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This vaguely reminds me of playing the Oregon Trail as a kid. What's crazy is the buses seem to line up for this...WHO NEEDS A BRIDGE!?

"Certain facets of Jehovah’s personality are revealed by his creative works even prior to his creation of man. ( Ro 1:20 ) The very act of creation reveals his love. This is because Jehovah is self-contained, lacking nothing. Hence, although he created hundreds of millions of spirit sons, not one could add anything to his knowledge or contribute some desirable quality of emotion or personality that He did not already possess in superior degree.— Da 7:9, 10 ; Heb 12:22 ; Isa 40:13, 14 ; Ro 11:33, 34 ." ... " As revealed to man in Eden .  As what kind of person did Jehovah reveal himself to his first human children? Certainly Adam in his perfection would have had to concur with the later words of the psalmist: “I shall laud you because in a fear-inspiring way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, as my soul is very well aware.” ( Ps 139:14 ) From his own body—outstandingly versatile among earthly creatures—on outward to the things he found around him, the ma...

I have no idea what this song is about, but the video, the sound, and some of the poetry that I can make out is pretty cool...only the creatives need watch. CocoRoise - Lemonade from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo .

The German Texans Interesting History of the Immigration of Germans in Texas. Althtough Texas as a whole has strong German undercurrents, the strong outward culture was hidden and lost after the USA's war with Germany in WWI and II. "Emphasis always lay on the preservation of German identity. In schools, students learned both English and German. German settlements usually offered free schools. New Braunfels eventually offered all of its young students a completely free primary education. In 1853, the singing society Sangerbund held its first German music festival. It has grown in popularity among not only German Texans, but also out-of-state participants of different ethnicities. While many German activities dissipated during World War I and II due to discrimination, the Boerne Village Band maintained an important presence. It has been applauded by Germany and the Texas Legislature for its preservation of German music. Ludwig von Roemer and Louis and Robert Kleberg, who ...

I'm still trying to figure out how this would work... Goal: Get 10 points...or get thrown out of parties :) Source

"Last week, a series of flash floods and mudslides struck the Serrana mountain region near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, destroying buildings roads and more. Nearly 14,000 people are now homeless, 759 are reported to have been killed and another 400 remain missing in this, Brazil's worst-ever natural disaster. As soldiers make their way to remote towns with aid and transportation, Brazil's government has said it would accelerate efforts to build up a nationwide disaster-prevention and early-warning system. Collected here are photos from the mountainous regions near Rio that were so hard-hit by these landslides." Here's a series of a few dozen photographs with a sample below:  Landslides in Brazil - The Big Picture - Boston.com

PSFK » Reading Patterns Of Mobile Device Users : "The graph of when users are reading on the iPad shows the biggest time for reading: personal prime time. This is generally the most relaxing time of day. After a long day, work is done, dinner is resting in your belly and there is nothing left to do but put your feet up and relax. This time slot is the same one coveted by television. When the majority of people are consuming content it seems perfectly natural that people would use this time to do their reading as well. Not surprising, if you look back at the graphs for computer and iPhone reading, you’ll see spikes during this same time (8 – 10 PM) appear on all graphs."

FP Explainer: Who Are the Knights of Malta -- and What Do They Want? - By Joshua E. Keating | Foreign Policy : "Despite having no fixed territory besides its headquarters building in Rome, the order is considered a sovereign entity under international law. It prints its own postage stamps and coins -- though these are mostly for novelty value -- and enjoys observer status at the United Nations, which classifies it as a nonstate entity like the Red Cross. The Knights maintain diplomatic relations with 104 countries. The order does not have official relations with the United States, though it has offices in New York, for the United Nations delegation, and Washington, for its representation at the Inter-American Development Bank."

Dictionary - Definition of henchman : Excerpt: "The word henchman (Germanic irregular plural: henchmen) referred originally to one who attended on a horse, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like constable and marshal, also originally stable staff, henchman became the title of a (subordinate) official in a royal court or noble household. It is now used primarily to describe a stock character in many adventure stories: the villain's Publish Post lackey."

"Eminence grise"   "An éminence grise (French for "grey eminence") is a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially. This phrase originally referred to François Leclerc du Tremblay , the right-hand man of Cardinal Richelieu. Leclerc was a Capuchin friar who wore grey, or rather brown, robes. Brown or light brown (now called "beige") was called grey in that era...Although Leclerc du Tremblay never achieved that rank, it is probable that those around him may have addressed him thus in reference to the considerable influence this "grey friar" held over "his Eminence the Cardinal".   "A grey eminence may alternatively mean an elderly (grey-haired) individual who is eminent for accomplishments in the past, but today acts as an advisor rather than a principal actor, and may be politically influential as a consequence of his honored status. For example a distinguished retired physics professor; a po...

Rise of the Hans - By Joel Kotkin | Foreign Policy Just a sample of what he's reasoning on: " With China's new prominence in global affairs, the Han race, which constitutes 90 percent of the Chinese population, is suddenly the most dominant cohesive ethnic group in the world -- and it is seeking to remain that way through strategic alliances, aggressive trade policy, and attacks on racial minorities within the country's boundaries. The less tribally cohesive, more fragmented West is, meanwhile, losing out. Almost 20 years ago, I wrote a book called Tribes that sought to trace the role of ethnicity, race, and religion in economic and geopolitical affairs. At the time, there was some skepticism about the continuing influence of ethnicity; some considered the work, frankly, regressive and racist. Now, however, my thesis from 1992 has really come to fruition. We are living in the age of tribes -- and China is just the start. Such primitive racial instincts were supposed t...

Maybe the American government should spend MORE...like a misfit teenager. Wah wah waaaah... Why America's credit rating might be cut, and why it matters - The Week

Mumford and Sons...nice sound, better words.

Much more information on this subject can be found in Michael Behe's book, " Darwin's Black Box ".  I've read Behe's book and it is staggering. Magazine with the article: PDF: http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/g_E_201102.pdf MP3: http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/g_E_201102_11.mp3

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