Colleagues: News that points to a major revival in Iran. One for prayer. G +++++ Thursday, July 26, 2012 Matt 24 watch, 165: Prophecy author, Joel Richardson...
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kairosfocus
Jul 29, 2012 12:33 am
The Chick-fil-A logo One of the common tactics of the uncivil today, is to intimidate those who do not shut up and go along with the agenda being pushed by...
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kairosfocus
Jul 29, 2012 10:07 am
Colleagues: A saddening sign. Note how Billy Graham has had to speak out on it. G +++++++ ...
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kairosfocus
Jul 29, 2012 8:16 pm
This video takes significance in the face of the recent movie shooting and focusses on tipping the odds towards survival (there are of course no guarantees): ...
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kairosfocus
Jul 30, 2012 2:50 pm
Colleagues: Pardon but we need to think about the unthinkable. beyond this, what do we do if we begin to see suicide bombings or fire bombings of churches from...
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kairosfocus
Jul 30, 2012 3:02 pm
At the recent Engineering and Metaphysics conference at ORU, Walter Bradley shared his experience of working with coconut coir and shells to reinforce plastics...
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kairosfocus
Aug 1, 2012 11:50 pm
In a clear message to the activists seeking to homosexualise marriage and hounding anyone who appears in the public square and does not toe the line, ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 2, 2012 10:38 am
Colleagues: More stuff you will not be likely to see in the news. G +++++++ http://kairosfocus.blogspot.com/2012/08/matt-24-watch-166b-chick-fil-stores.html ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 2, 2012 9:11 pm
The ABC News story lead as headlined shows how unethical polarising, jamming out homosexualist spin presented under false colours of news reporting works. ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 3, 2012 10:08 am
Colleagues: Some sobering thoughts on polarising propagandistic spin games in the name of news reporting. G +++++++++ ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 5, 2012 1:30 pm
All too tellingly, on the eve of a homosexualist public kiss-in -- itself quite revealing as a "reply" to a known moral point of concern, ie, a willfully...
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kairosfocus
Aug 5, 2012 6:19 pm
Colleagues: We need to probe the matter deeper. Including, dealing with the hate talking point, by addressing the underlying issue. Sorry to have to deal with...
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kairosfocus
Aug 6, 2012 12:45 pm
As was noted in the just previous post on the Chick-fil-A threatened boycott and administrative exclusion because its owners have publicly and financially...
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kairosfocus
Aug 6, 2012 1:07 pm
Colleagues: We must now confront a sadly misinformed scripture-twisting deception. One that willfully pretends or ignorantly imagines that one can draw a line...
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kairosfocus
Aug 7, 2012 8:23 am
Now, there are some topics that -- being the point where the deceitful and ensnaring spirit of the age is pushing -- require a serious and sustained answer. In...
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kairosfocus
Aug 7, 2012 8:43 am
Colleagues: The matter in hand is quite distasteful, but it is the point that has become the watershed for our civilisation. So, we need to equip ourselves to...
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kairosfocus
Aug 8, 2012 10:10 am
In current discourse on social issues, the assertion of a "right" and the demand for fair, "equal" treatment are always powerfully persuasive appeals. Indeed,...
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kairosfocus
Aug 8, 2012 11:22 am
Colleagues I have to further address. We have to address the rights claim, pointing to worldview roots issues. And expose how the polarisation that has been...
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kairosfocus
Aug 11, 2012 2:45 pm
This speaks for itself, courtesy Suart Varney, now of Fox News (and Daily Mail): Her closing wish for forgiveness and reconciliation thereby are well worth ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 12, 2012 9:35 am
Colleagues: Ms Rachel's response is a classic, and a further lesson in graciousness. An object lesson as to where the real stirring up of hostility lies, and...
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kairosfocus
Aug 12, 2012 12:46 pm
Daphne Koller of Coursera has given a recent TED talk in which she highlights the revolutionary possibilities for online learning: (The 20+ minute video is...
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kairosfocus
Aug 13, 2012 5:34 am
Colleagues The digital, web based education revolution is upon us. The question, is whether we can surf the wave or will be swamped by it. Also, notice how...
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kairosfocus
Aug 14, 2012 8:10 am
Last time, when we looked at Daphne Koller's TED talk, we highlighted a pivotal 1984 result from famous education researcher Benjamin Bloom, the Two-Sigma...
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kairosfocus
Aug 14, 2012 11:44 am
Colleagues: Today, I want to zoom in on the two-sigma effect and its implications for our views about the way our education systems separate the "bright" from...
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kairosfocus
Aug 15, 2012 12:03 pm
Some people are just not ready to learn a given topic, others need a lot of help and some "breeze through" easily. Why is that? Where do intelligence and...
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kairosfocus
Aug 15, 2012 4:06 pm
Colleagues Further thoughts on underlying research and views on understanding, learning, cognitive development and curriculum transformation. I am focussing on...
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kairosfocus
Aug 16, 2012 12:41 pm
As I look at the heading for this post, I think: we are getting close to being seriously technical about curriculum development. I will have to watch that, and...
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kairosfocus
Aug 16, 2012 1:35 pm
Colleagues: I am moving on to dealing with curriculum development. I have in mind local education system challenges, I have in mind institutional needs shared...
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kairosfocus
Aug 17, 2012 10:25 am
All across the nominally Anglophone Caribbean, English Language competence is a bugbear. Sometimes, even, among those who have passed their CXC's or the...
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kairosfocus
Aug 17, 2012 1:04 pm
Colleagues: A reader raised the question of remediation of poor English Language skills. I have responded as below; by way of sketches towards an actual...
