Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Saturday, 12 September 2009 19:00 | | 
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Many people thought we were mad keeping chickens on our small London roof, writes Julia Stephenson, but three months on our girls are thriving and laying delicious eggs that are keenly appreciated by all. So, what’s next?
Well, keeping bees of course! The Queen’s grocer, Fortnum and Mason, has set a trend with hives on their roof that are producing delicious honey with, according to Fortnum’s resident bee expert, notes of 'chestnut and lime, to reflect the trees in the city. Our bees will have feasted on buddleia, lavender and bergamot.'
It sounds irresistible.
Published on Thursday, 10 September 2009 19:00 | |
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Who
is the third who walks always beside you?
When
I count, there are only you and I together
But
when I look ahead up the white road
There
is always another one walking beside you.
T.S.
Eliot The Waste Land
The Third Man is the name attached to the unseen being experienced by people - often adventurers, mountaineers and explorers – in situations of extreme deprivation and near-death. Scientific researchers call it variously a 'sensed presence', a 'vivid physical awareness' or the 'illusory shadow person'.
Published on Monday, 07 September 2009 19:00 | | |
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Researchers have seen the best evidence yet for a pair of black holes orbiting each other within the same galaxy
While such "binary systems" have been postulated before, none has ever been conclusively shown to exist. The new black hole pair is dancing significantly closer than the prior best binary system candidate.
Published on Sunday, 06 September 2009 19:00 | |
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UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?
Contestant: Homosexuals.
Jeremy Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you.
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point.
Jamie Theakston: There's a clue in the title.
Contestant: Leicester
Published on Friday, 04 September 2009 19:00 | |
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If you work on your happiness, writes Richard O’Connor, you
can have a different brain and be a different person.
Experience changes the brain and by consciously choosing our experiences we can have some control over how it functions.
Published on Tuesday, 01 September 2009 09:11 | | |
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STROKE: Remember the first three letters - S-T-R!
That stands for Smile, Talk, Raise your arms. And now there's a new sign of a stroke - stick out your tongue, writes Eddy Canfor-Dumas.
If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some lives. Read on...
Published on Monday, 31 August 2009 19:00 | | |
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Concerned about an asteroid impact wiping out all life on Earth? Worry yourself no more! With a distinct resemblance to Thunderbirds are go, it's 'Time to launch the Gravity Tractor Virgil!'