| Dunsmuir grad taught in Tanzania
Dunsmuir High School Class of 1998 graduate Jessica Bruck's dream of becoming a teacher has come true - although she did not expect her first teaching position to be in a small, isolated village in the East African nation of Tanzania.That's where Jessica found herself in 2002, courtesy of the U.S. Peace Corps, when the Tanzania Ministry of Education and Culture assigned her to a math teaching position in a government operated boarding school in southeastern Tanzania.She spoke about her three-year experience in Tanzania during last Wednesday morning's Dunsmuir Rotary Club breakfast meeting. .
BUILDING UP ART ACROSS BRITAIN
Britain's leading independent charity for arts has launched a multi-million pound scheme to help regional galleries across the country acquire new works from abroad. BSN: 0714C STORY: ART FUND LAUNCH LOCATION: LONDON, UK DATE SHOT: APRIL 3, 2007 TXN DATE: APRIL 4, 2007 AUDIO: NATURAL SOUND AND ENGLISH SPEECH DURATION: 3.20 SHOT LIST: (The British Museum, London, UK) 1. Pull from contemporary African sculpture “The Tree of Life", made from armaments 2. Gv David Barrie, director, the Art Fund, making speech at launch of "Art Fund International" 3. Var audience 4. SOT (English speech) super : David Barrie, director, The Art Fund “We had something.. 5. Gv visitors viewing “Man's Cloth" by El Anatsiu, Ghana, 1998-2001 6. Pull out from “Man's Cloth" 7. Pull up from bottom of “Otobo" (Hippo masquerade) by Sokari Douglas Camp, 1995, Nigeria 8.
Porini Camps of Kenya Awarded Silver Eco-rating by Ecotourism Kenya
EVERGREEN, CO – Gamewatchers Safaris, a Nairobi-based safari company, is thrilled to announce that their Amboseli Porini Camp and Mara Porini Camps have both been awarded the Silver Eco-rating classification by Ecotourism Kenya. This is the first time Ecotourism Kenya has awarded Silver classification ratings, signifying a tourism facility that is moving towards excellence in the areas of environmental management, sustainable resource use and community linkages. This Eco-rating Scheme is the first of its kind in Africa. The Eco-rating Scheme primarily works to formally evaluate the environmental performance of Kenya-based lodges and camps. The scheme has three successive levels, including Bronze, Silver and Gold. These ratings work to guarantee that the classified products are ecologically and socially responsible and can help travelers make eco-friendly choices when planning their safaris in Africa.
Pondering payback? Just sleep on it first
If you have never been kicked, thrashed or jabbed in your sleep by your bed partner, you might not be able to relate to this one. We have overnight guests, which has forced the two early-twenty-something daughters, home for the weekend, to share a double bed. Around 2 a.m., the younger sister, having a particularly vivid dream, punches her older sister in the head. The sister who was punched is now fully awake and contemplating throttling her bedmate, but what good is revenge when the recipient is not awake to feel it? The dilemma, then, is this: Can she extract some measure of satisfaction in the morning? Say, wring a little guilt, demand a latte from the corner coffee bar, or a bagel from the bagel shop, something along those lines. Naturally, the one who was punched says yes. The one who did the punching says no, you cannot be held accountable for your behavior on a safari along the mosquito-infested Nile while dressed like a leprechaun, wrestling monkeys dropping from trees.
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