Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
It had to happen sooner or later: When board members and administrators from Baylor University and the Baylor College of Medicine were recently engaged in conversation about the possibility of strengthening ties between the two institutions, some suggested that the faith component of Baylor University's mission would negatively affect the quality of the scholarship for …
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Although it's a deadly serious subject, there's an enormous amount of irony in this: The top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan says the Obama administration does not know how many Americans might have disappeared overseas to train with al-Qaida or other terrorist groups. The number is not thought to be large, but Ambassador to Pakistan Anne …
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Doesn't look that way: Increasingly, senior administration officials shrug when you mention the November mid-term elections. “We did all we could,” and “it’s not our fault” is the line; their point being that if jobs (miraculously at this point) come back quickly, the Democrats have a fighting chance – but not otherwise. It may be true, at …
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From Engineering News-Record, in an industry that's having more than its share of redundancies these days: We know it’s bad practice to bid low just to stay in business and keep working. A contractor can go bust if the job goes bad, profits don’t materialize, and bankers desert the firm. But keeping people employed through …
They'll give it the "old college try" for sure: Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. “Our kids are being presented theories as though they …
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Not a moment too soon either: There's been a sharp drop in the percentage of America's children being bullied or beaten up by their peers, according to a new national survey by experts who believe anti-bullying programs are having an impact. The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, found that the percentage of …
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From here (where there's more): Church of God Eurasian Theological Seminary provost Ilya Okhotnikov recently participated in a dialogue in Russia which is addressing the high divorce and abortion rate in the country. Russian Orthodox Church leaders called on Christians to be firm in defending traditional marriage and lamented the family crisis in the country. …
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As a sort of follow up to this post, more from the Coastal Engineering Manual on this subject. I was unaware of the "Committee on Engineering Implications of Changes in Relative Mean Sea Level (CCMSL)," but they published a report and you can find it here. There are a couple of things that "lay people" …
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Another excerpt from the Coastal Engineering Manual on this subject: I-3-4. Modern Age After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, a long hiatus in coastal technology and engineering prevailed throughout most of the European world with a few exceptions. Little is recorded on civil engineering achievements during the Dark and Middle Ages. The threat …
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