prizes.
English teacher Morgan Melhuish said: "It's quite skilful to create a story in just 50 words. The challenge of this has always appealed to the English department, so we have regularly taken part.
"I am so proud of the achievements of the students who took part. It's fantastic for them to be published."
A book of all the winning mini sagas will be published in April.


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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently surprised many with his January 8 announcement that New York would allow medical marijuana use at twenty select hospitals based on state Health Department regulations in lieu of legislation.
However, many state lawmakers and cannabis activists have actually challenged and criticized the governor for potentially circumventing the eventual establishment of a much more comprehensive medical pot program.
Cuomo is opposed to the Compassionate Care Act, which was passed in 2013 by the State Assembly and is reportedly supported by 40 of the 63 state senators. Unfortunately the measure did not receive a Senate vote last year.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Diane Savino (D-Staten Island), expressed concern that Cuomo's actions could neutralize the momentum in the state legislature. She told Newsday: "I want to make sure my original supporters are still there. I don't want supporters saying, 'Well, the governor did this, so we don't have to 9support legal medical marijuana] anymore.'"
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan) did acknowledge Gov Cuomo's plan is a "good first step," but questioned the particulars of the program, such as relying on seized marijuana for the supply, which could be of questionable quality. In other legal medical pot states, professional cultivators produce high-quality cannabis.
Also, Cuomo's plan would only serve a small percentage of the actual number of patients who could ultimately benefit from medi-weed.
"The governor should be working with us to pass workable legislation," Gottfried affirmed.
On Monday, the first full day of the 2014 New York State Senate session, a gathering of patients and medical pot activists protested in Albany, demanding the Senate pass the Compassionate Care Act and that Gov Cuomo sign it into law.


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Born: November 12, 1929 in San Francisco, CA
Died: June 5, 2007 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Stadium
College: Oregon St. (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 11th round (133rd overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 45 (1851st overall since 1950)
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Academic language differs from everyday language. The differences include:
- A defined system of genres with explicit expectations about how texts are organized to achieve specific purposes;
- Precisely-defined vocabulary and symbols to express abstract concepts and complex ideas;
- More complex grammar in order to pack more information into each sentence;
- A greater variety of conjunctions and connective words and phrases to create coherence among multiple ideas;
- Textual resources (formatting conventions, graphics and organizational titles and headings) to guide understanding of texts.
Academic language also includes instructional language needed to participate in learning and assessment tasks, such as:
- Discussing ideas and asking questions;
- Summarizing instructional and disciplinary texts;
- Following and giving instructions,
- Listening to a mini-lesson;
- Explaining thinking aloud;
- Giving reasons for a point of view;
- Writing essays to display knowledge on tests.
Academic language takes the form of many genres. Genres are generic designs applicable across multiple topics to guide the process of interpreting or constructing texts. The designs are structured to achieve specific purposes related to a particular cultural and situational context.
Examples of genres are:
- Representing
- Explaining or justifying
- Describing
- Recounting
- Defining, relating, or contrasting
- Evaluating or constructing
- Interpreting
Examples of linguistic features of genres are:
- Related clusters of vocabulary to express the content;
- Connector words that join sentences, clauses, phrases and words in logical relationships of time, cause and effect, comparison, or addition;
- Cohesive devices that link information in writing and help the written text flow and hold together;
- Grammatical structures for purposes such as comparing and contrasting ideas or supporting ideas with evidence;
- Text organization strategies such as headings, graphics, and references.
Examples of connector words for different purposes are:
- Temporal: first, next, then
- Causal: because, since, however, therefore
- Comparative: rather, instead, also, on the other hand
- Additive: and, or, furthermore, similarly, while
- Coordinating: and, nor, but, so
Examples of text organization strategies for increasingly complex arguments are:
- Simple argument: point/proposition, elaboration
- Argument with evidence: proposition, argument, conclusion
- Discussion: statement of the issue, arguments for, arguments against, recommendation
- Elaborated discussion: statement of the issue, preview of pro/con positions, several iterations of point/elaboration representing arguments against, several iterations of point/elaboration representing arguments for, summary, conclusion


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Established by Dominican Sisters in 1895, Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School is a diocesan, coeducational high school serving the Southeast Texas community. Kelly High School offers cultural diversity, spiritual and personal development, and a strong college preparation in a loving and nurturing environment. Professional, caring, and dedicated faculty and staff prepare students spiritually, academically, and morally for lives of leadership, faith, and service.


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Photography is not in the past or future but in the present moment.….where life is.
Photography is a perceptual practice that keeps me in the present. I am drawn to complex scenes in the American landscape that abound with visual confusion and bring my sense of order to it by picturing my interpretation of the emotional vibration and color of American life. I call this work AMERICOLOR.
The work of award winning fine art photographer, Dennis Church, has been featured in solo exhibitions throughout the United States, including the Wisconsin Historical Society, The Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center in Fort Myers, Florida, and the Darkroom Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky. His photographs are in public collections, including the Wisconsin Historical Society, Fordham University Emily Lowe Gallery on Long Island, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin. Mr. Church was born in Mason City, Iowa in 1949 and attended Iowa State University and The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Friday, 10.02.2009 / 8:07 PM
Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer
STOCKHOLM -- It's just one game, but already the
Detroit Red Wings
are faced with some interesting, shall we say, issues.
It's hard to call them problems because it's still way too early in the season, but after Friday's 4-3 loss to St. Louis here at the Ericsson Globe, the Red Wings enter Saturday's game asking themselves:
How long it will take
Henrik Zetterberg
's line to round into shape? What to do about a power play that looked disjointed in the season opener? Will
Chris Osgood
play? Is hulking Swedish defenseman
Jonathan Ericsson
Let's start with Zetterberg, who missed all eight of the Red Wings' preseason games in North America with a sore groin. He played Wednesday in Karlstad against Farjestads BK, but said even after that game that he needed to be better and that will come with time.
Todd Bertuzzi
Dan Cleary
, who also battled a groin problem during training camp, were relatively anonymous Friday night, contributing just one assist while they combined for seven shots and a minus-6 rating.
"I thought (Valtteri) Filppula's line, (Justin) Abdelkader's line and (Pavel) Datsyuk's line were fine for us," Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "But we didn't get much out of the group that hadn't played with us."
Zetterberg said during his postgame press conference that his body feels good, but he just has to play better.
"We had a few chances, especially in the second period, we just had a tough time getting the puck in deep," Zetterberg added.
The power play was a bone of contention for Babcock, who even asked rhetorically, "Did we score on the power play?"
Detroit did, when
Ville Leino
snapped home a shot 7:17 into the second period with
Alex Steen
in the box serving the last 10 seconds of a double-minor for high sticking.
However, the Red Wings failed to score on a 5-on-3 for 1:36 late in the first period. They managed only two shots -- one by
Nicklas Lidstrom
and another by
Jason Williams
-- during the two-man advantage.
Overall, the Wings were 1-for-5 with eight shots in 8:15 of power-play time.
"The power play wasn't working the way we want it to," Detroit defenseman
Niklas Kronwall
said. "We have to do a better job of taking it to the net. Any time we have a chance to shoot the puck we have to take that shot. Today felt like we hesitated a little bit and we took some shots at bad angles. I think we could do a better job of taking the puck from the corner, get in there and get traffic and be strong in front of their net."
As for Osgood, Babcock was non-committal. It wouldn't be totally surprising if he uses backup
Jimmy Howard
, who played well in the final two preseason games, because it's the second night of a back-to-back and Osgood had a two-day virus earlier in the week.
"I haven't thought about it that much," Babcock said. "We're going to talk about it as a group and go from there."
There may not be much to talk about when it comes to Ericsson. He took a shot off the unprotected part of his ankle, above the boot, after scoring his goal in the first period Friday and could go for only 1:03 in the second period before leaving the game for good.
If Ericsson can't go,
Derek Meech
will jump in and play with
Brett Lebda
on the Wings' third pair.
"We're going to wait and see," Babcock said. "Ericsson is a real important player for us and a real important penalty killer. Nick (Lidstrom) doesn't have to penalty kill near as much if he's out there, so it puts more stress on your D."
Stress is the last thing the Red Wings need now. A win would at least salvage the trip and maybe even answer some of their pressing questions.
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