Moments of Awareness

Toddlers Today: A Bad Rap for Soap? Germs May be Good for Kids  [defunct]

MoveOn.org Civic Action: Save The Internet

Mumps Epidemic Spreads; More Vaccine Is Promised - New York Times

Learning to Savor a Full Life, Love Life Included - New York Times

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Secret rivers found in Antarctic

GI Special 3B33: "I Think They Are Shafting Everybody"

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Yummy mummy feeds young its skin

Nuggets of Death - New York Times

Life in the Green Lane - New York Times

A Bad Leak - New York Times

Taking the Least of You - New York Times

And this is the problem with legislating personal moral decisions (abortion, gay marriage, sexual conduct between consenting adults, and personal drug and herb use are the ones most politicians use in campaigning to press voters' buttons); it creates divides between people who are otherwise fine going about their lives in harmony and keeping what they do on their own time to themselves. Ripples From Law Banning Abortion Spread Through South Dakota - New York Times

I'm O.K., You're Biased - New York Times

Please be sure to check the reading date, as postings will be made early much of the time. Current readings will always be posted at MOA . [updated link (February 1, 2014): MOA Eot* ] The week starts off well with Sunday being largely a day of growth and luck (although it’s a good idea to remember that luck is not automatically ‘good’). Our thoughts and emotions heat up in the morning ( MDT ), with the former leading us to feelings that, if respected, acknowledged, and absorbed, will help to move us in the direction of true good fortune. There are minor bumps in the course of the day but overall with a positive attitude all will be well. It’d be a really good idea to carry this positivity into Monday. Sunday’s energy bleeds into the first few minutes of the day, but from about 1:30 AM on things become a bit more challenging. We move from agitation to obstacle and back again during the sleeping hours, and the morning is spent in that energy. In the early afternoon benefit arises out