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Overheard on a Saltmarsh
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(I heard this poem on 96.3 radio station and I adore it)

Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?

Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them?

Give them me.

No.

Give them me. Give them me.

No.

Then I will howl all night in the reeds,

Lie in the mud and howl for them.

Goblin, why do you love them so?

They are better than stars or water,

Better than voices of winds that sing,

Better than any man's fair daughter,

Your green glass beads on a silver ring.

Hush, I stole them out of the moon.

Give me your beads, I want them.

No.

I will howl in the deep lagoon

For your green glass beads, I love them so.

Give them me. Give them.

No.

-- Harold Monro

February 19, 2010 | 2:56 PM Comments  0 comments

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What is globalization.....
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When we think of globalization, what comes to mind? The world? Geography class? Wait, you may be wondering why you are even thinking about this 13-lettered word. Without globalization, you would not have had many products that you own today such as exotic hand lotions and fragrances to that funny cartoon shown half way around the world! Well, you may be wondering what is globalization? A thing? Money? Power?! Here is a basic guide on globalization and its affects on the world.

Globalization is the breaking down of the walls and fences countries have around them. Now, this shouldn’t be taken literally, nations around the world do not have huge walls made of steel surrounding them, but those barriers are there. Those barriers are the ones that stop nations from helping one other and understanding each other. These barriers are the ones that stop change and invoke violence worldwide. When these barriers are broken, nations are communicating with each other, there is no violence between nations, there is more money in developing countries and multiculturalism is the new fashion in many countries.

At the moment, globalization is spreading like wild fires all around the world. For example, developing countries are now receiving aid from other countries. Everyone has their own opinion about globalization. One might say that a positive side of globalization is that governments and nations are working with each other in solving environmental problems but another person might say that the different governments and nations are getting too involved in the other nation’s problems and this can lead to war, civil disputing and in the end, a toll on the economy. Not everyone has the same views on globalization.

Globalization is like fire. Its heat can keep you warm and cook your meals, but it can also burn you if you are not too careful.

-Gina N.

January 13, 2010 | 2:06 PM Comments  3 comments

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Thoughts on TIG
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Recently i was seraching the history of TIG and i found it quite shocking that when TIg was founded by Jen and Mike, they were only TEENS! LIKE ME! This made me ponder about how youths can change the world! It is incredible, because with Taking IT Global, youths all around the world connected with each other and tried to make a difference in our messed up world...It made me have a whole new respect for TIG and the people in the office. It is quite radical how tweo young persons can change the world like the way Jen and Mike did.

i will add on to my ideas of tig

December 8, 2009 | 3:21 PM Comments  0 comments

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blogging....blogging....blogging.......blogging......
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Sometimes its hard blogging. One needs to think of a blog idea and sometimes it gets frustrating! i one maded a blog account on a bloggers...and i was never able to post a blog because i could never thin on one! This frustrated me ever so much! I left that blog account and i was terribly disapointed in myself because i got so crazy about a blog. I was quite shocled when i started writing blogs on my profile page. I admit i did have a hard time thinking of blog ideas sometimes, but i successfully wrote some nice blogs. The key is to not force yourself to write a blog because you will be staring at the blinking cursor all day before an idea pops into your head. The best thing to do is to blog whenever you feel like it! IT IS FUN AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE??? except your lunch....

The funny part is, I wrote this blog because i didnt know what to write about!

November 25, 2009 | 2:12 PM Comments  0 comments

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Abuse + Women = Hell
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Every day there are thousands of young girls-old women who face abuse from someone who knows them. This could be a parent, a friend or a spouse. The sad thing is that these women who have faced abuse in their lifetime, do not have the courage to stand up for themselves and speak out.

The sad thing is that you are someone whom you love may be a victim of abuse. Wouldn't you want to put an end to the terrible cycle of abuse...? There is hope.
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This is a day where a weak persons voice wil be heard and we will all be on our way to eliminating abuse.

There are many ways one can take action to this issue and one path is just saying no! Join the say-no-to-violence site and start standing up for those women in your life who means a lot to you.

say no to abuse against women

November 24, 2009 | 3:09 PM Comments  0 comments

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My life changing moment

Why do I care so much about my environment? Why am I constantly worrying about the future of my Earth? I was not always like this and quite frankly I didn't give a hoot about recycling or not wasting energy.

It all started in grade 7 when my science teacher Mr. Stevens, showed my class the documentary called "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore. This was the year when the two words, "global warming" were upon everybody's lips. While my classmates and I were watching this documentary, no one was taking the film seriously because nobody really cared about global warming. They wouldn't take the facts seriously while I was absorbed in the film and my eyes were finally opened to what was happening around the world.

After I finished seeing the documentary I went home and told my mum that we were all going to die and that the time was near. She thought I was ridiculous but I explained to her the whole concept of global warming and its negative effect on the Earth. Her ears slowly started to listen to what I was saying but in the end she told me that I being silly and that there was no way that all the water in the world could become dried up or for there to be no trees left in the world or that the hole in the ozone layer would drastically effect us all. I knew from that point on that no one in my family would take me seriously on this topic so I decided to take matters into my own hands.

After that day I started to look around the house and see what my family and I was doing that was hurting my Earth. The first thing that I had noticed was that I was wasting an incredible amount of water. For example when I would brush my teeth, I would let the water run even when I didn't need it. That changed because I felt guilty that families in third world countries did not have access to clean drinking water or water at all and the water that I was wasting could have been for those poor families. All in all I started to turn off the water when I would brush my teeth and would only turn it on when needed.

Since we live in a building there are not many strict rules about proper recycling. At my house we never recycled. The word recycling never came upon anyone’s lips and it was almost alien to us. I realized that recycling was incredibly important and could not be ignored. Unfortunately there wasn’t any way of properly recycling but every time the newspapers in our house would start to pile, I would tell mum to take them outside to a public recycling/garbage bin and recycle it. That was then, now there is a recycling center in our building and soon I will find a way to recycle every piece of paper and plastic in the house and not waste.

Probably the worst thing that I noticed in my house was the lights. In every room in our house there is a ceiling light and two lamps. What I had noticed was that all those lights were on 24 hours a day. This increased my, we-are-all-going-to-die paranoia and at that moment I went and turned off all the lights that were not needed and were wasting energy. After my proud accomplishment I happily sat in my dim room and a few moments later all the lights in all the rooms were back on. I told my mom that we had to turn off all the lights in the house that weren't being used. She wasn't very pleased about this but after a year or so she started to turn off unwanted lights herself. Mission Accomplished.

November 11, 2009 | 1:07 PM Comments  0 comments

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40 Day Challenge
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Even thoug though the 40 day challenge technically started on the 24th.....i started today...:)OMG my results were 5.1 global hectares!!!!!!!!!!! holy pizzicato! I AM DESTROYING MY HOME, MY EARTH, MY FUTURE...MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE...AHHHHHHHHHHH but i shall not worry cause i will commit to the challenge and i will blog about it...:) first two challenges are wearing natural clothing adn washign clothes in cold water...WHICH I ALWAYS DO!!!!! im doing good so far.......the challenge will b awesome!

October 27, 2009 | 2:42 PM Comments  0 comments

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Youth Task Force
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so i just joined the YGL...Youth Task Force and i have only been on the site for like five minutes but imn already in love with it! It is a place where one can give feedback about global issues that they feel are really important and need more...recognition...it is excellent because i am pretty angsty about things and YGL is the perfect place for me! They have discussion boards, live chat forums...ITS EXCITING! i would diffinely recommend EVERYONE to join YGL becasue seriously....it is fun and surprisingly its educational!

October 20, 2009 | 2:32 PM Comments  0 comments

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What Have We Done To Islam

The other day I was in my SAP (sociology, anthropology and psychology) class and I started to flip through my textbook. I came across an article entitled Women and Islam. The article mainly focused on women in Afghanistan, Taliban and burqahs...three subjects that come to mind when one thinks of Muslim women. To my horror, I found that in one paragraph it had stated that “in Islam, men are inferior to women….” This made me INCREDIBLY furious because it was indeed illogical.

In Islam, both men and women are viewed equally. It DOES NOT say that men are superior to women or that women are superior to men. It DOES NOT say in Islam, that men have more rights than women or vice versa. This makes me wonder why women are treated unfairly and why they are being under the control of their husbands.

Almost every Muslim wife is abused by her husband for DUMB reasons and they’re excuse is, that it is in the name of Islam. This is terribly WRONG because in Islam it states in one of the surahs that if a wife is being disobedient then the husband must LIGHTLY tap her shoulder so she understands that she is doing something wrong. It DOESN NOT state that the husband can beat her up to pulp, because Islam is a peaceful religion and fighting is not allowed whether it is with your friend, husband, wife, mother or with a stranger!

Dr. Farid Younus is an Afghan-American who has a doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco. He is the president of Islamic research for the Afghan journalist Foundation in the United States. He has his on show on Noor Television (on afghan satellite) and he is constantly teaching Muslims about Islam. He says that in Islam, men and women are 50/50, they have EQUAL RIGHTS and whatever a Muslim man can do, Muslim women can do the same. He has challenged any Ummah, any religious person to bring him proof that “Men and women in Islam DO NOT have equal rights” He has challenged anyone to bring him proof from the Qur’an that what he said is incorrect.

I am personally ashamed of my brother and sisters today, because they are not following their religion. Even Ummahs (priest) have failed to actually follow their religion and teach other how to be proper Muslims. When will they day come when we will actually FOLLOW what the Qu’ran says and Stop being DUMB!

-This is a girl’s angst about her Muslim brother’s and sisters….



October 20, 2009 | 2:07 PM Comments  3 comments

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i lost my blog..........i worked so hard on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OMG I WROTE A BLOG ABOUT ISLAM AND WHY I WAS MAD AT CERTAIN THINGS AND THE BLOODY COMPUTER SPAZZED AND I LOST WHAT I HAD WRITTEN.....WHY IS MY LIFE SO URGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes i am mad.............really MAD

October 16, 2009 | 3:57 PM Comments  2 comments

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