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 Tuesday, 29 July 2008 19:00 | | 
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How does a compliant media 'sell' war to its audience? A short talk in three parts by Jake Lynch
Jake Lynch is a former BBC TV news journalist and is now Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS), Sydney University, Australia.
Published on Monday, 28 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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An international team of astronomers has recently
announced a finding that helps to settle a long-standing debate over
the relationship between mass (the amount of matter) and luminosity
(brightness) in galaxies.
The team achieved this result by compiling the largest-ever single collection of 'gravitational lens' galaxies - 70 in all. A gravitational lens is a phenomenon similar to a terrestrial mirage, but it occurs on a scale of many thousands of light-years.
Published on Sunday, 27 July 2008 19:00 | |
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Now reground yourself with a bit of economics in Funny Stuff...
Published on Sunday, 27 July 2008 03:00 | | |
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From B&Bs to Boeing, everyone is jumping on the environmental bandwagon - but how can we be sure that what they promise is what they deliver?
Tom Robbins reports
If you are looking for an ethical, environment-friendly holiday, it seems like the perfect place to start. Responsible Travel promises 'hand-picked holidays from hundreds of specialist operators who care about the environment and local people'. The company is by far the most successful of its kind and has unimpeachable eco-credentials to match - one of the founders was professor of responsible tourism management at Leeds Metropolitan University, early backing came from The Body Shop's Anita Roddick and it organises the high-profile Responsible Tourism Awards.
Published on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Probably not. But his creator JK Rowling expressed some very Buddhist attitudes in a recent speech to graduates at Harvard University that highlighted the benefits of failure and the importance of imagination
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of
Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all,
graduates - the first thing I would like to say is 'thank you'. Not only has
Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and
nausea I've experienced at the thought of giving this commencement
address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation!
Published on Monday, 21 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Two studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life.
One study, published in the July 17 issue of Nature, shows that vast regions of the ancient highlands of Mars, which cover about half the planet, contain clay minerals, which can form only in the presence of water.
By Dwayne Brown