Kaṭukassaratā

Reposted from: Poetry Against Cancer Blog

They would like to have your submissions no later than December 15th:

It’s coming up to Christmas. It’s a happy time of year in Dublin. Everyone is smiling, almost.

For many, the holiday season can be a horrible experience; young children are admitted into St John’s at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin. They suffer from one of the many types of cancer. For them and their families, Christmas is completely different. They may not be at home, especially when one considers that St John’s is the only children’s cancer ward in the country.

Starting this year, something will be done to help the ward make a difference to the lives of these children, with one publication – Poetry Against Cancer. As part of a movement started by Sophie Goldsbury, my friend and collegue, we’ll be taking in poems from the public. The very best will be published in a volume designed by Rachel Dooley, with all the proceeds going to St John’s.

We’re asking for your help. Submitting a poem, spreading the word, buying the book when it eventually comes out – each move will help change the lives of the children of St John’s.

Poems can be sumbitted under the following headings:

* Poems for Children
* Love Poems
* Poems about Friendship
* Sad Poems
* Seasonal Poems
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter

That’s eight areas in which your poem can fit. Eight areas in which you can help the poor individuals and their families.

Submit your poems or offer your services by emailing poetry.against.cancer(at)gmail(dot)com

I can't even begin to imagine how long it must have take to figure out the right vocal lines, record, and then edit this.

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Moving Dalek cake by Cake and Empire. Awesome pics of each step on their blog.

Suitcase Fusion 2 Ad; approved for all audiences by the Typography Association of America

In a world torn apart by so many fonts....

Many years ago I fell in love with High Dynamic Range lighting. Mostly for my animation purposes. I always wanted, but just never took the time to work with it on images. So tonight I decided to finally work on an HDR image from a single file.

This is the end result and I am fairly happy with how it turned out. The original image is on the right.

Spreading corn gluten inhibits the formation of root hairs through which a seedling absorbs water. Without these root hairs, a seed will die before it pushes above the soil. A natural product, corn gluten is what’s left of corn after the sugars and starches have been extracted to make syrup, cornstarch, and other food products. One application of corn gluten can suppress successful germination by 80 percent. A second application 30 days later can increase suppression to 90 percent. That’s on a par with highly toxic postemergents like Roundup. A third application after another 30 days will produce nearly complete suppression.

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22 Creative Ads you May not Have Seen Before

There are many things in my life that I look back and go...huh...how in the world did I get involved with that...or manage to do that. An experience that I would imagine runs through all our lives...so...I am curious...what things do you look back on and go wow...how did I manage/get involved/etc...?

Here are my top 3:

• Worked on 3 political campaigns one of them being my own
  
• Part of a firebase freedom "concom"
  
• I have been finger printed 26 different times in my life
  

and it seems no one has heard of it: Fido

Lionsgate presents "FIDO", starring Carrie Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, and introducing K'Sun Ray. What begins as a small town story about a boy and his best friend becomes a biting satire about our world, the price of fear, and the rewards of risking love. FIDO will rip your heart out.

I watched it when it came out and really enjoyed it. Short live in theaters and no one ever remembers it when I bring it up when the conversation turns to zombie movies. Which is too bad, especially with the cast they managed to pull together.

Well I created a twellow for Arc Therapeutic Massage and that means, of course, that we had to create a twitter account

Only the actors are real. All else is CGI. Shot entirely green screen in 2005. Finished in 2007.

Don’t recall: Let go of what has passed
Don’t imagine: Let go of what may come
Don’t think: Let go of what is happening now
Don’t examine: Don’t try to figure anything out
Don’t control: Don’t try to make anything happen
Rest: Relax, right now, and rest

This is going to be interesting to see how it pans out.

By Todd Wallack
Globe Staff / December 23, 2008

GateHouse Media Inc., the owner of 125 local newspapers across Massachusetts, sued The Boston Globe's parent company yesterday for linking to GateHouse articles on the Globe's new local websites.

In a lawsuit filed in US District Court in Massachusetts, GateHouse argued that The New York Times Co. violated copyright law by copying "verbatim" headlines and the first sentences from articles in the Newton Tab, Daily News Tribune of Waltham, and other GateHouse papers on the Globe's own websites, along with links to the full articles.

Read the entire Article from boston.com

It is very simple
to eliminate suffering.
Accept everything with ease,
And let go completely.

----- By Venerable Master Shen Kai

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