Heart & Sole Tour – Day One: From media frenzy to hoity Toti December 28, 2009 in 2009/2010 Heart & Sole Tour, SA-positive, Uncategorized, fredpix Tags: Amanzimtoti, Cape Town, Chris and Jane Skinner, Durban, Fred Hatman, French television channel, fry-up, Geoff Brink, Heartman, KwaZulu-Natal south coast, media frenzy, Rotary International, SA-positive, Scottburgh, The Heart and Sole Tour, The Maldives, Wilson's Wharf What a day! Excitement overload. It ...<< MORE >>

Durban,South Africa : December 21, 2009 http://fredhatman.co.za/?p=2140 You know that sometimes I like to kick off a blog post with a picture. This is one of those times. Stick around. All will become clear. Possibly. This is Dilana. This tiny woman has a humungous presence and an even bigger voice. On Saturday night, she spoke out against landmines for the Heart & Sole Tour. We love her. ...<< MORE >>

I recently reported on this blog that, among the many wonderful people and companies which have stepped forward to support our Heart & Sole unicycle tour, an angel by the name of Annette Oberholster had offered to singlehandedly make 1,000 origami cranes for us to sell for fuel and food money. “Netty”, as she is known to those lucky enough to be friends of hers, is waiting in a desert in Qatar for her ...<< MORE >>

http://fredhatman.co.za/?p=1833L ook. I thought that kicking off with a picture of 90s supermodel Helena Christensen wearing only a few watches in my first post on this blog yesterday worked a right treat. So I’m doing it again… No, this isn't Helena. And she's not even wearing only watches. This a more beautiful woman. Wearing her heart in the right place. And don't you dig the flowers too? Beautifulnesses. ...<< MORE >>

Friday, 13 November 2009 11th annual Landmine Monitor Report A new report finds significant progress has been made in eradicating antipersonnel landmines since the Mine Ban Treaty came into force 10 years ago. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines has issued its 11th annual Landmine Monitor Report showing the use, production and stockpiling of these weapons has gone down dramatically. ...<< MORE >>

16th October 2009, Daejeon, Republic of Korea During the 60th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held in Daejeon, Korea, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Mineseeker Foundation announced a collaborative effort in the field of landmine stand-off detection using both Space and Airborne systems integrating remote-sensing, telecommunication and geo-localisation technologies. A preliminary concept of this integrated application was elaborated by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), in collaboration with the Mineseeker Foundation (MF). The IAF has ...<< MORE >>

New York – Colombia, Norway, Switzerland and civil society representatives called today upon world leaders to fully support the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and to rally behind the goal of a mine-free world. The call for action was made during a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The meeting is one of the events leading up to The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World the name given to the Second Review Conference of ...<< MORE >>

ALGIERS — The Algerian army in September destroyed 5,163 landmines laid by French troops along the country’s eastern and western borders, the APS news agency said. The weapons were part of a total of 415,829 mines destroyed by the army in a latest operation by September 30, according to APS. The land mines date back to Algeria’s war of liberation from French rule in 1954-62. Since 1962, the army has destroyed ...<< MORE >>

You can submit your vote here! http://www.project10tothe100.com/submit.html?id=T08 Google’s 10^100 finally open for voting October 5, 2009 by tomjd Just over a year ago Google announced 10 to the 100th. Timed to celebrate their 10th anniversary this competition called on people to “suggest a unique idea that would help as many people as possible.” They were going to sort and prioritize ...<< MORE >>

September 22, 2009(Read more about the Heart & Sole tour on Fred Hatman's "SA-positive Blog" http://www.fredhatman.co.za) South African rock musician Toni Rowland has pledged her support for Geoff “Heartman” Brink’s trans-South Africa unicycle odyssey, which has previously been documented here and here. Toni Rowland: totally behind Heartman's mad unicycle marathon Our Geoff is hard in training to undertake the approximately 1,400 kilometre stretch on one wheel later ...<< MORE >>