A wink to the world

Buddah said silence sometimes is the best way to say what you think

2005-03-13T19:56:00.000Z

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Hop! Present has gone!

2005-03-07T19:12:00.000Z

Buddha is a very cool person. He said we should not dwell in the past, neither dream of the future, but we should concentrate on the present moment. But the present is going so fast that I don't have time to concentrate on (yes, my life is so exciting). So, should I simply meditate?

Switch On / Off ?

2005-03-05T13:21:00.000Z

A Spanish proverb says "Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it". I agree with it. Partly. But can we have sex without seeing the other? I think.

The show must go on

2005-02-24T18:18:00.000Z

Thanks to the encouraging messages you, public, sent to the editing team, I'm pleased to announce that my co-editor will probably come back to business in few days - the time for her to understand that aim is above morality, and that she must not be simply good, but be good for something. And something is 'A wink to the World'.

Nothing happens

2005-02-18T18:40:00.000Z

It seems that nothing is happening in this crazy moving world. Reassuring? That is not the opinion of Corneille, the French musician.

No photos

2005-02-14T21:11:00.000Z

The famous Russian photo company 'Ludovitch's photos' has gone bankrupt. A large number of consumers were complaining not to have their photos back months after they had given them to be processed.

Red Squirrels have definitely left London

2005-02-12T14:14:00.000Z

The London Metropolitan Office of Parks and Green Areas (LMOPGA) announced yesterday that the last red-squirrel family living in London (in Hurlingham Park) abandonned their tree, giving up after four years of permanent conflicts with their grey-squirrel neighbours.

Calendar changes

2005-02-10T20:35:00.000Z

Burundi has just decided to change the date of Valentine's Day to the 24th of December with the hope to reduce the importance of Christmas.

Denmark immigration laws: an example for European neighbours

2005-02-07T15:51:00.000Z

After the 2001 legislative elections, the right-wing coalition (including extreme right) then coming to power implemented new immigrition laws, complicating family bringing together. The result: for three years, numbers of political asylum granted have been reduced by four. And the population is logically happy with that.
The Denmark government's new idea is to control and select refugees entrusted by UNO. Indeed, such refugees are often useless for the Denmark society; consequently, a new law should enable authorities to select only young potential workers, and not uneducated eld people.
International reactions have been various: the French next President Nicolas Sarcozi has been very interested and should meet Denmark officials soon, whereas Condoleezza Rice claimed it was an infrigment to democracy and the USA could probably start a [cold] war to accomplish their holy mission.

Weapons against Global Warming

2005-02-06T21:43:00.000Z

The scientists attending the international congress "Avoiding dangerous climatic change", held in Great-Britain (Exeter) at the beginning of February, have once again expressed their concerns. But for a quite different issue from what we are used to: most of the latest research results agree to say the use of weapons can worsen the global warming. In fact, very modern bombs release a level of energy sufficient to affect the world's average temperature when used frequently and without any restriction. Mr Dennis, the chairman of this congress, also mentionned the manufacturing of weapons had an impact on emissions of CO2.
The scientists have just officially asked Bush to improve the situation in Irak and to stop making wars.

Shell hold out hand to environment

2005-02-04T15:27:00.000Z

The reactions of Shell employees to this morning Metro article, claiming the firm earns £295 of benefit per second, did not take a long time. The controversy became unbearable when Shell HQ staff decided to interrupt Sir Romani, Shell Director of Strategic Investment, tea-time.

However, Sir Romani (a brilliant example of italian integration into London high society: starting as a little ignorant baby, he is now a crafty person who never shows off) answered tit for tat: "I have no watch". Aware that he was just postponing confrontation, he announced he was designing a plan to invest part of Shell huge profit in environmental projects in partnership with universities and NGO.

Nevertheless, strikers required a substential rise in salary [obviously their bracelets are not green]. Our informant added no details, except that "they really set about each other".

Our bracelet: definitely blue pale

2005-02-04T13:55:00.000Z

To introduce this exciting blog made of topical thoughts - with a hint of humour-, we have decided to succomb to the puzzling but so cute fashion of bracelet wearing.

As revealed BBCNews today (and N. Mandela himself approved yesterday), the colour of your bracelet is not innocent. Some examples:

- Yellow: Support Our Troops (also in camouflage green, but a bit more ridiculous)
- Blue: Anti-bullying, anti-Bush vote, tsunami relief, against hanger in the world (oh yes, we're like that)
- Purple: Cystic fibrosis, lupus (also orange), domestic violence
- White, funny isn't it?: Jesus Loves Me, right to life
- Green: Ecology (very original)

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So, express yourself, live your life, enjoy, and choose your bracelet. We have chosen: pale blue.

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4233623.stm)