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Sept 14, 2011 8:39:11 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 14, 2011 8:39:11 GMT 1
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Sept 15, 2011 8:41:45 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 15, 2011 8:41:45 GMT 1
A vision of our electric future: What might Britain’s new pylons look like? Joint press release from DECC, National Grid, V&A and RIBA (11/074) 14 September 2011 Six Pylon Design Competition finalists unveiled Chris Huhne opens pylon design display at the V&A’s London Design Festival "Chris Huhne opened a display featuring scale models of six striking designs for new electricity pylons to the public today at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The 'Pylon for the Future' display forms part of the London Design Festival and is open to the public until 05 October 2011. ..." www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn11_074/pn11_074.aspxand the photographs of the contestants... www.flickr.com/photos/deccgovukComment: I wonder if points will be awarded... and what do points mean?
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Sept 15, 2011 8:49:30 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 15, 2011 8:49:30 GMT 1
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Sept 15, 2011 22:30:31 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 15, 2011 22:30:31 GMT 1
Here's the statistics for the recent public disorder... Criminal justice and sentencing statistics Statistical bulletin on the public disorder of 6th-9th August 2011 These statistics relate to the public disorder of 6th to 9th August 2011. On this page we will publish any ad hoc statistical bulletins relating to the disorder. "Previous criminal histories [Tables 9 – 10] By matching information on those involved in the public disorder with the Police National Computer we have been able to assess previous cautions and convictions of those who appeared before the courts for the disorder. Our initial analysis shows that Overall 73 per cent of those who have appeared before the courts for the disorder had a previous caution or conviction 77 per cent of adults and 55 per cent of juveniles had a previous caution or conviction In order to assess whether those who appeared before the courts were more likely to have previous convictions, these data will be compared with data on the conviction histories of adults and juveniles. The comparison is restricted to males who make up 90 per cent of those brought before the courts for the disorder. This shows that - 68 per cent of adult males who have been brought before the courts for the disorder had at least one previous conviction compared to 28 per cent of males aged 18-52 in the population as a whole who have at least one previous conviction - 40 per cent of males aged 10-17 brought before the courts for the disorder had at least one previous conviction. This compares with two per cent of the 10-17 year old male population who have at least one previous conviction It is clear that those who took part in the disorder were much more likely to have a previous conviction than the general population. Comparisons can also be made with previous criminal histories and number of people receiving their first conviction, caution, reprimand or warning. This shows that 27 per cent of those brought before the courts for their role in the disorder had no previous cautions or convictions. This compares with 23 per cent of those dealt with for indictable offences in 2010. 40 per cent of those brought before the courts had more than five previous offences. This compares with 50 per cent of those dealt with in 2010 for indictable offences. This suggests that while those taking part in the disorder were much more likely than the general population to have previous convictions, there is also evidence of some people being drawn into the criminal justice system for the first time." www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/statistics-and-data/mojstats/august-public-disorder-stats-bulletin.pdfwww.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/criminal-justice/public-disorder-august-11.htm
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Sept 15, 2011 22:45:41 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 15, 2011 22:45:41 GMT 1
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Sept 16, 2011 8:13:48 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2011 8:13:48 GMT 1
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Sept 16, 2011 8:25:47 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2011 8:25:47 GMT 1
Yahoo! finance 'Where you’re most at risk from uninsured drivers' Emily Spraven, 17:26, Wednesday 14 September 2011 "The worst places in Britain for uninsured drivers have been revealed. The UK has one of the worst records in western Europe for uninsured driving, something that's exacerbated by soaring premiums, and they are more likely to be younger and involved in accidents than other drivers. ..." uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Where-most-risk-uninsured-yahoofinanceuk-957186000.html
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Sept 16, 2011 8:49:08 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2011 8:49:08 GMT 1
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Sept 16, 2011 9:07:09 GMT 1
Post by marchesarosa on Sept 16, 2011 9:07:09 GMT 1
Interesting about the great leap forward in Chinese physics, Stu.
Also the hints at corruption of the funding process by the paliocrasy. Makes you think of Western climate "science" promoted and controlled by the running dogs of the IPCC/government clique. Some are more equal than others, as they say!
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Sept 16, 2011 19:35:38 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2011 19:35:38 GMT 1
..as You were saying, MM, "Concerned about corruption in Chinese science[5] Some Chinese scientists, including Professor Liu Ming of Zhejiang University in his 2005 book "Critique of the Academic Evaluation System" , argue that interference from government officials and university bureaucrats makes peer review far less effective in China than it could be. The time scientists spend cultivating politically influential people is lost to scientific research. Liu argues that the command economy mentality of measuring everything by the numbers combined with pervasive political interference results in a great waste of money, human talent as well as considerable corruption in Chinese science.[6]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#Peer_review_system
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Sept 16, 2011 19:50:22 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 16, 2011 19:50:22 GMT 1
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Sept 17, 2011 9:48:08 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 17, 2011 9:48:08 GMT 1
One Planet An Interview with Al Gore "It's time to end our absurd addiction to oil and coal according to Al Gore, the former vice president of America and environmental campaigner. In an interview with One Planet, the Nobel laureate also accuses the fossil fuel industry of disinformation and false science when it comes to climate change. Five years after his oscar winning documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' pushed the issue up the political agenda, momentum has faded and the cries from sceptics have - if anything - grown louder. Launching a 24 hour project aimed at winning over the doubters, Mr Gore tells Mike why victory over sceptics is inevitable." www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k2837Comment: A change of tack, confronting the 'big oil'. It has been renamed to 'Climate Crisis'. CO2 only gets one mention. Allies 'Big Oil' to 'Tobacco' When asked "As a politician, did You ever do something that was expedient, because You needed the votes to fight again tomorrow?" was answered with amnesia. Not recommended listening for climatologists it's embarrassing.
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Sept 21, 2011 18:29:48 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 21, 2011 18:29:48 GMT 1
"Rajendra Kumar Pachauri combats climate change every single day" "The two brightest stars of the Koli Forum, President Tarja Halonen and IPCC chair Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, planted birch seedlings in Koli to promote sustainable development and to slow down climate change. Photo: HEIKKI KOTILAINEN HS " . . . "There is only one correct answer. Changes linked with global climate change are under way - that is an undeniable and unambiguous fact, charges Indian Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, 71, who is the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). On Thursday, Pachauri spoke to international experts at the biennial Koli Forum in Lieksa in Eastern Finland. ..." "...One explanation for such phenomina lies in greenhouse gases, the amount of which increased by 70 per cent in the period from 1970 through 2004. ..." www.hs.fi/english/article/Rajendra+Kumar+Pachauri+combats+climate+change+every+single+day/1135269479857Comment: Looks suspect. US Standard Atmosphere p36 CO2 322 ppmv for 45 degrees North in 1970 and Wiki "and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state, as a trace gas at a concentration of 0.039% by volume." anybody any good at sums?
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Sept 22, 2011 17:29:03 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 22, 2011 17:29:03 GMT 1
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Sept 28, 2011 14:01:20 GMT 1
Post by StuartG on Sept 28, 2011 14:01:20 GMT 1
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