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"When drinking tea, just drink tea." I find this Zen teaching useful, given my inclination toward information absorption in the morning, when I'm also trying to eat breakfast, get the dog out, start the fire and organize my day, I believe that it's so much better for our bodies when we are present to our food. Perhaps a bit of mindfulness goes a long way first thing in the morning. (Of course, some time ago, I came across a humorous anecdote about a hapless Zen student whose teacher taught him this aphorism and then was discovered by the same student, drinking tea and reading the paper. When confronted, the teacher said, "When drinking tea and reading the paper, just drink tea and read the paper!") - MICHELLE POIROT http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/10/11/magazine/20091011-foodrules.html

Planting trees and managing soils to sequester carbon By  Lester R. Brown Courtesy of  Earth Policy Institute Jan. 8, 2009 As of 2007, the shrinking forests in the tropical regions were releasing 2.2 billion tons of carbon per year. Meanwhile, expanding forests in the temperate regions were absorbing 0.7 billion tons of carbon annually. On balance, a net of some 1.5 billion tons of carbon were being released into the atmosphere each year, contributing to global warming. The tropical deforestation in Asia is driven primarily by the fast-growing demand for timber. In Latin America, by contrast, it is the growing demand for soybeans and beef that is deforesting the Amazon. In Africa, it is mostly the gathering of fuelwood and the clearing of new land for agriculture as existing cropland is degraded and abandoned. Two countries, Indonesia and Brazil, account for more than half of all deforestation. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also high on the list, is a failing stat...

Joshua Prince-Ramus is best known as architect of the Seattle Central Library, already being hailed as a masterpiece of contemporary culture. Prince-Ramus was US Partner of Rem Koolhaas’ Office of Metropolitan Architecture before founding his own firm, REX, in 2006. http://www.rex-ny.com/ from TED Ideas Worth Spreading Work Museum Plaza  (2012) (projected),  Louisville ,  Kentucky AT&T Performing Arts Center’s   Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre  (2009),  Dallas ,  Texas Vakko Headquarters and Power Media Center (2009) (projected),  Istanbul ,  Turkey Munch Museum  (2009),  Oslo ,  Norway Munch Area Master Plan  (2009),  Oslo ,  Norway Kortrijk LLLibrary (2009),  Kortrijk ,  Belgium Kunsthaus Zurich  Extension Competition (2009),  Zurich ,  Switzerland Madison Avenue (Doll)House for the  Calvin Klein Collection  storefront on Madison Avenue (2008),  New Y...

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Call the Dr. KISS members, from left, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer and Gene Simmons ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Jan. 25. from msnbc.com