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CHICAGO – Global law firm Reed Smith today has announced the addition of Paul Bogdanski as partner in the firm's State Tax practice in Chicago. Formerly a director in Grant Thornton's Chicago State and Local Tax practice, Paul's previous experience includes more than 12 years in the public sector.
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Prior to joining Grant Thornton in 2006, he served as Deputy General Counsel for the Illinois Department of Revenue from 1998 to 2006 and was an Assistant Attorney General with the Illinois Attorney General's Office from 1992 to 1998.
"Paul brings more than 25 years of experience and extensive knowledge about Illinois tax regulations and processes," said Lee Zoeller, head of the Reed Smith State Tax Group. "He worked for several years with Reed Smith Chicago-based State Tax Partner David Dorner in the Illinois Department of Revenue, and the two have maintained a strong working relationship since then. With his most recent work at a major national accounting firm, he has a tremendous network of contacts nationwide, as well as a broad base and substantive knowledge of state and local tax across the U.S. Paul is a tremendous asset to our team and key to our strategic efforts to continue to expand our State Tax practice in the Midwest."
While working in public accounting, Paul assisted clients with their state and local tax controversies, including audit defense and various levels of administrative appeals. He also advised companies on the tax implications of transactional matters, and, where necessary, he helped management address tax exposures in an efficient and effective manner. Finally, he provided guidance on complex state and local tax laws and regulations to clients in numerous industries and geographies. Paul will continue to provide these services to our clients, and in addition, as an experienced litigator, he will be able to assist clients whose state and local tax matters require legal proceedings.
"Companies are facing new and more complex tax issues due to differing state and local regulations," Paul said. "With the recent U.S. Supreme Court Wayfair decision, collection of sales taxes across numerous jurisdictions has added another layer of challenge for many companies. My previous governmental and public accounting experience provides me an added perspective that will be beneficial in assisting clients with a variety of tax issues, including transactional matters and state and local compliance. Reed Smith's tax group is considered to be one of the preeminent tax practices, and I am pleased to be a part of it."
A CPA, Paul received his bachelor's degree in Accounting from DePaul University and his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School.
"We are extremely pleased that Paul has decided to join our team in Chicago," said Mike LoVallo, Chicago Office Managing Partner. "As our clients continue to face increasingly complex tax matters, he will add bench strength to our team and help us serve our clients both in the region and nationwide."
Reed Smith's State Tax practice advises clients on all domestic state and local taxes at all stages of the tax life cycle, not only providing defense in litigation and appeal matters, but also proactively guiding clients to optimize their tax positions. Located across eight U.S. offices, the 40 lawyers in Reed Smith's State Tax practice work collaboratively with attorneys across the firm, which allows them to leverage the firm's various national and global practices as needed. Through a unique tax intelligence system implemented by the team, our attorneys are alerted to tax issues in states before the issues become generally known to the tax community.
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The polypharmacy challenge: time for a new script?
Deborah Swinglehurst and Nina Fudge
Deborah Swinglehurst
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London.
Roles: Clinical Reader, NIHR Clinician Scientist
Nina Fudge
Roles: Research Associate in Social Sciences
THE SCALE OF THE CHALLENGE
Polypharmacy, usually defined as the ongoing use of ≥4 medicines by one person, presents one of the most pressing primary care challenges of our time. This simple definition conceals much of the complexity that the concept evokes in the mind of the GP. Polypharmacy is not a new challenge for general practice, but the scale and complexity of the challenge is increasing. One Scottish study showed that about 20% of adults are dispensed ≥5 drugs (this has doubled since 1995) and about 6% of adults are dispensed ≥10 drugs (this has tripled since 1995).1 The use of 10 drugs is regarded as a pragmatic indicator of 'high risk' prescribing and we should all be concerned by the rising prevalence of this phenomenon, especially in the context that 10% of hospital admissions among older adults are attributed to adverse drug reactions. Polypharmacy is costly to the NHS, wasteful (50% of medicines prescribed for long-term conditions are not used), and prone to error. According to the PRACtICe study,2 errors arise in 5% of prescription items in general practice. Although these are mostly errors of mild to moderate severity, one in 550 of these errors has the potential to cause severe harm. Given the scale of prescribing it is clearly an important area in which to improve care.
FACTORS DRIVING POLYPHARMACY
There are many factors driving polypharmacy. At best polypharmacy may be a necessary response to shifting demographics and a rising, ageing population of patients with multimorbidities; above the age of 65 years multimorbidity is the norm. At worst, polypharmacy is an example of medical overactivity and iatrogenic harm. It arises in the context of a market-driven approach to health, focused on disease-specific, measurable standards, incentives, and an insatiable desire to eliminate risk and increase profits. It seems somewhat ironic that one of the factors driving polypharmacy — the focus on reducing risk of disease — should contribute to this high-risk situation. Ueda et al (this issue) estimate that strict application of the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) cholesterol guidelines using the QRISK2 algorithm would result in 95% of males and two-thirds of females without existing cardiovascular disease in the age group 60–74 years, and all males and females in the age group 75–84 years, requiring statin therapy.3 One of our academic colleagues recently referred to polypharmacy as 'the side-effect of evidence-based medicine'. Another responded to this with a wry smile and remarked, 'this is entirely a matter of perspective; for the pharmaceutical industry it is not the side effect, it is the effect' (personal communications, 2016).
Critics of our current predicament argue that '[c]are that is measurably better may be meaningfully worse and a nightmare for the patient' and call for a paradigm shift away from a disease-based model to one that focuses on care for patients.4 They recognise that this may involve complex decisions around not prescribing or stopping treatments, the evidence for which is often missing.4 However, willingness to engage in these complex decisions is a necessary contribution to reducing patients' considerable burden of treatment. The search for evidence to underpin the recent NICE guideline on multimorbidity illustrates the stark reality of the evidence desert: specific recommendations regarding stopping medicines were only possible for one group of preventive drugs (bisphosphonates).5
ADDRESSING THE POLYPHARMACY CHALLENGE: WHAT MATTERS TO GPs?
A Dutch study comprising focus groups with GPs who discussed case study vignettes designed to highlight multimorbidity and polypharmacy found that GPs identified similar broad strategies for medicines management (for example, defining treatment goals, adjusting medications based on treatment effects) but suggested different ways of executing these strategies in practice. Participating GPs highlighted the value of support from other GPs or pharmacists in making these complex decisions.6 This finding resonates with the work of Sinnott et al, who explored GP decision making using in-depth qualitative interviews incorporating case-specific chart-stimulated recall.7 GPs' accounts of their decision making revealed a process of 'satisficing', that is, accepting care that is satisfactory and sufficient in the context of the particular patient. 'Satisficing' was a process of negotiating and accepting compromise, relaxing targets for disease control, and making best guesses about the most appropriate course of action. This sometimes meant accepting the status quo in situations regarded as stable, even if this entailed significant ongoing polypharmacy. Proactive changes to medication were most likely in the context of continuity of care, ample consultation time, and open communication with the patient, other health professionals, and GPs.7 These conditions are increasingly under threat in an overstretched NHS where relational continuity with a GP is difficult to sustain, and this may compound attempts to address the polypharmacy challenge. GPs' sense of isolation was an overarching theme in Sinnott et al's meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative research investigating GPs' experience of caring for patients with multimorbidity.8 The researchers have now incorporated this important finding into a complex intervention that involves collaborative medication review by two GPs using a short medication checklist; this intervention has the notion of collegial peer support at its centre.9
ADDRESSING THE POLYPHARMACY CHALLENGE: WHAT MATTERS TO PATIENTS?
Although polypharmacy is increasingly recognised as problematic, the capacity to reconfigure care to adapt to the complex realities of patients' lives is limited in part by our poor understanding of what matters to patients. Although 'medicines optimisation' — a person-centred approach to safe and effective medicines use — is a laudable goal, there has been little research exploring patients' perspectives and priorities around medicine taking, nor their actual experience and practices of fitting medicines into their daily lives and their varying capacity to do this. Interest in this area is increasing. One study comprising questionnaire and interview data gathered in the context of the OPTI-SCRIPT randomised controlled trial found that, although 96% of patients believed strongly in the necessity of their medications, 34% also reported strong concerns about the potential for adverse consequences.10 The importance of interpersonal trust between patient and doctor emerged as an important element of patients' ability to manage this uncertain situation.10
A recent pilot study conducted across 14 Dutch general practices (17 GPs) and including 59 older patients with multimorbidity who were prescribed ≥5 medications investigated the use of a simple outcome prioritisation tool (www.optool.nl). In the context of a consultation with their GP, patients were invited to express their preferences across four priorities: remaining alive; maintaining independence; reducing pain; and reducing other symptoms.11 This formed the basis for a conversation about their medication. Although this was a small pilot study, the researchers found that most of the medication changes made (34 changes, involving 20 patients) involved either reducing drug doses or stopping them altogether. The use of such prioritisation tools may represent a promising way forward.
Kaufman, reflecting on the quandary of crossing the line towards too much medicine in the care of older people, writes: 'although few appear to have foreseen our current predicament, it was inevitable that medicine would collide with age'.12 Polypharmacy is a 'wicked' problem comprising a complex tangle of the biological, behavioural, technological, cultural, and sociopolitical. It is unlikely that GPs can address the challenge single-handedly, because the solutions to some of these factors lie in higher-order structural, economic, and sociopolitical change.
But there is much work we can do. The terms 'appropriate' and 'inappropriate' as applied to polypharmacy might benefit from some unpacking: 'appropriate to whom?' and 'appropriate for what purpose or with what in mind?'
There is much scope for investigating how patients, carers, doctors, and other health professionals negotiate polypharmacy, medicines optimisation, and deprescribing in their day-to-day lives and practices. This needs to include attention to some of the most complex situations, such as negotiating decisions when patients do not have the mental capacity to take part in such decision making themselves. Opportunities for working in new and innovative ways with our pharmacy colleagues (the accompanying editorial by Avery, this issue)13 may provide hopeful ways forward, as may closer involvement of patients and carers — not only in their own management but also in setting the research agenda moving forward. It is quite possible that polypharmacy presents primary care with an opportunity to assert its commitment to generalism, to re-focus on the patient-as-person and the professional-as-person, and to grapple effectively with complexity in practice. It is also possible that we may achieve more health with less medicine.
Deborah Swinglehurst and Nina Fudge have funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through a Clinician Scientist Award (Swinglehurst). They are currently working on the APOLLO-MM project — Addressing the Polypharmacy Challenge in Older People with Multimorbidity (www.polypharmacy.org.uk).
Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.
This article is Open Access: CC BY-NC 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Makubate B,
Hernandez-Santiago V,
Dreischulte T
(2015) The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug–drug interactions: population database analysis 1995–2010. BMC Medicine 13(1):74.
Avery T,
Barber N,
Ghaleb M,
(2012) Investigating the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in general practice: the PRACtICe Study. (PRevalence And Causes of prescrIbing errors in general practiCe) (General Medical Council, London).
Ueda P,
Wai-Chun Lung T,
Clarke P,
Danaei G
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(2012) Beyond diagnosis: rising to the multimorbidity challenge. BMJ 344:e3526.
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(2016) Br J Gen Pract, Medication management strategy for older people with polypharmacy in general practice: a qualitative study on prescribing behaviour in primary care. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X685681.
Sinnott C,
Hugh SM,
Boyce MB,
Bradley CP
(2015) Br J Gen Pract, What to give the patient who has everything? A qualitative study of prescribing for multimorbidity in primary care. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp15X684001.
McHugh S,
Browne J,
Bradley C
(2013) GPs' perspectives on the management of patients with multimorbidity: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. BMJ Open 13(9):e003610.
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Payne RA,
(2015) Improving medication management in multimorbidity: development of the MultimorbiditY COllaborative Medication Review And DEcision making (MY COMRADE) intervention using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Implement Sci 10:132.
Clyne B,
Cooper JA,
Boland F,
(2017) Br J Gen Pract, Beliefs about prescribed medication among older patients with polypharmacy: a mixed methods study in primary care. DOI: https://doi.org/bjgp17X691073.
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Schuling J,
Haaijer-Ruskamp FM,
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(2017) Br J Gen Pract, Outcome prioritisation tool for medication review in older patients with multimorbidity: a pilot study in general practice. DOI: https://doi.org/bjgp17X690485.
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(2017) Br J Gen Pract, Pharmacists working in general practice: can they help tackle the current workload crisis? DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X692201.
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Concerns over East Renfrewshire Council's handling of housing benefits have been raised by Conservative councillor Jim Swift.
He described the council's performance as "shockingly bad".
• The council processes new claimants really slowly and is amongst the worst in Scotland.
• The council reports how long it takes inaccurately.
• It conducts too few interventions that would identify those who are primarily overpaying, but also those who do not access what they are due.
Cllr Swift said: "There is much in the media about food banks, all blamed upon Government austerity, but the harsh reality is, if ERC is processing new claims that are, at best, around 50 per cent longer than in other councils and likely twice as long, ERC is causing people unnecessary hardship.
However, a council spokesman said: "As one of the smallest housing benefit services in Scotland, with an annual caseload of around 3,600, we have been planning for the gradual phasing out of housing benefit as a result of the implementation of Universal Credit.
"National delays in the rollout of Universal Credit have made the planning of resources in recent years a particular challenge and the Accounts Commission has noted this is having an impact on council benefit services.
"We have undertaken a number of initiatives to understand and improve benefits processing and our proactive approach is highlighted in the Audit Scotland report.
"Since the Audit Scotland assessment was carried out last summer, we have an action plan to address the points raised in the report and there is increased focus on improving our performance.
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On Feb. 9, 2017, the Pauahi Foundation welcomed alumni to an event honoring Princess Ruth Ke'elikōlani on her birthday. Alumni learned about this staunch ali'i wahine and her relationship with Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
As the great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I, Ke'elikōlani inherited much of the landholdings of the Kamehameha family. Upon her passing on May 24, 1883, the majority of her estate which included more than 350,000 acres of aliʻi land was bequeathed to her cousin, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. These lands later became part of the holdings of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, from which in turn came Kamehameha Schools.
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I joked yesterday that the Fourth of July was my favorite day on Twitter because liberals are nowhere to be found, not being especially proud of being Americans. Like any good joke, it contained a large element of truth but that truth is worrisome, something that should concern all of us, party politics to one side. Surely celebrating Independence Day, the Fourth of July, would provide a common point of unification for our country as it has in years past. Reader, the news is not good.
A recent Gallup survey found that only 32% of Democrats were proud to be Americans. Flat out, there it was, the evidence for my Twitter joke. How can any American citizen not be proud of this country? The pride isn't mindless or without the realization that we as a nation can always be better. Even so, the most natural, authentic response to living as a citizen in any nation is to be, on balance, proud of it. Why else live there?
Writing at Hot Air, Allahpundit provides a penetrating look behind the top line numbers. Unfortunately, it means matters are worse than we think.
Despite the media hagiography about Obama being all hope and change, what we are seeing emerge from the wreckage of his two terms is liberal Americans giving up on this nation in fundamental ways. Rush Limbaugh said yesterday that 'the battle is between those who want America to remain America and those who don't." He's not wrong.
This week saw a kind of far left progressive madness seize the Democratic Party. Suddenly mainstreamed was the appalling demand that ICE be abolished, a call for open borders in all but name. We expect such madness from loons like Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar and Maxine Waters. Here, though, it was coming from United States Senators such as Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris. Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth worried out loud that such a position would destroy the Democrats in the Midwest. Indeed it would and not only there.
DNC Chair Tom Perez said the socialist winner of the primary in New York's 14th congressional district represented the future of the party. When people tell you who they are, believe them.
The "fundamental transformation" of America means for Democrats replacing the current population with another, impoverished, uneducated, unskilled and dependent one. This is the hill that they are clearly willing to die on because they have become a party of minorities and illegal aliens. They're explicit about this, I exaggerate nothing, and yet somehow we're not supposed to notice.
Only America has noticed and just in time, it would appear. We don't want to be like any nation south of the Rio Grande nor do we want large populations from the Middle East who refuse to assimilate into our culture, as we have seen comprehensively in Europe. We already know what doesn't work. Democrats seem determined to inflict it on us regardless.
This Fourth of July should be celebrated proudly for the manifold achievements that is America. We should be grateful to those who came before and who bequeathed it to us, while at the same time resolving to keep the country as founded intact, in order to pass it on to those who come after us.


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The striking illustrated binding is beautifully preserved – square, clean, and tight with only light wear to extremities. The contents are clean and bright. There are no previous ownership marks. This copy is in impeccable condition.
The Just So Stories for Little Children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Highly fantasized origin stories, especially for differences among animals, they are among Kipling's best-known works.
The stories, first published in 1902, are Pourquoi (French for "why") or origin stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's "How Fear Came," included in his The Second Jungle Book (1895). In it, Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.
The first edition features 22 full-page plates of illustrations by Kipling himself, including a map printed in red and black, historiated capital letters for chapter openers, and in-text illustrations. It is the only one of all the many books that Kipling illustrated himself.
The Just So Stories typically has the theme of a particular animal being modified from an original form to its current form by the acts of man, or some magical being. For example, the Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating). The Leopard's spots were painted by an Ethiopian (after the Ethiopian painted himself black). The Kangaroo gets its powerful hind legs, long tail, and hopping gait after being chased all day by a dingo, sent by a minor god responding to the Kangaroo's request to be made different from all other animals.
Endpaper and pastedown both ends look in similar Fine condition. Foxing to pages which is common and visible in all similar copies. Foxing on pages of a book is a tell tale sign you have a book over 100 years old.
Rudyard Kipling's illustration of The Animal that Came out of the Sea, page 228 of this copy for sale.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children – of which, of course Just So Stories and The Jungle Books are the par excellence examples. Kipling was in his twenties when his stories of Anglo-Indian life made him a literary celebrity, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 – the first English language author awarded. He remains the youngest person to be awarded the Prize.
Born in India and educated in England, Kipling could not afford to attend either Oxford or Cambridge University and instead returned to India to work as a newspaper editor and writer. Kipling, who had written verse since he was young, also began to write short stories, publishing seven volumes of fiction between the years 1888 and 1889, before the age of 24. He returned to England in 1889, later living in the United States and South Africa before finally settling in England. But it was India that gave Kipling his most enduring literary settings and inspiration.
Kipling began publishing some of what would become the Just So Stories in English and American periodicals between 1897 and 1902. It was the son of Kipling's great friend and American publisher, F. N. Doubleday, who spurred the endeavour to grow into an iconic children's book. Seven-year-old Nelson Doubleday wrote to his father's friend: "Dear Mr. Kipling: I have been reading your 'Just So' stories in St. Nicholas, and I think they are very good. I wish you would write some more stories like those. I want to know 'How the Elephant Got His Trunk,' 'How the Giraffe Got His Rubber Neck' and 'How the Kangaroo Got His Long Legs.' If you write these stories, please send them over to my father, and if they are good enough he will publish them in a book. I hope you will write them and that he will publish them. Yours truly, Nelson Doubleday" Nelson would eventually become president of Doubleday from 1922 to 1946. The title of the book comes from the December 1897 publication of "How the Whale Got His Throat" in St. Nicholas magazine, where it was noted that this type of story " 'had to be told just so, without alteration of 'one single word'" (Richards A181).
Though rooted in an Empire sensibility that became archaic even before his death, Kipling's best tales remain iconic, even elemental examples of the storyteller's craft. "There has yet been no writer of short stories in English to challenge his achievement, which ranges through space from India to the home counties, and through time from Stone Age man to the contemporary world of football matches and motor cars. These stories, moreover, exhibit every kind of treatment, from the farcical to the tragic, and their structures vary from the simplest anecdote to the most complex and allusive philosophical fiction, dense enough to support endless exegesis and commentary.
As you can see the binding of this copy is bright with very little wear and minimal to no bumping on corners. It is a beautiful copy any collector would be happy to buy.
Tip for the buyer: If you are looking to buy a First Edition copy of Just So Stories it is advisable that you ask to see the page adjacent (to the left of the contents page).
Here you can see that it was reprinted in October 1902, and that the very first Printing was September 1902. So this was printed one month after the first ever printing of the novel. If it was a First printing this page to the right of the contents page would be completely blank. You can see here that it is a second printing.
Why it is important to reiterate this, is because the Title page (which shows the year, 1902 as the published date), is exactly the same as the First printing. In fact, the entire book is exactly the same except the spot on the page to the left of the contents page.
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The novel Just So Stories is larger in size than most other novels. Here is a picture of this one for sale next to a standardly sized novel, in this case, another one of Rudyard Kipling's books, a 1983 copy of Many Inventions.
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Unwrapping Insight - Weekend Retreat with Andrew Luff
Fri 11 Jan to 13 Jan 2019 Availability - See Online Registration
This retreat will focus on learning how to meet a our experience with a gentle intention, giving permission for experience to arise so we can become familiar with it, developing a gentle familiarity with our experience as it gives rise to calm and wisdom.
9 Day Metta Retreat with Sayādaw U Indaka
Fri 23 Nov to 2 Dec 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Sayadaw U Indaka is the abbot of the Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centres (CMMC) in Yangon and Pyin Oo Lwin. On his first retreat at BMIMC Sayadaw will conduct a 10-day intensive metta (lovingkindness) retreat with the support of his translator Mimmi. Mimmi (May Myint Oo) has practiced vipassana and metta meditation for many years. Since 2004 she is Sayadaw's translator whenever he travels and teaches abroad.
This is an eight-precept retreat – no food to be taken after midday.
This retreat is suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
Seven-day retreat with Steven Smith
Fri 19 Oct to 27 Oct 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Anchored in the Theravadan Buddhist Burmese lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw since 1974, Steven Smith was trained and sanctioned as a teacher by the late revered monk and meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita. Steven teaches Vipassana and the Divine Abodes (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity) in meditation retreats in Asia, Hawai'i, North America and Australia.
Nine day retreat with Patrick Kearney
Fri 5 Oct to 14 Oct 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Patrick teaches satipaṭṭhāna, the way of mindfulness, in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw. He emphasises the cultivation of a felt continuity of awareness by tracking the elemental flow of experience that lies beneath our habitual concepts and reactions. As we become intimate with what is already present we discover the radical simplicity of the practice, and we learn to "live independently, not clinging to anything in the world" (Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta MN 10).
Long weekend retreat with Michael Dash
Sat 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
The focus of this retreat is on realistic and practical understanding of Buddhism and Buddhist meditation with an emphasis on personalising the practice and using it in everyday life.
Michael Dash has been a Buddhist practitioner for over twenty years, studying in Australia, Thailand and Burma, where he trained in satipatthāna vipassanā meditation in the Mahāsī tradition. He also has led the Centre's regular group sits in Sydney and is a professional counselor.
Nine-day retreat led by Lesley Lebkowicz
Fri 14 Sep to 23 Sep 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Lesley Lebkowicz has practised with Western teachers and Burmese meditation masters in the Mahasi lineage of Insight Meditation in Burma, Nepal, the United States and Australia since 1983. Her main teachers have been Michele McDonald, Sayadaw U Pandita, John Hale and Sayadaw U Vivekananda. Lesley's teaching focusses on developing a loving gentleness towards our own minds and on the importance of exercising autonomy and responsibility for our own development. This retreat is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
Fri 3 Aug to 1 Sep 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Ariya B. Baumann (formerly Ven. Ariya Nani) was a Buddhist nun for 21 years, ordained in Burma by Sayadaw U Janaka. For many years she had been guiding foreign meditators at the Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Center. She now lives in Switzerland and teaches mettā and vipassanā retreats worldwide. For further detail see Ariya's blog.
This is an eight precept retreat – no meals taken after midday
Seven-day study retreats with Bhikkhu Anālayo (Douglas Park NSW)
Sat 14 Jul to 28 Jul 2018 Waiting list only
This course will undertake an in-depth study of mindfulness meditation based on a comparative study of the three extant versions of the Satipatthāna-sutta, where besides the well-known version in the Pali Canon, two parallels have been preserved in Chinese.
Six week Dharma study class series with Jill Shepherd (Sydney and Blue Mountains)
Sat 5 May to 10 Jun 2018 Places available
Over the course of six classes, this course explores what the Buddha was pointing to when he stated that all experience is impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory (dukkha), and not-self (anatta). Focusing particularly on the aspect of anatta, we will approach this key teaching in a variety of ways, to help understand how it leads to greater ease, happiness, and freedom in our lives.
Four week retreat with Sayādaw U Vivekananda
Fri 27 Apr to 26 May 2018 Waiting list only
Sayādaw U Vivekananda has trained under the Ven. Sayādaw U Panditabhivamsa of Myanmar since 1988. He is the resident teacher and abbot at Panditarama Lumbini International Vipassana Meditation Center, Lumbini, Nepal. He has been teaching in the tradition of the Ven. Mahasi Sayādaw since 1998. Ven. Vivekananda guides meditators in a precise and encouraging manner though daily yogi interviews.
Easter Retreat with Tara Frances
Fri 30 Mar to 2 Apr 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Tara encourages a relaxed and spacious approach to meditation to support the development of confidence and independence in practice. The weekend comprises instruction and formal practice sessions in both metta (lovingkindness) and mindfulness meditation, as well as an engaged attention to everday activities. These will be presented within the context of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path.
Fri 2 Mar to 10 Mar 2018 Availability - See Online Registration
Anchored in the Theravadan Buddhist Burmese lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw since 1974, Steven Smith was trained and sanctioned as a teacher by the late revered monk and meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita. Steven teaches Vipassana and the Divine Abodes (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity) in meditation retreats in Asia, Hawai'i, North America and Australia. He co-founded Vipassana Hawai'i in 1984 and in 1995 founded the MettaDana Project for educational and medical projects in Burma. Also in 1995 Steven helped establish the Kyaswa Valley Retreat Center in Burma, headed by the late Sayadaw U Lakkhana, Abbot of Kyaswa Monastery.
Fri 9 Feb to 18 Feb 2018 Waiting list only
Foundations of Buddhism and Meditation with Danny Taylor
Fri 2 Feb to 4 Feb 2018 Waiting list only
Additional Sydney sessions on Sat 10 Feb; Sun 13 May; Sat 23 Jun
This overall process is for people interested in the foundations of Buddhism and its relationship to meditation. It consists of four connected events, starting with a weekend at BMIMC, and half and full day follow-ups in Sydney. Meditation will be significant in our time together, but explored and practiced in its Buddhist context as a foundation for living. The extended format will allow us to experiment with integrating meditation into our everyday lives. This process is for people new to Buddhism but is also open to anyone drawn to this topic.
New Year, new beginnings with Jill Shepherd & Graham Wheeler
Wed 10 Jan to 14 Jan 2018 Waiting list only
As the New Year rolls in, this four-day residential retreat will provide a rare opportunity to slow down, take stock, release what's no longer needed, and re-connect with our deepest aspirations.
Fri 15 Dec to 17 Dec 2017 Waiting list only
Nine-day retreat with Steven Smith
Fri 27 Oct to 4 Nov 2017 waiting list only
Nine day retreat led by Patrick Kearney
Fri 13 Oct to 22 Oct 2017 one male place available
Long weekend retreat led by Michael Dash
Sat 30 Sep to 2 Oct 2017 Waiting list only
Michael Dash has been a Buddhist practitioner for over twenty years, studying in Australia, Thailand and Burma, where he trained in satipatthāna vipassanā meditation in the Mahāsī tradition. He also has led the Centre's regular group sits in Sydney and is a professional counsellor. The focus of the retreat is on realistic and practical understanding of Buddhism and Buddhist meditation with an emphasis on personalising the practice and using it in everyday life. This retreat is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Awakening Our Natural Wisdom: Greg Scharf and Jill Shepherd
Fri 1 Sep to 15 Sep 2017 places available
This silent retreat will draw primarily on teachings from the Theravada Buddhist tradition, emphasising continuity of present moment awareness as the foundation for clear seeing and the arising of wisdom. The format will include instruction in both Insight and Loving-kindness meditation, an optional daily period of mindful movement, and meetings with the teachers. The retreat is suitable for both beginning and experienced students of meditation.
Fri 11 Aug to 20 Aug 2017 Places available
Weekend retreat led by Tara Frances
Fri 28 Jul to 30 Jul 2017 Waiting list only
Tara encourages a relaxed and spacious approach to meditation to support the development of confidence and independence in practice. The weekend comprises instruction and formal practice sessions in both metta (lovingkindness) and mindfulness meditation, as well as an engaged attention to everday activities. These will be presented within the context of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. This retreat is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Foundations of Buddhism and Meditation led by Danny Taylor
Fri 26 May to 28 May 2017 Waiting list only
This weekend is for people who want to understand the foundations of Buddhism and its relationship to meditation.Meditation will be part of this weekend but explored and practiced in its Buddhist context as a foundation for living. The Buddha's vision is hopeful and inspired. This spirit will inform our weekend. The retreat is particularly for people new to Buddhism but is also open to anyone drawn to this topic.
Three week retreat led by Sayalay Bhada Manika
Venerable Sayalay Daw Badha Manika is a resident teacher at the Panditarama International Meditation Centre in Lumbini, Nepal. This is the first retreat she has conducted at BMIMC. Sayalay speaks excellent English. The generous support of the Burmese community enables us to offer retreat places at a significantly reduced daily rate.
Easter retreat led by Lesley Lebkowicz
Fri 14 Apr to 17 Apr 2017 waiting list only
Lesley Lebkowicz has practised with Western teachers and Burmese meditation masters in the Mahasi lineage of Insight Meditation in Burma, Nepal, the United States and Australia since 1983. Her main teachers have been Michele McDonald, Sayadaw U Pandita, John Hale and Sayadaw U Vivekananda. Lesley's teaching focusses on developing a loving gentleness towards our own minds and on the importance of exercising autonomy and responsibility for our own development.This retreat is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Fri 31 Mar to 8 Apr 2017 female place available
Anchored in the Theravadan Buddhist Burmese lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw since 1974, Steven Smith was trained and sanctioned as a teacher by revered monk and meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita. Steven teaches Vipassana and the Divine Abodes (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity) in meditation retreats around the world. This retreat is suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
Fri 10 Mar to 19 Mar 2017 Waiting list only
Walking the Noble Eightfold Path: Jill Shepherd
Sun 19 Feb to 26 Feb 2017 Places available
This seven-day residential retreat will explore insight meditation and the brahma vihara practices of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity in the context of the Noble Eightfold Path, the heart of the Buddha's teaching. Most of each day will be spent practising silent sitting and walking meditation, with some guided meditation instructions, dyad (pairs) meditation, and opportunities for individual and group meetings with the teachers. This retreat is best suited to those with some previous meditation experience, and/or those who completed the six-week study course on the Noble Eightfold Path.
The Noble Eightfold Path: Jill Shepherd (Blue Mountains)
Sun 15 Jan to 19 Feb 2017 Places available. Early bird $30
This six week course, two hours per week, will explore the Noble Eightfold Path as a comprehensive training to integrate dharma understanding into our daily lives. This integration then supports the deepening of insight and wisdom, which in turn, refines our capacity to live skilfully in the world, with greater ease and freedom. Suitable for beginners. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/noble-eightfold-path-six-week-study-course-blue-mountains-registration-27300014077
The Noble Eightfold Path: Jill Shepherd (Sydney)
Sat 14 Jan to 17 Feb 2017 Places available. Early bird $30
This six week course, two hours per week, will explore the Noble Eightfold Path as a comprehensive training to integrate dharma understanding into our daily lives. This integration then supports the deepening of insight and wisdom, which in turn, refines our capacity to live skilfully in the world, with greater ease and freedom. Suitable for beginners. Please register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/noble-eightfold-path-six-week-study-course-sydney-registration-27299348085
New Year, New Beginnings: Jill Shepherd and Graham Wheeler
Wed 4 Jan to 8 Jan 2017 Male places available
This four-day residential retreat is an opportunity to establish, maintain and deepen the practice of insight meditation through exploring a range of different techniques found in the Satipatthana Sutta's Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Most of each day will be spent practising silent sitting and walking meditation, with some guided meditation instructions, dyad (pairs) meditation, and opportunities for individual and group meetings with the teachers. This retreat is suitable for beginners as well as those with some previous meditation experience.
Developing the Mind, Strengthening the Heart: Jill Shepherd
Wed 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2016 Waiting list only
In this four-day residential retreat we will deepen the practice of insight meditation through an experiential exploration of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness in the Satipatthana Sutta, supported by the brahma vihara practices of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. Most of each day will be spent practising silent sitting and walking meditation, with some guided meditation instructions and opportunities for individual and group meetings with the teacher.
Suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Exploring Equanimity: Jill Shepherd (Sydney)
Sat 26 Nov to 27 Nov 2016 Early bird $30
During this two-day workshop, we will explore many different facets of equanimity, using both traditional and relational insight meditation practices to cultivate the deepest freedom of heart and mind. We will learn how to to support the development of equanimity in all areas of our lives using the principles of Insight Dialogue. This workshop is best suited to people who have some experience of insight meditation or mindfulness meditation (vipassana). Book through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/exploring-equanimity-insight-meditation-two-day-workshop-sydney-registration-27251280313
Weekend retreat with Michael Dash
Fri 18 Nov to 20 Nov 2016 Waiting list only
Michael's workshop introduces the fundamentals of Buddhism and meditation. The focus of the retreat is on realistic and practical understanding with an emphasis on personalising the practice and using it in everyday life. Michael has been a Buddhist practitioner for over twenty years, studying in Australia, Thailand and Burma, where he trained in satipatthāna vipassanā meditation in the Mahāsī tradition. The weekend is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Eight-day retreat with Steven Smith
Fri 21 Oct to 29 Oct 2016 2 female places available
Anchored in the Theravadan Buddhist Burmese lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw since 1974, Steven Smith was trained and sanctioned as a teacher by revered monk and meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita. Steven teaches Vipassana and the Divine Abodes (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity) in meditation retreats around the world.
Long Weekend retreat led by Lesley Lebkowicz
Fri 30 Sep to 3 Oct 2016 Waiting list only
Lesley Lebkowicz has practised with Western teachers and Burmese meditation masters in the Mahasi lineage of Insight Meditation in Burma, Nepal, the United States and Australia since 1983. Her main teachers have been Michele McDonald, Sayadaw U Pandita, John Hale and Sayadaw U Vivekananda. Lesley's teaching focusses on developing a loving gentleness towards our own minds and on the importance of exercising autonomy and responsibility for our own development. She leads the Canberra Insight Meditation Group.
Two week retreat with Patrick Kearney
Fri 2 Sep to 17 Sep 2016
Nine-day retreat with Jill Shepherd
Fri 5 Aug to 14 Aug 2016 A place available
This retreat is suitable for people who have done at least one insight meditation weekend retreat before.
Sun 1 May to 29 May 2016 Waiting list only
Long weekend retreat with Tara Frances
Fri 22 Apr to 25 Apr 2016
Nine-day retreat with Lesley Lebkowicz
Fri 8 Apr to 17 Apr 2016 PLACES AVAILABLE
Easter retreat with Michael Dash
Fri 25 Mar to 28 Mar 2016 Full - no applications please
Nine-day retreat with Patrick Kearney
Sydney Workshops with Jill Shepherd
Sat 27 Feb to 28 Feb 2016
This two day workshop is suitable for people who would like to deepen their understanding of insight meditation practice through an exploration of the four foundations of mindfulness.
Fri 26 Feb to 5 Mar 2016 waiting list only
Weekend retreat with Danny Taylor
Fri 19 Feb to 21 Feb 2016
Weekend metta retreat with Jill Shepherd
Weekend Retreat with Graham Wheeler
Fri 8 Jan to 10 Jan 2016
(Initially scheduled for 15 – 17 January)
This retreat will be run with an open schedule, with optional attendance at peer group discussions and teacher interviews.
Weekend retreat led by Lesley Lebkowicz
Fri 6 Nov to 8 Nov 2015 Wait list only
(Previously advertised as being led by Tara Frances)
Eight-day retreat led by Steven Smith
Fri 23 Oct to 31 Oct 2015 Wait list only
Sat 3 Oct to 5 Oct 2015 Wait list only
Awakening Community (Sydney)
Sun 30 Aug 2015 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
One-day Insight Meditation workshop led by Jill Shepherd
Balancing Effort and Enjoyment (Sydney)
Sat 29 Aug 2015 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Month-long retreat led by Patrick Kearney
Fri 28 Aug to 25 Sep 2015 Wait list only
This is a one-month retreat suitable for experienced practitioners only.
Evening talk by Jill Shepherd
Wed 26 Aug 2015 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
Wise Effort and the Middle Way
Nine-day retreat led by Greg Scharf, assisted by Jill Shepherd
Fri 14 Aug to 23 Aug 2015
Evening talk by Greg Scharf
The Nature of Anatta (not self)
Weekend mettā retreat led by Jill Shepherd
Fri 31 Jul to 2 Aug 2015 Wait list only
Suitable for people who have done at least one insight meditation weekend retreat before.
Weekend retreat led by Danny Taylor
Fri 22 May to 24 May 2015
Awakening Joy Workshop with Jill Shepherd (Sydney Event)
Sun 12 Apr 2015 - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Dharma Contemplation Workshop with Jill Shepherd (Sydney Event)
Sat 11 Apr 2015 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Month-long retreat with Sayādaw U Vivekananda
Sat 11 Apr to 10 May 2015 Fully Booked
Suitable for experienced meditators only.
Cultivating Spiritual Friendship - One day workshop with Jill Shepherd
Mon 6 Apr 2015 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Venue: Hosted by Martin Ryan
Fri 3 Apr to 6 Apr 2015 Fully booked
Awakening Community - Evening of discussion
Wed 1 Apr 2015 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Nine-day retreat led by Patrick Kearney
Fri 13 Mar to 22 Mar 2015
Eight-day retreat led by Steven Smith, assisted by Jake Davis
Fri 27 Feb to 7 Mar 2015
The Power of Spiritual Friendship - Meditating Together with Insight Dialogue
Wed 25 Feb 2015 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Nine-day Insight Dialogue retreat led by Gregory Kramer and Mary Burns
Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice. Based in vipassanā meditation, it brings the mindfulness and tranquility of traditional silent meditation practice into our interactions with others through dialogue.
A talk by Jill Shepherd - The Two Wings to Awakening
Weekend retreat led by Michael Dash
Fri 6 Feb to 8 Feb 2015
(This retreat was previously advertised as being led by Graham Wheeler)
Long Weekend retreat led by Jill Shepherd
Fri 23 Jan to 26 Jan 2015 Fully booked. Wait list only.
Self Retreat Period
Sun 28 Dec to 11 Jan 2015
The Centre will be open for experienced meditators wishing to undertake self retreat.
Nine-day retreat led by Steven Smith, assisted by Mia Tremblay
Fri 24 Oct to 2 Nov 2014 Fully booked - waiting list only
Fri 10 Oct to 12 Oct 2014
Fri 26 Sep to 5 Oct 2014 Fully booked - waiting list only
Fri 5 Sep to 7 Sep 2014
Fri 1 Aug to 3 Aug 2014
Weekend workshop led by Danny Taylor
Fri 30 May to 1 Jun 2014
Danny Taylor has been a student of Eastern traditions since the early 1970s, and a practitioner of Buddhist meditation in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition since 1986.
Four week retreat led by Patrick Kearney
Fri 4 Apr to 2 May 2014
Patrick Kearney is an independent dharma teacher in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw of Burma, his principal teachers being Paṇḍitarama Sayādaw and John Hale.
16 day retreat led by Venerable Ariya Ñani (Selection by ballot)
Venerable Ariya Ñani is a Swiss-born Buddhist nun who lives and works in Burma at the Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre in Yangon
Nine-day retreat led by Steven Smith (Selection by ballot)
Steven Smith is a founder of Vipassanā Hawaii, the Kyaswa Valley Retreat Center in Burma and the MettaDana health and education project in Burma.
Weekend retreat led by Graham Wheeler
Graham Wheeler has been practising vipassanā meditation for over thirty years, studying in Australia, Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Nine-day retreat led by Rosemary and Steve Weissman
Fri 17 Jan to 26 Jan 2014
Rosemary and Steve have been practising meditation in the Theravada tradition for over 30 years, and were the resident teachers at Wat Kow Tahm International Meditation Centre
Fri 27 Dec to 10 Jan 2014
During this period the Centre will be open to experienced meditators to undertake self guided practice. No teaching or instruction will be available during this time but the retreat will be fully catered and supported by resident staff.
Day of Insight Dialogue led by Jill Shepherd, assisted by Beth Faria
Sun 1 Dec 2013 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Jill began practising meditation in Thailand in 1999, and has been invited into the current teacher training programme offered by the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock in the United States.
Nine-day retreat led by Steven Smith
Fri 25 Oct to 3 Nov 2013
Waiting List only
Cost: $815 (cost includes airfare supplement)
Code: SS1-13
See teacher bio
Introduction to Insight Dialogue
Sun 20 Oct to 24 Oct 2013
6 week course led by Jill Shepherd, assisted by Beth Faria
Code:JS4-13
Venue: Upper Blue Mountains – venue TBA
Nine-day retreat led by Patrick Kearney (Selection by ballot. Drawn 27 April)
Patrick Kearney is an independent dharma teacher in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw of Burma, his principal teachers being Panditarama Sayadaw and John Hale.
Sat 5 Oct to 7 Oct 2013
Michael has been a Buddhist practitioner for over twenty years, studying in Australia, Thailand and Burma, where he trained in satipatthàna vipassanà meditation in the Mahasi tradition.
Dhamma service Day
Sun 29 Sep 2013 - 12:00 am to 12:00 am
This Sunday is devoted to bushcare and gardening as well as other work that is needed around the Centre. Please join us for a sociable and worthwhile day of work in the grounds and gardens.
Day of Mindfulness led by Jill Shepherd
Sat 28 Sep 2013 - 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Jill Shepherd began practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1999. A former manager of BMIMC, she recently spent seven years on staff at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where she participated in many long retreats and also offered weekly meditation classes at a nearby prison. She has been invited into the current teacher training program jointly offered by Spirit Rock and IMS in the US.
This is an opportunity to deepen meditation practice over one day with periods of silent sitting and walking meditation with guidance from Jill.
The day is suitable for both beginners and more experienced meditators.
Arrive for a 9.30 a.m. start. and finish at 3.30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Code: JS2-13
Two week retreat led by Greg Scharf, assisted by Jill Shepherd
Greg Scharf is a visiting teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in the US. He has been meditating since 1992 and teaching since 2007. He has studied with Asian and Western teachers and trained as a monk in Burma. His teaching emphasizes the confluence of love and wisdom on the path to liberation.
This retreat is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
Arrive on Friday 6 September from 5.30 p.m. onwards for a 7.30 p.m. start.
Finish on Thursday 19 September after lunch.
Code: GS1-13
(cost includes airfare supplement)
Fri 30 Aug to 1 Sep 2013
Tara Francis has practised vipassana meditation for 30 years in Burma, Nepal and Australia, with Sayadaw U Pandiita, the senior disciple of Mahasi Sayadaw, and other senior teachers.
Arrive on Friday 30 August from 5.30 p.m. onwards for a 7.30 p.m. start.
Finish with lunch on Sunday 1 September at 1.00 p.m.
Code: TF1-13
Weekend retreat led by Jill Shepherd
This weekend retreat will explore different approaches to the practice of metta (loving-kindness) and how these support vipassana practice. It is suitable for people who already have some familiarity with vipassana practice and have sat at least one weekend retreat before.
Finish with lunch on Sunday 18 August at 1.00 p.m.
Introduction to Insight Dialogue - Day long retreat led by Jill Shepherd, assisted by Beth Faria
Jill began practising meditation in Thailand in 1999, and has been invited into the current teacher training programme offered by the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock in the United States. She has attended several Insight Dialogue retreats and a facilitator training offered by Greg Kramer.
Elizabeth Faria has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1996, studying in India, USA, Thailand and Australia. A Buddhist psychotherapist, psychologist, and mother, she has also attended several Insight Dialogue retreats and a facilitator training offered by Greg Kramer.
This is an opportunity to engage with the interpersonal meditation practice of Insight Dialogue, as developed by Greg Kramer. For more information about Insight Dialogue, please refer to Greg's website http://metta.org/insight-dialogue-3/
This retreat is suitable for people who have sat at least one seven-day insight meditation retreat.
Arrive for a 9:00 a.m. start, and finish at 5:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Fri 26 Jul to 28 Jul 2013
Lesley Lebkowicz has practised vipassana meditation since 1983 and has spent several years in silent retreat in Australia, the USA and Burma. She has worked as a teacher, counsellor and writer and currently divides her time between formal spiritual practice and writing. She leads the Canberra Insight Meditation Group.
This retreat is suitable for both beginners and more experienced meditators.
Arrive on Friday 26 July from 5.30 pm onwards for a 7.30 pm start.
Finish on Sunday 28 July at lunch.
Code: LL1-13


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The Flying Deuces (1939)
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
A. Edward Sutherland
Original TFD Introduction by Dana Hersey. America's most beloved comedy duo is at it again! Chock-full of the immortal pair's comedic hijinks, The Flying Deuces finds Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy joining the Foreign Legion as a means for Hardy to forget the girl who broke his heart. But their characteristic bumbling nature soon gets them charged with desertion in this beloved film featuring the oft-referenced "Shine on the Harvest Moon" dance sequence. (BW)


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Upurli Upurli people say no to uranium mining at Mulga Rock, Western Australia
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/upurli-upurli-people-say-no-uranium-mining-mulga-rock—
Sam Wainwright, Perth, November 28, 2022
Nuclear Free WA protested outside Deep Yellow's annual general meeting on November 25 against the company's plans to mine uranium at Mulga Rock, north west of Kalgoorlie. The Upurli Upurli traditional owners absolutely oppose it.
Deep Yellow holds the only uranium deposit in Western Australia. This was the company's first AGM following its merger in August with Vimy Resources.
Mia Pepper, Nuclear Free Campaigner at the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA), who has been tracking the mine plans for more than 10 years, said it faces more opposition than ever.
Deep Yellow does not have "any agreement with the Native Title claim groups" and "it doesn't have the finance", she said.
It has just started a third Definitive Feasibility Study into the beleaguered project, expected to be completed mid-2024. The latest project delay casts further doubt on the future of the site, campaigners said.
"Deep Yellow is the only company beating the uranium drum in Western Australia and even their own executive team has been clear they have no intention to mine at the current uranium price," Pepper said.
"For a company with a highly speculative business model, no operating mines, many regulatory hurdles still to clear, and a sizeable pricing disincentive, it's astounding that shareholders would endorse the proposed remuneration package for the Deep Yellow executive team, with the CEO alone receiving over $1 million," she continued
First Nations communities have been continuing their protests.
WA Greens Legislative Council member Brad Pettitt read a statement in parliament on November 17 on behalf of Upurli Upurli and Spinifex women.
"We are Upurli Upurli and Spinifex women and we are writing because we face the unprecedented threat of uranium mining at Mulga Rock, east of Kalgoorlie … We have been saying no to uranium mining at Mulga Rock for a long time"
Their statement also detailed concerns about Deep Yellow's executive who held senior roles in companies responsible for the destruction of Juukan Gorge, as well as several incidents of environmental pollution, industrial relations controversies and workplace fatalities at uranium mines in Malawi and Namibia.
The CCWA is delivering a WA Uranium Free Charter to WA MPs. It demands they "review and remove any approval for uranium mining at Mulga Rock" as well as withdraw the approvals of the stalled proposed uranium mines at Kintyre, Yeelirrie and Wiluna.
November 29, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | aboriginal issues, opposition to nuclear, uranium, Western Australia


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Chile business
Entrepreneurship, Chile
Start Up Chile: Can we create an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Chile?
"Five years ago, Start-Up Chile was born. Its mission – to literally transform the Chilean entrepreneurial ecosystem. It all began with a single question. What would happen if we could bring the best and brightest entrepreneurs from all around the world and insert them into the local ecosystem?" Would it create an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Chile?
While hanging out at El Centro De Emprendimiento Telefonica Open Future – one of Start-Up Chile's co-working spaces in the trendy part of Santiago, and looking out at the multitude of entrepreneurs from all around the world, there is no question about it: Start-Up Chile is making a difference for these companies and the local economy.
Today, Start-Up Chile has accelerated 1,100 startups (about 300 per year) from 70 different countries, with about 35% of those entrepreneurs originating from Chile. 79% of those startups are still alive today, 1% have been sold and 20% have died. In addition to providing grants worth 30,000 USD to each team, a six-month mentoring period to jump start their businesses, and a kick-ass academic program, the best startups are also offered a spot on Demo Day where they have the opportunity to connect with investors in Latin America and the rest of the world.
According to recent data released by Start-Up Chile, their startups are having a big impact on Chile's economy. 32% of startups in Chile have been funded (outside of Start-Up Chile's grant), amounting to 41,559,000 USD, and their top 5 most successful startups have valuations from 10,000,000 to 75,000,000 USD. These startups are also responsible for job creation in both Chile and abroad; 485 foreign jobs and 974 Chilean jobs have been created thanks to Start-Up generations 1 through 12. The community has also seen an increase in incubators and accelerators. And the Start-Up concept has spread to Brazil, Peru and elsewhere in Latin America.
"There's still a lot of ground to cover," says newly promoted, Director Rocio Fonseca. "The future looks awesome and we are continuing to improve Start-Up Chile." Already, Start-Up Chile has offered new programs ranging in time frames to meet the needs of different types of startups and industries. "We are also working on improving our academic program and building an investor club to help catalyze an investor ecosystem within Chile. As we continue to improve our services for startups we are hoping to retain more and more foreign startups in Chile" (About 10% of foreign startups are choosing to stay in Chile).
According to Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, "It's the greatest program I've seen of this type in the world! I'm gonna recommend it to my own kids."
5 Reasons Why You Should Choose Start-Up Chile
1. It goes without saying that the 30,000 USD grant provided by the Chilean government is a tempting treat for any startup looking to make a name for itself.
2. You are surrounded by some of the most creative, and brightest entrepreneurs in the world. Companies have come from 70 different countries to be part of the program with about 35% of entrepreneurs originating from Chile. As my great-grandfather used to say, "A wise man learns from his experiences, but a super wise man learns from the experiences of others." By being part of a huge and extremely diverse community of entrepreneurs, you can further your entrepreneurial learning by hanging out with and learning from other startup founders.
3. They are serious about educating entrepreneurs. Not only do you get access to mentors, but they bring in tons of workshops and events so you can get your learn on. For example, each week they have a intensive pitch training workshop that's popular with the program's current entrepreneurs.
4. El Centro De Emprendimiento Telefonica Open Future Co Working Space is a fun place to work and network. We had the opportunity to sneak in (shhh don't tell anyone) and hang out with some of the entrepreneurs at Start-Up Chile's headquarters in Santiago.
5. Santiago is just plain awesome! Chile's capital is nestled in a valley of mountains, only a couple of hours from amazing surf, hiking, wine and skiing. The city itself is a fun mixture of cute cafes, businesses and a fun bar scene. Santiago, Chile has been one of our favorite cities (we do play favorites) in South America! What are you waiting for?
Tagged: emprendedor, Emprendedora, Chile Emprendedor, Sud America Emprendedora, emprendimiento, Entrepreneurial Trek, Entrepreneurship, Chile Entrepreneur, Start Up Chile, South American Entrepreneurs, South America Female Entrepreneurs, Chile business
Chile, Entrepreneurship
UNITEC: "Each moment in your life adds up. It makes you who you are."
When BP – the owner of Castrol Products decided to pivot and change their Chilean business model to incorporate distributors, Carlos Herrera decided to take advantage of the opportunity and open his own Castrol Distribution. That's when UNITEC was born. "Ultimately, it's been a win-win for both BP/Castrol and UNITEC," says Carlos. "We've been named one of Castrol's top distributors worldwide for the past the past two years in a row."
UNITEC focuses on selling Castrol products to engineers, with most of their clients in the mining (they hold an exclusive in the national mines), pulp and paper, steel, metal industry, and class industries among others.
"A big reason why we are so successful is because we are super transparent when dealing with clients and we don't stuff the pipeline. We focus on building long-term relationships instead of short term gains. It can be difficult sometimes but overall, I believe it is one of the reasons why we have been so successful at UNITEC."
At the end of the day however, to lead and win in your industry Carlos reminds entrepreneurs to stay focused and to push, push, push. "Find your idea and follow it," urges Carlos. "Select your top priority or two for the year and stick to it." Once you have chosen your focus, Carlos says, "keep moving and don't stop. If you stop… even for a moment, the competition will catch up."
And, when things go wrong? "Everything happens for a reason. Every moment in your life and every learning opportunity you come across, adds up. It makes you who you are. It's connecting the dots," states Carlos, echoing a quote from Steve Job's Stanford Commencement Speech.
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." -Steve Jobs.
Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Trek, Chile Entrepreneur, Latin American Business, Latin American Entrepreneurship, Chile business, Chile Emprendedor
Equilab: The two greatest gifts an entrepreneur can have...
"When I first entered the family business, I was known as being a witch," admits Angela Diaz of Equilab – A medical supplier based in Santiago, Chile. "I was horrible. I was afraid of the responsibility that I had and not having the strength to live up to my father's expectations in running the company. I used to think that my only job was to have the most intelligent ideas for the company. And, when I didn't always have ideas or when someone else had better ideas than mine, it affected me greatly."
After leaving the company for a short time, Angela realized that, "it wasn't my job to have the most intelligent ideas but to give space for intelligent people to have intelligent ideas. This shift in thinking completely altered things for me and the company."
Equilab was founded 34 years ago by Angela's father. Her father's story is truly a rags to riches tale. At age eight, he ran away from his aunt's home where he was treated as a servant, and ended up living on the streets. "In the past, a lot of kids were living on the streets. It was a tough period in our country's history."
At age eighteen he decided it was time for a change and he joined the Chilean military. "It transformed his life and he studied at night while working during the day. After seven or eight years, he applied to university where he studied chemical engineering," says Angela. After working in the science lab supplies industry for a few years in Venezuela, her father returned to Chile to start his own business.
"Equilab went from one employee to 150, and in 2013, we were bringing in 8,000 Million Chilean Pesos." Today, things aren't quite so rosy for Angela who took over the family business after her father passed away. Between 2013 and 2015, sales dropped 50%, the Chilean economy grew tumultuous under the current president (who took office in 2014), and to make matters worse Angela discovered that her CIO was lying to her regarding the company's financials.
"In turned out that my CIO was only showing me the numbers I wanted to see and I trusted him completely and didn't dig into the numbers myself." After several months of running the company under false numbers, the situation grew out of hand, and in February of 2015, the CIO stepped forward and explained the real situation.
"It turned out we were going bankrupt and I had no idea." After taking a second mortgage out on her home, cutting the staff down to 30 (from 90) and selling some of the lab facilities, things are looking a little bit more manageable. It's been a really hard learning experience, but one Angela has clearly taken to heart.
When we asked her what the number one lesson she had learned over the years of adversity, Angela said: "at the end of the day we aren't in the science lab equipment business, we are in the listening business. Our number one goal is to help solve our clients' problems and to continually add value to their businesses. We have become listening machines! The two greatest gifts you can have as a person, entrepreneur and organization is:
1. The capability to always learn, learn, learn
2. The capability to continually listen, listen, listen
Angela repeated her top lesson several times throughout the interview, affirming to us that above everything, these were the two nuggets of wisdom we had to leave the interview with.
"Customers buy for their own reasons and they may not be the reasons you expect. As an entrepreneur, your job is to discover why they buy what they buy, and to continually listen to your clients and the market at large."
Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Trek, Chile Entrepreneur, Latin American Entrepreneurship, Latin American Business, Chile Emprendedor, Chile business
Perrot Logistics: "If you take care of the company, it will take care of you."
Perrot Logistics was founded in 1940 by Oscar Perrot as an ice transportation business. Since 1940, the company has continued to grow and is now one of the pioneering logistics and shipping companies in super stacker containers. Today, one of Perrot's biggest customers is Nestle Chile.
"We provide all foreign trade logistics for Nestle Chile, while also providing other solutions like transportation of oversized cargo, onsite and route surveys, supervision on ground and more," says Efrain Rodriguez, CIO of Perrot Logistics. Efrain is a former U.S Air Force Communications Analyst and the son-in-law of Mauricio Perrot, current CEO of Perrot Logistics.
"One of the biggest challenges we face," says Efrain, "is trying to bring a sense of common ground to family members and employees who work for the company. We have to bring the generation gap closer and bring the passion of Mauricio to every employee and family member of Perrot Logistics."
Mauricio has kept the family company together through thick and thin. "I started trucking when I was 17. I was hooked in the transportation industry from then on. It is all I know." For Mauricio the company is a manifestation of his father, and he makes sure to keep the company strong.
Today, Perrot Logistics stands by three values which were passed down from Oscar Perrot:
1. Delight your clients
2. Take care of your people
3. Make sure the business is profitable.
"If we continuously ensure that we are living by these three values, the company will take care of itself," explains Efrain. "And, if you take care of the company, it will take care of you."
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Tagged: Chile business, Chile Entrepreneur, Chile Emprendedor, Latin American Business, Latin American Entrepreneurship, Perrot Logistics, Chile Logistics Companies, Vistage Chile
Silentium: "We are crazy, that's why we are in business."
"At Silentium, one of our key goals is to to improve the overall health and quality of life for people by offering noise and vibration control to Chilean companies," says Hector Fuentes CEO of Silentium. The company manufactures vibration and noise reduction products which greatly reduces the problems faced with hearing loss, noise pollution, and excessive vibrations (think earthquakes).
So, where did the idea come from? "We are crazy, that's why we are in this business," laughs Hector of himself and his fellow cofounder, Christopher Rooke. "We both studied acoustic engineering in university, but we didn't really understand what kind of impact we would make by studying such a strange subject."
That all changed when Hector and Christopher attended a noise control conference in Brazil during their university studies. "That's when we saw what kind of an impact we could make on health through noise control." Noise is a health problem which not only affects hearing loss, but also affects how you sleep and concentrate throughout the day.
The business conference had Hector and Christopher daydreaming on acoustic engineering and how they could help alleviate health problems related to noise control. After college, they both went to work for a company that made acoustic solutions in an "artistic way" but soon decided to try to form their own business.
"It was REALLY difficult to get started," explains Christopher. "We had to convince people to believe in our engineering and had to convince people of the need for the products." But, once they reeled in their first customer, prospects gained faith in our business. "Today the thing that makes us different from the competition is our experience. We design the technologies, products and solutions and that makes us an expert and trusted advisor on the subject of noise and vibration control."
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