Cape Town-based singer/songwriter Verity has broken the paradigm of the major record labels by pre-selling her album on www.iamverity.com to 5,000 fans and corporate sponsors on a trust basis, before she records it. Her purely internet-based business model which launched her career and is empowering other local artists has already attracted the attention of the

ZENBURGER: “Jane Goodall is currently in town telling us that, within 10 years, chimpanzees in the wild could be extinct. Not only because of disease and loss of habitat, but simply because we are killing them. And eating them. New Scientist reported last week on the international trade in what is euphemistically referred to as

SketchUp from Google allows you to build 3D Models for Google Earth. I haven’t played with it all that much, but I love the idea!

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Psychology Today: There’s a revolution going on. And it’s not being fought with guns and bombs but with garden-variety fruits and vegetables. Call it the “smart-food revolution.” It has to do with the growing body of research showing that everyday produce can function medically to prevent, treat and even cure common diseases. Many green grocery