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    Parenting

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    November 1, 2013

    Research carried out by Professor Karen McComb and Dr Graeme Shannon at the University of Sussex has discovered that orphaned elephants, the result of culling, become hyper aggressive, and their inability to differentiate between the calls of friend and foe lead to random responses. There are young male humans on…

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    Ethical trading

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    October 30, 2013

    Some parts of the world manage the separation of government and religion better than others. In  multi faith and no faith societies all citizens hold equal rights not to be bound by laws based exclusively on a particular religious or non-religious viewpoint. Ethical choices can be made without reference to…

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    Waiting for Jude by Matthew Jones

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    October 28, 2013

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    October 28, 2013

    Originally posted on Drifters Bar Grill + Detox Center: http://youtu.be/wqi3CSGJnds

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    gypsies, tramps and thieves

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    October 28, 2013

    Hergé was a bit of a fascist. Outsiders who choose an alternative way of life are often the victims of prejudice, and make great scapegoats when times are tough.

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    Lion… by Jaroslaw Miernik

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    October 28, 2013

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    Night cycling in Belfast – not for the timid

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    October 27, 2013

    Another near miss, and yet I was wearing a highly visible vest and my bike was lit front and back. The taxi driver had his window down as he veered towards me from where he was parked. I asked him to look more carefully in future – alright, I shouted…

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    Magic Light in the Spessart / Germany by Rolf Nachbar

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    October 27, 2013

    water and woods with magical light

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    Popular culture – an oxymoron?

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    October 25, 2013

    One often despairs at the ignorance of youth. I was minding my own business in Filthy McNasty’s the other night listening to a fellow called Mark Graham strum his guitar and sing popular songs. All very gemütlich until some wassock plonked himself in front of the musician beseeching him to play…

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    Meditations

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    October 23, 2013

    Someone in their 50s often sits and ponders. What’s it all about? How do we know what we know? Is there a God? That kind of stuff. The act of putting those thoughts to paper clarifies the ideas and the arguments that have perplexed people through the ages. Montaigne shared…

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