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European Court bans classroom crucifixes

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:17:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Those societies which cannot combine reverence to their symbols with freedom and revision, must ultimately decay either from anarchy, or from the slow atrophy of a life stifled by useless shadows"
- A.N. Whitehead

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The woman who took the case to the Strasbourg court is Soile Lautsi Albertin, an Italian citizen of Finnish origin. In 2002, she asked the Vittorino da Feltre primary and middle school at Abano Terme in the province of Padua, attended by her two children, to remove the crucifixes from classrooms in accordance with the principle of the secular state.

The case went back to the TAR, which in 2005 itself rejected the appeal, maintaining that the crucifix is a symbol of Italian history and culture, and so of the country’s identity and of the principles of equality, liberty, tolerance and secularism of the state, a position confirmed by Italy’s Council of State in 2006. But now, the tables have been turned.

the Italian government must pay her 5,000 euros in moral damages. It is the Strasbourg court’s first ruling on religious symbols in school classrooms. “Now Italy will have to take account of the sentence by the European court of human rights”, commented Ms Lautsi

Tags: eu, freedom, religion, italy

Why does our society hate children?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:48:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: As a person without kids, I agree entirely about the need for patience. Kids are part of life, and adults should not default to being nasty to or about them.

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Several folks on this and other sites pointed out how much money they would pay for a child-free flight. You know what? I'd pay just as much for a child-friendly flight - where reasonably behaved kids can fly without fear of glares from miserable old ladies, put-off hipsters, and misanthropic businessmen…

Indeed, when we took our son on his first cross-country flight, he had a bad time. He screamed, he was in pain from the air pressure, and generally wasn't a happy camper. People were okay, but I still remember That Guy. He came up to me and said, "I have two kids. I've been where you are. Hang in there, it'll get better."

In my life, I love my wife, my child, my family, a handful of close friends, and That Guy. I hope he's finding money or falling in love or getting elected mayor somewhere right now.
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As the father of a three year old boy, I've become much more attuned to the way that people treat children. What astounds me is how much, as a society, we tend to despise children.
I want to first reiterate that I can't stand bad parents or bad children, either. There are parents who are over-permissive to the point of absurdity. There are kids who are just hyper or obnoxious.
But anyone who's been in charge of a toddler for more than three minutes knows that even the most perfect parent in the entire world can't prevent or stop every tantrum.
I don't like screaming in my ear, either. I also don't like people who wrestle the armrest away from me, people who lean their seat ALL the way back, and people who claim their suitcase is a purse and cram the overhead compartment with too many bags. But that's life. That's what traveling by air means. Heck, that's what it means to live in this world.

Tags: kids, parenting, society, culture, manners

Boy, 11, declared reincarnated holy man

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:51:04 GMT

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Boy, 11, declared reincarnated holy man

A US boy is not going back to school - after he was declared the reincarnation of a Buddhist holy man who first died in 1250.

Boston-born Jigme Wangchuk, 11, has now moved to India where he has been made the head of a Buddhist sect in the country's eastern Darjeeling city.

His parents say they discovered their son was not like other children two years ago when he started talking about his "past life". At first, they dismissed it as a childish fantasy, but began taking it seriously during a trip to a monastery in Mysore, southern India.At one point, he went into a trance in which he described a celebrated Buddhist monastery with a 35ft dragon on the roof.

MU researcher inadvertently spread radioactive material Monday

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:43:57 GMT

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Area: USA, State of Missouri, University of Missouri (Laboratory), Columbia

Event exciting : Phosphorus-32 (radioactive isotope) leak
Damage level: Moderate (Level 2)

Portions of an MU building have been cordoned off after an MU researcher inadvertently spread radioactive material Monday evening by foot – literally.

MU spokesman Christian Basi said that a researcher in a lab on the first floor of Schlundt Annex accidentally spilled phosphorus-32, a radioactive isotope, which made it onto his shoes. He then walked in and out of the lab wearing the contaminated footwear.

Department employees are using Geiger counters to find contaminated material

“These things can be tedious,” he said. Phosphorus-32 has a half-life of roughly 14 days, Ashbrook said, which is considered to be a short half-life

While it typically keeps wastes containing phosphorus-32 for six months before disposing of it

“The amount of ionizing radiation from being out in the sun is greater,”

Tags: missouri, phosphorus-32, radioactive isotope leak, university of missouri

Misunderstood Nightmares

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:08:22 GMT

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Misunderstood Nightmares

Death Dream

First of all, calm down - death dreams are very rarely actual premonitions of your expiration (excluding Abe Lincoln who was actually right...). For the most part, death dreams are entirely metaphoric, meaning that whomever you see dead is merely representational of an inner death on your part. For example, if you see your mother dead, it may mean that you are witnessing the subconscious death of your care-taking instincts.

Rotted Teeth Dream

By far one of the most terrifying dreams, the rotted teeth dream is highly common amongst people transitioning from one phase of life to the next

the dream is also associated with fear of aging and feelings of insecurity akin to our childhood years.

Falling Dream

The falling dream often happens as you are literally ‘falling off’ to sleep, simply due to a drop in blood pressure or a foot flung off the corner of the bed. However, it can also signify a high level of anxiety in the dreamer.

Retail management study

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:57:00 GMT

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Popular British Colleges for Studying Retail Management

Tags: International Retail Marketing (PG Certificate /PG Diploma /M.Sc), Retail Management (PG Certificate /PG Diploma/B.Sc /M.Sc), study in UK

Three major courses available at the University College Birmingham are Food and Retail Management FdA; Retail Business Management BA (Hons) and Retail Business Management FdA. City of Wolverhampton College is famous for its BTEC courses such as Retail BTEC First Diploma; Retail Intermediate BTEC Certificate and Retail Level 2 BTEC First Certificate.

Solihull College offers Retail BTEC National Award for overseas candidates. Chichester College offers a diploma, Retail International Diploma and certificate level courses, such as Skills for Working Life – Retail Entry Levels 1, 2 and 3 Certificates (Award Scheme Development & Accreditation Network) and Skills for Working Life – Retail Entry Levels 1, 2 and 3 Certificates (EDEXCEL)

Renin Inhibitors

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: BIO-SYNTHESIS, INC., is a leading life science products company with over 20 years of experience in the design and synthesis of Custom Peptide, small molecules and reagents for small scale research and bulk pharmaceutical trials. Using state of the art technology in our well-equipped laboratories.

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Renin Inhibitors

Definition

Renin inhibitors represent an alternative to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) for the treatment of hypertension. They inhibit the renin-angiotensin system at its first and rate limiting step, the renin-angiotensinogen reaction

Related Peptides

Renin can be inhibited by peptides derived from its prosegment. The design of compounds based on pepstatin and on angiotensinogen sequence has led to very potent and specific human renin inhibitors. Such inhibitors are active by the intravenous route in primates but still lack of good oral activity

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Republicans Need to Dump the Neoconservatives

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:45:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The republicans need a "tea party" within their own camp! The Bush and present GOP "conservatives" are pushing big government Statism as much as Democrats, with only a different slant. Wars for democracy are a key element of both parties now.

There is an insidious philosophy underlying this acceptance of the "natural" growth of statism. Neoconservative columnist David Brooks wrote ... we need "a vigorous One Nation Conservatism ... by making the nation great, individuals are able to join their narrow concerns to a larger national project."

Actually, it was originally the Democrats that used to believe in curtailing the powers of the Federal government. (This was after the Civil War where they were called Dixie-crats).

See this related Clipmark: Danger--America Becoming Statist, First Bush Now Obama

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The GOP should dump the neocons

Limited-government conservatives have been undermined by big-government neoconservatives.

The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government. For much of the 19th century, that party was the Democrats. For the early part of the 20th century and from the early 1960s through 1988, that party was the Republicans.

Today, it is difficult to find noninterventionists in either party.

It is important to realize that neocons are not just nation-building, America-first advocates. They like big government across the board.

As for the GOP, it has outwardly abandoned the limited-government principles of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

What happened to the Republicans? Well, the two Bush presidencies didn't help.

Tags: republicans, democrats, neoconservatives, constitution, limited government, statism

Fossil Spiders 3D Imaging

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:19:18 GMT

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The researchers created their images by using a CT scanning device, which enabled them to take 3,000 x-rays of each fossil. These x-rays were then compiled into precise 3D models, using custom-designed software.

Both Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestivicii were around the size of a 50 pence piece and they roamed the Earth during the Carboniferous period, 359 - 299 million years ago. This was a time before the dinosaurs, when life was emerging from the oceans to live on land. During this period, the world's continents were merging together near the equator to form one supercontinent and the first tropical rainforests were playing host to a diverse range of species.

it used its legs to grab its prey before killing them.

Cryptomartus hindi was an ambush predator, living in logs and fronds, waiting for prey such as insects to walk by before catching and killing them.

Discover the difference between health and wellness

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:25:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wellness gives you the juice to move forward in life, improving yourself as you go.

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What Is The Difference Between Health And Wellness

To answer the question of: what is the difference between health and wellness, we first ask another question. What if you felt good all the time, were rarely sick and always felt like moving forward with whatever it is in life that you are interested in? This is wellness. Wellness includes health and has these components.

physical
intellectual
emotional
social
spiritual
environmental

Wellness means the ability to do the things you want to do. If you want to run a 10K – the ability to do that is wellness. You can have health without that extra ability. Wellness is a way to complete the person, a person embued with ability to live and take action.

Tags: health, wellness, discover the difference between health and wellnes

Meet the Next Prime Minister: Rothschild Zionist Mandelson

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:05:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This doesn't look good for the UK.

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Speculation that Lord Mandelson could be a future Labour Prime Minister has intensified

It was meant to be a novel measure to allow peers to answer questions in the House of Commons. Instead, it could be the lever that Gordon Brown's enemies need to crowbar him out of Downing Street and install in his place Labour's most formidable operator. At first glance, the latest piece of constitutional tinkering by Mr Brown merely sets the stage for Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, and Ken Clarke, his Opposition shadow, to do battle across the Dispatch Box.

When asked in June whether he would stand again as an MP, he said that it was against the law. "Of course," he added, "you could always change the law." The following month, the Government announced that it was doing just that. The Constitutional Reform Bill will, for the first time, allow life peers to resign from the Lords.

Tags: rothschild, peter mandelson, prime mininster, zionist, house of lords, nwo, the constitutional reform bill, lord mandelson, politics, news

Aion Veteran Rewards Coming Soon! | EpicToon Blog

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:43:38 GMT

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Aion Veteran Rewards Coming Soon!

Starting November 4, those of you who have played Aion for a month or more will benefit with the various treats presented by the Veteran Rewards. Now the concept behind the new system is pretty simple: the longer you play the game, the cooler stuff you get!

Available on the first day of each subscription month starting with the second month, the first Veteran Rewards package consists of the following: an Expand Cube Ticket to expand your inventory space, a Pop Legend dance emote to get funky with, four Lodas Amulets to boost your experience gain, and four Revival Stones to bring life and light when things look grim.

Learn more about Aion with EpicToon.com’s Aion Guides and get ahead of the competition with Aion Kinah.

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bed bugs solutions

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:28:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: bed bugs solutions

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Why people are looking to bed bugs solutions only when it’s too late? Because they are unaware of the symptoms until they develop severe allergies. In order to know how to get rid of bed bugs you must learn first the life and behavior of them. Those insect are almost the tiniest bugs in the world. Their size is estimated on 5 micro millimeter and they usually habitat in moist warm areas like your bed, closets, carpets and sometime even inside wood furniture. The problem is that they come in big numbers, one female bug can lay more than 300 eggs, so the numbers are huge and get up to several millions just under you pillow.

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Tribes claim wind farm would destroy sacred ritual

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:21:44 GMT

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The Wampanoag — the tribe that welcomed the Pilgrims in the 17th century and known as "The People of the First Light" — practice sacred rituals requiring an unblocked view of the sunrise. That view won't exist once 130 turbines, each over 400 feet tall, are built several miles from shore in Nantucket Sound, visible to Wampanoag in Mashpee and on Martha's Vineyard.

Cape Wind opponents say it would be a hazard to aviation, harm the environment — including fish and bird life — and mar historic vistas. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy, whose family compound would be in view of the project, fought the project until his death, saying it was a triumph of special interests over state interests.

Tags: alternative energy, environment, industrial wind, wind turbines

Two Is Better Than One

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:40:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ♫ I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought
"Hey, you know, this could be something"
'Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing

'Cause maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you thought that it got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes
The way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing

That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you thought that it got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one ♫

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