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The Traveling Bears: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. We saw this sign often. But the dogs were usually inside. While we were walking in Tuscany we passed a paddock with a flock of sheep. Just like a number of others, but in this case four "sheep" detached themselves from the flock and raced towards us barking savagely. These were Maremma sheepdogs. Specially bred to live with the sheep and protect them from wolves, or Australian tourists. Not too rash, now. Saturday, May 28, 2011. A Tale of Two Cities: Florence and Rome. Climbing the...
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The Traveling Bears: August 2010
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Friday, August 27, 2010. A day in the life. I've had a few requests for more "every day" business on this blog, and particularly some information on Grandsons 1 and 2, Angus and George, so I thought I'd tell you about our recent Thursdays. Georgie absorbed with his toys. An undemanding little fellow. Jeannie introduced Angus to Plasticene and it has become another favourite play, stretching my creative talents to the limits. From Hugh and Jess's back step, looking across the yard to Snug Primary School.
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The Traveling Bears: December 2010
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Monday, December 20, 2010. Our neighbour Jo has been troubled for some time with water under her house, to the extent that her backyard has become a swamp. After some time, and an attempt to shift the blame to her downpipes, Southern Water turned up this afternoon to deal with it (and in a typically Tasmanian way the guy in charge was the brother of Jo's ex-housemate). What Marty wants to do when he grows up. There goes the front garden. What an exciting afternoon! And a Merry Christmas to all our readers.
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Evolving Christian: December 2010
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Monday, December 27, 2010. Isaac Asimov on the Relativity of Wrong. Here's the original link. H/t to James McGrath. Isaac Asimov - The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 14 No. 1, Fall 1989. The Relativity of Wrong. It seemed that in one of my innumerable essays, I had expressed a certain gladness at living in a century in which we finally got the basis of the universe straight. These are all twentieth-century discoveries, you see. Are they always wrong to the same degree? Let's take an example. Of course there ar...
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Evolving Christian: Very Nicely Done Cartoon Version of Evolutionary Theory.
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Monday, July 4, 2011. Very Nicely Done Cartoon Version of Evolutionary Theory. Here's a great cartoon rendering of the theory of evolution that I found just now from reading Jimpithecus. S science and religion blog. In a blog post on June 25. Which I only saw today, he links to a great cartoon from another blog. Explaining the theory of evolution, but in cartoon form, from Darryl Cunningham. Very nicely done indeed. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Choose Your Own Adventure Bible. Barbara King Respond...
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Evolving Christian: February 2011
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Monday, February 14, 2011. Teaching Kids About Science in Church. There's a good post today at the Internet Monk. About how best to teach preteen kids in church about faith/science issues. Unfortunately (or maybe not! The gentleman in question has only a half hour to introduce the subject to his class this coming week. Here's the conundrum Ben is in:. Dear Chaplain Mike,. On Friday, I’ve got 30 minutes to talk to a group of 11-13 year-olds about ‘creation and evolution’. I may just be able to ask. With s...
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The Traveling Bears: September 2011
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Thursday, September 15, 2011. Another episode in this year of travels (and it's not over yet). Last week we were lucky enough to visit beautiful Lord Howe Island along with five students from Rosny College who were the winners of the Envirothon competition, run by The Bookend Trust. LHI is nearly two hours flying time east of Sydney in a Dash 8 aircraft, which is how Jean and I got there. The students came more slowly in a smaller chartered plane from Hobart, with a couple of intermediate stops. We staye...
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The Traveling Bears: November 2014
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Sunday, November 2, 2014. Japan final: food, toilets etc. Everyone asks, so we might as well get this one out of the way first: yes, what you've heard about Japanese toilets is all quite true. The heated seat (with an associated warning about low temperature burns), the musical or watery tones to disguise what you are actually up to, the discrete draught to waft away any noxious odours, and. Those water sprays (surprisingly accurate! Toilet controls. You can work them out. Take-san took us for a memorabl...
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Evolving Christian: May 2011
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Thursday, May 26, 2011. Katharine Hayhoe: Evangelical Christian, Climate Scientist. A wonderful post at Biologos. About a climate change scientist who is also an evangelical Christian. Please be sure to watch all three videos at the link. This video needs to go viral and shatter the false dichotomy between faith and science so prevalent in the popular media. Links to this post. Sunday, May 8, 2011. Happy Scientifically Accurate Mothers Day! Links to this post. Saturday, May 7, 2011. Links to this post.
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Evolving Christian: March 2011
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Saturday, March 26, 2011. Darwin Pushed to the Margins in HS science classes. An excellent but also disturbing interview from Rod Dreher with Eric Plutzer. About why American High School teachers are so reluctant to teach evolutionary science in their classrooms. Here's one paragraph to get a sense of the article, but read the whole thing. It offers a convincing explanation as to why our HS science curriculum is so mediocre. Should we take costly steps to reduce carbon emissions? Links to this post.
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