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Youth Volunteers
Mere Christianity comments have been delayed for a bit while Wolfie waits for her copy to arrive.
In mean time I'll stick with faith topics and would like to share with you this survey on youth volunteering done by the Evangelical Alliancce.
It was released in June and somehow I missed it at the time so I'll quickly note its' main points.
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Mere Christianity
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Sunrise
It's just after 3am and the sun is starting to rise. It should be up by 4am. It set at about 10pm. I love Scotland at this time of year. -
Good news!
Prisme workers ended their occupation at their factory yesterday because... they won! They start work again on Monday.
Their press release:
Prisme Packaging Occupation
After 51 days in occupation the Dundee Prisme workers have decided to end their occupation. The reason we have taken this decision is that it looks like we have secured funding ( Read more... ) -
Newswipe
Newswipe by Charlie Brooker on BBC 4 has been excellent.
This weeks edition has top science nerd Ben Goldacre on it doing what he does best, exposing how bad media coverage of science and medicine is.
It also has an absolutely fantastic exposure of how poor the media coverage of the G20 and the protest was.
If you haven't already then go and watch it!
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Easter
Easter sunday was amazing.
In the morning was the service at Dundee Methodist church. The sermon was on the theme "God is on the loose", if death and the tomb could not contain Jesus then why do we try to? With extra rules/religion, with doubt, with weak understanding and so on. Whatever box we try to put God into, He will always be greater than it ( Read more... ) -
Megalab fun
When I was a kid watching Tomorrow's World there was a Megalab about once a year. Basically they would do experiments and test theories inside the studio and there was always a bit you could do at home. It was probably dumbed down unscientific rubbish but as a kid I loved it ( Read more... ) -
A sense of proportion
On the frontpage of the ever reliable Daily Express today is the headline "FOUND: THE KEY TO STAYING SLIM". It seems that a new line of anti-obesity drugs are being developed:
Professor Bob Farese Jr, professor of medicine and biochemistry at the University of California in San Francisco, said: “Since we eat a lot of fat in our diet, if you transfer ( Read more... )
