My friend Yang-May Ooi, social marketing guru, author and writer of the popular www.fusionview.co.uk blog recently commented on a plea from poetry publisher Salt to "buy just one book," to help the beleaguered mostly family-owned business to survive the current economic downturn.

See Yang-May's insightful comments and the email from Salt here: www.fusionview.co.uk/2009/05/a-sad-day-for-the-book-industry   Read more...

Gedicht van een Ode-lezeres.   Read more...

TLW (Toegevoegde Letsel Waarde) en Anti-reclame tegen ongeZONDe uitwassen   Read more...

De Openbaringen van Joker Constructor 2009   Read more...

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Geachte Ode,   Read more...

The biggest challenges standing in our way to achieving good health are stress, lack of sleep and the biggest of all, diet. Unfortunately, these three obstacles really sum up the average American lifestyle. The good news is through supplementation, we can promote optimum health without completely changing how we live…though eliminating our unhealthy habits is always best.

This guide covers seven key dietary supplements, which we here at Swanson Vitamins have discovered over the last forty years can be beneficial to nearly every body.   Read more...

Kim Korona is a graduate of our M.Ed. program at the Institute for Humane Education and a friend and colleague. Kim doesn’t usually like to make waves. She’s so kind and caring and avoids conflict with people assiduously. But she’s also a changemaker and a humane educator. This fall she moved to Brooklyn, New York, to be a humane educator for HEART, offering humane education programs to schools throughout the city. She moved into an apartment that had a host of problems, from smoke and a build up of soot from an improperly functioning boiler, to lack of fire and carbon monoxide alarms. She brought up the problems with her landlord, to no avail. Kim had some concerns about her own health, but when she also began to learn about the problems her neighbors were having, which included severe symptoms ranging from headaches and migraines, to nose burns, excessive coughing, black mucus, and sore throats, Kim took action. She contacted her neighbors, co-wrote a stern but honest petition to the management for them to sign, and launched change. The problems have been fixed.   Read more...

Vanaf vandaag is op www.facethis.nl de tweede collectie Face This t-shirts verkrijgbaar. De eerste t-shirts die de stichting tijdens de oprichting begin december 2008 presenteerde, verkocht veel sneller uit dan verwacht. De nieuwe collectie bestaat dan ook uit dubbel zoveel ontwerpen en is verkrijgbaar in extra veel verschillende maten. Met de nieuwe collectie zamelt Face This nòg meer geld in voor beter onderwijs in ontwikkelingslanden.   Read more...

Arun Manilal Gandhi, kleinzoon van Mahatma Gandhi, sluit eind mei zijn bezoek aan Europa af met een vierdaagse toer over geweldloosheid en vrede door Nederland en Belgie, om zijn 75e vrjaardag te vieren.

American investment in Africa has the potential to provide much-need jobs, access to healthcare, and generally improve standards of living. In fact, American corporations are becoming increasingly interested in investing in Africa, with some regarding it as the last big growth market, but they are often deterred by Africa’s negative image, a new study shows.

US companies in some sectors, particularly technology companies, now regard Africa as “the last frontier for growth”. It has a market of one billion people, mobile telephone networks have been successful, and other countries, particularly China, are increasing their African investment thrust. Accessing that huge market will benefit investors, but also has the potential to improve life for Africans as workers and consumers.   Read more...