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Monthly Archives: October 2016
the Dutch are coming
Given our lack of a trail/fell/cross-country running tradition, and our pancake geography, it is no wonder that we don’t have many Dutch trail/mountain running podium contestants. But we’re coming. There seems to be a caveat though: first emigrate to an environment … Continue reading
visualizing Shanghai
In a recent post I embedded a great visual about Shanghai. That was just the latest of the videos about this amazing city. Most of those are (sort of) contemporary. The exception being a 1973 documentary. Just learned about this … Continue reading
trail?trends
Disclaimer: my version of trendwatching is largely an effort to detect patterns in the echo chamber of my interests. I’ve written a couple of posts on trends in trailrunning, as well as various pretentious reflections on running in general (my … Continue reading
lows and a high of Nepal
None of the places I have lived I ever really leave. None of them are a source of much happy news. Despite my widely acknowledged sunny disposition. Must be the world goes to pieces. I do consume whatever antidote comes … Continue reading
please, criticize me! (why anticorruption practitioners should scrutinize and challenge research methodology)
Although this guest post for the Global Anticorruption Blog is not formally part 4 in a series on Corruption among development NGOs, conceptually it certainly is part of it. For the background of this series, see part 1. The original of this … Continue reading