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South San Francisco, Calif. -- May 23, 2003 --Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) invites investors, the media and the general public to listen to a webcast discussing data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The webcast will begin at 4:00pm Pacific Time on June 1, 2003. The live webcast can be accessed by going to Genentech's website at http://www.gene.com and will be archived and available for replay until 7:00pm Pacific Time on June 8, 2003.
An audio replay of the webcast will be available beginning at 7:00pm Pacific Time on June 1, 2003 and ending at 7:00pm Pacific Time on June 8, 2003. Access telephone numbers for this replay are: 1-800-642-1687 (U.S./Canada) and 1-706-645-9291(international); passcode number is 713041.
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Welsh badger cull scrapped in favour of vaccination
RSPCA Cymru external affairs manager Claire Lawson said: "Badger vaccination has already been shown to significantly reduce the prevalence and severity of disease in the badger population and could reduce the potential for transmission of TB from badgers to cattle."
Gardens kitted out for mothers
While over at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, they share plants from different regions of the world and put on a food and craft fair, with music, in their vast glasshouse. Mums will even get in for free on the special day too.
Centre for Alternative Technology to make redundancies
CAT, which was founded in 1973 near Machynlleth, has not revealed how many of its 90 full-time staff would be losing their jobs. In 2010, its employees voted to take a four-month pay cut of nearly 10% to safeguard the company's future…
Growing flood risk to nuclear power plants on Welsh borders
A previously unpublished analysis undertaken by Westminster's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, has been made available following a request under the Freedom of Information Act by The Guardian newspaper.
Welsh farmer's potato trolley ordeal
A 63-year-old farmer was left feeling like a sack of spuds as she tried to get to hospital after breaking her leg. Faced with a seven-hour wait for an ambulance, Janet Gladwin's only option was to travel to Withybush Hospital in a friend's car.


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May has announced that NHS England will see an annual 3.4% funding increase in real terms, between 2019 and 2024.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Mrs May also said funding would come available from money which will no longer be sent to the European Union, referring to a "Brexit dividend".
May wrote in the Mail on Sunday that paying smaller contributions to the European Union budget after Brexit would free up money to spend on the NHS, while Downing Street claimed on Twitter that the commitment would be funded by a "Brexit dividend".
In what has delighted Brexiteers, such as Boris Johnson and left Remainers, like Anna Soubry angered, May said that "People may remember seeing a figure on the side of a bus, £350 million pounds extra a week for the NHS in cash".
Independent think tank the International Longevity Centre - UK also welcomed the new funding, but stressed that the growing pressures on the health service need to be managed in the long-term "to avoid this becoming a sticking plaster solution".
The Prime Minister has said that this will mean an average increase of around 3.4% in spending a year from 2019/20, once inflation is accounted for.
When questioned on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday about what she would be "bringing to the party" ahead of the NHS's 70 birthday on 5 July, Theresa May confirmed the NHS will receive an extra £20bn a year.
"However, if this is to be funded with personal tax freezes and borrowing, then other United Kingdom departments will face funding squeezes to meet the costs of Brexit - and as a result any increases in health could be given with one hand and taken away with the other".
Last month the IFS released a report which considered the impact of increasing NHS funding on other areas of government spending.
The Prime Minister has said that some of the money for the NHS will come from a "Brexit dividend".
Asked about tax increase, May said her finance minister would set out plans before a government spending review expected next year.
"I want to make sure that as see as we see this £2 billion in additional money coming to Scotland that those who work in our health service, who have been telling us that they need this key investment, will see this money coming through".
The move comes as Mrs May faces another turbulent week in Parliament on the Brexit front with Tory rebels again threatening to defy her over how much influence MPs will have over any withdrawal deal.
May also said that one of the priorities of the NHS' ten-year-plan will be "harnessing the power of innovation". (The Treasury is at loggerheads with half the cabinet, as ever.) Leave voters have always been aware of the negative impact of Brexit on the country's finances - after all, they were told enough during the 2016 referendum campaign.
RCGP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard said the "significant amount of money" was "welcome confirmation" that the Government is "committed" to the NHS.
"Well, I can tell you what I am announcing will mean that in 2023-24, there will be about £600m a week in cash, more in cash, going into the NHS".


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That's a great question! Our upcoming fall campaign will help our church grow because it is built on the creation of new small groups focused on reaching out. To make the campaign work small group hosts are incredibly important.
To be a host you don't need to be a Bible scholar, or have a really large, expensive home. You just need to have a heart for people, and a desire to help others personally grow in their Christian faith.
Here's how the growth can happen. Instead of inviting others already in our church family to join your group, think of those outside our church. Think about your circles of influence, and invite people from there. Think about relatives, neighbors, co-workers, neighborhood business owners, sports teams – people you already know that you want to reach for Christ.
Invite the people you already know to be a part of your group. You could say something like, "I'm starting a four-week discussion group in my home and together we'll be talking about the gift of life and how we can live for what is most important. I would love to have you join us." Not everyone you invite will come, so to get a good group you need to invite at least 15 to 20 people. Don't forget to ask those in our church that already attend our group to invite friends as well.
Once your group meets, take the next step and invite them to experience our Sunday morning worship. On Sundays we'll dig deeper into the next subject in the series. I believe the Holy Spirit will be working drawing people to Him through these groups, and as we are faithful to extend a friendly invitation.


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My favorite part of the Bring IT Together 2 (#bit14) conference was hands-down the Learning Space. It was an open alcove space for organic discussion facilitated around targeted topics. Once I have finished processing the discussions and learning from the Learning Space, I will share more detail about our conversations.
We had a drop sheet on the wall in the Learning Space and encouraged folks to sign the wall with their twitter handle. I've taken an image of this sheet and linked everyones twitter accounts to the image. If you are looking for Ontario educators to follow on twitter, please follow some of the links in the image below.
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"What I love about life is the way creativity never ends and that it takes you so far. You can absorb ideas literally anywhere and the results extend not only to clothes but to jewellery, interior design and anything else. I design as I work the material and I let it guide me towards the finished piece. I appreciate and mainly use natural materials and I want to create timeless products that will last. My work usually involves clean lines and harmony and it's usually easy to recognise my signature in everything I create."


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Upgrades to the Tom Bradley International Terminal will include new restaurants, gates and other passenger services, with work expected to be completed by 2013.
Construction wasn't expected to cause any immediate inconvenience to passengers but would likely prompt higher prices since funding will come from airport operating revenues, fees from airlines and passenger facility charges.
"LAX will no longer be the cheapest takeoff and landing airport in America," said Councilman Bill Rosendahl, whose district includes the airport. "It will be modernized, those costs will be passed on."
It was not immediately clear how much fees would be increased.
Last year, more than 30 airlines at the Bradley terminal served more than 8.6 million passengers.
The work is expected to create 4,000 constructions jobs at a time when Los Angeles is trying to compete against other West Coast airports as the gateway to Pacific Rim nations.
The project will include nine new gates to accommodate jumbo jets such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-800; two concourses offering more than 1.25 million square feet (0.1 million sq. meters) of shops, restaurants and other passenger services; expanded customs and immigration facilities; and a pair of new corridors linked to domestic terminals so passengers with connecting flights won't have to go through two security screenings.
"Most of the construction is going to take place behind the scenes," airport spokesman Albert Rodriguez said.
The upgrades will bring needed improvements to the world's sixth busiest airport, which was ranked 19th among 20 large U.S. airports by 12,000 airline passengers.
The recent survey by J.D. Power and Associates found the airport received poor ratings for accessibility, terminal facilities, food and retail services, security screening process and overall customer satisfaction.
The international terminal has not undergone major renovations since it opened in 1984. A shortage of gates often forces passengers to take a bus to remote gates.
"LAX is always locked in combat to attract more international flights," said aviation consultant Jack Keady. "It's difficult to pursue new airlines when they face the possibility of having to bus passengers."
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Pokemon Go, like all other Pokemon games, is all about finding and catching wild Pokemon. We've already covered where you go and what you do to find rare Pokemon in the game. However, what about just normal, everyday Pokemon? And what do you do once you find them? It's easier, but the method can take a while to figure out. So here's our guide on how to find and catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go.
So the key to understanding Pokemon Go is realizing that everything is based around the real world. To find Pokemon you physically have to move around the world. Do this, while keeping an eye on our phone screen, and you should see Pokemon popping up all around you. Specific types will show up in select areas, and they're sometimes based around the surroundings, such as water types being near bodies of water.
If you don't see any actual Pokemon on your screen then don't worry. They are probably hiding in "the tall grass". As you walk around in the world you should see rustling grass near your location. This is a hint as to the location of nearby Pokemon. Physically head to these locations and you should see a Pokemon. If you want a specific type just reference our earlier linked guide. If none of these seem to be getting you more Pokemon then you can use incense, an in-game item that lures nearby Pokemon to your location for a limited time.
Now the question is how to catch the Pokemon. You should see the Pokemon on your phone, superimposed onto the world via your camera. Point your phone at the Pokemon and press your finger onto the Pokeball displayed on your screen. If you have no Pokeballs then you'll need to either buy some, or head to a nearby Pokestop, where you might get some for free.
Hold your finger on the Pokeball and watch the Pokemon. A ring will appear, and you want to fling the Pokeball when the ring is smallest. Make sure to fling it right at them, or you might miss and waste it. If it hits the Pokemon should go into the ball, and now it's just a matter of luck. There's now down-B to hold this time, just wait, watch, and hope.
If you're lucky you'll catch the Pokemon and gain a new friend for your Pokemon Go adventure.
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Glass beads have been made by hand for thousands of years. I follow ancient techniques using modern tools, in my case an oxygen/natural gas Barracuda torch. I melt glass rods over the flame and form and decorate them with metals, powders, and colored glass, or blow beads from glass tubing. I have also done some larger wall pieces in borosilicate glass, small elements constructed singly and then 'welded' onto the larger framework.
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In June we were hosted by Lauren Armstrong, a Canadian living in Birmingham who was keen to nominate one of her favourite bands for our Canada-themed event. Here's what she said about the theme she chose:
"Canadiana is, as you've likely guessed, a classification of Canadian themed work. The Weakerthans fits perfectly within the tapestry of the Canadiana theme as they originated from the heart of the country, Winnipeg, Manitoba. You really can't get more Canadian than that. Imagine corn and wheat fields as far as the eye can see, harsh and unforgiving winters, as well as blistering hot summers that bring the mosquitos and shad flies."
Despite most of our attendees having never been to Canada, this didn't stop over 20 people showing up to hear from The Weakerthans and listen to this mixture of indie rock, lo-fi folk and punk-influenced alternative. The album is noted for its storytelling and vignettes, with even the Wikipedia page listing track-by-track notes explaining context and history behind the characters and sons. Lauren introduced this:
"It's story telling narration in music form and the tracks on this album are a great introduction to anyone unfamiliar with The Weakerthans. Every song on this album transports you and has you living it. From the first song about a bus driver navigating the tricky roads of Winnipeg, to the cat who ran away and forgot her name, to the man walking past a window of a deceased loved one – this album is packed with emotion and the simple minuitia of Canadian living to the historical significance of various Canadian events makes it a joy to listen and discover."
The group settled down to listen and although running at almost 40 minutes, the album felt well-paced, varied and interesting. We rated it at an average of exactly 6.8 (as new attendee Hannah correctly predicted!) and there was a mixture of words picked to describe it, mostly picking up on the lyrical storytelling nature of the songs.
After refuelling it was time for the rest of the group to nominate their choices for 'Canadiana'. This was perhaps the most popular theme yet with host Matt having to cut things short at 10pm with several people still wanting to nominate their choice. The ones that made the cut are below:
- Calum: Joni Mitchell – "Free Man In Paris"
- Rebecca: Caribou - "Yeti"
- William: Jane Siberry - "Red High Heels"
- David R.: Fucked Up - "Sun Glass"
- Stefan: The Tragically Hip - "Wheat Kings"
- David P.: Metric - "Collect Call"
- Martin: Mother Mother - "Hayloft"
- Simon: Eric Chenaux - "Skullsplitter"
- Abdul: Ought - "Pleasant Heart"
- Andrea: Stompin' Tom Connors - "The Hockey Song"
- Hannah: Patrick Watson - "Beijing"
(Sophie also nominated two songs but had to leave before we played them and I managed to lose the paper with them written down – sorry!)
A great event hosted by Lauren who shared her own stories and history along with the album, and a great mix of newbies and old hands made this another great OTR (if we say so ourselves). Happy Canada day!
Spotify playlist of songs
See above to see who nominated each song which matched our theme, "Canadiana".


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China is possibly a world different your resident country, so before your China tour you should carefully read these tips to pack your trip. We also hope it is useful to smooth your China tour.
Tip 1: Take the passport with visas and travel documents
We recommend you prepare a copy of all documents kept separately to the original documents, in case original documents are lost. A copy is very useful for identification purposes.
Tip 2: Take a Chinese phrasebook
Before your China tour, you may choose a useful Chinese phrasebook which is very useful for travelers. If you meet any difficulty on your trip without any English speaking people around, you can seek help to your Chinese phrasebook.
Tip 3: Bring some cash on hand
In China, cash is widely used than credit cards. Some local restaurants and stores don't accept credit cards. And in some remote area, the cash is the only way of local payment.
Tip 4: Take the right clothing
Casual outdoor clothing depends on the tour season and destination in China. A pair of comfortable shoes is necessary. The winter in China is usually cold and windy and summer is hot with strong sunshine.
Tip 5: Take one of the Hotel's business card
Most hotels in China provide the business card, and you'd better carry one with you. If you far away from your hotel and do not know how to back it, the card will help you back to it easily.
Tip 6: Ask for a local tourist map from your hotel
In China, most hotels offer free tourist map which is basically more informative. But usually hotels don't put them on the hotel front, you have to ask for it!
Tip 7: Take some medicine and vitamins
Maybe you have influenze and some other not heavy diseases, take some medicine and vitamins is necessary.
Tip 8: Take your notebook
Record your contact number for your country's embassy in China, your hotel number or your travel agency's emergency number on your notebook, or put all contact information in your mobile or laptop.
We just advice you, and you also pack your trip according to your really needs. Hope it is helpful to you!


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I am talented in many areas…but cooking is not one of them.
I grew up basically with meat and three veg, had a sister who like to experiment, and a brother who became a chief. I never needed to enter the kitchen.
So when I first moved out of home it was quite a learning curve. Even after this many years being married, the kitchen always gets the best of me. My brother jokes that I could burn water. I just can't seem to get the order correct. I end up with cold steak and hard potatoes. Although, for some reason I can make fantastic gravy.
As for my other offerings, let's just say I know my husband loves me, because he ate burnt dinners for about a year, before he decided it was best if he took over the cooking. Over time, I've learnt how to make about a handful of staple meals, and when that rare moment comes around when it is my turn to cook, you can bet it'll be one of about seven meals.
So, you can understand the way I felt about baking. No way. Not a chance. Not on your life. I did try it early on in my life, and ended up with a cake that could be used to pave the driveway. Then…one day I was waiting in the library and saw a book on cake-pops. The thing which caught my attention was the line
It doesn't matter what your cake looks like when it comes out of the oven, you could even use a microwaved made cake, because you're going to crumble it anyway.
I borrowed the book.
My first few attempts were, unsurprisingly enough, disasters. I'd never worked with chocolate in my life. That stuff burns easily, and goes absolutely disgusting if it mixes with water. But, when I made my first successful batch…they turned out amazing. So much so, that people ask when I'm going to make the next batch.
I even made some for my brother's wedding. (The chief!) I made them gluten free, and his comment was, "Not bad. Like all gluten free it's a bit bland, but add some flavouring to the vanilla cake next time."
Now, that may not sound like much, but from him – regarding cooking – that's pretty high praise. He suggested that 'next time' was a viable option.
From there, I gained the courage to experiment further. Now I can make cake-pops, cupcakes, one-layer cakes, snickerdoodles, and jelly (jello?) from scratch (not packet mix). Jelly making is my favourite thing. I love to experiment with flavours, and I've never had one not turn out well. Two of my most asked for is the Lemon, Lime and Bitters one, and the apricot and coconut one.
My husband and I have a deal. He makes dinner. I make dessert.
For some reason 'baking' is easier for me. It's one item followed through to the end. Not half a dozen things on the go at once. I can handle multi-taking in the office, but in the kitchen…I need to keep it very, very simple.
I used to feel like a failure because I couldn't cook. Now I look at it like this. A person cannot be good at everything. Be good at what you are good at. Enjoy it and have fun. For everything else, there will be other people.
There is truth in the saying – it's not what you know, it's who you know.
I can write a book, but I can't build a website, or do graphic design, or make merchandise/swag. And it is such a relief to know that I don't have to know everything. I just have to find someone else who does know what I don't.


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CRANSTON, R.I. — The Endicott men's soccer team defeated Johnson & Wales University, 1-0, on Wednesday evening at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletics Complex.
Jesse Martinez's (Walpole, Mass.) first goal of the season at the 45:59 mark of the contest was the difference as the Gulls' defense buckled down the rest of the way in the second half.
Endicott only allowed six shots over the final 44:01 of action, which included three saves from Jesse Haines (Villanova, Pa.) who registered his second career shutout with tonight's performance in net.
Meanwhile, Martinez potted his fourth career game-winning goal for the Gulls by slotting a through ball from Evan Couchot (Mason, Ohio) into the bottom left corner of the net past Wildcats' goalkeeper Nicholas Mancini (Toms River, N.J.).
- Endicott is 2-0-2 in its last four games.
- The Gulls are 3-1-1 on the road this season.
- Endicott outshot Johnson & Wales, 13-11. The Gulls have outshot six out of their nine opponents this year.
Endicott (3-4-2) travels to Nichols College on Saturday, September 29 at 12 PM. Johnson & Wales (5-3-2) visits Suffolk University this Saturday at 12 PM.
For the latest on Endicott Athletics, follow the Gulls on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.>
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Washington's Marcus Boyd Photographs Real Housewives' GIzelle Bryant
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Marcus Boyd, who is working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Photography at The Art Institute of Washington, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, recently worked for Officialist magazine to photograph Gizelle Bryant, reality star from Bravo TV's hit show Real Housewives of Potomac. Marcus spent an entire day with the star, photographing her cooking and having tea.
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On THE DAILY MEDITATION you will find everything you need for meditation, mindfulness, yoga and mental health.
Have you ever noticed how everyone is getting into meditation in 2019?
There are daily meditation books, CDs calendars apps, challenges, journals…
And everyone is doing it: kids, elders, couples, families…
In 2019 the world is awakening to meditation, mindfulness, and other spiritual practices. And we here at THE DAILY MEDITATION have created the ultimate experience for daily meditators.
On this site you will find everything you personally need to get started on the healthy, happy, conscious lifestyle. Whether you want to learn Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu or yoga techniques, we've got you covered.
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The Best Types Of Meditations To Do Daily
There are 31 Meditation Techniques that all meditators should know.
Most of them are Buddhist meditations. But there are also Hindu and yoga meditation, and some new age meditation techniques too. There are also meditations for atheists.
Below are the most important meditation techniques. Daily use is recommended
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Our new book has meditations from Buddhism, Yoga, Hinduism and non-secular methods too. Take a look.
With our beginners meditation guide you will learn everything you need to know to get started meditating. You'll learn the best meditation techniques, the right and wrong things to do when meditating, and lots of great tips for learning meditation as a beginner.
Get started with our beginners meditation guide. Just click the link above.
Buddhist Meditations:
If you want to learn meditation, it is probably best to start doing Buddhist meditation daily. There are very many different Buddhist styles of meditation, and each trains the mind in a specific way. You can read about specific Buddhist meditations via the link above. Or get started with our favorite Buddhist meditation: Loving Kindness (Metta)
Mindfulness meditation is the most popular meditation technique in the world. It is all about focusing the mind on the present moment. Mindfulness is a Buddhist meditation technique that has become popular in the West. It is good for relaxation, productivity, stress and mental health. It is also very easy to begin. Try practicing this as a daily meditation technique.
Mantras :
Mantras are sacred words or phrases (similar to spells or affirmations) that we meditate on, for instance the Buddhist mantra Om Mani Padme Hum. By meditating on mantras we can improve health, create happiness, and create many different spiritual health benefits. There are Buddhist, Hindu and Kundalini yoga mantras. There are many different benefits of mantras.
Mudras are specific hand and body positions used in Hinduism, yoga and Buddhism. There are over 60 major mudras in use today.
Design a room at home (for meditation):
If you want to meditate at home it is important to have a good meditation space or meditation room. In this tutorial I share with you my best tips for creating a mindful space to meditate in. If you enjoy DIY and are looking for exercises to do at home, this is perfect for you.
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Want to become a meditation teacher? Our tutorial shows you how to start teaching meditation. We will show you why you do not need a meditation teacher qualification. You just need to know the facts and the techniques.
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There are more than 100 benefits of meditation. Daily meditation effects all areas of life. But bear in mind, there are some risks of meditation too!
Weight Loss
There are so many benefits of daily meditation for dieters.
Mindfulness and meditation help with weight loss. There are many excellent meditations for weight loss, including mindful eating, mindful cooking, and meditation to stop cravings. With mindfulness, weight loss becomes easy because we are more conscious of what we are eating.
Meditation for sleep:
Do you struggle to sleep at night? Are you easily disturbed when you sleep? Looking for a cure for insomnia? Why not use meditation for sleep, this article show you how. Includes Buddhist and yoga techniques as well as mantras and mudras.
Meditation for intimacy and love:
Are you looking to increase the intimacy in your relationship? Maybe you want a happy married life. Or perhaps you are worried about divorce and want to avoid divorce. Meditation can help. This article shows you everything you need to know about using meditation in relationships.
Recommended books, apps, blogs, and more from THE DAILY MEDITATION
11 Tools all meditators need:
Meditation tools are much more than material objects. They are assets and allies in our quest for inner peace. Especially spiritually significant objects like Buddha statues. Having the right meditation tools in your home can make all the difference to your health, happiness, and spiritual development. In this article I share with you my top 10 tools for meditators.
Gifts For Meditation Loves And Buddhists
If you're looking for a great gift for a meditation lover, check the link above. There you will find all the best gifts for Buddhists, including malas, Tibetan Singing Bowls, meditation crystals and more.
Malas / Prayer Beads
Meditation malas are a string of beads that are used to count breath, mantra recitations, or japa (recitations of Buddha's name). These spiritual necklaces and bracelets are some of the most important products for meditators, Buddhists especially. This buying guide show you how to DIY a mala and how to buy a mala online.
Daily Meditation Apps:
When it comes to daily meditation, apps can help you to get in the habit and stick to it.
From Headspace to Calm to Insight, there are many excellent meditation apps (free and paid) out today. Available on Android and iOS, there are lots of subscription-based and free apps for meditating daily. They are excellent ways to train the mind to be stronger. Some are guided meditation apps, others are designed to teach proper meditation techniques. Take a look at the link above for more on this.
Spiritual Blogs:
Want spiritual inspiration and encouragement? See our choices of the best spiritual blogs. Includes Buddhist, yoga, Hindu, not-secular, and new age blogs.
The best meditation chairs, seats, and benches, help you to sit with good posture and help you to focus when meditating. In this buying guide we help you choose the best meditation chairs, seats, and benches for your practice. This will help improve your focus and preent spinal injuries and other problems when meditating.
Tibetan Singing Bowls:
Tibetan Singing Bowls produce sounds you can meditate on to open chakras and heal your mind and body. They are used in yoga and Buddhism. And even if you don't want to learn how to play a Tibetan Singing Bowl yourself, you can still listen to Tibetan Singing Bowl music to meditate on. in this guide I'll share absolutely everything you need to know, including the history of Tibetan singing bowls, a buying guide, and a tutorial on how to use singing bowls.
Books on meditation / yoga etc
If you want to read the best spiritual books, take a look at the link above.
In it I share with you all the best spiritual books on meditation, mantra, mudras, yoga and, well basically everything else to do with spirituality.
Yoga Chairs
Simply the best collection of yoga chairs to buy online. Makes yoga so much easier!
YOGA Articles from THE DAILY MEDITATION
Which 1 Of 28 Yoga Styles Should You Do?
Which type of yoga should you do? Ashtanga? Vinyasa? Hatha? Iyanga? Bikram? There are many different types from. In this article I share the best types of yoga for beginners to learn.
Find The Perfect Gift For Yoga Lovers
Looking for the perfect yoga gift for a yoga lover? We've got you covered. Click the link above for your guide to the best yoga mats, blocks, classes, and everything else you need to know.
Click through to the next page for The Daily Meditation blog.
Mental Health Articles From THE DAILY MEDITATION
On Being An Empath
Being an empath is seriously hard work. In fact, it will cause you adrenal fatigue unless you are very careful.
Read my tips on how to survive as an empath, via the link above.
Mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT):
This is the cutting edge of mindfulness and psychology. The single best way to change your thoughts and to stop thinking negative thoughts. Mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy is used to stop negative thoughts in order to help with stress, anxiety, depression, and confidence. These methods are good for either advanced meditators or for working with a therapist.
Beat Depression
There are many excellent ways to use meditation for depression. Mindfulness and similar methods help train the mind to stop painful emotions. There are yoga, Hindu, Taoist and Buddhist meditations for depression to use daily. Remember the Buddha quote: "If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the moment". This quite teaches how to live in the moment and stop negative thoughts so you naturally beat depression for good.
Stop Anxiety
There are many excellent daily meditations for anxiety. Mindfulness, Zen, chakra balancing and breathing techniques are a good place to start. In this guide I share with you the yoga and Buddhist methods for beating anxiety naturally without medication. Stop feeling anxious and depressed and find happiness and inner peace with this tutorial.
Stop Stress
The most common mental health problem in the world is stress. Mindfulness stops stressful thoughts and relaxes the mind so we have inner peace and relaxation.
There are many good meditations for stress: Buddhist, yoga, and Hindu techniques, as well as new age options too. These help us stop stress naturally and stop negative thoughts that make us feel anxious and unhappy. In this tutorial I show you how.
Quit Addictions like A Boss
You want to read something personal? Read the link above. It will show you how to quit all addictions in one go. It's pretty shocking, actually.
About The Daily Meditation–Hamilton Meditation Blog
The Daily Meditation is based in the Rosedale area of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada near Gauge Park. We're proud to belong to the community that also includes our spiritual friends, such as Samudra Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Shambhala Hamilton, and Sirmingala, as well as De La Sol Yoga, Aviva Yoga, and In Fine Feather.
We're proud to be a meditation teacher in Hamilton Ontario. Nothing makes us happier than sitting on the escarpment meditating over "The Hammer".


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Bear Valley Hospice has its roots back in Big Bear High School from the 1980s. Dr. Stewart, the hospice administrator and medical director, was then a student football player who had found a calling through helping the team through first-aid. Since then, he has studied at Point Loma Nazarene College, Loma Linda University, and UC Irvine for residency. Going on, he has served in the medical field with over 18 years of experience in hospice. Now, this calling has led him back home to Big Bear with the establishment of the mountain's first local and community-based hospice.
Recognizing the value of Big Bear's beauty and the small town community, it is our goal to provide the best care possible for individuals while remaining in the mountains. Through being a small, streamlined team of professionals, we can provide timely, personal, and exceptional care without the overhead and distraction of larger corporations. Part of our commitment to the local community includes donating a portion of our income to the community's non-profit organizations.
As Big Bear Valley's first very-own hospice, we hope to serve the community with the same honesty, respect, and compassion that makes these mountains such a special and cherished place.
Kim Sanchez RN, Director of Patient Care Services
I am an RN case manager. I evaluate and admit patients for hospice care. I also make two visits per week to each of my patients to check on their well being and comfort level.
I've been an RN for 34 years. In addition to my work at Bear Valley Hospice, I am a full time nurse at JFK Hospital in Indio, CA on the telemetry unit. Big Bear Lake is my second home where I enjoy skiing, fishing, and boating.
Lynda Boggie LVN, Clinical Coordinator, Assistant Admininstrator
I provide patient care, coordinate our volunteer program, and assist with other programs like infection control and disaster preparedness. I also manage inventory with supplies and purchasing.
I am a wife and mother. And have worked at Bear Valley Community Healthcare District as a CNA and then LVN. I also worked as a LVN at Lutheran Social Services.
Michelle Minor RN, Case Manager
I do hospice with my heart. It just happens. I wish I had done this years ago.
I have 27 years working in obstetrics; pecializing in labor and delivery of newborns, high risk mothers and neonates. Early in my career I worked in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Life has brought my husband and I to Big Bear and working for Bear Valley Hospice is the most rewarding job I have ever done.
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I have been an LVN for a year and a half. Before that, I was a CNA for many years. I have over 10 years experience working with the elderly. Before coming to work for Bear Valley Hospice I worked at Bear Valley Community Hospital as a CNA and then LVN in the Skilled Nursing Department. Since I have been working with Bear Valley Hospice I have come to love this specialty. I am proud to be part of such a wonderful team.
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Butterfly Bush
What causes holes in the leaves of a butterfly bush and down towards the bottom of the plant? The stems are brown not green.
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Hidden in the hills of western Illinois lies a trove of Mopars rusting away, and if it wasn't for fellow auto archaeologist, an acquaintance I simply known as "Robby," nobody would know these existed. Robby had become friends with the owner, who allowed us to wander through his horse pasture to the cars. Unfortunately, it had been raining most of the day and I ended up falling into what I hoped was mud!
Sitting along the creek was a group of Mopars. From what we were told, any cars that got abused and died got put out to pasture. The coolest were the '70-72 Plymouth Barracudas. One had a ridiculous set of stripes on it proclaiming it an "AAR," but it wasn't an original. Doesn't matter because it was all cool!


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Cannon Beach
How did some Oregon Master Naturalist students spend the day with conditions like this?
Cannon Beach Weather
Saturday April 19
Wind direction SSW
Wind speed 15.0 mph
Gusts 24 – 32mph
Rains heavy
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We met in Cannon Beach.
Listened to presenters talk about seabirds…
and marine mammals.
Our field experiences at Haystack Rock were cut short due to very strong winds, pounding rain, and pelting sands.
Hopes to spend the morning immersed in activities to learn about seabirds nesting at Haystack Rock and the surrounding tide pools were dashed when weather conditions forced Friends of Haystack Rock to pack up interpretive displays. I was disappointed, as I'm sure were others, by our unfortunate circumstances.
Observations were difficult to make, and the use of binoculars and cameras was trying at best.
Lightroom editing greatly assisted in making the following shots less "washed out," and provide a small glimpse of offshore island biodiversity.
- Sea stars were still visible in the tidal pools and clinging to the rocks at the base of Haystack Rock, however, I don't think their numbers are as great as I recall observing during past visits to the Rock Marine Garden and National Wildlife Refuge. I had hoped to learn more about Sea Star Wasting Syndrome during this class.
- Five species of seabirds nest here during the spring and summer months. Prior to the walk on the beach, Dawn Harris helped us to understand the unique breeding behaviors exhibited, and the nesting requirements needed by Tufted Puffins, Western Gulls, Pelagic Cormorants, Pigeon Guillemots, and Black Oystercatchers during mating and chick-rearing season. Weather greatly hindered our ability to look up for any length of time, and handicapped the use of binoculars and cameras.(Did I say that already? It was so true!)
- Signs are posted on the sea stack to prohibit intrusion into sensitive nesting territory.
- I was able to only capture photographs of Western Gulls nesting, and Common Murres in flight above the roosting area.
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Daurian Jackdaws in Kazakhstan
About 10 Daurian Jackdaws (Corvus dauuricus) have been regularly seen near a rubbish dump by Alexeevka village (east of Almaty). Sergey Shmygalev first spotted them feeding together with Rooks, Hooded Crows and Eurasian Jackdaws at the beginning of February 2010. Then Oleg Belyalov, Fedor Karpov, Andrey Kovalenko and Svetlana Annenkova observed some birds at the beginning of March. Andrey Kovalenko kindly provided us with photographs.


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Making It Better Without Making It Over
This month we've got veteran frontend engineer Rebecca Murphey, who will share the story of how she started a new job this year by paying a visit to JavaScript circa 2009, back when Ryan Dahl was getting ready to announce Node and Facebook was still four years away from being mocked for the apparent heresy of JSX. She'll explain how she modernized and best-practice-ified a project that didn't even have a package.json, smoothing the development process, eliminating common sources of bugs, paving the way for bigger improvements, and never once uttering the words "we oughta just start from scratch." Come out and join us next Tuesday
Frog is hosting us this month. You folks are awesome as always. We'll also be enjoying food and beverages this time thanks to CloudFlare.
- Where: Frog Design – 101 West 6th Street – 2nd Floor
- How: Parking is on the street, or you can bus, bike, rollerblade, segway, jet ski, or walk yourself down there and just not worry about it. Just don't ride those electric scooters on the sidewalks.
- Drinks and pizza will be provided.
- Take a look at the Code of Conduct
Afterwards, the discussion carries on a few blocks away at Lavaca Street Bar where they have food, drinks, and 12 revolving taps.
If you've got any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact Lon (@lawnsea) or Aaron (@aaronj1335) or Andrew (@drewml). Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter: @AustinJS
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My favorite uber-cutter, Jen Atkin, just provided me with Spring's hottest hair trend!!!
Blunt cuts with waves are in high demand. Very au natural. No more long layers like Jessica Simpson and Penelope Cruz. Today, everyone's asking for straight cuts with that "just rolled out of bed" texture. To fake it, Atkin suggest trying Revlon's 3 Barrel Jumbo Waver. It's like a curling iron, but with two curling rods for double the curls in half the time!
The look; blunt and messy:
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A modest proposal to save the newspaper trade (Anya Kamenetz, FastCompany.com, Apr 07 issue)
Could the "social enterprise" model save the newspaper trade?
Scandals of Higher Education (Andrew Delbanco, New York Review of Books, Vol.54 No.5)
Sure, rich kids go to America's richest colleges. "But today's students are richer on average than their predecessors. Between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s, in a sample of eleven prestigious colleges, the percentage of students from families in the bottom quartile of national family income remained roughly steady — around 10 percent. During the same period the percentage of students from the top quartile rose sharply, from a little more than one third to fully half." What's been happening?


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Been delving into my Algonquin journals, and diving beneath the surface of those waters on my Algonquin Affair page. Stop by, if you like.
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Been delving into my Algonquin journals, and diving beneath the surface of those waters on my Algonquin Affair page. Stop by, if you like.
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"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go". -Jamie Anderson
I woke this morning with heartache. My first instinct was to do something to relieve it. Fix. Numb.
I woke this morning with self-recrimination. My first instinct was to do something to relieve it. Fix. Numb.
I woke this morning and did nothing about it. Sat silent and still. Paralysis ? Or wisdom?
I woke this morning trusting that I can feel this. Without fixing. Without numbing.
Perhaps this heartache is simply my heart breaking open. Making more space. To have and to hold.
Perhaps it is breaking free.
But, then again, perhaps it is telling me that something is broken. Something truly reparable? What is my heart saying, then?
I woke up this morning, my heart full.
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Dear Soul,
You will be misunderstood. You will be judged. You will be imperfect. You will be human.
Remember, you are not who you were when you were young. You see life now through more experienced eyes. Your experience is unique to you….your circumstances, your years, your soul…. but is also universally human. We all are becoming.
Don't make the mistake of trying to be seen through eyes that cannot see from where they stand. You may have once stood where they are, too. Simply love them for that. There is no need to move to their perspective to make yourself look better in their eyes. Let them grow; let them Be.
Let yourself grow too. Wisdom is never hubris. Be unafraid to change. If you stop changing, you wither and die
Trust in your goodness. Root yourself there and blossom into a ripeness that spreads seeds even as it is fading, for this is what it means to grow old. Some may see only the withering stem , but you know the secret, that ripening means fruit.
See through those eyes, if you will. Eyes that have gathered much light and now can radiate without dazzling, without words, without need.
At the end of the day, lie down with grace, let your life be a seedbed of nurture, if only for one tiny seed. Be warmth. Be shelter. Be hope.
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I am revisiting my Algonquin journal entries today, almost 2 months after that beautiful, intimate trip with Don took place. (I have begun blogging them on my other page –https://analgonquinaffair.wordpress.com/) Between that blessed trip and today, there have been 2 weeks of deep joy surrounding my son's wedding, one return trip to Algonquin,** where for a week we stayed in a cabin by night and trekked into the park's waters by day, as well as too-many-to-innumerate, desperately needed, reconnections with family and friends.
And while that last trip north was a month ago now, it has just been in the last week that I have felt as if my whole self has returned to me here. All the important heart reconnections have been made – to children and grandchildren, to family and friends – the ties that bind (blessed be) have pulled me back and grounded me, here. My feet walking on the earth here, through the autumning landscape –with Don, the girls, or my camera (which always helps me to see beauty less carelessly) — has also helped me to settle back in, to reroot my spirit into the soil of my homeland. Three weeks ago, my first day back from that last trip north, my granddaughters and I blew seed-bearing fluffs from dried pods into the wind. At the time, I felt a lot like them, adrift and unrooted…I assume that they too have settled in by now
Bloom where you are planted.
But for a while, I admit, I felt lost upon my return. A little foggy, in fact, as if I could not find my way back, could not seem to call myself home. I longed for the intimacy of those days with Don, the daily rhythm offering me its simple answer to 'What should I do with my life today?', and the way that I felt so completely at home in my skin there. With no mirrors, nothing outside of myself informing me of how I should look or what i should be, or what a good (mother, grandmother, sister, friend, community member) was supposed to look like, I was simply alive. No shoulds out there…there is simply the gathering of wood, carrying of water, building of fire, pitching of shelter, cooking of dinner,…packing, paddling , portaging, paying attention, being rapt (and wrapped) in love.
Out there, I am, simply there (here's that word, "simply", again. Indeed, life on a canoe trip is stripped to its bare essentials), fully alive, whole-heartedly living from the inside out. Intact is the word that often comes to me when I reflect upon the feeling – a oneness of being, no part of my mind or my heart pulled from my body, away from the moment, the place. Back here, there are sooo many of those pulls, I can feel pulled to pieces… like those seed pods, and sometimes it feels as if there is no solid place for me to land. Sometimes I don't even know what I am supposed to look like. Sometimes I don't even know who I am.
Once again, I am reminded of the book, 'Gift of the Sea', by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and her own expression of the way this feels. She names the feeling, Zerrisenheit- 'torn-to-pieces-hood'
"With a new awareness, both painful and humorous, I begin to understand why the saints were rarely married woman. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or children. It has to do primarily with distractions; human relationships with their myriad pulls–woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. The problem is not merely one of Woman and Career, Woman and the Home, Woman and Relationship, Woman and Independence. It is more basically: how to remain whole in the midst of the distractions of life; how to remain balanced, no matter what centrifugal forces tend to pull one off center; how to remain strong, no matter what shocks come in at the periphery and tend to crack the hub of the wheel."
(I see now that I have referenced this work here, at least 3 times before, in separate posts. See https://emmaatlast.com/?s=lindbergh ) So, there you go.
If you haven't felt the difference, perhaps you can't understand what I am trying to express. And that is ok. That's perhaps yet another mirror I don't need to pick up with which to measure myself.
Living from the inside out.
That phrase, which sprung from my fingertips above, makes me pause now. The word Love seems to flow naturally from that phrase for me. Flowing from the inside out, from a heart full of Love, is not at all about being pulled apart, then. Rather it is about flowing FROM an intact center INTO all of the precious connections in my life. It is about living whole-heartedly, centered in Love, wherever I am.
I realize that this is the feeling I want to bring home with me, the sense of Self that I encounter out there, that feeling of intact, present aliveness, vitality, love, and joy, unencumbered by judgement or shame, which is living from the inside out.
Waiting for that alive part of me to return to me here, I walked about my days like a zombie, truly as if something else had taken over my body and was moving me from outside of my self. The outside womanipulators, in this case, were the mirrors reflecting back to me, no matter how real or distortedly internalized , my not- enoughness, my failures at loving right, my screw-ups, my missing-the-mark.
But, living from the inside out is not about being seen from the outside as good enough. Nor is it doing enough to be lovable. Nor is even about knowing that I am Loved as I am. Rather, living from the inside out is about knowing I am LOVE. Not needing external mirrors to reflect back to me my goodness, it's about living from my goodness, trusting in my goodness, grounding myself in my goodness. Simply Being. Enough.
But there is something more here that I cannot quite wrap my fingers around. I must be careful with my perspective, see the beauty of this through the eyes of Love. (this is what my camera teaches me, that how I frame something can make a huge difference in what is seen… and that stepping back or moving in closer can reveal beauty previously unnoticed) …..
…. Stepping back, I do see the truth that there is only one me. There is not a me 'out there' and another 'back here', no matter how differently I feel about myself in each place. Both of these persons are me – the one who comes alive in the free and singular presence she experiences out there and the one who deeply loves so many human beings back home that she feels overwhelmed, as if there is never enough of her to possibly nurture each one of those precious relationships in the deep way that she wishes she could.
….the way that she wishes she could…
And in typing this sentence, my lens on myself zooms in closer, for a more intimate glance at my sadness, for within its frame I recognize that this is grief. Grief that I have misplaced/perceived as judgment, as failure, self-recrimination, and shame, as if I was somehow able to love better, I would be loved, and I would not feel so bereft of belonging. Grief that I cannot have the singular intimacy here, with so many, that I experience there, with just one. Grief, perhaps, also at the loss of the intimacies I once had, as those souls have, rightfully so, grown or moved on, the locus of their intimacies shifted, my orbit about their lives bumped farther from the center, so that they also may feel that they have not enough me. Perhaps the fullness I experience 'out there' merely accentuates the emptiness here.
Perhaps in reframing it in this light—that I cannot possibly be a singular presence here the way that I wish that I could, and acknowledging that a longing for love is at its core- I can begin to let go of the (self) blame within this grief at last.
I am a finite being, after all. There is only one me but perhaps I can be fully myself wherever I am, one place at a time. Fully present in that one place with the whole of my self, with all of my Love. One place, after One place, after One place.
**(I had spent almost all of the month of August in Algonquin too, accompanying 3 separate groups of women on backcountry trips, a mixed bag of experiences with both highs and lows, some of which affirmed the gift that I hope to offer by 'preparing a place' for others to enter, some of which pained me greatly by the absence of hospitality extended and experienced ( here I acknowledge my own deep sadness in this regard) Perhaps I will share those stories here too, though some of those stories are not mine to tell. I mention it here only to reflect upon how much of my spirit was transported to that place over those months.)
30 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
Tell me, how would you answer this question? ( It came up as a question of the day in a gratefulness daily prompt that I practice) Undeniably, I know the answer to this question for me. When I am out there in the wilderness with my Don, my senses fully awake and aware and present, the physicality of our days putting me in direct contact with the earth, our bodies carrying or gathering all that we need — food, shelter, fire– the camera helping me to pay closer attention to the play of light or color, to the most intimate of details or to widen my lens to take in the whole, I feel simply alive. The rhythm of the days puts me in sync with the rhythm of the earth, as if we are breathing together ( and puts the 2 of us–Don and me– in sync with each other.) I rise and set with the sun, my nose records the overnight temperatures and also the subtler changes in scents along a trail, informing me of flora or fauna. My muscles grow lithe and strong. My heart quiets. My body rests ay days end on the security of earth.The immediacy of each moment quiets all the extraneous noise in my mind and I am simply there, undivided, immersed without striving. I am not speaking of extreme survival or adversity, of risk taking or proving myself in order to feel alive, but of BEING alive, fully and simply.I have pondered how the modern practices of meditation and mindfulness seek to train us to do what comes naturally out there, away from the distractions and neuroses of the modern world, and I understand the state they are attempting to recapture- a oneness of being, the whole of your self in one place– because this I have known in Algonquin..
14 Apr 2019 1 Comment
"This is the work: to take these feelings of loneliness and exile and bring them into the furnace of the heart, where emotional abandonment becomes mystical abandonment" – Fred Bahnson
How full of peace I was feeling just a few short weeks ago, at the end of winter, with all of those quiet, alone days on the calendar nurturing the introvert in me. (well, I do live with somebody, but our days and our ways in our tiny cottage seemed to meld into an easy, quiet rhythm with one another this winter).
Back at the beginning of the new year, I'd begun yet another 'regular' meditation practice, which included setting an intention and then letting it go, like dropping a seed into the dark winter earth and trusting that it would blossom. One of those intentions, which seemed to swirl about in those dark recesses, was 'freedom', which I realized was really about being released to be who I am without shame. (I wrote a bit about that here https://emmaatlast.com/2019/02/04/delight/) The second word that came was 'delight', which, of course, was where I imagined I might live if those chains ever came fully undone.
But then I forgot about the setting of intentions, and the praying of prayers, and went about living my life. So, I savored the discovery I made at a poetry day a few weeks ago, realizing that I felt so full of delight that I could claim it as What I Know. Yes, I know the feeling of aliveness, of full-bodied (full spirited) presence, of being In Love. It is Who I am and How I Am.
I'm not sure I can exactly trace what has transpired between then and now. Perhaps with the advent of spring, and the opening of the doors, some pollution crept into my House of Belonging, reintroducing shame and clouding the mirrors of my self-perception. Mirrors that made me appear unworthy and unwelcome. Mirrors that distorted, reflecting that I am not enough as I am. Mirrors so smudged that I have felt utterly unseen.
The world outside can cast a harsh light, and I suppose others will always see through the lenses of their own perception, where I will never quite measure up to their need. But I also know that this is my work, to keep polishing that mirror, keep affirming my goodness. As I am. Beloved.
So, tonight, when I heard the author of the essay, On the Road with Thomas Merton, (in which he shared a bit of his childhood, one of adequate food and shelter but not of love) come to his own realization in these words,"This is the work: to take these feelings of loneliness and exile and bring them into the furnace of the heart, where emotional abandonment becomes mystical abandonment", I saw myself in that clear, kindred mirror. Those feelings of being unloved and unseen crafted the core of a self, an internal mirror that distorts our own vision.
Most days I believe my mystical self has abandoned ME!, at least the part of me that felt so overwhelmingly beloved and beheld, cherished and healed, by 'God'. She stepped across the threshold of unknowing into the darkness of agnosticism some time ago. Sometimes that abandonment can leave me feeling pretty empty, terribly alone in the universe, and utterly unseen.
Yes, I know this is not what the author meant by 'mystical abandonment', but rather an abandonment INTO mystery……
While I do feel, intensely at times, the profound mystery and sacredness of the earth, in all its terrible beauty, and I am deeply in love (In Love?) with it, do I know myself to be Loved, accepted, celebrated by It. When "God" be ones a What rather than a Who, where do we turn to be known? (Does that even matter, or is that merely a need of my ego?)
Can I simply belong, then, without needing to be seen? I do feel a deep sense of belonging in the solitude of wild places, know myself to be a part OF it, and so it is to those places I go to experience wholeness. Most days, that is enough. Do I need to do/be/know/love/understand/see more than this?
Someone recently used the word 'inscape' (rather than escape) to describe such a flight from the harshnesses of the world into the wonders of the earth – perhaps because it is there that we at last meet ourselves, encounter the sacred mystery of our lives. Within the landscape of the earth, the mirror of the soul is held, and I am simply free to BE, delighting in it all.
Does this sound like I have just talked myself out of my pain and into denial?
Or into Love?
01 Apr 2019 1 Comment
Algonquin was on my heart throughout the day during a recent Mary Oliver Poetry Day. She always goes along with me when we paddle. I carry a small packet of her poems to read on our trips, so it was natural that so many of the poems reminded me of being in that place I love.
During the morning session, when the presenter pulled out his bird lists, the ones he's been keeping on 3×5 cards since 1979, I thought of Mary Oliver's little notebook that she carried in her pocket during her dawn wanderings, jotting notes here and there to carry back with her to her writing desk, where the sparsely recorded words returned her fully to the experience of the morning. I imagine the sensory memory of the morning flooded her heart and mind through the doorway of those tiny jotted words. I know this too… how the recording of my own experiences in Algonquin, in journal entries and photographs, flood my heart with memory, as if I am fully there, the whole experience flowing back to me through those tiny remembrances. Once, when my husband was in extreme, unmanaged pain following an orthopedic surgery in which his bones were manually broken and made to bleed so that they could fuse in proper alignment, he asked me to read to him from the journal entry of a trip we had taken. The pain relief those memories offered allowed him to escape for a time, immersed in the experience of Algonquin.
When the presenter spoke of being in Love with the earth, with place, with immersing oneself, listening to one's body, I knew that feeling too. The feeling of intimacy with the earth, the water, the persons I share it with, in that place is so real. The rapt attention to it all, the aliveness, the heart wisdom/fullness I feel there. I encounter life there from the very center of my being. I am no where else, my spirit and my mind connected to my body, undivided. No fears of being or doing enough, no anxieties about the other.
My body was restless by the time the second retreat period came around that afternoon of the poetry day, so I heeded its beckoning me to move. Through manicured landscapes and construction zones, where trees were being chewed by giant machinery jaws, I wandered. I got myself turned around in that maze abit and so, the return trip brought me past the copse of trees where I heard the white throated sparrow sing its "Oh Sweet Canada". Instantly, I thought of the red bird in Mary's poem we had read. This bird, like hers, of course, was singing the song of my own heart.
And so, I was stunned when a woman in the front of the hall shared her experience from her own afternoon of wandering, of coming upon the bumper sticker on a car, certain she was going to say it was a profound or pithy quote that had stopped her heart. But it was my bumper sticker with the words 'I love Agonquin', that stopped her short, bringing her instantly back to her own experience of that place. She Knew!! The way a word can bring you back to the experience of paddling those sacred waters.
During the closing sharings, when we read Summer Day, with its now infamous question at the end, I felt the poem differently perhaps than I have in the past. Not a call to do something BIG or REAL with my life before it is too late, but taken in context with the rest of the lines of the poem…. to take it all in, to fall in love with this place, to immerse myself in wonder, to be present to Beauty, to be idle and blessed, to live from this place of amazement.
I also heard the words of Rumi, 'The breezes of dawn have secrets to tell, Don't go back to sleep". In Algonquin I am awake. When the conversation in the room came around to boats, I thought of sharing a piece I had written a few years ago, taking off of her Summer Day poem, but the moment passed, so I'll share it here instead
i don't know exactly what prayer is, but i do know how to kneel in a canoe, how to ease into it's belly and drop down to my knees, how to breathe the deep sigh of release as it slips from shore and drifts into dusk, how to move reverently upon those dark waters, watching for what might be present, beaver or loon, turtle or frog, heron or moose, how to share this wordless place with them all. i do know how to softly dip my paddle, let its rhythm attune with the heartbeat, let the drops fall like kisses from the blade, spread out on the water like sun, how to follow the faintest of shorelines, shrouded in fog, how to bathe in the sky. how to be still. let the waters bless me. how to say yes to this. being loved.
All is well,


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Tổng hợp ghi chú Agile Lean Software Development & Kanban Note – Luyện thi PMI-ACP
Lean Software Development has its principles adopted from the Lean Manufacturing Approaches. Lean is not an Agile method in the strictest sense but its values are in close alignment with Agile. This post is about the guidance principles and practices, etc. of Lean Software Development and Kanban. Lean Software Development is one of the most asked Agile framework on the PMI-ACP® Exam and has shown increase in popularity to appear in the PMI-ACP® exam over the past few years.
Lean Software Development Agile Model
Lean Software Development is based on sever core values:
- Eliminate Waste – remove any work, processes, etc. that do not deliver values
- Empower the Team (Respect People) – respect the team to make their own decisions without micro-management
- Deliver Fast – deliver values fast to maximize return on investment (ROI)
- Optimize the Whole – optimize the project parts as a whole and align to the organizational goals
- Build Quality In – quality must be in-built into the whole process through automated unit testings, continuous integration, refactoring, etc.
- Defer Decisions – make commitments as late as possible for a better informed decision as the availability of information is more
- Amplify Learning (Build Knowledge) – gather feedback and communicate often to keep learning about requirements, environments, etc.
Key Lean Techniques
- Value Stream Mapping – to investigate processes to reduce wastes
- Work In Progress (WIP) – work not yet done, requires overhead on managing these works and their relationship with others, considered wastes if too many as some work must be put on waiting
- Seven Forms of Wastes for Lean Software Development
- Defects – defective parts or documents
- Extra Features – "nice-to-haves"
- Extra Processes – processes that do not add value
- Task Switching – multitasking for different processes / projects
- Partially Done Work – any WIP that is not "done" according to definition of done
- Waiting – waiting for review, approval, etc.
- Motion – move the information / deliverable to another place (e.g. distributed teams)
- Kanban means "signboard" in Japanese.
- Can be physical cards / post-it or software-based
- Kanban is a pull system where developers take out tasks from the product / iteration backlog and work all the way to reach "Done".
- Kanban limits Work In Progress (WIP) to identify issues with the development and reduces wastes, different WIP limits can be applied to different columns of the Kanban board.
- Kanban boards are simple information radiator ideal for all the people involved in the project (vs Gantt charts which are too complicated).
- If a developer finds out that the task time estimate is too high or low, they should amend it as soon as possible (since they are further into the project and would understand the requirements much better than at the beginning).
5 Core Kanban Principles
- Visualize the Workflow – the Kanban board make the project progress visible for optimizing and tracking
- Limit WIP – make bottlenecks visible so as to facilitate continuous improvements
- Manage Flow – optimize the flow for maximum efficiency
- Make Process Policies Explicit – since the rules for the Kanban pull system is cleared stated, objective discussions are made feasible for improvements
- Improve Collaboratively – since objective data / metrics can be collected through the Kanban board, testing and improvements can be made collectively


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From Luke 2:8-18:
(Amplified translation)
And in that vicinity there were shepherds living [out under the open sky] in the field, watching [in shifts] over their flock by night.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord flashed and shone all about them, and they were terribly frightened.
But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people.
For to you is born this day in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ (the Messiah) the Lord!
And this will be a sign for you [by which you will recognize Him]: you will find [after searching] a Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
Then suddenly there appeared with the angel an army of the troops of heaven (a heavenly knighthood), praising God and saying,
Glory to God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased [men of goodwill, of His favor].
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing (saying) that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
So they went with haste and [by searching] found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in a manger.
And when they saw it, they made known what had been told them concerning this Child,
And all who heard it were astounded and marveled at what the shepherds told them.
Remember, Jesus is the reason for the season!
I wish you all a blessed Christmas.


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Broadcast Date: Thursday, January 18th, 2018
Episode 49 of Siamo Vancouver, Vancouver's own Italian Community Radio. In this episode Vittoria gave us more insight into Calabria and Basilicata as part of our Region's of Italy Series. We covered some interesting topics and went over the music found in that region. We also chatted with the directors of the MOTUS production of MDSLX as well as artists from the new upcoming Il Museo exhibition Venus Rising. A new Italian Saying was explained, and we learned about hotel vocabulary with our Italian Teacher Angela Hu. The playlist for the show, which consisted of Contemporary and classic Italian music, was played throughout the show.
Other Recent Broadcasts
Siamo Vancouver – Episode 48 – Buon Anno!
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Siamo Vancouver – Episode 47 – Buon Natale
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Siamo Vancouver – Episode 46 – Campania and the Bella Notte Community Dinner
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Siamo Vancouver – Episode 45 – Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the Italian Film Festival
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Siamo Vancouver – Episode 44 – Emilia-Romagna and Charles Marega
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We used to get crowds like that all the time - even bigger!
I hear a lot about how today's players don't seem to be interested. I've even remarked myself about how we're getting closer and closer to a "studio" environment, where the only purpose of the game is to fuel the on-line betting fires.
So, what if we had a few of the old-time crowds? Would that get some of these players off their asses?
I think if some of our casual fans could sit in the midst of a crowd of 5,000, it might change them, and the game, pretty quickly.
What do you think?


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We are officially in BBQ Season, so get those charcoals out the shed. You don't need to spend a fortune to have an awesome feast. Head over to Iceland and order the Build A Burger Meal Deal for just £5.
What do you get in the Build A Burger Meal Deal?
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Choose TWO Toppings:
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American Academy Of Dermatology notes that acne is a skin condition that 85 percent of the U.S. population experience as they pass through their teenage years. Whether it on the face or the body, acne can leave some unsightly scarring.
Acne.org states that body acne scars, like those on the butt, are often more severe as the skin is generally thicker and the pores larger. The rubbing of clothing can irritate the acne and increase the damage that the lesion has on the skin, making the scar worse.
While you cannot get rid of acne scars completely, there are clinical treatments which can help reduce the appearance of the scarring on your posterior.
Schedule an appointment to discuss dermabrasion for your butt acne scars. This technique will use a wire brush, which is spinning rapidly, to grind away at the surface of the skin. The surface layers, epidermis, will be removed. This not only reduces the appearance of superficial scarring but also helps promote new tissue growth by revealing the dermis, lower skin layers.
Talk with your dermatologist about the use of a laser for butt acne scars. Laser resurfacing is a process whereby the epidermal skin is burned away. The dermal skin is revealed and heated. This stimulates collagen production and the growth of new skin, which is less scarred in appearance.
Ask your specialist for cytotoxic injections for your butt acne scars. This treatment involves injecting antibiotic drugs, steroids and a drug called Fluorouracil, better known for its cancer fighting qualities. These can either be administered individually or together in a series of injections. They work by breaking down the scar tissue and so are best for raised fleshy scars.
Schedule a chemical peel session with your dermatologist. The chemical peel is an acid solution that will burn off the epidermis and, depending on strength, some of the dermis. This removes superficial scarring and encourages the body's natural healing processes to grow new, less-blemished skin from below.
Consult a surgeon concerning punch techniques for your butt acne scars. This involves surgically cutting the scar out of the skin. With indented scars, the tissue can then be reattached at an elevated level in alignment with the rest of the skin. If the skin is too badly blemished, then a skin graft can be taken from another part of the body, normally the area behind the ear.
Different strength lasers and chemical peels are available. The CO2 laser is considered the most effective, notes Acne.org.
A medium-depth peel using trichloroacetic acid will likely be more effective for body acne.
Often three to five cytotoxic injections are needed.
Dermabrasion is usually administered several weeks after a punch technique session to smooth out surfaces.
Hair follicles and sweat glands will not return to the scar sight and so the butt acne scars will never dissipate completely.
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Ensco to stack four rigs, axe 350 jobs
UK-based offshore driller Ensco has reportedly decided to stack three drillships and one semi-submersible rig thus affecting 350 jobs in Houston.
According to a WARN Notice sent to the Texas Workforce Commission, Ensco started the workforce reduction process, that will last for 60 days, on May 11, 2016.
Houston Business Journal reported that the company is reducing the workforce due to the anticipated stacking of three of its drillships, Ensco DS-3, Ensco DS-4 and Ensco DS-5, as well as its 2008-built semi-sub rig, Ensco 8500. Ensco's drillships DS-3 and DS-4 were built in 2010, and DS-5 was built in 2011.
Ensco's spokesperson told Offshore Energy Today that the information was previously disclosed in April.
Namely, the company informed in its fleet status report on April 11, 2016, that the semi-sub Ensco 8500 was being prepared for cold stacking.
Later in April, Ensco's President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Carl Trowell, said in the company's 1Q 2016 earnings conference call: "We're relocating them [drillships] from the Gulf of Mexico where they have basically been at anchor and using the thrusters and burning fuel to a new cluster stack approach, which we're going to do in Tenerife."
The offshore driller recently lost a contract with Brazil's state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras for the drillship DS-5. Ensco responded to the cancellation by initiating arbitration proceedings against Petrobras and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.
Earlier in May, Ensco received another two rig contract terminations for 2004-built semi-subs, Ensco 6003 and Ensco 6004, from Petrobras. Following the terminations, Ensco said that these two semi-sub rigs would be 'permanently retired'.
Offshore Energy Today Staff


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Programs Offered by PYW
PYW offers many distinct programs to the youth of Pittsfield.
Monday - Friday 3:00 - 6:00 PM (During the School Year)
School vacation hours vary - Call for Details
Summer hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:00-6:00 PM.
See quarterly newsletter and calendar for more details!
Youth Board:
The Youth Board has a three part mission: To give the youth a voice in the programs offered by PYW; To improve the image of PYW and youth in general to the community; and Fundraising. Meeting times vary, Check the calendar for up to date info!
FUN for Summer:
We had a fantastic summer - thanks to everyone who joined us on our trips and excursions! Want input on what trips we plan for next year? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with your ideas.
PYW Trips: Indoor Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Canoeing, Bowling
Music Enhancement and Appreciation Program: Concerts, Music Lessons, Workshops
Pittsfield Teen Mentor Project: Collaboration with the Pittsfield Schools
Family Dinner Nights - Youth Plan and Prepare Family Style Dinner
Dialogue Nights: Opportunities for teens and adults to discuss topics of such as Drug and alcohol abuse and community involvement.
Community Pride and Involvement: PYW is involved in many community events throughout the year - check the calendar for up to date info!