Archive for October, 2007
On The Lighter Side
Friday, October 5th, 2007
Well it’s Friday once more and with that comes some lighter stories to balance off the week.
Firstly be careful when you next drink a cup of tea as you may never believe what could be in it, this was certainly the case for a boarding school teacher in Austria.
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Give Peace a chance?
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Is peace really possible? Can we ever see a time where we can all put down weapons and learn to solve our problems differently?
There are non violent ways to solve just about any problem, but at the same time there is a human trait (I believe) that results in us not wanting to fully see [...]
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Trust and Knowledge
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Imagine getting to know someone, trusting them and possibly believing them to be someone that is capable of earning your trust. We all know someone like that, but what happens when that trust is betrayed?
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All television is children’s television – Richard P Adler
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The Healthy Steps for Young Children has found that Children under Five years old are a greater risk to develop problems with behaviour and social skills.
The topic was discussed on Gerry Ryan’s show on 2FM this morning and I listened with interest to find that there were a number of callers who refused to let [...]
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Richard Dawkins and the Church
Monday, October 1st, 2007
One of the frequent attacks that Dawkins levies against religion- in particular Christianity, the religion he was brought up in- is that it inhibits and stultifies intellectual progress. Certainly the Vatican has had a rather withering view of scientists for most of the past two hundred years and at times has proved slow to wake [...]
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Courage Under Fire
Monday, October 1st, 2007
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell Joseph Devine said in a statement yesterday that the public should demonstrate their appreciation for the armed forces currently fighting in Afghanistan and beyond.
He feels that people should not confuse “our courageous young troops” with issues about war and I have to say I agree with him.
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