The world body governing athletics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF),  has moved to block Oscar Pistorius from the Olympics, with a new ruling banning “technical aids”.
Oscar uses blades, called Cheetahs, to run, which is why they call him “Blade Runner” on the track.  He has been a double amputee since birth as he was born missing bones below the knee.  [...]

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By Clayton Bodie Cornell
The allure of marketing environmentally destructive biofuels under the pretext of ecological responsibility may be a short-lived prospect. Last Tuesday, UC Berkeley’s Sustainability Transportation Center proposed the introduction of a green rating system for biofuels that would take into account all environmental aspects, including production, processing, and transportation.
There are two primary [...]

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I am currently seeking a wine importer for Japan.  If anyone knows someone I would be really grateful.
Please drop me a line either via the comments or directly by email at mike@mather.com.
I look forward to hearing from you.

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By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press
Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time in Northern Canada.  There’s not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.
As scientists work to establish the impact of global warming, explorers and hunters slogging across northern Canada and the Arctic ice [...]

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–Greg Lindsay
It may not be as noble as soybeans or corn, but pond scum is poised to supplant both as our next great national resource, thanks to the “bioreactors” of GreenFuel Technologies.
Founded six years ago by an MIT engineer who had been working to grow algae in space (the microscopic plants eat carbon dioxide), GreenFuel [...]

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I came across this great wine blog locator.  It is a map by Ryan at Catavino  which can be found at the Wine blog Atlas.  
 This is a map of wine blogs from around the world, each focusing on a specific region.   You browse through these pins and learn about wine from the “local” experts that have [...]

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Team Limerick is getting together with ItsMy.org, The Referral Marketing Team  and the PayitForward team on April 28th for a business meeting where we will be putting together a strategy to develop the market in the Limerick area.
The meeting will be held at:
The Hodson Bay Hotel, AthloneCo. Westmeath
 090 6442000    www.hodsonbayhotel.com
The meeting will start at 11.00 [...]

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Rob & James have started their epic journey from the North Pole (after some 15 days of delays).
They were held up by bad weather and so had to get to the starting point by dog sled and are now underway.
As you can see it is a tad cold and they have just reported that [...]

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I just wanted to comment on the very useful site called MyBlogLog.  It has been a fantastic place to get to grips with blogging and to see what others are doing. 
Robyn Tippins is the community manager there and you can find her bloglog profile at http://mybloglog.com/buzz/members/Duzins/ 
She writes an interesting blog  called Practical Blogging focused on [...]

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There is an interesting competition running at the moment in the SEO community using the theme of globla warming.  I noticed a blog by Mark which is not only providing some excellent content but also testing SEO techniques to ensure high rankings with the search engines.
This site would be worth exploring to get some tips [...]

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