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Comment on Mahindra United World College of India: The FTB: Official Campus Weekly: Article 3 by content writer

content writer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:21:53 +0000

The post kind of helped me. Well How you get ideas for such posts. sorry if it’s out of topic.

Comment on The Psychology of Solitude by Andy Hemphill

Andy Hemphill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:11 +0000

This is a great article. This really puts into words the feelings that I have a lot. That moment’s peace is something I seem to long for so often but have so much trouble finding. People seem to expect friendly people to always want to socialize, which for me is not true.

Comment on The Psychology of Solitude by Wonga Ndopu

Wonga Ndopu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:51:23 +0000

Tisk-tisk, William – you’re a trifle harsh on the social butterflies! To me, the dichotomy is false. We are all to some extent and depending on various factors, sociable introverts or private extroverts. For the sake of spiritual nourishment, everyone needs and most likely finds some time to retreat to a soothing activity, or inactivity( ‘quiescence’ as you call it). Granted, socialising in a UWC is hightened and at times overwhelming. But, it forms a crucial part of our learning experience and the potential to engage with peers should not be prematurely dismissed as ’superfluous’ or regarded as nuisance or nonsense. Also creative inspiration does not necessarily exclusively emerge from solitude or reclusion – some of the most eccentric and extroverted personalities are considered paragons of creativity and originality.

Comment on The Psychology of Solitude by Wonga Ndopu

Wonga Ndopu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:48 +0000

Comment on AC environmental focus week: “Climate change is not an essay you can delay” by Assi Askala

Assi Askala — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:53:57 +0000

Hi Andy,

I just noticed your response, and I’m sorry it took so long time. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed the article.
I would be happy to discuss with you about the issue, and I am sure that the whole AC will give all its support to help thinking more sustainable ways of living in Mostar and with anything else. Could we maybe talk by e-mail?
You can always contact me to my college e-mail, ac09aask@atlanticcollege.org

cheers,
Assi

Comment on Changing Climate at Atlantic College by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:45 +0000

Pls give me the St Donat’s telephone number

Thanks and regards

Elizabeth
Tel: 07986 117716

Comment on AC survey: ‘wide range of opinions’ on homosexuality by Jonathan Hadad

Jonathan Hadad — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:43:07 +0000

6% of the students believe that I deserve the death penalty? That’s insane!
Just a little reminder: if all religions were properly practiced according to their ‘holy’ scripts, we would ALL deserve death penalty for VERIOUS ludicrous reasons.
I think platform 6 needs to take serious action here. We need an agnostic-atheist activity as well to address this frightening ancient way of thinking.

Comment on AC environmental focus week: “Climate change is not an essay you can delay” by Andy Hemphill

Andy Hemphill — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:14:22 +0000

Hey Assi,

This is a great article and I’m really interested in extending this environmental emphasis to our own school, UWC in Mostar. We’re still new to the UWC community, and most of our time has been devoted to surviving in the “short term”, not thinking about sustainable solutions for our school, especially because of limited resources. I’d love to hear more about this week and what AC is doing for the environment so that we can hopefully spread that here and elsewhere.

It’s great to hear your motivation for this pressing issue. We need young generations like you fighting for our planet.

Best,
Andy

Comment on Australia ratifies Kyoto Protocol by Federal Farmer

Federal Farmer — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:04:52 +0000

Your post on global warming makes me think you might be interested in the post and comments on international governance (i.e., expanding the multi-level governance) regarding pollution limits. See: http://soozah.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/consolidation-what-the-fight-is-really-about/

Comment on Ramadan, The month of Fasting by Rom

Rom — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:19:46 +0000

This article which discusses the benefits of fasting. THought worth sharing.

Comment on “No concept of past, present or future” by Mallika Leuzinger

Mallika Leuzinger — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:42:07 +0000

Beth, I think this article is wonderful…it’s real, and funny, and the nicest thing I could have accidentally stumbled on to.

Comment on A contribution from another Magazine: The Blink, based in Kigali, Rwanda. by Henry Ajl

Henry Ajl — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:44:15 +0000

Hi, my name is Henry, journalist of TV Brasil, public TV channel.

We are traveling next week to Rwanda. Very interesting reports about The Blink in your post. Do you have their contact? We would like to visit them and interview Charles and others.

My e-mail: henry@baboon.com.br
Thanks,
Henry

Comment on Rwanda of a thousand stories by amaree

amaree — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:25:15 +0000

Thank you for your informative article. I would just like to point out an error if I may?

Muslims were not the only religious group to refuse to take part in the genocide.

Jehovahs Witnesses also refused to take part. Out of approximately 2,400 witnesses and unbaptised interested ones, 400 lost their lives; the rest became refugees.

Comment on Las Vegas NM and the UWC-USA in the New York Times by Ryan Apodaca

Ryan Apodaca — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:55:09 +0000

I m from Las Vegas, New Meixco and hope that when people hear the name ” Las Vegas ” they don t think of casinos and hotels but of historice hotels and homes.

Comment on Six Days before going to RNC: Excitement and Fears by Martin WF

Martin WF — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:01:09 +0000

Hi there!

I see that you have a list of blogs from different nationalities. The one in Norwegian is currently outdated (he is finished at UWC). If you want to, you may link to my blog. My name is Martin Wik Fowler, and I attend UWC Costa Rica. My blog is http://www.martinwf.ipublish.no

Regards,

Martin Wik Fowler.

Comment on “Images of Latin America” by Jermaince

Jermaince — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:33:51 +0000

I tried visiting a couple of countries in Latin American and I find the women so totally gorgeous. I like their body figures and they are very respectful person. I also took photos and the views of different places. It was really cool. The people are so kind and they really know how to give respect to foreigners. I really enjoyed staying in different places of latin america. I dated a couple of Latin girls and they all really captured my heart.

Comment on A Month before Arriving at Atlantic Cult (College) by John

John — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:15:05 +0000

My dearest first year,
expect another phone call very soon. I have something to tell you.

Great article, fantastic writing.
And see you soon! (:

Comment on Because I know it wasn’t ever like this by Idir

Idir — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:22:22 +0000

This was really nicely written! Props, girl :-)
As an Algerian having witnessed (to a significantly lesser degree) the quite similar Civil War here, I can relate somewhat, too.

~Idir, MUWCI ‘11.

Comment on Rwanda of a thousand stories by lastpatriot

lastpatriot — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:24:15 +0000

It is very interesting that RIZIK has invaded a blog with his propaganda which has little or no backing. What is more interesting is that RIZIK has has mentioned that the MJPC is calling for an arrest warrant for the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda.
Does RIZIK actually know who Bosco Ntaganda is or what he stands for or is it that RIZIK felt he had to have a cause to fight for and so he picked MJPC.
Bosco Ntaganda is a a patriot who fought to defend the banyamulenge tutsi trapped in Congo when they had no line of defence. Bosco Ntaganda was in the RPF when they marched in Kigali to put a stop to the Rwandan genocide.
Unlike the undisciplined highly disorganized congolese army which is largely to blame for the rape and looting going on, Ntaganda’s men who were at one time under Nkunda are highly disciplined fighting with a moral code.
It is easy for the congolese to blame their plight on the ‘Rwandan invaders’ but it has to be known that the congolese government housed genociders who no one it seems has formed any movement to call for arrest warreants for it’s leaders living lavishly in Germany.
The area inhabited by the banyamulenge tutsis was at one time part of the rwandan kingdom until during the scramble for africa when King Leopold annexed it for his personal Congo territory due to its minerals. The tutsi who have lived there have lived under constant threat unable to go live in Rwanda among fellow Rwandans because they would be leaving their own ancestral home and at the same time unable to annex where they live to be part of Rwanda because the whole world would go insane if the mineral rich territory fell under the hands of a responsible government.
Chaos is necessary in the Kivu for the looters of africa to carry their work out in impunity-no one ever mentions the high population of both rwandan tutsis and hutus in the kivu who are usually the scape goats for congolese mismanagement, no one ever recalls that the kivu was part of the gretater rwanda kingdom and peace can be found their if its under the rightful rule.
AS for accusations against Ntaganda, they are just diversions from the real issue. Men like Laurent Nkunda who was the Che Guevara of the great l;akes region had to live their lives as unsung heroes and as the villains after preventing a repeat of 1994.
Rwanda was one the greatest kingdoms in the conmtinent of africa until colonization and it fell hard during the genocide but now it has risen form the ashes and it is becoming the greatest republic in the continent-it is about time someone saw the bigger picture that the kivus will never rest until the belong to both rwanda and burundi again. Besides, all exemplary leaders of the region are actually rwandans-Jospeh Kabila’s real parents were rwndan, Museveni fo Uganda was born in Rwanda but raised by a ugandan step father

Comment on Rwanda of a thousand stories by RIZIK

RIZIK — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:06:56 +0000

MJPC blames the Congolese Government for Deteriorating Situation in East Congo

“There is no excuse for missing to pay salaries to soldiers in lawless eastern Congo for six months”

Following the deteriorating situation in east Congo, the MJPC called for the Congolese Government to pay the salaries of thousands of soldiers who have not been paid for over six months in east Congo, take swift action to enforce the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant against Bosco Ntaganda and to hold accountable perpetrators of sexual violence against women for their acts.

“Faillng to hold accountable individuals who commit war crimes and crimes against humunity continues to be the leading cause of widespread and systematic sexual violence acts against girls and women in the easten Congo” said Makuba Sekombo, Community Affairs Director of
the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in the DR Congo (MJPC). Mr. Sekombo again criticized the government of Congo for not only the continuing failure to protect women and young girls from sexual violence, but also for “encouraging conditions that create opportunities for sexual violence to occur”. “There is no excuse for missing to pay salaries to soldiers in lawless eastern Congo for six months” said Sekombo.

The MJPC has also renewed its call for the Congolese government to take urgent needed action to end human rights abuses in east Congo, hold perpetrators accountable and ensure reparation for the victims of sexual violence. The MJPC has been urging the Congolese government to compensate the victims of sexual violence in order to also help combat impunity in eastern part of Congo where sexual violence against women and children has been widely used as weapon of war for more than decade.MJPC online petition calling for for help to put pressure on Congolese Government to compensate victims of sexual siolence in Eastern DRC can be signed at http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/26180.html

MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in particular in the East where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain unpunished.

For more information on MJPC and the activities, visit the web site http://www.mjpcongo.org. E-mail: info@mjpcongo.org or call Makuba Sekombo at 1 408 806 3644