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SA Deplores US Military In Africa
"Africa has to avoid the presence of foreign forces on its soil, particularly if any influx of soldiers might affect relations between sister African countries," Lekota said
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More armed US soldiers are not welcome in Africa, said South Africa's Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota.
Any country that allowed itself to be a base for the US strategic command in Africa (Africom) would have to live with the consequences, Lekota said. Africom's recent creation has been interpreted as the US suddenly recognizing the strategic importance of Africa.
Last month it was reported that Lekota was not responding to US requests for him to meet the first Africom commander, Gen Kip Ward. Briefing the media August 29, Lekota said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) defense ministers had, at the summit in Lusaka this month, decided that no member states would host Africom and more armed US soldiers.
He said this was also the "continental position" of the African Union. However, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has evidently already offered her country as a base for Africom. Lekota said as far as he knew most African countries supported the view that the Americans should keep their distance.
He said there might be a minority that felt Africom was welcome but, as was the case in democracy, the will of the majority prevailed. He warned strongly that any country that did not abide by the view that US soldiers should not have an enlarged presence in Africa as part of Africom would have to consider the consequences.
These could amount to neighboring African countries refusing to co-operate with them. "Africa has to avoid the presence of foreign forces on its soil, particularly if any influx of soldiers might affect relations between sister African countries," Lekota said. The idea of a renewed US focus on Africa was not new, he said. "Nevertheless, the SADC has adopted the position that it would be better if the US did it from a distance," and did not cause instability in Africa.
R-Adm Robert Moeller of the US was reported last month as arguing that the goal of the US with Africom was to help build the capacity of African organizations such as the African Standby Force to promote peace and security and respond to crises on the continent. Simon Tisdale wrote in the London-based Guardian: "Africom marks the official arrival of America's 'global war on terror' on the African continent."
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Friday, September 07, 2007
A Well Connected Story
I thought,
and I thought,
and I thought, but nothing---absolutely nothing came to mind.
I even contemplated NOT having a wordless image.
The situation sort of reminded me of my Language Arts students when I announce that we will be doing creative writing for most of the period. There are always a few students who wail, "….but, I can't think of anything to write about." I remind students to check out their idea list we began at the beginning of the year---the list they keep in the front of their writing notebooks.
During the first week of school we set up the notebooks and then I show students my own personal writing binder with my own writing ideas list. When they write I write. This breaks those students who want reassurance after each sentence. The rule is if someone is writing they cannot be interrupted. I write along with students for the entire time….usually 20 minutes.
I pop my personal writing topics up on the television screen and I go through my list explaining what each and every entry refers to. As I share my writing ideas I tell students my ideas might spark some of their own, and they should list these as I speak.
Here are three of the items on my list and the explanations I provide students:
Lady-she was my dog….my one and only dog. She was with me from the third grade through my second year of college.
Riding my bike-I used to spend the majority of my day on my bike sometimes riding as many as ten miles a day though to look at me now you wouldn't believe it. I used to make all sorts of ramps. My young men can't believe I really had a bike with monkey handle bars, a banana seat, and a sissy bar until I show them a picture. Popping wheelies was the best.
Riding out a hurricane 6 blocks from the beach-I lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia when Gloria blew through. It was quite an experience for someone who had never heard the wind really blow or seen house parts fly down the street.
My list goes on and on, and while I talk the kids learn many things about me. and at the same time my entries act as a trigger helping them to write down some of their own.
So, back to my empty brain...I had nothing. I took a long look at my blog and looked at my resource blogroll. I saw my link to American Heritage Magazine and clicked through. I went into the archives and accessed an article from August, 1955 titled Spoiled Child of American Politics, an article concerning Henry Cabot Lodge. Here's how it began:
When Henry Cabot Lodge was a lad of sixteen, his mother took him to the studio of a famous American sculptor named William Story. Alter examining a number of Story's works, she decided to purchase one entitled: "Lybian Sybil." She asked young Cabot what he thought of it. He replied that the statue was perfectly lovely, but the inscription was all wrong. "It ought to be 'Libyan' and 'Sibyl'," he announced tartly. "The letters in Greek are Upsilons."
This tale had a happy ending, for Mrs. Lodge bought the statue anyway (with the inscription altered). But the outcome of other incidents in which Lodge displayed the aggravating, smug, and generally unlovely side of his personality was often disastrous. For Lodge was without an equal among American statesmen at the art of arousing people's ire. Few politicians have been so cordially hated; certainly none who held office continually for more than 35 years, as he did.
In part his bad reputation today steins from the dim view most people take of his Machiavellian conduct during the fight over the League of Nations in the Senate…
While very interesting this is the point where where I stopped reading the article because my interest had not been aroused by Mr. Lodge but by the mention of the statue. "Hmmmmmm, I wonder what that looks like?"I thought.
I certainly don't mean to dismiss Henry Cabot Lodge. He is a very interesting historial figure and certainly he was a major thorn in the side of President Woodrow Wilson, but I had been majorly distracted by a shiny object…..a statue with an interesting name that the young Lodge had pompously deigned insufficient unless the name was changed. If you haven't guessed already Henry Cabot Lodge is the reason why I referred to the League of Nations in my teaser for the wordless puzzle. Once you are done with this post I encourage you to find out more about Mr. Lodge and his family.
I did a quick google regarding the "Libyan Sibyl" and suddenly found myself looking at the Sistene Chapel. A sibyl is a female prophet or seer, and was used by Michelangelo in contrast to the images of Old Testament prophets seen on the chapel ceiling. Sibyls were first mentioned by the Greek writer Heraclitus in the fifth century B.C. There are four sibyls depicted in the Sistene Chapel, and one is the Libyan Sibyl. You can see it here. Over the years there have been many discussions concerning sibyls in Greek literature and thought. The actual numbers of sibyls have increased from four to twelve depending on the source you are using.
"Well," I thought, "that's very interesting, but not what I'm looking for." I changed my keywords and entered "William Wetmore Story" in the Google search box. Now, I already knew Henry Cabot Lodge was from an old, connected family, but I soon discovered Mr. Story was as well. His father was Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. William Story was born in 1819 and attended Harvard University. He eventually practiced law, wrote legal textbooks, and even wrote a biography of his father. He was interested in art, but treated it as a hobby during the early part of his life and never received formal training. I learned that many of Story's subjects were inspired by Greek tragedy and often his subjects were idealized including the lovely statues of Cleopatria and Medea.
When viewing his work the fact that he did not have formal training as a youth is astounding. You would think he had been working with marble all of his life. I think out of all of the works I've seen so far I love Fallen Angel (left) the best. This sculpture rests on the grave of Mr. Story's wife, and I find it very compelling.
After being commissioned to design a statue of his father, Story traveled to Italy and began to study sculpting earnestly. Rome became his new home where he resided in the Old Barberini Palace. He hobnobbed with the likes of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I couldn't help but think as I learned this that Story and Lodge really had much in common. They were well connected, their families were well off, and they were both well educated, however they were born 57 years apart. They were also both very passionate concerning their beliefs. Lodge had opinions he felt worth fighting for with regards to the League of Nations and immigration. Story, even though he lived most of his later life in Italy, felt very strongly about rising tensions in the United States leading up to the War Between the States. Early in the war Story sent regular letters to the Daily Mail that were gathered up and reprinted as The American Question. The subject was mainly neutrality, and the collection of letters had significant influence in Britian.
At this point you might be thinking I had promised you a connection with abolition and women's rights, and so far no pay off, right? I'm getting there….
After I thought I had learned as much as I could about Story in the time I had alloted myself I returned to the Google search page and scrolled down. Suddenly, I was seeing references to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Sojourner Truth. HUH?????????
I discovered in 1853 the ex-slave turned speaker and preacher, Truth, had visited Harriet Beecher Stowe in her Andover, Massachusetts home. Truth was hoping Stowe would write an introduction to Truth's Narratives. At the time Stowe was enjoying her success with the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which provided many Northerners with their only picture of what life was like in the South.
Stowe remembered her visit with Sojourner Truth ten years later in an Atlantic Monthly article from April, 1863, you can read here. As you read the article, and if you view it with a critical eye, you can pick up on details that tend to romanticize Sojourner Truth.
Many have argued that Harriet Beecher Stowe took creative license with her 1863 article. First, the contents can be doubted since it is certain she took no notes during her visit with Truth which leads us to the conclusion that the article is simply a recollection of events that were ten years old. Many take issue with Stowe referring to Truth as an African since the ex-slave was born in the United States. Her parents may have arrived in chains from Africa, but Sojourner Truth was born with the name Isabella as a slave in Ulster County, New York. If you really wanted to get technical she wasn't an African or an American. She was property and as such was not a citizen of the United States. At one point Stowe refers to Truth's passing. Of course, Sojourner Truth was very much alive in 1863 and for many years after. As I read the article I looked at the passing reference to mean she passed through Stowe's life….not that she had passed to her great reward. Others take issue with Stowe writing Truth's words in the style of Southern dialect. This incorrectly labels Ms. Truth as a Southern ex-slave, and she was not. She would not have spoken with the Southern dialect. In fact, until she was sold for the first time in 1806. Truth spoke only Dutch. Many state that depending on her audience Sojourner Truth could change her manner of speaking. I guess we will never truly know. I have not researched this very well, but do find it interesting.
Stowe also recounts in her article that she met with William Wetmore Story soon after her visit with Truth and told him all about it. The romanticized description given to him by Stowe, gave Story inspiration and the statue I presented as my wordless image was born. Stowe's article states:
But though Sojourner Truth has passed away from among us as a waveof the sea, her memory still lives in one of the loftiest and mostoriginal works of modern art, the Libyan Sibyl, by Mr. Story,which attracted so much attention in the late World's Exhibition. Some years ago, when visiting Rome, I related Sojourner's historyto Mr. Story at a breakfast at his house.
The history of Sojourner Truth worked in his mind and led him intothe deeper recesses of the African nature,--those unexploreddepths of being and feeling, mighty and dark as the giganticdepths of tropical forests, mysterious as the hidden rivers andmines of that burning continent whose life-history is yet to be. A few days after, he told me that he had conceived the idea of astatue which he should call the Libyan Sibyl. Two yearssubsequently, I revisited Rome, and found the gorgeous Cleopatrafinished, a thing to marvel at, as the creation of a new style ofbeauty, a new manner of art. Mr. Story requested me to come andrepeat to him the history of Sojourner Truth, saying that theconception had never left him. I did so; and a day or two after,he showed me the clay model of the Libyan Sibyl. I have neverseen the marble statue; but am told by those who have, that it wasby far the most impressive work of art at the [London] Exposition.
As you can see from my wordless image it is most impressive, but doesn't it have an even more interesting quality to know that Sojourner Truth was the statue's inspiration and Harriet Beecher Stowe has something to do with it?
Eventually after some correction with the text (I left the bottom portion of the image out of my wordless post, but include it with this post) the statue became the property of the Lodge family. Years later the statue was donated to the Smithsonian where it is displayed today for everyone to see.
In her fantastic read, Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol, Nelle Irvin Painter states the Atlantic Monthly article transformed Truth from a little-noted evangelist and reformer, she became a celebrity; her presence of itself, was not news. Newspapers began to refer to Ms. Truth as the "sibyl" and she introduced herself as "the well known Mrs. Stowe's African Sibyl".
I also referred to the Washington Monument in my wordless hints. In 1876 the construction of the Washington Monument had stood still for almost twenty years. The monument was only one-third complete, so to jump start efforts the committee in charge of the monument agreed to look at five other designs including one submitted by Mr. Story. His design was considered to be "vastly superior in artistic taste and beauty", however, the original design was altered a bit and construction continued. The completed image is what we see today.
So, there you have it…my journey to a wordless image.
Damn….for someone who had absolutely nothing to say I ended up with quite a "Story."
I should learn from my own teaching. :)
6 comments:
- ms. whatsit said...
When you write with your students, do you use your computer or a notebook like your students? Do you show your students your blog?
I love that you've shared the path of your thinking for this "wordless" post. Sometimes a few words illuminate and clarify the story much more than the picture, even if it's worth a thousand words.
- EHT said...
Hi! I use the notebook in class since I always have it with me to write down ideas as they come to me.
I haven't shared my blog with this year's group, but they were aware of it last year...especially after the USA Today article in September. Particular stories I've written and published here...."A Sticky Easter Memory", and my 9/11 post from last year were shared with students. I've even used stories like that to illustrate beginning, middle, and end, etc.
- ms. whatsit said...
Wow! I didn't realize that you were USA Today famous! I must live under a rock....
Thanks for the clarification. I'd love to be a fly on the wall of your classroom and watch you teach.
- Unknown said...
Well, you've done it again!
I was mesmerized!
The neat part is that I can add this story to my repertoire when we vist the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery.
And my own journey to the cemeteries of Florence and Rome will be part of it too!
- Mr. Nauton said...
Thanks again for a wonderful "lost" hour or so, reading and learning... you are rapidly becoming my favorite teacher!
- EHT said...
Thanks JK, I appreciate that.
Tour Marm, I'm glad you can find the story useful. I was simply amazed at the connections myself...all from one simply archives glimpse.
Thanks Ms. Whatsit. I needed to hear something like that today.


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Checking in on… the NECPosted by Brian Goodman on February 9th, 2011
Ray Floriani of College Chalk Talk is the RTC correspondent for the NEC and MAAC.
Heading into the final third of the NEC race, Long Island is in the lead. Favorite Quinnipiac has hit a few rough spots, but is still in contention. Just ahead of the Bobcats and hot on LIU's heels are Central Connecticut and Wagner. It is a cliché that every game matters, but it nevertheless holds true in the NEC. Even the contenders know that teams in the second half having struggles of their own can be dangerous and spring an upset.
Power Rankings
1. LIU (18-5, 10-2) Extended its win streak to four with victories over Sacred Heart (81-69) and Quinnipiac (84-74). The Blackbirds were very consistent on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. The efficiency margin against Sacred Heart was +16 (107-91) and +13 (108-95) in the win over Quinnipiac. Jim Ferry also preached a favorable pace; A 75-possession club, LIU's two games were played at 76 and 78-possession tempos, respectively.
Notable: Jason Brickman was selected as Co-Rookie of the Week for his fine play at the lead guard position. Brickman averaged 11.5 points, 6.5 assists and committed only three turnovers in 52 minutes of action the last two outings.
2. Central Connecticut (16-7, 9-3) So much for the dreaded 'western' swing. The Blue Devils swept road games against St. Francis (PA) 86-79 and Robert Morris 80-58. The offensive efficiency marks were 119 and 121m respectively. In the latter game, Central earned a big win at a traditionally tough location by holding Robert Morris to an 88 OE and enjoyed a 53%-39% edge in offensive rebounding percentage.
Notable: Ken Horton earned NEC Player of the Week honors with double-doubles in both games. The 6'6 junior forward averaged 24.5 points and 10 rebounds on the road kick.
3. Quinnipiac (15-8, 7-5) Split the Brooklyn trip with a conquest of St. Francis (NY) 74-60 before losing at LIU (84-74). Efficiencies give a clear picture of the two games. Against the Terriers, Quinnipiac had a 106-86 edge in offensive efficiency. Two days later, LIU enjoyed the 108-85 advantage. Turnover rate, in this case, did not affect the Bobcats' OE. Their TO rate was 26% at St. Francis and only 9% at LIU.
Notable: Senior guard James Johnson averaged 20 points and six rebounds on his homecoming swing (Johnson played his high school ball at Bishop Loughlin in Brooklyn). Justin Rutty, sidelined seven games with an elbow injury, was back in action. The senior forward averaged 16 points and seven rebounds.
4. Mount St. Mary's (9-16, 7-5) Earned a two-game homestand sweep over Monmouth (56-54) and Fairleigh Dickinson (70-59). The Mountaineers average 65 possessions per game, though the Monmouth game was a slower 55. The FDU meeting was right on the 65 possession tempo. Both games saw the Mount over 100 in OE while keeping the opposition under 100. The high mark was a 108 OE against FDU. Mount shot only 46% eFG percentage that fame but their TO rate was an outstanding 8%.
Notable: Julian Norfleet, a freshman guard, hit the deciding shot, a three-pointer, with 0.6 seconds remaining to defeat Monmouth. Senior forward Shawn Atupem paced the Mount with 17 points versus FDU on 8-14 shooting from the floor.
5. Wagner (11-11, 7-4) The Seahawks swept home games over New Jersey foes. First, a 61-57 win over FDU, followed by a 63-60 decision against Monmouth. The offense was subpar, but defense did the job against FDU. The efficiency margin was +6, thanks to a defense allowing only an 85 in offensive efficiency. Wagner had only a 12% TO rate while forcing FDU into an extremely high 31% rate. Head coach Danny Hurley and his brother and assistant Bobby were on hand for Bob Hurley Sr.'s 1,000th win at St. Anthony's on Wednesday.
Notable: Gathering his six Rookie of the Week honor this season was Latif Rivers. The freshman guard actually shared the award by putting together an outstanding two games. Rivers averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
6. St. Francis (NY) (11-12, 6-6) Defeated Sacred Heart, 78-51 after losing to Quinnipiac, 74-60. Terriers had an efficiency margin swing of 50 in those two games. Against Quinnipiac, the margin was -20 (86-106 efficiencies). The Sacred Heart game saw a +40 (115-75) clip. A 56% eFG percentage was largely responsible for the better offensive showing against Sacred Heart.
Notable: Ricky Cadell scored 16 in the win over Quinnipiac. The senior guard reached 1,500 points, the 55th player in the NEC annals to do so. Sophomore guard Travis Nichols added 15 points against the Bobcats, behind 3-4 from beyond the arc.
7. Robert Morris (10-13, 6-6) In one of the most difficult two-game stretches to ponder, the Colonials scored an easy 91-38 win over Bryant, then two days later were dominated 80-58 by Central Connecticut. Both games were at home. The efficiency margin swing in these two games was off the charts at -119. Against Bryant the efficiency margin was +86 (147-61). The CCSU contest saw the Colonials' efficiency margin at -33 (88-121). Robert Morris had drastic changes in virtually every category over those two games. The eFG percentage, for example, went from 70% against Bryant to 38% in the CCSU meeting.
Notable: Lijah Thompson averaged 13 points, 4.5 rebounds and shot 56% from the field over the two contests. The sophomore forward tallied a career-high 18 points against Bryant.
8. Bryant (8-16, 6-6) The Bulldogs split on their trip to Western Pennsylvania. Bryant was decimated 91-39 (no misprint) at Robert Morris. They bounced back, less than 48 hours later, for a 70-69 win at St. Francis (PA). The Robert Morris game showed the extremes, as Bryant's OE was 61 and the defense allowed a 147. The Bulldogs converted just ten field goals and shot 27% eFG percentage against the Colonials. At St. Francis (PA), the OE was a more respectable 106, largely due to a healthy 54% eFG showing.
Notable: Frankie Dobbs drove the length of the floor and hit a fade away shot at the buzzer to defeat St. Francis (PA). Earlier this season, the sophomore guard hit the game winning shot in a victory over FDU.
9. St. Francis (PA) (7-16, 5-7) Two home games. Two home losses. The Red Flash were defeated by Central Connecticut (86-79) and Bryant (70-69). Offense was strong, posting efficiencies of 110 and 105. Defense ? Not too strong, allowing marks of 119 and 106. St. Francis was guilty guilty of a 26% TO rate against Bryant, in a 66-possession game.
Notable: Sophomore guard Umar Shannon averaged 21.5 points for the two games on 46% shooting from the floor and a perfect 14-14 from the charity stripe. Shannon hit the go-ahead basket with six seconds to go against Bryant, just prior to Frankie Dobbs' last second heroics.
10. Sacred Heart (9-14, 4-8) A trip to Brooklyn saw the Pioneers on the short end both times out. Sacred Heart lost at LIU (81-69) and St. Francis (NY) 78-51. Both ends of the floor were problematic on the road. Sacred Heart posted offensive efficiencies of 91 and 75 while giving up over 100 on the defensive end in the two games. St. Francis (NY) was a struggle, as the Pioneers managed only 36% eFG shooting while allowing a 115 efficiency.
Notable: Shane Gibson paced the Pioneers with 18 points at LIU. A sophomore guard, Gibson hit his eight straight double-figure scoring games and has led Sacred Heart in scoring sixteen times this season. Freshman guard Chris Evans continues to impress. Evans had 12 and 17 respectively in the two games in Brooklyn.
11. FDU (4-18, 2-9) The FDU Knights have now dropped three straight. First, they lost to NJIT in overtime, 64-62. Then, they took to the road and were defeated by Wagner (61-57) and Mount St. Mary's (70-59). FDU held NJIT and Wagner to low offensive efficiencies (83 and 91, respectively). Knights couldn't hit 90 in either game on their own OE end. The 81 against NJIT was partly due to a porous 33% eFG percentage.
Notable: Terence Grier came off the bench to score a career high 25 points at Wagner. The senior guard tied his personal field goals record (10) set a few days earlier against NJIT. Senior forward Kamil Svrdlik scored a game-high 19 points at Mount St. Mary's.
12. Monmouth 2-9 (6-17 overall) It is four straight losses for the Hawks following bumps in the road at Mount St. Mary's (56-54) and Wagner (63-60). Monmouth had a 39-22% OREB percentage edge at the Mount. Still, they came up short, as the Mountaineers posted a 55% eFG percentage. The Hawks average 65 possessions per game, but the contest at the Mount was even slow by Monmouth's standards as it was a 55-possession affair.
Notable: Hawks received solid frontcourt contributions. Junior forward Mike Myers-Keitt averaged 14.5 points with 5.5 rebounds. Marcus Ware, a sophomore forward, paced Monmouth with 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds for the two game stretch.
A Look Ahead
February 9
- Bryant at Central Connecticut
- FDU at Monmouth
- Wagner at Mount St. Mary's
- Sacred heart at Quinnipiac
- St. Francis(NY) at LIU
- St. Francis(PA) at Robert Morris
February 12
- LIU at St. Francis (NY)
- Monmouth at FDU
- Central Connecticut at Bryant
- Mount St. Mary's at Wagner
- Robert Morris at St. Francis (PA)
February 14
- Quinnipiac at Sacred Heart


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Movember Tweet Up: Man Up, Get Checked.
Written by Delwin Keasberry Thursday, 29 November 2012 11:35
Greetings Readers! Big love to everyone who came to support the Movember Tweet Up last night! The event was open to everyone - young and old, women and men from the general public. I co-organised the event together with Movember BN and KFC Brunei and we estimate that close to 120 people came, including folks from B: Read, Muzikaliti, SCOT Brunei, UBDFM, Counter Attack, Brunei Cosplayers, B.I.G. Series, etc. It was held at KFC Gadong Central; everyone who came received a free Krusher drink (courtesy of KFC Brunei) plus a mustache-on-a-stick from the organisers with "Man Up, Get Checked." written on as a reminder to be proactive and to take matters of health seriously.
What exactly is "Movember"? "Movember" (i.e. combination of the words "Mustache" + "November") is a growing worldwide campaign involving the growing of mustaches through the month of November. The symbol for "Movember" is the mustache, but the campaign goes much deeper. It is purposed to raise awareness about Men's Health issues (e.g. prostate cancer, testicular cancer, depression, etc) affecting millions of men across the globe. Back in February 2012, I was involved in organising the first official tweet-up at the Airport Mall which saw over a hundred people from the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram online community in Brunei gather for a casual catch up. The general feedback received was that it was great meeting people who we connect with online for the first time in person. Similarly, the idea behind the Movember Tweet Up was engage the local community in fun and social way to raise awareness about Men's Health.
Group photographs
With my homies, Nadz and Zul
Mr RA showing his support
I set my mobile camera speed on 'speed of light' and managed to capture the Ninjas
My trustworthy registration team
Why so serious...
Family friends and my dad (far right)
Friends from B:Read
The lovely ladies from B.I.G. Series
The B.I.G. men
Was nice meeting the folks from The Nina Project for the first time
JC, Gerry and Angel
Fyad sporting his actual MO-on-a-stick
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My Grandfather called it a "Boarding Pike", which was used to prevent enemies from boarding your ship during combat on the high seas.
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As readers of my last post may have already twigged, I'm not a big fan of domestic goddess style cooking, so the She Quickie Cookbook with its faux feminist agenda is a bit of a red rag to me. Be a career woman AND a fabulous cook, and do it all in 15 mins to make your man happy. Hand me the vomit bowl.
But maybe I should not be so unkind, after all, working married women in the 60s were a bit of a novelty*. On the other hand, taking the mickey out of the cookbook is fun, so I thought I'd do it again. This time, I chose the Corn Chowder (cost: 3/9, calories: about 550 each). I had most of the ingredients, so I didn't check on the pricing, although 3/9 would be £2.85 in today's prices – I somehow doubt you could get all the necessary stuff for that money nowadays
Now for the cooking:
The recipe is nice and easy as you can see from the images below. I did actually try and be more organised this time, i.e. put all the stuff that I needed near me rather than what I usually do, which is run around frantically, pulling stuff from the fridge and the pantry like I only just realised now that the onions should go in with the minced meat rather than sitting unchopped at the back of my food box while the mince is nearly done. So I was quietly confident that my timing would be not too far off this time, after it took me more than double the time to make the Tomato Rarebit – bad Cluedo.
Of course, I blame the cookbook: despite their near-anal description of things to collect and plates to warm up before you start, they completely omit that you would need a chopping board and that you need to peel the potato**. Also, I defy anyone but Antony Bourdain on coke to peel and slice an onion, dice 4 rashers and cut up 2 potatoes and 2 tomatoes in 3 minutes, especially if you need to peel the potatoes first. Or did they have pre-peeled potatoes back then? It also doesn't help that Sainsbury's fancy bacon comes fanned out in the pack rather than just stacked as it does with their cheap "I-Can't Believe-This-Has-Pork-In-It"-water bacon. So you lose valuable time stacking them up to dice them in one go. Time is money, honey, especially if you're working against the She-Quickie-Cookbook-Clock! Also, in which universe do potatoes cook in 10 minutes in not very much water, even when sliced?
Anyway, trying not to be too panicked by the quarter hour deadline, I proceeded apace, and it was all very straight-forward. I did start frying the onions, bacon, potatoes and tomatoes in the frying pan rather than as indicated in the sauce pan, which I always find weird. But that's probably just me. I transferred the mix over when it was time to put in the sweetcorn & water. The fritters scared me a little bit, as I have a similar success rate with nice-looking fritters as with fried eggs, but surprisingly, they turned out ok. And were very yummy. I altered very little of the recipe – no cooking fat but sunflower oil for the fritters as I was out of Stork and prefer oil over fat anyway. I also used quite a lot more cheese than indicated, but that was because I was trying out lacto-free cheese for the first time and pigged out. Note: lacto-free cheese is bland, but works quite well as glue-cheese required for this dish. I halved the ingredients, and ate the lot alone, when I realised that it's meant for four – which will go some way to explaining why I felt quite so full afterwards *burp*. But who quarters a tin of corn, and one rasher is never enough, in any circumstance.
It is nice and yummy, so if you're looking for something quick and easy and comforting, it's your ticket. It took me 27 minutes to prepare it, which is slightly better than last time. And the potato was still undercooked, albeit edible.
Err, and I do have to apologise for the lack of a picture – I was so hungry by the time I was finished that I simply forgot. Trust me, it looked nice, like the picture in the cookbook, just in colour.
*(not really, women have always worked, but that's a yarn to be unspun somewhere else at another time…)
**they give you 2 minutes to collect all the stuff together. Hah, I laugh in your face Quickie Cookbook, I live in a house with 7 other people, my tin opener cannot be found that quickly. And cleanly.


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Mine That Bird 2-1 favorite for Belmont Stakes
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NEW YORK (AP) " What a perfect contrast in this soap opera of a Triple Crown season: The trainer hobbles up to the podium to talk about the horse who streaked to victory in the Kentucky Derby and is looking to add Saturday's Belmont Stakes to his record.
Still on crutches after breaking his right leg in a motorcycle crash before the Derby, Chip Woolley said his little gelding is ready for one more big run in the Belmont. A win, and Mine That Bird would become the 12th Derby-Belmont winner and first since Thunder Gulch in 1995.
And his rider, Calvin Borel, would be the first jockey to win the Triple Crown on different horses, having won the Derby aboard Mine That Bird and the Preakness aboard Rachel Alexandra.
"The horse is doing super," Woolley said. "He's gotten stronger every day since the Preakness, and we're tickled with where he is right now."
Mine That Bird arrived at Belmont Park on Wednesday after a plane ride from Louisville, hours after being made the 2-1 favorite in a field of 10 3-year-olds for the 1 1/2-mile Belmont. The Derby winner drew the No. 7 post position for the longest and most grueling the Triple Crown races.
Charitable Man, who missed the Derby and the Preakness but won the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont on May 9, was the second choice at 3-1. He drew the No. 6 post, and will be ridden by Alan Garcia, winner of last year's Belmont with 38-1 long shot Da' Tara.
Also entered, from the rail out, are: Chocolate Candy (10-1), Dunkirk (4-1), Mr. Hot Stuff (15-1), Summer Bird (12-1), Luv Gov (20-1), Flying Private (12-1), Miner's Escape (15-1) and Brave Victory (15-1).
Borel guided Mine That Bird to a breathtaking last-to-first run along the rail to win the Derby by 6 3/4 lengths on May 2, and the gelding finished a diminishing length behind the filly in the Preakness under Mike Smith with another come-from-behind run two weeks later.
In the Belmont, Mine That Bird may be closer to the leaders because the early pace usually is not as fast as in shorter races.
"That's what we're hoping for," Woolley said at the post position draw. "With his running style, we're going to have to let him run his race. When you start slowing the fractions down, if you let him run his same race, he's going to move way on up."
"If we can just be within 10 or 12 lengths of them, I feel comfortable he'll have enough kick left."
While other trainers respect Mine That Bird, they certainly aren't conceding the race " especially Charitable Man's trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, who saddled 2006 Belmont winner Jazil. The colt is a son of 1999 Belmont winner Lemon Drop Kid, is 2-for-2 at Belmont and 3-for-3 on dirt tracks. He's also fresh, fit and "couldn't be doing any better.
"I wouldn't trade places with anyone," McLaughlin said.
Dunkirk, the third choice, will leave from the No. 2 post and be ridden for the first time by John Velazquez.
The gray colt trained by Todd Pletcher will try to rebound from an 11th-place finish in the Derby. Pletcher said Dunkirk stumbled at the start, took four or five strides to right himself and never got into the race.
"I'm drawing a line through the Derby," said Pletcher, who won the 2007 Belmont with Rags to Riches. "I never felt he ran to his capabilities.
A couple of Hall of Fame trainers will take their shots, too.
Nick Zito, who won the Belmont with Birdstone (Mine That Bird's sire) in 2004 and Da' Tara last year, will send out Brave Victory and Miner's Escape. Four-time Belmont winner D. Wayne Lukas has Flying Private and Luv Gov.
"I think we have some live long shots," Zito said. "They may not be as good as the Mine That Birds or Charitable Mans, but they didn't have the rigors of the Triple Crown (prep) races leading up to the Derby. Who knows? Maybe lightning can strike twice."
Brave Victory ran third in the Peter Pan, while Miner's Escape won the Federico Tesio at Pimlico on May 2.
Flying Private was last in the 19-horse Derby but rebounded with a fourth-place finish in the Preakness. Luv Gov was eighth in the Preakness.
"I think it's the style of the horse and, of course there's the gut check with the pedigree about the quarter pole, too," said Lukas, explaining what it takes to win the race known as the "Test of the Champion." "We think we have a couple of horses that fit that mold to be competitive."
Rachel Alexandra was considered for the Belmont, but co-owner Jess Jackson decided last Friday to pass on the race to give his exceptional filly a break after the Preakness " her sixth straight victory. Borel would have ridden the filly in the Belmont, and Woolley would have had to find a new rider.
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27 January 2014 at 10.03pm | 146 Comments
Fabulous #rohgiselle stage full of strong vengeful women. Corps de ballet. Wonderful and scary
— Poetry Divas (@PoetryDivas) January 27, 2014
Blown away by Giselle cinecast! Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking #rohgiselle
— Rebecca Geller (@tbex) January 27, 2014
Amazing Soloists at #ROHGiselle but disappointed with the corps de ballet
— Dance Challenge™ (@Dance_Challenge) January 27, 2014
#ROHgiselle I am in floods of tears and clapping so hard. Don't care I am in the cinema! Wonderful! Just wonderful.
— Kaye Sedgwick (@kaye_sedgwick) January 27, 2014
Thank you very much indeed for a lovely evening. I stand amazed here in Karlstad, Sweden. #ROHgiselle
— Eel In (@MuddyNostril) January 27, 2014
#rohgiselle - clearly there is no gravity at ROH - Osipova absolutely amazing - tears in Tunbridge Wells
— Louise Sinclair (@LouiseLynes) January 27, 2014
#rohgiselle Osipova epitomises the method acting of the ballet - she IS Giselle! Exquisite performance x
— Elizabeth (@kerl_e) January 27, 2014
In tears watching #rohgiselle. Beautiful, heartbroken performance by Natalie Osipova.
— Georgina Carter (@glcarter) January 27, 2014
If you go down to the woods tonight you're sure of a big surprise/If you go down to the wood tonight you'd better go in disguise #ROHGiselle
— Vampire Soup (@VampireSoup) January 27, 2014
The athleticism is stunning, but Osipova didn't move me as Nunez (or for that matter @LondonBallerina or Marquez) did. #ROHGiselle
— Michael Potter (@MichaelPotter) January 27, 2014
So much expressed in every movement from Natalia Osipova in #ROHgiselle. Whole performance breathtaking.
— Sue Sheard (@trakkabase) January 27, 2014
Trying to estimate how many times I've seen Giselle without *ever* noticing that the wilis have wings... #ROHgiselle
— Mette (@mettewb) January 27, 2014
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Branislav Ivanovic hopes Chelsea's defence can find their mean streak again after gifting goals to the opposition in early December.
The Blues will bid to claim top spot of Champions League Group E by beating Steaua Bucharest at Stamford Bridge tonight.
Jose Mourinho's men conceded after 13 seconds in the win over Southampton in their most recent home match, before letting in six goals during the two Premier League matches since that victory.
Ivanovic struggled to explain the uncharacteristic defensive lapses which mean Chelsea have already conceded more goals in the Premier League this term than in the whole of Mourinho's first campaign as the club's boss, in 2004/05.
"As a defender, you're always worried when you concede a goal," Ivanovic said.
"It's always important to not concede a goal and to keep a clean sheet. This, game by game, gives confidence for defenders and gives the stability for the team.
"For us as a defence line we will do everything to not concede a goal and try to do our best.
"In some goals we lost concentration. We conceded a couple of goals from set-pieces as well which is not usual for us.
"We know how strong we are in that part and we just have to get back to normal.
"We change a lot of small things for every game depending on the opponent. All these things have to work perfectly to not concede a goal."
On paper, it appeared 2012 Champions League winners Chelsea would have a straightforward passage to the last 16 when Group E was drawn.
An opening loss to Basle piled on the pressure and Chelsea responded by winning 4-0 in Bucharest and twice beating Schalke before losing in Switzerland, but still qualifying.
If Basle beat Schalke and Chelsea can only draw with Steaua, the Swiss would go through as group winners on the head-to-head record.
Ivanovic insists Chelsea must secure top spot by winning against already-eliminated Steaua at Stamford Bridge.
"It's a very important game, especially because we had some defeats in the group and we want to finish top," the Serbia defender added.
"We remember the game there. It came in a very difficult moment. We were concentrating on that game, that's why the result came for us.
"We have to be 100 per cent concentrated on this game as well, especially because they don't have anything to lose."
Mourinho admitted his frustrations with his team, with the 4-3 win at Sunderland followed by a 3-2 loss at Stoke.
The Portuguese is annoyed by shortcomings up front and in defence, admitting even the training aids would have the good fortune to score against his side at present.
Mourinho said: "We have to kill opponents. We have to score goals. We are also conceding goals defensively.
"In this moment if you train defensive corners against the dummies, I think one dummy will score, because all the rebounds they go to the opponents."


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Free hands input device
So this idea is still in the rough exploratory phase. What I'd like to have is a way to input text that:
- can be used anywhere and doesn't require a surface to work with.
- doesn't require radical rearrangement to engage in normal activities (picking things up, etc.)
- isn't particularly difficult to learn how to use.
- it sounds like a pair of gloves would would make the best armature
- I'd like a full qwerty keyboard, but finding that many finger positions would be difficult.
- with 4 fingers on each hand, it conveniently translates into some nice binary mappings.
Switches will probably be the limiting factor for functionality. I've been looking at a couple of different types:
- reed switches
- Pro: clear activation, relatively easy to actuate
- Con: made of glass, kind of long and large for a fingertip, not terribly cheap
- tactile switches
- Pro: Really cheap, small and discrete, clear activation
- Con: hard to actuate, hard to connect up
- roller ball switches
- Pro: clear activation, unique operation
- Con: much too large for fingertips but may be used in back of hand.
- Conductive fabric (homemade) switches
- Pro: very discrete, entirely appropriate for gloves
- Con: no activation feedback, potentially questionable/finicky contact.
If we can connection controls in, we can repurpose a keyboard USB adapter to connect up with the outside world. If we decide to go with a chord-style keyboard, we'd have to come up with a translation mapping to the keyboard-usb inputs. Maybe some reverse charlieplexing or something?


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BGNJ is a neighborhood (if you'll pardon the hackneyed metaphor) composed of personal journals and group communities. It arose out of a desire by Brin to give the users of the Forum the ability to get more out of bg.n. I hope it grows well beyond that.
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The code for this site is really dense and confusing, despite many months of working with it, so there are a lot of bugs still, I know. Please do notify Brin of what you find and how you found it. Thank you!
I can not be anywhere near as hands-on here as I have been on the forum because BGNJ is (hopefully going to be) a much more sprawling, open place where people will find and form their own networks. That doesn't mean I won't be responsive, it just means I expect everyone to be a grown-up. Please make yourself at home :D
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A 50lb dog should be fed 4 cups (1,289 kcal)
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3905 kilocalories/kilogram or 332 kilocalories per cup ME (calculated metabolizable energy) on an as fed basis.
Rice, corn, chicken meal, corn gluten meal, chicken fat, natural flavors, wheat gluten, dried beet pulp, fish oil, dried egg powder, dried brewers yeast, potassium chloride, soybean oil, salt, sodium silico aluminate, green-lipped mussel powder, fructo-oligosaccharides, calcium carbonate, L-lysine, glucosamine hydrochloride, taurine, choline chloride, vitamins [DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), niacin, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, riboflavin (vitamin B2)], trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], chondroitin sulfate, L-carnitine, green tea polyphenols, L-tyrosine, marigold extract, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract, citric acid.
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Crude Protein (min) 24%
Crude Fat (min) 12%
Crude Fiber (max) 3.2%
Moisture (max) 10%
Intended for:
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Nutrition Statement
ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet canine MOBILITY SUPPORT JS 21 LARGE BREED is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for adult maintenance
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Third ingredient is a named meat product.
Insufficient meat content, use of low quality grains, other controversial filler.
The first ingredient in the food is rice. This is generally a decent quality grain, but it is still grain. We firmly believe that dog food should be based on meat. The use of corn is a significant negative. Corn is a difficult to digest grain, and hence of limited nutritional value. It is also a very common cause of allergies and resultant yeast infections. Corn appears a second time, as corn gluten meal. The definition of this ingredient is "the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm". In plain English, that which remains after all the nutritious bits have been removed.
The sole named meat product in the food is in meal form, but is only third on the ingredient list.
Wheat gluten is further filler, with a definition similar to that of corn gluten above.
Beet pulp is another low quality ingredient and filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. Soy is yet another common allergy problem.
This is a prescription food and better than some of its type. However, we note that there are similar products available without prescription that offer a higher meat content and the use of better quality ingredients. This product promotes green lipped mussel powder as the ingredient aiding joint mobility. We note that this can be purchased separately and used as a supplement to a better quality food.
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We are struggling.
A couple of weeks ago we, Rodd and Ben, were participants and members of the organizing team for UnPlug'd, a Canadian Education Summit. As the website says:
UnPlug'd brings together Canadian educational change agents to share peer-reviewed success stories; to deepen relationships among participants; to publish the collective vision of the group. Grassroots educators will share their first-hand experiences, collectively considering modern approaches to learning. The summit will culminate with the release a publication that communicates a vision for the future of K-12 education in Canada.
We're struggling to find the words to explain what Unplug'd was, but we do know what it wasn't. It wasn't an accident; it wasn't a conference; and it wasn't perfect.
But maybe:
Perfect isn't real.
Perfect is fake.
Real isn't perfect.
Real is beautiful.
In trying to understand what happened at unplugd11, we've developed a list of perfection targets that we 'missed'.
Perfection Myth #1: Everyone was represented.
This didn't happen. We didn't have every ethnicity, region, and cultural group represented. For goodness sakes there were only 37 people there!
Ben: One moment that I remember is the campfire on the first night. I looked around the fire. The warm glow was illuminating many faces that I'd only known as avatars. We were singing. Yes singing. Guitars were being played by Stephen and Bryan. In that moment I had the overwhelming sensation of loose ties being tightened. In that moment, I had a sense of connection and belonging with this group. This imperfection may have allowed the intimacy and warmth to develop among those that did attend.
Perfection Myth #2: Perfect Logistics = Perfect Learning
Rodd: Our initial plan called for transportation to deliver my group to Norther Edge Algonquin by 3 p.m. We arrived just after 5 p.m. What did we do during the few hours we waited? We talked. And I stressed. Maybe this was the way things were meant to be, because after reassurances from my fellow stranded campmates, I joined them in 'slowing down', doing a slow dissolve into a different space and a different pace. Our late arrival meant that our initial large group and small group meetings would be taking place later in the afternoon.. through the dinner hour. And knowing how comfortable that first meeting came to be, I wouldn't have had it any other way. This bit of imperfection led us to a more natural setting for the sharing of personal stories.
Perfection Myth #3: Professional conversations are best held in spotless rooms with round tables, white linens and climate controlled conditions.
This also didn't happen. We sat on floors, rocks, Muskoka chairs, and benches while getting mosquito bites. We wrote on our laps, had conversations while doing dishes, and paddled in silence as the sun set. At times we were too warm. At times we were too cold. At times, we were downright smelly.
Ben: On our bike ride to the site from the train station I settled into a comfortable pace with Vince. We had known each other as acquaintances from various other face to face meetings. However, over the bike ride there were unique moments that we shared as we peddled. We shared about our upbringings and why we are in education. We shared at a deeper level than I was used to in traditional conferences. As we peddled Vince shared that, "having distinct experiences, like riding bikes to get to the location, are going to help me remember what I talked about during each part of this weekend". This imperfection led to memorable and unique conversations around mutually shared experiences.
Perfection Myth #4: Getting feedback on our work is easy for professional learners.
Rodd: I remember listening to feedback from my colleagues meant to improve upon my writing, and thinking "What… It's not perfect just the way it is? I've already revised it numerous times. I write online all the time!" Giving feedback in handwritten notes, and providing encouragement and tweaks was fine when I was in 'teacher' mode, but as the recipient of similar advice, initially I bristled. But, the advice I received was given constructively, and in a generous spirit, and when I was able to disconnect myself from my piece, I was able to see my work with fresh eyes. The advice, including a suggested title, made my writing better. Not perfect, but better. Although the many ideas shared in 'Why Blank Matters" are sure to resonate with educators, the writing that communicates the ideas, is far from perfect. But realizing that the search for perfection might forever delay the completion of any piece of writing, maybe the 40 pieces in our document are just perfect enough. The book models for readers that ideas are worth sharing, and debating, even if only polished to a state of mild imperfection.
Perfection Myth #5: It is best to share ideas in slide decks that give clear answers.
We intentionally ignored this usual conference expectation. Each participant brought their own ideas, vision, and passion. Each person brought their 'story' to share over dinner. These ideas were challenged, reconsidered, and revised as the shared experiences of the summit unfolded.
The final formal moments of UnPlug'd were experienced as all the participants gathered in the Butterfly room, each given a brief moment to share a closing thought with the whole group. One at a time, we attempted to distill the thoughts and ideas that had been filtered throughout our weekend of shared experiences. Encouragement was offered, insights were shared, and profound statements were made.
Ben: I don't want to speak for others, however, when my turn came I was overwhelmed with emotion and chose to share a key lesson that I had learned about courage. As my voice cracked, I let down my guard and shared what I had learned about courage from my interactions that weekend. I finished by sharing how this lesson about courage would guide me in the upcoming school year. This imperfect sharing of ideas allowed us to 'get real' about the situation that we are trying to improve.
Perfection Myth #6: Each planned activity achieved its intended purpose.
One of the symbols of UnPlug'd was a large physical mindmap that represented the participants (stones), their ideas (wooden disks), and the connections between them (ribbon and twine). On site, Kim Crawford reflected "Just as we gather around a campfire, the ideas and people in the centre of our meeting room, provided the flame to foster our connectedness." As the weekend progressed, Tom Fullerton further explained "The rocks were people and the wooden disks our ideas. We used cord to show connections. I described the rocks to my working group as not being as solid as they might appear. Each of us is shaped and rubbed smooth by contact with other rocks as we are pushed together by waves and wind, the conversations and experiences we share."
Some participants looked to the map as an opportunity to let their artistic sensibilities shine. Others created personal icons as more of an afterthought. Limited access was available to the evolving map because the planning team opted to host 'check-in' meetings in the same central meeting space. In doing so, we unintentionally blocked participants from fully engaging with this piece.
Although the mindmap never fully realized its visual potential as a representation of the many connections among participants and their ideas, the artistic and symbolic elements were meaningful to many participants. Some withdrew artifacts from the collaborative piece as mementos of their experience. When members of the planning team stayed behind to finalize publication details, we were granted the honour of finding a home for the personalized artifacts that had been left behind by participants.
High Value Imperfection
Unplug'd had many imperfections. It wasn't perfect, it was real. Real conversations and struggles were shared. Real people maintained eye contact, were present in the moment, and expressed authentic empathy. Real people were heard and listened. Real people expressed how this experience has re-energized them for the challenge of a new school year. And real is beautiful... even if imperfect.


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003. I became obsessed with Jersey Shore this week, I think I've watched all the episodes so far, and Im in love. I think I just love trashy TV, and the fact that its "real" makes it even funnier.I literally cannot wait to watch My Big Fat Gyspy Wedding on Tuesday! It was one of my favourite TV shows from last year and has been made into a series! I love looking at wedding blogs and photos, but these sorts of weddings are 100000 times more OTT than I would go for, but I just love it.
004. Before I do Five to Follow, I just wanted to say Please don't email me asking me to put you in Five to Follow. I tend to choose blogs based on if I like them or think they have potential rather than people who ask. It turns me off completely being asked to post about you, I think its really rude, If that statement upsets you, then soz, its the truth. Its not being "up myself" or "not promoting small blogs" I just think as someone who has "got the power" in blogging to help people, I should provide my readers with blogs I think they would like, not just blogs I'm asked to include. Plus I really like to endorse blogs who deserve to be here and get more followers, the ones that work hard, are interesting and have good content and are actually worth linking to.
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BlackBerry Tour owners have something new to load into there device. OS 184.108.40.2063 has been made official by Sprint. No word on what is really different between this release and Verizon's .975 release about a month ago. In any event, if Sprint is your carrier then you probably have received notice through your Desktop Manager of the latest release. If Sprint is not your carrier click the download link below and remember to delete that Vendor.xml file.
Software For BlackBerry® Tour (TM) 9630 smartphone BlackBerry Handheld Software v188.8.131.521 (Multilanguage)
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