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Dec 2010
4:55 AM

Checking in to see if this is still okay

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Mar 2010
7:36 AM ACST

Quote of the day

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden

Tags: inspirational, quotes

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Nov 2009
8:57 AM ACST

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. James K. Feibleman

Tags: quotes, random

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Oct 2009
7:49 AM ACST

Lewdness (Acts 18:14), villany or wickedness, not lewdness in the modern sense of the word. The word "lewd" is from the Saxon, and means properly "ignorant," "unlearned," and hence low, vicious (Acts 17:5).

Tags: bible, etymology

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Sep 2009
12:31 PM ACST

Best ever de scription of SG1's Daniel Jackson: "He often leaves you with the feeling that a very caring and friendly whirlwind has been through, leaving things a little better in its wake." http://www.area52hkh.net/ase/eideann/eros01.php

Tags: fandom, random, SG1

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Aug 2009
11:07 AM ACST

My thoughts on health care in Aust, as expressed in a national health survey

The problems, as I see it, stem mostly from a lack of funding in critical areas, and too great a pressure put on the wider Medicare system. Improving these areas would likely improve staffing shortages (ie, doctors and nursing staff), reduce hospital waiting lists, and generally allow better use of the funds we currently have for community awareness and vital preventative health reforms. A 'user pays' system simply does not work in health care - each member of a community has value, and adds value to their community environment, regardless of their financial status. Eliminating Private Medical Insurance gap fees and placing a higher Medicare Levy on those of a substantial income without private insurance would, in my view, help reduce many of the problem areas in our health system, merely by reducing the immediate pressure on Medicare-funded services. If large businesses and corporations were also encouraged through tax rebates etc to donate specifically to medical, medical research, general community health and exercise, and sustainable energy/environmental organisations (over preferences for, say, major sporting organisations), then there would also be an immediate flow on effect to healthcare as a whole, making the taxpayer's health care dollars get 'more bang for it's buck', so to speak.

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Aug 2009
10:12 AM ACST

Quote for the day...

And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Anais Nin

Tags: QFTD, inspirational

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Jun 2009
2:21 AM ACST

An appalling statistic

During the Rowanda civil war 1994 1 000 000 people killed, in 100 days. One. Million. People. That's 10 000 people per day. A further 2 million became refugees. We have no idea how lucky we are.

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Location: Australia