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صد و پنجاه سال پیش، زمانی که جنگ داخلی آمریکا شروع شد صنعت اصلی بخشهایی از بریتانیا نساجی بود و صدها هزار نفر در دو هزار و چهارصد کارخانه نساجی مشغول کار بودند. منبع اصلی کتان این کارخانه ها ایالتهای جنوبی آمریکا بودند که طرفدار برده داری بودند و طرف مقابل - یونیونیستها - راه صادرات کتان را بروی آنها بسته بود. در اوج مبارزات در آمریکا، بخاطر نبود کتان کارخانه ها تک تک تعطیل شدند و کارگاه ها بسته شدند. کارگران زیادی بیکار شدند و مجبور به دریافت غذا از بنیادهای خیریه شدند. نا آرامیهای زیادی راه افتاد و کارخانه داران، بانکداران و صاحبان کشتیهای حمل و نقل از نیروی دریایی بریتانیا می خواستند که به نفع ایالتهای جنوبی وارد جنگ شود. - bruno from Bookmarklet

شخم لازم. ملتی که اصول اولیه ی اخلاق سیاسی، اجتماعی و حقوق بشری رو بر منافع کوتاه مدتش ارجحیت بده لایق بهترین هاست. - دودوزه

As with everyone of my generation (I was born in 1961), the "Rushdie test" tells you all you need to know about a political writer's willingness to choose freedom or brute power. Norton fails it, and seems to me to want to fail it. She tells us that Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa against Salman Rushdie, was a "very local fuss" and a "very British affair" — as bland and unthreatening as a walk in the park. She assures the reader without caveat or elaboration that "no arrests or injuries occurred as a result of the demonstrations" against Rushdie. Even as a description of the formal demonstrations against The Satanic Verses that isn't true — the police arrested 84 people as they hung effigies of Rushdie outside Parliament in May 1989. But formal demonstrations were not the end of the protests, as she must know. Norton does not tell the reader how the supporters of religious reaction murdered or attempted to murder Rushdie's translators, staged riots in which dozens died in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey, and bombed bookshops in central London and the US for stocking copies of the blasphemous novel. - bruno from Bookmarklet

To Meredith Tax and Gita Sahgal the sight of people who call themselves human rights defenders going along with the omerta is close to unbearable. I heard them speak at the launch of the Centre for Secular Space in Toynbee Hall, east London, and understood their anger. For Tax and Sahgal, the UN Declaration of Human Rights is one of the most optimistic documents in history, the... more... - bruno

The 43rd president of the United States did a great thing for humankind -- but most Americans have no idea. - bruno from Bookmarklet

In his 2003 speech, President Bush called upon Congress to sponsor an ambitious program to supply antiretroviral drugs and other treatments to HIV sufferers in Africa. Since then, the U.S. government has spent some $44 billion on the project (a figure that includes $7 billion contributed to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, a multilateral organization). By way of... more... - bruno

In 2012 alone, PEPFAR directly supported nearly 5.1 million people on antiretroviral treatment -- a three-fold increase in only four years; provided antiretroviral drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV to nearly 750,000 pregnant women living with the disease (which allowed approximately 230,000 infants to be born without HIV); and enabled more than 46.5 million people to receive testing and counseling. - bruno

The Silicon Valley headquarters of YouTube reportedly erupted in cheers shortly after 10 a.m. local time Thursday as the popular video-sharing service celebrated the 1 trillionth racist comment posted to its website. - bruno from Bookmarklet

“When we created YouTube back in 2005, we knew it had the potential to revolutionize the way people make highly offensive and insensitive remarks based purely on a stranger’s racial or ethnic characteristics, but we never dreamed we would make it to 1 trillion of these repugnant comments,” said CEO Salar Kamangar, noting that the milestone comment “ching chong,” posted by user StinkFingaz below a video of a Japanese man painting, would be commemorated on a large bronze plaque in the company’s offices. - bruno

“It’s hard to even comprehend how many completely ignorant comments 1 trillion is. We’re truly humbled by our dedicated and extremely uneducated users who make such vile and imperceptive statements each and every day. Thank you, everyone.” Kamangar confirmed that reaching the milestone had reinforced the company’s commitment to expanding its servers later this year, which will allow the site to handle up to 1 million “fucking faggot” comments every second. - bruno

Renowned ethicist Peter Singer says if there is a range of ways of feeding ourselves, we should choose the way that causes the least unnecessary harm to animals. Most animal rights advocates say this means we should eat plants rather than animals. - bruno from Bookmarklet

خیلی خوب بود - دودوزه

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) issued a highly critical statement yesterday against the draft proposal of the UN declaration on women’s rights. The Muslim Brotherhood statement says that the proposed draft includes articles “that contradict established principles of Islam, undermine Islamic ethics and destroy the family”, and, if ratified, “would lead to [the] complete disintegration of society.” - bruno from Bookmarklet

يك هم كار مصري دارم زمان شلوغي ها كه حرف ميزديم گفتم اميدوارم إخوان المسلمين روكار نياد كه أوضاع مملكت تون مخصوصا زناتون از اين هم كه هست بدتر ميشه. خيلي حق به جانب و با فيس و افاده نگاه كرد كه نخير مردم مصر تحصيل كرده هستند مثل ايران نمي شن!!!!!! حالا چند روز پيش ديد مش گفتم ايستر نميري مصر گفت نه الآن وضع زنان خيلي مشخص نيست!!! آقا مارو داري تود لم يك حالي كردم :دي - Nemo

John Stuart Mill's On Liberty: Chapter II OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION: http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill... - bruno

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عنوان دوم: چرا قطعا تصور ماتریالیستی نئوداروینیستی از طبیعت اشتباه است؟ - bruno from Bookmarklet

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Apple, which until a few months ago was the star of Wall Street on the back of the massive sales success of its iPhones and iPads, has seen a significant dip in its stock-market fortunes. - bruno from Bookmarklet

Google, meanwhile, seems to be taking on the mantle of a company that can do little wrong in the eyes of investors. - bruno

An ad, for an English instructor in Tehran, caught Davis’s eye after Cambridge, where as an undergrad he befriended the aged novelist E.M. Forster, who filled his head with the glories of Persia’s Mogul culture. In 1970, Davis arrived in Iran to teach at the University of Tehran. A year later, he met his wife, Afkham Darbandi, an Iranian who arranged for a blood transfusion when he arrived in a hospital emergency room. “A doctor said to me, ‘You see that nurse? She saved your life,’” recalls Davis. “That was worth following up.” - bruno

While his wife returns every few years to visit family, Davis has not. “I am reluctant to go back,” he explains. “I had students who were killed in the revolution. I can remember faces of people I know were killed, so that gives me an extremely bitter feeling. I met my wife there and found my intellectual passion for the rest of my life. When my wife comes back, she cries for two weeks at the dreadful changes. I have this very positive image of Iran. I don’t want that spoiled.” - bruno

Dick Davis, white-haired, spectacled professor emeritus of Persian at the Ohio State University and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, is still adding tile by colored tile to a busy mosaic of translation that former National Endowment for the Arts chairman Dana Gioia insists is the “most remarkable poetic translation project in the last 20 years.” He began with epics the equal... more... - bruno

A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object. - bruno from Bookmarklet

هه هه نکته جالبی رو اشاره می کنه. میگه در ابتدای انقلاب حرفی از کوروش و تاریخ مربوط به اونبود چون به تاریخ اسلام در ایران اهمیت می دادن ولی وقتی جنگ بین ایران و عراق شروع شد به انگیزه ای احتیاج داشتن که برای همه اقوام و ادیان ایرانی احترام و اهمیت داشته باشه دوباره رفتن سراغ کوروش و کتیبه کوروش . این یعنی ائمه اطهار هم باید دستمال کش کوروش باشن - Nemo

بالو - دودوزه

خیلی جالبن .مفاهیمی رو که به هرکدوم از این سوژه ها ربط داره در نقاشی هاش آورده - Nemo

SplinterNet is an Android app designed to create an unblockable Twitter like network that uses no cellular or Internet communications. All messages are transmitted over Bluetooth between users, creating a true peer-to-peer messaging system. All messages are anonymous to prevent retaliation by government authorities. - bruno

During times of civil unrest, governments have recently demonstrated a willingness to completely shut down Internet connections and cellular networks as a method of disrupting the organization of citizens. Additionally many governments filter politically-sensitive content, and spy on their citizens' network activity. SplinterNet provides a way to avoid government control of communications by creating a network with no central point of control. - bruno

عجب چيز باحالى هست. احتمالا بزودي سروصداي زيادي مي كنه - saidpar from FFHound!

The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what the Human Genome Project did for genetics. - bruno from Bookmarklet

The Human Genome Project cost $3.8 billion. It was begun in 1990 and its goal, the mapping of the complete human genome, or all the genes in human DNA, was achieved ahead of schedule, in April 2003. A federal government study of the impact of the project indicated that it returned $800 billion by 2010. - bruno

Scientists with the highest hopes for the project also see it as a way to develop the technology essential to understanding diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as to find new therapies for a variety of mental illnesses. Moreover, the project holds the potential of paving the way for advances in artificial intelligence. - bruno

من كه نتونستم. - پرنیا

آورین گوففی - پرنیا

STEPHEN FLETCHER - Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough. http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls... - bruno

Scientists do not yet have a detailed model of how primeval RNA came into being, or how it evolved. They are, after all, trying to reconstruct molecules that disappeared from the face of the Earth about 4 billion years ago. Nevertheless, they have already shown that one tiny part of the ancient “RNA world” didn’t actually disappear. It survived and evolved into our own human... more... - bruno

In 8 January 1697, Thomas Aikenhead was the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy. - bruno

یک سوال: اون زمان که چیپس و پفک نبوده مردم در زمان تماشای مراسم اعدام چی با خودشون می بردن؟ - Nemo

Frankie Boyle - bruno from Bookmarklet

ولی من هیچ ایرادی نمی بینم که دو همجنسگرا بچه ای رو به فرزند خواندگی بگیرن. مهم محبت و توجهی که اون بچه دریافت می کنه.من همکار همجنسگرا دارم که با پارتنرش دوتا دختر بچه رو ادپت کردن و بچه ها هم خیلی شاد و خوشحالن و روز به روز هم دارن بهتر میشن. - Nemo

In some Central Asian countries, slightly fewer Muslims say their faith can be subject to more than one interpretation. But in Kazakhstan (31%), Turkey (22%) and Kyrgyzstan (17%), the percentage that holds this view is on par with countries in other regions. - bruno

In the United States, by contrast, 57% of Muslims say Islam is open to multiple interpretations. On this measure, Muslim Americans look similar to Muslims in Morocco and Tunisia. - bruno

The survey asked respondents in all 39 countries whether they believe in the existence of angels. In Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East-North Africa region, belief in angels is nearly universal. In Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa more than seven-in-ten also say angels are real. Even in Southern and Eastern Europe, a median of 55% share this view. - bruno

The lawyer representing three of the men charged with the gang rape and murder of a medical student aboard a moving bus in New Delhi has blamed the victims for the assault, saying he has never heard of a “respected lady” being raped in India. - bruno from Bookmarklet

Sharma said the male companion of the murdered 23-year-old was “wholly responsible” for the incident as the unmarried couple should not have been on the streets at night. - bruno

1. Oliver Sacks - Hallucinations - bruno

7. Lawrence Krauss - A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing - bruno

میس کامیونیکشن همیشه پیش میاد و مشکلات هم بیشتر به همون خاطره وگرنه اکثریت آدمها یک سری چیزهای مشخص در زندگی می خوان - Nemo

Among employees who work for Google, Mr. Obama received about $720,000 in itemized contributions this year, compared with only $25,000 for Mr. Romney. That means that Mr. Obama collected almost 97 percent of the money between the two major candidates. - bruno from Bookmarklet

Since Democrats had the support of 80 percent or 90 percent of the best and brightest minds in the information technology field, it shouldn’t be surprising that Mr. Obama’s information technology infrastructure was viewed as state-of-the-art exemplary, whereas everyone from Republican volunteers to Silicon Valley journalists have criticized Mr. Romney’s systems. Mr. Romney’s... more... - bruno

For decades, candidates have put their faith in political consultants whose gut instincts, ability to read polls and track records of victories made them look like magicians with an astounding array of tricks up their sleeves. - bruno from Bookmarklet

Los Angeles Times reporters Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey took a post-election peek into a couple of semi-secret rooms located at the Obama campaign headquarters in Chicago. For more than a year, a group of what the reporters described as "math geeks and data wizards" worked long days creating elaborate statistical models to determine which voters were likely to vote for the... more... - bruno

Which leader has most lifted confidence in America's economic future? - bruno from Bookmarklet

RESTORING confidence in America's future is one of the overarching goals of Mitt Romney's economic plan, entitled "Believe in America". The very fact of his victory in the presidential election on November 6th would generate "a great deal of optimism", he argues, even before he got a chance to do anything. Some economists doubt the president has that much sway over the economic mood.... more... - bruno

A BBC World Service opinion poll has found sharply higher overseas approval ratings for US President Barack Obama than Republican challenger Mitt Romney. - bruno from Bookmarklet

Eric Hobsbawm was one of the UK's leading historians and one of the most significant intellectuals of the past half century. His life and works were shaped by his emotional commitment to radical socialism. - bruno from Bookmarklet

Although he was still a card-carrying member of the British Communist Party until shortly before it was wound up in 1991, he said he had effectively ceased to be a member in 1956 when Soviet tanks crushed the uprising in Hungary and Khrushchev laid bare the evils of Stalinism. But rejecting the ideal in which he had invested so much emotion was clearly a painful experience. - bruno

Few people spend 11 years in college. Most stay for four or five before the urge to leave campus and earn a salary kicks in. Barring a thesis defense meltdown, I'll be one of about 50,000 graduate students across the United States and Canada to get a Ph.D. in science this school year. After seven years in graduate school, I'm left wondering if the time and effort was worth it. What do scientists do these days, anyways? - bruno

I hope not, we all depend on this stuff - Winckel

Delaying fatherhood may offer survival advantages, say US scientists who have found children with older fathers and grandfathers appear to be "genetically programmed" to live longer. - bruno

مادر و مادر بزرگ چی؟ - Judi Abot