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Joie de vivre

{ Posted by Der }
{ 5:44 PM, 6/1/2010 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Joie de vivre is a common French expression meaning joie, "joy"; de, "of"; vivre, "to live, living". The joy of living is a term sometimes imported into English to express an enjoyment of life; an exultation of spirit. Joie de vivre, as one scholar has written, "can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do… And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung. Robert's Dictionnaire says joie is sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience, that is, involves one's whole being."

Cars the movie

{ Posted by Der }
{ 6:23 PM, 31/7/2009 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Who said everything has to be real.

End of Lawyers?

{ Posted by Der }
{ 1:24 PM, 21/4/2009 } { 2 comments } { Link }

"The End of Lawyers?" is a sequel to the legal bestseller, The Future of Law written by Prof Richard Susskind. In this book he poses a challenge to lawyers to ask themselves, what elements of their current workload could be undertaken differently - more quickly, cheaply, efficiently, or to a higher quality - using alternative methods of working. The challenge for legal professionals is to identify their distinctive skills and talents, the capabilities that they possess that cannot, be replaced by advanced systems or by less costly workers supported by technology or standard processes, or by lay people armed with online self-help tools.

Silentium est aureum

{ Posted by Der }
{ 9:08 PM, 11/4/2009 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Silentium est aureum - Silence is golden.

An Update... of sorts.

{ Posted by tina }
{ 4:11 PM, Thursday 9 April 2009 } { 3 comments } { Link }

I've been meaning to do this for a while... but I never seem to have the words. However, I know that there are some people out there in internet land who are wondering what's been happening to us... how we are... why don't we keep in touch? Valid questions, reasonable concerns.

I'm sorry guys, that I haven't been feeling very social lately. I find it hard to get motivated, but I will try to update every now and then. All future entries will be 'friends only' though, so if you're not on my list you won't see them. If I've forgotten anyone, drop me a PM. And don't forget that you can also check out Gryph's blog too... he's being doing the odd entry over the last couple of years... and he'll probably update a bit more frequently than me.

Well, the last couple of years have been pretty tough on us, really. We've had some bad luck, we've lost a lot and we're still homeless (well, we have do have a place to go to, but my ex is being an asshole in relation to custody of one of the kids). We've been lied to, cheated, and used by everyone from real estate agents, to people we had considered friends, to exes. It's not all bad though... we have had some good times and we've spent time with some wonderful people. But all this stress HAS had a toll on the old depression meter, let us say... for both of us.

But on the positive side, we all still have the deepest love for each other (at least until the custody case) and that makes us all very rich.

Amidst the mists

{ Posted by Der }
{ 1:12 PM, 24/1/2009 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fist against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

How To Be A World Power... Conservatively.

{ Posted by tina }
{ 11:28 AM, Wed 7 Jan 2009 } { 2 comments } { Link }

So, where do you want to be in our green economy? Do you have a yearning to start a tourist business? Would your preference be to work in the power generation industry? Environmental protection? Research? In most cases, whatever you can do now, you should be able to adapt in a green society. I have come across a nice little paper from the Australian Conservation Council that lists some great ideas for any budding green entrepreneurs out there. Take a look... it just might give you some ideas for that sea change you've been dreaming of. Or if you're still studying, perhaps you might get some ideas on the subject matter you should be studying. It's a pdf file, but well worth the read...

GREEN GOLD RUSH

“For environmental technologies to penetrate and succeed in global markets, it is important that they succeed domestically. Thus, well-designed environmental policies that spur innovation, and government measures that contribute to creating and consolidating domestic markets for environmental technologies constitute a basis for success in global markets.”

- OECD, Environmental Innovation and Global
Markets, 2008

If Australia really wants to step into the world spotlight, now is the time to do it. In my opinion, we should be spending as much money and research time as we possibly can on our method of generating domestic power. Let's face it, we know that renewable technologies will be the best and cheapest power alternative in the long run. That alone would put us ahead by leaps and bounds. If we can simply save the money that we spend on our electricity bill, we can all afford to buy ourselves some little luxuries... you beauty! Gotta love that idea!

And in each of us spending a little extra on things we like, we'll start a 'waterfall effect' in our economy. Let's compare our economy with the river... As the river cascades over the waterfall it splashes on a myriad of little rocks and boulders on the way down. If the river is weak, less rocks get wet... but when the river is full and strong it splashes further from the centre. Eventually moss will grow on the moist rocks... water leaches into the surrounding earth and promotes growth... which attracts wildlife.

If we do lead the world now in adopting a green source of power, I believe that a myriad of different businesses will benefit. Small businesses and shops will be the ones receiving the money that people used to spend on the electricity. And then those businesses will be able to spend more... expand maybe... new premeses... some new employees... more stock. Eventually as you work your way back the produce line you get to the farmer on the land. He'll have more demand for his crops/stock and may be able to get a higher return for his hard work in the end... perhaps he'll be able to afford to send his child to uni... perhaps that child will go on to become a doctor rather than just another ringer, or truckie, or ... and the list goes on. Let your mind run...

One thing I'm pretty sure of is that we Australians will all benefit on a personal level, and in turn the government itself will benefit both from extra tax revenues and the other bonuses of a healthy economy... not the least being a higher economic and political presence in the eyes of overseas nations. And then the rest of the world will come to us to buy our technologies... to learn our expertise. What other benefits would our country receive from that?

All of this AND our environment would benefit as well. You see, our environment would quickly revert to one of the most pristine places on the planet with very little change. If all coal burning were to cease... well, that there on its' own is a hell of a change. And if you still need to think in dollar terms, we could quite honestly make a motza from it in the future. Imagine the rest of the world degrading because of the polution that they continue to pump into their own environments. Now imagine our country having the chance to regenerate and function as mother nature intended it to... Imagine twenty years into the future, our country as being one of only a handful in the whole world that still posesses pristine natural environments. What would that alone do to our tourism, I wonder? Once again, you could let your mind run away with you here... the possibilities for making money are almost endless. More citizens benefit because there are more jobs... more money for the government... more influence on the overseas market...

The only losers are the coal companies... and they can quite easily cut their losses too if they were to spend some money on research now. With the monies that they currently possess they could quite easily diversify and change tack. I don't believe that we need to continue raping our mother, the planet for her natural resources when our fathers, sun water and wind can easily provide what we need. I do believe that renewable power is our only alternative. It makes the greatest sense economically... but let's also be honest. We HAVE to change our means of power generation because we are essentially killing our mother at this point. See yourself as a flea and the earth is your dog... if you bleed the dog to death you will have nothing left to survive on...

Get paid to produce power.

{ Posted by tina }
{ 3:49 PM, Fri 21 Nov 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Now this is a good idea. The Clean Energy Council wants people who produce renewable power to be paid for the privellege. Fair's fair, I reckon. Why shouldn't they? If they care for the environment enough to invest in a clean source of power production, and can share their excess power with their community, why shouldn't they be able to recoup some of that investment? If a scheme such as this is approved, I'll predict a jump in the amount of solar cells sold in Australia. A lot more people will jump on the solar bandwagon as they see the possibility of getting a return for their trouble. I'll also predict a drop in the amount of power that we'll need to produce by means of coal burning. The increase in the production and supply of renewable power could easily account for a good deal of our home use, at the very least.

While we're on this subject, I just want to have another word or two. It kind of annoys me that energy suppliers are currently charging an extra fee to supply renewable power to some consumers, simply by tagging it as a green choice. Then they try guilt-tripping the community into paying that extra fee without complaining. Hello power companies... renewable power costs a hell of a lot LESS to produce. Charging people more for a cheaper product usually ends up breeding a contempt in the community for that particular product. Is it no wonder that some people just don't want to consider this option?

Way to encourage a clean change, guys.

Shame, Peter, Shame.

{ Posted by tina }
{ 3:20 PM, Fri 21 Nov 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

What is this? Why now, when you have the power to, won't you protect our livestock? Because that's what our whales are, right? Any animal that resides in our territory is our livestock. We wouldn't stand for a bunch of Japanese businessmen coming over here to take off a shipload of our best merinos for 'studying'. Nor do we stand for illegal fishermen coming into our waters to take our fish stock. And there is always an outrage when we hear of someone trying to export a bunch of snake eggs, or baby cockatoos. Would you allow a foreigner to go into a national park and club a heap of koalas to death?

So why should we allow one of our greatest tourism drawcards to be killed off willy nilly, with only the promise of scientific study? Seriously, what kind of useful study can be done on a dead whale that can't be done with a small sample of DNA from a live specimen? Errr..... does whale meat taste more like fish or chicken?

Come on Peter, we all know that the Japanese are treating us like the idiots that we (apparently) are. We should be sending a NAVY ship down to keep an eye on them, with the clear message that our whales are valuable stock, and that the theft and/or death of said stock will not be tollerated.

Have some balls.

Ciao - word history

{ Posted by Der }
{ 10:26 AM, 22/10/2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Ciao first appears in English in 1929 in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, which is set in northeast Italy during World War I. It is likely that this is where Hemingway learned the word, for ciau in Venetian dialect means “servant, slave,” and, as a casual greeting, “I am your servant.” Ciau corresponds to standard Italian schiavo; both words come from Medieval Latin sclavus, “slave.” A similar development took place with servus, the Classical Latin word for “slave,” in southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Poland, where servus is used as a casual greeting like ciao. At the opposite end of the world, in Southeast Asia, one even sees words meaning “slave” or “your slave” that have developed into pronouns of the first person, again to indicate respect and humility.

Timendi causa est nescire

{ Posted by Der }
{ 12:46 PM, 15/9/2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Roman stoic philosopher.

South Asia

{ Posted by Buckers }
{ 10:57 AM, 10/9/2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Old Bangladeshi Man

Bhutan Monastery

Sikkim Devotions, NW India

Sikkim Spice Seller

Yak Tea Welcoming Ceremony, Bhutan

Africa (1988-1991)

{ Posted by Buckers }
{ 7:17 PM, 1/9/2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

We spent three years in Africa; a place that really gets into your blood. Its life in the raw and its gritty. But its also rich and rewarding and a place that always calls you back.

Sexy Simbas. Prelude to lions "getting it on".

Baringo Boma. A village in the Baringo district of western Kenya where reforestation efforts were being undertaken by the UN FAO and Australia to reverse the effects of overgrazing by goats. Changing Australian policies meant that it was unable to complete the effort.

Baringo Dust. Dust blows across the plain after goat overgrazing.

African Mother. Separating grain from husks, this woman in Tanzania must also care for her child. Women are expected to carry a disproportinate load in Africa.

Africa's backbone.

Tanzanian pounder. Each mine worker sells on his days efforts to the next stage of production. The miner sells the raw earth onto the pounder, who then sells it onto those who refine it further to extract the precious metals. At the end of the day, those in the mining industry visit prostitutes attracted to the area and HIV rates are in the 80-90%. The sobering thought about this image is that its unlikely that any of the people shown will still be alive and their deaths would have been miserable.

Alas, I fear that one of my idols has sold out.

{ Posted by tina }
{ 7:16 PM, Fri 29 Aug 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

To Mr Peter Garrett, Environment Minister.

On stage in the 80's you won my heart by singing about things that were really important in a time of affluence and ignorance. In the news and the media you reaffirmed those sentiments by speaking out loudly and strongly. My heart swelled with pride and respect as I heard you speak out for those around you... those who were being mistreated... those who couldn't speak so loudly for themselves.

In the time since, I have drawn courage and strength from the wisdom and environmental concern I heard both in your lyrics and your own private words. When you spoke out against those who benefit whilst others are suffering, I felt that I was standing next to you. When you protested war and the use of uranium I felt like I was storming the lines with you. When you drew attention to the stupidity of using coal or trying to harness nuclear power when there are so many other viable avenues to follow, I was cheering from the sidelines. Without even knowing me, you have helped to forge the person that I have ultimately become. You passed on that same wisdom... the quest for fairness... the urge to question... the desire to speak loudly... a love for our environment... and a deep loathing for anything nuclear.

When I heard that you were becoming a politician, I rejoiced. I even remember saying something along the lines of 'This is a man that I will be happy to vote into the office of PM'. When I heard that you had joined the labour party I was a little confused. On considering our political history, and the fact that we Aussies can't seem to get it through our heads that ours is not just a two horse race, I decided that you had simply chosen the lesser evil. I chose to believe that you had not sold out as so many others around me were suggesting you had. When your government was voted in (on the back of the anti-nuclear vote, I might point out) and you were confirmed as Environment Minister I breathed a sigh of relief, believing that our part of the Earth was in good hands.

In the meantime I have quietly watched and waited, hoping to hear that your values were finally going to resurface and become something that Australia could be proud of. When time went by and I heard very little of your thoughts, my smile slipped a little. With more time, the doubts crept slowly into my mind.

Today you broke my heart.

I can't believe that you are allowing an expansion of the Beverley Uranium mine in South Australia. I cannot believe that I would ever hear these words come from your mouth...
"Advice is clear to me that in terms of storing this material, whether you store it above ground, whether you store it in drums, or whether you do re-inject it into a saline aquifer, the last option of re-injecting it into the saline aquifer is considered by all the scientific advice that came to me to be the best, most effective, most environmentally safe way of dealing with the waste,"

Bullshit, Peter! And the worst thing is that as an anti-nuclear protester since the late 70's, you know it. There is NO environmentally safe way to deal with the waste, and suggesting that it is 'more environmentally safe' way is, in essence, political bullshit... ie, lying. You must have excelled in your political mumbo-jumbo classes.

~~Yours sincerely~~
Regards,
Tina Cee.

This is a link to the ABC story for the 29th of August 2008, where we first read the news. Gryphonn made several comments and replies but I was too slow to have my own say... but then, I publish a blog for that very thing. Unfortunately, his last reply was pretty lengthy and didn't make it into the discussion. However, he has made some excellent points and I wanted to give you his view as well. Please feel free to trawl through the 86 comments on the ABC page as it contains some good indicators (both pro and con) of what Australians think on the subject. But for those who don't feel like reading that much I've copied and pasted Gryph's participation in the debate, as well as the replies to his comments below in red. The final blue paragraph is the comment that didn't make it onto the page.

Gryphonn: 29 Aug 2008 12:26:22pm

"You rode the backs of the environmentalists to get a seat in parliament, then you stabbed the same people in the back and jumped on the coat-tails of big business.

Shame on you Peter Garrett. Personally, if I had compromised my beliefs the way you have yours, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I think I'll recycle all my Midnight Oil albums now.

You really make me sick Peter. Words cannot describe the shame I feel for supporting you."

MO: 29 Aug 2008 12:59:51pm

"I respect Peter Garrett. Here is a man who decided that to really make a difference he needed to be inside, not outside throwing rocks like most bloggers.

Obviously it is not easy when the narrow agenda gets broadened and decisions need to be taken when all the facts and agendas are taken into account.

Tough Gig Peter, but at least you are having a go at creating the changes you want, even if I don't necessarily agree with the narrow agenda. Maybe your time will come as the environment and the parties adjust.

This is the reality. Narrow agendas cannot be followed as the good of all must be considered."

Gryphonn: 29 Aug 2008 1:10:41pm

'The good of all'.
"Does that mean that long term environmental damage caused by storage of waste from uranium mining is for 'the good of all'?

So many people are claiming that uranium mining is a safe practice, when we know that it is a dangerous practice and the end product (nuclear waste from reactors) cannot be stored safely for future generations.

Why do people look at today instead of the future of this planet? I'm yet to hear anything from the environment minister promoting wind/solar/hotrock/solarthermal, or other energy sources.
'The good of all' should encompass present and future don't you think?"

MO: 29 Aug 2008 1:35:11pm

"G, I suppose you also oppose the radio active waste storage facility mooted for NT or SA. ?

Much better to have it stored in our warehouses and basements in the cities!

Garret is practicing pragmatism - look it up."

Gryphonn: 29 Aug 2008 2:17:50pm

"Well MO, I oppose uranium mining and enrichment. Strange that. But I guess I'm just another damned greenie. One of those damned greenies that was spouting some rot about 'global warming' and 'greenhouse effects' in the eighties.

I would have thought that it would be obvious to everyone that we cannot afford to continue promoting uranium mining and uranium based energy production as economically viable practices. In the long term, we will all pay the environmental price.

I guess you consider it OK to dump radioactive waste so long as it isn't anywhere near where you live MO?
It was OK to bury chemical waste in the bush 50 odd years ago. Then cities expanded and houses were built on long forgotten dumps, and suddenly toxic waste began to surface, forcing the abandonment of entire suburbs.

Will it be OK in a hundred years when radioactive waste leaches into the Great Artesian Basin?

Have you thought that if Rudd, Garrett et al started spending money on serious research projects for renewable energy resources instead of putting money in large corporate pockets with uranium interests, we wouldn't have to have this discussion?"

ravensclaw: 29 Aug 2008 1:19:43pm

"It continues to amaze me that some people still cannot apply some critical thinking to be able to tell the difference between -

Nuclear weapons, nuclear medicine, nuclear power and other uses of radioactive materials eg aviation.

We have a nuclear power station, we use radioactive material for cancer treatments and the aviation industry every day. We even transport radioactive materials around the country every day.

Do we have a Nuclear Bomb? No

Are there any 2 headed babies born near our Nuclear Power Station? NO!

Has any radioactive waste escaped from storage, transformed into a Godzilla and radiated the nation? No.

Has there ever been a sensible argument against the responsible use of uranium for energy and medicinal use? NO, and there probably will never be! Nix to Chernobyl - If the reactor had a containment facility the event never would have happened. That was a fault of socialism, not responsible use of uranium."

Gryphonn's response (had the discussion not been closed):

"The discussion here is about a Uranium mine. Last I checked, Uranium has no use in modern medicine. That's the job of other radioactive isotopes. Well, actually, the discussion is more about Peter Garrett compromising his beliefs for party politics and a healthy salary, but I'll digress again.

Uranium (-235) in itself is not much of a problem. After all, most rocks contain between 2 and 4 parts per million of uranium. The problems start when it is mined and concentrated, making it harmful to humans and difficult to store safely.

Yes, you are correct. We do not have (as far as we've been informed) a 'nuclear bomb'. However, our troops and our allies are using depleted uranium in ammunition, and our allies have nuclear bombs. Is it morally or ethically Ok for us to mine and sell uranium to our allies so they can produce nuclear weapons?

We do not have a nuclear power station, we have a nuclear reactor used to produce neutrons and products such as doped silicon for creating computer chips. Big difference, far less risk than the nuclear energy a nuclear power station produces.
Our reactor is more in line with being a mini reactor...for want of a better explanation.
We can supply that reactor quite easily without having to expand a mine that uses very risky extraction processes.

I am unaware of any radioactive waste leaks, other than what occurred on the seabed south west of England in 2002. But I guess that waste was dumped between 1960 something and 1980, and no Godzilla 'radiated' England, so I guess that doesn't count.

I really feel you should do some study to find out what caused the Chernobyl melt-down and subsequent explosion. Containment facility? Please explain how a containment facility could prevent the top blowing off a nuclear power generator and cause a radioactive cloud to spread across half of Europe. Socialism caused Chernobyl? Socialism didn't cause Chernobyl. Human error caused Chernobyl. Also remember that it's been 22 years or so since that disaster and it is still unsafe to go near the place. There are also hundreds of thousands of hectares of once viable cropland that cannot be used due to contamination. Not to mention thousands of people physically affected by radiation poisoning.

If I have a catastrophic failure of my solar panel or wind turbine, I can replace it on the same patch of land. I don't have to abandon the farm for a thousand years."

Hear, hear.

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