In the third lecture in the Consilience of Physics and the Humanities Series,

Dr. James Perkins will address the question: What should physical scientists know about the humanities? Topics include a historical perspective of early physicists' roles as humanists, recent trends and techniques for including humanities in the natural sciences classroom, and the interplay of humanities with current global topics in physics such as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, the potential discovery of the Higgs Boson, and the L'Aquila earthquake verdict.

James Perkins is a lecturer in the UNC Asheville Department of Physics and contributor to the Humanities Program as instructor of Humanities 324, The Modern World.    

This Week   

Mar 17-23, 2013      

Next Week

Mar 24-30, 2013

And Beyond

Hand Painted Silk Scarf

Instructor:  Donna Trunk
CRN# 20011
Date:  Saturday, March 23, 10 am - 3 pm
Fee: $55/per person
Materials Fee: $15/person, payable to instructor

Create a one of a kind hand painted silk scarf. Learn watercolor techniques using salt, stamps and resists to design your own accessory. Bring photos, pictures and ideas to create unique motifs. Silk scarves, brushes and paints will be provided by instructor.

For more information, click here for a link to view the workshop description and more information.  Stop by the Center or call 828-251-6140 to register.   

The Center for Jewish Studies at 

The University of North Carolina Asheville and OLLI at UNC Asheville

Present

"Aging with Awareness"

Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg

Thursday, April 18, 7 pm

Reuter Center, UNC Asheville

Free and Open to the Public

  Rabbi Weinberg's talk will combine a reflection on the five hindrances encountered in meditation practice that obscure the mind's ability to see clearly and how these same obscurations show up as one ages. The talk reveals the five hindrances in the Passover story as the impediments to freedom.  Once one has identified these "hindrances," one has a pathway toward their dissolution. One can see freedom, as do Jewish mystical sources, as both an internal-psycho-spiritual reality as well as a socio-political one. Rabbi Weinberg will also share some of the work that she is involved in in the Jewish world to sustain and support "wise aging."

 Peltz Weinberg is a Reconstructionist rabbi, educator, and nationally recognized pioneer in contemplative practice, which combines eastern meditative practices with western religious thought. A co-founder of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, she has published widely on feminism, Judaism, spirituality, and single parenting, and she has contributed commentaries to Kol HaNeshama, the Reconstructionist prayer book. Weinberg is the author of a memoir, Surprisingly Happy: An Atypical Religious Memoir,  which describes her remarkable life and spiritual quest in poetry, written prayers, and meditation practices, along with a candid examination of her own struggles with addiction, her philosophy of feminism and her ideas about family life and relationships.  

Please join us for what promises to be an illuminating evening.  For more information, contact the Center for Jewish Studies at 828-232-5027  cjs.unca.edu 

  Clear speech is important for all hearers, but especially  for those who are hard of hearing (HOH).

As we age, and particularly those of us with hearing  problems, we may develop "slow ears"-it takes us a little  longer to absorb what is being said to us.

Please practice clear speech!
Speak more slowly

Pause briefly in places so ears can catch up  

Enunciate clearly without exaggerating  

Be sure your face and mouth can be seen  

Rephrase, but don't shout

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