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Taken from Regressions Through the Mirrors of Time. Get the CD: http://www.hayhouse.co.uk/cds/140192235X/regression-through-the-mirrors-of-time

Enjoy a meditation in which Dr. Brian Weiss will help you to induce a state of serenity and contentment.

Brian Weiss - A Meditation to Inner Peace, Love and Joy

This is a program from Emma Learning English
Script:
Whenever being asked about who the person having a significant role to play in my life is, I always answer that is my best friend called Nhung. Um, I first met her  5 years ago when we were studying at our high school. Um, At that time, for me,  she was nothing rather than a distant classmate. Since I thought she was not, um, kind of, not my cup of tea. Um, however, time’s gone by, we had more time to talk and share. We often  hung out with each other after classes or went shopping , which helped us to get away from it all and recharged ourselves. well, ever since then,  we got closer and closer. Now she is my beloved soulmate that I can’t imagine how terrible, lonely my life would be if somedays she disappeared. Frankly, I am quite into her tactfulness what I mean here is  she seldom cuts somebody to the quick, or that sort of thing. That is the reason why we have never had any row so far. what’s more,  it is she who gives me useful advice when I am in trouble. Being with her, I don’t have to keep anything quiet because she is such a thoughtful listener that I can, I can let all things out. To be honest not only am I in debt to her but also treasure this priceless friendship.

(by Emma Le)

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Night Radio Ep9: IELTS Speaking Sample Answer: An important person

Talk about a foreign language that you know and how you learned it. Please say:
- How exactly did you learn it?
- Where did you learn it?
- Did somebody help you in any way?
Um, apart from English, I used to spend time to learn Chinese which is considered one of the most challenging languages in the world. Um, learning speaking skill comes, you know, naturally to almost of Vietnamese people since, um,we have a wide range of vocabulary and grammar structures in common. This results from the fact that we had been Chinese’s colony for roughly a millennium. In stark contrast, Chinese writing is miles more difficult than  speaking as it is a, well, I can’t remember what word linguists call it, but,but, Chinese characters include hundreds of symbols. As the result, learners find it extremely challenging to remember how to write a word correctly. When I set out to study Chinese, there was no doubt in my mind that I couldn’t  pull this  language off alone.  Therefore, I decided to take course in a famous Chinese center so that I could be taught by professional teachers. Although this center is located quite  far from my house, I still against all odds, traveled a long distance to study with native teachers at that center. Not to mention the time I spent in the class, I and some of my classmates grouped up in order to practise listening and speaking at home. Besides, I wholeheartedly admired my teacher since he didn’t hesitate to correct all of my writing exercises that I sent him as well as advised me the most effective ways to master Chinese. Well, eventually, after a long time attempting to study, now, communicating with people in Chinese for me is just,well, a piece of cake.
-------by Emma Le----------
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Ep21: Sample answer for IELTS Speaking test (Task2) in UZBEKISTAN June 2014

From Louise Hay's "Meditations for Loving Yourself to Great Health"
The guided meditations in this audio program were created by Louise Hay, Ahlea Khadro, and Heather Dane to support you in changing your way of life to one that focuses on nourishing your body and treating it with love. Sit back, relax, and allow yourself to be guided to more loving choices.

Louise Hay -  Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Meditation

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BBC Learning English - The English We Speak   Stab In The Back

A download of guided meditations aimed to complement the learnings found in Prof Mark William's and Dr Danny Penman's guide to freeing yourself from the stresses of everyday life. Containing all the meditations that are mentioned in the book this is an invaluable resource to cement their teachings on how to find Mindfulness, and how to keep it.

Mindfulness - Finding Peace In A Frantic World - Guided Meditations

Meditation Five: Sounds And Thoughts

Meditation Four: Breath And Body

Meditation One: Mindfulness Of Body And Breath

BAFTA winning Director Ken Loach joins us for What make us Human. Feb 21, 2017

Ken Loach: What make us Human?

Daytime television was once thought of as the nursery slopes of a TV career. Today its complex formats and production requirements are seen by many as more challenging than peak-time programming.

“You will learn more making a daytime show than any other.”– Rachel Innes-Lumsden

Smaller teams, smaller budgets and tighter schedules mean there’s little room for error. That makes a daytime production team a well-oiled machine where everyone knows their job.

Street Auction (above) and Dom on the Spot are two BBC One daytime series that were given the green light by commissioning editor Lindsay Bradbury. Alongside Lindsay in this week’s podcast are Julia Foot, series producer of Street Auction, and Rachel Innes-Lumsden, executive producer from the independent production company TwoFour which makes Dom on the Spot

In this podcast you’ll learn:

- the pros and cons of working on daytime programmes
- the daytime TV production process
- the relationship between commissioning editors and programme producers
- the schedules for daytime productions

Find out more about BBC Academy:
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Inside daytime television: Ideas, reveals and hard work

Millionaire Success Habits - Chapter 2 - The Foundation For All Success

English Listening..Sleep Learning

Dr David Belin, Department of Psychology, discusses our current understanding of the psychological and neural basis of impulsive/compulsive disorders such as drug addiction and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He will offer an overall framework within which to understand how goal-directed behaviour, initially aiming at experiencing euphoria, pleasure, or performing better at the exam, in the context or drug use, or relieving distress in the context of OCD becomes, in some vulnerable individuals, a compulsive habit.

Dr David Belin is a Lecturer in Behavioural Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology of the University of Cambridge.

Dr Belin was born in Blois, France. He graduated in 2005 in Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology at the University of Bordeaux 2. During his PhD he developed the first preclinical model of cocaine addiction based in the operationalisation of multiple clinical criteria of the pathology as defined in humans.

Dr Belin then moved to the laboratory of Professor Barry Everitt at the Department of Experimental Psychology of the University of Cambridge in January 2006. With his mentor Dr Belin investigated the corticostriatal mechanisms of cocaine seeking habits and the relationships between impulsivity and compulsive cocaine self-administration, leading to a breakthrough in our understanding of the neurological and psychological mechanisms subserving individual vulnerability to cocaine addiction.

In 2009 Dr David Belin tenured at the INSERM in France and established his INSERM team in Poitiers (France) which focused on the psychological, neural and cellular mechanisms of individual vulnerability to compulsive disorders and their modulation by the environment. Soon it became apparent that Cambridge is where he wanted to carry out his research and he came back in October 2013, being appointed Lecturer in Neuroscience at the Department of Pharmacology. He moved back to the Department of Psychology in October 2016, where he has now established his research on the psychological and neural mechanisms of compulsive disorders.

Dr David Belin has received the Mémain-Pelletier Award from the French Academy of Science and the Young Investigator Award from the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society. He received a visiting scientist award from the Chinese Academy of Science in December 2017.

Dr David Belin - When The Object Of Your Actions Escapes You

Mobile devices are often with us 24/7. Intuitively, we understand these mobile companions must know a lot about our interests and friends but sensors embedded in these devices offer a incredibly rich window into the lives of individuals and society as a whole. Is this information reliable? For what and how can this be used? How can we exploit it while respecting user privacy? Cecilia Mascolo, Professor of Mobile Systems, discusses the challenges and opportunities of this technology that is revolutionizing the future of a wide variety of domains ranging from health care to how cities function.

Cecilia Mascolo is a mother of a teenage daughter. She is also Full Professor of Mobile Systems in the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK, a Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge and a Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science in London. Prior joining Cambridge in 2008, she was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at University College London. She holds a PhD from the University of Bologna. Her research interests are in human mobility modelling, mobile and sensor systems and networking and spatio-temporal data analysis.

She has published in a number of top tier conferences and journals in the area and her investigator experience spans projects funded by Research Councils and industry. She has received numerous best paper awards and in 2016 was listed in “10 Women in Networking /Communications You Should Know”. She has served as an organizing and programme committee member of mobile, sensor systems, networking, data science conferences and workshops. She has delivered a number of keynote talks at conferences and workshops in the area of mobility, data science, pervasive computing and systems. She sits on the editorial boards of IEEE Pervasive Computing, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks and ACM Transactions on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies.

More details at www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/cm542.

Cecilia Mascolo - Small but mighty data: what mobile devices can tell about us?

Whether it's about the risks of eating burnt toast or changes in sexual habits, numbers get used to give weight to a media story. But statistics are frequently abused, with exaggerations and misunderstandings disguised by the illusion of hard facts. Professor David Spiegelhalter shows how to identify the naughty numbers and the shabby stats, and how some basic mathematics can take apart scare stories.

David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk and Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University, and as Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, he works to improve the way in which risk and statistical evidence are taught and discussed in society. He gives many presentations to schools and others, advises organisations on risk communication, and is a regular commentator on risk issues. He presented the BBC4 documentaries ‘Tails you Win: the Science of Chance’ and the award-winning ‘Climate Change by Numbers’. He was elected FRS in 2005, awarded an OBE in 2006, and was knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics. For 2017-2018 he is President of the Royal Statistical Society. In 2011 he came 7th in an episode of Winter Wipeout.

David Spiegelhalter - How To Spot Dodgy Data In The News

Using sparks, fire, microwave ovens and many more demos, Dave Ansell shows the science and engineering that has allowed humans to shine light into the darkness from the stone age to the present day.

This is Dave's 21st Cambridge Science Festival, in that time he's been an a physics undergraduate and a research student, has worked in science radio, built a hands on science museum, and started a science roadshow. Now he spends most of his time in his shed making science toys, demos and exhibits for his own shows and for museums, researchers, TV companies and enthusiasts.

http://sciansell.co.uk

Dave Ansell - Makin' Light

Take a deep breath and jump into the incredible world of fish, with marine biologist Dr Helen Scales (goggles and snorkels optional). Find out how fish can live for 500 years, how their beards can glow in the dark and sometimes they talk to each other with farts.

As a writer, marine biologist and broadcaster Dr Helen Scales' work combines a scuba diver’s devotion to exploring the oceans, a scientist’s nerdy attention to details, a conservationist’s angst about the state of the planet, and a storyteller’s fixation with words and ideas.

Helen writes books and articles and makes radio documentaries; she searches for stories about the oceans and the natural world, of the wonders of science and people; and she does her best to spend as much time as she can in, on and next to the sea.

Dr Helen Scales - Something Fishy

Nutrition and exercise are paramount for improving health and preventing disease. However, controversy exists over what constitutes a healthy diet. “Chocolate is good, Butter is back…” Misinformation in the media is confusing. Alexander Mok, MRC Epidemiology Unit, aims to demystify the research and evidence base underpinning the public health recommendations for a healthy lifestyle.

Alexander’s research focuses on the combined influence of Nutrition and Physical Activity on health, chronic disease and longevity using large population-based studies. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology and subsequently completed interdisciplinary training in Public Health at Harvard University. Prior to starting his PhD studies at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge; he worked in the Clinical Nutrition Research Centre within the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences and was awarded the National Science Scholarship from A*STAR, Singapore to pursue his doctoral studies.

Alexander Mok - Making Sense Of A Healthy Lifestyle

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