The trill of skylarks and stirrings of new life in the dead land – spring has arrived (The Observer, 27 Mar 2011, Page 33)

Something for the river pagan in us all.

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The trill of skylarks and stirrings of new life in the dead land – spring has arrived
Rob Penn is the author of It’s All About the Bike: the Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels (Particular Books).
The Observer
27 Mar 2011

Winter was very long in the Black Mountains. We’ve been embattled by the weather since snow fell in late November and the temperature hit –15C. I’m not expecting a campaign medal. I can’t remember anticipating spring so eagerly, though. There is no...read more...

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Lust for longer lives -- a good thing? (The Washington Post, 01 Mar 2011, Page E3)

If life is good, is more of it better? In what sense?

I'm inclined to agree that life is good, my own life in particular, and this attitude seems to be one of the defining aspects of being a living entity. However life also has its natural limits -- 'man is mortal' -- and there's only so much love lost between individual life forms.

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How long can we live
— Rachel Saslow
The Washington Post
01 Mar 2011

“LONG FOR THIS WORLD: THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF IMMORTALITY” (ECCO, $15.99) Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jonathan Weiner takes on the science of aging in his 2010 book “Long for This World,” now available in paperback. The primary protagonist is Aubrey...read more...

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National Post, 06 Apr 2010. Pages 12 - 13

Interesting - I wonder if commandment #3 is less observed than the others?

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National Post
06 Apr 2010

Ambitious U. S. research projects to alter how intelligence is gathered (The Vancouver Sun, 01 Apr 2010, Page B6)

A compost strategy - I love it :)

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Ambitious U. S. research projects to alter how intelligence is gathered
BY ROBERT S. BOYD
The Vancouver Sun
01 Apr 2010

WASHINGTON — Three recent events — the foiled Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, the Dec. 30 assassination of seven CIA officers and contractors by a Jordanian double agent in Afghanistan, and the difficulties that U. S. marines have...read more...

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The work never ends for some (The Vancouver Sun, 27 Mar 2010, Page D14)

Admirable.

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The work never ends for some
BY ELLEN VAN WAGENINGEN
The Vancouver Sun
27 Mar 2010

TECUMSEH, Ont. — Andy Noestheden retired, but he hasn’t stopped working. Instead of channelling his imagination and know-how into projects for his employer, the 63-year-old tool and die maker now works for himself. He has developed a furnace filter...read more...

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Evidence of newhuman species found in Siberia (The Irish Times, 25 Mar 2010, Page 14)

Wow!

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Evidence of newhuman species found in Siberia
DICK AHLSTROM
The Irish Times
25 Mar 2010

THE EARTH was a more crowded place than we realised in the days of the caveman. Scientists have discovered a new kind of early human who lived alongside Neanderthals and modern humans 40,000 years ago. Remarkably, the previously unknown “hominin” –...read more...

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Economics bumps are expected to turn into steps (The Vancouver Sun, 01 Mar 2010, Page A16)

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Economics bumps are expected to turn into steps

The Vancouver Sun
01 Mar 2010

Re: Olympics won’t bring lasting economic benefits, Feb. 22 If we are going to have serious debates about important matters, we have a responsibility to apply some rigour to our assessments. In response to Seth Klein’s article, we raise these...read more...

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