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My book on Genesis is now available as paperback and in Kindle. It is released through Amazon.com. For those who love the Word and believe it as inerrant shall find many revelations that only could have been possible from the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit. From the day I set out to write it and till I put the book behind me as complete it was inspiration of God and blessed be the Name. I invite as the author to read and understand what God has in store for every one of us.
Benny
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Robotics is the wave of future.
In a world of hi-tech if cyborgs are seriously pursued as higher state of human ingenuity why not teach robots certain human values? It is cost effective that government shall have an excuse to throw tax-payer’s money into something of value. Would it not be worthwhile if our expertise with AI can show us how to live with all in harmony?
I merely inverted the normal usage of man to give robots a pride of place. Instead of Cold War we make them initiators of peace so man is spared from the awful truth as the destroyer. It means for us pressing the nuclear button is not an option. May be robots shall do it for us. Robots are our handiwork so is money, If we can make money our be-all, why not give value we so long attached to our humanity to AI?…
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The genome is the sequence of 3 billion molecules that constitute all of a person’s DNA. Nine-tenths of our genes are identical to that of a mouse. It doesn’t tell much. Neither would this: sixty percent of DNA found in the humans is also found in a banana. Where lies the mystery then?
DNA in a molecule is a genetic universe. A difference of .1 in a molecule would make some 3 million genetic differences.
According to recent discovery more light has been thrown into genes by comparing modern humans with the Neanderthal cousins. Present-day humans and their extinct Neanderthal cousins are 99.84 percent identical genetically.
Four years after scientists discovered that the two species’ genomes differ by a fraction of a percent, geneticists said on April 17,2014 they have an explanation: the cellular equivalent of “on”/”off” switches can activate DNA or silence genes. Hundreds of Neanderthals’ genes were turned…
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In a consumer society junk is not any strange word. We have junk bond which is a high-yielding high-risk security, typically issued by a company seeking to raise capital quickly in order to finance a takeover. Junk food is similarly an ubiquitous word that is synonymous with obesity. What about junk DNA? Shouldn’t we look a little closer since we all carry it without being any wiser?
The completion of the first draft of the human genome sequence was announced to rapturous applause in June 2000 to those journalists gathered at the White House and at Downing Street. Craig Venter, who led one of the two teams of scientists that achieved this remarkable feat, said that having access to this information held “the potential to reduce the number of cancer deaths to zero during our lifetimes”. And President Bill Clinton claimed that “it is now conceivable that our children’s children will…
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I think Hercules would qualify for the Working Class hero. When his life hung on balance he chose to find work than go under. You see he lived before Freud. He knew how to get the most out of self-analysis- work. He hit upon the wonderful idea: work is a therapy. Hercules must have come through a wringer to conclude work made him sane. In these days work made you sick with the high expectations of your boss. If out of work you made yourself ill by the least expectations your loved ones build up about you. Hercules must have been through a rough patch till he realized a way forward.
Did he not kill his whole family? It was too late get them back to life. May be work will keep him sane and alive.
Work was like arc lamps, beamed at your eyes. Either you worked your butt…
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Tristan Bernard(1866-1947)
Novelist,playwright and wit
Bernard hated the effort of working on his charming comedies. One evening before turning in for the night, resolved to start work early the following day he told his maid, ”Elisa, wake me at seven. If by eight o’clock I am not up, do not disturb me before me noon.”
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Tristan Bernard’s works despite his difficulty in getting around to write them proved amazingly succesfull. French As He Is Spoken was a terrific hit. He had one flop and during its brief run he replied thus to a friend who wished to receive a free seat,”We give away entire rows only.”
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‘Pascal got rid of his headaches by working out geometry problems,’he noted once,’but I got rid of geometry problems by pretending to have a headache.’
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‘It is not difficult to be witty if one is malicious,’was one of his bon mots
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Tristan Bernard, the wit
After much persuasion from his well wishers and a fellow playwright Maurice Sonray he put in an application for admission to Academie Française which he later withdrew remarking,’the costume costs too much; I will wait until someone dies who is my size.’
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His utter disregard for money once invited criticism
from his lawyer who told him that he had to cut down his expenses.”Ah monsieur,”Bernard commented,”I have enough annoyances without taking on privations.”
In order to settle his debts he had to close his account with the Banque de Paris, which he did; while on his way out he looked at the armed guard stationed at the entrance and said,”Thank you my friend. You can go home now.”
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He was a soft touch and there was an old clochard who stationed himself at his doorstep who always could expect something from him. Once in…
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Groucho Marx:
The comic actor had to pull strings in the right places to gain a membership in the Friars Club in Hollywood. After becoming a member he promptly resigned, explaining,”I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.’
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During the darkest days of rationing Oscar Levant, the pianist flew into Los Angeles at the end of a gruelling concert tour. In a burst of cameraderie Groucho said: “Oscar, you look tired. Why don’t you come to my house for dinner? I have got the most wonderful cook in town; I’v saved a steak 4 inches thick and we have a dessert that is out of this world.” Oscar sighed gratefully, ”What is your address?” he asked. “Wouldn’t you like to know?” replied Groucho as he walked away.
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The show must go on
After a fan had said how pleased he was to meet Groucho the irrepressible comic actor commented to the audience thus, “I have known him for years and I can tell you it is no pleasure.”
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When the one acted the role of a school teacher confessed she was ‘approaching forty’, the master with painted moustache and lecherous eyes queried,”from which direction?”
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In ‘Horse Feathers’,a foolhardy actor broke into Groucho’s office to declaim,”Jennings has been waiting for an hour and is waxing wroth!”
“Tell Roth to wax Jennings for a change,”said the master idly.
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One of his monologue from Animal Crackers goes thus: Once I went big game hunting in Africa. What an active life we led! Up at six,breakfast at six fifteen back in bed by six thirty. One day I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know. It was hard to get his tusks off. In Alabama the tuscaloosa.”
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When a member of the House of Representatives said he earned his living in Congress Groucho asked,”How long have been incongrous?”
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In I’ll Say She Does, a classic scene has Chico Marx interrupting Groucho who as Napoleon is wooing Josephine. He announces,”Emperor, the garbage man is here.”Groucho replies,”Tell him we don’t want any.”
Later trumpets sound in the distance playing, ‘the Marseillaise.’
Groucho rises solemnly to comment,”Our national anthem-
The Mayonnaise! Ah, well the army must be dressing.”
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To one who said he was going to wire his father Groucho enquired,”What is the matter? Can’t he stand by himself?”
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During a play Groucho interrupted a scene by stepping out to the footlights to enquire,”Is there a doctor in the house?’
When one answered his call he asked,”If you are a doctor, why aren’t you at the hospital making your patients miserable, instead of wasting your time here with that blonde?”
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While interviewing contestants for his radio show one of the candidates developed mike fright, unable to utter a word which prompted the comic to ad—lib thus, ”Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.”
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To an actress who tried to flatter him by cooing,’you are a man after my own heart he said with a leer, ”That’s not what I am after…’
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His advice to an aspiring stage actress went thus, ”My advice to you and all struggling actresses is this:”If you keep struggling you won’t get into trouble. And if you don’t get into trouble you’ll never be much of an actress.”
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To ask him a direct question was to put one’s sanity in his hands. A fan once accosted him on the street pestering him with adulation until Groucho said,”I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.”
Chico Marx
After a run of bad luck at poker Chico Marx wrote to a playing card manufacturer:’Gentlemen, Are you still manufacturing aces and kings?’
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As Chico tackled a French menu, the head waiter bowed, and asked politely:”What’s your pleasure?”
“Girls,”replied Chico,”What’s yours?”
benny
Originally posted in A Night at the Cinema Dec.22, 2010
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