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Anglicans Form Dioceses for Rival Body
Anglican congregations in the southeast and now in the northwest have formed dioceses outside of The Episcopal Church and intend to be part of the new rival body of Anglican conservatives in North America.
Just as 73 Anglican clergy and lay leaders in Jacksonville, Fla., agreed to press ahead with a new orthodox diocese – called The Anglican Diocese in the Southeast – seven congregations in Washington state have also united to form a regional body.
The Washington group, which is calling itself the Diocese of Cascadia, sent a formal application for membership as a diocese to the Anglican Church in North America.
"Today, we are committing to an Anglican reawakening and to contributing to a Christian reawakening for a revival here in the Pacific Northwest," said Fr. Kevin Bond Allen, newly elected president of the Diocesan Council and rector of St. Brendan's Anglican Church, at the first meeting of the new diocese on March 7, according to VirtueOnline, a conservative Anglican publication.
The Diocese in the Southeast, meanwhile, plans to apply for full diocesan status by Sept. 1.
The dioceses are looking to be part of the Anglican Church in North America, which is being formed by several breakaway Anglican groups, representing 100,000 Anglicans, along with four dioceses that split from The Episcopal Church.
A separate ecclesiastical structure in North America had been called for in 2006 by conservative Anglican leaders in the Global South who believe The Episcopal Church – the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion – has abandoned scriptural teaching and Anglican tradition, particularly regarding the doctrine of salvation and acceptance of homosexuality. The U.S. church body had heightened controversy in the communion when it consecrated the first openly gay bishop in 2003.
Conservatives in North America introduced a draft constitution for a new structure last December. They aim to stay aligned with the rest of the global communion while separating from The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada.
The move for a new national Anglican province in an area where a national church already exists is seen as unprecedented. While some have criticized it as a means for further division, breakaway Anglicans see it as a way of preserving unity in an already splintering communion.
The Anglican Church in North America has scheduled its first official assembly for June 22 in Bedford, Texas, where it will ratify its constitution.
In preparation for the assembly, the American Anglican Council – a network of conservatives – will be holding a conference later this month for churches in the southeast region.
The process of gathering congregations regionally into dioceses and promoting relationships are among the first steps to building a "healthy province," as the Rt. Rev. David C. Anderson, president of the American Anglican Council, stated.


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I'd like to share with you a very inspiring statement I read from a blog post today at the Catholic Herald titled, "Yours Is A Noble Ideal and The Church Is Enriched By Your Presence." That statement was, "The practice of charity springs from the love of God; it is nurtured and strengthened by the love of God, and it expresses the love of God in our world today."
Charity is at the heart of the Catholic doctrine, and in the same way that it was the very core of Christ's ministry while he was still on earth. There is no purer form of expression of love and gratefulness to God than works of charity. It is by helping the oppressed, comforting those who are despondent, and uplifting the condition of mankind that we are truly spreading the love of God to all the world.
The Apostle Paul emphasizes the importance of charity in the work of Christ in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Though I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have charity, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have charity, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have charity, I gain nothing.
There is no better way to serve and worship God than through the practice of charity.

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Friday night tastings have stepped up a gear this week!
Two weeks ago we got stuck into some outstanding entry level Italian wines by Farnese. This week we are moving into the upper-echelon of Farnese's wines. These two outstanding red wines are a fine representation of the excellence and prosperity of the thriving Italian wine industry.
So get down to 100A Bellevue Rd, Bellevue Hill for a try from 5pm. You won't regret it.


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Our Haute 5 Wine Bars represent restaurants that have both superb collections of wine as well as stellar menus. These restaurants are truly places to eat, drink and be merry.
Daniel Boulud's award-winning restaurant has received accolades from The New York Times, The James Beard Foundation and Michelin. Along with serving what is arguably the best French food in the city, it also has one of Manhattan's best wine lists. Choose one of 1,500 wines from 15 countries to pair with Boulud's menu, which features contemporary twists on classics. Knowledgeable servers and are kept up-to date by wine director Daniel Johnnes and his staff of sommeliers. (Yes, you have to be named Daniel to work at the restaurant.) Rhone Valley and Burgundy selections from Boulud's native France are particularly strong.
Daniel is located at 60 E. 65th St., 212.288.0033, danielboulud.com/daniel.html.
There is not one false note at renowned wine collector Park B. Smith's restaurant. Veritas has received the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine Service and a Wine Spectator "Grand Award." The 192,000 bottle collection is made up of 3,200 different kinds of wine. It includes one of the best collections of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the world, as well as a strong collection of Burgundy and Bordeaux.
Veritas is located at 43 E. 20th St., 212.353.3700, www.veritas-nyc.com.
Babbo's strictly Italian wine list draws from each of the country's 21 regions. The Mario Batali restaurant's 2,000 selections are served only out of Spiegelau glasses and two sommeliers are on call at all times. For oenophiles, Babbo hosts a monthly tasting event called Vintage Babbo. The next Vintage Babbo will be held on June 21 and will pair a seven-course tasting menu with wine from Italy's Organic Biodynamic wineries and include vintages from the past four decades ($350 per person).
Babbo is located at 110 Waverly Place in Greenwich Village. Reservations for the next Vintage Babbo may be made by contacting Caroline Marshall at 917.715.3599. For reservations, call 212.777.0303, www.babbonyc.com.
Eleven Madison Park
Danny Meyer's restaurant boasts a stellar view and an extensive wine list. Wine Director John Ragan who has been awarded a James Beard Foundation Award for "Outstanding Wine Service," and Star Chefs.com's Rising Star Sommelier Award. The wine is matched by a superb menu, overseen by Chef Daniel Humm who was recently crowned 2010's Best Chef in New York by the James Beard Foundation.
Eleven Madison Park is located at 11 Madison Ave., 212.889.0905, www.elevenmadisonpark.com.
Aureole's 1,500 selections represent a broad range of countries including Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain and the Rhone Valley. We recommend the chef's seasonal tasting menu ($205 per person). It pairs a nice selection of wines with five courses of chef Christopher Lee's contemporary American fare.
Aureole is located at 135 W. 42nd St., 212.319.1660, www.charliepalmer.com/Properties/Aureole/NY.


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Happy New Gregorian, Dance Fans!
The big news is that as of shabbos two weeks ago, i'm now OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. I'm officially declaring the social media experiment FAILED and celebrated last week by going to a Tarkovsky film festival that i learned about from a POSTER IN THE SUBWAY. I'm experiencing a certain amount of FOMO (Mom & Dad, click here), but also a great deal of energy and enlightenment.Please don't hesitate to keep me in the loop about all your goings-on, subscribe me to your mailing list, let me know about anything happening You think i might be interested in. CALL ME!
This is also happening this month and next:
TOMORROW, Wednesday February 6: Substituting for Johanne Castille Bro's Contemporary Dance Class at Tanzfabrik Berlin at 4:45pm. Feeling spontaneous? Come over! I promise some spirals and some of my usual witty repartee.
Sonata, part two of the Sex & Space Trilogy, will be screening at the festival La Boca Erótica in Madrid on Saturday February 10 at 7pm. It will also screen at the Vienna Porn Film Festival on March 3 at 7:30pm
Odd Jobs Dept.: This coming Sunday, February 11 at 3pm, i will be giving a tour of the exhibition Archaeomusica in Brandenburg an der Havel, about an hour outside of Berlin. Don't ask how i became an expert on musical instruments from the Stone Age through the early Middle Ages, but if You want to know the difference between a carnyx and a bird-bone flute, You should definitely join this one!
Shapeshifters, part three of Sex & Space, will be screening at the Cinekink Festival in New York City, running from March 14-18. As i will be visiting Mom, who actually lives within walking distance of the Film Anthology Archives, i will be there live and in person!
The last week of March, i will be teaching Pleasure (a contemporary technique class) at Marameo Berlin, March 24/25 at 1pm, and March 26/28/30 at 2pm.
Also from March 30-April 1 in Berlin, i will be presenting two workshops – a Foot Washing Ritual (see photo above) and Gut Feelings – at the fabulous STRETCH Festival (for men*).
April Preview: From April 3-12, i will be teaching two weeks of Pleasure (a contemporary technique class) at Tanzquartier in Vienna, with the short workshop Desire (on Intimacy in Process and Performance) interspersed on Saturday April 7. Super happy to be making my debut at this fabulous institution.
That's it for now – i will most likely send out another missive towards the end of March and then return to my usual rhythm of sending something out every two months.
Sending lots of love out there your way, into the void. See You soon IN REAL LIFE.
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The collection conferred by Warda Prints constituted supported the theme 'Chromatic Ecstasy', an lyric to saturation and Cruising in colours, where color palette includes red, tangerine orangenesses, canary yellows and aquatic blues.
Super Estatic PFDC SUNSILK FASHION WEEK 2016 By Warda Designer
As the name Have as a necessary feature, they logically play with prints fusing the concepts from Medieval Era, Oriental Artifacts, and Persian Paisleys. We saw act of blending components together thoroughly of prints in spirited colors, focused cut lines, comfy silhouettes, swirly patterns, and some brocade glamour. Well played Warda Prints. Best Pakistani and eastern fashion style council (PFDC) is business firm that hardly work to function an enormous publicize and promoter of industry of Pakistan.
PFDC promoted and facilitates the fashion business by arranging massiveevents or fashion show wherever acknowledge brands come back and participate. This platform gives them the chance to show their latest assortment by collaborating in these shows. In 2009 Sunsilk fashion week was introduced. It held double a year in completely different major cities of Asian nation. It gives a massive platform to focus on the art, trends and craft by the main designer of Pakistan. At day 4 of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week 2016 the best fashion designer who can now show their new catalog is Al- karam.
Warda Prints, Ittehad Textile mills, Gul ahmed ,Harmony by Hangten At PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Show 2016 the fourth fashion constituted of Alkaram Studios in PFDC. The new collection named as Savior Vivre inspired by the foremost ancient vogue and surprisingly that collection paired up with contemporaneity. You will enjoy the pictures of Warda Designer Pfdc Sunsilk Fashion Week March 2016 here…


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I've just uploaded to the arXiv a draft version of the final paper in my "heatwave" project, "Global regularity of wave maps VII. Control of delocalised or dispersed solutions". This paper establishes the final ingredient needed to obtain global regularity and (uniform) scattering for wave maps into hyperbolic space, by showing that any sufficiently delocalised or dispersed wave map (an approximate superposition of two maps of lower energy that are widely separated in space, frequency, or time) can be controlled by wave maps of lesser energy.
This type of result is well understood for scalar semilinear equations, such as the nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS) or nonlinear wave equation (NLW). The main new difficulties here are that
- (a) the wave maps equation is an overdetermined system, rather than a scalar equation, rendering such basic operations as decomposing a scalar field into components, or superimposing those components to reassemble the solution, much more delicate and nonlinear;
- (b) the wave maps equation is no longer semilinear (in the sense that it can be viewed as a perturbation of the free wave equation) unless a gauge transform is first performed, but the gauge is itself nonlinear and thus interacts in a complicated way with the decompositions and superpositions in (a);
- (c) the function spaces required to control wave maps in two dimensions are extremely complicated and delicate compared to, say, the NLS theory (in which Strichartz spaces largely suffice), and the estimates are not as favourable. In particular, the "low-high" frequency interactions are non-negligible; the low frequency components of wave maps have a non-trivial "magnetic" effect on the high-frequency components. Furthermore, in contrast to the NLS and NLW settings, it takes substantial effort to show that the function spaces are "divisible", which roughly means that a wave map only exhibits substantial nonlinear behaviour on a bounded number of time intervals and length scales.
Juggling these three difficulties together led to an unusually large length for this paper (124 pages, and this is after taking some shortcuts, see below).
Last month, Sterbenz and Tataru managed, by a slightly different argument, to also establish global regularity and (non-uniform) scattering for wave maps into compact targets (and thence also to hyperbolic space targets, by a lifting argument). Their argument is significantly shorter (a net length of about 100 pages, compared to about 300 pages for my heatwave project) as it relies on a clever shortcut. In my approach, I seek to control all components of the wave map at once, as well as the nonlinear interactions between those components, in order to show that a delocalised wave map can be controlled by wave maps of lesser energy. In contrast, Sterbenz and Tataru focus on just the finest scale at which nontrivial blowup behaviour occurs; it turns out that the small energy theory and finite speed of propagation, together with a regularising effect arising from the Morawetz estimate, are enough to show that this behaviour is controlled by harmonic maps, and so blowup cannot occur below the critical energy. This approach requires substantially less perturbation theory, and thus largely eliminates the need to develop a nonlinear theory of decomposition and superposition alluded to in (a) above (developing this theory, and meshing it with (b) and (c), occupies the bulk of the current paper). On the other hand, the approach in my papers provides more information on the solution, in particular providing certain spacetime "scattering" bounds on the solution that depend only on the energy, as opposed to a "non-uniform" scattering result in which the scattering norms are finite but potentially unbounded.
Nevertheless, my arguments are much more complicated (though I do feel that the machinery set up to disassemble and reassemble maps into manifolds should be useful for other applications), and in the course of this project, I found that I had not quite set up the material in the earlier papers in a way which was perfectly suited for this last (and longest paper). Because of this, this final paper proved to be far more difficult to write than it ought to have been with the correct framework. At some point in the future, when it becomes clearer exactly what that framework is, I am thinking of collecting and reorganising all this material into a reasonably self-contained book (as opposed to being spread out over a half-dozen papers totaling hundreds of pages in length). But this would take a significant amount of effort, and this project has already distracted me from my other tasks for several months now. As such, I have decided to compromise somewhat and release only a draft version of this paper here, with some of the arguments only sketched rather than given out in full, and continuing to use the existing framework provided by the preceding papers as much as possible, rather than to overhaul the entire series of papers. This is not the most satisfactory outcome – and in particular, I do not consider these papers ready for publication at this stage – but all of the important mathematical material in the arguments should be present here for those who are interested. I do hope though that the various technical components of the theory (particularly the points (a), (b), (c) mentioned above) will be simplified in the future (and the results generalised to other targets), at which point I may begin the process of converting these papers into a publication-quality monograph.


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2021 Chrysler Pacifica Interior Review
Forget Get Shorty's dust-buster Olds Silhouette, this 2021 Chrysler Pacifica interior makes it "the Cadillac of Minivans." That's our assessment after recently crawling all over a pair of upper-trim Pacificas. In fact, its diamond-stitched upholstery might qualify the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle for consideration as the Bentley of minivans. Here's our assessment of the midcycle-refreshed sixth generation of Earth's most popular minivan. (At 15 million and counting, maybe it's actually the Toyota Corolla of minivans.)
Color Us Impressed
Sure, you can get an all-black interior if you're into the Dieter/Schprockets aesthetic, but in these dour times, a splash of color really heightens one's mood, so most Pacificas get some contrast color. Our favorite hue is Rodèo Red—a Coach bag/lipstick shade applied to all the Nappa leather seating surfaces, accented with light gray piping and white stitching. This $195 option must be bundled with the $795 S appearance package on the penultimate Limited trim grade.
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Touring and Touring L models all offer "Alloy" light gray doors and lower dash with a choice of black or "Cognac" cloth seats, upper dash, and door armrests. You must pay extra for an all-black interior in "premium cloth" or leather.
Stepping up to Limited adds another color scheme in addition to Rodèo Red: Deep Mocha with black. And springing for the Pinnacle model gets you the diamond quilted Caramel Nappa leather with black dash and door trim.
Grain, Gloss, Materials
Chrysler is gunning to be America's Audi, in terms of interior style and materials—or at least materials appearance. An interesting case in point: the door upper panels on the Rodèo Red Limited S and Pinnacle models sampled look quite similar, with each featuring a row of French stitching in contrast color thread running across a low-gloss, handsomely grained material. And yet to the touch, the Limited's panel feels like molded plastic while the Pinnacle's feels like soft material you could sew. Neither looks shiny or cheap. That's a miracle of modern technology. And all Pacificas get a soft-touch instrument panel with contrast stitching.
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I'm not overly fond of the Pinnacle's "Mid-century Timber" hydro-dipped wood-tone trim around the dash and door pulls, primarily because they went with a super high-gloss finish. A Danish modern matte finish would seem more appropriate. Limited and lower models get a more metallic-look hydro-dipped trim. There's also some piano black here and there, which hopefully will resist scratches more like a lacquered Steinway and less like plastic.
Oh, and in the Pinnacle you get Berber style floor mats and gen-U-wine diamond-quilt-stitched Nappa leather on all three rows of seating, not to mention those precious lumbar pillows (the backsides of which are a suede material that matches the headliner—see what we mean about Bentley?!). Note that the lower trim series do not get this miracle stitching, and their rear compartment plastics are a touch shiny.
You get what you pay for and paying the Pinnacle premium ($5,000 versus Limited) buys richer and more supportive padding in the front two rows. The second row feels a lot better padded and bolstered—so much so that the seats can no longer fold into the floor. (And a note about those cute lumbar pillows: I can't sit comfortably on them, so they're likely to get ousted from these vans.) The Pinnacle captain's chairs gain a fore/aft sliding function that permits an equitable apportioning of legroom between rows two and three. Other slight bonuses: Since the seats don't fold into these wells, the access lids to the storage bins are redesigned so they can be opened without moving the front seats forward. The seats also tilt and slide well forward, providing a bit more foot room when climbing in back than you get when tilting the Stow 'n Go seats forward.
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My backside finds the disappearing seat comfortable enough, though, so I'd personally be reluctant to sacrifice Stow 'n Go and the flexibility it provides.
Another comfort enhancer is the power-reclining third-row seat, which comes standard on Limited and Pinnacle (excluding Hybrids). The seats also stow and erect themselves at the touch of a button in about 18 seconds, and control-freaky parents can disable the recline function from the info screen.
Presuming a quiet cabin enhances your comfort, improvements in body and door sealing, thicker glass, and more hush the cabin enough to improve speech intelligibility by 6-8 percent in all trim grades.
Loading people and cargo is eased by hands-free power opening of the sliding doors and liftgate—both come standard on Limited and Pinnacle and are available in the $2,995 Uconnect Family Theater group on the Touring L trim.
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Charging ports galore are provided in all trims, with USB-A and -C ports paired throughout the vehicle and a wireless charging pad integrated into the newer, bigger consoles featured on Limited and Pinnacle. Base vehicles get six, up-level trims with rear-seat entertainment get 11, and those without it get 12.
Parents can easily keep tabs on rear-compartment kiddoes using either the parabolic mirror in the overhead center console, or the FamCam—a fisheye camera that comes bundled with the rear-entertainment system and provides an overhead view of all five rear seats. There's even an option to zoom in on one seat in particular. And don't forget Stow 'n Vac to suck up those Cheerios before they get ground in. It comes standard on non-Hybrid Limited and Pinnacle models or bundled with the Uconnect Theater Family Group on Touring L (and it's reportedly more powerful than the HondaVac in the Odyssey).
An upgrade to the Uconnect 5 system on all models enlarges the infotainment screen from 8.4 to 10.1 inches and triples its resolution. Built on an Android operating system, it integrates full Amazon Alexa voice assistant functionality along with wireless CarPlay and Android Auto and available TomTom navigation with over-the-air updates of maps and firmware. It even offers a higher degree of personalization and customization than 99 percent of owners will have the patience to program. Six different user profiles can be set, memorizing preferences for music, seat settings, comfort and vehicle operation. Two phones can also now be connected simultaneously.
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Meanwhile, the optional 10.1-inch screens in the back seat add four new games to the 11 previously offered, aimed at amusing adults as well as kids: Concentration, Chrysler Says, backgammon, and chess—for those budding Queen's Gambit prodigies. These games strengthen the case for paying the premium for built-in screens, when tablets are so much cheaper.
Two new, larger consoles on top models feature a drawer accessible by second-row passengers, a large open floor bin between the driver and passenger footwells plus a roomy bin accessed by a roll-top lid on Limited and by a wide, padded armrest on Pinnacle. Total stowage is said to be half a cubic foot—up 50 percent from before. The combined stowage bin capacity throughout the cabin totals 8 cubic feet. That's in addition to the 32.3, 87.5, and 140.5 cubic feet of open stowage available behind the third, second, and front rows. Clearly, in a Pacifica, you CAN take it with you, or it wouldn't be the Chrysler of minivans.
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Jeff Gundlach Subtly Lets Everyone Know That He Thinks Bill Gross Is Dumb And Lame
Earlier today, Bill Gross wrote an epic and beautiful poem about Africa, and then he also mentioned something about bonds because, like, that's his job or whatever.
Here's what the Poet Laureate of Janus wrote about 10-year yields:
And this is my only forecast for the 10-year in 2017. If 2.60% is broken on the upside – if yields move higher than 2.60% – a secular bear bond market has begun. Watch the 2.6% level. Much more important than Dow 20,000. Much more important than $60-a-barrel oil. Much more important that the Dollar/Euro parity at 1.00. It is the key to interest rate levels and perhaps stock price levels in 2017.
Strong call, bro. And the kind of stuff that Gross is known for, so no big deal there, right?
See, Bill's usurper of the Bond King throne, one Jeffery Gundlach, is also offering some thoughts on bond in2017 today. Gundlach's much-ballyhooed webcast kicked off late this afternoon and J-Gundz commenced with his usual song and dance to the tune of PowerPoint slides that showed all kinds of stuff that only the Gundlach sees.
But Gundlach threw a verbal curveball when he got to his own interpretation of 10-year bond yields, saying that "A couple of second-tier bond managers talking about 2.6% at a key technical level on US 10-year are ignoring the the fact that 10-year made intraday high [on 12/15] of 2.64%"
We'll give you a seconcd to read that twice and think about it (it's wonky)... Got it?...Ok.
DAAAAAAAAAMN! You got BURNED, Bill Gross! Burned so HARD!
And it's not just us connecting the dots on that sick-ass bond burn...
The Kobe and LeBron of bond management are back! And J-Gundz is looking to get a Bravo TV deal by throwing some verbal glasses of Pinot Grigio in Billy G's face and then tackling him into the wading pool.
If Bill fights back and Jeffery gets personal, this legit might become the highlight of 2017.


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2017 sees us continue with six (6) competitions throughout the year and an End Of Year competition at yearend.
All members are encouraged to take photos for the purpose of entering the competition rather than trawling their catalogue for images that match the set theme. The purpose of the competitions is to inspire creativity and to challenge members to produce quality images for the purpose of entry. With each set subject we will also include an Open category pool. In the open category you are permitted to enter any image for consideration.
A note of change, for 2017 we are requiring the images be entered two meetings prior to the judging night (rather than just one) to give more time to the committee and judges to organise their delivery and deliberations. To that end, the first competition is due at our first meeting of the year.
Novice competitions are always "Open" and don't need to conform to the theme of the round.
Our set subjects for 2017 are listed below. The subject descriptions may evolve over time:
Unwanted, lost, abandoned, in a state of decay... unloved is one to go for the emotional heartstring-pulling portraits, broken architecture, distressed toys.
See our Pinterest board, "Unloved", for inspiration.
Entries due: February 14, 2017.
Found in nature and of manmade sources. We're looking for patterns and repetition in your image.
See our Pinterest board, "Patterns", for inspiration.
Entries due: March 28, 2017.
It's a photo that doesn't look as it seems. It can be a part of something framed so it's unfamiliar, but still interesting. It could also be a technical artistic flare that creates a beautiful image.
See our Pinterest board, "Abstract", for inspiration.
Entries due: May 9, 2017.
An environmental portrait, is an image captured of a subject (usually a person) an environment that gives the viewer a better understanding of the person. It's not necessarily an "action" or "doing" image, in fact most often it's not. The subject is typically still interacting with the photographer and the camera, but they are surrounded by their "thing", be it a hobby, workplace, home, etc.
See our Pinterest board, "Environmental Portraits", for inspiration.
Of the environmental portrait Jonathan Bielaski had this to say to The Phoblographer:
To me a perfect environmental portrait is a portrait that tells a story, you are learning something about the person in the portrait with out the use of words. The background and foreground are just as important as the person in telling the story but they are the supporting cast and the person is the lead roll. On their own they could make good images but together they make a great image.
Entries due: June 27, 2017.
The idea behind the silhouette is to capture a subject with a strong outline, usually backlit, with a black, detail-free interior. Best achieved with well defined forms, people, trees, buildings, but really anything you can imagine.
See our Pinterest board, "Silhouettes", for inspiration.
Entries due: August 8, 2017.
A rather basic one to round the year out, the old umbrella. Be literal, or interpretive, but be an umbrella all the same. The umbrella does not have to be THE subject of your image, but it should be more than incidentally in the image. It should play a part in making your image's story.
See our Pinterest board, "Umbrella", for inspiration.
Entries due: September 26, 2017.
Entries for the End of Year Competition must have been entered in one of the earlier competitions in 2017. It doesn't have to have earned a placing, just been entered. You are free to make changes to the image, however it must be entered in the same format it was entered previously.
Entries Due: October 24, 2017.
Members who require further clarification are encourage to contact us for more clarity on any subject via email@example.com.
See the Competition Rules for full details of entry requirements.
This is an opt in event, if you haven't already RSVPed and paid you've missed out for this year.
As with last year's dinner, due to it being such a success, we'll be hosting this in our club rooms. Join us for a wonderful social gathering with food and friends as we celebrate the year that was and look forward to the year to come.
BYO drinks and any extra nibbles you'd like to share.Walker Close Community Centre
We present the awards for 2022 at our final meeting of the year!Walker Close Community Centre


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4 Dec 2022
Volunteer for a Year (Part Three: Credo quia absurdum)"Every being without exception, has the vajra mind, eternal and blissful. I dedicate the virtue (generated by this practice) to them, since it brings Buddhahood - immortality, through the union of skills and understanding, and entry into changelessness, through the inner path. Through this virtue may I quickly achieve the mahamudra and thereafter may I bring all beings, without exception, to that same state." Ngondro Pecha Text 40b/41a
11 Nov 2022
Volunteer for a Year (Part Two: Vade Mecum)"In the sandalwood forests of the Malaya mountains, when an ordinary tree falls, its wood is gradually impregnated with the sweet perfume of the sandal. After some years that ordinary wood comes to smell as sweet as the sandal trees around it. In just the same way, if you live and study with a perfect teacher full of good qualities, you will be permeated by the perfume of those qualities and in everything you do you will come to resemble him."
26 Sep 2022
Volunteer for a Year (Part One: Dulcius ex Asperis)"You yourselves must strive; the Buddhas only point the way. Those meditative ones who tread the path are released from the bonds of Mara."
3 Sep 2022
Morning meditation moves to 8.00 amStarting from Wednesday 7th September, the livestreamed morning meditation will be taking place from 8.00 - 8.30 am. We hope that the earlier start will make it easier for more people to join us in the morning.
17 Jul 2022
A month makes all the difference! A volunteer's experienceA month makes a difference - it really does! Here is what Rosa Navas (on the left in the picture), Colombian, Filmmaker and Londoner, has to say about her one-month residential stay at the Kagyu Samye Dzong London Centre.
15 Jul 2022
9 Jul 2022
Lots for auction - 9th July, 2022*Lot no.*
12 Jun 2022
We Need Your Help for our Fundraiser on 9 July 2022!We Need Your Help for our Fundraising Skills Auction on Saturday 9th July 2022!
7 May 2022
Making Light Offerings at KSDLWe will be doing a lightoffering of 108 lights every Sunday afternoon at 4.30pm, dedicated to World Peace. Everyone is welcome to join.
24 Apr 2022
Beyond Two Worlds - updateYesterday, Saturday 23rd of April, KSD London held a special and memorable screening of the documentary, "Beyond Two Worlds", in aid of Ukrainian women and children who are staying in a temporary shelter in Wroclaw, Poland. ROKPA International and ROKPA Poland are distributing the funds.
20 Mar 2022
HH 17th Karmapa - the Arya Kshema Spring Dharma TeachingsThe Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings: Two Autobiographical Praises by Mikyö Dorje 19th March – 19th April, 2022
25 Feb 2022
14 Feb 2022
9 Jan 2022
Five Ways to WellbeingGood Thinking UK, an NHS digital mental wellbeing service designed specifically for Londoners, has been working with The Buddhist Society and the Network of Buddhist Organisations to develop the Five Ways to Wellbeing and Buddhism – a new resource to support the mental health and wellbeing of the Buddhist community living across our city.
4 Jan 2022
HHK 17th Karmapa teachings - January 2022The Thirty Verses
30 Dec 2021
The KSD Johannesburg 1,008 Buddhas ProjectKagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg is counting up to 1008 Buddhas for the new Kensington Temple Shrine.
20 Nov 2021
Winter ClosureSpa road Winter
10 Oct 2021
A positive approach to mental healthLothlorien is a therapeutic community for people with mental health problems, situated in a quiet rural setting in South West Scotland. It has been run since 1989 by the Rokpa Trust, an international charity founded by Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche of Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Dumfriesshire. Buddhist values of compassion and tolerance are the basis of our approach, but we are not a religious community and are open to everyone.
6 Oct 2021
Events marking the passing of Choje Akong Tulku RinpocheThis Friday, 8th October, marks the 8th anniversary of the passing of Akong Rinpoche and there are two livestreamed events taking place: in the morning from Samye Ling, and in the evening from Samye Dzong London.
25 Sep 2021
Guidelines for visiting the CentreKagyu Samye Dzong London is normally open on two afternoons a week (please check *the Contact page/contact-us/* to make sure), Wednesday and Saturday from 2.00 - 3.30 pm. Entry is via the large wooden garden gates at the side of the Centre which will be closed and locked shortly after the session begins, so you will need to be punctual. See the picture of entrance above.
18 Sep 2021
27 Aug 2021
Courage and inspiration of Tara - by Lama ZangmoLama Zangmo writes:
19 Aug 2021
HH 17th Karmapa summer teachings 2021Mar Ngok Summer Teachings //
31 Jul 2021
The Best Gift You Can GiveLama Zangmo writes:
26 Jun 2021
Thirty-sixth Birthday Message from HH 17th Gyalwang KarmapaI would like to offer my greetings and Tashi Delek to all of you.
4 Jun 2021
3 May 2021
May NewsletterKagyu Samye Dzong London
13 Mar 2021
Help preserve the peace of Samye Ling now!*There is great concern about a planning application for two shooting ranges close to Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery in Eskdalemuir valley.** *
14 Feb 2021
Long life prayer for HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa*Download a PDF copy to print out.*
12 Feb 2021
23 Jan 2021
A Butter Lamp House for Samye Dzong LondonFor quite some time we have had plans to build a butter lamp house in the Samye Dzong London courtyard, and this idea is now becoming a reality.
10 Jan 2021
Aspirations to End Adversity - online prayers led by the Gyalwang KarmapaHis Holiness has announced eight days of prayers later this month.
24 Dec 2020
A message from Lama ZangmoDear Friends,
23 Dec 2020
Medicine Buddha puja to be livestreamed on Wednesdays from 6th January 2021Starting on 6th January Samye Dzong London will be live streaming the Medicine Buddha practice weekly on Wednesday evenings at 7.00 pm. Everyone is welcome to join us on our YouTube Channel.
8 Dec 2020
Online Death Cafe on 13th December...and other good news from Samye Dzong LondonKagyu Samye Dzong London
15 Nov 2020
27 Oct 2020
New book about Akong Rinpoche - how to get one - UPDATEWe are pleased to announce the release of the book 'Only the Impossible is Worth Doing - Recollections of the Supreme Life and Activity of Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche" which has been written by students of Rinpoche and has a Foreword by HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
8 Oct 2020
5 Sep 2020
A message from Lama ZangmoDear Friends,
5 Sep 2020
When will Samye Ling and the Samye Dzongs re-open?Since the Trustees meeting in June, the situation at Samye Ling has been reviewed and the decision taken to remain closed until the end of 2020.
4 Sep 2020
From a Mountain in Tibet - Lama Yeshe Rinpoche's autobiographyLama Yeshe Rinpoche's book, From a Mountain in Tibet, has been published by Penguin Books. This is an excerpt from the book describing the flight from Tibet into India:
19 Jul 2020
A Day of Meditation on Chokhor Duchen - Friday 24th JulyOn the auspicious occasion of Chokhor Duchen (the anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha's First Teaching), which this year falls on July 24th, 2020, we invite you to join the Samye Dzong London community online for a day dedicated to positive aspiration prayers and meditation practice.
22 Jun 2020
Celebrate the birthday of HH 17th Karmapa online with us this Friday, 26th JuneOn Friday 26th June we will be celebrating the birthday of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa with a series of livestreamed prayers and meditations running between 2.00 - 8.00 pm. Below is the full programme with links to the relevant texts if you don't already have them.
21 Jun 2020
29 May 2020
Saga Dawa Programme 5th June*Saga Dawa Programme 5th June*
29 May 2020
Drupon Rinpohe daily livestreamed teachings - 1st - 14th June*The Liberation Stories of The Kagyu Masters*
3 May 2020
Courage in the face of crisis*Kagyu Samye*
18 Apr 2020
HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa to lead daily livestreamed prayers - 18th-24th AprilPrayers for the Pandemic to Subside - April 18th to 24th, 15:00 British Summer Time (14:00 GMT)
12 Apr 2020
Keeping a Retreat Mind During Lockdown*Kagyu Samye*
7 Apr 2020
29 Mar 2020
Meditation Sessions livestreamed daily from Samye Dzong London*Meditation sessions are now being livestreamed from the Centre every day on our YouTube channel.*
28 Mar 2020
New daily blog from the Centre*We have now started a daily blog from the Centre*
24 Mar 2020
13 Mar 2020
Coronavirus - a message from Lama ZangmoDear Friends,
1 Mar 2020
26 Jan 2020
Akong Tulku Rinpoche in Tibet, 2011*Kagyu Samye*
1 Jan 2020
Samye Dzong's new programme for 2020 out now*Kagyu Samye*
9 Nov 2019
Reducing single use plastic in the CentreAt Samye Dzong London one of our aims is to reduce our impact on the environment. As part of that we try to reduce our use of plastics, and we would therefore like to urge course participants to please either bring their own food in reusable containers or consider ordering the vegetarian food offered in the centre's café. The majority of ready-made supermarket meals are unfortunately wrapped in non-recyclable plastic and we ask course participants to refrain from bringing those to the centre.
1 Nov 2019
28 Sep 2019
Vacancy - volunteer manager of the Tibetan Tea RoomsWe are looking for someone with experience of working in a cafe to come to Samye Dzong London to volunteer in the Tibetan Tea Room for a trial period with the view to become the long-term manager of the Tibetan Tea Room in Samye Ling in Scotland. The role requires someone who is reliable, well organised and has good communication skills.
3 Sep 2019
New long life prayer for Choje Lama Yeshe Losal RinpocheLYportraitreduced
1 Sep 2019
New autumn events and visiting teachers*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
1 Aug 2019
24 Jun 2019
Cancellation of July visit by Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche*Kagyu Samye Dzong London*
31 May 2019
Mantra recitations to remove obstacles for HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
24 May 2019
Request to Recite Karmapa Khyenno for the removal of Obstacles for HH Karmapa and the Kagyu Lineage*His Eminence Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche* requested the following:
18 Apr 2019
Karma, Cause and Effect, with Ringu Tulku*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
1 Apr 2019
Working with the Emotions*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
24 Feb 2019
Coming soon - the 2nd UK Kagyu Monlam*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
23 Jan 2019
Meditation and Buddhist teachings for you this spring*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
9 Dec 2018
What Samye Dzong has in store for you in 2019*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
10 Nov 2018
Akong - A Remarkable Life now Available in our ShopAkong - A Remarkable Life is now for sale in our shop. This film is about the inspirational life of Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche and documents his powerful message of loving-kindness and compassion and his humanitarian work around the world.
1 Nov 2018
Better health through meditation*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
30 Sep 2018
Mind training with Drupon Rinpoche*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
1 Sep 2018
Welcome back*Kagyu Samye **Dzong London*
23 Jun 2018
1 Jun 2018
10 May 2018
Data Protection New Regulations StatementNew EU regulations governing data protection come into effect on 25th May 2018 that greatly strengthen the rights of supporters and donors with regard to consent on how much information they receive about charitable activities in the future.
6 May 2018
5 May 2018
Earth Day 2018On Earth Day 22nd of April 2018, Kagyu Samye Dzong London hosted a day of talks, films and activities to raise awareness around the need to care for our planet, and to inspire us to do so. We are proud to follow the lead in this of *His Holiness the 17th Karmapa[about-us/teachers/his-holiness-the-17th-gyalwang-karmapa-ogyen-drodul-trinley-dorje/]*, who personally drew up environmental instructions for all his monasteries, and 108 points of guidance for other followers.
18 Mar 2018
Satish Kumar to speak on Earth Day at Samye Dzong London*Kagyu Samye*
26 Jan 2018
7 Jan 2018
New Year, New Beginnings at Kagyu Samye Dzong London*Kagyu Samye Dzong London News*
18 Dec 2017
Winter Closure - 18th Dec - 9th Jan inclusiveThe Centre will close after the Chenrezig Puja on *Sunday 17th December* and will reopen on* Wednesday 10th January 2017*.
1 Dec 2017
1 Nov 2017
The Vision of Akong Tulku RinpocheNovember 2017
23 Oct 2017
New Courses at Samye Dzong London for 2018New courses for 2018
5 Oct 2017
Residential Meditation Retreat - Training for This Life and Beyond with Lama ZangmoThis retreat starts with supper on 28th Dec and finishes with lunch on 2nd Jan.
14 Sep 2017
Akong - a Remarkable a Life UpdateThe award winning film *AKONG – A Remarkable Life* has been building on its own success and has been shown at over 50 venues so far since its release in March 2017. Almost half of the venues being cinemas with the other half including Community centres, Universities, Buddhist centres, Societies and film festivals throughout the world.
13 Sep 2017
Guru Rinpoche Tsok Puja September UpdateThis month's *Guru Rinopoche tsok puja*, on* Sunday the 24th of September*, has been replaced by a *Chenrezik puja*. The reason for this is because most of the Sangha will be away during that time.
3 Aug 2017
29 Jul 2017
So much for a quiet AugustAugust 2017
4 Jul 2017
14 Jun 2017
June NewsletterJune 2017
31 May 2017
26 May 2017
Centre Closure Saturday the 27th of MayThe centre will be closed on Saturday the 27th of May due to the fact that His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa will bestow an Amitayus Empowerment in Surrey.
16 May 2017
Interconnected - the new book by HH the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley DorjeInterconnected book cover *Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet's oldest Buddhist lineages, the young Seventeenth Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today's global community. *
5 May 2017
The Centre will be closed from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st May inclusiveDue to the visit of His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Kagyu Samye Dzong London will be closed from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st inclusive.
4 May 2017
NEW Announcement from Karmapa Visit UK OrganisersAnnouncement from the Karmapa Visit UK Organisers
3 May 2017
Akong - A Remarkable Life Future ScreeningsWe are pleased to announce that there will be another London screening of *Akong - A Remarkable Life*. This will take place at 'The Hive' in Dalston at *7pm *on *Wednesday 17th* of *May*.
30 Apr 2017
28 Apr 2017
Important Announcement regarding the Karmapa's London TeachingImportant Announcement
5 Apr 2017
HH 17th Karmapa proposed visit to London - May 2017Karmapa London visit promo pic
23 Mar 2017
22 Mar 2017
Akong: a remarkable life - a report on the London premiereAni Sonam Drolkar writes:
4 Mar 2017
26 Feb 2017
Losar Tashi Deleg - Year of the Fire BirdEveryone at Kagyu Samye Dzong London wishes you a Happy Tibetan New Year, the Year of the Fire Bird. May the coming year be full of abundance, peace and happiness for all.
11 Feb 2017
5 Jan 2017
January 2017 NewsletterJanuary 2017
30 Oct 2016
26 Oct 2016
Embracing Death and Dying day - Saturday 29th OctoberJoin us for our third Annual Death & Dying Day: A Celebration of Life Through Reflection on Death'. Our previous events were a huge success and we would like to welcome you all again this year.
4 Sep 2016
18 Aug 2016
17 Jul 2016
July/August NewsletterJuly/August 2016
1 Jun 2016
29 May 2016
Raffle Tickets for Circle of NourishmentKagyu Samye Dzong London tearoom and office are now selling raffle tickets with a beautiful textile thanka of Shakyamuni Buddha as the *First Prize*. The *Second Prize* is a beautiful singing bowl and the *Third Prize* is a Rokpa Women's Workshop Mediation Cushion. The runners up prize is a special vegan cake with not-so-secret secret ingredients.
25 Apr 2016
May NewsletterMay 2016
16 Apr 2016
Journey From Zanskar - a screening with the DirectorWe are very pleased to be hosting a special screening of the film "Journey From Zanskar" at Kagyu Samye Dzong. The director, Frederick Marx, will be here in person to exhibit the film and hold a Q&A, a great opportunity to learn more about the fascinating trials and tribulations of the several years it took to make the film.
1 Apr 2016
9 Mar 2016
His Holiness Karmapa's 3rd European Visit!His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, will be visiting Europe for a third consecuvtive year to give teachings and bestow empowerments. His 3rd visit has now been confirmed and all necessary clearances have been given by the relevant authorities.
9 Mar 2016
1 Feb 2016
9 Jan 2016
Registration Open for a New Online Dharma Course offered by Khenpo Sodargye RinpochePlease read below a message from The English Translation Group at *Larung Gar* which is Under the Direction of *Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche*
1 Jan 2016
January 2016 NewsletterJanuary 2016
1 Dec 2015
1 Nov 2015
30 Sep 2015
10 Sep 2015
Farewell to Manor PlaceDear Friends,
5 Sep 2015
16 Aug 2015
Spa Road closed 27th August - 1st September inclusiveAlthough the Centre has recently been closed for three weeks, we will be closed again for a week at the end of August. This is because the sangha and many of our residents will be travelling to Germany for the teachings being given by His Holiness the Karmapa.
12 Jul 2015
14 Jun 2015
Courtyard Inauguration Party - Friday 19th June from 6.30 pmThis is a chance for you to spend some informal time with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche. As well as seeing the ceremonial planting of a Bodhi tree you will also be able to listen to some live music and enjoy homemade food including spring rolls. There will also be a caricaturist drawing pictures, a plant sale and a skills auction (more about which below). All money raised during the evening will be going towards the work of ROKPA in helping the earthquake victims in Nepal.
1 Jun 2015
June 2015 NewsletterJune 2015
7 May 2015
Film night in aid of Nepal - Friday 15th May"The Only Son" Film night at Spa Road in aid of Nepal
26 Apr 2015
May NewsletterMay 2015
25 Apr 2015
Full programme for the visit of Lama Yeshe Losal RinpocheWe are delighted to welcome Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, the Abbot of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery, to Kagyu Samye Dzong London. This is an opportunity to receive meditation instructions and advice from a highly accomplished meditation Master who has spent many years in solitary retreat. He will be assisted over the weekend by Ani Lhamo, an experienced nun who has spent more than four years in retreat.
2 Apr 2015
29 Mar 2015
Spa Road closed on the weekend of 4th-5th AprilWe will be holding a closed Nyungney Retreat/programme/all-events/nyungney-easter-weekend-retreat/ over the Easter Weekend starting on Saturday 4th April and finishing on the morning of Monday 6th April. If you wish to attend this reatreat advance booking is essential and we will not be admitting people who turn up on the day.
22 Mar 2015
Akong - a remarkable life - progress on the filmChico Dall'Inha and Vin Harris write:
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The radio was tuned to some talk show or other – a health programme or something similar talking about body image. The anchors sounded young and enthusiastic, possibly to mirror their intended audience. They certainly didn't mirror either me, or my mood.
I stared at the mask on the table. It, in turn, stared back and was stubbornly uncooperative in revealing its secrets. It had turned up in the flat a couple of days ago, but where it had come from remained a mystery. It wouldn't be the first time I'd found bits of costume or items without context among my possessions.
I mean, let's face it: everyone has those moments where orphaned objects turn up: whether as left-over detritus from parties and nights out, or scooped up by mistake, or left behind by visitors. They just don't normally make an appearance neatly presented on top of a pile of fresh laundry. If anything they're normally under a pile of laundry you've dumped somewhere while wrestling to assemble a wire clothes horse.
It was a simple enough item. A plain red whole-face mask with no mouth. There was a slight contour to accommodate a nose, but nothing defined beneath it. It was light, and made of some kind of molded fabric. Kay swore she knew nothing about it.
I was inclined to believe her. Utterly incapable of telling a lie, she was not averse to running loops with half-truths and misdirection around me, but a flat denial left little wriggle-room.
There were no maker's marks. No embossed "Made In China" or designer label as clue. There wasn't even elastic to fasten it. There was no way I was putting it on. Quite aside from not knowing what the inside had been in contact with, I've seen too many films and TV shows with possessed masks.
But Dorian, I hear you say, they're just stories – stop being a wuss. The answer is still no. There's no benefit to wearing it, and I don't like messing in the narrativium. If it's a story waiting to happen, full of magic and intrigue, betrayal and doom, it can wait until after supper at the very least.
I carefully lifted it in both hands and watched the light shimmer across the satiny surface. No, I thought. We're not playing that game, you can cut that right out. From this new angle the cut of the eyeholes seemed sad, like a puppy in the rain. Shameless.
The mask went on the arm of the sofa, well out of the way. Supper first, I resolved. This mystery can wait a bit longer. Kay brought plates and cutlery through from the kitchen, and I fired up Netflix.
What? You thought I was going to explain it all away? Some of us have self control, I'll have you know. Stop laughing at the back. Half the horror stories in the world start with someone fiddling with a seemingly innocuous mysterious object of unknown origin. I'm having a night off.


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U.S. Supreme Court Halts Gay Marriages In Utah
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously granted a stay in the Utah gay marriage case, putting a stop to the weddings until an intermediate appeals court has heard and ruled on the matter. It could be a potentially precedent-setting case.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court decision that declared Utah's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. The justices granted a request from the state to issue the stay pending an appeal. The decision is procedural, but that means that gay weddings in the state will be halted for now. Joining us to sort all this out and more is NPR legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg. Hi there, Nina.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Hi there, Audie.
CORNISH: So just how big a deal is this, that they granted this stay? Should we be reading a lot into it?
TOTENBERG: I don't really think so. First of all, there were no dissenters, so the court appears to have been unanimous. And second, you have to realize that the whole question of gay marriage is a huge deal. And if the court had not granted a stay, it would have meant that without the issue being resolved at the highest level, same-sex marriages would have occurred in Utah and likely in other states, too.
CORNISH: How would that work? Explain.
TOTENBERG: Well, there are currently 42 challenges to state bans on gay marriage pending in courts all over the country, most of them in federal court. Now, some of those plaintiffs are going to win, just as the plaintiffs won at the district court level in Utah. And if the Supreme Court had refused to grant a stay in the Utah case, it would mean that judges all over the country would take their cues from that. And this is way, way too big an issue to let that happen sort of through the backdoor without any actual Supreme Court ruling. So the bottom line here is that the normal rule is that courts try to preserve the status quo in a case like this.
CORNISH: So as we understand it now, before gay marriages were halted in Utah, there were some 900-plus couples that had been married. What happens to those marriages? Are they legal?
TOTENBERG: Well, a lot depends on what happens with the appeal. But regardless, these were marriages that were legal when they took place. So even if Utah were ultimately to prevail, there would likely be litigation over the legality of these unions.
CORNISH: And with the timetable here, help us understand whether it's going to be the Utah case as opposed to some other that will decide this issue.
TOTENBERG: We don't really know. There are three cases that are either in or headed for appeals courts, cases that have been decided by district court judges. First, there's the Utah case. The 10th Circuit Appeals Court has set out a schedule for briefs in the case to be filed by the end of February, which likely means oral arguments in March. In the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, there's a gay rights group that's appealing a district court ruling that upheld the state ban on gay marriage in Nevada. And in Ohio, there's a case in which the question is whether the state has to recognize an out-of-state same-sex marriage for purposes of a death certificate in which the surviving partner wants to be designated as spouse. And the state, as I understand it, has not yet filed a notice of appeal but it likely will.
CORNISH: And are any of these cases expected to get to the U.S. Supreme Court for a decision this term?
TOTENBERG: I think that would be highly unlikely. Much more likely is that we'd have a decision in one or more of these cases by next term and that we'd have some sort of a decision by June of 2015. But even that isn't a complete certainty.
CORNISH: Why not?
TOTENBERG: Well, I think it was pretty clear this past June when the court issued its first gay marriage rulings that it wanted to go slow and take an incremental approach. Now, that admittedly seems more and more difficult, given the explosion of cases since then. But if the Utah and Nevada bans on gay marriage were upheld by their respective appeals courts, the Supreme Court doesn't have to hear those appeals. It could wait and, as they say, let the issue percolate. It might be more interested in a more incremental case, like the one from Ohio. But you have to say that as we've watched these cases, it's been faster and faster than we thought every single time.
CORNISH: That's NPR legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg. Nina, thank you.
TOTENBERG: Thank you, Audie.
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On Friday afternoon the sun came out. Utility linemen were making final repairs to restore power to the parish. The sun came out and this beautiful double rainbow graced the skies over Coushatta.
However there is still much to clean up and repair left in the wake of the storm that moved through the day before Memorial Day.
The Red River Parish Police Jury received a report on damage to the parish at its meeting Monday night. Also discussed were cleanup operations and suggested improvements before the next storm hits.
Shane Hubbard of the Office of Emergency Preparedness reported that they have reports of 24 houses damaged, and 5 of those were not insured. Hubbard also reported one ambulance damaged when a tree fell on it. And there was some damage to three public buildings.
It was reported that most of the water systems in the parish have back-up power available. However some portions of the Coushatta water system failed during the power blackout.
Hubbard told the police jury "The city does not have generators on their wells. There may be other water systems in the parish that do not have generators to keep their system working in the event of a failure."
During the discussion, Jury Manager Jessie Davis said that the parish has some generators that put out high voltage. To make them useful, they will have to be equipped with converters to reduce the voltage output to 220 and 110. In addition, sites without backup power, such as water wells, will have to be prepared so that a generator could be plugged in and power the facility when needed.
One suggestion under consideration is mounting the generators and voltage converters on trailers so that they could be moved where needed. Hubbard added, "The parish and city are working to have generators ready to go and to have the facilities outfitted with plugs so the generators could be hooked up quickly."
Juror John Moore said, "I want to note that the road crews did an excellent job in clearing debris from parish roads after the storm." Moore added, "They got them open very quickly."


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Public Program Hindu Temple Burnaby, Burnaby (Canada)
Talk at the Hindu Temple (Hindi). Vancouver (Canada), 27 June 1999.
Translation from Hindi:
My salutations to the seekers of Truth. We go to the temples to see the God. And we want to achieve him. Not only that, we have several desires in our heart, which we think that god will fulfil. We go to Temples, for several reasons, thinking that the environment of that place will give us peace and satisfaction. It is true that all these things can happen, […]


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Fingal Arts Homepage
Fingal Arts Office
Arts Centres
Draíocht Arts Centre
The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre
Arts Strategy
Fingal County Council 2019-2025 Arts Plan
Fingal Arts Plan 2013 — 2017
Animated Film commissioned by Fingal County Council's Arts Office for the 2013-17 Arts Plan
Fingal Arts Plan 2006 – 2010
Bursaries Funding & Residency Schemes
Fingal County Council Artists' Support Scheme
Fingal County Council Artists' Support Scheme 2022
Fingal County Council, Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Bealtaine Festival Residency Award 2022
Fingal County Council Artists' Support Scheme 2021
Fingal Arts Office & MART Graduate Award Opportunity
RHA School & Fingal Arts Studio Award
Fingal County Council and Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency
Bursary — Tyrone Guthrie Award
2022 Mentoring Programme for Fingal Writers in partnership with the Irish Writers Centre
2020 Mentoring Programme for Fingal Writers in partnership with Words Ireland
Announcement of the Recipients of the FCC,Tryone Guthrie Centre & Bealtaine Festival Residency Award
Loughshinny Boathouse Artists' Studio Open Call
Loughshinny Boathouse Artists' Studio
Fingal Arts Network
Echo's Bones Film Premiere
Open Call – Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 Commission - Creative Ireland Fingal
Launch of Micro Forest Blakestown
'Let's Stay Together': Fingal Arts Office connecting people and ideas during Covid-19
Lets Stay Together: THE HIDE SCULPTURE
National Drawing Day at The Hide Sculpture
Public Screening of The Butterfly Effect & project documentary at IMMA
Opportunity for Artists, Collectives, Organisations or Companies
An Invitation To Collaboration 2016
Professional Development and Training Events
PR & Media Skills on Thursday 23 April 10.30 - 3pm in Malahide Castle.
Bracken Educate Together N/S announce an exciting Per Cent for Art Commission Opportunity.
Public Art Commission Opportunity - 1916
NCAD 2nd Year Ceramic & Glass Exhibition Swords Castle
Fingal Arts Office Graduate Award Exhibition
Fingal Film Festival nominated for Best Awards Ceremony at 2015 Event Industry Awards
Visual Artist Marie Hanlon was recently elected as a member of Aosdana.
Residency Opportunity -The Resort Residency. Case Study II, Resort Revelations
Resort Revelations 10th to 13th September Bleeding Pig Festival Portrane
Developing Income Streams for your Work
Survey on Proposed Swords Civic and Cultural Centre
Resort Revelations - Bleeding Pig Festival Portrane
Local Authority : European perspectives on commissioning Public Art:
Positioning Your Practice
Registration is now open for Culture Night 2016
Fingal Arts Office are delighted to welcome back Autumn Sounds classical series
Fingal Arts Office Graduate Award Publication Launch
Launch of Loughshinny Boathouse Artists' Studio
Announcement - Infrastructure Public Art Programme 2018 - 2021 Awards 9 new Commissions for Fingal
Highlights from Culture Night in Fingal 2018
Irish Aphasia Theatre Project
Irish Aphasia Theatre Theatre Night 29th of March 2019
Culture Night Fingal 2019 Call for Expression of Interest for Fingal Professional Writers
Irish Aphasia Theatre Free Workshops
Culture Night 2019
Culture Night 2020
Fingal Artist in Residence at MART 2021
Once Upon A Sound at THE HIDE SCULPTURE
Fingal Friday Forum
Creative Fingal
One to One Mentoring Programme for Fingal Visual Artists
Echo's Bones by Sarah Browne
Culture Night 2021
A Burning Tide
Fingal Artist in Residence at MART 2022
Fingal Friday Forum 2022
Fingal Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023-2027 - We would like to hear your views.
Culture Night Fingal 2022
Recipient of Fingal County Council and RHA School Studio Award 2022
Fingal Recipients of the Irish Writers Centre National Mentoring Programme 2022
Fingal Artist in Residence at MART 2023
Talisman exhibition launch
Film Screening of The Butterfly Effect
Room 13 Inquiry Film Premiere & Website Launch
Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival 5th - 11th September Portrane
Space Invaders - Early Years Arts Festival
Open Call for Fingal Film Festival 2015
Art Exhibition by Barbara Craig
ZOOM, Films for Young Audiences
Space Invaders
Drawing Day
Year of Illustration
Writing 3.0
Amharc Fhine Gall
Now We are Ready to Start
What Next?
Illustrators Inc.
Fingal Film Roadshow 2015
PR & Media Skills on Thursday 23 April 10.30 - 3pm in Malahide Castle.
Public Art Commission Opportunity - 1916
Resort Revelations - Bleeding Pig Festival Portrane
Gareth Kennedy - The Origins and Uses of Round Towers - Film 2015 Resort Revelations Portrane
Tolka Nights - Tolka Valley Park Blanchardstown
Professional Development & Training
Book Launch - Local Authority, European Perspectives on commissioning Public Art
Waves Film Premiere & Reading
Autumn Sounds 2016
Culture Night 2016
Resort Revelations
Culture Night 2017
Culture Night 2018
Deirdre O'Mahony CERERE Mind Meitheal #1 Fingal
Exploring & Thinking Bursary Award 2022/23
Music Generation - Pilot at Castlemill Education Centre
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Plyscape Architectural Workshop
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Chris Judge Daily Cloud Project
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Seachtain na nOg - Irish Music Day
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Seachtain na nOg - Youth Day
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Seachtain na nOg - Primary School Day
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Seachtain na nOg - Early Years Day
Cruinniu na nOg 2022 - Make Space
Submissions Invited for Research Evaluation Services
Open Call – Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 Commission - Creative Ireland Fingal
Exploring & Thinking Bursary Award 2021/22
Talisman, with artist Barbara Knežević
If Trees Could Talk Project
Micro Forest Blakestown
Growing Up: D15
Fox, Bird, River, Sing!
If Trees Could Talk, a digital response workshop
Free as a Bird, creative movement workshop with Dublin Youth Dance Company.
Free as a Bird, creative movement workshop with Dublin Youth Dance Company.
National Drawing Day with Fingal's Municipal Art Collection
Fingal Municipal Art Collection - Una Sealy, Refuge.
Fingal Municipal Art Collection: Maeve McCarthy, The Saint's Road, oil on canvas
Fingal Municipal Art Collection - Kathy Tynan, New Here Again, 2016, oil on canvas
Exploring & Thinking Bursary 2020/2021 Announcement
Music Generation is coming to Fingal
Calling applications for Music Generation Development Officer (Fingal)
Poetry Ireland Writers in Schools
Cruinniú na nÓg 2020
What Do You See?
What Do You See? Let's explore the work of Marie Hanlon
What Do You See? Let's explore the work of Pamela Leonard
What Do You See? Let's explore the work of Bernie Masterson
At the Heart of Sol's Art
Sing Loud, Sing Proud!
Have Your Say! Music Education Opportunities for Children and Young People.
Musician-in-Residence Programme 2019
Calling Musicians interested in developing or establishing a practice in Early Years Music
Continued Professional Development Opportunity for Early Childhood Educators
Early Years
Exploring & Thinking Bursary Award 2019
Exploring & Thinking Public Event
I am baba - a beautiful new piece of theatre for babies
Space Invaders - Early Years Arts Festival 2017
Opportunity for Artists, Collectives, Organisations or Companies
An Invitation To Collaboration 2016
Space Invaders - Early Years Arts Seminar & Festival
Artful Dodgers
Now We Are Ready To Start!
Call for Artists - Early Years Music
Children & Young People
What Do You See? Let's Explore the artwork of John Kindness.
What Do You See? Let's Explore the artwork of Catherine Barron
What Do You See? Let's Explore the artwork of Susan Sex.
Dance Residency Opportunity for Primary Schools
Flourish - New Opportunity for Post Primary Schools
The Art Life - Calling Post Primary Schools in Balbriggan & Swords
Creative Music Making - Early Years Music Sessions Celebrating Cruinniú na nÓg 2019
Calling Fingal youth dance groups and companies interested in participating at the Irish Youth Dance
Public Screening of The Butterfly Effect and project documentary film
Everything is in Everything
Waves, connecting young people, art and the political
Room 13 Inquiry
Summer Youth Film School
Youth Film Club
Place Shapers
Music Generation
Artist in Residencies
Young Curators
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The Artful Classroom - A CPD programme for primary school teachers.
CPD / Primary School Teachers / The Artful Classroom
Early Years Arts Education Research
In Colour
Creative Exchange
Children & Young People's Arts Programme 2017
Youth & Education Arts Policy
Fingal County Council Child Safeguarding Statement
Lifelong Learning
Forget Me Nots Choir
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Music Appreciation with Ted Courtney
Free as a Bird
Exploring & Thinking: Early Childhood Arts Bursary Award 2020
Fox, River, Bird, Sing! An audio adventure launched Saturday 12th June 2021
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Echo's Bones
GUEST at Newbridge House
Anthony Haughey & The Global Migration Collectives new public artwork Assemble- A Film Trilogy
Once Upon A Sound at THE HIDE SCULPTURE
Per Cent for Art Scheme
County Hall Commissions
Vivienne Roche, Flow
Mary Fitzgerald, Well Spring
Daniel Cullen & Una Keeley, Open Ground
Public Art Panel
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Tattered Outlaws of History
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Martina Coyle
Brian Duggan
Christine Mackey
Dennis McNulty
Aileen Lambert
Amy Plant, Multi Stop Shop
Gerard Byrne, Glasshouse Archive Modernity's North Dublin Legacy
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Vincent Browne, Tree of Life
Douglas Mooney, M1 Poppies
100 Wishes
Robert McColgan, Realt na Mára
Réalt na Mara by Robert McColgan, Official Launch, Howth
Work in Progress
Garrett Phelan, The Hide Sculpture
Public Art Commission Opportunity - 1916
Mobile Monuments - 1916 Public Art Commission
Let's Talk About Public Art
Resort Residency Opportunity,Lynders Mobile Home Park, Portrane
Infrastructure Fingal County Council's Public Art Programme 2017 - 2021
Buildings and Public Spaces Commissions
All Bread is Made of Wood - This Dirt, Swords Castle
Resort Revelations
An Urgent Enquiry Open Call
SAC - Special Area of ConVersation
Transcending Time
Resort Residency 2020 Open Call
Assemble - A Film Trilogy by Anthony Haughey and The Global Migration Collective
Fingal County Council Municipal Art Collection
Not In Alphabetical Order Volume 2
Not In Alphabetical Order Volume 1
Video Archive
Waves Documentary Film
Sue Rainsford reads from commissioned text at Waves
Space Invaders - Early Years Arts Festival
Artist Stories / Patrick Scott
Una Sealy / Artist Stories
Fingal Mummers / The Mummers Play
Carpet Theatre Company / 'The Blanch'
Mick Parkin / Artists In Schools Scheme
Tattered Outlaws Of History
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Dear Readers,
Up to the time of this Administration's termination of our association with OLMC under Father Pfeiffer, Cor Mariae's policy was to support fully Fr. Pfeiffer and Father Hewko in their stand to refuse submission to Bishop Williamson as Superior. We pursued this policy relentlessly by seeking out quotes/lectures made by Bishop Williamson that confused many of us, and which cast doubts on the Sacrilegious nature of the Novus Ordae Missae and the placed-on-the-index Maria Val Torta's Poem of the Man God - to name a couple.
Whilst these things still concern us this Administration repents of the influence we may have had on any readers/members to go along with our support for OLMC's principled stand to refuse submission to Bishop Williamson. Through the charity of a visiting resistance priest to our shores we were shown that it is Church law that every priest needs a Bishop otherwise he is a vagus priest; that priests can/do have differences within themselves - even with their Bishop, and that that is nothing new in the history of the Church. During pre-Vat.II years the faithful were blissfully ignorant of such things because, at least publicly, priests all said exactly the same thing whichever parish you went to worldwide! It would never have occurred to anyone that the priests did not believe what they said/taught. The parents did not argue in front of the children. In that sense Vat.II was a good thing because it spewed forth this undercrrent revealing that many priests do not even have the faith.
I believe at least that unless OLMC priests were made fully aware of the research we had done on Cor Mariae at that time they may not have taken the public stand Fr. Hewko eventually did against B. Williamson, and which he maintains even more fervently to this day. It is my hope that my confession will help persuade him to remove that which keeps him separated from working in harmony with the loose federation of priests headed by Bishop Williamson. He needs a Bishop in order to obviate the danger of being head of a sect as is Fr. Pfeiffer who also refuses to accept a Bishop.
Furthermore, I regret any influence this Administration may have had on OLSC Melbourne faithful resulting in our combined opposition to Bishop Williamson, and what I consider to be at least MY self-righteous judgment against the priests who needed him as their Bishop. I repeat that priests can have differences within themselves and even with their Bishop, but that is nothing new in the history of the Church.
The loose federation of priests served by Bishop Williamson such as:
- Frs. MacDonald, Chazel, Suneel (Australia)
- Fr. Ortiz et al of the SAJM association, (USA)
- Dominicans of Avrille (France)
- who are ordained in the old right;
- who refuse to say sacreligious Novus Ordo MIssae (NO Masses)
- who refuse to say the Indult Mass
- who refuse to work with the priestly fraternities of the neo-SSPX and the FSSP
- who courageously preach against the heresies of Vat.II and the abomination that is the Conciliar counterfeit anti-Catholic Newchurch.
As a lowly member of the laity/pewsitter I speak as one of the sheep. Priests alone have been given the commission to teach.
It is my intention from now on to attend Masses offered ONLY by the aforesaid loose federation of priests where possible for me to attend.
When a priest speaks with the voice of the Shepherd the sheep hear his voice.
May God bless and keep each and every one of them. Amen
ETA : I have endeavoured to delete from Cor Mariae any condemnations of B. Williamson and the loose federation of priests on the grounds of doctrine. The fact is that there is no doctrine condemning the New Mass. Please God in time there will be a one that condemns not only the New Mass but the entire anti-catholic Vat. II council itself. It is to be regretted that a few independent priests - who recognise no Superior - continue, as this Administration has done in the past, to propagate this fallacy. Until the New Mass and its liturgy is officially condemned by the Church any speculation, such as whether miracles occur there; or whether it can help one's faith are private opinions only whether they come from a Bishop, priest or layman.
It is our fervent prayer that individual priests in the resistance movement unite with their fellow-priests in the loose federation. St. Therese pray for us.
Kathleen Donelly
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Aztec civilisation
Where can I find facts and information about the Aztecs?
ContentsAztec daily life Websites EPIC resources Books
Entry last updated: 25/05/22
The Aztecs lived in the 13th to 16th century in Mexico. Their capital was Tenochtitlán. They worshipped many gods, were skilled in arts and crafts and performed human sacrifices. The Spanish conquistadors invaded the Aztec Empire and took the capital in 1521.
Aztec daily life
There are many different areas of Aztec life that can be explored. Here are some suggestions.
Arts and crafts : Like pottery, feather-work, masks, sculptures, statues or jewellery.
Sports and games : The most important game was called Ullamaliztli and involved a rubber ball.
Religion : Aztecs worshipped many gods, including the sun god Huitzilopochtli, and performed human sacrifices.
Architecture : Cities were famous for their arrangement of houses and many temples. The most important building was Templo Mayor.
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- Go to the main Aztec (Native American People) article, or another article of your choice.
- Use of the Related section to explore more.
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- Aztecs by Catriona Clarke
- Aztec warriors by Marc Clint
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- Aztecs : dress, eat, write, and play just like the Aztecs by Fiona Macdonald
- The Aztecs by Fiona Macdonald
- How to live like an Aztec priest by John Farndo.
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Station Axes Mechelen
In Mechelen, Belgium, a thorough renovation awaits the Stationsas (station axis) – the main route from the railway station to the Grote Markt. The city's goal is was to transform the Stationsas into Flanders' most open and comfortable public space that is prepared for the city´s future natural development.
According to the brief, the street – running from the classic urban expansion district into the heart of the medieval center – is to be transformed into the principal public spaces, the main shopping street, a thoroughfare for public transport all while being the greenest possible axis. Quite a challenge for a street that, in the present situation, begins as a main access road and is intersected by busy traffic routes at crucial locations.
The proposed Stationsas includes three streets that range in width from narrow to wide, and three squares, each of which have their own features. The artery characteristic of the axis is underlined by a strong palette of straightforward materials and colors that weld the squares into a single, richly varied yet highly characteristic route. The layout of the squares, in turn, provides a rich variety of experiences and atmospheres. From the station, the route first traverses the Koning Albertplein diagonally in the direction of the Hendrik Consciencestraat. This intersection is an ideal place to wander, it is a square covered with large-crowned trees and lined with cafes and retail spaces. Visitors continue and arrive at the Cardinal Mercierplein, where the bobbing crowns of pruned lime trees escort them to the Vesten. The Vesten trees reach deep into the heart of the square and form a green gate by which the route enters Mechelen's ancient city center.
Through the Graaf van Egmontstraat, a spacious shopping street, the route passes Vijfhoek, a small square with steps leading down to the water and pleasant seating on the river Dijle. The view across the river is to the botanical gardens. Across the bridge, the Bruul is a medieval street turned comfortable shopping street, with the addition of trees and a narrower profile. Just before the Grote Markt lies the Botermarkt where the Tilia creates a pleasant little square near the large retail chain stores.
A bit further on lies the Coolvliet: one of the historic streams that still hides under the street´s surface. The regeneration of the Coolvliet has made it a pleasant urban stream, flanked by plenty of seating for people taking a break or meeting in the city center
- Location: Stationsstraat, Mechelen, Belgium
- (Nederlands) schetsontwerp: inzending Open Oproep 2012
- Client: (Nederlands) Gemeente Mechelen


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Manojigyasa Episode 53
Special podcast for the anniversary of the radio program 'Manojigyasa' !!
Psychbigyaan Podcast: Interview with Martha Berg
Martha Berg is the inspiring young lady working in Mental Health and the research. She is the Graduate researcher and Master's student of Duke University who was in Nepal for her research. We met her and had chat and this is the part of the formal chat we had on August 13th afternoon at our […]
Manojigyasa Episdoe 37
This is the episode published on August 6 2016. We are talking about 'International Research Conference which was organized in Nepal' in the first part, 'Air Pollution and its psychological perspective' in second and the 'psychbigyaan tip' in third. Feedback would be appreciated … The youtube link is here : Manojigyaasa Episode 37
'How to study Better?' (PNN School Initiative)
19 July 2016 Psychbigyaan Team conducted mini workshop in British Gorkha College with their school program for 'How to be better student? The module of the session was designed, developed and put in action by team themselves on the basis of their knowledge and learning. The major goals of 'How to study better?' developed by PNN for […]
One day Training Workshop on Motivational Interviewing
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In this program Clinical Psychologist, Narmada Devkota answered the queries sent by the listeners . Apart from that we talked with her on ADHD in children.