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You all know that we make our authors famous, so it will come as no surprise that Di van Niekerk and Hazel Blomkamp have been invited to teach at L'Aiguille en Fête – the biggest needlecraft fair in France – this year. They twisted my arm (really hard) to join them, and now we will visit Paris, and immediately afterwards make our way to Birmingham in the UK to do a presentation at the 2013 Craft, Hobby and Stitch International, Europe's largest trade show for the creative craft industries. Apparently Birmingham is and industrial city and not particularly pretty, so spoilt South Africans that we are, we opted to book accommodation in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon.
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June 2015's My Little Box welcomes another french theme – "My Little French Riviera" – and whilst it was quite a grey evening on discovering this had been left in my shed, as I opened it was like a ray of french sunshine made in collaboration with designer Sarah Lavoine. Co-ordinating very well with my living room decor, this box is very blue.
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Let's clear up some mixed messages that are seeping through the walls of social. Here is what I am hearing:
- "If you publish great content, you will build a following" (If no one knows you have great content, no one will follow you) read:LinkedIn Myth: If you Build it They Will Come.
- "Be patient, it is a very long process to get business from LinkedIn"
- "You have to invest a ton of time every single week "liking", sharing and commenting on other people's post to get your prospects' attention.
- "You can't sell on LinkedIn"
And I say, hogwash…it is, after all, called "Social Selling".
In fact, LinkedIn has an entire group called LinkedIn's Sales Solutions Team, focused on helping sales professionals get more business. They have a premium service called Sales Navigator, so clearly LinkedIn is banking on the fact that we will use it to sell. So, if this is the case, why do so many social selling experts say you can't sell on LinkedIn?
I think people confuse the word selling with pitching…
Selling Good, Pitching Bad. – Kevin Thomas Tully
Sales is not just about pushing your "stuff" and closing a deal; sales is a process. It is about:
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- Attracting and engaging your prospects
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CLICK HERE to learn what social selling really is.
Let's look at traditional selling (TS) vs. LinkedIn and Social Selling (LSS)
- TS: Open the phone book and began with "A".
- LSS: Create an advanced search with targeted filters and identify who you know that can make an introduction.
- TS: They say "send me some information", and you do.
- LSS: You connect with them on LinkedIn, they visit your profile and learn about the value you offer through your headline and summary, the problems you solve through relevant case studies of your successes and recommendation from your clients. They read your LinkedIn posts and get industry insights, clarity on pertinent issues, and they begin to see you as a resource, thought leader and subject matter expert.
- TS: Build Rapport by quickly looking around their office and identifying awards, family pictures and personal tchotchke (chachke) to spark conversation.
- LSS: Read their profile, look at their social activity, identify the articles they "like" and comment on, reach out to the connections you share to get an insider view, flip through their vacation photos on Instagram, research the topics they are writing about, read industry trends that affect them, find groups they participate in, boards they sit on, charities they support and so on. Boy, now you have conversation starters around subjects that they really care about.
- TS: Begin the sales meeting with questions like, what is your budget, who are the decision makers, and what keeps you up at night.
- LSS: Research their company, press releases, new hires, new product releases, industry trends, competitors, the annual report, names of influencers and decision makers within their organization, shared connections with whom you reach out to and chat. Oh, don't forget former employees that you have found on LinkedIn and reached out to to glean credible information around your prospect's buying process, challenges and obstacles they are facing. ***Now, rather than asking questions that only matter to you, you provide insights, you are a resource and establish credibility. When it is clear that you are someone that truly understands their situation and are a problem-solver, your questions will get answered more naturally and more honestly.
LinkedIn is definitely not the place to "Pitch" and not the place to push your agenda, but if you are in sales it is a place to be a thought leader, add value to your prospects and build your professional brand; which is the foundation of the sales process.
As successful sales people, we are always closing for the next step, and on LinkedIn our close is for the phone call with the right people.
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If you know you need to be selling on LinkedIn but are not sure how, let's have a conversation. Even if we decide not to work together, I am confident our conversation will be full of insights and strategies to help you leverage LinkedIn more effectively. Here is a link to my calendar http://ScheduleaCallwithBrynne.com please pick a time that is most convenient for you. I am looking forward to our call.


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Monday, August 6, 2018
Granny Jan
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I'm so sorry for your loss. I will keep a good thought for you and yours at this time. Well really I keep a good thought for you and yours at all times! ;)ReplyDelete
My sincerest condolences to you and yours. Georges mom was a wonderful person. May she rest in peace. It's has been a hard time of you but I think you will need every bit of those 2 bereavement days you have coming to you. Who could predict that vacation days and bereavement days would come back to back. Go in to work if you must but don't stay all day, do what you must if your assistant can't handle it and them go and be with your family. Will be keeping you all in my prayers. May the dear Lord comfort you at this difficult time.ReplyDelete
Granny Jan RIPReplyDelete
Prayers for you and the family during this difficult time.ReplyDelete
My dearest Sonya, I'm sorry if I am a bit late getting into the blog tonight, I have had a busy day.....although nothing like the one you are having.....I am so sorry that Our Lord has taken Granny just at this moment, but only he knows what is ahead, he at least arranged for you to have a good nights rest, now for the next step on your journey. Take care and look after yourself and George, you are so right to put family first, what happens at work....well that can look after itself, that's why the have managers and if they are good they will understand their staff and give lea way when and if needed. If they don't well you have to ask if they are worth working for. Perhaps your new nutrician career can take off suddenly ..then where would work be ?.....much love to you all. George, Kate Cody and yourself....you are all in my prayers xxxxReplyDelete
George wants you to be with him those days. Family first. Work will be there and it will go. But family remainsReplyDelete


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It was the usual beautiful event, very well organized, with a nice and challenging course within the Agricultural Historic Farm Park in Deerwood, Maryland.
We barely made it to the starting line on time ... well actually I started almost a minute late, I still had to pin my bib, tight my chip and lace my shoes after the "GO!"...
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First, "expert" is a grossly overused descriptor in today's online market. Sorry, but maybe you can be considered an expert by some, but others may think you're lousy and that's all OK….because everyone has their "thing." But I suspect many so-called experts are only by way of viral puffed up advertising as opposed to any real longterm and exceptional track record.
I'm continually amazed at the number of web copywriters that promote themselves for every web copy format in existence. For example:
"Expert web copywriter delivers all your copy needs: newsletters, direct mail, seo keyword optimized, press releases…" etc, etc and you get the picture.
How exactly does one person do that? For that matter how does a large organization do that?
I have been on this mental thread of niches and in the Internet marketing world the business of carving out your own niche means mining deep into oftentimes untapped cash-rich veins.
From Wikipedia: "Niche market, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector."
Matt Cutts gives an excellent case for just making your own niche.
See I argue the "expertness" of most people. I don't believe it's possible to be an expert at an array of things. In web copywriting being an expert at just ebooks or newsletters would be enough–it would take serious career ambition, motivation and commitment to REALLY prove yourself an expert, as opposed to "expert" by way of viral advertising–which is the kind of expert most of us come most commonly in contact with.


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These hairpieces make going a night out stress free as it takes 5 minutes to wrap your hair in a bun, put the piece in and fiddle with the front to how you want it and that's it! No more, what should I do with my hair? no more, I can't get it to sit right, just perfect fab hair in a flash!
The price of this is amazing for £39.99 I can create at least 4 different styles so value for money is great. I have really thin fine hair that doesn't really grow so anything that helps me is perfect!
Wearing as a side pony and wrapped the hair around the hair tie to hide it
Pinned back my fringe on both sides | to the side in a plait
Wearing it straight with a slightly off centre parting and lots of volume at the front
I wear shade 613/27 - Boho Blonde
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The Editor Formerly Known as Mr. Deathrealm. Author of BLUE DEVIL ISLAND, THE NIGHTMARE FRONTIER, THE LEBO COVEN, DARK SHADOWS: DREAMS OF THE DARK (with Elizabeth Massie), BALAK, YOUNG BLOOD (with Mat & Myron Smith), et. al. Feed at your own risk.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Relative Obscurity...
Kanye West Is a Proud Non-Reader, Author of Books
*Certified Fucking Moron
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- Suzy said...
With all due respect, I think West is overlooking the input he's received through other forms of media. To remain "pure to write his own masterpiece" would require isolation from any kind of input. Didn't ancient civilizations pass down stories through story telling and not in writing? I guess he's saying he wants to have completely original ideas. In contrast, I read an interview with Guillermo Del Toro in "Wired" magazine. I think he said he heard there are only 10 truly original stories in existence. That doesn't seem to bother him or impede his creativity.
- May 30, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Mark Rainey said...
This is all about West's ego, not honesty in storytelling, IMO. With many years of editing behind me, it's fair to say that, in my experience, most who want to "be intellectually honest," with perspectives "unpolluted by outside influences," et. al. are simply too lazy to do the work necessary to achieve competence at a given endeavor. It's almost impossible to imagine an individual becoming successful in a particular field without having extensive knowledge (or even being aware of) the many facets of that field. You end up inventing the wheel over and over again. And you get the rude awakening that, what you thought was some specific bit of brilliance from your own brain is a trite truism that's been not only discovered but explored to the point of exhaustion by countless others.
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After Luxemburg and together with Malta, Utrecht is the second multilingual hotspot in Europa. How can we use these qualities in daily life? How can we improve the knowledge of languages in our city? How can we make our city an interesting European laboratory in a globalizing world? This weblog will collect local and global inspirations for creating this laboratory.
dinsdag 19 juni 2012
Language Rich Europe in Utrecht
On 31 May the results of the Language Rich Europe project for the Netherlands and Fryslân were presented in the Geldmuseum in Utrecht. The research showed that in a period of increased language variation, the Dutch government puts more and more emphasis on the importance of the Dutch language. Especially for immigrant languages there is not much room. In the province of Fryslân, Frisian is an official language and is therefore especially present in the educational domains. There are no formal educational provisions for the other regional languages in the Netherlands. Please read below the whole article about the launch (in both English and Dutch), written by Saskia Benedictus, Research Assistant at Fryske Akademy, our partner organisation in the Netherlands.


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Past Issues
Head teacher's News 18th September 2015Download PDF
Please bring in coats and water bottles
Summer is nearly over. Because the weather is so changeable, it is sensible that every child brings a coat (or waterproof) to school each day. In the event of light rain we still expect the children to go outside at play time in order to get a physical break before the next lesson. Your child can always leave a spare (labelled) waterproof in school in case they forget (or refuse to!) bring a coat to school. This is far more preferable than cancelling playtimes as it is not practical to leave some children indoors without supervision whilst the majority are outside. Please remind your child to bring a labelled water bottle to school every day.
Welcome back after what I hope was a refreshing summer break. Our staff have been working hard to get the school off to a super start despite building works that caused so many classrooms to be closed for the whole summer. As always, it was a real pleasure to see a school full of smiling faces and the children's enthusiasm gave everybody a lift on the first day. We have some exciting initiatives that are planned for this year that will further improve the already high quality of education at Montpelier…....more on this in the coming weeks. We are also pleased to have new staff in the school and I know that our parent/carer community will extend a warm welcome to each and every one of them. Finally, congratulations to Mr Tomlinson on his recent wedding and also to our deputy Mrs Bracken (formerly Ms Walker) on her marriage over the summer.


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Concept: Surfactant
Gemini alkyldeoxy-d-glucitolammonium salts as modern surfactants and microbiocides: synthesis, antimicrobial and surface activity, biodegradation
Dimeric quaternary alkylammonium salts possess a favourable surface and antimicrobial activity. In this paper we describe synthesis, spectroscopic analysis, surface and antimicrobial activity as well as biodegradability of polymethylene-α,ω-bis(N,N-dialkyl-N-deoxy-D-glucitolammonium iodides), a new group of dimeric quaternary ammonium salts. This new group of gemini surfactants can be produced from chemicals which come from renewable sources. The structure of products has been determined by the FTIR and (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy. The biodegradability, surface activity and antimicrobial efficacy against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum were determined. The influence of the number of alkyl chains and their lengths on surface and antimicrobial properties has been shown. In general, dimeric quaternary alkyldeoxy-D-glucitolammonium salts with long alkyl substituents show favourable surface properties and an excellent antimicrobial activity.
A micelle mediated extraction as a new method of obtaining the infusion of Bidens tripartita
- Acta biochimica Polonica
- Published over 3 years ago
- Discuss
In this paper, the extracts of three-part beggarticks (Bidens tripartita) were prepared using ultrasonic assisted micelle-mediated extraction method (UAMME). Different kind of surfactants and WPC (whey protein concentrate) were applied. In the B. tripartita extracts twenty polyphenols were identified by UPLC-DAD-MS. Both aqueous and UAMME extracts mainly contained chlorogenic acid, caftaric acid and its derivatives as well as luteolin 7-O-glucoside. The luteolin was extracted with Rokanol B2 and Triton X-100. Furthermore, antioxidative properties of the extracts were analyzed with two methods: reactions with di(phenyl)-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)iminoazanium (DPPH) reagent and Follin's method. The DPPH radical scavenging by micellar extracts was in general comparable with the antioxidant activity of conventional extracts. The most active was sample with Tego Care CG90, reducing about 73% of the radical. Obtained results confirmed that the UAMME might be an alternative method, to the liquid-liquid or solid-liquid extraction, of obtaining specified extracts rich in active compounds. Selecting a suitable surfactant may thus provide the expected composition of the extract.
A new desorption method for removing organic solvents from activated carbon using surfactant
- Journal of occupational health
- Published over 2 years ago
- Discuss
A new desorption method was investigated, which does not require toxic organic solvents. Efficient desorption of organic solvents from activated carbon was achieved with an ananionic surfactant solution, focusing on its washing and emulsion action.
Robust and Elastic Lunar and Martian Structures from 3D-Printed Regolith Inks
- Scientific reports
- Published over 2 years ago
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Here, we present a comprehensive approach for creating robust, elastic, designer Lunar and Martian regolith simulant (LRS and MRS, respectively) architectures using ambient condition, extrusion-based 3D-printing of regolith simulant inks. The LRS and MRS powders are characterized by distinct, highly inhomogeneous morphologies and sizes, where LRS powder particles are highly irregular and jagged and MRS powder particles are rough, but primarily rounded. The inks are synthesized via simple mixing of evaporant, surfactant, and plasticizer solvents, polylactic-co-glycolic acid (30% by solids volume), and regolith simulant powders (70% by solids volume). Both LRS and MRS inks exhibit similar rheological and 3D-printing characteristics, and can be 3D-printed at linear deposition rates of 1-150 mm/s using 300 μm to 1.4 cm-diameter nozzles. The resulting LRS and MRS 3D-printed materials exhibit similar, but distinct internal and external microstructures and material porosity (~20-40%). These microstructures contribute to the rubber-like quasi-static and cyclic mechanical properties of both materials, with young's moduli ranging from 1.8 to 13.2 MPa and extension to failure exceeding 250% over a range of strain rates (10(-1)-10(2) min(-1)). Finally, we discuss the potential for LRS and MRS ink components to be reclaimed and recycled, as well as be synthesized in resource-limited, extraterrestrial environments.
Creating nanoscale emulsions using condensation
- Nature communications
- Published almost 2 years ago
- Discuss
Nanoscale emulsions are essential components in numerous products, ranging from processed foods to novel drug delivery systems. Existing emulsification methods rely either on the breakup of larger droplets or solvent exchange/inversion. Here we report a simple, scalable method of creating nanoscale water-in-oil emulsions by condensing water vapor onto a subcooled oil-surfactant solution. Our technique enables a bottom-up approach to forming small-scale emulsions. Nanoscale water droplets nucleate at the oil/air interface and spontaneously disperse within the oil, due to the spreading dynamics of oil on water. Oil-soluble surfactants stabilize the resulting emulsions. We find that the oil-surfactant concentration controls the spreading behavior of oil on water, as well as the peak size, polydispersity, and stability of the resulting emulsions. Using condensation, we form emulsions with peak radii around 100 nm and polydispersities around 10%. This emulsion formation technique may open different routes to creating emulsions, colloidal systems, and emulsion-based materials.
Janus Emulsions for the Detection of Bacteria
- ACS central science
- Published over 2 years ago
- Discuss
Janus emulsion assays that rely on carbohydrate-lectin binding for the detection of Escherichia coli bacteria are described. Surfactants containing mannose are self-assembled at the surface of Janus droplets to produce particles with lectin binding sites. Janus droplets orient in a vertical direction as a result of the difference in densities between the hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon solvents. Binding of lectin to mannose(s) causes agglutination and a tilted geometry. The distinct optical difference between naturally aligned and agglutinated Janus droplets produces signals that can be detected quantitatively. The Janus emulsion assay sensitively and selectively binds to E. coli at 10(4) cfu/mL and can be easily prepared with long-time stability. It provides the basis for the development of inexpensive portable devices for fast, on-site pathogen detection.
Ice-like water supports hydration forces and eases sliding friction
- Science advances
- Published about 3 years ago
- Discuss
The nature of interfacial water is critical in several natural processes, including the aggregation of lipids into the bilayer, protein folding, lubrication of synovial joints, and underwater gecko adhesion. The nanometer-thin water layer trapped between two surfaces has been identified to have properties that are very different from those of bulk water, but the molecular cause of such discrepancy is often undetermined. Using surface-sensitive sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy, we discover a strongly coordinated water layer confined between two charged surfaces, formed by the adsorption of a cationic surfactant on the hydrophobic surfaces. By varying the adsorbed surfactant coverage and hence the surface charge density, we observe a progressively evolving water structure that minimizes the sliding friction only beyond the surfactant concentration needed for monolayer formation. At complete surfactant coverage, the strongly coordinated confined water results in hydration forces, sustains confinement and sliding pressures, and reduces dynamic friction. Observing SFG signals requires breakdown in centrosymmetry, and the SFG signal from two oppositely oriented surfactant monolayers cancels out due to symmetry. Surprisingly, we observe the SFG signal for the water confined between the two charged surfactant monolayers, suggesting that this interfacial water layer is noncentrosymmetric. The structure of molecules under confinement and its macroscopic manifestation on adhesion and friction have significance in many complicated interfacial processes prevalent in biology, chemistry, and engineering.
Degradation of cationic surfactants using Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 immobilized in calcium alginate beads
- Biodegradation
- Published about 7 years ago
- Discuss
In this study, the degradation of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) by freely suspended and alginate-entrapped cells from the bacteria Pseudomonas putida (P. putida) A ATCC 12633 was investigated in batch cultures. The optimal conditions to prepare beads for achieving a higher TTAB degradation rate were investigated by changing the concentration of sodium alginate, pH, temperature, agitation rate and initial concentration of TTAB. The results show that the optimal embedding conditions of calcium alginate beads are 4 % w/v of sodium alginate content and 2 × 10(8) cfu ml(-1) of P. putida A ATCC 12633 cells that had been previously grown in rich medium. The optimal degradation process was carried out in pH 7.4 buffered medium at 30 °C on a rotary shaker at 100 rpm. After 48 h of incubation, the free cells degraded 26 mg l(-1) of TTAB from an initial concentration of 50 mg l(-1) TTAB. When the initial TTAB concentration was increased to 100 mg l(-1), the free cells lost their degrading activity and were no longer viable. In contrast, when the cells were immobilized on alginate, they degraded 75 % of the TTAB after 24 h of incubation from an initial concentration of 330 mg l(-1) of TTAB. The immobilized cells can be stored at 4 °C for 25 days without loss of viability and can be reused without losing degrading capacity for three cycles.
Surface tension model for surfactant solutions at the critical micelle concentration
- Journal of colloid and interface science
- Published almost 7 years ago
- Discuss
A model for the limiting surface tension of surfactant solutions (surface tension at and above the critical micelle concentration, cmc) was developed. This model takes advantage of the equilibrium between the surfactant molecules on the liquid/vacuum surface and in micelles in the bulk at the cmc. An approximate analytical equation for the surface tension at the cmc was obtained. The derived equation contains two parameters, which characterize the intermolecular interactions in the micelles, and the third parameter, which is the surface area per surfactant molecule at the interface. These parameters were calculated using a new atomistic modeling approach. The performed calculations of the limiting surface tension for four simple surfactants show good agreement with experimental data (∼30% accuracy). The developed model provides the guidance for design of surfactants with low surface tension values.
FT-IR and (1)H NMR studies of the state of solubilized water in water-in-oil microemulsions stabilized by mixtures of single- and double-tailed cationic surfactants
- Journal of colloid and interface science
- Published almost 7 years ago
- Discuss
The structure of solubilized water in water-in-n-heptane aggregates stabilized by mixtures of single- and double-tail quaternary ammonium surfactants, namely didodecyldimethylammonium chloride/dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DDAC/DTAC) or didodecyldimethylammonium bromide/dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DDAB/DTAB) was studied by two noninvasive techniques, (1)H NMR and FT-IR. In the former, the chemical shift data, δ(obs), were used to calculate the so-called deuterium/protium fractionation factor, φ(M), of the aggregate-solubilized water and were found to be unity. In the FT-IR study, upon increasing water/surfactant molar ratio, W, the frequency, ν(OD), of the HOD species decreases, while its full width at half height and its area increase. The results obtained from both techniques indicate that the water appears to be present as a single nano-phase and the structure varies continuously as a result of increasing W. In addition, the effect of changing the counter-ion (Br(-) or Cl(-)) on (1)H NMR and FT-IR results was investigated. In spite of the known difference in the dissociation of these counter-ions from micellar aggregates, this was found not to affect the state of solubilized water. This report gives further insight into the contradictory scientific debates on the structure of water in the polar nano-cores of microemulsions.


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South Downs Way - East Section
Explore the eastern half of the South Downs Way on a short self-guided walking holiday. Accommodation, luggage transfer and customised holiday pack included.
South Downs Way - East Section
A walking holiday from Amberley to Eastbourne along the chalk South Downs escarpment to the coastal clifftops.
From £515 per person
The East section of the South Downs Way begins in Amberley and continues along the chalk escarpment of the South Downs until it reaches the white chalk cliffs of Eastbourne.
The trail crosses open fields and agricultural land as the chalk cliffs fall away to reveal far reaching views of the English Channel.
Admiring the spectacular views from the white chalk cliffs and over the English Channel.
Exploring the idyllic village of Alfriston, nestled in the beautiful Cuckmere Valley.
Arriving in Eastbourne to a memorable finale of high cliffs and dramatic coastline.
|Price per person
|From Amberley to Eastbourne
|4 days walking
|From Amberley to Eastbourne
|5 days walking
Travel to Amberley where your first night's accommodation has been booked
Amberley to Upper Beeding. 12 miles (19km)
Upper Beeding to Kingston-near-Lewes. 17.5 miles (28km)
Kingston-near-Lewes to Alfriston. 12 miles (19km)
Alfriston to Eastbourne. 12 miles (19km)
Depart from Eastbourne after breakfast
This itinerary lists our preferred overnight stops for this tour. Sometimes there may be a shortage of available accommodation in a preferred location, in which case we will transfer you from the trail to your accommodation and back again at no extra charge. Overnight stops marked with a (T) will always require transfers as standard.
The daily mileages quoted are average trail miles only and do not include the distance from the trail to your accommodation. We do not expect you to have to walk more than a mile from the trail to your accommodation; should your accommodation be further than this, transfers will be provided as standard.
Below are the additional costs that may apply depending on your requirements. Dog friendly tours are subject to a Daily Dog Charge, which will be listed below if applicable. Our standard prices per person are based upon two people sharing a room; if you are walking on your own, or are part of a group but require a room of your own, then the Solo Walker or Single Supplements apply respectively:
You can add rest days at any of the overnight stops:
You can add rest days at any of the overnight stops:
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"All stages of planning and accommodations arrangements went flawlessly thanks to your great organisation."Ms Reynolds, USA
"My first experience of this sort of holiday – I was very impressed with how efficiently everything worked."Mr Thexton, UK
"Excellent, would definitely recommend the walk from Amberley to Eastbourne. Couldn't really go wrong as the South Downs Way is so well marked."Mr Woolley, UK
"I do like the way that whoever answers the phone at Contours seems to know all the details and is able to deal with matters immediately."Mr Simmons, UK


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The zoo was founded in 1924 during the government of President Jose Maria Orellana in the southern part of the city, as part of a huge area of distraction, then called Reforma Park with museums, parks and a racecourse.
In 1991 to date there have been renovations that increasingly more improve management and facilities. Later, with the conversion of a small airfield at the International Airport La Aurora Park it was intensely diminished. The remains of an old viaduct can be found around the park. In 2007, the racetrack was demolished due to further expansion of the airport.
The zoo is divided into three areas: African region, Asian region and Americas region, also with sections of farm animals, snakes and Australian fauna.


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Father and son film outer space, do-it-yourself style
The video of this camera's trip is Very Cool, and thinking on how they did it all and what they got for it is AWESOME!
I'm putting in all links this video and info are on, in case one or more go away someday.
Homemade Spacecraft by Luke Geissbuhler
Brooklyn Space Program


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Chin & Head Rest
This is a companion product to RehaCom and highly recommended for training Visual Field issues especially hemianopia and many other applications which require the head to be stable. This high quality, height adjustable, chin rest allows the client to stay in a comfortable and reproducible position in front of the monitor, therefore maintaining the same viewpoint throughout the training session.
The chin rest is easily and securely adjustable in height and can be adapted individually. It is made of a white, enamel alloy construction and can be fixed to a table with a screw clamp. The design makes it very easy to clean. The weight is 1.25 Kg. Minimum height of chin from desk is 280mm and maximum is 410mm. Maximum table thickness to accept the clamp is 45mm. The head band can be detached if necessary.
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Bobbi Jo Krals
Director, Producer, Writer
Bobbi Jo Krals is an award-winning Director, Producer and President of Esperanto Productions Inc., a documentary television production company founded in 1997. Krals has also been a board member of Women in Film & Television and is a member of the Documentary Association of Canada.
Krals co-directed and co-produced She Got Game: Coming of Age on the WTA Tour, a unique, behind-the-scenes look at women's tennis that aired in Canada on the LIFE Network (English), and in French on CBC/Radio-Canada and TFO. The film has already received four international awards and screened at over a dozen festivals worldwide.
Krals previously produced and directed a one-hour documentary film called Shrinkage, which follows the irreverent journey of aspiring stand-up comic Sherry Shaw-Froggatt. Sherry was recently diagnosed with manic depression and sees humour as an antidote, turning her ailment into a comedic mission to break down stigmas about mental illness across North America. Shrinkage aired on CBC, Vision TV and SCN and includes cameos with renowned comedians such as Kathy Kinney (The Drew Carey Show) and Eric Idle.
Krals also directed and co-produced the award-winning half-hour documentary shot in Pakistan called A Calling to Care.
Bobbi Jo has also filmed on location in Romania, Harlem, Zimbabwe, Canada and Guatemala for the Gemini-nominated 13-part documentary series Rainmakers (Adobe Productions for CBC, TFO-TV Ontario, Vision TV, YTV, SCN, Canal Vie) and for the one-hour documentary Ray Bradbury : An American Icon (WIC/Great North Productions for CTV, Sci-Fi Channel), which was shot in Paris, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, and New York. She also worked on the irreverent one hour television special This Thing Called Love (Great North Productions for CTV), which took an offbeat look at love in the 90`s. Bobbi Jo field-produced for Harrowsmith Country Life (Stone Soup Productions for The Discovery Channel), and worked on location in Los Angeles for the series On the Internet (Cochran Entertainment for The Discovery Channel & PBS).
Prior to her directing and producing career, Bobbi Jo worked for many years as a unit publicist on many film and tv projects including: the drama series Destiny Ridge (Great North Productions for CanWest Global, starring Laurie Holden (she starred opposite Jim Carrey in The Majestic, released in 2002); the NFB documentary Born at Home and Out: Stories of Lesbian & Gay Youth; the feature film Sleepless (starring Michael Ironside, Kate Vernon, Craig T. Nelson, M. Emmet Walsh); the CBC youth series Northwood, Spoils of War (Elise Productions for ABC; Hallmark Hall of Fame starring Kate Nelligan, John Heard, Rhea Perlman); Black Fox Trilogy (RHI International for CBS, starring Christopher Reeve & Tony Todd); and the feature film Samurai Cowboy (SABAN International starring Robert Conrad, Hiromi Go, Matt McCoy, Catherine Mary Stewart).


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Rating: Deluxe
The camp has four permanent thatch-covered stone chalets, each with a private veranda, so you can enjoy views of the Kapamba River from the privacy of your own room. All have en-suite bathrooms with large sunken bath and twin showers, toilet and double vanities. There are two doubles and two twins and all are open to the widest side, giving private views to the water and having a trellis of metal doors which can close at night to make you feel more secure from the wildlife! There is a central deck with the lounge, bar and dining area overlooking the river, which flows year round.
A superb South Luangwa safari using Bushcamp Company camps.
"LOVED this camp. The rooms are really funky, with bright 'African' colours and decor and the bath is pretty spectacular too! I could have easily spent 5 days here to really experience the bush in all its glory. "


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This spring I spent my time talking about Big Hunger in blue islands floating in a sea of red: in places such as Warren, Ohio; Pittsburgh, PA; Detroit, MI; Morgantown, WV; Fresno CA; Stockton, CA; Tulare County, CA; Carrboro, NC; Hendersonville, NC; and Columbia SC.
Here are a few insights:
Youngstown, Ohio: I hadn't been back to my hometown for about a decade. While downtown is recovering from its 30 year economic doldrums, with new stores, hotels, and even condos, the rest of the city is a shell of what I remember: vast stretches of empty lots, boarded up homes, only one supermarket in the city, and an endless array of dollar stores. Yet there were signs of resilience and rebirth. The Lake to River Cooperative is an inviting meeting space and store, where one can grab a healthy lunch and buy local produce. In nearby Warren, the Trumbull County Neighborhood Partnership deployed a Community Food Projects planning grant to create a Community Food Security strategic plan for the city of 40,000, which suffers from a 35% poverty rate. Interestingly, Trumbull County is one place which flipped from blue to red in the 2016 election, for the first time since 1972.
North Carolina: The hunger industrial complex is alive and kicking in NC. Smithfield Foods, now owned by a Chinese firm that is the largest pork producer in the world, lost a nuisance lawsuit to residents near one of its hog CAFOs, who complained about the impacts of the manure lagoon on their health. This lawsuit, with 25 similar ones pending, brought to the public attention the horrific health impacts that hog factories have on rural communities, in which millions of gallons of hog manure fester in outdoor lagoons and are sprayed onto fields, poisoning nearby residents with ammonia and methane. In a classic case of environmental racism, the majority of residents around hog farms in NC tend to be African Americans and Latinos, according to a UNC study. To improve its image and dispose of its overproduction, Smithfield Farms has been donating tens of thousands of pounds of pork products to food banks around the country.
Are food banks just doing their job and acquiring food wherever they can to feed the nation's poorest residents? Or are they complicit in whitewashing and perpetuating environmental racism? Should food banks apply ethical standards in accepting food and money?
Fresno and Tulare County, CA: I gave two talks in the San Joaquin Valley, America's fruit and nut basket: one at Fresno State University and another at Tulare Foodlink. These counties are among the poorest and hungriest counties in the state, with high degree of health disparities. Fresno has the highest poverty rate in the state at 25.6% with Tulare County next with 25.2%. Great wealth and power inequalities exist between the impoverished, many of which are farmworkers, and corporate farms. These power relations also transfer over to the emergency food system. For example, one Tulare County food pantry that serves some of the most impoverished residents in the County allegedly received a load of extremely poor quality food from their local food bank, prompting them to call the food bank to ask "Is this the best that we deserve?" They knew that other food pantries in better-off communities, that were more politically connected were receiving high quality food from the food bank. The quality of the food given to the powerless and marginalized persons communicates to what degree they are valued, and treated as equals to evreyone else in society.


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"Through sharing our stories we discover our connections, our unity and our diversity. And, we discover ourselves." - Cindy Reinhardt
We share our stories in many ways: through conversations, writing, the choices we make in life and simply in our habits of being. Through our stories we discover what connects us as well as what divides us. In sharing our stories we create opportunities for deeper connection, expanded awareness and peace.
In talking with some people our stories seem naturally connective. Through them we discover common interests, shared experiences, and passions that reinforce our unity. When I'm out in the beauty of nature, the story that I hold deepens my sense of being a part of something greater than me. Even now, looking out the window at falling snow, I feel that unity with all that is.
When we discover mutual interests, it's easy to engage, building on one discovery to explore what may be possible in the future from our common ground. These are the friendships, partnerships and collaborations that we embrace and build upon. They are easy gifts to receive, and we can see our unity with humanity in them.
It's not so easy when we discover interests, views, habits that are divergent from ours. 'Ugh! More snow? How can you embrace the beauty in that? It's spring …'. 'How can you ignore the bad things that are happening in the world?' (I don't by the way, I simply choose to put my attention elsewhere – but that's perhaps a story for another day.)
We may walk (or run) the other way, seeking to avoid confrontation with the other or perhaps with ourselves. We may feel threatened at anything which we interpret as a challenge to our perspective. Yet, these can lead to new awareness. Therein lies the first and, perhaps most precious, gift.
Another gift is the possibility of stepping beyond the diversity. When we can take a breath and call forth the best within us from a place of curiosity, we have the opportunity to discover there is unity in all that is. Somewhere, beneath our differences is common ground.
With a commitment to respect others, we have the ingredients for forging new alliances, bridging divides, and healing one more cell of the divisiveness that stands in the way peace, personally and on the planet. With curiosity and a willingness to step outside our comfort zones, we have another piece to the puzzle of creating peace, internally, 'me to me' and externally, 'me to we'.
After all, isn't peace one of the greatest gifts there is?
Experiment for the Week: Observe how you interpret the stories you hear, read, and see. What do you notice?


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I got an advertisement in the mail the other day for a fancy marble mausoleum being built in Jersey.
"You've worked hard your whole life," it read. "Now, don't you want to reward yourself with the very best?"
This set off many thoughts: I should wait till I'm dead to reward myself? If I believed in that consciousness after death stuff what would I want with the mausoleum? I would just stay in my apartment and keep cable. And if the mausoleum is to impress the living who are going to come visit, that's unlikely. New Yorkers don't even leave their neighborhood to go to a movie.
I also wondered why I was getting my first burial pitch now, although I figured that out pretty quickly. I was about to turn 65. I had already gotten piles of Medicare related insurance material. How to be disposed of when the medical intervention failed was probably the logical next step, though not one I was especially focused on.
Also, in the home I grew up in, the view of the afterlife was vague.
"You live on in the minds of the people who love you," my mother said.
Even as a kid, this didn't sound so hot.
"Fine for them," I remember thinking, "but what's that going to do for me?"
None of the burial options I knew as an adult seemed quite right to me either. There is a sweet little hillside cemetery in Fleischmanns, N.Y., where the members of my family are planted and Gertrude Berg is the sole celebrity, but I spent so much effort getting out of the Catskills that I don't want to go back. (Yeah, I know, none of you know who Gertrude Berg was. Believe me, the people in the Fleischmanns cemetery know.)
My friend Sybil Sage, who makes personalized mosaic cremation urns, has done one for herself and her husband, a comfy shared space. It's decorated with their pictures and pictures of their son and a picture of their dog. Their son has said he would be happy to take it once they've moved in, but I have no children and it seems a lot to ask of a nephew or a niece. For one thing, their taste in art and color may be different than mine and if they don't like it or the seashell collection gets too big, I could end up in the closet, mentioned only in passing as a reference point:
"Have you seen the mop?"
"It's in the hall closet, next to Joyce."
I could choose a cemetery near New York City already inhabited by one or two people I know. I have a good friend who died a few years ago; she, her husband, a close friend I shall call Herb and I used to spend New Year's Eve together for years. Every once in a while I tell Herb maybe we should buy plots in that cemetery, so we can all hang out.
"There won't be any hanging out," he says. "You'll be dead."
"I know that rationally," I say, "It's just a nice thought."
The thing is, when it comes to dead, I am not sure anyone is rational.
Consider my mother, whose wise and mild familial remonstrations are known to readers of this column. My father had died and a member of the family was involved in a romantic relationship about which my mother had some concerns. For the sake of discretion I shall call the amorous fellow Loverboy Wadler, the Catskills Swordsman, Also Known To Roam, When There's No Ice On The Roads, Into Western Massachusetts.
Anyway, Ma was pretty worked up.
"I'll tell you one thing right now," she said. "If Loverboy goes ahead and formalizes this idiocy I am going to end it, just end it. I am going to leave this world and lay down next to your father. Because I will be the only one who can comfort him."
This was a definite theological turnaround from living on in the memories of the people who loved you.
"My mother's views of the afterlife seem to have changed," I told Herb. "She seems to think of the Fleischmanns cemetery as a big living room, where she can lay on a couch under the dirt and talk to dad. I hope she remembers that his mother, who she didn't talk to for the last 30 years of her life, is laying about 10 feet away from him."
And what of the time, accompanied by Herb, I decided I should try to find the tombstone of the grandfather I was named for, Jacob Wadler. His remains have since been moved up to Fleischmanns, but at the time he was buried in one of those cemeteries out on Long Island you pass on the way to the airport. My cousins had given me a map and we needed it — the place, with its narrow winding roads, was enormous. It was a hot summer day, Herb and I were in a little red convertible with the top down and we drove around and around, scanning stones that were cut with names that were all too familiar: Adler, Aronowitz, Rosenthal, Fishman. What with the red car and us being the only ones upright, it was impossible not to feel conspicuous.
"You know what's weird," I told Herb. "I have the feeling they're all watching us and telling each other how pathetic we are, like: 'Boy, there's some brilliants. Look at them, driving around, they can't even find a stone."
"I was thinking that, too," said Herb, who doesn't believe in an afterlife.
Because when it comes to death, no one is rational.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Praying Mantis World
A couple of videos from my nephew Dylan whose having a wild childhood in the Balkans. Great to see the youngsters inspiring each other and forming these on line friendship groups around nature experiences- on their own. Brilliant.
Dylan's blog here:
And more from what the family are up to out there here : BALKAN ECOLOGY PROJECT
Posted by Peter Alfrey at 01:32
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- 22 April 2015 at 10:29
- NATUREKIDVIDS 1 said...
Thx you so much pete :)
- 22 April 2015 at 10:29
- Peter Alfrey said...
Thank you! Great stuff :-)
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Encouraged censorship and self-censorship seem to have become popular in America today. Those who censor others, not just self, tend to favor the term "moderate," as opposed to "censor" and "moderation" to "censorship." But that doesn't change what they do. They still act as Little Caesars or Big Brother protectors of the thin-skinned. Democracy, however, demands a tough populace, not so easily offended. On this blog, and to buck the trend of censorship, banning, and ostracizing, comments are NEVER "moderated." Rarely (almost NEVER) do the targets of these blog entries respond in an effort to defend themselves with cogent counter-argumentation. This blog is testimony to how little academics, poets, critics, newspaper editors, cartoonists, political hacks, cultural council apparatchiks, librarians et al appreciate VIGOROUS DEBATE, cornerstone of democracy. Clearly, far too many of them could likely prosper just fine in places like communist China and Cuba or Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Russia, not to mention Sweden, England, and Austria.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Saramago... muerte
—José Saramago, El Mundo, Madrid, 6 de diciembre de 1998
Saramago died yesterday at 86. I liked some of his writing and posted an essay of his a decade ago on The AD web page en espanol (see http://www.theamericandissident.org/CriticalEssays/Saramago.htm).
The cartoon above was sketched about a decade ago also. As with all rich and famous writers and poets, things are not always as ideal as depicted. They are flying Saramago's arse all the way to Lisboa from Lanzarote in the Canarias in a very expensive looking coffin where they will incinerate him, then throw his ashes to the wind. What a waste of money, especially for a devout atheist like Saramago! The communist Saramago doesn't make much sense here, unless of course one can and does divide communists into the wealthy and the not-so wealthy. By the way, I've been to Lanzarote, an amazing island of volcanic beauty... other worldly. In fact, it was where Planet of the Apes was filmed. Get there, if ever you can!
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- Spencer Troxell said...
Cremation is the way to go. Of course, it would be my luck that when I finally get to visit some beautiful and exotic island it would be from the comfort of an ash tray.
Is there any other way to divide communists than the super rich and super poor? Communism is such bullshit. Just another creepy religion.
- June 20, 2010 at 5:43 AM
- G. Tod Slone said...
Actually, Lancerote is like an ashtray. Vast landscapes of black volcanic ash. Yes, it is an ideology.
- June 20, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Spencer Troxell said...
I didn't know who Saramago was before he died, but I ran into a copy of 'Blindness' at Half Price Books after I read this, so I bought it. I'll probably try to read it this weekend.
- June 22, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- G. Tod Slone said...
Not sure how that's going to read, Blindness. I liked his essays best. I tried getting into one of his novels, but died halfway through. Good luck on it.
- June 23, 2010 at 4:56 AM
- Spencer Troxell said...
There are a lot of writers who I prefer to read essays from. Usually they're the ideological ones, like Orwell and Pamuk. When I know that what the writer is really trying to get across is an essentially political or philosophical message, I prefer to just dispense with all of the dressing up that they do when they build stories around their points. I could see how Saramago would be one of those guys, but I'm really not interested in reading about the virtues of communism. The way some of the revolutionary writers from the Che-days write about that ideology is pretty frustrating to read for me. I want writers to be doubters and iconoclasts. When I read Langston Hughes saying 'We can all be red', I'm embarrassed. It's like a whole generation of supposed-to-be gadflies had been hoodwinked by door to door evangelists.
Would you recommend a specific essay by Saramago?
- June 23, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- G. Tod Slone said...
Excellent commentary, Spencer! Can you recommend a Pamuk essay? As for Saramago, the essay I liked is posted on The AD website under Critical Essays. It is, however, in Spanish. That said, when are you going to send me a critical essay or poem for The AD? Also, how about subscribing? I just had to mention that, so if you're not interested just ignore the comment. Shame on me! Anyhow, I do enjoy your intelligent commentary. In fact that last comment of yours would make the basis of an excellent essay, even 2pages worth!
- June 24, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Spencer Troxell said...
I appreciate the compliment. If I ever write anything like that, I'll be sure to keep you in mind.
Since we're cross promoting, I usually just post whatever I write directly on my own blog:
One of my biggest weaknesses is impatience, and it's easy to just post something on my blog and maybe cross post it at one or two other sites. If I'm not getting paid for the things I write, a quick response and access to a wide-ish audience is second best. I would certainly be happy to send you something someday though. The wheels are creaking...
Too bad about the Spanish thing. Blindness didn't do anything for me.
I've only read Pamuk's 'Other Colors' collection, but 'Dostoevsky's Fearsome Demons', his essays about Albert Camus and Nabokov, and 'On Poetic Justice' is good. I'm pretty sympathetic to his worldview. I would recommend the whole book.
- June 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- G. Tod Slone said...
Great! I'll have to check out Fearsome Demons. You've got a sharp mind... and this I state not lightly. Onwards!
- June 26, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- Spencer Troxell said...
A sock-puppet blog called 'You're Not Helping' just went up in flames, and the subject of anonymous blogging came up. We mentioned this topic in passing, so I thought I'd get your opinion on it. Russell Blackford blogged about it here:
I came out unequivocally against anonymous blogging at first, but eventually decided that the ability to anonymously speak is as important to democracy as the ability to speak freely as yourself. I guess it all depends on who is doing the speaking and why. Spider Man is a good guy, The Green Goblin is a bad guy. They both wear masks.
- June 30, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- G. Tod Slone said...
Yes, an interesting topic. However, I am entirely against anonymous anything. Fear and cowardice should not be encouraged in a democracy. Those who hide anonymously shame those who had to hide anonymously because speaking out could carry a death sentence. So many academics hide in anonymity. Just look at the comments posted on InsideHigherEd.com! How can one possibly trust words written by an anonymity? Human dignity is lost! Freedom is lost! Anonymity shames our democracy. Stand up and be a man or woman is what I would say to the anonymous. Be proud of your opinions. But remain flexible with their regard. And of course I could go on and on.
- July 2, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Spencer Troxell said...
Obviously I've chosen not to go the anonymous route, but I understand why someone might. Reprisal for expressing ideas is a real threat in most environments, even in the good old U S of A. That's why we vote in private, and that's why whistle blowers are protected.
I don't like it (or respect it) when people hide behind assumed identities for the most part, but I think they should be able to.
But I like your stance, and I think the key to what you say is the part about remaining flexible about your ideas.
- July 3, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Spencer Troxell said...
If you didn't check the site, here was my comment:
"I'm unsure about the justifications for anonymity. They're easily rationalized, sure, but what point is free speech (the YNH author is an American) if you can't speak freely and honestly.
I work in a field that could easily justify my expulsion for unpopular commentary, yet I decide to speak as who I am. I have no respect for people who want to loudly proclaim their beliefs, yet are unwilling to sign for them on the dotted line. I have even less respect for people who want to create an illusion of consensus through fraud to bolster those beliefs with.
- July 3, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- mather said...
There's this new site called Trick with a Knife, and a guy came on recently using a name that I am sure is false, Khakjaan Wessington. His google bio pic has a pic of a book and he reveals nothing about who or what he is, except of course, a writer. Now, he is all in favor of anonymous commenting and thinks everyone should do it. I called him a coward for being anonymous, and of course he scoffed at that, simply the opinion of an idiot. Next thing you know he checks my bio and makes a wise crack about me being a cab driver! Because I am open about who I am. This is the mentality of the anonymous commentor 99 percent of the time. If the person was a true "whistleblower" on a big issue I could understand the fear of serious physical or economic backlash, but that is hardly ever the case.
- July 4, 2010 at 7:38 AM
- G. Tod Slone said...
Yes, there are RISKS in speaking out. BUT taking RISKS augments ones character, places one on the EDGE, where creativity burns brightest. Contrary to your assertion, S, most whistleblowers are probably not protected. And I can say that personal whistleblowing experience. Anonymity simply encourages cowardice. So I disagree with you entirely. Otherwise, I too do not respect those who would say WE, as opposed to I. And I've come across that many times. It is a hollow rhetorical ploy.
As far as economic backlash, M, what citizens need to do is learn to live simply. Far too many put JOB and WEALTH ACQUISITION above TRUTH and COURAGE. Thus, and I've said this to many an academic, speak truth openly and if you lose your job, then get another job. Flip burgers if you have to or drive a cab. Just fuckin with you Mather.
- July 4, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- mather said...
Go here for some amusing interaction with anonymous righteousness.
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