Ireland’s government issued a revised budget yesterday. It is an austere break from the model being adopted in many other countries. Ireland’s finances are in dire need of repair and the government has reacted by increasing taxes and reducing public spending. It is certain that we need to make adjustments and rebuild our economy to …
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BT Notes – equinox, Zambia, Virginia Kerr
It is the time of the equinox as the sun rise and sunset is almost the same time – technically it occurs on 20 March. Many festivals fall at this time of year. Mothers’ Day, St Patrick’s and Easter all happen around the vernal equinox and elsewhere interesting holidays include the Persian new year, Nowruz, …
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Humanism
I came across this term while browsing. I’m not really into isms, but if I was, this might be it. Humanism is about openness, ethics and justice. The logo is cool too. Maybe it would make an attractive political movement compared to what we’ve got in the world today. Humanism on Wikipedia.
Royalty free clipart and images
A great site for royalty free images and clipart. Good for presentations and other graphics. An openoffice.org addon is available too, so that you can source the whole collection on-line while editing your document. www.clker.com
Better than Google? Well open, cheaper and might be bigger …
The Internet Archive and Open Library are related projects to put books on-line. The inspiration and motivation behind them is seasoned entrepreneur Brewster Kahle. The project itself will prove to be a wonderful resource and it is being approached in the spirit of liberty of which the web was born. Unlike Google’s project, which will …
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BT Notes – Spring
Spring is breaking out and the mood is changing. After some proper winter weather snow drops bloomed, and now the daffodils are beginning. They should be on full display for St Patrick’s day. As people get used to a new kind of economic dynamic and the complaints about bankers and politicians become old news (though …
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BT Notes – A time of new beginnings
One of the highlights during our holidays was the Walk in the Woods. It was amazing – we had over 50 people from about 7 months to over 70 years old, tramping through the woods and along the river beat. Afterwards we enjoyed hot chocolate, hot wine and some cake and biscuits. It was great …
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TV to change our world.
I came across a most extraordinary billboard yesterday. It announced a number of planet saving cries such as: “love more”, “be vegetarian”, “go green” and purported to be from SupremeMasterTV.com. I was so intrigued that I had to log on and see if it was true. And it is. SuprememasterTV is a global free to …
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Lords of Finance or blinkered old men?
This new book by Liaquat Ahamed, Lords of Finance – 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers Who Broke the World, looks like a good read. See the review by The Economist here, which concludes: These great central bankers were so wedded to a dogma that they were incapable of imagining its failure. Perhaps this …
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Sir Terence
It has to be said, he’s a cool dude. And now a knight. Dr Terry Pratchett, CBE is now Sir Terence Pratchett, honoured in the New Year’s honours list. Also nice to see Courtney Pine getting a CBE. (My mum was invited on stage by him in 1997 when I first heard his cool riffs …
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