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Harvey Cox - Born May 19, 1929
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How can God feel abandoned by himself? But the fact we cannot fully grasp such an idea does not make it any less powerful. It merely deepens the mystery of just how God was present in Jesus, and how God continues to suffer the grief and heartache of human existence. ~ Harvey Co …
VW Passat 78.5 MPG in the Uk
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:08 PM EDT (Staged)
Video of a guy who found out about better fuel efficiency in cars in the UK.
Carnap, Rudolf, Born May 18, 1891
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:32 PM EDT ( [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy])
Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems. — Rudolf Carnap The Unity of Science, trans. Max Black (1934), 22.
Memristors in silicon promising for dense, fast memory
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 10:14 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip. The device is a "memristor", a long-hypothesised but only recently demonstrated electronic component. A memristor's electronic properties make it suitable for bo …
Donald Cameron Watts - Born May 17, 1928
Thu May 17, 2012 9:30 AM EDT
“History is lived through and, for the fortunate, survived by people.” ~ Donald Cameron Watt, How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World WarHis biography is not yet available on line. However, Donald Cameron Watts, born May 17, 1928 is a noted historian. …
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Studies offer cities advice on tackling climate risks
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 12:24 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Urban areas need to build in additional capacity to adapt to the range of threats posed by climate change, research has shown. Risks such as flooding and excessive temperatures are among the risks facing towns and cities, experts conclude. Two separate studies by the University …
My Take: What the Bible really says about homosexuality
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 12:07 PM EDT (CNN)
President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage, like blood in the water, has conservative sharks circling for a kill. In a nation that touts separation of religion and government, religious-based arguments command this battle. Lurking beneath anti-gay forays, you ine …
Kodak confirms it had weapons-grade uranium in underground lab
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:46 AM EDT (CNN)
Kodak -- the company known for decades for its cameras and film -- this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years. A company spokesman and a former scientist for the firm say there was not enough material to su …
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov - Born May 16, 1845
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:38 AM EDT (/ilya-ilyich-mechnikov.epik.com)
Needless fear and panic over disease or misfortune that seldom materialize are simply bad habits. By proper ventilation and illumination of the mind it is possible to cultivate tolerance, poise and real courage. - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
Afghanistan: Home to ‘world’s most extreme golf’ | The Raw Story
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 6:02 PM EDT (Raw Story)
The air at Afghanistan’s only golf course — a half-hour drive out of Kabul — is certainly easier to breathe than the dust and pollution of the chaotic capital, but golfers accustomed to the eye-soothing sight of immaculate lawns would be in for a shock. And the …
Rick Lowery, Ph.D.: The Bible and Marriage Equality
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:47 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
As a minister and Bible scholar, I'm proud that the president has publicly endorsed marriage equality. Some sincere and thoughtful people of faith are not convinced by clinical research suggesting that "sexual orientation" is deeply imbedded in the human psyche and largely beyon …
Pierre Curie - Born May 15, 1859
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:02 PM EDT (www.nobelprize.org)
It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits from knowing the secrets of Nature, whether it is ready to profit from it or whether this knowledge will not be harmful for it. The examp …
Japan assembly agrees to restart reactors, hurdles remain
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:21 PM EDT (Reuters)
The local assembly in a Japanese town that hosts a nuclear plant agreed on Monday it was necessary to restart two off-line reactors, its chairman said, the first such nod since all the country's stations were halted after the Fukushima crisis. But further discussion li …
George Lucas - Born May 14, 1944
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 10:47 AM EDT (Fleetwood Mac Biography - Biography.com)
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause. ~ GEORGE LUCAS
Stevie Wonder -- Born May 13, 1950
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 10:26 AM EDT ( | AllMusic)
“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” ~ Stevie Wonderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WzocbSd2w
Worst drought in 50 years takes toll in northern Brazil
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 10:03 AM EDT (Raw Story)
Severe drought gripping northeastern Brazil – the worst in a half-century — is taking its toll on more than 1,100 towns, even triggering fighting in rural areas, local media reported Sunday. An average of one person a day is being killed in & …
Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 9:43 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California. Implants currently used in patients need to be powered by a battery. The new device, described in the journal Nature Photonics, uses a specia …
Florence Nightingale - Born May 12, 1820
Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 10:25 AM EDT (Fleetwood Mac Biography - Biography.com)
For what is Mysticism? Is it not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'? Heaven is neither a place nor a time. [1873] ~ Florence Nightingale
Nearly 5 million children died of preventable diseases worldwide in 2010
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 5:54 PM EDT (Raw Story)
Preventable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria claimed the lives of nearly five million children younger than five in 2010, a paper in The Lancet medical journal said Friday. A total 7.6 million children died in the first five years of their life that year, the autho …
Aeronautics - Harriet Quimby
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 4:53 PM EDT ()
I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt on the part of the spectators that I would never really make the flight. They knew I had never used the machine before, and probably thought I would find some excuse at the last moment to back out of the flight. This attitud …
Karl Barth - Born May 10, 1886
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 4:26 PM EDT ( | Christian History)
“...The cry of revolt against such a god [a god which just affirms the world as it is] is nearer the truth than is the sophistry with which men attempt to justify him....” ~ Karl Barth"Faith is awe in the presence of the divine incognito; it is the love of God that …
Asteroid Vesta is last of a kind rock
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 3:18 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Vesta is the only remaining example of the original objects that came together to form the rocky planets, like Earth and Mars, some 4.6 billion years ago. This assessment is based on data from the Dawn probe which has been orbiting the second largest body in the asteroid belt fo …
Facebook tests 'pay to promote post' tool
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 12:00 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Facebook has started testing a system that lets users pay to highlight or promote posts. By paying a small fee users can ensure that information they post on the social network is more visible to friends, family and colleagues. The tests are being carried out among the social n …
Howard Carter - Born May 9, 1873
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 3:14 PM EDT (/www.king-tut.org.uk/curse-of-king-tut/biography-o)
I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen], for a feeling of intrusion had descended heavily upon us... We felt that we were in the presence of the dead King and must do him reverence, and in imagination could …
Harry S. Truman | The White House- Born May 8, 1884
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 11:11 AM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. ~ Harry Truman
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Harvey Cox - Born May 19, 1929How can God feel abandoned by himself? But the fact we cannot fully grasp such an idea does not make it any less powerful. It merely deepens the mystery of just how God was present in Jesus, and how God continues to suffer the grief and heartache of human existence. ~ Harvey Co …
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Video of a guy who found out about better fuel efficiency in cars in the UK.
- Carnap, Rudolf, Born May 18, 1891
Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems. — Rudolf Carnap The Unity of Science, trans. Max Black (1934), 22.
Donald Cameron Watts - Born May 17, 1928
“History is lived through and, for the fortunate, survived by people.” ~ Donald Cameron Watt, How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World WarHis biography is not yet available on line. However, Donald Cameron Watts, born May 17, 1928 is a noted historian. …
- My Take: What the Bible really says about homosexuality
President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage, like blood in the water, has conservative sharks circling for a kill. In a nation that touts separation of religion and government, religious-based arguments command this battle. Lurking beneath anti-gay forays, you ine …
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