Playlist Update (April 9-15, 2017) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
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To My Facebook Friends and Fans,
For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:
PLAYLIST FOR APRIL 9-15, 2017:
(Latest down to earlier postings)
2017 Lenten Season Special:
A WIDE-RANGING SYMPOSIUM ON RELIGION (10 postings)
1. “Does religion confer a distinct survival advantage to humankind?” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=553.0) (April 15)
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2. “Looking deeply into religious belief as a problem in international affairs” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1156.0) (April 14)
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3. “Book of Revelation’s fantastic imagery are true events in code, says book” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2255.0) (April 14)
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4. “Minority faiths in Middle East face extinction due to religious intolerance” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6382.0) (April 14)
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5. “So now as it was then, this is the world in 854 words” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6615.0) (April 14)
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6. “Twixt mathematics, technology, and religious belief” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=166.0) (April 12)
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7. “On evolving Gods, prehumans as food, and grammar’s impact on thought” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=175.0) (April 11)
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8. “The Tree of Life” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=140.0) (April 10)
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9. “How the human brain establishes and reinforces beliefs as truths” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1599.0) (April 9)
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REGULAR FEATURES (9 postings):
1. “Ateneo to host multi-awarded writer Luis H. Francia’s lecture-reading April 25 in Manila” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6869.0) (April 13)
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2. “Seeking immortality through technology and primitive diet” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6211.0) (April 13)
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3. “The disconcerting flux in scientific knowledge and how to cope with it” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4123.0) (April 13)
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4. “Incredible e-trip of the Exploration Rover Mission to the Planet Mars” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=3175.0) (April 12)
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5. “29 best-selling fiction writers share their secrets to success” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=554.0) (April 11)
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6. “Great titles in the making” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6751.0) (April 11)
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7. “Young writer and memory buff shows how to remember most everything” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1321.0)] (April 11)
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8. “Teaching writers to write better than they’ve ever written before” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1335.0) (April 11)
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9. “Oh, the sweet bird of happiness finally looks like it’s in the bag!” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6125.0) (April 10)
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10. “The Middle Ages weren’t just a time of long religious delirium and hysteria” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2083.0) (April 8 )
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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (8 postings):
1. Two magnificent performances of “The Prayer,” spaced 10 years apart (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6768.0)
(Originally posted January 22, 2017)
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2. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6738.0)
(Originally posted circa 2002 Reposted December 16, 2016)
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3. Conversations (4): “The real score about Valentine’s Day” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=535.0)
(Originally posted February 10, 2010 Reposted February 1, 2014)
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4. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=506.0)
(Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)
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5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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6. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6628.0)
(Posted July 11, 2016)
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7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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8. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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Click this link to earlier Playdate features! (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6864.0)