Hamilton Saint

Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at the Café de Flore, revising his draft of "Being and Nothingness". He says to the waitress, "I'd like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream." The waitress replies, "I'm sorry, Monsieur, but we're out of cream. How about a cup of coffee with no milk?” [And, of course, coffee with no milk always tastes better than coffee with no cream!]

That really is a disgrace!

FT: Saints win it 1-0.

Stephen replaces van Dijk at 85 mins.

Reed and McQueen on at 74 mins. [Replacing Davis and Targett.]

Austin and Rodriguez on at 66 minutes. [Replacing Redmond and Long.]

Fonte, Pied, Clasie and Ward-Prowse on at the beginning of the second half. [Replacing Yoshida, Cedric, Romeu and Tadic.]

Better if he came on after HT.

Long, Redmond & Tadic, I reckon. One apiece.

Trump's notion of public speaking: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-hit-dnc-2016-reaction-speakers-hillary-clinton-a7162526.html

Ask not what Donald Trump can do for you; ask what you can do for Donald Trump.

Agreed. I lost interest about 20 years ago. Too corrupt now.

I thought 17th was your default position?

The correct form is downhill, not "down hill". And don't forget the full stop.

I'm more than that; I know I am; at least, I think I must be.

If we take MONEY out of the equation, then I would think that the environment at SFC is one of the best in the EPL. What WE can do as fans in creating a positive environment is to avoid the knee-jerk tendency (on here) to scapegoat one or two players who are in a bad patch of form. Belittling and insulting players and staff has to be counter-productive, eh?

"Time has changed ..." Now that's a mind-bender!

Not sure what you mean by that. The "red shift" observed by Hubble proved that the universe was expanding and that galaxies were accelerating away from each other. You have another explanation for that?

Hardly. But at least the scientists are arguing from observed data, and are constantly reviewing and revising their theories. Creationists are relying on the "received wisdom" of ancient texts that are supposed to be the revealed Word of God. As far as the basic history of the solar system goes, I'll go with the scientists.

... and probably just manage to end the season in 17th place.

Or that astronomers (Edwin Hubble, for example) observed that galaxies are accelerating away from each other at high speed.

Interesting question. The way a parent ought to respond depends on the age of the child and how persistent the child is— the number and depth of their follow-up questions. Children should first be given the scientific facts. This gives a parent the opportunity to talk about the sun, the night sky, the seasons, eclipses, phases of the moon, etc. At a beginner's level, the child could be told about solar systems—how planets form around stars. Children should understand that the universe behaves in an orderly, predictable way that can be summarized through a few basic laws. Instead of being told that this is the way it is, and the way it has always been, the child could be encouraged to observe the natural world and then come to ask increasingly more detailed questions as they move towards an understanding of the "laws" of nature. At the simplest level, I would avoid beginning from a "creationist" perspective—especially the fundamentalist view based on Bible literalism. Because that would lead, almost inevitably, to a perceived conflict between science and religion. If the child asks questions that bring up religious (especially creationist) perspectives, a parent ought to emphasize that human beings have different kinds of explanations for difficult and mysterious issues. In addition to the scientific explanation (based on facts and theories), there are mytho-poetic, religious explanations. One could even attempt (if appropriate) to put the evolution of these ideas into a historical perspective (e.g., "back in the olden days, when people didn't understand that the Earth revolved around the sun ... "). Ultimately, I would present first the scientific facts without religious bias.

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Vielen dank, mein Herr.

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