What is all this nano-this and nano-that?
The short version.... is that the prefix \'nano\' means very, very, very small. Smaller than you can imagine; smaller than can be seen with a light microscope; much smaller than the cells in your body..
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Australia Day – Favourite Aussie Places
Since 2008 in this column my Australian Day articles have waxed lyrical on philosophical issues associated with being so very blessed living in this land of abundance albeit a dry brown land with droughts, bushfires and floods aplenty.
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Laguna Quays Respite brings back memories and a bright future with 16 weeks of bookings for 2014
The Laguna Quays Respite cottage for missionaries and church / mission personnel already has 16 weeks of bookings for 2014, which is almost one third of the year.
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Never under estimate what children and teenagers hear around the home
Our family recently celebrated the engagement of our fourth, our third daughter, Salley to Sam. Both Salley and Sam comes from Christian homes. Up to 2 years of age, Salley\'s home with us was in Wallacia, then from 1992-96 we relocated to Moruya and from 1996-98 in Tweed Heads with us, when she then went to Sydney for university.
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Australia's Biggest 50's–60's Nostalgia Festival the Gold Coast's CoolyRocksOn reinstates Christian Service
Australia\'s Biggest 50\'s-60\'s Nostalgia Festival the Gold Coast\'s CoolyRocksOn has reinstated the Christian Service for next year on the June long weekend.
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Fortunes of War a very good series witnessing life when under conflict out of our control
1988 was the Seoul Olympics at which I was part and at an international sports mission congress, I held our inaugural Sports mission conference at Penrith Panthers in Sydney, our children were 9, 6 and 4 at Wallacia Public School and I watching the television series Fortunes of War.
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Innocence Project - imprisoned then cleared after many years incarcerated can bring equally devastating results
Griffith University in Queensland says of their Innocence Project: "We are committed to freeing innocent persons who have been wrongly convicted in Australia. We will take on cases where initial investigations support inmates\' assertions that they have been wrongly convicted and where innocence may be established through the use of DNA technology."
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The sea turned red - remarkable and strange phenomenon have scientists coming up with answers
The sea turned red and the scientists came up with an answer. No, this is not about the Biblical account of the Nile turning in like manner, as one of the 10 plaques that struck Egypt as Moses called upon Pharaoh to let his people go. This was the Pacific Ocean at Bondi Beach. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Oil find and new technologies is providing alternative oil to the Middle East
A recent article in News.com spelt out how South Australia is sitting on oil potentially worth more than $20 trillion, independent reports claim - enough to turn Australia into a self-sufficient fuel producer.
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Retired Barrister-at-Law Gavin Lawrie challenges atheist Richard Dawkins – his focus is the evidence!
Gavin Lawrie is now retired. He holds degrees in economics and law from Sydney University, having practiced as a barrister and a corporate lawyer in Sydney for many years before taking a 'sea change' as it were to a near-coastal rural town as a country solicitor.
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Two Australian young writers win 2013 Basil Sellers Young Writers Award – Alison Barkley and Laura Veloso
The inaugural Basil Sellers Young Writers Award was won by both Alison Barkley and Laura Veloso whose published articles in Christian Today Australia were deemed by seven Panellists over seven months from Australia and New Zealand as top of the patch, each receiving $1000.
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Has Christian theology on a "Just War" influenced the rhetoric of hard line Islamic rants?
Has Christian theology on a "Just War" influenced the rhetoric of hard line Islamic rants? This has become a valid question after a recent rant by an Adelaide Islamic preacher Sheikh Sharif Hussein which was videoed and uploaded to the Internet.