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Charities that fundraise door-to-door and abide by the Public Collections Regime in the new Charities Act, could still fall foul of No Cold Calling Zones, according to a top charity lawyer.
Anne-Marie Piper (pictured), a partner at law firm Farrer and Co and an expert on fundraising regulation, told PF that No Cold Calling Zones, the initiative that outlaws door-to-door sales and marketing within specific residential areas, will render ineffective the section of the Charities Act that deals with public collections.
"The regime is designed to regulate door-to-door fundraising," said Piper. "Fundraisers could go through all the processes required by law yet find that [the area] clashes with a No Cold Calling Zone."
The Public Collections Regime states that door-to-door collectors must inform the local authority that a collection is taking place, but do not need a permit. No Cold Calling Zones, however, forbid cold calling from taking place within specific boundaries, regardless of whether a fundraiser or salesperson is abiding by the law.
The situation is confused by a lack of clarity from Trading Standards as to what constitutes cold calling. "There is no common definition," said Piper. "In some parts of the country door-to-door fundraising would not be regarded as cold calling, while in other areas it is."
Further still, No Cold Calling Zones could be in breach of the European Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, which is due to come into force in December this year.
"This has clearly got very complicated and I will be watching the situation carefully. If we can't get rid of No Cold Calling Zones altogether then they need to be done logically," said Piper.
The initiative falls under the remit of the Trading Standards Institute and was introduced to help reduce levels of doorstep crime. The Institute claims that only 2 per cent of UK homes are located in No Cold Calling Zones. However, in some parts of the country, such as Bedford, large areas encompassing thousands of homes fall under them.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson, said: "The government supports the aim of reducing door step crime but does agree that the Trading Standards Institute should work with the charity sector to ensure its reputation and legitimate right to fundraise is protected."
The Trading Standards Institute was unavailable for comment.
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I think if you have a 'no cold calling sign' in your window or street it means you should have the right to sit in your living room in your mismatching pjs without fear of a fundraising knock on the door. I am all for charity but I do it in my own time, I help out at charity shops, donate my spare change from a coffee and buy little pin badges at the tills.. What I can't stand is these sob stories that get pushed on you whilst you politely show the world your holey socks and lack of bra support as some lady tells you how your neighbourhood has been amazing in their support (making you feel like you should too) and as you reach in your pocket for the change they explain you must set up a direct debit of a minimum of £5 a month!! This is all of a sudden a £60 a year commitment they want you to give and before you know it you've burnt your dinner and your dogs run out the front door under your legs!!! I understand its a tough old world for fundraising but come sell me a calendar or a pin badge, don't set me up a lifelong pain in the arse bank charge! Then you feel bad telling them to shh because they really are wasting everyone's time.. Pfftt!
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I believe NO COLD CALLING ZONES are a breach of my human rights. I have been cold calling for over 20 years. Never done anything illegal, never done anything wrong. These zones are now springing up everywhere.
Police should target INDIVIDUAL law breakers and not target EVERYONE by introducing these zones.
You may as well ban CARS in order to target speeders! It's unfair, it's lazy policing and it's an infringement on my civil liberties.
It seems this country is becoming a very oppressive place to live.
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Eddy Curry disappointing Knicks this summer. Shocking.
Aug 26, 2010, 8:47 AM EST
Amar'e Stoudemire and Danilo Gallinari have been at the Knicks training facility this summer, putting in the work for next season. So has Anthony Randolph. Heck, even David Lee has been their working out after his finger injury with team USA — and he's not even a Knick anymore.
Eddy Curry? Crickets.
So far this summer all Curry has done is pick up his $11.2 million option for next season and have an arrest warrant filed against him. But not workout at the Knicks facility, according to Alan Hahn of Newsday.
Curry missed almost all of last season (he played in seven games) with a calf injury and did stay on in New York through June working out and doing rehab, then he went home to Chicago for the birth of his fourth child. After that, nothing. He was supposed to be in Las Vegas during Summer League, when veterans were working out with the team. Nothing. He did not come back to work out at the Knicks facility in July, as promised.
He's not even returning the Knicks calls.
Newsday's Hahn found out Curry is in Ocean City, N.J., reportedly working out with his own personal trainer he hired. Believe that or don't.
The Knicks could use him, there is not a real, trustworthy center on the roster. Even in Mike D'Antoni's system someone needs to rebound and defend the rim on defense, and the Knicks need someone to grab that role and make it theirs.
If you are someone who believes players step up in the last year of their contracts — when they are playing for a new one — then you believe Curry could have his best year. This season he is playing to stay in the league, on any deal. The $60 million contract Isiah Thomas gave him was one of Thomas' biggest mistakes — and that is saying something. Curry is not going to get that next time around, he is much more likely to be a veteran minimum guy next year.
If he gets a deal at all. He's going to have to prove he is back and motivated for any team to offer him a deal. So far, he continues to disappoint.
- ocgunslinger - Aug 26, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Let's bring Thomas back and then poor Mr. Curry could get another 60 million and we would not have to worry about his future happiness
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It's hard to see anyone dumb enough to sign this hump for next year. In other news, Michael Jordan signed Kwame Brown. AGAIN. Could be a good sign for Mr. Curry.
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Steampunk sees the age of steam meet punk and its New Zealand home is Oamaru.
The burgeoning sub-culture which delights in creating things that are a blend of the modern and anachronistic, will be celebrated in Oamaru over Queen's Birthday Weekend.
Held over four days the Steampunk New Zealand Festival is the nation's largest and longest-running steampunk event.
But Helen Jansen of Steampunk New Zealand describes it as a festival for everyone - "steampunker or not".
"It is a family-orientated event that celebrates imagination, creativity, fun and above all participation," she says.
If you are not dressed for the occasion, walk in one end of the Souk market in street clothes, rummage through some stalls for your clothing, search other stalls for your timeless accessories or make your hat, your raygun or your goggles along the way.
Tea duelling is something everyone can enjoy, Jansen suggests.
"Team up with a couple of others and challenge all-comers to see who is the champion at dunking and eating a whole biscuit last. Enormous fun."
Events include an Absynth Night, steampunk short stories, dance classes and a performance by Silhouette, runners up in New Zealand's Got Talent, cup cake decorating, steampunk racing and music madness, steam train rides around the Oamaru Harbour, a Steampunk New Zealand fashion show with Te Radar as MC and a gala dinner.
Christchurch-born Ged Maybury, an award-winning New Zealand children's author and steampunk writer based in Australia, will take a writer's workshop and also launch his steampunk trilogy, Steampunk Across the Stonewind Sky.
This year's festival includes the addition of the Brydone Oamaru Fringe Festival Late Night.
It features pirate entertainers Festus McBoyle, belly dancer, children's shows and a children's choir presenting Victorian music hall songs.
Kicking off the steampunk festival is Oamaru "on fire", a "fire, steam, sound, lighting spectacular that successfully showcases Harbour Street in the evening and in winter as an attraction for the entire family."
It attracts large numbers of visitors to Oamaru for Queen's Birthday weekend including motorcyclists on their way to the Brass Monkey Rally.
This year's event will have a world class projection and lighting focus using the buildings as a stunning canvas, as well as an innovative visual and performing arts programme and involvement by young local performers.
Internationally renowned "visual architects" Out of the Dark will choreograph the lighting and pyrotechnic experience.
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Oamaru "on fire" includes freestyle skateboarding demonstrations by professional New Zealand skateboarders Sean Bone and Ben Wallis, a children's disco, professional circus and street performers, fire jugglers, a pyrotechnic show, WWII cannon, bands, traction engine, film, art and more.
Throughout the weekend there will also be opportunities to visit Steampunk HQ and The Time Travellers Museum.
"Learn to ride a penny farthing and explore the many other galleries and attractions that Oamaru offers, and then see the penguins," Jansen suggests.
Steampunk New Zealand Festival, Thames Street, Oamaru, May 29 to June 2.
Oamaru "on fire" is on Friday, May 30, Queen's Birthday Weekend, from 6.30-9pm in Harbour Street, Oamaru. $5 per person.
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Tom Friedman's Op-Ed in The New York Times in which he argues technology is destorying jobs is essentially a flawed argument. There are three essential reasons for this. First, the economic evidence. It is unambiguous that higher rates of productivity lead to more jobs in the medium to long term, not fewer jobs. Second, the most serious challenge facing the U.S. economy over the next 25 years is the declining worker to population ratio as the baby boomers age. Finally, if we want to raise the living standards of Americans now holding low wage jobs, the best way to do it is to increase, not decrease, automation of these jobs. When a job can only produce 10 dollars an hour in value, there is no way to pay more than $10 per hour. If we can use technology to boost the productivity of many low wage, low productivity jobs, we can pay more for these jobs and workers who move out of these occupations can move into higher value added ones.
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According to county and health officials a Rockland resident who returned to the United States from Liberia on October 5 was held in quarantine for 21 days while waiting for potential Ebola symptoms. On her arrival back to Rockland County woman was released to her home for a voluntary monitored isolation period of three weeks and after not showing symptoms was cleared of any Ebola risks. County Executive Ed Day defended the decision not to inform the public until yesterday of the unidentified woman's quarantine, stating that the county's plan was put in place even though, at the time, there was little to no chance that she had been exposed, as she was not showing symptoms, and it was best to avoid county-wide panic.
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Armed Robberies in Haverstraw and Orangeburg
According to police a customer at the Chase Bank on Route 9W in Haverstraw was robbed in the parking lot on Tuesday morning. A woman reported that two black men wearing black shorts and hoodie sweatshirts pulled a handgun on her while she was making a deposit around 8:00 AM. No one was reported injured and the men ran away with the cash and police began the search for them using a helicopter. Also on Tuesday morning police responded to an unrelated call reporting an armed break in at an apartment in Orangeburg. According to police a couple living in an apartment above the Cloverleaf Inn on Western Highway were in their home at 2:00 AM when two men forced their way in with a handgun and punched the man in the head, while the woman locked herself in the bathroom. Police stated that she escaped out the bathroom window onto the roof of the porch, and the suspects did not find what they were looking for before leaving. Police are still investigating both robberies.
East Ramapo Fiscal Monitor Reaches out
According to a letter obtained by the Journal News, Hank Greenburg, the fiscal monitor assigned by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to watch the East Ramapo School District has expressed concern surrounding the district's recent plans for developing programs geared towards immigrants. At an August school board meeting Superintendent Joel Klein made remarks stating many non-English speaking students take advantage of what schools offer, such as vocational skills, meals, and learning the language, though they are not likely to obtain a diploma, leading to the district's high dropout rate. These statements led to anger and protests from many residents, some asking for Klein's resignation. In the letter from Greenburg to Klein, he asks the district for a layout of the plan that would allow some of the students access to programs. On Friday Klein released a letter to parents apologizing for the statements made at the school board meeting, stating that he did not mean to disrespect the students and their communities. Klein also stated on Friday that a transitional plan for students may still be in talks.
Rockland County Sheriff Opposes 2015 Budget Cuts
At a demonstration held in front of the Rockland County Office Building in New City, officers from the Sheriff's Department including Sheriff Lou Falco, and members of the Rockland PBA expressed their opposition to County Executive Ed Day's proposed budget that would cut 37 patrol officers. The proposal calls for 111 county positions to be cut, saving 6.8 million dollars, while only raising property taxes by 1.67 percent for the average homeowner. Falco stated at the conference, held on Friday afternoon, that cutting patrol officers would risk public safety, especially at a time when the county has seen an increase in drug overdoses and crimes. According to Falco the cuts would be to specialized patrol units, such as mounted, marine, and street patrols. Speakers and officials asked attendees on Friday to write to the County Executive and Legislators opposing to the position cuts.
2015 County Budget Proposal Released
County Executive Ed Day released the proposed budget for 2015 on Thursday, presenting major cuts in jobs and funding. The $772 million budget proposal will remove 111 jobs from county payroll, by cutting all 37 positions of the Sheriff's Department Mounted and Street Patrol, as well as positions within other departments and the outsourcing of 33 jobs currently covered by the county. This will save the county $6.8 million. Day's budget also proposes to cut funding for various contract agencies and non-profits, which will result in about $3.3 million in savings. Day's plan is to continue paying off the county's deficit, using an increase in property taxes of $1.67 per month for the average homeowner, to lower it by $10 million next year. The county has seen double digit tax increases of 10,18, and 30 percent in the last three years and can expect just a two percent increase for 2015. According to Day the budget is not political stating "We are making the tough decisions to thoughtfully reduce the size of this organization while maintaining essential services." He will be holding public forums to further discuss the budget on October 22 at 7:00 PM at Fieldstone Middle School and November 20 at 7:00 PM at the Suffern Free Library.
Lacey Spears Appears in Court
The Chestnut Ridge woman who is accused of killing her five-year old son by poisoning him with salt was seen in court in White Plains on Wednesday. According to Judge Robert Neary's ruling the case is ready to move forward to trial after ordering that the evidence against Lacey Spears was obtained legally and can be used in the case. Spears became an interest to police in January, when health care workers at Westchester Medical Center reported that five-year old Garnett Spears died because of high levels of sodium in his system. According to investigators part of their evidence is a feeding bag that Lacey used to help the often sick Garnett receive nutrients through a tube. The bag was brought forward by a neighbor who stated the young mom asked her to dispose of it, and investigators found high levels of sodium inside, leading them to believe that Spears was purposely poisoning her son and may have suffered from Munchausen By Proxy causing those who suffer from it to harm their child for attention. Judge Neary ruled that the trial will begin on October 23.
State Officials Plan Tappan Zee Bridge Tolls
Senator David Carlucci announced a plan at a press conference in Tarrytown on Tuesday that would give residents of Rockland and Westchester Counties a discount for crossing the new Tappan Zee Bridge, stating, "If we can't afford to cross the bridge it will be devastating to our economy." In the past year the Senator has made clear his plans for new laws that will fight toll evaders as well. New York state loses about $30 million a year to people who do not pay for passing through tolls. According to Carlucci, he is working with lawmakers in Albany to create a plan, in which residents would receive a $250 tax credit for those who file as a single tax payer and $500 for those who file jointly. The plan will also allow residents of both counties to receive a discount on the toll, which according to speculation, could be as high as $15.
Partial Deconstruction of Tappan Zee Bridge Begins
According to spokeswoman for Tappan Zee Constructors, Carla Julian, the company has started the process of removing part of the current bridge. Julian stated that crews have begun removing 500 feet of the Westchester side of the bridge to make room for the new landing, as well as a colum and footing, and the section can be safely removed without harming the structure. According to officials the column is being removed to make room for the foundation of the new Northbound lanes and the work will be completed by crane at night. The I Lift New York super crane arrived last week and will assist in the dismantling of the current bridge, which project officials stated will mostly take place in 2017.
Weekend Accidents; Bear Killed, Building Hit
Orangetown Police responded to a call on Sunday afternoon for an accident in Blauvelt. According to officers just after 12:00 PM a car crashed into a building at the intersection of Route 303 and Route 340. The driver was treated for minor injuries and remains unidentified and the cause has not been reported, though investigators were at the scene. An unrelated accident was also reported in Ramapo over the weekend. On Friday evening police arrived at the scene of an accident in Wesley Hills to find a young black bear had been hit and killed by a car. Police stated the 200 pound bear was crossing Route 202 when it was hit and survived the crash, but died before police responded. Both the driver and passenger in the car were uninjured and the car sustained minor damage.
Tappan Zee Constructors Fined for Violations
According to the Department of Environmental Conservation, Tappan Zee Constructors, the company building the $3.9 billion new bridge across the Hudson, has been fined for permit violations. According to state reports the constructors began working on building large portions of the bridge at a site north of the project, where they are leasing land and will later ferry the pieces South to the actual construction site. Officials for the group Riverkeeper stated in August they observed the company improperly dredging areas of the Hudson near the Albany site and alerted the DEC of possible violations. Director or Riverkeeper's Hudson River Program Phillip Musegaas stated that dredging should be continuous movements between the river and barge where materials are dumped, so water and sediment doesn't drain from the river, but dredging cranes allegedly paused in the process, harming the environment. The company was fined $10,000 for violations and must pay $55,000 to a project for the environment. TZC officials stated that work will continue on schedule, despite the fines.


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The only "new" thing about new thorium nuclear design is the marketing
The Atomic Weapons Establishment Funds almost Half of UK Universitieshttp://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/the-atomic-weapons-establishment-funds-almost-half-of-uk-universities/
Oak Ridge National Lab Discusses Relationship Between Molten Thorium Reactor And Weapons:
"By 1954, the Laboratory's chemical technologists had completed a pilot plant demonstrating the ability of the THOREX process to separate thorium, protactinium, and uranium-233 from fission products and from each other. This process could isolate uranium-233 for weapons development and also for use as fuel in the proposed thorium breeder reactors.
Molten-salt reactor experiments continued at the Laboratory through the 1960s and into the early 1970s. In 1969, Keith Brown, David Crouse, Carlos Bamberger, and colleagues adapted molten-salt technology to the problem of breeding uranium-233 from thorium, which could be extracted from the virtually inexhaustible supply of granite rocks found throughout the earth's crust. When bombarded by neutrons in the molten-salt reactor, thorium was converted to fissionable uranium-233, another nuclear fuel.
In December 1960, the AEC directed the Oak Ridge Laboratory to "turn its attention to developing a molten-salt reactor and thorium breeder".
http://web.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev25-34/chapter4.shtml (Emphasis Added)
Further, as you can see, there is nothing really "new" about molten salt thorium reactors other than marketing. As in all fashion the same old stuff gets rehashed. We need new energy innovation and investment instead.
More Reading of Interest Regarding Thorium Reactors and Weapons Proliferation: http://wmdjunction.com/121031_thorium_reactors.htmhttps://www.princeton.edu/sgs/publications/sgs/pdf/9_1kang.pdf
Australia: Foreign Minister and other Ministers take aim at President Obama, over climate change
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop chides Barack Obama over Great Barrier Reef climate change remarks ABC News 20 Nov 14 Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has criticised US president Barack Obama for a speech in Brisbane last weekend in which he claimed climate change threatened the Great Barrier Reef.
Speaking to 7.30 from New York, where she is attending a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Ms Bishop said "there was an issue regarding [Mr Obama's] statement" and she could "understand the Queensland Government's concern"……..
Bishop latest Coalition politician to take aim at Obama
Ms Bishop is not the only Coalition politician to voice criticism of Mr Obama, with frontbenchers Joe Hockey and Jamie Briggs making comments in the wake of the Brisbane speech.
Mr Briggs labelled the address as a "massive, massive distraction" from the rest of the G20 summit, while the Treasurer said it would be difficult for Mr Obama to deliver on his stricter emissions standard pledge.……..
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned the Great Barrier Reef could be at risk if more is not done to reduce carbon emissions………The UN's World Heritage Committee has deferred a decision on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger" until next year. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-20/julie-bishop-chides-barack-obama-over-climate-change-remarks/5906570
Goldman Sachs getting out of uranium trading
Goldman to wind down uranium desk; may sell Colombian coal mines -reportThu Nov 20, 2014 Nov 19 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs will wind down its small uranium trading business after failing to find a buyer and may sell its Colombian coal mine subsidiary, two of its most controversial commodity divisions, according to a Senate report released on Wednesday…….http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/20/commodities-banks-goldman-uranium-idUSL2N0T931M20141120
Nuclear power's dimming future, as wind, solar and biomass power races ahead
False promise of nuclear power, THE HINDU, BRAHMA CHELLANEY 19 Nov 14 The need for costly upgrades post-Fukushima and for making the nuclear industry competitive, including by cutting back on generous government subsidies, underscore nuclear power's dimming future.
New developments highlight the growing travails of the global nuclear-power industry. France — the "poster child" of atomic power — plans to cut its nuclear-generating capacity by a third by 2025 and focus instead on renewable sources, like its neighbours, Germany and Spain. As nuclear power becomes increasingly uneconomical at home because of skyrocketing costs, the U.S. and France are aggressively pushing exports, not just to India and China, but also to "nuclear newcomers," such as the cash-laden oil sheikhdoms. Still, the bulk of the reactors under construction or planned worldwide are located in just four countries — China, Russia, South Korea and India.
Six decades after Lewis Strauss, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, claimed that nuclear energy would become "too cheap to meter," nuclear power confronts an increasingly uncertain future, largely because of unfavourable economics. The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2014, released last week, states: "Uncertainties continue to cloud the future for nuclear — government policy, public confidence, financing in liberalized markets, competitiveness versus other sources of generation, and the looming retirement of a large fleet of older plants."
Heavily subsidy reliant
Nuclear power has the energy sector's highest capital and water intensity and longest plant-construction time frame, making it hardly attractive for private investors. Plant construction time frame, with licensing approval, still averages almost a decade, as underscored by the new reactors commissioned in the past decade. The key fact about nuclear power is that it is the world's most subsidy-fattened energy industry, even as it generates the most dangerous wastes whose safe disposal saddles future generations. Commercial reactors have been in operation for more than half-a-century, yet the industry still cannot stand on its own feet without major state support. Instead of the cost of nuclear power declining with the technology's maturation — as is the case with other sources of energy — the costs have escalated multiple times.
In this light, nuclear power has inexorably been on a downward trajectory. The nuclear share of the world's total electricity production reached its peak of 17 per cent in the late 1980s. Since then, it has been falling, and is currently estimated at about 13 per cent, even as new uranium discoveries have swelled global reserves. With proven reserves having grown by 12.5 per cent since just 2008, there is enough uranium to meet current demand for more than 100 years.
Yet, the worldwide aggregate installed capacity of just three renewables — wind power, solar power and biomass — has surpassed installed nuclear-generating capacity. In India and China, wind power output alone exceeds nuclear-generated electricity……
New robots for decontaminating Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 2; New Robots & Work SimplyInfo, November 18th, 2014 (Great diagrams and photos)
As part of reviewing IRID's updates on work progress for Fukushima Daiichi, new information about robots to be used and their proposed work has been released.
First Floor Robots, Floor Decontamination……..
Overhead Robots For First Floor………
Robots For Upper Floors …….
Containment Inspection Robots………
Penetration Checking Robot…… http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14099
Iran nuclear talks – the state of plan
Iran nuclear talks – the Guardian briefing Julian Borger andSaeed Kamali Dehghan Tuesday 18 November Iran and a six-nation negotiating group are trying to reach an agreement that could bring an end to 12 years of deadlock over Iran's nuclear programme. Read a brief history of the standoff and find out why the outcome of the talks is still in the balance
What's the story?
The international negotiations over the future of Iran's nuclear programme are approaching a deadline of 24 November. A deal would curb the Iranian programme – to reassure the rest of the world that Tehran does not intend to build nuclear weapons – in return for sanctions relief. Success would diminish the threat of a new war in the Middle East and significantly improve US-Iranian relations after a 35-year freeze. That in turn could lead to better cooperation in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond. Inside Iran, the lifting of sanctions would immeasurably strengthen the hand of pragmatists, led by the president, Hassan Rouhani, who want to re-engage with the west.
How did we get here?……..http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/-sp-iran-nuclear-talks-briefing
Chance of nuclear war too close for comfort
Historians of the Cold War have shown that mistakes and miscalculation have brought the world closer to accidental nuclear warfare more often than is commonly realised. A recent report by Britain's Royal Institute of International Affairs, titled, 'Too close for comfort' documents several incidents. Some involved computer malfunctions that led either the US or the USSR to believe that they were under nuclear attack. As the report notes: "Individual decision making, often in disobedience of protocol and political guidance, has on several occasions saved the day." Several of the most dangerous near-misses took place during periods of heightened political tension between Moscow and Washington. The most famous such incident was the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962. A more recent instance — with a stronger contemporary resonance — was the Able Archer incident of November 1983. In September of that year, the Soviet Union had shot down a Korean Air civilian airliner, killing 267 people. That tragedy, like the shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine this year, had significantly raised East-West tensions with the Russians, then as now, accusing America of militarism and plans for world domination.
Against this background, Nato staged a military exercise that acted out a western nuclear strike on the USSR. Operation Able Archer was so thorough and so realistic that many in Moscow interpreted it as preparation for a Nato first-strike. In response, the Russians readied their own nuclear weapons. It appears that intelligence services alerted the West to how Able Archer was being seen in Moscow, allowing for de-escalation.
One lesson of that episode is that the existence of a "hotline" between Moscow and Washington is no guarantee that the two sides will not blunder. Another is that any ambiguous move, involving nuclear weapons, can cause a dangerous panic.
My parents' generation got grimly used to living in the shadow of the bomb. But for my generation, the very idea of nuclear warfare seems like something from science-fiction or even dark comedy, such as Dr Strangelove. But the world's nuclear arsenals were not abolished after the Cold War. Sadly, we may now be returning to an era in which the threat of nuclear warfare can no longer be treated as the stuff of science fiction. http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/the-nuclear-gun-is-back-on-the-table-1.1414436
G20 swelters in heatwave, as host country Australia denies importance of climate change
Nearby Ipswich – 40km southwest of Brisbane – will touch 41 on Saturday, according to the bureau, it's hottest November day since 1968 and well above its 30.8 November average, while further inland towns are expecting to reach the mid-40s in the first half of next week.
There will be little overnight relief at the G20, too, with temperatures to remain around the mid-20s in the evenings and only bottom out at 20 degrees early Sunday.
"We're going to have hot days and hot nights as well," Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Narramore said, according to Fairfax Media……….
The heatwave comes as the world tracks for its hottest calendar year on record, having already experienced the hottest consecutive 12 months from October 2013 through to September this year.
Ahead of the G20, a group of health organisations – including the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and the National Toxics Network – have called on climate change to be on the summit's agenda, with the chief executive of the Public Health Association of Australia pointing out the increased risk of heatwaves. ……..http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/11/14/science-environment/abbotts-nightmare-world-leaders-swelter-through-g20-heatwave?utm_source=exact
At G20 Australians hold beach protest, mocking their climate denialist Prime Minister Abbott
Australians Stick Their Heads In The Sand To Mock Prime Minister Abbott's Climate Stance http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/13/australians-stick-heads-sand_n_6150606.html Reuters | By Sue-Lin Wong SYDNEY, Nov 13 (- More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Australia's Bondi Beach on Thursday, mocking the government's reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of a G20 summit this weekend.
"Obama's on board, Xi Jinping's on board, everyone's on board except one man," activist Pat Norman, 28, bellowed into a megaphone on the Sydney beach.
"Tony Abbott!" the protesters shouted back.
Folks with babies, school children and working people in business suits dug holes on the beach and stuck their heads in them. The ostrich is said to stick its head in the sand in futile bid to avoid danger.Ornithologists say the African bird does no such thing but that didn't spoil the cheeky protest.
"Wiggle ya bums if you feel like it," Norman shouted over the megaphone.
A few athletic types did handstands with their heads in the sand.
"To be so far behind the rest of the developed world embarrasses progressive Australia," he said.
In climate denialist Australia, President Obama throws down gauntlet to act on climate change
Obama's University of Queensland speech: President throws down gauntlet to act on climate change news.com.au, 15 Nov 14 PRESIDENT Obama has used his speech at the University of Queensland to throw down the gauntlet on climate change, urging Australia's young people to act before it's too late.
"If China and the US can agree on this, the world can agree on this. We need to get this done," the President told a crowd of around 2000 students and politicians at the University of Queensland on a sweltering day in the city.
"I have not had time to go to the Great Barrier Reef and I want to come back and I want my daughters to come back and I want their daughters and sons to come back and have that be there in 50 years," he said.
The reference will no doubt put pressure on Prime Minister Tony Abbot, who has been heavily criticised this week by media for refusing to put climate change on the G20's official agenda.
In his opening address this morning United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said climate change was the "defining issue of our times" and it's "only natural" G20 leaders should make it a priority.
President Obama also used the speech to announce a $3 billion contribution to the Green Climate Fund which aims to help developing nations deal with climate change………http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/obamas-university-of-queensland-speech-president-throws-down-gauntlet-to-act-on-climate-change/story-e6frflo9-1227124098927
Any credibility to the G20?
G20 faces crucial test of its credibility as Brisbane summit looms Ben Doherty theguardian.com, Monday 10 November 2014 Is the Group of 20 a genuine agent for change, or just another tired horse on the merry-go-round of international confabs? "…..The G20 was widely praised for stabilising the world economy during the global financial crisis of 2008, but the body has struggled for impact – critics say relevance – since those panicked days. The once-shiny crown of the "world's premier economic body" has lost a little of its lustre.
In less critical times, its members have struggled to find consensus, descending instead into self-interested bickering, and reforms the G20 has promised have dwarfed those it has actually delivered.
This week's Brisbane meeting of the Group of 20 will be a crucial test: can it be a genuine agent for change, or just another tired horse on the merry-go-round of international confabs?
The G20 is unquestionably powerful. Collectively, G20 economies account for two-thirds of the world's people, 85% of its gross product, and three-quarters of global trade.
Unlike the too-exclusive G7, it includes the emerging giants of China, India and Indonesia, along with broader South American, African, and Asian representation. But with only 20 members, it's nimble enough to make decisions, as it demonstrated during the global crisis……….
In the midst of the [2008 financial] crisis, the G20 co-ordinated the massive fiscal stimuli being pumped into the world's economies to pull them back from the brink. It redesigned international regulatory rules (through the Basel III agreement), and reformed existing international public institutions such as the International Monetary Fund………
"….if leaders start to lose interest in it, it just becomes yet another meeting in an incredibly-crowded international program, it becomes international space junk, rolling around, sucking up resources and time," he says. [says Mike Callaghan, program director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre,]………..http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/g20-faces-crucial-test-credibility-brisbane-summit-looms
TEPCO reassures world that radioactive contamination ,leaking from Fukushima to Pacific is no health problem
TEPCO Publishes Arrogant Press Release To The US On Fukushima,| Simply Info November 11th, 2014
As news came out about yet another finding of Fukushima radioactive contamination offshore of North America, TEPCO published a rather bizarre press release.
The corporate statement insists the contamination "Level raises no concern for human or animal health". …..
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TEPCO _ TEPCO ISSUES STATEMENT ON WOODS HOLE REPORT FINDING VERY LOW LEVEL OF CESIUM 134 FROM FUKUSHIMA OFF CALIFORNIA COAST http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14080
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Solarpunk: a new movement sees the future in a positive light BIANCA NOGRADY ABC Environment 10 NOV 2014 A new theme is emerging in science fiction literature and art: solarpunk. It imagines the future as bright, green and sustainable. "IMAGINE A SUSTAINABLE world, driven by clean and renewable energy. Now imagine large space sailboats driven by solar radiation, production of biofuels via nanotechnology, the advent of photosynthetic humans, and, as there is no perfect society, even terrorism against corrupt businesses and governments. Welcome to the bright green world of solarpunk."
The past decade has seen a huge rise in post-apocalyptic and dystopian science fiction, particularly aimed at young adults, exploring a variety of unpleasant possible futures, ranging from planet-wide desolation and starvation, to a world in which the uber-rich live in space-borne luxury while the poor languish on a stricken Earth.
But a new theme may be emerging; one that reflects our desire for a more optimistic but also more realistic vision of humanity's near-future; that acknowledges we have some enormous challenges and changes ahead, but allows us to believe we may yet meet those challenges and survive not only as a species but as a civilisation.
You may not have heard of solarpunk, and given that this sub-genre and cultural movement has so far largely been discussed only on social media sites such as Tumblr and Twitter, you wouldn't be the only one………
solarpunk's most important feature is its optimism, at a time when the prevailing winds are blowing due apocalypse.
"When you start talking to people about climate change, it's very easy for them to hit on the immensity of it all and just freeze up and say maybe it doesn't mean anything, why should I care if there's nothing I can do, what does this mean etc," says Flynn.
"I think there's a lot that people can do to reframe thinking about how we talk about it and react towards it, and I think art has a role to play in that."
As billions of people in the developing world begin the rise out of poverty, they are looking for a vision of the 'good life', he says, and unfortunately, at the moment, that vision tends to involve fast food, large cars, big houses, and conspicuous consumption.
"We need to have more models of what a scalable sustainable vision of a life lived with human dignity will be."
Iran nuclear talks may go on beyond November 24
Iran nuclear mediators hint at extended talks, Aljazeera, 11 Nov 14 Despite no breakthrough in Muscat, Western powers and Iran consider continuation of dialogue after November 24 deadline.
The one-day meeting on Tuesday came after lengthy discussions between John Kerry, US secretary of state, and Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, broke off in Muscat late on Monday with no signs of progress………http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/iran-nuclear-mediators-hint-at-extended-talks-201411111324419151.html
Alternative summit C20 calls for changes to G20 Agenda, and Climate Change as a standalone item
C20 calls on G20 to act on inequality, tax avoidance and climate change ABC News By AM business editor Peter Ryan Mon 10 Nov 2014, The C20 (Civil Society 20) is calling on G20 leaders to take action this weekend to improve the lives of the most vulnerable in society.
C20 chair Tim Costello said the group was looking for an outcome on Sunday that clearly demonstrates G20 leaders' commitment to fairness by taking concrete, measurable action to reduce inequality and address climate change.
"It will be a sad legacy of the Australian presidency if we go backwards in the fight against poverty by failing to tackle growing inequality," Mr Costello said.
"The G20's Brisbane Action Plan must build on the formal commitment made in St Petersburg last year for inclusive growth to be a central focus of G20 decision making.
"Otherwise meeting the 2 per cent growth target will be a hollow achievement and leaders will be judged as indifferent to those most in need."………
The C20 also argues that climate change is a critical economic issue confronting the G20 and must be discussed as a standalone item on the G20 agenda.
Mr Costello condemned the decision by the Australian presidency to ignore the impact of climate change on the global economy as a retrograde and damaging step.
"This G20 will ultimately be judged by the fairness test," he said.
"Whether that's fairness to future generations by facing up to climate change; fairness to the bottom 20 per cent of poorest households; fairness to 75 million young people unemployed worldwide; or fairness to taxpayers by declaring tax havens immoral."
The Australian C20 Steering Committee comprises representatives of international and domestic civil society organisations including World Vision Australia, ACOSS, WWF, Oxfam, Transparency International, the National Council of Churches, and the National Employment Services Association. A number of individuals are also involved in the C20.
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I am currently attempting to create a fairly basic web app that has the potential to hold sensitive(ish) data for users and their organizations.
I had intended on storing all user entered record data in one db and all app data in another db.This data will be stored in a shared db with an user_id and org_id against all records in all tables to facilitate separation.
To minimize risk of code error and data compromise I have researched the ability to automatically append standard 'where' statements to my active record queries using Active Record Caching
This is brilliant and will save a lot of headaches. However, According to the documentation http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/active_record.html#caching I should also be able to use this for updates (set method):
Note: The following statements can be cached: select, from, join, where, like, group_by, having, order_by, set.
Looking at the active_record class "DB_active_rec.php" there is code present to provide caching in several methods (select, where etc).
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Re: Franz Joseph Blueprints Revisited
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The chart is specific as it only indicates starships, hence Jein's conclusion. I doubt these are all starships parked at Starbase 11 (then why bring starship captains in from the outside for Kirk's Court-Martial?),
probably just starships that are being constructed and/or still require essential upgrades
That is a worthy theory. Considering the Stardate of
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But what about the actual numbers? Jein's assumed NCC-1631 for the
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