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Thai Curry Paste Episode II: Authentic Green Curry Paste (Kaeng Khiao Wan)
Wow… The High Heel Gourmet tells you pretty much everything you need to know about Thai Curries. Thanks, HHG! The green curry has an official name in Thai called “Kaeng Khiao Wan”, meaning “The sweet green soup”. Kaeng=soup, Khiao=green, Wan=sweet.… Continue reading
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Daodejing 24
#24* A show-off never learns A know-it-all never shines A braggart never achieves A boaster never gets ahead All of this is most unnecessary Seen from the viewpoint of the Way The person on the Way avoids all of this… Continue reading
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Daodejing 23
#23* Speak rarely like Nature. Typhoons do not blow all morning. Thunderstorms do not last all day. Who makes the typhoon to blow and storm to thunder? Heaven and earth. If even Heaven and Earth cannot sustain things for long,… Continue reading
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The Giving of Names
Originally posted on simonhlilly: I promised 47whitebuffalo that I would write something on the names of ancient Celtic tribes. This is not exactly what I originally had in mind, but it is how things seem to be arriving in these… Continue reading
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unMonastery :: EdgeRyders
This is something I would like to experiment with doing here in the States. I have often thought that something based along the lines of a monastery, ashram, or sangha would do more good for locales than colleges or universities… Continue reading
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Socialist Alternative – What is university for? (and what it should be like)
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Going to university should be a liberating experience. It should train us to critique rigorously all orthodoxies and dogmas. It should be about unloc… Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Everyday I try to help youth… Continue reading
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New Test for Computers: Grading Essays at College Level
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions “Software developed by a joint venture of Harvard and M.I.T. uses artificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks.” See on nyti.ms Related articles Essay-Grading Software (florence20.typepad.com)… Continue reading
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An Ontological Understanding of Dialogue in Education « Learning Change
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions This dissertation develops an ontological understanding of dialogue that is then used to reconsider the forms and purposes of schooling. Employing the works of Martin Buber and Mikhail Bakhtin, the work departs from the… Continue reading
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There has been a lot of writing lately against the New Atheists. I do not ally myself with them because I do not like the way Dawkins, Harris, or Hitchins perpetuate violent conflict (see Karl Jaspers, Philosophie Vol 2 on… Continue reading
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