Occasion

2022 - 9 - 10

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Debra Spark's Latest Book Project Rises to the Occasion (Colby College)

The English professor co-edits Breaking Bread, an anthology of essays about food, with proceeds helping to address Maine's hunger problem.

Members of the Waterville and broader Maine community are encouraged to attend, as are Colby students. “One thing I found, and hope readers find, is that every time I read something, I had a story I wanted to tell back to the author,” she said. Across the 68 essays Corey and Spark solicited, a handful of core themes recurred. In the preface to Breaking Bread, Corey writes, “The fact that many do not have fond food memories has stayed with me, making me examine my own food memories and wonder about those of others. Corey had already reached out to some well-known current, former, and part-time Colby faculty when Spark joined the project. Inspired by both the connective force and surprising deficit of food in her area, Corey began reaching out to writers throughout Maine for essays on memories surrounding food.

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The BBC faced a daunting test – and it rose to the occasion (New Statesman)

Overwhelmingly, the tone of the coverage of the Queen's death was right and complex technical operations delivered.

That too is something that should be a core mission of public broadcasting: not just there for the biggest moments but for a sustainably enhanced understanding of our nation and ourselves. The more modern approach was evidence of a fact stated repeatedly on all channels: we are a very different nation to the one that Elizabeth II inherited 70 years ago. Many users of social media were bemused by the many hours of [BBC](https://www.newstatesman.com/tag/bbc) and Sky News rolling coverage devoid of much information before the death was announced, but the broadcasters were right because they could see that events were moving to an inevitable outcome. The revelation for me was the style of the BBC radio programming. [Princess Diana](https://www.newstatesman.com/tag/diana) was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, on another Bank Holiday weekend and at an hour when almost no staff were in the newsrooms. [the Queen](https://www.newstatesman.com/tag/queen-elizabeth) has been the most planned-for event by television and radio journalists, and the subject of rehearsals that go back decades.

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Monk keeps portable kit for tea ceremony for every occasion | The ... (Asahi Shimbun)

KYOTO--Seizan Toda, chief monk of Daijiin temple here, never goes anywhere without utensils to hold an impromptu tea ceremony, which means he lugs around a ...

Several years ago, Toda started holding tea rituals in the reception areas of hospitals. Toda said he provides neither Buddhist teachings nor counseling at Kian unfolded in medical centers. The structure’s design was determined following multiple tweaks. During a visit to the Osaka International Cancer Institute in Osaka this past June, he listened to patients and relatives talking about their illnesses and all sorts of topics. His Kian consists of 30 bamboo slats, each measuring 2 meters long. The idea of a portable teahouse came about in 2015 following a proposal to erect a teahouse in the garden of a Japanese restaurant in Rome.

Speech on the occasion of the Decorations for Bravery ceremony ... (Gouverneure générale du Canada)

In 1972, Her Majesty The Queen granted Royal approval for the creation of three new insignia: the Cross of Valour, the Star of Courage and the Medal of ...

We saw examples of bravery once again this past weekend in Saskatchewan. You gave the gift of hope. But all of you made a conscious choice: to try to save a life. Whatever the outcome, you gave the most important gift in an impossible, life-altering situation. She personally presented some of the first medals in this very Ballroom in 1973, as well as many other honours here in Canada over the years. Some of you have made a commitment to serve the public good, to protect in times of great and grave danger.

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