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Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:43:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: awesome

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What is Life?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: this talk influenced me deeply
to turn my life around some time ago
a powerful message from a pioneering man
there is a goldmine of his material for free through the net including videos at the other end of the youtube link
http://jiddu-krishnamurti.net/
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/
peace

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Tags: profound

A wise man makes his own decisions

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:21 GMT

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link»A wise man makes his own...

Jul 02, 2008 09:00:22 GMT

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. - Chinese proverb

It is not a secret if it is...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:42:42 GMT

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link»It is not a secret if it is...

Jul 03, 2008 09:00:23 GMT

It is not a secret if it is known by three people. - Irish Proverb

How Meditation Affects Your Body

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:40:51 GMT

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How Meditation Affects Your Body

It turns out peaceful thoughts really can influence our bodies, right down to the instructions we receive from our DNA, according to a new study.

took blood samples from a group of 19 people who habitually meditated or prayed for years, and 19 others who never meditated.

the meditating group suppressed more than twice the number of stress-related genes -- about 1,000 of them -- than the nonmeditating group.

Over long periods of time, these stress responses can worsen high blood pressure, pain syndromes and other conditions.

The nonmeditating group then spent 10 minutes a day for eight weeks training in relaxation techniques that involved repeating a prayer, thought, sound, phrase or movement.

What this does is to break the train of everyday thought -- you no longer have stressful thoughts and because of that the body is able to return to a healthy state

By the end of the training,

novice meditating group was also suppressing stress-related genes

at lower levels

8 Destructive thinking patterns

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:27:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To change your thinking pattern you have to

Recognise
Be aware
Slowly change and introduce a new thinking pattern
Keep working on all your destructive thinking patterns

Change your life with your new way of thinking

Clip Source: www.stevenaitchison.co.uk

extremely difficult to focus on the good when, seemingly, bad things are happening in your life. However you can train your mind to focus on the good things in your life

8 limiting patterns of thinking

‘Life is shit’ Thinking pattern –Everything in life is bad, everybody is not to be trusted and nothing good will ever happen to them

Unsubstantiated conclusive’ Thinking pattern

conclusions without any evidence to back up

e.g. “He walks a bit funny, he must be gay.

‘Never to me’ Thinking pattern –

when you think nothing good will ever happen to you

you are worthy

‘The negative psychic’ Thinking pattern – Presuming you know what people are thinking about you and it’s all bad.

Should, would, could’ Thinking pattern

knows what they have to do to change their life, they are capable and they know it and they would do it if only

‘Emotion based’ Thinking pattern

emotions control what you are thinking

‘It’s all my fault’ Thinking pattern

They’re all wrong’ Thinking pattern –

your way is the best way

be aware

Anti-psychiatry

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:58:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I agree strongly with these views
worth reading more if your interested

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The word "psychiatry" was invented by Johann Christian Reil in 1808. Two central contentions of the anti-psychiatry movement are that:

The specific definitions of, or criteria for, hundreds of current psychiatric diagnoses or disorders are vague and arbitrary, leaving too much room for opinions and interpretations to meet basic scientific standards.^[1]

Current psychiatric treatments are ultimately far more damaging than helpful to patients.^[2]

common criticisms

t psychiatry applies medical concepts and tools inappropriately to the mind and society; that it too often treats patients against their will; that it inappropriately excludes other approaches to mental distress/disorder

medical and ethical integrity is compromised by financial and professional links with pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies;

uses a system of categorical diagnoses

which is scientifically or clinically ill-founded, and which stigmatizes patients

attitude to patients

too often

demeaning and controlling

widow of the former Taoiseach going green

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:46:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: fair play to her

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Haughey's mansion traded for eco-home - National News, Frontpage ...

25 May 2008 ... Maureen Haughey, widow of the former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey, is going green and leaving behind the stately mansion Abbeville for a ...
www.independent.ie/national-news/haugheys-mansion-traded-for-ecohome-1386437.html - Similar pages - Note this - Filter

Get Into Reading

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:53:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: “Before I started this I can honestly say I'd only read the stuff on the back of sauce bottles.”
noe thats progress

Clip Source: www.getintoreading.org

Get Into Reading groups meet weekly in libraries and community centres, giving people who might not normally think of joining a reading group a chance to enjoy stories and poems together.

Our aim is to improve well-being, extend appreciation of literature and build community, targeting hard-to-reach people across Wirral.

In a typical week, Get Into Reading will work with recovering drug abusers, elderly people in day centres, young homeless men, full-time carers, isolated young mums, and people with mental health or other chronic illnesses referred to the project by health professionals.

“Before I started this I can honestly say I'd only read the stuff on the back of sauce bottles.”

- Get Into Reading group member, Birkenhead

Fun, friendly and food for thought: the Woodchurch library 'Book at Breakfast' Get Into Reading group

Mental health services neglect of dignity

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:55:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: alright hopefully this will stir people into action
mental health is highly stigmatised probably due to its past
It still begs for a lot of improvement
its seems to me psychiatrists are taken as infallible,while other aspects of life and treatment are ignored other than the purely intellectual analytical scientific standpoint
I know its improving but it has a long way to go
people need to wake up from their routine and the status quo and be more caring

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Woman left for dead on hospital floor for an hour..

Probably one of the most shocking and disturbing stories I've read in a while:

A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

Esmin Green was involuntarily admitted to the psychiatric emergency department of Kings County Hospital Center on June 18 for what the hospital describes as "agitation and psychosis."

Upon her admission, Green waited nearly 24 hours for treatment, said the civil liberties union, which was among the groups filing suit against the facility last year seeking improved conditions for patients.

The surveillance camera video (and subsequent analysis of the video) is here!

unbelievable!

Tags: humanity

Fuel a car with wine

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:39:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: although I can't imagine it workin too well in Ireland
where drink driving is already outlawed
and binge drinking is the norm for a lot of people

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

How can you fuel a car with wine?

Think of hillbillies brewing up staggeringly alcoholic moonshine and you're most of the way there. The modern miracle of turning wine into automotive fuel is all down to the fine art of distillation.

When Aston Martin heard that Prince Charles wanted to run his DB5 run-around on bioethanol, they contacted Gloucester-based Green Fuels for help. The company bought in 8,000 litres of surplus white wine from a nearby vineyard - for a mere 1p a litre - and ran it through their distillery. Understandably, the vineyard's owner is keeping his head down, for fear of mobs in search of free plonk.

Green Fuels ended up with hundreds of litres of 99.8% pure ethano

ready to go, on a mix of 85% ethanol and 15% petrol.

only waste is fruit juice

to make biogas for electricity,

ethanol was sold for £1.10 a litre.

Any car can be converted to run on it,

not something we'd recommend people do at home

You're producing something that's extremely flammable."

320,000 Acres of Forest Protected in Deal

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:17:59 GMT

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link»[Nature] 320,000 Acres of Forest Protected in Landmark Montana Deal

Jun 30, 2008 17:14:36 GMT

In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species and sustainable local business for people.

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Tags: environment, nature, conservation, science, business, ecology, animals, wildlife, mammals, forest, forests, montana, the nature conservancy, tnc, nature conservancy, endangered species, biodiversity, nonprofit, charity, philanthropy, economy

Millions of hectares of forests for farming

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:12:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: as neil young said:
'amazon you had so much and so much is gone ,
what are you going to do with your life'

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link»Map reveals extent of deforestation in tropical countries

Jul 01, 2008 09:38:16 GMT

Over five years millions of hectares of tropical forests have been cleared to make way for farming, almost half of it in Brazil

Renewables will survive the credit crunch

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:09:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: the green dream is coming to fruition

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link»Jeremy Leggett: Renewables will survive the credit crunch

Jul 01, 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Jeremy Leggett: The green squeeze: People are queueing up to invest in clean energy, through the credit crunch and beyond

The kids aren't alright -Hundreds march for stabbed youth

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:06:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: you can't help but be touched by this sort of thing
I would think there needs to be more alternatives put in motion for these kids
positive role models,alternatives to drugs and violence such as youth centres and clubs where they can express themselves in healthy ways
when theres no where else they gang up on the streets and things disimprove from there
people need to be proactive about this sort of thing
feeding an atmosphere of fear only makes things worse
people need to be at peace with themselves for violence to stop

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link»Hundreds march for stabbed youth

Jul 01, 2008 17:46:02 GMT

Hundreds of people march through north London to protest against the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella.