Archive for July, 2007

Doesn’t this guy look peaceful?

Posted in July 31st, 2007

I took this photograph on Arpoador Point in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year. This guy and his friend were fishing late in the evening and he was the happiest man I had seen in a long time. I love this photo.

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Sharpen up…

Posted in July 31st, 2007

by James in Humour

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Religion and its place in Society

Posted in July 30th, 2007

by James in James

I have written about Islam and Protestantism on this blog, but so far, I have not put anything down about Catholicism. It is simply because no direct issue has caused me to write about it. It is not because I am avoiding it entirely.
On the left is the Logo for the Richard Dawkins Foundation […]

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One of the most disturbing blogs ever.

Posted in July 29th, 2007

by James in Internet, Northern Ireland, Politics, Society

Today I have discovered the blog site of the Rev. Ian Hall BSSC. It is one of the most disturbing blogs I have had the misfortune to come across. On this blog, Rev. Hall, who is a protestant minister, rants about protestant clergy being soft, rants about “Roman thugs”. He has a […]

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Apparently…

Posted in July 28th, 2007

by James in Humour

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Election to the Seanad

Posted in July 28th, 2007

by James in Law, Politics, University

The Seanad elections have just finished.
The two constituencies that interest me are the NUI and the TCD constituencies. There are a total of six elected senators, three in each constituency.
I find that there are two things unusual about this situation. First of all, why is TCD a constituency on its own? Perhaps […]

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Stem Cell Debate

Posted in July 28th, 2007

by James in Healthcare, Politics, Science and Society, Society

If you want to comment or ask a question about the embryonic stem cell debate, leave a comment.

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Libyan HIV Sequences

Posted in July 26th, 2007

by James in Evolution, Law, Politics, Science and Society

I’ve blogged a bit before about the Libyan HIV sequences that the government was trying to say were brought to Libya by European medics, despite the fact that the scientific evidence was strong that the sequences were there before the medics arrived and infections continued to occur after the medics were imprisoned.
I think it is […]

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Race Discrimination in Ireland

Posted in July 25th, 2007

by James in Biodiversity, Genetics, Immigration, Science and Society

From RTE today:
The number of people who claim they have been victims of racial discrimination in the workplace has doubled, according to statistics released today by the Equality Tribunal.
It is impressive that race is such an issue for so many people. Anthropologists and scientists tell us that there is no scientific basis for the […]

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