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We All Make Mistakes

The Huffington Post 

My boys are excited when I announce that we will be meeting friends at the "carousel" park. We had gone to the park the week before for the first time. The boys had been excited to go on the carousel, but it wasn't open.

Getting ready to leave for the park, a half hour drive for us, makes me feel like I am on one of those crazy obstacle course game shows. I dodge the million questions that my sons are hurling at me while I pack snacks and try to remember where the water bottles are. I risk... Читать дальше...

Pace yourselves, pollies: election 2016 is a marathon, not a sprint

Sydney Morning Herald 

I fear for my mental health at the prospect of a seven-week binge in electioneering ("Trigger happy: building watchdog rejected, July 2 election looms, high-risk strategy for PM," April 19). In view of the success of the 5:2 Diet, I plead for its adoption by all forms of the media. Two days each week free from the words and images of politicians.

High court strikes down Maryland power plant subsidies

McClatchy DC Bureau 

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maryland officials overstepped their authority when they offered financial subsidies to encourage construction of a new power plant in the state. … Click to Continue »



Study: Fox, CNN spent more time on GOP candidates than Dems

McClatchy DC Bureau 

Anyone who used Fox News Channel's prime-time lineup as their main source of campaign news over the past month may be forgiven for thinking there was only one presidential nomination contest. … Click to Continue »

Minimalist Master: Nendo Studio's Oki Sato

WSJ.com 

Less is more for the prolific designer behind Japanese design studio Nendo, whose distinguished minimal aesthetic remains the DNA of his latest works to be shown in several upcoming exhibitions.

Tectonic shifts triggered ancient ice ages

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Brooks Hays
BOSTON, April 19 (UPI) -- New research suggests tectonic activity triggered the last two ice ages by pulling large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Kenya to Cape Town flights welcomed

Times LIVE 

Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities Alan Winde has welcomed an announcement on Tuesday by Kenya Airways that from July it will implement a Nairobi to Cape Town route via Livingstone‚ with flights three times per week.

Gesteggel aan de Stakenbeek in Oldenzaal

Tubantia 

OLDENZAAL - De aanwonenden van het Stakenbeekpad balen van de treurige aanblik die de Stakenbeek voor hun woningen biedt. „In de natuur is dit misschien mooi. Maar niet in een woonwijk waar kleine kinderen wonen. Levensgevaarlijk!”

11 Escapist Gifts for Mother's Day

WSJ.com 

Mom may sometimes be tempted to hang a ‘do not disturb’ sign on her door, but that’s not maternal. Give her permission to gracefully retreat with one of these luxurious gratifications.

Liberals Losing Perspective

The Huffington Post 

I doubt many would question my liberal credentials, probably best defined by epithets from those right of center who object to my writings and background. To them I am a liberal elitist, left-wing extremist, godless sinner and, one of my favorites, "nothing but an immoral pointy head atheist" who "hates America" among other transgressions. Fan mail at its best. A common technique to express disdain in letters to me is to put in quotes my qualifications as a "neurobiologist" and "senior White... Читать дальше...





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