Toys for Africa!

14 December 2011 Bulletin Board
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While on the subject of motorbikes, I’ve decided to balance my last road biking post with something interesting from the other side of the fence, given that Dave is so involved in both aspects of biking. Enduro World magazine constitutes a lot more than the catchy byline “The Best Ride You’ll Ever Read” implies. The [...]

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Keeping the Rubber on the Road

29 November 2011 Daily Life
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As regular readers know, Dave is a long time biker, having raced superbikes professionally for 9 years (including representing South Africa internationally), as well as racing dirt bikes for many more and also doing his fair share of instructing other riders. Despite retiring a few weeks ago from the racing side of riding, he’s far [...]

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Business Being “A Force for Good”

20 November 2011 Bulletin Board
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WOW, what an awesome Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) this has been, engaging approximately 10 million people in over 100 countries – all in an effort to “inspire, connect and equip entrepreneurs while showcasing the support that is available to them all year round”. One entrepreneur who is making a difference is Conor Mccreedy, pictured above. [...]

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Free Global Telesummit for Entrepreneurs, celebrating GEW 2011

8 November 2011 Bulletin Board
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I am delighted to share with you an amazing no-cost telecall opportunity, featuring world-renowned business owners who will be providing crucial business growth advice. Michelle Salater, President of Sūmèr, LLC in the USA, online marketing guru and creator of the Love Your Blog elearning program, and I recently cofounded Billions without Borders, which aims to [...]

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Wild Things Wringing Our Hearts Inside Out

31 October 2011 Daily Life
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There’s such truth in the saying that “When one door closes, another opens.” We recently experienced this in technicolour. Believe it or not, regular readers and long-time friends: Dave made a momentous decision 3 weeks ago, namely to retire from motorbike racing (after an on-off period of around 35 years). He’ll still ride of course, [...]

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Steve Jobs – Living Tribute to a Phenomenal Man

6 October 2011 Bulletin Board

What a landmark day for the world – 5 October 2011 – seeing the passing of Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, aged 56. The profound impact of his phenomenal life reaches beyond borders and through psyches to touch so many of us in some way [...]

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Better Late than Never to Save our Rhino’s

23 September 2011 Bulletin Board
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Big oops on my part, as I missed posting yesterday, 22nd September, for World Rhino Day. Please follow the link to find out about this special initiative for these precious creatures whose survival is more severely threatened than ever before. Here is some of Dave’s wildlife photography taken in game reserves around South Africa, in [...]

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Look Before You Leap…into the Blogosphere

21 September 2011 Blogging
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NOTE: This is a special GUEST POST by our great friend, the brilliant Lance Ekum of the Jungle of Life blog, who I’ve asked to share some blogging tips with you that he’s learnt during the course of his super successful blogging journey. Thank you, Lance, and enjoy, Everyone! Naomi “In the winter of 2008 [...]

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Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Blog Star!

20 September 2011 Daily Life
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It’s come to my attention that our beloved Jina’s blog star status has been slipping, since I haven’t posted photographs of her in a while. NOT acceptable, especially in light of what a beautiful (albeit small by usual standards) Norwegian Forest Cat she is! Thank you to fabulous Jamie at Musing by Moonlight for the [...]

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