Who owns the Gee-Gee horses in Tasmania? TASMANIA'S leading racehorse owners,Paul and Elizabeth Geard, have only one major trophy missing from their mantelpiece and they hope to fill the gap at Spreyton on Wednesday. Their classy mare Geegees Goldengirl – one of 35 horses they have in tr...
In the United States, United Kingdom and some other nations, horse meat is largely reviled. Asked to explain why she would not eat horse meat, New York City resident Victoria Milton compared them to pets, saying that "people have horses and they love them and they're part of their famil...
Conventional wisdom about animal ethics tells us that we should not impose suffering or distress on animals unless it is necessary to do so. There can be no doubt that these horses have very sad lives on the congested streets of New York. Surely, the pleasure or amusement of a ride around...
Why do all who are treacherous thrive?2 You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit;you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.3 But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you.Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and se...
“Women gathered their long skirts and hurried for the shelter of stores. Horses bolted. A few people mumbled frightened words about the approach of the millennium, and several dropped on their knees and prayed.” When the flock had passed over, two hours later, “the town looked ghostly ...
Looking back, I still remember the moment when I first entered the halls of my previous university in the Philippines. That air of excitement and eagerness that blows my mind every time. Everything is new and I feel like everything is pretty much tangible from my perspective. From understandi...
40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,andlike rams and goats. 41How is[z]Sheshach taken! and how is the glory of the whole earth taken! how is Babel become an astonishment among the nations! 42The[aa]sea is come up upon Babel: she is covered with the multitude of ...
1 "When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. 2 So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, ...
There is "sky" below the earth as well as above it -- a notion that would have struck most ancient people as very bizarre. With that leap of imagination, however, we then conceive of the sun as simply remaining in the sky. It doesn't need to do anything else....
"The police have other things to do." In every large city, gay people find a way to find each other – but Dubai has become the clearing-house for the region’s homosexuals, a place where they can live in relative safety. Saleh, a lean private in the Saudi Arabian army, has come...