I’ll be off on a short retreat tomorrow (Friday) through Monday. Back Tuesday. Keep those cards and letters coming, and have a nice weekend yourselves.
Namasté
Taking a break…
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Multitasking — A Flash Cartoon by Richard Collins
Some ‘kids’ meals’ pack whole day’s serving of calories
Some ‘kids’ meals’ pack whole day’s serving of calories – USATODAY.com
For the latest study, nutritionists with CSPI analyzed the calories in 1,474 different meal combinations at 13 chain restaurants. The nutrition information was gathered from the chains’ websites and corporate offices. Many of the restaurants offer numerous kids’ meal combinations and each meal was considered separately.CSPI used national nutrition standard recommendations from different groups to determine nutrient needs for children. The Institute of Medicine guidelines recommend that moderately active children, ages 4 to 8, consume about 1,300 calories a day. Therefore, the consumer group calculated that a single meal should not contain more than 430 calories.
The findings showed that overall 45% of the meals are too high in saturated (animal) and trans fat and 86% were too high in sodium.
The Next Right Thing
They say, “Do the next right thing.”
You can learn that lesson in thirty seconds.
What takes time is refining the distinctions.
Beyond the Mind
Beyond the Mind is one of my favorite dharma blogs. Ralph has a gentle way of putting things that is, to me, very much the way the Buddha must have explained things to his students. Here is an excellent example.
This is my answer to the bumper sticker “If You’re Not Outraged You Must Not Be Paying Attention”.
I’m not suggesting there aren’t things to be outraged by in this life, and especially in this modern age when our overgrown clever minds have now brought us to the brink of extinction. Are we really so intelligent? hmmm, I think not…
Beyond the Mind » If You’re Not in Awe, You Must Not Be Paying Attention
How Colorado Became a Hub of Tibetan Buddhism
Om on the Range: How Colorado Became a Hub of Tibetan Buddhism | Politics | New West Network
When the Dalai Lama appeared in Aspen last weekend, it was filled with plenty of only-in-Aspen sorts of moments. He met with likely Republican presidential candidate John McCain at a private West End home where McCain was also hosting a fundraiser. Speaking in front of an audience at the Aspen Institute, the first question from the crowd came from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.There is another side to this place, though. Sure, Aspen is famous for its glitz, but the surrounding Roaring Fork Valley, and Colorado as a whole, is an epicenter of Tibetan Buddhism, Western style, and the Dalai Lama’s visit tapped into that enthusiasm.
Solar Power Breakthrough
Solar Power Breakthrough Stores Energy for Later Use
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 2, 2008 (ENS) – Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water to power a household fuel cell. If the new process developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds acceptance in the marketplace, electricity-by-wire from a central source could be a thing of the past.
It’s Not a Gay Thing…
As I’ve been saying for a long time, it’s an economic issue. Extending these rights would cost government and business a great deal in benefit expenses, and insurance companies would suddenly become liable for payments to millions of people who are not now covered under family plans.
The well-meaning (but still wrong) opponents have been coopted through their church leadership and other so-called leaders, and are being used without even knowing it.
A consumer of current news might imagine that access to same-sex marriage is the most contested issue in contemporary family policy, and that marriage is the only cure for the disadvantages lesbian and gay families face. Both of these observations would be wrong.
The most contested issue in contemporary family policy is whether married-couple families should have “special rights” not available to other family forms. Excluded families include unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended-family units, and any other constellation of individuals who form relationships of emotional and economic interdependence that do not conform to the one-size-fits-all marriage model.
It’s Not a Gay Thing…
