A big OODAThanks

Thanksgiving 2010: As we remember with gratitude all of our blessings today, we’d like to include all of you who have contributed to our success over these past (almost) two years. A big OODA THANK YOU to our customers, colleagues, suppliers, family, friends, fans and followers. Together, with you, we will continue to strive to make a difference and contribute to the betterment of this world using the gifts we have been given. Thank you very much!

“The earth has one and only one Origin, the universe has one and only one Origin, all humankind has one and only one Origin, and all religions also have one and only one Origin.”

- Kotama Okada (Seio)



Salvation through Harmony in Montreal

“Salvation through Harmony” is Montreal’s motto and appears on the city’s coat of arms intended to illustrate that different communities have co-existed in harmony for nearly 400 years: a fleur de lis for the French, a rose for the English, a thistle for the Scots, a shamrock for the Irish, and a beaver for the Canadians.

First, the Amerindians and the French coexisted – then the British, the Scottish, the Irish, the East Europeans, Italians, Greeks and now people from every continent … and today the Montreal School Board welcomes children born in 188 different countries. Talk about interoperability!

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Going Green to Preserve our Precious Planet

Over the holiday break, I took my six-year-old to ZooLights – an amazing spectacle of nearly 1.25 million lights hung throughout the Oregon Zoo. Thankfully, it was greener than ever this year because nearly 2/3 of the festival’s bulbs have been replaced with energy-efficient LEDs. Patrons were even enticed to make the switch by getting free fudge in exchange for their old power-sucking holiday lights. Sweet! Read More