http://www.lavezzo.com/blog Family, IT, Africa, Business Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:08:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Charlottesville, Va for the 19 days of the Baha'i Fast MarchSunriseSunset Tues 26:446:08 Wed 36:436:09 Thur 46:416:10 Fri 56:406:11 Sat 66:396:12 Sun 76:376:13 Mon 86:366:14 Tues 96:346:15 Wed 106:336:16 Thur 116:316:17 Fri 126:306:18 Sat 136:286:19 Sun 147:277:20 Mon 157:257:21 Tues 167:247:22 Wed 177:227:23 Thur 187:217:24 Fri 197:197:25 Sat 207:187:26 From the US Naval Observatory It's bothered me for a while that while the equinox means that the day is exactly 12 hours long, the day is a few minutes longer than 12 hours ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2010/02/charlottesville-sunrisesunset-times-for-the-bahai-fast/ 4th grader 1: "When I grow up I'm going to be a real live physician" (this was funnier because the three of them couldn't remember what physician meant) 4th grader 2: [grabbing 4th grader 1's belly] "Ha! Got your small intestine!" 4th grader 3: [sniffing at 4th grader 1] 4th grader 1: "Why ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2010/02/today-in-4th-grade-humor/ I read some news from my friend Mona via Facebook today. She's on break from University of Cape Town, visiting her family in Malawi where she found a new item on the menu of roadside vendors. It's called the "Obama". Apparently it's a fist-sized fried sweet bread. it's more ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/09/the-obama-the-taste-sensation-thats-sweeping-malawi/ My girls are Ponyo crazy this morning. Can you believe there is NO Ponyo doll, coloring book, toy or anything at ToysRUs? I spliced together this coloring page from a couple sources on the Internet (click for PDF). I was then required to print it out about 10 times between ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/09/ponyo-coloring-page/ Here's a picture my daughter came up with tonight: http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/09/lol-stuffed-animal/ I've found myself about half a dozen times over the last 6 months sending friends or friends-of-friends info on companies in town who hire programmer, software testers, tech-writers or project managers. Before I send it out one more time, I thought I'd put it up here for general reference ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/09/charlottesville-tech-job-market/ I've just read this article that reports that the seven Baha'i leaders arrested over a year ago in Iran have a new trail scheduled for next Tuesday. Diane Ala'i, the Baha'i International Community's representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, said the trial date became known after Iranian authorities ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/08/cnn-iran-sets-aug-18-trail-date-for-bahais/ "Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble, and there is always time." - Attributed to `Abdu'l-Baha A friend and I just looked up the source for this quote. Yeah, turns out it's not much of a quote. I mean, it's lovely and poetic, but I can't find ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/07/where-there-is-love-nothing-is-too-much-trouble-and-there-is-always-time/ This feels like a small victory for International Pressure. We'll never really know what the motivation of the Iranian administration was to change this but my impression is that they're waiting for the rest of the world to stop paying attention. Iran Press Watch has been able to confirm that ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/07/trial-for-bahai-leaders-in-iran-delayed/ Members of the Baha'i Faith in the greater Charlottesville area will hold a Public Prayer Meeting Friday, July 10th at 8:30 pm in Charlottesville to express their support for the seven Baha'i leaders who are to stand trial the following morning in the same Iranian Court that convicted and sentenced ... http://www.lavezzo.com/blog/2009/07/charlottesville-area-bahais-to-hold-public-prayer-meeting-july-10th-supporting-bahais-on-trial-in-iran/