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Tomorrow (3rd May) will be 5 years since Madeleine McCann went missing fromPraia da Luz while on holiday from Britain in Portugal.

She was 3 at the time and on 12th May she will turn 9.

No evidence of death has been found and it is thought it could have been an organised abduction.

Portuguese police refuse to re-open her case, however, Scotland Yard has an ongoing search for her all over Europe. Portuguese police did not begin the search for Maddie until the next day, by this time, so many people had been in and out of the hotel apartment that the majority of evidence was completely destroyed, Spanish officials had also not been informed so the culprit could have crossed the Portuguese/Spanish border that night, a gateway into the rest of the Mediterranean.

There have been no confirmed sightings of Maddie, however there is no evidence she is dead and British police believe there is a possibility she could be alive.

This is a high profile media case in Britain, Im not sure about other countries, but her parents want this image of her circulated as much as possible. On the left is Maddie when she was abducted, on the right is a computer generated image of what police believe she may look like now, nearly her ninth  birthday.

I remember when Maddie went missing and she deserves to be at home with her family where she belongs, so I am just putting this image up, mostly so those in other countries, particularly Europe (although she could be anywhere), can recognise Maddie and what she may look like now. Her hair may have been dyed by the abductors, however, if you look closely at her pupil, it merges into her iris like a drip, this is very rare.

If anyone believes they have seen her they need to speak to police, it will help them in their investigation, no matter how small.

Before I die, I will see to it that she is found. Dead or alive.

(via dduane)

"For you are dust, and unto dust you shall return."

Genesis 3:19

Something the bible got right.

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Religious Criticism: The 10 Commandments of Logic →

religiouscritic:

1. Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. (Ad hominem)

2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. (Straw man fallacy)

3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty generalization)

4….

(Source: facebook.com, via anotheratheist)

Quote collection

Here’s a list of some pretty awesome quotes. They’re all ones that struck a chord. I hope you enjoy them!

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” -Greek Proverb

“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson

“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster for if you gaze for long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”-Douglas Adams

“The first time you make a mistake, it’s an education. The second time you make that same mistake, it’s a mistake.” -Unknown

“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.” -G.K. Chesterson

“Indeed your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.” -Dumbledore

“In nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important.” -the Doctor

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

“Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something.” -Plato

Ramblings on the Inhabitants of Universities

I’ve thought recently on the difference of how college is perceived by those who have not yet gone or do not attend.

I remember thinking about how college would be when I was in high school. It seemed like it would be a place where everyone (or at least most people) were fascinated by whatever they were studying. I hoped that the students I would meet would talk for hours about their chosen program of study. That there would be late nights talking about philosophical things, etc. I thought college would be a place where the students were far more intellectual than their high school counterparts.

As I have began my college years, I have found that these wonderful people are the exception rather than the rule. Thick-headed jocks are prevalent, as are the future soccer moms. The geeks are easy to spot: responsible for themselves for the first time, they usually choose a certain type of dress, and the younger ones tend to be a little greasy. Music students look fairly normal, but will never have a pen if you ask for one, always a pencil. Out of all of these groups, I have found music students to be the most dedicated towards their studies. I have yet to meet a philosophy major, though. Hopefully they will prove to be interesting to talk to. It would be difficult to major in philosophy and not enjoy studying it.

Naturally, this post should be read with some suspicion. I am only in my second semester of college, and I don’t know everything. This is only outlining what I have observed so far. 

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Cellos are amazing. Bass is still king, but cello is second best. And this guy’s amazing.