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  1. Effective Ethnic Cleansing

    by , 07-16-2014 at 11:15 AM (Memories of the 28th Century)
    Nasty though humans often are, they aren’t very efficient when it comes to getting rid of enemies or others who are in the way. I don’t recall what brought it to mind, perhaps Amherst and the Indians again, but I started trying to think of examples of ethnic cleansing or genocide that did anything positive for anyone. Typically, ethnic cleansings have resulted in some, or most, of one people being chucked out of one area, while the people who did the chucking gained the eternal hatred of those who ...

    Updated 07-16-2014 at 11:29 AM by PeterL

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  2. chess

    [Chess game, I'm white. I wanted to do with diagrams added but I haven't figured that part yet.]

    (11) QuicksandEscape (1921) - GreenArtifex (1863)
    G15 + 7, 14.07.2014

    [B]1 d4 e6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 ed5 4 cd5 b5 5 e4 a6 6 Nf3 d6 [/B]

    Black has broken the basic opening rule: move one or two pawns, and then develop your minor pieces and castle. Therefore he has all his pieces on the back rank, and this funny looking Queenside structure. As it is often ...
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  3. Dog Park #14 Some Exciting News!

    Well I'm back with some exciting news! The Dpk received some new agility equipment last month! Yes, perhaps not that exciting but wait to you read how we got it.

    I have a blind dog named Misfit that comes to the park. Misfit is another whole blog in himself as it is amazing to see him play and interact with people and dogs. It is amazing!

    Back to point, Misfit's mommas wanted to donate something to the dog park and held an auction on Misfit's Facebook page. They ...
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  4. Improving Humanity

    by , 07-12-2014 at 10:42 AM (Memories of the 28th Century)
    I realize that improving humanity would be a matter of opinion, but it can be interesting to think about improving a complicated organism. First throw out everything that you have ever read about improving the human race. Some of it might actually be reasonable, but most such things are just wrong. Writers of fiction use improved humans as plot devices, and some scientists test theories by thinking of the implications.

    There are good reasons for many of the genetic disorders that ...

    Updated 07-12-2014 at 01:48 PM by PeterL

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  5. Ramadhan: One Month Long Camp

    by , 07-11-2014 at 10:11 AM (The Promised Revival -- To Bring Faith Back Even If It Had Gone To Pleiades (i.e. weakened).)
    Peace be on you.
    Fasting in Ramadhan does not mean only to remain hungry during day. During the Fasting, the faithful is required to remain engage in remembrance of Allah; glorifying and praising Him and professing His Unity. In Ramadhan a faithful break away from worldly desires and his or her every action is for the sake of pleasure of God.


    The basic purpose of Ramadhan is to achieve righteousness; to avoid what Allah has asked to avoid and to do what He has commanded ...