Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharlal Nehru
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01/04/2018 RANDY BEST AT CAFFE AMOURI - DO WE HAVE FREE WILL? Caffe Amouri,107 Church St NE, in Vienna May 3, 7-8pm The Philosophical Discussion Series continues at the Caffe Amouri, which will be publicizing these discussions as part of their Penny University programs. On May 3 we will be discussing the question of free will. Are our actions merely reactions to external stimuli? What is
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01/04/2018 Wisdom: Racism springs from ignorance. Mario Balotelli Discussion: Winter Festival--Festival of Light over Darkness is the opposite of ignorance, with respect for wisdom based on knowledge Café Twin
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01/04/2018 What is Wisdom ? One more thoughtful answer: Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn
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01/04/2018 O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Due to message request from unknown "alias" named "FUWALDEN" who apparently thinks "Disabled" among us do not need this project, and wish this message and Café Twin should leave Fairfax Underground, I am thinking to delete this discussion and possibly leave this forum. Question: Anyone agrees with "FUWALDEN" that this "conversation" should be deleted because it is judged as "SPAM" and "Disable
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See you at WINTER FESTIVAL - A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION Northern Virginia Ethical Society Invite a friend Simply forward to a friend and have them join the Meetup. Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 11:00 AM Green Hedges School 415 Windover Avenue NW Vienna, VA https://www.meetup.com/Northern-Virginia-Ethical-Society/
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01/02/2018 I have a list of 5 or so characteristics of "democracy" American Style. (01) Freedom of Religion (no religious wars in American History. Civil War (1862-1865) yes, but not a religious war. (02)Popularly elected govie, national, state, local (03) Legal Justice based on Constitution and other laws. (04) Rising tide of commercialism engulfing us as population swells & mass thinking
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It seems, "kindness" and "empathy" for thousands of disabled vets, seniors, kids and others, is a matter of "laughter" and "political rivalry" to the few who have posted in this posting. I am really saddened by these few posts today. I guess having "fun" at the expense of those who are suffering is the reponse I got today in my sincere effort to create a community supported service project here
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A Response to "Disinterested" (So called who is appears to divide everything in terms of his own mental fixation, and mental health problem of today's America. Further, People who hide their identity and post ignorant and racial remarks can be reported to prevent harm to our community. It may be such persons as "Disinterested' have emerging mental illness that needs attention before some serio
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What is "Community Wealth" Building ? Possible Answer: Community wealth building circle at slideshare.net https://www.slideshare.net/icptwin45/community-wealth-building-circle-at-slidesharenet
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This is not a joke. This has nothing to do with "Gay" or "non-Gay" to doing community service/community outreach that helps people who are disabled. Google Foundation have given $20 million dollar grant in 2016 to enable this protype project that is designed to help disabled, often poor or very poor, including many VETS, Elderly, and kids. Google is a great company, and they take their "communi
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01/01/2017 Ok, I have learned more. There is a NY Organization that actually started this project, funded by Google Inc Foundation. The name of this non-profit is as follows : Center for Discovery The Center for Discovery is developing an open-source power add on to quickly convert any manual wheelchair into a power chair. Apparently Center for Discovery of a number of other "creative typ
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Prized fishes of cb new RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System) for select economically valuable fish found in the Chesapeake Bay and coastal Virginia can be done here at Northern Virginia Community (Fairfax County + NOVA), complimenting "Urban Aquaculture" via Urban Farms. Most successful RAS Aquaculture nation is not USA (exception, California). Most success explorter of RAS aquauculture fish
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12/31/2017 Inspired by the FRC Team 1577 (at Israel) who has developed an electric wheenchair kit that can convert a regular wheelchair to an electric wheelchair, SP Virginia Fx Team 1865 is created at Fairfax, VA . Philosophy: Encourage "inclusiveness" possible to enable wheel chair bound persons with limited means, to participate and be more inclusive with a electric wheelchair, adopted f
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12/31/2017 What is a Utopia ? What is Wisdom for Utopia 2018+ Possible Answer: A Place, a community that does not exist yet. But the dream lives on from the Author of the classic book "Utopia' to modern versions, include the mostly failed religious communities of the 18th and 19th century, immigrants who came to America in search of religious freedom and for a better life. Utopia plus ethic
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12/30/2017 "Urban Farm" is an well developed topic for a many highly urban countries in the world. Among the most successful such urban farm nations are (01) Holland and (02) Singapore. Both countries are "agricultural exporter" , as is the United States. The difference is that United States use a lot of land and old technology, and highly proned to weather variations, such as severe weat
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12/30/2017 Dutch Virginia Community Twin Project Co-Host: Club Twin Fairfax VA Hometown USA (+) Summary: A community to community link with an amazing "success model" (Holland) inspired by the recent Indications to strengthen Agriculture jobs & greenspace needs in Virginia. The Urban-Rural Agriculture Connection: Making it Work (Now Follow Up with proposed Urban Farm + Recirculating A
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12/20/2017 At our Meetup group, hosted by Ethical Culture Society of Northern Virginia, it has been my previledge to participate in a small group evening discussion group meeting at Café Amouri (Penny University), located downtown Vienna, opposite the Vienna Train Station Park. Café Amouri is a small place, very small in fact, but their coffee is I think famous beyond Vienna, VA. We meet ty
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12/30/2017 Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 () Date: December 27, 2017 04:36PM The thing about democracy is you can only thwart the will of the people for so long. Café Twin Question: "What is Will of the People" ? Question: Is "will of the people" same as "Collective Wisdom ?" Café Twin
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12/29/2017 A business cannot run on just meeting Fairfax County needs. A business in order to stay in business must go wherever there is a need for their product. Case in point is a family run business who makes an excellent wheelchair that I am also exploring as a possibility. But the cost of a "refurbished" electric wheel chair is about $1800--$4000 But among all the wheel chair providers
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12/29/2017 Electric Wheelchair Kit LAB STP VIRGINAFX Team 1865 Electric Wheelchair Kit Lab Steampunk Virginia FX Team 1865 Summary: Inspired by the FRC Team 1577 who has developed an electric wheenchair kit that can convert a regular wheelchair to an electric wheelchair, SP Virginia Fx Team 1865 is created at Fairfax, VA . Virginia Fx Team 1865 is a "model" community service/comm
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What is "American Democracy" today as compared to when only 13 states existed with first Continental Congress met (in Philadelphia 1774-1776, when "Independence" was far from reality) ? Is the 2nd venerated document, "Constitution" sufficient to empower democracy, including most of the poor, in this country, who typically do not choose to vote in local, state, and national elections ?
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12/27/2017 Beside heritage music, developing support for "Urban Farm" (Urban Agriculture) will help build quality life styles and economic well being by encouraging those who might be interested in setting up a "urban farm" to grow such things as "hardwood saplings" (very important for Virginia due to our export business in building lumber to Northern Europe countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Fi
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12/25/2017 I take it from comments today, that 2 key issues to "democracy working" has to do with (01) government employee pay scale which is much higher than private sector and (02) elected officials with questionable ethics are still allowed to continue to collect "donations" from the public and supporters ? Question: What about the "success model" that worked to make American indep
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12/25/2017 Anchored at (01) Fauquier County & (02) Fairfax County Va in the next grant.gov request for proposal RFP(2018) ,for “community wealth” & community infrastructure” development initiative. This slide presentation is for pre-proposal community support and virtual team building. Meetup.com events once a month expected for small group conversation and interaction at Café in Vienn
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12/25/2017 Is our "success model" for benchmarking American Democracy today is still the development, ratification, and publication of the document called "Declaration of Independence" (1774-1776) ? Is this document still our benchmark in this age of "mass thinking commercial culture" that guides political leaders for public office in America, national, state, and local ? Ethical culture fai
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12/25/2017 Conversation: So, what better way to start thinking about "Utopia Follow Up" , ie, something that does not exist now but possible in future through "Ethical Society Creed to Action". Potomac Knowledge Bridge Cafe Twin A Polish Children's Story--Memory of The Pale (Eastern Europe) https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4802368
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12/24/2017 Topic: Them Horses_Gettysburg 1863 Two Brothers Song America Conversation Summary : Country Music Singer/songwriter Reba McEntire published one of her most popular song with music video in 2017 titled “ Just Like Them Horses “ . Her story is her is taken for her own family story in her growing up years in Arizona where still today wild horses run in protected areas and ranches
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12/24/2017 Ethical culture fairfax dc urban--Philosophical Meetup Discussion Follow Up at Café Amouri, Vienna VA Creed to Deed Sub-Topics follow up small group Conversation: Ethical culture fairfax dc urban-- The "Declaration of Independence" document development in Philadelphia 1774-1776 is an incredible "success story" of evolution of American Democracy. creation, ratification, and the
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