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Wisdom for Life

By and others ⋅ January 11, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Does this say it all????? THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE: Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.   How long a minute is   depends on what side of the bathroom door you’re on.   Birthdays are good for you;   the more you have, the longer you live.   […]

Privacy

By and others ⋅ January 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

An indifference to privacy demeans our public culture Stephanie Dowrick January 7, 2012  Illustration: Michael Mucci. A right to privacy. Or not. For years I’ve been an intermittent journal writer. A feature of that particularly intimate form of writing is that you can and perhaps must write only for yourself. And keep your writing private. […]

Gunter Pauli: The Blue Economy

By and others ⋅ January 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

(Impressive entrepreurial gifts! Rowland),,, Published 16 August 2011  |  University of Sydney Gunter Pauli: The Blue Economy Science and Technology Gunter Pauli has a dream. The Belgian economist and entrepreneur has a plan to develop 100 manufacturing innovations with viable business models that could generate 100 million jobs in 10 years. All with zero emissions and no […]

Being a Pastor Doesn’t Automatically Make You a Sex Therapist

By and others ⋅ January 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Driscoll,  ¢â‚¬Å“Real Marriage, ¢â‚¬  and Why Being a Pastor Doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t Automatically Make You a Sex Therapist By Rachel Held Evans   Evangelicals expect too much of their pastors. In addition to demanding they serve as nearly flawless leaders and teachers, many of us demand that our pastors serve as professional counselors and advisors, experts on everything […]

Challenging video

By and others ⋅ December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

  http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=3143fb15b0801617a11d1c93d62587aa

Tongue Lashings

By and others ⋅ December 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

  Barney Zwartz December 11, 2011 The exchanges of Winston Churchill are legendary. Ever thought about the perfect comeback . . . too late? Barney Zwartz shares his favourite putdowns, insults and one-liners. ‘WILKES, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox,” thundered the Earl of Sandwich. The […]

Odds and Ends…

By and others ⋅ December 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Steve Jobs involved himself in details, which is the opposite of my approach: I have always believed in the art of delegation… It is necessary to give other people the space to thrive, to catch people doing something right, rather than getting things wrong… Don’t lead your company from a distance. Walk the floor, get […]

View from Mount Everest 360 degrees

By and others ⋅ December 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

                                                                              This is really breathtaking, but make sure you click the icon on the right hand side to get the full screen   http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html

December 3 is International Day Of People with Disability

By and others ⋅ December 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Don’t DIS my ABILITY….Dec 3 International Day of People with Disabilityhttp://www.dontdismyability.com.au/   “Together for a better world for all:Including persons with disabilities in development”  http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1561     “my biggest fear is that you’ll not see me here I am not lost am not to be found I am here you may see the stare you may […]

I’m Christian, unless you’re gay

By and others ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I ¢â‚¬â„¢m Christian, unless you ¢â‚¬â„¢re gay. by  DAN PEARCE  on  NOVEMBER 14, 2011   ·   Today I want to write about something that has bothered me for the better part of a decade. I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve carved out no fewer than a dozen drafts of this post, all strangely unalike, all ultimately failing to accomplish the job I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve set out to do. Truth […]

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