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Thursday January 5, 2005

News: MLive.com has the inspiring story of the Stowe Family, a Christian family who has adopted many children with disabilities.

Strange: Justin Taylor tells us that Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando will be having Tony Campolo deliver the Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series in March.

Music: Pete Townshend warns iPod users to turn down the volume. “I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal components deaf.”

Health: A new study shows that the birth control pill might lead to various sexual problems. “Women who had used oral contraceptives reported greater sexual dysfunction, less sexual desire, and greater pain during sex than those who never used the pill.”


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