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IBM on Wednesday announced that the cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Montpellier, France, are working with IBM to make data-driven decisions to rapidly transform the way they provide water, transportation and emergency management.
These and other cities around the world are increasingly using data to make better decisions and allocate resources to sense and respond to challenges in city infrastructure. From improving traffic management, responding rapidly to incidents, using effective communication channels with citizens and ensuring sustainable natural resources, data and analytics are providing new insight to create more effective cities. As a result of helping create thousands of Smarter Cities, IBM has isolated the most pressing challenges and is bringing together a new way to help municipalities use Big Data and analytics via the cloud to improve economics and address the strategic issues that are critical to their future.
The availability of three new cloud-based Smarter Cities management centers for transportation, water and emergency management announced today serve as a springboard for development to allow cities to quickly begin to use their own data, as well as open data, to attain new insight into citizen services and improve decision making for city leaders. For citizens, this means improved access to city services, the ability to predict and respond to situations before they impact the daily lives of people, and enabling better feedback to empower citizens.
"For the first time, we have the tools that can be applied broadly across city departments to give us greater flexibility to see reality and turn data into decisions," said Otto Doll, chief information officer, City of Minneapolis. "In any city, an issue may reside in one department, but the answer lies in another. Analytics can enable a city to tell meaningful stories about what is going on in real-time through data."
In Minneapolis, the city is using IBM's cloud-based Smarter Cities technology to make more effective decisions, allocate city resources more efficiently and drive change by ensuring multiple departments are aligned and working together on a single initiative. IBM Intelligent Operations software is also helping the city do pattern discovery, and providing city leaders with metrics to track performance improvement and ensure they are meeting their goals.
In Montpellier, the fastest growing city in France, IBM Intelligent Operations delivered via the cloud serves as the foundation for the city's effort to improve water management, mobility and emergency management. This capability aggregates Montpellier's data sources and provides city leaders the ability to analyze this data in detail. It also allows new insight to be shared across multiple parts of the city, universities and with partner organizations delivering services to the region.
Montpellier is also creating a living laboratory for open innovation in cooperation with the University of Montpellier 1 and University of Montpellier 2, encouraging the development of new technology, urban innovations, new start-up organizations and the exploration of new economic models. These efforts have already resulted in a 10 percent improvement in water yield, and future goals are to reduce flooding by 20 percent and reduce automobile traffic by 10 percent through a partnership with leading French public transportation provider Transdev. Montpellier plans to achieve these goals while keeping up with growing demands on city services.
Transportation, Water and Emergency Management Centers
Built with cities, the three new smarter cities Management Centers for transportation, water and emergency management bring together IBM's vast portfolio of leading Intelligent Operations software, IBM Global Business Services expertise, and IBM's broad analytics capabilities. This provides cities repeatable models for urban development. The solutions are available via the cloud or on premise through a combination of hardware, software, services and preconfigured analytics models for best practices in city management. Rather than complex, customized projects, cities can begin getting insight from their data in a little more than a week.
- Transportation Management - provides citywide traffic visibility to help alleviate congestion, improve traffic management, optimize road capacity, rapidly respond to incidents and enhance the travel experience by delivering travel advisories to citizens. The solution has been proven to help some cities reduce congestion by 25 percent.
- Water Management - provides the ability to use analytics and decision support to improve flood protection, water quality and integrated water resource management. It also helps forecast future demands on the water supply and helps city leaders coordinate responses to flood or drought. The solution has been proven to help some cities reduce leaks by 20 percent.
- Emergency Management - provides geospatial intelligence and analytics to help harness information and data streaming in from multiple sources to provide a central point of command for emergency management. It can provide emergency managers with critical information from first responders, scenario planning to streamline and integrate response to emergencies, and advanced communications for first responders and emergency personnel. Some cities using this solution have reduced response time by 25 percent.
"Cities need a foundation for modernizing their systems and the basis of their technology should be flexible, open and easy to use," said Michael Dixon, general manager, IBM Smarter Cities. "City leaders and citizens will all benefit from this integrated approach, predictive analytics and resulting outcomes that will allow cities to begin to transform in ways that just a decade ago were unimaginable."
The new pre-configured offerings and services signify a strategic shift by IBM to accelerate into the marketplace a new class of Smarter Cities solutions that combine analytics, mobile and social to provide predictive insight and help cities deliver better results by making sense of the massive amounts of Big Data generated every day.
Citizen Engagement Through People for Smarter Cities
IBM also announced today a new digital platform for citizen engagement, People for Smarter Cities, to provide citizens, academia and forward thinkers around the world a place to share ideas and engage in public discussions on how to make cities smarter. To mark the launch of People for Smarter Cities, IBM collaborated with Zooppa, a crowdsourcing community with more than 200,000 members - including filmmakers, influential bloggers, and environmental communities - to invite citizens from around the world to submit their ideas through video on ways to improve life in their cities. The winning Smarter Cities videos can be viewed at here.
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"In the past year we've seen a lot of stabilization of WebRTC. You can now use it in production with a far greater degree of certainty. A lot of the real developments in the past year have been in things like the data channel, which will enable a whole new type of application," explained Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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MIAMI (AP) — Corey Brewer hit one of two free throws with 1.8 seconds left in the second overtime, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Miami Heat 122-121 on Friday night.
Kevin Love scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Minnesota, which got 24 from Chase Budinger, 15 from Gorgui Dieng and 13 apiece from JJ Barea and Ricky Rubio, who also added 14 assists. Referee Ken Mauer called the last foul on Miami's Norris Cole, saying he hit Brewer on a pass into the paint.
Ray Allen missed a wild jumper as time expired for Miami, which blew a chance to move two games clear of Indiana in the loss column atop the Eastern Conference standings.
LeBron James scored 34 points for the Heat, who got a season-high 24 from Mario Chalmers and 24 more from Chris Bosh, including a tying 3-pointer with 10.8 seconds left in the second overtime.
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HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 39 points and Houston ended a three-game skid and clinched its second straight playoff berth with a victory over Oklahoma City.
Kevin Durant scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for his 40th straight game with at least 25 points, the longest streak since Michael Jordan also did it 40 consecutive times in 1986-87.
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While the team's champion riders have both shown an abundance of skill and won races across the two previous rounds of the series, neither has yet been able to convert a race win into a round win.
The pair has ramped up its efforts in the last week, visiting a number of tracks to sharpen the mojo to a scalpel edge, in order to attain the consistency required to master the many random factors in Enduro-X.
Price sits in second place in the championship, just 13 points behind series leader Chris Hollis, while Boyle is currently fourth, a further 19 points back.
Both are well aware that the consistency which has been the enemy so far could just as quickly become their ally, with the three-race format providing the potential for sudden changes in championship position by any of the top contenders.
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KTM Enduro Racing Team Manager Brad Williscroft: "All the boys have been down in Melbourne this week practising and training together, and I'll meet them there Saturday. There are no major changes for us - the boys had plenty of speed last time out so a bit more practise can only help. It's all about the consistency across the three finals and eliminating the mistakes. We're still in the hunt for the championship but anything can happen, one bad race and we could be in front. All we can do is make sure our guys go there and get the best results they can, and see where the cards fall."
Toby Price KTM350SX-F 2nd Overall: "We've been into it a fair bit this week, ridden every day, with being able to get onto some tracks we can't normally get on we're just been doing as much as we can while we're on the road. I was already feeling pretty good in Sydney, so it's been good to get a lot of bike time and now we'll just see if we can bring home a win. Now I've spent a bit more time on the 350 I feel really good on it, and I've been trying a few new skills and brushing up on a few things. I know I can do a bit more with it now, so I'm looking forward to seeing how this third round pans out. I've had Mike Brown staying with me since Parramatta and been showing him as much of Australia as possible. He's been studying how to play didgeridoo on You Tube and he seems to be picking it up quite good so we might have to send him home with one!"
Peter Boyle KTM250EXC-F 4th Overall: "I've been doing a lot of riding this week, been out at Wildwood today and just riding a fair bit with Toby and Mike, and we've made some new tracks at my joint. I've focussed on getting a more saddle time under my belt, so I don't make the silly mistakes that have cost me podium finishes in the first two rounds. I really want to get up there, but each time there's been one race where I've let myself down so hopefully I can pull it all together for this one. Part of that is just being more used to riding it at higher intensity, that's main thing I've been working on. Toby and Mike have been great to ride with, I've been able to watch them and what they do through some sections and then go and give it a go myself. We've all been together just trying this and trying that and having fun with Mike and showing him the Aussie experience. I think he's enjoyed himself being here."
2014 KTM Australian Enduro-x Nationals Championship Points after 2 or 3 rounds:
1. Chris Hollis 138, 2. Toby Price 125, 3. Daniel Milner 112, 4. Peter Boyle 106, 5. Tom McCormack 92, 6. Mike Brown 58, 7. Beau Ralston 53, 8. Stefan Granquist 48, 9. Brodie Waugh 42, 10. Scott Keegan 37


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PROVO — LDS Church Elder Russell M. Nelson encouraged missionaries to open their mouths, "open your eyes and fortify your minds" during a Christmas Day devotional at the Missionary Training Center in Provo.
Thousands of missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received instruction from Elder Nelson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife Wendy.
Particularly, he encouraged the missionaries to "open your eyes and fortify your minds against rumors." One popular rumor in circulation regards missionaries who are called to one area and transferred to open the work in another formerly closed area, such as China.
"Such rumors are absolutely false. Refute them!" Elder Nelson said. "Leaders of this church enter countries new to the church through the front door. We do not go in through the back door or via the alley. Our relationships are based on honesty, openness, integrity and complete compliance with local law."
He then quoted the late church President Gordon B. Hinckley, who said "wherever we go, we go in the front door. Our (missionaries) honor the laws of the nations to which they go and teach the people to be good citizens."
Some missionaries are transferred during their missions, and some callings are modified, he said. This may happen as new missions are created. But, he said, any transfer made or calling modified is done openly.
"Please decide here and now to be a 'rumor stopper' and not a 'rumor monger,' " he said.
Elder Nelson also cautioned missionaries against those who do not have pure motives.
"Keep your eyes wide open, and when you see, or even feel, an atmosphere of evil, speedily move to safety," Elder Nelson said.
In addition to praising the Lord on Christmas Day, Elder Nelson praised the missionaries and their selflessness.
Elder Nelson reminded the missionaries that full-time missionary service for the Lord is a privilege on Christmas. "The spirit of service is in the heart of each missionary."
The Savior came to give second birth. This is especially comforting to those who are grieving because of the Connecticut shooting, specifically Emilie Parker.
"Comfort and solace come to the families of these victims, and to all who suffer tragedy in this life, through the gift of the Savior's birth, life and his glorious victory over death," Elder Nelson said. "That mission of Jesus Christ assures us that little Emilie Parker, and all of those other innocent people, will live again! Indeed, 'all little children are alive in Christ.' His Atonement enables each human being to be resurrected."
The missionaries who are going out throughout the world are "called to bring hope, peace, love and joy to a world mired in hatred, contention and sin."
He encouraged the missionaries to reach out to the ward mission leader in their area, who will help them find people to teach. The family history coordinator for each ward can also be helpful for missionaries who are looking for ways to reach out to those not familiar with the LDS Church. This individual can help people find their ancestors and build bridges of friendship in the process.
Missionaries need to exercise caution and follow mission rules while they are spreading their message, he said, so they can be successful and safe.
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At a time of gift giving and receiving, Sister Nelson talked about spiritual gifts. Comparing them to gift cards, she said many are given gifts they do not use. She encouraged missionaries to pursue and use these gifts "eagerly, persistently and relentlessly," to help them overcome weaknesses and become better missionaries.
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The common factor for all software modems is a reliance on software emulation of the UART chip. This is the chip that the operating system communicates with to send or receive information across the serial or com ports. When the proper driver is loaded, calls to the UART chip are redirected to the emulation software. The program believes that it is communicating with the UART chip.
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It's definitely going to take some getting used to. I thought I had all my custom functions set up, but then realized that I didn't after getting some of Carson first thing. It only shot JPEG, even though I swore I changed it to RAW. Then, Jackson started flipping out because he hadn't had a nap, and he saw Carson steal a candy cane that he wasn't told that he could have in the first place, and he wanted one too.
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Camden Airport (New South Wales)
|Camden Aerodrome
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|Camden Airport Limited
|Camden, New South Wales
|Elevation AMSL
|230 ft / 70 m
|34°02′24″S 150°41′12″E / 34.04000°S 150.68667°ECoordinates: 34°02′24″S 150°41′12″E / 34.04000°S 150.68667°E
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Source: AIP and Movements at Australian Airports from Airservices Australia[1][2]
Camden Aerodrome (IATA: CDU, ICAO: YSCN) is an aerodrome located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest[1] of Camden, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 60 km (37 mi) from the Sydney Central business district. Camden is used as an overflow aerodrome for Bankstown Airport for flying training, charter and maintenance, and provides facilities for gliding and ballooning. The aerodrome has one grass and one paved runway and two glider strips. The aerodrome has a Non-directional beacon navigation aid and is in the south-west corner of the Sydney Training area.[1]
Early History[edit]
A racecourse owned by prominent local grazier Arthur Macarthur-Onslow originally occupied the site of the Camden aerodrome. The shooting of the film Silks and Saddles at the track involved an Avro 504K biplane piloted by Edgar Percival landing on the set, and the occasion led to Macarthur-Onslow's sons Edward, Denzil and Andrew displaying a keen interest in aviation.[3][4] By 1935, the Macarthur-Onslow family owned several aircraft including a de Havilland Hornet Moth and a Comper Swift which they stored in a shed on the property. The boys established the Macquarie Grove Flying School on the property in 1938, however the operations of the school would be wound back significantly when Edward Macarthur-Onslow, now responsible for Macquarie Grove Aerodrome and the associated flying school, offered the facility to the government following the outbreak of war.[5]
World War II[edit]
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Originally a private airstrip, the area that was to become Camden Aerodrome was utilised by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and other Allied air forces during World War II.
Camden airfield hosted No's 4, 15, 21, 32 and 78 RAAF Squadrons at various stages during the war. In addition the Central Flying School operated between 1940 and 1942, and a British transport unit, No. 243 Squadron RAF, was based at Camden during the latter part of World War II. Camden was also the No.13 Operational Base. By 1946 the airfield had been returned to its civil status.
In May 1942, No. 4 Squadron RAAF moved to Camden from Canberra equipped with CAC Wirraways, but were redeployed to Kingaroy, Queensland in September.[6]
No. 15 Squadron RAAF was formed as a maritime patrol unit at Camden on 27 January 1944 equipped with Australian built versions of the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber.[7] The squadron maintained detachments at Camden until the end of the war although it was based at other airfields for short periods.[8]
No. 21 Squadron RAAF arrived at Camden in January 1944 from New Guinea to re-equip with Consolidated B-24 Liberators. The conversion was complete by July and the squadron departed to forward operating bases in northern Australia.[9]
The Lockheed Hudson equipped No. 32 Squadron RAAF deployed to Camden in November 1942. While stationed at Camden the squadron performed anti-submarine patrols and was re-equipped with Beaufort torpedo bombers. The base hosted the squadron until May 1944 when it was redeployed to Lowood, Queensland.[10]
No. 78 Interceptor Squadron RAAF, equipped with P-40 Kittyhawk fighters was formed on 20 July 1943 at RAAF Base Camden. The squadron trained here until it was operational and deployed to Kiriwina Island in November.[11]
No. 83 Squadron RAAF equipped with Australian built CAC Boomerang fighters arrived at Camden from Gove in the Northern Territory in August 1944.[12] The squadron had moved to nearby Menangle by early 1945.
The Camden War Cemetery, located in the Camden General Cemetery contains twenty three burials comprising four Australian Army, two Royal Air Force and seventeen Royal Australian Air Force. Most of those buried here died in three separate air training accidents.
Satellite Airfields[edit]
Post War[edit]
In 1946, ownership of the airport was transferred to the Department of Civil Aviation who oversaw the development of further civil aviation infrastructure on the site including the sealing of runway 06/24. By 1962, a control tower had been built on the site, and in 1978 the primary taxiway providing access between the apron and runway was sealed. In 1988, the airport was transferred to the Federal Airports Corporation and throughout the 1990s further improvements were made to the system of taxiways and aprons to improve aircraft circulation and traffic flow. Major works in 1997 saw all sealed aprons, runways and taxiways resurfaced.[13]
The FAC was wound down in 1998 and Camden was transferred along with Bankstown, the former Hoxton Park Airport and Kingsford Smith Airport to Sydney Airports Corporation Limited, but at this stage was still a government controlled enterprise. During the 2000 Summer Olympics the airport was used to handle overflow general aviation traffic.
In 2003, it was controversially sold by the Australian government to a private company, along with Bankstown and Hoxton Park. It is now mostly used by trainee pilots for flying schools, the Australian Air League, No 3 Wing Australian Air Force Cadets, Scouts Australia NSW Air Activity Centre, several gliding clubs, hot air ballooning and other forms of general aviation.
It was used as Top Gear Australia Test Track.
Radio procedures[edit]
Camden operates as an ICAO Class D airport from 8am to 6pm. At other times it is a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency airport.[1]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d YSCN – CAMDEN (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014
- ^ "Movements at Australian Airports" (PDF). Airservices Australia. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.camdenadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/another-stage-in-camden-airports-history-about-to-take-off/2486874.aspx
- ^ http://www.gliding.com.au/sx/clubhistfull.htm
- ^ http://www.tawo.org.au/wiki/index.php/No_13_Operational_Base,_Camden,Camden_Airport
- ^ http://www.ozatwar.com/raaf/4sqn.htm
- ^ http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/units/15sqn.htm
- ^ http://www.beaufortrestoration.com.au/Pages/RAAFServiceChild/Squadrons/15Squadron.html
- ^ http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/units/21sqn.htm
- ^ http://www.cnapg.net/cnapg5aust32sqn.htm.htm
- ^ http://www.78squadron.com.au/history_78sq.html
- ^ http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/australia/gove/index.html
- ^ http://www.camdenairport.com.au/assets/documents/CAL%20Master%20Plan%20Part%20A.pdf
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a more complete perception of the world "
~ Hans Margolius
Important Stuff: ABOUT US ~
.Hey Guys,
This Part 2 is a MUST read . . .
to kinda 'get' where we're 'at'
" The LAUGHING BUDDHA SANGHA "
is guided by AKASA LEVI,
a former ordained American Buddhist forest monk
who lived many years in rural Asia – he now guides a weekly,
small salon-sized group for Vipassana Buddhist meditation, sitting,
practice discussion, and Dharma theory study in Santa Monica.
Now a feisty 72, this eccentric, really funny ole' Dharma-mentor
teaches in his little shrine-room digs filled with statues of the Buddha.
He invites anyone interested in 'meditation' to come visit.
We're Dedicated Atheists & Iconoclasts*
– sort of...
So here's some very important points
you may wish to know about us . . . .
* icon ( a revered image or idea ) + 'clastic' - to break
the mold, to deconstruct, dismantle, to break away from... a sacred cow,
( one who breaks with an out-dated idea or image, or mind-set,
or religion, or cultural paradigm ) an iconoclast may often
be considered a Heretic, Rebel or rogue-thinker. Agnostics
and Atheists are also very often Iconoclasts... Are We Bad ?
♦ The LAUGHING BUDDHA SANGHA
offers a very eclectic practice of 'Self'-Observation
How ? - A meditation practice combining the calm sobriety and
"observation-approach" of traditional Vipassana Mindfulness
with the 'crazy wisdom' irrationality of Zen Non-Duality - which
short-circuits the tenaciously obsessive, self-involved, self-centered,
self identified, self-absorbed mind.
Our practice-group strongly encourages highly inquisitive, unruffled,
questioning, curious people with a natural, deep love of learning -
people who invite and even relish the profoundly abstract, and even
"the absurd", with a genuine taste for the indefinable 'existential' stuff.
Classes are certainly very suitable for Beginners
-or- also for mediators more familiar with the sitting-experience.
So you may be that more 'experienced meditator'
who is now seeking a deeper questioning into the
'Idea of Self' - and a more de-mystifying, open- minded,
caring 'conversation' into Wisdom, Empathy and what is
Spiritual 'Reality' in our Western life-style today,
plus some poetry, and laughing !
We do our 'Buddhism' with a strong regard
for each individual's own spiritual experiences -
with an open heart and free thought and creative
expression - The Laughing Buddha Sangha attempts
to be both erudite, eclectic, enlightening and
entertaining in it's relation to the "illusory".
Yet, in the midst of our eccentric rebel-spirit,
our 'modern', and at times our purposely irreverent practice
our Sangha still offers the ancient, iconoclastic, original,
traditional Buddhist Theravada Lineage-based practice
of Vipassana Insight Meditation for an un-decorated,
un-romanticized, un-embellished clarity of view to
The Presence of Mindfulness' directly within
This Very Present Moment – grounded in the Now.
Opening the "Iconoclastic-Mind" ~
Buddhism Without ANY 'Beliefs' !
Explore and practice a basic Buddhist Awareness Meditation -
simple, direct, and powerful sitting of Insight Meditation and
Dharma teachings that always invite your mindful-attention
to be fully present in the moment. This moment ! Now !
In a gentle and caring class for students of All Levels of practice.
Beginners Very Welcome ! .. More experienced sitters also....
Learn to develop your patience and self-acceptance.
Benefits include improved decision-making, communication, health,
more empathy, kindness and a feeling of well-being and becoming
more effective in all areas of your life.
• The BUDDHA
The World's Most Joyous Iconoclast & Heretic !
Through our gently inclined path of Dharma-Study -
which is quite accessible to almost everyone's mind -
yet offers a more Outside-the-Box Buddhism !
This path is certainly an intellectually rebellious path,
a heart-filled 'heresy' - for a more maverick spirited
inner-quest – by nourishing an iconoclast intelligence.
It is a path that encourages a compassionate and kind mind.
Yet it teaches a skillful critical-thinking – but with a caring,
tender heart.
So through some refreshing, risky, even some 'radical'
spiritual considerations of Absolute 'Reality' — that just
could open us up to the uncompromised truths arising in
a newly emerging, developing "Dharma informed Mind".
So when the awakening-mind goes spiritually-rogue,
it often goes iconoclastic ... awakened and free !
" Buddha has Happy Mind
because Buddha has Liberated Mind ! " ~ Coconut Monk
In these very troubled times
meditation can really help !
So we're an Alternative Buddhist Teaching Resource ~
Well, We're Traditionally - Very, Very Non-Traditional...
Through much lively discussion, our Dharma Satsang
is a Group 'Conversation' on Radical Awaken.ment ~
As Dharma-students, we repeatedly discuss & 'practice'
getting ourselves out from behind the conditioned-illusion
of The Matrix of "Belief" itself.
Yes, that's Hard to Do: especially "The Really Big One" —
The Grand Delusion of One's Very Own "SELF" ~
~ Yet with a gentle, consistent Meditation Sitting Practice
and Dharma-theory study, the obsessive 'monkey-mind'
can and will gradually quiet down, subside and diminish...
You'll discover that the Mind actually prefers quiet Wisdom !
So, we offer you
BUDDHISM WITHOUT ANY BELIEFS: Nothing to Buy Into !
Only a 'pointing' towards >>> towards a more natural,
authentic, uncompromised Inner-Awakening.
We do not do 'religion' ....
.... the Buddha himself didn't !
3 PART THREE ~ Program Notes & Teacher Profile bio
http://www.DharmaHere.blogspot.com - 310-450-2268
OPEN CLASS ~ 7:30 pm almost every TUESDAY
~ check the MeetUp calendar to be sure ~
Best is to Phone or directly Email us.
( Best Phone Time to Catch Someone 'Live' here Noon to 6pm, Mon/Fri )
Email: email@example.com
TUESDAY Evenings Include:
• Buddhist Awareness Mindfulness Meditation Training
• Newcomer's Instruction - Silent Meditation & 'after-sit' pointers
• Deep Inner-Observation Mindfulness 'Process-Work'
• Dharma Discussion and Wisdom-Theory Study :: Satsang interaction
• Plenty of Q&A opportunities, lively Dialogue and some absurd Laughing
• Metta-style 'Loving-Kindness' meditation or sacred poetry to conclude
• The text book: " A PATH WITH HEART " by Jack Kornfield
is the only 'required' text for ongoing study
• plus some optional, free online readings ~ links will be given to you...
Beginners very Welcome !
When I see I am Nothing -- that is Wisdom.
When I see I am Everything -- that is Love.
And between these two, my life flows . . . . .
~ Nisargadatta
Best 'Live' Phone Time to Inquire:
Noon to 6pm, Mon/Fri
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
or GO HERE www.DharmaHere.blogspot.com/
Space does get limited - so let us know you're coming.
Come ANY TUESDAY...
to see if it works for you, your heart and your intellect.
We are all Newcomers to these 'American-style' Spiritual Journeys,
these Pilgrimages of Holy Shopping that we seem to be nationally on -
- sort of our own self-styled 'Fumbling Towards Enlightenment'. . .
and sure, awkwardly at times. So Be Aware of your spiritual-longings,
your projections, and especially any of your impatient 'expectations'
that you may experience - even about our little class and odd teacher.
" In the stillness – space for a rebellious spirit "
~ our friend Noah Levine
" Teachers and Teachings
only do but point the way >>>
the journey itself - is All yours." ~ said The Buddha
Be Welcome to come begin to practice meditation, and stumble
with us for awhile... It's a very long road .. we'll help you find
your own way through the beginner's notions and 'fascinations'
with all these newly emerging 'Spiritual'-technologies in the West.
" The Greatest Risk Is Not Taking One "
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" While one person hesitates
because they 'feel' inferior & 'think' insecure thoughts -
the other is just busy making mistakes a p l e n t y -
and becoming quite superior " ~ The Tao
Maybe we'll C Ya' at Your First Class ... the end is insight
We also offer...
The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD Project - Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Buddhist-based, more Alternative Approach to Relating with Your "Self"
Individual One-On-One Therapy & Relationship Counseling for Couples,
Marriages, Friendships & Workplace "Reaching Out to Reach Deep In"
www.BuddhistCounselingTherapy.blogspot.com ( free phone consult )
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