It was difficult to decipher the actual lyrics when we were children singing along at the top of our voices to the scratchy single on the little record player. But maybe the chorus line influenced the idea that fighting is not a good idea. If you knew the reason for their fighting you would never …
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Roundup (glyphosate) is a broad based biocide
Here’s just one reason Monsanto is in the hot seat. According to Green Medical News: “ . . . “within the scientific community and educated public alike, there is a growing awareness that Roundup herbicide, and its primary ingredient glyphosate, is actually a broad spectrum biocide, in the etymological sense of the word: “bio” (life) …
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How Money Actually Buys Happiness
But not in the way you think. Have a quick look through this post on the Harvard Business Review blog. (http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/how_money_actually_buys_happiness.html?goback=.gde_2827692_member_254100025 and it’s copied below in case it’s moved.) Research shows that more stuff does not make you happier, but regularly giving to people without does make you happier. Why? Because empathy is strong in …
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Swivel hoe on potatoes and beetroots.
A swivel hoe or oscillating hoe is a wonderful tool. Here are a couple of videos showing it in action on potatoes and beetroot plots. Potatoes first: Swivel hoeing potatoes 23 June 2013 on Vimeo. And beetroot plot: Swivel hoeing beetroots 23 June 2013 on Vimeo.
The Bell-Mason Diagnostic explained
A useful introduction to the Bell-Mason diagnostic from http://www.innovationmanagement.org/Wiki/index.php?title=Bell-Mason_Diagnostic THE BELL-MASON DIAGNOSTIC FOR RAISING CAPITAL EXPLAINED Silicon Valley has developed a “genius” business model. You find a genius. You build a business around him. The problem is that geniuses are hard to come by. Perhaps more importantly, this emphasis on inspired, highly caffeinated, insomniac heroes …
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Ineptocracy.
“a system of government in which the least capable of leading are elected by the least capable to choosing, and where the members of society least able to produce are rewarded with goods and services paid for by a diminishing number of producers.” Well, whatever its definition, it sounds like an appropriate term for some …
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Facebook, Google and other data grabbers really know you. Really.
Let’s just skip to the meat: Digital records of behavior, Facebook Likes, can be used to automatically and accurately predict a range of highly sensitive personal attributes including: sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious and political views, personality traits, intelligence, happiness, use of addictive substances, parental separation, age, and gender. That’s just scary, especially when you think …
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Living like a human let’s you love longer.
That is not a trite comment because most of us don’t live very natural lifestyles. We sit around most of the day and eat processed “food” and drink sugary “water”. Humans are built for mobility. We are bipedal and that physiological mutation allows us to travel far and fast allowing us to overcome other beasts …
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