Month: May 2007
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Climate change: A guide for the perplexed
Some good stuff from New Scientist: Our planet’s climate is anything but simple. All kinds of factors influence it, from massive events on the Sun to the growth of microscopic creatures in the oceans, and there are subtle interactions between many of these factors. Yet despite all the complexities, a firm and ever-growing body of…
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Irrepressible Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.
Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.Amnesty International, with the…
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Stick your GM crops up your arse, Australia.
Just when you start to think that some of our leaders are making some sense in some areas… GM food in Victorian shops soon – National – theage.com.au: “VICTORIA is set to lift its ban on planting genetically modified food crops as early as February next year, paving the way for a rush of new…
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papa ad
since helping to give birth to our baby maya nearly three moons ago, adrian has become stronger, calmer and more loving than ever before. to watch him with his daughter is to watch a happy man. he glows with her; fatherhood suits him. (and his silly-song repertoire grows daily!) i love ad more than ever,…
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Greened My Apple
Fine work from Greenpeace on their ‘Green My Apple’ campaign. Steve Jobs issued this today: Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. Upon investigating Apple’s current practices and progress towards these…