michael lambe

Just a quickie before I pedal off to Omiya for my private class.
This idea is awesome in its awesomeness: Rechargable Solar Batteries.

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Hurray!

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I have decided on a new place to live! Right in the heart of the city and convenient for – everywhere! I will be moving in late March and am very excited about it – hurrah! Here’s your chance to invest in some property too:

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Message from Avaaz:
Gaza is dying — the battle has moved deep into its cities, jam-packed with 1.5 million civilians lacking food, medicine or water… But the global movement to end this war is building — as we spread the word the petition is at 430,000 signatures and rising, it has been delivered to top leaders [...]

Message from Avaaz:
This morning, we received this tense demand for action from from Liberata Rumumba, a refugee and women’s leader in Eastern Congo pleading for Europe to send peacekeepers to protect her people, (click below to watch).

We know how to help. Last week, Avaaz ran a hard-hitting advertisement in The Times of London, pressing [...]

Here’s a couple of things I found on the BBC tonight that I found interesting. A poll by Barnardo’s has found that more than half the UK population thinks children are no better than animals, so the charity has launched a video campaign against this “disturbing intolerance” of children. There’s no doubt there are a [...]

At the clinic this morning, one of the English conversation group’s was what chinese character would you choose to sum up this year? I chose the kanji for hope: 望. Barack Obama winning the American Presidency this week has given me hope. It’s the first really good news I can remember hearing for the last [...]

Just a quick word from Avaaz.org:
The global financial crisis is spilling over into our lives, threatening jobs, savings, pensions and public services everywhere — worldwide recession could be next, while the public bears the cost. It’s time for citizens around the world to raise our voices and demand that the fundamental causes of this crisis [...]

Here’s this month’s message from Hozouji. I’m sorry it’s a little tardy. I’ve been a tad busy with marking.

And here it is in romaji and then my translation:
subete ga
warikerenu
tokoro ni
jinsei no
myoumi ga aru
Not everything
can be broken down
into simple solutions,
and therein lies
life’s beauty.
Hmm… Seems a bit top-heavy. Oh, well…
Update: There’s a slightly revised version [...]

Ha ha. I was going to write about Edgar Allan Poe’s wacky little novel “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” today, as I just finished it last night. However, I fear I am too weary for literary criticism, so I’ll just post a few links and offer some lame meanderings on gender issues [...]