Author: Daniela

  • Anti-Mystic Activist Killed in India

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    Looks like these “men of God” felt Dr. Dabholkar was a pretty big threat to their mumbo jumbo.  Not a very mystical way to act. From The New York Times World desk: NEW DELHI — The police on Wednesday detained a member of Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindu organization, in the killing last week of an…

  • Mohsen Namjoo Stirs Things Up

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    Jon Pareles introduces us to Mohsen Namjoo and his music in The New York Times: The songwriter Mohsen Namjoo stirs things up in Iran. Mr. Namjoo…plays the setar, a long-necked lute, and is steeped in Persian classical and literary traditions. But in Iran, where Western music was banned in 2005, Mr. Namjoo decided to fuse Persian music…

  • Obama and Mandela

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    I always thought Obama looked a lot like Mandela.  I was reading the Huffington Post and they had these two articles back to back with the above pictures.  What do you think?

  • A Poem For Saturday

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Alice Quinn The supreme poet Seamus Heaney passed away yesterday in a Dublin Hospital at age 74. No one alive wrote more eloquently about the art and the poets who meant the most to him: George Herbert’s “daylight sanity and vigor,” “the pure consequence of Elizabeth Bishop’s style,” “the…

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  • Friday’s Poem

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    Back in LA Hanging out at the Light House Mixing with the black cats — All attention and aggression Arms lightly resting On the backs of worn wooden chairs, Fingers casually brushing Against the light fabric of a dress Tan bare legs tapping to the beat Eyes locking, smiling Two drink minimum loosens up the…

  • An Afghan Designer and His Life-Saving Creation

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    Afghani designer Massoud Hassani wants his work to help save lives in his native country – a place with nearly 10 million land mines.

  • We May All Be Martians

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    Christie Hsu reports on new evidence that life may have come to earth from Mars: We may all be Martians, according to scientists who recently discovered more evidence that life on Earth may have started on Mars. “In addition, recent studies show that these conditions, suitable for the origin of life, may still exist on…

  • Scientists Detect Magmatic Water on Surface of Moon

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    Earth Sky Science News reports scientists have detected magmatic water — water that originates from deep within the Moon’s interior — on the surface of the Moon. These findings, published in the August 25 issue of Nature Geoscience, represent the first such remote detection of this type of lunar water, and were arrived at using…

  • Seven Environmental Principles from Star Trek

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    Amy Larkin at The Guardian may be an even bigger Star Trek fan than I am.  She lays out seven principles from the series that are still relevant today.  Here’s a couple: On biodiversity Dr. Miranda Jones: I understand, Mr. Spock. The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity. Mr. Spock: And the ways our differences combine,…