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January 29, 2010
Category: Creative commons
You may know that a while ago the swiss voted to ban any new minarets from being built. And now comes this. A local court in Switzerland has upheld a basketball headscarf ban. From the beebs: A Muslim woman has...
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January 20, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
"Brain 'entanglement' could explain memories"[New Scientist] is a bit of a hyperbolic title. Oh, what's in a title, you ask. Quite a lot. For instance, you can be mislead into thinking that there is a connection between quantum entanglement...
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January 18, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
Chesnut School Lane, Amersham. A few days back when England was covered in a bit of snow, an image on the television screen caught my eye. An aerial camera was showing a highway from above--for a moment the snow covered...
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January 14, 2010
Category: Creative commons
14 Jan 2010. Seven die in India temple festival stampede Previous stampedes. Sep 30, 2008. Atleast 100 dead at Chamunda Devi temple in the city of Jodhpur. August 3. 140 dead. 40 children. Stampede at the Nainadevi temple, Himachal Pradesh....
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January 13, 2010
Category: Creative commons
I am reading "Einstein, a life", by Denis Brian. The book is remarkable--a two decade long labor of great love and reading. Quoted in the book is a dinner conversation where Einstein is asked about his religion by someone at...
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January 11, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
Seems it does. I hear a distinct change of sound outside now that there is a lot of snow covering up things....
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