Topics Started by Rod P
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11A Terrible Accident- Report
by Rod P inhere is what someone emailed to me:.
it is terrible to find humor in someone else's misfortune, however, the.
victim here seems to accept full responsibility for making the choices that.
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I love Liver! What's your favorite recipe?
by Rod P inyears ago i was driving down the highway one night, listening to a radio talk show host.. he had some time to kill, so he said to the audience, "i know, let's talk about liver!
how many of you out there like liver?
and if you do like liver, do you have a favorite recipe.".
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Questioning the Big Bang Theory
by Rod P inbut halton arp's continuing research will forever change the direction of astronomy.
or do our observations of nature show things that a theory says are impossible?
gamow had argued that the stars' temperatures are too low to create elements heavier than helium.
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"Science is not Bad, but there is Bad Science."
by Rod P indon't get me wrong here.
nor will i deny that there are men and women of science who do not work for money or fame or glory, but rather for "truth", and even for the good of the human race and this planet.. scientists are supposed to be unbiased in their research using the universally accepted "scientific method", being completely objective, and working in the sterile environment of the laboratory, removed from outside contamination and social influence.
they themselves are supposed to approach a subject or investigation with patience and open-mindedness, without prejudice or pre-conceived notions.
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Defining the Decades- 1900 thru 2005
by Rod P inall of us were born in the 1900's.
during this past century, the earth has been incredibly impacted, and societies around the world have been irrevocably altered.. everyone has been powerfully influenced- at the individual level, the family level, the community level, the regional level, national level and global level.
in fact, we could say that most of this actually defines who we are, and how we see ourselves and others.. one of the problems is, how do we make sense of where we actually fit in history.
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Puzzle Over Pets and People
by Rod P injust for fun:.
people love pets, and pets love people.
see if you can match four people with their pets and their correct names.. here's the story:.
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How many Oxymorons do you know?
by Rod P inan oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words.
"pretty" means the opposite of "ugly".. here's a bunch of oxymorons, which i took from: .
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca.
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How many Idioms do you know?
by Rod P inso what's an idiom?
they are an expression or saying that mean a certain thing, but yet the words in that expression, taken by themselves, give you an entirely different meaning.
in other words, you can never understand the meaning of an idiom by studying the words that make up that idiom.. here are a few:.
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The English language is so goofy! Can you think of some?
by Rod P inenglish is a funny language.
no wonder it is so difficult and tricky to learn.
take, for example, the following, which come from: http://www.geocities.com.
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The Perfect Map
by Rod P in"the perfect map" is a paradox.. where would we be without maps?
they provide us with much information to give us directions, pinpoint locations, quantify distances and areas, and identify landmarks (roads, tracks, intersections, towns, cities, signs, etc.
it is a scale drawing of the real world.
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