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Jan.18.2011
I’m not a sentimental person. Sentimental, according to my beloved Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, means “marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism” whereas elemental means (second definition) “of, relating to, or resembling a great force of...
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Jan.16.2011
Faith & ReasonThese items, so coupled, are indeed a “dubious duo”, and yet, individuals of all walks of faith, and a varietal belief, agree that there is a harmonious balance between the two. If this is true, then how? In what way, or what are the specifics of this arrangement?Does faith fill...
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Jan.15.2011
Congratulations to Beltway Poetry Quarterly's Kim Roberts on the publication of her award-winning book,Animal Magnetism.I've read Kim's previous books, and have long admired her searching intellect, originality of subject, and craft. Here is the elegant title poem from the collection:
ANIMAL...
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Jan.14.2011
I am tired of kissing. First it was kissing as an art, now it is a science. Can people not just be left alone to do with their mouths what they wish to do?
How many of you have ever looked at the Kama Sutra for tips? I doubt it. Every glossy worth its smooth skin has covered this subject...
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Nov.24.2010
According to a recent CNN poll, 80% of the Americans approve the use of airport full body X-ray scanners. Yet, back in April, a group of prominent scientists, physicians, and professors at the University of California San Francisco challenged their safety in a letter to Dr. John P. Holdren, the...
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Nov.11.2010
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria served as President of Chile from March 11, 2006-March 11, 2010. She became the first woman president in Chile’s history. President Bachelet won the 2006 election in a runoff, beating her opponent with 53.5% of the vote. Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (also...
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Nov.02.2010
Reading the science journals can simply be mind blowing. During a break, I skimmed through a copy of the Scientific American and found that they had name particles after those guys on the beach who would later be transformed into Charles Atlas, if only they subscribed - except the Wimps that become...
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Oct.16.2010
I had an interesting day doing something I've never done before. Normally on Saturdays, I switch off TV, phone, Internet and I read... generally a whole book in one day. But today I read halves of two books, Is God a Mathematician? by Mario Livio, a wonderful book about the history of...
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Sep.30.2010
Random order seems to be an oxymoron, but how else do describe rain or clouds or dried leaves swirling in a gust of wind? Look closely, and more closely still, and you see the infinite in a speck of dust.
If you take the wide - very wide - view, what you may perceive as randomness up...
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Sep.24.2010
http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/profiles/blogs/wheres-the-real-science
Posted by Milton Davis on September 20, 2010
Okay, I'm calling y'all out. Though I enjoy this site (The Black Science Fiction Society) immensely, I've noticed a definite lack of 'science' science fiction. You know,...
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