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By Gordon MacMillan, mediaweek.co.uk, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:32AM
Martin Sorrell, the WPP chief executive, has said in an interview that Twitter is not an advertising medium, but a PR one.
Sorrell has been talking to the Harvard Business Review about everything from the state of the advertising business, to social media and emerging technology.
His interview takes in such topics as programmable T-shirts and Google Glass, and he also had a few things to say about Facebook and Twitter, and why he doesn't think they are advertising media.
His comments come a week after Twitter launched its advertising API, which could significantly boost the number of advertisers using Twitter and their ability to manage campaigns.
Sorrell has spoken before about Facebook, admitting it gets him in trouble, and how he doesn't see it as an advertising medium. He reiterated those comments, adding his thoughts on Twitter too.
His argument is that Twitter is a PR medium and that it lacks depth. He is obviously not the first to make such comments, but what he says carries weight.
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It started harmlessly enough and then Antoine Roussel and Kevin Klein really began throwing punches.
Roussel, the Dallas Stars forward, and Klein, the Nashville Predators defenseman got into a feisty fight late in the second period of Monday's game. It began after the whistle, during a scrum in front of the net. Roussel and Klein met up among the bodies and dropped the gloves.
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California drought: Rare good news as storms move in, and El Niño conditions are emerging in Pacific
Here's something you haven't heard much around California during the past 14 months: Get out your umbrellas.
Forecasters say significant rain is in the future -- both this week and possibly next winter, with computer models showing promising signs of an El Niño, the phenomenon when Pacific Ocean waters warm up, often bringing wet winters to California.
It's a double dose of positive news for the drought-stricken state. While predicting weather too far into future is still unreliable, this week's storm system charging in from the Pacific Ocean is a safer bet: The storm is expected to hit the Bay Area on Wednesday afternoon, bringing up to four days of steady rain that meteorologists say should provide a desperately needed soaking.
"It's pretty promising. All the computer models are in agreement, and that's a really good sign," said Duane Dykema, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. "It looks like we'll get a series of storms with widespread rainfall."
Rainfall should vary from 2 to 5 inches across much of the Bay Area and the rest of the state, he said, with 2 to 3 feet of new snow in the Sierra Nevada.
And unlike the last significant rainfall, on Feb. 7-9, this storm is shaping up to be much more of a classic winter event, with winds up to 50 mph, power outages and some potential flash flooding. Gusty winds will be most severe on Friday.
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The rain is desperately needed. Since July 1, San Francisco has had only 5.85 inches, or 35 percent of normal for this time of year. Similarly, San Jose, with 2.67 inches, is at 26 percent of normal and Oakland, with 4.36 inches, is at 31 percent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Blu-Ray
There a million reviewers out there who can do more justice to reviewing the film itself than I can, suffice to say that for me it is a superb film, and this is the consensus among most people that see it. I want to use this review to point out what a great Blu-Ray this is. As usual Warner Bros. has upgraded to Blu-Ray with love and attention to detail. First of all...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Which would you take home - the robot or the girl?,
R. Schiller (Chichester, England) - See all my reviews
Few sci-fi movies capture ordinariness in the strange and wonderful worlds that they create but The Forbidden Planet does so in a masterly fashion. This is a great film and a game-changer in the history of sci-fi. When you watch sci-fi and think "those are great special effects" then that is a sure sign that the film has failed because if it was a good film then you would not be looking at the technicalities you would be engrossed in the characterisations and the plot. The Forbidden Planet has a superb plot so the effects are just a part of staging the story. Having said that the effects here are primitive by today's standards - the dust cloud left by the speeding vehicle being perhaps the least convincing. Yet at the same time the animations used for the monsters and the portrayal of the underground world can stand alongside what could be done today. When they edited this film they realised that, given their limitations, the effects should not be pushed too far and so the whole piece benefited from understatement forced by the basic contemporary working methods. So many modern films could so learn from that same tempered approach. The creators of Forbidden Planet got pretty much the right balance between delivering you to another world and keeping your feet firmly planted in the basics of life, love and ambition. Also; luckily for us looking back from the second decade of the 21st century Forbidden Planet was made in colour.
In terms of portraying an extraordinary world in ordinary terms Forbidden Planet was not equalled until Star Wars in 1977; 21 years later. However where the Forbidden Planet scores over Star Wars and the best of the genre, but also by some huge distance over lesser sci-fi, is in the sophistication of the plot. In one of my favourite scenes the writers find the most imaginative way of portraying the enormity of the available power that the vast underground machine can deliver. Sci-fi films, like action movies, too often fall into the trap of straightforward goodies where everything about them is super-wholesome and worthy pitched against baddies that are completely evil. The main plot here is so much more interesting and real than this classic reduction. OK; so there is not enough dialogue to really explore the ideas properly but in terms of direction it is spot on. The characterisations are also somewhat one-dimensional because they have to share the film with this wonderful plot and with all the explanation necessary in any sci-fi. However this helps make this an easy watchable film. It may be based on Shakespeare but it does not demand the endurance that the great bard's work often can.
As for the packaging here on the Blu-ray; you get a very good rendition of the film in HD alongside a good set of extras. A couple of documentaries rub shoulders with pretty much all of the work Robby the Robot ever did (I think). The other Robby vehicles are eclipsed by the main feature of course and no more than a curiosity for me but the documentaries are great at reminding you of the context of the film and giving some insight into its creation. For the Robby stuff; contrast "let's write a film that explores man's inner struggle from the primitive and the power of the mind" with "can we do something with this darn robot - after all it cost a fortune to build". Outtakes feature too and this all adds up to give you a reasonable backdrop - the kind of material you want to see as extras on the Blu-ray or DVD release.
Anyway; that is my humble opinion on what I consider a must-have addition to my collection.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great.,
homecinema (Cheshire) - See all my reviews
This is a great film, always enjoyed watching this film over the years, on tv. The special effects of this film, are way ahead of it's time, they are just amazing.
The picture quality of the blu ray is very good, but not perfect as it should be, there is a small, and I will say small ammount of grain still present, only at times, on the picture, but I am being critical here, as it is very good. The sound quality is very good.
The extras on this disk are great too, there is another full movie, The Invisable Boy, now some may not like this film, whether you like, or dislike, the fact they have given this film free on this disk, so no complaints here, there are many more very good extras too. The price we paid was very good, go for this film on blu ray, you will not be disappointed.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal.,
Armchair Pundit "Armchair Pundit." (Durham City, England.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition [DVD] [1956] [1957] (DVD)
At last, this seminal film is getting a quality release it's long deserved.
I still remember the tingle of apprehension I got the first time I heard Robbie say,
"Morbius, something approaching from the South West."
The eerie electronic score and sound effects also make this a film that stands out from the crowd of 50's Science Fiction,
and the design of Robbie the Robot is so good it's still an impressive sight now.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ever Science Fiction Film,
Mr. J. Hastings "John Hastings" (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition [DVD] [1956] [1957] (DVD)
This must be the best Science Fiction film of all time; perhaps because the plot, or at least the situation, is based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest". More than that, the actors throw themselves into their parts and every word comes across clearly. While the `advanced' technology is pretty primitive, the sets and model work are excellent. I particularly like the scene of the spaceship landing: it's spinning, it raises dust and it casts a shadow before touching down and coming to rest.
The characters match "The Tempest" quite closely: Morbius = Prospero, Altaira = Miranda, Robby the Robot = a clunky Ariel, Commander Adams = Ferdinand, the Id Monster = Caliban. There is even a drunken cook to match Stephano the drunken butler. The Id Monster is actually an improvement, for Shakespeare's Caliban proves to be harmless, while the Id Monster is invisible, powerful and deadly.
I wonder how much Gene Rodenberry drew on Forbidden Planet when devising Star Trek. There are several obvious parallels: a saucer-shaped, interstellar ship; a Captain, First Officer, Doctor and Chief Engineer as major characters; even the deceleration chamber effect looks like the Star Trek transporter.
One little scene particularly intrigues me. At the climax of the film Morbius, Altaira and the Commander are trapped in the Krell laboratory while the Id Monster breaks in. The Commander draws his blaster. Why does he do that? He knows it can't hurt the Monster. But if he kills Morbius, that will destroy the Monster too, since it comes from the mind of Morbius. Is he thinking of doing that? Saving Altaira but knowing she will hate him for killing her father? Or did the Director just include that action without thinking about its significance?
The message of the film is clear: if we ever do manage to colonise other planets, the evil that we experience there will be the evil we have brought with us.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "My evil self is at that door, and I have no power to stop it!" - and so is The Invisible Boy!,
Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
One of the comparatively few A-list 50s sci-fi films and a rare interstellar excursion for MGM in particular, Forbidden Planet still holds up remarkably well as one of the most intelligent and ambitious of its era. Adapting Shakespeare's The Tempest as a sci-fi film was an inspired notion, while the film's underpinnings in equal parts myth, sexuality and psychology adds another layer of depth and complexity that separates it from the pack of invasion and giant bug movies that passed for science fiction for much of the 50s.
Making his entrance in a cloud of dust, Robby the Robot is the breakout star but Walter Pidgeon is the one who truly dominates the film as the Prospero-like Morbius. He may joke about not being the mad scientist of lore, but, like the rest of the cast, Pidgeon plays it admirably straight, in his case as if he were playing Shakeseare in its undiluted form. He's an imposing figure, both in look and voice, but his Morbius is genuinely not a bad man - he doesn't want anyone to get hurt. But he can't control the hidden monsters the all but divine but long extinct Krell have unleashed on his isolated planet paradise and which stir again when a rescue ship finally arrives. And what a monster it is, too. You may only see a plaster cast of its giant claw or catch sketchy animated glimpses of its outline as it tries to break through an electric force field but anywhere in the galaxy this is a nightmare, and one that makes an unforgettable impression.
The rest of the human cast may mostly be made up of studio stereotypes - Leslie Nielson in a rare heroic leading man role before he became one of the industry's smooth villains of choice, Ann Francis as the innocent romantic interest, Jack Kelly's rival suitor, Earl Holliman's comic-relief cook - but the superb screenplay still gives most of them dialogue worth saying and offers one more complex character in Warren Stevens' doctor who finds himself attracted to the planet and tempted to risk his life to discover its secret. He ultimately plays a more decisive role in uncovering the nature of the beast and how it can be defeated than the nominal hero.
The film is certainly a treat for the eyes as well as the mind. While not photo realistic, the stylised special effects, painted background and animation are still strikingly effective today, with director Fred McLeod Wilcox, designers Irving Block (who co-wrote the story), Mentor Huebner and Arthur Lonergan and cinematographer George J. Folsey combining to make great use of the wide CinemaScope format. Its huge influence on the genre is certainly easy to trace: you'll find some shots copied faithfully in Star Wars, whether it's the hologram of Princess Lei or Obi-wan disabling the tractor beam, Gene Roddenberry used elements of it as the blueprint for Star Trek while its big idea - that the real monsters are inside all of us - would find itself cropping up everywhere from Solaris to Sphere without ever having quite the same satisfyingly primal effect it has here.
Although it's perhaps not a necessary upgrade if you already have the DVD, Warners' Bluray release is very impressive with a particularly strong and detailed CinemaScope transfer that hasn't been ruined by the kind of excessive noise reduction that makes the cast of so many older movies look like waxwork Botox victims, as well as a good stereo soundtrack that at times appears to favor the right speaker slightly, though that's largely because Walter Pidgeon is often kept stage left and has a much stronger, clearer voice than any of the other actors.
The extras package from the 2-disc DVD special edition has thankfully been left intact (though some trailers from other sci-fi movies of the 50s that were included on the US DVD have been dropped). The biggest surprise is perhaps that, along with nine minutes of fullframe special effects test footage from a print source, there are also some interesting deleted scenes taken from a workprint of the film, though sadly they only seem to survive in a poor quality letterboxed videotape source. Among them are Nielson speculating on possible forms of alien life ("They could be anything from Archangels to giant spiders"), a couple of scenes underlining why the tiger attacks - Doc Ostrow comparing Alta's calming effect on them to the myth of the unicorn worshipping purity and later coming up with a scientific rationale to support it - Robby driving the crew to Morbius' house against some dodgy backprojection, Nielson packing up a dead crewman's belongings, alternate unfinished versions of scenes with Robbie and the monster's original voices and a bit more dialogue from the end of the film. At times there's more of a poetic, mythical feel to the dialogue that harks back to the source, but they tend to be a little too on the nose about things better left inferred by the film.
Along with the original theatrical trailer (narrated by Marvin Millar, the voice of Robby the Robot) there's a good making of documentary featuring most of the surviving cast and many of the crew and a good 55-minute documentary on the flying saucer scares and sci-fi film explosion of the 50s that helps put the film in context. Robby the Robot also gets his due. Aside from a featurette about his construction, there are also a couple of extracts from the introductions to MGM's anthology series MGM Parade with Walter Pidgeon in costume introducing Robby Robot in the Krell laboratory, an episode from the 1958 Thin Man TV series with Peter Lawford and Robby and Robby's feature film follow-up, The Invisible Boy. Marketed heavily on his starring role, it's not a sequel but an Earthbound `modern day' (well, 1957) story
Where Forbidden Planet began with narration informing us that the space age truly began when man finally reached the moon at the end of the 21st Century, The Invisible Boy was released within a month of it starting in earnest when the Russians launched Sputnik. The budget's a lot lower - black and white with many reused sets and props, including the odd bit of Krell technology, and it's not in CinemaScope either - and the ideas aimed more at the kids who took Robby to their heart rather than the grownups. Here Robby's the robot pal of Richard Eyer, whose dad controls a computer containing the constantly updated sum total of man's knowledge but who can't even teach his son basic fractions. The computer is intended for military use and, this being the 50s, there are fears of `our friends across the Pole' stealing its secrets "because that's they're way of inventing things, isn't it?" (oh how they must have regretted that line when the Sputnik went up), but that doesn't stop dad from using it to boost junior's intelligence. Unfortunately the computer might just be sentient and have its own reasons for `helping' him.
Dialogue like "You put that thing in the garage and you leave it there" when Eyer introduces Robby to the unimpressed family (seriously, what does this kid have to do to impress them?) or "Stop all this nonsense and start behaving sensibly" when he becomes invisible doesn't exactly lend it credibility, though the film does assume a childlike point of view as his father simply thinks his transparent offspring is just doing it to get attention. And there's more than a hint of the more lurid side of childhood curiosity as our hero uses his invisibility to spy on his parents making out. At times there's such a child's dreamlike quality to it all that it's a surprise that Eyer doesn't wake up just before the end credits to find out it's all been a dream. Instead the film turns increasingly serious in the last half hour as Eyer disappears from the story in more ways than one, putting the focus on the grownups as the super computer goes all Forbin Project on them. Robbie does indeed go briefly on the rampage as promised by the posters, though other ideas - not least the tantalising hint that Robbie may have been brought back from the future - are quickly brushed aside. But then this is more about the studio getting its money's worth out of its expensive mechanical star after Forbidden Planet struggled to break even at the box-office than breaking new ground like its predecessor, and as such it's a decent but undemanding bit of 50s sci-fi paranoia. Unsurprisingly it doesn't get the same treatment on the extras front but the original trailer for the film is also included.
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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic must have cult scifi flick,
This review is from: Forbidden Planet [VHS] [1956] (VHS Tape)
this is a fantastic piece of scifi art that was above and beyond the repertoire of its then day counterparts!
in an era when star trek hadnt even been a twinkle in gene roddenberry' eye, this masterpiece was and still is a first rate combination of artists impression and human escapism ideology, an alround worth while film that every cult scifi fanatic should be made to watch!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best,
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This review is from: Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition [DVD] [1956] [1957] (DVD)
As the previous reviewer said there isn't much more to be said. This is one of the greatest science fiction films ever made. Its even more remarkable for being over 50 years old now, as some of the special effects, if dated now, are good enough to make you think 'how the hell did they do that in 1956'? Remember no CGI at all.
Its influence on the original Star Trek series in terms of the story and the sets is clear for all to see: A long dead civilisation leaving behind a mind enhancing machine. An apparent Alien force that can't be seen. Sets made of polystyrene etc....
Quite a few important Science Fiction films were made in the 1950's, but this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. If you've never seen it you've missed an absolute classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the fifties - and more?,
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This review is from: Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition [DVD] [1956] [1957] (DVD)
This is probably one of the very best Science Fiction films ever made. I saw it when it first appeared (I was quite young!) and was overwhelmed. It is, of course, firmly based in the American genre - hopeful, romantic, and `hero' based but it does have the underlying sense of the danger of technology that surfaces much more in British films of this genre (e.g. `The Day The Earth Caught Fire', etc). I think that it is the adult nature of the story, including the romance between the captain and Altara (and who wouldn't fall in love with Anne Francis dressed like that!) that make the film so enjoyable. I don't know about `The Tempest', my knowledge of Shakespeare doesn't stretch past the historical plays but the storyline, the dialogue, the acting, and the script lend a feeling of completeness to the whole thing.
As one reviewer states, it is well known that Star Trek has it's birth in this movie and, indeed, it is seminal in the genre. There are many `references' to the film in the original series.
Considering it's age it wears very well indeed. The special effects are obvious but still work and the sheer size of the ideas (the Krell power system for example) and the space ship itself are all well presented. Of course no review would be complete without comment on Robbie - surely a superb creation that fleshed (if that the right phrase) out the idea of a robot.
All in all a must for anyone who likes SF. Modern viewers should not compare the special effects with those available today but can wallow in the excellence mentioned above.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Id vs. ego,
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This review is from: Forbidden Planet [VHS] (VHS Tape)
In the 23 century a rescue ship is sent to the planet Altar to look for survivors of an earlier expatiation. They find nothing except an ominous voice warning them not to land. What would you do?
Notice that the investigating party is the captain, first officer, and medical doctor. Can your say Star Trek?
This movie has many plusses as both sociological (people like to compare this to Shakespeare's "The Tempest"). Visual from the color of the sky to the accoutrements of Altiara (Anne Francis). The speculation on what would you do in this situation. And the introduction of Robby the robot who went on to be a star in other movies and a guest on many TV programs.
The movie was great I watch it over and again. However it made a major deviation from the book or the book by W.J. Stuart, also written in 1956, deviated from the movie.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Forbidden Planet...Not forgotten,
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I remember watching this film as a child. The BBC had a Sci-Fi season on a Wednesday evening which followed Nationwide. It was in the 70's, & I rememeber having our first colour t.v. It would be fair to say that most of the movies which were shown in 'said' season were in Black & White, so what a most welcome surprise when the titles came on for 'Forbidden Planet'. What a fantastic treat for the eyes. The colour was then, & still is, Knockout. Forbidden Planet is perhaps a little long for some. And the screenplay writer went ape on 'big' words, 'big' explanations & basically, 'big' bollocks. But the movie is a 'classic'(?) Nice to see Walt Disney lent a hand in the animation. If you're in love with this genre, you'll be in seven heaven with this movie. I wanted more of the beast myself. However, I remember the giant footprints giving me food for thought as a kid - Happy days :O)
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ALLAHABAD: Successful research doesn't always make an immediate impact on the society, but over time and once a technology proves feasible, its impact can be dramatic, said Dr Timothy G Lenihan, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore Karnataka, presenting his views on the penultimate day of the ongoing Science Conclave here at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) on Thursday.
Presenting a case study of a government-funded research & development project with industry to develop the next generation of integrated passive electronic packaging, he began his speech talking about Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), focusing on developing new technologies and applications for multi-chip electronic packaging using thin film technologies. According to him, all technologies will be put up on a flexible film which is like a thin piece of paper.
With the ongoing five-day Science conclave at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) coming to an end, eminent scientists including the Nobel laureates apprised budding science students with their new research works.
Robert F Curl, Nobel Prize winner in 1996 in the field of chemistry spoke about exploring elementary carbon, saying that besides two basic elemental forms of carbon-crystalline and amorphous-some other forms exist as diamond and graphite and amorphous forms like activated charcoal, fibre, vitreous, etc. He talked about the onion structures of carbon and graphene, a single sheet of graphite, its unit cell, electronic energies, ribbons and glassy carbon.
He concluded his speech talking about fluorescence of semiconductor, describing it as "single-walled carbon nano tube" (SWCNT) and SWCNT Raman spectra. The Nobel scientist was felicitated by Shekhar Verma.
Bibudhendra Sarkar from the Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada threw light on 'Translational research: Bench-to-bedside medicine for treating orphan genetic diseases'. He explained genetic diseases in detail in a talk focused on orphans or neglected genetic diseases such as Wilson Disease and Menkes Disease and how the former disease happens due to toxic accumulation of copper in liver while latter is due to deficiency in copper transport causing neurodegeneration and said children were more prone to these diseases.
He highlighted challenges to treat genetic diseases saying their symptoms were often ignored and said these diseases were progressive, serious, life-limiting and life-threatening and we still don't know what to do with the patients. He was felicitated by Hari Prakash.
Joseph Sifakis, RISD Laboratory, EPFL spoke on 'System design: building a smarter world', talking about the evolution of information service and technology (IST). He said the system was present everywhere and was integrating hardware as well as software. He talked about the new trends in system design, system design status and vision and also talked about multi-core systems, sensors, sensor networks and Internet-based systems. After that he talked about applications of system design which are smart transportation systems, e-health, smart grids and ambient intelligence.
The lectures in the main pandal were followed by a series of interactions organized for INSPIRE and other higher educational institutions.
'Nrityarutya', a professional organisation for development of contemporary dance in India presented its performance. Through its work it supports understanding of new Indian dance expressions arising from its unique urban structures of living, physical (martial, dance and movement) traditions and performing practices.
It is one of the few contemporary dance companies is India empanelled with the ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations). Founded in 2000 by artistic director Mayuri Upadhya, the company has presented its work worldwide at various international venues and dance festivals along with associate directors, Madhuri Upadya, Geetha Ballal and Sathya B G. Upadhya who led the troupe is one of the most acclaimed choreographers in modern Indian dance. She has recently been awarded with the 'International Competition of choreography for Asian Dance Production' award of South Korea.
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EU presents post-Fukushima nuclear safety rules
The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure aging plants.
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The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure aging plants.
Stress tests on European nuclear plants prompted by the 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant showed that almost all of them needed safety improvements. A report on those tests called for more consistency across the 27-nation EU in assessing and managing nuclear safety threats.
EU nuclear plants already undergo regular tests, but the proposed new rules would strengthen that. They include EU-wide safety reviews every six years, and the threat that the EU would send in inspectors if countries don't do enough to ensure nuclear safety. It would also include a system of peer reviews, allowing national governments to verify their neighbors' atomic plants.
Another new rule would require emergency response centers on the site of nuclear plants that would be protected against radioactivity, earthquakes and flooding.
The rules would need approval by the individual member states before coming into effect, not before next year.
Critics called the plan too modest; EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger called it "realistic."
France - which is the world's most nuclear energy-dependent country, with 58 reactors providing the majority of the country's electricity - has been resistant to some of the new rules, arguing that its own rules are tough enough.
Environmental group Greenpeace said the new rules do not do enough to address potential terrorist threats, or to increase the powers of nuclear regulators, which have been accused in the past of being too close to nuclear industry players.
Several European countries are rethinking their reliance on nuclear energy since the Fukushima accident.
Oettinger sought to stay out of that debate, saying in a statement, "It's up to member states to decide if they want to produce nuclear energy or not. The fact remains that there are 132 nuclear reactors in operation in Europe today. Our task at the Commission is to make sure that safety is given the utmost priority in every single one of them."
After last year's stress tests to gauge nuclear reactors' ability to withstand accidents and natural disaster, the commission said the costs of needed improvements to EU reactors could run as high as 25 billion euros ($32 billion) over the coming years.
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MBTA General Manager Dr. Beverly A. Scott has been selected as the recipient of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)'s 2014 Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation. According to the TRB, Dr. Scott is being recognized for her attention to diversity, fairness, and equity and for her tireless efforts to improve the lives of others as well as to the attention she pays to the personal aspects of the decisions she makes and the impact of those decisions on the lives of those who depend on public transit for their livelihood is core to her recognition as a people-oriented transit manager.
"I am beyond honored to receive the TRB's 2014 Banks Award," said MBTA General Manager Dr. Beverly Scott. "I truly believe in the power of transportation as a force for positive change in people's lives. Transportation is not just getting from point A to point B, it is how people are able to work, play and live their lives."
Dr. Scott is responsible for managing the MBTA and overseeing the Commonwealth's 15 Regional Transit Authorities and MassDOT's freight and passenger rail program. Prior to coming to the MBTA Dr. Scott served as Chief Executive Officer/ General Manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). She was appointed to head MARTA in 2007 by the MARTA Board of Directors–the first female executive to hold this position.
Dr. Scott's career in the public transportation industry spans more than three decades, and includes executive/senior leadership positions with some of the nation's largest public transit systems including serving as General Manager of both the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SRTD) and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA).
Dr. Scott is renowned throughout the North American transit industry for her visionary leadership, results-driven management style; and progressive approach to labor-management relations. Among her most notable industry contributions is her pivotal leadership role in the critical areas of strategic human resources planning, workforce development and employee training.
The Banks Award, which will be presented on January 15, 2014, during the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, honors the memory of Sharon D. Banks, who was General Manager of AC Transit, Oakland, California, from 1991 to 1999 and who chaired the TRB Executive Committee in 1998. In honor of her passing in 1999, this award recognizes individuals whose accomplishments exemplify her ideals of humanity and service by making a significant difference in the lives of those who use, deliver, or support transportation services.
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