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Christmas Is Forever | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. This Christmas, I found I was behind in some work, and I planned to do it. Is that a shocking admission? I bet you’re thinking, either that I’m a workaholic or do not give Christmas the reverence it deserves. I think you’re wrong on both counts. Furthermore, we all recognize that achieving that purpose must involve interaction with others. It’s not only those who lie in hospital that think that. Even the most selfish, filthy rich people know that to achieve t...Only ...
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Strategy for Avoiding Election Violence: Delivered to Nigerian Students Society, University of Leeds on Thursday 5 February 2015 | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. Strategy for Avoiding Election Violence: Delivered to Nigerian Students Society, University of Leeds on Thursday 5 February 2015. Good evening, it is such an honour to be asked to speak to such a distinguished group of students, organisers and fellow speakers. People are not just violent during elections, the violent are violent all the time. The strategy proposed is not governmental, it is individual. It seems to me that our idealism deserts us after our educati...
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March | 2015 | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. Vote a president that supports the rights of 25 million Nigerians. March 25, 2015. Here is the reproduction of a message I received. Please contact info@equalrightsnigeria.org.uk for more information. Of the estimated 170 million Nigerians, the most educated guess is that. About 25.5 million people have one disability or other. This is a. Staggering population, which matches that of several African countries put. Their rights are not important. All we have ever w...
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April | 2012 | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. The Highway code: In Braille? April 16, 2012. The March 2012 RNIB catalogue of new braille books contains an entry titled “The Official Highway Code” published by Driving standards agency. You don’t believe me? Many a time, I’ve been stepping across the road when the lights had supposedly permitted me. I would bump into a car that had crossed the line and just stopped. Maybe the driver saw the lights late, or maybe the sudden realisation that disobeying...Someone onc...
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What’s the Notion | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. What’s the Notion. When, sitting in Kui’s living room, I decided to start my blog, the first question she asked was what I’d call it. I had absolutely no idea, so we sat down to think, and eventually settled on the name ‘Birth of a Notion’. So, maybe my forays into blogsphere isn’t going to set the world alight, but as a personal achievement, it ranks very highly; it is certainly the beginning of an unpredictable era. and who knows where it will lead? Every time some...
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December | 2014 | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. December 28, 2014. This Christmas, I found I was behind in some work, and I planned to do it. Is that a shocking admission? I bet you’re thinking, either that I’m a workaholic or do not give Christmas the reverence it deserves. I think you’re wrong on both counts. Furthermore, we all recognize that achieving that purpose must involve interaction with others. It’s not only those who lie in hospital that think that. Even the most selfish, filthy rich people kno...Only ...
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February | 2013 | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. Let’s talk about Oscar. February 25, 2013. Last year, hee was a hero in South Africa and the rest of the world; he was hailed for medalling in the Olympics, despite being a double amputee. Now, he stands accused of premeditated murder, his sponsors have abandoned him, and he has only his family to comfort him when he sobs uncontrollably in court. But let’s talk about Oscar Pistorius. Who’s this guy? We all know he’s a disabled athlete. Let me add that I think he’...
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The invasion of Cornerbrook | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. The invasion of Cornerbrook. Last week, I was having a chat with my sister when the conversation moved onto September 11 2001. I was on my way to the States to visit her; sitting beside me was my 5 year old niece, her daughter. It was a holiday to celebrate my successful viva. I hadn’t even bothered to do the few corrections I’d been asked to do after the 3. What was that all about? Anniversary of 9 11. But how about those who were just going about their daily du...
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Let’s move! | Birth of a Notion
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Birth of a Notion. What’s the Notion. This morning, as I sat listening to the old Earth Wind and Fire hit ‘Let’s groove’, I wondered how repeating a musical bar for about 5 minutes could still have me tapping my feet, almost 35 years after it was released. And of course, in that random way that thoughts go, I started to think of other people, not grooving, but moving, around the world. First, where are the refugees coming from? Have you heard the survivors speak? I’m sure that as an aunt of a Gambian pre...
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