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Tiny houses are a great way to reduce costs, materials and emissions, however many council regulations are against them. All our communties would be enhanced by permanent groups of one and two bedroom houses laid out in a village style, with common walking...
Most people experience Covid-19 as a short-term illness: once the infection has been fought off, they bounce back to health. But evidence is emerging of a significant minority – sometimes referred to as “long haulers” – who struggle with long-term symptoms...
Is it a recession caused by Coronavirus? No this is not a recession caused by Coronavirus. It has been brewing for a long time. Successive governments around the world failed to learn the lessons of the Global Financial Crisis and it looks as if we are...
No-one really seems to know where exactly Serviettenknödeln originated. The German Wikipedia entry says that before the 1930s they were only known in the regions of Hamburg, Thuringia and Upper Franconia (all in Germany): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serviettenkn%C3%B6del...
Jobs. Without the prospect of employment and the ability, therefore, to earn a living, there's no hope for people. Life becomes very limited, indeed. Often these limitations are placed on people at birth. If you feel locked-out of the job market, whether...
The timing for "meteorological Spring" is like train time that swept Victorian Britain. One timing for Spring starting in the South is not the same for Spring starting further North and March can still return very cold nights and frost. A better calendar...
Transience is often the enemy of community. If you have a city of migrants you often have people completely disconnected from everyday politics. I lived in London(for work, not university) where I had a lot of friends, but no reason to go back because...
And now a word from our commercial partner...... You’ve been programmed from birth to become a good little obedient economic unit. There is no escape. Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! Bye-bye! MwahahahahahahahahhhhhhHHhHhhaaaa!!!!! brands have come to dominate....
From what we know of the coronavirus it's highly contagious but 80% of those who succumb to it only have mild to moderate symptoms.It's the over 60's and those with chronic health problems who're the most likely to have more serious symptoms and ultimately...
Our Father Ar n-Athair a tha air nèamh: gu naomhaichear d’ainm. Thigeadh do rioghachd. Deanar do thoil air an talamh, mar a nithear air nèamh. Tabhair dhuinn an diugh ar n’aran laitheil, agus maith dhuinn ar fiachan, amhuil mar a mhaitheas sinne d’ar...
A pandemic is defined as worldwide spread of a new disease – but the exact threshold for declaring one is quite vague. In practice, the actions being taken would not change whether or not a pandemic is declared. Containment measures are not simply about...
Avoid unnecessary travel Change your ICE car for electric - 2020 will see a much larger availability of affordable electric cars on the UK market Invest in a community solar farm ( one that was invested in in 2015 has given out an a guaranteed 7% dividend...
limes were chosen over lemons for British sailors simply because limes were cheaper. Reading Pepys diaries you get a sense of the love of food returning after the enforced dourness of the protectorate. In one of the first few entries he talks about going...
There will always be people who are relatively poor in every country and under any system, for the individual being poor may not be inevitable, however. Of course being poor can be due to personal flaws (like gambling) and/or it can be due to misfortune....
Sometimes disease, war, or innovation, cause major dislocations in society. Whole areas of the economy either shrink or disappear, and other things develop. The Black Death killed about 25% of the population in Europe in the late 14th century, and surviving...
A pancake aka crepe recipe that will never fail you, guaranteed to be the best you ever had and so easy to remember. Ingredients! Easy to remember. The 3/4 rule. Simple. 3/4 cup milk, 3/4 cup flour, 4 eggs... Mix; blender, whatever suits you. LET it sit...
These mega rich think the virus is some sort of great leveller : we may have more money than god , but we are human and susceptible just like you ! Off the back of this they feel they have been humbled. So, filled with a warm sense of fellowship with...
In Wales there are well over fifty small local community newspapers. The national newspapers in Wales are in a free-falling decline Whereas the Welsh local community newsapapers are growing It could be because they stick to just reporting the news. Some...
Interstellar Overdrive: Pink Floyd The 1966 instrumental Pink Floyd will now appear in the shops as a one-sided vinyl record, This would have been the Pink Floyd with the influentialSyd Barrett It had appeared on the first Pink Floyd album. The Piper...
A fossil found in Scotland the same size as a Cat could have been the source of dinosaurs. Scientists had previously thought dinosaurs started in either Tanzania or South America. They now think that the dinosaurs started in Scotland This research of...
As like in so many places throughout the world the Ghana has a problem of the plastic bottles rubbish polluting the environment. This waste of plastic in the waterways aids to the increase of flooding . People in Ghana often discard the plastic bottles...
Sluglife, that's the word on the ground. Have lost all the Rocket and there are some potato leaves chewed down to their veins. A natural surge when the ground's newly dug over and we get generous rainfall after weeks of drought, but the plan to grow lettuce...
Cycling is allowed in Germany, even away from your home. Here in Munich we are only a short hop from the pre-Alps - stunning views of the high mountains and many marked cycle paths/trails and quiet roads. the huge parks in Munich are packed with people...
Factory farming The modern practice of raising animals for food is in factories. Farming in extreme confinement. This is do in order to maximize profits. There the animals get massive doses of hormones and antibiotics, The animals have their entire lives...
It is so sad that the verges in most parts of the country prove to be just convenient passing places for farmer's large four wheel drive tractors, SUVs and delivery vans. Their wholesale destruction by unconcerned drivers is turning them into mud and...
