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The Permaculture Song

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 09:18 — jimw

In case you wanted to know what permaculture is, here is a song to help you.

Indiana - Parents told to leave disabled kids at shelter

Fri, 10/29/2010 - 13:04 — jimw

"However, that's exactly what Becky Holladay of Battle Ground, Ind., said a BDDS worker told her when she called to ask about the waiver she's seeking for her 22-year-old son, Cameron Dunn, who has epilepsy, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-disabled-homeless,0,4867135...

chicagotribune.com

Indiana
Parents told to leave disabled kids at shelters
By KEN KUSMER

Associated Press
4:26 PM CDT, October 27, 2010

INDIANAPOLIS

Indiana's budget crunch has become so severe that some state workers have suggested leaving severely disabled people at homeless shelters if they can't be cared for at home, parents and advocates said.

They said workers at Indiana's Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services have told parents that's one option they have when families can no longer care for children at home and haven't received Medicaid waivers that pay for services that support disabled children living independently.

What is a paraprosdokian?

Thu, 10/28/2010 - 17:41 — jimw

A paraprosdokian (from Greek "????-", meaning "beyond" and "?????????", meaning "expectation") is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.

Some paraprosdokians not only change the meaning of an early phrase, but also play on the double meaning of a particular word, creating a syllepsis.

  • I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
  • Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
  • I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
  • Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
  • The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
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Hydrofracking

Environmental precepts violated

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It's not nice to fool people

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Reduce, reuse, recyle

It's the right thing to do

Alt text to go hereStop the madness called fracking.
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Ubuntu

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I am, because you are. You are, because I am.

literal definition of the word "ubuntu".
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