Lights out in Iceland for view of night sky

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The lights are going out in Iceland this week so people can gaze at the night sky.ADVERTISEMENTAuthorities in the capital Reykjavik will turn off street lights on Thursday evening and people are also being encouraged to sit in their houses in the dark, writer Andri Snaer Magnason said on Wednesday.While the lights are out, an astronomer will describe the night sky over national radio... (more)

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Hooked on a Horse: My Barbaro!

Injury aside, Barbaro's feeling good - for nowBy Andrew CarterThe Orlando Sentinel(MCT)ORLANDO, Fla. - There are times when the surgeon wants to believe, like everyone else, that Barbaro will survive, no question. The Kentucky Derby winner has been close to death twice in the past four months, but he looks so good these days.He goes outside the intensive care unit at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., and grazes daily. He's happy. Everyone is hopeful.

KRT Wire | 09/23/2006 | Injury aside, Barbaro's feeling good - for now

A new wrinkle on aging

By PEGGY TOWNSENDSENTINEL STAFF WRITER

John Robbins flips his 51/2-year-old grandson upside down, giving him a gravity-defying walk on the ceiling and making the straw-haired little boy grin.You might expect the man who wrote a book about living healthfully into old age to say that the key to a long life is in the bowls filled with fresh fruit that sit on his kitchen counter.Or on the hard-packed dirt trails he runs behind his Soquel home.Or even in the deep, outdoor tub of frigid water in which Robbins dunks himself three or four times a day.But it is this simple act with his grandchild that he would count as the most important predictor of a long and healthy life."If I were to ask only one question of a person to predict their health outcome," Robbins says later, "I wouldn't be asking about smoking or cholesterol or high blood pressure."The question would be: What is the level of love in your life?"

A new wrinkle on aging - By PEGGY TOWNSEND - SENTINEL STAFF WRITER - October 1, 2006

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