We here on Dossing Times are big bond fans and are looking foward to the new James Bond movie. So over the next few days we are going to have a few James Bond Related posts. 
No 6. In You only live Twice. Bond and a group of ninja’s attack Blofelds layer. As everyone knows it [...]

From RTE.
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has announced he is taking a 5% pay cut next year, as a symbolic gesture.
He was speaking at the launch of Fine Gael’s Budget proposals, which include 5,000 voluntary redundancies in the civil service.
The party is also suggesting a freeze on pay rises and increments for those in the [...]

This morning I woke up and thought oh god I don’t want to get out of bed. This is what it is like for most people in the world. People wake up early maybe 6 O’clock get dressed shower (presumally not in that order) eat. Then drive the car for an hour trying to get [...]

We here in the Dossing Times like you. And we want to help you get through these hard times with some ideas about how to save money. So here is an idea.
When making a sandwich only butter on slice of bread. That should half your yearly butter bill. (presuming you don’t eat toast. )

From the report below fold.

Photo owned by maveric2003 (cc)What caused the latest world economic crisis? Toxic Credit products? Sub-Prime Mortgages, Galway races tent, ninja morgages, Massive bonuses to executives? No none of these were the cause of the latest crisis they were simply the cliffs we were pushed off. But they were not the push that sent us [...]

Some people seem to be going all philosophical of the twenty major departure. Now I never read twenty it didn’t appeal to me, never found it funny maybe that is just me. But overall his departure does not bother me that much. Anyway the above poster mentioned that Twenty said the blogosphere had changed in [...]

Groth in education spending. 1990-2001. From Spatial and Social Inequalities Research Group in the Uni at Sheffield 

 
Growth in Scientific Research. 
 

So if you look at the USA you see that growth in spending did not quiet lead to increase in science while also zero growth in the UK lead to loads of growth in Science. Why?