The tantric practice of Chöd originated in India but was greatly developed in Tibet by the great female practitioner or yogini of the 11th century, Machig Labdrön. She originated a new lineage of the practice that is the only tantric Buddhist practice that was introduced back to India from Tibet.
2020/05/28
Sedna’s origin posed somewhat of a mystery
even at its closest approach to the Sun, Sedna remains more than twice as far away from the Sun as Neptune. As a result, Sedna’s origin posed somewhat of a mystery. A body that never experienced direct interactions with Neptune could not have been placed on its orbit by Neptune alone.
Peter Alexander, Los Angeles Artist Known for Transcendent Sculptures, Has Died at 81
“Whether through resin sculpture or velvet painting, Alexander actively sought to capture light through environmental sensation.”
For the Dalai Lama, finding inner peace is as easy as deciding that whatever is bothering you simply doesn’t exist
meditation, His Holiness said, is not merely sitting there in “thoughtlessness,” but instead using our brains to concentrate on a particular subject or noise or destructive emotion (like anger) bothering us as a way to “reduce the intensity” of the emotion, and then let it go.
2020/05/27
2020/05/26
Éliane Radigue, born in Paris’ Les Halles district, in 1932
She soon converted to the religion, which has greatly influenced her work, particularly her masterpiece Trilogie de la Mort. L’Ile Re-sonante, from 2000, is her last electronic work before transitioning to works for acoustic instruments.
2020/05/25
2020/05/19
Fraud factories
OCCRP has seen no documentary evidence that the Tirana center employed the same techniques as the Kyiv one, or defrauded anyone. The insider did, however, tell OCCRP that the center’s operations were structured much like in Kyiv, with hundreds of young salespeople making up to 500 calls a day to clients around the world, trying to convince them to send money for investments that did not really exist.
Before Yayoi Kusama Made ‘Infinity Rooms,’ She Created Standout Political Works
the recent Kusama craze has obscured what landed her in art history in the first place—namely, her boundary-pushing ’60s-era sculptures, performances, and photographs intended as reactions against a male-dominated world and expressions of her own psyche. During the time these works were made, they placed Kusama at the center of a new avant-garde emerging in New York, where she was based from 1958 to 1975.
2020/05/18
“Immense pile of filth”
Francis denounced the “perverse” economic model that had allowed the wealthy to exploit the poor and turn the Earth into an “immense pile of filth.”
Controversial study shows rats prefer jazz to classical music (when on drugs...)
The research, which showed rats’ preference for jazz while under the influence of a certain substance, was criticised by animal rights groups.
11 of today’s best women conductors (including all the others that are missing in this list...)
Some of today’s greatest orchestral leaders are dynamic, inspiring and innovative women.
2020/05/14
A country that illustrates how corruption also affects the developed world is Portugal
Between 2007 and 2014, 27 former Portuguese ministers happened to find themselves in comfortable positions on the boards of Angolan or Angolan-dominated companies. Over 100 others found their way to profitable positions within the Portuguese economy, backed by Angolan capital.
Three million masks of the FFP2 type were sold with an invalid certificate by the company Quilaban, belonging to the former president of the National Pharmacy Association (ANF), João Cordeiro. The buyer was the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), but the certificate for the masks sold is invalid, says the Sunday edition of the newspaper “Público”, stating that the company's general director, Sérgio Luciano, admitted problems with the respective certificate
Three million masks of the FFP2 type were sold with an invalid certificate by the company Quilaban, belonging to the former president of the National Pharmacy Association (ANF), João Cordeiro. The buyer was the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), but the certificate for the masks sold is invalid, says the Sunday edition of the newspaper “Público”, stating that the company's general director, Sérgio Luciano, admitted problems with the respective certificate
2020/05/13
No other organization works quite like OCCRP
With 50 independent media member centers and more than 40 additional publishing partners around the world OCCRP global reach allows it to follow the money — and patterns of criminal behavior — across borders.
Just last week, OCCRP exposed serious problems in the murky market for rapid COVID-19 antibody tests by collaborating with it's member centers and partners in Macedonia, Italy, Russia, Serbia, and Indonesia.
To tackle these global stories that affect local audiences, OCCRP is leading the way in networked investigative journalism for the public good. Take “Fraud Factory,” another story we broke earlier this year, which exposed a multi-country network of call-center scammers who sold fake investments to vulnerable people in more than 20 countries, from the Arctic Circle to the Ecuadorian Amazon. Some of these victims lost everything.
With it's member centers and publishing partners in Ukraine, Albania, Georgia, the Czech Republic, and Latin America, along with OCCRP expert in-house researchers and fact-checkers, OCCRP published stories in over a dozen media outlets. Swedish authorities opened an investigation into the group and were able to trace connections between the call center and government officials in Albania and Georgia.
It is these working relationships and the trust OCCRP have built with journalists all over the world that make it possible for it to work with people in so many different countries — collaborations that lead to increased impact and results.
If you believe in OCCRP mission, please join the fight for truth and justice and become an Accomplice today
In the hands of OCCRP team of trained researchers and journalists, information can make a difference. We call on you to help OCCRP by providing information on rigged tenders, frauds, scams, corruption, environmental disasters and abuses of power. If your tips and data could change the status quo, or even save lives, OCCRP wants to hear about it.
2020/05/12
Last season, according to the accounting firm Deloitte, European soccer had revenues of twenty-eight billion dollars
Unlike American sports, with their draft picks, salary caps, and collective-bargaining agreements, European soccer is a heedless, Darwinian affair. Spending rules are broken. Salaries are secrets. The best leagues are awash in Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern sovereign-wealth funds, and Chinese conglomerates
2020/05/11
Portugal's Missing Valentina: body found. Father and stepmother arrested
it’s understood that ... (*) will have driven his daughter’s body to the place roughly 5 kms away where it was found, ‘covered by bits of shrubbery’.
(*) monsters doesn't deserve to be named.
[Last year, another child, Lara, was murdered in similar circumstances as Valentina (as far I know, and I did not follow that case, without physical torture). Teenager Rui Pedro disappeared many years ago and portuguese justice system was unable to effectively manage a strong case against the main suspect, letting it to be displayed as the "perfect crime". There's many monstrosities that we didn't notice, like this one. Many blatant murders occurred recently in Portugal commited by relatively young people. The maximum penalty in Portugal is only 25 years in jail and the monsters, when they get it, often walk free several years before serving the full time. Child abuse, terrorism and domestic violence, are "mainstream" in Portugal, who had many tenebrous "histories". Even a king was abused!
(*) monsters doesn't deserve to be named.
[Last year, another child, Lara, was murdered in similar circumstances as Valentina (as far I know, and I did not follow that case, without physical torture). Teenager Rui Pedro disappeared many years ago and portuguese justice system was unable to effectively manage a strong case against the main suspect, letting it to be displayed as the "perfect crime". There's many monstrosities that we didn't notice, like this one. Many blatant murders occurred recently in Portugal commited by relatively young people. The maximum penalty in Portugal is only 25 years in jail and the monsters, when they get it, often walk free several years before serving the full time. Child abuse, terrorism and domestic violence, are "mainstream" in Portugal, who had many tenebrous "histories". Even a king was abused!
"25-year-old psychology graduate Rúben Couto confessed that he killed talented musician Beatriz Lebre in a fit of jealous rage, explain reports, throwing her body afterwards into the Tejo river."
Even outside the country, the monsters are committing their monstrosities.
The mob that killed Luís Giovani are no more than a horrific collection of monsters]
Bats Are Important
Many of the more than 1,390 bat species consume vast amounts of insects, including some of the most damaging agricultural pests. Others pollinate many valuable plants, ensuring the production of fruits that support local economies, as well as diverse animal populations. Fruit-eating bats in the tropics disperse seeds that are critical to restoring cleared or damaged rainforests.
2020/05/10
Will Coronavirus Forever Change the Chemical Compositions of Artworks?
The Bedroom (1889), an image of self-isolation that feels relatable in this age of coronavirus. Van Gogh painted the work while he was recovering from nervous exhaustion in Arles, but the artwork’s relationship to sickness doesn’t end there
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