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Archive for August, 2009

Tell your Senator to support climate legislation!

The World Wildlife Fund is urging voters to put pressure on their State’s Senators to support climate legislation in Washington with the “Act for Our Future” campaign; a national public awareness campaign

Humanitarian travel adventures through the Thar Desert of India

The award-winning, humanitarian-based adventure travel company Relief Riders International (RRI) has developed an all-new humanitarian program for 2010 that leads humanitarian expeditions on horseback

Dinner and a Portrait

On the penultimate night of our summer vacation in Extremadura, we went, at my insistence, to a local restaraunt that we call El Cruce because it’s at a crossroads, but that is really called Hotel

Coin Operated Amusement

The other day I took Nora out for a walk. We stopped at a bar with a terrace, and I ordered a glass of wine and opened a book. Nora was content to observe the other patrons. By bad planning, I was

Cantabrian Clogs: Shoes With Legs!

These wooden shoes, called albarcas de Cantabria in Spanish, date back to at least 1657, when King Felipe IV mentioned them in a letter to the Pope. They are overshoes, worn over your house slippers,

24/08/2009 - BJJ (No-gi)

Class #239

Combat Athletics, (BJJ), Rich Green, Coventry, UK - 24/08/2009

[I fly to Turkey on the 30th August, and won't be back until the 17th September. I had planned to get in another training session


20/08/2009 - BJJ

Class #238

Combat Athletics, (BJJ), Rich Green, Coventry, UK - 20/08/2009

Pippa, one of the women I used to train with at RGA, is in the process of setting up a special seminar specifically for women who


18/08/2009 - BJJ (No-gi)

Class #237

Combat Athletics, (BJJ), Rich Green, Coventry, UK - 18/08/2009

Wales was good fun, with yet another set of people in the house: changes every year, as different groups of friends manage to make


11/08/2009 - BJJ (No-gi)

Class #236

Combat Athletics, (BJJ), Rich Green, Coventry, UK - 11/08/2009

The hour of drilling and rolling with Rosie at Warwick a couple of weeks ago was handy, with two things of particular use. First,


DVD Review - Gracie Combatives (Rener & Ryron Gracie)

Short Review: If you’re looking for a basic self defence course and don’t care about belts, then Gracie Combatives would be an excellent choice. The instruction is superb, with an unprecedented level