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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
  7 hours ago

• Marijuana dispensaries’ role analyzed amidst talk of new regulations

  
  Daily Titan — Authority: 547
  By Damon Lowney Daily Titan Asst. News Editor The pungent-smelling green plant known as marijuana is edging its way toward social acceptance. The Schedule I drug – grouped with other drugs such as heroin, LSD and ecstasy – was legalized by California for medical use under Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use ...
  8 hours ago

• A Brighter Day

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 132
  I woke up this morning feeling lighter .  Now, this is a good feeling, so Im not going to analyze it to death, but I was kind of surprised. I didnt think I was particularly stressed, although the past two days, which I spent writing out my entire cancer treatment history, were, in hindsight, rather tiring.  OK, ...
  18 hours ago

• A Historic Day In Pennsylvania

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 525
  Today is a historic day at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg — as lawmakers are debating, for the first time ever in the Keystone State, the medicinal benefits of marijuana. Kudos goes out to Philly NORML and their allies for working directly with Democrat Rep. Mark Cohen to introduce House ...
  19 hours ago

• The Compassionate Friends’ Worldwide Candle Lighting

  
  Grief | Grieving | Grief and Loss — Authority: 143
  Excitement has been building as the thirteenth Worldwide Candle Lighting December 13, 2009 approaches. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are ...
  23 hours ago

• Hoo, Boy! Reliving the Past 11 Years

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 132
  After procrastinating for something like two weeks, I finally sat down today to write my draft of the application to get neratinib on compassionate use grounds.  The application is supposed to come from my oncologist, of course, but he doesnt have time to write it, so I said Id write the first draft and give it to ...
  2 days ago

• Giving the Benefit of the Doubt

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  In talking with child and adult philosophers about the importance of developing empathy, of maintaining a compassionate nature, we spend a considereable amount of time trying to uncover why empathetic identification with others doesnt come more easily. Gradually, what we realize is that without keen awareness of ...
  3 days ago

• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
  4 days ago

• Lockerbie bomber played pivotal role in stockpiling chemical weapons in Libya

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Nov. 29 (ANI): Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed alMegrahi was implicated in the purchase and development of chemical weapons by Libya, the US has claimed.According to documents produced by the US State Department, Megrahi sought to buy 1,000 letter bombs from Greek arms dealers while working as a Libyan ...
  4 days ago

• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
  4 days ago

• circular practice

  
  "there is no path, paths are made by walking." ~Antonio Machado — Authority: 130
  (further to yesterday’s post) The premise of socially engaged Buddhism is the taking of dharma -inspired action off the cushion and into the world. In the Soto Zen tradition practice begins and returns to shikantaza  (just sitting); from there it continues to expand and to contract. ”There is ...
  5 days ago

• the circle of practice

  
  "there is no path, paths are made by walking." ~Antonio Machado — Authority: 130
  (further to yesterday’s post) A key aspect of “socially engaged Buddhism” is taking  dharma -inspired action into the world. In the Soto Zen tradition practice continually begins and returns to shikantaza  (just sitting); from there it continues to expand and to contract. ”There is great ...
  5 days ago

• Local solutions for family breakdown

  
  ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog — Authority: 533
  Conservative MP Mark Field on Westminster Councils Family Recovery Programme We live in a fractured society. Amongst other developments the rise of the internet, multiple media outlets and global travel, on a scale unimaginable a couple of decades ago, have wrenched apart the traditional guises of community and ...
  6 days ago

• Karen Armstrong, the mother of ‘compassionate’ crackpots…

  
  Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami — Authority: 583
  Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna, cross-posted on Moe’s Jihad WatchKoran Armstrong rolls the Islamic turd in glitter, once again….Most people who followed George W. Bush’s seven-year...
  6 days ago

• The Compassionate Ant

  
  Reconnect With Nature Blog — Authority: 93
  Note from Con Slobodchikoff: This is a post by guest author Randall Johnson, who has contributed a number of posts and comments to this blog. I remember growing up hearing and reading about the proverbial wisdom of ants. If you check the Old Testament, Proverbs 6:6-8 tell us: “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider ...
  1 week ago

• Real Thanksgiving

  
  Great Scots MacBlog — Authority: 120
  Perhaps the greatest joy of Scottish Terrier companionship is discovering the unique ways each is a little character in a Scottie-fur coat. No two are exactly alike. They may share some characteristics but each little personality is one of a kind. I’m learning that is true also of my chickens. It isn’t true ...
  1 week ago

• Gratitude and Thanksgiving

  
  One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone — Authority: 428
  by Ellen Scordato Thanksgiving, a particularly American holiday, is coming up on Thursday. What are we giving thanks for? What am I grateful for? What are you grateful for? These kinds of questions get asked a lot around this time of year. I try to compose a gratitude list almost every day, but I wont do that ...
  1 week ago

• Reforming the GOP

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  This morning, Politico Arena asks: Do you take Glenn Beck’s “new national movement” seriously? Is the GOP establishment letting itinerant celebrities and talk show stars set the party’s agenda? As Winston Churchill understood, democracy is messy (and, as in his case, sometimes ungrateful).  Glenn Beck ...
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• Practicing Third Side Thinking

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 130
  One of the books our students often read as part of the first course, Introduction to Humane Education -- which focuses on education and communication -- is The Third Side by William Ury. Urys book describes strategies (prevent, resolve, contain) and roles (provider, teacher, bridge-builder, etc.) for managing and ...
  1 week ago

• Benediction: The Salt of the Earth

  
  Your Life Creation — Authority: 135
  Video - "Bless this little heart, this white soul that has won the kiss of heaven for our earth."by Rabindranath Tagore (Benediction)
  1 week ago

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