What you may not have known is that I’ve also written a letter, including a copy of the movie, to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. And today, a letter from Office of the Prime Minister arrived. I hope Prime Minister Harper will enjoy the film and be more active in trying to resolve the worldwide tragedy of child soldier.
Like many others, I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you. And now we can only get to know you through the beautiful digital footprint you’ve left us. Your work ethics, deep dedication to journalism and high standard are what I will aspire to achieve when I do my own reporting.
Award-winning Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan while reporting on the Canadian mission in the southern regions of the war-torn country.
Four Canadian soldiers also died in the blast, while a Canadian civilian was injured, the Department of National Defence said late Wednesday.
Lang, 34, was on patrol with a Canadian convoy of soldiers in the Kandahar area when the military vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb.
She is the first Canadian journalist to die in the Afghan war since Canada joined the international mission in 2002, and is believed to be the first Herald reporter ever killed on the job in the paper’s 126-year history.
I’ve wanted to write an article after I heard the case of the Christmas Underwear Bomber and what the US and Canadian governments decided to do in the name of “enhancing our safety”. If I had written that article, it would have been a mostly emotionally one where I would have questioned how a “failed terror attempt” managed to successfully disrupt our lives. And why that kind of scenario where we, the public, always loose is just not acceptable.
Fortunately I waited patiently and saved myself some a few hours in writing time as security expert Bruce Schneier has finally spoken (was more insightfully and eloquently than I can) to shine some light and shared his insights. Remember, I don’t blindly trust anyone, including Bruce. But so far, he speaks with the most wisdom that government officials sadly lack.
*** “子看電視悉母被的士撞死” (Selling death. And making the death of a stranger’s mother “entertaining”. It is not that far from selling crack is it?)
*** “思鄉印傭跳樓亡” (Selling death again. While I don’t know the details but why investigate, why try to do a proper report when the reporter can simply quote the police and the employer?)
*** Tiger Woods (Sex sells. And Apple Daily knows it by heart.)
Rights groups suspect the date of the verdict, Christmas day, was chosen to reduce international attention to the case.
Diplomats from the United States, Canada, Australia and several European countries were among those who stood outside during Liu’s trial Wednesday, after they were denied entry to the court house.
China has denounced the foreign diplomats for what it calls “meddling.” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters Thursday that Liu is a Chinese citizen and, as a result, his case is an “internal” affair.
Liu has been in detention for more than a year for his role in writing the pro-democracy manifesto called “Charter 08.”
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that China’s prosecution of Liu is an action “uncharacteristic of a great country.” A State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, said the U.S. will continue to have frank discussions with China about human rights and China’s future.
Prof. Liu Xiaobo YouTube video at PEN American Center,
In the following YouTube video, you will see where and how they make the world smallest snowman at the NPL UK. They sure make science fun and turn it into entertainment.
我寫了兩個留言，I am going to copy and paste them here, for the record. And I have also added some new content at the end.
Dec 8th:
“Rebecca 說得有理”但看清楚背後的原因，或者你又會沒那麼難過、那麼生氣了。”
“出貓”是件要很費精神處理的事。Without all the facts, I can only speculate. But I somehow feel that If this case was handled better, it could have been a good “teachable moment” for the class. From the looks of it now, the handling of this case is like the same old method I saw in the 1980s. Sometimes, the most efficient and “easy” way for the teacher and the 訓導主任 may not be the best for the students.
Of course, using the same old method that has been used for decades will never get any educators in trouble.
For someone who has never seen these students and don’t have to worry about job evaluation, it is easy for me to think there can be a better solution.
Please accept my apologies in advance for the above in case it offends anyone.“
Dec 20th:
“OK, I know I may be dreaming to expect teaching colleges in HK (or school principals) to learn something from Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone (spotlight by President Obama recently). But then in an age where information flows freely around the world, the status quo/inability to see better ways to do things remain an option that I don’t like.
Yes, many leading ideas they have can’t be implemented immediately but some ideas can still be learned and tried.
Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone has helped put historically low-achieving students in New York on academic par with their grammar-school peers. CNN’s Anderson Cooper reports.
Update: Lets remember, some kids in Harlem Children’s Zone have been shot at! And some actually died from these unfortunate shootings! The problems with HK students are big and challenging but, as far as I know, no HK students have died from shootings recently. Here are the two parts YouTube video.
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