Monthly Archives: February 2016

Not Guilty Exoneration Project launched in Sydney

Posted on February 26, 2016 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. Not Guilty: The Sydney Exoneration Project is a new psychology and law research program at The University of Sydney that reviews cases of possible wrongful convictions, founded by Dr Celine Van Golde in the Faculty of … Continue reading →

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Is the BBC capturing carbon?

Posted on February 9, 2016 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. I couldn’t let it pass without comment how the BBC’s Environment Reporter, Mark Kinver, seems confused between ‘carbon’ and ‘carbon dioxide’. On February 4, 2016, he reports that “Newly grown rainforests can absorb 11 times as … Continue reading →

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Germany’s good deed gets punished

Posted on February 9, 2016 by andrew

As this extract from the January 21, 2016, report by Der Spiegel staff proves, no good deed goes unpunished, and Germany’s naïve and self-destructive ‘good deed’ to welcome any and all comers is a sorry example of how. The numbers … Continue reading →

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Why scientists disagree about global warming

Posted on February 6, 2016 by andrew

Why scientists disagree about global warming – by Craig Idso, Robert M. Carter (1942-2016), S. Fred Singer – November 23, 2015 Extracts from the book’s concluding chapter: The most important fact about climate science, often overlooked, is that scientists disagree about … Continue reading →

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Where I’m from this is handled by men

Posted on February 1, 2016 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. The personnel manager for a company in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg remembers how a male employee … asked to meet with a male colleague instead of her. “I have nothing against you,” he said, … Continue reading →

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