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		<title>The upsides of religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an atheist. The concept of a loving, all-powerful God is not something I can accept as I look around and see the most appalling suffering all over the world. Where I differ from famous atheists such as Richard &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/the-upsides-of-religion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2443&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been offered help recently, only to refuse automatically with a &#8220;No, I&#8217;m fine thanks,&#8221;  &#8220;I&#8217;m ok, I can manage,&#8221; or some similar, knee-jerk reaction? I sometimes even find myself getting cranky about offers of help, against my will &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/help/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2426&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tell her about it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big events tend to prompt us to tell people how we feel about them. There is something about a significant birthday, a wedding, or perhaps leaving a workplace, that prompts us to open up and express our appreciation. Some people &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/tell-her-about-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2412&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What shall we do, boys and girls?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week a request came around my workplace for people to help moving tables and chairs. The request included the line &#8220;preferably at least 2 boys&#8221;.  There are around 45 staff, and the gender balance may not be even, but &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/what-shall-we-do-boys-and-girls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2398&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working with the elephant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I played the piano again for the first time in months. I haven&#8217;t played regularly in many years, and even the pieces I used to know by heart are desperately rusty. I can&#8217;t play any of them without following &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/working-with-the-elephant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2378&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unhunch your shoulders</title>
		<link>http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/unhunch-your-shoulders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday mornings I do yoga with a truly fantastic teacher. Roman teaches Yoga Synergy, which is, I must say, quite hard work, but he is careful to reinforce the message every session that the most important thing is this: &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/unhunch-your-shoulders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2374&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Career Change</title>
		<link>http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/career-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing career is a little like becoming a parent for the first time. Everything is new, strange, and exciting. You spend a lot of time terrified of getting something horribly wrong. You worry about the right way to do things, &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/career-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2361&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poignant goodbyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just got back from the funeral of a 16 year old friend of ours, Michael, who died suddenly, in tragic circumstances (not that the circumstances can be anything other than tragic when death strikes at just 16 years &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/poignant-goodbyes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2350&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Natives</title>
		<link>http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/digital-natives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;m starting to feel that I&#8217;m languishing on the wrong side of the digital divide. I&#8217;m starting to wonder if I&#8217;m really cut out for technology. I realise that this is a rather strange reflection for a teacher of &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/digital-natives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2343&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Risky Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our perception of risk is a strange and flawed thing. Evolution has led us to a very tribal calculation of risk: What happens to the tribe could happen to us, so paying attention makes good survival sense. Our ideas of &#8230; <a href="http://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/risky-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lindamciver.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7728884&amp;post=2316&amp;subd=lindamciver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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