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Dualism is likely true.
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after 4 votes the winner is...
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Resolution: Dualism is likely true.
Dualism:the theory that the mental and the physical—or mind and body or mind and brain—are, in some sense, radically different kinds of thing
Substance: a bearer of properties capable of undergoing change(Thanks to popculturepooka)
BOP is shared, with the Negative/Con arguing for Physicalism.
No semantic arguments.
No intentionally fallacious arguments.
I would like to thank my opponent for accepting this debate and hope we have a good discussion between physicalism and dualism, a important issue no doubt. I will be taking the view that two different substances exist: physical and non-physical.
physicalist: A person holding that any physical event that has a cause at time t has a physical cause at t
Naturalism: entities that exist are those discoverable, in theory, by the sciences
I will offer two primary arguments for Dualism:
1. The Knowledge Argument/Zombie Argument[1]
2. Argument from Reason
The Knowledge Argument[2]
(1) Mary knows all the physical facts concerning human color vision before her release.
(2) But there are some facts about human color vision that Mary does not know before her release.
(3) There are non-physical facts concerning human color vision.
"The sensation of colour cannot be accounted for by the physicist's objective picture of light-waves. Could the physiologist account for it, if he had fuller knowledge than he has of the processes in the retina and the nervous processes set up by them in the optical nerve bundles and in the brain? I do not think so." Erwin Schrödinger[4]
This argument is logically valid if the premises hold true the conclusion naturally follows. I have attempted to refine the thought experiment to prepare for possible rebuttals but note I will not be attacking any straw men. Imagine a brilliant neurosurgeon named Mary. Now Mary being brilliant knows everything there is to know about human color vision and she sits all day and night studying human color vision. Their is simply one problem, Mary is monochromatic. She can only see grey. So one day undergoes a surgery in order to gain the ability to see colors. So when she awakes she can see all colors of rainbow, and she has gained new knowledge but how can this be? Presupposing physicalism is true she gains no new knowledge when she sees the color red since all that exists are physical facts. However because she does gain new knowledge(namely what is it like to see the color red) we know this knowledge is ultimately immaterial. Now this type of information is what philosophers of the mind call Qualia. Qualia, if it exists, is the ultimate defeater for physicalism because if Qualia exists than ultimately some knowledge is beyond physical facts. Another argument that supports the nature of Qualia is the philosophical zombie argument which basically states that if zombies are possible after all would therefore show that conscious experience are not redescriptions of the physical facts. I will quote a argument from David Chalmers:
1.According to physicalism, all that exists in our world (including consciousness) is physical.
2.Thus, if physicalism is true, a logically-possible world in which all physical facts are the same as those of the actual world must contain everything that exists in our actual world. In particular, conscious experience must exist in such a possible world.
3.In fact we can conceive of a world physically indistinguishable from our world but in which there is no consciousness (a zombie world). From this (so Chalmers argues) it follows that such a world is logically possible.
4.Therefore, physicalism is false. (The conclusion follows from 2. and 3. by modus tollens.
Conceivability entails possibility, at metaphysically. As long as something is possible metaphysically a thought experiment is possible to be run with it. If it is a metaphysical impossibility than it cannot.
2. Argument from Reason[5][6]
If my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain, I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true ... and hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms. —J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds, page 209
1) Naturalism is true
2) Naturalism entails that there is not an original purpose, or aboutness (intentionality) of the universe.
3) But there is aboutness (intentionality) now.
4) Either aboutness "emerged" or it did not.
5) Aboutness did not emerge.
Therefore, Naturalism is not true
This is a reformulation done by the blog Rational Perspectives. This argument is also deductively sound, if the premises are true the conclusions naturally follow. Now premise one is assumed for argument, I am not making the biggest concession ever :). Now naturalism will fundamentally entail that there is no purpose or teleological explanation about the universe, no intentionality, no Qualia, etc. Now this apart of the definition of Naturalism along with what it entails because such things could not be discovered by sciences at least in principle. It would be a strange form of physicalism/naturalism, in deed not one worth the name, that conceded that there exists purpose in the universe while similarly affirming that their aboutness existed along with intentionality without affirming dualism. You see intentionality is the ability for something to about something else, for example I might have beliefs about the cake(its a lie) I have a representation of reality that is either true or false. However physical states aren't really about anything. For example, a rock lying in the sun isn't really about anything. So aboutness exists now, we know simply by having true beliefs or meaningfully asserting something. The denial of which is self-defeating, if your beliefs are not about anything then they do not have determinate content and therefore we cannot know whether they are true or not. To illustrate that point I will give a example. 1 + 1= 2 this belief is about mathematics. If one is to deny intentionality it really isn't about mathematics. Its not about anything specifically. Therefore, how do we know the concept always applies? Concepts such as formal logic and mathematics fall apart if intentionality is false. Now if that's true, aboutness exists now and it cannot have been here since the beginning of universe as Naturalism entails no initial purpose or aboutness exists for the universe. But Aboutness couldn't have emerged, because it would be unreasonable to affirm it emerged, there is no coherent possibilities on how this could happen and non-rational sources do not produce intentional causes. Non-reason cannot produce reason. Humans are the result of billions of years of random and mindless processes working through natural selection. Why should we think that these mindless processes have been able to yield a being who is able to think rationally? How can we meaningfully say that intentionality simply emerged on Naturalism. Unless my opponent can justify Aboutness emerged, then this argument stands and Naturalism is false.
I thank my opponent for this debate, I hope we have a good discussion. I have introduced two primary arguments to support dualism I hope you will consider voting in the Affirmative today. If either one of my arguments hold then it follows that the mind is immaterial. Now off to Negative :)
First, Pro makes the mistake of jumping to a conclusion that he couldn't possibly arrive at simply given that he doesn't possess the amount of knowledge that the hypothetical "Mary" does. If he did he could give us a perfect answer to the problem of qualia. However, since he doesn't, his argument is simply circular. Pro is essentially arguing that if we had knowledge of all physical facts, then we wouldn't have knowledge of the sensation of color *because* color isn't contained within the set of physical facts. One can't actually know what Mary would be able to understand and what she wouldn't because the hypothetical scenario is as yet incapable of coming to fruition.
On the zombie argument Pro makes, he is again guilty of arguing circularly. His whole concept of metaphysical conceivability rests on the presupposition that physicalism is false. If physicalism is true though than zombies aren't conceivable without contradiction. So Pro is really just guilty of presupposing the falsity of the position in order to argue against it.
Reason argument.
Pro's argument, even if successful, doesn't affirm dualism since physicalism isn't the only non-dualist metaphysic. On the contrary, pantheism[1] (the view that God and the world are essentially the same substance), panpsychism[2] (the view that the world is made up of one substance, that being mind), and neutral monism[3] (the view that one substance permeates the world, being neither mental nor physical) are all still alternatives to dualism in the case that Pro is successful in his refutation of physicalism. To put it simply, I can completely concede this argument yet still maintain that dualism is false.
[1] http://plato.stanford.edu...
[2] http://plato.stanford.edu...
[3] http://plato.stanford.edu...
There are several problems with my opponents case. Most notably, since burden of proof is shared he must offer a argument in favour of physicalism or else lose the debate as well. My opponent has not given us a single reason to accept physicalism.
Argument from Reason: Did I just win?
My opponent has, at least on the face, seemed to concede the validity of the Argument from Reason. Now as per the rules my opponent has lost this debate. The moment he concedes this physicalism falls along with Naturalism. Why is this a problem for my opponent? Because my opponent agreed upon starting this debate that he was arguing for physicalism, see the rules. While my opponents assertion maybe true, it is simply put a red herring. I don't need to refute any other thesis other than physicalism.
My opponent clearly has lost this debate with concession of the Argument from Reason lets move on to the arguments from qualia.
Zombie Argument: Does my opponent know what I am supposing here?
My opponent is arguing that my case says since Zombies are possible, physicalism is false assuming that physicalism is false. This is wholely inaccurate and anyone reading this debate should scoff at the very nature of this argument. My opponent clearly doesn't understand the argument from metaphysical conceivablity, I was saying because metaphysically conceivability entails possibility. My opponent argues that zombies are conceivable without contradiction on physicalism. That validates P2 and he agrees with P1. Chalmers argument since it is valid from modus tollens makes physicalism false. My opponent has fundementally conceded the truth of premises and yet denies the conclusion but the argument is logically valid. He has not accused me of any formal fallacies. While he argues that physicalism supports the idea of zombies, he accuses me of presupposing a problem which isn't there, he proposes its consistant even. But if he concedes zombies are possible and he maintains physicalism is true then it naturally entails(from Chalmers argument) a contradiction. Therefore my opponent must concede the objection and lose the debate or deny zombies after conceding their validity previously.
My opponent accuses me of circular argumentation again, but this is false and misleading. My opponent has given me accusation that simply because I do not know doesn't mean Mary wouldn't know. I am not at all suggesting that, there is simply nothing in physical facts or physical descriptions of the world that tell us sensation of color. Or what it looks like for that matter. My opponent is saying the equvilent of "Your not a blind person, how do you know that if they didn't know all the physical facts about seeing, they wouldn't know what its like to see" its because nothing in physical facts or descriptions tell us what seeing is exactly like. My opponent attacks P2 of the argument with unconvincing refutation.
My opponent has not brought a case to the table. And I really want to make my argument longer but my opponent hasn't given me a case to refute. This seems rather unfair since we have a shared burden-of-proof. My opponent may make a case next round but remember voters I only get one round to refute his case if he does and never get to respond to his answers. Please consider voting in the affirmative today.
I apologize to Pro, I must forfeit the debate. Undertaking it I had no intention of defending physicalism and missed the BoP section in R1.
Vote Pro.
Vote Pro :)
Vote Pro.
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Posted by The_Fool_on_the_hill 5 years ago
Nicely Nit.
@ Socio- I personally have nothing against you, I pick on the philosophers the most. Only in a initiation sense. I am trying to get you defend yourself with Rational arguments. I hope you make it out of Ideo-land, so we have progressive philosophic arguments.
WHERE IS THE POC? It should be mandatory in all philosophical debates.
Its would be nice if we can customize them for philosophy instead of them all being political Style.
There was a few flaws in Centers work, which would could have been better to attack.. I would have picked on the argument Of science not being about anything. I can fix your argument in my mind, but because it is not your own argument. I think you would have had a hard time fixing it.
@socialpinko: You went too low brow on him. Low brow is for politics! The Plebs may not notice. But I DO!.
It was to much of you to hold COR to a perfect solution to the mind/body problem. The Mary argument is as sound as it gets. AKA we can tell a blind person about the formal essence of math/logic, But that alone won't help him know what it is "LIKE" to actually See COLORS. There is a difference between indirect formal Essence and Direct conscious of the colors. The same way a child could know that it is "Like" to See Blue, without knowing nothing about math/logic.
The True Philosopher values Truth Over sophism. If someone believes what you have said. You would be guilty of spreading False knowledge to you fellow pupils. Tisk tisk.
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I fix this situation.
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Formed in 1989, the CRA is committed to promoting and developing the practice of concrete repair and allied disciplines, as well as advancing education, technical training and health & safety matters in this specialist construction sector.
Member companies include specialist contractors, product manufacturers and product distributors established in the field of concrete repair, as well as associated organisations, such as testing laboratories.
Each full specialist contractor and product manufacturer member must be able to demonstrate a proven track record and overall proven ability. They are also obliged to be Q.A. Accredited to ISO 9000:2000 and BS EN 14001 (Environmental Standard) to conform to the Association's Codes of Practice and Training requirements.
By setting such self-regulating standards and procedures, engineers, authorities, clients and other specifiers are able to select from established professional organisations for concrete repair projects.
In 2014 Concrete Repair Association (CRA), Corrosion Prevention Association (CPA) and Sprayed Concrete Association (SCA) formed an Alliance aimed at providing a single co-ordinated voice for the structural concrete refurbishment and repair industry.
The new Alliance brings together over 100 companies drawn from contractors, manufacturers, distributors, consultants, test houses and equipment suppliers. It offers a single point of contact for major clients and a definitive source of information and advice for all involved in the repair, refurbishment and management of concrete infrastructure and the protection from corrosion of a wide range of structures.
The Alliance organises each year a series of free half day seminars, CPD approved, which are held throughout the UK. Subjects covered include the corrosion process, inspection and testing, repair methods, electrochemical processes and sprayed concrete. The Alliance has also introduced an Industry Awards which is held in conjunction each year with the Concrete Society Awards.
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At Gardening Club we have been very busy making Crafts to sell on our stall.
We have made some plant labels so you will not forget what you have planted, we used slices of small logs to make some funky snowmen, and decorated some jam jars to make some beautiful lanterns.
At Bellinge Campus on Thursday 7th at 2.30pm the Christmas Fair will start. We would love you to come along and see what we have been making, we are sure you will love them. The money we raise will help us buy more equipment for next years projects.
Thank you in advance for your support. See you there.


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The 1984 Chicago Tribune set was issued in the sports section of the newspaper and features 34 Chicago Cub players. The posed color headshots measure 3 1/4" by 4 5/8" and have blue borders. Next to the photo in a section of equal dimensions appears player information, including position, date of birth, playing experience, baseball career and Major-league playing record. The pictures are unnumbered and checklisted below in alphabetical order.
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Lesson Summary
Today's students receive mixed messages about work: Your current education is vital to future work success, though many of you will eventually be employed in jobs that haven't yet been invented. Society respects those who work hard, but employers are replacing laborers with technology wherever possible.
To help students sift through the confusion, this lesson gives them an opportunity to reflect on society's values around work, workers and progress. By comparing a clip from the documentary film The Birth of Saké with other media depictions of workplaces, students will compare and contrast ideas about work and workers across cultures (U.S. and Japan) and across time. The Birth of Saké takes students behind the scenes at Japan's Yoshida Brewery, where a brotherhood of artisans, ranging in age from 20 to 70, spend six months in nearly monastic isolation as they follow an age-old process to create saké, the nation's revered rice wine.
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Time Allotment
2 class periods plus homework
Learning Objectives
- Reflect on societal attitudes about work and workers
- Examine the influence of technology on the nature of work and definitions of progress
- Read and analyze informational text about technology transforming work and replacing workers
Students will need Internet access to view clips and read the assignment. If Internet access is a challenge, you could download clips (and put them on an accessible school site) and print hard copies of the reading.
The video clip provided with this lesson is from The Birth of Saké.
The clip, which consists of approximately the first 15 minutes of the film, starts at the beginning of the film with a shot of snow falling on tree branches and workers walking to the brewery as a narrator says, "saké-making is a living thing." It ends at 15:22 with text that reads, "It is one of the few saké breweries that still uses the laborious and time-consuming traditional method."
The clip introduces viewers to the Yoshida Brewery, a 144-year-old family-owned establishment whose workers range in age from 20 to 70. This is an artisan brewery, where technology and mechanization play very limited roles. The small group of workers and their brewmaster spend six months in nearly total isolation as they follow a precise, labor- intensive, and almost mystical process to create a world-renowned version of Japan's national beverage. Traditions reign. Even the brewery owner's son, who will one day inherit the business, shows deference to the brewmaster. Depicting everything from sharing meals to working the rice by hand and making decisions based on intuition, the clip offers a range of contrasts to typical U.S. workplaces.
Introductory Activity
Step 1: The Nature of Work
Ask students to envision themselves in ten years. They are at work. What do their workplaces look like? What do they do on a typical day? Who else is in the workplace and what are their relationships to those people? Do a quick pair-and-share so students can articulate their initial thoughts.
Then have them imagine what it's like to work at the largest companies in the United States (or the world). Look at the list of largest employers and talk about what they do:
- United States: http://fortune.com/fortune500/2015/ and/or http://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/
- World: http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/06/23/the-worlds-biggest-employers-infographic/
You may need to supply some information (e.g., Foxconn is the Chinese company that assembles iPhones).
Learning Activities
Step 2: Showing the Film Clip
Briefly review this Business Insider article by Sarah Gardner discussing the decline of full-time, lifetime employees: "'Wall Street Does Not Value Having Employees' and That's Changing Everything About the US Workplace" (www.businessinsider.com/companies-dont-like-having-full-time-employees-2016-6/). Just address the issues the article raises long enough to make sure that students understand the gist.
Segue to the film clip by telling students they are going to see a very different depiction of work from a film about the traditional craft of making saké. If needed, provide general information about what saké is and the role it plays in Japanese culture. (See the Resources section below.)
As a prompt for viewing, ask students to watch for:
- attitudes toward work
- attitudes toward workers
- working conditions and the role of technology
- the relationship between bosses and employees
Play the film clip from The Birth of Saké. In the follow-up discussion, encourage students to respond to the viewing prompts and also to take notice of differences between practices depicted in the film and those typical in American workplaces (e.g., meal times).
Step 3: Practice and Progress
To provide students practice for the homework you are about to assign, show this clip, using the same viewing prompts as in Step 3.
Budweiser Beer Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kBmg0IkqU
In the follow-up discussion, guide students through a compare and contrast of the two clips.
Continue the discussion by inviting students to reflect on whether or not mechanization and technology (such as the type used in the Budweiser factory) represent "progress." What is gained and what is lost by implementing these things? Who benefits from such advancements?
Step 4: Assigning the Homework — Clip Comparisons
Assign each student to compare and contrast the clip from The Birth of Saké with their choice of one of these clips:
Factory work scene from Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfGs2Y5WJ14
"The American Factory Worker" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mot4USqFTOo
Just the Job: "Production Worker" (New Zealand energy drink factory) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEojp7lCks
Depending on the skills you want students to practice, comparisons may be written or they may be presented in a graphic or multimedia format.
Advanced students might be asked to compare and contrast more than one of the clips. In order for them to gain added context for such comparisons, you also might have them reread the Business Insider article provided above in greater depth and/or read the article "How Technology Is Destroying Jobs" by David Rotman, published in the MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/s/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/.
Comparisons should address all the initial viewing prompts (attitudes toward work and workers, working conditions and the role of technology and the relationship between bosses and employees), as well as the degree of worker satisfaction and the relationship between co-workers.
They should also address differences in media and how media production choices and techniques influence messages about work and workers (e.g., media form/genre, pace of editing, who is telling the story, whose voices are left out). Let students know when their comparisons are due.
Culminating Activity
Step 5: Synthesis and Reflection
After viewing the clips, pose some or all of the following discussion questions:
If time allows, invite students to share their work with one another.
Wrap up the lesson by asking students what they learned about work from the Business Insider article and their comparisons. Invite them to reflect on what they want from their own work experiences.


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Puri Tugu Belanda
A 5-minute walk from Singsing Waterfall, Puri Tugu Belanda features an outdoor pool lined with sun loungers and tropical gardens. It houses a restaurant with a balcony overlooking the ocean. Wi-Fi is accessible for free in public areas.
Puri Tugu Belanda is a 10-minute drive from Lovina Beach and a 20-minute drive from Brahma Wiraha Buddhist Temple. Offering airport transfers, the guesthouse is reachable by a 2-hour car ride from Ngurah Rai International Airport.
Cooled by air conditioning and a fan, each room is attached to a private terrace with views of the pool and greenery. Heated shower facilities are available in all en suite bathrooms.
Guests can store luggage at the 24-hour front desk and request for sightseeing arrangements at the tour desk. Unwind with a pampering in-room massage after a day of diving, fishing or snorkelling arranged by the hotel. Laundry and shuttle services are also among the on-site conveniences.
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I am Arnold Capuloy from the Philippines. I am a great admirer of God's beautiful creations whose magnificence is best captured in still pictures using my Digital Single Lens Reflex camera or my Point and Shoot camera.
I started using an SLR Camera when I was 11 years old. My Dad received a Petri FT II SLR from his sister and he became interested in learning the basics of photography. He got a film enlarger from a friend and made a darkroom at our basement. He learned how to develop black and white films and got in love with his new hobby. I started to appreciate what he was doing and started asking questions about the camera and film developing processes until I found myself shooting at events especially during the summer "Flores de Mayo" festival. My dad bought a new SLR camera, Pentax K1000, and that gave us more time to shoot together. Sometimes my Mom also joins the shoots and shares the K1000 with me.
Two years after, my aunt gave my dad a brand new Canon AE-1 Program, the latest Canon model that time and the only camera model that features an electronic metering system. My interest in photography grew deeper and it has become a family hobby. Soon came the latest addition to our tech toys, a Panasonic VHS Camera. I studied video editing by myself and sooner we ventured into wedding photo and video coverage. That practically occupied our weekends until we covered almost all kinds of events including birthday party, baptism, funeral, etc.
I still had the Canon AE-1 Program with me while I was a cadet at the country's premiere military academy and took more shots with it as a photojournalist in my college's school paper.
With the entry of Digital Photography, I cannot afford a brand new DSLR camera so I settled for a 3.2MP Canon A410 point and shoot camera. But my affair with that camera was short lived because my daughter left it in a park while we were having a weekend bonding. That was replaced by a 7.1MP Canon Powershot SD750 given to me by my sister. It became my trusted travelling buddy in all my travels abroad and it never let me down. I had it with me in the hottest days in Indonesia and Cambodia and captured the moments in chilling France and Italy even in the freezing weather of Canada.
Recently, I purchased a Nikon D3100 with AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR, and AF-S 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED VR. Now my daughter shares the passion for photography with me. The love for photography has been passed on to another generation. Teaching my daughter first on the basics of photography, she easily left the AUTO mode and started shooting using Aperture Priority mode and Manual settings. I admit that my daughter takes better pictures not because she knows the basics but because she has an eye for creating a good composition. Now, she uses the Canon SD750 while my son has his own Pentax Digital Camera. There's a sudden flashback of how I got interested in photography almost 3 decades ago.


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This exclusive, 128-page book features inspiring photographs of Modello patterns in action. It includes projects from 80 talented decorative artisans whose work showcases Modello pattern applications on walls, floors, ceilings and furniture. Spark your imagination with new ideas and interesting design applications. This book has become a proven sales tool for enticing customers with the possibilities for incorporating color and design into residential and commercial interiors.


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Mainstream Media Still a Bit Slow Crediting Some Online Sites
Keith Olbermann did a feature on his MSNBC show tonight about the controversy surrounding Captain America #602. If you don't know the controversy, the issue featured some protesters carrying signs with "Tea Party" slogans on them. Marvel says that they did not intend for the protesters to be identifiable one way or the other, but rather to be just generic protesters. However, during a deadline crunch, a couple of the signs were still blank so the letterer on the title just quickly looked up some sign references and added in some slogans, including one identifiably "Tea Party" slogan. Marvel apologized and says that the signs will not have the slogans in any future reprintings of the issue, such as any trade collections.
And in a very cool thing for Comic Book Resources, Olbermann quoted CBR's interview with Joe Quesada (which you can find right here) about the incident.
Only problem is, Olbermann did not cite CBR as the source of the quote!
Pretty messed up, huh?
It really seems that quite often, certain online sites (basically anything not insanely big, like cnn.com, espn.com, tmz.com, etc.) get short shrift when it comes to citing them as sources for information. Blogs especially tend to get ignored – like the recent situation where The Comic's Comic broke the story of Saturday Night Live letting some cast members go and adding some new cast members, and in their article on the subject, the New York Times cited Variety, which was using The Comic's Comic as its source!!
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text: Danse Macabre Final PageIt was late in the afternoon when Nora came back to the carnival with Joella and Emily. Before going back to her tent, she looked down at her dress, or what was left of it anyway... The sides were torn far beyond mending, her gloves had long been forgotten and her boots... let's not get there. Her hair was also loose and a serious mess. She sighed as she pushed her bangs from her eyes and looked back to her friends, "Can't be saved?"The two simply shook their heads."I suppose I'll go back to wearing my original attire now. I've made my point.""What's," Jo asked, "going to happen now?""I'm going to take a bath. That dick won't die... probably."Later in the middle of the night and Eddy was pacing back and forth. Prince still hadn't come back yet. That idiot better have not got himself killed! After a bit more pacing around, he finally gave up and went out to look for the blonde fool. He didn't even get that far away from Freebooter before finding him, unconscious. His clothes were i


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[Reviews] Forever RumpoleA collection of stories so good that I've had to go back and start collecting the stories from the very beginning...
[Reviews] Time to Murder and CreateMatthew Scudder takes on an intriguing case at least as interesting as his previous one.
My introduction to the written version of Bones was enjoyable, but not as familiar as I anticipated.
I have watched the Bones television show up to very nearly its most current episode, which is a lot of viewing for a guy like me who doesn't actually find time for a lot of TV programming. Yes, I'm a fan. For quite a while, I've also been aware that the series was based on the novels of Kathy Reichs. Recently, I decided to give one of them a shot to see how they compare.
A lot of fun for fans of Emberstowne and the characters who populate it.
"Grace Against the Clock," the fifth in Julie Hyzy's series of mystery novels about the fictional Manor House, is named about as cleverly as any novel I can remember ever reading. I just had to get that out there. As for the story, it's a lot of fun too.
Rather more exciting than a novel about a group of quilters probably has the right to be.
"Forget Me Knot" is the first novel in a new series from Mary Marks, who also is a first-time novelist. That fact might suggest that the story she tells here is lackluster, owing to inexperience, but there are plenty of times throughout history when writers have manage to get things right with the first published attempt. This is one of them.
I've never seen a protagonist in a long-running series that was so determined to make me dislike her.
I picked up "Not the Killing Type" because I was interested in taking another trip to the fictional town of Stoneham, last seen in "Murder on the Half Shelf." When I finished reading that previous book in the series, I wasnt exactly in love with the recurring heroine, Tricia Miles, but I did like the scenery and I figured the next installment would work out nicely.
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I have also come to the conclusion I would like a new bike. Mine is a mountain bike and it puts tons of pressure on my wrists to lean over it. Here is the bike I would buy if I were loaded.But if not that, then I might consider a cruiser like my mom and sister have. Or this one looks cool. Ah well, one can dream....
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Unfriendly City
I've come to the conclusion that our city is the most pedestrian/biker unfriendly city I've ever lived in. I decided to start riding my bike more because of gas prices. So I took it in and got it tuned and such to make this possible. Today I took Andrew and Meagan to the pool and then to the store and home on our bikes. Let me tell you, it scares the living daylights out of me to have Meagan on a bike. The majority of side roads don't have sidewalks or sides of the road and you are swerving around ditches and canals most of the time. If you go down main street there is so much traffic you can't hear yourself think, and the sidewalks are terrible. They starts and end every 100 feet, end completely, are in total disrepair, or have huge obstructions such as light posts, garbage cans, planters and vehicles. I wish she was still small enough to throw in the bike trailer, but alas, I am a huge wimp who wouldn't be able to go up the slightest incline pulling her behind.
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- Ms. Hobbs said...
Check out Raleigh Bikes. That's what mine is and I love it and they sell them at Highland Bikes in SLC. http://www.raleighusa.com/bikes/comfort/venture-30/
I highly recommend them and they are not too pricey. Take a spin on my mom's and try it out.
- Andrea said...
Steph and I might go bike shopping this weekend if you want to tag along. She is going to get an Electra, too.
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A great way to make children understand addiction.
A unique way to make children understand the process of addiction has been illustrated in "Nuggets" a short animated film by Andreas Hykade who teaches Animation at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Animation at Harvard University. The kiwi tastes the golden nugget and it is delicious.


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Real Housewives of New Jersey star Joe Giudice will lose his driver's license on March 31. For just how long Giudice will be without driving privileges will be decided by a judge–it could be six months or two years. Last year, Giudice pled guilty to "using his brother's marriage and birth certificates in 2010 to get a new license after he lost his after a drunken driving conviction."
Joe Giudice's wife Teresa Giudice is currently serving an 18 month prison sentence for mail and wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud charges. Joe will serve his 41-month prison term when she returns home. They reportedly have been liquidating their assets to pay millions in debt.


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The event was organized at Rajwada Palace in New Delhi to mark the celebration for the forthcoming festivals. Decorated with jhoolas (swings), flowers and lehriya dupattas, the one day Rakhee Teej Mela featured best of jewellery shopping, designer wears, accessories for the women, apart from that, the customers were indulged in mehendi; tattoo; nail art; handbags; bangles; bindi; designer rakhis, free makeover session by a leading cosmetic brand and other fabulous items.
Dr Aruna Mukim, President of Amanuday, said, "Teej is a much-awaited festival for women as it denotes joy, hope and a much needed break from their daily household grind.
They get an opportunity to indulge in traditional customs such as applying mehndi, shopping for new jewellery, riding swings and feasting on ghewar and fenni. Keeping this in mind, we have tried our best to create an exotic ambience that celebrates both the festivity of Teej and the spirit of saawan (monsoon)."
"I thank Alia Bhatt to take out time to support the Rakhee Teej Mela that we have organized for a cause. I am also honoured to be supported by the esteemed personalities of our country like Saifudin Soz and Tarun Shienh (CMD Premia Group & The Real Estate Guru), Javed Akhtar, Priya Dutt, Anjum Chopra and many more, some of them have also managed to show their presence today despite of their busy schedule, as they stand by our organization for the upliftment of the underprivileged women."
Tarun Shienh (The Real Estate Guru & CMD Premia Group), said, "I am honoured to be part of the event, being an entrepreneur & citizen of India, it is my first responsibility to help the society in all ways I can. I was touched when I learnt about Amanuday that how they are supporting underprivileged women and helping them grow by giving them Vocational training for various skills, with which they are able to earn better and support their family and children in a better way."
He added, "I feel good when I do something for the needy or for the society, and I feel we all should join hands to work for the upliftment of these underprivileged women and children as this would lead us to success".