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Living With Dinosaurs
7 February, 2010 - 8:39 pm
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In 2005, a team of scientists led by paleontologist Mary Schweitzer discovered a femur bone from a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Nothing particularly special about that, until they also discovered that the bone contained intact blood vessels, red blood cells, and other proteins. An amazing find: Tyrannosaurus Rex soft tissue!
But this posed a big problem and challenge to [...]
Where Is The Right Balance?
20 January, 2010 - 6:05 am
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I know I’ve written about this topic a few times before, but it’s something that I’m wrestling with at the moment.
Here’s the thing. On the one hand, there are huge amounts of people that die every day from poverty. The number is around 25,000 people or so, every day. And they die from preventable things like [...]
Life Is Messy
20 January, 2010 - 5:42 am
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We used to have a dog called Rosie. She was a great dog, she loved people, and was an enthusiastic part of the family.
But dogs are also messy. Part of the cost of having a dog in the family is cleaning up after them, sometimes they bark excessively, they sleep on the good furniture when [...]
Be Still And Know
12 January, 2010 - 9:01 pm
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Somewhere around 900BC or so, God is recorded as saying to the Israelites: “Be still, and know that I am God”.
It’s always fascinated me that a God who created the universe, whose power exceeds our wildest imagination, should choose to reveal himself not with loud shouts and incredible signs, but in a quiet whisper. Many [...]
And So This Is Christmas
20 December, 2009 - 8:40 am
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Christmas means different things to everyone. For some it’s about spending time with family, for others it’s about a holiday, for others it’s about presents, for other’s it’s about celebrating the original story of Christmas. And for some, it may even be a time that reminds them of their loneliness.
When I was a kid, Christmas [...]
We’re All So Different
13 December, 2009 - 5:46 am
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A few months ago on my way home from work, walking to my car, as usual I cut through the shopping centre carpark.
As I walked through the carpark, I noticed about 50 metres away a man standing very close to the back of a car, almost leaning against it. His stance looked strange, and as I [...]
Australia, The McMansion Homeland
Well, it’s official. Australian’s now live in the world’s largest homes, at a staggering average of 214.6 square meters (2,310 square feet).
And as if that statistic wasn’t bad enough on it’s own, here’s another one that comes with it. The average number of people living in these extraordinarily large homes? 2.56 people.
What I’m about to say, [...]
Such Is Life
25 November, 2009 - 7:35 pm
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It’s late Spring here, and there is new life everywhere. There are trees in our backyard that only 2 months ago had lost all their leaves, you would have sworn they were dead, and now they are covered in fresh new green growth and fruit. Animals and insects are out and about everywhere, and the [...]
Enjoy Chocolate Again
11 November, 2009 - 8:02 pm
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In August of this year, Cadbury Australia announced that they plan to have Fairtrade Certification for their dairy milk chocolate by Easter 2010.
This is amazingly good news, from such a large producer, which will see the amount of Fairtrade products sold in Australia more than triple! This will allow more cocoa farmers in Africa to [...]
Coming Of Age
8 November, 2009 - 10:35 am
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The other day I saw a post on Facebook, quoting Sigmund Freud, which goes something along the lines of:
Religion belonged to the infancy of the human race; it had been a necessary stage in the transition from childhood to maturity. It had promoted ethical values which were essential to society. Now that [...]
