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Diarmada (born June 23rd, 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American Archivist best known for being Diarmada.
Thanks to the visionary contribution of Wikipedia to the world wide web by fellow Alabamian Jimmy Wales, Diarmada has been able to present aspects of Alabama's culture, diversity and history.
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Sweet Home Alabama
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Home as of last week, Washington, D.C.
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Buchanan Street, A few blocks from my old apartment in Glasgow, Scotland
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Birmingham, Alabama: The Magic City
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"To me it has always seemed that God is so sickened with men, and their unending cruelty to each other, that he covers the places where they have been as quickly as possible." - William March
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"If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? ...Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God." - Thomas Jefferson
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"The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a second life waiting, suffering can be endured- especially in other people. The natural environment can be used up. Enemies of the faith can be savaged and suicidal martyrdom praised." - E. O. Wilson
Interesting Stuff[edit]
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Located in the south-east of Scotland, it is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth estuary and to the south by the Pentland Hills. With a population of 506,520 in mid-2020, Edinburgh is the second-largest city in Scotland by population and the seventh-largest in the United Kingdom. The royal burgh of Edinburgh was founded by King David I in the early 12th century on land belonging to the Crown, and has been capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century. This aerial photograph, with Edinburgh Castle in the foreground, was taken in around 1920.Photograph credit: Alfred Buckham; restored by Adam Cuerden
Did you know...[edit]
- ... that the Circle Tower (pictured), an Art Deco building in Indianapolis, features ziggurat-like upper floors?
- ... that Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger, a biologist who catalogued the flora and fauna of Java, also served as the Dutch minister of the colonies?
- ... that researchers submitting to the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy intentionally introduced security bugs into Linux?
- ... that the Tang-dynasty politician Fang Yi'ai was put to death and his wife Princess Gaoyang was forced to commit suicide after their failed rebellion against Emperor Gaozong?
- ... that El Califa de León is the first Mexican taqueria to be awarded a Michelin star?
- ... that first-team All-American soccer player Jordynn Dudley holds her high school's basketball scoring record?
- ... that the Larmanjat guided rail system was successfully demonstrated in England but failed completely when used commercially in Lisbon?
- ... that during a comedy routine Reuben Solo drew a graph plotting the audience's reaction to his routine?
- ... that in 2016, the removal of a few lines of code briefly "broke the Internet"?
More 'wooden nickels'[edit]
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"Thomas Paine had passed the legendary limit of life. One by one most of his old friends and acquaintances had deserted him. Maligned on every side, execrated, shunned and abhorred -- his virtues denounced as vices -- his services forgotten -- his character blackened, he preserved the poise and balance of his soul. He was a victim of the people, but his convictions remained unshaken. He was still a soldier in the army of freedom, and still tried to enlighten and civilize those who were impatiently waiting for his death, Even those who loved their enemies hated him, their friend -- the friend of the whole world -- with all their hearts. On the 8th of June, 1809, death came -- Death, almost his only friend. At his funeral no pomp, no pageantry, no civic procession, no military display. In a carriage, a woman and her son who had lived on the bounty of the dead -- on horseback, a Quaker, the humanity of whose heart dominated the creed of his head -- and, following on foot, two negroes filled with gratitude -- constituted the funeral cortege of Thomas Paine." - Robert G. Ingersoll
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"...I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." - Eugene V. Debs
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"His power we allow is infinite: whatever he wills is executed: but neither man nor any other animal is happy: therefore he does not will their happiness. His wisdom is infinite: he is never mistaken in choosing themeans to any end: but the course of Nature tends not to human or animal felicity: thereforeit is not established for that purpose. Through the whole compass of human knowledge, there are no inferences more certain and infallible than these. In what respect, then, do his benevolence and mercy resemble the benevolence and mercy of men? Epicurus's old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?" - David Hume
Pages I've created or contribute to[edit]
William March ---- Company K ---- Gustav Hasford ---- Laurence Stallings ---- Roy S. Simmonds ---- Sarah Parcak ---- The Big Fellow ---- The Bad Seed ---- Waterman Steamship Corporation
Pages to create or edit[edit]
John W. Thomason, Jr. ---- Conrad Aiken ---- Robert Clem ---- Babs H. Deal ---- Augusta Jane Evans
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