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  • Sound Sleep, Sound Mind

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Matt Sitman Russell Foster, who researches the neuroscience of sleep, explores its importance for mental health: http://youtu.be/LWULB9Aoopc In an interview, Foster discusses his early experiments into the connection between sleep and sanity: [P]eople have been talking about people with really disrupted sleep with mental illness since the 1880s. So it’s a…

  • Diana Nyad at TEDMED

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  • Tuesday’s Poem

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    Easy Reader News profiles RD Armstrong, better known in the underworld of poetry as Raindog.  The well known  San Pedro poet started the Lummox Journal, “with the idea that I might be able to sell enough subscriptions that I’d be able to buy stamps for my own stuff, to send out submissions to other magazines.”…

  • The Throne of Adulis

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    An inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis offers us a rare window into the fateful events comprising what has come to be known as the Red Sea Wars. Tirelessly examined by scholars of Arab historiography but woefully overlooked by the world at large, the sixth century international conflict was waged between Christian…

  • Clammbon – For Your Pleasure

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    Clammbon is a Japanese musical trio, consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Ikuko Harada, bassist Mito and drummer Itou Daisuke. The group, originally formed in 1996 when the three were students at Tokyo Music and Media Arts Shogi, made their major label debut on Warner Music Japan three years later. Their music is characterized by their quirky sound combining jazzy…

  • Arkansas Valley Organic Growers Working to Develop Seed Quality

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    Hal Walter at the Pueblo Cheiftan introduces us to the Arkansas Valley Organic Growers, who, in addition to providing farm-fresh vegetables, are supporting other behind-the-scenes farming activities, including the development of regionally adapted seed varieties. With corporations developing genetically modified organisms and patenting plant DNA, the question of seed quality is of utmost importance for all who…

  • Maleny – A Cooperative Place

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    Between the beauty of the place and its many cooperatives, tailored to the needs of its citizens, Maleny seems like a great place to live. Kamala Alister writes: Maleny is situated 100 kilometers north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Australia. It is surrounded by lush tropical vegetation, has stunning views of the Glass…

  • Visit British Museum Website to Play 5000 Year Old Senet Game

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    From Egypt New Kingdom, 1550-1069 BC Board games were very popular among all levels of society, especially the game of senet, or ‘passing’. The game was first played in the Predynastic period, and a form of it is still played in Egypt today. Senet could be played with highly decorated sets, plain sets or simply…

  • Parliamentary Enclosure And Open Fields – Wikepedia

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    The Orwell Quote got me curious about the Enclosure Acts.  I looked them up on Wikipedia and was shocked to learn that these acts extinguished the common rights of the peasantry in England and allowed landowners to consolidate and fence off plots of land.  The peasantry was compensated in some cases, although often with land…

  • Chesterton Being Considered for Sainthood

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    As those of you who read this blog may or may not know, I am an admirer of G.K. Chesterton and Distributism, the economic philosophy he espoused.  Nonetheless, I was surprised to hear that the odoriferous, 300-pound, cigar-chomping journalist is being considered for sainthood. In a special report over at The American Spectator, Christopher Orlet breaks…