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1. The dumbest thing I ever bought was a 2020 planner.

2. 2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay away from positive people.

3. The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house & their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!

4. This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came to my house & told my dog…. We had a good laugh.

5. Every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.

6. Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or should we just keep washing our hands?

7. I never thought the comment, “I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6-foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are!

8. I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.

9. I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to the Backyard. I’m getting tired of the Living Room.

10. Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller with a mask on and ask for money.

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Chairman’s Message 
2020 — A Year Like No Other

2020 has been like no other year. A pandemic, the worst economic contractions on record, and occurring at a time when most economies were already sluggish with flat productivity growth. Yet living in Australia has provided distance from some of these harsh realities — almost no COVID-19, with everyone left relatively free to live their lives. However, my mind cannot help but think to the future, as the next five years are likely to be challenging.

Even with a successful vaccine, the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic will linger for years and compound any existing societal weaknesses. For western democracies, there were warning signs well before the lockdowns. For the last decade many measures of Positive Peace had been deteriorating – group grievances, perceptions of corruption, deteriorating income distribution, fractionalised elites, to name the most important issues. During this period of time demonstrations, riots and general strikes increased by 244 per cent. These factors will only intensify with high unemployment, large debts and a sluggish economic recovery. More than ever, governments need new approaches to manage these issues, but they are not currently apparent, and our leaders are stuck with the same policies of the last two decades.

At the Institute for Economics & Peace, we are working towards a paradigm shift in the way we develop our societies, shifting them towards peace. Our Positive Peace framework contains the very factors that create peace and also generate the background conditions for many of the things we value to flourish, such as higher per capita income, better performance on measures of wellbeing and happiness, stronger performance on ecological measures, to name a few.

In contrast to this outlook, IEP has had an exceptional year. Staff numbers have increased by 15 per cent, we have given or spoken at 250 virtual conferences, and our consulting revenue has tripled. We released a new product — the Ecological Threat Register — which received seven billion media impressions. Our standard products, the Global Peace Index and Global Terrorism Index, also went well recording another 13 billion media impressions between them.

I wish you all well for 2021. Hopefully, the vaccines will work, we will start travelling again, the global economies will begin to recover and I will be travelling again and we can meet once more.

With best wishes,

Steve Killelea
Founder & Executive Chairman, Institute for Economics & Peace

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Many people believe that once cancer treatment ends, life goes back to normal. For cancer survivors, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

That’s why a series called Survivorship Today : What It’s Like to Live with Cancer was created to share stories of people across the country who have been affected by cancer and advance our collective understanding of what it’s like to live with the disease today. The series helps bring attention to their personal triumphs and challenges, because with greater understanding, we can inspire more action and better support.

When AJ was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer, he was told he only had a few years to live. Now, seven years later, he has joined Survivorship Today to share the physical and emotional challenges he still experiences even after treatment has ended.

AJ still experiences limited use of his right arm and hand, reduced sensation in his right leg that impacts his gait, fatigue and other issues that can make everyday tasks difficult to perform. As a lung cancer survivor, he faces even greater challenges in the height of COVID-19. Research has shown the virus is associated with a high burden of severity in patients with lung cancer, and AJ finds he is once again feeling isolated and his family needs to take extra precautions.

He also used to be fixated on making it from one milestone to the next, but soon realized those feelings were stealing not only his happiness, but also the happiness of those around him. Today, AJ tries to live each moment in the present, being fully immersed in what he’s doing. He practices daily meditation, listens more and says his relationships have become stronger than ever.

There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the U.S. today, and thanks to advances in research, that number is expected to increase to 26 million by 2040. Despite this progress, research is only beginning to understand how cancer impacts us over time.

Joining AJ is Shelley Fuld Nasso, CEO of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivors (NCCS), who can discuss NCCS’ 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship survey and ways to better support survivorship needs, particularly during the time of COVID-19.

AJ and Shelley discuss why they got involved in Survivorship Today, and what they want others to know about life with cancer today.
Interview courtesy: Bristol Myers Squibb
Survivorship Today is a series by Bristol Myers Squibb

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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

A Gift to help us during this time of change and transformation…

Complimentary Yoga Class for Everyone

Incorporate The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success into your Daily Yoga Practice

Join Claire Diab

Saturday, December 5 and December 12, 2020

10:00-11:00 am

(Eastern Standard Time)

All are Welcome !

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Best Quote for 2020

This is not the year

to get everything you want,

This is the year to appreciate everything you have.

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TIME and SPACE

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

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Virtual showing also available

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