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The Common Complaints
Designers and trainers who participate in my workshops, both online and in face-to-face settings, have these common complaints regarding social learning - which makes use of social media as part of the learning experience:
• "What if learners don't want to interact?"
• "What if they are so busy, they have no time for a discussion?"
• "What if top management frowns on social conversations as undermining work and frivolous?"
• "Learners are afraid to be wrong, offend or reveal themselves to others."
What seems to be the root of these complaints? Why is there a sense that difficulties will arise using social interaction as part of our training and learning programs?
"Friends You Haven't Met Yet"
A recent experience during a visit to USC Center for Creative Technologies helped me tie a bow on this issue. The realization came after a closer review of a huge project called "Friends You Haven't Met."
First, some background: I visited with Andrew Gordon, Ph.D., a leader of the USC/ICT specializing in story and narrative research and artificial intelligence initiatives. He was one of 45 doctoral students under Roger Schank at Northwestern University. We spoke about ICT's Story Web Blog Project. Through the algorithms his team developed with funding from the U.S. Army, they compiled 33 million web blogs that use personal stories. The trainers from the Army selected stories that were useful in their leadership programs. While we were in conversation, Dr. Gordon mentioned the work of Chris Wienberg, a doctoral student.
Chris Wienberg, with others, produced a documentary, "Friends You Haven't Met Yet." The documentary interviews some of the bloggers who were discovered in their research on the Story Blogs.
After meeting with Dr. Gordon and viewing the documentary, I concluded that social learning ought to be story sharing.
Personal Stories Versus Knowledge Stories
Some blogs are much more popular than others because the bloggers share stories about their crises,successes, trials and discoveries. Initially, they are about sharing their daily lives with close family members. Eventually, bloggers discover even those who are just witnesses or even strangers begin to visit and interact with them.The very nature of sharing personal stories is cathartic not only for bloggers, but for readers as well. Without even knowing each other, both establish a bond based on a shared story. This is because stories are universal and appeal to the heart. Thus, they resonate with people from all walks of life.
In training and learning, we tend to be nuts and bolts, fact-based, right-and-wrong orientated, rather than sharing authentic and genuine stories from people's experiences as a way to enrich learning.
But how can we use social interaction online to turn it into story sharing that supports social learning?
To turn conversations and sharing into usable stories, it works best to ask:
• "What did you go through?"
• "How did you do it?"
• "What would you do again or avoid in the future?"
These questions encourage experience and story sharing. Note, they are the opposite of asking, "What do you think?", "What is your opinion?" or "What is the right answer?"
They Will Find You
"I'm surprised that someone I don't know would visit and read my blog," one blogger remarked. Bloggers wonder why so many people read their blogs even if they are not their friends. There is no expectancy that someone, aside from close family friends, would even read their postings. They are surprised that strangers start contacting them and replying to their posts.
In many social learning environments, learners tend to expect immediate and multiple group responses. Failing to get a good response sends a signal that the learner is less engaged or is not contributing a good idea. They (supposedly?) end up disinterested, feel discouraged and quit. However, this view is flawed.
With this model in mind, we offer two recommendations:
- Longer time span. Create a social learning environment that lasts longer. If we implement the social learning aspect to accompany a class and it starts on Monday and ends on Friday, there will be no opportunities to build connections, establish rapport and nurture relationships. Learners will be less inclined to make the investment in time and emotional relationships. Develop a spaced-out interaction, maybe a few weeks.
- Meaningful conversations. Remind learners, the goal is not to have a relationship with the whole class but to look for meaningful sharing of ideas and stories with a few people within the group - those with similar interests. Social learning is a not a scattergun approach to learning; "it is intimate and selective."
Viewing the story sharing documentary reminded me that social interaction and sharing are indeed a social and psychological contract between the person sharing a story and the followers or recipients.
Social learning is shallow when it merely focuses on the trainer's need to frame the conversations to suit the content. This is quickly apparent to learners. To engage them, turn the tables and ask learners to talk abouttheir interest areas.
But how do you align their discussions with your content? How do ensure they don't segue into topics outside of the immediate lesson?
Consider the following ideas:
Strong positions. Ask learners to put a stake on the group and pursue a topic that they are passionate about. Encourage them to gain depth by researching and presenting dissenting views, challenging assumptions and taking a strong position or changing positions as they make discoveries.
Many learners contribute ideas by posting "me too" and superficial "hi and hello" comments. They fail to engage others because they don't show seriousness and strong intent. They don't make it a passionate pursuit. Encourage learners to ask penetrating questions and provide insights.
Credibility and reputation are important. Advise learners that having good conversations with others or having many strangers visit and benefit from their postings reflects on their credibility and reputation. Instead of their being like a fruit fly buzzing from one conversation to another, an in-depth conversation on one issue builds respect and gains admiration from others.
Allow real-life pursuits. To help learners align their discussion pursuits with your content focus, allow them to relate a story, an experience or a real-life application regarding your content. Learners' postings may veer away from your core topic, but they have done so to pursue an interest. Encourage them. Use your content as a trigger to help them recall real-life situations. Avoid limiting their discoveries by stubbornly adhering only to your academic objectives.
Social learning ought to be story sharing. Learners learn by participating in small, focused and meaningful conversations. It is only through deeper pursuits of personal interests and sharing their discoveries with the group that learners develop credibility, reputation and respect. It is this degree of application that makes social learning a story-sharing medium. It is by story sharing that learners really absorb the lessons. It is by this approach they "Find Friends They Haven't Met Yet."
USC Center for Creative Technologies
Matthew D. Lieberman, Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect (2013)
Ray Jimenez, PhD
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PHS Wrestling: Season Preview
By Jenna Haroldsen
Ranked 1 in State going into the season, Payson's Wrestling team is playing for keeps this year. Their first tournament of the season, the Millard Ironman, was November 30 and December 1. With only 4 seniors, all of which are Captains, they are expecting to do well this season.
"We have a strong team this year and we seniors have a lot of experience," said Wrestling Captain, Devan Judd.

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Unmarried woman wins legal battle over her late partner's pension – how ruling could affect MILLIONS in the UK
A woman whose long-term partner died has won a legal battle that could improve the rights of cohabiting couples
A WOMAN denied payments from her long-term partner's occupational pension has won a landmark court case which could affect millions of cohabiting couples across the UK.
Irish lifeguard Denise Brewster, 42, lived with her boyfriend Lenny McMullan for 10 years before he died suddenly on Boxing Day in 2009, aged 43, just two days after the couple had got engaged.
At the time of his death, Lenny had worked at Translink, which delivers Northern Ireland's public transport services, for 15 years, and had been paying into Northern Ireland's local government pension scheme.
If the couple had been married, Denise would have automatically been given the pension he had built up.
Under the regulations, married partners automatically obtain a survivor's pension, while unmarried partners only receive a pension if an opt-in form has been completed by the pension scheme member, which in Denise's case, it hadn't.
Denise challenged the regulation in court, arguing that bureaucratic rules like this one discriminated against long-term cohabitees. She won the case today.
Her solicitor, Gareth Mitchell of public law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn, said: "Denying bereaved cohabitees access to survivor pensions causes huge distress and financial hardship.
"Now that around one in six families in the UK are cohabiting families, reform is long overdue.
"The decision has significant implications for millions of cohabitees in relation to pension benefits.
"It also lays down the approach to be adopted when considering complaints of discrimination on the grounds of marital status in other areas.
"This was a decision of the Supreme Court of the UK and it affects the whole of the UK."
While some legal experts say the ruling could impact cohabitees across the country, others say that the court's reasoning was limited to the facts of Ms Brewster's case, involving the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (Nilgosc), and so the wider impact will be limited.
Today's landmark ruling could however have wider implications for the rights of cohabiting couples working in the public sector - including nurses and teachers - although local government schemes in England, Wales and in Scotland have already been changed to allow cohabiting couples to automatically benefit from the survivor's pension.
Couples will have to prove that they have been together for two years and have joint finances - such as a joint bank account.
Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, and ex-pensions minister, welcomed the ruling, saying: "It is totally unacceptable for cohabiting couples to be treated as second class citizens.
"With more than six million people living together as couples and the numbers rising every year, this is an issue that needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.
"We need pension scheme rules which reflect the world we live in today, and not the world of 50 years ago".
What were the rules, and how could they change?
Today's Supreme Court ruling brings the Northern Ireland public pensions scheme into line with changes already made in England, Wales and Scotland - which allow cohabiting couples to automatically benefit from the survivor's pension.
Denise's lawyer Mr Mitchell said that following the 2012 High Court ruling in the Brewster case, local government pensions schemes in England, Wales and Scotland removed the nomination form requirement, although this was not retrospective.
"However, an identical nomination form requirement still appears not only in the Northern Ireland local government pension scheme, but also in many other public sector pension schemes across the UK, for example the NHS, teachers and civil service schemes," he said.
Today's ruling could mean that other public sector schemes could change their rules so unmarried couples automatically benefit from survivor's pensions without being opted in.
Most private pension schemes already provide survivor's benefits for unmarried partners.
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Gaming for Better HealthTuesday, January 24, 2012 10:11 2 Comments
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
An epic win
Parts 1 through 4 of the series "How is Gaming Changing the Landscape in Health Care," clearly defined the importance of gaming in the health care arena.
Games for Health
Gaming utilizing smartphones and social networking are helping to transform health care.
Jane McGonigal, Game Designer in her TED Talk from […]
What Topics on Healthin30 Caught Your Attention?Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:17 No Comments
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Social Media Networking caught your attention on Healthin30 with "3 Reasons Why Social Networking Is Not a Waste of Time for Health Professionals," leading with 1,367 Tweets.
"List of 20 Excellent Social Media Networking Resources" also is a popular post. Other topics include: Women and Heart Disease, Telehealth, Patients and the […]
Telehealth Tapping into Social InfluenceMonday, September 19, 2011 15:26 2 Comments
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
In a recent Harvard Business Review Blog, David Armano writes about the six pillars of influence that leads to measurably favorable outcomes.
To achieve measurably better health, the pillars Armano explains can certainly be adopted.
He notes how the "social web can amplify signals, influence behavior and lead to action."
Social networking has […]


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A lot of Anonymous' online anarchy takes the form of DDoS attacks. Simply put, Anonymous floods a site's server until it crashes temporarily. According to security firm Symantec, though, recent DDoS attacks by the collective may have been doing a lot of self-inflicted harm.
Someone—probably from a police organization—implanted a Zeus Trojan into Slowloris, a popular DDoS program among the Anonymous crowd. The trojan, in turn, stole banking and e-mail credentials from anyone who used the program. And following the Megaupload bust, Slowloris saw an uptick in usage from hackers.
"The Man" takes this round.
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Executives for CBS's Supergirl have said that they'll never cross the DC heroine over with CW's The Flash or Arrow, but according to Bleeding Cool, they might be changing their minds.
The site has reported that there are rumors brewing that should Supergirl be picked up for the remainder of a full season (the back nine episodes), we could see a crossover:
Bleeding Cool has been told by a reliable source to expect Supergirl to meet the Flash and the STAR Labs crew from her fellow show by May's sweeps week, if CBS orders the last episodes of Supergirl.
Take this with a huge grain of salt to begin with, but the possibility is a pretty cool one. The CW folks have already been crossing over all their shows, as well as NBC's cancelled Constantine.


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Woo hoo! I get to share the big news! Edwardian Taylor has signed on to illustrate IT'S NOT JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Two Lions, 2017). This is from last Thursday's PW Children's Bookshelf.
Check out his terrific Instagram feed here to see some crazy awesome illustrations. I can't wait to see what Edwardian does with JACK!
Where I'll Be Next
- Friday, 2/19 at 1pm: Double Storytime at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA (with Anna Staniszewski and her debut picture book Power Down, Little Robot)
- Saturday, 2/20 at 11am: Funky Brunch at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA
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1. Power Down, Little Robot written by Anna Staniszewski & illustrated by Tim Zeltner
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Tove Alexandersson and Thierry Gueorgiou were today's favourites and they both won at the first stage of O-Ringen, which began this Sunday at Högfjällshotellet in Sälen.
- My mind is set on O-Ringen right now, I like the competition and the concept of competing for five days. I'm not thinking about the fact that the World Championships is a few weeks away, says a smiling Tove Alexandersson
Tove won the first stage and she was 3 minutes and 53 seconds faster than Anne Margret Hausken Nordberg from Norway. The world champion Svetlana Mironova came in third place.
Another competitor who had a great day at work is Thierry Gueorgiou from France, who won 1.17 before Jerker Lysell, who had planned to pass the second stage, but are now thinking about competing the whole week. Third came Magne Dähli from Norway.
-I have to talk to my trainer. I'll let him decide, but it's tempting to keep competing after this start.
The first stage was settled around Kungsleden and Köarsfjället. There were runners from 40 different countries and the weather was perfect. O-Ringen continues tomorrow and stage two takes place at Storfjället. The question is, have Tove Alexandersson and Thierry Gueorgiou got the grip of the total victory already.
- A fantastic day with fantastic achievements. I want to thank all the participators for following our directions regarding transportation to and from the arena, says Jimmy Birklin, the secretary general for O-Ringen.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Churchill Downs Incorporated (Nasdaq:CHDN) (CDI) announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Big Fish Games, Inc. (Big Fish), one of the world's largest producers and distributors of mobile and online games. The transaction includes an upfront purchase price of $485 million comprised of approximately $16 million in CDI stock, up-front cash of $384 million and $85 million in cash to be paid over three years. The purchase price remains subject to working capital and other customary post-closing adjustments. An additional earn-out payment of up to $350 million may be paid in cash based on achieving EBITDA growth in 2015.
Goldman Sachs acted as financial advisor and Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal advisor to CDI. JPMorgan acted as lead on the financing of this transaction. Qatalyst Partners LP acted as financial advisor and Perkins Coie LLP acted as legal advisor to Big Fish on this transaction.
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The outraged Birdsville community has put up a reward to assist police in solving the case of a pet camel that was killed and decapitated in September.
Noodle the camel was discovered dead on an isolated property in Queensland's southwest but despite a public plea for information police are yet to establish any firm leads on who killed the beloved animal.
In an effort to solve the case, a reward is being offered to anyone who gives police information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Noodle's killer.
Birdsville police officer in charge Neale McShane said the reward, which includes $1000 cash as well as several donated items from local businesses, shows how much of an impact Noodle had made on the community.
"The community was pretty annoyed over the crime," Senior Constable McShane told AAP.
"The fella who had his camel shot, he walked it from Katherine to Birdsville for the Birdsville races.
"He's a bit of a hero here Noodle, had his photo taken with hundreds if not thousands of people and then the way he was shot and then his head cut off, the community just got together and put a reward up."
Mr McShane said he is hopeful the reward will boost his chances of making an arrest.
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What Is Pelvic Prolapse Surgery?Laparoscopic pelvic prolapse surgery is an adjunct to vaginal surgery in which prolapsed organs (e.g. bladder, colon, and rectum) are re-established to deeper ligaments within the pelvis, as opposed to more blind procedures done vaginally.
The parts of the body affected by pelvic support problems include the urethra and bladder, the small intestine, the rectum, the uterus, and the vagina. The urethra and bladder lie in front of the vagina. The bladder receives and stores urine from the kidneys and expels it through the urethra (a short, narrow tube). The uterus is at the top of the vagina. Behind the uterus is a space within the pelvic cavity called the cul-de-sac. This space contains some of the small intestine. Along the back of this space is the rectum, which continues down the back of the vagina and ends at the anus. The perineum is the tissue between the opening of the vagina and the anus.
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- Feeling of pelvic heaviness or fullness, or as though something is falling out of the vagina
- Pulling or aching feeling in the lower abdomen or pelvis
- Leakage of urine or problems having a bowel movement
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For more detailed information on pelvic support problems, symptoms, and treatments please visit The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.


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Today marks the last runway show for Dolce & Gabanna's D&G RTW line. The line, which launched in 1994, has always been the most vibrant and fun of the runway.
The Spring 2012 collection is no different, with a collection using solely silk handkerchief prints, and bits of chambray, the collection was flamboyant & flirty. Our favorite pieces of the show include silk western inspired button downs with chambray accents, tiered flowing skirts, and the finale of maxi dresses suitable for any cruise or resort vacation. The silk prints were not limited to clothing, but also reached down to the toes, with silk platforms that wrap the ankle.
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I am Hatonn. I am with this instrument. I greet you, my friends, in the love and light of our infinite Creator. It is a great privilege to be with you this evening. It is always a great privilege, for this is our purpose, to serve those of the people of this planet who seek.
We of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the Infinite Creator are here for this express purpose: to serve those who seek. Our service is, unfortunately, very limited, but these limitations are limitations impressed upon us by those who are dwelling upon your planet. We are limited to use of a channel such as this one in order to serve those of the people of this planet who are seeking our service: who are seeking truth.
We are apologetic for the conditions that make it difficult for us to serve you to the extent that would be desired this evening [1]. However, we find that at this time it is not desirable that we perform this service as it will be performed in the very near future quite adequately.
We request that you avail yourselves to our service and to this instrument in the near future, when conditions are more suitable, and we will extend our service to you, to our fullest extent, for this is our purpose; this is the reason we are here.
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I will leave you now in the love and in the light of our infinite Creator. Adonai vasu.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton's landslide victory Tuesday in West Virginia gave her 20 committed delegates to the Democratic National Convention, but did not prompt any more of the state's superdelegates to declare they'll vote for her.
The New York senator carried all 55 counties in the state, racking up 239,118 votes to 91,715 for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. She received 67 percent of the vote to Obama's 26 percent.
Six delegates from each of the state's three congressional districts were up for grabs in Tuesday's Democratic primary election, along with 10 at-large delegates, said Tom Vogel, executive director of the state Democratic Party. All are allocated by the percentage of votes each candidate received.
Vogel said Clinton won her largest majority in the 3rd Congressional District, which stretches across Southern West Virginia, receiving five delegates from there to Obama's one. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., who represents that district, has endorsed Obama.
In both the 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts, Clinton picked up four delegates to two for Obama, Vogel said.
The 10 at-large delegates will be elected at the June state convention, but must be committed to candidates based on the statewide vote, he said. Seven of those delegates will go to Clinton and three to Obama.
John Edwards, a former North Carolina senator whose name was still on the ballot even though he withdrew from the race in January, still got 7 percent of the statewide vote. Edwards endorsed Obama on Wednesday.
Under party rules, Vogel said, Edwards gets no delegates because he didn't get at least 15 percent of the vote.
The state executive committee will send the proposed delegates' names to the campaigns by May 20, and the campaigns have until May 30 to object to them, Vogel said.
Any Democrat can apply to be a delegate to the convention for a particular candidate, he said: "It's not an open-shut thing."
West Virginia has 10 superdelegates who can support anyone, regardless of the state's election results. Before the primary, Clinton had the support of three West Virginia superdelegates to Obama's two.
Gov. Joe Manchin and state Democratic Chairman Nick Casey will wait until all the primary elections are over in early June before pledging their support.
Manchin spokeswoman Lara Ramsburg said the governor enjoyed the attention West Virginia received from its primary election and wants the process to continue uninterrupted. She said Manchin, who is chairman of the national Democratic Governors Association, doesn't want to interfere with other states' elections.
"He really is a fan of the process," Ramsburg said. "He thinks it's helpful to the party to continue."
So far, 22 of the 28 Democratic governors - all of whom are superdelegates - have pledged their votes to a candidate.
Primary elections remain in Kentucky, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon and Puerto Rico. Democratic governors in Kentucky and Montana remain uncommitted; the Oregon governor supports Clinton and the Puerto Rico governor supports Obama.
Ramsburg said Manchin plans to have all the Democratic governors get together after the party has a nominee.
"They are all committed to coming together for the party," she said.
Casey said the timing is not right to endorse anyone.
"I'm still walking the line," he said, although he allowed, "The vote [Tuesday] was significant."
As party chairman, Casey said he needs to hold back his vote while he deals with national party leaders about such things as funds to get out the vote.
"I'm probably going to follow the governor," he said.
Going into Tuesday's primary, Clinton had commitments from superdelegates Marie Prezioso, state party national committeewoman; Pat Maroney, state party national committeeman; and Belinda Biafore, state party vice chairman.
Obama had commitments from Rahall and U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
So far, West Virginia's senior senator, Robert C. Byrd, has not pledged his support to either candidate. He is said to be friends with both Clinton, who spoke fondly of him in her Tuesday night victory speech, and Obama, who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Byrd's 2006 campaign.
Rep. Alan Mollohan has also refrained from giving his support to either candidate. "He has not uttered a breath to me about it," Mollohan spokesman Gerry Griffith said.
The other West Virginia superdelegate is Harpers Ferry resident Alice Germond, who is the Democratic National Committee secretary. She is expected to remain uncommitted until the national convention.
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The iPhone Pre-order/order horrors are just getting worse day by day. First, AT&T outsold iPhone 4 pre-orders that it had to cancel them. Then Apple surprisingly delivered iPhone 4's way too early. Now, AT&T has displayed a short shocking message on their site stating that AT&T won't offer iPhone 4 until June 29. Here's what AT&T says precisely:
AT&T is on-track to deliver iPhone 4 to customers who preordered the device on June 15. We look forward to offering iPhone 4 to all other customers beginning Tuesday, June 29, when it goes on sale in all AT&T sales channels. Read the full iPhone availability statement
Apple's iPhone 4 will be available in Apple Store starting June 24. Now just imagine the line in front of Apple Store when the magical doors fall ajar. If you are one of those lucky ones who already made reservations, good for you. Else, we would suggest you do so right now or wait until June 29.


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Friday, March 11, 2011
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Anyway, you know it is a bad earthquake if the newscaster has to wear a helmet while reporting it from the studio!
Edited to add:
I've noticed in the past couple hours that people overseas seem to be visiting this post looking for info about the quake in Fukuoka and Kyushu.
So here is what I know. There has been no damage in Fukuoka prefecture. NHK reported a tsunami warning (their lowest level one) for the Seto inland sea side of the prefecture near Kitakyushu, as well as Oita and Miyazaki prefectures. Kagoshima, Nagasaki and Kumamoto and most other areas of Kyushu also have warnings, though the quake didn't do any damage and couldn't even be felt way down here.
So if you've got friends or family in Kyushu, they are probably OK.
8 comments:
Thank you for the information Sean. We have been trying to get in touch with our family in Fukuoka.
Masako S.
- March 11, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- Sean said...
Hi Masako,
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad to say that your family is probably safe. Fukuoka wasn't damaged by the quake.
Best, Sean
- March 11, 2011 at 4:19 PM
Thanks, Sean, for your blog post - we have friends in Fukuoka and we are very glad to know that they are safe.
Vancouver, Canada
- March 12, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- Sean said...
Hi Shammi,
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad that your friends are in Fukuoka where it is safe!
- March 12, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Lei said...
Thank you for the information, Sean. I have been scouring the net for all the news I can get about Japan since last Friday. I've been wanting to read about the state of Kyushu and Fukuoka and, thankfully, I came across your blog.
I'm planning to study in Kyushu University this coming October (LL.M Program) so I'm mighty worried. Still hopeful about my plans though. My plans haven't changed a bit about going there.
I sincerely believe in the resilience of the Japanese. They will recover and rebuild. If one country can do it, they surely can.
- March 14, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Sean said...
Hi Lei,
Thanks for the comment. Fukuoka has been spared from any damage in the earthquake and tsunami.
It should be perfectly safe for you to come here in October for the LLM, which is a great program!
- March 14, 2011 at 7:08 PM
- Unknown said...
This is the first information I could find about Fukuoka since I know people in Kurume who had been my host family in 2006....This helps me so much! Thank you
- March 15, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Sean said...
Ichibannohyde - thanks for the comment, I'm glad the post could be of use to you. Your host family should be safe as Kurume wasn't damaged in the earthquake!
- March 16, 2011 at 12:49 AM


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Maybe you too, like the author of Isaiah, have been so fed up with the world around you, the way things seem to be, that in complete exasperation you have shook your fist at the heavens and declared "Oh, that you would rip open the heavens and descend!"
Somehow, God, would you just shock everyone into turning around and facing you! And in the next verse we hear an Isaiah that is much more at peace, more settled, deeply aware in his life of the God works for those who wait for him. Then he is right back to total frustration with humanity's 'sin' all around him, with the lack of faithful prayer and the absence of a faithful people! Just as suddenly the possibility of a compassionate God flashes back in front of him and we hear those beautiful lines passed down across the centuries "Still, God, you are our Father. We are the clay, you the potter." Two lines later he sees nothing but black skies all around him and in the face of all this, cannot understand why God sits there supposedly unmoved and does nothing – The Inclusive Bible in fact concludes chapter 64 with the God who oppresses us beyond measure with your silence!
I don't know how you feel, but when I listen to the news, read the papers about racial violence, brutality, economic struggles, drug overdoses, masses of people escaping oppression and likely death at the hands of ruthless tyrants, or when I walk through darker streets of our city/ glance down back alleys, I too would prefer God to just come down and fix it all! It really would save us a lot of trouble! (In our personal lives too we long for God to intercede and repair, to fix things.)
In the Psalms just read, three times we hear the plea " O God, return to us, let your face shine on us and we will be saved"! This is a desperate people, The gospel reading in Mark doesn't get any better! It begins with the sun fading, moon clouding over, stars falling out of the sky and cosmic powers! This is the Markan "Little Apocalypse", a smaller section of a whole chapter in Mark about impending crises and end times. What a way to begin the season of advent, the season of anticipation – hope and joy and peace and love and oh yes, Merry Christmas everybody!
It is a strange way to begin this new season / time of Advent. Prayers that are both lament and weeping, this yearning for a better time. It is unusual and, at the same time, powerful; it is here we need to begin our new church year. Because Advent jolts us out of the ordinary time (Pentecost season) we have just left with the invasive news that it is salvation time! A time of fresh starts, new possibilities for human wholeness, peace, the peace of shalom that is at the heart of Advent's message. We know that such peace comes with a price – it is a difficult path that often leaves us vulnerable and in a place of risk. It is a journey that will require repentance and forgiveness as heard in the voices of the prophets – men like John the Baptist. As we too look out at our world, and try to live with the reality of North Korea, with this decade's nuclear threats/ apocalypse, as we think of places like Syria, or Haiti, anticipated eruptions in Bali, and mass escapes in Myanmar, we live in a time of broken heartedness and crises and long for peace but we feel helpless, hopeless. Despite all our best of intentions, the best intentions of the people of God around the world today, and the intervention of the Spirit, the world is yet to be redeemed and so we pray from the bottom of our hearts along with the readings, that Christ will soon come again and rule over God's creation in power and in justice.
That's what this season of Advent is really all about – hope in the midst of hopelessness, a spirit of yearning for that which would be too good to be true, some new and unique expression of God's intention to save a world gone so wrong. How do we capture once more that spirit of hope that seemed present so long ago when men and women of faith yearned for the first coming of the Savior? How do we live well in the in-between time? The first coming long ago and the second coming, not-yet but soon.
Our readings today urge watchfulness – hold traces of hope – through watchfulness. If we listen real carefully – hope lies in the bold and confident trust in God who does awesome things that we never expected (v 3) in a God who will intervene to make life peaceable and joyous once more. Hope lies in the image of the fig tree, the lesson for from the gospel today. Mark says: We see the first bud, a hint of green, and joy comes, a smile of anticipation at summer's eventual unfolding. Watch. Wait for it and new, fresh possibilities appear in the most unexpected of places and people. "No eye has seen any God besides you who works for those who wait" for hate and wrong to be overcome, for people's lives to be restored. Advent is about the promise that a righteous branch will emerge to execute justice, hope and possibility for God's people – maybe that's us, the church, as we live out an alternate reality than the world's agenda particularly at this time of year. We, God's people hold on the promises of God, even in bleaker days, days when life seems almost impossible – this is when we pray deep down that God will break into the ordinary, bringing the promise of peace, hope and restored life – this is when a new bud will burst forth! All the same, this waiting for God is no passive endeavor. We cannot sleep. It is about active hope that is alive in you and I, in the church; a hope that can feel like a painful longing and a bold step forward, sometimes comes as strong, persistent covenantal allegiance, sometimes is expressed as a passionate patience in the God who is in our midst! Awake to spiritual ways, turning away from selfish pursuits and alert and attentive to Christ in and among us, to the needs of others, even in the mundane of our daily lives, we become part of the watchfulness Advent calls for. Mark 13 importantly reminds the church of the need to remain ever vigilant/ ever witnessing to God's activity in the world!
If we wait for it, Advent 1 tells us, God shows up in the unexpected, everyday moments. Margaret Wheatley, author of turning to one another: simple conversations to restore hope to the future, is one of my favorite books that I happened to be re-reading the last coupoel of weeks. She speaks of hope as a sacred time and sacred time as a time when we are most open to life or opened by life. Sacred time is not a special place, or a ritual, or a particular group of people. It's more normal than that. It is life revealing its true nature in wholeness. When I am no longer locked inside a small self but open to world, we do our part to bring more life into the world. When we are connected to something, someone beyond ourselves, so contrary to the world's agenda, when we move out beyond ourselves, then life is not to feared. For some this sacred time is a moment of surrender or acceptance or grace when we know peace. In turbulent times such as these, we crave connection, we long for peace. We want the means to walk through the chaos intact. This peace is discovered for us in the Christ who came, the Christ who comes over and over again into our lives and we discover we can live in this strange yet wonderful time. Staying open to life, open to each other, open to what is possible; as we connect with one another, my "I can't" becomes a "we can" and hope grows.
What time is it, anyway? Who knows what time it is? Many voices will claim to know what time it is and what crises is at hand – a political crisis, a religious crisis, an economic crises, an ecological crisis, a social crisis. What voice will we listen to? What response is appropriate? We cannot know. Only God knows but we do know that…
When God breaks into the daily routines of our living, as we open our hearts and lives to the healing grace of God, then hope comes and peace finds a way. It is Advent time and Advent's season of waiting and watching calls for active participation of wailing and weeping, of opening up our lives and our souls with renewed hope. You might say, it is the season when the wailing walls of our lives touch closely with the peace pole. We need to pray and weep for our broken world and humanity and then get up and continue the hope of God, made fresh and new again in our lives. We sing out our songs of "Let there be peace on earth" and at the same time carry a candle burning brightly with the hope of the prophets and courage of the gospel. We can go into advent open to the sacred breaking into our ordinary lives, flooding us with hope for peace and making our hearts strong again, and we can move into the world with courage and compassion. We know that we as a faith community as well as individuals are God's handiwork, God's pottery, shaped by loving hands. We do not lose heart; rather we live with our hearts broken open so that compassion, caring and God's reckless love can find a way into our hearts and the heart of the world.
We watch, we wait for God's presence from day to day. God will reveal God self again. Be attentive. Be watchful. For the presence of God is already among us often bursting forth in unexpected ways!
With the people of today's texts we cry out this Advent season "Where are you God? When are you coming? Come now". Jesus reminds us now, as he reminded them then, that he will come again into our lives, into our world. Be attentive. Be watchful. God's realm is evident but needs our attentiveness for that realm to be fully realized. In the already-but-not-yet of this time we know that Christ walks with us.
Rev. Alice Hanson reserves all rights © 2017. You are welcome to use, copy, edit or reproduce this sermon with copyright attached. Publication is prohibited.


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Prostitute Accused of Murdering Google Exec Linked to Second Death
Georgia authorities are re-examining the 2013 heroin death of a bar owner dating the woman charged in the overdose death of a Google executive on a yacht in California, police said Thursday. Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark said that Tichelman had searched online for a legal defense before her arrest, looking up possible defense strategies.
Dean Riopelle, 53, died of a heroin overdose on Sept. 24, 2013, in Milton, Georgia, about two months before the Google executive, Forrest Hayes, died of an overdose on his yacht in California.
Milton police Capt. Shawn McCarty said Thursday that Alix Tichelman, 26, called 911 on Sept. 17 to report that Riopelle, her boyfriend, had overdosed. She told investigators that he had been drinking and using heroin throughout the day, and that she found him on the ground after she got out of the shower. According to a police report, Tichelman said she tried to revive Riopelle for about five minutes before she called 911. She told police that he had been having a rough time but did not believe he overdosed intentionally.
Riopelle died a week later.
Tichelman, who told police that she was a prostitute and boasted of 200 clients, was arrested on manslaughter charges seven months after she injected Hayes with a lethal dose of heroin.
On Sept. 6, just before Riopelle's death, Tichelman had been arrested on a battery charge after he told police that she bit his hand during an argument.
Riopelle had said that she took pills before they went to a bar he owned in Atlanta, where she drank, dove off the stage and exposed her breasts. After they returned to his home, they fought. She scratched his face and threatened to hit herself in the face and tell police he had done it, Riopelle said at the time.
In the case in involving the Google executive, Tichelman allegedly watched Hayes, a 51-year-old married father of five, die on his luxury yacht. He was found dead on Nov. 24, 2013.
"She was so callous that she literally stepped over the victim's body to retrieve her glass of wine and finish the glass, as the victim is laying there dying at her feet," Clark, the police chief, said, regarding Hayes' death.
Hayes had recently started work at the secret innovation lab Google X after several years as an Apple executive.
The two met on SeekingArrangement.com, a website that pairs up wealthy older men with younger "sugar babies." Tichelman and Hayes had an ongoing arrangement; they met around Thanksgiving of last year on his 50-foot yacht in Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor called Escape, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Tichelman supplied the heroin and injected Hayes with a lethal dose, police said. Tichelman's numerous selfies posted on Facebook expose her heavy tattoos, including "Love Is Hell," which is inked on her breastbone.
Post by Alix Tichelman.
Police said surveillance video from the boat shows that Tichelman did not call for help or provide first aid to Hayes as he overdosed. Instead, she walked around his body, sipping wine and collecting her heroin and needles, before closing the blinds on the yacht to hide his body, police said. The captain of the yacht found Hayes' body the next morning.
Investigators identified Tichelman from surveillance video on the yacht and found her fingerprints on the wine glass at the scene. They tracked her down in Folsom, California, about 167 miles from Santa Cruz, and lured her back there by posing as a high-end client willing to pay $1,000 for sex. On July 4, police arrested Tichelman in a luxury hotel in Santa Cruz County.
When Tichelman appeared in court on Wednesday, wearing a red jumpsuit and handcuffs, she reportedly showed no emtoion. She did not enter a plea, was assigned a public defender and is being held in Santa Cruz jail on $1.5 million bail.
Additional reporting by the Associated Press


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Thousands of firefighters from around the globe will travel to College Station, Texas, in July to participate in the nation's premier fire training schools at the world's largest, live-fueled fire training facility: Brayton Fire Training Field.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Texas Engineering Extension Service's (TEEX) Annual Summer Fire Training Schools.
Fire School Dates
July 6-10: 43rd Annual Spanish Fire Training School
July 13-17: 47th Annual Industrial Fire Training School
July 20-24: 80th Annual Municipal Fire Training School
About TEEX Fire Schools
Spanish Fire School: The Spanish Fire Training School annually hosts hundreds of Spanish-speaking firefighters who learn skills ranging from basic firefighting operations to officer development. These firefighters will learn from the experience and knowledge of volunteer instructors who teach only in Spanish. Many of these international firefighters rely solely on their personal savings and dedication to journey to this world-renowned school.
Industrial Fire School: The Industrial Fire Training School begins the following week, when hundreds more firefighters and safety personnel will receive training on the latest industrial firefighting, rescue and hazardous materials control techniques. Many of these courses are recognized by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and will include certification in a specialty area. NFPA standards are recognized internationally for firefighting, rescue and hazardous material control qualifications and are the foremost educational standards in emergency response.
Municipal Fire School: The last of the three annual firefighter training schools, the Municipal Fire Training School, will include thousands of firefighters and hundreds of guest instructors from throughout Texas and the nation. This is the largest school of its kind in the world, attracting firefighters from the state's smallest volunteer fire departments to those serving the largest metropolitan areas. Courses include basic and advanced firefighting, fire prevention, rescue operations, fire officer development, aircraft firefighting and emergency service, incident management and communications. All of the hands-on training is provided by guest instructors who donate their time, services and travel expenses to ensure that firefighters, emergency medical, and response personnel are adequately prepared to respond to a wide range of emergency situations. It's not uncommon for guest instructors to have taught at the Municipal School for more than 40 years.
History of the Fire School: The first Municipal Fire School was held in 1930 as part of the Texas A&M University chemistry department and attracted 196 firefighters representing 76 cities and towns. The following year the Texas Legislature authorized Texas A&M to create and operate a permanent firefighter training school in College Station. Shortly thereafter, TEEX began operating the Fire School, and the agency is now recognized as the world's premier emergency services training institute. Each year, TEEX trains more than 80,000 firefighters and emergency responders from throughout Texas, all 50 states and more than 40 countries.
About TEEX
TEEX continues to remain at the helm of the fire training industry by featuring a new chemical refinery fire training facility, a structural burn complex, a liquefied natural gas training facility and the Henry D. Smith Operations Complex, which houses a welcome center and state-of-the-art classrooms. TEEX offers hands-on, customized training, technical assistance and emergency response services impacting Texas and beyond. Agency programs include fire services, homeland security, public safety and security, public works, safety and health, search and rescue and economic development.


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Review: Argo
PUBLISHED: 08:42 09 November 2012
Argo is based on a true story. It starts with a political history of Iran from 1950 up to the Islamic revolution of 1979; the closing credits contain scenes from the movie next to photos of the people they depict. What comes between them is utterly phoney.
Granted the true story it is telling is a preposterous one.
During the attack on the American embassy by Iranian students in 1979, six members of staff snuck away and hid out at the Canadian embassy. They avoid being taken hostage but, after more than two months in hiding, it was clear that they need to be rescued. The CIA drew a blank until "exfiltration" specialist Affleck suggests a hare-brained scheme to get them out under the guise of being a group of Hollywood film-makers scouting locations for a sci-fi movie called Argo. To make the cover convincing they even have a Hollywood office run by John Chambers (John Goodman), the man who did the make-up for the original Planet of the Apes movies.
It's quite a story and Affleck's third movie as director is a slick and effective crowd-pleaser that moves smoothly through the gears. On one level it's a men-in-rooms drama in which doughty faces like Bryan Cranston, Philip Baker Hall and Bob Gunston bark tersely at each other under artificial light. Then there's the comic relief provided by Goodman and Alan Arkin as cynical Hollywood old-timers before the gripping-the-edge-of-your-seat tension of the mission.
It is an amazing story but the telling of it is entirely bogus. You can accept simplification and a little exaggeration for dramatic effect in a film of a true story but in Argo every situation is hyped up into an at-the-last-minute, skin-of-their-teeth escapade. Even before the post- viewing Wikipedia consultation, you know you're being jerked around. It's a bit insulting that the film doesn't trust you enough to enjoy this story without these embellishments; a little humiliating that despite this you are still entirely gripped by its manipulations.
Affleck may be sporting a Chuck Norris-style beard but his film is like a liberal Rambo, a shifty mix of hand-wringing angst and patriotic retribution.
It is at pains to admit that anti-American sentiment doesn't come out of a vacuum yet its appeal is to show that a single American can still outsmart a whole nation of excitable foreign types. It also commits that standard Hollywood slight of assigning all the glory to the US; previous to Argo this story was known as the Canadian Caper.
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Scoot McNairy and Tate Donovan
Length: 120 mins
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Switch is the Prague Civil Society Centre's grant scheme for tech solutions to social issues across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
It is designed for anybody with an idea that uses technology – in the broadest sense – to transform their society, spread their message, push for change or improve their community.
Switch looks to kick-start new ideas, turn prototypes into projects, and help civic tech initiatives scale-up.
Last year over 200 applied to Switch and we invited the best 20 to pitch for funding in Prague. After one day of mentoring, pitching day gave each group four minutes to sell their idea to our jury. You can get a taste of the pitching day experience in the video. The ideas were innovative, imaginative and above all, realistic.
Why Switch?
Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, technology is being used in a host of exciting and innovative civic campaigns. People, groups and individuals who have never considered themselves part of 'civil society' are often the most disruptive, creative and effective at recognising, addressing and devising solutions to a range of social problems.
Switch is designed to kick-start and push forward these initiatives, within 'civil society' and beyond, from famous organisations with a track-record of serving their communities to technology professionals designing apps to raise awareness of climate change, bloggers and journalists using maps and drones to investigate corruption and conflict, or the social entrepreneur launching a new online shop. Those people who are trying to improve their society, raise money for their community and engage the public in changing policy.
Sketches created by Medialab.am
Who are we looking for?
Switch is open to any individual, group or organisation which has a tech-based solution to a social problem, or a project to change their society. You can be an activist, an IT professional, a journalist, blogger, campaigner, social entrepreneur, fully-fledged NGO or none of the above. We don't care what box you tick, as long as you can think outside of it and tell us how you are going to make your city, village, country, or the entire region, more conscious, tolerant, open, informed or empowered.
You should live and work in one – or more – of the countries displayed in yellow on the map below. However, projects do not have to be country-specific, and we encourage cross-border initiatives or ideas which can be replicated or scaled-up across the region.
We are also really interested to hear from people who have never received a grant of this kind before, or who have difficulties accessing funding. And, we look for original, unorthodox and creative partnerships – those which bring people from different industries, backgrounds, cities and countries together, and which show the power of collaboration and teamwork.
What are we looking for?
We're ready to provide financial support of up to €8,000 for each initiative. In return, we want to see a solid plan for how you are going to use technology to address a social problem. In your proposal, you should be able to clearly and concisely explain the problem you want to fix, and why you and your chosen solution should be selected.
For this round of Switch, we only want to hear from people who have a prototype ready to show us. We love great ideas, but we're looking for people who have already started putting their ideas into practice. Show us a prototype, and we'll consider your application. Prototypes help us – and applicants – discover the potential of your idea, and also give us an insight into the limitations and possible risks.
Our expert selection panel includes tech and civic experts from around the world, with decades of experience in their fields, and who are looking for projects which have the potential to grow quickly, and can be replicated in other cities and countries, adding to the collective knowledge and experience of tech activism.
Lastly, we want to see sustainable solutions. Show us a plan, a business model, or a strategy for how your project and product can live, develop and scale-up beyond Switch.
Looking for Inspiration?
Take a look at some of last year's successful projects!
An app to track buses with lifts for wheelchair-users in real time.
What do we offer?
Switch provides financial support of up to €8,000 per project. Projects should be designed to run over a 12-month period. In addition to our grants, our team can also provide strategic feedback on your ideas, connect you with activists and campaigners from across the region, and suggest events, workshops and match-making sessions which you can attend.
We consider those we fund to be our partners, and we'll help you promote your project, and give you the opportunity to spread your expertise, experience and insight among the Prague Civil Society Centre's network at our international events such as Unlock and CampCamp.
How to apply?
Applying for Switch is a four-stage process (but don't be put off):
1. Tell us about the problem you are trying to solve, and why your project deserves to be funded using the form below.
2. We'll get in touch and ask for some more details about you, the tech you're going to use and how much it will cost.
3. If we like the idea and prototype, we'll conduct a short online interview to get to know you and your project a little better. Here you will also get the chance to ask any questions you may have about Switch.
4. Present your idea and prototype to an expert jury and fellow applicants at a Pitch Day in Prague in early 2019 to refine your project and finalise the grant details
The final selection of winning applications is made by our expert jury of civil society representatives and technology professionals
Applications for Switch are now closed, applicants will be contacted in January 2019 with the results.


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October 21, 2016
5 Steps to Remember for Every Fire Escape Plan Being able to get out of your home and save your family depends on advanced warning from smoke alarms and having a good plan. Our job as parents or guardians is to always protect our loved ones. One way we do this is to prepare for …..Read More
August 25, 2016
Tiny Powerful Laundry Packets Attract Children That Can Be Fatal Life has been getting easier and less complicated with all the new modern conveniences around. From gadgets, to the simplest idea you wonder, why didn't I think of that? The not so new wave of laundry packets was, introduced in the United States in 2012 …..Read More
March 14, 2016
Join us April 12, 2016 during our Community Hope Conference to learn more about Porn and how it is affecting our children today. Get a glimpse at Clarke Cayton's workshop "Clicking for Love in All the Wrong Places" by viewing the video below. Clicking for Love in All the Wrong Places: How Porn is Shaping …..Read More
January 21, 2016
Today 2,500 Teenagers Used a Prescription Drug to Get High for the First Time Prescription and over the counter drug abuse is a growing problem among young people. According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America website: 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined. …..Read More
January 19, 2016
In wintertime it seems only natural to have your child snuggled up in their coat as you strap them into their car seat. But dramatic crash test videos show why it could be a mistake – with deadly consequences. Click on the picture below to see the shocking video.Read More
November 19, 2015
Submitted by Andrew Farthing, a MSSU Communication Intern at The Alliance. Braces, glasses or simply looking different than someone else; are any of these good enough reasons for children to be bullied? Here at The Alliance of SWMO we believe that NO ONE should ever be bullied. In today's post we are going to teach you …..Read More