Formed at the public meeting on Urban Boundary changes on 20th August 2007, the Gawler Urban Growth Boundary Forum Committee has been busy collecting signatures from residents who want to see much more consultation and a lot more information before anything goes ahead.
Above is a photo of the rural land at Gawler East which is […]
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By the bus stop, there is a nice stone wall along the sidewalk. I don’t think that it is one of the many stone walls, built by slave labor, but it’s very attractive. It’s also a place to find trash. Can you find the clear plastic cup? And how original is it to take […]
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TP has just posted a thread regarding Alaska senator Ted Stevens’ new pet project, now that his bridge to nowhere is going, well, nowhere…
It’s now an $84 million fast ferry to the same island the bridge was to have gone to…
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Mongabay article on Aceh Governor’s push for carbon credits for reforesting the province
Carbon for forests will help Aceh recover from war, tsunami
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OK. I see not a lot of people is reading this blog so it’s safe to spill some beans, although I’m still going to be careful.
I have a blog that gets a reasonable amount of traffic for a blog, like 1000-2000 hits per week, which I won’t mention here to help avoid linkage though my […]
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In contrast to my feelings about PETA, I [heart]Tastebetter.com.
They mention the Alicia Sylverstone PETA ad here. While they aren’t speaking out directly against the misogyny, they do agree that objectifying women doesn’t actually get more people interested in veganism.
 Also here they take an extraordinarily reasonable view on the teacher who got fired for “promoting veganism”. The […]
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There are approximately 1.2 billion people in the world that are either chronically hungry or starving. There are also approximately 1.2 billion people in the world that are either overweight or obese. This odd coincidence led me to a bizarre conclusion.
(I do not remember the exact source of my numbers. It was probably Plan B […]
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We as followers of Jesus Christ know that he lays things on our heart and mind from time to time. These projects can be very small or very large. He knows that we can handle these projects and they are needed. That is why he picks us and waits for us to follow his will […]
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Hallelujah! Article on the fallacy of ethanol as a vehicle fuel in the Economist (via Jalopnik).
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Advanced biofuels | Ethanol, schmethanol | Economist.com
Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. Everyone is wrong
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Boris Johnson is back on line, after his webhosters have pulled him accidentally (or otherwise? Funny how the pulled were all “right wingers?) in response to a suggestion by an Uzbek ”commercially-involved-person” about some other blogs.
I think everybody ought to find and repeat repeat the original texts about the guy who’s got his teeth into Arsenal […]
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