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'''Tom Hodgkinson''' is a [[Great Britain|British]] writer and the editor of ''[[The Idler (1993)|The Idler]]'', which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney He was educated at [[Westminster School]]. He has contributed to articles to ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' as well as being the author of ''The Idler'' spin-off ''How To Be Idle'' (2005). His latest book (October 2006) is entitled ''How To Be Free'' (released in the [[United States|U.S.]] in December 2007 under the title ''The Freedom Manifesto'').
'''Alemitu Bekele Aga''' (born 1976) is an [[Ethiopia]]n-born [[Belgium]] long-distance runner who specialized in [[cross-country running]], [[half-marathon]] and [[marathon]]. Alemitu Bekele is the reigning belgium marathon-, half-marathon- and 10'000m champion. Furthermore she is [[Benelux]] marathon champion 2008.


In 2006 Hodgkinson created ''[http://idler.co.uk/news/november-1-national-unawareness-day/ National Unawareness Day]'' to be celebrated on 1 November.
==Achievements==
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!Year
!Tournament
!Venue
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|rowspan=2|1998
|rowspan=2|[[1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Marrakech]], [[Morocco]]
|align="center" | 17th
|Short race
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|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|Team competition
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== Bibliography ==
==External links==
*''How To Be Idle'' (2005)
Official Webpage of [http://www.alemitubekele.be Alemitu Bekele]
*''How To Be Free'' (October 2006)
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*''The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste'' (December 2007)


== See also ==
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*[[The Idler (1993)|The Idler]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
==References==
[[Category:Long-distance runners]]
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[[Category:Ethiopian athletes]]
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== External links ==
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Tom Hodgkinson is a British writer and the editor of The Idler, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney He was educated at Westminster School. He has contributed to articles to The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian and The Sunday Times as well as being the author of The Idler spin-off How To Be Idle (2005). His latest book (October 2006) is entitled How To Be Free (released in the U.S. in December 2007 under the title The Freedom Manifesto).

In 2006 Hodgkinson created National Unawareness Day to be celebrated on 1 November.

Bibliography

  • How To Be Idle (2005)
  • How To Be Free (October 2006)
  • The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste (December 2007)

See also

References

External links