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Didn't CSN write a song about this?

Thanks, will have to pick that up..maybe while I'm getting truck maintenance done tommorrow. Also, here another book "Case for a Creator" adding a link from it's website (not to change your subject,,just adding a little extra reading, stuff) Title: Physicist Wins Spirituality Prize Date: 03.11.05 By Larry B. Stammer, Times Staff Writer Charles Townes, the UC Berkeley professor who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in physics for his work in quantum electronics and then startled the scientific world by suggesting that religion and science were converging, was awarded the $1.5-million Templeton Prize on Wednesday for progress in spiritual knowledge. The prize, the proceeds of which Townes said he planned to largely donate to academic and religious institutions, recognized his groundbreaking and controversial leadership in the mid-1960s in bridging science and religion. The co-inventor of the laser, Townes, 89, said no greater question faced humankind than discovering the purpose and meaning of life — and why there was something rather than nothing in the cosmos. "If you look at what religion is all about, it's trying to understand the purpose and meaning of our universe," he said in a telephone interview from New York this week. "Science tries to understand function and structures. If there is any meaning, structure will have a lot to do with any meaning. In the long run they must come together." Townes said that it was "extremely unlikely" that the laws of physics that led to life on Earth were accidental. Some scientists, he conceded, had suggested that if there were an almost infinite number of universes, each with different laws, one of them was bound by chance to hit upon the right combination to support life. "I think one has to consider that seriously," Townes told The Times. But he said such an assumption could not currently be tested. Even if there were a multitude of universes, he said, we do not know why the laws of physics would vary from one universe to another. Townes said science was increasingly discovering how special our universe was, raising questions as to whether it was planned. To raise such a question is the work of scientists and theologians alike, said Townes, who grew up in a Baptist household that embraced "an open-minded approach" to biblical interpretation. He is a member of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley and prays twice daily. In 1964, while a professor at Columbia University, Townes delivered a talk at Riverside Church in New York that became the basis for an article, "The Convergence of Science and Religion," which put him at odds with some scientists. In the article, Townes said science and religion should find common ground, noting "their differences are largely superficial, and … the two become almost indistinguishable if we look at the real nature of each." When MIT published the article, a prominent alumnus threatened to break ties with the institution. In a 1996 interview with The Times, Townes said that new findings in astronomy had opened people's minds to religion. Before the 1960s, the Big Bang was just an idea that was hotly debated. Today, there is so much evidence supporting the theory that most cosmologists take it for granted. "The fact that the universe had a beginning is a very striking thing," Townes said. "How do you explain that unique event" without God? Townes this week spoke of his interest in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The sheer number of stars and planets, he said, would likely increase the probability of intelligent life elsewhere. But for life to get started on even one planet is "highly improbable. It might not have started more than two or three times," he said. "It would be fascinating to find somebody out there." Born in Greenville, S.C., in 1915, Townes received a bachelor's degree in physics, summa cum laude, from Furman University in Greenville when he was 19. Two years later he received a master's in physics from Duke University, and in 1939 a doctorate in physics from Caltech with a thesis on isotope separation and nuclear spins. During World War II he helped develop radar systems that functioned in the humid conditions of the South Pacific. His research led to the development of the maser in 1954, which amplifies electromagnetic waves, and later co-invented the laser. His work, for which he shared the 1964 Nobel in physics, led to a wide variety of inventions and discoveries in medicine, telecommunications, electronics, computers and other areas. He was named provost and professor of physics at MIT in 1961, director of the Enrico Fermi International School of Physics in 1963, and, in 1967, professor of physics at UC Berkeley, a post he held until 1986. The Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities was established in 1972 by Sir John Templeton, a global investor and philanthropist. Past winners include Mother Teresa; evangelist Billy Graham; Holmes Rolston III, a philosopher, clergyman and scientist whose explorations of biology and faith have helped foster religious interest in the environment; and John C. Polkinghorne, a British mathematical physicist and Anglican priest. The Duke of Edinburgh is to present the prize to Townes in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace in April.

Thanks, I actually searched "work from home" here, didn't see anything that related..(surprisingly ain't it!) haha Anyways, I work pt already fast food, done pizze, etc. Just thinking of doing something different.. Been doing this crap since 1991! I will check into stuff later this week. I have heard that paychecks don't arrive on time. You have to dish $ out to mail stuff off, then get re-imbursed, all seems kinda flaky and unstable.

Anyone here ever actually did these work from home jobs ya see adverstised? as in stuffing envelopes, etc. Anything besides using computer to make extra money?

Sunny Boy. (too many scenes to describe) The Exorcist (I laughed so hard I actually puked in the theatre when it first came out!)--kidding.

I wasted some time on this quiz.. It says I'm Anakin Skywalker

Yeah..now Das' Boots!

Also, one of the Little Rascals? My best friend Dad's know him, has pics..Something to do with Beltone Hearing Aids. I am sure they are thinking of him..

Couple of skydives on Sat. Leave dz.com boogie early to come home (Sat) Work sound board at church Sunday, clean room, truck, laundry and try to make it to a beach and boogie board a little.

I was wondering because I clean alot of it off especially last night in mens room at p/t McD's job. I was wondering if towns like Wyoming, Montana, and/or just plain country town get alot of this. It kills me thinking that the kids,like go back to gang meeting and say" Yeah, I got the toilet at McD's and trash can at Taco Bell" and they all applaude him and give him Hi-5's or something. Seems when you clean it they come back and do MORE!

Lot of graffiti at my work place(s).Even P/T job Mostly all gang bangers/mexican writtings. What kind of graffiti is in your work place/town?

I was hanging around with Hubert that day, I was taking class ASL and had a great time that day, I was with him when he had to sign the waivers to go across runway to take pictures!

Thanks, Inspired to get back to my books & video, and practice ASL again. Also, meet others, can not attend classes, working two jobs M-Frid.

I got invited to do one once. But when I saw them dirt dive a Horny Gorilla, I decided to decline!

Congratulations ! My younger brother is a Dr. as well.

True..but I don't want to go to Vegas!

What's the most anyone has ever bought? I'm thinking of taking a gamble with-- a whole paycheck from parttime job on very large amount, just to see what happens..(yes, probably will loose it all)

Dill Scallion

I work at McDonalds! Yep, that's my part time job 5 nights aweek Make some pretty good 'extra' money there.

Bob Marley imposter???

Last month, after watching someone catch crabs on a pier,I decided to go eat some crab. Went to nice place along beach, haven't been to since 1991. Treated myself to a $51 lunch!

I would like to change my user name.on screen name.. How? and appears that I cannot ichange it in edit profile. Why?

Don't forget to eat. You need to eat more! har har

Cool Stuff! Here's where my room is at in Camarillo, Ca.

What was the $3.95 Lunch Special??? In the last pic.