Susan Suntree combines science and Native American mythology in her epic account of the evolution of Southern California in
Sacred Sites – The Secret History of Southern California
Featuring contemporary photographs of rarely seen landmarks along with meticulous research, Sacred Sites provides unusual insight into how natural history and mythology, and scientific and intuitive thinking combine to create an ever-deepening sense of a place and its people.
(Book web page http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Sacred-Sites,674694.aspx)
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American Women in Radio & Television announced the 34th Annual Gracie National Award Winners. PICKING UP THE PIECES: How Family and Faith are Healing Veterans Home From War from Prime Time Radio won Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format. The award will be presented at a black-tie Gala in the Broadway Ballroom of the New York Marriott Marquis on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
PICKING UP THE PIECES visits with five families of veterans wounded by IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan. The families are coping with the aftermath of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post traumatic stress (PTSD). This special breaks new ground by focusing on the parents, especially mothers, who have given up everything — their jobs, retirement savings, and plans for the future – to step in and care for their sons. This issue has not gotten the attention is deserves. In the coming years, as additional tens of thousands of injured veterans return home, overburdened parents will respond with love and support, but the rest of us need to…
PICKING UP THE PIECES is a special from AARP’s radio series, Prime Time Radio.
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The Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles will present a Level 1 & 2 Qigong program featuring Master Eva Wong at Center For The Arts in Eagle Rock on March 7th & 8th. Ms Wong is a 19th generation master of this ancient practice of physical fitness, which has been used for thousands of years in China to balance and retain youthfulness in the body.
The healing Taoist practice of Qigong cultivates strength of body and calmness of mind through an integration of physical postures, breathing techniques, and focused intentions. Its gentle, rhythmic movements have been proven to reduce stress, build stamina, increase vitality, and enhance the immune system. It has also been found to improve cardiovascular, respiratory, circulatory, lymphatic and digestive functions.
According to Ms. Wong, those who maintain a consistent practice of Qigong find that it helps one regain a youthful vitality. In more than thirty research studies, Qigong has been found to reverse the effects of aging.
The program will provide a rare opportunity to receive instruction in two unique lineages: the Pre-celestial Limitless Gate School (Xiantianwujimen) and the Yiquan School, neither of which have previously been fully transmitted to students in the West. (more…)
The first public ceremony to mark the public acquisition of more than 600 acres of land on the Los Angeles coast – known as the Ballona Wetlands – was organized as a Gala Dinner kicking off a year-long series of events called Celebrate Ballona!
The dinner was December 2, 2008 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey and was presided over by Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who is Chair of the Honorary Host Committee for Celebrate Ballona! Approximately 300 guests attended a program which honored five public officials and eight journalists who Ballona activists deemed crucial to the public acquisition, which happened over a year’s time beginning in September of 2003.
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