27.4.07
26.4.07
ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY REPUTE AND ABOVE AVERAGE PHYSIQUE
ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY REPUTE AND ABOVE AVERAGE PHYSIQUE has a lovely set of badges for scientists, including this one for top volcanic experts like Mel.
25.4.07
19.4.07
Somerset House - Music
Somerset House - Music, I'd quite like to see Bert Jansch and the interestingly accented Beth Orton, but the guillemots would also be lovely I think.
10.4.07
9.4.07
7.4.07
Download your Cycling Permit for the canals
To cycle along the canal you need a Permit (pdf) who knew?
3.4.07
new job for tree
The environment agency is for some reason getting rid of a lot of staff and redeploying a lot of others including tree. She's not a happy bunny. Here are some online resources:
contaminatedland.co.uk
EnvironmentJobs.co.uk
contaminatedland.co.uk
EnvironmentJobs.co.uk
Politics and the English Language - Essay by George Orwell
Politics and the English Language - Essay by George Orwell: "In the case of a
word like DEMOCRACY, not only is there no agreed definition, but the
attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally
felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it:
consequently the defenders of every kind of r�gime claim that it is a
democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it
were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a
consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own
private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something
quite different. "
word like DEMOCRACY, not only is there no agreed definition, but the
attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally
felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it:
consequently the defenders of every kind of r�gime claim that it is a
democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it
were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a
consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own
private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something
quite different. "

