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Born that Way? Naturalism and Homosexuality
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Edward Welch’s book Blame It on the Brain?: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience is an extremely helpful read for all. One of the more persuasive arguments for the approval of homosexuality is the claim that a homosexual cannot help it, they are “born gay”. The argum …
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#DRUNKSELFIES
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I’m sure everyone’s aware by now of the #nomakeupselfie #cancerawareness trends on social media. I’ve had my rant about the attention seeking nature of this idea – if you want to post a selfie, go ahead, the internet is already full to bursting of them and one more can’t hurt – just don’t dress it u …
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Stress Kills: Economic Insecurity and Black Women’s Maternal Health Outcomes
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Statewide database would help officials track heroin trends
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"Better data would help us accurately track substance abuse trends," said Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. "I'm especially encouraged by Sen. Schumer's push for additional prevention …
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New York Kids Will 'Kick Butts' on March 19
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The Tioga County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse recently hosted a "Letters of Love" writing contest for 4th- through 12th-grade students throughout the county to urge loved ones to quit smoking. A banquet will be held to announce contest …
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12- Women’s Rights in Islam – #5 – Temporary Marriage

Women’s Rights in Islam – Part 5 – – An Islamic lecture in English Language by Dr. Sayed Khalil Tabatabai about contemporary Islamic issues. It is part of th…

Sleep Disorders: An Alternative Approach
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Commonly prescribed medications for sleep disorders (benzodiazepines, nonbenzodiazepine sedatives and melatonin) provide relief from symptoms but are commonly associated with negative side effects including cognitive impairment, dependence and abuse …
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Budget 2014: It's Time to Tackle the 'Hard-Working Families' Rhetoric
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Many turn to alcohol or comfort-eating to try and soften the blow. According to Gallup's State of the Global … Come on guys, check your privilege. With money in the bank, our political leaders are never going to feel the effects of a benefit cut here …
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Pass it on tour helps educate, celebrate recovery of alcoholism and drug use – WOAI
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Pass it on tour helps educate, celebrate recovery of alcoholism and drug use WOAI Alcoholism and addiction have become the number one public health issue in the U.S. and affects 1 in 5 people. San Antonio has one of the highest death rates from alcoholism and drug use. There is a national campaign to educate, save lives and …

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And we’ll abolish the Screenplay Oscars, because nobody in Hollywood can read.
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I’ve been threatening you with my Oscar picks for ages! I did want to wait until official voting was closed, so as not to affect the outcome, but screw that, we’re gonna go back anyway and set things right. Best Supporting Actress: You’re going to want to vote for Gloria Grahame in Crossfire for the …
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Smashing antique clocks
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In Bill McKibben’s new Oil and Honey, a memoir of his recent environmental activism, he comments that good farming should “leave the land better than you found it”. Christianity has a long history of this kind of sound environmental management, and it is called stewardship. Unfortunately, there is a …
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Saving Mr. Banks
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Travel Ireland, Limerick: Angela's Ashes author, Frank McCourt, lives on in …
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The novel tells the story from a child's (Frank's) point of view and details the alcoholism, depression, miscarriage, childhood deaths and more that plague his family before his eventual departure to New York. The book was … it comes to McCourt. He …
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Robert Fulford looks back at Anger: The British literary movement that wasn't
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He considers that “his article's niggling mindlessness, its funereal parade of yawn-enforcing facts and the pseudo-light it threw upon non-problems” will qualify it as a contribution to academic history. The subject, carefully chosen, is ideal, holding …
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