TED | TEDBlog: First look at Branson/Rutan's space terminal

TED TEDBlog: First look at Branson/Rutan's space terminal:

"Making private space travel possible and accessible to everyone has been
a recurring topic at recent TED conferences, discussed by speakers such as Burt
Rutan at TED 2006 (watch his speech), Peter Diamandis at TEDGLOBAL 2005, Richard
Branson at TED 2007 and others.Making private space travel possible and
accessible to everyone has been a recurring topic at recent TED conferences,
discussed by speakers such as Burt Rutan at TED 2006 (watch his speech), Peter
Diamandis at TEDGLOBAL 2005, Richard Branson at TED 2007 and others.Making
private space travel possible and accessible to everyone has been a recurring
topic at recent TED conferences, discussed by speakers such as Burt Rutan at TED
2006 (watch his speech), Peter Diamandis at TEDGLOBAL 2005, Richard Branson at
TED 2007 and others."

Will space be the ultimate vaction spot of the future?

Richard Branson

Gabby Babble: Richard Branson Reveals Losing Mile High Virginity

Gabby Babble: Richard Branson Reveals Losing Mile High Virginity:

"“I was sitting in economy on a Freddie Laker flight, next to this very
attractive lady, as we headed to LA. We got chatting and it went a bit further.
And it was every man’s dream, to be honest. I was about 19, I think. I remember
getting off the plane and she turned to me and said, ’Look, it’s slightly
embarrassing but I am meeting my husband at arrivals, would you mind holding
back a bit...’. But it was a memorable flight. The problem with plane loos
generally is that they are very small, and the acrobatics can’t take too long
because there’s no room and people start banging on the door. What I remember
vividly is seeing four handprints on the mirror as we finished, and thinking I’d
better wipe them off.”"

First of all this is way more than I wanted to know about Richard Branson. Secondly though it is funny to think that he has an airline that flies under the name "Virgin". I wonder what his policy is regarding such things on his airline.

Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp to become carbon neutral - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth

Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp to become carbon neutral - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:

"Mr Murdoch has bought a Toyota-made Lexus GS450H 'green' car, and other
practical measures include solar-powered golf carts to carry people round the
Fox film lot in Hollywood, building environmentally friendly studios, replacing
company fleets with hybrids, using renewable energy, and offsetting remaining
emissions by financing windpower in India.

The world's most prominent
media tycoon is being hailed by environmentalists as the most important of a
chain of high-profile new recruits to the battle to control climate change,
including Sir Richard Branson and Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco.

His planned campaign 'to change the way the public thinks about these
issues' could be particularly effective because of the strength of his
operations in the United States, China and India, the three most critical
countries for tackling global warming. Mr Murdoch told his employees: 'We must
first get out own house in order.'

News Corporation has a carbon
footprint of at 641,150 tons a year and will now aim to be carbon neutral by
2010. News International, which publishes his British newspapers, and the
publishers HarperCollins will achieve this goal by the end of the year and all
books published by the imprint Fourth Estate are to be printed on recycled paper
from 1 July."

Just some more information about News Corp. going carbon neutral. I think this is Murdoch taking a step towards the left on the global warming issues. It is also a great step for the movement being accepted as a whole.