In this day and age, many people are becoming more aware of the environment as well as the world around them. If you’re an official “Greenie” or you want to get into organic gardening there…
Health And Safety For Our Children
The health and safety experts have been at it again. The age old tradition of children participating in sack races at schools sports day, all in the name of that horrendous past time called fun,…
T. Boone Pickens Speaks Out On America’s Energy Crisis
T. Boone Pickens is a legendary Oil man and investor who reached the billionaire stage long ago. Pickens knows a thing or two about oil drilling and America’s dependence upon foreign oil. In a recent…
Why The Public Is Increasingly Going Private
The private hospital is experiencing a boom in the modern healthcare structure. The reasons behind this are diverse but there are a few which stand out; of these a dissatisfaction with the national health service…
The Importance Of Infection Control In Medical Management
Infection control has become somewhat of a political hot potato in recent years with the media producing stories on the spreading of so called ‘super-bugs’ in hospitals and medical institutions. Thankfully to combat the problem…
Equitable Outcome for Debt-Ridden Pension Holders
Equitable Life promised money that it couldn’t afford, building a house of cards that would capitulate in 2000. Throughout the 1990s, the life insurance company promised so much and would eventually deliver so little when…
Save Food, Save The World
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stated that the average household in the UK is wasting around 8 pound sterling per week on unnecessary food bills. Brown’s suggestion that the British public should think more…
So What’s New? 2008 Energy Crisis
America had an energy crisis starting in 1973 with the Arab oil embargo. Unfortunately we didn’t seem to take it all that seriously as it was fairly short lived. Certainly the United States didn’t learn…
Mortgage Interest Rates Jump Up
After several weeks of staying relatively flat mortgage interest rates jumped up this week. 30 Year mortgage went from 6.09 to 6.32. 15 Year Mortgage moved from 5.65 to 5.93. 5 Year rates went from…
Austin Hipness Moves South
For decades, bumper stickers have adorned cars all over central Austin, proudly proclaiming “78704 More Than just a Zip Code.” The South Austin lifestyle originated there, but as Austin real estate prices rose, and fancy…