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Coronavirus COVID-19. Justin Lawson. Elementals. Tone-and-pulse. "Many can listen to music, but few can perform and compose.

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But you cannot even listen if you can hear only in terms of the past. What should we make of one of Mozart's symphonies if our ears were attuned only to the music of tom-toms? We might get the rhythms, but almost nothing of the harmony and melody. In other words, we should fail to discover an essential element of the music. Orr quote.

Considering the application of Pealrtrees is the gathering and dissemination of knowledge, one hopes that wisdom is also developed along the way. Feel free to comment below! – jtlawson

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12 Life Lessons from a Man Who's Seen 12000 Deaths. Rooted in the hearts of many Hindus is the belief that if you breathe your last in Kashi (Varanasi) you attain what is popularly known as ‘Kashi Labh’ or ‘the fruit of Kashi’—moksh or “release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma”.

12 Life Lessons from a Man Who's Seen 12000 Deaths

Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan in Varanasi is one of the three guesthouses in the city where people check in to die. The other two are Mumukshu Bhawan and Ganga Labh Bhawan. Established in 1908, Mukti Bhawan is well-known within the city and outside. Bhairav Nath Shukla has been the Manager of Mukti Bhawan for 44 years. He has seen the rich and the poor take refuge in the guesthouse in their final days as they await death and hope to find peace. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine.

Religion

Ecospirit. Philosophy. Ecopsychology. Runemal. Space, the final frontier. Pbdwords.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280 × 984 pixels) - Scaled (80%) Planet Earth. The Anthropocene--The Symbiocene.

Interactive Maps

Energy. Environment. Wildfires. United Nations. Politics. War! What is it good for? Economics. Community. Cities. Green home. India. Science. Technology. Timeanddate.com. Find Cheap Petrol Near You. Augmented/Virtual Realities.

Futures

National Geographic Out of Eden Walk. My Journey – FlyZolo. Arts. Music. Media. Books. Cymatics. Documentaries that count. Productivity. Intelligence. Languages. TED Education Talks. Intruiguing ideas and concepts.

Myths and Legends in Sleep. Rip van Winkle was a legendary sleeper.

Myths and Legends in Sleep

The subject and title of a short story by Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years and woke to found his children grown and his former home in the British colony of New York now part of the new United States. Van Winkle's story, which is similar to many stories through the centuries about people who sleep for decades or centuries, said he was asleep under supernatural or magical means. Van Winkle's state may be more accurately called a coma, because even with modern medicine nobody sleeps for more than a day or two continuously. The Sleeping Beauty fairy tales likewise tells the story of a curse that places a princess into a hundred-year sleep.

Health

Ecohealth. Environmental Health. Mental health. Public Health. MSDS. Human Body" How to burn your kJs - 8700.com.au. Life expectancy calculator, life expectancy tables, longevity, living longer, how long will I live, my longevity, how long will you live, how old will I live. Family. Food. Beverages. Indian food. Healing with Whole Foods. Meat industry has a cow over US dietary guidelines. A nationwide food fight is heating up after the US government accepted final public comments this month on a scientific advisory report recommending Americans reduce their meat consumption for the sake of healthier and more environmentally sustainable diets.

Meat industry has a cow over US dietary guidelines

The meat industry is fighting back against those who want healthier guidelines, and this battle looks like it could go the distance. Written by a panel of medical, public health and nutrition experts, the 571-page report provides the scientific basis for the government’s dietary guidelines for Americans, a highly influential policy document updated every five years that informs federal nutrition policy and food assistance programs, as well as associated educational and marketing efforts.

International Universities

Australian Universities. Deakin. Teaching resources. Search engines. Reality check. Publications. Hot or not: what's packing the uni lecture theatres. Packing them in: the popularity of courses, and even subjects, ebbs and flows but this is the decade of global studies and health courses.

Hot or not: what's packing the uni lecture theatres

Photo: Craig Abraham From arts to aviation, sports management to veterinary science, Victoria's universities offer a plethora of courses. But what are the emerging areas grabbing today's students' interest and what's driving student choice? According to Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) data, health subjects are right out on top when it comes to today's students' choice of university course. More than 26,000 students put undergraduate health courses at the top of their list when applying through VTAC to university in 2014.

Environmental research

Conspiracy? The World Factbook. Volunteering. HBS108 - Health Information & Data. HSH112 Foundation. Early Environmental Health - EH over time. Physical, Biological, Chemical Environments. Social, Economic, Political Environments. Ecosystem Services.

Rural and Urban Environments for Health

Climate change/chaos, health and advocacy. Food (in)security, consumption, health & sustainability. Digital Environments. Across all Environments. HSH103 - Health Protection. HSH216 Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2. HSH306 - People, Health and Place. UNESCO sur Twitter : "Many formal education systems ignore indigenous languages, knowledge & ways of life. How can we integrate them? UN-HABITAT.:. Environment. HSH724 - Healthy Cities.