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oh, c'mon people.... Listen to these when you need to connect!

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	Name	Description	Released	Price
1	Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler (January 5, 2012)	As the daughter of Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash describes her life as one circumscribed by music. But, it's through her love of language and quantum mechanics that she's finding new sources of creativity and mathematical ways to think about the divine. The mother of five shares her perspectives on being present, Twitter as a boot camp for songwriters, and how she wrestles with love and grief through her music.	1/5/12	Free	View In iTunes
2	Rosanne Cash [unedited interview]	Walter Brueggemann is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and author. Krista Tippett spoke with her on November 17, 2011 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This interview is included in our show "Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	1/5/12	Free	View In iTunes
3	"God Is In the Roses" performed by Rosanne Cash [bonus track]	An exclusive track performed by Rosanne Cash during her interview with Krista Tippett on November 17, 2011 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This song is included in the On Being show "Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.	1/5/12	Free	View In iTunes
4	"The World Unseen" by Rosanne Cash [bonus track]	An exclusive track performed by Rosanne Cash during her interview with Krista Tippett on November 17, 2011 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This song is included in the On Being show "Rosanne Cash, Time Traveler." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.	1/5/12	Free	View In iTunes
5	Pursuing Happiness with the Dalai Lama (December 29, 2011) [encore]	From Emory University in Atlanta, Krista leads a public discussion on the subject of human happiness with the Dalai Lama, the chief rabbi of the Commonwealth, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and Islamic scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr. This invigorating and unpredictable conversation explores themes of suffering, beauty, and the nature of the body.	12/29/11	Free	View In iTunes
6	The Dalai Lama, Jefferts Schori, Sacks and Nasr [unedited panel discussion]	From Emory University, an unedited panel discussion with the Dalai Lama, Jonathan Sacks, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. This interview is included in our show "Pursuing Happiness with the Dalai Lama" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	12/29/11	Free	View In iTunes
7	The Prophetic Imagination of Walter Brueggemann (December 22, 2011)	Experience Walter Brueggemann's passion and poetry with the fearless truth-telling and the fierce hope of the prophets he knows so well. He shares a quality with these prophets -- an ability to be transformative in a chaotic moment of history -- to open up new ways of addressing what is at stake socially, politically, and religiously.	12/22/11	Free	View In iTunes
8	Walter Brueggemann [unedited interview]	Walter Brueggemann is professor emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia. Krista Tippett spoke with him on May 18, 2011 in the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota This interview is included in our show "The Prophetic Imagination of Walter Brueggemann." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	12/22/11	Free	View In iTunes
9	Legends To Live By (December 15, 2011)	Could a Yiddish text from the Middle Ages serve as a guide to living now? Book composer and typographer Scott-Martin Kosofsky revives unlikely sources of 'customs' for leading a modern life and marking sacred time. For Hanukkah and all the seasons upon us.	12/15/11	Free	View In iTunes
10	Scott-Martin Kosofsky [unedited interview]	Scott-Martin Kosofsky is a book composer, typographer, and author of "The Book of Customs." Krista Tippett spoke with him on November 2, 2004 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Mr. Kosofsky was in a studio of WGBH in Boston. This interview is included in our show "Legends To Live By." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	12/15/11	Free	View In iTunes
11	Who Ordered This? (December 8, 2011) [encore]	Astrophysicist Mario Livio studies dark energy and white dwarfs. Working with NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope, he says these 'images have become part of our culture.' Through that window, he sees cosmic puzzles and questions that are as rich as any of their current answers.	12/8/11	Free	View In iTunes
12	Mario Livio [unedited interview]	Mario Livio is an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Krista Tippett spoke with him on April 20, 2010 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Dr. Livio was in a private studio in Baltimore, Maryland. This interview is included in our show "Who Ordered This?" Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	12/8/11	Free	View In iTunes
13	Monsters We Love: TV's Pop Culture Theodicy (December 1, 2011)	Loving vampires. Amoral zombies. And righteous serial killers. Shows about monsters, human and otherwise, are captivating TV watchers of all ages. Diane Winston, a religion and media watcher (and TV aficionado) says we shouldn't be surprised by these series in-your-face themes of God, meaning, and re-enchanting the world.	12/1/11	Free	View In iTunes
14	Diane Winston [unedited interview]	Diane Winston is the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication + Journalism at the University of Southern California. Krista Tippett spoke with her on November 2, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Diane Winston was in a studio at NPR West in Culver City, California. This interview is included in our show "Monsters We Love: TV's Pop Culture Theodicy." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	12/1/11	Free	View In iTunes
15	The Poetry of Creatures (November 24, 2011) [encore]	Biblical scholar Ellen Davis is helping to shape a new approach and way of thinking about human domination of the Earth and its creatures. With her friend, the farmer and poet Wendell Berry, they speak to our collective grief at destruction of the natural world and nourish a 'chastened' yet 'tenacious' hope.	11/24/11	Free	View In iTunes
16	Ellen Davis [unedited interview]	Ellen Davis is the Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at the Duke University Divinity School. Krista Tippett spoke with her on May 15, 2010 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Ellen Davis was in a studio at Duke University in Durham, NC. This interview is included in our show "The Poetry of Creatures." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	11/24/11	Free	View In iTunes
17	Occupying the Gospel (November 17, 2011)	Paul Raushenbush opens up a forgotten impulse of social activism in the DNA of American Christianity -- the "social gospel" led by his great grandfather, Walter Rauschenbusch a century ago.	11/17/11	Free	View In iTunes
18	Paul Brandeis Raushenbush [unedited interview]	Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is the Senior Religion Editor for the Huffington Post. Krista Tippett spoke with him on October 5, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Paul Brandeis Raushenbush was in the Argot Studios in New York City. This interview is included in our show "Occupying the Gospel." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	11/17/11	Free	View In iTunes
19	Holding Life Consciously (November 10, 2011) [encore]	What happens when you bring together science and poetry on something like color or light? Arthur Zajonc is a physicist and contemplative. And he says we can all investigate life as vigorously from the inside as from the outside.	11/10/11	Free	View In iTunes
20	Arthur Zajonc [unedited interview]	Arthur Zajonc is a physics professor at Amhearst College and is the director of the academic program at the Center of Contemplative Mind and Society. Krista Tippett spoke with him on May 4, 2010 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Arthur Zajonc was in a private recording studio in Berkeley, California. This interview is included in our show "Holding Life Consciously." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	11/10/11	Free	View In iTunes
21	Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life (November 3, 2011)	Linguistics pioneer Jean Berko Gleason unlocks the way we learn an amazing and crucial human skill, learning to talk. She studies how language emerges from childhood on, and says it reveals unexpected truths about our human relationships with our world, and our consciousness of ourselves.	11/3/11	Free	View In iTunes
22	Jean Berko Gleason [unedited interview]	Jean Berko Gleason is a linguistics pioneer exploring connections between language, relationships, and consciousness. Krista Tippett spoke with her on September 27, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jean Berko Gleason was in the studios of WGBH in Boston. This interview is included in our show "Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	11/3/11	Free	View In iTunes
23	The "Happiest" Man in the World (October 27, 2011) [encore]	A renowned Buddhist teacher and author, Matthieu Ricard trained as a cell biologist and is now part of the Dalai Lama's ongoing dialogue with scientists. We'll explore why he's been called the happiest man in the world, and how he understands spirituality as "contemplative science."	10/27/11	Free	View In iTunes
24	Matthieu Ricard [unedited interview]	Ricard is a French-Tibetan monk and the Dalai Lama's French interpreter. Krista Tippett spoke with him on September 30, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada. This interview is included in our show "The 'Happiest' Man in the World." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	10/27/11	Free	View In iTunes
25	Mormon Demystified (October 20, 2011)	Journalist Joanna Brooks gives us an inside view of this "Mormon moment" of American life, a moment of deepened self-searching with the emergence of a viable Mormon presidential candidate. Brooks, who writes the blog, "Ask Mormon Girl," describes herself as unorthodox, but still passionately planted in this culture that is as much an identity as a faith.	10/20/11	Free	View In iTunes
26	Joanna Brooks [unedited interview]	Joanna Brooks is a journalist and author of the blog "Ask Mormon Girl." Krista Tippett spoke with her on October 6, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Joanna Brooks was in Studio West in San Diego. This interview is included in our show "Mormon Demystified." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	10/20/11	Free	View In iTunes
27	A Voice for the Animals with Dr. Alan Rabinowitz (October 13, 2011) [encore]	A profound stutter as a child left Alan Rabinowitz virtually unable to communicate and to prefer animals to people. He became a wildlife biologist and made his name as an explorer in some of the world's last wild places -- discovering new animal species, encountering human communities believed to be lost, and most of all working for the survival of the world's endangered big cats. We hear about his extraordinary insights into the animal-human bond; and also about the dramatic personal odyssey that has brought him across the years to rediscover "the human side of things" -- both in life, and in the evolving science of wildlife conservation.	10/13/11	Free	View In iTunes
28	The Genesis of Desire (October 6, 2011)	Celebrated Torah scholar Avivah Zornberg is the daughter and granddaughter of rabbis of East European lineage. She's also steeped in the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah. She connects deep and unexpected currents between the Bible and the lived situation of the reader.	10/6/11	Free	View In iTunes
29	Avivah Zornberg [unedited interview]	Avivah Zornberg is a celebrated Torah scholar and the author of "The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious" and "The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis." Krista Tippett spoke with her in her home in Jerusalem on March 16, 2011. This interview is included in our show "The Genesis of Desire." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	10/6/11	Free	View In iTunes
30	Planting the Future with Wangari Maathai (September 29, 2011) [encore]	Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, died this week. A biologist by training, she founded the Greenbelt Movement and made visible the links between trees and soil, war and peace, and the human body and spirit. We replay our beautiful 2006 conversation in her memory.	9/29/11	Free	View In iTunes
31	Opening Up Windows (September 22, 2011)	At the age of 80, David Hartman, a Jewish philosopher and Orthodox rabbi, is a revered if provocative figure in Israeli society. His voice and stories let us inside the inner life of Israel in some sense -- struggles and searching that shape news from this part of the world but are rarely heard directly.	9/22/11	Free	View In iTunes
32	David Hartman [unedited interview]	David Hartman is a Jewish philosopher and Orthodox rabbi, and founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. He's also the author of many books, including "A Heart of Many Rooms" and "The God Who Hates Lies." Krista Tippett spoke with him at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem on March 13, 2011. This interview is included in our show "Opening Up Windows." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	9/22/11	Free	View In iTunes
33	The Evolution of Change with Sari Nusseibeh (September 15, 2011)	Sari Nusseibeh, a Palestinian philosopher and president of Al-Quds University, comes from a family that has been in Jerusalem for 1300 years. His personal story enfolds layers of history that are shaping current history in the making.	9/15/11	Free	View In iTunes
34	Sari Nusseibeh [unedited interview]	Sari Nusseibeh is president and professor of Philosophy at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. His books include "Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life" and "What Is a Palestinian State Worth?" Krista Tippett spoke with him in his office at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem on March 15, 2011. This interview is included in our show "The Evolution of Change." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	9/15/11	Free	View In iTunes
35	Who Do We Want to Become? Remembering Forward Ten Years after 9/11 [The Civil Conversations Project] (September 8, 2011)	Who do we want to be for the next decade? What wisdom do we want to focus on, and grow more deeply into, as we move forward as a culture and pass on this narrative of 9/11 to generations to come? A discussion with Hendrik Hertzberg, Serene Jones, and Pankaj Mishra at St. Paul's Chapel near Ground Zero on September 6, 2011.	9/8/11	Free	View In iTunes
36	Hendrik Hertzberg, Serene Jones, and Pankaj Mishra [unedited interview]	Krista Tippett spoke with journalist Hendrik Hertzberg, theologian Serene Jones, and author Pankaj Mishra at a live event on September 6, 2011 from St. Paul's Chapel in NYC a decade following 9/11. This interview is included in our show "Who Do We Want to Become? Remembering Forward a Decade after 9/11" and is part of our "Civil Conversations Project." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	9/8/11	Free	View In iTunes
37	Alive Enough? Reflecting on Our Technology with Sherry Turkle [The Civil Conversations Project] (September 1, 2011) [encore]	Sherry Turkle's book, "Alone Together," created a catchword for anxiety about the alienating potential of technology. But that's not really her message. We explore the real challenge she poses -- that we can and must lead examined lives with our digital objects -- actively shaping technology to human purposes.	9/1/11	Free	View In iTunes
38	Civility, History, and Hope with Vincent Harding [The Civil Conversations Project] (August 25, 2011)	Civil rights veteran Vincent Harding has a long lens of wisdom on contemporary divisions and confusions. He says America is still a developing nation when it comes to democratic encounter across real difference. But he finds hope in the young people he's been bringing into creative contact with civil rights elders for decades. They are his answer to the question that drives him: Is America possible?	8/25/11	Free	View In iTunes
39	Restoring Political Civility with Richard Mouw [The Civil Conversations Project] (August 18, 2011)	Richard Mouw challenges his fellow conservative Christians to civility in public discourse. He offers historical as well as spiritual perspective on American Evangelicals' navigation of disagreement, fear, and truth.	8/18/11	Free	View In iTunes
40	Listening Beyond Life and Choice with Frances Kissling [The Civil Conversations Project] (August 11, 2011) [encore]	Frances Kissling is known for her longtime activism on the abortion issue but has devoted her energy more in recent years to real relationship and new conversations across that bitter divide. She's learned, she's written, about the courage to be vulnerable in front of those with whom we passionately disagree.	8/11/11	Free	View In iTunes
41	Sidling Up to Difference with Kwame Anthony Appiah [The Civil Conversations Project] (August 4, 2011) [encore]	The 1953 marriage of Kwame Anthony Appiah's parents helped inspire the movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. We explore this Princeton philosopher's thinking now on subjects like human identity, ethics in a world of strangers, and how moral revolutions really happen.	8/4/11	Free	View In iTunes
42	Words That Shimmer with Elizabeth Alexander [The Civil Conversations Project] (July 28, 2011) [encore]	Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We're hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us -- and in our children -- and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times.	7/28/11	Free	View In iTunes
43	The Far Shore of Aging (July 21, 2011)	We are living longer, for better and for worse. And the story of aging is one that too often goes untended. Jane Gross, creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times and author of A Bittersweet Season, tells us that we not only have to care for our parents -- but for ourselves.	7/21/11	Free	View In iTunes
44	Jane Gross [unedited interview]	Jane Gross is the creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times. She is also the author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents -- and Ourselves. Krista Tippett spoke with her on June 15, 2011 from the studios of APM in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jane Gross was in the studios of The Argot Network in New York City. This interview is included in our show "The Far Shore of Aging." Download the mp3 of the produced show at on-being-dot-org.	7/21/11	Free	View In iTunes
45	Autism and Humanity (July 14, 2011) [encore]	Long before autism had a name, it had a history -- a mystery shrouded in misunderstanding. But what might autism teach us all about what it means to be human now? About our abilities. About our creativity and differences.	7/14/11	Free	View In iTunes

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End the Export of Canadian Cancer!

Canada is the only G8 country still mining and selling asbestos

This website collects examples of leading national and international scientific and popular opinions calling on the Canadian government to stop the mining and export of Canadian chrysotile asbestos to unprotected developing nations.

In every stage of its life cycle, asbestos promiscuously sheds tiny dust fibers. Once inhaled, the fibres become tangled in lung tissues, where they wreak a cancerous havoc - typically lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma, the latter a rare, painful and terminal cancer of the lining of the chest wall.

The World Health Organization estimates that asbestos kills at least 90,000 people a year - about half of all occupational cancer deaths. Strict occupational health and safety rules in Canada protect Canadian workers’ exposure to the mineral. The federal government spends millions to rid Parliament, under the strictest protective guidelines, of its remaining asbestos. In the summer of 2009, the Canadian Medical Association voted 95% to stop Canadian mining and export of asbestos.

However, the Canadian government continues to see nothing wrong with the continued mining and export of deadly Canadian asbestos to unprotected developing nations.

it's about time....

The New Vizio PCs and Notebooks Are Worthy of Apple

The New Vizio PCs and Notebooks Are Worthy of Apple

yummm!

Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation - YouTube

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.

How the Dutch got their cycle paths - YouTube

How the Dutch got their cycle paths - YouTube
The Netherlands is well known for its excellent cycling infrastructure. How did the Dutch get this network of bicycle paths?
Read more: http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-dutch-got-their-cycling.html

Ultimate Medical Tourism Manual

Ultimate Medical Tourism Manual

Introducing The “Encyclopedia” Of Medical Tourism:
596 Pages Filled With Everything You Need To Know
About Finding Medical Care Abroad!

The Ultimate Medical Tourism Manual: How to Save Thousands of Dollars on State-of-the-Art Treatment Abroad is an indispensable resource, whether you have a pressing need today, or you’re being prudent for tomorrow. This breakthrough primer covers it all... from what’s wrong with U.S. health care today, to how to find stellar care abroad. It’s chock-full of what Big Pharma, Big Medicine and even the mainstream media won't tell you under any circumstances:

Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com

Pepto for the Soul...
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com

CCTV-9 report: Solar bottle lights in the Philippines - YouTube

CCTV-9 report: Solar bottle lights in the Philippines - YouTube

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Make a Wish. | elephant journal

I still wish on stars, sometimes.

When one is not enough I wish on constellations;

(I wish on entire galaxies.)

You can have my wish tonight. I’ll wish it for you.

I wish you passion that slips in through your skin and wakes you, before you’re ready.

I wish you hope that surrounds you and tucks you in at night.

I wish you quiet when you don’t seek it, and noisy when you need it. I wish you a song that slides inside your hips and won’t be still. I wish you a laugh that throws your head back and refuses to be contained.

I wish you your eight-year-old smile, escaping, in the middle of your important, grown-up day.

(I saw it once peeking out, before you put it away. I know it’s in there.)

I wish you wistful wanting that goes unfulfilled...for awhile.

I wish all your jagged edges washed smooth by tears that come from laughing too hard and too long; from beauty that makes them spill out without your permission.

I wish you forgetting. I wish the ink of your old hurts faded, weathered by the sun, until you can’t read them anymore.

I wish you a dream that sinks its teeth into you and won’t let go. That interrupts your plans. That keeps you up at night.

I wish you a heart that aches from stretching in undiscovered places.

I wish you more, and again more, and yes still more: love.

Merry Christmas! - Lessons

The Other 99, Ustream.TV: -Twitter- @Timcast @TheOther99 This channel is being maintained by The Other 99. We continue to be a primary source from the ...

The Other 99, Ustream.TV: -Twitter- @Timcast @TheOther99 This channel is being maintained by The Other 99. We continue to be a primary source from the ...

exohuman | Denver Airport’s Secret Underground Base

exohuman | Denver Airport’s Secret Underground Base
Who Knew? You have to listen to Jesse Ventura investigate this. I even remember Obama being in Denver that weekend, right after the bunker thing. W.T.F?
Have to admit that I got the creeps when i went through there this summer, meeting up to drive back again. Arrived at noon, left at 1pm and was out of state by 4pm. Still, I had that hour, and I had followed the construction project as a sideline, I thought it was too ugly and insensitive to represent Denver and the over-runs drove me nuts as a project manager. In August I felt like I was in a desert fortress. Surrounding skirts of endless auto lanes without barriers disappeared into the horizon of more highways and vacant landing area. hmm. It is not your Detroit or Miami kind of airport.

spend 60 seconds on this one...

60 Second Thought Experiments

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Perfect Gift for Enemies, Strangers, Friends and More

The Perfect Gift for Children
The Perfect Gift for Enemies, Strangers, Friends and
All Deserving People
(A Revelation in a Shopping Mall)

by Brian Vaszily, founder of IntenseExperiences.com

“The Perfect Gift for Him!” “The Perfect Gift for Grandma!” “The Perfect Gift for That Person Who Thinks They’re Perfect!”
Whether it’s on TV, the radio, the newspaper, in stores, or in your email inbox, by now you’ve likely witnessed – and perhaps tried to ignore -- dozens or hundreds of ads along these lines.

What follows is not another diatribe against the materialistic excesses of the holidays; most people already are aware that the holidays are too materialistic, and in the U.S. at least, 3 in 4 wish it weren’t so according to a recent study*. Nonetheless, most people still tend to go overboard on holiday gifts, and at least there is something to be said for the fun of exchanging those gifts.

Instead what follows is my own guide to what I believe you will agree are truly perfect gifts to try your best to give ... during the holiday season and all year long.

I wish I could claim to have been inspired to create this while taking a solitary walk in the snowy woods beneath the moonlight or something similarly romantic. But the truth is I was inspired to create this when I got frustrated while shopping at a mega-mall where I couldn’t find a decent gift, much less the perfect one, for several people in my life.

I took a step back from my frustration, inhaled a few deep breaths, and then ended up really taking in all the people and activity going on around me. The throng of zigzagging strangers of all races and many different cultures on their shopping missions. The Salvation Army bell ringer with uncombed hair and dirty fingernails ringing his bell. The Santa with a yellow beard and smoker’s rasp ho-ho-hoing in the center of the mall, a long line of children wiggling and squealing in fear and delight before him.

Long story short, removing myself from the bustle and instead observing it, I was reminded that while worrying about the perfect material gift was just silly, doing my best to give the following perfect gifts now and all year long is as worthwhile as it gets.

My children, and the world’s children, are watching me. They will not learn from what I tell them to do; instead they will learn from what I actually do. If I practice intolerance for those with different viewpoints or physical features, I accept the world our children will run will be an even more intolerant place. If I practice tolerance, forgiveness and love, I expect the world they will run will be a more tolerant, forgiving and loving place. That is the perfect gift for my own children and the world’s children: my example.

The Perfect Gift for “Enemies”
Whether they trespassed against me intentionally or not, and even if they are aware of their trespasses against me but still cannot or will not alter their course, I will not allow hatred to take hold in my heart for anyone. Hatred only destroys, including destroying my dreams, peace and happiness and therefore destroying those around me who love me and depend on me. Even if I must take action to pursue what is right with those who have violated me in some way, I will take noble action with a loving heart, and even as I must act I will do so with forgiveness in my heart. That is the perfect gift for my “enemies” and all the lives they touch, which means my life and all lives: forgiveness.

The Perfect Gift for Friends
A true friend is someone who feels the same about me as I do about them: I don’t seek to take from them but instead thrive by giving of myself to them. The time, energy, and most of all the understanding I can provide them make me better, and I am at peace that they feel the same toward me. That is the perfect gift for my friends: my commitment to their heart.

The Perfect Gift for Strangers
Strangers are not threats to my way of life, they are potential for an even greater life. Though my ego may fear strangers and want to barricade me from the different perspectives they may offer, I will not let my ego confine me away from the greater happiness that can be mine. Every person of positive significance in my life was once a stranger to me too, and therefore strangers are gifts. Therefore, the perfect gift I can give to strangers is my embrace of them.

The Perfect Gift for Those in Need
I do not need to agree with any of the choices that may have led them there, nor do I even need to know or understand those choices, to give to those in need. I am not a flawless being equipped to make others in my image and therefore judge them when they are not, but I am a loving being equipped to make the world a better place by putting that love into action.

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If I practice indifference to anyone in need, or they must pass my judgment before I extend my hand, I accept that I will be treated the same if I am ever in need, and that others I care about will be treated the same if they ever are. If I practice unconditional love, I accept that the world will become more of an unconditionally loving place. Attentive conversations with lonely elderly people, serving meals to the homeless, generous donations to the destitute, visiting the sick and forgotten in hospitals, long and genuine hugs for those down on their luck who hold a different political or religious view from my own… the perfect gift for those in need, and for anyone, is my love in the form of action.

It is the gift that keeps on giving.

It is the spirit of the holidays.

This love in action, I remembered while watching all those shoppers rush by with their treasures, is the only gift that has ever kept our world merry and bright.

It turned out to be the most worthwhile experience I ever had at a shopping mall.



Happy Holidays, and may your healthy perspective and loving heart bring you the gift of a wonderful New Year.

- Brian Vaszily, founder of IntenseExperiences.com.

Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn - YouTube

Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn - YouTube

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way | KQED Public Media

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way | KQED Public Media

so easy.... I may still have to get the book though.

Happy Holidays, y'all!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 07, 2003

Goood Morning, Coffee Drinkers!
Yikes - did you know that it's been miles, careers and two (more) moves since March....but the consensus is that to blog is the still the momentary solution, foooey with websites! I have one foot in education, the other in an information related possibility, betweeen which (yes, it's a stretch) is d-e-s-i-g-n the essential elementology which binds (constriction and universal connectivity apply here) us, me - ALL together. And that dogs don't pick up after themselves, we'll always have jobs.
There are some brilliant minds out there, duh, and it's just SO cool that some are accessable to lil' old me. Maybe I, too, will go public.
Be here now. And all my other selves, too.
I Mmmmmmm.
~A. 

runningdrychina

“Running Dry” - China

Source: http://www.runningdry.org

“Running Dry” is the first in the series of documentaries about the water crisis by The Chronicles Group. It was filmed on location in China, India, The Middle East and The United States. It was inspired by the late Senator Paul Simon and his book “Tapped Out”.

News - PESWiki

News - PESWiki

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Raising Able Children: how to nurture capable confident young people

Raising Able Children: how to nurture capable confident young people

training to BE.

Letterform for the Ephemeral

Letterform for the Ephemeral

a human [typeface]digital clock - ticking away n real time - Just LOOK!

Earthjustice - Historic Victory for Clean Air |:

Historic Victory for Clean Air

On December 21st, the Obama administration committed to cleaning up the unrivaled amounts of mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution emitted by coal-fired power plants—the nation's worst toxic air polluters. Earthjustice has worked tirelessly for more than a decade to achieve this outcome, which will improve the lives and health of Americans across the country who now suffer from tremendous pollution.

"It's like hell. Living in hell," says Marti Blake as she describes what it's like to be the neighbor of a coal-fired power plant. "It's filthy, it's dirty, it's noisy."

For 21 years, Marti has lived in the shadow of massive smokestacks that rain down pollution on her community. Thanks to this recent action, relief is on the horizon for Marti's community and hundreds of other communities across the country.

9/11 Bud Commercial - AIRED ONLY ONCE - YouTube

(Official Trailer) THRIVE: What On Earth Will It Take? - YouTube

(Official Trailer) THRIVE: What On Earth Will It Take? - YouTube

Edward Burtynsky [ Photographic Works ]

Exploring the Residual Landscape

"Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.

These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. We are drawn by desire - a chance at good living, yet we are consciously or unconsciously aware that the world is suffering for our success. Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times."

Edward Burtynsky

Appalachia: Stop Moutaintop Removal Mining!

Occupy Appalachia: Stop Moutaintop Removal Mining!

Oy, yoy, yoy, yoy...! (narrow escape)

A little excitement and warning for your winter driving...

20 Impressive Moats Around the World

...and then some

BBC's Richard Feynman: No Ordinary Genius | Brain Pickings

When Feynman faces a problem, he’s unusually good at going back to being like a child, ignoring what everyone else thinks… He was so unstuck — if something didn’t work, he’d look at it another way.” ~ Marvin Minsky, MIT

Carbon War Room

Over 50% of the climate change challenge can be addressed today – and profitably – by existing technologies, under existing policy. This is an opportunity marked as a crisis – arguably the largest wealth creation opportunity of our lifetime. Carbon War Room works on breaking down market barriers for capital to flow to entrepreneurial solutions to climate change, by employing a sector-based approach focusing on the solutions that make economic sense right now.

Initiatives | Living Oceans Society

Ocean Planning
Your ocean, your community, your future.

The Hijacking of Jesus

The Hijacking of Jesus
"...The hijacking of Jesus

What is so interesting is about all this is not only the fact that this movement is changing the global conversation but also how the Christian church is finally, rather belatedly, reclaiming the rightful moral stance of Jesus Christ.

Since the rise of the religious right in America, Jesus began to stand for prosperity and American military – what noted theologian Karl Barth once called the ‘criminal arrogance of religion.’ Having money and military might was a sign that God was blessing you, and being deprived of either in some way was a sign that God had turned his back on you. In short, we created a spirituality of capitalism and a religion of Western – particularly American - imperialism.

Jesus’ name was invoked and hijacked by the likes of George Bush and Tony Blair, to justify unpopular political or economic decisions, including the invasion of Iraq. Goldman Sachs’ CEO Lloyd Blankfein claimed that he was doing ‘God’s work.’ And through all this the various denominations of Christianity have kept conspicuously silent.

Although the Archbishop of Canterbury has supported the Occupy movement, yesterday, Jackson lambasted St. Paul’s cathedral for its ambivalent attitude toward the protesters. The church reversed its original decision to join action by the Corporation of London to evict the campers, but has now placing barriers in front of the cathedral steps. "The church should be the headquarters for the Occupy movement,’ he said. ‘In a sense, the occupiers represent the conscience of the church.’

In response to St. Paul’s fence-sitting Occupiers have been holding up signs that read: ‘What would Jesus have done?’

Unlike George Bush, I don’t pretend to speak for God, but just looking at Jesus’ track record I have a decent idea what he might have done. He certainly wouldn’t be trying to take the occupiers to court, and he wouldn’t have simply joined them in a tent. To my mind, Jesus would be marching into investment banks on Wall Street and chucking computers out the window.

Jesus, it’s important to remember, was a revolutionary, and much of what he preached was challenging and extraordinarily radical for his day. Jesus’ single act of vandalism and violence occurred in the Herod’s Temple, in the courtyard of which livestock were up for sale and the ‘money changers’ exchanged Greek and Roman money for Jewish and Tyrian currency.

After overturning the tables and chairs, he fashioned a whip from some cords, and drove all the moneychangers and the livestock out the door, dumped their money on the floor, and shouted after them, ‘It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.’

Jackson made reference to the Cleansing of the Temple story, when announcing to the occupiers, ‘You represent Jesus standing outside the temple,’ and Tutu invoked ‘the higher calling of Our Lord Jesus Christ,’ when asking for an end to ‘injustice, unfairness, and the stranglehold of greed which has beset humanity in our times’.

Belatedly as it may be, the Christian church is finally wrenching Christ away from the politicos and the moneychangers, and reclaiming Him as both radical reformer and a symbol of universal connection, love and justice."

(you Intended that, didn't you, Lynne?!)

Startup redefines the to-go coffee cup | SmartPlanet

Startup redefines the to-go coffee cup | SmartPlanet

Peter Herman, whose day job is an architect at the Ellenzweig firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, spent two years of his free time to construct a cup that he calls “Compleat.”

The all-paper, disposable cup  folds like a takeout container to form a sipping spout. The cup is made of just one piece of (waterproofed) paper glued to a round base. Herman said that ideally the waterproofing would be done with cellulose-based plastic so that the cups would be compostable.

Herman estimated that Complete would also eventually save retailers money since the cup is only one part and can be sourced through one supplier, also giving them incentive to use the cups. However, Herman admitted to Co.Designthat figuring out the actual cost benefits would require direct collaboration with both retailers and manufacturers.

Herman thinks that shape alone of Complete is iconic enough to perform “priceless PR,” that would tell consumers that a retailer was committed to do their part in reducing plastic waste.

It is still unclear when Compleat will be available, though Herman said he is in negotiations with producers, distributors and retailers. A complete redesign of a paper cup doesn’t solve the problem of to-go cup waste, but it does show that there are ways to subtly tweak the current model that could potentially have a big impact.

~p.s.OPEN SOURCE THIS BABY! Why wait? is it really about money? or doing the right thing!

Is Consciousness the Unified Field? A Field Theorist's Perspective - John Hagelin, SAND11 - YouTube

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Is Consciousness the Unified Field? A Field Theorist's Perspective - John Hagelin, SAND11 - YouTube

John Hagelin, Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy Director of the Board of Advisors for the David Lynch Foundation

Progress in theoretical physics during the past decade has led to a progressively more unified understanding of the laws of nature, culminating in the recent discovery of completely unified field theories based on the superstring. These theories identify a single universal, unified field at the basis of all forms and phenomena in the universe. At the same time, cutting-edge research in the field of neuroscience has revealed the existence of a unified field of consciousness‚ a fourth major state of human consciousness, which is physiologically and subjectively distinct from waking, dreaming and deep sleep. In this meditative state, the threefold structure of waking experience‚ the observer, the observed and the process of observation‚ are united in one indivisible wholeness of pure consciousness.

These parallel discoveries of a unified field of physics and a unified field of consciousness raise fundamental questions concerning the relationship between the two. We present compelling theoretical and experimental evidence that the unified field of physics and the unified field of consciousness are identical‚ i.e. that during the meditative state, human awareness directly experiences the unified field at the foundation of the universe.

We show that the proposed identity between consciousness and the unified field may indeed be required to account for experimentally observed field effects of consciousness. We present the findings of a National Demonstration Project‚ the largest controlled sociological experiment in history‚ in which 4,000 advanced meditators markedly reduced violent crime in Washington, DC. We briefly explore the practical applications of proven meditative procedures for developing total brain functioning, higher states of consciousness‚ preventing social conflict and promoting peace on a national and global scale.

We love our children..... (too much???)

Please watch and enjoy this:

Is he asking for Change, or is he asking for CHANGE?Follow a man as he affects multiple peoples' lives with just one dollar, proving that it doesn't take much to be the change in someone's life.

AMERICA’S TOP POWER PLANT TOXIC AIR POLLUTERS

AMERICA’S TOP POWER PLANT TOXIC AIR POLLUTERS
Please take a look at these two reports outlining the state of coal power ground and water pollution in the U.S. These are brand new reports and reveal the significant ongoing need to improve the conditions at these sites!

The Environmental Integrity Report 2011 - based on self (industry) reported data - 
America's Top Power Plant Toxic Air Polluters

(I'm pleased that none of the projects I worked on is in this group)

NEW REPORT: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Texas are Top States in Terms of Toxic Power Plant Air Pollution

December 7, 2011
The dirtiest power plants in the nation continue to generate a disproportionate amount of toxic pollutants – including arsenic, chromium, hydrochloric acid, lead, mercury, nickel, and selenium – tracked in a new analysis by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) released today by EIP, Earthjustice, and the Sierra Club.

According to the new EIP report, the dozen dirtiest power plants in the U.S. in terms of sheer pounds of emissions of four highly toxic heavy metals – arsenic, chromium, lead, and mercury – are: (1) Plum Point Station, AR; (2) TVA’s Paradise Plant, KY; (3) Genon’s Shawville Station, PA; (4) Basin Electric’s Laramie River Station, WY; (5) Consumers Energy’s JH Campbell Plant, MI; (6) AES Puerto Rico LP, PR; (7) Edison International’s Homer City Plant, PA; (8) Consumers Energy’s De Karn/JC Weadock Generating Plant, MI; (9) FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, PA; (10) Southern Company’s Bowen Plant, GA; (11) Basin Electric’s Antelope Valley Station, ND; and (12) Luminant’s Monticello Power Plant, TX.

Based on overall rankings for the toxic pollutants reviewed in the EIP report, the five worst states identified are (starting with the bottom-ranked states):

• Pennsylvania (#1 rankings for arsenic and lead)
• Ohio (#2 rankings for mercury and selenium)
• Indiana (#4 rankings for chromium and nickel)
• Kentucky (#2 for arsenic); and
• Texas (#1 rankings for mercury and selenium).followed by this report which is just as important, and we need to support action to prevent any kind of ground/freshwater/ WATER pollution:

...followed by this report which is just as important, and we need to support action to prevent any kind of ground/freshwater/ WATER pollution:
NEW REPORT: 20 Additional Toxic Coal Ash Contamination Sites Found in 10 States - "The more we look, the more we find..."

December 13, 2011
EIP has identified a total of 20 additional coal ash dump sites causing groundwater and soil contamination in 10 states – Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. These include 19 sites where coal ash appears to have contaminated groundwater with arsenic or other pollutants at levels above Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL). All but two have also measured concentrations of other pollutants – such as boron, molybdenum, and manganese – above EPA-recommended Health Advisories for children or adults. In addition, our report includes new information about 7 previously recognized damage cases, including stunning evidence of groundwater more toxic than hazardous waste leachate. Finally, we have identified soil contamination at an Indiana site where coal ash was used to fill in a rail bed. These structural fills account for most “recycling” of coal combustion waste, and are largely unregulated.

Today EIP also released a letter to Congress from thousands of residents near coal ash dump sites in 27 states pleading for proper federal oversight – even as some in Congress are urging that federal oversight to clean up toxic coal ash pollution be relaxed and authority to enforce meaningful standards be eliminated.

The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has been collecting evidence of groundwater contamination near coal ash ponds and landfills for several years, and the more we look, the more we find. After EPA documented 67 proven or potential ‘damage cases’ in 2007, we found groundwater or surface water contamination at 70 additional sites, and submitted our analysis to EPA in two reports released in February and August of 2010. The current report brings the total number of damage cases identified by EPA and other groups to 157.

For the report click here.

Imaginary Foundation Transmissions

Imaginary Foundation Transmissions

For all you math geniuses out there...

Nice shirts!

What Is The Real Cost Of Military Equipment? | MoveOn.Org

Walking Stonington In Winter: An Antidote To Holiday Hurry - Hartford Courant

Walking Stonington In Winter: An Antidote To Holiday Hurry - Hartford Courant

Short game - The Irish Times - Tue, Dec 13, 2011

FISHERS Island Golf Club in New York State played host to the second staging of the Women’s International Team Challenge recently.

The competition was inaugurated by the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco in 2010, and the Olympic Club won the Cup in the first year.

The tournament is a stableford competition and consists of two fourball matches with maximum handicaps of 22 and one gross fourball match.

This year the women from Lahinch won on a countback from the the host club.

The competition is played on the top golf courses on both sides of the Atlantic. That tradition of top quality courses as host venues will be maintained once again next year as Southern Hills Golf Club in Oklahoma – which has hosted the US Open three times and the USPGA on four occasions – is the venue.

Lahinch Golf Club will host the tournament in 2013.

Cambridge Digital Library - University of Cambridge

Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth." Sir Isaac Newton MS Add.3996, 88r)

Cambridge University Library is pleased to present the first items in its Foundations of Science collection: a selection from the Papers of Sir Isaac Newton. The Library holds the most important and substantial collection of Newton's scientific and mathematical manuscripts and over the next few months we intend to make most of our Newton papers available on this site.

This first release features some of Newton's most important work from the 1660s, including his college notebooks and 'Waste Book'.

13:28 Productions Presents ~ Countdown to 2012 | 13:28 Productions presents Countdown to 2012 – a Galactic Activation Multimedia Concert Experience.

13:28 Productions Presents ~ Countdown to 2012 | 13:28 Productions presents Countdown to 2012 – a Galactic Activation Multimedia Concert Experience.

Let the COUNTDOWN begin to the Winter Solstice of 2012, closing out the Great Cycle, and ushering in the Noosphere – the next stage in new planetary consciousness. Based on the original “Countdown to 2012 – Celebrating the Life of Terence McKenna”, held in San Francisco in 2000, this year’s extravaganza features genre-blending music and multimedia. Listen to rare audio and check out photos from the original event featuring special guest appearance by PHIL LESH - right here on Countdownto2012.com!Let the COUNTDOWN begin to the Winter Solstice of 2012, closing out the Great Cycle, and ushering in the Noosphere – the next stage in new planetary consciousness. Based on the original “Countdown to 2012 – Celebrating the Life of Terence McKenna”, held in San Francisco in 2000, this year’s extravaganza features genre-blending music and multimedia. Listen to rare audio and check out photos from the original event featuring special guest appearance by PHIL LESH - right here on Countdownto2012.com!

Let the COUNTDOWN begin to the Winter Solstice of 2012, closing out the Great Cycle, and ushering in the Noosphere – the next stage in new planetary consciousness. Based on the original “Countdown to 2012 – Celebrating the Life of Terence McKenna”, held in San Francisco in 2000, this year’s extravaganza features genre-blending music and multimedia. Listen to rare audio and check out photos from the original event featuring special guest appearance by PHIL LESH - right here on Countdownto2012.com!

Melancholia - by Lars von Trier

Melancholia - by Lars von Trier

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