Unity after Sri Lanka
Christchurch was horrendous! And, then late Easter Monday the death toll in Sri Lanka is over 200 and 500 plus are confirmed injured. As the reporters say, "With power to add".
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This scale of destruction would nearly wipe out the Sri Lankan community of Bendigo, affecting the 50-plus years of quiet prayer and intersession of the Poor Clare Nuns in Edwards Road, to the grand service provided by the many health professionals and others practising in our city. So many of these good people fled to our shores as refugees to avoid the troubles that began in the time of Mrs Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in the late 1950s.
Our deepest sympathy goes out to the Sri Lankan community, which in our city reflects the religious and cultural make up of their homeland. St Anthony's Church targeted so deliberately on Easter Sunday was home to all. It had provided a place of worship and intercession for all Sri Lankans, particularly the fishing families who viewed that seaside church as their place of refuge.
The Bendigo Interfaith Council urges all Bendigo citizens to join with us in expressing our support for the Bendigo Sri Lankan community. We ask them to offer sympathy and prayers to their relatives and friends back home in Sri Lanka.
Mons. Frank Marriott, Chair, Bendigo Interfaith Council
Rethink the humble snag
Is it time to rethink the humble snag? Snags are the champion of sausage sizzles far and wide, helping groups all over Australia raise a few extra dollars for their cause, and very often served as a free feed for the crowds, they are so versatile. And it must be good for you don't you think? Well, there was the time Bunnings hit a snag in regards to stray onions causing a slip hazard resulting in some customers to cop a topsy curvy. Ouch!
But do you really know what you are eating, and are you aware of the risks to your health?Bowel cancer in particular has been directly linked to processed meats such as sausages and bacon. One only has to jump onto that source of all knowledge, Google, to learn that the actual process of cooking the snags the high heat generated from the flames creates potential carcinogens (cancer-causing compounds) called heterocyclic amines (HCAs). Other carcinogens called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are also deposited on meat from the smoke that rises when fat drips onto the heat source. Interestingly tobacco smoke also contains PAHs which are found in the tar that accumulates in the lungs of smokers and that these PAHs are manufactured for plastics, tar and pesticides such as naphthalene found in mothballs. Are you still feeling hungry for a snag?
Now let's have a look at the snag itself. All red meat also contains a pigment called haems, which, once in the gut, can break down to formN-nitroso compounds, or NOCs, many of which are known to cause cancer. Haems may irritate or damage the cells lining the bowel, which can lead to them dividing more rapidly - exactly the kind of action that is more likely to increase the risk of developing cancer. And to think, most of us thought the only risk to health from snags was the high fat and salt content, which have always been linked to increased risks of developing cancer. It is clear every snag is doing you harm.
Glynn Jarrett, Ravenswood South
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