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Well i have been an athiest for 3 years, i found atheism on my own. I never did belive in god though i was told to and everyone did and told me to. So about 4 years ago i just beleived in god just to "be safe". I find that alot of people are doing this. Then topics such as the war in Iraq, Abortion, and Gay rights started to bother me. How religious beliefs (not jsut christianity) are being used to tell others what they can and cant do. The unites states in NOT a theocracy and it was NOT intended to be. So after i started to reaalize this and i got mad i was like ok well i dont belive in god, so now what? well i found wonderful atheism.
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Working on the Naturist's Guide to Corisca, so I thought it might be good to put up a collage of photos from our visits to this naturist haven from our several visits over the past fifteen years. An island with France sensibilities toward naturism, Italian influences for cuisine, and all with a quirky Corsican twist makes for a great nakation.
Rebels with a Cause: A story of two meandering naturists
My blog is just over five years old now, and after an incredibly busy year with great periods of sparsity for managing new posts with fresh topics, I've exploited a bit of down-time in recent weeks to catch up. In doing so, it occurs to me that people rarely click back beyond a page or two of a blog, if that. In the blogosphere, everything is more or less in present tense, until it simply ceases to exist altogether.
And thus, it occurs to me that my sudden influx of new readers – resulting simply from a sudden increased presence amidst all things naturist on the internet – have little or no idea who we are, how we found our way into naturism, and why we would seek ways to promote such a thing.
Seems our story is unusual, as it was my wife who made the first foray into social nudity, and well before she was my wife, or even an acquaintance. Though we attended the same university in California, we had not yet met when she was enrolled in a Human Sexuality course that included an action research project. Most students stayed pretty closely on script, visiting a home for women, or a Planned Parenthood clinic. But my (future-tense) wife and a friend decided to venture out to a famous nude beach near Santa Cruz to see what all the fuss about. The was the early 80s, mind you, when the last wafts of free love were still blowing south from the Haight-Ashbury. They weren't out looking for that, or anything else in particular. They simply thought it would make for an interesting term paper.
We had been dating for some time when she first told me this story, which immediately caught my attention given my proclivity for home nudity as a kid growing up in a very conservative household. My father would frequently rant about the newspaper stories that gave the play-by-play about a nearby nudist watering hole, and I think he was genuinely giddy when the police finally raided the place and sent all the hippies away to find their clothes.
Suffice it to say, I was nude-curious, but it would actually be another three years until I would work up the courage to bare all, with all the typical concerns about male arousal, wandering eyes, and comparison shopping! We were married by then, and it was immediately evident my wife had – unknowingly at the time – married a serial naturist. Neither of us had the body types that played well in a swim-suit, nor were either of us fashion conscious enough to even join in that game. But naked on the beach became an immediate and persuasive common denominator that would come to define many other values in our relationship, beginning with this unusual thing that we shared with each other, to the way we'd eventually raise our children in regard to body acceptance and self-esteem.
It is worth noting that at this point of our lives, children arrived early, and money was tight! And beaches in Northern California were always a crap-shoot even at the height of summer, as it might be 90°F five miles inland, but round the bend near the ocean, and suddenly you're shrouded in fog! We found a quirky hot-spring establishment that was close enough for an occasional Friday night date, and if we could save up enough for a real splurge, we'd visit a brand new little nine-room inn called Desert Shadows resort in Palm Springs, California. I remember fretting over our first visit, trying desperately to read the subtext on a primitive 1993 website (remember those?) as to where you could and could not be naked, and is there an implicit expectation that we will be doing more there than lying naked by the pool? We watched the place grow up, and even took the kids a time or two, and it was… "OK." Except for the part when they would ask, "Where are the other kids, mom? Thought you said there would be kids here."
We also checked out a couple traditional nudist clubs in the Bay Area, then later, on the east coast, far enough inland to be warm, and remote enough to be naked. But almost without fail, not only were we the token familial unit on the grounds that day, but we would be saddled with the sales pitch of "You can come three times, then you need to become members." Membership might have involved a commitment to helping with spring cleaning, or to serve chili at the cook-out dinner, but it almost always required a hefty annual membership fee that at the time was roughly equivalent to two months of our food budget. Perhaps a worthy investment for some, but beyond our means at the time, especially when we knew that life with young kids – at least for us – did not mean every weekend at the nudist club, particularly since we couldn't find one where our kids didn't feel like Thing One, Two, and Three.
In the meantime, I had been corresponding with a guy named Don (Cadonick, I think was his on-line forum name) on a server called Compuserve. Even in its time, it was basic technology, and one had the sense that when you hit send, a pigeon carried the message from the back of your computer to that of the receiver several states away. Slow, cumbersome, and awkward were the defining traits of the platform, but it was about the only place I could find an internet message board about social nudity, or… naturism.
This guy Don was married to a French woman. He read my post about my frustrations in searching for a place where we could practice naturism as a family. A place where we would all feel safe, where the amenities would be a bit nicer than a 1950s church camp, and where the children would feel like they're part of a real community with families like ours, doing things that families do! After bantering back and forth on the topic over several posts, he finally gave me the clear directive that what I was looking for most certainly did exist, but I was looking on the wrong continent. He pointed me to a place called La Jenny, west of Bordeaux on the south Atlantic coast of France, suggesting my efforts were futile until I found a way to get there and see it for myself.
Remember, we were long on children, and short on cash! So it took several years until my wife and I could make our first reconnaissance trip to naturist France. We checked out St. Tropez, (Yeah, I guess!) and the famous, or infamous Cap d'Agde (Oh! Well… That's something!), then finally made our way to Village Naturiste La Jenny, where Don's words immediately rang true. Naked or clothed, this was a beautiful holiday center for families from all over Europe where everything happened in (at least) four languages, and as weather permitted, most things required no clothing. Nirvana!
Our children were near adolescence before we could cobble together enough frequent flyer miles and loose change to get a family of five to France, but from then on, we somehow found a way to make the trek every other year, until things got a bit better yet and we could go every year. Strangely, we never morphed into one of those "naked at home" families you read about in naturist magazines. For our kids, naturism was a vacation in Europe kind of thing, and the day we would get home, they would essentially revert to traditional American household modesty values. That was OK with us. In the last place, nudity was simply not a thing – one way or the other.
Around 2004 I put together a website about our family naturist travels, and started getting more involved in various message boards that far exceeded the technology that had been offered by Compuserve. I lost track of my friend Don and never had a chance to tell him that we had made it to France, and that he was right! In the meantime, the activist part of me said this ethos must exist in America – we just need to help other naturist families find one another with all these newfangled internet tools. To that end, I started a new website called Naturist Family Network, which I managed in my spare time for perhaps a year or two, mainly trying to create an online community where "real naturists" could find one another. Frustrated with the outcome, I eventually handed that off, and I'm not sure… it may still be hanging around the web someplace.
As such things do happen, our children grew up, our discretionary income increased, and our discretion to use it on ourselves changed quite dramatically. One advantage of starting a family young is still being (relatively) young when they leave home and graduate from college. As we both have an affinity for seeing as much of the world as possible, the value-added component of finding naturist places became nothing short of an obsession for me. The upside is that looking for a naturist place in Brazil, Thailand, or South Africa most definitely pulls you off the beaten path to where the real people live, and we will long cherish the conversations we've had with other naked travelers we've met there. But at the same time, we've stumbled into the reciprocal downside – that outside of a few European countries where nudity is a normal part of the social fabric, (Thinking Germany, France, Spain, and Croatia to name the biggies!) social nudity is at least as complicated and quirky everywhere else as it was in California thirty years ago. It some places, quite a lot more so.
But alas, we continue to meander, seeking out unique travel experiences – naturist when possible, but with a good bit of exploring along the way – while documenting our travels in hopes of accomplishing two things. First, that people will come to think of naturist travel the same way they think about back-packing or ski vacations. "It may or may not be right for me, but it seems perfectly normal that other people would want to do that." And secondly, an effort to simply normalize social nudity itself, until again people might say… that's not a thing! In the same way that hiking or skiing is not a thing. At least, not a weird thing.
There is an interesting bi-product/conundrum of keeping this blog. Now married well over thirty years, we can earnestly say that travel and naturism are most certainly defining characteristics of our life together. And because naturism is what it is, that's been somewhat removed from the rest of our hustle-and-bustle lives. Many of our friends and colleagues know about our nakations; many others simply know we like to travel. The fact that blogging makes the private part of our life "anonymously public" is something of an oxymoron. We simply hope that in doing so, we might encourage a few others to take the leap, and join us in the crusade for making naturist travel and social nudity more mainstream and less circumspect. Like… it's not a thing.
Nakation Chronicles III: St. Martin, Croatia, Corsica, and France (2005)
Just now grabbing a few minutes to get back to my blog after our recent summer naturist activity ended quite abruptly and we re-entered the clothed and work-a-day world. And thus, on to the third installment of the Nakation Chronicles, especially poignant as 2005 was our first visit to St. Martin (SXM), as well as one of our first major naturist journeys across Europe, including Croatia, Corsica, and two places in France. Looking back, I find that we didn't take so many photos that summer devoid of full-frontal nudity. But it chronicles our naked travel, nonetheless.
Make sure you check out the previous Nakation Chronicles installments:
Nakation Chronicle I: The Pre-Digital Age
Naked Meandering Takes Time…
The last two years have been pretty intense, with a couple big projects that have required a lot of travel, and as a friend put it this morning, many instances where I could say "I worked two days yesterday!" That's tricky for a blogger, given that the very nature of blogging is organized around a chronological sense of time and space. Challenging when neither is available.
I write this post from Skinny Dippers Naturist Retreat on Mallorca, which has the unusual feature of encouraging a sense of community as many (most?) of the guests gather around the dinner table each evening; where, of course, the lead-out topic of conversation is almost always, "Where have you been, and what did you think?" If that conversation takes hold, perhaps I will disclose that I am a naturist blogger, and the most enthusiastic among them will run off to grab his or her iPad to put – shall we say – a face to the name.
"So, you've written about this place in Hawaii? Or Greece? Or Brazil?"
"Well…" I say sheepishly, "I intended to get that done, but you know how those things go."
But as of this writing, we are looking ahead to three more weeks of nakation, and there are few things sweeter in life than sitting naked on the veranda with a glass of wine and sharing your musings about past travel experiences. So whether you are a loyal fan of my blog, or you just stumbled in from the frustration of a web search where the term "nudist" pulled up all the images you weren't looking for, here's what lies ahead on the blogging agenda for the Meandering Naturist.
I wrote a couple posts about our visit two summers ago to Hawaii, but never quite got around to writing about the sweet little resort called Hangin' Loose where we lived for a week in a yurt during monsoon season – or at least, so it seemed.
And it seems that I've never shared much about our two visits to Playa Sonrisa, a quiet little resort so far down the Yucatan peninsula that you can (and we recommend that you do) take a daytrip by boat to Belize.
And for that matter, I was surprised to find out that I've left virtually no trace of our visit to naturist Brazil whatsoever, despite the drama of the story of Colina do Sol, where we met the guitar playin' naturist Celso to learn of the perils of the naturism business in 21st-century South America. So many stories to tell about that!
When asked if I've blogged about our visits to two naturist resorts in Thailand, (Oriental Village and Lemon Tree Resort) I had to search my own archives to realize that, "Nope! Those trips are pretty much missing from our travelogue." Which is a shame, as I'm particularly eager to promote naturism in this part of the world most suitable for naturism 365 days a year. Thailand is most definitely that place!
I knocked out a few posts about some of our travels last summer, but never really mused much about free-hiking on Corsica or our stay at the naturist resort Bagheera, let alone the subsequent visit to Vritomartis and a stunningly naked day on the tiny island of Gavdos – the most southerly point in Europe.
I did, however, do a pretty good job in keeping up with the blog during our time last winter (summer, there!) in Australia. At least, that is, until we got to the last two stops near Brisbane at BB at Byron Bay and a local legend known as BoBrene. But that often happens at the end of a long trip, when you start gearing up for reality at home, and the diary business goes out the window.
And finally, it seems I only gave a cursory glance to our long weekend at Paya Bay in Honduras, which I've taken to calling my new Caribbean Branch Office. Another case where we're eager to simply get the word out about this little gem that has been flying below the radar of much of the international naturist community.
So that's quite a lot of catching up to do, and as I reflect, quite a lot of miles we've accrued in getting naked on six continents over the past two years. Seems that our pacing may slow down over the course of the next year or two as life reinvents itself, but as any blogger will tell you, the best part of the process is living the trip over through the mind's eye. If a confirmed or would-be naturist finds the motivation in these pictures and words to book his or her own nakation, all the better for the cause, quietly hoping for the day when clothing-optional vacations are as normal as a trip to Disney World. For this meandering naturist, they are most certainly a lot more fun.
Individual trip reports to follow in a quasi-chronological order. In the meantime, I always enjoy conversing with other naturists, so if you can't find it in the search bar of my blog, don't hesitate to ask Naturist Dan.
Happy naked wanderings to you!
Nakation for Dummies
So I have made repeated mention in recent posts of my daughter and 20-something friends – mutual friends, I might add – who have become increasingly naturist-curious; a true bonanza for a long time naturist blogger who throws a small party every time he gets a new follower on his blog. This, in an age where nudism is frequently dismissed by Millennials as something my slightly deranged, post-modern hippie parents threaten to tell us about…
"Anyway, your father and I just booked on a nudist cruise to Aruba."
"NOOOO!!!!! MOM, don't tell me THAT stuff! Just STOP"
It's strange to me, really. I was a late bloomer, who wasn't even old enough to bloom during the Summer of Love. By the time I came of age, we were in the Reagan era, California was cracking down on nude beaches, free love was under fire from the emerging religious right, and the AIDS crisis was just about to erupt on the horizon. But the bizarre part of it all to me is the dichotomy of the strange relationship 20-somethings have with immodesty. I know quite a lot of people in this age bracket, most of whom are not especially religious, don't think twice about a one-night stand (Do we still call this casual sex?), are as likely as not to make out with a new acquaintance at a party, frequently wear seductive clothing in casual settings, but would never consider going to a nude beach or resort. What's up with that?
What's up with that, says this humble blogger, is that we've made the whole thing seem damn weird and unmanageable! Try visiting a nudist resort in the United States and it costs a fortune (Like $50 for a day visit), and only that after you submit a full FBI check to prove you're not a sex offender or puritanical ax murderer! Go to the wrong place in Europe, and you inadvertently end up at a naked geriatric center pondering your mortality in disbelief that skin could possibly have that kind of elasticity. Turn the other direction in France, and you might find yourself in Cap d'Agde, the most infamous of naked places in the world, where your inhibitions and misconceptions about naturism will turn into a nightmarish collage of men in studded collars and lesbian sex on the beach. (I know, Cap d'Agde fans – the place can be great for naturism, but send an unsuspecting newbie there? Yikes!)
And thus, a few thoughts for the newbie naturist who finds the idea of no tan lines and swimming without wet nylon a least at bit alluring.
- Leave the country! Assuming you're reading this in the US of A, (or even in Great Britain,) you need to go someplace where people aren't freaked out by nudity. The family naturist resorts on the southwest coast of France (La Jenny, Montalivet) are by far the most normal in terms of demographics, but they are difficult to get to, and the weather can be iffy. Croatia would be a good alternative, but the time and place means everything. If you go before school holidays, you're back to the geriatric thing. Do your research before you go.
- Go to a spa in Germany or Holland. Check out the website for information about FKK or Texteil Frei days, which for many of them is everyday. Elysium near Rotterdam or Therme Erding near Munich are particularly impressive, and draw huge numbers of young couples and singles who don't consider themselves nudists, but don't think twice about getting naked with others. It just feels normal.
- Search the blogosphere for things written by naturists. A lot of it is rubbish, and you'll know right away this is not going to be helpful. But now and again, you'll find a blogger who gets it, knows where to go, and when to go there. Send them a message and see if they answer. I've found many of our favorite places that way, on the basis of personal recommendations, greatly reducing the chances that you'll waste your time and money, while irreversibly damaging your psyche!
- Read Yelp and Trip Advisor reviews before you go – not just a few, but drill down. Many people adore Gunnison Beach in New Jersey, as it's one of the only substantial and recognized nude beaches in the entire country, but if you read enough reviews, you'll also learn about some of the oddities of the place as well. In fact, American nude beaches have big issues with gawkers, which is pretty much a sure-fire way to get your girlfriend to say, "Never again."
- Decide if you're an "all in" or "ease in" person. "All in" means you'll be more comfortable if everyone around you is naked, and you just need to follow suit. "Ease in" means you're seeking a mixed crowd where nudity is permitted by not required, but also means you put it out there while others around you may not. You can usually figure that out from the aforementioned trip review sites, but it's an important distinction.
- Go high-end, or go low-end, but beware of the middle. Though a bit counter-intuitive, you either want to stay at a nice naturist hotel like Vritomartis in Greece or Heliotel in France, or find a place with lots of tent camping – not miles of trailer camping – but tent camping. Why? The places in the middle tend to attract the folks who parked their travel trailer on a plot in 1967 and haven't budged since. Lovely people, they may be, but if you're looking for a youthful vibe, seek out the tent campers. Check out Camp Full Monte in Montenegro, or Belezy in France. Valalta in Croatia seems to have struck a nice balance, but not so much before schools let out in early July.
- Beware of naturist/nudist message boards if you want to feel normal about the whole thing. Like the blogosphere, there are some very cool people out there who have a lot of helpful information, but receiving a nude pic from a lonely guy in Atlanta is probably not the introduction to social nudity you're looking for.
- Seek out resources geared to people in your demographic. Perhaps the best one out there right now is The Young Naturists Association (YNA) run by Felicity and Jordan out of New York. They have done more to promote a positive image for social nudity than anything I've seen on the web for quite a long time. I have yet to attend one of their events (I'm told I'm welcome, despite the fact that I'm not quite a young naturist anymore) but from everything I've seen, they've got it right, including a blog that is thoughtful, intelligent, and informative. My guess is the people they have attracted to the cause have similar traits.
Dunno! Perhaps there's no rocket science to be found in this post, accept to say that a bad first foray into naturism is more often than not the last foray into naturism. We started young – just months after we were married (remember, our kids are in their 20s now!) so we've been at this for a while. To a large degree, our naturist travels have defined our relationship; when our naked travels have taken us to places we would never thought to have visited, where we have met people we would have never had reason to talk to.
Start young. Before you have children. Before life bogs you down. Have more questions? Ask Naturist Dan! We naturists love to advocate for our cause.
Nakation Chronicles II: France and Corsica
Installment number two of my attempt to chronicle our naturist travels as I go about sorting through the thousands of photos we've collected over the years…
Two big events in 2004: We bought a new digital camera (our first Canon Digital Rebel), and we got away for almost two weeks without the kids to explore the south of France and Corsica.
After an afternoon picnic a beach called La Bau Rouge near Toulon, we boarded the overnight ferry to Corisca, where Riva Bella became our home base, situated on a long naturist beach on the east coast of this beautiful island. That also afforded us the opportunity to visit two other naturist resorts, La Chiappa near Porto Vechhio, and U-Furu; a rustic naturist campground with a trail that leads up a small ravine to natural pools and a waterfall.
Back on the mainland, we made our first visit to Club Origan where one of the main features is a 90-minute walk along the ridges of the surrounding mountains. That became our daily workout ritual. We were also able to squeeze in a day trip to Ile du Levant – what would become the first of many in the ensuing years.
Check out the ongoing "100 Naked Places" project
Naked Places elsewhere in Europe – Under Construction
Naked Places in the Caribbean, Central, and South America – Under Construction
Naked Places in Asia, Africa, and Australia


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"Tis is Afrika" A short film about our climbing adventures in Rocklands South Africa.
The first mention of this trip was a journal entry I had in December. It was planned during my hospital stay in Jan. when Elwood Hudson said he was down for the adventure. We soon made housing reservations with Ann Raybur and her boyfriend Moses Potter. After the 2,000$ plane tickets were bought we really didn't plan anything else until Colin and I were trying to find each other in the London Airport June 28 on our way to Capetown. I was content with the rental car being 1,200$ for 5 weeks of full coverage rally car driving on the wrong side of the road. Even better I had planned on Colin driving the whole time and me attempting to navigate. Ha, not that I ever get lost:) Somehow we found Clan William and eventually our little cottage on the Travelers Rest Farm just 20 Min north of Clan William. Ann had secured a place to stay and it was perfect. The two rooms with cozy beds shared a kitchen and fireplace area that we would call home until August 3. We had made it, not been carjacked, nor yet been attacked by a man-eating cat. So far so good:) The rest of our trip was exploring the most vast frontier of valleys and trails I have ever gotten lost in. Imagine Utah before it was settled, then add cobras and leopards.
The rock is an amazing sandstone with amazing texture. Most of the climbing that I sought out was big reaches and roofs. There were a few projects I undertook with crimpy finishes or slabs, but for the most part I stuck to "my style" of big moves to big holds. It was so beautiful and the areas so vast that most days we were lost at some point, even with Colin's guidebook skills. 'The Pass' was the longest approach we found there, a 40min walk would put you in front of amazing features with wild mountains behind. The caren marked paths offered some emotional support as you wandered the overgrown sandy paths looking for chalk on rocks and pulling on cool features to test the rock as you walk. Colin was my beta calculator on this trip and together we spent alot of time driving and eating…and of course bouldering. The pictures can speak for the rock quantity, and i will attest to their quality. We both projected some hard things and for the most part came away with a proud list of sends that pushed us to the limit. We only had 2 or 3 days the whole time that we couldn't climb due to weather. Even on the rainy days Ann would be psyched on how fast the wind would dry the rocks at the '8 Day Rain' area and they would climb. When our fingers needed a break, we went to see friends in Capetown and penguins at CapePoint.
It was hard to want to leave this climbers paradise because of the friends we made and the close community built at the Hen House Coffee Shop. Becky & Sarah became good friends and our rest days became more and more meaningful. There were days when the coffee shop was a buzz of the 'who's who' of climber world… but the Best rest day we had was after I had hurt my foot on my project. I had already rested 4 days when we had our big Arts day with the local children in the village. Each farm had a dozen or so homes on the farm for the workers there. About twenty children came on this day to make wildflower sculptures for their annual wildflower parade in August. Colin and I had collected trash and brainstormed all week on how to keep kids busy and climbers teaching or helping them paint or make junk into art. Luckily we had an able crew of friends at this point to assist in the madness of flower-making from shells scrap steel and trash. Becky, Sarah, Nancy, Colin, who was that blonde haired girl? and I all played for hours that morning cutting glass bottles into wind chimes and trash into flowers, drilling shells to be threaded onto stems and finally hung on our big craziness we called a sculpture.
Nancy and I headed up the metal sculpture while Colin and Sarah prepped the origami flowers and other trash blossoms. Becky was closed today but sill managed to feed us all and helped on all the projects and actually got the children there. It was a combined effort if there ever was one… I was very impressed at the kids and the 'make it happen' attitude of our climber friends, I have not felt that good in a while. It was a special moment when we realized that the kids were gradually loosing their shyness and becoming more and more rowdy- to get their atention again we turned on some music. We blared "I heard it through the grapevine", "footloose", and a few more until every body in the building was singing or dancing. It was amazing, many of them were great dancers, we laughed very hard:) That day was so nourishing that I sent my project the next day, and another project the next day… it was the perfect end to our trip.
There were alot of firsts this trip… I'll never forget when Justin Hawkins gave Colin 3 shots of Jager-His first Buzz ever was at the De Pakhuy's campground Bar with me and a bunch of dirty climbers. I sent my first 7A, and Colin sent his first 7B. Colin had never left the country before, I had never been to Afrika or seen PENGUINS. I got to meet one of the climbers i admire the most, Philipe from France-When I saw his film I knew I couldn't complain about hands or toes hurting. He is a really cool guy. Oh yeah, i have 10 dreadlocks in my hair thanks to my dreadmother Sarah and Colin's endless psych over dreadlocks- the ugliest coolest hair style there is. "Tis is our story"….


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December 8, 2009 - Eddie's a Go! After waiting years for the perfect surfing conditions to run the prestigious big wave contest, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational was finally on at gorgeous Waimea Bay on the North Shore. The contest has only happened 8 times in its 25 years of running because of their strict standard for huge, beautiful, bone-crushing waves. The waves were massive, the crowds were 20,000+, and the energy in the bay was incredible as the surfers took on natures power. It was an amazing day of surfing to see.
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Nifty spot opened at 8542.80 , made a high of 8549.50 , then went down till 8504.85 before closing at 8514 . Had mentioned that long positions can be taken above 8638 and short positions can be taken below 8614 for the day . Nifty opened below our last target for the day on the short side without giving any chance to enter the short trade with the big gap down. As per the weekly levels too Nifty has completed our initial 3 targets and now further correction will get confirmed on breaking below 8497 . Had mentioned in the previous post for October that 'Now Nifty spot has immediate resistance near 8735 - 8755 zone which should be watched as closing above 8755 will be crucial for further upmove' and we saw that Nifty was unable to break above this zone after breaking above 8700 for 4 sessions which was indicating the lack of strength in the upmove. Nifty has so far held on to its August months lows of 8515 - 8500 levels and taken support . For the coming days 'If Nifty breaks below the supports at 8515 - 8500 levels and tests our next supports of 8480 - 8464 but does not sustain or close below it , then we can again see it move up to to test our initial resistance at 8736 - 8760 and then 8815 - 8836' . Incase Nifty closes or sustains below 8464 then we may see a test of 8442 - 8382 levels on the downside.
For the month of November we can expect uptrend in Nifty spot on a consecutive closing above 8691 and downtrend on a consecutive closing below 8561 .
For today if Nifty spot sustains above 8530 we can see a initial move upto 8540 & on sustaining above 8551 we may see further upmove till 8581. Similarly if Nifty spot sustains below 8498 we may see a initial move on the downside upto 8481 & on sustaining below 8477 we may see a further downmove till 8447
Nifty Spot Levels for the day are
Long above 8530 for 8540 - 8551 - 8581 , SL 8509
Short below 8498 for 8488 - 8477 - 8447 , SL 8519
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Personal profile
Research Interests
My current research interests are in the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) to understand sensory processing in healthy development and in neurodevelopmental disorders. I am also interested in the use of MEG in clinical disorders such as epilepsy. The underlying theme which unites these topics is a desire to refine and apply physiological measurement methods for use in real-world clinical questions. My background is in psychophysics, a method to which I also often return.
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BSc Psychology Undergraduate Modules.
- Psychology and the Brain (PY1135, first year)
- Music and the Brain (PY3365, final year option)
I have worked at Aston University since 2001 when I joined as a lecturer.
Before that, I was a post-doctoral researcher in the University Laboratory of Physiology at Oxford University.
PhD, Physiological Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
BSc, Physiological Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Research Output
Auditory frequency discrimination in developmental dyslexia: A meta‐analysisWitton, C., Swoboda, K., Shapiro, L. R. & Talcott, J. B., 26 Dec 2019, In : Dyslexia.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Rogue bioelectrical waves in the brain: the Hurst exponent as a potential measure for presurgical mapping in epilepsyWitton, C., Sergeyev, S., Turitsyna, E., Furlong, P. L., Seri, S., Brookes, M. J. & Turitsyn, S. K., 21 Aug 2019, In : Journal of Neural Engineering. 16, 5, 056019.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An evaluation of kurtosis beamforming in magnetoencephalography to localize the epileptogenic zone in drug resistant epilepsy patientsHall, M. B. H., Nissen, I. A., van Straaten, E. C. W., Furlong, P. L., Witton, C., Foley, E., Seri, S. & Hillebrand, A., 1 Jun 2018, In : Clinical Neurophysiology . 129, 6, p. 1221-1229 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
From Subtypes to Taxons: Identifying Distinctive Profiles of Reading Development in ChildrenBurgess, A. P., Witton, C., Shapiro, L. & Talcott, J. B., 28 Jul 2018, Reading and Dyslexia. Springer, p. 207-227 Chapter 11. (Reading and Dyslexia; vol. 16).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Behavioral and molecular genetics of reading-related AM and FM detection thresholdsBruni, M., Flax, J. F., Buyske, S., Shindhelm, A. D., Witton, C., Brzustowicz, L. M. & Bartlett, C. W., Mar 2017, In : Behavior Genetics. 47, 2, p. 193–201 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Development of a passive MEG stimulus for measurement of the binaural masking level differenceAuthor: Gascoyne, L., 5 Feb 2015
Supervisor: Witton, C. (Supervisor) & Furlong, P. L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy


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7 Ways Every Child Can Benefit From Music Lessons
December 11, 2012 | in Nannies
As public school systems slash budgets and eliminate musical education programs around the country, more and more parents are forced to find private musical instruction for their children. For parents who aren't sure if the benefits of musical lessons justify the added expense and hassle, here are seven of the scientifically-proven benefits of music education.
- Enhanced Abstract Reasoning Skills – Abstract reasoning skills, which play a crucial role in the development of mathematical and scientific aptitude, are markedly enhanced by musical instruction, according to a 1997 study stating that early childhood music education has a positive physiological impact. Children who actively participate in band or orchestra, or who have pursued private musical instruction, also tend to have higher math and science scores in adolescent and teenage years.
- Stronger Cognitive Processes – A Henrich Heine University study reported findings that exposure to music enhances the cognitive process, boosting language and reasoning abilities. After studying the undergraduate majors of medical school students, noted physician and biologist Lewis Thomas also discovered that 66% of music majors who applied to medical school went on to be accepted, the highest percentage of any group.
- Higher Standardized Testing Scores – On average, students with musical instruction and performance experience scored up to 57 points higher on verbal portions of the SAT and 41 points higher on the math portion than their peers with no musical background, according to the College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001.
- Increased Likelihood of Finishing High School and Attending College – Several studies, including one conducted in Florida in 1990, indicated that music, art and drama programs in public schools helped children to feel more involved with their school, and fostered a sense of community with like-minded fellow students that positively influenced their decision to stay in school. Similarly, a 2007 Harris Interactive poll suggests that 88% of those holding graduate degrees have a background in music education.
- Reduced Likelihood of Drug and Alcohol Abuse – The 1998 Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Report revealed that secondary students who were actively involved with band or orchestra reported the lowest current and lifetime rates of drugs, alcohol and tobacco use. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has also issued a list of factors they believe could reduce the risk of adolescent and teen substance abuse; among them was success in school and involvement with school organizations. Children who are active participants in band, orchestra and other musical activities may face a significantly lower risk of addiction.
- Greater Self-Discipline – A paper entitled "Music Linked to Reduced Criminality", which was released by MuSICA Research Notes in 2000, examined a group of Rhode Island natives from infancy to age 30. The study discovered a significantly diminished arrest rate among those who had been involved in music and musical education. The dedication, determination and willingness to sacrifice free time for practice and performance fosters a strong sense of self-discipline in a child, which may lead to a lower likelihood of anti-social behavior.
- Increased Confidence and Self-Esteem – Developing and mastering new skills dramatically boosts kids' confidence and self-esteem. Through musical instruction, children are constantly learning new skills, improving them, and sharpening them to excellence.
Whether your child is enrolled in private music instruction, or is fortunate enough to attend a school that still offers a music program, the benefits of a music education are undeniable.← Pros and Cons of Disability Insurance for Nannies | 10 Practical Lessons Learned from the Little Red Hen →
3 Responses to 7 Ways Every Child Can Benefit From Music Lessons
Great summary, Carol. Thank you.
For readers interested in this discussion: check my blog entry 'Music makes you smarter – but so what?' on evertsworldofmusic.blogspot.com.
Keep up the good work!
Wonderful article. A nice alternative to the "added expense and hassle" of private lessons is online music lessons. Here's a nice example from the zoen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zlWbCw_b-M&feature=youtu.be&a
great article! the schools in this country don't seem to realize by cutting funding to arts programs they are making a huge disservice to our youth in this country in terms of grades, academics and overall wellness. thanks for sharing!
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Note: Garden Paws is not in alpha yet, and only has a playable demo, so it is not a full game. In this review, I judge Garden Paws as a full game because I want to offer feedback showing what I want the final version to fix. The demo is just a glimpse of what Garden Paws will become, and it is already looking fantastic.
It has been six years since the latest installment of Animal Crossing released, but I feel like I have finally turned a new leaf. Garden Paws is a life simulation game that has a similar tone to Animal Crossing, while also having enough differences to keep it feeling fresh and quirky. With daily progression, funny quests, and an interesting world, Garden Paws creates an experience that is very pleasant and nostalgic.
In Garden Paws, you play as an adorable anthropomorphic animal that moved into a new town of other animals, and owns a store just outside of your home. On the first day, you are tasked with finding a small amount of wood to give to the Frank, the man who runs the construction of new buildings in the town. This gives you a tutorial on the game's mechanics, as well as introduces one of the most important characters of the game. This was a very good tutorial because it makes you feel comfortable in this new neighborhood and is a very small task that only takes a minute to complete.
After you complete this task, you are told that your shop can be opened on 12:00 everyday, and you are free to explore the town and its outskirts. From this point forward, Garden Paws provides you with daily missions that consist of fetch quests. These quests are never too difficult, and while completing them, you can easily obtain more items to sell at your shop. With these items you gather, such as wood, you can craft items which sell for a large sum of gold.
The gold you obtain is given to Frank, and is used to create improvements in the town, such as a job board, which expands the amount of daily quests you can get. With more money, more improvements are made in the town, and in the beginning the tasks to get the money needed to improve the town never felt tedious.
This lack of tediousness was due to the quirky characters and dialogue. Every mission I was given made me chuckle, and never took a long time, until late-game. Some of the missions connect you with characters, but these emotional connections never became strong enough to make me care about any of the characters. Other missions, however, made me laugh out loud, such as the time a farmer asked me to gather poop. Yep, poop. There is a mission called Poop Collector, and the absurdity of that made me love the game even more.
Due to Garden Paws being early in development, and not reaching the alpha stage yet, I assume the lack of meaningful character interaction will be fixed in later versions, and that hilarious quests will be added as well. Meaning that my critiques of the lack of character bonding will most likely diminish as Garden Paws is completely developed.
The repetition of gathering items to sell and completing quests got a little tedious during the late-game, where some quests take multiple days to complete, but during this time gathering resources was more efficient because I had tools such as axes and pickaxes. These items made it easier to receive funds from selling items at my shop. During these quests, such as gathering 50 poop, I would go to the same coops to gather the resources everyday, giving me approximately 10 poop if I was lucky, and would have to do this everyday for five days. This gave me more time to focus on my shop which had previously been something I would do last, despite Garden Paws being heavily focused on running your shop.
This is probably my biggest critique of the game. I always felt rushed, because even though most of the missions did not take a long time, the days were not very long either. I found myself desperately looking for a certain type of flower for minutes and then the game would suddenly be lit by the moon instead of the sun. This is due to one minute of real time being an hour in the game. I feel like some days of no quests would be great to give me time to set up my shop and get enough funds to improve the town.
Speaking of the town, the map of the game is quite large and each section feels unique and beautiful. There are beautiful ponds and trees in some areas, while others are full of trash. This let me know where I was compared to where my home was located, so I very rarely had to check my map to make my way back home before I passed out from exhaustion. This made me very happy, as the map was its own menu instead of being a mini-map on screen, so the locations being vastly different kept the game flowing well.
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Ask a Metalhead: Metal in the Workplace
Lately, I'm finding that I increasingly wonder about how metal will fit into my life as I get older. After college I want to be taken seriously as a professional, and I fear that somehow my love for metal will be seen as a weakness and I will be treated poorly for it. This may be an irrational fear, but it's something I've worried about. I appreciate any advice you can offer!
This is not necessarily an irrational fear. As metalheads, I'm sure we've all experienced those uncomfortable moments with teachers, family members, colleagues, shop assistants and random people on the streets where we know we're being judged – and found wanting – on the basis of our love of metal. If you're looking forward to an exciting career, the thought of this stigma following you into your professional life can seem terrifying.
The truth is, in most cases, people in your professional life don't need to know you enjoy metal. In most jobs, wearing metal shirts to the office isn't OK (and if it is, you might find it easier not to, anyway). If you're in a shared office, you're not going to be able to plug your iPod into the office radio, but you can listen to it with your headphones on as long as you can still hear people talking to you. (I've been listening to Volbeat at the office all day). I know some metalheads who like to paper their cubicle with band posters, but you don't have to do this, either.
There's much to be said for conforming to office standards. Instead of being judged for your musical taste, you get to be judged based on your professional manner, your skill and knowledge in your chosen field and your kindness and helpfulness toward your colleagues.
When you have a reputation as a hard-working, helpful, clever, funny and enthusiastic person, this is how people see you. What music you listen to and what you get up to on the weekends ceases to matter.
My husband was poached from one department into his current job because they wanted his brain. He has a reputation as a diligent, creative, helpful person with an ability to instantly solve problems that have plagued people for weeks. He describes himself as providing "blue collar solutions to white collar problems." He was told when he started the job that he would need to wear shirts and ties in the office (he used to work in the field where he could wear what he wanted). So we went out and brought him new clothes. He still had the long hair, but you couldn't tell he was a bogan.
After a few weeks and months, as the people in the office got to know him better and saw what an asset to the department he was, he got to know them better and started talking about some of the things he was interested in, like metal, drumming, history, trains. I'm sure some people think he's a bit weird, but he thinks some of them are a bit weird, too. That doesn't mean they aren't good at their jobs. He's back to wearing metal t-shirts in the office, and no one notices or cares, because all they see is that clever, funny guy in the corner who will sort out your problems.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, in my experience, as a professional you're not judged on appearances or affiliations as much as you are on your skills, your insights, your work ethic and your ability to get on with people. Concentrate on that and you'll never have to worry about metal holding you back.
In saying that, if you show up to your job interview wearing a metal shirt and use every question to extrapolate on why Slayer is the best band ever invented, you're probably not going to get the job. If the people across the table don't know you, your enthusiasm for metal overwhelms your enthusiasm for the job … and that's what they want to see.
As for metal being a part of your life as you get older, the great thing about forging your own path is that you decide the level of involvement you want to have. I know a lot of people who still consider themselves metalheads who don't actively look for new bands to listen to, who haven't been to a show in three years, who threw out all their metal shirts when they faded and have never bothered to replace them. There are metalheads like me who had a huge metal-focused peer group, and other people who are the only metalhead in their adult friends, and that's totally OK. I know I go to a lot less shows now then I did at university. I know I've toned down my clothing a lot since high school. But I know that while everyone else in my office is holidaying in Rarotonga I'll still be tearing it up at Wacken. And they might not get it, but that's OK.
Readers, what do you think? How has your experience of metal changed as you've got older? Have you ever been in a situation where your love of metal has been considered a weakness? How do you survive in a professional environment?
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12 Comments on "Ask a Metalhead: Metal in the Workplace"
Joshua RussellNovember 12, 2011 at 2:56 pm
I am gonna give our music therapist a CD of our band practice. It will probably crack him up, are there any Metal bands in South Africa? I think they are all goody goody two shoes fullas, like they all think God talks to them and that.
We have found that Downs Syndrome and Oppositional Defiant people are great drummers, useless at anything else but great drummers. Just have to gag them to stop the chipmunk noises and that.
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VikingaNovember 12, 2011 at 10:45 am
I was luck enough mostly all my work life to be able to wear whatever I wanted and listen to whatever I wanted. But moving to England 2 years ago, made me wonder how I would fit in the world of work in a new culture and lifestyle. All that, having in mind that THIS is the country where everything started regarding to metal.
I am a lecturer in a College, and when I started, as I wanted to keep the job, I kind of tried to avoid skulls and flames as much as possible on my outfits. I kept the black tho, and the tattoos, but covered (that is, due to the iced earth around me). But once I started having very good reviews and assessments, very good comments of my observation, and a lot more responsabilities to fulfil, I felt lots more confident as to be who I am always keeping some sort of "professional" look… but still metal. I keep my nose ring now, in summer every one could see my tattoo sleeves and I am wearing skulls everytime I can. Because I like them. No one ever said a word to me about it, as they rely on my work and skills better than my appearance. Even the students find awesome to have a teacher full of tattoos. It speaks to them about how you can be yourself and be professional aswell.
If I get sacked today, I know it's gonna be because of recession, not metal lifestyle.
Joshua RussellNovember 5, 2011 at 2:57 pm
That's right. Nietzsche argued and that . . . . .
AuroraNovember 5, 2011 at 12:30 am
Great advice, Steff! It's also been my experience that playing by the rules in terms of dress code etc initially means a lot more leeway later once you've established that you are hard-working, responsible, and excellent at what you do.
I'm currently in the process of career-changing from a field in which I can wear basically whatever I like to a field in which conservative business suits are the norm (law). The lovely thing about business attire is how much of it is expected to be dark–nobody looks askance at an attorney clad in a black suit, after all; in many places, the black suit is the "lawyer uniform." Depending on where you practise and the type of law you specialise in, you may have more or less room to express your metal aesthetic. (Can you get away with a black/dark-coloured shirt or blouse, or is a white shirt deemed more appropriate? Are you meeting clients today or are you crawling through the stacks in the law library and going through dusty boxes of documents? Do you work in a country that requires you to gown for court, or do you need to pay careful attention to your sartorial choices so as not to alienate the judge and/or jury?) We women have more leeway in terms of wearing our hair long in many business environments, which is unfair, but I do know several long-haired male lawyers. Additionally, historical replica jewelry is less likely to raise eyebrows than a huge awesome troo kult skull ring or what have you. ("I got this at the gift shop at the British Museum/Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of Denmark/etc" tends to go over just fine as an explanation for more unusual pieces.)
Finally, I figure that I can be dark and morbid and lyrical no matter what I'm wearing, and I can wear whatever I want on my own time.
Finally, as you mention, metalheads tend to have interesting hobbies and pastimes and are often sought out by other interesting colleagues for our ability to converse on such things. As long as you are polite, helpful, and engaged, you might be considered odd but you probably won't be outcast either. Besides, you don't have to be best friends with the people you work with; you just need to be able to maintain a civil professional relationship. if you find someone with similar tastes to talk music with over lunch, so much the better.
DrDissonanceNovember 4, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I'm a decade-and-a-half into a career in public relations, basically helping large companies figure out how to manage their relationships with various communities. I'm 1/7th of the way toward my MBA degree and currently serve as a Senior Vice President at the firm that I work for.
And, yes, I love metal.
In the popular imagination, metal is supposed to be something that you "grow out of." No one ever accuses, for example, a fan of the Wu-Tang Clan of somehow suffering from a state of arrested development. This I will never figure out, especially since the metal community is so much more welcoming and diverse than virtually any other genre. (Think about it… Rob Halford comes out of the closet and the fan base still rallies around the band. If 50-cent turned out to be gay, his fans would be staying away in droves.)
But I digress…
At my office (several hundred employees), the metal fans form a kind of secret society in much the same way Hollywood stars who voted for George W. Bush likely talk in hushed whispers and meet clandestinely. It comes down to me, an office clerk, a mid-level colleague and (we think but… are… just… not… sure…) another VP.
Steff's point about having your work speak for itself is extremely important. Doubly important: This needs to be established *before* knowledge of your metalness is widely known. Make no mistake: People will otherwise deduct 20 IQ points if they know you're a metalhead and 35 if you show up dressing the part.
I came into my current job with a fair amount of industry cred, this that wasn't too much of an issue. I thus felt 100% comfortable having the image of Ronnie James Dio throwing the horns as the photo that accompanied my office nameplate. Otherwise, though, you'd probably never know I was a metalhead unless you happened to be in the office early/late in the day and I'm blasting something.
I have no shortage of projects, but I've lately been vitally interested in how many metal fans are in executive positions today. There are probably a lot more than we think but, for reasons already enumerated, they keep it to themselves. Any social network that catered to such a group would have to preserve anonymity as a core community tenet.
In any event, that's my story.
Ferrously yours,
Joshua RussellNovember 4, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I work at a school where all the students are retarded, so I think the principal thinks that they can just make me part of the class one day.
Downloading Black Sabbath and Judas Priest videos for severly autistic freaks to watch is fun because you get to see their reactions. They bob up and down and make noise. 'urrrrr uh uh uh eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'
I think that the teacher I work for is some kind of bible basher but nobody else wants to help him work with these nutty children. In Holland they would be euthanised or some shit. So I can come in stoned off my face or whatever. Its cool when they go nuts because Judas Priest will pump anyone up for a fucking fight ow. 'Restrain the Asian fulla!'
Would have loved to have had a job in a guitar shop or something but needs must.
BrinaNovember 4, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Oh, yes.
Sometimes happend interessting things at work. I work in a customer departmend, most of the time at telephone, rarely in direct contact to the customer.
When a old woman came to the customer office and want to talk about her bill and my teamleader sent me to her, she gaine big eyes and i could see, that she think about to go again. But after the first few words they all smile and want to know about the bill.
Often i have some apprentice near to my working place.
First they looked afraid, but later it's ok.
Some now real good friends said long time after the meet me the first time, they are realy afraid about me.
I told my colleagues about my interesst in musik and role-play-games. They don't understand it, but now we are more than colleagues.
Please, excuse my really bad english, i need to learn *be ashamed*
AltárielNovember 4, 2011 at 8:47 am
Some people see us metalheads as some sort of Satan worshipping, violent, irresponsible creeps. I don't know there the asker is from, but in some countries there's greater prejudice than in others. In my country we are seen as lazy, dirty drunkards with low expectations. When entering a new professional environment you may want to focus on your abilities, your desire to learn, how useful you can make yourself for the company, etc as well as on the social aspect, that is, being seen by your co-workers as someone they can talk to easily, someone they can relate to at least a bit. You surely want the other guys to know that you're a metalhead, and that last Saturday you went to this awesome concert and it was great and that you have a photograph with Lemmy, but you also want them to see that they can talk to you easily, and that you are interested in what they have to say too. Break the prejudice little by little. Eventually the "What did you do last weekend" question will pop and you'll have your chance to talk about how great Sonata Arctica sounded.
I have to say I get away with a lot at work (I'm typing this in my Blind Guardian T-shirt at the office right now and I've got like 10 GB worth of mp3 in my office computer and even took the day off when Blind Guardian played here last September), but I've been at this job for nearly 6 years and already proved I'm good at what I do. I wore regular clothes when I first started and kept only a few albums in the computer. Now during the week I keep a non-conventional-yet-non-controversial style. Odd but not so much. On Fridays the office runs a sort of "casual friday" thing which I turned into "concert t-shirt friday". My coworkers jokingly say things like that I stomp baby chickens or that I'll beat whoever pisses me off, but they know in reality that it's not like that, and that I help them with whatever they need or deliver the expected results in time. They also know that if I were put in a position in which I would have to talk to some important person (a manager from another area or someone from outside the company) I wouldn't throw the goat and them al yell "ALL HAIL DIO" as a salute. Though it would be awesome if they threw the goat back…
Mark RNovember 4, 2011 at 7:57 am
This is a great piece. As much we like to think "work sucks!", we do need to make a living and want to get the best job we can.
I work a normal office job. It turns out that there has not been much of a "clash" between love of metal and holding down a good job. Fortunately I don't need to wear a tie, but there's nothing wrong with looking decent and being metal – see Mikael Stanne, Ackercocke, Ihsahn, etc. Being a long-haired guy has also not been an issue – but that's a stroke of luck. There are certainly offices that are uptight about it.
As I've gotten older, metal has actually INCREASED its proportion in my life. Partly it's because as I make money, I can spend more on show tickets, albums, etc. Partly it's because as I see more of my life being spent on the job, I put increased effort into clinging to an aspect of life that isn't the office.
I use open-air earphones (instead of isolation, or noise-cancelling ones) to listen to music at work. That way I can still hear if someone says something to me.
Like the article says, if you work hard and do a good job and become known for doing so, metalheadedness is no problem. While I don't introduce myself as "Hi, I'm Mark, I work in such-and-such department, and I LOVE METAL", it's also no secret. If it comes up in conversation, I declare it with zest.
I also sometimes wonder if anyone here is a secret metalhead and is nervous about talking about it.