The Radical Twine
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Self-organizational pedagogy on the edge of chaos - new venues for science teacher educationThis paper describes our attempt to develop a pedagogical practice informed by the concepts of complexity applied to education. The context of our study was the science methods course within an elementary teacher education program. The practice, described here, has overlapped instruction and ...
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School Architecture and Complexity - Rena UpitisRecent studies document the importance of well-designed facilities on the academic performance of students in language and mathematics, but there is very little research on how space dictates what is learned and how it is learned. What about learning that is not directly measurable by ...
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Young British Rower Sarah Outen sets Ocean Rowing RecordSarah Outen is a rare female athlete in the male dominated world of ocean rowing. In 2009, aged just 23 she rowed her way into the record books by rowing solo across the Indian Ocean. An epic 3500 mile crossing by an inspirational female rower that took 124 days. Ocean Rowing is one of ...Luke Bream added 10 hours ago
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Gitmo Politics in Obama's White House | Mother JonesLiberals have not done enough public wrestling with Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf's Time article on the ouster of White House counsel Gregory Craig. Perhaps that's because they don't want to deal with the article's troubling implications. As Kevin explains, Craig was "the White House ...
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Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comOnce conservatives became embarrassed by their cowardly warnings that we would all be killed if we held a 9/11 trial in New York, they switched to a new argument: trials in a real court would lead to the disclosure of classified information that would help the Terrorists. In advancing this ...
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Inspirational British Female Cyclist on Round the World Bike ride Aged 59Ann Wilson is an inspirational British female cyclist who set off in July 2009 on a Round the World Bike ride aged 59. Her cycling adventure began in 2007 when a friend inspired her by giving her the book “ A bike Ride ” by another amazing female cyclist Anne Mustoe. Ann was so inspired ...Luke Bream added 17 hours ago
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Two Former Bagram Detainees Held Without Charge Describe Torture and Wrongful ImprisonmentThe Mail Tribune newspaper of Southern Oregon published a story on Amy Goodman’s tour stop in Ashland, Oregon. Reporter Paris Achen wrote, "Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! , told a crowd of about 300 people at Ashland’s Southern Oregon University Sunday night that print and TV media have ...
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Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping ProgramAdobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating ...
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Blackwater's Secret War in PakistanNovember 23, 2009 At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban ...
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Brazil's President Lula: 'Father of the Poor' Has Triggered Economic MiracleBrazil's President Lula 'Father of the Poor' Has Triggered Economic Miracle Brazil is seen as an economic success story and its people revere President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva like a star. He is on a mission to turn the country into one of the world's five biggest economies through ...
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