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Fijian artist Thelma Thomas will work with Islander children aged under ten in making digital stories about life in western Sydney. It’s part of a celebration of all things Pacific in Liverpool June 25-27. The Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Australian Museum and NRL have joined forces to launch the Body Pacifica festival.

http://mt-druitt-standard.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/spotlight-on-pacific-at-liverpool/>
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"The topic of each group’s project was limited only by the need to have some bearing on Alameda’s history. … one girl, for example, has an uncle who is heavily into the annual Alameda Car Show. Another group was interested in telling an immigrant’s tale, and they chose to interview a Vietnamese refugee (in Vietnamese, [...]

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George Johnson, founder of Tel A. Vision, will be speaking at the Digital Storytelling Special Interest Group at the International Society for Technology in Education at the Denver Convention Center on June 29th according to a story in eschoolnews.com. He’ll share stories and show examples of how vision videos have helped students from Special Ed [...]

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" This never before published photo shows HMS Vanguard (left) and HMS Diadem (right) from HMS Anson arriving at Portland, England.
  (Photo from the collection of Ordinary Signalman Owen Vigeon, R.N.) © Owen Vigeon all rights reserved Scan by Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M."
quoted from http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/battleships/vanguard_1944/hms_vanguard_1944.htm

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A series of making workshops around Cardiff this spring and summer will lead to an exhibition called Keepsakes at Oriel Un Canvas, St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, from 11th September to 22nd November 2010.
"Prue Thimbleby, an artist who specialises in willow sculpture and storytelling will be running workshops at Gibbonsdown in Barry and Riverside in [...]

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"We’ve never received any medals from the British Government."
These are the words quoted by former HMS Diadem shipmate Jack Harrison in his report in Belper News as he received a medal at the Russian Embassy for the part he played in the escort of the Russian Convoys in WWII:
http://www.belpernews.co.uk/news/Wartime-honour-for-Belper-veteran.6289829.jp
"Jack (85), took part in [...]

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There’s a photo on sale on eBay this week. Here’s how the seller describes the image: "Shows elements of a four nation combined naval exercise in the English Channel. Under the command of Admiral Sir Rhoderick R McGrigor, c in c, the British Home Fleet practised manoeuvering, bombarding, and various other forms of naval warfare. [...]

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Some interesting photos of HMS Diadem in the 1960s after she’d been re-commissioned by the Pakistan Navy: http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/navy/gallery/didoclass.html

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HMS Vanguard (left)  and HMS Diadem  (right) from HMS Anson arriving at Portland, England.
From Maritime Quest’s HMS Vanguard page. http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/battleships/vanguard_1944/hms_vanguard_1944.htm

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The Community Story Tree Project says screening digital stories on GRTV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA had given people a better sense of their neighbors:
"From the onset, the public access channel was very much tied into a project called Community Story Tree Project. It was collecting personal digital stories …The intent behind the project wasn’t [...]

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