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Fox News Relies On Discredited Anti-Immigrant Filmmaker To Attack Immigration Rally
Blog ››› ››› OLIVIA MARSHALL
Fox News hosted discredited documentary filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch to attack an immigration rally that took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, accusing non-English speaking participants of being undocumented and attacking participants for "climbing on some of the statues."
On October 8, several thousand demonstrators gathered on the Mall to call on lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration legislation that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants:
[T]housands of activists -- from young children wearing white T-shirts that read "Don't Deport My Dad" to activists cheering and waving signs that proclaimed: "No Human is Illegal" -- gathered on the Mall on a cool October afternoon. More than a dozen congressional Democrats and four House Republicans came before the crowd to push for a reform bill in the House.
Fox News reported on the rally by hosting filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch, who characterized the protest as an "illegal immigrant rally." On the October 9 edition of America's Newsroom, host Bill Hemmer spoke to Lynch who likened the protest to a "rock concert" and said, "I felt like I was back down in Texas along the border where there's no fence and you say, 'come on in!' I mean, they were welcomed."
During the interview, Lynch also implied that non-English speaking participants in the rally were undocumented: "I asked them straight out--are you undocumented? They didn't even understand what I was saying, so there's your answer I guess." Lynch did acknowledge that he did not "get to ask all 10,000 of them" that question.
Lynch's anti-immigrant films They Come to America I & II were, according to the Center for New Community, "so poorly made and offensive that not a single production company or film distributor in the U.S. or Canada would release it." The films were heavily promoted by the Federation For American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a hate group. Lynch has also repeatedly smeared immigrants as criminals, saying some immigrants are coming to America "to cut your throat."
As Media Matters previously found, Fox networks have hosted Lynch at least eight times since May, giving him a platform for his extreme views on immigration. On Fox's Huckabee, Lynch has asserted that "an abundance of Chinese" are crossing the Mexican border to create a "cyber 9/11." Lynch also said on Fox & Friends that he has found "Middle Eastern people" working alongside border patrol agents and claimed that "terror at its worst level" is coming over the border.
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The Gator Corporation makes several free applications that are distributed over the Internet. (On October 30, 2003, the company changed its name to Claria Corporation, but continues to operate in the same way it did before the name change.) Gator/Claria products are often delivered to end-users by being bundled with other applications or through "drive-by downloads" that pop up an ActiveX dialog and start the installation process if you say "Yes".
Gator applications include eWallet, DateManager, WeatherScope, and PrecisionTime. eWallet keeps track of the data you enter on web forms (including credit cards) so it can autofill the data for you later. DateManager provides appointment alarms and date reminders. WeatherScope shows the current and forecast weather. PrecisionTime keeps your system clock up to date.
GAIN Publishing (GAIN stands for Gator Advertising Information Network) is the part of Gator/Claria that distributes the applications and includes the advertising software that is a part of all Gator Corporation applications. GAIN ad software is also bundled as a part of several adware applications such as DivX Pro from DivX Networks.
A Growing Problem
PC Pitstop believes that Gator products can degrade the quality of a user's PC experience, and the applications themselves are not a good value. This belief is based on our hands-on use of Gator products, surveys of users that have Gator on their systems, and visitor feedback from our forums. Most Gator "users" are not aware of what Gator is doing on their PC behind the scenes, and even many advertisers are not aware their ads are being shown by Gator's ad network through third-party contracts or Gator's connection with Overture.
Drive-by download: Have you seen a dialog like this pop up while browsing? Answer YES and you will install a Gator application.
Gator's marketing power lets them put ad-delivery software onto systems with high efficiency, using techniques such as drive-by downloads. Gator claims more than 35 million people currently have GAIN on their systems. If our survey results hold for the general population of Gator users, only a small minority of them consciously agreed to installing Gator's software and accepted its terms. Even if our information campaign can reach 20% of users with Gator, there are still going to be millions that are unaware.
As the self-proclaimed "leader in online behavioral marketing," Gator should set an example by obtaining verifiably informed consent from users that install its applications. Based on what we have found, Gator's current procedures do not give users adequate notice when it is installed, and users aren't getting clear instructions for how to remove it when it is installed inadvertently. PC users, advertisers, and perhaps even the Federal Trade Commission need to draw a clear line on what constitutes adequate disclosure.
What does Gator/GAIN do?
As a general rule, Gator applications do a lot more than the original purpose that may have persuaded you to download them. Some of these things are spelled out in Gator's license, that very long document that most users inevitably don't read very carefully.
GAIN displays advertising. A lot of pop-up advertising if you visit popular web sites or search for advertiser's hot words like "auto loan". Our experience was that its advertising was sometimes poorly targeted and therefore unlikely to be helpful.
GAIN interrupts your work. Usually, your computer does things as a result of your own actions. GAIN actions don't follow that pattern. Their ads are often timed to pop up a few seconds after you've finished clicking on a link or entering data, which can be very distracting. If you want some more examples, see our review of Search Scout.
Several Web publishers said they have been approached by L90 or Gator to run such download ads, but they refused out of fear of a consumer backlash. "We thought it was dirty," said one Internet executive who asked to remain anonymous. "It's the kind of thing that makes the phone ring." (cnet.com)
GAIN can install software without your knowledge. With so many security issues on the Internet, it is important to know when and why software is being installed on your system. Our survey shows that most users do not know how GAIN got onto their system, and Gator can install even more software without further notice.
GAIN collects extensive information. Perhaps Gator doesn't know who you are, but it certainly collects a lot of information when you consider all the things that the company lists in its Terms and Conditions. Take our Gator license quiz and see how well you know it.
GAIN uses up valuable system resources. Gator's simple WeatherScope application takes up about 14 megabytes of memory because of the GAIN software that comes with it. It also uses up 15 percent of system resources on Windows Me. On systems with small amounts of memory this can degrade performance or cause system instability.
Judge For Yourself
Repeatedly, Gator has represented that users agree to install Gator software and consent to its license terms. Our own research and conclusions contradict Gator's claims. In particular:
Privacy and security experts say advertisers and other bundled software distributors are exploiting people's mindless habit of clicking "I agree," and they worry that consumers are abandoning their rights with the click of a mouse. (cnet.com)
Most users are not fully informed and have not agreed. Our research shows users cannot recall installing Gator at all, How could they be aware of the Gator terms and conditions, much less have consented to the actions that Gator is taking on their PC?
Users don't know what Gator is doing with the information it collects. Although Gator's privacy statement says that it doesn't collect personally identifiable information, Gator doesn't say much about how it uses the data it does collect. When asked about an investigation of Gator's data collection practices, Gator's own spokesperson said, "Eighty percent of the magic is what he'll never see. He's only touching a part of the elephant."
Take some time to read through the information here. If you have a Gator or GAIN application installed, we recommend that you take it off your system and find a better program.Want to know more about Gator, or give us your opinion? Join the discussion in our forum!


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Bjorn is from my wifes families side. Her father is Vagn Predbjorn Jensen, who is a rather distiguished author in Denmark. There is some major debate as to what the "Pred" means, some saying "strong", and a few others that are hard to translate into english. Bjorn is scandinavian for bear. Predbjorn is my wifes middle name, and my daughter. It is also the name given to my bee business, Bjorn Apiaries.
My real name is Mike. And no sense killing that name any more than it already has been. I've also been called "The Frug(cooking skills after the chef, Steve Smith), Doc, the Stork (after my football days), and some other colorfull names not to be mentioned here, but those are people who have never shook my hand or actually have come to know me.


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Did you know that you can visit Russia without a visa?
You can stay in St Petersburg for 72 hours with no visa if you take the cruise ferry from Helsinki and their "tour" bus from the dock into town.
Can you recognize which ones are hostels and which are hotels?
It's a quite challenging test from bloomberg.com shows the trend of blurring the lines between hostels and hotels, which can be both smartly designed.
PRESS PHOTOS & INFODear press representatives, you can download High Quality photos of Soul Kitchen hostel and info file
We help hostels to become better
Hello everyone!
Do you wish to know how to open a great hostel or improve an existing hostel if you already own one? Our new Soul Kitchen business consulting service is now launched for you!
One more award from hostelbookersWe are proud to announce
that hostelbookers.com
selected Soul Kitchen hostel as
one of the top three hostels
in Eastern Europe!
See all hostels here...
Soul Kitchen has just received several awards from hostelworld!!!
We won in four nominations from hostelworld!
Thanks to all the guests who reviewed us in 2013 and to our amazing staff!
Oldschool foosball at Soul Kitchen!We've got foosball!!!!! But it's more then just a game, it's an original Soviet foosball from 70's,
thanks so much to
Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines that brought us this amazing game!
I wish we could have all their exciting machines at our hostel)
Soul Kitchen 4th anniversary
Today, on the last day of april 2009 The first ever Soul Kitchen hostel was opened near the train station,
in 2012 the hostel moved to a beautiful place near the river and became so much bigger and much nicer than before.
But today we celebrate 4 years of Soul Kitchen hostel first birth!
Soul Kitchen - Best new hostel in Eastern Europe 2012!
We are proud to announce
that hostelbookers.com
selected Soul Kitchen hostel as
the best newcomer hostel
in Eastern Europe!
One Way Tripper blog - Soul Sitchen; a hostel for the wandering sole
who never buy a return ticket, only one way!
In their blog they share their experience in the overseas adventures
including the time in St Petersbug and Soul Kitchen hostel.
"We absolutely loved Russia and can confidently say that it was all
because of the lovely hostel we stayed in. The world would be a better
place if we had more hostels like Soul Kitchen. Seriously, check it out"
Thank you girls for these warm words!
Below is a little part from their post about us and
to read a full version: http://onewaytripper.blogspot.com.au
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Happy New Year!!!
And here's a video from Soul Kitchen New Year party!
New Year Video!
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Helping Iraq Defeat ISIS through U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Efforts
By Natalie Wazir on April 3, 2017
On March 22, Secretary Tillerson hosted a meeting for the foreign ministers of the 68-member Global Coalition working to defeat ISIS. While Secretary Tillerson pointed to military and diplomatic progress against this terrorist organization, looking ahead, he also urged leaders to continue to support the work needed to stabilize territory liberated from ISIS, which will be critical to helping families to safely return home and rebuild. An essential part of the stabilization effort in these areas involves addressing the hazards of landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Communities across Iraq have historically faced danger from an estimated 10 to15 million landmines and pieces of unexploded ordnance from conflicts dating back to the1940s. For example, numerous large barrier minefields and unexploded ordnance remain along the Iran-Iraq border as a result of the 1980s conflict between the two nations. The war in the early 1990s and the conflict that began in 2003 also scattered significant numbers of additional unexploded ordnance, particularly in the southern region of the country. In the cases of the more recent conflicts, the use of mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by ISIS are making an already serious challenge exponentially worse.
As civilians flee fighting in large population centers such as Mosul, these displaced families come to live in communities with unfamiliar explosive hazard situations. When displaced families return home, they are also confronted with hazards from the recent conflict, often including mines and booby traps left in and around their homes by ISIS. Teams on the ground have reported discovering IEDs hidden by ISIS in homes, schools, hospitals, houses of worship, and even daycare centers, seemingly intended to specifically kill or injure returning families, humanitarian assistance workers, or explosive ordnance disposal experts working to save lives.
In the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA), where I work, we are supporting humanitarian mine action programs in Iraq to provide a secure environment for the men, women, and children displaced by the conflicts to return.
Removing the explosive hazards placed by ISIS is a prerequisite to also enabling humanitarian assistance and broader stabilization efforts. The United States has invested more than $333 million in Iraq since 2003 toward the clearance and safe disposal of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and securing excess conventional weapons and munitions.
During the past year, PM/WRA provided more than $33 million to eight implementing partners to support these efforts in Iraq. The programs delivered risk education to more than 90,000 Iraqi men, women, and children and cleared explosive hazards in areas liberated from ISIS. The United States' humanitarian assistance efforts in Iraq have traditionally focused on facilitating broader stabilization in order to allow for the return of displaced Iraqis. In addition to this focus on stabilization, our efforts have included and will continue to involve the clearance of legacy contamination in northern and southern Iraq to protect local populations and promote economic growth and security.
As Iraq continues to make progress liberating areas from ISIS, the United States is committed to further expanding its efforts to help with the critical clearance of explosive hazards, including IEDs, especially around key infrastructure areas.
As Secretary Tillerson underscored at the recent foreign ministers' meeting, "We must keep making the investment in liberated areas in Iraq and Syria to help innocent people rebuild and stabilize their communities. Right now, this means continuing to clear explosives, restore water and power, deliver humanitarian and resettlement assistance, and forge partnerships with the local leaders who reject extremism."
To learn more about the United States' global conventional weapons destruction efforts, check out our annual report, To Walk the Earth in Safety, and follow us on Twitter @StateDeptPM.
About the Author: Natalie Wazir is the Lead Program Manager for Iraq and Syria in the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
Editor's Note: This entry is also published on Medium.com/StateDept.


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Tiger Shark Wall Art Print
$ 16.50
Bring the ocean to your gallery wall with this tiger shark art print. It's a great addition to any beach house decor or coastal home.
Each print is carefully made in California with the highest quality materials, providing for crisp and vibrant colors. Every print is printed on 100% pure cotton Savoy 20 pt. fine art paper (320 GSM) with archival grade pigment inks.
The paper we use for prints is thick and neutral-white - great for supporting accurate color reproduction and high-resolution images. It's also acid-free, which gives the pigments in the print a longer life.For canvas prints, each canvas is carefully crafted in California with the highest quality materials, providing for crisp and vibrant colors. All 8"x10" and 11"x14" canvases are .75" thick. 16"x20" and 18"x24" canvases are 1.5" thick. Stretched canvases come wrapped around a kiln dried pine stretcher bars, ensuring that the canvas does not bow over time. Designs are printed on thick archival grade canvas with genuine OEM pigment inks, which will resist fading for over 100 years. Canvas will arrive with hardware already installed for quick and easy hanging. FRAME NOT INCLUDED.


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Release Date: 2007 |
Nice revu. i like this band's bass and guitar solo work.
good review. i like this band a lot, with or without barlow. i'm very much looking forward to hearing this album.
Album Rating: 3.5
Nice. I like the two songs I've heard from this.
Album Rating: 4.0Was suprised at how good this is, probably their 3rd best album.
This is their best album.
Album Rating: 3.5While this is better than any of the non-Barlow stuff I've heard it doesn't really beat the first three albums.
Nice review.
Album Rating: 4.0I've been really into these guys. Hopefully since it's new, my cd store will have it.
Green Mind is my fave DJ album. seems underrated by many. will give this a listen soon.
Album Rating: 4.0I want to hear so much. I doubt it will be as awesome as You're Living and Bug but whatever, the songs I've heard were good
Album Rating: 3.5Almost Ready is quite enjoyable. I should check this out.
Album Rating: 4.5I actually prefer this over their earlier albums since Mascis' voice is much more tolerable.
I really need to get into them, I might buy Green Mind or this cd next time I venture out to my cd store.
Great Review too
Album Rating: 3.5Great review; I'm really excited to hear this album now. If "Almost Ready" is any indication, I imagine that I'll enjoy the hell out of this - DJ really do sound as though they haven't aged much.
Album Rating: 3.5[quote=teamsleep698]I really need to get into them, I might buy Green Mind or this cd next time I venture out to my cd store.[/quote]Buy You're Living All Over Me'. It's widely considered their best, and it is in my opinion.This Message Edited On 05.05.07
Album Rating: 3.5I totally agree with Jungler here, just make sure that you get You're Living All Over Me.
Oh noes, grammar police!
Album Rating: 4.0sweet review to what is a great album: totally exceeded my expectations. i agree with JXD, Green Mind is my personal favourite dino jr album, and whilst Beyond doesn't match up to that (to be fair, not much can) it is as good in my view as You're Living All Over Me and Bug. i don't mind as much if Biffy and the Pumpkins release disappointing albums now: this has guaranteed that 2007 has at least one awesome record.This Message Edited On 05.05.07
Album Rating: 3.5I got the rest of it and it's quite enjoyable.
Album Rating: 4.0I like this. The only problem is some of the songs can drag on a bit (Pick Me Up anyone?). I won't be surprised if my rating goes up.This Message Edited On 05.15.07
Album Rating: 4.0I think it's their 3rd best album
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Nestled in the heart of the Northern Colorado corridor, the Hilton Garden Inn Fort Collins hotel is convenient to a wide variety of corporations, shopping and attractions. Our 120 deluxe guest rooms and suites all feature Garden Sleep System™ beds, 32" flat panel high definition televisions, microwaves, refrigerators and safes. Northern Colorado is home to many companies included on the Fortune 500 list, including Hewlett Packard, Intel, and Anheuser Busch. Ideal for the business traveler the Hilton Garden Inn Fort Collins, CO hotel features a 24-hour complimentary business center, ergonomic workstations in every room, complimentary Internet access, remote secure printing and an automated teller. The fitness facility at our Fort Collins, Colorado hotel is equipped with state-of-the-art Precor® equipment with individual televisions, an indoor pool and whirlpool and in-room Stay Fit Kits®. The Great American Grill® restaurant serves breakfast, dinner and room service and our lounge is open nightly. Meeting facilities for groups up to 175 people and our professional staff ensure your next event is a success. Located just 2.5 miles west of Interstate 25 on Harmony Road, the Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Collins hotel serves visitors to Fort Collins, Loveland and Windsor. Centrally located to Colorado State University, Old Town Fort Collins, the Budweiser Events Center, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Poudre Valley Health System campuses and Centerra Lifestyle Center. Complimentary shuttle service is provided with in a 5 mile radius of our Ft. Collins, CO hotel and to most of the attractions listed above. At the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Ft. Collins, Colorado, you'll find "Everything. Right where you need it."
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BRYAN COUNTY, OK - A man who broke into a home near Calera got a surprise Wednesday morning, when he was shot by a 12-year-old girl who was in the home alone.
Debra St. Clair, the girl's mother, said her daughter called her at work to say an unknown man was ringing the doorbell. When the girl didn't answer, the man went around to the back and kicked in the back door.
She told her daughter to grab the family gun, barricade herself in the closet and call 911.
"I drove home at a really fast pace to try to get to her, and when I got here the police were already here. And they had the suspect," she said.
St. Clair's daughter had hid in the closet with a .40 Glock.
But Undersheriff Ken Golden said the intruder kept making his way through the house.
"And what we understand right now, he was turning the doorknob when she fired through the door," he said.
Golden said the bullet hit the intruder, and it sent him running.
"I saw blood on the back of his t-shirt," St. Clair said. "He was sitting down, the policemen had had him apprehended at the end of the block. All I saw was some blood coming down his back. I'm not exactly sure where his injury was, but I saw some blood there."
Golden said the suspect was airlifted to a Texas hospital. They are not releasing the extent of his injuries.
But the girl drew blood. And Golden said for that she's a hero.
"She did everything she was suppose to do and more," he said. "And we're absolutely so thankful that she is fine. And I admire the little girl a lot."
St. Clair said she couldn't be more proud of her daughter.
"She's...she's amazing. I think she's incredible," she said. "And I haven't been able to stop hugging her and kissing her, and telling her how much I love her."
Authorities said the suspect is 32-year-old Stacey Jones.
Jones was arrested in September 2011 for allegedly abducting a 17-year-old girl with a diminished mental capacity.
Golden said the family doesn't know Wednesday's intruder.
St. Clair said her daughter's bravery was rewarded with an ice cream cone.


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Organising your favourite content
7th Thing – Tagging
Last week we looked at Technorati and the blogosphere, this week we'll spend a bit more time looking at tagging.
Tagging is an open and informal method of categorising things that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures & blog posts). Tagging is designed to be both personal – you choose which tags you want to use – and collaborative – others can see the tags you've assigned, and can choose to follow you in using them.
[ Image by cambodia4kidsorg from Flickr ]
You may find this idea inspiring or think it is opening the door to anarchy, however, tagging is perhaps one of the defining elements of web 2.0's user-generated content, and it's not going to go away.
Step 1:
Look back on your blog posts and organise them by adding more tags. This can be as formal or as fun, as workmanlike or as personal, as you like – you decide how you want to present your information! Blog about whether you think this is order or anarchy.
Know how when you save a bookmark in the 'Bookmarks' menu of your browser, you have to choose a folder to put it in? And it can only go into one folder (unless you want hideous duplication)? Irritating, isn't it …
In the first 25 Research Things we talked about using Delicious, but the very week we promoted it, Yahoo seemed to start to wind it down after many years as THE social bookmarking site – see the End of Delicious.
The good news is that Diigo (pronounced as Dee'go. The name "Diigo" is an abbreviation for "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff.") is a looking to plug the gap. The even better news for Delicious users is that you can migrate your old Delicious bookmarks to Diigo.
Here's a video clip to introduce Diigo …
Diigo V5: Collect and Highlight, Then Remember! from diigobuzz on Vimeo.
…or take a tour to learn more
How is that social?
Diigo is much more than a place to keep tabs on your websites. It allows you to share what you have found with others via Twitter, blogs etc. You can build a personal learning network to see what others are reading. You can set up research groups (public, private or semi-private) and group tag! Everything on Diigo is there because someone has thought it's worth saving; it can be nice having a human filter for the endless amount of stuff out there!
Step 2:
Now create a Diigo account for yourself and discover how this useful tool can replace your traditional browser bookmark list. Now use their 'Send to Blog' feature to share your research..
Step 3:
Is tagging a good idea? Create a blog post containing your thoughts.
You'll be doing more with tags in some later Things, particularly Flickr.
8th Thing – LibraryThing
As a researcher you will soon build up a collection of your own books. But are they hidden away on a shelf somewhere? Or left in a box? Do you enjoy finding lost and forgotten gems on the shelf to read? Then LibraryThing may be just the tool for you.
Developed for booklovers, this online tool not only allows you to create an online catalogue of your own, it also connects you to other people who have similar libraries and reading tastes. Add a book to your catalogue by just entering the title and find other users who share your reading tastes. There are lots of ways to use LibraryThing. You can even view your books on a virtual shelf, add a widget to display titles that are in your catalogue.
Watch this short video which tells you about LibraryThing…
So why not create your own library online. With over 1,000,000 users and 50 million books catalogued, you're bound to discover something new.
Step 1:
Take a look around LibraryThing and create an account.
Step 2:
Add a least 5 books to your library.
Step 3:
Blog about your findings and be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalogue. How popular were your books? Did you find any discussions about your favourites?
Here are some useful LibraryThing links:
- About LibraryThing
- LibraryThing tour
- LibraryThing blog — updates and news
- Thingology blog — "LibraryThing's ideas blog, on the philosophy and methods of tags, libraries etc"
9th Thing – Mendeley
Cited in the Guardian as 'most likely to change the world for the better' in July 2010, Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network founded in 2007 in London. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and reference management application (available for Windows, Mac and Linux) with Mendeley Web, an online social network for researchers.
In the Guardian article Victor Henning, founder and director, was quoted as saying:
"What's more, our database of research papers is doubling every 10 weeks. We're now reaching 30m papers – we're confident we'll overtake the 40m papers at Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge by the end of this year."
Here's a video clip to introduce Mendeley…
Dr. Michael Hohl in the School of Art, Design and Architecture uses Mendeley:
What I like best about Mendeley is being able to see what other researchers are reading at the moment. It helps to keep track of trends but also get new ideas and find new connections of bodies of knowledge.
It allows me to add and manage references that I regularly refer to, such as books, newspaper articles, journal articles, web pages and even films. Managing means I can group references around a certain topic and also add notes and tags.
All of this usually takes time but there also is a 'web importer' button that allows to easily add an item found on the web.
Extremely helpful is also the instant conversion of citation styles which can be a tedious and time consuming business, such as manually converting from "Chicago" to "Harvard" style.
Step 1:
Take a look around Mendeley and create an account.
Step 2:
Take a look at the research papers in Mendeley by searching for your research interest and see if there are any groups out there that you might be interested in joining, or why not create your own group!
Step 3:
Blog about what you think to Mendeley. Did you find some interesting research? Have you made contact with any members?
You may wish to download Mendeley to your desktop, although you will need admin permissions to do this on your PC in the university. Don't worry Mendeley works just fine from the web.
10th Thing – CiteULike
CiteULike, is a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references. It is sponsored by the publisher Springer although founded when its originator was attached to the University of Manchester in 2004.
Here's a video clip to introduce CiteULike…
Take a look at the article, Citeulike: A Researcher's Social Bookmarking Service, in the open access journal Ariadne.
Step 1:
Try searching for your research interests (or even your research!) and see what comes up.
Step 2:
If you like what you see, why not register and start tagging your own results? Here's a video clip to introduce using CiteULike and RSS feeds to filter through articles quickly.
So what did you think of tagging? We realise that there is a lot to take in this week, but we hope there is something out there for you. Will you be using any of the things you discovered this week to help you organise your research? Don't forget to blog your thoughts and tell us which method you prefer, or do you use something else?


text: Buck-Security is a security scanner for Debian and Ubuntu Linux. It helps you to harden your system by running some important security checks. For example, it finds world-writable files and directories, setuid and setgid programs, superuser accounts, and installed attack tool packages. It also checks your umask and checks if the sticky bit is set for /tmp, among other checks.


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Ethiopia fined for fan misconduct v Zambia
Ethiopia were fined $5,000 and their goalkeeper Jemal Tassew was handed a two-match ban by the Confederation of African Football on Wednesday.
Published23 January 2013
A $10,000 fine, half suspended, was imposed on the Ethiopian Football Association for the conduct of the team's supporters during their opening Africa Cup of Nations match against Zambia in Nelspruit on Monday.
Fans threw missiles, including plastic vuvuzelas, on to the pitch after Tassew was sent off 10 minutes before half-time for a flying kick on Zambia's Chisamba Lungu.
CAF's disciplinary committee has imposed a two-match ban on Tassew for violent conduct.
The referee showed the keeper the red cad as he was being carried off the pitch on a stretcher. The Group C match ended 1-1.


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Saudi Arabia is going insane lately .. Saudi religious police stormed a house in the Saudi Arabian province of al-Jouf, detaining more than 41 guests for "plotting to celebrate Christmas,"
This is happening in the same week of arresting the Saudi novelist and political analyst Turki al-Hamad for criticizing Islam and the royal family in a series of tweets ...yup only tweets .. nothing more nothing less.
Not to forget that Raef Badawi is at risk of execution on apostasy charges. Badawi is co-founder and editor of the Liberal Saudi Network.He was charged with "insulting Islam through electronic channels" and "going beyond the realm of obedience." then he was charged with "apostasy" which carries the penalty of death.
Its the middle ages all over again .. and what makes me really worried is that Egypt is following the same path.
Apparently we have nothing but to keep writing and exposing such practices to the media worldwide .. help in spreading the word about what's happening in here .. share the story with people you know on social media, talk about it with friends and family members if you can, write to your political representatives or to the Saudi ambassador himself.
It's a shame that such barbaric governments are supported by allegedly sectarian governments that claim to be supporting freedoms by all the means possible.
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Liberals and Islamists are clashing like crazy goats! = That's what the government wants..
Let these goats clash forever.. It's okay, they will be jailed in the end..
Islamists are mad? Let's jail a liberal activists..
Liberals are mad? Let's jail an Islamist..
That's what the government do.. It's a wicked cycle!
Let them clash for ever as long as they don't talk about poverty, unemployment or corruption..
This is driving me crazy not just freaking me out! Just crazy!
The entire area is being taken over by Islamic extremists, and I don't know where it will end. Russia had a highly repressive government until it ran out of money, but that's not likely to happen in the oil-rich Middle East. And for the people to rise up, risks death.
Which reminds me, Malala, the 15-year old Pakistani girl, who was shot in the head for insisting she attend school, is still recovering in London, but the petition that arose out of that horrible crime is still 112,000 signatures short of the million they're trying to collect, to present to the Pakistani President, to press him to insure Pakistani girls a right to an education.
If anyone hasn't signed it yet, please do so: http://www.avaaz.org/en/malalahopenew/?slideshow
I agree!
Terrible. It seems religion is an afterthought now. Violence for the sake of violence.


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- Atheist Experience: Don and Russell talk about the failure of Christian medicine
- Non-Prophets: We interview Ben after his second year at Camp Quest Texas. (Sorry, the audio version is not up yet.)
Jasper of Maine (I feel safe and welcome at FTB) says
On the non-prophets episode, you were talking about how you couldn't have Pat Robertson there because we couldn't see his face. I also noted (I haven't really used the system myself) that you can put clown faces or glasses on, and Google Hangouts will track them to your faces.
Is it possible to add a Pat Robertson face?
jamesskaar says
about the jehovahs witnesses, their primary problem is organ transplant and blood transfusions. there are blood substitutes that are acceptable, so, it's not as bad as it used to be. these days there's research on using gel platforms to make new organs from the persons own cells. they seem to be ok with with saving their own blood in advance of surgeries, cloned organs should be ok too.
John Kruger says
Sometimes, the hosts just really nail everything.
Great response to the "time is infinite so everything must happen eventually, including an afterlife" guy. There are infinite sets that do not contain everything. Perfect.
The last call was priceless. Get the theist to define what a Christian is and then point out that it does not apply to him. It is not every episode a caller gets so thoroughly and directly defeated.
Didn't Mother Teresa have an embarrassing crisis of faith around 2007? My memory is fuzzy on that. In any event, I don't think it was quite the same as the solid reasons skeptical atheists have, but it still kind of puts a damper on canonizing her (or so one would think).
Anyway, this was one of the best episodes ever, in my opinion.
Jasper of Maine (I feel safe and welcome at FTB) says
I was yelling at my screen about the heat death until one of the hosts brought it up.
Once all potential energy is maxed out, we're going to be a dark universe of dust and black holes. There will be no potential for anything coming back to life.
Even if we didn't have the heat death, let's say that my friend were to die. How long do I have to sit on a chair, watching him, before he will spring back to life again? I mean, with infinite time, anything is possible, right?
42Oolon says
I think a standard response to all cosmological questions should involve pointing out that theoretical physics is complicated, it takes many years of study some of the most difficult mathematics to understand. Asking (brilliant and charismatic) software engineers is not the best place to look for answers.
CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says
@Kazim AETV (24:36):
Pantheism != Polytheism
NH says
The last caller said Paul was wrong for thinking the second coming would occur soon. I was sitter here thinking… What about Jesus?
According to the bible, Jesus said:
"Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."
This is from Matthew 16:28, but there are similar passages in Mark 9:1 and Luke 9:27
So if this book is to be believed, then clearly Jesus, like Paul, also believed the second coming would be very soon. Unless you are one of those that cling to the idea that there is a -really- old man hiding in a cave somewhere. (and sadly, there are actually people that will claim things like that.)
Back when I was a Christian, this was one of those things that I realized had potential problems, but just sort of pushed it in a corner and never thought about it very much.
Max Entropy says
I looked up the 2012 Platform of the Republican Party of Texas after Russell mentioned it and I couldn't believe that it was even worse than I expected it to be. How is this even possible in 2012? It deeply disturbs me that people who think like this have any power at all at any level of politics and government in the US. http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012Platform_Final.pdf
CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says
Unless you are one of those that cling to the idea that there is a -really- old man hiding in a cave somewhere.
Article: Wikipedia – Wandering Jew
CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says
It deeply disturbs me that people who think like this have any power at all
Worse: Not just thinking it. And they not only feel secure in saying it publicly; they made it official platform because they expect a sizable portion of the electorate to agree.
Garnetstar says
ZOMG, a cliffhanger!
I was breathlessly waiting to hear the last caller's example that would prove he is the one true kind of christian, and then….the show ended!
Anyone who saw the aftershow, what did he say? I absolutely adore insane callers, and I'm still holding my breath.
Matt Gerrans says
Russell, I think your definition of agnostic in AETV #775 as essentially "I don't know" is a little too colloquial. Agnostic doesn't just mean "I don't know" (the wimpy/uninterested response, really); an agnostic is someone who claims that it is unknowable whether there is a god or not. This is a stronger position than simply saying "I don't know." It is saying that it is not possible to know. From this standpoint, I think agnosticism is harder to support than atheism, because it is essentially making a claim about gods: it is saying that if a god or gods do exist, they want to hide and have the power of preventing us from knowing that they exist. I think that if any god did exist, it is reasonable to expect some evidence (and thus it would not be unknowable); by the same token, atheism is a reasonable position given the complete lack of cohesive evidence we see (outside the "evidence" of indoctrination and "holy" texts).
Either the word "agnostic" is too muddied (like "atheist" or even "Christian" or "Muslim" etc.) to have any consistent meaning, or we need anther word for the "I don't know" category. I propose the word "Appatheist" — this is a person who says "I don't know/care whether there is a god." 🙂
goddidit says
Can anyone tell me how to get the after-show, other than watching live?
Cassie says
the guy talking about mother theresa was wrong saints can never make more money, saints are necessarily dead. One is only declared a saint by the catholic church when one has performed at least two miracles posthumously.
gregpearson says
I had never heard of the Wandering Jew before. I learned something today!! Huzzah!
Kaj says
"Dangit! Why brain, why Now?"
Instant classic.
CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says
Didn't Mother Teresa have an embarrassing crisis of faith around 2007?
She died in 1997, so probably not.
She'd talked about doubting most of her life, but she kept at it anyway.
Article: Wikipedia – Mother Teresa
She had heart surgery but it was clear that her health was declining. The Archbishop of Calcutta, Henry Sebastian D'Souza, said he ordered a priest to perform an exorcism on Mother Teresa with her permission when she was first hospitalised with cardiac problems because he thought she may be under attack by the devil.
Well, that could be embarrassing.
Prophiscient says
"Can anyone tell me how to get the after-show, other than watching live?"
The live broadcasts on Ustream.tv are also recorded there. The recorded broadcasts become available only a few minutes after the show.
jdon says
I was waiting for the follow up question to getting him to admit he could be wrong about Christianity. Did you get to it after the show?
(the questions going:
Q. Have you been wrong about what the bible says? A. Ramble ramble yes.
Q. Could you currently be wrong about what the bible says? A. Ramble ramble totally no ramble ramble I guess yes if I have to say it even though I really don't want to.
Q. Does that mean you might not be a true Christian? A. Ramble ramble no I'm definitely a Christian ramble ramble I suppose so.
Q. Does that mean it's possible no-one is a true Christian? A. OMG I'M SCOTTISH!
Ace of Sevens says
To be fair, the push to canonize her started while she was alive. I think that's what he was talking about.
MarkB says
Thank you Mr. "No True Christian" caller, for though you were boring and barely coherent watching your kind argue over who was a true Christian or not helped me realize that there aren't any.
Mick from Oz says
He couldn't think properly, got frustrated, gave up and agreed to call back next week.
ah58 says
Not just frustrated, but loudly calling on his brain to work. Something along the lines of "Not now!!! Think, brain, think!!"
wholething says
Lawrence Krauss explains that it is observed that superclusters of galaxies are accelerating away from one another. This implies dark energy is expanding space itself. Things that move within space are limited by the speed of light but this does not apply to space itself so eventually all the superclusters will be traveling away from one another at greater than light speed and won't be visible to one another.
Other scientists say this theory implies that other universes could pop up within a universe. If our universe's Big Bang happened in the void between other universes' super-light-speed superclusters, we wouldn't know. Physicists don't like this idea because it throws probabilities out of the window as anything that is possible will happen an infinite amount of times no matter how improbable. The superclusters will experience heat death but other universes could arise between and within them.
I disagree with the caller's conclusion, however. Those bubble universes that are different from this universe are not this universe and those bubbles that are identical to this universe are not this universe either. Those guys who match up with me atom for atom and memory for memory are still not me. They are duplicates of me or I am a duplicate of them, but they are having separate experiences. The observer in my head is not in their heads.
Garnetstar says
Thank goodness! I will be sure to watch next week, since if his brain can think well enough to dial the phone, much hilarity should ensue. This guy is classic, and next week's call, perhaps this week's, should end up on You Tube in the Crazy Callers series.
And I see below that I can listen to him on UStream! I don't want to miss a minute of this gem.
John Kruger says
Not sure what I was thinking of. I was clearly confusing her with someone else.
Thank you for the clarification.
Garnetstar says
Gosh, he said that the Jehovah's Witnesses deviate from one-man, one-woman marriage. I didn't know they were into polygamy and marriage equality.
Well, you live and learn.
John Kruger says
To be fair, there are indeed many who use the term "agnostic" as a non-committal cop out. Words only have meaning by convention. We have to at least acknowledge other uses if they are common, even if they are not particularly appealing to us. The conviction behind the agnostic position you describe usually has to be explained, the same way a strong or weak atheist position requires further explanation.
I think most of the dust up can be blamed on the irritating apologists demanding absolute knowledge before their god claims can be dismissed. I consider myself agnostic only in that I reserve some room for evidence to change my mind as a matter of intellectual honesty. I am about as sure there are no gods as I can be sure about anything, the lack of evidence is too overwhelming.
Cassie says
She still could never get paid more as a saint though, because a saint has to be dead.
Indiana Jones says
I have had a recent email exchange with the TAE email address (no I won't say who in particular)and I would like to throw my question out here:
What evidence would an atheist accept of a God? I ask because I am an atheist and it is about the only thing that I get asked by theists that I don't have a quick and easy answer for.
I generally go with: "Well, what have you got?". But whilst I realize the burden rests with the proposer and not me, it still seems a little cheap. For instance the claim that the speed of light can indeed be broken would be easy to prove. ie I turn on a torch and outrun the beam. Not very likely to happen, but it would prove the claim to some very, otherwise justifiably, skeptical people.
Similarly, I could probably prove time travel by presenting the viable egg of a previously un-described dinosaur.
And so on. But what would convince me of a God? Well, I don't know beyond just knowing that all claims so far have been unconvincing to me. But it sure would be nice to have a better answer than that in my back pocket for next time I am asked….
jacobfromlost says
I posted this in the comments of the blogs on January 16, 2012:
Anyway, what would convince ME of a particular god would be several mutually confirming pieces of evidence along these lines…
* A holy book that makes specific, falsifiable, ongoing predictions over thousands of years that are such that humans can't make them happen themselves (and are "ongoing" in such a way as to be occurring every few months or years).
* Personal revelations that can be and are verified empirically (for instance, "Look for the Higgs around 125 GeV) on an ongoing basis in conjunction with the message that "Specific God X" is passing that message along.
* Clear and verifiable knowledge that comes from believing in the correct god (without study), and ONLY comes from believing in the correct god. It would be quite compelling if the only people who could write computer code, fix my car's engine, or develop a model of quantum mechanics that works in reality were those who believed in Specific God X.
* A continuing demonstration that those who believe in the correct god do not get sick, and those who believe in the wrong ones do, with no disconfirming examples of either of these (no one with correct belief sick, no one with incorrect beliefs healthy).
* A continuing demonstration that once one begins believing in the correct god, their sicknesses instantly heal, and they gain instant knowledge per above that can be demonstrated empirically.
* A continuing demonstration that anyone who believes in the correct god cannot be defeated in any way, shape, or form by those who don't believe in the correct god.
* A continuing demonstration that belief in the correct god results in broad, observable, verifiable, predictive, and falsifiable outcomes that are MARKEDLY DIFFERENT than the outcomes found with confirmation bias, wishful thinking, groupthink, peer pressure, mythmaking, pareidolia, brainwashing, hysteria, or any belief that is NOT in the correct god.
If all of these things mutually confirmed each other in falsifiable ways (while accompanied by correct belief), and yet were never falsified, I would believe as surely as I believe in anything. Would I be absolute sure that the object of this belief was real, or even existed? No, as I can't be absolutely sure of anything, but the evidence would be such that I WOULD believe it until presented with disconfirming evidence…and that disconfirming evidence would have to be pretty spectacular among all of that mutually confirming evidence.
extian says
Oh man, I used to be just like the "No True Christian" caller. I used to talk about "Fruits of the Spirit" and being "Biblical" like they were objective standards.
I'm sure if the caller stayed on the line much longer his head would've exploded.
Kevin in MO says
To be honest, I don't know. I can't' think of anything that would make me immediately believe in a god or gods. I can think of a few things that might make me question it. But without further investigation and exhausting all other possibilities, I just couldn't make that leap and believe.
Kol says
First off, good move putting both shows together in one post. Please continue to do so AND link us up with the GB's in the future if possible.
I had decided to write a comment during AXP when I realized (after much time listening to him) that Don is a fucking good role model. Hell, I'm pushing 50 and I want to grow up to be like him.
Then came Ben in NP…
When my son comes home from school today, the first thing I'll do is hug him until he tells me to turn loose so he can go pee. Then I'll introduce him to Ben via his FIRST broadcast as part of the NP crew.
Well done, sir.
I'm wondering…
Since there seems to be a hitch in the works in regards to either broadcasting from the new building OR staying with the public access channel…
Why not do both?
Is it feasible to pump the internet feed into the station so that the regular broadcast hour continues as normal? Perhaps one or two hosts could take the desk and field calls for the hour and the 'net crew could continue on from there.
"It won't work", is a sufficient response since I have no idea of the logistics involved. Simplistically speaking, you went from cable to 'net. Reciprocation seems to be an option.
gfunk says
Regarding the "atheist reincarnation" caller- I never understand why people would grab on to that notion with any sort of hope. Even if it did happen, we wouldn't be aware, so how does it do anything at all for me. Isn't the whole point of life after death that you get a chance to continue from where you leave off in this life?
Kaj says
It was "Not now! Why brain, why now?"
Jasper of Maine (I feel safe and welcome at FTB) says
Theists have spent a lot of time carefully engineering their God definitions to be unprovable. So it isn't surprising if they can't demonstrate it to me, nor is that a failure of mine.
They're asking me what could prove an unprovable thing, which is odd.
Dark_Monkey_316 says
I think the word agnostic is muddied because of the definition of gnostic. Gnostic is knowledge of or with knowledge. So where it gets muddied is cause in just about everything else in life, people don't believe something with out knowledge about it.
It would be like my brother telling me he got a dog, and then someone asking me what's new with my brother a day or two later. I would say he got a dog. They would ask questions like what kind, how big, does he/she do tricks? I may not have those answers.
I would believe my brother has a dog but I don't know that he does though. For all I know he could just be lying to me, and that is where the difference lies in theism and Gnosticism. I can believe that a god exists but not know.
Belief is a yes or no position, so when you ask someone whether they believe in a god or not, and they say I'm agnostic, I in turn say, I didn't ask if you know there is one, I'm asking if you believe. Anything other then a yes puts them in a default position of not believing which would be an atheist.
Look at it in terms of the Nigeria scams. Do you believe that they will send you X times more money than you sent them? If you don't send the money then you don't believe it otherwise you would have. I didn't ask if you know they well cause you can't be sure of it
I wrote something similar to this a couple of posts ago about definitions of words (don't remember what post though).
Hope this helps.
jacobfromlost says
I think it is related to our innate drive to survive (I like to point out that every single one of our direct ancestors survived long enough to reproduce, thus explaining why most people would rather survive than die at any given moment).
When faced with imminent death (and if one spends any time at all contemplating the notion, death is always imminent), every possible, probable, improbable, impossible notion to escape or avoid it goes running through people's minds (thanks to those ancestors who survived and reproduced), and they feel compelled to share those notions to see if they make sense to others in the group. I think it is basically a survival mechanism, as is the reaction of others (in this case, our reaction that the idea of an afterlife is stupid, thus focusing on surviving here and now instead of making the whole notion of survival moot by positing afterlifes).
If you've got a bear running at you, no weapon, no friends with weapons, no legs capable of outrunning the bear, no experience with altering bear behavior… your brain still clicks into fight or flight. You may run even though you know your legs will not be any help, you may throw rocks even though you know they won't hurt the animal and might make it angrier, you may scream for help even though you are sure no one is around to help (and your screams may provoke the animal), you may even charge the animal or otherwise act crazy in hopes your sudden odd behavior scares it away (which might actually attract it?). And in nature, one of these things *might* actually work depending on factors you are not aware of and couldn't have been aware of at the time.
I think the same kind of approach is being used with the idea that "maybe time is infinite and we'll all live the same lives a million times over" so don't have to worry about death. Yeah, maybe, but since there is no evidence for this, and no tangible survival benefit that hinges on us *doing* something to survive…it seems analogous to deciding to stand and do nothing as the bear races toward you because you'll live your life over an infinity of times. Of course, if the bear kills you, you'd also be torn apart by a bear an infinity of times which, when contemplated, would seem to make one reject the entire notion of "infinite lives" in favor of ANY idea that seemed even slightly better. Like throwing rocks.
When the rubber meets the road, our very biology screams out that this is the only life we have, so if all you have is rocks to defend that one single life, throw them. The people wondering if we have an "infinity of lives" are throwing abstract rocks at abstract "Death" and hoping for the best, while overwhelmingly their actions tell us they'd rather continue living now than bet on living their life an infinity of times over again.
gfunk says
I understand the instinct to want to cheat death, I just don't feel that this scenario fulfills that desire at all.
jacobfromlost says
Agreed. I would focus on giving the next generation the best chance of surviving and thriving as possible, as it is the only strategy that has actually worked for any species in the past.
wholething says
It is trivially easy for the human mind to imagine things that cannot be disproven. The god concept is contrived so that it cannot be distinguished from an imaginary thing.
It is easy to convince me that things really. I see thousands of things everday that I don't think are imaginary. I don't know what evidence it would take to convince me that a god exists, but an omniscient god would know and an omnipotent one could do it.
wholething says
It is easy to convince me that things really
Kazim says
As I mentioned on the show, I had a long and fruitless email exchange with somebody who just wouldn't let go of this idea. I made the point that even if there was some way you could prove that EVERY configuration of atoms would come together repeatedly, I don't see why that's comforting. Yes, supposedly something would live something that's exactly like my life. It would also be the case that something exists that's exactly like my life except that it believes in God; or something that's exactly like my life except that it is in horrible pain every minute of every day; or something that's exactly like my life except that it likes all the things I hate and vice versa. I just don't see how you could actually identify with an infinite space of one-offs or entirely-offs.
jacobfromlost says
If the "infinity" thing is that important to them, you could point out that after they are dead, living from Year A to Year Z "will have happened" into a possible infinite future of time.
…although I think Hawking was poo-pooing that in his latest book, at least in regards to quantum mechanics. So maybe we have only lived our familiar, known lives in a very loose sense as it is, lol.
CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says
Didn't Buddhism get started from Hindus being trapped in endless reincarnation ruts from which they couldn't escape?
Indiana Jones says
Thank you Jacob. I can imagine a surprising, predictive, verifiable and above all falsifiable claim would just about do the trick for me too. A clock that orbits the earth running slower than one that doesn't is pretty impressive evidence for relativity in a similar fashion, even if the experiment wasn't possible to perform at all for a few decades after Einstein first published.
However, it does leave a little bit of wiggle room though, ie How is this not a God of the Gaps argument? I am just trying to be as intellectually honest with myself as I can, please don't take this the wrong way. I do like where your thoughts seem to be headed, I'm just not quite there yet.
chrisjohnson says
Let me preface by saying that I do not believe Transcendence and Immanence are compatible. Nor do I think you can disregard one or the other (as modern theologians do, usually immanence it seems) without also disregarding the properties of said god which arise from said transcendence or immanence. So these two things are in conflict and by attempting to remove one, apologists skewer they're own arguments out the gate, but this is getting on a tangent.
So to answer. An immanent god would leave behind traces of its existence. We would, maybe even if not presently, at SOME point be able to measure, detect, describe its existence and properties. Thus god would be knowable. And therefore, in my mind although I know not logically verifiable, absence of such evidence is in fact warrant evidence of absence. Or at the very least we go back to the basic atheist tenant, without justifying evidence I see no reason to follow a dead end claim and until such evidence is presented I have no reason to believe the claim. So you question is answered, an immanent god can be proven by any objective evidence of its existence, much like any other natural presence in the universe. But then, would this really be something we'd call god? Or just another natural phenomenon that was at one point beyond our understanding, like lightning?
A transcendent god on the other hand, there is no evidence at all which could ever be provided that I would consider satisfactory. This is by very nature of transcendence (at least as I understand it). Therefore, we're back to square one. How can anyone differentiate between a transcendent god and one which does not exist? They can't, I can't, no one can. And therefore there's no clear reason to believe the claim. Nor do they have any legitimate, logical reason to do so either. The most they could propose, and be honest about it, is emotion.
goddidit says
Thanks for that. Any way this could be put into the audio in future, team?
Cylis B. says
To that amazing list, I'd also like to add that, for me, a transcendent being physically manifesting and performing feats that are contrary to our current understanding of natural laws – provided it stayed around long enough for, and was willing to be subject to, scientific testing – could be another "proof of god."
Also along with what you said you said, even this wouldn't make me a 100% believer, but if the scientific scrutiny was vigorous enough to conclude that it's claims to be breaking the laws of nature were at least not verifiably false by any means we have available to us… at that point I probably would swing to the position of "most likely true."
I would finally like to point out this would only make me think that a being capable of operation outside of natural laws was mostly likely true. I would not instantly convert to any religion, nor would I instantly assume this particular being was responsible for the creation of the universe. THAT would would require even more evidence.
jdon says
There is still the ole sufficiently advanced technology clause, but it would be a start.
Right now we've got… evidence a bunch of people believe it, and believed it in the past. That's it. That's the entirety of evidence for a god – that people think there is one.
Things jacob listed would be a good start. It wouldn't be undeniable proof, but they'd be reasonable indicators.
Cylis B. says
I think the "cheating death" comes in when you extrapolate infinite time and infinite possibility out to a conclusion the caller didn't get to.
Basically, if I'm remembering how it goes correctly, given enough time, it's not that you will live the exact same life over again (or an exact copy of you will lead a perfectly mirrored life of yours), but that a future you (or exact copy of you, or 'iteration' of you) will eventually "remember" or become aware, that this shit has happened before and (via reasons that were never fully explained to me) be able to "pick up where you left off."
Overall it's complete bollocks, only continued to an even more inane extreme… but it is an appeal to the eventual continuation of present self, which some people find comforting.
Cylis B. says
I think another reason why some people find this comforting, is a weird tangent of parents finding comfort in their children. They get to exist "in some way" even if they aren't actually aware of it in any direct manner. The idea of just "them again" is what's important, not any direct connection to it.
As a side note: I would be really interested to know what percentage of people who really grab on to this idea do and don't have children. And if there's a correlation there, whether or not the idea loses personal importance to a statistically relevant number after having kids.
CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says
It could be done. The API looks really straightforward. Might be some hoops to jump through in publishing to the web for practical use, however.
Though I'd be surprised if there weren't already an app that lets you motion track an arbitrary transparent png/gif from a given url.
jacobfromlost says
I'm not sure it would be a "god of the gaps" situation if many key factors hinged on "correct belief" and did not work with "incorrect belief", while other factors (like the ongoing, dependable, extra-human predictions) are continually fulfilled like clockwork.
It would also be interesting that if an individual looked at this evidence, and decided it was actually super-intelligent, time traveling aliens doing these things…they would instantly be sick, and unable to demonstrate any kind of useful, complex training/education. If you considered this among all the other mutually confirming evidence, it would be enough for me to say it is unlikely super-intelligent, time-traveling aliens are actually trying to make all the evidence indicate a specific god instead. Is that still possible? Sure. But in our reality it is possible angels are pulling everything down to consistently mimic a specific idea of gravity, but no evidence for that (just as there would be no evidence of the aliens, but lots of evidence for the specific god).
So it wouldn't be a "god of the gaps" argument–it would just be what all the evidence indicated, which could conceivably be overturned by new evidence (the evidence would never be "absolute" in any case, just objectively dependable). For instance, the aliens land, explain what they've been doing for years, and suddenly–at the aliens' indication/command–nonbelief in god no longer results in sickness and ignorance, etc. (Maybe it would take a few years of this constant change to make it believable, but at a certain point you are depending on the evidence for everyday life over and over again–which would be difficult to deny given the evidence, and wouldn't be an argument of "gaps" any more than relying on gravity, as what you are relying on IS the evidence, not the gaps in it. The underlying fact that we can never be absolutely certain of any evidence isn't a "gap" in the evidence–if it were, everything in science would be supported by an argument from "gaps".)
Gwynnyd says
Just ask the person asking what evidence it would take to convince *them* that [insert a deity different from theirs here] exists. Make them provide that level of evidence for their god first.
That throws the burden back where it properly belongs; on THEM.
Matt Gerrans says
Those are all good, but why not add to that a god who actually appears? Whether in a magical burning bush (boring!) or better like Q in the STNG episodes? Then s/he could perform magical things for everyone to see and document with video, etc.
Why does everyone's god have to hide? Why do all religions converge on the hiding god(s)? Well, we know the answer to that, don't we? Their gods hide for the same reason that leprechauns and unicorns do.
A real, existing god would have no need hide and could appear to us and impress us all by moving mountains, resurrecting dinosaurs or whatever thing seemed fun or amazing at the moment.
42Oolon says
Atheist, agnostic, non-theist. We need to think of the utility of these labels.
The only thing that really matters to me is whether you accept a god exists. If yes, you are a theist and you've got some 'xplainin' to do.
ah58 says
I generally respond to the "what would make you believe in god" question by saying: I don't know, but your god certainly would and he hasn't done so.
Garnetstar says
She did have a huge crisis of faith that apparently lasted for some years. I can't cite a reference right now, but it was revealed after her death when her letters were published, you could search for those. She discusses her loss of faith thoroughly in the letters.
rrpostal says
I think what happened was that some diaries were exposed about then which brought to light doubts she had experienced. It was definitely in the news cycle for a bit. I'm more of the train of thought that it didn't matter. The bigger picture that she was somewhat freakish and liked to be around suffering concerns me far more. I'm not sure to what extent she was trying to relieve suffering, like is commonly assumed was her saintly goal. She always reminds me of the french movie "L'Interieur".
Euler says
The Mormons have the three Nephites as well. Three people that are still on the planet from Jesus' time.
Wim says
Regarding the first caller and their idea of an eternal cycle of going through the same thing. Even if that were true, who cares? I can't remember any preceding lives (and presumably future me's wouldn't remember this past me), so there is no sense of continuity (like when I wake up or regain consciousness after fainting).
gfunk says
I think it is probably a mental exercise they use to convince themselves (and then others) that there is a scientific foundation for a belief in eternal life, sort of like people who explain God as essentially a "first cause." They actually believe a lot more, like the Jesus narrative, but they are using the "first cause" argument to at least try to get atheists to accept there has to be some sort of creator so they can also believe all the other crap.
gfunk says
I posted similar sentiment above and there were some good responses, including a bit more background from Kazim
Crip Dyke, MQ, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says
What is with this living again thing b/c infinity, QED?
The universe has RULES.
No matter how many times we roll the dice, the sun will not suddenly lose energy from fusing elements lighter than iron and gain it from fusing elements heavier than iron. Nor will gravity's acceleration ever be multiplied by -1.
Also, we will never have exactly -1^(0.5) atoms of copper in the universe.
F* this moron.
This goes back to misunderstanding different definitions of "random" – one being "undirected" (but not unlimited) and one being "anything might happen at any moment". That conflation figured in the recent debate which went to Ridiculous-ville. Why wasn't this guy slapped just as hard?
philipkizer says
I usually listen to these in my car via Podcast->iTunes->iPod, but unfortunately the podcast (and nonprophetsradio.com web site) show:
Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:00:00 -0700
Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:54:59 -0700
whereas this episode (11.12) shows to be recorded about 2 weeks after that update. So, I finally had to go seeking out the other far less convenient recording via G+.
I was particularly interested in hearing of Ben's second CQTx report. I'm glad he's looking forward to returning again next year.
As for CQTx, the state is indeed big and we hear many requests for a camp much further south in the state. We've been looking at various camps all over the state and are continually reevaluating the camp site options (and a big thank you to those who have called or even physically visited various sites to help us review them previously).
One thing we're considering for the future (2014 at the earliest) is the possibility of multiple camp locations within Texas, probably a CQTx-North and CQTx-South to start with (though extremely active participation by our friends near El Paso might make a CQTx-West an early possibility, too).
The plan for that includes the following from regional volunteers (those that want a CQTx in their area):
1: Volunteer at the 2013 CQTx [whever it might be, location hopefully determined _very_ soon] to gain the training and expertise for what is needed for running a camp (operations and facilities in particular)
2: Help add to and edit the list of possible camps to help find a suitable Southern location for 2014, mail us for links to the CQTx Google Map of potential locations and the link to the Spreadsheet to help evaluate a camp for suitability.
The two biggest downsides of having multiple camps that I see are first just the need for more volunteers, but also less opportunities for intermixing of the campers from various parts of the state, but I do know a variety of campers that went to both CQOk and CQTx this year, which might mean going to both North and South camps would be a possibility if you and your child wanted to go to both (and if we manage to get camp facilities that are available on different weeks of the summer). Oh what nice problems to have.
Eric says
OM"G", Russell skates again with the agnostic notion…Anyway I already told what was it in another post…I think Russell (and atheists)like to spin the definition of "agnostism" like evangelical christians do with their Bible…
As for "why jehova's witnesses are not christians?", again I think that Russell is dishonest. He knows why the JW cannot be considered christians….Christians believe that Jesus was 100% God and 100% human (catholics, lutherians, calvinists, baptists, pentacostals,etc) and the JW considered Jesus as 100% human and 0% God.
To conclude, I like Russell but I can also point it out where he is weak.
Eric says
"agnostism"……correction "agnosticism" I think in English.
To be more precise about my last comment, for once I heard the right definition of what an agnostic really is in this show and it was by Russell. Great Russell! But he mixed up when defining it in saying at first it what "atheism" is and then he corrected (I guess that he saw his mistake) in saying that was pure agnosticism is.
Eric says
well I could accept that a sort of god exists, it doesn't mean that I have to believe in it, to worship it or to explain anything to anyone. 😉
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If you have found ancestors who came from the Paulstown area then hopefully the information below will assist you with your genealogical research.
School Pupil Registers
I have access to transcriptions of the following primary school (equivalent of elementary school) pupil registers:
Paulstown Boys School 1860-1930
Paulstown Girls School 1860-1930
Baurnafea School (Boys and Girls) 1863-1930
For a small fee, I will search these registers for a name, all examples of a surname or by year. Please click here for more details.
Administrative Areas
County: Kilkenny
Barony: Gowran
Poor Law Union: Kilkenny
The village of Paulstown is located on the border of these civil parishes: Kilmacahill, Shankill
Neighbouring Civil Parishes: Wells, Grangesilvia
The village of Paulstown is located on the borders of these townlands: Paulstown, Kellymount, Shankill
Some Neighbouring Townlands: Jordanstown, Duninga, Ballytarsna, Kilmachaill, Coorleagh, Coolcuttia, Ballyvalden, Ballinvalley, Garryduff, Butlersgrove
Roman Catholic Diocese: Kildare and Leighlin
Roman Catholic Parish: Paulstown (encompassing Paulstown and Goresbridge)
Roman Catholic Church: Church of the Assumption, Paulstown
Church of Ireland Diocese: Leighlin (which is a part of Cashel and Ossory)
Church of Ireland Church: St. John, Shankill
Roman Catholic records are available for the following years:
Paulstown and Goresbridge Baptisms: 9 July 1824 – 19 April 1846 / 3 June 1855 – 4 March 1860 / 2 January 1870 – 12 December 1880
Paulstown and Goresbridge Marriages: 21 January 1824 – 28 November 1840 / 21 January 1841 – 11 February 1861 / 28 February 1870 – 27 November 1880
Goresbridge Baptisms: 20 May 1852 – 30 May 1869
Paulstown Baptisms: 11 March 1860 – 1 May 1870
Paulstown Marriages: Jan. 22 1861 – Nov. 25 1869
For earlier years it is worth searching the parish registers of neighbouring Roman Catholic parishes such as Leighlinbridge (in county Carlow) and Gowran (Co. Kilkenny) as they begin before 1824.
You can access these registers at:
The National Library in Dublin (microfim)
Roots Ireland website (Kilkenny section – transcriptions only, you must purchase credits to search the indexes and view the records)
LDS Microfilm at your Local Family History Center
Paulstown Graveyard/Cemeteries and Churches
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A survey of cemeteries in the area was conducted in the 1980s and is available in the Kilkenny county library and at the LDS library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The genealogy website From-Ireland.net, run by Dr. Jane Lyons, has a database of transcribed information from cemeteries in Kilkenny and Laois. Click here and type 'Paulstown' in the 'Search Grave Records' search box.
Interment.net also has 30 entries from the New Cemetery in Paulstown.
Petty Sessions Court Records
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Goresbridge 1854-1909
Gowran 1865-67 and 1893-1910
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Tithe Applotment Books
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So it looks like we will be not doing a quiz today (5 July) either.
We are as disappointed with this state of affairs as the many players who have contacted me directly, wondering when they will be able to play their quiz.
Such dedication! I hate to disappoint you, but, well, look at it this way: we are giving you a little vacation from the quiz. It's July, so for most of you the sun is shining, the air is warm. In other words, it's time to go outside and play.
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Yes, going to play in the sun is an idea for those who can afford it ... unfortunately, there is also other work to do, here IT people practically can never see the sun, except of course for the high positioned ones ...
Vacations are good if they are planned ahead of time, yesterday it was my "small bonus" that I could afford not to worry about the day, because it was my own quiz played ... but today is a different story, though, at this moment, by the"standard" of 4 hours downtime, we are much above it, so, another vacation day ...
About dedication ... maybe it is hard to believe, but since I am playing the Challenge,
the entire day is focused so that the playing time could be religiously respected, a biorhythm
graph would probably be able to show it ...
But, yes, I really dream of sitting in the sun
and reading books, Oracle books included, of course, because there is so much to learn that we never have time for ...
And ... playing it on a laptop ?!?
Still a dream for another era ...
Thanks a lot & Hope for better days,
The website is back up, after more than 6 hours of downtime on 5 July. So I am very, very happy to have the PL/SQL Challenge "back" - but results for today will also have to be ignored.ReplyDelete