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July 13, 2010
The Next Gen of News

Imagine if your news site let you do a search for the names of every Fortune 500 executive who has announced at least four million dollars in eco-friendly real estate purchases in 2009? Or a search for a restaurant within a mile of a railway station in a town with a theatre that offers vegetarian lasagna and at least one lamb dish.

By Colin Heilbut | Editors Weblog

July 9, 2010
Om mani padme hum

New UC Davis study finds that practicing meditation can indeed improve perception

By Nancy Brands Ward | NewsReview.com

Om mani padme hum.

Repeat the ancient mantra—Om mani padme hum (“Hail the jewel in the lotus”), om mani padme hum—again and again until the chaos of your thoughts quiets, the thump of your heart becomes clearly evident and your attention turns to the easy movement of breath through your nostrils … in and out … in and out. You’re no longer lost in thought. You’re not spaced out. You’re paying attention to what’s going on in the present moment. You’re meditating.

June 20, 2010
Fox News is Not Just Biased -- It's a Cult

Bryant Welch

The danger Fox News poses to America is not that it is a biased or partisan arm of the Republican Party, as the Obama Administration contends. Fox is a danger because it is a cult and uses the same destabilizing psychological techniques cults use to undermine the independent functioning of minds they want to control.

Bryant Welch

June 16, 2010
Portable Home Is Barely Wider Than A Door

German architect Nils Holger Moormann has designed a unique compact living structure that resembles a kind of narrow garden shed. Called the “Walden” (after Henry David Thoreau’s book by the same name), this portable home is only 3 feet wide but accommodates a lot, thanks to the ingenious design.

German architect Nils Holger Moormann has designed a unique compact living structure that resembles a kind of narrow garden shed. Called the “Walden” (after Henry David Thoreau’s book by the same name), this portable home is only 3 feet wide but accommodates a lot, thanks to the ingenious design. The Walden features an open-sided living, dining and reading room.

June 15, 2010
New Source for Wicca and Pagan Supplies

Those looking for online pagan stores or Wiccan supply stores that provide more than convenient shopping can now turn to AMysticsHaven.com. The new website, designed as both a Wicca/pagan source for products and knowledge on alternative spirituality, was created to both enlighten and foster a growing community in Southwestern Montana.

Those looking for online pagan stores or Wiccan supply stores that provide more than convenient shopping can now turn to AMysticsHaven.com. The new website, designed as both a Wicca/pagan source for products and knowledge on alternative spirituality, was created to both enlighten and foster a growing community in Southwestern Montana.

June 15, 2010
Oldest Buddhist monument gets a makeover in Nepal

The dwelling of Swayambhunath Stupa (Self-Existent Lord), a world heritage site around which Kathmandu Valley emerged, got a makeover last month — the first in 90 years and 15th in nearly 1,500 years. And it wasn't an easy task.

by Utpal Parashar, Hindustan Times, June 14, 2010

The dwelling of Swayambhunath Stupa (Self-Existent Lord), a world heritage site around which Kathmandu Valley emerged, got a makeover last month — the first in 90 years and 15th in nearly 1,500 years. And it wasn't an easy task.

May 29, 2010
Invoke a little moxie

Tiffany Shlain's keynote address at UC Berkeley's 2010 Commencement

Tiffany Shlain's keynote address at UC Berkeley's 2010 Commencement

Full text of Ms. Shlain's address

17 May 2010