Waikīkī (IPA: [wɑikiːkiː]) is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the Island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Waikīkī extends from the Ala Wai Canal (a channel dug to drain former wetlands) on the west and north, to Diamond Head or Lēʻahi on the east. The name means fetched water in Hawaiian for springs that fed wetlands that once separated Waikīkī from the ...

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. (July 8, 1926 - August 24, 2004) was a psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, where she first discussed what is now known as the Kübler-Ross model. Kübler-Ross was born in Zürich, Switzerland and graduated from the University of Zürich medical school in 1957. She moved to the United States in 1958 to work and continue her studies in New York. As she began her practice, she was appalled by the hospital treatment of patients who were dying. She beg ...

Including:

• Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - Selected Bibliography
• Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - Resources

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The last third of Keyes' life took him deeply into spirituality and the personal growth arena. He was older than many of those around him and many of those he influenced. He spoke in a younger idiom than might be expected of one who was born in 1921, expressing many of his concepts using terms such as "uptight" and "headspace" that those of the time might have considered "hippie" in nature. In 1970, just shy of his 50th birthday, he traveled to the Esalen Institute in California and enrolled in two workshops there. He then returned to ...

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Ken Keyes Jr., Ken Keyes Jr. - Early years, Ken Keyes Jr. - Childhood and adolescence, Ken Keyes Jr. - College military service and a new family, Ken Keyes Jr. - Polio and quadriplegia, Ken Keyes Jr. - The first book, Ken Keyes Jr. - Resuming life, Ken Keyes Jr. - Divorce and remarriage, Ken Keyes Jr. - Awakening, Ken Keyes Jr. - Living Love years, Ken Keyes Jr. - Going west and the Living Love Center in Berkeley, Ken Keyes Jr. - Cornucopia in Kentucky, Ken Keyes Jr. - On retreat in Santa Cruz, Ken Keyes Jr. - Coos Bay Oregon and the Ken Keyes College, Ken Keyes Jr. - Final years, Ken Keyes Jr. - Influence and legacy, Ken Keyes Jr. - Published works, Ken Keyes Jr. - Autobiography, Ken Keyes Jr. - Nutrition, Ken Keyes Jr. - Personal growth, Ken Keyes Jr. - Politics and futurism

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In his life Keyes did many things that potentially could have bred a lasting influence on the larger world—he sold or distributed millions of books, lectured to many people, spoke to dignitaries at political gatherings, and knew and moved among the self-help elite, including Wayne Dyer who credited, "Ken Keyes literally got me started on this glorious transformational journey." Yet Keyes' organization did not endure but rather essentially died with him. Whether his personal growth system will endure in wide usage is unknown and whether his ...

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Ken Keyes Jr., Ken Keyes Jr. - Early years, Ken Keyes Jr. - Childhood and adolescence, Ken Keyes Jr. - College military service and a new family, Ken Keyes Jr. - Polio and quadriplegia, Ken Keyes Jr. - The first book, Ken Keyes Jr. - Resuming life, Ken Keyes Jr. - Divorce and remarriage, Ken Keyes Jr. - Awakening, Ken Keyes Jr. - Living Love years, Ken Keyes Jr. - Going west and the Living Love Center in Berkeley, Ken Keyes Jr. - Cornucopia in Kentucky, Ken Keyes Jr. - On retreat in Santa Cruz, Ken Keyes Jr. - Coos Bay Oregon and the Ken Keyes College, Ken Keyes Jr. - Final years, Ken Keyes Jr. - Influence and legacy, Ken Keyes Jr. - Published works, Ken Keyes Jr. - Autobiography, Ken Keyes Jr. - Nutrition, Ken Keyes Jr. - Personal growth, Ken Keyes Jr. - Politics and futurism

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The main story centers around a group of 17 individuals (all of which go by nicknames based on the story they tell) who have decided to participate in a secret writer's retreat. After having noticed an invitation to the retreat posted on the bulletin board of a cafe in Oregon, the characters follow instructions on the invitation to meet Mr. Whittier, the retreat's organizer. Whittier tells them to each wait for a van to pick them up the next morning and bring only what they can fit into one piece of luggage ...

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Haunted novel, Haunted novel - The main narrative, Haunted novel - Characters, Haunted novel - Guts

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Right from the beginning there was an emphasis on teaching meditation in urban centers. Retreats in the countryside followed, as did lecture series on aspects of Buddhist thought and practice. Residential communities developed out of retreats, when people decided they wanted to live together, and team-based right-livelihood projects were started to fund activities. Eventually, permanent retreat centers were established. Centers were established in other countries including New Zealand and Australia. The FWBO is now actively teaching B ...

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Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - The Western Buddhist Order, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Distinctive emphases of the FWBO, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Activities, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Practice, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Meditation, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Ritual, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Retreats, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Confession, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Right livelihood, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Communities, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Diversity, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - The FWBO post Sangharakshita, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Chronology, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Criticism of the FWBO

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An ancient citadel, the city was occupied by France during the Sino-French War in January 1885. However, the brigade there conducted a hasty retreat after a failed attack into China; the "retreat from Lang Son" became the most controversial aspect of the war and led to the fall of the Jules Ferry ministry in France. The French Army later established a permanent garrison there, which was captured in 1950 during Vo Nguyen Giap's offensive against the French border forts, considered a turning point in the Indochina War. The city was the center of fighting during the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1 ...

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Lang Son, Lang Son - History

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The Campus Ministry provides an opportunity for the students, faculty and staff to celebrate the Risen Lord and live the life of the Gospel. It provides opportunities to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist as well as offering seasonal prayer services, daily Mass, retreat days for each class and many other opportunities for prayer and reflection. Retreat days for underclassmen are facilitated by a team of seniors under the guidance of the Director of Campus Ministry and the Ministry team. The senior retreat days attempt ...

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Xaverian High School, Xaverian High School - History, Xaverian High School - Xaverian Philosophy, Xaverian High School - Mission Statement, Xaverian High School - Vision Statement, Xaverian High School - Goals, Xaverian High School - Ministry, Xaverian High School - The Honors Program, Xaverian High School - International Baccalaureate program, Xaverian High School - Theodore Ryken Education Center, Xaverian High School - Traditions, Xaverian High School - Athletics, Xaverian High School - Performing Groups, Xaverian High School - Joe DiMaggio Award Gala, Xaverian High School - Cigar Night, Xaverian High School - President’s Gala

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His first solo album was Little Big Man (1992). His second album was Phantom of the Rapra (1995). Bushwick Bill later released No Surrender...No Retreat in 1998 and Universal Small Soldier in 2001. No Surrender...No Retreat was dedicated to Gil Epstein, a Fort Bend County assistant district attorney who was murdered in 1996 outside the Jewish Community Center off South Braeswood in Houston, Texas. (The two men involved in Epstein's murder received the death penalty.) The two became friends aft ...

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Bushwick Bill, Bushwick Bill - Name change, Bushwick Bill - Released albums, Bushwick Bill - External link

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Founded in 1877 by the Florida Winter Home and Improvement Company. Following the Civil War, the company purchased several thousand acres of the McIntosh plantation at Laurel Grove, for the purpose of creating a southern retreat and small farming community. The town was incorporated in 1879 by a special act of the Florida Legislature. Orange Park was the home of the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, one of ten regional centers for primate research. The Orange Park center, established in 1930 by psychologist Robert Yerkes and Ya ...

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Orange Park Florida, Orange Park Florida - History, Orange Park Florida - Geography, Orange Park Florida - Demographics

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At Quarry Hill, the Fiskes' intention was to create an artists’ and writers’ retreat, a gathering place for creative and freethinking people. They had two children, Isabella (also called Ladybelle), born August 12, 1950, and William, born February 4, 1954. During the Fifties and early Sixties, the family traveled to keep their children out of the strict public schools of the day. which the Fiskes regarded as "Dark Satanic Mills That Grind Men's Souls to Dust,” in the words of William Blake. The Fiskes were opposed to spanking [7] or co ...

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Quarry Hill Creative Center, Quarry Hill Creative Center - Personal history, Quarry Hill Creative Center - Creation of Quarry Hill, Quarry Hill Creative Center - Expansion

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Esalen Institute

An eclectic New Age educational center near Big Sur, California, begun in 1962 by Michael Murphy and Richard Price.

Part of the Human Potential movement, the institute has offered consultation, communal retreats, and a wide range of instruction in Asian practices of meditation and contemplation, emphasizing the divergent paths to spiritual enlightenment.

(See also: Esalen Institute, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

There are several organizations that teach kriya yoga as taught by Yogananda. A few are: Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Yogananda; Ananda, founded by Swami Kriyananda (a direct disciple of Yogananda); Center for Spiritual Awareness, founded by Roy Eugene Davis (also a direct disciple of Yogananda); and the Song of the Morning Retreat Center founded by one of Yogananda's chief disciples, Yogacharya Oliver Black. The lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya also continues in the person of Shibendu Lahiri, the great-grandson of Lahiri Mahasaya. He is based in Benares but travels around the world, initia ...

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Kriya yoga, Kriya yoga - History, Kriya yoga - Other lineages, Kriya yoga - External link

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New Lebanon was formed from the Town of Canaan in 1818. New Lebanon was home to an early settlement of Shakers. Some of the surviving buildings are home to the Darrow School. Others have been converted into a Sufi retreat center called the Abode of the Message. The latter is the residence of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. New Lebanon New York - Past residents of note. Samuel Jones Tilden, New York politician and vice-presidential candidate. See also:

New Lebanon New York, New Lebanon New York - History, New Lebanon New York - Past residents of note, New Lebanon New York - Geography, New Lebanon New York - Demographics, New Lebanon New York - Communities and locations in New Lebanon

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The wall is complemented by defensive fighting stations, to which wall defenders may retreat if overwhelmed. Each tower has unique and restricted stairways and entries to confuse attackers. Barracks and administrative centers are located at larger intervals. ...

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Great Wall of China, Great Wall of China - History, Great Wall of China - Condition, Great Wall of China - Walls, Great Wall of China - Watchtowers and Barracks, Great Wall of China - Materials, Great Wall of China - Specialized defense weapons, Great Wall of China - Recognition, Great Wall of China - Notes, Great Wall of China - More Photos

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According to the books, Sto Lat is a sizable walled town in the Sto Plains, although eclipsed enormously both in size and influence by the neighbouring city of Ankh-Morpork. Sto Lat is located about 20 miles from the city of Ankh-Morpork, to which it is connected by two Clacks towers. It centers around a large boulder emerging out of the Sto Plains like 'a geological pimple', left there by the retreating Ice Giants ...

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Sto Lat, Sto Lat - Geography, Sto Lat - History and Politics

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In 1972, with funding from Laurence Rockefeller, Thompson founded the Lindisfarne Association, which functioned variously as a sponsor of events and lectures, and as a think tank and retreat. Lindisfarne functioned through the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City for a number of years. Today the Lindisfarne Fellows House and the Lindisfarne Chapel are located in the Crestone Mountain Zen Center in Colorado. According to the Lindisfarne Association website, Lindisfarne's fourfold goals are: The Planetization o ...

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William Irwin Thompson, William Irwin Thompson - Teachings, William Irwin Thompson - Critiques, William Irwin Thompson - Lindisfarne, William Irwin Thompson - Works

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The casualties were about equal on both sides: 1,317 Union and 1,222 Missourian. Though the Missourians won the field, as Lyon had hoped they were unable to pursue the retreating Union army to Rolla. The Missourian army eventually moved north through Missouri, but lacked the strength to take the cities necessary for political leverage. Missouri remained under Union control. The site of the battle has been protected as Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. The National Park Service operates a visitor center featuring a museum, a thirtee ...

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Battle of Wilson's Creek, Battle of Wilson's Creek - Events Leading Up to the Battle, Battle of Wilson's Creek - The Armies Meet, Battle of Wilson's Creek - The Battle of Wilson's Creek, Battle of Wilson's Creek - Aftermath

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Natural Hygiene practitioners often operate fasting retreat centers, because fasting is the preferred method of "treatment". They claim that, as a result of fasting, people often recover from cancer, arthritis, asthma, digestive problems, high blood pressure, heart problems, and many other diseases. Fasting means eating nothing, drinking only distilled water and getting lots of rest. Fasting as understood in Natural Hygiene is not starvation, but physiological rest, and its aim is to allow the body to utilize its healing powers to the ...

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Natural Hygiene, Natural Hygiene - Theories of Natural Hygiene, Natural Hygiene - History of Natural Hygiene, Natural Hygiene - Toxemia of the blood, Natural Hygiene - The role of fasting, Natural Hygiene - Theories pertaining to medicines, Natural Hygiene - Natural Hygiene vs medical science, Natural Hygiene - Natural Hygiene vs naturopathy, Natural Hygiene - Training of practitioners

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In mid-2005, the Society had, as stated on its website,[9] "336 member priests established in 27 countries, 50 brothers, 53 oblates, 226 seminarians in six international seminaries, 130 priories, more than 600 Mass centers regularly-served, nine retreat houses, 14 major schools, and at least 50 connected to priories or chapels." Its main seminary is in Ecône, Switzerland; others are located in the United States (Winona), France (Flavigny-sur-Ozerain), Germany (Zaitzkofen), Australia (Goulburn), and Argentina (La Reja). As indicated on the w ...

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Society of St. Pius X, Society of St. Pius X - History, Society of St. Pius X - The Nine Priests, Society of St. Pius X - The 1988 consecrations, Society of St. Pius X - Present canonical status of SSPX, Society of St. Pius X - SSPX today, Society of St. Pius X - Negotiations with the Holy See, Society of St. Pius X - Controversies and politics

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Maximilian landed at Veracruz on May 28, 1864; but from the very outset he found himself involved in serious difficulties since the Mexican liberals, led by President Benito Juárez, refused to recognize his rule and there was continuous warfare between his French troops and the Mexican republicans. The Emperor and Empress set up their palace at Chapultepec, a hill on the outskirts of Mexico City that had been a retreat for Aztec emperors and more recently a military academy. Maximilian ordered a wide avenue cut through the city from Chapultepec to the city center; originally named Avenue of the Emperor, ...

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Maximilian I of Mexico, Maximilian I of Mexico - Early life, Maximilian I of Mexico - Offer of a Mexican crown, Maximilian I of Mexico - Emperor of Mexico, Maximilian I of Mexico - Related readings, Maximilian I of Mexico - Trivia

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