Tsering Paldron is a well-known Tibetan Buddhist teacher from Porto. She has accepted an invitation from our local Buddhist group, and will give a lecture & workshop on the topic of “Aging Body – Timeless Mind” (“Envelhecer como Buda”, in Portuguese, English translation is possible) on Jan 31st in Funchal.…
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We visited the ORM (“Operação de Redes da Madeira”) in Funchal. Four engineers greeted us and explained the exhibitions and technical details, answered all our questions, divided their attention between us and were incredibly hospitable. Due to the immense amount of information we received, I can only be general in…
We visited the “Assoc. Abelinha” in Prazeres, to see the building for the Sidra production and were able to taste two kinds of Sidra (Sidra das Costas de Baixo, Video on the top left of this page: https://abelhinha.org/videos/). The project is based on the work of Padre Rui Sousa in…
We met in the Gallery and saw this video: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2025/may/13/they-want-to-feel-like-men-why-are-gen-z-men-turning-to-rightwing-politics UK teenage boys were asked why their group seems to prefer right wing parties, whereas girls in their age group tend to favour left wing parties. The word “control” came up, people want to be in control of their lives,…
We met in the Gallery and saw this video: Angus Hervey: the good news you might have missed: The speaker, at TED for the second time, brings good news on the affairs of the world. His résumé: each person has to decide of he/she wants to listen to good news…
We met with in the Gallery and saw this video: a TED talk with Simon Sinek, a motivational speaker (https://www.ted.com/speakers/simon_sinek) The conversation took place three years ago during the Pandemic. Sinek is concerned with the public mental health: His tips: What is your WHY in your life? Are your friends…
We met with a small group in the Gallery and saw this video: The author wrote about the effect the “broken windows” theory had on the descent of the crime rate in New York City in the 1990’s Due to “Stop & Frisk” (mainly on black men), the NY police…
28.2.2025 We met at the production facility of “Santo Queijo” (in Santo da Serra), our only professional dairy place on the island (https://www.santoqueijo.com/). We entered the factory through a “clean” room where we had to wash hands and donned garb as in a clinic, from top to toe (see foto).…
The Bus Driver syndicate has organized an all-day strike for Feb 20. Public buses will be on reduced or much-reduced service on Friday. Taxis are available (with taximeter fares). Ursula Hahn info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 1
The Quinta B Team (B&B in Funchal) visited the „Solar São Cristóvão“ (follow the road signs in Machico). Here are their impressions: Today I would like to tell you about a little trip into Madeira’s past. We visited an old manor house in Machico, in the east of the island.…
We met on 18.1.2025 in the Gallery and saw a Guardian video about “Artificial General Intelligence: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2023/nov/02/ilya-the-ai-scientist-shaping-the-world.The interviewed person, Ilya Sutskever, is one of the creators of AI. He said that false messages and fraudulent content will become much more common. BBC had to retract a news item because it…
CBM is pleased to announce the return of professor Paulo Borges to Madeira on December 7th to lead a workshop on meditation. This event constitutes an introductory step to meditative practice, accessible to anyone. Professor Borges is professor of Medicine and Meditation at the Faculty of Medicine of the University…
We met in the Gallery and saw a Guardian video about “Honeydew“ communal living in Italy: https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2024/sep/11/better-together-is-communal-living-the-answer-to-modern-malaise-video A difficult topic for some of us because it is a bit woo-woo. The community has great plans for a harmonious living community. But someone had to fund the project and without good…
We visited the Viveiro in Matur. This tree/plant nursery is one of five the Government has on the island; of course, they are a bit remote (Casa Velha in Santo da Serra, Santa in Porto Moniz, Matur, Pico das Pedras in Santana). Porto Santo has one in Salôes. The website…
We visited the Instituto Oftalmologico Muñoz Trindade IOMT (https://www.facebook.com/iomt.pt/) clinic in Funchal, situated at the back of the LaVie/Plaza. Drs. Nuno Silva (from the Azores) and Fabio Trindade (Madeira) showed us the installations and the equipment they have. With altogether four doctors working there, they now pay off a (probably…