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  1. Downes

    Fall Day, Grey Day

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    October 21, 2014
    October 21, 2014. It was gloomy when I left the office this afternoon, a longish day with meetings and attempted meetings. I'm feeling a lottle stressed these days; I enjoy my job but there's a lot to it, and it's pretty difficult sometimes.from Flick...
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    Celosia

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    October 20, 2014
    October 20, 2014. These bright red plants, Celosia, are characteristic of the New Brunswick fall landscape. These were photographed in front of the Coliseum in the bright noon sun as I stopped by to pick up out Miracles basketball season tickets.from ...
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    Magnetic Hill

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    October 19, 2014
    October 19, 2014. It was a beautiful fall day, perfect for a bike ride, and so I put in 60 km cyclying up Gorge Road (pictured) and over the two mountains - Lutes Mountain (also pictured) and Steeves Mountain - on the way to Salisbury and back. Magnet...
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    Illustration

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    October 18, 2014
    Octiber 18, 2014. Pretty tired today, too tired to notice I've accidentally set the 'Illustration' picture effect on today's lazy photo pf the front yard. But it's a pretty nice result.from Flickr http://ift.tt/1qRbfWx
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    Paroisse

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    October 17, 2014
    October 17, 2014. Sainte-Anne-Des-Pays-Bas (Paroisse) in Fredericton. I drove to Freddie and back today for meetings at our office there (and to get some free food from the staff pot-luck). I snapped this while stuck in the permanent Regent Street tra...
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    Youth Quest

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    October 17, 2014
    October 16, 2014. This is the interior of the Youth Quest storefront location in downtown Moncton on St. George Street. This is one of the projects we halped fund with our Ride for Refuge event a couple of weeks ago. It's a drop-in centre for youth wh...
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    Victoria Park

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    October 15, 2014
    October 15, 2014. One thing that attracted me to New Brunswick originally was its exceptional beauty in the fall. This is Victoria Park today, a city square less than a block away from where I live. This park is a beauty year round, but it's exception...
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    Nature Trail

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    October 14, 2014
    October 14, 2014. Four meetings today, but I had a little time at noon to walk up the nature trail to the pond - the pond was pretty dry (just a little water in the bottom) and the leaves were in good form.from Flickr http://ift.tt/1sOAcXn
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    Thanksgiving

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    October 13, 2014
    October 13, 2014. Home again. The leaves on the oak are much more yellow after eight days away. I notice the tree has grown a full foot both upward and outward this summer - a veritable explosion of growth for a bur oak. The cats are overjoyed to see ...
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  10. Downes

    Iguana for the Road

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    October 12, 2014
    October 12, 2014. Time for one more short walk in the forests around the hotel, taking photos and saying good-bye to the iguanas. This one flicked its tongue at me. That shows me it cares. Now to spend the next 24 hours traveling home.from Flickr http...
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    Paraguay

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    October 11, 2014
    October 11, 2014. Not all of Paraguay is like this, of course. Not even all of Cuidad del Este, whicch I visited today, is like this (I have photos to prove it). But the first impression is what you see here. I was offered tasers for sale numerous tim...
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  12. Downes

    Moulin Ching

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    October 11, 2014


    All life is encompassed in

    Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love


    To play this game of life,

    Toss the coin four times


    The first two coins are the left

    The last two coins are the top
    Truth
    (0-0)
    Beauty
    (0-1)
    Freedom
    (1-0)
    Love
    (1-1)
    Truth
    (0-0)
    Truth on truth.
    Absolute truth.
    You do not belong here.
    Beauty on truth.
    Truth embellished.
    No different than lies.
    Freedom on truth.
    Relativism.
    There is no truth here.
    Love on truth.
    Love of truth.
    The philosopher’s life.
    Beauty
    (0-1)
    Truth on beauty.
    Inner beauty.
    The superficial does not satisfy.
    Beauty on beauty.
    The angel.
    No room for her on Earth.
    Freedom on beauty.
    I know what I like.
    Beauty in the eye of the beholder.
    Love on beauty.
    Vanity.
    No more beauty would satisfy.
    Freedom
    (1-0)
    Truth on freedom.
    Justice.
    The courage of our convictions.
    Beauty on freedom.
    Sweet liberty.
    No responsibilities for a day.
    Freedom on freedom.
    Anarchy. Chaos.
    The Bohemians know no rules.
    Love on freedom.
    Hedonism.
    Love for all unrestrained.
    Love
    (1-1)
    Truth on love.
    True love.
    The one in your heart forever.
    Beauty on love.
    Self sacrifice.
    The noble heart of the knight.
    Freedom on love.
    Friendship.
    Acceptance and understanding.
    Love on love.
    Self love.
    Love in excess negates itself.



    Play once a day and let
    Your inner life guide you


    by Stephen Downes
    04 July 2001
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  13. Downes

    Iguazu Falls

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    October 10, 2014
    October 10, 2014. I spnt the better part of the day walking along the Brazilian side of the tremendous Iguazu Falls, a sight that has to be seen to be believed. The cameras cannot do it justice. In addition to the absolutely spectacular setting, a wea...
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    Botanical Gardens

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    October 10, 2014
    October 9, 2014. Though ill with food poisoning I managed to drag myself to the Botanical Gardens in Curitiba and went for a short 0.93km walk in the sunshine. It wasn't really the right season for flowers but it was a beautiful day and I took the opp...
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    Cavalo

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    October 8, 2014
    October 8, 2014. Again I had a couple hours in late afternoon to explore Curitiba. One place I found was an exhibit honouring the city's history, and this large figure was the centrepiece.from Flickr http://ift.tt/1uDIdhS
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    Full Jazz / Reflection Tree

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    October 7, 2014
    October 6, 2010. This palm tree is at the side of the conference centre here in Curitiba. As I explained to people here, I wanted to go photograph some trees in order to relax before my two-hour Q&A on connectivism this afternoon. The session, whi...
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    Araucaria

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    October 7, 2014
    October 7, 2014. I gave my keynote this morning in Curitiba and then took the afternoon to catch up on some work and then take a walk around the city. I wandered through the downtown core (I missed a lot) and took this photo of the characteristic pine...
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    Curitiba

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    October 5, 2014
    October 5, 2014. Flew all night and all morning and now I'm in Curitiba, Brazil. I'm here for the ABED conference to talk about MOOCs and learning networks. This is a photo taken from the car on the way into the city.from Flickr http://ift.tt/10C5mWY
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    Ride For Refuge

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    October 4, 2014
    October 4, 2014. It was cool and rainy this morning but I and about 75 others went out for the Ride for Refuge event to raise money for the homeless. Here we are at Gorge Road and Ammon Road. It was 50K to Upper Mountain Road (bonus photo) and back. I...
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  20. Downes

    Mapleton Walk

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    October 3, 2014
    October 3, 2014. Stressed. Took a break at lunch to walk in Mapleton Park. Saw a bunch of ducks - I love ducks - and a chickadee and some chipmunks and felt better. I didn't get very much done today, but I feel a bit better.from Flickr http://ift.tt/1...
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  21. Downes

    Oak Leaves

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    October 2, 2014
    October 2, 2014. Busy day, buy also more relaxed. This is the oak tree in my front yard; we planted it a couple of years ago. Ah, but it grows slowly.from Flickr http://ift.tt/1r4E5RY
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    Royal Princess

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    October 1, 2014
    October 1, 2014. Drove down to Saint John with Rod and Pierre today for a business meeting. This is the Royal Princess, one of three cruise ships that were moored in Saint John harbour today. Between the three of them they will add 9200 guests and 360...
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  23. Downes

    Pond

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    September 30, 2014
    September 30, 2014. This is the pond by our office on a rainy overcast fall day. I had big plans for today, but they mostly fell to the wayside as I tried to keep everybody happy (including myself) around our inpending site launch.from Flickr http://i...
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  24. Downes

    Coneflower at the End of its Season

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    September 29, 2014
    September 29, 2014. Busy day today, punctuated with an internet outage at the office and my first spin class in three weeks (it felt like I have never left, though, so... win). The flowers in the front yard are still hanging in there, just barely.from...
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  25. Downes

    New Holland

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    September 28, 2014
    September 28, 2014. Today was draining, in more ways than one. Program management and essay editing took up the morning, then a long uphill slog against a brutal wind took up the afternoon. On top of that, the Blue Jays lost their final game of the se...
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  26. Downes

    Salisbury

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    September 27, 2014
    September 27, 2014. I had a scare this week as I left my laptop on the plane Thursday night. So today began with a quick trip to Air Canada baggage services to get it back (phew!). In the afternoon it was back on the bicycle for a 53 km run out to Sal...
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  27. Downes

    Turning

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    September 26, 2014
    September 26, 2014. The tree across the road is always the first to turn colour in the fall and this year is no exception. As you can see, it's well into the process of turning bright red. And yes, this means I'm back home again, taking an easy day to...
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  28. Downes

    Barbeque

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    September 25, 2014
    September 25, 2014. Still in Ottawa on training, and was also able to attend the NRC staff barbeque to kick off the United Way fundraiser.from Flickr http://ift.tt/1v4A0TZ
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    Training

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    September 25, 2014
    September 24, 2014. In Ottawa for training. This is Arlene, who is leading our session on 'Fierce Conversations' (tm) today. By this time tomorrow I will be able to instil fear and awe in my staff.from Flickr http://ift.tt/YdV7GK
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    Moncton Airport

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    September 25, 2014
    September 23, 2014. On my way to Ottawa this evening for aa training workshop (so the whole day is focused on gettings tuff done before my 3:30 flight).from Flickr http://ift.tt/1rw6yW1
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