It is largely unknown to players and followers of the modern game that rugby started off purely as a contest for forwards in opposition in line-outs, scrums, rucks and mauls. This pitted eight men of statuesque physique, supreme fitness and superior intelligence in packs...
500 steps…..
See the full gallery on Posterous 500 steps ....Straight up Kings Canyon.Plus a 7 hour drive to Alice.Brendan, you would have been proud of my 4WD expertise on the dirt back roads - right up to the point where I had to ask the toothless fellow traveller from Toowoomba how to open the fuel tank. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
30000 steps…..
See the full gallery on Posterous Uluru Base Walk. 10.7 kmKata Tjinta 'Valley of the Winds' 4.7kmWalk to Outback Pioneer Pub 700mWalk home from Outback Pioneer Pub. ?? Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
A Love of Learning
Allan Stewart gained his first degree, in Dentistry, from Sydney University in 1936. In 2006, at the age of 91, he gained his 3rd degree, in Law, and thus entered the Guiness Book of World Records as the oldest University graduate ever. And today, at Southern Cross Univerity, in Lismore, at the age of 97 years and 58 days, he again took to the podium. He received a Masters Degree in Clinical Science, and delivered the graduate address to his fellow students. He told the The Northern Star: "I think I can hang up my mortar board and academic robes after this one - although I said that after my last degree and...
Some reading without charge – from Seth
The Valve company handbook (download), about the post-industrial method of management. Bassam Tarazi on accountability (part 1). This is brand new. (Download here) The on-purpose person, free ebook until the 28th. And some recent posts on The Domino Project blog (though we're not publishing any new books, the blog continues). Bonus: a new (short) TED talk from Nancy Lublin. Does changing the medium change the message? (Plus, a new one from Hugh, not free, but still a bargain...) Email this • Subscribe to this feed • Share on Facebook via sethgodin.typepad.com Thanks...
Statins: Is It Really Time to Reassess Benefits and Risks? — NEJM
<blockquote class='posterous_medium_quote'>Clinicians should monitor glucose or glycated hemoglobin in patients with multiple risk factors for diabetes who take statins, but they should continue to prescribe statins when indicated as part of a multifactorial approach to managing cardiovascular risk.</blockquote>via nejm.org Permalink | Leave a comment »
ANZAC Day – a celebration of community
I like the way that ANZAC day is commemorated in the Northern Rivers. I suspect it is similar in many country towns. The bravery and sacrifice of past and current military are of course central to the day. As happens everywhere, the marches in Alstonville, Lismore and Ballina are...
Two Sodium Atoms Walk Into a Bar
2 sodium atoms walk into in a bar. One says to the other: "I think I've lost an electron". "Are you sure?""Yes, I'm positive"Hat Tip @dianthusmed via Twitter Permalink | Leave a comment »
60 Second Adventures in Thought
Can a cat be both alive and dead?Achilles - or the tortoise?Can a machine be truly intelligent?Can you fit an infinite number of guests in your infinite hotel - even though it is full?How can you age more slowly than your twin brother?What would happen if you went back in time and shot your grandfather? That might be better than if he came forward in time to shoot you?The UK's Open University explains six of philosophy's great paradoxes - in one minute each - delightful.Hat tip - <http: />Creativ.co Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Owl About This
Richard Wiseman thinks this may be the most beautiful video ever. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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