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Dad and Sheri took Uncle Jimmie and I took the Sandler Center for Performing Arts for a Chris Botti show.  I had never heard of him before but Wow.  He was incredible.

This morning I shared a presentation on Mali with 83 third-graders at Parkway Elementary where a friend of my step-mom's teaches.  I wish I could present on Mali everyday to such an engaging and informed audience (3rd graders in VA study ancient Mali so they knew about the Niger river and some other tidbits - one of the kids even knew that Mali means hippo!!).

Mali is Marvelous for Parkway Elementary on Prezi

Mali is always on my mind.  Things are not looking good even though ECOWAS struck a deal with Sanogo for Dioncounda to stay in power.  I'm keeping glued to Reuter's updates and twitter feeds - the news changes too quickly to post on my blog about it so those are the best sources.