While I didn’t know @dopaminekid or follow him on Twitter, I do follow @melbournegirl and this story is about as sad and fucked up as it gets. Hang in there @melbournegirl. It wasn’t your fault. He made his own decisions. You were honest with yourself and with him and that’s all anyone can ever expect of us.
The last eruption was 640,000 years ago. The eruptions seem to occur about every 680,000 years, give or take. So Yellowstone is about due.
(SciGuy: Is Yellowstone about to blow?)
I remember the above stat from when I read Bill Bryson’s “A Short History Of Nearly Everything” (a most excellent book btw).
According to SciGuy, just after Christmas there was a flurry of earthquakes beneath Yellowstone Lake. Could this be the big one?
If so, and you live in the US, I hope you’re on one of the coasts, as this map estimates the ash beds for the last three major eruptions:
How you view the current Gaza conflict depends on how far back you look at the history of the region, according to The Real News:
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2009 is going to be a bloodbath.
Even if we have the shallowest recession and advertising comes back as it inevitably does, more of it will go to the web. I think that’s it for newspapers. What we saw happen to the Christian Science Monitor [the international paper shifted its daily news operation online] is going to happen three or four dozen times (globally) in the next year. The 500-year-old accident of economics occasioned by the printing press – high upfront cost and filtering happening at the source of publication – is over.
Digital guru Clay Shirky’s media forecast and predictions for 2009 | Media | The Guardian
Well folks… it’s 2009 and I’m going through the archives, still trying to piece together the missing shows. I’m re-discovering lots of old shows myself and thinking “wow, I should listen to that one again”. And so, while I’m busy trying to fix stuff, I thought I’d plug a few of the old shows that you may have missed or may need to listen to again.
In August 2007 I had Dr John Demartini on my show for the first time. He’s a motivational speaker and author from the USA who is different from the usual folks. He actually seems be about more than just ‘rah rah’ and PMA. His ideas have some grounding in science. I think I need to listen to this episode on a more regular basis myself. Hope you enjoy it (again).
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The G’Day World theme music:
Conquest
“Secrets of Life” (mp3)
from “End of Days”
(Dark Star Records)
First show for 2009!
Steve Sammartino, who you may remember from our earlier shows (see: G’Day World #336 – The Sammartino Method (aka How To Get Rich Slowly and Surely)), joins me again tonight to revisit the investment strategy he discussed with us back in July 2008. Now that the world is in the worst financial crisis we’ve seen in decades, does his strategy of “invest in the index and hold” still work?
Steve Sammartino is the founder of Rentoid (see G’Day World #306) and also shares his wisdom on the Start Up Blog.
Steve’s “Grow Some Veggies” Blog entry
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The G’Day World theme music:
Conquest
“Secrets of Life” (mp3)
from “End of Days”
(Dark Star Records)
It’s about time people started to understand that atheism is NOT a belief. It is the ABSENCE of belief. It is the OPPOSITE of belief.
The root of atheism is, of course, theism:
belief in the existence of a god or gods ; specifically : belief in the existence of one God viewed as the creative source of the human race and the world who transcends yet is immanent in the world
Now, the prefix “a” means not or against.
So, a-theism means AGAINST a belief in the existence of gods which is NOT the same as a belief that gods do not exist as christians (and some agnostics) like to claim.
… goes to TheReconnection.com. I saw this flyer at a local cafe and got such a laugh out of it, I had to share it.
I especially love the second paragraph:
“The Reconnection (TM) bring in “new” axiatonal lines that enable us to standardize unique vibratory levels and frequencies for healing and ultimately, for our evolution. These axiatonal lines are part of a parallel-dimensional circulatory system that draws the basic energy for the renewal functions of the human body.”
Wow. And I often wonder how much bullshit is in *my* marketing documents. That takes the cake.
Awesome work from Matt and Kat over at OpenAustralia (see my June 2008 interview) who are…
… the first website to make the Register of Senators’ Interests available online. This important public document until now has only been available to the small number of people who were able to visit the office in Canberra where the documents are held. In the Register each Senator declares information of financial interests, stocks and shares held, gifts received over a certain value, and memberships of Clubs and Associations.
Read the Register of Senators’ Interests here: OpenAustralia news (OpenAustralia.org)
An important step forward in transparency for the Australian federal government!
Photo from the upcoming film apparently shot in Melbourne according to @Hellblazer. One of the all-time greatest kids books. I hope the film lives up to it.
