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The Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary is a 72-credit program that combines academic study and practical training. The Islamic Chaplaincy Program consists of two components:
- The 48-credit Master of Arts degree with a focused area of study in Islamic Studies and ChristianMuslim Relations.
- The 24-credit Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy consisting of 18 credits in Islamic "Practices of Ministry" and related courses and 6 credits of field education/practical application and training.
Integral to the rationale for developing and offering the Islamic Chaplaincy Program are the strengths already in existence at Hartford Seminary which include:
- the strong academic curriculum available through the current Master of Arts degree program with a focused area of study in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations;
- the interfaith orientation, work and scholarship of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations; and
- the expertise of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research in working with active faith communities.
Customized Program
In consultation with the Co-Directors of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, each student's program will be customized to meet his or her particular educational needs and professional/vocational objectives within the formal guidelines and criteria established for the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary. Depending on the applicant's previous education and experience and the applicant's future goals and work setting, the applicant may be required to complete both components of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program or just the Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy.
Application and Admission for the Graduate Certificate Program in Islamic Chaplaincy
(For application and admission information pertinent to the Master of Arts degree with a focused area of study in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, please see the Master of Arts Degree Program – Application and Admission section.)
Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy requires a bachelor's degree (or its educational equivalent) from an accredited institution, and extensive knowledge of Islam, which may have been acquired in various ways. Ideally, students applying to the Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy will have completed a Master's degree (or its educational equivalent).
Preference will be given to students who are working or will be working as chaplains in the U.S. or with a U.S. agency, organization or institution. International students who require visas will, in rare cases, be considered for admission; however, all documents necessary for the I-20 (financial statement and sponsorship, etc.) and a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 550 (written version), 213 (computer version) or 80 (internet version) or higher are required.
Note: The United States Armed Forces expects students who want to be military chaplains to earn both the Master of Arts in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations degree and the Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy.
Additional Admissions Stipulations
Admission to a Graduate Certificate program of study does not constitute or guarantee admission to the Master of Arts degree program;
- Coursework that was taken for credit as a special student at Hartford Seminary prior to admission may be applied toward the 24 credits required for the graduate certificate; however, at least 6 of the 18 course credits (field education credits are excluded from this requirement) must be taken after official notification of admission to the graduate certificate program.
- No transfer credit from other institutions will be allowed to count toward the graduate certificate;
- Advanced Standing credit may be granted by the Academic Policy Committee only toward three of the six field education/relevant life experience credits as stipulated above.
Students wishing to be admitted prior to the start of a given semester must make sure their files are complete by the following deadlines:
- April 15 for Summer Session or to be included in the first round of financial aid decisions for the next academic year; (To be considered for financial aid, a separate Application for Financial Assistance must be completed and submitted to the Financial Aid Committee by June 1st.)
- July 15 for the Fall Semester;
- December 1 for January Intersession and the Winter/Spring Semester.
An applicant's file is complete when the following items have been received by the Admissions Office:
- The application form and application fee of $50.
- A personal statement of three to four pages identifying the applicant's personal goals for the Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy, his/her perceived strengths, and his/her potential areas for development.
- Complete official transcripts from all previous undergraduate and graduate institutions.
- Two letters of recommendation: One letter of recommendation from a professor or instructor who can speak to the applicant's academic abilities and potential or a professional colleague who can speak to her or his capabilities and potential. A second letter of recommendation from the leader of a Muslim religious or community organization that speaks to the abilities and potential of the applicant to work cooperatively in community activities, exercise religious leadership and achieve a deeper understanding of his or her faith, linguistically and intellectually.
One can apply through either a paper-based or an online format. You may access both our online application and the downloadable paper-based application by going to our website at www.hartsem.edu, and clicking on the Admissions tab on the left-hand side toolbar. Detailed instructions for completing the application are also provided at this link. You may also request a paper application by calling our Admissions Office at 860-509-9512.
Interview: After a student's file is complete, the student will be contacted by the Admissions Office to set up an interview. While in most cases the interview will happen on the Hartford Seminary campus, a phone interview may be conducted where distance prohibits a visit to campus. Applications will only be sent on to the Admissions Committee for review once the interview has been conducted.
Readmission – see Academic Policies for Graduate Programs.
Program Components
Master of Arts Degree
The Master of Arts degree requires the successful completion of 48 credits. The Master of Arts degree with a focus in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations is designed to provide students with foundational knowledge in the major disciplines of Islamic religious thought and practice, historical and contemporary perspectives on Islamic societies, and theological and social interaction between Islam and Christianity. Students choosing this area of focused study are strongly encouraged to take Arabic.
Please see the Master of Arts Degree Program section for complete information.
Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy
The Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy is designed to provide Muslim religious leaders and chaplains with basic skills in pastoral care, practices of ministry, theology and ethics, dialogue and interfaith relations needed to serve as chaplains in a variety of settings. The areas of knowledge and skill acquisition provided by the 24-credit graduate certificate are:
- the responsibilities of Muslim chaplains/religious leaders surrounding life events such as birth, death, marriage, and loss;
- the rituals surroundings these same life events;
- examination of Islamic law, which undergirds all Islamic rituals and includes ethics and morality;
- the application of Islamic law to daily life;
- exposure to and understanding of chaplaincy skills in multifaith settings; and
- understanding of faith traditions other than one's own.
|Introduction to Islamic Law (ET-640) or
Contemporary Islamic Ethics (ET-655)
|3 credits
|Courses in Practices of Ministry, Theology and Ethics,
Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
|15 credits
|Practical Training
|6 credits
Students completing the certificate will also be expected to have acquired basic skills in Qur'anic recitation as well as the foundational Islamic knowledge needed to function successfully as Muslim Chaplains.
Practical Training
All students in the graduate Certificate program in Islamic Chaplaincy must complete six credits of practical training. In most cases, this practical training will consist of three credits of Clinical Pastoral Education and three credits of field education.
Clinical Pastoral Education (3 credits): All students are required to take one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). When the student has completed the unit of CPE, he/she must submit an Advanced Standing petition to the Academic Policy Committee which requests three credits and include a copy of his/her CPE certificate. No tuition is charged by the Seminary for CPE.
Field Education (GC-580 – 3 credits): The content and setting of field education will vary according to the needs of the student. Normally, students are expected to work in a Muslim or non-Muslim institution 8 hours a week for 30 weeks for a total of 240 hours in a capacity that corresponds with the skills required in a specific area of chaplaincy, such as prison ministry, hospital, university, military, or community work. Students must register for GC-580 Field Education when they begin their field education placement and are charged tuition for three credits.
All field education placements must have an on-site field education supervisor and a Hartford Seminary supervisor (in most cases this will be one of the Co-Directors of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program). Supervisors and students will be required to sign an agreement that specifies their mutual rights and duties. The field education supervisor, the student, and the Hartford Seminary field education supervisor (Co-Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program or designee) will meet (on-site or virtually if necessary) a minimum of once each semester during the field education experience. In rare instances, students may be permitted to fulfill the field education requirement outside the New England area with the consent of the Co-Directors of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program and with the assurance of appropriate means for assessing the nature and quality of the supervision.
Students with an extensive background in religious leadership may apply to the Academic Policy Committee to be granted three credits of Advanced Standing (in lieu of GC-580) for previous religious leadership experiences relevant to their intended field within Islamic Chaplaincy (ex. military, university, correctional facility, hospital, etc…). Petitions for Advanced Standing need to be made in accordance with the "Advanced Standing Guidelines of Hartford Seminary" and will be acted on by the Academic Policy Committee in consultation with the Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program.
Islamic Chaplaincy Colloquium: All students are required to attend the annual Islamic Chaplaincy Colloquium throughout their studies. The Colloquium is designed to facilitate collegial sharing, peer education, spiritual formation and networking among students, alumni and practitioners in the field of Islamic Chaplaincy. Students who are currently carrying out their Field Education are expected to prepare presentations and facilitate workshops at the colloquium that reflect on their experience of working in particular areas within the field of chaplaincy. A fee for the Colloquium will be automatically added to the account of each student in the Islamic Chaplaincy program
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"It's difficult and regional," Moseley said during a press conference following his formal presentation. "Congress is working and I trust they will figure out the right level for a sustainable, viable agriculture." Comments from Secretary of Agriculture Anne Veneman in February followed a similar line. She said something to the effect that payment limitations would be a sticky issue as the farm bill debate progressed but shed no light on how the Bush Administration stands on the issue.
Moseley assured attendees that "the Administration sees food and fiber production as essential for national security."
He also indicated support for a speedy conclusion to the farm bill. "I don't know when we'll get a final bill," he said, "but Representative Larry Combest, R-Texas, has worked (with Rep. Charlie Stenholm, D-Texas) tirelessly on the farm bill and they have a lot of support in USDA. Combest is unwavering in his commitment to get a bill completed (in time for the 2002 crop) and I wouldn't bet against him."
He said USDA would implement new legislation when it's passed. "When we get the law, we'll implement it. I don't know how, but we'll do it. We have to. We are working daily with Congress to get regulations ready," he said.
Moseley said key elements of a new farm law would include:
- "A strong safety net. That's crucial.
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- Protecting agriculture's infrastructure also makes the top of the list. Moseley said research, APHIS, and other agencies should be updated. "If we don't have a strong infrastructure, we can expect weak agricultural programs," he said.
He pointed to the current situation with cotton to emphasize the need for a safety net. "The current situation is not good. We have a stocks-to-consumption ratio of 50 percent. Record production and high beginning stocks add up to the highest stocks and the lowest prices in 30 years. A slowly eroding domestic apparel industry makes things even worse."
Moseley said the apparel industry had declined by 35 percent over the past four years.
"But I believe the situation is turning the corner. We will not come out of this over night, but the market is working. Planting intentions for cotton indicate a 6 percent reduction for 2002. That will help get cotton production where it ought to be and increase efficiency for farmers."
He said Don Evans, with the Department of Commerce, has begun a study of U.S. textiles in the world market. "Results will let us see what we need to do. Meanwhile, the situation is painful. That's why we need a strong safety net until we get the marketing picture figured out."
He emphasized the importance of cotton and agriculture to the nation's economy. "Agriculture puts $1.3 trillion into the economy and employs 24 million workers. Cotton contributes a significant amount to those figures, so we can't afford to lose cotton's contribution to the economy. That's why it's crucial to get a good farm bill."
But he cautioned cotton farmers not to count on just new legislation to pull them out of the economic malaise.
"We have to look longer term at our infrastructure, research and market development," he said. "We have to gain access to foreign markets and technology will provide the key to meeting worldwide competition."

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame's quarterback is getting hot at the best possible time for the Fighting Irish.
Sophomore Everett Golson, a first-year starter from Myrtle Beach, S.C., is coming off the two best games of his college career as the Fighting Irish head into next week's regular-season finale at USC.
After No. 1 Kansas State and No. 2 Oregon both lost this past weekend, the No. 3 Fighting Irish only have to beat the Trojans to finish No. 1 and play in the Jan. 7 Discover BCS National Championship Game in Miami.
And fortunately for Notre Dame, Golson is playing his best football as it heads into its biggest game in more than a decade.
"Obviously, he's a guy that makes explosive plays," Irish coach Brian Kelly said. "He's got the ability to throw it. He can run the football. He's elusive. I think we're seeing a guy that's growing each and every week. Now, he made some mistakes that a young quarterback has a tendency to make. We've got to kind of slow him down a little bit. But he's definitely on the right path to providing us the offense that we need."
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"He's certainly seeing the field better," Kelly said. "He's getting the ball out on time, and he's an elusive player. He can make plays out on the perimeter. He's a very dangerous player if you're trying to defend him. We showed some option, and you saw the way he connected in the option game. He will now be so much more difficult to defend, and we will as an offense be much more difficult to defend when you have those elements of play making outside the realm of your offense."
With so much on the line at Southern Cal, Golson said he isn't going to look back now.
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"Adam Christopher's debut novel is a noir, Philip K Dick-ish science fiction superhero story… a novel of surreal resonances, things that are like other things, plot turns that hearken to other plot turns. It's often fascinating, as captivating as a kaleidoscope… just feel it in all its weird glory."
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"Suffused with a love for noir fiction and the golden age of American comic books, Christopher's Empire State is something of a tour de force. If, somehow, Raymond Chandler and Philip K Dick had collaborated on a Superman story, they might well have produced this novel."
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The Empire State is the other New York. A parallel-universe, Prohibition-era world of mooks and shamuses that is the twisted magic mirror to our bustling Big Apple, a place where sinister characters lurk around every corner while the great superheroes that once kept the streets safe have fallen into dysfunctional rivalries and feuds. Not that its colourful residents know anything about the real New York… until detective Rad Bradley makes a discovery that will change the lives of all its inhabitants.
Playing on the classic Gotham conventions of the Batman comics and HBO's Boardwalk Empire, debut author Adam Christopher has spun this smart and fast-paced superhero-noir adventure, the sort of souped-up thrill ride that will excite genre fans and general readers alike.
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— Professor Mark D. White, co-editor, Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul
"Fast-paced and intricately woven, Adam Christopher's debut mixes Sam Spade noir with the comic book superheroes we all grew up loving. Packed with action and a secret that could unravel the world, Empire State will keep you turning the pages and cheering on the most unlikely of heroes. With a debut this exciting, I can't wait to see what Adam comes up with next."
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— Maura McHugh
"Complex and creative, Empire State introduces the reader to a world of noir superheroes and multi-dimensional conspiracies. An engaging, entertaining read."
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As many municipalities within the county are profiting from the Marcellus Shale drilling, the Ridgway Township Municipal Authority voted Thursday in favor of initiating possible negotiations with the Borough of Ridgway concerning the potential delivery of bulk water sales at various locations throughout the township.Authority members plan to meet with Ridgway Borough officials in the near future to discuss the matter.Works superintendent Carl Gosnell noted that the township is not equipped to supply the drilling operators."The biggest issue is we don't have the capacity to supply what they require on a daily basis and we don't own the water," Gosnell said. "Our pumps are designed to fill tanks slowly for residential and some commercial customers; adding an additional 250 to 500 million gallons a day is not feasible in some areas because we have pumps that pump 300 gallons per minute and we have pumps that pump 60 gallons a minute. The demand has to be looked at first and not to mention our permits with DEP [Department of Environmental Protection] to allow so much with the Ridgway Borough."Pick up a copy of the Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.Next meetingRidgway Township Municipal AuthorityThursday, Oct. 67 p.m.Municipal Office


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Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes. Science is now proving that happiness is a skill that you can develop.
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- List some enduring benefits of happiness.
- Describe the negativity bias of the brain.
- Summarize how our brains can make us happy and also create suffering.
- Practice guided exercises for tapping your innate capacity to nurture and encourage yourself.
- Utilize meditation to shape your brain over time to experience more joy and be more at ease in everyday life.
- Apply techniques that re-wire the neural pathways in the brain to experience deeper and more lasting happiness.
Bridging neuropsychology with the great contemplative traditions, Meditations for Happiness brings you a series of practices that allow you to literally rewire the neural pathways in your brain to experience deeper and more lasting contentment.
On part one, Dr. Hanson discusses the nature of happiness, its role in our evolution, how our brains both make us happy and create suffering, and how we can use and shape our brains over time to experience more joy and ease in everyday life. He then guides you step-by-step through more than a dozen meditations and exercises including:
- A Happiness Trip—explore the many shades of positive emotions that relate to your happiness
- Gratitude—an antidote to threatening thoughts and feelings
- Taking Refuge in What's Reliable—root your happiness in the safe harbors of things you can truly count on
- Coming Home to Happiness—a relaxing session to ease your body-mind back to its natural state of calm and contentment
"Emotions come and go, but true happiness endures," teaches Dr. Hanson. With Meditations for Happiness, he helps you build a foundation of skills for realizing the happiness you desire.
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- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Maureen S
This CD is one of the best I've heard. Rick is so positive!
(Posted on 8/6/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Peggy M
A wonderful series of teaching and meditations. I have gained a lot from them and will listen to them many times. Always something new to discover.
(Posted on 8/2/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Richard Nishimura
Led to my daily happiness practice of noticing and appreciating moments of happiness throughout each day.
I am recovering from years of major depression, and had a daily meditation practice for 2.5 years when I bought this recording. At the time, I had been feeling fairly well for a couple of months but was slowly sliding downwards as the darkness of winter approached. I was initially turned off by Rick's all happy introduction that another reviewer suggested was like "Mr. Rogers", but I kept an open mind and am happy that I did.
As a result of this recording, I have developed a daily happiness practice which, as I noted in my opening line, keeps me aware of, and appreciative of the many moments of happiness that arise in me each day. As this practice developed I came to realize that happiness is not a lasting state, and that increased happiness is something that I could "learn".
Through developing mindfulness I have come to recognize that my feelings are always changing, and while negative feelings like anger and sadness tend to last longer, the positive feelings like joy and happiness are transient and often brief (at least for me).
With my daily happiness practice (doing what Rick recommends in this recording), I can now look back when I am feeling depressed and realize that I have had moments of happiness every day (or at least almost days) for many weeks/months, and just this realization often beings about another moment of happiness. Not joy, but a deeply-rooted and gentle happiness that I believe has kept me from spiraling back into a major depression this winter.
I think that the strong and immediate impact of this recording on my life was because I had a daily meditation practice and through that I am fairly mindful of what I am feeling both physically and mentally. For anyone thinking they are not mindful, this recording may inspire you to work at developing that mental skill.
I do not recommend that anyone who is severely depressed listen to this recording and can really relate to Anna's 1-star comment. When I was severely depressed I could not see anything to be happy about, and I think that I too would have found this to be a depressing reminder of all the things that I thought that I did not have.
I recommend this recording along with other recordings by Rick Hanson for those who seek happiness and are not severely depressed. If you can think of a few things for which to be grateful, or a few things that bring you a moment of happiness, then this recording may benefit you as it did me. Although I found Rick's happy talk off-putting, I am rating this 5-star because of the profound impact that it had on my life.
(Posted on 5/19/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Gloria K.
I enjoyed the lecture and meditations. I hope they see a smile on my next cranium catscan!
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- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Sonia Stewart
I've enjoyed using this C.D. and will continue to do so. Definielty helps with self understandin and compassion for oneself and others.
(Posted on 4/25/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by ann r
Brilliant! Very enjoyable and the benefits are felt immediately.
(Posted on 4/22/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by john l
Awesome !!
(Posted on 4/16/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Ann D
As a counselor, I feel uncomfortable with some of the guided sessions with no one to talk with afterwards.
(Posted on 4/9/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Jacqueline C
This is brilliant--intellectually, emotionally, spiritually.
I believe everyone would benefit by just listening to the first session. It was an amazing experience forme. I learned a lot and felt a transformative energycoming through. Thank you, Dr. Hanson. I highly recommend it to psychotherapists as well as all who
seek to transform their relationship to self and others.
(Posted on 3/19/2014)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Alicia D
Very informative, combining science facts with Buddhist ideas for interesting hands-on activities and meditations. Highly recommend.
(Posted on 7/10/2013)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by esther c
but as a down load really annoying i can't have separate chapters. my computer / i tunes reads the piece as one very long audio. so i can't jump to chapters that are useful. can you help with this?
i like rick's attitude, compassion and voice. a realy useful program
but do please help with the chapters?
(Posted on 6/23/2013)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Lynn Ng
This meditation programme has been really effective in helping me to understand how I can be happy without even having favorable external conditions. Rick Hanson has been both professional and effective in helping me to understand how my brain works and how happiness can have a lasting effect on me. I would recommend this for anyone who is struggling to be happy.
(Posted on 4/27/2013)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Alynne K
Great little book, perfect for those 5 minute reads
(Posted on 3/26/2013)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Diana E
The meditations are very positive and helpful. I didn't need all the instruction, but it would be good for new meditators.
(Posted on 3/21/2013)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Terry L
very informative along with the meditations. Rick Hanson's voice is so calming.
(Posted on 2/27/2013)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Linda Grazier
Really good explanation of negative bias of the brain with positive examples of how to change those thoughts.
(Posted on 2/6/2012)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Anna
Hate to be negative, really wanted to like this, but I found this cd, in fact, to increase my depression significantly rather than relieve it. For one thing, he counsels the listener to rely upon mainstays many of us do not have. "Be happy for your family, your children, &c"? Well what if you don't have that? "Be happy for your health?" Well, what if you don't have that? Another listener stated it correctly: these views are simplistic in the extreme. There are many assumptions about what constitutes happiness in these tapes that, well, are offensive, about externals, and of no use to us who are in fact in quite depressed and in unhappy circumstances, as well. I found myself, listening to this, being forced to enumerate all the things I DID not have on his supposedly cheery list. Quite the opposite of the intended effect: wow, my life is worse than I thought. Left me more depressed than I was to begin with. Makes me depressed even now, thinking about it. Beware.
(Posted on 11/13/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by sheri zala
I really love these meditations and thoughts as expressed by Rick Hanson. Some of the meditations are so moving, inspiring & freeing, as he says, it's as though I can feel the happiness neurons firing! These meditations have already helped me feel more self-compassion & generally more inner peace. I've put a link on my website to his pages/meditations so that my clients can also benefit from Rick's meditations & wisdom. Cheers, sheri
(Posted on 10/30/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by rachel gaspers
Sincere but simplistic. He seems like a very nice fellow ..a bit like Mr.Rogers...all lovely but it made it hard for me to take it on the deepest levels. There is no doubt he is very learned and competent.
(Posted on 10/22/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Thomas Critchley
Wonderful material wonderfully presented!
(Posted on 10/20/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Amy Britton
I've enjoyed listening to this on my daily morning walks. I was mildly depressed when I purchased this download and have steadily increased my mood by listening to this as well as by doing other uplifting activities. I particularly liked the first meditation which reminded me of all that is good and wonderful in the world in general and my life in particular. Another meditation/exercise towards the end of the program on writing down the good things about your life had me in a great mood for the rest of the day! (I was out walking at the time and didn't have pen and paper so I typed my stuff into my notes on my iPhone. Now I can go back to those notes whenever I want and am reminded of how good I have it! Overall a great purchase. Looking forward to exploring more from Rick Hanson.
(Posted on 10/19/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Naseem Rahim
Lovely and very peace giving!
(Posted on 9/11/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Louise
refreshing, uplifting....
(Posted on 9/10/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Gela de Brugiere
Wonderful!!! thank u Rick Hansen
(Posted on 8/17/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by catherine o grady
Rick Hanson is excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed his work. His meditations are practiable and life enhancing
(Posted on 8/12/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Paula Traphagen-Bossert
Love it!!
(Posted on 8/4/2011)
- Review for Meditations for Happiness Review by Had Walmer
Just referred to this wonderful set of recordings by Rick on Facebook.
Haven't listened yet; this will be a perfect resource for my 'Gold Mind Meditation Project' here in Portland.
Here in the Mind!
(Posted on 6/9/2011)
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Kristen Wiig and Hailee Steinfeld film scenes at an older house for their upcoming flick Hateship, Friendship on Monday (November 5) in New Orleans, La.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Real estate sales in Westchester County were up considerably during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report issued by the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors .
Sales of single-family houses rose 30 percent during the last three months of 2012 in Westchester County compared to the same period during 2011, according to the report.
Richard Haggerty, the association's chief executive officer, said the fourth quarter of 2012 was "the third consecutive quarter that shows a significant growth in terms of transactions."
Haggerty said prices were still relatively flat in 2012, with no significant increase during the year, but there was an increase in the median price for single-family homes in the fourth quarter compared with the same time a year earlier.
The report also stated that sales in the region generally increased in each quarter of 2012 and that they were particularly strong in the final three months of the year.
Although real estate traditionally runs in cycles, said Joseph Rand, managing partner of Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty in Westchester, the fourth-quarter numbers for 2012 bode well for 2013 and beyond. "It's looking like 1997 all over again," he said, referring to a historically strong point in the real estate market.
"The report shows strong signs of continued stability in the market," said Amy Kane, vice president and director of new business development for Douglas Elliman, Westchester.
The number of sales of one-family homes increased to 1,034, and the number of sales of two- to four-family homes decreased by 15.2 percent. The report also said that year-end inventory in the region (which includes Putnam, Orange and Rockland counties) amounted to 9,622 units, a decrease of 12 percent in Westchester from the 10,603 units at the end of 2011.
Rand said the combination of low interest rates and an increase in consumer confidence aided in the strong showing for the last quarter of last year. "I can't imagine interest rates will go much lower," he said.
"We've gone through a downward trending cycle the past four years," said Gary Leogrande, principal broker at Keller Williams NY Realty. "While it is impossible to time the bottom of the cycle, many indicators are that this is a great time to make a purchase."
As to the outlook for 2013, Kane demurs on speculating, but said the real estate market is finally showing the stability that is essential for long-term growth. "People buy real estate because it is a tangible investment rather than a short-term, speculative purchase," she said.
The report further states that as long as there are no national economic or political catastrophes, "the region's homebuyers can look forward to a housing market that will offer moderate pricing – at least for a time."
"This is the best time to invest – either in the form of a new home or an opportunity to trade up – in real estate in more than 30 years," Rand said.
Haggerty said, "Barring any economic hiccups, I'm optimistic about the outlook for 2013 and beyond."
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GSK puts increased effort behind its social-media profile
GlaxoSmithKline is souping up its social-media monitoring with a strategy it says will create processes standard enough to streamline communications, but flexible enough to meet local requirements.
The company has hired digital agency Fabric Worldwide and IT and consulting firm Infosys to implement their Global Digital Platform. Infosys says the Global Digital Platform will "allow GSK to quickly build digital assets and listen to consumers across an array of digital platforms." Fabric Worldwide says the partnership will help GSK "understand consumer signals from digital channels, across all brands and all markets."
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The industry has struggled with balancing the desire to engage consumers without tripping over sketchily defined regulatory boundaries, but companies can scarcely afford to shun social media altogether.
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"Music can change the world because it can change people," —BonoThe annual spring concert by the Gothenburg High School varsity chorus was bittersweet Monday night.
Individuals, small groups and the entire chorus performed selections from Friday's district music contest in Grant.
As the chorus sang together at the end, some students started to cry which carried over to a packed house in the performing arts center.
It was long-time music teacher Ernie Blecha's last concert. He will retire at the end of the school year after 32 years in the district.
Blecha shared some thoughts about those years in a letter included in the concert program.
Excerpts are shared in the following story.
When Blecha and his wife, Jan, moved to Gothenburg in 1982, they didn't know how attached they would become to a community and it's people.
Blecha began teaching in Dudley Elementary and was astounded by the students' abilities and motivation.
"Their excitement transferred directly to me," he said, noting the many holidays for which youngsters sang. "We've even performed programs dealing with pollution, outer space, dinosaurs, cowboys, countries...I think you get the picture."
In 2004, Blecha was asked to teach junior and high school students and worried about the change.
"I can't tell you how positive the outcome has been," he said. "By teaching secondary music, I feel I have been able to bond relationships and form musical abilities in so many outstanding students."
Opportunities to see high school students on the stage in musicals have probably been his proudest moments.
"I have been amazed with the acting and singing but mostly with the ability to come together as a group on a project and make it become the pride of the community.
"I have been honored to be part of making memories for those students that have been involved in this way."
Restoring a grand piano is another highlight as the community embraced the effort and raised $16,000 within a month.
"Gothenburg rose to the challenge and proved to me how much the community does support the arts and the music program," he said.
Blecha said he was also once concerned about his ability to direct a choir and small groups that were judged every year at district music contest.
"The choir has always stepped up to the challenge and reacted with tremendous enthusiasm and respect," he said. "I have been blessed with students that are eager to excel and are determined to make a great sound and sing with expression and compassion."
Choir members don't just sing the notes, he said, but "make music" when they sing.
Blecha also thanked accompanist Marcia Speck who has played for him and students for 10 years.
"Gothenburg has been blessed with an accompanist who can play anything," he said.
Before the last song of the concert, "Omina Sol," Blecha introduced his replacement—Tyler Meuret who will graduate from Hastings College in May. Meuret joined the students in singing "Omina Sol."
As he approaches retirement, Blecha said he's finding it more difficult than he thought it might be.
"I am so thankful for the opportunity to have taught each and every one of the students that have entered my classroom."


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The musical lineup — Ellie Goulding, Mumford & Sons, The Cure, Phoenix and New Order, to name a few — wasn't the only noteworthy thing at this year's Lollapalooza festival, which took place Aug. 2 to 4 in Chicago. The revelers made a statement with their sartorial choices, which included cutoff denim, lace and fringe dresses and hippie tunics. Floral touches — whether in prints or as appliqués — added a charming flavor to the scene.
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This is a series of seven brief activities about Jupiter's atmosphere and weather. Learners will look at Jupiter's distinct banded appearance, violent storms, and clouds of many different colors. The activities are part of Explore! Jupiter's Family... (View More) Secrets, a series designed to engage children in space and planetary science in libraries and informal learning environments. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $10 - $20 per group of students
The Picture Post Network involves individuals, schools, organizations and communities in a systematic monitoring project of their local environment, especially vegetation health. Digital photographs - taken from the same location and positioned in... (View More) the same direction and orientation - allow individuals, schools, organizations, communities and scientists to monitor a variety of environmental parameters, including plant health, growth, and phenology; erosion and deposition; water levels; and cloud and canopy cover. Participants study change over time in their local area, view NASA satellite imagery on the same days as the pictures, and contribute towards improving their own communities. The website provides instructions for participating, including planning and installing a picture post, monitoring projects, and taking and uploading pictures, and a repository of images. Picture Posts may be added by anyone interested in monitoring a particular location. Currently, Picture Posts sites are active at science centers, schoolyards and gardens, local parks, and nature reserves. (View Less)
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The Internet provides great ease and convenience when it comes to buying products online. However, when it comes to hearing aids, shoppers should know the facts before they buy.
Drs. Megan Johnson and Courtney Guthrie at Johnson Audiology stress that a hearing aid is a complex medical device and not a simple sound amplifier.
"People really should see an audiologist to get their hearing tested," Dr. Johnson said. "Hearing tests online should be considered a screening tool to determine if further evaluation is necessary." Dr. Guthrie stressed that the validity of an online hearing test is questionable and should not be used to fit hearing aids.
She went on to explain how with so much information and research online, it can be overwhelming for consumers to try to decipher between manufacturers, styles, and levels of technology. The benefi ts to seeing a licensed audiologist is they have been educated and trained to diagnose all types of hearing loss and help guide patients towards amplification for their lifestyle. When necessary, Drs. Johnson and Guthrie will refer to other medical professionals for further evaluation or treatment.
"Some hearing aids advertise that you can hear a pin drop across the room," said Dr. Guthrie. "If that is true, how annoying and interfering will environmental noises be for speech communication?" One of the major complaints of people with hearing loss is understanding speech in background noise. This is where technology plays a key factor in what your hearing aids can do for you.
"Causes of hearing loss can be something as simple as too much earwax to something as serious as a brain tumor," she said. "We stress that people see an audiologist to be sure they are getting the best help possible."
Dr. Guthrie said it's also important for patients to see an appropriately licensed audiologist, be committed to the process of improving their hearing and be an active part of the working patient-doctor relationship.
"One of the things you miss out on when just buying a hearing aid online is the professional services," she said. Other things to consider when buying a hearing aid online include programming the hearing aids appropriately and learning to use and care for your hearing aids. Also, when you purchase these types of devices online, who do you go to for help?
Professional services include fitting and followup visits, education and information regarding your hearing aids, as well as, counseling regarding appropriate expectations for the patient and their family members.
David Moore, a patient of Drs. Johnson and Guthrie, said he exhausted the Internet trying devices on his own to no avail. "Before I found them, I really had done everything trying to find a less expensive alternative to solve my hearing problem," he said.
In the three-month period before he came to Johnson Audiology, Moore went through four different hearing aids from Internet suppliers and found them to be useless and sub-par in providing a good, strong solution to his hearing loss.
"Do I dare even mention the years before trying those cheap imitations and 'hunter' type aids, all of which I wound up throwing away?" said Moore. "I honestly think in the end, one has to make the hard personal decision of do I want to hear or not? For me, I guess it took working through all of those cheapies, probably 10 in total, to fi nally accept the fact that if I really wanted to hear I was going to have to make an investment see a doctor and get the right ones."
He said the help and experience he had with Johnson Audiology was just what he needed. The aids he received they not only feel very good in his ear, but have truly given him a new lease on life, he added.
Dr. Johnson added that "if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is." We invite you to contact Dr. Johnson or Dr. Guthrie at Johnson Audiology to learn everything a patient needs to know about hearing aids.
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Johnson Audiology is located at 1618 Gunbarrel Road, Suite 102. The business provides diagnostic hearing evaluations and consultations, hearing aid adjustments and repairs. For more information about their services or to schedule a hearing test, call 423-710-1432 or visit johnsonaudiology.com.


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Week of: April 2-9
Baseball: The Crusaders (12-11, 2-4) remain on the road, traveling to Albright for a non-conference game on Tuesday, April 3 at 4:00 p.m. Live stats can be found here.
SU hosts Landmark foe Scranton on Saturday, April 7 in a doubleheader starting at 12:00 p.m. They finish off the series on Monday, April 9 at 3:00 p.m. Live stats can be found here.
SU played at Moravian this past weekend, going 1-2 in the series. In a 5-4 win on Saturday, Ethan Rieker (Lancaster, Pa. / Manheim Twp.) went 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run and three RBI. He smashed another homer in an 8-6 defeat in game three on Sunday.
Spencer Hotaling (Selinsgrove, Pa. / Selinsgrove Area) picked up the victory on the mound in relief and Matt Smith (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. / Wyoming Seminary) earned the save.
Men's Lacrosse: SU (5-6, 1-2) travels to conference opponent Washington & Jefferson on Friday, April 6 for a 4:00 p.m. start. Live stats can be accessed here.
The Crusaders dropped a conference contest to #19 Goucher on Saturday 9-5. Dustin Breakey (Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Cumberland Valley) and Billy Spack (Arlington, Va. / Yorktown) both had two goals in defeat.
Women's Lacrosse: The Crusaders (9-0) host non-conference opponent Frostburg State on Tuesday, April 3 at 4:00 p.m. Live stats can be found here.
SU travels to Landmark foe Scranton on Thursday, April 5 at 6:00 p.m. in its conference opener. Live stats can be found here.
The Crusaders remained undefeated on the year after beating Shenandoah 16-8 on Sunday. Emma Ehler (Chatham, N.J. / Chatham / Towson) scored five goals, Michelle McGinniss (Randolph, N.J. / Randolph) scored four and Brynn Reid (West Grove, Pa. / Avon Grove) recorded a hat trick to continue the best start ever under head coach Laura Moan.
Tennis: Both men's and women's team travel to Moravian in Landmark Conference matches on Friday, April 6 at 1:00 p.m. The matches will be played at DeSales University.
The men (3-8, 2-1) defeated conference opponents Goucher and Merchant Marine at home, with both matches resulting in 7-2 wins.
The women (6-4, 1-1) beat Goucher 5-4 as the match was suspended due to darkness and finished on Friday.
Golf: The women's golf team will compete at the Gettysburg Spring Invitational held at Hanover Country Club in Abbottstown, Pa. on Thursday, April 5 at 12:00 p.m.
The women placed eighth overall at the McDaniel Spring Invitational over the weekend. Lindsay Kass (Chester, N.J. / West Morris Mendham) and Lauren Fitzgerald (Randolph, N.J. / Randolph) both shot team-best 87.


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Here we are making our own grain mix. You can also use pre-purchased rolled oats.
Servings: 6
- 1Pre-heat the oven to 320o F.
- 2Spread the spelt grains or pearl barley on some greaseproof paper, lay another sheet of paper on top and flatten the grains using a rolling pin. Sprinkle them in a roasting tin with the chopped carrots and apples.
- 3When the grains are dry and crispy, add the rolled oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and hazelnuts so that they can also be roasted slightly in the oven. The mixture will be ready after 5-8 minutes. You can either cool it and store it in a Kilner jar with the lid sealed, or you can sprinkle it immediately on top of a couple of generous spoonfuls of yoghurt in a dessert bowl.
- 4Warm a teaspoon under the hot water tap and spoon a good dollop of honey onto the top of the seed and fruit mixture.


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West Virginia to Test Water in Homes in Spill Area
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Tuesday announced a plan to test the water in homes in the state capital of Charleston and nine surrounding counties amid safety concerns following a chemical spill last month.
On Jan. 9, an estimated 10,000 gallons of a coal-processing chemical blend called Crude MCHM leaked into the Elk River and left 300,000 people without tap water for at least five days.