Hey, this is an amazing talk. If you have 20 minutes, listen to Jane McGonigal’s talk at the TED conference about how gaming can be used as a powerful tool to help solve some of the world’s most difficult problems. She’s awesome!
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Heineken House for Olympic Dutch revelry or read?
You guessed it! My best intentions were laid to waste when my Dutch speed skating friends tempted me with easy entry to the popular Dutch pavilion Heineken House. Read or revel? Not much guess work there. Revel of course! Ariana and Agatha met us at the door and then left to fraternize with the Dutch pop sensation Gerard Joling(okay he’s their cousin). Diane and I in the mean time, finally found the bar, had ourselves a beverage and threw ourselves into mad arm swinging and dancing in a train. I loved the warm up band the Coronas. Especially the guy who unabashedly played air guitar through out the night with a ski pole. Nice touch! Amidst the sea of orange jerseys and friendly dutch tribes people we danced, laughed and reveled. I’ll move on with the reading campaign this weekend. Oh wait, revellers arriving this evening for the hockey game. Oh well, tomorrow then!
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Stephen Lewis, Johann Olav Koss, Wilfreid Lemke, Benjamin Nzobonankira
Hey everyone,
I went to an amazing event last week at the Chan called Sport, Peace and Development: How Can Sport Contribute to Positive Social Change?. Stephen Lewis, Johann OlavKoss, Wilfreid Lemke and Benjamin Nzobonankira were the guest speakers. The talk is available as a podcast (along with Sport, Ethics and Technology) on the Globe and Mail/Intellectual Muscle web site.
It’s long so grab a massive beverage (coffee let’s say) and be prepared to get inspired.
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Richard Pound: Sport, Ethics and Technology
For those of you interested in Sport, Ethics and Technology this is an excellent discussion led by Richard Pound (former Olympian/and Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency). He is joined by Dr. Rupert and Beckie Scott on an interesting discussion on what constitutes a fair playing field in sport and how this is being challenged by doping and other technologies.
Have a listen or download here>>
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Right to Play: Stephen Lewis, Johann Olav Koss, Wilfreid Lemke, Benjamin Nzobonankira
I am a wannabe speed skater who belongs to a local short track club. When I found out that former 4 time Olympic Gold speed skater Johann Koss (founder and CEO of the humanitarian organization Right to Play) would be speaking at the Chan Centre I jumped at the opportunity to attend. Anyone interested in the speed skating world would be interested in hearing the legendary athlete speak in person along with Stephen Lewis (no slouch in his own area of expertise and a very inspiring humanitarian as well). Continue reading
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This is my sister Jokelee. Conversations with my Mother: air conditioning the old Dutch way
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Hemp hearts – you don’t smoke ’em ya eat them and they’re great.
So Dave came home with something the other day that turned out to be a fantastic discovery. Initially, of course, I was suspicious. Hemp hearts. Ahh huh. They taste good. Right, sure they do. They’re an excellent source of protein. Ya, whatever. Anyways, I overcame my objections in my endless pursuit to find things I can actually eat, only to discover that hemp hearts taste great. They’re nutty tasting, you can put them on cereal, eat them straight up, throw them over salads, bake with them whatever.
I’ve been looking for new protein sources since discovering that perhaps some of my stomach unhappiness might be caused by eating too much soy product. Since I don’t eat meat and unwillingly don’t eat much cheese, I’m dying to find a great source of protein that my stomach likes. And lo and behold, I did. I love this stuff.
One little warning though. Hemp hearts have a rather unique way of pushing everything through your system in a timely manner. It’s quite cleansing.
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Grey hair: Does it stay or does it go?
I’ve gone a relatively long time without cavities or grey hair. Sadly my long reigning glory of going without dental work came to an abrupt end this week the exact same time I spotted four ugly, wiry, nasty looking grey hairs on my head. The physical pain of an aching tooth (okay what I really have is a cracked tooth not a tooth with a hole in it) means that there is nothing to consider. My dentist is going to give me lots of drugs and make the pain go away.
The nasty grey hairs are another thing altogether. For one thing, why are they so awful and wiry? So thick, so hard, so grey. How much time can I really spend in the bathroom looking at my head, examining it in every angle of light, slyly trying to get my fingers on just the right one, my crafty determined fingers always just missing it? I remind myself that I must start carrying tweezers. I feel my eyes crossing as I do this, only dimly aware of the passing of time. Crap. Is that another one over there? I’ve only just accepted my mousey ‘caramel’ hair colour. Now this?
I think fondly of my Tante Nel, a fine looking, distinguished woman who always had grey hair. She looked great. Clearly, though, her grey hair is a different animal than mine. I know if I let mine grow in it won’t be fine, it won’t be distinguished. I’ll look like a middle-aged chia pet. Tough, stocky, more like broccoli than the more dignified asparagus.
I know I’m not going for botox, knee de-wrinkling, laser surgery, or any other kind of surgery in order to turn back the clock. Peace be with me. I’m going as gracefully as I can. But really. Do I just let this grow in or do I battle it? Blond highlights, hair rinse, Grecian formula, blue rinse. Suddenly I see why the blue haired beauties came into being.
I’m not rushing out to do anything quite yet. I’m prepared to spend time, tweezers in hand, cross-eyed removing these little monsters one at a time. Until then I will remain, forever yours mousey brown Tessa.
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