http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23GITMOCND.html?_r=1&hp One more photo (indulge me; it’s been a long 8 years) of the new administration. This one is a real-life version of the Presidential cartoon showing 43 white Presidents lined up with Obama in colour at the end. To steal two ideas from the campaign, I HOPE one CHANGE that will emerge from this […]
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Chiune Sugihara – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara Sugihara began to grant visas on his own initiative, after consulting with his family. Many times he ignored the requirements and arranged the Jews with a ten-day visa to transit through Japan, in direct violation of his orders. Given his inferior post and the culture of the Japanese Foreign Service bureaucracy, this was an […]
The Saints of E-Waste // Current
http://current.com/items/88490721/the_saints_of_e_waste.htm Profile of an unlikely band of heroes working at a California electronic waste recycling centre. This facility is both good for the environment, the community, and the emotional well-being of its employees. Inspiring on so many levels.
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http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/10/101908_1.html Rather than spending her post-political life settling down to the dinner circuit, ex-Minister of External Affairs Flora McDonald has taken to the remote areas of Afghanistan with her humanitarian NGO. She’s preaching the benefits of schools and health care (including birth control) in a country where international focus has mainly been on military action. […]
Lester B. Pearson – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson Peacekeeping, health care, immigration, bilingualism and the Maple Leaf. All things Canada is famous for, and of which we, as Canadians, are very proud. And all of them were instituted in a five-year period by Lester B. Pearson’s minority governments. (Suck it, Harper.) Trudeau’s revered as the PM with panache, but Pearson was Trudeau’s […]
I Didnt Vote For Obama Today | eastside93s Blog
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/11/i-didnt-vote-for-obama-today.php I’ve made no secret of which candidate gets my (unballoted) support, but damn if this article doesn’t sum up the gravitas of the whole Obama run. I’d love for him to win tonight, and I’d doubly love for him to live up to our expectations.
Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html As promised, here’s the first – and, this week, the most powerful – of the TED talks that I’ve enjoyed. South Bronx green activist Majora Carter shows what a strong will and a great attitude can contribute towards turning a historically dangerous neighbourhood into a living, breathing green space. Required viewing for anyone who […]
TED: Ideas worth spreading
http://www.ted.com/ I’ve been going through a period of drudge work at my job, so I’ve finally had the ability to delve deep into the TED resources. For those not in the know, the annual TED Conference is a meeting of the minds for a variety of fields (Technology/Entertainment/Design), in which short presentations are given by […]
NatureMill Automatic Compost Bin | Composter | Compost | Composting | naturemill.com
http://www.naturemill.com/ I went into this website with my skepticism filter set to “high”, but came out with a new item for my want-want-want tags: A compact home composter. What won me over? The replaceable filter lasts for five years instead of the standard two weeks (hello, Brita filters), the decomposition is sped up far more […]
Homepage | Freerice.com
http://www.freerice.com/ And oh – for those of you who are either under-challenged or over-challenged by FreeRice.com’s vocabulary tests, there’s now art-, math-, and geography-based tests as well. Finally, my countless hours spent in museums can benefit someone other than myself!
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