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Published on Wednesday, 15 April 2009 09:57 | | 
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'I will always be in the shade of
the trees I have planted,' says Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, speaking in Stockholm recently in support of Green Cross, Sweden.
Report by Rachel Aspögård
Most active thinking Stockholmers were aware of the local environmental event that was held on 1 April at the town hall, under the sponsorship of a post-code lottery. Wangari Maathai was involved, along with former UK prime minister Tony Blair, and former US President Bill Clinton.
Published on Monday, 13 April 2009 18:00 | | |
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These spectacular natural phenomena are known as lenticular clouds. Small wonder that they are responsible for a lot of UFO sightings.
Published on Wednesday, 08 April 2009 18:00 | | |
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Back in the 90s, when I worked as a humble runner at David Lynch's film company in Hollywood, I unwittingly found myself at the receiving end of Lynch's wrath.
Mistakenly, I had delivered a box of cables into a room that had unofficially become the film director's reserved space for meditation, while at the office, and I had stumbled in during his daily half hour TM session, following lunch.
Since then David Lynch has forged a mission, alongside TM meditation, to introduce its practice into the education system, in both the US and overseas.
Published on Wednesday, 08 April 2009 11:11 | | |
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'No matter what justifications may be offered, there is absolutely no such thing as a just and correct war', states Daisaku Ikeda
Some people who have seen war in the movies or on TV may have been impressed by it; finding it somehow attractive and feeling that the actors looked glamorous and brave.
The reality of war, however, is completely different. It is cruel and filthy and filled with sadness and misery. Anyone who has actually experienced war knows it must never be repeated.
Published on Monday, 06 April 2009 18:00 | | |
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Another beauty from Hubble - this time of Saturn and four of its' moons - two of them casting shodows on the surface.
Published on Sunday, 05 April 2009 18:00 | |
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What's the capital of Iceland?
About £3.50
How do you define optimism?
A banker who irons five shirts on a Sunday
Why have estate agents stopped looking out of the window in the morning?
Because otherwise they'd have nothing to do in the afternoon
What's the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza?
The pizza can still feed a family of four...
Published on Saturday, 04 April 2009 18:00 | | |
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I recently went to a beautifully organised funeral of an elderly acquaintance and it got me ruminating about my own. I’d like it to be natural affair, which is why I shall follow the example of popular actress, Wendy Richard, who was recently buried in a simple bamboo coffin.
Demand for natural funerals is rocketing, but permission to set up green burial grounds can be tricky. Rosie Inman-Cook from the Natural Death Centre explains that `neighbours can oppose such a move by insisting they don’t want a load of dead people in a field next to them. Of course, the advantage is they are very quiet neighbours’.