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If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.
--John Steinbeck
Sam Harris has written his views on Islam and on religion in general, which will surely become a controversial point of discussion. Sam states: "More British Muslims have joined the ranks of ISIS than have volunteered to serve in the British armed forces." He also writes: "But a belief in martyrdom, a hatred of infidels, and a commitment to violent jihad are not fringe phenomena in the Muslim world. These preoccupations are supported by the Koran and numerous hadith."
Read what seems (to me) to be a message within a message in the following link:
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I have some personal thoughts concerning Muslims (and Moslems) and what should be done about their peculiar beliefs, but I prefer to keep them to myself.
For now.
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Did You Know . . .?
Three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth Wednesday, 9/10/14, after 169 days of science and technology research in space, including a record 82 hours of research in a single week, which happened in July. Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) orbited Earth more than 2,700 times and traveled more than 71.7 million miles.
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HISTORICAL EVENT
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WORD FOR TODAY
promulgate [PROM-uhl-gayt]
verb
1. To make known by public declaration; announce officially.
2. To put (a law) into effect by formal public announcement.
3. To make widespread.
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I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
--Charles Kuralt
NASA TV
Thanks for the link. I found it to be quite interesting.
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