Fonterra controls about 30% of the world’s diary exports. The company is owned by more than 10,500 New Zealand famers and has revenues in excess of NZ$16 billion. Fonterra is also the target of the Dutch arm of Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Fonterra is over the company’s use of palm kernel. The pressure group points […]
American Judge not treating atheist killing as a hate crime
In most democracies if you shoot and kill a Christian for being a Christian it is considered a hate crime. A religious hate crime. As you would expect the same is true if you shoot a Jew for being Jewish or a Muslim for being a Muslim. If you shoot someone because of their religious […]
Christian TV network suggests Yoga can lead to Demonic Possession
Should Christian’s do yoga? This is a question raised by the Christian Broadcast Network who suggest many Christians grapple with this idea. They point out that yoga isn’t just exercise as it has a spiritual component. Although much of the yoga in United States has been stripped of its Hindu origins there are American Christians […]
Samsung Green Memory
Samsung are keen to keep the focus on their green efforts. In fact, they’ve a whole sub-brand called Samsung Green Memory. How is memory green? Samsung’s point is that memory which uses less power is greener. Of course, this isn’t really a big number for people off the street but when you’re talking about companies […]
Dig toilets not graves – remote controlled poo
When you watch this video keep in mind it’s being done by a charity and not a TV prank show. Okay; it’s a PR stunt but isn’t that okay? WaterAid want to highlight an important issue – billions of people around the world don’t even have access to a toilet. If that doesn’t allow them […]
Yoga music can help cats relax
Image by rchughtai — “not very active” via Flickr Sian Barr, a student veterinary nurse, has carried out research on sick cats being treated at a vet’s sugery. Miss Barr, a recent graduate with a first class honours, concluded that yoga medication music can help. Cats become less stressed when they listen to the music. […]
The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded
Everyone agrees it is a masterpiece. But who painted The Virgin of the Rocks – Leonardo or his students? Jonathan Jones joins the National Gallery on an epic quest to find out
I Will Survive – the Holocaust dance
I think this is beautiful. Do you agree? A Holocaust survivor, his daughter and his grandchildren visit concentration camps around Europe. What do they do? They dance to Gloria Gaynor‘s “I Will Survive“. This video has actually been around for half a year but is quickly going viral now the blogs have caught wind of […]
Spain will win World Cup predicts Peruvian Shaman
A gathering of Peruvian shamans in Lima resulted in self-proclaimed master Juan Osco predicting Spain will win the World Cup. However, not all the shamans who took part in the colourful ceremony agreed and a number of senior shamans came out in favour of the Netherlands. This isn’t the first time Osco, sometimes known as […]
Immortal jellyfish invading the world’s oceans
Scientists have found what may be the only animal in the world capable of immortality. The hydrozoans jellyfish is able to revert back to its polyp state – that’s its first stage of live, the stage it is born into and before it starts to mature into an older jellyfish. The process is called transdiffentiation […]
