Scratches to Sketches
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Bike-Friendly World : TreeHugger
http://www.treehugger.com/tag/bike-friendly-world/
West Bank Villages - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/world/middleeast/forced-move-raises-anger-in-west-bank-villages.html
Obama leads Romney by 13 points in new poll. Can that be right? - CSMonitor.com
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2012/0620/Obama-leads-Romney-by-13-points-in-new-poll.-Can-that-be-right?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%202%20(06202012)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2
David Cameron refuses Falklands letter from Cristina Kirchner | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Such threats by Argentina will strengthen hand of those who would respond to a military solution. Arms dealers must be salivating!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/19/falklands-americas?CMP=EMCNEWEML1355
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/19/falklands-americas?CMP=EMCNEWEML1355
Microsoft Unveils Surface Tablet to Rival iPad - WSJ.com
This repositioning effort is a positive response to Apple, but it needs to gain momentum quickly! Microsoft may quickly have to concede advantages that Apple software has over Windows RT! That will depend on whether it has done its homework....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303703004577474910029263198.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular
Wooh, RT
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303703004577474910029263198.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular
Wooh, RT
Monday, 18 June 2012
Apple Maps App In iOS 6 Missing Key Features - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-maps-app-in-ios-6-missing-key-features-2012-6
Here's What Apple Didn't Tell Developers At WWDC This Week - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-apple-didnt-tell-developers-at-wwdc-this-week-2012-6?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Select&utm_campaign=SAI%20Select%20Mondays%202012-06-18
Leveson queries Cameron's decision to hire Hunt - Telegraph
Hunt is just not the man of the hour! He appears bent....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9332928/Leveson-queries-Camerons-decision-to-hire-Hunt.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9332928/Leveson-queries-Camerons-decision-to-hire-Hunt.html
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Solvent-Free Solar Cells Get Boost To Light Conversion Efficiency
Wonder how Germany could become close to 80% solar?
http://www.science20.com/news_releases/solvent_free_solar_cells_get_boost_to_light_conversion_efficiency
http://www.science20.com/news_releases/solvent_free_solar_cells_get_boost_to_light_conversion_efficiency
Saturday, 16 June 2012
British Archaeology magazine, June 2002
Jim!
We are going for a walk in Southcott Woods, Devon with my cousins Dorothy And Colin. There is evidence of Roman occupation nearby, and many of my ancestors came Worlington so its a circular walk!
Also below an interesting piece on baths:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba65/feat2.shtml
Arthur
We are going for a walk in Southcott Woods, Devon with my cousins Dorothy And Colin. There is evidence of Roman occupation nearby, and many of my ancestors came Worlington so its a circular walk!
Also below an interesting piece on baths:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba65/feat2.shtml
Arthur
Friday, 15 June 2012
Bubbles and more bubbles and more bubbles ... The economic bubble machine!
Yes!
We will continue to see many investment bubbles because banks are capable of financing them. Bubbles are overinvestment based on credit that is not warranted by the fundamentals of sufficient income to repay debt. Our low interest rates are indicative of bank restructuring that has got it's ass in a twist. By driving interest rates to zero over the long term, we have consigned savings to be driven by current income which is inequitous and dangerous to say the least.
As economists, we can see the need to resurrect the Hicks instability economic models of the post war period to see how the new parameters of economic boom and bust will govern modern day economies. Change the banking structure to manageable parameters of credit expansion and you might just put together economies that are more stable and save people a whole lot of hastle wallowing in zero interest boom and bust world of underemployment and debt.
We used to say interest rates guided investment in a non communist economy. Now we have no guide and have to ask whether many or most of our present investments will be misdirected into bubbles.
Well maybe prices don't guide ecoomic choice, but that would be a new orthodoxy and a very tenuous one at best.
We need sustainable lending not bubble lending!
Governments in uncertain times invest in new weapons as is the case of Russia under Putin. The opportunist sits watching for the weaknesses of our economy and disgruntled capitalists to declare the next spring revolution and it could very easily be further west.
http://beta.fool.com/catominor/2012/06/11/beware-productivity-bubble/5559/
Finding the Right Market for the Electric Car - F, GM, TSLA, ZIP - Foolish Blogging Network
http://beta.fool.com/catominor/2012/06/14/finding-right-market-electric-car/5702/
Arthur
With Science, New Portrait of the Cave Artist - NYTimes.com
About 40,000 years ago, people, whether neanderthals, part neanderthals or wholly homo sapiens, were engaged in representational artistic expression. We know because we can study their work on the walls of caves. What we don't see is what they made from wood and how they coloured wooden objects before they engaged in using stone and cave walls. We really do have to make guesses and disprove ourselves! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/science/new-dating-puts-cave-art-in-the-age... 
With Science, New Portrait of the Cave Artist - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/science/new-dating-puts-cave-art-in-the-age-of-neanderthals.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120615
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Mansion House speech: Sir Mervyn King says European banks need 'major recapitalisation' - Telegraph
King has got only half of the analysis right! Bankers don't understand the real economy and what moves savings!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9332712/Mansion-House-speech-Sir-Mervyn-King-says-European-banks-need-major-recapitalisation.html#
So say I!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9332712/Mansion-House-speech-Sir-Mervyn-King-says-European-banks-need-major-recapitalisation.html#
So say I!
True lies - JPost - Magazine - Opinion
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Article.aspx?id=273832
Facebook May Be Used to Determine Credit Scores in the Future | Moneyland | TIME.com
Governments can be criminals too, so where does this all stop!
http://moneyland.time.com/2012/06/14/could-that-facebook-like-hurt-your-credit-score/?xid=newsletter-techland
http://moneyland.time.com/2012/06/14/could-that-facebook-like-hurt-your-credit-score/?xid=newsletter-techland
How to Spot Income Inequality from Space: Look for the Trees : TreeHugger
Great idea to link per capita wealth with trees. http://www.treehugger.com/economics/how-spot-income-inequality-space-look-tre... 
How to Spot Income Inequality from Space: Look for the Trees : TreeHugger
http://www.treehugger.com/economics/how-spot-income-inequality-space-look-trees.html
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Dawn of the Russian Spring?
Message received today.
It's very serious that Russia is supporting the Syrian regime. Brings the world that much closer to a war involving everyone.
Subject: Dawn of the Russian Spring?
Avaaz.org - The World in Action Dear friends,
Something dramatic is happening right now in Russia -- tens of thousands are flooding the streets to oppose Vladimir Putin and his corrupt clan. If we join the world in surging behind them, this could be the tipping point that starts the Russian Spring.
It's extraordinary. Tens of thousands of Russians are right now taking great personal risks to march against Russian President.
Vladimir Putin has seen the Arab Spring sweep autocrats from power and is desperate to snuff out this movement before it grows. But if the demonstrators sustain large numbers in the street and global pressure mounts on him, Putin will have to back down and introduce real reforms. This is Russia's Tahrir Square moment, and global public support is like oxygen for the movement -- let's show the people of Russia that the world is with them in their struggle.
The protesters are braving arrest or worse to stand for freedom. The least we can do is symbolically stand with them to show Putin that the tide of history is against him. Sign the statement of support now and forward this widely so it circles the globe:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/russian_spring/?bBEuVbb&v=15116
As Putin has dragged Russia back towards an autocracy, he's also been responsible for some of the most horrific images the world has seen in recent weeks. His support for the Syrian regime has enabled it to massacre the women and children we've seen on our nightly news. A global backlash against him is not only good for Russia, it's good for the world.
Putin has consolidated power so effectively that he rode to a third term in May after dubious elections. But not even he can ride out mass, middle-class peaceful protest, which is why he is desperate to stop it. Last week, the Russian Parliament enacted a draconian law dramatically increasing fines for protesters, and then last night agents raided the homes of the opposition organizers, evoking the days of Josef Stalin.
The stakes are huge and the lines are drawn between Russia's corrupt, authoritarian rulers and its peaceful citizens -- let's show the protesters they are not alone in this struggle and help launch the Russian Spring. Add your voice and forward to everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/russian_spring/?bBEuVbb&v=15116
Avaaz members have supported anti-corruption and democracy movements from India and Brazil to Burma and Bahrain, and stood with Occupy protesters the world over. This is Russia's moment to unleash a powerful movement for accountability and freedom -- let's show them our support now.
With hope and determination,
Stephanie, Alaphia, Ian, Ricken, Tihomir, Vilde, Luca and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Russians protest against Putin despite pressure (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/us-russia-protests-idUSBRE85B0FF20120612
Russian opposition leaders homes raided (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-opposition-leaders-homes-searched/24610215.html
Putin protesters to face huge increase in court fines (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-protesters-to-face-huge-increase-in-court-fines-7821037.html
Back in the Kremlin (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/node/21554537
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The 11 Most Beautiful Apps, According To Apple - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-design-awards-wwdc-2012-6
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Electric Cars and the VOLT .... Guess who broke her wrist this morning!
So you think you know cars? Read this email from my brother:
> > Hi Arthur,
> > Our condolences to Anne! Must have been a shock.
> > I'm very pleased with the Volt's performance - can drive to work and back on battery power and still have 22 km left over. So no gasoline use for work driving. Plug it in in the evening and it's fully charged by morning. Will have to go on a longer drive to use the gasoline engine. When you coast or brake, the car recharges the battery - so when I drive to work it's mostly down hill and even though it's 22 km, I only use up 5 km on the battery charge. However, coming back home is uphill and on the expressway, so use up more than the actual distance. Very interesting to watch energy use and adjust driving - actually it's safer driving - slower acceleration from stops and lots of coasting and slow braking in anticipation of stopping.
> > Hope Anne feels better soon,
> > Bob
> ------------------- > Subject: Guess who broke her wrist this morning!
> > Anne! Her first broken bone this morning! She was pulling a rubbish bin and fell into the cow grate! Oops!!
> > She has a temporary cast and attends a clinic tomorrow. Not too bad but painful and will need a cast for six weeks or so because of impacting.
> > Will accept autographs in England and on return to Canada in July!
> > Love Arthur
> > Hi Arthur,
> > Our condolences to Anne! Must have been a shock.
> > I'm very pleased with the Volt's performance - can drive to work and back on battery power and still have 22 km left over. So no gasoline use for work driving. Plug it in in the evening and it's fully charged by morning. Will have to go on a longer drive to use the gasoline engine. When you coast or brake, the car recharges the battery - so when I drive to work it's mostly down hill and even though it's 22 km, I only use up 5 km on the battery charge. However, coming back home is uphill and on the expressway, so use up more than the actual distance. Very interesting to watch energy use and adjust driving - actually it's safer driving - slower acceleration from stops and lots of coasting and slow braking in anticipation of stopping.
> > Hope Anne feels better soon,
> > Bob
> ------------------- > Subject: Guess who broke her wrist this morning!
> > Anne! Her first broken bone this morning! She was pulling a rubbish bin and fell into the cow grate! Oops!!
> > She has a temporary cast and attends a clinic tomorrow. Not too bad but painful and will need a cast for six weeks or so because of impacting.
> > Will accept autographs in England and on return to Canada in July!
> > Love Arthur
Electric Cars and the VOLT .... Guess who broke her wrist this morning!
So you think you know cars? Read this email from my brother:
>
> Hi Arthur,
>
> Our condolences to Anne! Must have been a shock.
>
> I'm very pleased with the Volt's performance - can drive to work and back on battery power and still have 22 km left over. So no gasoline use for work driving. Plug it in in the evening and it's fully charged by morning. Will have to go on a longer drive to use the gasoline engine. When you coast or brake, the car recharges the battery - so when I drive to work it's mostly down hill and even though it's 22 km, I only use up 5 km on the battery charge. However, coming back home is uphill and on the expressway, so use up more than the actual distance. Very interesting to watch energy use and adjust driving - actually it's safer driving - slower acceleration from stops and lots of coasting and slow braking in anticipation of stopping.
>
> Hope Anne feels better soon,
>
> Bob
>
-------------------
> Subject: Guess who broke her wrist this morning!
>
> Anne! Her first broken bone this morning! She was pulling a rubbish bin and fell into the cow grate! Oops!!
>
> She has a temporary cast and attends a clinic tomorrow. Not too bad but painful and will need a cast for six weeks or so because of impacting.
>
> Will accept autographs in England and on return to Canada in July!
>
> Love Arthur
>
> Hi Arthur,
>
> Our condolences to Anne! Must have been a shock.
>
> I'm very pleased with the Volt's performance - can drive to work and back on battery power and still have 22 km left over. So no gasoline use for work driving. Plug it in in the evening and it's fully charged by morning. Will have to go on a longer drive to use the gasoline engine. When you coast or brake, the car recharges the battery - so when I drive to work it's mostly down hill and even though it's 22 km, I only use up 5 km on the battery charge. However, coming back home is uphill and on the expressway, so use up more than the actual distance. Very interesting to watch energy use and adjust driving - actually it's safer driving - slower acceleration from stops and lots of coasting and slow braking in anticipation of stopping.
>
> Hope Anne feels better soon,
>
> Bob
>
-------------------
> Subject: Guess who broke her wrist this morning!
>
> Anne! Her first broken bone this morning! She was pulling a rubbish bin and fell into the cow grate! Oops!!
>
> She has a temporary cast and attends a clinic tomorrow. Not too bad but painful and will need a cast for six weeks or so because of impacting.
>
> Will accept autographs in England and on return to Canada in July!
>
> Love Arthur
Monday, 11 June 2012
Chris Hedges: What Happened to Canada? | CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD
We all knew the potential of some Canadians!
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2012/01/31/chris-hedges-what-happened-to-canada/
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2012/01/31/chris-hedges-what-happened-to-canada/
OPINION | CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD
You have to wonder how far this inept government will go! Exudes incompetence!
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/opinion/
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/opinion/
Zakaria: The game-changer in the geopolitics of energy – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs
Problem is that it delays attempts to source the sun as our main supplier of energy.
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/10/zakaria-the-game-changer-in-the-geopolitics-of-energy/
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/10/zakaria-the-game-changer-in-the-geopolitics-of-energy/
Harper v. Canada: Understanding Stephen Harper’s War Against Canada | CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD
Possibly the effect will be to unite factions against Harper?
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2012/06/10/harper-v-canada-understanding-stephen-harpers-war-against-canada/
Wooh!
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2012/06/10/harper-v-canada-understanding-stephen-harpers-war-against-canada/
Wooh!
Modern day slavery! Yes, it does exist! Why?
Governments should review the policies on labelling of all products so that consumers can decide what not to buy and severe internationally legislated penalties can be charged and arrests made for products using slave labour.
Intervention really is needed on a massive scale to end products that embody illegal production technologies, such as slave labour.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/esther-freeman/fashion-industry-leveson-does-the-fashion-industry_b_1580064.html
Intervention really is needed on a massive scale to end products that embody illegal production technologies, such as slave labour.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/esther-freeman/fashion-industry-leveson-does-the-fashion-industry_b_1580064.html
Fwd: Only idiots won't make their next vehicle electric ... 4 cool tech ideas for green cars and renewable energy | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Can you beat this?
>
Email to Wooh:
> We got our new Volt yesterday. It's totally amazing - a future car! The main limitation is the battery life, which they are improving every year. Should be some big breakthroughs in the next 5 to 10 years
Bob
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:48 AM
> Subject: Only idiots won't make their next vehicle electric ... 4 cool tech ideas for green cars and renewable energy | MNN - Mother Nature Network
>
> Only idiots won't make their next vehicle electric. Time will be when using other people's energy source will seem strange!
>
> http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/4-cool-tech-ideas-for-green-cars-and-renewable-energy
>
> Wooh
>
>
Email to Wooh:
> We got our new Volt yesterday. It's totally amazing - a future car! The main limitation is the battery life, which they are improving every year. Should be some big breakthroughs in the next 5 to 10 years
Bob
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:48 AM
> Subject: Only idiots won't make their next vehicle electric ... 4 cool tech ideas for green cars and renewable energy | MNN - Mother Nature Network
>
> Only idiots won't make their next vehicle electric. Time will be when using other people's energy source will seem strange!
>
> http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/4-cool-tech-ideas-for-green-cars-and-renewable-energy
>
> Wooh
>
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Saturday, 9 June 2012
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
On Derivatives, Debt and Mervyn King or why John Key will bury this Country in Debt « Aotearoa: A Wider Perspective
This is a must read article for those who wish to know how exposed we really are!
http://aotearoaawiderperspective.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/on-derivatives-debt-and-mervyn-king-or-why-john-key-will-bury-this-country-in-debt/
http://aotearoaawiderperspective.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/on-derivatives-debt-and-mervyn-king-or-why-john-key-will-bury-this-country-in-debt/
Google previews coming attractions to digital maps in advance of potential fissure with Apple - The Washington Post
Apple launching map improvement on Google maps? Sounds incredible!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/google-to-showcase-upgrades-to-digital-maps-amid-reports-of-looming-setback-on-iphones-ipads/2012/06/06/gJQANDuoIV_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/google-to-showcase-upgrades-to-digital-maps-amid-reports-of-looming-setback-on-iphones-ipads/2012/06/06/gJQANDuoIV_story.html
LinkedIn hack is much worse than you think
If it can be done once, it can be done twice. This is a very sophisticated breach of security and as trust is broken the fall out will, yes will, be enormous.
http://betanews.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-hack-is-much-worse-than-you-think/
http://betanews.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-hack-is-much-worse-than-you-think/
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Paul Krugman: 'I'm sick of being Cassandra. I'd like to win for once' | Business | The Guardian
This is a great review of the book of a great economist. What people do not seem to grasp is how much economic management is an applied science repleat with a host of available tools honed to produce given effects on the economy. Give the tool box to the wrong people and your friends will indeed become poor!
http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780393088779
http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780393088779
Monday, 4 June 2012
IMF boss who pays no tax lectures Greek people | Green Left Weekly
And, rightly so!
The green left article referred to below is badly informed because international salaries of most UN groups are quoted after tax for very very obvious reasons had the writer bothered to check the charters of the post war organizations. Still as an after tax amount the amount is just attractive enough for someone who would be worth several million after tax income in the modern financial economy to give that up to work for the IMF. The MD should be congratulated. She is sacrificing income not profiteering. Responsible use of one's income should be supported not castigated as the green left writer does! Such talk is not worthy of serious thinking individuals and is pandering to thoughtless biases!
Reality is that financial market people and senior government officials in almost all countries really do command and must a higher than average salary. Their work is not for the uneducated and irresponsible. Their work is for steady responsibility and dedication to a balanced life over the long term.
One needs to separate markets according to risk. The issue with property speculation is that banks were engaged in activities that they could not afford. They could not cover the risk adequately. Why? The reason is because governments like that in Greece did not pay attention to long term financial sustainability. A good banker cringes when banks lend to the property market because historically that market is very high risk during periods when government wish to create jobs.
In America, the slow pace of the economy is a reflection of the absense of a property boom and so be it. This will ultimately free up activity from real estate to productive services and manuafacturing. In the short term, however, there is a shortage of skills and people need to be educated. This is a very real problem in a country where tuition fees are very high and impede reorganisation away from speculation. In about fifteen years the property boom cycle could be repeated, but that would be because of irresponsible government / banking policy which has not learned the lesson that property growth needs to match capacity to repay loans over the long term an activity unsuited for banks that tend to focus on short term money management!
Also, the logic of the writer is almost stupid! If you save and work hard you deserve a good salary. The problem really lies with people who gamble on the property market. Behind the Greek crisis are loads of people who have won big in Greece through speculation in property. Many of these individuals are associated with American banks. As regards Australia, one can have respect that the property bubble was not as excessive as seen elsewhere!
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51214
The green left article referred to below is badly informed because international salaries of most UN groups are quoted after tax for very very obvious reasons had the writer bothered to check the charters of the post war organizations. Still as an after tax amount the amount is just attractive enough for someone who would be worth several million after tax income in the modern financial economy to give that up to work for the IMF. The MD should be congratulated. She is sacrificing income not profiteering. Responsible use of one's income should be supported not castigated as the green left writer does! Such talk is not worthy of serious thinking individuals and is pandering to thoughtless biases!
Reality is that financial market people and senior government officials in almost all countries really do command and must a higher than average salary. Their work is not for the uneducated and irresponsible. Their work is for steady responsibility and dedication to a balanced life over the long term.
One needs to separate markets according to risk. The issue with property speculation is that banks were engaged in activities that they could not afford. They could not cover the risk adequately. Why? The reason is because governments like that in Greece did not pay attention to long term financial sustainability. A good banker cringes when banks lend to the property market because historically that market is very high risk during periods when government wish to create jobs.
In America, the slow pace of the economy is a reflection of the absense of a property boom and so be it. This will ultimately free up activity from real estate to productive services and manuafacturing. In the short term, however, there is a shortage of skills and people need to be educated. This is a very real problem in a country where tuition fees are very high and impede reorganisation away from speculation. In about fifteen years the property boom cycle could be repeated, but that would be because of irresponsible government / banking policy which has not learned the lesson that property growth needs to match capacity to repay loans over the long term an activity unsuited for banks that tend to focus on short term money management!
Also, the logic of the writer is almost stupid! If you save and work hard you deserve a good salary. The problem really lies with people who gamble on the property market. Behind the Greek crisis are loads of people who have won big in Greece through speculation in property. Many of these individuals are associated with American banks. As regards Australia, one can have respect that the property bubble was not as excessive as seen elsewhere!
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51214
Rupert Murdoch blasts Google on Twitter, gets blasted back | CNET UK
Ever resilient despite his years, Murdoch is able to hold his own in the media where he is still very dominant. This fear of someone who can openly challenge Google is what makes politicians dependent on good publicity cringe!
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/rupert-murdoch-blasts-google-on-twitter-gets-blasted-back-50008145/
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/rupert-murdoch-blasts-google-on-twitter-gets-blasted-back-50008145/
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Large-scale forest bio-energy creates carbon debt « Summit County Citizens Voice
Forests are left best as carbon sinks unless harvested on the very long term, study finds.
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/06/03/large-scale-forest-bio-energy-creates-carbon-debt/
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/06/03/large-scale-forest-bio-energy-creates-carbon-debt/
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Three Types of People to Fire Immediately - Businessweek
Victims, doubters and know-it-alls are problem makers not solution finders!
http://www.businessweek.com/management/three-types-of-people-to-fire-immediately-11082011.html
http://www.businessweek.com/management/three-types-of-people-to-fire-immediately-11082011.html
Merkel presses Putin on Russian democracy - BusinessWeek
Telling Putin the obvious is noteworthy in a world where leaders deliberately talk past each other. We see how reporting on Russian TV is imagination run wild!
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06/D9V4DJ0G3.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06/D9V4DJ0G3.htm
Paul Krugman: Cries for austerity mask real agenda: Cutting government - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee
Krugman is right! What Britain needs is spending not austerity, but also a reform of its banking system to ensure a housing bubble does not occur again!
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/02/4532501/cries-for-austerity-mask-real.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/02/4532501/cries-for-austerity-mask-real.html
The Dutch Windmill : WINDMILLS IN DUTCH HISTORY
Continuing to this day! They seem to be hidden from general view.
http://www.let.rug.nl/polders/boekje/history.htm
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