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• STF Book Club: Outside the Limelight

  
  BallHype - Top NCAA Basketball News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 166
  Ivy League basketball has an image problem. Not only does it labor under the mistaken belief that bad basketball is played in the hallowed halls, but it also fights Americas class war stereotypes. Some of the contempt the Ivies battle comes from the perception that these are elite, spoiled ... The Cornell Basketball ...
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• To John Dalton (Plutonic Sonnets 59, courtesy of PublishAmerica)

  
  Poems at The Poetry Showcase - Share your poems at the Poetry Showcase — Authority: 163
  A Universe of atoms in the void: Some Greeks had tried, but could not make it stick. And it’s a fact I often have enjoyed: A sober English Quaker did the trick. read more
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• Did Dems Ever Do This to the Bush Twins?

  
  Delaware Liberal — Authority: 605
  Oh, wait, Dems weren’t allowed in the clubs’ VIP rooms when the Bushies were cavorting.Anyways, here’s what happened at Sidwell Friends (where the Obama girls go to school) this morning.I am sure that the Quaker school took this message from the Westboro Baptist Church directly to heart:“Quakers?! Are you ...
  2 days ago

• Bentley Falcons Fall In Finale; Miss NCAA Playoffs

  
  BallHype - Top NCAA Football News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 172
  The Bentley Falcons finished the 2009 season with an 8-2 record and as tri-champions of the NE-10. A 23-21 loss to Stonehill College in the season finale proved to be particularly costly as it knocked the Bentley University Falcons out of contention for the NCAA Division II Championship.  ... SportsThenandNow ...
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• Good start for Purdue

  
  BallHype - Top NCAA Basketball News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 166
  At times Tuesday night, the nations seventh-ranked college mens basketball team looked every bit that good. Maybe better. At other times, especially rebounding, Purdue looked ordinary in what was an easy 78-44 exhibition victory against Division II California of Pennsylvania in front of 13,820 ... Hammer & Rails ...
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• Day 0300 - Misc Goals Check In

  
  101 Of A Wolf — Authority: 123
  Completed goals in this category: 017. Attend a Quaker meeting ( More info ) 018. Throw a message in a bottle into the sea ( More info ) 036. Collect shells on the beach ( More info ) 090. Go to a service at the Unitarian church ( More info ) Outstanding goals in this category: ...
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• The Truest Story

  
  The Red Electric — Authority: 120
  In the silence of this morning’s Quaker meeting, it occurred to me that I wouldn’t be sitting in this spartan sanctuary if it weren’t for the literal version of the New Testament story. I’ve always tried to see through that over-the-top story to the historical Jesus. The Jesus who didn’t walk on water and ...
  1 week ago

• Betcha…Political wagers that make sense

  
  BallHype - Top NCAA Football News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 172
  With the World Series beginning tonight we now see another boring chapter of politicians making pointless championship wagers. In fact, this might be the worst chapter yet. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Arlen Specter and Bob Casey from New York and Pennsylvania ... Rumors and Rants found ...
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• The Rival Rundown: Columbia vs. UPenn

  
  College Candy — Authority: 661
  Welcome back to The Rival Rundown! If you’ve always wanted to give props to your school on CC, now’s your chance! Shoot us an email explaining what’s awesome and unique about your school (or what stinks about Rival U) at rivalrundown@collegecandy.com ! This week begins the World Series, the premier sporting ...
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• Creche Clash: Religious Right Launches Another Bogus Persecution Claim

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 546
  Yesterday was the 350th anniversary of the hanging of two Quakers by the Puritan establishment in Massachusetts Bay Colony.William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson had come from England in 1656 to escape religious persecution. But on Oct. 27, 1659, they became the first Quakers in America to be executed because of ...
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• McDonald’s is off the island; So much for free: religion, range, tv and from the bambino

  
  Symon Sez — Authority: 428
  Icelandic Menu Too Pricey? Svo lengi mcdonalds kostar það of mikið að frábær stærð mig. That means “so long McDonalds. It costs too much to super size me.”  McDonald’s hasn’t been voted off the island, but  it just simply can’t afford to stay there .  Seems that Mickey D’s has to import ...
  2 weeks ago

• America’s Occult Past And Present From Joseph Smith To Joel Osteen!

  
  Jesus Christ Is Lord — Authority: 123
  DUIN: Halloween spurs tales of the occult Two key excerpts: “Dubbed the Burned-Over District, the region was the perfect incubator for Mormon founder Joseph Smith, a well-known clairvoyant before his famous visions. His family owned magical charms, divining rods, amulets and other esoterica. “ Next … ...
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• Primrose Hill, old Piano Factory

  
  Adam In Cambodia — Authority: 123
  This is the view from Sally Crossfields flat in Primrose Hill. Sally is descended from the Cadburies and the Crossfields, both Quaker families. Sally likes Quaker furniture and collecting hand carved wooden objects.
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• A Gift from Above

  
  The Red Electric — Authority: 120
  Several of us spent much of yesterday, a glorious autumn Saturday, indoors at our Quaker meeting house. Our topic was "Helping in Times of Need and Stress." The skylight in our meeting room framed and projected the days beauty into our midst. The big window quietly helped us as we turned our thoughts to helping ...
  2 weeks ago

• Day 0298: Goal 017 Completed - Attend A Quaker Meeting

  
  101 Of A Wolf — Authority: 123
  Image came from here My grandfather was a Quaker, but I never knew him. Ive got a mix of faiths and denominations in my background but the Quaker faith is the one that has always felt closest to my own awareness. The full name of the faith is actually The Religious Society of Friends and thats a very good ...
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• TRUTH OR CURSE: "DESTROY THEM WHICH DESTROY THE EARTH": ON THE ALEX JONES VIDEO: "FALL OF THE REPUBLIC"

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 128
  Truth or Curse: "Destroy Them Which Destroy the Earth" (Revelation 11:18): My Commentary on the New Alex Jones Video: "Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama" (full video and play lists below) And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, ...
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• Speaking Truth to Power in Brussels

  
  Jonathan Fryer — Authority: 112
  I spent most of the day at a seminar, just over the street for the European Commision’s Berlaymont Building, celebrating 30 years of existence of the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA). In the early 1970s, soon after Britain joined the then European Community, a number of us Quakers living in Brussels — ...
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• Quaker Wisdom for Today

  
  Holy Ordinary: Quaker Thoughts on Life — Authority: 426
  "The truth which the artist seeks and which he expresses through his Art is part of the Universal Truth, just as the truth sought and expressed by the philosopher and the scientist and the theologian is part of the Universal Truth. The man who can only see the significance of his own specialised field of vision may ...
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• ArtsWeek: The Eye of God

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 587
  by Kelly Bearden Eastern State Penitentiary was built in the early 1800s in Philadelphia on a Quaker ideal of actual penitence – the prisoners were in solitary confinement for the duration of their sentences, not allowed to read anything other than the bible (not even letters), or speak or make a sound at ...
  2 weeks ago

• Odessa blues

  
  Can you believe? — Authority: 106
  Institutional Gothic: The building where the FHM Board met. Our meeting with AVP facilitators --a dedicated, impressive group! (Natasha and Sergei of FHM staff at right.) Odessa: Along the route of Streetcar 5. More of Streetcar 5s route. Streetcar 5 passes these ...
  2 weeks ago

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