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Greetings!,
March was particularly busy for Mannkal with several events held throughout the month. Be sure to check out our Facebook and YouTube pages to see what we've been up to!
My regular Mannerisms this month is written in celebration of the anti-earth hour movement (see below)...
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Ron Manners
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Read All About It!
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The Hour of Power
Read Jo Nova's instructions for a most entertaining way to spend earth hour tomorrow evening. The Hour of Power runs simultaneous to Earth Hour and honours man's achievements in discovering, creating and consuming electricity! More > >
Trashing the Telegraph
Read Hal Colebatch's evaluation of the modern Daily Telegraph newspaper when compared with its eminent legacy of yesteryear. Hal's comments on the demise of the UK-based newspaper are analogous to the decreasing quality of balanced editorial content in Australia's
Gauging the Financial Tipping Point
"It's not just Europe that is having problems. Last week, the Chinese reduced their expected growth rate from 8.2 percent to 7.5 percent for 2012. There has been growing political deadlock in India, stopping many reforms, which will negatively impact economic growth. There are indications that Brazil also may be facing an economic slowdown." More > >
Standing on the Shoulders of Intellectual Giants or Pygmies?
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Student Opportunities
| Freedom to Choose 2012
The Freedom to Choose 2012 conference will be held at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle Campus on July 27, 2012. Freedom to Choose is an annual one-day economics conference devoted to considering the degree to which policy makers should pursue free-market policies, and is once again sponsored by Mannkal and the University of Notre Dame.
The 2012 Conference has the sub-theme of "The Rise of Free Trade Sentiment in Australia in the Twentieth Century". Students wishing to attend the conference should apply online by June 27th. Places are limited to 80 attendees. For more information and to register, please click here.
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Upcoming Events
| James Delingpole Seminar & Book Launch: Killing the Earth to Save It
British "Climategate" journalist and left-baiting provocateur James Delingpole is coming to Perth to discuss his views on the great environmental swindle. Sharp and satirical, Delingpole is a strident advocate for free speech and small government. For more information on his Book Tour and Perth Events, please click here.
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Mannerisms
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Earth Hour: A Celebration or a 'Wake'? - More > >
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