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latest changes and additions |
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| This site undergoes continual minor changes and additions. This list refers only to substantive changes. |
| 29.11.2003 | energy economics and fossil fuels—how long do we have? Why even coal may run out in 50 years if we do not wise up. |
Briefing document to help remedy much confused thinking that is abroad on the matter of energy arithmetic. Learn about EROEI—how much energy does it cost to produce energy; Jevon’s paradox; why conservation can lead to greater consumption, and how compounding effects reserves. |
new mini-document | |
| 28.10.2003 | citizen’s wage, with commentary on the misconstruing of property, ownership and subsidy | Briefing document on citizen’s wage or the common wealth dividend, with discussion on false ideas of ownership and on heritage or patrimony | new mini-document | |
| 25.10.2003 | psycho-bunk 5 - what is memory, or intelligence? Incautious claims of ‘IQ’ genes | Analysis and discussion of an article from the New Scientist, with commentary on our current actual knowledge of memory and, so, of intelligence. | new mini-document | |
| 21.10.2003 | news lite section in abelard’s news and comment zone | Some news items are of interest, but not rated by abelard as convincing or significant enough for placement in abelard’s main news archives. Such items may be found here. | new news section | |
| 06.10.2003 | socialist religions | Some changes and additions to this developing briefings document.ss | update |
| 22.08.2003 | global warming | Short briefing document summarising current arguments concerning global warming. They present various points of view and some of the basic problems in following the science. | new mini-document |
| 17.08.2003 | British establishment interference with civil liberties during the 20th century: Rule 18B and 18B(1a), the example of Diana and Oswald Mosley | My main purpose in publishing this document is to present an accurate record of the suspension of civil liberties in the United Kingdom at the beginning of WW2. | new mini-document |
| 17.08.2003 | socialist religions | and their sub-cults, factional hatreds, intolerance and dogmas. | new mini-document |
| 06.08.2003 | Relaxation
corner – recommended interesting sites |
Another link provided to the deep mine of images and information at NASA. | update |
| 16.07.2003 | news and comment: resources | Update of research resources page at abelard news, review and comment zone—many new links suggested and recommended. | update |
| 11.07.2003 | memory, paranoia and paradigms | This document bears on decisions regarding the organisation and running of society, and in the manner in which the young are educated. | new document |
| 07.07.2003 | GNP and other quality of life measurements | Various measures of standards of living and standards of well-being, with discussion and links. | new mini-document |
| 02.07.2003 | corporate corruption, politics and the ‘law’ | How government and big business help each other to make
fortunes and to ruin society and the environment. |
new document updated |
| 26.05.2003 | is nuclear power really really dangerous? | enhancements and minor additions to make this mini-document more accessible. |
update |
| 13.05.2003 | site map at abelard.org | abelard.org at a glance – see the whole plan at abelard.org | new feature at abelard.org |
| 08.05.2003 | human classification systems, using the example of classification of ‘living organisms’ (taxonomy) | An easy introduction to a sometimes confusing topic. | new mini-document |
| 21.04.2003 | about abelard and abelard.org | finding information about abelard and about this site is made easier! | update |
| 16.04.2003 | Replacements for fossil fuels—what can be done about it? | Information on replacements for fossil fuels, including hydrates,coal gasification. Other options will be added. (Includes much of previous document on coal.) | new mini-document |
| 07.04.2003 | drugs, smoking and addiction | The psychology of addiction and the authoritarian attack on individual liberty, known as the 'drug' war. Why users become accustomed to drug-taking and the possible consequences. The advantages to government and big business of illegal drugs. | new document |
| 03.03.2003 | ethics and the ‘just war’ | new topic area in abelard’s news and comment zone | new feature at the news zone of abelard.org |
| 02.03.2003 | psycho-bunk 1, 2, 3, 4 | briefings documents on ‘lie detection’, ritalin and junk science, ‘dyslexia’ and repressed memory. With necessary links to documents on logic at abelard.org. | new mini-documents |
| 01.3.2003 | e-gold info | new graph and additional commentary on gold; now properly integrated with the mechanics of inflation | update |
| 23.02.2003 | abelard’s front page | a bright new look to abelard’s front page, making navigation easier. | major enhancement |
| 16.02.2003 | world coal resources | table added to the ‘engine room’. The tables on this page are under different degrees of development. | data addition |
| 09.02.2003 | information tables – index | a page to enable quick access to data tables. These tables are mostly the fruit of items in the news zone, or of briefings documents. | new resource |
| 01.02.2003 | replacing fossil fuels: the scale of the problem | briefing document to aid understanding how we may resolve the potential global human crisis that is being caused by our profligate use of fossil fuel products. | new mini-document |
| 18.01.2003 |
Using an ATM card | Updated infomation in this section of e-gold: a developing example of an independent monetary system |
update |
| 18.01.2003 | Major oil spills | Table upgraded with data on further spills | update |
| 13.01.2003 | is nuclear power really really dangerous? | briefing document to help distinguish the myths from the facts concerning nuclear energy. Now revised and re-organised. | new mini-document |
| 01.01.2003 | world information & data resources | links to varied, reasonably reliable, information sources with country-based data | new document |
| 28.12.2002 | news and comment | redesigned news front page improves and streamlines access to current articles | major enhancement |
| 22.12.2002 | alternative energies | i intend to start building sections on electricity generation and on sustainable power in context of current news | new feature at the news zone of abelard.org |
| 15.12.2002 | water and water archive 1 | water, being of particular significance to human survival, has been given its own area in the news, and its own archive. | new feature at the news zone of abelard.org |
| 07.12.2002 | news archives portal | new way to access all the archives of abelard’s news and comment zone. | enhancement |
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GoldenYak™ Awards are made to either a web page when it is referenced, or to a web-site when it is either referenced or recommended. Further information on this growing award system here. | awards from abelard.org |
| 21.10.2002 | why Aristotelian logic doesn’t work | re-edited and enhanced text, together with new index layout and general ‘prettifying’. | a facelift! |
| 17.10.2002 | abelard’s front page | revised to enable easy access to briefing documents. | enhancement |
| 16.10.2002 | Just war | briefing document on the history of various ideas concerning the ‘just war’. | new mini-document |
| 14.10.2002 | Cause, chance and Bayesian statistics | briefing document to facilitate understanding Bayesian statistics. | new mini-document |
| 06.10.2002 | sites recommended by abelard as of
good quality, useful, amusing. part of abelard’s news and comment zone. |
new feature at the news zone of abelard.org | |
| 28.07.2002 | A paper on the distribution of high IQ; with embedded mathematical characters and equations. | new document | |
| 16.07.2002 | gifts to abelard.org | now if you wish to make a gift to abelard.org, you have the choice of using major credit cards or e-gold. | helpful addition to page |
| 24.06.2002 | ‘intelligence’Ᾱ misuse and abuse of statistics | The generalised tool of statistics is widely mis-applied to individual cases and decisions, a process that varies somewhere between fraught and outrageous. | new document |
| 04.06.2002 | Value (money) transfer methods on the net | A series of documents concerning value (money) transfers on the net. | new documents |
| 27.04.2002 | news and comment: resources | research resources page at abelard news, review and comment zone | new feature at the news zone of abelard.org |
| 17.04.2002 | welcome to outer mongolia | improved index and links to browser information section | a facelift! |
| 16.04.2002 | news and comment | Pictures of electionsᾹFrench style; and a glimpse of abelard’s gallery (n.b. now archived) | a further enhancement |
| 12.04.2002 | welcome to outer mongolia | instructions added on how
to change the text size in your browserhow
not to send attachments with ms outlook express |
added help information |
| 28.03.2002 | useful links | Links to sites recommended by abelard | update to modelling section |
| 08.02.2002 | this page! | by popular request | new document |
| 08.01.2002 | power, ownership and freedom | Power, ownership and freedom are closely linked and all are frequently mis-handled. How much freedom can a society manage and how much freedom is reasonable or constructive? Social damage is caused by the unanalysed and rigid notions of ownership. | new document |
| 27.12.2001 | citizenship curriculum | this is currently undergoing regular extension and enhancement. | substantial ongoing enhancement |
| 26.12.2001 | hearing damage and loud music | Document on the relationship between loud noise and ear damage, with particular reference to young people and loud music. | updated: table of common noise levels and typical reactions |
| 05.12.2001 | laying the foundations for sound education | Teaching the basics of psychology to children and adults. This is also the intent of "meditation", properly understood. | new document |
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