The current thinking in cosmology is putting a lot of weight behind the theory that the Universe is in fact shaped like a trumpet, known as a Picard topology. (yes, named after the fictional Star Trek character).
So I was interested to read this week that observations of the CMB using the VLA radio telescope, also [...]
Its been pretty scary on the markets the last week as fear sets in around a credit crunch. Top name funds in the roll call for the hall of shame are :
3 Bear Stearns hedge funds
3 BNP Paribas funds
3 Goldman Sachs funds: Global Alpha, North American Equity Opportunities, North American Equity Opportunities
The only real mystery [...]
There’s been a finance related news item that’s been doing the rounds on various sites which started with a story by the Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard expanding on the threat that China may use its current financial position as a weapon against the US economy if they continue to pressure Beijing to strengthen the Yuan. All [...]
Open-Air dance and electronica festival, Eastnor Castle Deer Park.
It was quite a long ride up to the Malvern hills, made all the harder by the long tail-backs of stationary traffic but thankfully with a motorbike I could make decent progress and made it to the site by six-thirty. Left the bike in the park, removed [...]
