NOTA BENE: While the world is being detracted by the most likely geo-engineered Philippine HyperTyphoon Haiyan, which killed at least 10,000 and made survivors ‘walking around like zombies’ in the former U.S.colony and today’s USAmerican dependent (and conveniently the disaster-storm then went to North-East Vietnam), the current operations at the (geo-engineered?) tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant […]
Self Storage Sector Remains Resilient in the Face of Economic Uncertainty
As the global property market continues its recovery from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis-triggered global recession, it now appears that the self-storage industry has emerged relatively unscathed from the episode. In its Quarterly State of the Market webinar held last August, real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield (CW) provided a comprehensive 18-year market data on […]
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and the Chamber of Horrors
How and why the Italian Supreme Court got it wrong “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” – J K Rowling Trial of the century On September 30th the eyes of the world will be on Florence for round four of the trial of the century following […]
Anti-Whaling Activists Provoke Japanese Authorities
Anti-Whaling Activists Provoke Japanese Authorities Written by Keiko Tanaka Japanese whaling authorities and anti-whaling activists are trading blame after a harpoon ship collided with two vessels from the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd [1] in Antarctic waters on February 20, 2013. The incident offered a glimpse into the country’s complicated relationship with whaling as many […]
"De-Friended" – the embitterment of Facebook
I had a grandfather who liked to greet my visits as a young adult with a rump steak cooked to my liking and a Fourex beer. Sitting opposite me he would sip a neat whisky, probably his fourth or fifth for the day, and descend into an embittered rant about Australian politics and life in […]
“De-Friended” – the embitterment of Facebook Communication
I had a grandfather who liked to greet my visits as a young adult with a rump steak cooked to my liking and a Fourex beer. Sitting opposite me he would sip a neat whisky, probably his fourth or fifth for the day, and descend into an embittered rant about Australian politics and life in […]
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