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A Food Manifesto For The Future
NEW YORK, February 1, 2011: (by Mark Bittman) For decades, Americans believed that we had the world’s healthiest and safest diet. We worried little about this diet’s effect on the environment or on the lives of the animals (or even the workers) it relies upon. Nor did we worry about its sustainability. We’ve come to recognize that our diet is…
Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less
NEW YORK, January 31, 2011: As the nation’s obesity crisis continues unabated, federal regulators on Monday issued their bluntest nutrition advice to date: ‘Enjoy your food, but eat less.’ Many Americans eat too many calories every day, expanding their waistlines and imperiling their health. While the recommendations may seem obvious, it is nonetheless considered major progress for federal regulators, who…
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Yoga’s Stress Relief: An Aid for Infertility?
NEW YORK, February 4, 2011: In recent years, so-called ‘yoga for fertility’ classes have become increasingly popular. They are the latest in a succession of holistic approaches to fertility treatment. No study has proved that yoga has increased pregnancy rates in infertility patients. But students of yoga-for-fertility classes say that the coping skills they learn help reduce stress on and…
Funeral Pyres an Option In Colorado Town
CRESTONE, COLORADO, January 31, 2011: Belinda Ellis’ farewell went as she wanted. One by one, her family placed juniper boughs and logs about her body, covered in red cloth atop a rectangular steel grate inside a brick-lined hearth. With a torch, her husband lit the fire that consumed her, sending billows of smoke into the blue-gray sky of dawn. The…
Hindus in Bali Protest Temple Thief’s Light Sentence
BALI, February 02, 2011: Dozens of people protested in front of Bali Police headquarters in Denpasar on Tuesday over what they said was the light jail sentence given to a man convicted of stealing hundreds of Hindu statues and murtis. Protesters from two Hindu groups, Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia and Sandhi Murti, gathered outside the headquarters with banners reading ‘Respect…
India On Verge of ”Cultural Ecocide’ Says Scholar
INDIA, January 21, 2011: Sheldon Pollock, a renowned scholar of Sanskrit and Indian literary history, warned that in literary terms, India is on the verge of becoming a country as brand-new as America. He gave the keynote speech opening the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday morning. ‘It is now entirely legitimate to ask, if dismaying and disturbing, if within two generations…
Airplanes Dodge Giant Shiva Statue in Delhi
NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 28, 2011: The the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had asked, three months ago, that the Shiva Murti near IGI Airport’s newest runway be reduced from its 86 foot-high statue’s height, or relocated. The request produced no response and the AAI on Friday referred the matter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for action. The…