It seems with every gain there is a fallback with COVID. I suspect as everyone is so hyped with the various COVID vaccines perhaps a new vaccine resistant strain will emerge and we’ll be tossed on our asses again. So I suppose we sit tight and wait. Hopefully the news will be good and persistentlyContinue reading “Surfing The Third Wave in Ontario with a An Excellent Cabernet Franc”
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Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Trust
“It is impossible to become like somebody else. Your only hope is to become more fully yourself. This is the reason for practicing meditation in the first place. Teachers, books, CD’s and apps can only be guides and offer signposts and suggestions. It is important to be open and receptive to what you can learnContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Trust”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 24 “Squid, Columbia and Cocaine”
Indeed, odd activities were rife on the Columbian Coast. The sky was teeming with helicopters and small planes. Survey crews were busy at work in the jungle scribbling out computations and hunched over their laptops. Rumour had it that a large American company was laying grandiose plans for the construction of a huge industrial plant.Continue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 24 “Squid, Columbia and Cocaine””
WHO backs AZ Vaccine!
WHO statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safety signals 17 March 2021 Statement Reading time: Less than a minute (220 words)العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolPortuguês Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who had received the vaccine. Other countries in the EUContinue reading “WHO backs AZ Vaccine!”
“The Mole Agent”: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards
I see so many great films every year that are superb films but none ever make it to the Academy Awards. It is a bit like wine where you see on the label all sorts of awards and medals. Rarely does it translate into what I would call a gold medal wine. In these wineContinue reading ““The Mole Agent”: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards”
From Data Rape to Data Sovereignty
Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data February 5, 2021 8.12am EST Author Pieter VerdegemSenior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Disclosure statement Pieter Verdegem does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article,Continue reading “From Data Rape to Data Sovereignty”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 23 “Squid Meets Santa Claus The Revolutionary”
Squid had spent many years wandering the globe recently encountering the phenomena of foreign economic penetration and domination. Perhaps it was the Frenchman he had first encountered then the slavers but there was an increasing band of greed-stricken characters. If it wasn’t Cartaway then it was Cortez, Columbus, Livingstone, IT&T or Bestinghouse Electric. Unfortunately fewContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 23 “Squid Meets Santa Claus The Revolutionary””
COVID-19 Rules for Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada
Backgrounder: New measures to protect foreign workers and prevent the spread of COVID-19 for the 2021 season From: Employment and Social Development Canada Backgrounder The Government of Canada recognizes the vital role temporary foreign workers (TFWs) play in key sectors such as agriculture, agri-food, and fish and seafood processing that are critical to Canada’s food supply, foodContinue reading “COVID-19 Rules for Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada”
William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair”; Inheritance
“My dear sir, you ought to know that every elder brother looks upon the cadets of the house as his natural enemies, who deprive him of so much ready money which ought to be his by his right. I have heard George Mac Turk, Lord Bajazet’s eldest son say that if he had his willContinue reading “William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair”; Inheritance”
John Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Acceptance
“In the meditation practice we cultivate acceptance by taking each moment as it comes and being fully, as it is. We try not to impose our ideas about what we “should be feeling of thinking or seeing in our experience. Instead we remind ourselves to be receptive and open to whatever we are feeling, thinking,Continue reading “John Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Acceptance”
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