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[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'd say there is another 6-10% of Scotlands energy needs that could be met with hydro schemes too. I think the target of 100% is unrealistic, but 50-75% is totally achievable.

(The over-reliance on wind bothers me though. I don't much fancy living in a country where if we get a big winter high pressure system developing in jan-feb, which brings freezing temperatures, and none of us have any electricity because the wind isn't blowing.)

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
World War Z, 'Damon Lindelof has been brought in for massive rewrites' worries me...

[identity profile] abigail-n.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Israel stages Holocaust survivor beauty pageant

Or, to put it less sensationally, a private Israeli charity that runs an elder care program for Holocaust survivors staged a gala evening that also included a beauty pageant. As far as I know lots of assisted living facilities and elder activity programs have beauty pageants, and while you could certainly quibble with that idea, with the idea of beauty pageants in general, and with the juxtaposition of beauty pageants and the Holocaust, the gap between what actually happened and "Israel judging Holocaust survivors according to their beauty" is pretty wide.

[identity profile] alitheapipkin.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
They are making a film of 'Life of Pi'? Oh dear. I love that book but the entire point of it is you never know whether the magical bit is true or not, because it's about the beauty of stories and poetic truths being what matters in faith rather than fact. I really don't see how they'll get that across in a film.

[identity profile] drdoug.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
'not proven'

Not guilty, but don't do it again.

(Old as the hills but I love it.)

People Who Say They're Moving To Canada Because Of ObamaCare

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
FWIW someone on facebook thought the majority of these were parodies, although I literally have difference telling the difference any more.

(Many Americans with partisan views on this issue seem genuinely confused about what it means to have a "socialised" health care system, but it's been a standard talking point that Britain and Canada have socialised medicine and it's awful, so I'm a little surprised people would make THAT stupid mistake, even if they also say things that sound much more stupid to an outsider. But I've been wrong about things that I thought must have been parodies before :))

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
A great review of Season 1 of The Legend of Korra which highlights all the things that annoyed me about it.

I haven't seen it yet, but judging from what I've heard, that sounds very apt. Although to be fair, it possibly doesn't cover what was good about it (judging by the way many people liked a lot of it, even if they were also very annoyed), but it does seem to sum up precisely why there were problems.

[identity profile] ashfae.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ursula noooooooooooo!!!

They're actually making an Ender's Game movie? Whoa. Not sure I like that idea anymore, actually. Really psyched about some of the things in that list though.

[identity profile] clevermynnie.livejournal.com 2012-07-02 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the best Korra review I've seen thus far. I enjoyed the first part of this season but I found the way they wrapped things up to be pretty disappointing, for most of the same reasons.

But on the plus side, I am finally getting to rewatch Avatar: The Last Airbender now that I've convinced my partner that it's worth seeing.
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