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[qwghlm.co.uk] The story of Alan Mcilwraith is an intriguing one - a call-centre operative from Glasgow who claimed to friends and colleagues that he had served in the SAS, been decorated and, get this, been knighted - all by the age of 29! Its intriguing for several reasons - quite apart from the reasons of why he lived this intricately constructed fantasy life (I am no psychologist), it was curious to see how easy it was for him to pass it off.
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[Netlawblog.com] Netlawblog: Miscellaneous Archives: Wikipedia is a sort of open source online encyclopedia. Despite the uncertain parentage of some of its postings, it could be an appropriate persuasive authority in some cases, and some courts have recognized this.
[Partnerships.typepad.com] Designing for Civil Society: Engagement: Lee Bryant has now blogged a chapter we co-authored for Involve on how the latest web tools may help us re-think and re-energise public participation. Well, if I'm more honest, Lee took some items I've written over the past few months on that theme, together with much more from his substantial knowledge bank, and crafted a really excellent piece that ranks as the best (yet easiest) bit of work I've ever been credited with.
[Mrstrellis.cream.org] Commonplace Book: Claudio took Trellis and me on several intriguing tours of the surrounding area - to the local nuclear power station that resembles a Hindu temple, to Big Beach where you could see Table Mountain from across the bay. It seemed that he knew just about everyone in the area: we’d stop to talk to someone, slow down so we could see the magnificent house built by a friend of his or go to a restaurant where he knew the manager personally and had designed the huge lamp inside.
[Johnniemoore.com] Johnnie Moore's Weblog: February 2005 Archives: This intriguing question was raised by proposals put forward last week by the Church of England's General Synod to make incompetent vicars easier to sack, and to subject them to the kind of performance measures that apply to other workers.
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