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I've been having this post in my draft folder since last year.
I am doing some mental house cleaning and decided that I show edit and publish it, how knows maybe someone out there would benefit from it.
There have been changes happening in South Africa.
There have been so much change happening here at home – Protea South Extension, Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa, Planet Earth.
From the improvements being made on the road that frustrate a lot of drivers – there were incidents were people lost their lives due to pits that were not suppose to be the during that late drive, but I wont go into that, it IS my opinion – to the change in politics with the inaguaration of South Africa's 4th elected President of the Republic this past Saturday – 09 may 2009.
My former boss, the now new Minster of Finance Mr Pravin Godhan, is now in the President's Cabinet.
So as we speak we are now under acting management here at work – the South African Revenue Service – and the anxiety and excitement that is pumping through people's blood streams needless to say with the Soccer World Cup gratefully coming to our South Africa has got the nation buzzzzzing!
It's this flow of change that causes and "stir" the spirit in us – not that before this all of man was stagnant.
In truth all we are is energy that stirs in accordance to our concentration of thought.
I'm talking about the vibes you get off others and the ones you release in reaction to the ones you are receiving.
With people cutting in front of you in traffic, having to deal with office gossip from colleagues you held in high regard and thought were friends at work – paradox: friends and work – to things happening within the family, having father introducing you to your step brothers for example.
Such event might even give the ming the go ahead to do what it does best, from being trained deligently so, that in bringing back past emotions I canned that had to do with how I felt as a result of my parents painful separation and divorce.
I'm reading a book by Dr. Joe Vitale where he writes there that repressed emotions, particularly the emotions you use to hold on to the past with, come out in some form or another.
The book goes into how I cannot expect to fully commit my entire energy on something I want to accomplish if I'm busy fueling the things of the past (grudges or painful memories) with a portion of my energy that I have allocated to it.
What I mean is it's like giving 85% of my energy and thinking that I am giving it my all (100%) of myself to something or even someone.
With 15%, is it 15 neh?, of my energy into making sure that I still hold an age olg grudge against the fact that my sister directly influences the emotional pain my mother is experiencing from her (sister) insensitive antics especially when I are the one that has to play peacemaker.
As if programming the mind and saying, "listen mind,from now on expect this person to always cause me to feel pain in always because she…well, she always does!" then delegating a portion of my mental thought energy (memories) into making certain that this request is processed and kept alive until further notice.
With me wondering "why does she KEEP doing that??"
Genius is because you expect it!
I can't speak for everyone else but I have kept these energies locked safely away in the memory cabinet title "The Past."
So there goes Musa and his 85% self wondering why is success and abundance coming at him in drips and drabs, not knowing that I receive as much as I put in.
And if 85% is what I am giving, 85% will be what I am receiving.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What in computer college they refered to say…you know I forgot the term but it had to do with what you put in you get out.
The same goes for the mind.
Our mind.
The best way to achieve success and even improve our health is by letting go of the grudges we hold against the people we attract in our lives & send them love in its place…this can be done is a split second or over a period of 26 years.
Entertain this idea and you will begin to live a life with less struggle than before.
Who knows, maybe the pain you are currently experience might directly linked to the hatred or anger you have on a particular person or circumstance…who knows?
Ever heard of the The Sedona Method?
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Open Educational Resources in der Hochschule jenseits des Hypes – wie kann OER bei den Herausforderungen in der Lehre helfen?
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Open Educational Resources (OER) and their offspring, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), are becoming important factors in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education (SDG4). This was recognized early on by UNESCO in 2004 when the term "Open Educational Resources" appeared and in 2012 with the OER Paris Declaration.
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All Caught Up!
Well I expected to get caught up on Mini Mystery i yesterday, but as usual it took longer than expected... I should stop under estimating when I say something is going to be done. It actually took me most of the day today to finish parts 1a, 1b and 2. Now its going to be a long wait until June 15th when part 3 will be released, and there's a lot of extra fabric left, I'm afraid this is going to end up being a large part!
Here's a picture of it so far :
So this evening I'm going to start my ornamnet for the RR starting in May, I've got just enough time to get it done for the first mailing date, May 2nd... I hope.
Noah's Sub hasn't gotten any attention this week.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
5 comments:
- Melissa G. said...
That is SO pretty Dani!!! Looking forward to seeing the next part.
- 9:58 am
- Erin said...
Once again, I'm popping in to say that the Chatelaine designs you post always make me want to stitch one. I think this is my favorite so far...I LOVE the chateau and the gate! Hmmmm - maybe the next bit will be the garden?
- 10:08 am
- Katrina said...
Hi Dani, looks great - love the garden gate! hope your week is going well so far.
- 5:04 pm
- Lisa said...
I never tire of seeing WIPs of Chatelaines - I really do think I'm eventually going to have to collect most of them. Great job so far!
- 7:54 pm
- Carol said...
Oooo, this is definitely my favorite of her mini mysteries! Neat!!
- 11:50 pm
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With Pride week closely approaching, Kvarteret will host its own celebration of this special occasion on the 3rd of August by inviting the crew behind Eat It to take over the venue and transform it with their own very known concept and sound. This year Eat It will home four different queer collectives from Stockholms night scene such as Opulent, Drömfakulteten, Uranus and Faggotry as well as combining audiovisual creatives from some of Stockholms' most forward-thinking artists and performers.
Hello Eat It, crew! We are so excited about the 3rd of August! Let's begin with some introductions – who are the people behind EAT IT?
We are thrilled to throw this year's most relevant queer party during Stockholm Pride. No tea no shade. We are three friends that found a common interest in bridging queer expressions with club culture in the dying Stockholm night scene. Linnea Arminda is a visual artist, fag hag and a concept developer. Alligoria is a musician and a professional Rick Owens look alike. Frank-Adam Hagman is a performance artist, merch maker and the latest it-gay, according to many.
Can you describe the concept of Eat It to the public?
Eat It is one of several concepts that we are working on right now. With this club night, we want to gather different queer collectives and creators, that touch different parts of the community, during one night. We want you all to Eat It.
What's on the menu for the 3rd of August at Eat It?
On the menu, we have the legendary Juliana Huxtable who is flying in from New York. Fashion designer Eklund Eklund is hosting the party with friends. Frank-Adam Hagman and Claudia Sniffer will be entertaining you all on stage. But this is just the precourse of the smorgasbord that we will serve you.
What are the core values of Eat It and how do you go about showing them to the people that follow your concept?
Within the queer community, there has always been an underlying competition that stems from the toxicities that we have been exposed to in our society. Therefore we want to create a scaffolding for a healthy community. We are speaking to the LGBTQ+ community, and the LGBTQ+ community only. Everyone else is more than welcome to join and get saved from hetro hell.
In terms of art and creatives, how would you describe your concept?
We want to give the club scene a facelift.
Best clubbing experience you had so far?
Our own parties are always real good time.
Best city to party and why?
It might not be in Sweden, but let's change that!
By Maria Pelagia for Kvarteret
Poster credit: Agga Anne Mette Stage and Alex Söder.
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Cézon Island celebrates the return of its pirate!
And to kick off the festivities: an open-air Ciné-Concert, to the sound of percussion, saxophones, flutes and piano, on the film "The Black Pirate " by Douglas Fairbanks and Alfred Parker. Bloody pirates, treasure, captive princess, big-hearted heroes, spectacular collisions … Come in disguise!
The film is set to music "live" by The BJURSTR-M CINETRIO of the Black Pirate:
- Francois Malet. Percussion
- I'm Rob Lavers. Saxophones, flute
- Christofer Bjurstrom. Piano, flutes
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The Ciné-Concert starts at 9:45 p.m.
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For weeks people in Florida have been talking about recent legislative action that was supposed to lower premiums for homeowners here in Zephyrhills, Pasco County, and the rest of the State of Florida. First, we learned that the promised price reductions were probably not going to be as great as we were led to believe. Now it is being reported that Nationwide Insurance will in fact be raising its rates an average of 54% throughout the state. That will be a nasty surprise to many homeowners whose rates are already high even without that type of price hike.
This is apparently what happened. Last summer Nationwide asked for a 71% increase. That was denied, so they went to arbitration with the state. Now the arbitrators have said that they can have an average 54% increase. Note the word "average". Some increases could be much higher. Since the arbitration was started before the recently enacted new regulations, the state cannot deny this increase. The newly passed laws forbid any more arbitrations until 2009, but that does not affect this last hurrah that had begun before the laws went into effect. This could affect many Floridians since Nationwide is one of the largest insurers in the state.
Nationwide has proposed that they only reduce their premiums under the new laws by about 4.5%. Nice of them to raise their premiums 54% then reduce them by just 4.5%!! The state is challenging Nationwide's very small reduction.
Governor Crist has pointed out that when Nationwide made their initial rate hike request and then went to arbitration Jeb Bush was still in office. He still believes that people in Florida will see "Rates decline significantly". "I guarantee it", said Governor Crist recently.
Makes one wonder if getting some relief from high insurance premiums isn't a lot like searching for a snowman on Miami Beach!


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Update on Kindergarten Assignment Process
Recent Articles
Parents of incoming kindergarten students who registered during the month of March should receive their kindergarten assignment in the next few days, as letters were mailed the evening of April 24. This year, 89.1% of the 768 students who registered received their first choice assignment, the highest percentage in the last four years of the controlled choice assignment process.*
Kindergarten registration for 2012-2013 is on track to exceed last year's enrollment of over 800 Kindergarten students. In anticipation of the projected enrollment for next year's Kindergarten classes, three additional Kindergarten classrooms will be added to Champaign Unit 4 Schools for the 2011-12 school year. Those kindergarten classes will be added at South Side Elementary, Bottenfield Elementary and Robeson Elementary. The newly added kindergarten class at Robeson will be a bilingual (Spanish/English) classroom. These classrooms have been added in order to avoid exceeding the District's classroom capacity, set for 2012-2013 at 23 students.
To accommodate the additional classroom space needed at South Side, the installation of a portable unit currently owned by the district is anticipated in June. It is still undetermined as to which classes at South Side will be utilizing the portable classroom space. Existing space will be utilized at both Bottenfield and Robeson.
This year, 95.4% of all students registered received an assignment.** Family Information Center staff members are contacting families of the 35 students who remain unassigned after the process. They will continue to work with these families so that each child may be assigned a seat as soon as possible. The families may also choose to remain on a wait list for their selected school.
* 09-10 – 84.2% received their first choice assignment
10-11 – 78.3% received their first choice assignment
11-12 – 85.4% received their first choice assignment
12-13 - 89.1% received their first choice assignment
** 09-10 – 91.9% received an assignment
10-11 – 92% received an assignment
11-12 – 95.4% received an assignment
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Cob oven
Dale Copeland - Assemblage artist from Puniho in New Zealand.
email me if you wish. At dale @ tart.co.nz (remove spaces)
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Friday,23th May, 2008.
I've been having such fun! Building a cob oven. Well, starting it anyway.
In case anyone else wants to have a go, and is putting together other people's experiences (successes or disasters) here's a blow-by-blow picture diary.
You can build your oven at ground level, or make a strong! sort of cave/table and use the underneath of it to store wood. But we had this concrete block (the base of the copper in an old washouse) so I'm using that.
I found enough old firebricks to make a flat base, laid it out with a brick retaining wall, then put down a layer of sand to support the firebricks.
(Mortar for sticking bricks together is about 1 part of cement to 4 parts of sand, mixed with water to make a porridge-like consistency.)
The firebricks aren't mortared down, just "kissed" into place onto the layer of sand. Making the top as flat as possible, for sliding those pizzas on.
But I had to put a ridge of mortar to support that sticking-out lip at the front.
The whole thing is filled with firebricks, and then I laid out a surround of ordinary bricks. (To rest your glass on while you wait for pizzas?)
The string is to give me an idea of the inside size of the oven.
Outside bricks mortared in place, and I started building the dome of wet sand. Very quickly realised that stacking bricks would be easier than carrying bucketfuls of sand and water, so made a little mountain inside.
Then thought that I might regret it when it comes to scooping out the mountain of sand and bricks through the little door, so put newspapers between layers of bricks, hoping that will make it easier to scoop them out.
(The mountain is too high, and soon lost its top brick)
And this is it so far. A mountain of sand (and bricks). The books said to cover with it plastic or wet newspaper to keep the sand moist so it doesn't just collapse. It's been good drying weather here, sunny and windy, and I knew it would be a few days before I could get to the clay part of the process, so I covered it with a thin layer of weak papier mache ... strips of newspaper dipped in water with a little wallpaper paste mixed in.
Once the clay is dry and I scoop out the sand, even if the paper doesn't come loose from the clay it should burn off in the first fire.
Sunday, 25th May, 2008.
For each of the last two days I've stomped a 20kg bag of clay together with 3 buckets of black beach sand.
All the books say to get a crowd of people to help and put on loud techno music to 'dance' to. A crowd would have been good, but techno music? Some sacrifices are too much. So I did it myself, to the sound of twittering birds.
You mix in the sand until a sausage shape will just bend a little and then break. If it bends right around your finger, you need more sand. And if it won't even roll without crumbling, it needs more clay.
Some people can dig their own clay, sometimes it's even sandy too. Experiment. I got the sand from our river but had to buy a whole lot of potters' clay.
That 40kg of clay wasn't enough to completely cover it, so I cut out the doorway and used that. I fear it still isn't thick enough for the first layer so I'll do another stomp tomorrow.
Wednesday, 28th May, 2008.
The first layer (about 30:70 clay:sand) is finally a more-or-less uniform thickness of about 7cm. Now for the next layer - about 70:30 clay:sand plus as much straw-like stuff as it will take. I say "straw-like" as I couldn't find any straw anywhere. There's been a most unusual long dry summer and farmers have had to feed their cows with everything they could find, including straw. I tried odd things like dog hair combings (failed miserably) then realised that the thick layer of dry pine needles lying under our trees would be just right.
You stomp the clay on a tarpaulin (I used the old trampoline cover) so you can lift the edge and roll the clay over. Any help with the stomping is greatly appreciated. This layer acts as the insulator (the first one, with all the sand, acts as the heat mass to get hot and radiate the heat back into the oven). This insulating layer should be at least 10cm thick. That framework is a rough support for a plastic covering in case of rain.
Wednesday, 4th June, 2008.
Back from Australia, back to work. Emptied the pile of sand out from inside the oven (getting the bricks out was difficult - not one of my best ideas). The clay is leather-like now. Used a kitchen knife to make the doorway a snug fit, and put handles onto the door. Now to wait while it dries. This is not a good time of year for that, so I take the occasional tin of hot coals from the woodburner and sit it inside the oven.
I've covered the door with scraps of old copper, and the whole thing is SLOWLY drying.
The columns of bricks are to hold up a temporary roof. Eventually I'll put a render over the whole surface ... a mix of cow manure & clay is recommended. I might cover it all with copper coins too. Money & muck - the thought appeals.
Thursday, 17th July, 2008.
After a couple more sessions of making pizzas for 7 people, I'm really keen on this as way of entertaining. Everyone ends up standing beside the cob oven, whether there are flames or not. There's something very fundamental about gathering around the cooking fire.
I filled the cracks with more clay/sand mix and started laying bricks. To make it easier to slide out the pizzas directly onto a brick shelf. And I'll make a brick warming enclosure too. For letting the pizza or bread dough rise.
Using recycled bricks, from the old chimney that I took out of this house a few years ago. I'm filling the middle with rubble and broken bricks and a lot of the old mortar that comes off the bricks when I clean them.
Sunday, 27th July, 2008.
The cob oven survived last night's big storm (I'm glad I've finished with that temporary roof - it would have blown to Australia in those winds!). Some of the coins came off as I brushed the final layer. Guess I should put a wishing well alongside .... the coins were probably one of my daftest ideas: they look good but will probably all fling off when I next fire it.
Anyway, the warming oven (for pizza or bread dough to rise in as the fire is heating up) is finished apart from a door, and I extended the brick construction to make a small barbecue. All great fun.
Tarpaulin for stomping the mix on (& for rolling the mix over on top of itself)
Bricks for the oven floor - at least 22
I used 11 20kg bags of clay and about 120kg of sand. You might be lucky enough to have a sandy clay soil.
A bale of straw or similar (I used 8 big boxes of pine needles).
And a lot of time. A couple of weeks to make it, another couple waiting for it to dry. Less in summer.
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The Art of Living Simply: A Story from the Cambodian Jungle
As we walk through the "community forest," or jungle that has been turned into farmland, Kimi flows through the bush with the ease of a wild animal. Some (most) of the plants are spiky and sharp, jagged leaves threaten to snag your shirt, and unsuspecting stems sprout a million needles that can puncture your fingertips. We pause and Kimi snaps green beans from a vine I didn't even see; soon we descend and he digs red chilies from the ground. Ten minutes more and we stop to snap open sesame husks and down their seeds.
We stop for lunch and Kimi chops down a bamboo pole, empties our harvest into the naturally-hollow interior, and smashes it together with a stick. Into the mix go wild leaves that taste like lemon-lime, harvested lemongrass, chili, and green beans. He suggests that the homemade salad would go well with some fish. I gesture to the pool and jokingly suggest he catch some. Without a wink nor a nod, Kimi is in the water, eyes just above the surface, toes feeling along the bottom for crabs. When he hooks one, he dives under, and soon is back on the shore with three crabs and a two small fish.
From Kimi I learn how to grip rocks with my bare feet to go up and down a steep cliff. He teaches me to recognize which palm trees have a sweet and edible inner-stem, and which vines drip drinkable water when slashed and held vertically. Kimi has been leading jungle treks for 8 years as a trekking guide for Highland Tours and other trekking companies in Rattanakiri, Cambodia. I have the privilege of learning from him and his counterparts as a volunteer trekking guide/porter for one month. Kimi, along with the porters, rangers, and minority villagers who accompany our treks, are strong and skinny from traipsing through the jungle with 40 lb. rucksacks and rice bags. Often their bags are falling apart at the seams from carrying various items such as cooking pots, wok pans, 5-10 kilos of rice and vegetables to fuel many a foreigner.
Normally, the trekking guides employ a local villager or 'ranger' living in a minority community on the jungle perimeter to help lead the group or carry cooking supplies. The trekking community proves to be a viable source of income for most minority villages, as villagers can work as rangers or open their bamboo huts as 'homestays' to trekkers passing through. A group of foreigners can tour a minority village for a small price, paid to the village chief, which goes toward funding the village's school and subsidizing local farms.
The villagers have grim and weathered faces and lead us softly and swiftly through the jungle. Their endless patience and humility is apparent when they cook all the customers lunch before they even eat themselves; often times the food is gone before they have eaten and they must cook again. To me, they embody a simplicity of life and a certain humility that is a result of living simple but tenuous lives. A portion of that lifestyle seems to be lost in Western society, where many can afford luxurious comfort and most don't have the opportunity to experience the kind of rural simplicity that is prevalent in Cambodia. Luckily, many foreigners still crave this way of living, and experience it firsthand by paying for guided treks in Cambodia and other developing countries. In Eastern Cambodia, a trek for one night and two days can reveal jungle spiders the size of one's palm, wild tarantulas carrying egg sacs on their bellies and a million leeches that cling to one's calves during wet periods. At night a new soul awakens when the stars rise and the fireflies hatch, the cicadas symphonize, and the rice wine flows beneath the pounding of a nearby waterfall. Guides and customers alike clink their bamboo cups and lean back into the night in a communal choulmuoy; cheers.
Aside from providing income for rural villages, trekking in Cambodia proves to be a sustainable outlet for eco-tourism. At night, soup is cooked inside of bamboo, utilizing it's naturally hollow interior and flame-resistant exterior. For treks longer than three days, fish, spiders, frogs and iguanas are caught, killed, roasted over the fire and consumed in their entirety. Wild fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are also collected. No pre-made meals or gas-powered camping stoves. Only hand-made, sustainably cooked meals over a fire built from scratch.
Walking alongside the Cambodian trekking guides has forced me to question how myself and other residents of developed nations can sustainably utilize our surroundings when venturing outside. What kind of medicinal plants, wild fruits, vegetables, fungi or animals can we use to our benefit? Which trees have edible leaves and medicinal bark? How can we heal our ailments in the wild, using only our surroundings? Imagine the reduction in the carbon footprint of the outdoor community if each adventurer learned how to use the environment to his/her advantage during outdoor excursions.
As a Westerner, I believe that 'we' collectively have a lot to learn from those who live simply; anyone who visits a developing country can tell you that. But I hope that this blog post brings insight to a community that already strives to be sustainable and eco-friendly; the outdoor folk, the nature-lovers who thrive in the wilderness and the back-to-the-landers who crave a return to the traditions of our ancestors. These traditions are still practiced in countries around the world; they are present and they are beautiful, they are magical and they are all-encompassing. One only needs the will to seek them out and the desire to share her knowledge with those around her. In doing so, the world may become a better place.
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'I've been silenced' and 'Tomi Lahren speaks out' coexist happily in ABC News tweet
There really isn't much more to say after you've seen "I've been silenced" in a tweet from ABC News announcing that Tomi Lahren is speaking out about her lawsuit against Glenn Beck and TheBlaze. Lahren appeared on "Nightline" to describe the details of her silencing to ABC's viewing audience.
For better or for worse, Beck chose to hand Lahren a microphone a while back, and Lahren parlayed that exposure into a guest spot on ABC's "The View," where she announced that she's pro-choice.
"I've been silenced": Tomi Lahren speaks out after filing lawsuit against Glenn Beck, TheBlaze https://t.co/DO6BPQlNP7 pic.twitter.com/oCyf4dofhR
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 13, 2017
"I've been silenced," she says in her interview https://t.co/y8Fx9UwhVc
— tiffany (@Tiffany1985B) April 14, 2017
@ABCPolitics You guys are talking to her….I can see you're doing a story on her. That is the opposite of being silenced.
— Anmarie (@LiberalHeretic) April 14, 2017
Lahren saysshewas terminated because of her comments on "The View," while TheBlaze released a statement questioning how she can claim to have been fired when she "remains under contract (and is still being paid)." While that is worked out through lawyers, Lahren insists that she's been silenced:
"I get up in the morning and I don't have a job to go to," she said. "I dont sit down in my chair and deliver my 'Final Thoughts,' I dont have a dressing room, so I'm terminated, I'm fired the way I look at things, I'm not doing what I was contracted to do, which was produce a television show, a political talk show."
@ABCPolitics @TomiLahren I don't have a show on @theblaze either. I've been silenced.
— John Galt (@HayekianBastard) April 14, 2017
@ABCPolitics I've been "silenced" too. Beck has not called me about a show. Despicable.
— CROSSPATCHe (@VictorB123) April 14, 2017
@ABCPolitics I don't have a newspaper column or a talk show. Am I being silenced?
— HenkeVision (@Henke2020) April 14, 2017
@ABCPolitics Doesn't saying this on a national news network instantly make the statement false?
— YoungerX (@Sad_YoungerX) April 13, 2017
@ABCPolitics Oh, the irony.
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@ABCPolitics Feature prime time interviewee in a national news forum says "I've been silenced!" As I keep saying about Tomi Lahren – not a deep thinker.
— Harry (@NorthFalcon74) April 14, 2017
@ABCPolitics If you have been silenced, how do I know you are suing your former boss?
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Tasmanian Times has three children's books to give away … Wisp, A story of Hope. (by Zana Fraillon and Grahame Baker-Smith).
All readers have to do is write to firstname.lastname@example.com with your snail-mail address. First in, best dressed.
From the back page blurb:
One day, a Wisp flew in
on the evening wind.
Dust rose up in swarms around it,
feet trampled it into the dirt,
Nobody, except Idris.
The powerful and uplifting story of a young refugee who discovers hope …
And … do not give up on little TT … when tech Andrew Grierson is back from holidays in early November, a favourite of the old site, 'Recent Comments' will be restored. And a 'How to use this site' will be instituted.
Wisp-er of the wind
by Paula Xiberras
Zana Fraillon loves Tasmania, especially Salamanca and as a Hawks supporter gets down here when she can for to see a game. So great is her love for the state she once thought of living here. In her new picture book 'Wisp' Zana looks at the situation of those that do not have the choice of where they live but instead like a wisp on the wind must land where fortune takes them.
I called Zana recently to chat about Wisp. The setting of Wisp is a refugee camp where her main protagonist a young boy lives, having known no other life, yet, with the optimism of youth, harbours hope for the future. Together with him in the camp are some older residents who once knew a different life.
The beginning words of the book, referring to a 'small world' are reminiscent of the Disney song, I asked Zana if the reference was intentional and she tells me she didn't consciously make the connection but recalls hearing the song many times as a child and perhaps her subconscious delivered the words very appropriately to her for the context of the book.
Zana says the words of the book came to her very quickly and were refined later through editing.
The Wisp of the title, as noted previously, represents both a glimmer of hope for the young boy and a reminder to others in the camp of a life of hope and lightness.
The use of phrases such as 'the sad' resonate with young readers but the book has much to offer adults. The lightness of the wisp in weight as it travels through the refugee camp, rustles up memories of happier times of a time of lightness of spirit for those who have known freedom and for those, like our chief protagonist, a promise for a more joyful life in the future.
Zana's father worked in artificial intelligence in the US and she found it difficult to fit in as an Australian growing up there. When the family returned to Australia she had similar difficulties redefining herself as an Australian.
Not knowing where she belonged gave her a perspective on those who have had to adapt to new homelands. Ironically, for a girl well versed in the robotic world there is nothing artificial in this book of supreme humanity.


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Had the opportunity to read through Bill Bryson's A Short History Of Everything. A book that attempts to be pretty much what it says, focused on natural history as opposed to human events.
I have to say, there's a lot of good stuff in it. Having said that, it's obviously written for the lay reader. Although loaded with facts, it's written in far too avuncular a style. Anecdotes can certainly be worthwhile, but often enough the writing is just one big ramble. The narrative is not particularly chronological, well-ordered, or of uniform significance.
Yet there's a lot to learn from it. I got flavours that I wouldn't have found elsewhere (especially not in reference works) in subjects such as biology taxonomy, human evolution, and climate change through time.
One strand running through the narratives is that biology and prehistory are not the clearcut, proven sciences that are presented in textbooks and references. I can see some justification for those publications sticking to a relatively unitary consensus position of scientists, rather than muddying the narrative with the labyrinthine internecine disagreements within a given discipline. It is to Bryson's credit that he's not afraid of muddy waters.
A few gleanings.
Taxonomy. There are seven major levels in biology: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Humans, for example, are respectively animalia, chordata (vertebrates), mammalia, primate, hominid, homo, homo sapiens. Most animals are in a small number of the phyla; most phyla are completely obscure for the lay reader. But how many phyla to divide things into is a matter of dispute: from the twenties to the eighties, with most people settling on a number in the thirties. And as Bryson indicates, the divisions are made more rational every so often, with much grumbling and revision of textbooks. Books from the 1970s, for example, are most definitely out of date.
Climate change. There has been a lot of change through the course of this planet. (None before was anthropogenic, of course.) Bryson reckons there are reasons to argue both ways on whether the global climate could get hotter or cooler: the creation of the Himalayas and the central american isthmus had major impacts simply through changes in air and water flows. Consensus goes for the warming, but tinkering with the climate globally (as some have suggested) can have thoroughly wild results.
Human evolution. Theory is based on so few solid fossil records that the whole discipline could arguably be construed as risible. Even New Scientist frequently reports new developments with a straight face, while acknowledging each time that there are major disagreements on interpretation. NS's latest argument was on whether Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus overlapped - not at all? or for a few million years? The available examples are just so rare.
My take is that human evolution has been gradual, and the reason for the different species characterisations is simply because so few fossils have been found that they can easily be separated into different species. Heaven help us when we dig up much more, and find the changes too gradual for such distinction.
And finally, Bryson demonstrates that there is still so much to be discovered, named and catalogued, in both fossil and living species. If you're keen enough, you can almost certainly find (or at least differentiate enough) a new species that you can name after yourself. Better do so before extinction: humans are estimated to cause thousands of extinctions each year, many of them species still unnamed.
We are certainly not at the end of the history of science.


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I know sometimes I'm not easy.
I am a complicated woman
who knows what
a good relationship
can look like,
and that colors
my expectations.
I'm not wooed by
sweet-sounding words,
bold professions of love,
or grand romantic gestures…
I'm actually quite leery of them.
I am slow to jump into big decisions;
I like to follow my heart and my brain.
I'm often too serious, guarded, and pensive.
Heartbreak, loss and pain shape my view.
It sometimes takes work
to love me.
But I love
with my
whole heart,
I'm loyal,
I'm fierce,
and I'm worth it.
Posts Tagged 'worth'
Complicated Woman
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged expectations, fear, feelings, love, overcome, relationships, respect, romance, self worth, shape poem, wholehearted, wise mind, worth on November 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I know sometimes I'm not easy.
Reflections on Worthiness
Posted in Healing, Self worth, Spiritual Awakening, tagged acceptance, epiphany, God, grace, love, reflecting, self worth, worth, worthy on April 25, 2016| 4 Comments »
Hello dear friends,
You don't see me much these days as I'm back in school, and creative time is often taken up by discussion forums and reflection papers. I'm learning more skills to add to coaching; I'm working to become a therapist.
I recently wrote this simple post for class, and today I felt led to share my heart with you here.
Reflections on Worthiness
In 2011, based on my mother's steps in her own life, I had an epiphany. My mom had decided to divorce, in spite of her firm beliefs about God's law and wrongness of divorce. When she made that decision, I felt a surge of freedom that comes with stepping into true grace. The Holy Spirit whispered an insight to me that became the foundation of this blog and Facebook community: Nothing I do, nothing I've done, and nothing that has been done to me impacts my worth.
I knew, without a doubt, that God still loved my mother even though she was divorcing. I knew that even though this event would create sorrow and difficulty, God would be there. And in that experience, my mom may be able to hear him even more clearly than she ever had before in her life. I knew that God would use this time to bring her close, not to judge or condemn her, but to truly show her what His love and grace could look like, and how comforting it could be.
Through this understanding about my mom, I realized that throughout my life, I'd been trying to prove myself worthy – worthy of relationships, worthy of successes, worthy of happiness, worthy of God's love. Through my own efforts, my own attempts at being "good" I would somehow find peace and love. But that's actually opposite to how the gift of grace works… the more we strive, the further away we get from just accepting the gift, from just accepting our inherent worth.
Even when we do things that seem "wrong," God can use those errors to bring us closer to him. When bad things happen to us in life, God can use those events to bring us closer to him. Trauma can create depth. Sinfulness can create true repentance. Mistakes create understanding. All of these "bad" or "wrong" things that we do in our lives are tools that God uses to help us understand his love, his grace, and his view of us through Christ, as worthy, beautiful, and beloved – just as we are, just as he created us, and just as he has always known we would be. We cannot become any more or any less worthy than we already are.
Thank you for being here with me on this journey of worth. I will continue to post here from time to time as the Spirit leads. To connect a bit more often (2x mo), I hope you join my Worth & Wisdom newsletter.
The Self-Forgiveness Prayer
Posted in Healing, Poetry, Self worth, tagged control, expectations, faith, forgiveness, God, grace, love, not perfect, prayer, self, trust, worth on April 26, 2015| 7 Comments »
Oh Creator,
Give me the desire and the ability
to forgive myself
for times of being unaware
and not seeing things as clearly as I do now
for times of seeing acceptance
in people instead of you
for times of being naive
getting caught in someone's snares
for times my words or actions
didn't match who I want myself to be
for times of being human
needing space to learn and heal
for times of needing help
letting go of past hurts and old patterns
Give me the ability, desire, and the courage
to be compassionate with myself
to take steps forward
to believe I am worthy
just as I am.
KMW Online Workshop
Posted in Self worth, Workshops, tagged forgiveness, know my worth, know your worth, letting go, overcome, relationships, self care, self love, small group, women, workshop, worth, worthy on March 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Hello Know My Worth lovelies!
I'm taking a little break from poetry today to let you know
I'm planning another Know My Worth workshop, set to begin on April 1st.
28 days with weekly themes, daily coaching exercises and activities, and a small group setting to create a close-knit and safe place to share and learn together.
Weekly topics include: Examining our Worth foundation, Overcoming Shame, Finding the Forgiveness, and Letting go of Control.
If you are interested, please visit my Worth And Wisdom website for more details and registration!
Wishing each of you to know how worthy,
how beautiful, how treasured and precious you are –
no matter what!
Overcoming Jealousy
Posted in Healing, Self worth, Workshops, tagged admitting bad feelings, comparison is the thief of joy, envy, expectations, jealousy, keeping up with the Joneses, overcome, peace, poetry, pride, relationships, worth on October 5, 2014| 2 Comments »
Sideways glances
through narrowed eyes
Angry thoughts
of fairness
and pride
Resentful bile
swelling in the gut
Words choking my throat
I would never want to say
and feel ashamed to be thinking
But I can make a choice
and jealousy
or envy
will not rule
my life
my thoughts
my body
I will conquer
the Green-Eyed Monster
and wish everyone well
and be happy for other's success
without making it about me.
For I will change my focus
and see the light
in me
see the beauty
in me
see the uniqueness
in me
And travel on my own path
Noticing my own blessings
Living my own story.
If you would like to learn skills for Kicking that Green-Eyed Monster to the Curb, join me and Patricia Love, Life's Cheerleader, for a FREE webinar Tuesday evening filled with 5 solutions and exercises to overcome jealousy and live a peaceful life.
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Being Ignored
Posted in Healing, Self worth, tagged i am complete, letting go, love, notice me, poetry, praise, pressure, relationships, respect, self esteem, worry, worth on September 30, 2014| 2 Comments »
I ask a question
and you just ignore me
moving into other topics
as if I said nothing
I share an idea
and you just ignore me
asking others for feedback
as if I said nothing
I strain
I strive
Aching for you to notice me
Yearning for you to appreciate me
I want you to be proud of me
I want to feel the glow
of "doing good"
But that just isn't happening.
And it's not going to happen.
So I need to remember
reality check time
my worth is not determined
by your approval.
My worth is not determined
by how much you like me
by how smart you think I am
by how much I add to the conversation
It may feel a little extreme, but I realize…
You don't have to like me.
You don't have to think I'm smart.
You don't have to want to hear me.
You don't have to even see me.
I still have worth
outside of you.
What Makes Me Worthy?
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged beauty, comparison is the thief of joy, expectations, false standards, fearfully and wonderfully made, God, pressure, self esteem, success, worth on June 25, 2014| 6 Comments »
Bombarded daily
to define myself
by some worldly standard
of success
of beauty
of worth
Is my job good enough?
Am I in fashion?
Do I make enough money?
Does my hair look right?
Is my house acceptable?
How about my body?
Do I have the right friends?
Do I hang out in the best places?
Do I make everyone happy?
Does everyone like me?
Am I a good girl?
If I align my life
with what the world says
these standards should be
will I feel satisfied?
will I feel worthy?
Because none of it
none of the stuff
none of the opinions
none of the ways in which the world wants to define me
none of it
makes me who I am
or adds any value
to my soul
For I am fearfully
and wonderfully made
and cherished
just as I am
Without all the stuff
Without being in style
Without pleasing anyone
For nothing I do,
nothing I have done,
and nothing that has been done to me
defines my worth


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Friday, August 6, 2010
Richard Stursberg: early thoughts about a demonized man and his impossible job
"Hubert T. Lacroix, president and CEO of CBC/Radio Canada, announced today the departure of Richard Stursberg, executive vice-president, English services, from CBC/Radio-Canada effective today."
Stursberg has been the head of English-language programming since 2004. I often thought of him as the Dick Cheney of the CBC, in the way he approached his power, his influence and the way he was openly derisive of different points of view. He took on battles that changed peoples lives, yet he seemed oblivious to the impact he had.
Most significantly, Stursberg took the CBC -- our public broadcaster -- down a very commercial road. It was his way of dealing with tepid funding and unreliable support from the federal government. Programs were judged as successful only by ratings, not by the value they may contain for public discourse or the public record. In fact, he rarely talked about the CBC as a public broadcaster. He once referred to programs about Rene Levesque and Pierre Trudeau as "goddamned legacy programming" in one heated discussion with me about his approach to public broadcasting.
Under his tenure, the CBC locked out its employees in 2005, shut down the CBC design department in 2007 -- ending the CBC's own ability to make sets and create costumes and props, and hired U-S based TV consultant Frank Magid to advise local news programs about how to be quick and snappy -- and talk alot about crime and weather.
Yet it should be said that Stursberg resuscitated local TV programming too by creating the 90-minute supper-time newscasts and the 10-minute late night newscasts -- even if wasn't necessarily because of the value of local journalism but because of the chase for the elusive eyeballs. He brought a lot of in-house production back to the network (even if he dismantled the department that supported that production).
He was a lightning rod for all kinds of opinion, a man easy to demonize. He was mercurial and surprisingly undiplomatic in meetings with staff.
Yet at the end of the day, what matters is why he's leaving.
"We are in the midst of developing a new strategic plan that will guide CBC/Radio-Canada through the next five years. This is the opportune time to bring new leadership...." the release says.
It seems apparent by reading between the lines of the CBC release is that the "new strategic plan" is linked to his departure/firing. What is that strategic plan? Let's hope it's a departure from the overly commercial approach that Stursberg pushed for so many years. Let's hope the new strategic plan values programming that's made in the public interest as much as for the potential "eyeball" numbers. Even better, let's hope this marks the end of the "Ottawa isn't going to give us any more money, so let's just deal with it" approach that's particularly depressing. It's time for this CBC administration to move forward post-Stursberg by embracing its public mandate, by reaching out to Canadians and working with them to make a strong case for a really public public broadcaster.
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- AnonymousAugust 6, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Well said, Lise. As giddy as I felt when I heard this news (as one who walked that picket line, ended up getting laid off, and still believes passionately in public broadcasting and the importance of the CBC as a cultural institution), running the English network IS an impossible job. But I hope that Stursberg's successor will understand that the CBC's strength lies in its ability to be an ALTERNATIVE to all the other stuff on the airwaves in this country, not a COMPETITOR.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 12:49 AM
I remember when Mr. Stursberg first visited Vancouver. He came into the plant and promply ignored anything that was said, pushing forward his agenda, regardless of the questions or comments contributed by his co-workers [underlings]. He excelled at non-answers or total ignorance of what was suggested or offered by the non-Stursberg appointed staffers. I still remember his comment about CBC Radio ... He didn't know CBC had a radio network. I've happily moved on since I worked at CBC Vancouver [a victim of the 2009 purge] but regret what those who should have know better allowed Mr. Stursberg to do, first to television and then to the radio services. The CBC was created as a public broadcaster not a commercial network. What the CBC could once do "in-house" can no longer be done without beg-borrowing-stealing from other sources. The Beachcombers, Air Farce, Dr. Bundolo, regularly scheduled Regional Radio Drama productions, and network specials are now all but impossible without hiring outside help or sub-contracting to independent companies. I spent over 30 years dedicated to radio broadcasting in Canada and contributed to many international award winning programs and I am truly saddened by what has occurred under the reign of "King Richard".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 10:39 AM
As a young contract worker in the Toronto newsroom,I once ran into Stursberg in the hallway and asked him how people like me can stay on contract knowing that we have no benefits/medical/maternity? His answer to me was "when I married my wife, I gave her a foil ring"..."now look at me". I have no clue why he would say that!ReplyDelete
But now that I have left the CBC, I would say it was the best career decision, as I have work-life balance and can raise a family now without worrying about being locked out!
The lockout opened my eyes as to how the future of CBC was going eventually become.
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 8:59 PM
Love him or hate him, Richard Stursberg, CBC's recently axed head, understood the writing on the wall: the CBC cannot afford to continue with an umblllical dependence on funding from the government. Richard's passionate vision was for a public broadcaster who was financially self-sufficient. To that end ratings mattered, simply from the point of view that eyeballs bring advertising revenue. And more revenue means more money that can be channelled back into programming. When Richard appointed Scott Moore as the new leader of CBC's Sales & Marketing, Scott took a department that was nothing short of an industry joke, and turned it into a respected, money-making venture. CBC has never, in it's history, seen the kind of advertising sponsorship that it has right now, nor has it ever been taken as seriously in the industry as it is now. But with Richard's departure, all that could easily change – and the CBC could, once again, become totally dependent on the government for funding.ReplyDelete
Richard believed that in order to survive, the CBC had to produce entertainment that was on par with what the US produced. He believed it was possible. He was committed to entertainment as one of the keys to achieve a certain financial independence. He viewed CBCNews as an extension of this entertainment strategy. He believed the CNN version as the future. This didn't sit well with the old-school news department who still, almost a year after relaunching CBCNews, have not embraced the new CBCNews strategy – a strategy that could have allowed the news department to change the news paradigm. Instead many of them bury their heads in the sand, wishing for the clock to go back to a time pre-Richard.
CBC Radio is far from suffering. Under the little-appreciated tenure of Chris Boyce, CBC Radio One has revitalized programming, and the highest ratings in its history. Richard (and a host of other senior team leaders) realized that CBC Radio 2′s classical audience wasa DYING. It's an audience that is not replacing itself. As numbers dwindle, year after year, they believed it is a public broadcaster's responsibility to change and adapt, and in the process, re-invent the classical music service, while trying to find a new audience for its musical offering. Many people inside the CBC were against this move. And many still believe it was a mistake. But any broadcaster who ignores audience research studies and the feedback from hours of focus groups is behaving irresponsibly. The writing was on the wall there too. I don't believe they are "there" yet, but Radio 2 is the ONLY Canadian radio station (excl. CBC Radio 3) that is FULLY committed to airplay for Canadian singers and songwriters. Isn't that the mandate?
It's not surprising to see Richard's critics hovering over his dying legacy. Hubert's commitment to the CBC is a populist one. But I wonder which segment of the population is now driving the future strategy of the CBC? CBC itself will not be objective enough. Under Richard's watch, the CBC was slowly growing a much needed younger demographic – don't forget, the internet may end up being the future of all broadcasting. And that 18 – 39 demographic is not watching traditional television. And they are not watching nature documentaries. I respect the opinions of his critics. Richard ruled the CBC like a petulant king. His senior management team was described as a "wheel-less spoke", with each spoke a division that was deliberately not connected to the others. His management style was brutal. His demeanor cold.
Lise, I respect your opinion of him. But I wanted to present the other side of the story. I hope time is kind to his legacy, because I worry that one day, the reign of King Richard will go down in history as the CBC's last shining moment – the final days of broadcasting camelot.
Thanks for commenting! Just to let you know, I will remove comments that are unrelated to the post or include personal attacks on anyone.


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China marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on June 4 with a wall of silence and extra security after arresting activists and tightening internet censorship ahead of the politically sensitive anniversary.
On a gray, overcast day, police checked the identification cards of every tourist and commuter leaving the subway near Tiananmen Square, the site of the pro-democracy protests that were brutally extinguished by tanks and soldiers on June 4, 1989.
Foreign journalists were not allowed onto the square at all.
The United States marked the occasion by hailing the "heroic" movement of 1989 and denouncing a "new wave of abuses" in China.
But in China, the Communist Party made sure the anniversary remained in the distant past, detaining several activists in the runup to June 4 while popular livestreaming sites conspicuously shut down for "technical" maintenance.
Over the years, the party has censored any discussion of the protests and crackdown, which ended with the deaths of hundreds — possibly more than 1,000 — ensuring that people either never learn about what happened or fear detention if they dare discuss it openly.
The party and its high-tech police apparatus have tightened control over civil society since President Xi Jinping took office in 2012, rounding up activists, rights lawyers and even Marxist students who sympathized with labor movements. (AFP-Jiji)