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Chinese & Tibetan Buddhism in Sichuan
Embark on a spiritual journey into China's Buddhist heart with this immersive 11-day adventure. In Sichuan province, explore the history and temples of Chengdu before taking a trip to Leshan, where the huge, 71m tall Giant Buddha overlooks the Min River. Following an encounter with local pandas, guests then head up into sacred mountains near the border with Tibet, where ancient towns and monasteries are nestled among the hills, grasslands, valleys and glaciers.
Tour Itinerary
Welcome to Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province and ancient capital of the powerful Shu Kingdom. Chengdu has had the same name for over two millennia, which is proof of not only its longevity but also the major role that it has always played in the region.
Transfer to the hotel for check-in.Overnight in Chengdu.
Overnight in Chengdu.
Walk in the People's Park, a perfect example of the parks where the Chinese practice Tai-Chi, Kung-fu, sword dance, meditation, dance, gymnastics… all activities that they consider essential to their well-being.
In the morning you will visit the archaeological site of Sanxingdui close to the town of Guanhan. Here hundreds of objects dating from as early as 2000BC have been found including pottery, jade sculptures and statues … The site was discovered in the 1930s, but it was in 1986 that the most spectacular discoveries were made. In particular these include a fabulous collection of masks and a "divine tree" made of bronze unique to China. This is evidence of the most advanced techniques available to the Shang (Chinese dynasty from the 17th-11th century BC), also attesting to the existence of a mysterious parallel culture in Sichuan province (still called Shu country) that fascinates scientists. Numerous exhibitions have been organised all over the world since this discovery that some consider to be as important as that of the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an!
Return to Chengdu and visit to the Wenshu Temple (or Manjushri to the Indians), the best preserved Buddhist temple in Chengdu that still boasts a large number of worshippers. You will have a cup of tea in the House of Tea next door (the city has many such establishments and this is one of the most popular).
In the evening you will try mapo doufu, a traditional Sichuanese dish comprising of fresh tofu, minced beef and soy served in a sauce of garlic, peppered oil and Sichuan peppercorns.
Overnight in Chengdu.
Depart for Leshan. You will see here the largest Buddha statue in the world, carved into the side of a cliff more than 1200 ago to calm the anger of the Min River, which had inflicted floods upon the locals and mariners. The Giant Buddha, as it is commonly known, measure in at 71m high and 28m wide – truly a stone giant! You can get up close to its face to admire its 7m long ears, while taking the stairs down will let you get a real taste for the scale of this piece of art and will take you near to the toes, which alone measure 8.5m high.
Optionally: you can also admire the Giant Buddha from the Min River, on board a boat intended for this purpose. Consult us if you are interested.
You will then take a pleasant forest track through the Oriental Buddha Park, dotted with some small temples, thousands of small statues and the gargantuan artwork that is a lying-down Buddha which is over 170m long and which is, amongst similar works, the most impressive in the world.
Journey on to Emeishan, taking just under an hour to cover the approximately 40km that separates these two sites.
Depending on your choice of hotel you will either stay at the foot or at the summit of Emeishan.
Overnight in Emeishan.
During the 6th century AD, Emeishan was associated with Puxian (Samanthabara for Indians), a Bodhisattva often represented by a white elephant with six tusks.
The site is one of the 4 Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China and is still a major place of pilgrimage today. Most of its temples and monasteries date back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1644 and 1644-1911 respectively), and they are linked by more than 50km of stairs and mountain pathways.
You will alternate between walking, bus and cable-car over the course of the day in order to best discover the major temples and the pine forest, usually shrouded in a magical haze. You will probably also see Tibetan macaques along the route, but it is advisable not to feed them, or produce anything (such as a plastic bag) that looks like it may contain food, or indeed anything that looks like food if you do see them. This is the only way to be sure to avoid paying the fees of passage imposed by these increasingly gourmet monkeys!
You will be taken with your guide by bus to the Baguo Temple (literally "proclamation of the Nation"). It is located outside the heart of a beautiful garden and is known for its porcelain Buddha, made in the famous imperial furnaces of Jingdezhen.
Transfer by bus then cable-car to the Wannian Temple (literally "ten thousand years", an expression that means "longevity" in Chinese) which is the oldest temple on Emei Mountain. There you can admire a bronze statue of Puxian on a white elephant that weighs more than 62 tonnes.
Optionally: depending on the climate and your walking ability we recommend you take a walk (4km back from the Wannian temple) that will deliver you to the Pavilion of Pure Sound, suspended on a promontory encircled by the Black Dragon and White Dragon Rivers which turn into a waterfall whose sound gives its name to the Pavilion.
Transfer by bus then cable-car to the Jinding Temple located on the peak of the same name (which means "Golden Peak"). In addition to this majestic golden palace covered in glazed tiles and surrounded by marble railings, you can also appreciate the stunning view of the Wanfo peak (lit: ten thousand Buddhas) which at 3,099m high towers over the whole site.
The 2 peaks are nearly always bathed in a stunning sea of clouds that graces the site with a certain magic.
Optionally: It is possible to spend the night in one of the various monasteries on the mountain. The conditions are somewhat spartan but the experience makes it worthwhile. Please consult us if interested.
Note: it is recommended that you bring good shoes, especially if you wish to undertake the walk to the Pavilion of Pure Sound.
Late afternoon departure for Bifengxia.
Overnight in Bifengxia (basic accommodation).
On the morning you will get inside the Gorge and take the elevator, located behind the ticket office, which in a matter of seconds will take you to the heart of the gorge which constitutes the other major point of interest of the site. You will walk from here for 60-90 minutes, depending on your own speed, through an enchanting landscape: a crystal-clear river, luxuriant greenery, and the steep cliffs of the gorge hollowed out by waterfalls whose mist sometimes seeps enchantingly across the site.
Depending on the weather you can have a picnic in the tranquil pure air.
Note: the site is humid and the stone walkways can sometimes be a little slippery, and as such we recommend that you wear good walking shoes.
You can also get to the centre by bus on the main road if you would prefer to not take part in the walk.
Arrival in the Centre that boasts slightly fewer than 100 pandas, making it the largest centre for Pandas in captivity in the world. The panda ("xiongmao" in Chinese, literally meaning "bear-cat") is an endangered species that the Chinese Government and specialist NGOs have been consciously protecting since the 1980s.Their efforts have been rewarded and the latest population counts have shown an increase of nearly 50% in the number of pandas in the world (it is reckoned that there are more than 2000 living in the wild, although it is hard to give an exact figure).
Pandas' nourishment comes almost exclusively from bamboo, endlessly eating throughout the entire day, consuming up to 40kg a day.
Return to the park entrance by one of the park busses and transfer just after lunch to Hailougou Glacier Geopark (located 200km away, taking 4h30 to 5 hours).
You will stop in Moxi located just next to the park entrance to visit a small Catholic Church built in the 1920s!
Note: it is imperative that you bring sun cream, lip balm, sunglasses and that you regularly hydrate. It is strongly recommended that you consult a doctor before your trip to check you are physically capable of climbing to altitudes sometimes greater than 4,700 meters. Summer (from June to September) is quite hot – with some rainfall – but the nights are crisp.
Overnight in Hailuogou (basic accommodation).
Visit of Hailuogou on the morning. Hailuogou (Conch Gully en Tibétain) National Glacier Forest Park is located on the eastern side of Gonggar Mountain in Luding County of Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province. Under the historical borders of Tibet, the area used to include the province of Qinghai (then known as "Amdo"), a part of Gansu province, the north of Yunnan and the west and north of Sichuan (which was also known as Kham). In this region Tibetan culture is still omnipresent and Tibetan Buddhism has an active following.
The park boasts many geographic attractions, including ancient glaciers, grand glacier cascade, virgin forests, wild animals, hot springs …
Head to Hailuogou glacier by local van– private cars are banned. You will take then the cable car to reach the viewpoint (3,600m high) that overlooks the glacier above which stands the outstanding 7,500m Gongga peak with lesser 6,000m peaks flanking the sides.
View on the Grand Glacier cascade with a drop of 1,080m made up tons of ice cubes. The 6km glacier tongue penetrates into the virgin forest, forming a rare natural landscape with the blend of glacier and forest.
Soft walk in the Virgin forest that boast almost 5000 species of plants.
Head to Tagong. Enjoy the view on the surrounding prairies when you will approach the majestic Sacred Mount Yala (Zhara Lhatse in Tibetan, 5820m altitude), which sometimes seems to exude strange clouds of bluish smoke …
Arrival at Tagong and dinner in the Khampa Café & Art Centre that serves traditional food, but equally an excellent yak burger for those who fancy a culinary break.
Overnight in a traditional guesthouse (could be located in Tagong or in the nearby village attached to the convent, depending on availability). Basic facilities (separate toilet and shower room) but a very warm welcome!
Overnight in Tagong (basic accommodation).
Note: The hotel has double rooms, triple rooms or dormitories equipped with rustic furniture. Facilities are basic (toilets and shower rooms separate from the bedrooms) but the welcome is always warm!
Breakfast on the terrace of the Khampa Café & Art Centre, which offers a perfect view of both the monastery and the main square of the town.
Visit to the Tagong Monastery known for its vast collection of chortens (Tibetan stupa), its impressive statue of the 1000-armed Avalokiteshvara, and above all for the poignant religious commitment on display. Here can be found a reproduction of the statue of the Buddha Sakyamuni which fell from the convoy of the Chinese Princess Wencheng during her journey to Lhasa to marry the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo, sealing an historic strategic alliance between Tibet and China (during the 7th century AD). This replica was made at the location of the fall of the original statue (which is today in Lhasa and which has become the most highly venerated Buddha statue in Tibet) and then the temple was built around it. This small, candle-lit room marked with the strong smell of sculptures made of yak's butter and to where believers come to unendingly prostate themselves in tribute to their beliefs offers a truly deep immersion in Tibetan Buddhism…
Walk in the town, which is organized around a main street which looks like it could be taken from a western movie, with Tibetans sporting cowboy hats and the clip-clop sound of horses' hooves, and around which there are several traditional Tibetan houses.
In the morning visit the surprising Heping Fahui Convent (Ani Gompa in Tibetan). The temple was built upon a wish made by the Lama Tsemper just before his death. He was a hermit who spent most of his life meditating in a nearby cave, and the temple is inhabited by the same nuns who up until the 1980s came here to provide him with food. The temple was consequently built and today is full of life and seems like a small village. You can admire the "mani" wall (stones and prayers) and the "kora" (a shrine at the end of a circular route along which are the famous stone windmills) that is attracting a growing number of pilgrims.
You will next visit the neighbouring hill, covered in thousands of prayer flags. Some Tibetans, particularly in Tibet, still practice the tradition of sky burial, where the bodies of the dead are left to the vultures, and this is still practiced on this hill. The soil is too stony – sometimes freezing in winter, making burial impractical and the trees are too rare and valuable to make pyres, meaning that this ritual was intricately linked to the particularities of the Tibetan terrain before taking on a more spiritual dimension over time. According to Buddhist Tantra, the soul of a dead person leaves to be reincarnated, while the flesh it used to inhabit lies on the ground like a simple empty shell. The act of feeding predators with this flesh is therefore considered to be a complete return to nature, the final act of self-sacrifice of the dead to the earth from which it came. A funeral can be performed with or without ritual (this is regulated and can be costly).
Note: it is possible to attend one of these daybreak ceremonies in Tagong or Litang (your next destination), although the dates are naturally unpredictable. Some scenes can be shocking and attendance is not advised for sensitive souls.
Journey to Litang. The first part of the trip is alongside the tumultuous river Liqi, and will offer you one last chance to admire Mount Yala (Zhara Lhatse) from the road. Lunch en route.
Arrival in Litang towards the end of the day. Dinner in a Tibetan restaurant.
Overnight in Litang.
Litang is the hometown of both the 7th and the 10th Dalai Lamas and consequently is a major religious centre for Tibetans.
Morning visit to the splendid Chode Gompa monastery, part of the Yellow Hat Sect (Gelupa), the most recently founded of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the origin of the institution of the Dalai Lama. You will get to enjoy the beautiful views of the town and the surrounding area from the roof of the third main room. You will then partake in a walk in the surrounding area, characterized by its monks, houses typical to the region, chortens, a mani wall, and a comfortable atmosphere where local children play amongst small herds of yaks.
Litang was an important stop on the Tea Horse Road, another branch of the incredible heritage and history of the region. Much less well-known that the Silk Road, the Tea Horse Road was a key trade route between areas as remote as Xishuangbanna (in the extreme of Yunnan) which is known for pu'er tea, and for their various other goods Tibet and Nepal, Laos, Burma and India. It was under the Tang Dynasty (618-907) that the Road became famous due to the increasing interest of Tibetans in tea. The Tibetans traded their horses for this typically Chinese commodity, and thus a high altitude caravan network was built up with Litang rapidly becoming a major step. The immense prairies of the region were a perfect environment for horses and became well known for this, so much so that the annual Horse Festival takes places at the end of August and during which time the town is transformed into a town of nomadic tents. This popular festival includes horse races, horseback shooting demonstrations, songs and dances.
Horseback riding in the afternoon to properly appreciate the spectacular countryside of green prairies (in summer) and the surrounding eternally snow-topped mountains. It is said that the best horse riders in Tibet are to be found in Litang, so you will be in very good hands!
Dinner and night with a nomadic family who will share with you the secrets of their organic existence, closer to nature and far from the bustle of urban life.
Night in a tent (comfort levels as you might expect). Make the most of this unique experience and admire the stars (on a clear night), which may never have been closer to you before.
Note: Litang is one of the highest towns in the word (400m higher that Lhasa!) and the altitude can cause some trouble to people who haven't prepared. It is therefore imperative that you consult with a doctor before your trip to check that you are capable of adapting to this kind of environment.
Overnight in Litang.
Return to Litang for breakfast and shower at the hotel.
Head to Yading National Park. The time on the road is an integral part of each trip, making them an attraction of their own! The first part of the route will provide another opportunity to see nomadic tents, and herds of yaks happily grazing on the immense pastures. Then you will pass through great expanses of hilly areas which are covered in millions of stones of all shapes and sizes, which overall looks something like an asteroid field. The final part of the journey runs alongside a choppy river bordered by pine trees whose color changes from green to yellow in autumn.
The entrance to the park is located around 30km (20 miles) from your hotel (an old guesthouse that has been converted into a hotel, basic facilities but with private toilets and shower room). This final section will pass through two small Tibetan villages.
Welcome to this small paradise which includes 3 sacred mountains: Jambeyang (Manjusri, 5,985m), Chanadorje (Varjapani, same height) and the highest of the three Chenresig (Avalokitésvara, 6032m). The most able and committed pilgrims come to these mountains to complete their pilgrimage, or kora. The three mountains symbolize compassion, wisdom and energy, three values which open the road to Buddhist nirvana. Nobody has even climbed these mountains, both for technical reasons and because doing so would be considered as sacrilege by Tibetans.
The park is huge and the walking possibilities are endless. Simply put, the park is round and encircled by a road used only by the park's electric vehicles. These vehicles stop at main points of the park, giving access to the lakes and mountains found at the centre of the park.
You will leave the hotel and go by car to Longtongba from where your adventure will begin! You will start by taking a 5-10 minute ride in an electric car alongside a choppy river bordered by pine trees that leads to the entrance of the "circle": Luanhuanpeng (alternatively this section can be completed on foot in around 40 minutes) which gives a marvelous view of the superb Chonggu Prairie, crisscrossed by several crystalline rivers from where your walk will start.
You will then walk to the little Chonggu Monastery, over 700 years old and departure point for the kora. The corpse of the founding monk still rests there, who according to the legend should have been punished by the Gods for daring to cross the sacred ground to build this temple, and only earned himself a pardon by dedicating his entire life to reciting the Buddhist canons. The monks still burn incense to this day to commemorate his goodness.
The monastery is located at the entrance of an awesome path through the forest that will lead you to the emerald-colored Zhuoma Lake (around 1.5km from Luanhuanpeng) in which you can see the reflection of both the surrounding pines and the majestic Mount Chenresig. The biggest of the three mountains, and which represents Avalokitésvara (the Buddha of compassion and the patron saint of Tibet), was compared by Joseph Rock to a "giant white throne, a place destined for a Tibetan divinity."
Note: The water of the lake is sacred and it is forbidden to touch it.
Return to the hotel. With a bit of luck you will be able to watch an unforgettable sunset over Mount Chenresig from your hotel.
Overnight in Yading (basic accommodation).
Note: The hotel has double rooms, triple rooms or dormitories equipped with rustic furniture. Facilities are basic but toilets and shower rooms in the rooms).
Return to Luanhuanpeng by the same route as before (car and electric car), this time taking the path to the left to the electric car station where you will drive to the Luorong Prairie. This prairie is known for its colorful vegetation (particularly during autumn), and you will cross it heading toward Mount Jambeyang (which represents Manjusri, the Bodhisattva of wisdom), all the while hypnotized by the immaculate white-ness and its pyramidal shape.
A sloping path of around a 12km (there and back) on horseback (not included in the quotation), accompanied by the sound of waterfalls in the background, will take you to the Sea of Milk and to the Sea of Five Colours, 2 exceptionally beautiful lakes that make up the highest part of your journey.
The Sea of Five Colours is particularly spectacular, nested at an altitude of 4,700m and surrounded by grand pine trees. Hundreds of prayer flags are draped along the route, in particular in front of Jambeyang showing the intense spirituality of this place.
Note: the horses belong to local people and the price of this activity can be modified according to different seasons. Therefore we can't book this activity in advance and include the tariff in the tour price.
Depending on your speed and the climate, you can take an opportunity to enjoy a picnic in the lakes area.
Note: This journey can also be made on foot (taking somewhere between 4 and 6 hours depending on your speed), but be warned that an ability to deal with the altitude and a good level of fitness are a must. It is expected that if this option is taken you will require an extra night in the park. Please ask us for more information.
Return to the electric car station on Luorong Prairie, then to Luanhuanpeng and Longtongba where your driver will be waiting for you.
Head back to Daocheng.
Overnight in Daocheng.
Early morning transfer to Daocheng airport (one of world highest airport) located 40 km away (which will take around one hour and half). Expected flight departure time: around 8:30 am (to be confirmed).
Arrival in Chengdu airport 60 minutes and transfer to the city for some free and easy time.
In the afternoon, transfer to the airport for your homebound flight for Singapore.
Tour Cost
|Price per person in SGD dollars
11D Chinese & Tibetan Buddhism in Sichuan
|Valid from May 01 - Dec 31, 2016
|02 Persons
|SGL Supp.
|Standard Class Hotels
|Tour prices above do not include airport and related taxes of SGD $260± per person, and must be paid to Pacific Arena at the time of ticket issuance. Please note all airport taxes are subject to change by the airline until the air tickets are issued.
Standard Class Hotels
- Flower Hotel in Standard room
- Monastery in Emeishan in Standard Room
- Ya'an Hongzhu Hotel in Standard Room
- Mingzhu Huayang in Deluxe Room
- Jya Drolma & Gayla's Guesthouse in Standard Room
- Budala Hotel in Standard room, or Nomad's tent
- Longmen Guesthouse in Deluxe Room
- Daojia in Standard Room
- Return 'Q' class airfare between Singapore and Kunming on Silkair (MI)
- Accommodation in Standard Twin room in selected hotels with daily breakfast
- Other meals as indicated in the itinerary (L=Lunch, D=Dinner) at local restaurants;
- Admission fees to sights and mentioned visits;
- Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air-conditioned vehicle;
- English-speaking guide (no shopping basis) for the land tour;
- China Visa and visa application fees, where applicable;
- International airport taxes, war risk insurance and fuel surcharges;
- Travel insurance;
- Beverages where meals are included;
- Personal expenses such as phone calls, internet access, laundry, bar bills;
- Tips & gratuities to guide and driver;


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Cybercrime starts and ends with baseborn information.
According to ITProPortal, the cybercrime abridgement could be bigger than Apple, Google and Facebook combined. The industry has accomplished into an organized bazaar that is apparently added assisting than the biologic trade.
Criminals use avant-garde and advanced accoutrement to abduct advice from ample and baby organizations and again either use it themselves or, a lot of common, advertise it to added abyss through the Dark Web.
Small and mid-sized businesses accept become the ambition of cybercrime and abstracts breaches because they don't accept the interest, time or money to set up defenses to assure adjoin an attack. Abounding accept bags of accounts that authority Claimed Anecdotic Information, PII, or able acreage that may cover patents, analysis and abstruse cyberbanking assets. Added baby businesses plan anon with beyond organizations and can serve as a aperture of admission abundant like the HVAC aggregation was in the Ambition abstracts breach.
Some of the brightest minds accept developed artistic means to anticipate admired and clandestine advice from getting stolen. These advice aegis programs are, for the a lot of part, arresting in nature. They basically put up a bank of aegis to accumulate malware out and the advice central safe and secure.
Sophisticated hackers ascertain and use the organization's weakest links to set up an attack
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76 percent of arrangement intrusions analyze anemic or baseborn credentials
73 percent of online cyberbanking users reclaim their passwords for non-financial websites
80 percent of breaches that complex hackers acclimated baseborn credentials
Symantec in 2014 estimated that 45 percent of all attacks is detected by acceptable anti-virus acceptation that 55 percent of attacks go undetected. The aftereffect is anti-virus software and arresting aegis programs can't accumulate up. The bad guys could already be central the organization's walls.
Small and mid-sized businesses can ache abundantly from a abstracts breach. Sixty percent go out of business aural a year of a abstracts aperture according to the Civic Cyber Aegis Alliance 2013.
What can an alignment do to assure itself from a abstracts breach?
For abounding years I accept advocated the accomplishing of "Best Practices" to assure claimed anecdotic advice aural the business. There are basal practices every business should apparatus to accommodated the requirements of federal, accompaniment and industry rules and regulations. I'm sad to say actual few baby and mid-sized businesses accommodated these standards.
The additional footfall is something new that a lot of businesses and their techs haven't heard of or implemented into their aegis programs. It involves ecology the Dark Web.
The Dark Web holds the abstruse to slowing down cybercrime
Cybercriminals aboveboard barter baseborn advice on the Dark Web. It holds a abundance of advice that could abnormally appulse a businesses' accepted and -to-be clients. This is area abyss go to buy-sell-trade baseborn data. It is simple for fraudsters to admission baseborn advice they charge to admission business and conduct abominable affairs. A individual abstracts aperture could put an alignment out of business.
Fortunately, there are organizations that consistently adviser the Dark Web for baseborn advice 24-7, 365 canicule a year. Abyss aboveboard allotment this advice through babble rooms, blogs, websites, account boards, Peer-to-Peer networks and added atramentous bazaar sites. They analyze abstracts as it accesses bent command-and-control servers from assorted geographies that civic IP addresses cannot access. The bulk of compromised advice aggregate is incredible. For example:
Millions of compromised accreditation and BIN agenda numbers are harvested every month
Approximately one actor compromised IP addresses are harvested every day
This advice can amble on the Dark Web for weeks, months or, sometimes, years afore it is used. An alignment that monitors for baseborn advice can see about anon if their baseborn advice shows up. The next footfall is to yield proactive activity to apple-pie up the baseborn advice and prevent, what could become, a abstracts aperture or business character theft. The information, essentially, becomes abortive for the cybercriminal.
What would appear to cybercrime if a lot of baby and mid-sized businesses yield this Dark Web ecology seriously?
The aftereffect on the bent ancillary of the Dark Web could be crippling if the majority of businesses apparatus this affairs and yield advantage of the information. The ambition is to cede baseborn advice abortive as bound as possible.
There will not be abundant appulse on cybercrime until the majority of baby and mid-sized businesses apparatus this affectionate of abhorrent action. Cybercriminals are counting on actual few businesses yield proactive action, but if by some phenomenon businesses deathwatch up and yield activity we could see a above appulse on cybercrime.
Cleaning up baseborn accreditation and IP addresses isn't complicated or difficult already you apperceive that the advice has been stolen. It's the businesses that don't apperceive their advice has been compromised that will yield the better hit.
Is this the best way to apathetic down cybercrime? What do you this is the best way to assure adjoin a abstracts aperture or business character annexation – Option one: Wait for it to appear and react, or Option two: Yield offensive, proactive accomplish to acquisition compromised advice on the Dark Web and apple-pie it up?
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For the more than 50 million people who provide daily care for a family member or friend, care starts with good hygiene: preventing skin breakdown and guarding against infection helps protect the patient and make them feel comfortable. Concerns over elder care are rapidly growing as the baby boomer generation ages. By 2030, it is estimated that one in every five Americans will be over 65 years old.
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SUFFOLK FA will be hosting their first County Sport Conference next month.
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If you had eaten great meals at a local restaurant every week for ten years, and then, shockingly, last week you were served a salad with a long, curly hair in it, would you go back this week? Probably not. Why can one bad experience outweigh so many good experiences? Because you, like all human beings, are subject to the psychological phenomenon known as the negativity bias. We unconsciously pay more attention to and give more weight to negative experiences than positive ones, because our brains react more quickly and more powerfully to negative information than they do to positive information.
Daniel Kahneman explains why this is: "The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. By shaving a few hundredths of a second from the time needed to detect a predator, this circuit improves the animal's odds of living long enough to reproduce." In other words, it was more important for our ancestors to be able to avoid a threat quickly than to gain a reward. If they missed a reward (say, a tasty rabbit), it wasn't too big a deal; there would always be more rabbits. But if they weren't able to avoid a threat, they might end up dead. Natural selection slowly shaped us to be on alert at all times, hyper-aware of anything that might cause us harm.
In a 1998 study, researcher John Cacioppo set out to test how negative and positive stimuli are processed differently by the brain. He showed participants pictures that would arouse in them positive feelings (e.g. a picture of a Ferrari), negative feelings (e.g. a mutilated face), and neutral feelings (e.g. an electrical outlet). Meanwhile, he and his team recorded electrical activity in the brain's cerebral cortex to show the magnitude of the information processing taking place. The results noted that the participants' brains showed greater electrical activity toward the negative stimuli than they did to the positive or neutral stimuli. This finding demonstrates that negativity bias isn't a conscious choice but, as Kahneman says above, is instead something that happens deep in our unconscious mind.
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What a Wild start for the year 2011 – What is next?
What a wild start !!
Did anyone imagine that start of the year 2011 would be a wild one? Riots and revolutions have broken out in the Middle East, oil prices have already soared to $105. Libya's Kaddafi is fighting a loosing war. USS Enterprise and other major warships are on their way to Libya. USA and its western allies are planning a no-fly zone over Libya. (Let's be clear, imposing a no-fly zone over a country constitutes a major military operation. US Defense Secretary, Robert Gates recently admitted that enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya would begin with a huge military strike. In simple terms a WAR appears to be imminent over Libya.) …and with today's Sunnis, Shi'ites clash in Bahrain the global situation looks like it may become even more heated in the coming months.
Coming back home:
The party is almost over. The Credit drunks are finally waking up.
Over hundred thousand union workers are protesting in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states for last 6 weeks. The protest may end sometime soon, but mistake it not, this is the future of America and will remain so for an extended period of time. For last 30 years America successfully exported inflation to the world (by printing unlimited amount of dollars). But, in the end, the chicken will come home to roost, in the form of the protest and riots that we are seeing all over the globe.
Meanwhile, my favorite, gold has set another new all-time high ….and look at silver – its $35+ in USA and Rs.52,000 in India – WOW!! What a rise so far. Are you in? Or are you still waiting on the fence thinking its going to be short lived? The current rise in Gold and Silver is more related to middle east tensions, and may come to an abrupt end some time soon, but no one can stop the eventual run of Gold to $5000-10,000+ and of the silver to, who knows, may be $300 to $400 from here. (Disclaimer: don't believe in my words, do your own research in taking investment decisions) But do believe me in this: Gold and silver are the only currencies of the world…Paper money is worth a toilet paper. Smart people should not invest their future in the toilet paper. Dumb people holding paper money will be slaughtered in the end game. Always remember "Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants – but debt is the money of slaves" – Norm Franz, Money and Wealth in the New Millennium
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The dollar's recent reaction to the turmoil in the Middle East illustrates that we have come to a watershed moment in American history. The king (?) dollar is standing at 76 (USDX index) looking over a cliff, ready to take the next plunge. I don't know it would or not, but one thing is sure, the world is starting to lose faith in the US dollar. In the future it may have a few dead cat bounces before it gives in (do buy Gold and silver in those dips when dollar rallies…if it does)
Let's look at some interesting articles/news related to world economy and more specifically the USA economy.
First, the very important news item: Utah Considers Return to Gold, Silver Coins
This only means that the people are awakening to the "real money" status of Gold and Silver and they also understand that the Dollar is going to be "worth less" in the future – "It's been nearly 80 years since the U.S. stopped using gold coins as legal currency, and nearly 40 since the world abandoned the gold standard, but the precious metal could be making a comeback in the United States — beginning in Utah." Read more: Utah Considers Return to Gold, Silver Coins
Marc Faber recently said: "We are in the end game"
"We are in the end game, but we are currently in a crack-up boom. A crack-up boom is when you postpone a recession through money printing and credit growth. The credit growth is not created in the private sector – but it's much worse – it's in the government sector. The government is the most unproductive sector in economic life. So, this crack-up boom will end very badly. But, before it ends badly, we'll have money printing, very high inflation, and when everything fails the US will go to war. They are already in war, but they'll increase it…..As was suggested in If You Believe It Or Not, It Doesn't Matter, it is possible that we are already on an accelerated path to a collapse of the world as we have come to know it." – We are in the end game
Boise County files for bankruptcy (Is a start of a bigger storm?)
In a move rare in the United States and perhaps unprecedented in Idaho, Boise County is filing for federal protection against a multimillion dollar judgment. "This was not our first option. This was our last option," said Jamie Anderson, chairwoman of the three-member Boise County Board of Commissioners. "This protects us so we can continue to operate." Chapter 9 protection, from a section of federal code expressly for financially distressed municipalities, means that creditors can't collect while the county is developing a plan for reorganizing its debts. Dan Chadwick, an attorney and executive director of the Idaho Association of Counties, said he is not aware of any other county, city or taxing district in Idaho ever filing for bankruptcy. He's been with the association for 20 years and before that was at the Attorney General's Office for 10 years, he said. Boise County files for bankruptcy
60 students/class/teacher was considered as a legacy of the "Third World" countries…Now its coming to America – Michigan orders Detroit to close HALF of public schools…
Why the Dollar's Reign Is Near an End
The dollar's reign is coming to an end. All three pillars supporting the dollar's international dominance are eroding. I believe that over the next 10 years, we're going to see a profound shift toward a world…How could this be? How could the dollar's longtime most-favored-currency status be in jeopardy? Why the Dollar's Reign Is Near an End
Are America's Best Days Behind Us?
"I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional. But when I look at the world today and the strong winds of technological change and global competition, it makes me nervous. Perhaps most unsettling is the fact that while these forces gather strength, Americans seem unable to grasp the magnitude of the challenges that face us. Despite the hyped talk of China's rise, most Americans operate on the assumption that the U.S. is still No. 1." Are America's best days behind us?
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With your support in the previous fiscal year, the 2016 Star City Pride Festival successfully moved the event location to the Pinnacle Bank Arena Festival Lot! With the generous help and support of our sponsors, advertisers and vendors, we were able to offer a variety of local services and products during the festival. We are calling on your help to make 2017's event the best and biggest yet. Your support and contributions continue to send a message of hope and affirmation to the LGBTQIA community.
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Additional information about these opportunities is provided on the enclosed pages. Information, fillable forms and payment options are also available on our website (www.starcitypride.org).
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(My favorite person is the guy sheepishly saying "booooooo" in the background.) In an attempt to escape, Bieber used a daring "whatup" Twitter maneuver, that was ultimately successful. Welcome back to the world (2.0), Justin. We missed you.


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers and central bankers nervous about meeting in Canada's Arctic should not be worried if they see armed men speeding around on snowmobiles, local police said on Wednesday.
This weekend, top officials from the Group of Seven nations will gather in Iqaluit, the tiny snowbound capital of Canada's Nunavut territory and a place more used to hunters than distinguished foreign guests.
Police Sergeant Jimmy Akavak said it was common to see hunters roaring off on their machines in the morning and returning as darkness fell.
"We're warning the other security (officials) from the south, and their delegates, that if you see a person with a rifle on their back, don't be alarmed," he said by telephone.
"It's something they may have to get used to in the next few days."
Akavak said specially trained Royal Canadian Mounted Police would be flying up from Ottawa to bolster the local contingent. Security forces are not expecting a specific threat, he added.
The high cost of flying to Iqaluit -- the cheapest return tickets from Ottawa cost around C$2,000 ($1,900) -- and the scarcity of accommodation in the town of about 6,000 means the chances of major protests are remote.
The Canadian military said it would provide two airliners to help ferry delegates around, but would not send troops to Iqaluit, which is just 1,500 km (935 miles) from the North Pole.
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Piercing the Veil of Anonymous Bloggers
I'm delighted to be guest-blogging at Concurring Opinions, and thanks to the crew here for the invitation! I regularly blog to a much smaller audience at Info/Law (and will cross-post most of these guest appearances over there), but it will be fun to discuss a somewhat wider variety of topics here. That said, it turns out my first entry is at the heart of information regulation.
Brian Leiter notes this news story about a South Korean law which has just taken effect, requiring large web sites to obtain real names and the equivalent of Social Security numbers from everyone who posts content. He compares this approach to that taken in the US where, he says, "there exist only private remedies against Internet sociopaths and misogynistic freaks who hide behind anonymity. I suppose time will tell which is the better approach."
Personally, I don't need to wait for the passage of time to criticize the South Korean initiative (which has been under discussion there for some four years). Obviously, this law arises in a cultural context very different from our own, which I believe explains a good deal of the difference in approach. And it may not even be as different as it first appears. But there are principled reasons, distinct from cultural ones, to oppose a "show me your papers" internet.
First and foremost, it should be no surprise that China reportedly is looking at a similar model — as a technique to curb dissent, not just cyberbullying. (If you have seen the film The Lives of Others, pictured above — and you really should see it — you will remember how it portrayed East Germany registering typewriters.) The ability to remain anonymous protects unpopular speakers who might otherwise be unable to spread their ideas. In some countries, anonymous bloggers risk life and limb. Despite massive internet filtering by governments, blogging still provides dissidents a powerful tool. Even in more democratic countries, whistleblowers, political outsiders, and unhappy employees use anonymous blogging to avoid retribution. An outright ban on anonymity will curtail such often-useful speech.


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To the editor: The review on the clinical use of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate by Sox and Liang (1) in the April issue presented a comprehensive evaluation of this popular test. However, there was no discussion of chronic renal failure and its effect on this test. In several studies of markedly elevated sedimentation rates, renal failure was thought to be the underlying cause in 8% to 17% of cases (2, 3). It was unclear, though, whether renal failure alone or a secondary complicating disease process was responsible.
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Inez Milholland Boissevain, a truly remarkable personality, died on this day in 1916.
Milholland was thirty years old at the time of her death. She was born into a wealthy family in which her father had been involved in many progressive causes of the era. She graduated from Vassar in 1909 with the intent to pursue a career in law, which she did do. Receiving rejections from many of the schools she applied to, she graduated from New York University School of Law in 1912. She was admitted to the bar in 1912 and went to work for Osborne, Lamb, and Garvan where she handled criminal and divorce cases.
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She married Eugen Jan Boissevain in 1913, after knowing him for only a month. The marriage cost her citizenship as Boissevain was Dutch and the law at the time attributed a woman's citizenship to her spouse. She nonetheless campaigned for the right of women to vote in the United States. She fell ill on a speaking tour in 1916 and died on this day of pernicious anemia.


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This is my last day in Kodomari. Tonight I will take the bus from Goshogawara down to Tokyo, arriving in the morning, and I will fly out of Narita at 6:00 pm tomorrow. As that leaves me with a day to myself in Tokyo, I will use the opportunity to fulfill a childhood dream and visit the new panda pair at Ueno Zoo. Hopefully I will actually accomplish this goal, as it will be my first time exploring Tokyo without Trevor, and, as I can barely find my way around down-town Madison, I could very likely end up wandering the streets somewhere, all lost and nervous. But if all goes well I will finally see some pandas, and leave Japan a happy girl.
Happy as I can be, that is. This is my last visit to Japan for the foreseeable future, as Trevor will be ending his time as a JET
this July and moving to Boston with me in September. So tomorrow when I leave Japan, I really am saying goodbye, as I won't be coming back again in just a couple months. I'm finding it much more difficult to leave here than I had anticipated. Over the past two years, Kodomari has become my second home, and though I often complain about it, my irritation for Japan is only matched by my fondness for it. Because for every time I've found nothing vegetarian on a menu, I've been overwhelmed by the beauty of the landscape. For every time I've been huddled up in the cold or boiling alive in Trevor's house, I've visited a magnificent shrine or walked beneath an explosion of sakura. For every person who's stared at me, I've met a kind, welcoming friend.
Perhaps it's also hard to leave because I've shared Kodomari with Trevor, and we've had wonderful experiences here together. We've shared a life in Japan, and even though we'll have a life together back in the United States, it's still hard to say goodbye to it, to the habits and routines and happy moments we've built here. There is no one else with whom I'd rather travel in a foreign country, and it's been wonderful. Sometimes maddening, but always wonderful.
It seems like this month has been mostly goodbyes – like this entire trip was made just so I could say goodbye to Japan. Since coming back from Kyoto, we've been busy meeting friends so I could see them one last time, going to all our usual spots so I could bid farewell. And yet there have been new discoveries. I always say that Japan is like a treasure chest, and this past weekend, Trevor took me and a friend a little up the coast from Kodomari to a lovely beach and waterfall he'd just discovered. I finally got around to karoake at one of Trevor's fellow JET's birthday parties. And I got to meet some monkeys.
This past week I said goodbye to our friends Yudai, Mami, the Eikaiwa ladies, and Toshiko and her husband.
Though I expressed my certainty of seeing them again one day, I'm not so sure – Trevor and I will no doubt come back to Japan as much as we can, but I don't know if we'll ever come back to Kodomari, as it's so out of the way and hard to get to. I want to, but I don't know that it will happen. Our friends also hope to visit us in America one day, but I'm not sure that will ever happen, either. We will be sure to keep in touch, though. They are all such wonderfully kind people and have made me feel welcome and accepted when I felt strange and uncertain. And since the earthquake, when I wasn't sure if anyone here was okay, I feel even more grateful for them, grateful they are okay and escaped deep grief and loss.
Four or five years ago I could not have imagined that I'd ever live in a small fishing village in Northern Japan. Even now I sometimes find it hard to believe that I've spent eight months of my life here. But now I don't know who I'd be without it, who I'd be without this experience. I feel so much more expansive, certain, understanding. The earthquake made me realize how much I care for this country and its people. I didn't know how much it had become my other home until I sat in front of the news for weeks, my heart breaking. Though I've definitely whined "I hate this country and I want to go home" more than once, I wouldn't actually trade this experience for anything.
Leaving Japan for me is sad, but I know it will be so much harder for Trevor when he leaves a month and a half from now. This has been his only home for two years, and he is very attached to the country and the people he's met here. His Japanese has gotten so very good, and he is a great teacher. This morning I went with him to his nursery school class, and I was so impressed with how he handled them, and they seemed to like him very much. To lead a preschool class well is hard, but to lead a preschool class in Japanese is even harder, yet he is fantastic at both. It saddens me that he'll be leaving all that behind. But I hope that he will get the chance to come back often.
It's a lovely summer day here, so before I head off tonight, Trevor and I are going to make one last stop at the beach so I can collect sea glass one last time as the sun sets across the ocean and hills and the mist rises. It's fitting that my last visit will be to the beach, as when I'm back in America and picture Kodomari, the view of the ocean is always what I see.