A variable day for rip off Britain as the EU prompts a change in price policy on the UK i-Tunes store, battery hens will be phased out and another Internet music service will soon be unavailable to UK listeners.
A Tune A Day
Apple responded to recent EU pressure over its differing price structure for iTunes [...]
The EU is apparently to allow all EU members to seek medical treatment anywhere within the EU especially if there is undue delay at home with financial compensation for member states who may feel unduly swamped by health tourism to an extent that their own provisions become over extended (if we were to take our [...]
The controversy surrounding Gordon Brown’s sound bite slogan ‘British jobs for British workers’ is perhaps predictable. The Australians have a vaguely similar slogan that is encountered within Australia which is ‘Australian owned business’ (which could be accused of meaning very little as we need to define who qualifies as an Australian outside anybody who happens [...]
The World Health Organisation has guidelines for noise levels that can cause increased stress levels and cardiovascular problems as a result. A general annoyance level is 35 decibels. Disturbed sleep is put at 42db and chronic night-time exposure leading to cardiovascular problems is put at 50db or above (click picture or comparision here).
Stress Hormones
Research has [...]
A new study by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) has suggested putting no drive zones around schools and even around shopping centres. These Daily Mail baiting suggestions arise due to the policy finding that 38 percent of all journeys are under two miles (I saw my twenty something neighbours take their car [...]
