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Jan 21st, 2013
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Roger Ellman
Pisa is small. By the standards of Florence or Sienna, it provides plentiful gifts of delightful travel experiences and is easy to walk around. Much more than the fantastic Leaning Tower and Cathedral – it is full of restaurants, shops, beautiful buildings, churches, cafes and restaurants. The river runs through it! The River Arno, the
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Tags: City Break, Europe, Historic Towns, Hotel, Italy, Pisa, River, Travel, Tuscany
Oct 22nd, 2012
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Roger Ellman
This is part of a shift in paradigms – if we can speak to anyone, anywhere in any language and they hear an instant, simultaneous translation into their own language – how many things might change….? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20004210
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Tags: Better Future, Globalization, Language, Telecommunications, Telephony, Translation, Worldwide
Oct 15th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
I’m always pleased to hear of the further progress in highly efficient (and yes, even renewable) means of generating energy – here’s progress again Safer, more efficient, fusion-generated electricity is on the horizon READ MORE
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Tags: electricity, Fusion, future, Low cost energy, progress, renewable energy sources, science
Oct 9th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
Charges for Credit or Debit cards are a Cost of Doing Business. Customers should avoid and or vigorously protest at companies trying to charge for the acceptance of credit or debit cards, the modern way of making payments. While we still falsely prop ourselves up by relying on a plethora of government rules
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Daily Scramble, News
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Oct 1st, 2012
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By
Roger Ellman
https://phys.org/news/2012-09-silicon-graphene.html#nwlt
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Aug 6th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
Another useful application of SMS https://m.phys.org/news/2012-08-swiss-sheep-shepherds-wolf-sms.html
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Fun stuff, NanoBriefing
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Tags: Agriculture, Alert, Sheep, SMS, Technology
Jul 28th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
Danny Boyle – thank you! Wow! A Masterpiece! A nation wihout humor (humour!) would be sad. A nation with humor can laugh together with the world. In this case (having lived more of my life outside Great Britain than within) I am sure this will only contribute to curiosity about this strangely crowded and quirky
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Fitness, News, Popular
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Tags: 2012, Bond and The Queen, Danny Boyle, London 2012, Olympic Games, Opening Ceremony, Thank You, Thankly
Jul 3rd, 2012
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By
Roger Ellman
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May 28th, 2012
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By
Roger Ellman
An introductory list: Crowdfunding and finance sources and resources – mostly for early stage and startup businesses, but often appropriate for smaller companies seeking finance to expand. Some include specific seed stage funding activity and connected areas [ Always do your own Due Diligence! ]: Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com Symbid https://www.symbid.com Sprouter https://www.sprouter.com Springwise https://www.springwise.com Crowdcube (UK)
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Tags: Business/Entrepreneurship, crowd finance, Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Finance, funding, Investing, investment, prosperity, seed invetsments, VC funding
May 16th, 2012
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By
Roger Ellman
I should inform, or remind you, here that Greece has suffered governments of “alternating liars” for 20 years. Only those living in cloud cuckoo land believe the “usual suspects”. When a nation wakes up to realize it has been governed by a democratic impersonation of corrupt despots, it looks messy, as it does now.
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Economics, News, Politics
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Tags: Economics, economy, future, government, Greece, Greek elections, linkedin, news, optimism, reporting, truth