Another wonderful night listening to Sons Of Korah in concert in Mount Gambier.
If you have the opportunity to hear them live, take it.
Another wonderful night listening to Sons Of Korah in concert in Mount Gambier.
If you have the opportunity to hear them live, take it.
State of Origin is over for another year.
Queensland acquitted themselves well, NSW deserved their favouritism, and I’m somewhat pleased for Mitchell Pierce. For some reason redemption stories appeal to me. There should be some cracking games in the years ahead.
Back in regular NRL and AFL things now move toward the finals.
I did not expect to see Brisbane Lions in their comp’s top four at this stage.
Things don’t get underway until tomorrow, but here are the tips anyway.
NRL (last round 3/4; season tally 73/120)
Penrith
Newcastle
Souths
Brisbane
Melbourne
Easts
Paramatta
Canberra
AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 81/135)
West Coast
Sydney
Hawthorn
Essendon
Adelaide
Geelong
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Port Adelaide
Analysis of the situation of Shopping Malls that have closed in the USA in a video report from Wired.
It’s interesting to hear the balance of over-supply, changes in shopping habits, and changes in people’s social gathering habits are all thought to contribute to the change.
No one thing has contributed to the decline, and ongoing developments in demographics have meant that there are no simple responses that can return those facilities to viability.
The situation will continue to evolve, in the face of ongoing social changes, just as malls themselves were a response to post-world-war-2 social changes.
Solutions need to look forward and accomodate sociological developments instead of trying to keep meeting the culture that has passed.
Of interest to Christians is what changes in peoples’ gathering habits mean as we seek to interact with our culture in communicating the Gospel.
Malls were a development in ‘third space’ places beyond home and work and were one of the areas that supplanted churches.
There is a comment about churches taking over disused malls.
Larger churches sort of emulated some aspects of mall structure, and it will be fascinating to see whether that gets wound back or whether they have simply become their own sub-culture in that form.
The video refers to television program Stranger Things, but doesn’t require any familiarity with that program. I’ve never watched it.
It’s always a bit of a surprise when maths proves to have practical relevance in everyday life.
Here’s some links to articles on the subject.
The researchers in London who did the math.
And Men’s Health magazine translates it into prose for those of us who are non-math types.
1. Pull alongside the car ahead of the spot you want and align your rear tires with that car’s bumper.
2. Turn your wheel toward the curb as far as it will go.
3. Back up until the center of your inside rear tire aligns with the street side edge of that forward car. Straighten the wheel and keep backing up.
4. When your outside tire aligns with that same edge, turn your wheel out toward the street and keep reversing.
