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...Dawkins, even moderate religious teachings amount to mental abuse: “But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents, teachers and priests, has led you to believe…that sinners burn in hell, it is entirely plausible that words could have a more long-lasting and damaging effect than deeds...
...aging population. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will acquire a stake of approximately $200 million from HMC, which has owned the forest estate since December 2003. The government land, initially sold to a group of investors in 1996 for $1.3 billion, was purchased by Harvard for roughly half that amount seven years later. The 1997 Asian financial crisis had put a dent in timber prices, contributing to the investors’ financial woes. According to the initial purchase agreement, Harvard owns cutting rights in the forest, but the government retains ownership of the land, which is expected to eventually...
...school’s selections of Fauci and Foege were intended to help commemorate Richmond’s recently passed 90th birthday by honoring doctors as committed to children’s health as Richmond is. “These two guys have done an unbelievable amount for kids in the world,” said Bloom...
...When coupled with conclusions of scholarly research, a pattern emerges. "The amount of freedom and opportunity kids have in high school to express and wrestle with doubt, the mysteries of scripture and its applicability to the problems in their own lives is related to the maturity of their faith [as young adults]," says Kara Powell, executive director of Fuller Seminary's Center for Youth and Family Ministry...
...Finally, the family devised a new commute plan that enabled her husband and her daughter to ride their bikes to work and school. They also bought an electric bike and that shaved off some more poundage - totaling a loss of 7,600 in transportation emissions. All told, these changes amount to 21,000 pounds of carbon weight loss annually...