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awakenings
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06.29.11KOREA TripLove Korea. It's the people, the design, the arts, the city, the food, the music, the ethos, the challenges and the future that inspire me. Here's just a few glimpses into our recent trip there with family and friends. [caption id="attachment_1586" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a dormant volcano"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1586" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The fam at a cliff in Jeju"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1586" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jeju is a fascinating place. Beautiful. Discovered this is the place to eat horse. yes, that's right. Heard it's really good. And I didn't try it this time around."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1586" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="We shared ...
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04.30.11XEALOT: Defying the Gravity of Normality —release this summer 2011XEALOT Finally sending in the final draft of a letter I wrote to my kids put in a book form. Has thoughts I wanted to pass on to them and this generation of radicals, who I believe will change the world! Here's one of the reflections: The Marginalized Lead the Masses This film depicts the thought. If you haven't watched it, know that from the trash emerges transformation! WASTE LAND Official Trailer from Almega Projects on Vimeo.
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04.15.11
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03.04.11TED Day 2 and 3Jason Mraz @TED 2011 [caption id="attachment_1384" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="TED"][/caption] Teenagers from about 14-17 years of age playing Jazz at TED Sarah Kay: Urban Poet Beatrice Coron: Papercutter Artist and JR Street Artist: TED Prize Winner
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02.28.11A HARDCORE TOP TEN for LENT 2011Do you dare? Lent begins Ash Wednesday March 9th thru April 23rd. It’s a grueling 46 days. The purpose of lent is for prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial. People ask me about the options. Well here’s a list that is a bit different. It’s a hard top ten for 2011. Probably for the Hardcore only. If you dare, how about giving one of these a shot. DENY YOURSELF. . . 1. Locking Your Doors. Do we hide behind gated walls and doors too much? Do we need that much security? Maybe keeping open doors reminds us it’s not healthy to live alone. Be ...
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10.02.10STATS on Orphans from talk yesterday @t4aconData from the Child Welfare Dynamic Report System (http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare/default.aspx) • In a point in time study (July 2009) there were 2,633 kids in the care of the county of orange social service agency From Childrens Law Center LA (http://www.clcla.org/facts_overview.htm). If you go to this page you can see where they pulled the data from. Good sources. 1. On any given day, half a million abused and neglected children and youth are in foster care in our nation. 2. More than half of foster children spend at least two years in the foster care system, and nearly 20 percent wait five or more years for a ...
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07.26.10
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07.18.10My FAV TED talk this year. . . brilliantHer name is Elif Shafak, a Turkish fiction writer. Her talk was inspiring and just brilliant. One of my favorite lines: “Beware of the power of circles … If you want to destroy something in this life all you need to do is to surround it with thick walls: it will dry up inside,” Check it out as she challenges about story telling and culture.
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02.12.10Stirring-A Change is Coming? How do you know if things are about to change?How do you know if things are about to change? It may not seem better or necessarily bigger but you know it is a significant shift that could dramatically alter the state of your being, the state of your comfort, and a state of what some would consider "success." It's a place he may be taking you that is not necessarily desired in terms of geography or culture but one craves because you know you'll meet God there. Oh, not that you can't meet him where you are. You can. But it's more about knowing that He is calling you to ...
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01.27.10
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