Overtaken!
A few months ago, I had the privilege of visiting a spot on this globe that has been on my bucket list for a long time: Angkor Wat (“Capital Temple”), in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This is the largest religious monument now existing, located on over 400 acres, and made up of a vast complex of temples, all in various states of ruin. Originally built as Hindu temples in between the 9th and 12th centuries, they were transformed into Buddhist shrines as the politics
Copyright!
Copyright issues are tricky. Here’s a particularly odd one …
You better be careful when photographing the Eiffel Tower on that celebrated trip to Paris that you take, as one of the seven million that visit it each year. Well, at least photographing that venerable edifice at night.
The European Union copyright laws cover artistic works—music, art, videos, buildings, etc.-for the lifetime of their creators plus 70 years. Now, Gustav Eiffel died in 1923.
(He, BTW,
Steal!
If you had been detained in the Cameron County (TX) Juvenile Justice Department between 2008 and this year, you might have wondered why you weren’t served fajitas. Well, the answer is simple: the facility’s cafeteria doesn’t serve that delectable item.
But guess what? Since 2008, aforementioned Juvenile Justice Department has been paying for fajita deliveries.
It was only in August 2017 that the matter was cleared up. Apparently, the Labatt Food Service tried to deliver
Anxiety!
All kinds of reasons in life to be anxious about. Jobs. Government. Wars. Disease. Death. Children. And so on. And so forth.
And you can take Valium or Xanax or some other to relieve yourself. And many do. Many. 12 percent of adults are on antidepressants, 8.3 percent on anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics!
But a recent study from the University of Cork, Ireland, is interested in the role of bacteria in your gut on your mental health.
There is this entity called miRNA (micro
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.