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exposition of the blessed sacrament/adoration: National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette Church, 947 Park St., Saturdays in May, 1-4 p.m.

portuguese healing service: National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette Reconciliation Chapel, 947 Park St., Sunday, May 13, 2 p.m. with the Rev. Almir Urbano, M.S. (Brazilian Portuguese).

st. padre pio prayer meeting: National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette Reconciliation Chapel, 947 Park St., Monday, May 14, 7:15 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Led by the Rev. Brother Bob Russell, M.S., S.D.

33-day novena: National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette Church, 947 Park St., Monday, May 14-Friday, June 15, 7:15 p.m. St. Louis de Montfort "Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary" will be led by Anna Rae-Kelly. You must attend all 33 days to gain all the graces from this novena. Bring your family!

DARTMOUTH

mosque prayer service: Masjid al-Ehsan, 2 Cove Road, Fridays, 1-2 p.m. Contact Sherif El Wakil for more information.

fairhaven

coming of age Sunday: Unitarian Memorial Church, 102 Green St., Sunday, May 20,10:30 a.m. The youth will offer their religious beliefs and their thoughts about the world at this time in their lives, as they move into young adulthood.

connecting for change film series: Unitarian Memorial Church Parish House Auditorium, 102 Green St., Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m. "Journey of the Universe" is the final film in the series. Narrated and co-written by author and evolutionary philosopher, Brian Swimme, this film takes us from the Big Bang theory to the epic impact humans have on our planet today. In a period of growing environmental and social crisis, "Journey of the Universe" is designed to inspire a new and closer relationship with the Earth.

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attleboro

healing services: National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette Reconciliation Chapel, 947 Park St., Sunday, May 6, 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. John Sullivan, M.S. (Spanish); and Sunday, May 13, 2 p.m. with the Rev. Almir Urbano, M.S. (Brazilian Portuguese).

DARTMOUTH

mosque prayer service: Masjid al-Ehsan, 2 Cove Road, Fridays, 1-2 p.m. Contact Sherif El Wakil for more information.

east taunton

a day with mary: Holy Family Parish, 370 Middleborough Ave., Saturday, May 5, 7:50 a.m.-3:15 p.m. A day of instruction, devotion and intercession based on the message given at Fatima in 1917, event includes Fatima video presentation in Parish Hall; Entry Procession of Our Lady of Fatima statue into the church, Angelus, Crowning Ceremony, Sung Litany of Loreto, Five Joyful Mysteries; Mass of Our Lady with main celebrant the Rev. Kevin A. Cook, pastor, and consecration of the parish to Our Lady; Exposition and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament; Sermon on Our Lady by the Rev. Martin Mary Fonte, FI and Silent Adoration; Meditations on the Via Luic (Meditations on the Resurrection); Five Glorious Mysteries, Act of Consecration, Benediction; Enrollment in the Brown Scapular, Investiture of Miraculous Medal, and Farewell Procession. Bring a bag lunch. Book store with Catholic books and religious articles for sale. Join them for all or a part of the day to celebrate this and every day with Mary. For more information, call (508) 824-5707.

fairhaven

coming of age Sunday: Unitarian Memorial Church, 102 Green St., Sunday, May 20,10:30 a.m. The youth will offer their religious beliefs and their thoughts about the world at this time in their lives, as they move into young adulthood.

connecting for change film series: Unitarian Memorial Church Parish House Auditorium, 102 Green St., Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m. "Journey of the Universe" is the final film in the series. Narrated and co-written by author and evolutionary philosopher, Brian Swimme, this film takes us from the Big Bang theory to the epic impact humans have on our planet today. In a period of growing environmental and social crisis, "Journey of the Universe" is designed to inspire a new and closer relationship with the Earth.

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Theyre pampered, privileged, indulged part of the cultural elite. They spend all their time smoking pot and sipping absinthe. To use a term thats acquired currency lately, theyre entitled. And theyre not after all real Americans.

This what we hear about artists, architects, musicians, writers and others like them. And its part of the reason the struggles of the creative class in the 21st century a period in which an economic crash, social shifts and technological change have put everyone from graphic artists to jazz musicians to book publishers out of work has gone largely untold. Or been shrugged off.

Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen write anthems about the travails of the working man; we line up for the revival of Death of a Salesman. John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson hold festivals and fundraisers when farmers suffer. Taxpayers bail out the auto industry and Wall Street and the banks. Theres a sense that manufacturing, or the agrarian economy, is what this country is really about. But culture was, for a while, what America did best: We produce and export creativity around the world. So why arent we lamenting the plight of its practitioners? Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that creative industries have been some of the hardest hit during the Bush years and the Great Recession. But when someone employed in the world of culture loses a job, he or she feels easier to sneer at than a steel worker or auto worker. (Check out, for example, the unsympathetic comments to a Salon story about job losses among architects, or the backlash to HBOs Girls, for daring to focus on young New Yorkers with artistic dreams and good educations.)

The musicians, actors and other artists we hear about tend to be fabulously successful. But the daily reality for the vast majority of the working artists in this country has little to do with Angelina Jolie or her perfectly toned right leg. Artists in the Workforce, a National Endowment for the Arts report released in 2008, before the Great Recession sliced and diced this class, showed the reality of the creative life. While most of the artists surveyed had college degrees, they earned with a median income, in 2003-05, of $34,800 less than the average professional. Dancers made, on average, a mere $15,000. (More than a quarter of the artists in the 11 fields surveyed live in New York and California, two of the nations most expensive states, where that money runs out fast. The report has not been updated since 2008.)

What does it mean in America to be a successful artist? asks Dana Gioia, the poet who oversaw the study while NEA chairman. Essentially, these are working-class people a lot of them have second jobs. Theyre highly trained dancers, singers, actors and they dont make a lot of money. They make tremendous sacrifices for their work. Theyre people who should have our respect, the same as a farmer. We dont want a society without them.

Many of them, in fact, are effectively entrepreneurs, but have little of the regard of the lavishly paid, mythically potent CEO. A working artist is seen neither as the salt of the earth by the left, nor as a job creator by the right but as a kind of self-indulgent parasite by both sides. Why the disconnect?

Theres always this sense that art is just play, says Peter Plagens, a New York painter and art critic. Art is what children do and what retired people do. Your mom puts your work up on the refrigerator. Or the way Dwight Eisenhower said, Now that Ive fought my battles, I can put my easel up outside.

The reality is different. An ecology of churches, chamber series, libraries, on-call studio work and small and mid-size orchestras that neither pay a salary nor offer medical coverage keep musicians like Adriana Zoppo going: A hardworking freelance violinist who performs across Southern California, shes played, over the last year or so, at a church chamber series, on American Idol, a Glenn Frey standards record and a scene of background music for Mad Men, and with her own Baroque chamber group. Shes also a regular player in the Santa Barbara Symphony, for which she drives 100 miles each way for four rehearsals and two concerts a month. I just do a lot of driving, like every freelancer I know, she says; every week, students come to her apartment for lessons. The economy and the loss of audience and donors mean her work is down by about a third. Theres more and more time between jobs.

Its even tougher, she says, for people who rely on the movie studios. Even before the economy went down, studios started doing more outside California; a lot of it is in Eastern Europe. For those who made their living playing on records and movie soundtracks, All of a sudden, theyre making about 60 percent of what they did. What I see is a lot of people looking for things outside music a lot of people have gotten real estate licenses. I know people whove added massage therapist. Some have dropped medical coverage they cant afford, taking their chances.

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First Floor, Allen Building Major Impact highlights the journeys of Duke alumni who have found success while pursuing their intellectual passions. In this exhibit, and on the website, alumni share stories of struggle, triumph, and resilience, encouraging Duke undergraduates to pursue studies they care about. By channeling intellectual passions into professional pursuits, these alumni found joy in unexpected places, and discovered that there are countless ways to be successful and make a Major Impact.

Bianca C. Williams '02, co-curator Jamaica Woodyard-Gilmer, photographer and co-curator

Explore the labs and classrooms of this state-of-art-facility as you interact with faculty and students.

(Entry to the Nasher Museum is free for all alumni wearing a reunions name badge, including entry to Angels, Devils and the Electric Slide and Romare Beardon. Entry to Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art is $10, but alumni wearing a reunions name badge when purchasing their ticket at the Nasher receive a $2 discount.)

Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy provides a fresh perspective on modern sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and his influence on a new generation of artists. This exhibition pairs 32 master works by Calder with works by seven young artists: Martin Boyce, Nathan Carter, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason Meadows, and Jason Middlebrook. Dont miss this rare opportunity to explore Calders influence on an exciting new generation of artists; to see their work side by side with that of Calder; and to compare the creative use of materials to define space and explore form, balance, color and movement.

Angels, Devils and the Electric Slide: Outsider Art from the Permanent Collection includes Outsider artists Minnie Black, the Rev. Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver and Purvis Young. Outsider art refers to the visionary work of contemporary artists who have never had formal training. The artists in the exhibition hail from across the Southeastern United States, and their art ranges from painting to ceramics to sculpture in wood or metal. All of their works give voice to an interior worldthose personal fantasies, meditations on everyday life and unspoken fearsthat most people cannot put into words or images.

Bus departs from Blue Zone at 10:30 a.m. What little the world knows about lemurs comes almost exclusively from the internationally known research facility, the Duke Lemur Center. See the worlds largest collection of lemurs and other endangered primates in an enclosed woodland habitat. Because of gravel paths, walking shoes are necessary. Space is limited.

Lemur Center Tour 2: 1:00 2:30 p.m., Friday Lemur Center Tour 3: 3:00 4:30 p.m., Friday Lemur Center Tour 4: 8:45 10:15 a.m., Saturday Lemur Center Tour 5: 1:45 3:15 p.m., Saturday Lemur Center Tour 6: 3:30 5:00 p.m., Saturday

Auditorium, DUSON Join Dean Catherine L. Gilliss for the presentation of the 2012 awards.

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10-12-2011 17:31 Learn about the LightBody events, webcasts, inperson courses & trips. Explore the LightBody program: http://www.pillaicenter.com Dr. Pillai's Website: PillaiCenter.com New! New courses which present Dr. Pillai's latest teachings are planned. For all events, please visit http This course has passed, and more courses, events, webinars and inperson seminars are scheduled. During Dr Pillai's 2-day Light Body Seminar and Initiation in Singapore (31 Dec 2011 & 1 Jan 2012), not only will Dr Pillai initiate into the Light Body techniques from His mystical Tamil Siddha tradition, Dr Pillai will also teach you Advanced techniques to enable you to access RADHA's & KRISHNA's divine energies. RADHA & KRISHNA are divine archetypes who can give you the ability to acquire the power of material creation (manifesting), joy, abundance and bliss. In order to accelerate your spiritual and material evolution, besides giving you the teachings and techniques to master RADHA's & KRISHNA's energies, Dr Pillai will also initiate you into Advanced RADHA & KRISHNA manifesting techniques.

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10-02-2012 14:17 http://www.dnaperfection.com - Learn the 7 Essential Survival Skills for 2012 and how your aura is directly connected to the Earth's aura. Mastering your energy field is the key for 2012 and DNA Perfection teaches you how to do this.

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09-09-2011 19:08 http://www.heartscenter.org Dogs can transform into humans! My notes on this discourse by David Lewis- Elementals have conscious awareness to a degree. When they are trained and faithful this increases their awareness into higher awareness. Their obedience and adoration of their owners enables them to leap into a higher consciousness and earn their 3-fold flame. The same dynamic occurs between man and the saints in heaven (the Ascended Masters). Think how dogs desire to serve and cherish. This is the same type of energy we can have towards God and the Ascended Masters. This love helps us to leap into the ascension. Dogs make the leap so do we! The Ascension process happens throughout all life. Those who have pets take care of them and love and feed them. The Ascended Masters support and love us and feed us their Light. When we mindfully take care of our pets and communicate with them lovingly, discerning their needs we become more evolved and sensitive. See your pets as living entities of Light, of God, created by God and giving us an opportunity to grow. See this same dynamic in our relationships with angels and Masters as we work on ourselves and evolve.

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23-05-2011 15:15 Alyssum Pohl, dancer and graduate student at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, brings wit and joy to her performance. A lifelong dancer, she has been performing and teaching tribal-style bellydance nationwide for over 10 years. In addition, Alyssum is accomplished in yoga, front-bending contortion, rhythm tap, and has many years of training in other dance forms from around the world. At the Monterey Institute, she avidly studies International Environmental Policy. Alyssum's TEDxMonterey talk focused on where deliberate innovation meets revolutionary innovation. Thisyear's TEDxMonterey inspired and engaged the Monterey community with fascinating leaders, inventors, scientists, artists, community activists and global dreamers. With an all star line up of inspirational speakers the Monterey Institute of International Studies hosted the event on April 15th, 2011 and enjoyed participation from over 400 people both in person and online. The theme of this year's TEDxMonterey was Cultivating Innovation, which dazzled the audience through the themes of question, engage and transform. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently ...

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04-11-2011 03:09 Sunday, September 18, 2:00 pm Panel discussion with Drs. PZ Myers, William Hurlbut, and Loren Frank PhD Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) and the author of the science blog Pharyngula. Dr. Myers works with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary developmental biology and also cultivates an interest in cephalopods. He has published numerous research papers in Nature and other notable scientific journals. He is a public critic of intelligent design and of the creationist movement in general and is an activist in the American creation-evolution controversy. He is widely regarded as a confrontationalist. In 2006, the journal Nature listed his blog, Pharyngula, as the top-ranked blog written by a scientist. Myers was named Humanist of the Year in 2009, and was honored with the International Humanist Award in 2011. Asteroid 153298 Paulmyers is named in his honor. William B. Hurlbut is a physician and Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University Medical Center. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the ...

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16-01-2012 09:58 Click Here to Download the 1st Chapter of The Manifesting Manual Now! http://www.mypowerlines.com Get ready, you are entering the most exciting year of your life! There is nothing that is going to compare to the levels of love, spiritual evolution and conscious inner growth that will be available to you this next year. Yes, 2012 is here and the essential key to getting the most out of this awesome enlightening adventure will be in how conscious you truly are. The more unguarded, sensitive, truly present, and receptive you can be, the easier it will be to receive whatever your heart desires Make it your goal to allow your heart and mind to become fully unguarded this year. Be willing to let people in, allowing love to pour into you, through you, so that you can take your soul far beyond the ordinary experiences you've had before. http://www.mypowerlines.com

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