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	<description>Thinking about  holistic accounting in Irish Politics</description>
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		<title>Electronic health records could cut costs by a third</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a report in The Irish Times re the economies of electronic health records. Having had a recent experience where a test result was not on the doctor&#8217;s screen, I can only concur. That the VistA system which Dr Carey cites appears to be open source, which would be a prerequisite in my opninion. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/electronic-health-records-could-cut-costs-by-a-third/</link>
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		<title>All the wrong options have been pursued</title>
		<description><![CDATA[28 leading economists, social scientists and economic analysts set out an alternative course which could well provide the basis for a new political manifesto.
(published in The Irish Times, Mon, Mar 08, 2010)
In this open letter, 28 leading economists, social scientists and economic analysts tell the Government that it’s policies for dealing with the economic crisis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/all-the-wrong-options-have-been-pursued/</link>
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		<title>Alternative Party.ie Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirtysomethings do not relate to ruling generation writes Elaine Byrne in the Irish Times. (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)
Some 2.8 million of us, two thirds of the Irish population, are younger than 44 years of age. Our politicians, civil servants, bankers, business men and women, decision makers and media commentators are predominantly over 40. As Prof [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/alternative-partyie-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Fur Coat and No Knickers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a fine, angry article in The Irish Times, Fintan O&#8217;Toole sums up what&#8217;s wrong with public transport policy in Ireland. In fact, now that I think of it, it probably sums up much of public policy in general. And none of this wrong-headedness started with the economic crisis. It started with the beginning of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/fur-coat-and-no-knickers/</link>
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		<title>Public Service Pay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Irish Times has a very interesting breakdown of public sector salaries, ranging from €13,403 for a Defence Force private, to €240,000 for a hospital consultant. 
OF THE 357,175 people working in the public sector, only one-tenth are employed in the Civil Service.
Public-sector salaries range from €13,000 to €240,000. (The Irish Times)
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		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/public-service-pay/</link>
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		<title>The conversion of Clew Bay into a reservoir for the production of electricity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people are just ahead of their time. In State Papers released under the 30 year rule, this nugget from Se&#225;n McBride:
Nobel Peace Prize winner Se&#225;n MacBride wrote to the Taoiseach in April 1978, expressing concern about the nuclear plant plans and urging an examination of alternative sources of energy such as solar, wind, tidal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/the-conversion-of-clew-bay-into-a-reservoir-for-the-production-of-electricity/</link>
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		<title>President-Elect Obama Understands Holistic Accounting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no better potential driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy. I was just reading an article in the New York Times by Michael Pollen about food and the fact that our entire agricultural system is built on cheap oil. As a consequence, our agriculture sector actually is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/president-elect-obama-understands-holistic-accounting/</link>
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		<title>Treating Health Care as a Commons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just the broad outlines, but much food for thought.
Something has to change, that&#8217;s for sure. Here&#8217;s the link.
World Changing
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		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/treating-health-care-as-a-commons/</link>
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		<title>Powermaster ReCyclone: too good to be true?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ReCyclone works by grinding trash into small pieces, thereby reducing landfill space up to 97 percent.
Trash compacted by the ReCyclone can be used to create energy or compost material—organic waste becomes diesel fuel, and plastic becomes oil. The machine can grind up any piece of waste ranging from 20 microns to 12 inches.
For some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/powermaster-recyclone-too-good-to-be-true/</link>
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		<title>Free Hybrid Electric Buses at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda Airport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Treehugger has a piece about free hybrid electric buses at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport. 
What is there not to like about the new shuttle buses at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda Airport &#8211; the hybrid electric buses save energy and have less air pollution. They are more quiet and the ride is smooth as silk. Plus they are free. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternativeparty.org/free-hybrid-electric-buses-at-tokyos-haneda-airport/</link>
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