Pan Pacific Masters Games, Gold Coast 2012

The Pan Pacific Masters Games (affectionately known as the Pan Pacs) have been a great success. Here are three of my favourite photos:

Finishers women's 1500 m track 

Winner women's 90+ hammer throw

Beach Mile place getters in 80+ age category with Australian Olympic medallist Natalie Cook and Australian champion distance athlete Pat Carroll 

QMA Distance Runners Facebook Page

I recently set up a Facebook Page for QMA Distance Runners. If you are over 30 consider having a run with us sometime. During the winter season we have runs on most Saturday afternoons organised by Queensland Athletics.

The Unconscious Civilisation

Saul, J. 1997, The Unconscious Civilisation has been added to the bibliography at the Minessence Values Framework Knowledge-base: http://bit.ly/uErlXk. A must read book for anyone wishing to understand what's happening to our society and, with that increased understanding, to engage in its transformation. As Saul says (p.14), "The marketplace these days is into job elimination." Isn't it about time we invented a marketplace which is into job creation? The diagram below, from the New York Times, illustrates just how hard people have worked to increase productivity (i.e. eliminate jobs). For what real benefit?

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