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"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

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Sites & News - August '10

• By Peter A. Letendre (my spouse)
  • Romantic Life of Toast
  • If I Could Be A Doughnut
  • Edelweiss Katz (a kitten's blog) inc. Iceland expeditions
• Fundamentals of Writing for the Biomedical Sciences
• Personal blog: Across the Universe
  • Latest: Can we outsmart nature?

TM resources

• TraQ (TM resources) |  August newsletter 
• TM Blog: Goldfinger's filings, a customer's toolkit (Musings on business intelligence)

Around the globe (Support Equality Now)

• Canada
• Office of the President, For U of A's Indira Samarasekera, running a university is an exercise in high-stakes risk management (great article in Sept's The. Walrus)
• Albertans to gain electronic access to personal health files
• Middle East
  • Hamas bans lingerie displays in Gaza Strip
  • Male hair dressers banned from woman's salons in Gaza
• Afghanistan: Human rights group warns Taliban may harm women
  • Life today for women & girls in Taliban-controlled areas
  • Full Human Right's Watch Report
• Iran: Women escapes stoning death for adultery
• Lung cancer is the biggest global cancer killer causing more deaths than breast and prostate cancer together.
  • Tidbits: USA has the highest rate for men and women. Of the 16 countries surveyed, Canada has 2nd highest rate for women.
  • Global perceptions of lung cancer
    • Overview of survey in 16 countries

Technology in the news

• Facebook unveils child safety 'panic button'

Coach Benita (my cousin's company)

• Benita's blog: 10 times bolder
• Ready Set Retire (I'm quoted on p. 85) | Life coaching (BMJ)
• Medical encyclopedia

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Guide to Buddhism | Books on Buddhism | More Buddhism...

To what indeed shall I liken the world and human life?

Ah, the shadow of the moon,

When it touches in a dewdrop

The beak of the waterfowl.

Dogen, Japanese Zen master (1200-1253)

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