February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
6 posts
http://thetrawl.magnify.net/video/Businesses-Bet-Big-on-Mobile-Pa
We are used to mobile banking, but are we ready to use our phones as wallets?
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October 2011
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Famine
onrachelsmind:
I had no idea what was going on in East Africa was quite as bad as it is. It is too easy to get overwhelmed by the seemingly never ending reports of these things. No doubt something fundamental needs to change, but at this moment humanitarian assistance is badly needed. Oxfam’s East Africa appeal is currently providing an emergency response to help out an incredible 3 million...
September 2011
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August 2011
7 posts
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Employment Law
Times change. In the feudal era if one of your work-force was injured or killed working for you it was no big problem – there were always plenty more peasants to take their place. Even if they were a skilled worker, they would have an apprentice waiting to take over when they were ‘retired’. This attitude continued into the industrial revolution, but this is when things began to change.
The...
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Hunting Unicorns
Moonlight shimmers on the water
Rippling and shimmering under the hovercraft’s fan
Black unicorns grazing by the shore scatter
As the crack of my rifle rings out
July 2011
9 posts
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Sprechen Sie Auto?
One for the German speakers. The story of iconic motor manufacturers VW, and the early years of their cars and vans. Well worth a watch.
June 2011
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Injuries Of Evel Knieval
Riding a motorcycle is dangerous. Just look at these motorbike accident statistics and you can see how much more at risk you are on two wheels rather than for. There are things you can do to cut down on the risk though, like not trying to jump over rows of flaming school buses…
The car of the future
miscellaneous-etc:
This is the Volkswagen Aqua. It is an exclusive concept vehicle that is the brainchild of 21 year old Chinese designer Yuhan Zhang. The idea was to create a new class of vehicle that can cope with a variety of terrain. Capable of being driven on roads as well as on rivers and coastal waters. Even snow and ice can be traversed.
The first hovercraft was developed in 1915, but...
May 2011
19 posts
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