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 against one another. In those days, the winner was the pack [...]
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500 steps…..May 13, 2012
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. [...] |
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30000 steps…..May 12, 2012
See the full gallery on Posterous Uluru Base Walk. 10.7 km Kata Tjinta ‘Valley of the Winds’ 4.7km Walk to Outback Pioneer Pub 700m Walk home from Outback Pioneer Pub. ?? Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
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A Love of LearningMay 4, 2012
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 [...] |
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Some reading without charge – from SethApril 29, 2012
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 [...] |
Statins: Is It Really Time to Reassess Benefits and Risks? — NEJMApril 26, 2012
<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 Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
ANZAC Day – a celebration of communityApril 26, 2012
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 lead by our verterans. Some of [...] |
Two Sodium Atoms Walk Into a BarApril 23, 2012
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 Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
