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Spielberg’s Lincoln is brave and utterly compelling
BY:EVAN WILLIAMS From:The Australian February 09, 2013 12:00AM Daniel Day-Lewis stars as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s drama. Source: Supplied IF one were making a film about Abraham Lincoln – and there have been surprisingly few – certain milestones in the great man’s life would surely qualify for inclusion. What film about Lincoln would be complete without […]
Wheat: to eat or not to eat
Date February 14, 2013 Those with coeliac disease need to cut it out, but a growing number of healthy people claim they’re also all the better for going gluten free. Kenneth Chang examines the evidence. Slice of life ¢â‚¬ ¦ some wheat varieties contain higher levels of gluten because the protein helps give the springy inside […]
Nature: Is this all true?
(From a friend): God’s accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs… . For example: -the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days; -those of the canary in 14 days; -those of the barnyard hen in 21 days; -The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days; -those of the mallard in […]
How a bishop changed his mind about gay issues…
THANK GOD FOR BISHOP JOHN MCINTYRE!!! Please read this extract from the 2012 synod presidential address of the Diocese of Gippsland… “…In the life of our diocese, we rather belatedly committed to a listening process to hear the stories of gay and lesbian people, and to reflect on how seriously we take the commendation of the […]
Divorce: the effects on children
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 1/21/2013 Divorce’s Toll — Martin E. Marty Last Wednesday the Chicago Tribune alerted readers to the release that day of an ambitious set of findings about the effects of divorce on children. Reporter Manya A. Brachear called the project ¢â‚¬Å“unprecedented. ¢â‚¬ I crossed […]
Why the world is more dangerous with fewer girls
Date January 17, 2013 V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble In India and China, where the ratio of men to women is skewed in favour of men, there are higher levels of rape and violent conflict. There is some optimism emerging from the latest study by the US National Bureau of Economic Research examining the […]
If you were to die soon…
If you were to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? Stephen Levine
Marriage in Scottish Law (it’s not simple)
Farewell then common law marriage 12 December 05 Marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute is finally to be consigned to the history books by Brian Dempsey In a surprise move, the Scottish Executive has announced the impending abolition of marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute ( ¢â‚¬Å“MCHR ¢â‚¬ ). Not before time, ¢â‚¬Å“common law marriage ¢â‚¬ is […]
Betting on another’s death: what next?
Dead cert: the $25m black market betting on how long patients will last TAICHUNG: For most families, the terminal decline of a loved one means months of uncertainty and sorrow. In Taiwan, it can offer casino-style entertainment and big cash prizes. Entrepreneurs in the town of Taichung have created a thriving underground betting industry worth […]
Food wastage – up to 50%
Half of world’s food going to waste, study finds By Timothy McDonald A new study has found that a staggering 50 per cent of the world’s food goes to waste. The UK-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which carried out the study, says the waste is caused by poor storage, strict sell-by dates, bulk offers, […]
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