How about changing the sequence of calling the months?

I often wonder why we don't re-arrange the regular Jan-Dec sequence of calling the months to synchronize seasons across continents. For instance, why can't December be experienced as a cold winter month in Australia, like it is in London or New York. If you live in Australia or some place else in the Southern hemisphere, when it's winter in Europe it's the opposite in Australia (summer). But if we just change the sequence of calling the months, December would move to what is now June and be as cold and winter in Australia in December as it is in London or New York! :)

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Re-employment Ventures

Here's an idea on how the unemployed can help the unemployed start new businesses. The government will stop taxing unemployment benefit paychecks. Instead what is paid in tax will go to a Re-employment Ventures Fund that will invest in projects and business ventures started by people who lost their jobs and currently receive unemployment benefits. 

The initial pool of funds can be provided by the private sector in the form of charity contributions with additional money coming from the massive fiscal stimulus packages the government recently announced. 

Contributions to the fund will come from deducting a small amount of money from the unemployment benefit paycheck and deposit it with the Fund in the form of re-employment contribution. The tax is thus scrapped and replaced by the contribution amount that goes to the Fund. As a percentage, the amount will be no higher than the amount that was taxed.

The caveat will be that any new business start-up funded exclusively or partially by Re-employment Ventures must hire people who are unemployed. No option to hire people who already have jobs.

In order to turn the Fund into a prestigious institution that promotes social good, our President as well as national business icons such Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and their likes will sit on its Board.

In preparation for the G-20 summit in London, Gordon Brown called for a new global economic system that will have values and morals at the center of its markets. 

I think that values should be present at every aspect of economic activity, not just in markets. 

When those who lost jobs and careers that are not coming back are encouraged to start new businesses through networks of support they themselves create, then not only do we create economic growth and increase trade, we also make growth more sustainable in the long term

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Presidents and beautiful women

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 27 March 2008 by member etleve

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I was reading about Sarkozy (the frend prime minister) visiting UK with his gorgeous wife Carla Bruni and I was thinking how important is for a president to be married to a beautiful and elegant woman.

I believe that it helps a lot being to someone that media would find very attractive

Of London dust and dirt

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 March 2008 by member JackSparrow

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I saw the movie Sweeney Todd yesterday. In it London is portrayed as a very dirty and dusty place. At the time people wore wigs a lot. If London was a dirty and dusty place and people carried a lot of hair on their head, real or wigged, then why was not anyone scratching their head at all in the movie? Why is London portrayed as a very dusty and filthy place in movies but you never see the British scratching their heads? Is it in the shampoo they use? :)

I thought lice causes you to itch. But will lice behave benignly the more dirt, dust and hair is around?