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April 18th to April 23rd 2005
MONDAY April 18 UK election comment 
We expect politicians to make boring speeches, dodgy promises and silly, sweeping statements. We also expect them to evade awkward issues and exchange childish insults. We don't though, expect them to scaremonger or go about whipping up ugly prejudice. I predicted, some while ago, that the British general election turnout would be "woefully low". Now I have seen the depths to which all the parties appear to have sunk, I retract that. It will be even worse.
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TUESDAY April 19 Academic community and astrology 
Dear Jonathan,My university professor tells me, 'The academic community does not accept astrology because there is no systematic scientific evidence showing that astrology is a successful explanatory framework.' Is this true? Russ
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WEDNESDAY April 20 Popes and astrology comment 
Recent Popes have been keen to discourage interest in astrology. In the past though, things were different. Several techniques of horoscope calculation were originally developed by senior Vatican members and secretly, the church remains as fascinated by prophecy now as it was in the 12th century when an Irish Bishop gave a list of all future Popes. He told us we should now expect one known as 'Gloria Olivia'. How amazing is it then, that the new Pope is called Benedict and some Benedictine monks are also called Olivetans? Er.. not very. Joseph Ratzinger is fully aware of the old prediction and may well have chosen the name quite deliberately, with all this in mind, in order to give his papacy an additional air of divine, mystical authority.
NB. Pope Benedict is an Aries born April 16 1927. John Paul II was a Taurean born 18 May 1920
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THURSDAY April 21 World Jump Day 
What are you doing on July 20? Could you could spare a few moments to help make history? If so, the organisers of World Jump Day would like to hear from you. They believe that if enough people, all over the planet, jump up and down at the same moment, they will slightly alter the earth's orbit, thus countering the effects of global warming. They need 600 million volunteers. They are currently a little shy of this target. If you'd like to make a difference, visit www.worldjumpday.org
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FRIDAY April 22 World Jump Day email
Dear Jonathan,Recently you voiced concern about a rocket changing the orbit of a distant comet. Yesterday though, you helped promote a mass attempt to alter the Earth's orbit. Surely that's far worse. Emma
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SATURDAY April 23 Full Moon 
There's a Full Moon this weekend. According to legend, we should now be guarding our homes against vampires and werewolves. At the moment though, they may prove rather difficult to spot. The streets are already crammed with ghoulish figures who normally lurk in the half light. Nor, until May 5 at least, is that likely to change. Full Moons are notorious for fuelling fantasies and aggravating arguments. So too are elections. We all now, risk being drawn into debates that sap our strength and get us nowhere. Over the course of the coming week, though, more reasonable influences begin to prevail. They may not be powerful enough to stop politicians from bickering pointlessly but they will create a climate that allows the rest of us to patch up our differences.
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