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Crabby old man
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in North Platte, Nebraska , it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made […]
Body Image
*Sightings* 5/27/10 The New Religion of Body Improvement — Jeremy Biles ¢â‚¬Å“The worldwide pursuit of body improvement has become like a new religion, ¢â‚¬ says photographer Zed Nelson in the introduction to his latest book, *Love Me*. His photos therein depict in loving, lurid detail evidences of bodily fanaticism around the globe ¢â‚¬“ a preposterously muscled […]
Christian Dating Sites
Christianity may be the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s most popular faith, with billions of believers in the afterlife, but to the mainstream secular world, it ¢â‚¬â„¢s also the number-one subject of ridicule. Not that much has changed over the centuries. Christians have long endured persecution for their beliefs. And instead of separating themselves from the world around them and […]
Some interesting findings on happiness
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com The ever-valuable ABC website had some interesting stories recently on happiness and how we can achieve what seems so elusive, despite us having seemingly everything in our power in the 21st century to grasp it. The first ‘finding’ was that, surprise, surprise, looking to others more than ourselves makes us […]
Book Review: The Vertical Self (Mark Sayers)
Book Review – The Vertical Self, Mark Sayers, 2009 Mark Sayers’ second book, The Vertical Self, further develops the theme of his earlier work, The Trouble with Paris, by emphasising that only a deep and passionate relationship with Jesus can save us from falling prey to the whims and whispers of our culture of consumerism. […]
A Jump Into The Future
Gavin Gilchrist is the managing director of Big Switch Projects, a company set up ten years ago as an advisory group on energy efficiency and carbon management issues to business and government. In this program Gavin jumps into the future for a look at what life might be like five years from now, in a […]
Why Obama’s cool comes off as cold
Jacob Weisberg Alone in a Crowd Why Obama’s cool comes off as cold. Published Jan 22, 2010 In electing a Republican senator, the normally liberal voters of Massachusetts were surely voicing their unhappiness over many things: unemployment, bank bailouts, the health-care plan Congress was on the verge of passing, and the expansion of government in […]
The Importance of Friends
Mates, not family, help you live longer Thursday, 16 June 2005 A network of good friends reduced the risk of dying by 22% A bunch of good friends rather, than close family ties, will give you a better chance of living longer when you’re older, according to a new Australian study. The study, by Lynne […]
Why Be a Vegetarian?
Jonathan Safran Foer joins Lateline Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 26/03/2010 Reporter: Tony Jones Vegetarian US novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, who set out to research ethics of what we eat to see if he would ever be able to justify it to his son, joins Lateline. TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Three years ago the American novelist Jonathon […]
360-degree Spectacular Photography
I have seen 360 shoots, but not like this. Look all the way up and all the way down and you don’t get any decrease in the shot. You can’t even see where the camera equipment is, it’s like it’s not even there. Use your mouse to move around. It takes practice. ENJOY! Click the […]
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