Maybe this time action will be taken. Maybe you too think that subsidising oil is the wrong way to reduce pollution and increase fuel efficiency. Here’s a petition to sign. At the G8 Obama and others intend to finally sign in to effect agreements to stop subsidising fossil fuel companies like Exxon, BP, Texaco, Chevron, …
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Chuck Lorre Vanity Cards
For a meaning of life … http://www.chucklorre.com for example: CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #210 I believe that in order to walk through grief, fear, loneliness, despair, confusion and anger without recourse to drugs, alcohol, over-eating, over-sexing, or the endless mind-numbing distractions provided by Western culture, one must become a spiritual warrior. I further believe that the …
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$ 2billion “surprise” trading loss? C’mon!
So JP Morgan hung its head because it did a “Leeson” and managed to lose $ 2 billion in trading in a couple of months. They are supposed to be one of the good ones. What is going on? What are regulators doing? What are you investors doing? Let heads roll! BBC: JPMorgan reveals shock …
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More plastic in our food … yummy!
All that lovely packaging that we demand from the supermarket and all the disposable toys and modern conveniences are winding up in our food chain. It was measureable 40 years ago. Now its clogging the guts of the food web. I hope you can handle a bit of microplastic in your fish fingers. BBC: Big …
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1/6th cancer is preventable or treatable
It is ironic that the evidence is emerging to support the observation that overpopulation is making the world dirty. The Lancet study reports that a sixth of cancer is caused by contamination. It reminds me of the whole BSE and Asian flu epidemics – too many beasts in too small a space eating processed food. …
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Asturix – linux and the logo
I’ve only looked at the home page so far, but I like the logo. And it sounds a bit like Asterix, one of my heroes … Some say it is easy, quick and light (on hardware). Another linux distribution worth a glance. It looks a bit Gnome/Ubuntu ish which is not my prefered GUI. I’ve …
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Open business to change the world.
What do you mean open business? I could tell you, or you could look here … Open business is a concept of doing business in a transparent way, intimately integrating an ecosystem of collaborating participants. It is a holonic approach. Objectives are multifaceted and recognise the interdependence of organisations and participants. They recognise natural law. …
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Online education – Khan Academy
Yes, it’s good (if you have a decent internet connection …). KhanAcademy.org Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free. With over 3,100 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we’re on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own …
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Life, humanity and school.
Rule 1: Life is fair. Humans are not — get used to it! Rule 2: People won’t care about your self-esteem. People will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a …
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The front line of politics.
Many people are unhappy with the effectiveness of the political process, but just accept government by corrupt elected officials and inflexible, antiquated bureaucracy. Others are trying to change the way we do things. Like marches for civil rights, they facilitate speech on the internet when strong arm tactics are trying to quite the voices of …
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