TIME: The Best Photos of the Year 2006: “THE YEAR IN PICTURES”
So what’s 2006 been like around the world? Have a look at these pictures from TIME Magazine to remind yourself of the world that we live in.
Ip Assignment, Per Capita: “Under IPv4 there are 4,294,967,296 possible IP addresses – each of which may be assigned to a device or computer on the internet. 4 billion addresses equates to slightly less that two thirds of an IP address per person on the planet. As you may imagine the IP addresses are not distributed evenly around the world – they are assigned to individual countries by Regional Internet Registries such as ARIN and RIPE. We take a look at how that information breaks down per person in each country.”
We are the #10 here in Australia, but just compare us with Vatican!
Tortured Qld toddler critically injured (AAP): “A two-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he was tortured and assaulted at a house south of Brisbane.”
Just yesterday our prayer focus was on abused children, and today I find this on the news. It is sad, but this is the second abuse case that reaches main news in as many weeks. Keep these innocent children in your prayers.
Uncharitable adults ‘were greedy kids’ (AAP): “Greedy children who squandered Christmas money on faddish toys are today’s uncharitable adults, a survey shows.”
13 things that do not make sense – space – 19 March 2005 – New Scientist Space: “1 The placebo effect
DON’T try this at home. Several times a day, for several days, you induce pain in someone. You control the pain with morphine until the final day of the experiment, when you replace the morphine with saline solution. Guess what?”
I guess that we have a lot to learn, and perhaps a little less arrogant of our “discoveries”. Are there any others we could add to this list? 
New Advice: Don’t Sit Up Straight: “The longstanding advice to ‘sit up straight’ has been turned on its head by a new study that suggests leaning back is a much better posture.”
Well, how about that? Does this mean that my driving posture is better than someone I know?
Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva: “The substance is up to six times more powerful than morphine, and may spawn a new generation of non-addictive natural painkillers”
Well, this is interesting. Just tonight, I told Cathy that I had an itch on the inside of my elbow, and she suggested to put some spittle on it, something that I disagreed to, and now I learn that there’s actual scientific evidence for it, LOL
Noodle bar robber pays bill before getaway: “Police are looking for a robber who held up a noodle bar in western Japan then paid for his meal and waited for his change before making off.”
I like this, LOL! He first robs the restaurant, and then when he is confronted to pay for his bill, he does, and doesn’t leave until he gets his change. 
[thumb:109:l:t=Happily in love]Today is our 2 year anniversary!! We had a very lovely evening! I got home and Ben had gotten a couple of pots of gerberas to plant in the garden. Then I went inside and there was a beautiful bouquet of gerberas. Then I went into our room and there was another beautiful bouquet of flowers. This time roses. I felt very spoilt. We went out for tea to Lanyard Stone Grill. It was very fun. They bring your food out to you on a hot stone and you can cook it yourself. I am convinced I got more on the table and my lap than my mouth but it was a great experience. We then went out by the lake and danced to our song that we danced to at our wedding. All in all a very romantic evening. God willing, may we have many more years to come!!
New supernova discovery breaks all the rules: US astronomers have discovered a distant supernova, or exploded star, so large that it will force scientists to question their understanding of how certain older stars disintegrate.
When I think about news like this one it makes me wonder, how many other assumptions that we have made into laws will be broken. I like the idea research finding new things, but it also makes me wonder about those suppositions that we take for granted. For example, they say that this new discovery will not affect the theory (key word here is: “theory”) that the Universe is expanding at an uniform rate. But if this new find breaks the rule on which the theory is based on then that theory cannot be trusted to be true! And then all the other suppositions that we have made on this theory (now assumption) also break–it is like a domino effect.
Like a said before I don’t have a problem with new findings, but what worries me is the presumptuousness of scientists that force us to believe something, gets taught as truth when in fact it was all presuppositions and assumptions.
So, I beg you scientists please forgive me for losing my faith in you and your doctrines.