April 5, 2013|10:43 am But, instead of focusing on the panel’s extremely important topic, the moderator, Students for Liberty Co-Founder Alexander McCobin, decided to use his time to advance his libertarian ideal of legalizing gay marriage. He was especially inflammatory when he kept comparing traditional marriage supporters to segregationists. Continue reading
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Spirituality of Peacemaking and Pastoral Care – Video
Spirituality of Peacemaking and Pastoral Care Spirituality in the World Today: The Influence of Henri JM Nouwen Event Speaker(s): Moderator: Dale Peterson, Associate Dean of Students, Yale Divinity School Writing About Peace: Impressions from a Reading of Henri Nouwen's Archives Gabrielle Earnshaw, Curator and Archivist, The Henri JM Nouwen Archives, Kelly Library, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto The Spirituality of Peacemaking Dean Hammer, Clinical Psychologist, United Counseling Services, Bennington, VT, and Plowshares Activist, King of Prussia, PA Prophetic/Pastoral Ministry: A Mobius Strip Alice de V. Perry, Pastoral Counselor, Milford Pastoral Counseling Center and Lecturer in Pastoral Care, Yale Divinity School and Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA Recorded: Friday, March 2, 2007 – 1:00pm By: YaleDivinitySchool Continue reading
The Politics of Energy: An Issue of International Security – Video
The Politics of Energy: An Issue of International Security Having problems watching the live stream? Check out YouTube's System Requirements for more information: support.google.com Speaker: Michael Levi, David M Continue reading
Double dose of hilarity at Parkland
Fans of the absurd are in for a double dose of hilarity courtesy of the Parkland College Department of Fine and Applied Arts and their current offerings: Christopher Durang’s “The Actor’s Nightmare” and the Neo-Futurist Acting Company’s “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” The evening begins with Durang’s short comedy, which, if experienced, would cause any thespian to wake in a cold sweat. Continue reading
Reddit Is Taking Down Its Creeps
Reddit’s creeps are losing their Internet war, with the site banning the subreddit r/CreepSquad, which was already a replacement for the recently blocked r/CreepShots, both places for men to upload photos of unsuspecting women. Site admin David Croach has also banned user the moderator of those subreddits, POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS for being too creepy, as Croach explains ina thread on Subbreddit Drama: There are actually a lot of rules that we (the admins) recently found out when we investigated his (PIMAs) account that he had broken. The most recent one was creating a subreddit that disregarded the rules of reddit regarding sexualizing teens/minors, and not being active in moderating posts that broke that rule Continue reading
Evidence-Based Medicine Debate Series Tackles The Issue of Late-Stage Drug Development Failures In Alzheimer's Disease
NEW YORK, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The second installment of the successful EBM Debates series, launched in March 2012, will go live tomorrow, Friday, June 15, beginning at 12:30 PM Pacific, 2:30 PM Central, and 3:30 PM Eastern. This debate will cover a topic of increasing importance in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research: “Why are there so many late-stage drug development failures in Alzheimer’s disease?” Powered 4 Significance LLC, a Blue Ocean Pharma company, is hosting the virtual event that will have faculty joining from two locations Houston and Las Vegas Continue reading
Opening Plenary: Governance, Security, Economy, and the Ecosystem of the Changing Arctic – Video
31-05-2012 08:24 American Geophysical Union presents: Science Policy Conference Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, DC Tuesday, 1 May 2012 8:15 – 8:30 am: Welcome Ballroom B Opening Remarks: Michael McPhaden, President, American Geophysical Union Opening Remarks and Moderator: Vera Alexander, President, Arctic Research Consortium of the US Panelists: Fran Ulmer, Chair, US Arctic Research Commission Alan Thornhill, Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, US Department of Interior Rapidly changing Arctic conditions require constant evaluation of economic, social, and security considerations for the most northern portion of the United States. Continue reading
'Freedom isn't free'
The military color guard marches down Main Street in Wilmington during the Memorial Day Parade, Monday. (Josh Stilts/Reformer) WILMINGTON — It was standing room only in Memorial Hall Monday morning as hundreds filed in to pay tribute to the men and women who have and are serving in the armed forces. They were reminded of one thing, “Freedom isn’t free.” “Today we remember the names we know and those we don’t, who served this country with honor and laid down their lives in sacrifice so that we may have our freedom,” said Town Moderator Frank Spencer during a Memorial Day service in Wilmington. Continue reading