"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything..." (Richard Feynman)
The last issue of the Economist tackles some of the "holy cows" of the ecologist movement: Organic Food, Fair Trade and Local Production. I am recommending to read this :-)
This is a very important news! The Organizer of the Europe Africa Concertation Meeting told me today, that all African Research Institutions are eligible for funding in projects of the 7th framewwork. My information up to now was, that only SouthAfrican Institutions would be eligible. This should be wrong. South African Institutions have another advantage. They will get specific funding also from their government if they participate in 7th framework projects.
If this verifies it is revolutionary and will change our approach to the 7th framework program.
---The article states furtheron that a majority of students was supporting Ahmadinejad, but the good event is that minoriy was speaking up. A tyranny does not get out much a justification because it has popular mandaate----- (kl)
Das Mehl in eine Schüssel geben. In die Mitte eine Mulde drücken und die zerbröckelte. Hefe darin mit vier Esslöffeln lauwarmer Miclh, zwei Teelöffeln Zucker und etwas Mehl vom Rand
auflösen.
Diesen Vorteig zugedeckt bei Zimmertemperatur 15 Minuten ruhen lassen, bis er sichtbar aufgegangen ist.
In November 2006, after the 6th AOS workshop at AFITA in Bangalore, I went for a 10 days holiday with Cecilia. We drove from Bangalore first to Mysore and then through Mangalore and Gokarna to Goa. Pictures from this trip are at my Photo site.
p. 1
..."they (Americans) see Europe's belief in international institutions and the rule of international law as weak and unworldly - a luxurious delusion which post-9/11 America can no longer afford..essence of the European position: lazy, free-riding, idealistic and weak.
p 2
America's economic lead over the rest of the world has diapperaed (in 1950 its GDP was twice the size of Western Europe's and five times Japan's; today its GDP is the same size as the EU's and less than double that of Japan's
Leonards thesis is that the European Union is one of the big success stories in modern history. He points out how many of the thaught weaknesses of the European Union are strengths in reality.