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...everywhere. The hardest case to make for acting on an environmental conscience is that it is the right thing to do. Yet, in the end, it may be the only case worth making. If we do not respect nature, we do not respect ourselves. We tend to forget that except at those moments when the story of who we are and where we come from rises into our life like a field of wheat and tells itself again...
Because we understandably pay most attention to the fast-changing elements, we forget that the real power lies in the domains of deep, slow change. Nature and culture define the limits of what's possible for the quicker elements, and they provide the base of continuity for the whole game. While fashion and commerce "learn" quickly, governance and culture integrate lessons steadily and "remember." The combination of quick learning and deep remembering makes a civilization strong against shocks and profoundly adaptable. Blending in with the pace of natural systems engages the power of their resilience...
...Forget the Fulbright and the Rhodes. In years to come, the most prestigious scholarship will surely be the Seinfeld. Participating in a program known as Principal for a Day at La Guardia High School in New York City last week, the comedian announced that the JERRY SEINFELD Family and Scholarship Foundation would pay tuition and expenses for five of the school's seniors to attend college next year. He plans to continue the program, with recipients chosen each year according to talent and need. Unfortunately, his move sets an unreasonably high precedent for full-time principals, who will...
...making the system more intuitive seems to be limited to moving the "Start" menu from the lower-left corner of the screen to the upper left and adding an almost invisible button marked OK in the top right, which you need to tap all the time but invariably forget. Too often I was more conscious of operating the system than concentrating on the task at hand...
High in the Santa Monica Mountains in California, the setting for CANYON VIEW TRAINING RANCH FOR DOGS is so spectacular that people often tell co-owner Randy Neece, "Forget the dog. I want to stay." Truth is, they probably couldn't keep up with the rigorous workouts at this five-acre Topanga Canyon facility, where as many as 25 dogs spend their days wrestling, chasing balls, swimming and doing obedience exercises. Good behavior is expected. Says Neece: "Those who aren't getting formal training learn from watching the others...