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Why Easter Sunday is the most important Christian day
Continue reading Amy Willis, Taran Bassi This time of year is often associated with chocolate eggs and hunting for the Easter bunny , but for many Christians, it holds a deeper meaning. Good Friday is still the reason many choose not to eat meat on Fridays , and Christ's resurrection is one of the most important events in the Bible. In case you need a refresher, here's why Easter Sunday is so special… What is the meaning of Easter Sunday?
How I trained the hedges in my cottage garden using this £11 arch from Amazon — that's now a Prime Day deal
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Why the Paralympics use the Agitos logo and not the Olympic rings
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Thinking About Thinking
Thinking- what is it? What does it mean for human beings to think? Are we about to be surpassed by artificial thinking? Many people think so, but not Teppo Felin, as far as I understand him. In this episode, EconTalk host Russ Roberts welcomes back Felin to discuss these questions, based on a working paper Felin has written with Matthias Holweg. Felin explains that the human ability to ignore existing data and evidence is not only our Achilles heel, but also one of our superpowers.
How to wish someone a Happy Eid in 11 different languages
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NC - More dredging needed for Topsail inlets, price could increase by
TOPSAIL BEACH — A coastal Pender County town may have to pay more for this year’s dredging after survey work revealed many areas in the channel have more shallow depths than anticipated. READ MORE: Topsail dredging project prevents beach access for vehicles, horses in upcoming season Topsail Beach is gearing up for its winter dredging to excavate between 1.6 million and 1.9 million cubic yards of sand from the inlet channels to add to the 4.5-mile beachfront.
NC - Nearly 1K flooding events in 10 years spark needed improvements at Battleship NC
The USS North Carolina, the most highly decorated American battleship of World War II, is situated along the west banks of the Cape Fear River. It’s undergoing a $4.5-million Living with Water project in an effort to reduce flooding by using ecological solutions, including a living shoreline and bioswale through the parking lot.
Not enough housing? Let the market in.
In 1980, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government passed its famous Housing Act. This gave five million council house tenants in England and Wales the ‘Right to Buy’ their house from their local authority at a discount reflecting rent previously paid. For Thatcher, it was the perfect mix of ideological and practical politics.
Inconvenient View, Free Press Edition
Scott Sumner recently posted on the importance of holding views that are inconvenient to your larger beliefs. I agree – it’s important for good intellectual hygiene to be aware of these things.
Pandemic Priorities
What do we know about the new omicron mutant? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin It's been over two years since the COVID pandemic began, and a great deal of progress has been made. But how much have we learned? We have a vaccine available, now for people of almost all ages. It's an extraordinary achievement, but how effective is it in the end? And perhaps more importantly, what do […] Read Full Article »
NC - BHI asks voters to support up to $18M for S. Beach nourishment project
BALD HEAD ISLAND — Bald Head Island is planning its next beach nourishment project, which requires a vote from the public and could include an impact on property tax rates. The Village Council is proposing a town-funded sand placement project along South Beach. The planned project is a two-pronged solution, which would add up to 100,000 cubic yards of material from the Jay Bird Shoal borrow site onto South Beach.
How My Father’s Alcohol-Related Death Saved My Life
My dad died suddenly five years ago, and to say it was an enormous shock would be an understatement. We don’t know exactly why he died, but I know that his severe dependency on alcohol played a major role in his untimely death. I know this because my dad was a heavy drinker my entire life. He abused his body for years. You can only ask your body to process poison for so long before it says no. His passing forced me to closely examine my own relationship with booze.
EconTalk Podcast Archive - Econlib
What if we could delay--or even prevent--Alzheimer's, cancer, and heart disease? What if much of what you know about aging is wrong? Listen as cardiologist and author Eric Topol of the Scripps Research Institute talks about his new book Super Agers with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. They discuss why your genes matter less t... Happiness and Behavioral Economics Jean-Jacques Rousseau Does technology liberate us or enslave us? How do our social interactions affect our sense of self and our emotional health?
McDonald's kitchen staff reveal 'what you shouldn't eat' at fast food chain
McDonald's workers have taken to the internet to say which foods they think you should avoid as they reveal all about how the restaurants' food is prepared. People who claim to have worked at the fast food chain have revealed what people should never order - especially if they want fresh food. One revelation is the claim that fish patties often sit for hours after being cooked before being ordered.
91-year-old woman has been carrying foetus for last 60 years - EVOKE.ie
This is 91-year-old Estela Melendez.Doctors treating Estela in La Boca, Chile, believed she had a huge tumour growing inside her stomach and sent her for an X-ray.But after the X-ray medics discovered the large mass was actually a calcified foetus in her womb – which posed no health risk. The foetusEstela, who had no idea she had become pregnant, had been carrying the child for at least six decades.‘The doctor said I had a tumour and that they needed to operate on me,’ she told CNN.
Continental igneous rock composition: A major control of past global chemical weathering
The composition of igneous rocks in the continental crust has changed throughout Earth’s history. However, the impact of these compositional variations on chemical weathering, and by extension on seawater and atmosphere evolution, is largely unknown. We use the strontium isotope ratio in seawater [(87Sr/86Sr) ] as a proxy for chemical weathering, and we test the sensitivity of (87Sr/86Sr) variations to the strontium isotopic composition (87Sr/86Sr) in igneous rocks generated through time.
Continuing Education... Michael O'Hare on Art Musuems
This week, EconTalk host Russ Roberts interviewed Michael O'Hare on the somewhat mysterious world of art museums and the way their visitors experience art there. As always, we'd like to hear what you took from this week's conversation, and to continue our own conversation here. 1. What were the three most interesting things you learned from this episode? 2. Have you had a transcendent experience with art? Was it in a museum? Can you explain why? Do you have a favorite art museum? Why is it special? 3.
Continuing Conversation... Thomas Piketty on Inequality and Capital in the 21st Century
This week, EconTalk host Russ Roberts talked with Thomas Piketty, author of the controversial and best-selling tome, Capital in the 21st Century. As always, we'd like to hear your thoughts on this episode. Use the prompts below and share in the comments section, or use them to prompt discussion offline. Either way, we know you have something to say, and we love to hear from you. 1. Piketty asserts that the theory of marginal productivity of labor is naive.
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