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Richard Rohr (on CNN) offers spiritual survival guide for recession
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) – Sooner or later, it happens to each of us, Richard Rohr says. ¢â‚¬Å“There always will be at least one situation in our lives that we cannot fix, control, explain, change or even understand, ¢â‚¬ the Franciscan priest said. Maybe you ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been laid off from a job you held for years. Perhaps you ¢â‚¬â„¢ve […]
CAN WE INCREASE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS?
Peter Singer ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 15 SEP 2011 THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOM OF BHUTAN IS KNOWN FOR TWO THINGS: HIGH VISA FEES, WHICH REDUCE THE INFLUX OF TOURISTS, AND ITS POLICY OF PROMOTING “GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS” INSTEAD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: high visa fees, which reduce […]
Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address
Notes I took while listening… Steve Jobs: I got sacked from my own company, Apple: but then started up a couple of excellent businesses… You can ¢â‚¬â„¢t connect the dots looking forwards, but only backwards. If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you ¢â‚¬â„¢ll be right. ¢â‚¬ËœIf this was the last […]
Change: thought-provokers
From the annals of history: ¢â‚¬ ¢ “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” – Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 ¢â‚¬ ¢ “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” – Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 ¢â‚¬ ¢ “This ‘telephone’ has too many […]
What’s the secret of happiness?
In a sermon last Sunday the preacher summed up the Christian Gospel in four words: ‘You matter; you belong!’ He then quoted Clinebell’s summary of Glasser’s ‘two essential needs: to love and be loved; and to feel worthwhile’ and Clinebell’s summary of these into one: ‘to experience authentic love in a dependable relationship’. Clinebell derived […]
Bill Gates’ wisdom to High Schoolers
Whether you like Bill Gates or not – or whether he actually said these things or not – this is pretty cool. Some advice Bill Gates supposedly dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they did not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teaching has created a full […]
Sexual Lifestyle
THE BODY’S GRACE Rowan WilliamsABC RELIGION AND ETHICS24 AUG 2011 DECISIONS ABOUT SEXUAL LIFESTYLE ARE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE WANT OUR BODILY SELVES TO MEAN RATHER THAN WHAT EMOTIONAL NEEDS WE’RE MEETING OR WHAT LAWS WE’RE SATISFYING. Why does sex matter? Most people know that sexual intimacy is in some ways frightening for them; most know that […]
THE CULTURED BODY AND THE CULT OF MEDICINE
Jeffrey BishopABC RELIGION AND ETHICS23 AUG 2011 MEDICINE’S ERROR IS THAT IT UNCRITICALLY PARTICIPATES IN THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF IDEAL BEAUTY THAT IS HARMFUL TO PARTICULAR PEOPLE AND PROMOTES CONSTANT DISSATISFACTION WITH BODILY IMPERFECTIONS. A 2010 survey found that as many as 48% of women and 23% of men said that they are interested in having cosmetic […]
Poverty Perspective
One day , the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their […]
Crowd Behavior: Footy needs to clean up its act off the field
Footy needs to clean up its act off the field By Bruce Guthrie August 21, 2011 OPINION Crowd behaviour will erode a game’s takings. If the AFL is not careful, crowd behaviour will begin to affect the gate, writes Bruce Guthrie. FOR $50 I can watch a movie in luxurious surrounds, take in a matinee […]
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