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May 14, 2008

A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy Across Academic Disciplines

Category: Charles Darwin

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The Hofstra University Library, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Hofstra Cultural Center present a conference:

Darwin's Reach examines the impact of Darwin and Darwinian evolution on science and society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859).

The central theme of this academic conference is an exploration of how Darwin's ideas have revolutionized our understanding of both the living world and human nature.

Papers exploring diverse topics on Darwin's legacy are invited from a wide variety of disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, humanities and law.

More information here.

Astronomers Gone Wild! ... What's a Pope to do?

Category: Charles DarwinCosmosCreationismReligion

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Emperor Han Aidi
Keep an eye on the hanging tree. There will be a fresh astronomer hanging there soon. Mark my words.


This story is sometimes told:

During the reign of a particular emperor in China, the role of the historian was becoming more significant. An historian sat in the Emperors throne room and recorded events, as faithfully as possible, and the Emperor paid close attention to this process.

One day, the Emperor sentenced a man to be beheaded, and the man was executed immediately. However, it was not entirely clear that this was an act of justice or an act of anger. The historian recorded the event:

"The Emperor, on becoming angry at so and so, had his head cut off, seemingly unjustly."

The Emperor, on reviewing the writings of the historian that day, became angry and insisted the historian change the record to reflect the emperor's belief that the act was just. The historian duly noted in that day's journal that the Emperor insisted that the record of that day's execution be altered, and that the historian refused.

The next entry in this historical record read something like this:

Carnival

Category: Carnivals

This is big. This is really big.

The Tangled Bank Web Carnival Number One Hundred and Five is at The Beagle Project!!!!!! And it's the Tag Team Edition with Peter McGrath and Karen James!!!

Go there now!


White Guy Endorses Black Guy

Category: Politics

...... OMG, did I say that out loud? Maybe this election has gotten a little too racialized.....

Anyway, yes, just this very moment, seconds ago, Edwards Endorses Obama.


What do you think? Was there a phone call? "John, hey, I've got an idea. You go in and help undo the damage Clinton has done with 'white voters' ... and that's how you earn your position on the ticket as VP?"

Carnivals

Category: Carnivals


Grand Rounds 4:34 is at Health Business Blog

The Carnival of Home Schooling is here. I don't know why I'm telling you that. They always reject my posts for some reason.


The Carnival of Cinema is requesting submissions: Go here to submit.

American Racists. Threatened? Or just assholes?

Category: Race and RacismReligion

You must watch this to the end.

"Just because you were born here, doesn't make you an American...."

(The good news is that the racist haters are even more hateful than the hateful racists. As needed.)

Hey, don't forget to Hit This Poll!

[Hat Tip: Boris Milicevic]

May 13, 2008

Are you are blogger, or are you a blogger?????

Category: Carnivals

Submit your blog posts (deadline: Wednesday) to Tangled Bank now, right now ...

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(hint: klick the kitty to get to the Beagle Project Blog, where Tangled Bank will be hosted, and make your submission)


Racist Anti-Obama Tee Shirt

Category: Race and Racism

Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past.

"It's time to put an end to this," said Rich Pellegrino, a Mableton resident and director of the Cobb-Cherokee Immigrant Alliance. He was among about 15 people who protested outside Mulligan's Bar and Grill Tuesday afternoon against the sale of the "racist and highly offensive" shirts.

Express your opinion at this internet poll!

Major Hat Tip: Kevin!... where you can read more about it.

Newly Released Hiroshima Photographs

Category: Other

image.jpgOn August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the United States Army. The bomb successfully exploded instantly killing about 80,000 people and destroying a majority of the physical structure of the city.

Someone with a camera took a series of photographs of the post-bomb carnage. The film exposed by this photographer was brought to a cave outside of town, where it was later discovered by US serviceman Robert Capp. Capp had the film developed and hung on to the images until 1998, when he donated the film to the Hoover Archives with the provision that the photos not be reproduced for another 10 years.

That was ten years ago, and the photographs are now available for you to see.

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