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well I've finally joined the big FB. and what a challenge it is too, or is that just a sign of age like when your grandchildren can work the dvd recorder faster than you can sneeze. still we've got there and you can access it via http://christchurchoswestry.org/ or I suppose by going onto your Face Book account and looking up Paster Nick. But does it take more time to manage more social

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Have you seen how the Christmas season has become decision season - it's the finals for the X Factor, and Strictly Come Dancing and the BBC Sports personality of the year - with the competitor's hopes resting on the judges and the people's votes. Do you join in, do you give your decisions, do you voice your vote? When the wise men came to visit Jesus, they first went to Herod. He also said he

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I'm sure we've all been amazed by the good news of the rescue of the 33 trapped miners in Chile. The BBC reported it under the heading: miners clock off 69-day shift from hell. Surely it was a hellish experience being trapped 2300 feet underground, enduring life without sunlight, fresh air, and loved ones, and for the first 17 days without any hope of rescue. How the men's hearts must have echoed

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What have the 33 trapped Chilean miners asked for? Some things you would very much expect. Letters from loved ones. Medicines. Tooth paste and brushes. Food including vitamin drinks and oranges. Entertainment: a games console and a pack of dice. A camera – to make a personal record. And two other things also. Signed Barcelona football shirts and Bibles. I can understand the Bibles. When you

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The Pope: 17th September 2010: I am convinced that .. there are many areas in which the Church and the public authorities can work together for the good of citizens. Yet “I cannot but voice my concern at the increasing marginalization of religion, particularly of Christianity, that is taking place in some quarters, even in nations which place a great emphasis on tolerance. There are those who

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Researchers at Brigham Young University studied 300,000 people from four continents over seven years, and found that those with the strongest social networks lived longer than those who were lonely. This is no surprise to Christians for the Bible tells us: “He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.” whereas “An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends....“ And “God has showed you, O man,

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Milo is Microsoft's "virtual human"that reacts to a person's emotions,body movements and voice.The technology is the brainchild of veteran UK games designer Peter Molyneux. Is this the 'Good news? Mr Molyneux demonstrated Milo at the European TED: (Technology, Entertainment and Design); under the theme: "and now the good news".He said that he wanted to create a character "that seemed alive, that

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The cost of a trip to Lourdes? The price of a device which captures the healing power of the waters of Lourdes?The Roman Catholic Church has officially recognised 67 miraculous healings through the waters of Lourdes, on the basis of stringent tests ruling out other possible physical or psychological cures.But it's a long way from South Korea to France, so South Korean professor Kim “invented a

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Answer: Play for his country as well as he can for his club, even after a premier league season.Dr Andrew Murray, a research fellow at Cambridge University's department of physiology, development and neuroscience, told BBC's Today programme: "The problem with the theory it was a long season that struck down the players is that Tevez seems to be playing with the same vigour, enthusiasm and skill

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Andy Murray wins Wimbledon this year;England win the South Africa world cup;The Government increases taxes;God loves you.It is said that there are only two things we can be sure off: death and taxes. But that is something of an exaggeration.We know someone will win Wimbledon.We know some team will win the World Cup.But we can only hope it will be our man, our team.We can be certain of things in

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A New South Wales scientist, Joe Gorges, has found that “the one emotion we all seem to want to avoid - sadness - can be … beneficial and useful.” But is this really such a surprise?Apparently, people, remember better when the weather is bad and they're in a bad mood; are better able to see the truth when they are sad rather than happy and think better when they are in a sad mood.According to

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Whether you think he should be, or whether you agree with Capello and don't think he should be, Theo isn't going to the world cup. Capello's choosing of the England World Cup squad is only for a summer. Theo, God willing, has time for another world cup. His omission this time isn't saying goodbye forever to world cup summers.Have you ever been left out of a selection? When your fellow school

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Hoopla is supposed to be a simple fun game - throw a hoop over a prize that rests propped up on a target peg. But your chances of winning at one Blackpool stall were found to be 2,600 to 1 due to the special hoop size and pegs they were using.Local Trading Standards called in Dr David Lucy, a Lancaster University maths expert, who recreated the game in his laboratory and found that the size of

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The 'thermal' water lily (Nymphaea thermarum, pictured left by Kew Gardens), so named because it grows in freshwater hot springs, was only discovered in 1985 by German botanist Professor Fischer.It was only known to be living in just one location in south west Rwanda. But it disappeared from there about 2008 or 2007 due to over-exploitation of the hot spring that it relied upon for life. However>

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Do what?Make a lasting marriage. Kirk Douglas has married twice, secondly to Anne Buydens on May 29, 1954, and still going. Tom Hanks has been married to actress Rita Wilson since 1988. Terry Wogan has been married to Helen Joyce since 1965. David and Nick have had a very public wedding, but will it last, is it real love, shotgun necessity, or economic convenience?Marriage is a covenant of mutual

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With violence or power or voting? For weeks the political parties have been telling us about the things they value and the things that they would do to promote our well-being.For centuries people disillusioned by politicians have taken to the streets in worry and fear, anger and violence to protect their well-being or to get hold of power for themselves.Voting is better than the gun. Street peace

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Be honest. Have you ever been lost and yet kept on going on and on and on and on - even thoughyou were going around in circles?On April the 19th, the Thames coastguard and Sheerness lifeboat, from the Isle of Sheppey in the mouth of the Thames, found them-selves helping a man who had run his boat aground on the Elmley Marshes on Sheppey. What's blogworthy about this? The man had set off from

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Now these the party leaders each say they want your vote to make your life better, but will you bother to vote?What makes your life good?Money, you might say. Fair enough money, but money can't buy you health – just try throwing a credit card at a cancer cell and see if you cure it.Perhaps Education then. Education is a good thing if you're talking about learning, but knowledge passes away, and

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On Good Friday, we said that there is a need from time to time to give some thought to doctrine, to spend a little time that is teaching on the meaning of the gospel. This is Easter and it's a marvellous thing that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. He is God with God, the Son of the Father and so we may expect Him to be raised from the dead by His Father. And in that expectation there may be a

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Every so often in our Christian life we can benefit from a little doctrine – doctrine being a posh word for teaching. What happens on Good Friday? We know that Jesus Christ dies. But at a human level He is a good man, a man of kindness, why would anyone want to kill Him – is it enough to say that He was too good for His own good? He upset the authorities and when you do that you're bound to get

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Are you ready for this? On the 30th March the people who work the Large Hadron Collider in Cern will be switching it on, to blow up some atomic particles to search for what has been called the "God particle".You see we have a problem. We don't understand the universe. There's something missing in our knowledge. Guess what it is? Here's some clues. You feel it every day but you cant see it. It

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Sahil Saeed a 5 year old boy from Oldham was kidnapped by robbers who broke into his grandmother's home in Pakistan in March 2010. The robbers are said to have beaten the family up, and then left taking jewellery, money and Sahil, apparently demanding a £100,000 ransom for the boy's return. His family said there was "no way" they could afford any such payment. But, according to Rana Sanaullah,

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Travelling 1st Class, according to sociologist John Urry, of Lancaster University, is “all about receiving a certain level of service. [BBC News website]"There are people at your beck and call, you can sit at the seat and expect a service delivered...” You pay more and get extra legroom, free wi-fi and complimentary food and drink. And “your trivial needs will be met, like an extra glass of

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Abbey Road studios are to be Grade 2 listed, apprently for their historic, rather than architectural reasons. It means any future owners must be careful to make sure the character of the property is treated with respect, but it does not prohibit internal changes.The Beatles used Abbey Road for 90% of their recordings, and brought them to the attention of the public by naming an album after them

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ThreeTV adverts breached rules on noise levels. Eight adverts shown during an episode of Sherlock Holmes were too loud say the Advertising Standards Authority: while "the maximum subjective loudness of ads was consistent with other ads during the break … it was not well matched to the overall sound levels of the programme." Apparently ITV3, along with other broadcasters, are now working harder

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A voice is heard in Shropshiremourning and great weeping.Oswestry weeping for her children[adapted from Jeremiah 31:15]You can exchange daily greetingswith people and yet not know them. We are neighbours in a street whose hearts never meet;we are fellow dwellers in the road but not companions in the way;“How are you?” we are asked but we are bred to answer“Alright, how are you?” even though

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Darlene Etienne, aged 16 - rescued after 15 day from the 2010 Haiti earthquake Other remarkable rescues include:Rico Dibrivell, early 30s - rescued after 12 daysWismond Exantus, 24, found after 11 daysEmmanuel Buso, 21 - saved after 10 days Marie Carida, 84 - brought out after 10 days Mendji Bahina Sanon, 11 - freed after eight days Lozama Hotteline, 25 - pulled out after seven days Elisabeth

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Earthquake - many thousands dieLife - everyone diesThere is a truth that we find hard to take: in the beginning everything was very good, but then evil entered in and things went wrong, so that now we live in days when all creation groans as in the pains of childbirth, yearning to be freed from being a hostage to decay, and hoping to be brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.But

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Speaking to his congregation on Sunday, 20th December, Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said, on behalf of people in poverty "My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift.” It made the news but was it the good news?"When people are released from prison, or find themselves suddenly without work or family support, then to leave them for weeks and weeks with

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Is it time to wonder: there's got to be more to life than drink and the morning after?.The good news is not that it's Christmas - but that Christmas is the good news.Do you want more for Christmas than big bills and mega rows, the same old disappointments, all twisted up with this year's extra pain? Do you want to giftwrap yourself a new Christmas?But how can I do that? The pain comes by itself.

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Science tells us so. But are things that clear cut?Scientists at The University of East Anglia have apparently been adjusting their weather records to support global warming. Does this matter? The United Nations gets its data in support of global warming from 3 main places. The University of East Anglia is one of them. Another is NASA and our own Met Office - but both these refuse to give out

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When you look at the sun, shining in a blue sky on a bright day, what do you see? Sometimes I'm just utterly amazed that this nuclear fire in all its many qualities is there for us. Just think how much light & warmth goes out to space, never coming our way. Only a portion of all the glory of the blaze of the sun falls on us. The sight of the sun – and much more - tells me that we are here by

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Government says schools must teach pupils that domestic violence is wrong Beginning in 2 years time youngsters must be taught how to prevent violence in household relationships in the compulsory personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education curriculum. This is good but … Doctors are told to stop giving pills and to prescribe: behaviour changeDepressed people feel low, worthless, and

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US and Egyptian scientists.using medical scanning techniques, have found evidence of hardened arteries and possible heart disease in mummies. plus ça change,plus c'est la même choseor the more things change, the more they stay the same.The researchers wonder 'why?' The ancient Egyptians weren't couch potatoes they didn't eat modern processed foods, nor smoke too many various weeds. Dr Gregory

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"When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today." [The Kohima epitaph]There is a war happening in the world today. It's not in Afghanistan. It cant be seen on your television sets; you rarely read about it in your paper, but it is fought every day in your heart. On the one side is the great power of the world whose name is selfishness who is allied with me, me, and

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So is it to be Windows 7 or Ubuntu 9.10 or Simply Mepis 8 or an Apple Mac os? The end of Vista or the end of Windows? Will you be giving Your Personal Computer a makeover? Will you upgrade it for a new life?Today computers are everywhere, we wouldn't exist as we know it without them. Just look back on 20 year old films and TV programmes and see the difference computers have made from mobile

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Centenarians with the bodies of 50-year-olds will one day be a realistic possibility, say scientists, in a BBC report. Half today's babies will live to be a 100, but with increasingly worn out bodies. But at Leeds University scientists are working towards being able to replace, even up-grade worn out body parts. Dr Eileen Ingham says their 'aim ... is to develop medical engineering solutions

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Shadow chancellor, George Osborne, at the 2009 Conservative Party Conference, says he wants to be straight with us about the scale of the problems we face. According to Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, Mr Osborne is saying to us, “look, we have a major problem, we have to sort this out, we have to sort it out for the next generation and to keep our country solvent". And Grayling added:

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A huge new diamond weighing just over 100 grams and maybe worth more than £12m has been found. [see picture from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8280788.stm] But what would it do to you if you had it?First there would be the worry of getting it cut right – the value of a diamond is in the way it is shaped to reveal its beauty.Next there'd be the anxiety of keeping it – a diamond of this

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Puma and Adidas the sportswear companies have ended their 60 year feudThe 2 founding brothers, Adi and Rudolf Dassler, fell out either during the 2nd World War, or following the war in 1948 – no one's quite sure now – and split the family business into rival firms building factories on opposite sides of the river in their home town. On September 21st 2009 the bosses of both companies organized

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picture from www.irishtimes.com.This week the Scottish Justice minister Kenny MacAskill released the convicted Lockerbie terrorist, Mr al-Megrahi. Mr MacAskill said Mr al-Megrahi showed his victim no mercy, but that is no reason to deny him and his family mercy. Recognising that Mr al-Megrahi “now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power”, MacAskill justified releasing Mr al-Megrahi as a

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The death of a baby is a sadness for us all.The deliberate hurting of a baby enrages us.There are two questions we always ask:How can people do this? Why doesn't someone do something? Of course we employ social workers to stop it. But “Social work” has become a reflection of ourselves, ffalling for the “belief that science and rationalism can identify the risk and lead professionals to the

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Swedes miss Capri after GPS gaffe [BBC News Headline for 29/07/09]A Swedish couple called in at the Tourist Information Centre asking for the way to the Blue Grotto. Nothing wrong with that if you're in Capri, but what if you've followed your satnav to Carpi. Capri is an island. Carpi is an industrial town on the Italian mainland 400 miles from Capri. Paula Ceely, drove from Redditch to

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Are there enough helicopters or aren't there? Bangkok International Airport.Do its police detain people only to let them go for a bribe? Was Chicken Tikka Masala, one of the nation's favourite curry dishes, invented in Glasgow? How can you know if there really is a God?Helicopters. Chancellor Alistair Darling says that the Treasury has never refused requests for more equipment or troops. The

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[Here are some words we've learnt to love. But which are not truth.[1], Doctor to patient: you're depressed because your brain is suffering a chemical inbalance - taking a pill will put your brain back into balance.This sounds good, but as Dr Joanna Moncrieff, of the department of mental health sciences at University College London, admits we have no real idea of the chemistry of the brain. We

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A pensioner from Bolton has become one of Britain's biggest ever Lottery winners, scooping nearly £25 million, it was revealed on 15th June 2009.What would you do with a lottery win of £24 millions?What would you buy?What would you save?What would you give away?The answer to these questions lies in your heart. Some people are generous hearted with their last 24 pounds. Others wouldn't give 24

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Did you know that in 2004 Wales disappeared into the Irish Sea - according to the picture of the front cover of the Eurostat Statistical Compendium, which claimed to publish all the facts and figures on the EU - except for a map of Wales!Of course there's more to the EU than Euro-errors. It now makes most of our laws. Is that why Westminster MP's are tempted to spend their time working on their

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