DavidK

DavidK

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Reply to A 30 year reunion..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

wow Jafo, that's a different look for you but certainly one I would have expected. I see intense idealism and the sincerity of youth on the path to figuring out the world. Those years were so magical.

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Reply to A 30 year reunion..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

In September '73 I had just left the Ooga Booga Bead Band in the redwoods of Humboldt County and was headed for NYC to seek fame and fortune (well, fortune, fame was to be avoided ) so I spent the entire month visiting friends along the coast to say goodbye. I'd decided I had to get married and have kids so I figured I'd go to New York to make a bunch of money and then move back to the Pacific Ocean side

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Reply to Planning a move to USA... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The best city to live in in America is...... Toronto If you don't need a city there's lots of nice places in America, in fact as far as cities go, Portland Oregon ain't too bad. You can live in the woods and be twenty minutes from the city. Karma - is it snowing already?

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Reply to Creation vs. Evolution in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

What I find most fascinating about the Sumerian texts is their age and the obvious similarity with all the texts (including the Bible) that followed. Knowing these were written 2,000 years before the Bible texts makes the stories, with all their incredible detail, look like the original version of the later books. Even the flood story is almost identical but vastly enhanced with detail.

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Reply to Creation vs. Evolution in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

A friend of mine was working on a theory that the Neanderthal people, who were hunter-gatherers, were forced out of their hunting grounds by the Cro-Magnon who developed farming. In his theory they moved into the Pyrenees mountains - the modern home of the Basque people. The idea came originally from linguistics. The Basque language has no root language or association with any other known language. This is only found in one other language, Finnish, which also appears to have developed on it

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Reply to Creation vs. Evolution in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Zodiaq~ - Zacharia Sitchen is the most well known (and controversial) translator of Sumerian texts. He's writen about a dozen books which are the best researched works I've found. I'd recomend starting with either Genesis Revisited or the first book, The 12th Planet. Sitchen has done an unbelievable job of following the cultural influences around the world and through time, as well as providing extraordinary insight into the original writings. It's so compelling that it's ad

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Reply to Creation vs. Evolution in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

In Genesis there's a story of creation, including the creation of man. The original Hebrew Bible says the Elohim (gods, plural) made man in "their" likeness. This has bothered everyone for millennia since the Nicean Council was clear that the interpretation was to be that "God" not "the gods" created man. In the last few decades several archaeological finds have added to what we know of this story. Much of Biblical history was considered myth by scholars (just like most ancient texts)

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Reply to Need an experienced WB skinner please in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The problem seems to be with the folder name. If I install the file by double-clicking the wba file it creates a folder named Caramel light with a space between the words. If I unzip the file to a folder and move the folder into WB the folder is named Caramellight, with no space, and then the skin won't load. It probably depends on which version of WB someone is running. I think the latest versions handle folder names better than the older builds. It's always best to not have spaces i

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Reply to The idiotic postings below about the democratic party. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

As much as I don't want to resurrect this thread after a barrage of ditto-headed nonsense I felt this was worth reading. It's a commentary piece and I don't know the source though the author is credited. _______________________________________ As Bush spreads lies throughout the land, dissenters are corralled into “Free Speech Zones” –- is this America? By By Mick Youther Did you see the coverage of Prime Minister Tony Blair arriving to testify at the R

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Reply to Shouldn't someone ask if something is copyrighted before rejecting it? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Take it as a compliment that it looked so professional. I had second thoughts on posting it because of the model being recognizable and thinking it was from a copyrighted source. I also was afraid that there would be some debate about it being inapropriate for the site. It was very well done and since it's your own work I will post it. If it's okay with your wife...

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Reply to The idiotic postings below about the democratic party. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Palestinian terrorists and Israeli terrorists don't want peace. That is certainly true. Palestinian people and Israeli people do want peace. There is a problem when the representation is only from the side of the terrorists or the military. Peaceful people are not good media or good for the business of terrorism and war. And it IS a business. Billions of dollars go those who supply both sides and those who rebuild the damage. When Osama blew up the Kobay towers we paid Osama's

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Reply to The idiotic postings below about the democratic party. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Jesus... what a horrible statement. aside from the other horrible things you just said this one is enough to address: "Israel's enemies cannot be reasoned with and negotiated with" I suppose you feel the same way about America's "enemies" too don't you? If you have no concept of history, perhaps you could feel that way. If you know almost nothing about the situation, maybe you could justify a statement like that. I think you have a lot of reading to do before anything you say

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Reply to The idiotic postings below about the democratic party. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Tech and AR have been trying through this entire thread to bring Israel and anti-semitism into it. Why? Over and over you keep bringing it up even though no one else here had mentioned Israel. It's interesting to me that the main thrust of any political discussions I've had over the years has been human rights, public health issues, poverty and the environment. Suddenly it's different. Now it seems discussions are aimed at things like pre-emptive war and the use of nuclear weapons, s

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Reply to The idiotic postings below about the democratic party. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I feel sorry for most of my republican friends. One very close friend of mine (a republican) and I were discussing politics a couple days ago and he made a very interesting observation. He said he noticed every time Bush speaks he's smirking. It drives him crazy because even when Bush is trying to be serious, talking about something tragic for example, he has this smirk that often breaks into a little smile, like he can't control himself. My friend (who is also wealthy) said he feels every ti

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Reply to The idiotic postings below about the democratic party. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Tech, they're only getting started... You didn't see the congressional debate (or lack thereof) for the "enabling act"? The act that gave Hitler his power in Germany was passed after a terrorist attack on their parliment. After WWII it was discovered the attack was staged by Herman Goerring for the express efect of passing the Enabling Act. It was an exact duplikate of the requested war powers the administration tried (partially unsuccessfuly) to get from Congress. <

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