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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Every spring in Japan, people crowd under blooming cherry trees. They're signs of spring, and remembrances of life's transience.

Master gardener Sadafumi Uchiyama says the blossoms are the quintessential representation of the Japanese principle of mono no aware... beauty in the intertwining of life and death.

 

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Janice Galloway has written a novel called “Clara.” It tells the life story of Clara Schumann, the gifted pianist who was the wife of composer Robert Schumann.

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Katie Salen is a game designer, interactive designer, animator, and design educator. She talks to Anne Strainchamps about what children can learn from designing and playing games.

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Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid) talks to Anne Strainchamps about his book, "Rhythm Science," and how the art of music sampling relates to plagiarism.

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People do without money in many different ways – from simple bartering to using bitcoin on-line. A group of parents in Madison did it by creating a babysitting coop.

Want to start your own babysitting COOP? Here are their guidelines.

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Ray McGovern is one of the founders of Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity and worked as a CIA analyst for 27 years.

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Joseph Epstein is a self-described snob.  He thinks everyone is.

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Neil Baldwin tells Jim Fleming that Henry Ford was a virulent anti-Semite who bought a newspaper to publish his Jewish conspiracy propaganda.

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