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The Intelligent Universe proposes a possibility: that the universe might end in intelligent life. Not life as we know it but life that has acquired the capacity to shape the cosmos as a whole, just as life on Earth has acquired the ability to shape the land, the sea and the atmosphere. As the iconoclastic Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson put it: Mind, through the long course of biological evolution, has established itself as a moving force in our little corner of the universe. Here on this small planet, mind has infiltrated matter and has taken control. It appears to me that the tendency of mind to infiltrate and control matter is a law of nature http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/submit-an-article/42985-it-takes-a-giant-cosmos-to-create-life-and-mindThe Intelligent Universe proposes a possibility: that the universe might end in... more
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So often there's the sense that only with dramatic change can we bring about a more sustainable world -- but in reality, sometimes all it takes is the imagination of a child. Meet Mason Perez, a 9-year-old from Reno, Nevada, whose science fair project has helped save his community tens of thousands of gallons of water. Two years ago, at age 7, the gradeschooler discovered an all-too-common point of waste that had been overlooked by grown-ups for ages.
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A leech with enormous teeth sounds like a horror movie special effect, but according to an annual list of new species, it really exists. It joins on this year's list a glow-in-the-dark mushroom and a spider that can create giant webs.A leech with enormous teeth sounds like a horror movie special effect, but according... more
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Extra dimensions are old news. The newest mind-bending descriptions of reality dreamed up by the world’s smartest physicists, and explained by superstar superstring theorist Brian Greene in his latest book The Hidden Reality, include untold numbers of extra universes. A million universes isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Ten to the 500th power universes. Greene likes to drop you into the middle of the action first and then explain the backstory (and sometimes it does feel like a full-scale intellectual invasion is happening), but he has an elegant knack for anticipating questions and immediately dealing with any confusion or objections. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/32324-superstring-theorist-brian-greene-and-his-idea-of-an-infinite-number-of-universesExtra dimensions are old news. The newest mind-bending descriptions of reality dreamed... more
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Genes play a bigger role in Parkinson's disease than previously thought, according to the largest genetic study yet.Five new common risk genes have been discovered, bringing the tally of genetic susceptibility genes to 11.
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This unique video, features my arrangement of the 3400 year old "Hurrian Hymn no.6", which was discovered in Ugarit ,ancient northern Canaan (now modern Syria) in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuneiform text of the ancient Hurrian language - it is THE oldest written song yet known! Respect, to the amazing ancient culture of Syria http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/23883-the-oldest-written-melody-in-history-c1400-bcThis unique video, features my arrangement of the 3400 year old "Hurrian Hymn... more
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An extraordinary cache of hundreds of works by Pablo Picasso, painted during his most creative period and worth a conservative estimate of €60m (£50.5m), has been uncovered at the home of a retired French electrician.
The collection of 271 paintings, drawings, sketches and lithographs, many of which were previously unknown, date from the early 1900s when Picasso is said to have been at his artistic best.
Among the works are nine cubist collages worth at least €40m, a painting from his celebrated blue period, drawings and models for some of his most important works and portraits of his first wife, the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova.
French art experts have been poring over the unexpected treasures since they were discovered nearly three months ago. Extraordinary as the collection is, the story of how it was uncovered is almost as sensational and is now at the heart of a police investigation into how the works first disappeared and then remained hidden for almost 40 years.
On 9 September this year an elderly man calling himself Pierre Le Guennec travelled from his home on the Cote d'Azur to Paris and made his way to the offices of the Picasso Administration, which manages the artist's legacy, in rue Volney in the second arrondissement.
He was carrying an unremarkable suitcase and was accompanied by his wife who, like him, was in her 70s.
Shown into the office of Claude Picasso, 63, the late painter's son, who represents the artist's heirs and estate, he opened the case he was carrying and produced 175 different works he claimed were by Picasso.
At first, those gathered in Claude Picasso's office suspected they were forgeries. But on close examination many of them were found to carry a numbering system known only to the painter.
The various works all dated from between 1900 and 1932 from the time when the young, unknown and penniless Picasso arrived in France from Barcelona to the beginning of his recognition of one of the world's greatest 20th century artists.
Picasso's early days in Paris, then the art capital of Europe, were marked by poverty and desperation when legend has it he and his first friend, the French journalist and poet Max Jacob, burnt his paintings to stave off the cold.
Painting of a hand by Picasso Painting of a hand by Picasso. Photograph: Succession Picasso/AP
Some of the works, such as the fragile cubist collages reportedly produced in 1912 when critics described them as "painted proverbs", had been known to exist but were thought to have been lost when Picasso's studio was flooded and during successive house moves.
Others, including a watercolour from his blue period, gouaches on paper, several studies of hands painted on canvas, and around 30 lithographs as well as portraits of Khokhlova, were entirely unknown.
Le Guennec also produced two notebooks containing 97 previously unseen drawings, along with 59 photographs of other pieces.
He told his astonished audience that Picasso and his wife Jacqueline had given him the various pieces after he installed alarm systems at the painter's various homes, including the celebrated La Californie in Cannes, the Chateau de Vauvenargues and the mill at Notre Dame de Vie in Mougins, where Picasso died.
The electrician explained the gifts he was carrying in his suitcase were made in the three years leading up to Picasso's death in 1973, but the full extent of the grand master's apparent generosity was only discovered when police raided Le Guennec's home at Mouans-Sartoux in the Alpes-Maritimes in October, confiscating a total of 271 items. . Le Guennec was later taken into custody by police but released and has not been charged with any crime.
The Picasso family has subsequently launched a legal action "against X", meaning unknown persons, for receiving stolen goods. This is a common legal move in France allowing police and magistrates to investigate any number of possible suspects.
Picasso's friends and family find Le Guennec's story hard to believe. They say Picasso was notoriously protective of his works to the point that he was often reluctant to part with them even when they had been sold.
Claude Picasso told the French daily newspaper Libération that the "emotional" discovery came after Le Guennec had sent him letters in January, March and April this year enclosing dozens of grainy photographs of various Picasso works he said were in his possession and asking for certificates of authenticity.
Dismissing them as reproductions as they did not appear in any catalogue or inventory of the artist's known work, Claude Picasso refused Le Guennec's requests. "Many of these pieces weren't dated, which shows they should never have left his studio," he said.
"When you look at my father's works he systematically dated everything. He also wanted to document what he knew would be the work of the century. He kept everything: letters, métro tickets, theatre and corrida tickets. Even the string used to tie the many letters brought to him every day ... he would say they could be useful - recycled as we would say today - in a painting. He would never have let go of so many pieces of his oeuvre in one go."
He added: "To have given so much ... it doesn't make sense, to be honest. It's true Pablo Picasso was quite generous, but he always dated, signed and dedicated his gifts, especially as he knew some would sell them to cover their needs."
He said it was "out of the question" Picasso's last wife Jacqueline, who died in 1986, would have given Le Guennec the works.
The six family members who inherited his estate are now taking legal action for receipt of stolen goods, and the French office for the fight against the trafficking of cultural works is investigating.
Claude Picasso said the collection had a "historic importance" as they were produced during a "crucial period; a revolutionary movement in art".
Representatives of Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses in Paris said that although the newly discovered Picassos were unlikely to come up for sale, the discovery of works from such a key period in his oeuvre was "important, interesting and extremely exciting".
Le Guennec has denied stealing the works. "What will happen, will happen," he told Libération.
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New Planet Discovered 2010, a ray of hope, The new planet discovered in 2010 is one of the hundred nearest stars to the earth and it is located around 20 light years from our planet.New Planet Discovered 2010, a ray of hope, The new planet discovered in 2010 is one of... more
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Jackie Evancho jumped onto the stage and shocked the entire America with her voice and singing quality. Jackie Evancho, just 10 years old girl appeared on the last part of the auditions of the most famous talent hunting show “America’s Got Talent” and simply rocked the stage.Jackie Evancho jumped onto the stage and shocked the entire America with her voice and... more
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Man buys old keystone film at a antiques fair, man puts film away for few months, man picks up film and spots Charlie Chaplin. Man happy.
Odd but true story of a film collector who discovered he owned a rare 1914 film, which starred Chaplin in an early role before he was famous. The 10 minute film is titled A Thief Catcher and star the famed comedy actor as a policeman in a over sized uniform.
"He showed it to a fellow film collector, Richard Roberts, who said: "I looked at it two seconds and said 'Yep, it's Chaplin.' Even though he's dressed as a cop, the rest of the character is still there – the moustache, the walk, the mannerism. This is a character he'd been doing for quite a while."-Telegraph
Hope this will be digitised and on youtube soon.Man buys old keystone film at a antiques fair, man puts film away for few months, man... more
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The particle physics community is buzzing about a blog posted by a University of Padua (Italy) physicist saying that he's been hearing rumors about a "light Higgs boson" discovery at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.
link :http://news.discovery.com/space/higgs-boson-discovered-not-so-fast.htmlThe particle physics community is buzzing about a blog posted by a University of Padua... more
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Swedish researchers believe they have uncovered a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity... Last year, The New York Times called the Mexican artist Martín Ramírez “simply one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.” What is so remarkable about his achievement, beyond the mesmerizing repetition of lines and images in his drawings, is that all of the work was created inside a mental institution. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/374-art-and-mentalSwedish researchers believe they have uncovered a possible explanation for the link... more
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A gene variant that apparently causes female baldness has been discovered by researchers. :http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_baldness-in-women-tied-to-genes_1386589A gene variant that apparently causes female baldness has been discovered by... more
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Water has been spotted on an orbiting asteroid for the first time, according to a new study of a space rock that appears to be coated with frost.
What's more, the frost seems to be mixed with carbon-bearing material, according to results from two independent teams studying the asteroid, which is known as 24 Themis.
"We report the first detection of water ice and of organic molecules on an asteroid, and they are both on the same asteroid," said Humberto Campins of the University of Central Florida, leader of one of the teams.
Both teams used NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii to watch how sunlight reflected off the asteroid at different wavelengths, revealing the watery signature.
A closer look at similar asteroids, perhaps during a proposed NASA mission, could help reveal whether the water we drink—and maybe even the building blocks of life—were delivered to Earth by impacting space rocks. (See "Comet Swarm Delivered Earth's Oceans?")
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NEPTUNE may have polished off a super-Earth that once roamed the outer solar system and stolen its moon to boot. The brutal deed could explain mysterious heat radiating from the icy planet and the odd orbit of its moon Triton. Neptune's own existence was a puzzle until recently. The dusty cloud that gave birth to the planets probably thinned out further from the sun. With building material so scarce, it is hard to understand how Uranus and Neptune, the two outermost planets, managed to get so big. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/submit-an-article/291-neptune-may-have-eaten-a-planet-and-stolen-its-moon-NEPTUNE may have polished off a super-Earth that once roamed the outer solar system... more
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A serious dialogue with a Christian
Hello , my name is XXXX and I was taking a look at your web page . I am interested in it because I am in a Religious Studies class and I am interested in learning more. I just wanted to know your response to this,
if I am correct in saying this...
In Islam heaven is thought of as paradise of wine, women and song. It is achieved by living a life in which, ironically, one abstains from the things with which he or she will be rewarded in paradise. In addition to this abstentiion, one must follow the five Pillars of Islam.
It seems to me that the Islamic faith is a do-it-yourself proposition.
Follow this "way of life", they say, and you will gain favor with God and eventually achieve salvation. There is NO assurance. I would hate to live like that. I realize that Muslims do not believe in "original sin", but regardless of wether or not a man is born sinful or not, would you not agree that every man/woman is sinful? How does one pay for his/her sin?
I understand repentance. I agree with that...but it seems as though one can NEVER do enough to win favor with God. That is why He sent his Son to die for us. All of our sins past present and future.
There is no possibility of assurance in the Islamic faith. I think that would be an awful way to live knowing that I was never gonna make it...not knowing of my salvation until the "day of judgement" whether or not I have done enough "goodworks" or prayed enough...etc.
I have asked a couple of Muslims in my class whether or not they were for sure if they were going to "paradise" or "heaven" when they died. I have not yet had one reply in the affirmative. Rather, they referred to the imperfection of their lives as being a barrier to this realization. THERE IS NO ASSURANCE IN ISLAM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ATONEMENT, AND SALVATION DEPENDS WHOLLY ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S GAINING ENOUGH "MERIT"
Aslo, if I wanted to become a Muslim, I couldn't. If Muslims think that they are the "chosen people" then why aren't they spreading their faith.
Do you just have to be lucky enough to be born Muslim? If a person wants to become a Christian they can. ANYONE can become a Christian in a matter of seconds. All they have to do is confess that Jesus Christ is who He said He was and repent and believe...that is all a lot easier said than done. But basically that is it. I wasn't born Christian...or raised Christians assert that Jesus Chrit is the only way to God because
Scritpture says, "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) Jesus Christ said himself
"I am the way the truth and the life, NO ONE comes to the Father except through me..."
He didn't say, I am one way or a way or one truth etc....THE WAY!!!
I and the Father are ONE! Jn 5:18
I just don't understand how anyone could be blind to these facts. Unless they are never told. Which was me.
I would just like a little feed back
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http://www.scribd.com/group/74942-islam-question-and-answer-q-aA serious dialogue with a Christian
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Chapter : Maryam ( Mary )
From Verse 77 To Verse 98
Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations and saith: Assuredly I shall be given wealth and children? (77) Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent? (78) Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment. (79) And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children). (80) And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them. (81) Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them. (82) Seest thou not that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to confound them with confusion? (83) So make no haste against them (O Muhammad). We do but count out unto them a number (of days). (84) On the day when We shall gather the righteous unto the Beneficent, a goodly company. (85) And drive the guilty unto Hell, a weary herd, (86) They will have no power of intercession, save him who hath made a covenant with his Lord. (87) And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. (88) Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing (89) Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins, (90) That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son, (91) When it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He should choose a son. (92) There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave. (93) Verily He knoweth them and numbereth them with (right) numbering. (94) And each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection, alone. (95) Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love. (96) And We make (this Scripture) easy in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off (evil), and warn therewith the froward folk. (97) And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound? (98)Chapter : Maryam ( Mary )
From Verse 77 To Verse 98
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