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ORIGINS: CREATED BY ACCIDENT, THE TEABAG CLOCKS UP A CENTURY
It’s such a ubiquitous part of our lives these days that it’s hard to imagine life without it. Yet only 100 years ago, the humble teabag didn’t exist.
The teabag apparently traces its beginnings back to New York in the early years of the 20th century (accounts vary with some putting the year at 1908 and others at 1904) when a merchant, Thomas Sullivan, sent out samples to customers in small silk bags.
The customers, so the story goes, misread his intent and instead of opening the bags and tipping the loose tea into a pot, they simply dunked them.
DAVID ADAMS looks at the origins of the teabag...|
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SIGNIFICANT
SIGHTS: "EVERY DAY IN GHANA IS A GOOD DAY FOR BARGAINING"
What is it about the evocative markets of Ghana that urge me to shout "Eureka" in semblance to many an intrepid explorer? Perhaps it’s the tangible excitement of being introduced to one of the many dense social hubs that serve to collectively form the very heartbeat of the country. An apparent hive mentality operates within these markets where it seems the whole of the capital descend to buy their provisions on the very same day you choose to.
Every day in Ghana is a good day for bargaining, and today the sun lies high over Medina markets, which splay out as far as the eye can see in a heaving throng of stalls, street vendors, hagglers and carrier women. Cars, trucks, and people, lots and lots of people share the same narrow roads with a degree of reluctance, and ducking and weaving, jostling and shoving is all I can do to escape being absorbed and flushed away by the thicket of bodies.
CHOE BRERETON writes about the color and life of a Ghanaian marketplace...|
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They come in the dead of night armed with the implements of their trade; single-minded in their effort to accomplish their illicit mission. They’re the “guerrilla gardeners”, a secret army of people working in cities around the globe to bring a touch of beauty to the lost wastelands of our modern metropolises. “In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty,” writes David Tracey, Canadian-based author of the book Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto. One of the earliest examples of guerilla gardening took place in Britain in the mid-1600s when groups known as the Diggers planted vegetables and crops on public land. The idea was resurrected in the UK in the 1970s and in recent years has again gained impetus
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Pasta is so flexible that it can make a perfect meal in summer or winter depending on how it’s served. This is one of my favourites pasta recipes for summer, we often make it after a day down the beach with friends because it’s light, incredibly easy to prepare and ends up served warm rather than hot. It’s the right season for tomatoes too, so make the most of it while they’re sweet and tasty!
"JAMIE
CROOKIVER" enjoys something light for summer...|
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LifeTips is a new Sight column for short tips that help make life easier. Do you have a tip or an idea that others could benefit from? Just add it on the Your Say at the bottom of the LifeTips page or simply send us an email to lifetips@sightmagazine.com.au.
CALLING 'ICE': It's a simple idea aimed at helping to make life easier for emergency services personnel. Called ICE (standing for 'In Case of Emergency'), it involves people like you and me entering our emergency contacts in our mobile phone address book or contacts list under the name 'ICE' with the idea of assisting emergency personnel in identifying us and contacting our next-of-kin should we be involved in an emergency. UK ambulance paramedic Bob Brotchie is credited with coming up with the idea which is apparently fast gaining a following across Europe and North America.
Being a woman has become a medical procedure. I have a theory that because health care has largely been dominated by the male species, the female experience has become an issue of control.
Female infants receive more vaccines than their male counterparts despite the unknown long-term effects of the new cocktails being injected directly into the depths of the immune system, and in spite of the fact that some of them are irrelevant until the sexually active era - some 16 to 20 years later.
Pharmaceutical and cosmetics interests push the use of synthetic coatings, colorings and fragrances - all aimed to make the girl and then woman look and smell better than how they perceive themselves to currently be, a perception which is bolstered by the advertising and media imagery of the same interests.
Dr NICK HODGSON argues that it's time women started making their voice heard in the health and wellness arenas...|
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Too
many times I've heard it said “I just lost this file
and that program because I did not back up”. There are
many reasons that you can lose files, emails or programs.
It can be due to a computer crash, overwriting a file, deleting
a program when you're not sure what it does or simply being
in the middle of doing something when there is a power loss.
You should back up your data as much as
possible. There are a number of ways to avoid losing data.
Here are just a few:
• Replace your hard disk drive before it expires. What
a lot of people don’t know is that every hard drive
has a use-by date - this means that from the time of installation,
depending on how often you use it, your hard drive will eventually
crash seemingly without cause or warning after a few years.
MIKE SMITH lists some of the key ways to ensure your
data isn't lost to a power failure...|
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If I mention the word olive, does your mind turn to a particular
paint colour, perhaps a dear old aunty who dates from the
early 1900s or Popeye’s famous girlfriend “Olive
Oil”? Or you might relate them to food, perhaps the
ever present black olive on your weekend pizza. In this case,
olives are a bit like anchovies: most people either love or
hate them.
Recent research is indicating that virgin olive oil is extremely
good for your health and it is frequently listed in the “must
have foods” section of many fat reduction and weight
loss diets. The olive tree (Olea europaea) is also
making a big comeback in Australian gardens.
GRAHAM LEWIS takes a look at the Mediterranean olive,
a Biblical fruit tree on the comeback...|
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Earlier this month , yet another teenager died as a result of gang-related violence in London - the eighteenth this year.
An Independent on Sunday investigation suggested that almost 14,000 people a year are injured in knife attacks. Some authorities believe the number may be much higher, because many people do not report their injuries for fear of reprisals.
In his second article on the issue, MAL FLETCHER writes about the problem of youth violence in the UK...| more... |
THEY SAID IT
“Young friend, God & his people expect much from u, because u have within u the Father’s supreme gift: the Spirit of Jesus – BXVI"
- Pope Benedict XVI in a text message sent to 150,000 pilgrims attending the opening mass of World Youth Day in Sydney. For previous 'They said it'...| more...
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DID YOU KNOW?
THE
STATISTIC
Number of people said to have been killed as a result of a campaign of genocide in Darfur allegedly master-minded by Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, according to International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo:
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THE 'BIG IDEA'
Hundreds of ideas came out of the Federal Government's 2020 Summit on the weekend addressing a plethora of issues confronting Australian society. Which idea stood out to you? And what's your big idea to make Australia a better place?
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To me, humility is about being self-forgetful. How hard is that? I find that the more I think about this issue, that it is fundamentally about trust. When I don’t forget myself in the sense that Jesus meant, then I am clinging on to my way of doing things and not trusting.
SEEING THE EYES OF CHRIST IN THE POOR
The other morning I had an experience involving a homeless man who sometimes can be seen at the bus stop I frequent each morning on my way to work. This particular morning he was at the corner of one of the intersections where I cross the road waiting at the lights when I was walking up to them. As I approached the lights the homeless man and I exchanged eye contact for a second, so I said ‘How you going mate?’
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STRANGESIGHTS:
IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE - NO, IT'S GORDON BROWN!...
Following on from former British PM Tony Blair's appearance on The Simpsons, his successor, Gordon Brown, has also leapt into the animated world with an appearance in Marvel's comic, Captain Britain and MI13. The PM, working alongside the fictional intelligence agency MI13, is apparently involved in defeating aliens intent on invading known as Skrulls.
DAVID
ADAMS writes about the odder side of life...|
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Sight's
trial podcast is now available to download online. The first of what we
hope will become a monthly feature, the podcast features discussions on
The Da Vinci Code, giving donations as presents, Wow! featuring
Switchfoot and a "live" cooking demonstration by "celebrity
chef" Jamie Crookiver.
• Grammy Award winners in the Gospel categories;
• Delirious? set to release final album with Stew Smith as drummer;
• Hillsong United to release iHeart Revolution : With Hearts As One project; and
• Newsboys win honors, ready for Rezfest... |
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It’s such a ubiquitous part of our lives these days that it’s hard to imagine life without it. Yet only 100 years ago, the humble teabag didn’t exist. 
What is it about the evocative markets of Ghana that urge me to shout "Eureka" in semblance to many an intrepid explorer? Perhaps it’s the tangible excitement of being introduced to one of the many dense social hubs that serve to collectively form the very heartbeat of the country. An apparent hive mentality operates within these markets where it seems the whole of the capital descend to buy their provisions on the very same day you choose to. 
They come in the dead of night armed with the implements of their trade; single-minded in their effort to accomplish their illicit mission. They’re the “guerrilla gardeners”, a secret army of people working in cities around the globe to bring a touch of beauty to the lost wastelands of our modern metropolises. “In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty,” writes 
Too
many times I've heard it said “I just lost this file
and that program because I did not back up”. There are
many reasons that you can lose files, emails or programs.
It can be due to a computer crash, overwriting a file, deleting
a program when you're not sure what it does or simply being
in the middle of doing something when there is a power loss.
If I mention the word olive, does your mind turn to a particular
paint colour, perhaps a dear old aunty who dates from the
early 1900s or Popeye’s famous girlfriend “Olive
Oil”? Or you might relate them to food, perhaps the
ever present black olive on your weekend pizza. In this case,
olives are a bit like anchovies: most people either love or
hate them.
Earlier this month , yet another teenager died as a result of gang-related violence in London - the eighteenth this year. 
