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Stephen Hawking Says God Did Not Create the Universe: What Do You Think?
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Anonymous writes "Famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking now says definitely that God did not create the universe or spark the Big Bang.
In his new book, "The Grand Design," scheduled for a September release, Hawking argues that the universe didn't need divine inspiration to come into being.
"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing," writes Hawking. "Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists why we exist.
"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going," he writes, according to excerpts published in the Times of London today.
Hawking, who co-wrote "The Grand Design" with Leonard Mlodinow, a U.S. physicist, has come to this position fairly recently.
In June, when ABC News' Diane Sawyer asked him about the biggest mystery he'd like solved, Hawking said, "I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing."
"What could define God ... as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think of that God," Hawking told Sawyer. "They made a humanlike being with whom one can have a personal relationship. When you look at the vast size of the universe and how insignificant an accidental human life is in it, that seems most impossible."
When Sawyer asked if there was a way to reconcile religion and science, Hawking told her, "There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, [and] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works."
Our question to you today: Do you agree or disagree with Stephen Hawking about the role of God in creation?"
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Posted by Rodney on Saturday, September 04 @ 01:53:32 CDT (1 reads)
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Ipad : au bonheur des Sumo
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Anonymous writes "
L'association japonaise de Sumo s'apprête à fournir à ses lutteurs la tablette d'Apple, adaptée à leurs doigts boudinée. La communication entre les différents clubs du pays devrait s'en trouver améliorée.
L'Ipad n'a fait des heureux que parmi les Geek, dîtes-vous ? Pas sûr. L'association japonaise de Sumo s'apprête à fournir aux lutteurs inscrits dans les 51 clubs du pays la tablette numérique d'Apple. L'Ipad présente l'intérêt d'être adapté aux doigts boudinés des lutteurs de cette discipline ancestrale. Les bénéfices seront importants : trop souvent, la communication entre eux était impossible en raison de la difficulté des lutteurs à utiliser des téléphones portables classiques, aux touches trop petites pour rédiger des SMS.
"Nous fournirons les iPads les plus récents à toutes nos écuries pour transmettre rapidement les informations que nous devons communiquer," a déclaré Hiroyoshi Murayama, vice-président de l'association.
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Posted by Rodney on Wednesday, August 25 @ 01:39:25 CDT (4 reads)
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Obama Backs Mosque Near Ground Zero
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Anonymous writes "
Linda Rivera holds up a sign in opposition to the proposed mosque at 45-47 Park Place during a meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission to vote on giving the building landmark status in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Florida, has declared Sept. 11, the ninth anniversary of the deadly terror attacks, "International Burn a Koran Day," he told ABCNews.com.
Islam dinner, Obama backs mosque near ground zero, wading into national controversy.
By ERICA WERNER
The Associated Press
"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven New York City and the nation.
"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said. "This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable."
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''7'', le chiffre magique contre l'infarctus
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Anonymous writes "TF1 News le 01 août 2010
Dormir trop peu, c'est mauvais pour le coeur. Et dormir trop, c'est mauvais également... Des chercheurs préconisent donc des nuits de sommeil de sept heures. Pas plus, ni moins.
Pour éviter l'infarctus, rien de tel qu'une bonne nuit et un bon sommeil... à condition de dormir pile sept heures par nuit car les risques de maladies cardiovasculaires augmentent quand on dort plus de sept heures ou quand on dort moins de sept heures, selon une étude américaine publiée dimanche.
Ainsi dormir moins de cinq heures, siestes incluses, fait plus que doubler les chances de développer des angines, des insuffisances coronariennes ou de faire un infarctus ou une crise cardiaque, selon cette étude menée par la faculté de médecine de l'université de Virginie-Occidentale et publiée dans la revue Sleep ("Dormir"). Probablement plus surprenant, dormir régulièrement plus de neuf heures augmente également les risques de maladies cardiovasculaires, d'une fois et demie par rapport au chiffre magique de sept heures, selon les chercheurs.
Mais pourquoi sept heures de sommeil ?
Le groupe le plus exposé selon eux sont les moins de 60 ans dormant moins de cinq heures par nuit : leurs risques de maladie cardiovasculaire sont plus que triplés comparés à ceux qui dorment sept heures. Dormir six ou huit heures n'augmente en revanche que légèrement les risques de développer une maladie cardiovasculaire.
Pour réaliser cette étude, les chercheurs, dirigés par le professeur Anoop Shankar, ont analysé les données de 30.000 adultes qui ont participé en 2005 à un vaste "questionnaire de santé nationale". Parmi ceux qui ont répondu à ce questionnaire, 8% affirmaient dormir moins de cinq heures par nuit et 9% que leurs nuits étaient de plus de neuf heures. Les chercheurs ont affiné les réponses en fonction des caractéristiques de chacun : leur âge, sexe, s'ils fumaient ou buvaient, étaient gros ou minces, sportifs ou sédentaires. Mais même en excluant les diabétiques, les dépressifs, et ceux souffrant d'hypertension artérielle, ils ont conclu à une corrélation forte entre maladies cardiovasculaires et temps de sommeil.
En raison de la manière dont cette étude a été menée, les chercheurs n'ont pas été en mesure d'expliquer les raisons scientifiques d'un lien entre maladie cardiovasculaire et temps de sommeil. Ils ont néanmoins observé que les excès de sommeil affectaient les glandes endocrines et les fonctions métaboliques tandis que les privations de sommeil pouvaient conduire à un affaiblissement de la tolérance au glucose, une sensibilité réduite à l'insuline, ou à une augmentation de la pression artérielle. Autant d'éléments qui augmentent le risque de boucher ses artères. "
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Posted by Rodney on Sunday, August 01 @ 06:10:18 CDT (12 reads)
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Obama Tries to Win Back Support of Women Voters on 'The View'
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Anonymous writes "President Obama to Take in a Different 'View' With Talk Show Visit.
By KAREN TRAVERS ABC NEWS
Unlike most guests who come to ABC's "The View," President Obama does not have a new movie, album or reality show to promote.
Instead, he's promoting himself and his agenda, sitting in the hot seat of the daytime talk show in an effort, once again, to go beyond the traditional media filter and speak directly to the American people, especially women.
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Google continues its assault on the price of a phone call
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Anonymous writes "
What's a phone call worth these days?
A Verizon phone booth in a Metro station suggests one answer: 50 cents.
Another comes from Verizon's cheapest landline service option, which charges 10.2 cents a call.
If you use a cellphone or subscribe to a voice-over-Internet-Protocol calling plan, the number shrinks to a vanishingly tiny fraction of your monthly bill: maybe a few pennies each time you dial out?
But if you use Google's new, free phone-calling option (http://gmail.com/call), that figure drops to zero.
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Blind Waiters Serve Diners in the Dark Meals
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Anonymous writes "Meals at This Restaurant are Served in Complete Darkness; Other Senses Take Over
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
Imagine not being able to see your food. Would the smells be stronger? What would it taste like?
Diners in America might soon get to find out for themselves. A new restaurant is promising to serve meals in complete darkness with blind waiters navigating the pitch-black spaces between the tables.
"You taste the food like you never tasted it before," said Edouard de Broglie, the man behind the restaurant Dans le Noir ? -- French for "in the black."
When sight is eliminated, the other senses grow more intense.
"People realize they are a bit handicapped with their nose and tongue," de Broglie told ABC News."
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Anonymous writes "Chicago Couple Charged in HUD Race Compaint: Homeowners Allegedly Reneged On Deal To Sell Home To Black Family
George and Peytyn Willborn said it was a dream not deferred but denied. The African-American couple had found their dream house -- an 8,000-square-foot property in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood -- that met their requirements: big closets, basketball court, five bedrooms and a home theater.
Despite agreeing on a $1.7 million purchase price, owners Daniel and Adrienne Sabbia never signed a purchase contract with the Willborns, according to a complaint that is now part of a federal housing discrimination action. The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday that it has charged the Sabbias, their real estate agent and a real estate broker with refusing to sell their home to a black couple, a violation of the Fair Housing Act.
by SHERYL NANCE-NASH
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Posted by Rodney on Sunday, August 01 @ 05:45:50 CDT (11 reads)
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Pa. Woman Sues Pressley Ridge CEO for Alleged Sex Assault, Hypnosis on his couch
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Anonymous writes "Former Pressley Ridge Employee Claims She Was Assaulted, Then Fired in Retaliation
By SARAH NETTER ABC NEWS
"I kept thinking this can't be. He's my friend," Patroski said today. "Friends don't molest friends. They just don't."
A Pennsylvania woman has filed suit against the CEO of a non-profit children's therapy services company, alleging that he sexually assaulted her during hypnosis sessions on his "magic couch" and then fired her in retaliation for speaking out.
Susan Patroski is seeking $5 million in damages for what she claimed were repeated sexual assaults between December 2008 and December 2009, during what, she said, Pressley Ridge CEO B. Scott Finnell described as employee-mandated relaxation sessions.
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