January 2014 Crossword – Solution
Energy Medicine at RMIT
by: Mal Vickers
‘Energy Medicine’: What is it? And should Australian Universities teach it?
There is a fascinating array of courses available at universities. Like me, do you look for interesting courses that might give you the edge in the jobs market or lead to an exciting new career?
Recently, I learnt that RMIT University offered a course in a relatively new branch of medicine, Energy Medicine.
The ways humanity have explored and improved human health seem endless. There’s pathology, psychology, dentistry, physiotherapy and nuclear medicine to name just a few. Should energy medicine be amongst those?
This new branch of medicine offers hope for naturally improving human health at little or no cost; but is it really effective?
RMIT and Energy Medicine
RMIT University are still advertising Energy Medicine both as a stand-alone subject in which anyone can enrol, and as an elective of the larger ‘Master of Wellness’ program.
The Master of Wellness program is administered by the Health Science faculty at RMIT.
Masters of Wellness
RMIT’s website indicates that Master of Wellness is View More Energy Medicine at RMIT
Liza With a Zee?
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By Ken Greatorex
This article was first posted a couple of years ago. As we keep getting inquiries about the spelling of our name, we’ve dusted it off and brought it to the top of the blog.
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Vic Skeptics received this via email a few months ago.
Hello, I’m interested in your organisation but wonder why you choose to use the U.S spelling of sceptic? Surely, this is not the norm in Australia and for pedants such as myself is quite off-putting.
John
The following is based on the considered replies that the question prompted.
December Puzzles
Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” Questions are in their usual spot at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE
December’s Skeptical Crossword is our largest yet. It’s theme is Alternative Healing Practices, and you have your choice of “straight” or cryptic clues. DECEMBER 2013 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD
And finally, there’s DECEMBER 2013 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS
Enjoy.
Logic & Maths Puzzles December 2013 – Solutions
1. 75 degrees
2. 11 red 3 brown 2 blue 1 pink 5 black
3. 12 reds 2 yellows 3 browns 4 blues 3 blacks
4. $25
5. 30 and 31
6. a. Thirty cubes b. forty cubes
7. 288 metres
8. 40
9. Apples 30¢ Bananas 50¢ Cantaloupes $1.20
10. a. fruit ; b.bread; c.aisle 4
“Mixed Bag” Questions December 2013 – Answers
1. 4 ducks
2. Eddie Murphy – Shrek; Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter; Elijah Wood – Lord of the Rings; Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic; Ewan MacGregor – Attack of the Clones; Mel Gibson – Chicken Run
3. True
4. Mother and Son
5. False. It doesn’t really stand for anything.
6. Dingo
7. herring
8. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
9. Pinnochio
10. Plum
“Next Level”:
11. Lara
12. James Dougherty
13. Butter, sugar, salt, egg, mashed pumpkin (cold), Self raising flour
14. Cooktown Orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum var. Phalaenopsis)
15. Normie Rowe
16. Roller Skates / Inline Skates
17. Philology / Study of languages
18. 7 (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)
19. A Roman Goddess
20. Converted to Catholicism
21. Arkansas (one of the first black students integrated into college)
22. The Australian Red Ensign
23. Shirley McLaine
24. Telling fortunes / the future by looking at cheese.
25. Old letters of the English alphabet (“runes” is close enough)
26. An explosive charge used to bring down walls
27. A month of a new Calendar brought in during the French Revolution
28. Large Asteroid and its satellite
29. Flute playing, boxing and chess. He’s also an actor and broadcaster
30. Dhani Harrison (George’s Son)
December 2013 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Waste of time
2. Too clever by half
3. Foreign Legion
4. Low Fat Diets
5. Interior Design
6. To ‘ell with it
7. Amazin’ Grace
Science Technology Future
This weekend in Melbourne the Science Technology Future conference is on. It features a great range of speakers, some of whom have previously spoken at our Skeptics in the Cafe third Monday events – such as Professor Peter Doherty and Tim van Gelder. Quite a few regulars from the skeptics community will also be in attendance. Please go to the conference website for full details.
Tickets are still available.
Science Talent Search 2013 – many talented students found
by Terry Kelly
For the 11th consecutive year the Australian Skeptics have sponsored the Science Talent Search (STS) run by the Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV). The awards have been going for 62 years and many prominent Scientists have benefited from the encouragement these awards gave them when they were at school – Tim Flannery, for example.
This year there were almost 2000 entries and 584 Bursaries were awarded. Australian Skeptics sponsored 65 of these Bursaries (one in nine) making us one of the major sponsors, alongside such large and respected organisations as the CSIRO, BHP Billiton, The Royal Society of Victoria, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria University and the University of Melbourne. It’s one of the best things the Australian Skeptics do. It’s a great boost for the students and priceless publicity for us.
The awards ceremonies, and displays of the entries, were held at La Trobe University on November 6th. Categories were : Creative Writing; Experimental Research; Inventions; Working Models; Science Photography; Video Productions; Games; Computer Programs; and Posters and Scientific Wallcharts.
We had 5 of our Victorian Committee attend the ceremonies which gave us a wonderful opportunity to meet many of the students we sponsored, and their families. They seemed to View More Science Talent Search 2013 – many talented students found