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Anna’s presentation
Last post I shared some photos of demonstrators at India Gate on the evening anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare walked out of Tihar jail to begin his public fast to demand a strong anti-corruption bill be passed by the Indian parliament. Here’s a quick video of some of the chants. If you watch very carefully you…
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Anti-corruption demonstrations in New Delhi
If you haven’t been in India or purposefully following the news here, it’s possible that you might have finally heard about the intense conversation about corruption that is going on here. That’s because this week zillions of people have been taking it to the streets to show their support for activist Anna Hazare. Seeing on…
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The Baha’i Academy (where I have been for the past two months)
I have always been fascinated by how Baha’i and Baha’i-inspired organizations tend to evolve so drastically to meet changing conditions and build on experience. The Baha’i Academy is a perfect example. It began in 1982 to provide an academic home for some of the many Baha’i scholars who were forced to flee Iran during the Islamic…
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More GIFs from Japan
Normally I try to take a few photos when I visit new places to try to capture some of what it was like to be there. Japan is too weird for photos. It demands more weirdness. It demands more GIFs, and so does the Internet. If you like them, share them. The first one is…
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A story about how every day on an Otesha tour is insane
My friends at the Otesha Project inform me that applications are now open for this year’s slate of tours and I thought I would share a story from way back in summer of 2009 when I was a rookie Programs Director with the organization. My role was to co-manage the organization’s cycling and performing tour…
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Photos from Oujé-Bougoumou, Northern Quebec
Yesterday was Take Your Son To Work (Just As Long As He Doesn’t Touch Anything And Takes Some Pictures) Day for my father, which is cool, because yesterday also happened to be the day he was flying to northern Quebec to visit a site he is working on. His company has been providing project management…
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I don’t understand dungeons and dragons.
[This is the fourth in a series by myself and Jennifer Valberg of me not understanding things.]
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Saskamatoonamawan
Did you ever think that you were the type of person who wouldn’t ever make conversation by talking about the weather? The weather always happens and it usually the same thing that happened last year at around this time, right? Well, coming back to Ottawa from the a frozen city in the middle of Canada…
Samuel Benoit 