From: MastersInIt.org

via Sachin Agarwal

For each hit watching this 5-minute video on YouTube, Medicom will make a donation to support advances in cancer research at the Goodman Cancer Research Centre at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

This video was produced by the Research Centre Staff! The 3 older gentleman dancing together are 3 of the most internationally renowned cancer researchers in the world. The individual in the leather jacket is the head of the research center at McGill.

Please click and watch! It's fun! Use the link info below. I tried not to embed the video here because I'm pretty sure if you watched it here, it wouldn't add to the hit counts or the resulting donations. But when I posted the link in full, the video embedded itself. So... here's my alternative way of leading you to the video:

1. Go to http://youtube.com

2. Copy and paste the following into your browser's address bar at the end of the URL above:
/watch?v=Hg1yw8D3glE

Amazing project—how to build a living bridge—knowledge passed on from one generation to the next.

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, at an altitude of around 350 km.

Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by Betke Edition
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de

Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night

I'm definitely sympatico with Chuck Lorre on this one!

Chuck Lorre Productions #359
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 8:35PM

Okay, I'm just gonna say it out loud. There are times when going crazy looks attractive. And I'm not talking about becoming charmingly eccentric. I've already got that covered none ways to Sunday. No, I'm talking about purposely emigrating to the land of lunacy. That special psychological zip code where The Ancient Laws of Behave Yourself no longer apply. My "reasoning" is simple. It takes a great deal of effort to sustain a conservative, trustworthy persona. Surrendering that effort would involve, from a Freudian perspective, a conscious dismantling of the super ego-that part of the psyche entrusted with enforcing parental and socially approved actions. And therein lies the allure of going full frontal wack-a-doodle. The constant energy required to pass as normal would suddenly become available for doing and saying whatever pleases me in the moment. Imagine it. The id and libido completely unbound by any and all mortal or cultural restrictions. Hmm... Probably won't need the shrink anymore... might need a lawyer.

~ Chuck Lorre

We recently became the proud owners of this beautiful classic woody boat, a 32-foot Grand Banks trawler.We've named her KAIA, which means "the sea, restful place, home, the one with the beautiful body" (etymology is Hawaiian, Japanese, Native American Hopi, among others).

I learned this "matrix" decision-making method over 3 decades ago. It has helped me successfully process some of my major life-changing decisions. I've also used it in combination with my partner, and it truly helped to open up our co-decision-making discussions to include each person's priorities, hopes, dreams, wishes, etc.

Prompted by a decision-making article I just read at TinyBuddha.com, I decided to share this matrix method here. It seems complicated the first time you use it, but you'll see that it really isn't after you've gone through the process once. Take it slowly, referring frequently to the example matrix I've included at the end, and all will come clear.

Click here to download the PDF file, then start using it! Let me know if it helps you!

You may or may not like the idea of the HST. But I beg you to figure out the truth about why you do or don't support it. I don't mean the truth according to the Liberals. I don't mean the truth according to Bill Vander Zalm. I don't mean the truth according to the Fight HST website.

OK, how CAN we get to the "real truth" then?

Well, check this out. Chris Thompson, a 30-year-old UBC law student with a BA in economics, planned to create his own independent video about the HST. He wanted to describe how it works and tell us his version of why it is or isn't a good tax.

As Thompson did more and more research, he began to find much misinformation and decided that we have been seriously mislead by the Fight HST people. According to Thompson's video, much of what we've been reading is untrue—in fact, it's worse than untrue, it's a bunch of "facts" that have been manufactured by skewing data and/or blatantly lying about it.

You watch the video; you research the data Thompson uses; you decide.

Please watch Thompson's video if you want to be an educated voter in this HST referendum. Pause the video as needed to absorb the illustrated data and details. Thompson speaks quickly, so it will take you more than one viewing to hear and understand it all.

As Dave.ca says in his article about The Best HST Video Out There:

"Why did it take a student to put out this video while the government with all the resources in the Province could not do something half as engaging? ...Chris’ passion, editing skills and basic social media interest has a video which could assist the population in better understanding the HST. Oh, fun fact, Chris’ video in three days has more views than ALL the Government’s HST videos over the last year combined."

Please watch this video a couple of times at least!

Read more about Thompson's video:

• The Vancouver Sun's article: UBC student uses YouTube to skewer HST opponents
• Dave.ca's article: The Best HST Video Out There

Amazing pinks and purples in the sunset views from our condo last night.