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  • Martian Atmosphere Destroyed Billions of Years Ago

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    CNN’s Elizabeth Landau highlights new findings by NASA’s Mars rover Curiousity: Two new studies in the journal Science this week suggest that the Martian atmosphere hasn’t changed much in terms of chemical composition in the past 4 billion years. It’s much thinner than our planet’s atmosphere, and the mix of ingredients isn’t friendly to living…

  • Saturday’s Prayer

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    In the animation above, from the NFB’s 1977 “Poets on Film No. 1,” Canadian actor Paul Hecht reads Cohen’s poem “A Kite is a Victim,” from his 1961 collection The Spice-Box of Earth. “A Kite is a Victim” is about process, it’s a formal meditation focused on the image of the kite, which flutters through each…

  • Melon Mysticism for Everyone

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    Affixed to the Manhattan Bridge chain-link fencing above Forsyth Street is a series of artwork. Arc your head upward; there it is. Artist Jen Liu created the five banners, collectively called “Melon Mysticism for Everyone.” Each panel features a watermelon carved into a mandela pattern that is eaten by different animals: goat, horse, chicken, and sheep. Chinatown diversity, the…

  • Friday’s Poem

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  • Agroecology Is Not For Sale!

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    The International Commision on Sustainable Peasant Agriculture’s booklet From Maputo to Jakarta. 5 Years of Agroecology in La Vía Campesina was made available to the delegates of the Sixth Annual Conference of the LVC as well as to the public.  It provides “some of the key documents produced over these past five years, which give a feel for…

  • UN buys from Ethiopia’s farmer co-operatives to feed local, starving people

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     Anthony Murray in Co-operative News reports on a new pilot project to promote small farmers’ access to local markets. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) buys food from local co-operatives and distributes it to vulerable populations in Ethiopia.  This year’s harvest will feed 1.8 million Ethiopians for a month: Farmer co-operatives around Ethiopia are set to deliver one…

  • At Burke, empowering women, one baby blanket at a time

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    An artisan market at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will showcase the handicraft of women from around the world who work with artisan cooperatives to empower their communities. Five of the cooperatives have Pacific Northwest ties. By Hannah Leone Seattle Times staff reporter A member of the OckPopTok cooperative of Lao PDR embroidering.…

  • They’ve Shut Down Red Square!

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    Originally posted on The Dish: VIDEO: Thousands protest #Navalny verdict in Moscow, dozens detained http://t.co/hmpnWHfEUH — RT (@RT_com) July 18, 2013 Mass protests have broken out in Moscow following the show-trial conviction of opposition leader and Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny, whose final update on Twitter urged supporters to congregate at Manezhnaya Square. Tweets from the scene:…

  • Who’s Writing Your News Content?

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    I just received a newsletter from William Reed Newsmedia titled Science & Nutrition that I didn’t sign up for, but that focuses on topics that are of interest to me. So, when an article titled, “Autism linked to decreased microbe diversity in the gut” popped up I clicked on it.  I landed on a page…

  • Biosensor tattoo monitors sweat to gauge physical exertion

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    Originally posted on Gigaom: Wearable electronics like the FitBit (see disclosure) allow people to track physical activity like never before. But accelerometers and altimeters can only tell the wearer so much. Researchers at the University of California-San Diego have developed a sensor that is applied to the skin like a temporary tattoo. Once in place, it…