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Long before my time, probably not as far back as the stone age but definitely during the days of the Hollywood musicals, there was a song titled "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart."
There are some days I feel like my heart is "zinging" for certain. The smallest happenings in life get to me far more than they should. On those days, I cry at commercials, blubber like crazy when somebody dies, whether I know them or not and really have to turn the channel if an animal is being reported as mistreated on the news. Sometimes my coping skills just fly away and leave me totally stranded.
Since I've lived with this up and down emotional roller coaster for such a long time I've given it a lot of thought. I find that during the course of a day I can slide in all directions. This emotional schism is usually tied into two factors. The first is my pain level and when I took my last pain pill or if my morning meds such as NSAIDs, prednisone, plaquenil, cardiac drugs, etc. have had time to kick in. Sometimes I just lie down on a heating pad and wait for the meds to do their thing. The second factor that comes into play is the intensity of the activity I have performed. How much pain have I stirred up?
Today I did grocery shopping, preparing for a family visit from our son and grandson. I planned a couple of delicious homemade desserts. In case you cooks out there are curious, I'm going to make Pots of Crème (much like a chocolate mousse/chocolate bar) topped with whipped cream and raspberries and an apple caramel cake from my Paula Deen cookbook. We'll eat dinners out and lunches in so I stocked up on deli meats and cheeses. I went to the bakery to buy some wonderful coconut cookies I know my son loves. We don't usually eat like this but having company will be a good excuse to cheat for a few days then it will back to healthy eating.
When I got out of the car and started to unload my groceries, I discovered someone had allowed their dog to leave us several "messages" right in front of the house at the foot of our steps. It must have been a big dog. I sure hope it was a dog. I had to double bag my hand in two plastic bags and start picking it up. When I went in to pick up the empty bags, someone or something had already smeared a bit of it. Basically, that's pretty symbolic of how some days go, don't you think? After hauling in $165 worth of groceries, I was really feeling the swing of my emotions and felt it all over my body. My arms were shaking, my legs were cramping and my backside...it hurt like the dickens. Lousy emotions trailed along behind my body.
I have to confess, I am not in the shape I was in prior to the summer's surgery with all its complications and look forward to getting back into my stretching and mild exercise routine. I seem to have misplaced my oomph. I never have a lot of that particular ingredient and would certainly like to have it return. It's difficult to pull off gumption if you don't have your oomph. I'm not sure where my "get up and go" went, but I need to find it. I suspect it's hiding out under my treadmill which has been gathering dust. I look forward to seeing my surgeon in two weeks to get the clearance to get back to modified sit-ups, my stretchy bands and the mild weights I lift each day. My endorphins have definitely "split," and I need them to come home.
I want to reassure all of you that you are not the only ones running around or limping around out there in the world crying, laughing, grumbling and searching for your oomph. When you live with daily pain, you need all the gumption and gusto you can get. Gusto? What's that? I don't think I've seen any of that around here in years.


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The American Lung Association
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
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This is a website covering all kinds of information about diseases and conditions of the lungs, including various types of pneumonia. Information on how to quit smoking, and lots of data and statistics are available. You can also link into your local American Lung Association's website and can get information on activities and programs occurring all over the nation. Research programs are discussed, and links to a variety of relevant websites are also available.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton RD
Atlanta, GA 30333
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This site provides information on many types of pneumonia, prevention guidelines, data, and statistics. You can also get information on how to stay healthy while traveling to different countries, as well as a huge amount of other information pertaining to public health, tracking disease trends globally, and international health initiatives.
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This website has detailed information about various heart, lung, and blood disorders, including information on various types of pneumonia. Information is available for patients, the general public, and healthcare providers. News and press releases about recent research findings are available. There are details on research projects seeking volunteers if you are interested in participating in a clinical trial. Numerous links to other pertinent sites are also available.
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Navy officials are conducting two formal investigations into what caused a drone to crash into a Navy vessel off the California coast.
It could be weeks before we learn what caused the injury of two sailors and the damage to the guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville.
The drone hit the ship's port side while the vessel was conducting training exercises off Point Mugu on Nov. 16. Officials said the drone was being used to test the ship's radar.
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The 13-foot BQM-74 series aerial drone had a wingspan of nearly six feet. It was manufactured by Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp.
The first formal investigation will be a safety review that looks at the hazards and other factors which may have led to the collision.
At the same time, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) will conduct a second investigation offering an objective overview of what happened.
Both investigations have an initial timeline of 30 days according to the spokesperson for the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Two people suffered burns. There were about 300 crew members aboard the ship at the time of the incident.
USS Chancellorsville was docked at Naval Base San Diego, where investigators assessed the damage and worked on repairs.
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The threads used on the Jiffy-Tite Plugs offered by DME are NPT (National Pipe Thread). The requirements for NPT are defined in ANSI B1.20.1
The threads used on the DME Brass Pressure Plugs (inch type) are NPTF (National Pipe Thread Fuel). The requirements for NPTF are defined in ANSI B1.20.3
It is important to differentiate between the two thread types because they are not the same. In layman terms, the NPTF spec is used with much tighter tolerances, so using an NPTF pressure plug with an NPT thread can reduce the amount of seal. Some customers make up for this using pipe tape and when using pipe tape for any application it is important to use pipe tape that is rated for the intended mold temperatures or environment. However, it is always recommended to use a female thread in the mold plate that is appropriately matched to the intended male thread. If you have further questions regarding the above ANSI specifications, we recommend that you purchase a copy of the specification at an authorized online distributor of ANSI standards. Please note that between the time of posting this information and you obtaining a licensed copy of the standard, the standard may be updated. DME makes no assurance that the standards listed above are current and it is recommended that you check with your authorized distributor of ANSI standards for the latest version of the standards listed above.
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Baseball Pitcher & Player of the Week - No. 8
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mitch Crocker of Westmont (Calif.) has been named the NAIA National Baseball Pitcher of the Week and Joe Williams of Sterling (Kan.) has been tabbed National Baseball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Crocker and Williams were selected based on their performances from April 23 - 29 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings. Williams is the second representative from the Warriors this season, as teammate Daniel Hall received the weekly honor on March 20.
Crocker, a native of Porterville, Calif., earned three must-win victories for the Warriors against Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) rival Vanguard (Calif.) on April 27 - 28, propelling Westmont into the GSAC postseason tournament for the first time in 15 years. For the week, Crocker allowed two runs on ten hits over 12 2/3 innings pitched. He also struck out nine and walking three. In game one of the April 28 doubleheader, he surrendered only one hit over the final 2 1/3 innings as Westmont rallied with two runs in the bottom of the eighth to earn the 10-9 victory. Crocker picked up his third straight victory in game two with a nine-inning complete game performance.
On the season, Crocker owns a 6-2 record and 3.88 earned run average over 58.0 innings pitched.
Williams, a native of Compton, Calif., hit .600 (12-for-20) with four doubles, three home runs, seven RBIs and six runs scored in four games to lead Sterling to the top seed in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) tournament and a share of the KCAC regular-season title. The junior middle infielder highlighted the week with a 4-for-6 effort in game one of a doubleheader against Tabor (Kan.) on April 28. With the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the 10th inning, Williams earned the game-winning RBI with a two-out single.
Williams, who is currently riding a seven game multi-hit streak, leads Sterling with 173 at-bats and 19 doubles this season, while his .399 batting average ranks second to only Tom Schwartz (.407).
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
Pitcher Nominees: Matt Netherton, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Matt Eshleman, Sterling (Kan.); Kris Hall, Lee (Tenn.); Eric Zagone, Indiana Tech; Jacob Sanchez, Iowa Wesleyan; Nick Smart, Jamestown (N.D.); Cassidy Key-Darlington, Mount Marty (S.D.); Larsen Kohler, Concordia (Ore.); Wesley Hunsucker, Saint Francis (Ind.); Eddie Cervantes, Science & Arts (Okla.); Jason McGinnis, Georgetown (Ky.); Brett Nathan, York (Neb.); Adam Sanders, Bryan (Tenn.); Josh Garcia, Park (Mo.); John Alford, Tougaloo (Miss.); Craig Lipp, Judson (Ill.); Benjie Fesmire, Union (Tenn.).
Player Nominees: Alex Glenn, Arizona Christian; Daniel Baptista, Oklahoma Baptist; Jeff Eubank, Peru State (Neb.); Jorge Saez, Lee (Tenn.); Clint Gobbell, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Elliot Armstrong, Iowa Wesleyan; Mitch Stevens, Jamestown (N.D.); Sean Myrom, Concordia (Ore.); Rhett Goodmiller, Taylor (Ind.); Tyler Brake, Union (Ky.); Cody Morrison, Shawnee State (Ohio); Jotham Woo, Davenport (Mich.); Brandon Thompson, Bellevue (Neb.); Zak Goodrich, Concordia (Neb.); Drake Fages, Biola (Calif.); Scott Krutel, Missouri Baptist; Derell McLemore, Tougaloo (Miss.); Cameron Balough, Judson (Ill.).
2012 Composite Award Winners (Pitcher; Player)
Week 1: Kris Hall, Lee (Tenn.); Ignatius Mackenzie, Indiana Tech
Week 2: Tyler Garkow, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.); Daniel Hall, Sterling (Kan.)
Week 3: Drew Sain, Davenport (Mich.); Ryne Otis, Taylor (Ind.)
Week 4: Daniel Jones, Brewton-Parker (Ga.); Adam McCormick, Tabor (Kan.)
Week 5: Kemonte Keesee, Bryan (Tenn.); Bryan Lucas, The Master's (Calif.)
Week 6: Andy Kovarik, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Brad Myjak, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Week 7: A.J. Work, The Master's (Calif.); Ben Alison, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Week 8: Mitch Crocker, Westmont (Calif.); Joe Williams, Sterling (Kan.)


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Kara of Kara Paslay Designs totally came through on her promise to replicate a rustic wood clock from Pottery Barn. I love the split wooden disc left over from another project that Kara selected for the clock face. I mean… does it get any more rustic? Kara's clock is definitely full of one-of-a-kind charm just like her inspiration!
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As children, we were taught about the concept of the food web, which provides a map of "who eats who" in the animal kingdom. And we were taught about symbiotic relationships between different species, in which one or both members of the pair benefit from the alliance. But increasingly, we are presented with accounts of interspecific animal behaviors and relationships that do not fit neatly into these contexts—stories clearly demonstrating that the roles of animals in their environment are not as rigid as once thought. These examples prove that animals are not merely simple, instinctive beings, elucidating the softer, more vulnerable and malleable side to their nature. They particularly serve to remind us of the complex emotions of animals, as well as the fact that they share many basic needs with the human animal.
Interspecies bonds typically involve social animals, so it is not surprising that dogs are one of the commonly documented species to interact with other types of animals. "Dogs have been genetically modified by [human beings] to be extremely sociable and extremely accepting," says Dr. Stanley Coren, an expert in dog psychology.
Dogs have been known to bond with cats, ferrets, calves, fawns, piglets, goats, and even lions. Recently at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, a mastiff puppy was successfully introduced as a playmate to a lion cub whose twin had died. Zookeeper Suzanne Merner explains, "It's very unusual for a herd or social animal like a lion to be a solo animal and to be mentally happy. They come from a group dynamic, and they crave that type of socialization."
Better known by most people is the dog-human bond. Truly deserving of their title as "man's best friend," dogs have been known to risk their own lives to save those of their companions. In 2007, a pit bull terrier named Chief jumped in between a cobra and his 87-year-old companion and her granddaughter, saving them from the snake's strike. Sadly, as a result of his heroic action, Chief received a fatal bite on the ear. Similarly, a doberman named Khan grabbed his 17-month-old toddler companion by the back of the neck and threw her over 3 feet to safety—out of the reach of a king brown snake who had ventured into the family's yard. Like Chief, Khan was also bitten, but fortunately, he recovered fully from the bite.
Dolphins are also extremely social animals who have been documented displaying extraordinarily selfless behaviors. Earlier this year, a mother pygmy whale and her calf stranded off the coast of New Zealand. Despite rescue efforts, these disoriented animals stranded an additional four times. Were it not for a highly social wild bottlenose dolphin named Moko, rescuers would most likely have euthanized the whales. To everyone's surprise, Moko led the whales 200 yards out to the open sea, where they swam off.
There have also been many reports of dolphins coming to the aid of humans in need. Pods of dolphins have rescued humans from shark attacks by forming protective rings around them, enabling them to escape to shore. These amazing examples offer further proof that dolphins are highly intelligent and compassionate beings.
Instances of cross-species bonds involving young animals are also common. These occurrences can be attributed to maternal instinct and young animals' readiness to bond with others. "Part of the reason for this is that very young mammals have pheromones that give them a characteristic 'baby smell,'" says Dr. Coren. The relationship between Suzie, a British bulldog, and her adopted squirrels is one example. Suzie became the adoptive mother of three orphaned squirrels and eventually even nursed them.
Game wardens at Samburu National Park in Kenya reported a lioness who adopted six baby oryx in the span of a year. The lioness has been said to be protective of the same calves who would normally represent a meal to a lion. Wildlife conservationist Daphne Sheldrick noted that cases such as these are rare, but they do exist. "It does happen, but it's quite unusual," she says. "Lions, like all the other species, including human beings, have this kind of feeling for babies."
Filmmakers following a young female leopard named Legadema in Botswana documented an amazing encounter between the leopard and a day-old baboon. Baboons are common prey for leopards, but Legadema started caring for the infant after killing his mother. Remarkably, the leopard did not kill the youngster as well. Instead, she carried the baby into the treetops, continually retrieving the primate even when he fell out of the tree. Unfortunately, the baboon died, not able to survive without his natural mother. Although tragic, this incident highlights how inexperience can play a role in interspecies interactions.
In Massachusetts, a heartwarming bond formed between a kitten and a crow. Ann and Wally Collito observed and videotaped the pair over an 8-month period. The couple first encountered the 3- or 4-month-old abandoned kitten, who they eventually named Cassie, when he was tossed over their fence and landed in their yard. Soon after, they noticed a crow, later named Moses, following the kitten—feeding him worms, leading him to water, protecting him from traffic, and playing with him frequently. The crow was acting as Cassie's caretaker.
Other intriguing relationships include a pair of lovebirds who began raising a rat who entered their cage, a duck who bonded with a chicken and helped raise her chicks, and a mother cat who nursed a rottweiler puppy with the rest of her kittens after the puppy was rejected by his mother.
Artificial living situations may also clarify why certain animals form cross-species attachments. Captive situations may create interesting, albeit non-voluntary, animal pairings. In one instance, a rat snake, Aochan, formed a bond with a hamster, Gohan, who had been placed in his enclosure as a meal. Before being given the hamster, Aochan had only been fed frozen mice and therefore may not have recognized Gohan as a food item.
No matter what these animals were feeling, they have certainly become friends despite the circumstances, even though they may have adjusted to the situation merely because they have no means of escape. "I've never seen anything like it," says a zookeeper at the Tokyo facility where these animals are housed. "Gohan sometimes even climbs onto Aochan to take a nap on his back."
In 2000, a special connection formed at the Berlin Zoo. That year, zoo attendants noticed a black domestic cat had wandered into the enclosure with a female Asiatic black bear named Maeuschen. The origins of the cat, who they later named Muschi, remain unknown. The attendants, thinking the company would be good for the bear, allowed Muschi to stay until 2004, when they removed the cat and moved Maeuschen to a cage while they renovated her enclosure. Muschi, clearly distraught, roamed around the zoo, meowing and looking for her friend. Once she found Maeuschen, she sat in front of her cage for months.
Realizing that the pair was inseparable, the zoo attendants decided to let Muschi in the cage with Maeushen. A zoo staff member says, "They greeted each other and had a cuddle, and now they're happy. They sunbathed together and shared meals of raw meat, dead mice, fruit and bread." As an omnivore, Maeuschen should have recognized Muschi as prey; however, her loneliness in captivity clearly caused her to see Muschi as a companion and not as a meal.
A wild male polar bear plays with a member of a pack of husky dogs, despite his dominance—and in fact, returned every night to play with the dogs. Though this pairing seems strange, it is a wonderful example of animals' need for "pleasure."
A wildlife photographer captured images of wild polar bears interacting with tethered Eskimo sled dogs in Canada. The animals are seen tumbling around in the snow on their backs and obviously at ease. The bears reportedly returned day after day to interact with the dogs. According to Stuart Brown (featured in video), the founder of the National Institute of Play, the images show the bears and dogs engaging in a form of play behavior and others have witnessed the same between wolves and grizzlies as well.
Another unexplainable encounter can be seen in the touching and heart wrenching National Geographic clip that shows an impala attempting to cross the river and being attacked by a crocodile. A nearby hippo charges the crocodile, freeing the impala. The hippo then nudges the impala up out of the water and proceeds to gently take the animal's entire head in his mouth in what seems to be an effort to revive the injured impala. Despite the hippo's repeated efforts, the impala's injuries were too severe, and the animal did not survive. There is no way of knowing why the hippo felt compelled to help the young impala, or how often hippos exhibit this type of altruistic behavior in the wild.
The motives of a cat who befriends a chicken on an adorable, popular Internet video are also unclear. Narrated in Japanese, the clip shows a rambunctious kitten playing with a tolerant chicken. The cat climbs in and out of the high fenced chicken coop to sleep with the chicken. Amazingly, the cat continues to share the chicken's enclosure, even while growing older. Although the bond between this unlikely pair may have formed due to the kitten's young age, it does not appear to have faltered with time.
We are all aware of the sacrifices guide dogs make for their vision-impaired human companions, but a cat named Libby in Pennsylvania made a similar sacrifice for Cashew, her yellow lab companion. The dog, both deaf and blind, relies on Libby for protection from obstacles and to lead her to her food. Terry Burns, the animals' guardian, describes Libby's actions: "Every night she sleeps next to her. The only time they're apart is when we take Cashew out for a walk."
Another such example involves Mancat and Mary. Mancat, a feline, was raised with a group of dogs—one of whom was Mary, an elderly, blind pug. Mancat would walk beside Mary, guiding her around furniture, leading her outdoors, standing guard when Mary was eating to protect her food from the other dogs, and even guide her up the steps leading to the bed, where they both slept together. It takes a considerable amount of perceptiveness and compassion for these cats to comprehend that these dogs could not see and to help them navigate through their world.
In the end, the interspecies relationship with which we are most familiar is the one that occurs between humans and animals. Most humans believe in forming bonds with a number of other species, including horses, farm animals, family pets, service animals, and even occasionally wild animals. These examples show that all animals can obtain this same type of enjoyment from one another, regardless of their species.


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Critics have been quick to bill "The Social Network"—the buzzed about story behind Facebook—as a collaborative stroke of genius between two of Hollywood's most uncompromising visionaries, director David Fincher and snappy screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. But really, there's a triumvirate of talents at work here. Sure, Fincher's stylized visuals are perfectly suited for Sorkin's time-darting narrative, which deftly hopscotches between dorm room antics, Silicone Valley excess and heated depositions as we follow Facebook's meteoric and controversial rise, but it's Trent Reznor's ominous score, swelling from robotic, syncopated beats to uneasy, desolate soundscapes, that best conveys the film's underlying theme: Hollowness.
At the empty center of this sensory maelstrom is Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's oft-vilified mastermind, who's played to scowl-faced perfection by Jessie Eisenberg. The film opens with the future billionaire's "humble" Harvard beginnings, or more specifically, during his inability to penetrate the intricate, good old boys' network of the school's social clubs.
Obsessing over his own unpopular plight, Zuckerberg offends his grounded girlfriend, who promptly dumps him, and returns to his dorm room—dejected and drunk—to create Facemash, a campus-wide version of HotorNot that requires him to hack into Harvard's network of student ID images. Though the stunt lands the programmer on probation, it also captures the attention of the socially/physically/financially superior Winklevoss twins (both played by Armie Hammer), who enlist him to help create a Harvard-specific social network.
From there, the story is both familiar and infamous. Holed up in his room with a cadre of computer geek outcasts, Zuckerberg either steals the twins' idea or betters it depending on whose version of events you believe, and with the funding from his best pal Eduardo Saverin, launches TheFacebook, which quickly goes viral and earns the boys a whirlwind lifestyle that even includes groupies.
Party and programming binges ensue; school is put on hold, sweet Palo Alto pads are rented, adults are offended and venture capitalists are wooed. By the time Justin Timberlake, as Napster co-founder Sean Parker, waltzes onto the screen and into the company, unbridled indulgence and cutthroat business tactics begin to erode friendships, ironically leaving Zuckerberg as a man whose massive virtual social life stands in stark contrast to his actual one.
But it's not all doom and gloom. As cautionary and, dare we say it, "Citizen Kane"-y as "The Social Network" is, it's also—surprisingly— downright entertaining. Timberlake grabs the film's reins and injects it with pure devilish dazzle, while Fincher lends a voyeuristic gloss to one salacious scene after another. Sorkin, on the other hand, goes for laughs, arming his hyper-literate characters with an arsenal of rat-a-tat dialogue that no one wields with more lethal effect than Eisenberg, who hysterically suffers no fools throughout the depositions.
Is "The Social Network" the movie of the moment? Only time and the collective conscious of millions of status updates will tell. But it should certainly prove to be the talking point of this fall season, if for no other reason than it gives our social-media minded generation the perfect excuse to talk about what we love most: Ourselves.


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By DAVID GREEN
When Durke Ferris's mother thinks about her son's new career as a diver and underwater welder, she expresses one regret.
"My mom says, 'I wish I'd never bought the fins and snorkel for you,'" Durke says.
That was years and years ago, and he's been in the water ever since.
Diving is a good job and it pays well, but the risks involved are somewhat greater than most jobs on land. Durke could lose his air supply or his communication with the crew above. There's the danger of electric shock and explosions. He could come in contact with radioactive particles—that one really did happen, but that's another story.
The 2001 Morenci High School graduate started thinking about a diving career when his Vo-Tech instructor, Donald Stawowy, talked to the class about his past welding experiences. When he mentioned the field of underwater welding, Durke took an interest.
"It just struck an arc in me," he said. "I started reading about it and looking up schools."
He chose the College of Oceaneering near Long Beach, Calif., considered the best in the nation. Durke first earned his scuba diving certificate in Michigan, then headed west in September to start the 50-week program.
It's a tough program, Durke says, and more than half of the initial class of 60 dropped out. Twelve hour days starting at 3 a.m. were bad enough, but the book learning made it worse.
"It was a lot more fun after we got out of the classroom and in the water," he said.
His first water experience, however, was in metal cylinders on land.
"I think the hardest part of school was in those open tanks," he said. "They told us to practice drowning."
Trainers gave them a hand by suddenly shutting off the air supply or issuing masks with the back side missing. It was all part of getting accustomed to the water.
Students eventually practiced skills out in the harbor where they would spend up to two and a half hours of "bottom time."
They practiced salvage work that could be used to cut apart a sunken ship. They moved heavy pipe to simulate work at an oil rig.
Most jobs incorporated the use of a lift bag that would be inflated under water to assist in moving bulky items. Divers have to be cautious in judging the correct amount of inflation needed for a job—a detail that varies with the weight of the object and with the working depth.
"You have to be careful or it will shoot all the way to the top and take you with it," he said.Work in the harbor brought its own challenges.
"Ninety percent of the time you're working on zero visibility," Durke said, because the muddy bottom gets stirred up. "If you're lucky, you can see three feet. It's almost better at night without the sun's reflection."
Visibility improves nearer the surface but mid-level work is more difficult the bottom, lead weight keeps a diver planted on the floor. In between, there's a delicate balance of remaining at the right level.
Durke also had the added challenge of his ex-Navy SEAL instructor.
"I swear that man didn't like me," Durke recalls. "He'd set me up for failure every day. He was on me that bad, 10 hours every day."
Eventually, Durke won him over and the instructor lined up his first job.
On the job
Many of Durke's classmates headed for the oil rigs of the Gulf of Mexico. They went through a lengthy apprenticeship program above water; Durke started diving right away.
He signed up with the Underwater Construction Co. office in Baroda, near St. Joseph on Lake Michigan. The company is based in Connecticut and takes on jobs around the globe.
Durke's first assignment was at the General Electric power plant near Ludington. A couple of miles of fencing is installed underwater to keep fish and debris out of a large water intake tube. There's plenty of maintenance work needed on the netting and Durke began spending 10-hour days in about 50 feet of water.
The visibility was fantastic with the sandy-bottomed Lake Michigan, and an overhead barge provided warm water to flood the wet suit and take away the chill.
On his last day there, he learned that his assignment would take him to the Perry Nuclear Plant near Cleveland. The first step was to fill out about two inches of paperwork for security clearance.
Then began the long, tedious job of changing sensors in the pool where spent fuel rods are hung to cool. They glow a purplish-blue when they're still "hot."
One day the edge of some severed conduit caught on his head gear. Durke thought he felt some moisture but figured it was sweat. When he pulled down on his helmet housing, the tear widened and he was flooded with water.
He was pulled to the surface and whisked out of his suit. He was cleaned, tested two days in a row, and found to have very minor contamination.
"The water is really clean," he said. "It isn't radioactive, but there are particles in the water that get stirred up from the bottom.
"It freaked me out at first, but it was such a low level of detection, they had to do a total body count to find something."
Things don't always go as planned, Durke says, but that's what makes the job interesting.
"It might seem like the same routine, but it's not. It's a learning experience every day."
The incident didn't sour him on the Perry job. Now his crew has moved on to another pool where the reactor is located. After that comes the suppression pool, and each location offers a new experience.
New experience—that's what Durke is after. He would love to tackle a salvage job and there's always work on the many hydroelectric plants across the country. For a real thrill, there's the penetration dive in which a diver snakes through a pipe to inspect the welds. That dangerous job pays by the foot.
Durke thinks he might have to go off-shore sometime to give the oil rig environment a try.
His friends tell him he's crazy to spend his life this way, but so far he's enjoying everything about it.
"You've got to have a passion for this job," he says, "and I hope I don't lose it. I want it to stay interesting to keep my drive alive."
He's come a long way from the fins and goggles that his mother bought him as a kid, but he still has a long way to go.– Nov. 13, 2002


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Here is the list of Nobel-class scientists, based on citations in scientific papers, as predicted by Thomson Reuters.
Nobel Prize in Physics
For their prediction of the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson
François Englert, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Visiting Professor in Residence, Chapman Institute for Quantum Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium and Chapman University, Orange, California
Peter W. Higgs, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
For his discovery of iron-based superconductors
Hideo Hosono, Professor of Materials and Structures and Director of Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
For their discoveries of extrasolar planets
Geoffrey W. Marcy, Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
Michel Mayor, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Didier Queloz, Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
For contributions to DNA nanotechnology
A. Paul Alivisatos, Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley.
Chad A. Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Nadrian C. Seeman, Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Chemistry, New York University, New York
For the invention of the Ames test of mutagenicity
Bruce N. Ames, Senior Scientist and Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, and University of California, Berkeley.
For the development of modular click chemistry
M.G. Finn, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Valery V. Fokin, Associate Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
K. Barry Sharpless, W.M. Keck Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
For their fundamental discoveries concerning DNA methylation and gene expression
Adrian P. Bird, Buchanan Professor of Genetics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Howard Cedar, Edmond J. Safra Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Aharon Razin, Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
For elucidating the molecular mechanisms and physiological function of autophagy
Daniel J. Klionsky, Alexander G. Ruthven Professor of Life Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Noboru Mizushima, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshinori Ohsumi, Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
For his pioneering research identifying the HER-2/neu oncogene, leading to more effective cancer therapy
Dennis J. Slamon, Professor and Executive Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology and Director of Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer, Research Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
For their advancement of empirical microeconomics
Joshua D. Angrist, Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
David E. Card, Class of 1950 Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, California
Alan B. Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
For their contributions to economic time-series, including modelling, testing and forecasting
Sir David F. Hendry, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford Oxford
M. Hashem Pesaran, John Elliot Distinguished Chair in Economics & Professor of Economics, and Emeritus Professor of Economics & Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA and University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Peter C.B. Phillips, Sterling Professor of Economics and Professor of Statistics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
For extending economic theories of regulation
Sam Peltzman, Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois
Richard A. Posner, Judge, United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois


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Equipping you with six essential pieces from the Wüsthof Classic collection, this set includes finely crafted blades for all the prep tasks cooks encounter every day. Made in Germany, the knives feature durable full-tang construction and hand-honed high-carbon-steel blades. The included storage block has a slim profile that occupies little space—perfect for apartment dwellers, vacation homes or an outdoor kitchen. It's also a great gift for beginning cooks or new homeowners.
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- Paring knife: 3 1/2"-long blade; 4"-long handle; 2 oz.
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- Bread knife: 8"-long blade; 4 3/4"-long handle; 4 oz.
- Shears: 8" long overall; 3.8 oz.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by hangam13 from Great knives, misleading photo First of all, I love these knives. I had the same set in the past that I wanted to replace. However, I am very disappointed to report that the acacia block is much darker and more reddish in person than depicted in the photo. Deciding whether to return, which is a hassle and huge let down :( I was so excited for this set! Bummer.Date published: 2019-05-02Rated 5 out of 5 by CJMartin from Mother-In-Law loves her new knives! We have had a set of Wusthof Knives for over 15 years and have loved working with them so when my Mother-In-Law was complaining about her old dull kitchen knives, we thought, what a wonderful Christmas gift it would be to give her a set of Wusthof Knives! We purchased the knives with the beautiful wooden knife block and my Mother-In-Law was ecstatic with her gift and had enjoyed using them.Date published: 2017-01-11Rated 3 out of 5 by dyc17 from Serrated paring knife... WHY?! This set is almost perfect... 5 knives that covers 90% of your needs in the kitchen, shears and a slim block with no empty slots. Except for the fact that it inexplicably includes a serrated paring knife instead of the standard one. WHY?! Please Wusthof and W-S, make this set with a regular paring knife!Date published: 2016-04-08Rated 5 out of 5 by RNelson from Best Knives I've Owned My husband and I bought these shortly after our wedding. We didn't get the ones we had originally registered for, and saw this set on a 50% sale so wanted to try. This knife set makes me love cooking even more and the low profile/thin block in Walnut looks amazing on our counter. We were using a set of Hamilton Beach, and a Wolfgang Puck, and had a handful of other less expensive sets too over the years. This set is such an incredible improvement - I was so used to sawing at food (even after sharpening) that I was amazed when a chicken breast literally just fell apart with one slice. My favorite knife is the Santoku; it's weighted really well and handles food prep with ease. The bread knife doesn't cause bread to squash or flatten at all. The shears come apart for easy cleaning. Overall, I'm so glad we purchased these!Date published: 2016-03-31Rated 5 out of 5 by Lizzp91105 from Wusthof Classic Is Just That "Classic" The Wusthof Classic is their best product. I have owned larger sets in the past, but they stayed with my sister when I moved into a smaller place. The 7-Piece Knife Block Set has everything one needs for all your knife work when your space is limited. The Acacia knife block is as beautiful as it is functional. I really like the fact that the slots go complete through the block in case you don't completely dry your knives (which you should) if you are in a hurry any dampness will run off keeping your knives in perfect condition. The handles are just right for keeping the blades secure in your hand. And the weight of the blades is sturdy and well balanced. I would recommend these to anyone and will be buying a set for my niece when she gets her own place.Date published: 2015-08-05Rated 3 out of 5 by utdchris from Fading logo Overall the performance of the knives are exactly what you expect. The knives look nice, no rust where the metal meets the handle, a solid wood block. BUT, one of the tabs came off that connects the shears, so they are constantly coming a part. Most dissappointing is that the emblem on the knives is fading! They have only been hand washed, so I can't blame it on the dishwasher. Eventually, I will replace with a another brand.Date published: 2014-12-08


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"A decisive narrowing of media representations of women"
A new study by Erin Hatton, PhD, and Mary Nell Trautner, PhD, assistant professors in the Department of Sociology, Buffalo University, has found sexualised imagery of women has increased a massive 89 percent from the 1960s to the present.
The authors of 'Equal Opportunity Objectification? The Sexualization of Men and Women on the Cover of Rolling Stone' studied 1000 images on the covers of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 to 2009 to see how women and men were represented over these 43 years. While many of us knew things were bad, the stats are still remarkable. As Science Daily reports:
First, representations of both women and men have indeed become more sexualized over time; and, second, women continue to be more frequently sexualized than men. Their most striking finding, however, was the change in how intensely sexualized images of women — but not men — have become.
In the 1960s they found that 11 percent of men and 44 percent of women on the covers of Rolling Stone were sexualized. In the 2000s, 17 percent of men were sexualized (an increase of 55 percent from the 1960s), and 83 percent of women were sexualized (an increase of 89 percent). Among those images that were sexualized, 2 percent of men and 61 percent of women were hypersexualized. "In the 2000s," Hatton says, "there were 10 times more hypersexualized images of women than men, and 11 times more non-sexualized images of men than of women."
"…What we conclude from this is that popular media outlets such as Rolling Stone are not depicting women as sexy musicians or actors; they are depicting women musicians and actors as ready and available for sex. This is problematic," Hatton says, "because it indicates a decisive narrowing of media representations of women."


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The Spanish king's son-in-law appeared before a judge on the island of Mallorca on Saturday to respond to charges of tax fraud in a six-million-euro embezzlement case that has eroded public support for the once-popular royal family.
The scandal and other corruption cases in which politicians are accused of taking millions of euros in bribes have enraged Spaniards at a time when unemployment has soared to 26 percent in a deep recession.
Inaki Urdangarin, a former Olympics handball player who is married to the king's daughter, the Infanta Cristina, is accused of using his powerful connections to win public contracts to put on events on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca and elsewhere in Spain.
His Noos Foundation is suspected of overcharging for organising conferences about the business of sports and hiding the proceeds abroad.
Dozens of police officials guarded the courthouse in Palma as Urdangarin got out of a car and walked down a 30-metre access ramp into the building for the closed-door hearing where he will be questioned by Examining Magistrate Jose Castro.
Near the courthouse, a few hundred protesters chanted and held up signs reading "down with the monarchy" and "they call this a democracy but it isn't".
More than a hundred journalists were also on hand.
In Spain's legal system, lengthy pre-trial investigations are carried out by an examining magistrate, or judge. Urdangarin, 45, is charged with fraud, forgery, embezzlement and corruption. If convicted, he could face a prison sentence and fines.
Urdangarin was first charged and called in for questioning in 2011, but a trial could still be months or years away as the judge continues his probe and adds or dismisses charges.
Judge Castro was expected to question Urdangarin for most of the day on Saturday and perhaps into the early hours of Sunday.
Urdangarin is fighting an order that he and a former business partner in the Noos Foundation post bail of 8.2 million euros. His assets could be seized if he does not meet bail.
The judge will also question on Saturday Carlos Garcia Revenga, former treasurer for the Noos Foundation and also private secretary to Urdangarin's wife, Cristina, 47.
Judge Castro is trying to find out how much the Infanta Cristina knew about the business of the foundation. A criminal indictment of the king's daughter would be an unprecedented accusation against a royal in Spain.
Cristina is the only one of five directors of the Noos Foundation that has not been charged with a crime.
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The royal family has taken efforts to distance itself from Urdangarin, whose official title is Duke of Palma. Photos of him have been wiped off the royal website. He has also been banned from royal family events for over a year.
In Spain's severe economic downturn, more companies announce lay-offs each week. Tens of thousands of homeowners have defaulted on their mortgages and been evicted from their homes. The government has cut public salaries and spending on health and education.
Public angst over the economy has been aggravated by a number of high-profile corruption cases from the 1990s and early 2000s, when a tax bonanza from a property boom fuelled massive public spending on events and infrastructure that now look like folly.
In another case that has rocked Spain, prosecutors are looking into millions of euros in Swiss bank accounts controlled by a former politician from the ruling People's Party, Luis Barcenas, who is charged with bribery, money laundering and tax evasion.
In Palma, where a number of corruption cases have surfaced, Urdangarin has become a despised figure.
The local government held a news event earlier this month and in front of television crews ceremoniously removed a street sign "Boulevard of the Duke and Duchess of Palma" and renamed the street.
"It's a disgrace for our islands that have been so supportive of the royal family," said Esperanza Ruiz, a resident of Palma, as she shopped in a supermarket near the courthouse.
King Juan Carlos, who took the throne in 1975, was the most popular public figure in Spain in the late 1970s because of his role in supporting the transition to democracy after the long Francisco Franco dictatorship.
But for the first time, politicians have openly called for him to abdicate and hand the throne to his son, Prince Felipe, as his prestige has eroded due to the Urdangarin case, as well as his own missteps. Metroscopia polling firm figures show his approval rating has fallen to 58 percent from much higher levels.
Last year, when Spain seemed on the brink of bankruptcy and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was imposing unpopular budget cuts, the king fell and broke his hip during an elephant hunting safari with wealthy friends in Botswana.
The king, 75, made an unprecedented public apology for the trip, which had been secret until his accident.


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Justin Bieber Thinks Anne Frank Would Have Been a Belieber
Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and left a questionable message in the guest book. It's quite the gaffe, since it's so poorly communicated and written. As if the Biebs didn't have enough controversy in his life as of late.
As most of you may already know, Frank is one of the most emblematic and visible figures of the Holocaust, as her diaries are intimate historical documents and the basis of several films. The young Jewish girl was a victim of the concentration camps, dying in 1942 at the age of 15. Her diaries documented the German occupation of Holland as she and her family hid in secret rooms in an office building to avoid being captured and shipped off to a camp. Tragically, she and her sister were eventually discovered and ultimately lost their lives.
People can visit and tour the home in which she hid, which Bieber did.
The staff posted a note on the museum's Facebook page about its famous visitor, revealing:
Yesterday night Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank House, together with his friends and guards. Fans were waiting outside to see a glimpse of him. He stayed more than an hour in the museum.
Not a big deal, right? Pretty cool of The Biebs to visit a historical place and take in some culture from the region and to pay his respects, right? Uh, wrong.
The post continued:
In our guestbook he wrote: 'Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.
Okay, let's dissect this for a second.
On one hand, The Biebs' intention seems harmless. Most Beliebers are the same age as Frank was during the period in which she kept her diaries. He may have meant that a young girl like Frank should have been concerned with things like that most teenagers like; instead, she was fighting for her life and trying to avoid Nazi capture, and therein lies her tragedy.
But that's just our interpretation and we're pushing it...
On the surface, it's a reaaaaallllllllyyyyyyy dumb and insensitive comment. Like stupid. Frank was a girl being hunted and fighting for her life. To say he hoped she'd have been a Belieber is sorta ridic, since she had to deal with, you know, attempting to survive.
Come on, Biebs.
However, we do hope his comment inspires some Beliebers who may not have been familiar with Anne Frank and her story to learn it. That would be a good thing.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College men's (14-7, 4-5 PBC) and women's (16-7, 8-4 PBC) tennis teams will set out for Augusta, Ga. Friday, April 15 to play in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament at the Newman Tennis Center hosted by Augusta State University.
The women finished fifth in the PBC and will take on No. 4 - seeded Clayton State University. The Bobcats lost 7-2 at Clayton State this season but were without their senior leader, Bertille Lion (Lyon, France). The winner will go on to the face the victor of the No. 1-seed Armstrong Atlantic and No. 8-seed Lander matchup.
The 'Cats are coming into the tournament hot on a four game win streak, with their most recent win being over national No. 10 Flagler College, 5-4.
GC's doubles pairings are very strong this season with the regular starters having a combined record of 40-18. The Bobcats look to their doubles pairs to jump out and give them the early lead. Kayla Barksdale (Augusta, Ga.) and Lion are playing exceptionally well as a duo with a 14-7 record, 8-2 in their last 10 from the first slot.
Freshman Lisa Setyon (Paris) has been a pleasant surprise for the Bobcats this season out of the fifth spot going 17-4, winning eight of her last 10. May Johnson (Sydney, Australia), the transfer from Division I Temple, has stepped into the second spot earning a 15-8 record and riding a four game win streak. Barksdale has answered the bell this season for the 'Cats going 15-6 out of the No. 3 spot.
The men finished in the No. 6 spot in the PBC, drawing a very favorable matchup against Flagler University. The Bobcats lost to Flagler 5-4 in their final regular season match but did not play their best, dropping all three doubles matches. The winner of the matchup will square off against the winner of the No. 2-seed Lander University and No. 7-seed Augusta State game.
GC is coming into the tournament winning five of their last seven games. Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) and Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) play in one doubles for the Bobcats achieving a record of 13-7, winning seven out of their last 10.
In singles action, Wictor Andersson (Karlskoga, Sweden) holds the best record on the team, 14-3 out of the No. 6 spot. Leborgne is only 12-9 but 2-3 against nationally ranked opponents. Wadstein plays out of the No. 2 spot with a 12-6 record.
Both teams look to stay on fire Friday, with the women playing Clayton State at noon and the men playing Flagler at 5 p.m.
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Jim Perry, best known as the host of game shows "Card Sharks" and "$ale of the Century," died Friday in Oregon following a five-year battle with cancer, surrounded by his wife and children. He was 82.
The Camden, N.J., native was a star basketball player while growing up and was nicknamed "Big Jim" at 6-foot-4. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and joined the Special Services, where he worked on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean War, NBC News reported.
After his time in the service, Perry teamed with comedian Sid Ceasar, touring as a pair for several years. He served as host of the Miss Canada Pageant, which he emceed from 1967 until 1990; he was the announcer on 1969's syndicated program "That Show" starring Joan Rivers; and from 1969 to 1972, he was a weekend overnight DJ at WABC radio in New York.
Perry's first major American network hosting job came in 1967 with "It's Your Move." He began hosting NBC's "Card Sharks" in 1978 until 1981. In 1982, NBC named Perry as the host of revamped edition of the beloved series "$ale of the Century," which aired for six years and was spun off into a nightly syndicated version, which saw Perry doing double duty as the host of both shows.


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I saw the following quote from philosopher Thomas Nagel on HuffPo:
"I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn't just that I don't believe in God and, naturally, hope that I'm right in my belief. It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that."
I couldn't think of a single atheist who rejected religion because of wishful thinking. I need to know if anyone here agrees with Nagel's reason for being atheist.
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It almost sounds like the "rebelling-against-god" school of thought, rather than the thought-out, dispassionate, no-evidence-no-god, which I vastly prefer. I refuse to be frightened by the thought that, somehow, there COULD be a god when all the data out there says otherwise. There is no more logic in being cowed by the far outside possibility that there MIGHT be a god than there is in the equally far outside possibility that I might be hit by an asteroid.
Nagel's take seems to lack backbone, and no, I am not down with it.
"when all the data out there says otherwise."
The data doesn't disprove the existence of god - it's the lack of data in support of god's existence that's completely missing.
My wish is that wishful thinking can't affect reality. Unfortunately, I don't get my wish, as evidenced by massive ongoing slaughter, willful intellectual & emotional abuse of children, and perversion of political processes.
I perceive nearly every person who wants to communicate about their non-belief as wishing there was no God. I don't think there is a God, and I don't want there to be a God, but I think most atheists are much the same, and as desiring not to admit it. When I look at my childhood and see how angry I was because of those who believed, how alienated I felt, it seems ludicrous that I don't have a personal biased interest against there being a God.
I empathize completely with the statement, yet despite that empathy I believe I don't favor theism because I it violates empiricism and I value that.
Even a casual observer of this site must admit that people here are quite often militant or passionate about their opposition to religion. I often wonder, does Atheism necessitate being against other people being religious? It seems here that this is so, but maybe the litmus test is that an Atheist who is generally okay with other people believing whatever they want is unlikely to signup. That being said, I think it more likely then that those who would signup for this site are then more likely to want God not to be true.
To be biased is human, to be biased and aware of that bias is science. To perceive oneself as not biased is usually delusion.
I have mixed emotion about this quote. On one hand, I can respect the desire to not have a universe that is controlled by some omnipotent creator. I think if this statement is made from the point of view of a speaker that would be unhappy in a world created by a being, then I can see the validity of this desire. It makes me uneasy to even consider that all of existence could be the contrived project of one (or more) entity(s). Nagel's phrasing "I want atheism to be true" leads me to believe that this is not the case though.
It seems like Nagel is leaning more towards an agnostic theist view, with a fear of what that belief may mean for the universe. I could be completely off on this one though. Either way I think, after having thought it through, that I cannot agree with this reasoning. Beliefs should not be based on fear, or any other emotion, in my opinion.
No, I agree with him. I don't think he's an atheist because of wishful thinking. He adds it as a secondary thought. He says 'it isn't JUST that I don't believe in God' . . . 'I hope there is no God! . . . I don't want the universe to be like that!'
To me, this says nothing any different than the Atheist video 'Afterlife', which compiled a bunch of Atheist bloggers' views on the afterlife, and it included them speculating over what they'd think if Heaven was actually real. One of them puts in perspective how Heaven would be torture (laying out exactly how long eternity really is), and basically saying 'I hope that's not the case! It would be torture!' - I don't think he's saying anything at all different here. He doesn't believe in a god, but he's going further in saying that regardless of whether his belief is right or wrong, he actively hopes (not just believes) that one does not exist because of how more messed up our world would be if it was governed by some crazy monotheistic deity.
That's what I pulled out of what he said, and I'd totally agree with it.
I think you bring up an interesting point. I could not help but follow it up in my mind with a whimsical question though. Are there any versions of theism that you, or any non-theist for that matter, would feel comfortable with? For the sake of discussion, I'm assuming that version would be true.
I have serious problems with the Abrahamic religions. But...if there were a religion that involved massive quantities of high end beer and chocolate, all non-fattening, I would seriously consider Sunday school, Bible study, retreats....
I am with you when you say you don't believe either extreme and that's enough for you. I take the same stance and argue that's all we have so why try to insist on anything more. My life could not be lived in a more "atheistic" fashion.
No, I reject religion because—when closely examined—religious statements do not make sense, they cannot be justified as describing the real world.
Our preferences and "wishful thinking" do in fact drive and motivate our reasoning. Without emotion we'd be paralyzed by all the little commonplace decisions we don't notice.
And yes, I've encountered people with the inverse of Nagel's position, who know that they want to believe in a god, and know that that's shaped their thinking.
It isn't just that I don't believe in God and, naturally, hope that I'm right in my belief. It's that I hope there is no God!
He is hardly any different from an agnostic who does not want to believe in a god and is waiting for a proof that there is no god.
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Reality TV villain Spencer Pratt has confirmed he's planning to release a sex tape featuring his almost ex-wife Heidi Montag, Usmagazine.com reported.
"I've been making films since I was in the 7th grade," Pratt told Us. "I'm looking forward to people seeing my directorial debut."
The former MTV "Hills" star and celebrity porn company Vivid Entertainment were locked "in early negotiations to possibly come to terms for a deal," Vivid head Steven Hirschtold TMZ.
Vivid, which has also released sex tapes starring Kim Kardashian and Kendra Wilkinson, has been in the news of late for bankrolling a film by Laurence Fishburne's daughter Montana.
"Heidi's really p---ed off," Cougar Zank, a friend of the couple told RadarOnline.com. "She denies there is a sex tap. She's furious that Spencer would try and embarrass her like this."
Reports of the alleged tape come a day after Pratt said he planned to write a "tell-all" about his made-for-TV relationship with Montag.
"My last book, How to be Famous, didn't make the New York Times best-seller list because it was in the self-help section," Pratt told Us. "This one is going to be totally different, I'm not holding anything back."
"Speidi," as the pair used to refer to themselves, wed in November 2008.
In June, Montag filed for legal separation, though fellow "Hills" cast members cautioned the split was likely a publicity stunt.
Montag filed for divorce last month. The divorce will likely become official by Valentines Day 2011, MTV reported.
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