I was trying to work out how much energy is stored in the rain falling on the roof and dripping down the gutters. Say a tonne of water for every 10 mm of rain. We had 65mm last week and it’s raining hard now. A tonne falling a metre gives about 10,000 joules or 7.8 …
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BT Notes: Picnic in the bluebell woods.
There was a passionate response after the last BT Notes. About ten people commented. Thank you for the feedback. It was not intended to depress or anger … I’ll try to keep opinions to the blog and news to the newsletter … Today, I can not work. I do not want to work. At least …
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Tick the box. Or think.
I just had an interesting conversation with my brother. He is a senior compliance specialist who has worked with the biggest global commercial banks. He explained the extraordinary cost and consequences of poor administration of the legal framework of the finance and securities industry in the EU. I was amazed. His perspective from the City …
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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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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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BT Notes: Escaping to the woods …
Escaping to the woods … and getting out of the woods. I’ve been feeling an urge to share thoughts with you for a few weeks now. Once upon a time we sent out BT Notes regularly, but the last one was a year and a half ago. It stopped because everyone was too busy and …
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Aren’t The King’s New Clothes Wonderful!?!
Danny Kaye’s is the version I loved as a boy, though Bernard Cribbins does it well too. If you can’t listen, the lyrics are all you need. If you don’t cry at the the irony, smile at the knowledge that there is an answer staring us in the face, even if we choose not to …
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Kung Hei Fat Choi Dragon Lady
Chines New Year is today. The year of the Dragon begins. Very auspicious, if you are in to that. We are also a third of the way through the quarter cycle to the equinox. Depending on which part of the world you are in you might have noticed season change. Here in the sunny …
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Giving more than 100%.
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here’s a little mathematical formula …
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Energy-Geek.com
Alternative Energy,Green Technologies & Home economics. Energy-Geek.com is a site dedicated in alternative Green Energy, Products, Information as well as Home Economics and alternative (safe) Investing practices. The main goal is to lower ones cost of living while being a good stewart to the earth. And the 2010 documentary Gasholes.