January 2012
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inothernews: “In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. Apple and its high-technology peers — as well as dozens of other American industries — have achieved a pace of innovation nearly unmatched in modern history. However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often...
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Steve Taylor's Digital Clone →
I’ll just post this and leave the rest alone.
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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“Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and...”
– Anonymous, as quoted by my friend Chris on his Facebook.
Jan 22nd
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It has been very interesting...
As I have gone through the last few years of spiritual struggle, looking at godlessness and Christianity and wondering what, I have always had this odd thought struggle. Part of me seems willing to agree with Atheism, but not wanting to, while I have these other thoughts. I want to research people who have gone from one to the other and especially any who may have gone from Christianity to Atheism...
Jan 22nd
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Can a Computer Grade an Essay?
agirlcalledchris: snyderly: agirlcalledchris: “What if a computer could accurately grade student essays? It could change the way we test students (and the way they’re taught). And a new $100,000 competition is trying to spark auto-grading innovation.” — The End Of Multiple Choice? The Quest To Create Accurate Robot Essay Graders (via fastcompany) This is the worst fucking idea ever. A...
Jan 21st
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Can a Computer Grade an Essay?
agirlcalledchris: “What if a computer could accurately grade student essays? It could change the way we test students (and the way they’re taught). And a new $100,000 competition is trying to spark auto-grading innovation.” — The End Of Multiple Choice? The Quest To Create Accurate Robot Essay Graders (via fastcompany) This is the worst fucking idea ever. A computer will never be able to grade...
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Columbus Catchphrase
chaplinnn: kungfucarrie: columbusiscapital: I feel like Columbus doesn’t really have a great catch phrase, like “I Love New York” or “The Windy City” or “Cleveland: At Least It’s Not Detroit”. I would like to purpose a few ideas of my own. Columbus: Come for the clouds, stay for the rain! Columbus: Experience all four seasons in a day! Columbus: Our highways are America’s greatest obstacle...
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Americans, we helped you and spread awareness... →
czarofdeath: Post by gamzeemakara Please help. We won’t be able to send you BBC and European TV and stuff if this passes. As my friend said, this is dangerous and scary. I’m not sure how to set one up, someone please make a petition.
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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usgroovykids: “Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of Religion, that we shall discover Truth, Reason, and Morality. Religion diverts us from the causes of evils, and from the remedies which nature prescribes; far from curing, it only aggravates, multiplies, and...
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we...”
– Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855 Watching Republicans parse who deserves rights and freedoms always makes me think of this quote … from the man who would be the first Republican president. (via politicalprof)
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Why Is Wikipedia Down?
mentalflossr: By now everyone knows Wikipedia is down today. Here’s our attempt to explain what’s going on and why you should care, in case someone asks you what’s going on (and why they should care).
Jan 18th
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“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via First Book)
Jan 16th
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The "Les Mis" movie cast →
Everybody’s complaining about Taylor Swift. She can’t act, she can’t sing, blah blah blah. It’s a Hollywood-produced movie, folks. They can auto-tune Swift if they absolutely have to (wouldn’t that be a fun twist). It’s the acting part that might be of concern. Also? It’s a Hollywood-produced movie, folks! It’s not necessarily going to be true to...
Jan 14th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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“Destructive to marriage is the self-fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and...”
– Duke University Ethics professor Stanley Hauerwas
Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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agirlcalledchris: “Atheists are routinely asked how people will know not to rape and murder without religion telling them not to do it, especially a religion that backs up the orders with threats of hell. Believers, listen to me carefully when I say this: When you use this argument, you terrify atheists. We hear you saying that the only thing standing between you and Ted Bundy is a flimsy belief...
Jan 6th
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agirlcalledchris: “If you spend any amount of time doing media analysis, it’s clear that the most frenzied moral panic surrounding young women’s sexuality comes from the mainstream media, which loves to report about how promiscuous girls are, whether they’re acting up on spring break, getting caught topless on camera, or catching all kinds of STIs. Unsurprisingly, these types of articles and...
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Kickstarter - RIOT - LA'S ALTERNATIVE COMEDY... →
Jan 4th
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But seriously, besides the whole "Biblically... →
Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Christ at the Houseparty →
It is an amazing and humbling thing to go into a International Student Houseparty asking God to use you to show Christ to others, and instead to see Christ in others. I saw Christ in the face of a…
Jan 2nd
December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Lucia →
I met a Chinese woman on the first day of Houseparty, who I’ll call Lucia. (Her English name means the same thing as Lucia – light – and I hope that’s auspicious!) She’s here in the US for a year of…
Dec 30th
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Let's beat 'em over the head with it. That should...
agirlcalledchris: “Since the publication of my first book “The End of Faith,” thousands of people have written to tell me I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to...
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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from silence to noise! →
I’ve been silent on the blog for awhile now. And it’s been pretty quiet out at camp as well – six weeks of no campers. Daniel has been doing budget stuff and basic maintenance, neither of which…
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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usgroovykids: “I think God is kind of like Santa Claus for adults. Otherwise, God is kind of a jerk, isn’t he? I mean, he makes me gay and then he has his followers going around telling me it’s something that I chose. As if someone would choose to be mocked every single day of their life… You can’t prove there isn’t a magic teapot floating around the dark side of the moon with a dwarf inside of...
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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