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It's a Thursday night, which means that I'm prepping for an early 'Breakfast'... that's The English Breakfast, the radio show I've been working on for a couple of years now.. or nearly!

It all began one EARLY spring morning – a Friday - when a friend, the irrepressible Jimmy 'sausage legs' McHardy, invited me onto his newly formed radio show. He and his co-host, Mike Berry another Kiwi rugby player and radio roustabout, needed a guest... and funnily enough, Jimmy was pretty sure I wouldn't be backwards in coming forwards with an opinion or two.

So you want to pull a Henry James, a Hemingway, you’re sure that everyone in Europe will be interested in your take on what it’s like to be a foreigner in a foreign land. Rule one: They’re not. End of story.

Now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you how to meet all your expectations of being an English language writer in Europe – have none. Rule two.

Rule three is probably the most important – there are no rules.

I've been questioning the DIVINE IS LIGHT--EVIL IS DARK concept lately. It keeps coming up, and has always felt untrue, because humans born blind don't know what light is.

I love the metaphor of "leaving the darkness and moving into the light," because it's so easy to SEE...but come on, kids...it IS simply a metaphor for AWARENESS.

I found myself at a Ra meeting (somewhat against my will/thought it was a yoga fest:) recently, where they described "God" as a speck of light in the darkness, and everyone seemed really happy and enthusiastic about that. Yet if "God" is "all that is," "the Universe," "Tao" and the Universe is mostly darkness, then "God" is mainly darkness, no? The LITERAL translation does not hold up.

http://www.communiversity.org.uk/worldcommunityartsday.htm

Click here to learn more about World Community Arts Day. AMP's contribution is AMPer Federico Hewson's Valentine's Peace Project.

Learn more about the Valentine's Peace Project here:

http://www.valentinepeaceproject.org/

well, Iam going to share my feeling about my culture with you. Maybe I can interest you in it.First, I would like to say that Iam an Iranian Artist and I am proud about it.Because my land has more than 7000 years background.I live in a country that is ancient. My culture is full of things that I can learn and use it in my paintings.Before revolution our goverment was tried to show our culture in the world.But after that we would get involved with somethings that are rubbish.After revolution most of people in around the world think that Iranian people are Arab. But It is a mistake. we aren't Arab.Our race is different.we are Aria the same as German people.When Islam entered to Iran in SASANIAN period.

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• Nicholas Carpenter reads an excerpt from The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
• Jimmy Greenbeam is sick
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hello to to you,

i am setting up my amp account and writing a quick message to see who is out there. what do you do and what do you want to do?

i am a painter and enjoy creating. i have been painting since 1989 and often study art more than i create it. i enjoy conversing about art, history, religions and various branches of science. my goals are most likely similar to those of other artists. i hope to affect positive change with my work and meet some sincere, interesting people along the way.

The following was posted on the Art4Development Yahoo! Groups listserv, a wonderful and highly-recommended source of fascinating worldwide arts information.

Good Vibrations: Arts-in-medicine programs aim to heal by cutting stress, promoting good feelings
By Kurt Loft
MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE TAMPA

When Robyn L'Heureux checked into Tampa General Hospital earlier this
year to receive a new heart, she knew that the road to recovery would
be arduous.

After six weeks, she was back in her Tampa home, on the mend from a
life-saving transplant. But she has more to thank than her doctors
and nurses. Mozart and the Beatles, of all people, played a part in
her return to health.

"You get depressed being in a hospital for that long, and music helps

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• Matthew Raymond Brady reads The Wall
• The Mary Stevens Project
• Jimmy Greenbeam welcomes in 2008, Barack Obama’s green consciousness and THE RAIN!!!
• An interview with animator and a Waldorf (http://www.awsna.org/) School alumni Carlyn Brooks Stuart
• Sara Marie Buskirk encourages you to see, support and spread the word about the new documentary The Business of Being Born: www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com
• Lacy Maria en la Cocina (a.k.a. Lacy Telles) shares a “quickie,” easy, cheap recipe your friends will love