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| Faces in the Street: Talk and Walk |
NSW Government Architect Peter Mould presents an illustrated talk focusing on the figurative carvings that adorn many of Sydney's 19th-century public buildings, followed by a walking tour of the buildings, led by Heritage architect Joy Singh, for a closer look at these 'faces in the street'.
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| | | | Compassion and a Successful Life |
How do Buddhists view what constitutes a happy, successful life and what part does love and compassion play in bringing it about? Jampa (Gendun) Jaffe, who has taught Buddhism for over twenty years and was a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for seventeen years, talks about the essence of the teaching.
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| | | | Waiting for the Preacher: Obama’s America in Religious Context Globally |
The vivid, if objectionable, language of "clash of civilizations" and "war on terror" has been replaced by - well, by what exactly? What is the religious and anti-religious world waiting to hear from a leader both acclaimed and mocked as a preacher? Or has the world already received its answer? Jack Miles considers the issues.
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| | | | Obesity Today: Facts and Fallacies |
Foundation Director of the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise at the University of Sydney and Director of the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Research group, Prof Ian Caterson, discusses an issue of increasing national importance at the Graduate Connections Breakfast
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