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It’s a perfectly logical theory, and it has for decades kept the church sterile from the world, ensuring that marriages came from within for the most part, and that proper, church sanctioned unions were the order of the day to ensure the nuclear ideal as divinely dictated.
But there is one problem some Christians say the Bible does not account for - that more and more, there are fewer men than women in the church, in some cases even, where a whole generation of young marriageable males are replaced by the old or the very young, causing concern.
Because how can one expect to stand by the Bible’s principles that you are “evenly” yoked; and too, that you exercise your right to find a mate and procreate when there’s no one to procreate with?
So while many Christian women play the watch and wait game, others have been rethinking the Bible’s view, and with chastity and celibacy out the door, they fufil their need for family and companionship by looking outside the church for a suitable partner.
Jacqueline, who has been a Christian for the past eight years, tells all woman that she tried a relationship with a Christian brother before going outside to find her mate.
Her first relationship she says, was with a Christian man who failed to help her maintain her “principles” and did not show much commitment to the relationship as he was involved with someone else in the church. Since then she has entered into another relationship with a non-Christian who she says helps her to uphold her Christian principles.
“Although he has objections about certain things which happens within the church, he respects my principles and helps me to keep them, but at the same time he is committed to the relationship,” she says.

jamaicaobserver.com

what a freaking joke. Is this what UK news has come to? They can’t even copyedit their stories to be accurate (1.58kg, alcohol as a “stimulant”). Like I’m going to trust this.
Move over, Rebecca, and let the real newsies do the heavy lifting.
Posted by craig on April 3, 2008 5:05 PM
Alcohol is a depressant, true, but it often has paradoxical effects of people, and it the amount of time in stage 4 sleep, which is the most restorative sleep. I know that when I drink alcohol, I get sleepy, but then I kick as lot more at night, which I’m sure interfere with the quality of my sleep. They mention Sleep Hygiene as a treatment for obesity. Here’s some info on it. link
Posted by Betty on April 3, 2008 12:57 PM
I better start sleeping more so I can lose some weight LOL.
Uh duh - if you are awake less you will eat less.
Posted by Duh on April 3, 2008 6:24 AM
This is not the first study to show that lack of
sleep contributes to weight gain. It has to do
with stress hormones, particularly Cortisol and
it’s effects on the body going into it perceives as siege mode. lack of sleep makes it think it’s
under attack and produces stress hormones and
therefore, slows the metabolism and stores fat.
Sleep too much, and lack of hormones that relax
the body and reduction in exercise result.
Hormones can do really nasty things to your
body when they get out of balance. Glad
someone is finally taking notice.
Posted by Sandra McGuire on April 3, 2008 2:18 AM
Studies like this are absurd. Over a six year period? Really? I just finished a study that took ten years, according to the results people that eat chocolate either, lose, gain or stay at the same weight they started at. Isn’t that absolutely incredible?

telegraph.co.uk

THANKFULLY, it’s not April 1 today. It’s not April Fool’s Day and no one is going to be playing any practical jokes around these parts.
The Diary has never been particularly fond of such silliness. Perhaps that’s got something to do with our bluff northern approach to life.
Or maybe it’s because we’re always the butt of said jokes. Either way, we’ll be keeping our head down tomorrow.
And it seems we won’t be the only one doing so. People around these parts are far less likely to be caught red-handed preparing a hilarious practical jape than their countrymen in other parts.
How do we know this? Because - as they are wont to do at the slightest sniff of some free column inches - a PR company has sent us a set of delectable survey results proving the point beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Apparently, 44 per cent of people in the North East - no, we don’t know what happened to Yorkshire either - seldom or never play tricks on each other.
Now, you might think that is an admirable trait. But, according to these PR bods, “a little bit of innocent mischief-making has been scientifically proven to be good for us”.
A timid 60 per cent of those non-pranksters said the main reason for their abstention from joke-playing was that they were worried a prank might misfire or make them look foolish.
And the research revealed all hope was lost for the likes of the Diary - age comes into play when it comes to pranks, and our appreciation of them begins to go into terminal decline at 41.
This survey has been complemented with a scientific trial by an independent research consultancy. Said consultancy discovered - and pay attention here because this is earth-shattering - that innocent mischief, in the form of a prank or practical joke, was shown to have “enjoyable and positive physiological benefits”. Which is a tautological way of saying it’s fun and that fun is good for your body.

yorkpress.co.uk

• UConn coach Jim Calhoun takes a team that has just two players — Jeff Adrien and Craig Austrie — with NCAA Tournament experience into Friday's first-round game vs. San Diego.
Tampa, Fla. — Be prepared for just about anything to happen as NCAA Tournament play begins today. There's a reason this season is called March Madness.
By the time game day arrives Friday for UConn, heartbreak will have already visited eight basketball teams.
The Huskies have experienced both joy and sorrow during the program's 14 previous trips under coach Jim Calhoun.
From winning two NCAA championships (1999, 2004) to a historic overtime loss as a No. 1 seed to 11th-seeded George Mason (2006), the Huskies have gone through the emotional meat grinder of the postseason.
No matter the result, Calhoun wouldn't miss it. Sitting out last season only made him appreciate March Madness even more.
“In some way it's my favorite week of the year because there's so many dreams and hopes,” Calhoun said. “There will be upsets. There will be teams that you never thought could be beat. … There's nothing like the NCAA Tournament.”
Fourth-seeded UConn will attempt to avoid an upset in West Region first-round action Friday against 13th-seeded San Diego. The Huskies practice today at the St. Pete Times Forum.
If the Huskies survive, either No. 5 Drake or No. 12 Western Kentucky will be the next roadblock in Sunday's second round. Drake already is a trendy pick to reach Phoenix. Top-seeded UCLA will likely be waiting in the Sweet 16 next week.
Few so-called college basketball experts are talking up the Huskies. Inconsistent play leading to a 3-3 record down the stretch inspires little confidence in them. A lack of experience — only juniors Jeff Adrien and Craig Austrie have played in the NCAA Tournament — is worth noting, too.

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