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18 June 2014 by Jen
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Eastern was, in her day, the largest ship ever built. A truly ambitious project from one of the most famous names in engineering history, the Great Eastern was built to provide a ship that could travel all the way to Australia or the Far East without the need to stop and take on more coal. Despite this she was only used on the transatlantic routes, travelling to Canada and North America as a passenger liner, often departing from Liverpool and playing a part in the emigrant trade.

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I hear a lot of arguments on here about the evils of religion and it always makes me think.
Wouldn't the evils of religion be the weakest argument for being atheist? Going on the assumption that most atheists are people of reason, shouldn't the existence or non-existence of a God be your major and almost sole purpose for being atheist? If it is because of the evils of religion, isn't your position just a position of anger and leave you in a very vulnerable place?
As a atheist I always look at what I see as the things that show me there can't be a God. That is the proofs or lack of. Yes I do see the inconsistencies of many religious texts and that goes to the proof or not of their positions. Having said that, the evils of religion is not my reason for being atheist. To be that doesn't prove the existence of God one way or another, that proves the evil of the people that profess to believe in a religion and how they use it.
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I do agree with you to a point. The belief in this God you speak of will soon come up. The mere existence of a person who influence our life does make a difference.
Looking at this hypothetical group. There will be a conversation at some point that they say, "Joe thinks this way and because of that, we act this way because of what we learned from him." Then you ask where is Joe? Where does that leave you with that group that supposedly does not know where Joe is. They say, "He just exists". Then they ask you, "You don't see or feel him?". Now what do you do? Do you say yes because they are good people?
A good example if people who believe in the horoscope. There is no way to avoid that discussion even if their belief is benign. So in the end I can't agree with you. Your using the unicorns as an example isn't good because the discussion never comes up because you know no one who believe they exist.
In the end, someone's belief in the existence of something good or not will affect their lives and become part of the discussion even if there isn't a underlying doctrine.
Heather I agree with you. It is never the trappings of the hate of any group, i.e. religion, it is the hate within the people. The religion is the convenient excuse to use to defend their hate.
We have to realize people can use atheism to do the same sort of things. You can use science, like Darwinism to drive your hate. Example, if you use Social Darwinism, you can justify discrimination of all sorts. Would it be a perversion of it, yes, but it can be used. So in the end is religion the root of all this evil or is it the use of religion to justify this hate, these abuses? My view is not that religion is inherently evil. Religion is just another tool of the powerful and the hateful to go about doing their business. I never argue against the existence of religion, I argue against the convenient use of it by ones who otherwise use another avenue to justify their injustices. Used to get others on their side.
So I am appalled by the depravity of people. I never look at the religion as the cause of it.
"Wouldn't the evils of religion be the weakest argument for being atheist?"
that's not a reason to be an atheist at all. so i agree with you. it's weak. (btw, i don't anyone who uses this claim as their reason for being an atheist.)
"shouldn't the existence or non-existence of a God be your major and almost sole purpose for being atheist?"
sort of, it's more about the lack of ANY evidence one way or another to support the hypothesis that there is a god, or anything like a god, any god.
. . . right, it's up to an atheist to find good reasons for rejecting belief claims. One way of doing so is by understanding that there are philosophies of life which are coherent, rational, require no allegiance to faith. Do a search on 'Epicurus'. You'll see immediately why xians have always hated his views, have sought to demean his life, and destroy his works. Epicurus' thoughts survived as an underground presence despite xian persecution for 2,000 years.
one ancient (and one modern) antidote to irrationality and hatred
Xianity has hated rational thought (philosophy) ever since Stoics and Epicureans laughed at P/Saul of Tarsus (fl 50-65 CE). While preaching to Athenian philosophers about a minor jewish doctrine of bodily resurrection turned into insane mythology (Acts17:18 NIV), he had to stop and retreat from the the Agora, traditional space for free and open debates.
The demands of faith -- obedience, submission to authority, violation of rationality -- are inconsistent with ancient and modern democracy, freedom of expression, freedom of conscience.
• Whatever xians hate deserves a closer look as something likely to be good.
Three hundred years before the earliest xian cults, the Greek philosopher Epicurus (340-270 BCE) devised and openly shared a philosophy of nature based on atomism and a philosophy of life (an ethic) based on a rational pleasure principle.
•...live like a god among ordinary people.
Epicurus' conclusions drawn from his atomism and ethic are distilled into four statements. The tetrapharmakos = 4-fold cure for anxiety: what about gods, suffering, death?
Don`t fear god,
Don`t worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure.
-- Philodemus from a Herculaneum scroll (100 BCE)
• What's the best life to lead?
Epicurus' own advice to a follower:
"Think about these things [in my texts]...yourself, and with a companion like yourself, and you will never be disturbed while awake or asleep. But you will live like a god among ordinary people. For those who live among immortal blessings are not like mortal beings."
The modern French philosopher Michel Onfray presents an a-theology worthy of intellectual respect which updates Epicurus given 200 years of textual scrutiny of xian texts, of middle-eastern history, of modern psychology and sociology. Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
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Dean Richard B. Hays has announced the appointment of Valerie C. Cooper as associate professor of black church studies at Duke Divinity School effective July 1.
Cooper, who joined the faculty in fall 2013 as a visiting associate research professor, is the first African-American woman to earn tenure at the Divinity School. Using historical and theological methodologies, her wide-ranging scholarship examines issues of religion, race, politics, and popular culture.
Her book, Word, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans, analyzes the role of biblical hermeneutics in the thought of Maria Stewart, a pioneering 19th-century African-American woman theologian and political speaker.
"We are delighted that Dr. Valerie Cooper will be joining our faculty," Hays said. "Her work will make important contributions to the Divinity School's community of scholarship and teaching. Her book is not only a discerning historical study of Maria Stewart, one of the first women to play an important role in arguing for African American rights in 19th-century America, but also an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the deeply biblical sources that informed her thought. Dr. Cooper's interdisciplinary fusion of historical study with biblical hermeneutics is distinctive in her field."
Alongside colleagues such as J. Kameron Carter, Willie Jennings, Luke Powery, William C. Turner, Esther Acolatse, and Eboni Marshall Turman, she gives Duke Divinity School a distinctive concentration of faculty strength in black church studies and related fields.
Cooper previously was an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University. She holds a Th.D. in Religion and Society from Harvard Divinity School, and a M.Div. and B.S. from Howard University.
She has published essays on African-American evangelicals (particularly in Pentecostalism and the Holiness Movement), on African-Americans' use of the Bible, and with political scientist Corwin Smidt, co-authored an essay on the roles of religion and race in the 2008 election of President Barack Obama. Her article on "Black Theology" is forthcoming in the Handbook of Political Theology.
Cooper is working on Segregated Sundays, a book evaluating the successes and failures of the racial reconciliation efforts of Christian congregations and ministries from the 1990s to the present. In addition to examining why such efforts frequently fall short of their stated goals, she also hopes to propose methods for achieving meaningful cross-racial relationships in America's still very segregated churches and religious organizations. In this research, she is particularly interested in recovering and recording the stories of ordinary men and women of faith.


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"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." Joseph Goebbels, a Nazi politician and Hitler's Propaganda Minister.
Taban Abel Aguek, MP
In the last few weeks, there have been sustained warning of looming genocide in South Sudan. As reported by Sudan tribune, UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki Moon, was the latest to add his voice to the matter saying before UNSC Monday last week, "If we fail to act, South Sudan will be on a trajectory towards mass atrocities."
UN Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, had earlier also expressed fear of genocide occurring in South Sudan just after a brief visit to the country. The statements by both Mr. Ban Ki Moon and Mr. Dieng were not any different from those of US Permanent Secretary to the UN, Ambassador Samantha Power, who without a bit of shame compared the situation in South Sudan to the one of Rwanda of 1994. Without fair evaluation, these UN elite personalities bought into false reports coined by Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, some bogus 'paid' civil society organizations and some wicked elements of the Enough Project. All connived on how to influence and usher quick move for sanctions and arms embargo on South Sudan.
For genocide warnings to be issued, there must be strong indicators, carefully examined and clearly justifiable, to unleash such warnings. According to media reports, Mr. Ban Ki Moon cites only two indictors: first, that President Kiir and his loyalists are "contemplating a new military offensive in the coming days against the armed opposition led by Machar". Secondly, that there are clear indications that Riek Machar and their opposition groups are pursuing a military escalation.
The question now is, are these indicators tangible enough to warrant the alarm of genocide? First of all, one has to carefully assess the size of the army accumulated at one point targeting what community to come to a conclusion that genocide is planned on that community. Secondly, military offensives by both parties to the conflict have taken place from the onslaught of the conflict and no one has ever raised an alarm. Riek Machar on his part has declared war from day one, what is being hyped as of late about his war?
Neither are the indicators enough to point at a genocide nor the language befits the proper description of genocide itself. If Riek Machar is still in the bush and is still pursuing war, then he has to be fought. Fighting negative forces does not amount to genocide. UN telling South Sudan government not to fight opposition forces is like anyone telling the US to stop war against terrorism.
The people campaigning on genocide in South Sudan are very unlucky. Whatever their intention, I must say, they have mistimed their campaign. South Sudan's days for fearing genocide are long gone. Between 2013-2014 there was very much likelihood of genocide taking place. This was the time when major cities like Bentiu, Malakal, Bor and Nasir changed hands between rebels and government forces several times in very brutal mass attacks. The best time to have warned of genocide in South Sudan should have been at a time 25,000 Nuer armed youths locally known as 'White Army' attacked and captured Bor before they were defeated while attempting to march to Juba.
At that time, when the war was at its climax the same people who are shamelessly warning of genocide rejected arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan. It is strange and ironical that the same people who rejected sanction and arms embargo on South Sudan at the height of the conflict are now dirtily campaigning for the same at the time things have significantly normalized. There is now a suspicious feeling across South Sudan that some well paced individuals did not pursue arms embargo at first because they either had expected the rebels to win the war or were part of the groups supplying arms to rebels.
Otherwise, talking about genocide in South Sudan now is a laughable scam. It does not only challenge the honesty of its campaigners, it actually makes them appear very stupid. War has greatly scaled down in Upper Niles. There are no large military offensives akin to those of 2013 – 2014. There is no valid justified indication any tribe planning to launch a major attack on another. And again, there is in place a peace agreement and the Transitional Government of National Unity is existing and very active.
Well, Dr. Riek and a few others jumped off the peace wagon. And of course, there are pockets of insurgencies in some parts of Equatoria largely operating like terrorists and targeting members of certain ethnicities. But that has been going on since the conflict started and the Dinka have never planned any revenge. The number of the Dinkas killed by Nuer is many times bigger than the number lynched on roads by the elements of rebels in Equatoria. So, if the Dinka have never mobilized against Nuer, how can they do that against attacks of the Dinka on roads.
Lies as seen in the quote above have come a long way with the human race. The Dinka people say a false news of death of a dear one becomes a good news when it turned out in the end to be a lie. Similarly, if these warnings and nothing else, then we shall have to be happy with these lies because 'genocide is worse than the lies about it'.
I actually thought Mr. Ban Ki Moon was going to be a bit cautious after it emerged in a recent report published by many media outlets that the institution he leads, UNMISS, gave a lot arms to rebels in Bentiu, the same arms they used a few weeks later to massacre civilians in large, shocking numbers including those in mosques, churches and hospitals. With lid blown off the corrupted system he leads, Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, chooses not to restore its values and cleanse self but instead delve into loose stories created by the godfathers of regime change and stories damaging and full of vulgarity. It is hard to see people that should advocate for peace working to jeopardize it. That is being irresponsible.
All in all, South Sudanese are not worried about the hyping or sending out of alarm of genocide in the country. However much it is repeated and no matter the weight of those who hype it, South Sudanese should not be moved about what is called 'impending genocide'. The real problem, rather, is the implication of the song sung in its name.
Stories like these stoke fear in people, increase suspicion and kill trust among people. There are chances that hyping genocide may triggers genocide to happen. Sometimes, those who warn of what is basically a lie have the intention to have what they lied about take place. In this case those who unleash warning on genocide in South Sudan are actually campaigning for genocide to take place because they will badly be left ashamed if the said story did not happen. There is this famous saying in South Sudan that "If you warn a mad man against setting a house on fire, then you could have reminded him to do so". So, these people should not tell people of South Sudan what they have not thought of. When UNMISS separated IDPs in its Malakal POC into Dinkas and Nuer, they eventually fought inside the POC because they were made to see and feel it that they are not one people.
We know the tory has remained around regime change. Sometimes it goes from Trusteeship to international administration and from sanctions to arms embargo but it all revolves around one thing: regime change. Many other things around these are just lies and propaganda coming from people within the circle with that notion and supported by the media that they control. It is a pity this is still not known to some Africa's big names like Prof. Mahmood Mamdani and Prof. Anyang Nyong'o.
Good enough, truth has already triumphed over the devil as the issue of sanctions and arms embargo on South Sudan were defeated yesterday at the UNSC. I applaud the nations that chose to stand with the truth now rather later after the damage is done.
Many years after the invasion of Iraq, many prominent leaders who hyped the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq admitted that they were wrong and badly regretted their role in the war created out of a baseless lie. I wonder why would some people want to repeat the same mistake in South Sudan?
It is our hope that South Sudan is going to survive the devil scheme, and by the grace of God, surmount all it challenges prove its prophets of doom wrong.
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The Los Banos Police Department is trying to stop rumors and fear regarding what they call non-credible threats of violence toward Pacheco High School made Thursday. Police issued a news release stating: "The Police Department, in conjunction with school district officials, are investigating the possibility of a school threat believed to have originated from an out of state juvenile. Detectives continue to work with school officials but at this point the department believes no credible threat exists."
The Los Banos Unified School District sent phone messages to parents Thursday informing them that Pacheco had received threats.
Although police have said they don't believe the threats are credible, law enforcement has increased its presence on the Pacheco campus as a precaution.
"The Police Department understands that these topics are very sensitive and we are taking every precaution to ensure the safety of students and staff at our local schools. We have allocated additional resources to our school campus; our number one priority is providing a safe learning environment," Police Chief Gary Brizzee said.


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Capitals stars Alex Ovechkin and Braden Holtby will appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Monday night.
The telecast of the show begins at 11:35 p.m. ET.
Ovechkin and Holtby's scheduled appearance on the show comes just days after the Capitals won the Stanley Cup for the first time on Thursday night, beating the expansion Vegas Golden Knights in five games.
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Springs Memorial Hospital is recognizing three of its employees with honors for the work they've done at the hospital in Lancaster.
Debra Izzard has been named the 2009 Springs Memorial Hospital Employee of the Year.
Izzard is a member of the Environmental Services Department and has been employed with the hospital since 2002.
Living on the river doesn't have to be expensive.
Just ask Molinda Goforth, Realtor for Pinnacle Homes, which is selling lots in the Edgewater development along the Catawba River in western Lancaster County.
Pinnacle Homes is set to construct about 200 custom homes in Edgewater, by builders Ben Russell and Crystal Hollingsworth. Goforth lives in the community herself in Pinnacle Homes' model home.
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I heard a talk about VIB – Very Important Bundles – today at the W-JAX here in Munich. The speaker pointed out some key features and services (and available solutions) necessary for developing applications in an enterprise context. He also discussed the way bundles should be designed in general. There were two mentioned aspects that made me wonder.
- Bundles represent a deployment artefact only.
- Bundles may contain libraries they need, if it is applicable.
For me, a bundle is explicitly not only a deployment artefact. Bundles represent a software component and are therefor an architectual element of the software. They are essential to be able to use public and private API, as Java Packages simply do not serve this need. No need to say that I prefer 'Required Bundles' instead of 'Imported Packages' :). And turning to libraries, they should be encapsulated in a separate bundle and definetly not included in any bundle containing business code. A big advantage is the reusability of these individual so called 'library bundles', for instance logging frameworks or apache commons components. From my point of view, intergrating libraries in a bundle and even exporting them makes their management difficulter than necessary, at least within an enterprise context.


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The Art of Teaching the Arts: A Workshop for High School Teachers is an eight-part professional development workshop for use by high school dance, music, theatre, and visual art teachers. The workshop examines how principles of good teaching that apply to all subjects are carried out in teaching the arts at the high school level. The workshop is intended for use by mixed groups of teachers from all four arts disciplines, to help them improve their practice.
The workshop is centered around eight one-hour video programs. The first program introduces seven principles of effective teaching. Each principle is explored in depth in a subsequent program. All programs include classroom segments with teachers of dance, music, theatre, and visual art. Teachers are shown demonstrating their practice and discussing their goals, methods, and experiences. These teachers work at arts magnet high schools and comprehensive high schools in cities and towns across the country.This Web site supports and augments the video programs. It includes activities for workshop sessions that encourage participants to draw on their own experiences; background on the schools and teachers featured in the video programs; and interactive features that provide perspective on the teaching principles. A downloadable print guide is available for each workshop session, and for the whole series.
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Lost in the recent storm of developments and debates on whether the Saints put contracts on opposing players is the fact that the team's starting quarterback doesn't have a contract of any kind.
But with the deadline for getting a long-term deal finalized only three weeks and three days away, folks in New Orleans are becoming increasingly restless, as explained by Jarrett Bell of USA Today.
"With all the crap happening here, they should just sign Drew Brees and get the drama over with," Edmond Belizaire, a New Orleans taxi driver, told Bell. "Jonathan Vilma won't be here this year. Will Smith will be gone for a few games. But with Drew Brees, you've still got a shot at getting to the Super Bowl."
Bell explains that, while fans in New Orleans typically are inclined to side with management, Brees gets the benefit of the doubt on this one.
"Brees could be mayor of New Orleans," Belizaire said.
The quarterback continues to avoid blame or scrutiny for his reluctance to accept a one-year offer that would pay him more than $1 million per game. He wants a long-term deal, and even though the team reportedly has overstated his financial demands, no one in N.O. seems to be turning on Brees.
"Brees is the glue," said Nathan Washington, a bellman at a local hotel. "He deserves whatever he's asking for. How can you not give it to him? If that's a problem for the Saints, I'll start up a fund and take to the streets. If you're talking about Brees, this community would chip in and pay for it."
Actually, some fans have tried to do that. From May 29 through June 4, they raised $2,455.36. The absence of an updated total in 18 days makes us wonder whether they've dropped the effort — or whether they absconded to Mexico to retire . . . as long as they plan to live only for another month.
This drama shouldn't last for more than another month. Despite premature reports from a couple of weeks ago that a deal between Brees and the Saints is close, there's no reason to believe the two sides won't wrap this up by 4:00 p.m. ET on July 16.
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Last night, Clint Eastwood put on a show at the Republican National Convention.
The 82-year-old actor-director took the stage as Mitt Romney's "mystery speaker" holding a one-sided debate with an empty chair who he referred to as President Obama.
Twitter quickly flooded with responses to Eastwood's bizarre one-man show, with reactions both praising and poking fun at the actor-director.
The Obama Campaign got in on the act, slamming Eastwood's speech. And, there was even an account created for an " Invisible Obama" which now has more than 40,000 followers.
Hollywood joined in, too, with a wide range of actors and television personalities giving their take on the wacky speech.
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Bazemore reminds me of a 70's baller; very long, athletic, hustles every second he's out there, has a deeply cocked gather on his jumper. I just like what he brings when he's out there. I don't believe we have another perimeter defender that stays with quick guards like he does; not even Rush. Kent Bazemore, if that outside shot comes around, looks like a keeper.
Yup, games like this where the signings and draft picks depth really paid off. As I've said before, I like the ball in Klay's hands as a playmaker. He makes good things happen on the court. I think when he gets those early touches and knows the balls coming back to him, he's less likely to press or force things.
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Kevin Costner is best known as an actor, director, and producer, and he has been involved in many movies, including The Bodyguard, Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, The Untouchables, and Silverado, but he has always been close to music, learning guitar and piano as a kid and singing in church choirs and school productions. He began performing as a musician before his movie career took off, sparked by meeting John Coinman in Los Angeles during an acting workshop. The two began playing and writing music together, forming the band Roving Boy with mutual friend Blair Forward. Roving Boy had some modest success, releasing an album, Simple Truth, and even scoring a number one single in Japan, but as Costner's film career took off, there wasn't a lot of time for music and the group grew more inactive, although the three friends would still get together to play and write behind the scenes on occasion, and now and then would hit the stage for a quick gig. One such performance in 2005 made Costner realize how good playing music felt, and he began to find more time to spend with the band. Adding Teddy Morgan, Larry Cobb, and Park Chisolm to the lineup and changing the band name to Kevin Costner & Modern West, the group began working on an album, Untold Truths, which was released in 2008 by Universal South. Two years later, Costner & Modern West released Turn It On, which initially appeared only in Europe. From Where I Stand, a third record from Modern West, appeared in the fall of 2011; the following summer, the group issued Famous for Killing Each Other: Music from and Inspired by Hatfields & McCoys, the soundtrack for Costner's History Channel mini-series. ~ Steve Leggett
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A former mayor, a career-development expert, an environmental and education volunteer, a gifted speaker, a voter advocate and a pair of senior-housing leaders are the recipients of the 2011 Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement Awards.
Jim Burch of Palo Alto, Betsy Collard of Mountain View, Jan Fenwick of Los Altos Hills, Dick Henning of Los Altos, Veronica Tincher of Palo Alto and Bill and the late Carolyn Reller of Palo Alto were selected by the nonprofit senior-service organization Avenidas for their contributions to the community. The honorees, who are required to be older than 65, were announced at a reception at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto Thursday.
"Caring and commitment are two hallmarks of each of these outstanding nominees. They all have made their mark on their community and for that we are grateful," Avenidas CEO Lisa Hendrickson said in a statement.
Former Palo Alto Mayor Burch has been active in community service since the 1950s, when he worked with such organizations as Boy Scouts of America, United Way, NAACP and Urban Coalition, which he co-founded. He volunteered for 36 years with Foundation for Global Community, until its closure in December 2010, and, along with his wife Wileta, has also produced educational seminars and television documentaries.
Betsy Collard, former Stanford University alumni volunteer relations director, served for 21 years as program director for the Career Action Center, a job-search nonprofit, and is the author of "The High-Tech Career Book." She's also volunteered with Community School of Music and Arts, the Mountain View School Board, the American Red Cross, the Mountain View Human Relations Commission and the Day Worker Center of Mountain View.
Over the past quarter-century, Jan Fenwick has worked and volunteered for environmental organizations such as the Purissima Hills Water District, the Peninsula Conservation Center and Environmental Volunteers, as well as educational organizations including the Community School of Music and Arts and the Foothill-De Anza College Foundation board.
Dick Henning, in addition to founding the Foothill College Celebrity Forum Speakers Series, which he has directed since 1968, has delivered hundreds of speeches to clubs, schools and businesses. He served on numerous community boards and personally raised funds for and delivered wheelchairs to the needy in Third World countries.
Fifty-two-year League of Women Voters leader Veronica Tincher works on outreach to new and young voters and has also volunteered with Legal Aid and AARP Tax Aide. She's also chaired the Santa Clara County Mental Health Board and served as treasurer for the boards of Keddem Congregation and the Palo Alto Jewish Community Center.
Bill Reller and his late wife, Carolyn Reller, are responsible for the creation in 1990 of Palo Alto Commons, a south Palo Alto residence for seniors, which Carolyn operated until her death in 2010. She is the first posthumous recipient of the Lifetimes of Achievement honor. Both the Rellers are known for their years of active community service, including Bill's work with the Palo Alto Community Fund, Peninsula Open Space Trust, the Palo Alto Board of Realtors and the Mid-Peninsula YMCA.
The seven honorees will be celebrated at a public reception Sunday, May 15, from 3 to 5 p.m. at a garden party at a local home. The event is sponsored by Avenidas, Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online.
Tickets can be purchased for $75 by contacting Avenidas at 650-289-5445 or online at www.avenidas.org. Proceeds from the reception benefit senior programs at Avenidas.


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Scotland`s premier luxury golfing and leisure destination is the ideal venue for golf days, corporate events or relaxing short breaks. Popular with non golfers too, Carnoustie offers luxurious leisure facilities and the chance to explore local castles, distilleries and the superb local countryside. Visitors can enjoy some of the most stunning views in Scotland as well as some of the most stimulating golfing experiences in the world.
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Curiouser and Curiouser
Lesser known Holmes quote
Let's pretend Penny isn't ignoring a customer to gossip
Fine Lines
She thought about it
Putting a stop to it
Kitten Fang Bow
How is she drinking through the scarf?
Three years they've been married
They talked
Stranger in the inner sanctum
It's weird enough when an indie title sells
Dry erase is not archival
Events Progress
Armand doesn't know how to not wear a tie
Too much too fast
The Date
It never works like it does in the comics
Opinion and Omission
Define Everybody
The Artist's Heart
Break a Leg
Boat Drinks
Launch Day
Everybody has seen Ghostbusters
The Opposite of Pros
Obligatory Fremont Troll Scene
Cavemen aren't exactly flattering
THAC0 is spelled with a zero
Not Even Close
Poetically but not literally meanwhile
Can we fix it?
Stuck in a Thought Bubble
Those Pesky Owlbears
The Fortress of Solitude and Midriffs
Mature Canines Regarding Untried Feats
The only way to know is to ask
Man Down
What Grownups Do
Everone loves the Nightwatch
Friends Long Past
He's really not
Con Friday - Bad Neighbors
Meanwhile - Jet and Dustin
Con Saturday - Table Barnacle
The Parley
Con Sunday - Critical Critique
The Battle Song
Enter Penny
Enter Dustin
Enter Paul
Enter Jet
Natalie's Vision
The Speech
Identify The Problems
Performance Art
Secret Powers
A late night
Preparation Montage
Transform and Roll Out
Figuring out the sell
Unprepared For Success
On a Boat
The Rundown
Working Late
What you really think
A Good Night's Sleep
Do not mess with artists
Back on the Street
For one thing, there's an A missing
Final Boss
This is the lesson I actually learned
Titans feast on Shawarma
The League of Significant Others
Actually, they eat larva
Seattle has two seasons
I'll Never Quit


text: tynet/#stevenchan - IRC Chatlog Search Thursday, 12th of July 2018, 15:24:28 UTC 15:25:50 gingerale Shinmera: Movie suggestion https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043338/ 15:25:51 Colleen www.imdb.com/title/tt0043338/ Website (HTML), Title: Reporter des Satans (1951) - IMDb 15:25:58 gingerale Nice german title 15:26:32 Shinmera that's a weird translation indeed 15:52:50 gingerale https://gfycat.com/AlarmingPlayfulCockatiel 15:52:51 Colleen gfycat.com/AlarmingPlayfulC... Website (HTML), Title: No...dont do it GIF | Create, Discover and Share on Gfycat 15:53:18 Shinmera My own birds have done this on smaller scale 15:53:24 Shinmera (and they continue to do it) 15:53:29 Shinmera nothing learned 15:53:51 PincerAttack they like to fall 15:54:01 Shinmera No actually they get really scared 15:54:13 Shinmera but they're too dumb to realise its their own fault 15:55:10 gingerale Such good birds 17:06:52 Shinmera Aight so I'm gonna go get some アイス and then we'll stream more animé 17:08:12 PincerAttack what? some アイス? 17:08:28 PincerAttack you mean aids? 17:09:55 PincerAttack could've made the joke better by writing ズ there instead of fudging it up like a moron 17:31:11 Shinmera No it would be a ヅ (dsu) anyway 17:32:05 PincerAttack ah, that's right, that's "eyes" 17:32:15 Shinmera Hmm, no, wait 17:32:19 PincerAttack well, whatever 17:32:26 Shinmera It would be エイズ 17:32:35 Shinmera Since it goes after pronunciation and not writing 17:32:52 Shinmera https://jisho.org/word/エイズウイルス 17:32:56 PincerAttack yeah, i didn't notice i screwed up even the first one 17:33:19 PincerAttack what did you need the ice for anyway? for a drink? 17:33:29 Shinmera No, アイス means ice cream 17:33:58 Shinmera Anyway, I don't care about thaaaat 17:34:05 Shinmera gingerale: PincerAttack: Wanna come over to play? 17:34:07 gingerale I wish I had ice cream 17:34:29 PincerAttack pretty sure they just say ice cream normally and not the german way 17:35:04 Shinmera PincerAttack: pincers plis https://jisho.org/word/アイス 17:35:33 PincerAttack everything betrays me 17:35:51 Shinmera No, I just know better than you since I actually study the language :Y 17:36:30 PincerAttack at least i know they shorten the word "diamond" for some reason 17:36:40 PincerAttack anyway this is nerd stuff 17:37:25 Shinmera My favourite is still アルバイト (arubaito, German "Arbeit") for "part time job" 17:37:36 Shinmera Or also often shortened to バイト 17:37:58 PincerAttack cool 17:38:31 Shinmera Also for some reason マンション (manshon, obviously from mansion) means apartment/flat 17:38:43 Shinmera whereas a mansion obviously doesn't mean flat 17:39:21 Shinmera Another one I know is ホーム (hoomu, home) means "platform at a train station" 17:39:33 Shinmera Anyway Japanese is fucking weird with their imported words 20:04:40 Shinmera :Scream: 20:04:40 Colleen http://shinmera.tymoon.eu/public/scream.wav 20:06:36 Mbyte gay 20:08:35 Shinmera nou 20:12:27 Shinmera I don't know, YouTube, do animes count as minors https://filebox.tymoon.eu//file/TVRVNE1RPT0= 20:12:27 Colleen ANIMÉ counter: 775 20:12:27 Colleen filebox.tymoon.eu//file/TVR... Image (PNG) 20:34:27 Mbyte animus? you wot? 20:34:41 Shinmera I was streaming Dangan Ronpa 20:35:59 Mbyte some vidya based animu I presume? Or something like that? 20:36:25 Shinmera It's a vydia that's more anime than vydia 20:36:26 Colleen ANIMÉ counter: 776 20:36:51 Mbyte I see. 20:43:25 Mbyte Actually I'm wondering if there's some decent animu worth watching from recent seasons. 20:43:43 Shinmera ERASED was good 20:43:56 Shinmera Ping Pong the Animation is also good 20:44:58 Shinmera Lupin the Third Part IV is decent. 20:46:39 Mbyte For "erased" search gives me something bout a time traveller dude. 20:46:39 Colleen RADICAL! 234 people are still experiencing the 80s! 20:46:46 Shinmera Ye that's the one. 20:47:06 Mbyte Alrite puttin on mah "planing to watch" 20:47:42 Mbyte Some how recalls Noein 20:47:51 Shinmera Also see https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/MyAnime/?user=Shinmera&categ=3&sort=-rating 20:47:51 Colleen ANIMÉ counter: 777 20:47:51 Colleen sliat is my drivers license and i don't see the evidence. 20:47:51 Colleen www.animenewsnetwork.com/My... Website (HTML), Title: Shinmera's Anime [Seen all] - Anime News Network:W 20:48:47 Mbyte Katanagatari - Masterpiece, I can agree with dat. 20:48:55 PincerAttack i have such a large list of things that might be interesting to watch, but can't be bothered 20:49:48 Mbyte Actually I was thinking to watch space dandy, I mean only eps I've seen was when you streamed. 20:50:00 Shinmera Space Dandy is decent. 20:50:24 Mbyte I like comedys mostly- 20:50:27 Shinmera It wasn't as good as I remembered it being when I rewatched it recently, but I still didn't feel like I wasted my time 20:50:35 Shinmera Watch Nichijou then 20:51:04 Mbyte Already have. 20:51:13 Shinmera Barakamon and Monthly Girl's Nozaki-Kun are also good comedies 20:52:53 Shinmera Nichibros is also decent I guess if you like Nichijou 20:53:02 PincerAttack Nichibros was very good 20:53:28 Shinmera It woulda been massively improved if it had cut down on the bog standard "pervert humour" that just makes me roll my eyes every time 20:53:32 Shinmera hurr hurr panties 20:53:59 PincerAttack Well you can't completely eradicate such things from teen media 20:54:07 Shinmera Nichijou didn't have it 20:54:21 Mbyte Eh panties and boobs jokes are common 20:54:29 PincerAttack Right. Well, depends on author 20:54:34 Shinmera Anyway, Cromartie is another one 20:54:41 PincerAttack Nichijou is innocent 20:54:48 Mbyte I recently took a glance at Asobi Asobase 20:55:12 Shinmera +Tic Elder Sister is also good 20:55:43 PincerAttack Since you are here now, Mbyte, the other day I remembered an ol' puzzle game I played as a babby. I was pondering whether to mention to you or not. From what I remember, it was pretty difficult, so it might be up your alley, but at the same time, it might not run well on newer systems and it only has two available voice languages (or no voice) and neither are english 20:55:43 Colleen 1819 sharks are swimming in the sea. 20:56:26 Mbyte Well show it. 20:57:36 PincerAttack Right 20:57:41 PincerAttack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86PRLFmk3PM 20:57:42 Colleen www.youtube.com/watch?v=86P... Website (HTML), Title: FISH FILLETS: ship kitchen - YouTube 20:57:45 PincerAttack it looks like this 20:57:57 PincerAttack the sequel is also on steam, but i didn't play it 20:58:01 Shinmera ha ha hoh man 20:58:11 Shinmera those kindsa graphics take me back 20:58:30 PincerAttack this is one of the easier stages, i could even solve it myself back then 20:59:58 PincerAttack as you can see, it's about moving things to get the fish out of the room 21:00:23 Mbyte well 21:01:18 Mbyte looks kinda boring tbh 21:03:04 PincerAttack I guess so 21:03:18 PincerAttack It certainly isn't fast-paced 21:04:08 Mbyte Well I have no objections against 2d puzzles, see the swapper. 21:04:26 Mbyte But this one looks balnd with all the object pushing. 21:06:34 PincerAttack Alright. I'm sure better games similar to it have been made over the years anyway 21:09:17 PincerAttack That aside, how's life? 21:10:39 Mbyte I should be sleeping now. 21:16:02 PincerAttack Good idea 21:19:57 PincerAttack I almost forgot, there was also this another old thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj3bfGx_P0E 21:19:57 Colleen www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj3... Website (HTML), Title: Berušky (1999, Anakreon) - YouTube 21:20:08 PincerAttack should probably replay that myself someday 21:22:51 PincerAttack Shinmera: thought of an ending for that comic you planned yet? 21:22:55 Shinmera no 21:23:01 PincerAttack lame 21:23:08 Shinmera I know 21:23:42 PincerAttack Man, I'm bored 21:24:28 PincerAttack guess i'll continue reading that shadow hearts LP i started reading 21:25:26 Shinmera watch monogatari, read barakamon 21:25:30 Shinmera work on your game 21:25:37 PincerAttack that's boring 21:25:44 Shinmera nah 21:26:01 PincerAttack i might read more cromartie i guess


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HRI Kentucky Derby Power 10: Injuries Unfortunate Reality in Any Sport
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, April 27, 2010--It wasn't long after Eskendereya was declared from the Kentucky Derby with a filling in his left front leg that a whisper campaign began on the Internet and questions raised on a Capital OTB television network call-in show.
"I don't mean to imply anything," said one caller, "but didn't Todd Pletcher have trouble with some of his horses in Saratoga a couple of summers ago? And the way he's been winning preps this year, not only winning but dominating, I'm just saying it makes you suspicious."
Said "Trackfacts" co-host Tom Amello: "But you are implying something."
The overreaction to the cruel fate of the Derby favorite, and the implications that followed, sadly are the rule and not an exception.
Many of the game's most recognizable trainers have been cited for drug rules infractions at one time or another. And that's the legal kind, not performance enhancers Some are members of the Hall of Fame.
Fans and bettors need to use good judgment. Three-year-olds are not fully matured horses, the human equivalent of older teenagers. Efforts, even with reasonable recovery time between starts, can exact a toll.
The accusations flying at Pletcher are unfair. His horses generally are brought to peak condition and, in the main, hold their form over sustained periods. And they look well. Drugs won't do that over the long haul. An equine athlete suffered an injured here; nothing more.
What Pletcher is guilty of is trainer-speak; the unwritten rule that it's OK for trainers to mislead everyone outside the barn, shielding their horses in order to maintain its value. It's about the Benjamins, the owner's Benjamins. Without those, trainers would need to find another line of work.
Pletcher was doing his job, protecting his horse's reputation and Zayat's investment. His mistake was in being disingenuous.
Scheduled workouts were canceled, the colt walked the shedrow in bandages and, as late as a Saturday morning television interview, Pletcher stuck with his "run-down" story about the ankle-to-knee-length front bandages worn in the Wood Memorial.
All this even as rumors began to swirl in Kentucky last week that his Oaks filly, Devil May Care, might run in the Kentucky Derby. It's often difficult to put stock in backstretch rumor but that possibility became reality Monday when it was announced the filly would run Saturday, not Friday.
Pletcher still has many live bullets to fire, but it's impossible not to empathize with Zayat, who's invested a lot of money in the game and has tried to do it the right way. And neither will the horse, with all the ability in the world, but won't have a chance to show off on May's first Saturday.
Here is HRI's final Derby Power 10, Week 13, in advance of today's post position draw:
1. Lookin at Lucky (33) The consensus leader by default with the declaration of Eskendereya. Had a strong final workout over a sealed, wet track Monday and will benefit from the anticipated strong early pace.
2. Sidney's Candy (30) While his final workout was fast, it wasn't as impressive as his earlier Churchill Downs workout. But he continues to bloom with good health and trainer John Sadler's has had the best early season this side of Todd Pletcher.
3. Ice Box (27) Nick Zito put some speed into the colt in his final work and now has the presence of hard-hitting stablemate Jackson Bend to keep quality pressure on the pace horses, enhancing his late run.
4. Endorsement (21) Trainer Shannon Ritter cancelled a final scheduled five-furlong work owing to a wet track, claiming her horse keeps himself fit. She likely will come back with a half-mile breeze this morning. Like the confidence the Derby newbie's showing in her horse and herself.
5. Super Saver (17) Horse for course specialist and training well, Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes winner may turn out to be Pletcher's best chance to get off the Derby schneid. Peaking at the perfect time.
6. Dublin (13) Colt giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas fits with his early morning antics, trying to bear out in his two most recent trials, a gallop and a work. That's never a good sign, especially this late in the Derby game.
7. Awesome Act (11) Not a flashy worker, this good looking individual continues to go about his business very professionally. Has an excellent turn of foot, Eclipse Award-winning rider, and plenty of pace up front.
8. Noble's Promise (10) Passed the Monday workout test that solidified his position in the gate on Saturday. His move was excellent but of greater importance was that he passed an endoscopic examination, indicating his respiratory issues are behind him.
9. Mission Impazible (5) Fairly lightly raced, this colt improves from start to start and is having a good two weeks in the bluegrass. Mid-move running style suits Saturday's race shape and jockey Rajiv Maragh is a rising star.
9. American Lion (5) Trainer Eoin Harty promised that dirt would suit his horse's running style better than Santa Anita's Pro Ride and the colt proved him prescient in the Illinois Derby. Also having a good two weeks in Louisville, peaking on top of the race.
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Each passing day, man makes new progress in technology, produces wonders in design and production. Human beings can design and produce new products with the skills God grants them. This point deserves particular attention, because God gives them this skill, so people have no right to be puffed up with pride or arrogant.
Nature is one of the pieces of evidence for this. Anyone, who looks around carefully, can see that God has gifted nature with countless wonders. Everywhere, every living being, from plants to animals, on land and in sea, is equipped with amazing features. In this chapter, where living beings that serve as examples of technology are presented, the purpose is to show that the things people think they have attained with their own skill already exist in nature and to remind us how wrong it is for man to be boastful.Some designs produced by man after years of research, effort and technological development have existed in nature for millions of years. Scientists, who realize this, have been observing nature for a very long time and they make use of it in their inventions. They have started to develop new models by referring to the examples in nature. They have realized with some astonishment that there is a great difference between the techniques they use and the perfect techniques used in nature. This has led them to accept the existence of a superior Owner of Wisdom Who rules over nature. They understand that all these subtleties could not have been formed by coincidence. The owner of this superior wisdom whose existence they have grasped through science is unquestionably God, the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth.
For instance, after dolphins were studied, a projection called the "dolphin snout" was added to ships' bows, which were initially produced in a "V" shape. Designers understood that the structure of the dolphin's snout is ideal for the best hydrodynamic cutting through water. No doubt, not only the structure of the snout, but all the features of the dolphin are ideal, because each one of them is the work of God Who is the "Maker." (Surat Al-Hashr, 24)
The features of living beings have existed for millions of years, that is, since they were created. Man, however, has only been able to imitate some of their features in the last couple of centuries. For those who can see the evidence of the might of God, everything in nature is endowed with such features. This is stated in a verse:
(These are) an instruction and a reminder for every penitent human being. (Surah Qaf, 8)


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Wide Field Image of Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1110+6459
The galaxy cluster shown here, SDSS J1110+6459, was discovered as part of the Sloan Giant Arcs Survey. It is located about 6 billion light-years from Earth (redshift of z=0.659) and contains hundreds of galaxies. At left, a distinctive blue arc is actually composed of three separate images of a more distant background galaxy called SGAS J111020.0+645950.8. The background galaxy has been magnified, distorted, and multiply imaged by the gravity of the galaxy cluster in a process known as gravitational lensing.