Things to chew on from the last weeks newsfeeds. Viv McWaters writes a great piece on the role of facilitators in disastery recovery. Christopher Gohl‘s new blog, diagoal. Rob Ballentyne will take you to see the solar eclipse of a lifetime this summer (he’ll also show you a comet for free!) Jack Ricchiuto on using a moleskin to manage to do lists. Nancy White and others launch the Community and Networks Connection. Viv McWaters blogs about the community site for facilitators helping with the bushfire tragedy in Australia.
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Scoured from the corners of the web this week: Luke Mitchell on the challenges of establishing universal health care in the USA. Courtesy of my friend Vera Wabegijig’s facebook page, a list of Aboriginal CBC personalities. Peter Rukavina finds a great site on mapping your childhood WFMU shares some blue excerpts from Obama’s autobiography. Great ringtone potential here.
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could it be that I actually like the flow of music on CBC Radio Two? …hmmmm…. Last year when Radio Two changed its format, it was met with stinging criticism as it cut back it’s classical music offerings and diversified the genres it plays. But last week I was hanging out in Toronto at my brother’s house and he put on Radio Two in the morning and we left it on all day. I was struck by how well the mix of programming seemed to go with my mood. Most of the day is still classical music, the afternoon drive …
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With the way the world is – connected and interdependant – from time to time disasters from afar touch me from half way around the world. In Australia, around Melbourne, bush fires have ravaged communities this weekend, leaving 83 people dead and untold millions of dollars in damage. Viv McWaters posted a call to action today and I pass it on. Wnatever you can do to help, especially if you know people there, would be good.
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A couple of days ago I headed across the northern United States on a Boeing 757 on United airlines – the hungry skies. United is a quirky airline. They have three classes of seating on their domestic flights: executive, economy and then what I call the “hole in the bagel class:” Economy Plus. Economy Plus consists of a third of the rows of the economy cabin with four inches more legroom than the back two thirds of the economy cabin. In practice, Economy Plus seems to offer pretty much the same legroom as every other airline, but the economy cabin …