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Buy Nothing Christmas - Regifting

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:23:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The 4th in my BUY NOTHING CHRISTMAS theme amplifications.

Regift

Regifting or regiving is the act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else, sometimes in the guise of a new gift.^[1] One example of a formalization of this activity are the white elephant gift exchanges, in which items can be regifted from year to year.

In the USA, "National Regifting Day" is defined as December 18th.^[3] In Canada, eBay marketed "National Re-gifting Week" as December 26th-30th (December 26 being Boxing Day, a time traditionally associated with gift-giving).^[4]

Regiving differs from straightforward giving in that goods are not acquired specifically for donation. Typically, goods that have been received as a gift are offered to others, unbeknown to them that it was originally a gift to the person offering it.(regifting)^[5] Often the motives are principally charitable but also includes giving items which are surplus to one's needs.

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Buy Nothing Christmas (Freecycling)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:36:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Buy NOTHING this Christmas! Shop FullCircles/Freecycle/ReUseIt, etc.

14 days to Christmas 2009.

Third seasonal amplification on the BUY NOTHING CHRISTMAS theme.

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Shop in the FREE/ RE-conomy:

Gain tremendous purchasing leverage

Think Outside the Mall!

Tags: free, freeconomy, freecycle, freegle, fullcircles, reuseit, shopping

Buy Nothing Christmas (Adbusters)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:28:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: #2 Amplification on the Buy Nothing Christmas Theme.

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Clip Source: www.adbusters.org

Dreading the holiday season? The frantic rush and stress? The to-do lists and sales hype? The spiritless hours trapped in malls?

This year, why not gather together your loved ones and decide to do things differently? With the simplest of plans you can create a new rhythm, purpose and meaning for the holidays. Why not take the spirit of Buy Nothing Day and morph it into Buy Nothing Christmas?

With catastrophic climate change looming, we the rich one billion people on the planet have to consume less! And if that's too extreme for grandma and the kids, try for a Buy Less Christmas. And maybe a buy local, buy fairer, buy indie Christmas. Whatever you decide, 'tis the season to reclaim our year-end celebrations and make them our own again.

Tags: buy nothing christmas, christmas, frugal, shopping

Buy Nothing Christmas (Canadian Mennonites)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:24:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is the first of a few Amplifications on this theme.

Clip Source: www.buynothingchristmas.org

This Christmas we'll be swamped with offers, ads and invitations to buy more stuff. But now there's a way to say enough and join a movement dedicated to reviving the original meaning of Christmas giving.

Buy Nothing Christmas is a national initiative started by Canadian Mennonites but open to everyone with a thirst for change and a desire for action.

Buy Nothing Christmas is a stress-reliever, and more people need to hear about it. You can change your world by simply putting up one of the posters (or make your own) in your church, place of worship, home or work. Be sneaky about it if you have to. The point is to get people thinking. It's an idea whose time has come, so get out there and make a difference!

»» Free information kit here

Tags: buy nothing christmas, frugal

Social Media is difficult for most organizations

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:44:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another bit of simple wisdom from Seth Godin.

Clip Source: sethgodin.typepad.com

The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations

It's a process, not an event.

Tags: godin, reason, social media

5 Top Swine Flu Myths... busted

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:54:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More support for our decision NOT to get immunized with H1N1 vaccine.

Clip Source: www.sixwise.com

Five Top Swine Flu Myths, Busted!

Five Top Swine Flu Myths, Busted!
by www.SixWise.com

Myth #1: Swine Flu May Kill 90,000 Americans

Myth #2: Swine Flu is Still a Growing Threat

Myth#3: The Swine Flu Vaccine is in Short Supply

Myth #4: Most Cases of Flu-Like Illness are Swine Flu

Myth #5: The Swine Flu Vaccine is Safe and Effective

Stay Informed: What to Do if You’ve Gotten the H1N1 Vaccine (or Any Vaccine)

Tags: flu, myth, swine flu, h1n1

CO2 Even More Important Than Thought...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:16:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Breaking news on CO2...

Clip Source: www.enn.com

CO2 Found to be Even More Important than Thought

Research conducted by the University of Bristol, and the University of Leeds in the UK have demonstrated that our climate models may be underestimating the effects of CO₂ on global temperatures.

In the long term, the Earth’s temperature may be 30-50 per cent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience this week.

Tags: c02, climate change, environmental, global warming, news

Sustainability means bu$ine$$

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:24:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface Flooring, is one of my modern heroes. This is his 2009 TED Talk.

Clip Source: www.ted.com

Talks Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability

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Tags: business, climate change, environment, sustainability

Dec 8: Rohatsu / Bodhi Day (Buddhist)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:42:58 GMT

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Clip Source: calendarwallah.posterous.com

Dec 8: Rohatsu / Bodhi Day (Buddhist)

2009-12-08 - Bodhi Day (Buddhist)

In Japanese Zen, Bodhi Day is called "Rohatsu" and is the observance
of enlightenment of the historical Buddha. Zen monasteries observe this
day with a meditation retreat lasting several days. On the last night of a
Rohatsu sesshin, monks and students often sit in meditation until dawn,
as the Buddha did 25 centuries ago.

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Tags: bodhi, buddhist, calendar, diversity, rohatsu

Dec 7: Attack on Pearl Harbor (USA)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:06:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This day commemorates the attack of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force on the armed forces of the United States stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing two thousand people. This caused the United States to enter into World War II.

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Dec 7: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (USA)

2009-12-07 - Pearl Harbor Day (USA)

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How it feels to have a stroke. A TED talk

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:08:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is absolutely fascinating. Gives me insight into what my mother must have experienced with her stroke.

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How it feels to have a stroke

http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt...

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Later start time to improve student learning

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:36:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here's an Ottawa, Canada school taking action on results of various studies of adolescent sleep patterns.

Clip Source: gub.posterous.com

School principal urges later start time to improve student learning

Changing the start time of D. Aubrey Moodie Intermediate School to 9:30 a.m. from 7:50 a.m. would improve student learning and has been an interest of the community for the past decade, said Principal Heather Graham.

She also noted various studies regarding adolescent sleep patterns and their need for later school start times for both better mental and physical health. One of the studies, conducted by Dr. Mary A. Carskadon, states teens with less than seven hours of sleep report feeling tired during the day because they need an average of nine-and-one-quarter hours of sleep per night.

Tags: learning, scheduling, sleep

Rainbows... they're full circles

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:27:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Never really thought about this, but of course, it's another simple truth.

Clip Source: www.jinxiboo.com

Rainbows don't actually have ends to them, because they are full circles. We can't observe this because the horizon of the earth is in our way.

If the sun is low in the sky, we can see a half circle. If the sun is high in the sky, we see less of the rainbow.

Tags: fullcircles, rainbows

Curling: Reaching for the rings

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:11:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ever heard of curling? It's a big deal in Canada, and it's an Olympic event.

Clip Source: www.winnipegfreepress.com

FYI: Reaching for the rings

IMAGINE Jennifer Jones in a tight-fitting body suit.

It's reflective, dotted with sensors designed to recreate human movement using computer graphics -- exactly the same technology video-game developers use to simulate human motion.

Welcome to the competitive, global environment of the Olympic Games, a sometimes clandestine and highly technical world where governments, athletes, coaches and scientists work together to shave invaluable fractions off performance times where the difference between gold medals and 10th place can be measured in nanoseconds. Or fractions of a centimetre.

Tags: curling, olympics, technology

What's it like? Just taste it and you'll see.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:00:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting metaphor Seth uses here.

Clip Source: sethgodin.typepad.com

When you have something that's a breakthrough, though, perhaps you need to say instead, "It's not like anything. You need to trust me and just taste it."

Tags: breakthrough, change, taste, trust, try