Day: Aug 12, 2026

Beautiful Gee Borrowing Mei-An's Umbrella!

UK: Family Event – Partial Eclipse in South London! (12.8.2026)

In 1999 – the year of the last partial-eclipse in the UK – I think it happened about 10am in the morning and got really dark (or at least dusky). Today, the birds became quiet as the sun shrank and the shadows slowly lengthened. This all happened over a 50 minute time period between 18:10hrs-19:00hrs. We even had a cup of tea and ate a cake whilst sat in the garden! Even one of our cats knew something unusual was happening. Of course, we were not sure how dark it would get – as in Central Europe the sky went completely dark.

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Meyvis stressed that Fidel left everyone the teaching that youth is not a passing stage, and that dignity is not negotiable. "We have to be consistent with Fidel," said the young Cuban, who, among other beautiful ideas, expressed: "May the eternal young rebel of the Revolution always accompany us."

Cuba: Díaz-Canel to Young Progressives: “We Call on You to Consider Yourselves the Centennial Generation of the Commander in Chief Throughout the World”! (12.8.2026)

This Tuesday afternoon, with the presence of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Youth Forum “I believe in you” took place, from which the new generations from different latitudes spoke about the legacy of the Commander in Chief. The conference was held in the context of the First International Colloquium “Fidel: legacy and future”, on its second day.

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Young people with physical and visual impairments will have greater opportunities to participate in sport through the expansion of the ISPORT programme into ISPORT+.

Malta: ISPORT+ EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES! (12.8.2026)

The initiative, launched four years ago through a collaboration between The Malta Trust Foundation and the Malta Paralympic Committee, initially focused on children with visual impairments. Under a renewed partnership, ISPORT+ will now broaden its sporting and coaching opportunities to include young people with physical disabilities.

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, founder and chair of The Malta Trust Foundation, said the aim was to reach as many children and young people as possible and help them discover their potential through sport. She highlighted the confidence, happiness and sense of achievement gained by participants over the past four years.

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Medical staff use brain-computer interface equipment to conduct rehabilitation training for a patient at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Photo: The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University)

China: Guangzhou Hospital Launches Art & Humanities Healing Centre! (12.8.2026)

Nurses conduct nutrition education sessions using food models, translating complex dietary requirements into practical daily choices through individualized guidance.

“Medicine is shifting from a disease-centred approach to a health-centred one. In the AI era, humanistic care should run through the entire patient journey, from hospital admission to returning home,” said Wu Jinghong, Party secretary of the hospital and director of the healing centre.

The centre also plans to address the mental health needs of healthcare workers through art-based activities, psychological support and stress relief programmes.

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Sheldrake Lecture - 2004

UK: Should Cambridge University Investigate Rupert Sheldrake? (12.8.2026)

The Buddha does not contain ALL knowledge as if it were lying dormant in his mind at any given moment (therefore he is not “omniscient” in this sense) but he does say that an enlightened being can direct the mind in any direction he or she wishes (like a net enveloping and collecting all things) throughout the world, and in so doing bring any part of it into his enlightened conscious awareness.  This lasts for as long as concentration is held in that direction and then fails away – remember that the true nature of the mind is “empty” and spacious – so that all phenomena seems to arise and pass away within it.  In fact the Buddha states a long list of abilities and powers he possesses – including the ability for his mind’s awareness to travel to other worlds.  What happened over-time is that through various commentaries and translations, the fact that the Buddha could move his mind’s awareness in any direction (or none) became conflated with the idea that his mind’s awareness was already in every place and at every time.

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