Outer Rim Territories

I’ll spare you the gory details. Click the link if you really want to know what was in this document. I didn’t.

The World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-welcome panel at the United Nations this week where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” The event was part of the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which concludes this week.

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The early adopter tax, along with any associated tech risks, has not escaped the notice of most tech enthusiasts. In the end, its not much of a factor. We dont buy early because its a good deal. We dont buy early because its fiscally sound. We buy early because the technology is cool and we simply cannot or do not want to wait for our preciousssssss to finally come home with us.

We are the People Who Stand In Line.

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Totally geeky.

YouTube - TRON: LEGACY – Official Trailer.

IMAGINE you are one half of a young couple expecting your first child in a fast-growing, poor country. You are part of the new middle class; your income is rising; you want a small family. But traditional mores hold sway around you, most important in the preference for sons over daughters. Perhaps hard physical labour is still needed for the family to make its living. Perhaps only sons may inherit land. Perhaps a daughter is deemed to join another family on marriage and you want someone to care for you when you are old. Perhaps she needs a dowry.

Now imagine that you have had an ultrasound scan; it costs $12, but you can afford that. The scan says the unborn child is a girl. You yourself would prefer a boy; the rest of your family clamours for one. You would never dream of killing a baby daughter, as they do out in the villages. But an abortion seems different. What do you do?

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First, these efforts suggest the importance of faculty taking their vocations seriously. On a micro-level, what if faculty, as they design courses, intentionally allow the texts, values, and outcomes of a liberal education to shape the development of their syllabi and daily course content? What if they mentor students and advise them to pursue a liberal education? What if they, in their personal reading and research, grow themselves as students of the liberal arts? On a macro-level, what if faculty committees (Development, Curriculum, Assessment, and Uffda, how the list goes on!) pursue a liberal arts agenda in their committee work and use those values as the standard against which they measure their work?

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Wow.

YouTube - OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – RGM version.

What happens in my mind everyday. Somehow I need to excise all the fantasy and sci-fi from my theological thinking. I say this as I am writing a paper on Justification (or lack thereof) in LOTR and Narnia. :)

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This is a helpful video for understanding Naomi’s condition. Some of the folks in the video have it far worse than us. The video talks about developmental difficulties. As we continue to work on controlling Naomi’s seizures we will be starting behavioral and speech therapy. Many of the children with TSC display various disabilities including autism. You can support the advocacy group here: TS Alliance. As always, your prayers are welcome.

YouTube - Infantile Spasms and TSC: A Devastating Diagnosis.

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Good stock.

YouTube - Wyneken Clip 28 Feb 2010.mov.

YouTube - World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale.