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 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 Thursday, 03 September 2009 19:00 | | |
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As Buddhists, we chant for the health and happiness of ourselves and our families and for peace in our communities but rarely do we find ourselves literally chanting for our lives.
Liberian SGI member Andy Ankrah found himself doing just that. For the past 14 years Liberia has been torn apart by tribal rivalries. The fighting has claimed more than 200,000 lives, displaced one million people and made the country famous for ethnic hatred, public executions and child soldiers.
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!'
Published on Sunday, 30 August 2009 19:00 | |
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A group of Welsh hill farmers show that those in the land of their fathers can excel in fields other than ones with rugby posts!
Now watch boys playing bottle dominoes...