Gravity is strongest in yellow areas; it is weakest in blue ones.
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Gravity
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Bag of Randomness
- I have a feeling that the new three pound pretzel available at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington isn’t going to be a big seller.
- The Rangers also upgraded their video board, but they aren’t the only team to upgrade their stadium technology wise.
- Bacon Flavored Oxygen Inhaler
- Jeopardy! sure was weird last night. During the first round when none of the contestants could get the answer correct, Neil Patrick Harris appeared as if he was on set in Trebek’s place and provided the correct answer. Then, in the second round, the same thing happened except it was Jeff Probst (who use to host the Rock n Roll Jeopardy). Then, for Final Jeopardy, Will Ferrell appeared as Alex Trebek. I promise you, this was not a dream or a hallucination.
- Something for my sci-fi friend: She Never Saw Star Wars
- Awkward Family Wedding Photos
- There’s a local story of a high school baseball team sacrificing live chickens to end a losing streak, and the media keeps stating the influence is from the movie Major League. If the movie is truly the inspiration, then they would remember the team actually brought in a bucket of KFC – which ended up helping them.
- NKOTB and the Backstreet Boys have a new single out. Thanks for the link, Jimi.
- My friend Barry pointed out on his blog that being single and out on “the scene” isn’t that great.
- Also from his blog – Texas Senate Candidate Has Read Republican Playbook and More
- An interesting web browser chart – just for you Stef!
- The New York subway system has changed a lot since 1986.
- I’m unable to understand this Oxy ad.
- Betty White is going to host a senior citizen prank show – I hope no one dies suddenly.
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The Conservative States of America
More @ theatlantic.com
Other findings:
– States with more conservatives are considerably more religious than liberal-leaning states.
– Conservative states are less well-educated than liberal ones.
– States with more conservatives are less diverse.
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Hispanic Population Helping U.S. Christianity Thrive
With the Hispanic population booming in the U.S., one prominent evangelical believes Hispanics will be the “lifeguards for Christianity in America in the 21st century.”
The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez made the comment to The Christian Post on Tuesday in response to the latest U.S. Census Bureau report, released last week, which revealed that the Hispanic population has grown to 50.5 million, or roughly 1 in 6 Americans.
Reflecting on the massive increase, Rodriguez, president of America’s largest Hispanic Christian organization, The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, talked about the impact from a church perspective.
It has “two powerful impacts” on the church, he said.
Firstly, “it forces the Anglo-Saxon American churches to expand their outreach in their communities.”
He explained, “Previously, the Anglo-Saxon church was able to survive by reaching out exclusively to its own people, but now it can no longer do so.”
Secondly, the Hispanic church is experiencing the fastest growth in history in such a way that the largest denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention, Assemblies of God, Churches of God, and The United Methodist Church, among others, have confirmed that their growth comes largely through Hispanic churches.
“In other words, without the Hispanic population the evangelical church in the U.S. would decline,” he observed.
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