Tag: Open Thread
Apr 06 2010
Open Thread: Most Everyone’s Mad Here
Apr 06 2010
The Shadow Never Seems To Fade Away
Since you’ve gone, it’s a losing battle
Stampeding cattle
They rattle the walls
And the sun don’t shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Apr 06 2010
Tonight’s Sunset Open Thread
Cross-posted at Firefly-dreaming.
Hello on this wonderful New York Monday. The sky was clear, sunny and warm most of the day but in the late afternoon a few clouds rolled in to offer up a little drama.
Below the fold I will attempt to kibitz through tonight’s Bronx sunset.
Apr 06 2010
Butler v. Duke Open Thread
Well if you’re a fan of Arkansas Pine-Bluff, California, Perdue, Baylor, or West Virginia you’ll be rooting for Duke.
If you’re a fan of UTEP, Murray State, Syracuse, Kansas State, or Michigan State you’ll be rooting for Butler.
No shame in losing to the eventual champ after all.
If you want the underdog you’ll go for Butler. I think Duke will win.
I’ll not attempt a liveblog, this is simply a place you can express yourself if you desire to.
Apr 05 2010
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread
Early Edition.
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Pakistan attacks kill 46, target US consulate
by Lehaz Ali, AFP
51 mins ago
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Islamist militants armed with guns, grenades and suicide car bombs targeted the US consulate in Pakistan’s northwestern capital and a political rally, killing 46 people on Monday.
The attacks in quick succession were among the deadliest so far this year in nuclear-armed Pakistan, where insecurity has raised concerns in the United States as Washington steps up the fight in Afghanistan and against Al-Qaeda. Pakistan’s Taliban claimed responsibility for the consulate attack, claiming it was to avenge a US drone war targeting top militants in Pakistan’s border areas with Afghanistan, and threatened further assaults on Americans. |
Apr 05 2010
Easter Sunset Open Thread
Hello and I hope everyone had a happy Easter. I did a sunset on the fly today and I thought you might like to see. But first this view of the Cloisters from the “A” train at Dykeman Street.
Below the fold, I think I captured a moving sunset.
Apr 05 2010
Weekend News Digest
Weekend News Digest is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Pope skirts paedophile scandal as Christians mark Easter
AFP
24 mins ago
| VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI kept silent on the paedophilia scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church during Easter Sunday addresses as Christians across the world marked the resurrection of Christ.
The leader of the world’s one billion Catholics condemned the persecution of Christian minorities in Iraq and Pakistan, but failed to mention escalating allegations of decades of child abuse by the Church’s priests. The dean of the College of Cardinals however rallied around the embattled head of the Roman Catholic Church, telling him in a rain-drenched St Peter’s Square: “The people of God are with you and do not allow themselves to be impressed by the idle chatter of the moment.” |
Apr 04 2010
Weekend News Digest
Weekend News Digest is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Fresh criticism of Vatican clouds Easter weekend
by Francoise Kadri, AFP
53 mins ago
| VATICAN CITY (AFP) – The Vatican on Saturday defended the pope’s personal preacher over remarks that likened attacks on the pontiff over priestly paedophilia to anti-Semitism, as the new row marred Easter weekend.
Jewish groups and those representing victims of abuse by Roman Catholic priests condemned Father Raniero Cantalamessa for quoting the comments, which he said were made in a letter from a Jewish friend, in his Good Friday sermon. Rome’s chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni told La Stampa on Saturday: “It’s an inappropriate parallel and of dubious taste.” |
Apr 03 2010
This Week in Health and Fitness
Welcome to this week’s Health and Fitness. This is an Open Thread.
(Reuters) – Easter eggs may be good for you, but only if you eat small ones made from cocoa-rich dark chocolate, according to the latest in a string of scientific studies to show potential health benefits of chocolate.
German researchers studied more than 19,300 people over a decade and found those who ate the most chocolate — an average of 7.5 grams a day — had lower blood pressure and a 39 percent lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke than those who ate the least amount of chocolate — an average of 1.7 grams a day.
But, the difference between the two groups was just under six grams (6g) of chocolate a day, less than one small square of an average 100g bar, they wrote in a study in the European Heart Journal to be published on Wednesday.
Chocolate contains flavanols, anti-oxidant flavanoids, that are found in coco, wine and vegetables. Flavanols aid the release of nitrous oxide from the cells that line the blood vessels, Nitrous oxide is a smooth muscle relaxant that once in the blood stream, causes the blood vessels to relax and widen thus reducing blood pressure. Dark chocolate containing 70% coco has also been linked to reducing stress. Along with a healthy diet, exercise and changes in lifestyle, 100 gm of Dark chocolate a day keeps the doctor away. One word of caution, there are 500 calories in 100 gm of chocolate. Happy Easter
As is now custom, I’ll try to include the more interesting and pertinent articles that will help the community awareness of their health and bodies. This essay will not be posted anywhere else due to constraints on my time. Please feel free to make suggestions for improvement and ask questions, I’ll answer as best I can.
Apr 02 2010
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Catholics mark Good Friday amid abuse scandals
by Gina Doggett, AFP
Fri Apr 2, 10:46 am ET
| VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI marked Good Friday, the Christian world’s most solemn day, under a cloud as the Roman Catholic Church grappled with paedophile priest scandals.
With new cases being reported almost daily, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the pope’s vicar for Rome, told Vatican Radio that it was a “moment of suffering” for the Church. Benedict, 82, was to lead a Good Friday observance at St Peter’s Basilica before presiding over a traditional procession at Rome’s Colosseum re-enacting Jesus Christ’s final hours and crucifixion. |