I started playing guitar again, and by playing I mean learning something new, not just repeating the same tired old couple of riffs. Feels good and I’m looking forward to learning the whole of “Stairway to Heaven”, possibly the ultimate guitar song of all time. That leaves 4 songs to go…. In other news,...
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Read the full article on Helium.com: “Those subterranean seas of methane virtually reshaped the planet when they explosively blew from deep beneath the waters of what is today called the Gulf of Mexico. Now, worried scientists are increasingly concerned the same series of catastrophic events that led to worldwide death back then may be...
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I’ve sent this mail to many of my friends and family, herewith some feedback: The petition was successful!!! Quoted directly from the mail I got this morning: Dear friends, We did it! The proposal to legalise whale killing went down in flames in Morocco — and our campaign helped to tip the balance. In...
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Some more pics of Refilwe and their setup:
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Wow, what an eventful, fun filled and absolutely tiring day! I had some prawns last night, which led to deep conversations with George during the night.
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This past Saturday I dropped of the bulk of the equipment I’m donating to the Refilwe charity / community project. the guys have already setup a nice big shade net enclosure, sorting their worms and are busy setting up the vegetable garden. Setting up the dams, pumps etc will follow shortly. A few odds and ends...
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Supermarket food is at risk of being contaminated by a 'highly toxic' chemical found in the glue of packaging labels.
The chemical, which is in the same class of toxicity as mercury, asbestos and hydrochloric acid, can seep through and contaminate food, according to a study.
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From Activist.co.za: Success! Woolworths commits to switching over to free range eggs and apologises for “unintentionally” misleading customers. The First 60 products were promised by April 2010 – now we follow up FREE RANGE EGG UPDATE FROM WOOLIES In an e-mail to Wendy Hardie on 19th April, 2010, Julian Novak apologised for the delay...
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From TimesLive: “Seed giant Monsanto has applied to the South African authorities for permission to import Smartstax maize, which objectors call “one of the most controversial and risky genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ever produced for commercial use”.” … “The ACB recently published a report featuring Smartstax entitled ‘The stacked gene revolution: A biosafety nightmare’....
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Life's been happening thick & fast this past week or two. I'm sorta settled in my new place, quite nice if I say so myself. Bit of a rush decision, but it worked out well in the end.
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