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I did "knot" know about this until Tom's post and was finally able to photograph it myself today!
June 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I did "knot" know about this until Tom's post and was finally able to photograph it myself today!
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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A historic railroad has given way to one of America's most scenic highways. It's an engineering marvel that also leads to paradise.
Read more: cnn.it/4lOj1U5
Read more: cnn.it/4lOj1U5
April 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A historic railroad has given way to one of America's most scenic highways. It's an engineering marvel that also leads to paradise.
Read more: cnn.it/4lOj1U5
Read more: cnn.it/4lOj1U5
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Oh. One more thing
April 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Oh. One more thing
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Recently, green card and visa holders have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports. Immigration attorneys give tips on how to reduce the chances of running into problems while traveling.
What green-card and visa holders should know before traveling abroad
Recently, green-card and visa holders have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports. Immigration attorneys give tips on how reduce the chances of running into problems while traveling.
www.npr.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Recently, green card and visa holders have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports. Immigration attorneys give tips on how to reduce the chances of running into problems while traveling.
“They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran.”
Judges 7:20-21
Christ's men: no weapons but God’s Word.
Judges 7:20-21
Christ's men: no weapons but God’s Word.
March 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran.”
Judges 7:20-21
Christ's men: no weapons but God’s Word.
Judges 7:20-21
Christ's men: no weapons but God’s Word.
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Jesse Colin Young, whose vocals for the Youngbloods graced one of the anthems of the peace-and-love era, “Get Together,” before pursuing a solo career that lasted more than five decades, died on Sunday. He was 83.
Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83
As the leader of the Youngbloods, he sang an enduring anthem of the peace-and-love era, with the chorus, “Come on people now, smile on your brother.”
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Jesse Colin Young, whose vocals for the Youngbloods graced one of the anthems of the peace-and-love era, “Get Together,” before pursuing a solo career that lasted more than five decades, died on Sunday. He was 83.
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The guys at RetroWDW have done another fantastic video restoration, this time of the 1969 WDW Press Preview film, which you can watch on YouTube. youtu.be/uOiX4Ks0goUs... This frame shows a very interesting transitional model where the Monorail cuts through the park, w/a station in Tomorrowland.
March 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The guys at RetroWDW have done another fantastic video restoration, this time of the 1969 WDW Press Preview film, which you can watch on YouTube. youtu.be/uOiX4Ks0goUs... This frame shows a very interesting transitional model where the Monorail cuts through the park, w/a station in Tomorrowland.
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True.”
Revelation 19:11
A white horse significant of comfort and of joy to all that know and love Him.
By this you may know your Lord. He has been a faithful and true Friend.
Revelation 19:11
A white horse significant of comfort and of joy to all that know and love Him.
By this you may know your Lord. He has been a faithful and true Friend.
March 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True.”
Revelation 19:11
A white horse significant of comfort and of joy to all that know and love Him.
By this you may know your Lord. He has been a faithful and true Friend.
Revelation 19:11
A white horse significant of comfort and of joy to all that know and love Him.
By this you may know your Lord. He has been a faithful and true Friend.
St. Patrick's Breastplate Prayer, according to tradition, was written in 433 A.D. for divine
protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from
paganism to Christianity.
protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from
paganism to Christianity.
March 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
St. Patrick's Breastplate Prayer, according to tradition, was written in 433 A.D. for divine
protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from
paganism to Christianity.
protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from
paganism to Christianity.
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True…He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood.”
Revelation 19:11-13
This is the grandest thought about our Master: He is always a real man wearing the bloody garment.
Revelation 19:11-13
This is the grandest thought about our Master: He is always a real man wearing the bloody garment.
March 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True…He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood.”
Revelation 19:11-13
This is the grandest thought about our Master: He is always a real man wearing the bloody garment.
Revelation 19:11-13
This is the grandest thought about our Master: He is always a real man wearing the bloody garment.
“God gave them up … because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator.”
Romans 1:24-25
The Enemy will encourage godless culture, for while people trust in culture, they will never see their need of the Savior.
Romans 1:24-25
The Enemy will encourage godless culture, for while people trust in culture, they will never see their need of the Savior.
March 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“God gave them up … because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator.”
Romans 1:24-25
The Enemy will encourage godless culture, for while people trust in culture, they will never see their need of the Savior.
Romans 1:24-25
The Enemy will encourage godless culture, for while people trust in culture, they will never see their need of the Savior.
“But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.”
Nehemiah 9:17
The patience of God in giving a chance to repent before judgment finally falls is one of the marvels of the Bible story.
Nehemiah 9:17
The patience of God in giving a chance to repent before judgment finally falls is one of the marvels of the Bible story.
March 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.”
Nehemiah 9:17
The patience of God in giving a chance to repent before judgment finally falls is one of the marvels of the Bible story.
Nehemiah 9:17
The patience of God in giving a chance to repent before judgment finally falls is one of the marvels of the Bible story.
The LORD said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.”
Judges 7:5
The great lesson taught here in the two ways of drinking from the stream is that self-restraint.
Judges 7:5
The great lesson taught here in the two ways of drinking from the stream is that self-restraint.
March 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The LORD said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.”
Judges 7:5
The great lesson taught here in the two ways of drinking from the stream is that self-restraint.
Judges 7:5
The great lesson taught here in the two ways of drinking from the stream is that self-restraint.
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.”
Romans 11:22
The kindness of God — is meant to — lead you to repentance.
Romans 11:22
The kindness of God — is meant to — lead you to repentance.
March 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.”
Romans 11:22
The kindness of God — is meant to — lead you to repentance.
Romans 11:22
The kindness of God — is meant to — lead you to repentance.
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.”
Romans 11:22
God’s severity is linked to God’s goodness.
Romans 11:22
God’s severity is linked to God’s goodness.
March 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.”
Romans 11:22
God’s severity is linked to God’s goodness.
Romans 11:22
God’s severity is linked to God’s goodness.
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.
John 3:3
The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.
March 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.
John 3:3
The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.
“The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”
Psalm 145:8
Generosity is the focal point of God’s moral perfection; it is the quality which determines how all God’s other excellences are to be displayed.
Psalm 145:8
Generosity is the focal point of God’s moral perfection; it is the quality which determines how all God’s other excellences are to be displayed.
March 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”
Psalm 145:8
Generosity is the focal point of God’s moral perfection; it is the quality which determines how all God’s other excellences are to be displayed.
Psalm 145:8
Generosity is the focal point of God’s moral perfection; it is the quality which determines how all God’s other excellences are to be displayed.
The LORD said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Judges 7:2
There is no mistake who wins the battle. Why? So we recognize that His hand is fighting for them.
Judges 7:2
There is no mistake who wins the battle. Why? So we recognize that His hand is fighting for them.
March 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The LORD said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Judges 7:2
There is no mistake who wins the battle. Why? So we recognize that His hand is fighting for them.
Judges 7:2
There is no mistake who wins the battle. Why? So we recognize that His hand is fighting for them.
“Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.”
Genesis 6:22
Learn that a faith which does not work on the feelings is a very poor thing.
The road by which faith gets at the hands is through the heart.
Genesis 6:22
Learn that a faith which does not work on the feelings is a very poor thing.
The road by which faith gets at the hands is through the heart.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.”
Genesis 6:22
Learn that a faith which does not work on the feelings is a very poor thing.
The road by which faith gets at the hands is through the heart.
Genesis 6:22
Learn that a faith which does not work on the feelings is a very poor thing.
The road by which faith gets at the hands is through the heart.
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A whale-watching crew in California captured video of a "superpod" of about 2,000 dolphins swimming off the coast. So many the water looked "like it was boiling," a boat captain with the crew said. nyti.ms/4ki1Fy7
February 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A whale-watching crew in California captured video of a "superpod" of about 2,000 dolphins swimming off the coast. So many the water looked "like it was boiling," a boat captain with the crew said. nyti.ms/4ki1Fy7
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness.”
Romans 11:22
We are not to dwell on God’s goodness alone, nor on his severity alone, but to contemplate both together.
Romans 11:22
We are not to dwell on God’s goodness alone, nor on his severity alone, but to contemplate both together.
February 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness.”
Romans 11:22
We are not to dwell on God’s goodness alone, nor on his severity alone, but to contemplate both together.
Romans 11:22
We are not to dwell on God’s goodness alone, nor on his severity alone, but to contemplate both together.
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:28-29
Understanding God as a consuming fire — His wrath.
Hebrews 12:28-29
Understanding God as a consuming fire — His wrath.
February 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:28-29
Understanding God as a consuming fire — His wrath.
Hebrews 12:28-29
Understanding God as a consuming fire — His wrath.
