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A Little Culture With Your Yoga?

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

When I first began practicing yoga, I was all about asana. I didn’t care to study the lineage from which my asana came nor did I care to hear stories about Hindu Gods/Goddesses. Nope — I was straight up asana girl. As time went by my interest in the culture from where my beloved yoga […]

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A Little Culture With Your Yoga?

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

When I first began practicing yoga, I was all about asana. I didn’t care to study the lineage from which my asana came nor did I care to hear stories about Hindu Gods/Goddesses. Nope — I was straight up asana girl. As time went by my interest in the culture from where my beloved yoga […]

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Tags: Yoga

Activists board coal shipment in Spain

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

At 2am this morning, four Greenpeace activists boarded the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship importing coal from Colombia into Spain. Activist painted “Quit Coal” on the side of the ship as it entered Gijon, one of the biggest coal harbours in Spain.     Full Story…

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Tags: Environment

Forests for Climate tour in Indonesia

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Greenpeace today embarked on the Indonesian leg of its “Forests for Climate” ship tour, to shine the spotlight on the rampant destruction of the Paradise Forests - the last remaining ancient forests of Southeast Asia.     Full Story…

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Tags: Environment

Not the end of evolution again! [Evolving Thoughts]

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I get so tired of comments like this:

The Grim Reaper is taking a rest, and inherited differences in the ability to withstand cold, starvation or disease no longer power Darwin’s machine. Those who die from such killers do so when they are so old that natural selection has lost interest.

Right. Tell the folk in Darfur […]

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New, Less Invasive Down Syndrome Tests? [bioephemera]

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s NYT describes a new strategy for Down Syndrome screening. The new test, developed by a company called Sequenom, screens the mother’s blood sample for fragments of RNA produced from fetal chromosomes.

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Tags: Health