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Last login: 13 hours agoSlowHand: SlowHand is a guy in a relationship from England, UK.; Likes 4,829 pages, 16 videos, 115 photos • 337 fans • Received 67 reviews; Member since Dec 21, 2003

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Jun 17, 7:57am: SlowHand Word

Swash

* adjective Printing denoting an ornamental written or printed character, typically a capital letter.

-- origin late 17th cent. : of unknown origin
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Source: Oxford Dictionary of English
oup.com/uk/catalogue [oup.com/uk/catalogue]

Jun 16, 5:27am: I came across the following site today:

proxydemocracy.org [proxydemocracy.org]

Essentially the helps individual investors better understand proxy voting.

Most individual investors don't have the time or money to learn about all the proposals at the companies they own stocks in, so I think this site is a good idea and a step forward.

"ProxyDemocracy helps individual shareowners see how to vote their shares in ways consistent with their goals, and which mutual funds and pension funds vote in ways consistent with the goals of the individuals who invest through them"

"The ProxyDemocracy.org website's new Focus List capability lets you compare funds' voting records on any chosen proxy issue (environmental, social, governance, etc.). You can then choose to receive (by email before the voting deadline) future voting decisions of funds you respect, and use that as a guide to voting your own shares."

Mark Latham, founder of VoterMedia.org

socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/article2506.html [socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/article2506.html]

Mar 27, 4:23am: I'm currently putting together some activities for the upcoming 'Learning at Work Day', part of Adult Learners week.

This Years theme is the 'Sustainable Workplace'.

Mar 12, 2:25am: SlowHand Word

Pantisocracy

* noun [mass noun] a form of utopian social organization in which all are equal in social position and responsibility.

-- derivatives
Pantisocratic adjective.
-- origin late 18th cent. : from panto- `all' + Greek isokratia `equality of power'.

Pronunciation available online: askoxford.com [askoxford.com]

Mar 3, 8:05am: "Out beyond the ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field, I'll meet you there."

The Illuminated Rumi, p98

If you wish to meet me in the field of non judgement we will both need to strip off!

Strip off the ego; the stronger our desire to change, the more elusive our power to do so becomes. Try making decisions not based on our ego's, and experience the change.

Do you wish to be a passive observer or a powerful creator?

Feb 5, 2:53am: SlowHand Word

babouche

* noun a heelless slipper, typically in oriental style.
-- origin late 17th cent. : from French, from Arabic babuj, Persian papus, literally `foot covering'.

Pronunciation available online: askoxford.com [askoxford.com]

Jan 22, 2:52pm: Title; Influential Picture

Painting by Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An, 2006, oil on canvas - Image map with titles and wikipedia links

cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm [cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm]

Evolution Shift - Futurist Blog & Blog Archive & Leading Scientists and Think…: Jan 17, 1:23am 2 reviews alternative-energy, science, energy-industry
http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/2007/07/12/leading-scientists-and-thinkers...; Hope for the future; a plausible way of switching to 'clean' energy in sufficient capacity to alter (for the better) global temperature rise and retire the supertankers.

Jan 15, 12:42am: I dwell in Possibility

A fairer House than Prose

More numerous of Windows

Superior--for Doors

Of Chambers as the Cedars

Impregnable of Eye

And for an Everlasting Roof

The Gambrels of the Sky

Of Visitors--the fairest

For Occupation--This

The spreading wide my narrow Hands

To gather Paradise

- Emily Dickinson, ""I dwell in possibility""