Fire season in California is of to a hot start. Since June 20 over half a million acres have been consumed. The news hasn’t been as prevalent as last year because residential areas have not been so affected … yet – though 40 residences have been destroyed already. It is still early in the season …
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Why BBC news is best
These journalism guidelines from the BBC speak for themselves. While news media must try to entertain in order to get an audience, it is important to report facts and not be judgemental. The BBC manages to do that well, while covering events globally and across many sectors and interests. For example, have a look at …
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Opensuse 11.0 x64 – flying made easy
Loaded oss 11.0 a week or so ago on this dual x64 machine and everything is flying! OK, you probably want to do an online update and then do it again with appropriate community repositories installed. Install extra bits if your machine is more than standard, as mine is, but with little tweaking everything is …
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BT Notes – It’s summer!?!
Its summer! Though some days it seems more like monsoon season. At least it’s not too cold. Though warm humid weather can be very bad for potatoes – July and August is when blight risk is high. I’ve got my fingers crossed since the potatoes look pretty good at the moment. In fact the garden …
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EU interest rates up …
The ECB raised EU interest rates yesterday to 4.25% as expected. The stated rationale is to control inflation in the medium term (18 months). That’s the accepted wisdom anyway. But mostly its a signal to the market. Interest rates have been relatively stable over recent years and much of the volatility is underpinned by leveraging …
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Google’s greed may punish its users – legal ruling
Ever since we heard through google-watch.org of Google’s possessive retention of user data and its web of ownership connecting it to some unsavoury individuals, we have been using Yahoo! instead. Now it seems that our concerns are being justified as a US court has ruled that Google must hand over all its logs of YouTube …
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World Values Survey shows we’re getting happier
The recent publication of this year’s World Values survey shows that the world is getting happier. The survey is simple, but revealing and you can download much data here. Two aspects are particularly interesting: In general the Human Development trend points towards stronger secular-rational values and stronger self-expression values. There is a diminishing marginal return …
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Natural capitalism’s time is now
While doing research to design a community that lives in and with nature, I came across Rocky Mountain Institute’s declaration of core principles, which are an excellent template for any person or business. One of these advocates Natural Capitalism, which is an inevitable evolutionary step in humanity’s social development as we must now recognise our …
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Mothers’ junk food diet harms child
New evidence has been published that shows that junk food eaten by a pregnant woman is likely to harm the gestating foetus. Its not only that the unborn child might pick up bad habits – a craving for fatty, salty food, but may also suffer long term health risks. This is a very strong argument …
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Changing Games in the Global Casino
Hazel Henderson has pioneered natural capitalism for several decades and writes tirelessly on the dysfunctioning of iniquitous economic systems. In mid-June she published a summary and analysis of current events which is reproduced below and on EthicalMarkets.com here. Changing Games in the Global Casino © Hazel Henderson, 2008 Ever since the 1980s when Britain’s Margaret …
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