It crops up every now and then where someone somewhere will get a bit miffed and tell me that the stuff I publish is not mine so it is time once again to express to all who read my blog(s) and web site that I am not an island and that everything I say, do, and/or write comes from somewhere else. It is called an education and none of us can get one with out reading, viewing, or receiving instruction from one who is wiser and more educated than I.
I did not suddenly arrive here as an oracle or a master of the fighting arts but achieved a certain level of expertise and experience from the actions and studies I have done over my life time. I have tried to provide acknowledgment and credit to those who contributed. I have even copied sections of text, etc. as is simply because I could never write something as well and the meaning came across better leaving it in its original form. I tired to supply bibliographies, etc. when I do this but at times may have missed.
On my web site I treated it as if I were writing a hand book in book form where I provided specific acknowledgments in the first few pages and at the bibliography at the end with intermittent credits on some pages where I felt it was warranted. I strive to continue to do so as I go along simply because I am not an island and all my thoughts and actions come from my education, which comes from others and other sources, and experience.
So, forgive me if I make a mistake. Please let me know when you find them so I may correct those errors. Finally, my apologies to those who may feel they were misled yet I have tried time and again to convey that my mindless meanderings come from many sources and are not necessarily mine alone. They do influence me and cause me to grow as a person and professional. I am still growing and learning.
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