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Bonfils, Félix (1831-1885)
Image ID 85337
Palestine and Egypt, March 1894
Bonfils, Félix (1831-1885) (Photographer)
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Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)
Gates -- Jerusalem
Content: Negative number 287.
Extent: 22.5 x 28.5 cm.
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG82-B1657
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Porte de Damas. = The Damascus gate." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1894. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-64b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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WIG&TSSIP: Conflict and Uncertainty
May 19, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment
The Ditchwalk Book Club is reading and discussing Rust Hills’ seminal work, Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular. Announcement here. Overview here. Tag here.
I’ve read a lot of how-to books about storytelling. Back when I was devouring such works on a daily basis, but before I ran across Hills’ book, I developed a dull negative reaction to the topic of conflict. The more a book talked about conflict as being central to drama, the less interested I generally was in that author’s storytelling advice.
Why? Because equating conflict to drama always struck me as meaningless. It’s like equating water to melted ice. What in life isn’t about conflict? Dog. Cat. Mouse. Fleas. Plague. Death. Culture. Religion. Life. Gravity. Comet. Fire. Water. Ice. Is it really saying something insightful to say that drama is about conflict? Or is saying something easy and obvious?
When I finally did come across Hills’ book the first paragraph in this section brought my dull discomforts into focus:
Conflict is thought by many to be a basic element in fiction, and certainly it is true that conflict of some sort is present in most stories.
Considered for the moment, however, purely as a plot device, conflict leaves a good deal to be desired when it is made the main structure of a story.
Hills goes on to talk about external conflict, how external conflict must sooner or later be realized as internal conflict, and how internal conflict necessarily devolves into some sort of “willy wonty” choice. While this admittedly creates suspense, at what cost?
Storytelling gurus would have you believe the agonizing characters go through when trying to decide which fork in the road to take necessarily fuels a big payoff initiated by conflict. To tell any story, then, all you have to do is A) set up a conflict and B) flog that conflict until the main character chooses one fork or the other, cliffhanger style, often at the point of a gun. But again, is that really useful information?
Pretend for the moment that you’re a storytelling guru. Think of a movie or book or TV show you’re familiar with, then draw up a list of conflicts included in that work. In fifteen minutes you can probably fill a page or more, ranging from high-level plot devices to character motivations all the way down to season, setting and time. You can cite conflicts in goals, conflicts in philosophies, conflicts in culture, conflicts in families, conflicts in nature, conflicts in careers — it’s absolutely endless. And because it’s endless it’s also meaningless.
But if you’re less concerned with telling stories than you are with selling your storytelling wisdom, how can you go wrong with conflict? It’s so ubiquitous, so inherent in every situation that you can blather about it endlessly and never run out of relevant examples.
Even conflict-driven labels like protagonist and antagonist aren’t defined by craft and technique, they’re defined by conceptual models of criticism and analysis. Like stock brokers explaining why the market moved after the fact, explaining and analyzing conflicts in an existing story has nothing to do with the authorial skill of using conflict as a technique when writing a story.
Conflict is inherent in individuals, in relationships, in life. To see this clearly, ask yourself which is more amazing: two people in conflict or two people in harmony? If conflict isn’t the existential norm then it’s the norm-in-waiting, supplanted only by the eternal struggle of avoiding conflict in everyday life.
So the student asks, “What is drama?”, and the guru says, “Drama is conflict.” Whereupon the student treats this trite observation as the mathematical formula it is purported to be, realizing with glee that if that if D=C, then C(Tons)=D(Tons). The result is rock’em-sock’em fiction in which every man, woman and child carries both a suitcase nuke and a long list of intractable personal grievances.
As noted previously, you can’t simply make a story better by blowing up more buildings or adding more sex. The same holds true for conflict. More conflict does not equal more drama. And if that’s true — if there are other factors at play in determining the force of drama — then it’s simply not the case that drama is conflict. Conflict may be part of drama, but it’s not the whole story.
At this point the guru chuckles at the student’s preposterous amalgam of conflicts and acknowledges that there’s more to conflict than tonnage. What’s key in creating drama from conflict, the guru says, is heightening the reader’s uncertainty as much as possible. Immediately the eager student grasps the deeper implication: conflict is an engine of drama because conflict creates uncertainty and uncertainty is a reliable agent of suspense. Which is exactly backwards.
Hills:
The more uncertain a reader is made to become as to what the outcome of a story is going to be, the less likely it is that he’s going to be convinced by the ending when it finally arrives. This, of course, is because he hasn’t been prepared for it.
The inevitability of retrospect helps a reader feel as if the uncertainty of a story has been resolved. Straining at the bit to constantly inject uncertainty into a story until the last possible moment undermines preparation for that ending. You can’t have it both ways.
Like suspense in the genre sense, or sex or mystery, conflict and uncertainty can suck readers in. But if that’s all you’ve got they’re probably going to feel shortchanged at the moment when you most want them to feel rewarded.
Next up: Tension and Anticipation.
— Mark Barrett
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The Many Popcorn Carts of the Disneyland Resort – A Look at Storytelling Through a Classic Theme Park Snack
By caitlynnoel|2019-03-24T07:17:57-07:00March 24th, 2019|Categories: Disneyland Resort, Parks|Tags: Disneyland Resort, popcorn, Popcorn Carts|2 Comments
It’s no surprise that Disney is a master of detailed thematic elements in its parks. Whether it is the details in the lands, attraction queues, or even food carts, Disney truly stands out when it comes to attention to detail. The popcorn carts of the parks are no exception. Here, we’ll take a look at the design elements of the Disneyland Resort popcorn carts, and how each of them are so unique.
We’ll start with the seven carts in Disneyland. There are two carts on Main Street – one in Town Square, and one at the Hub. Both have the same design and font, but differ in hues. They very much have turn-of-the century looks that perfectly match Main Street USA. Town Square’s cart has a muted red tone, while the Hub has a more vibrant red, which fits as you move toward the bright land of Fantasyland. The carts also have unique characters who “help” keep the popcorn fresh. Town Square has a Dapper Dan style character, while the Hub has a clown.
Next, we’ll move on over to Tomorrowland, where the cart has bold, clean lines and colors reminiscent of a retro space look. The added character is a little astronaut.
Over in Fantasyland, we’d expect that the cart would be full of whimsy, and it is! It sits perfectly by “it’s a small world” and matches the facade and color scheme of the attraction. A little clown sits inside and keeps the popcorn going!
Moving on to Toontown, this cart is obviously full of character! The fonts, the cartoony elements could only be found at a Toontown popcorn cart! It’s one of the most fun carts, and is kind of tucked away over by Mickey’s house. A train conductor keeps that popcorn ch-ch-chuggin’ along.
Now, we head over to Frontierland, where the cart fits the Wild West theme. The fonts and muted colors work for this western spot of the park.
The last popcorn cart of Disneyland is absolutely ghostly. Over by the Haunted Mansion, a creepy ghost keeps the popcorn ready for those who didn’t become a happy haunt. The colors match the mansion and it’s logo, while the fonts and design elements perfectly coincide with the beloved attraction.
Disney California Adventure has three popcorn carts that equally fit into each of their respective lands. I, however, am not including the popcone Cozy Cone as it is not a cart.
First up is the one on Buena Vista Street. It has a very 1920’s feel, and I think it pays an homage to the California Zephyr that used to sit at the entrance of the park when it first opened. It also is the largest cart of all of the popcorn carts in the resort.
In Grizzly Peak Airfield by Soarin’, you can see a vintage cart, featuring ironwork like in early models of airplanes. To complete the look of an older aircraft, there’s even a little propeller spinning inside.
And lastly, we have the newest cart over in Pixar Pier. It is a little more simplified and gives an early century boardwalk feel, all while matching the color scheme of Pixar Pier.
Well, there you have it, a look at the popcorn carts of the Disneyland Resort! Each of them are so unique, and we applaud Disney for their attention to all details!
Which popcorn cart is your favorite?
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geekswhoeat March 25, 2019 at 9:40 am - Reply
Great article!! I have always loved Disneyland Popcorn and it is great seeing all of the photos of the various carts!
Merrinda Trindle March 25, 2019 at 1:32 pm - Reply
Thanks for this article!! Never even thought about the different carts..just love the popcorn!!! Now we will pay attention to the carts as well. How about Galaxy Edge? Will there be something new in space? We will now be looking for it.
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Track 1 [16.47] [Session one 24 July 2015] Paul Rock [PR] Born 1943 [00:16] Department of Sociology, Emeritus Professor of Social Institutions, Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice. PR recalls his first visit for interview mentioning that knew of LSE from his parents’ friends who were of the 1930s generation. [00:25] PR was interviewed for Economics Degree but after showing an interest in demography was directed to Sociology Degree. PR notes that he fell into criminology after being taught by Terence Morris. [00:53] PR remembers LSE as small and dowdy; discusses food in the refectory. [1:43] PR remembers the Library in Old Building as a warren of staircases. [2:16] PR discusses lectures and standard of teaching, mentions Isaac Schapera and Ronald Dore. [2:38] PR notes importance of learning from fellow students including Jock Young, Stan Cohen and Frances Heidenson; remembers discussions in Florries Bar in the Old Building. [3:44] PR notes importance of discussions introducing new ideas many from the USA eg symbolic interaction, microsociologies and workings of the Chicago School. [5:45] PR talks about the Library and small number of teaching hours enabling wider reading. [7:17] PR describes the Library and its collections. [8:05] PR remembers being arrested for protesting against nuclear weapons at an air force base and later politicisation of students by the Vietnam War. [8:37] PR describes organising a series of talks by controversial speakers and the difficulty of demolishing their arguments. [9:00] PR talks about rowing and visiting the LSE boat house at Chiswick. [10:06] PR describes attending Student Union meetings in the late 1960s as a staff member and role of academic, Robin Blackburn. [10:59] PR remembers LSE being the base for students during political demonstrations and having French revolutionaries using his office phone. [10:27] PR felt distant from the conflict but remembers others trying to get him to resign because of the School’s policies. [10:59] PR describes going to Nuffield College, Oxford, for his doctorate and his application for a post at LSE. [13:50] PR discusses the transition from student to a teacher and working with his former teachers. [15:21] PR describes the tensions between senior Professors and their supporters. [16:08]
Track 2 [32.40] PR discusses the role of Professor Bob Mackenzie. [00:14] PR discusses conflicts between professors and their impact on the Department. [1:08] PR discusses his interest in new developments in sociology and criminology. [2:14] PR discusses teaching. [3:14] PR discusses difference between teaching undergraduates and research. [4:53] PR notes LSE’s busy and collegial atmosphere and the scope for inter-disciplinary working. [8:21] PR discusses work of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology. [10:50] PR discusses the importance of LSE’s size in enabling conversations and notes the importance of the SDR in bringing people together. [11:28] PR describes himself as conventional academic interested in ideas and discussing ideas; notes that he is not involved with other social groups as he had a family. [12:50] PR discusses changes in support for personal research and development influence of a government directed research agenda. [14:58] PR discusses scholarly values at LSE eg in sabbatical system although there has been changes since his retirement [17:20] PR recalls work in Canada, Princeton, Australian National University and a year researching the Crown Court in Wood Green. [18:10] PR discusses changes at LSE noting it is more architecturally adventurous, the financial situation and potential impact of global economic changes. [19:14] PR remembers that the School staff as white and middles class; remembers appointing women to the board of the British Journal of Sociology. [21:05] PR expresses concern about a government led agenda for higher education and its impact on smaller eg anthropology [22:05] PR recounts Director John Ashworth’s statement that LSE’s first priority was to remain solvent. [26:15] PR comments on the Law Department balancing vocational training and open minded enquiry [27:04] PR comments on the importance of LSE’s location in central London in shaping LSE’s research; mentions earlier plan to move to Croydon. [27:58] PR notes the difficulties of retaining staff in high cost London and describes a Stanford University scheme to support faculty in purchasing properties on the university estate. [30:18]
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Board Inquiry Exonerates Dr. Michael Loftis
Following an independent investigation, the Board of DNA Global Network has found no evidence that their current Executive Director, Dr. Michael Loftis, during his previous tenure from 2001-2011 as President of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE), took any action to cover up or hinder public knowledge of the previously known sexual abuse of a minor in 1989 by former ABWE missionary medical doctor Donn Ketcham. Ketcham had been terminated for the offense by the ABWE Board 12 years before Dr. Loftis became President in 2001.
It was Dr. Loftis’s public invitation, in July 2002, to all adults who were former ABWE missionary children, to step forward with any knowledge of mistreatment that gave courage to several previously unknown victims to request his help. Also in 2002, Dr. Loftis, as a matter of due diligence, notified the ABWE Board officers of possible new victims of Ketcham and worked with the ABWE corporate attorney and staff in an ongoing attempt to find any other victims and to offer counseling and assistance to all known adult victims of abuse while maintaining their request for confidentiality.
Loftis sought through the corporate attorney to protect these victims from any further intimidation by their former abuser, to pursue action to stop Ketcham from further abuse, and to guard the ministry from making unsubstantiated public accusations. At Dr. Loftis’s direction, the corporate attorney researched and drafted new child safety practices to protect future missionary children eventually resulting in a new policy in line with best practices and approved by the Board in 2010.
Thus, despite unsubstantiated internet allegations, it is incorrect to conclude that all members of the ABWE Board were unaware of either Ketcham’s criminal behavior or Dr. Loftis’ actions to help newly discovered victims. All ABWE Board members had access to the minutes of the 1989 decision to terminate Ketcham for sexual abuse of a minor at all times and it was their duty to be aware of previous Board decisions prior to Dr. Loftis’s leadership.
The DNA Global Network Board has taken seriously any challenges to Dr. Loftis’s character. We have sought the truth for the protection of our ministry and the reputation of our executive director.
After carefully considering this matter by reviewing available documents, interviewing firsthand witnesses (including former ABWE Board officers, administration, and the former corporate attorney), and questioning Dr. Michael Loftis, the DNA Global Network Board has unanimously concluded that Dr. Loftis acted prudently and in accordance with standard practice in this matter while President of ABWE. Though no human leader or organization is perfect, and delays in discovering all of Ketcham’s victims were regrettable, we unanimously reject such false allegations against Dr. Loftis by those who neither knew him nor had any firsthand knowledge of his actions or decisions. The evidence reviewed is clear and conclusive that Dr. Michael Loftis in no way covered up any wrongdoing by others. We voice our united support of his moral character and spiritual qualifications for continued public ministry and leadership.
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Mark Twain & Friends: A River Journey by Greg White
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Readers’ Theater)
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
An Irish Celebration: Irish poems, songs & humor (Readers’ Theater)
Parson’s Nose Theater (PNT), the acclaimed classical comedy theater company led by Artistic Director, Lance Davis, announces their 2018-19 Season.
Welcome to PNT’s 18th Season, second at The Abbey – the restored 1911 Marston/Van Pelt chapel one block from Pasadena City Hall.
“Good Lord, we need a laugh!” says Davis. “We’re offering 90-minute, non-political oases of humor and thought in a time when they’re badly needed. Art Night Pasadena on October 12 kicks us off with Radio Classics Flash Gordon, The Lone Ranger, and The Romance of Helen Trent; followed by a new play, Mark Twain and Friends: A River Journey by Los Angeles actor/playwright Greg White, sponsored in part by the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Department. In December, we have our special readings of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and then we kick off the New Year with Carlo Goldoni’s Italian farce, The Servant of Two Masters. In March we reignite our “Irish Celebration” readers’ theater event. And in May we finish the season with Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice starring Pasadena’s own Barry Gordon.
“We’ll be continuing our community outreach with workshops for the old and young, and we have a few surprise events planned for those who take advantage of our new subscribers program.
“We’re a professional company presenting classic comedies in under 90 minutes, with a glass of wine in an intimate, historic setting. If the word ‘classic’ scares you…try us.”
New this season, Parson’s Nose is implementing “5 Play” and “3 Play” subscriptions, offering savings of up to 20% off the cost of single ticket prices. Subscribers will also received additional benefits throughout the season. For subscriptions and tickets, visit online at http://www.parsonsnose.com or call (626) 403-7667. Parson’s Nose Theater is located 2 blocks from Pasadena City Hall at 95 N. Marengo Avenue, Ste. 110, Pasadena, CA 91101. The entrance to the theater is on Holly St.
Parson’s Nose Theater’s 2018-2019 Season:
Mark Twain and Friends: A River Journey by Greg White
Major Production
Preview: October 19, 2018
Runs: October 20 – November 18, 2018
Mark Twain returns from The Beyond to remind us of Huck, Pap, The Blue Jay Woman, Bixby the steamboat pilot, the Limburger Coffin, and why he is our greatest American storyteller.
Readers’ Theater Series
Performs: December 15-16 & 22-23, 2018
Parson’s Nose’s annual celebration of the English language when we revel in Dickens’ own words.
Preview: February 8, 2019
Runs: February 9 – March 10, 2019
Venezia, 1750. “The Italian Molière” tells the farcical tale of Truffaldino, who takes on two masters at the same time. It’s a tale of murder, disguise, passion, and a sandwich.
Irish Celebration
Performs: March 16-17
Irish poetry, music, and humor in honor of St. Paddy’s Day.
Preview: May 3, 2019
Runs: May 4 – June 2, 2019
Bassanio must borrow money to woo the Countess Portia. He turns to his “Christian” friend, Antonio, who turns to his enemy, Shylock “the Jew”. The fee? “A pound of flesh.” Surely, it will never have to be paid…
About Parson’s Nose Theater
Parson’s Nose Theater is a professional, critically acclaimed, not-for-profit, 501(c)3 theater organization dedicated to “introducing classic theater to contemporary audiences.” We emphasize language, story and actor, in the broad-stroke tradition of the Italian “commedia dell arte,” preparing audiences for future, full-length productions of the world’s finest classical works. Our company of actors, directors, and designers with credits including Broadway, film, and television, is among the finest in Los Angeles. In our fifteen seasons, we have introduced classical comedies to over 70,000 Angelenos.
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Cash for pupils without English as first language should be better targeted
There is a huge variation in the results achieved by pupils classified as EAL (English as an Additional Language), according to new research published today.
The reports' authors, Professor Steve Strand and Professor Victoria Murphy of the University of Oxford, are calling on local authorities to continue prioritising EAL funding, and urging schools to use this new evidence to target EAL funding more effectively at those most at risk of underachievement.
The authors believe that schools should be held accountable for spending their resources in ways that reduce the attainment gap of pupils within the EAL category.
In 2014, over one million children were defined as having EAL. During the same year local authorities allocated £243 million to schools through their locally determined arrangements, to support EAL pupils. Under the current system, the EAL category encompasses any pupil that speaks a language in addition to English and has entered compulsory education within the last three years – the bilingual child of a French banker is grouped together with a Somali refugee who may not speak English at all. Crucially, the EAL classification gives no indication of a pupil's proficiency in the English language.
The reports – funded by the Education Endowment Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy and The Bell Foundation – find that:
On average, EAL pupils catch up with their peers by age 16. At age 5 only 44% of EAL pupils have achieved a good level of development compared to 54% of other pupils. By age 16, this gap has narrowed significantly with 58.3% achieving five A*- C GCSEs including English and maths compared to 60.9% of other pupils.
Average attainment figures mask a huge range of results for different groups of EAL pupils. Speakers of Portuguese, Somali, Lingala and Lithuanian have especially low outcomes at age 16 but Russian and Spanish speakers do particularly well.
Pupils recorded as EAL are very unevenly distributed and concentrations of EAL students can be very specific to a small local area. A quarter of schools (22%) have less than 1% EAL pupils but in 8.4% of schools, EAL pupils make up over half of the school population
There is no evidence that pupils whose first language is English suffer from attending a school with a high proportion of EAL pupils, an outcome that is consistent at both Key Stage 2 (age 7-11) and Key Stage 4 (age 14-16).
Based on these research findings, the Education Endowment Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy and The Bell Foundation recommend that:
The provision of funding for EAL pupils in the last ten years has contributed to improving overall attainment for this group of children. Local authorities should continue to prioritise it in their funding formula.
However, EAL funding should be targeted at those most at risk of under-attainment. Schools should review how they identify the language and learning needs of children within the EAL category to ensure that funds are targeted towards those at particular risk of low achievement.
Schools should be held to greater account for how their EAL funding contributes to improving pupil attainment in a similar way that they must demonstrate that Pupil Premium spending is improving outcomes for pupils from disadvantaged families.
The three funders of the report – the Education Endowment Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy and The Bell Foundation – have pledged to continue working together to build the evidence base of cost-effective strategies for improving the attainment of those EAL pupils most at risk of under-attainment. They will make a further announcement about this in the next few months and welcome engagement from decision-makers and those interested in applying for grants.
Sir Peter Lampl, chair of the Education Endowment Foundation, said today: "We must ensure that all our schools are meeting the educational needs of pupils that do not have English as their first language. By ensuring that all these pupils have fluency in English, we can make sure that they have career prospects and a future here in the UK."
Dr Kevan Collins, chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, said today: "Improving the language skills of students without English as a first language is essential to their educational success and enables them to assimilate and engage with the community and country they live in. In order for schools and teachers to do this and best implement their EAL resources, it’s critical that they have access to high-quality evidence-based research."
Diana Sutton, Director of the Bell Foundation, said today: "Whilst this report shows that historic EAL funding has done much to improve the educational achievement of children in this category, it also sends a clear warning that Government and schools must not be complacent. Average attainment figures mask a disparate set of results and a significant chance of under achievement for some children. It may take longer than 3 years to acquire good academic language and this needs addressing by better targeting EAL funding to improve the educational outcomes of those most at risk."
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Cumberland Falls State Park and Nature Preserve Hiking Trails
Dedicated Sept. 26, 1983, Cumberland Falls State Park Nature Preserve is located in McCreary and Whitley counties. The dedicated nature preserve encompasses approximately 1,294 acres within the boundaries of Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. This preserve protects several species of rare plants and animals. In addition, a number of waterfalls are located within the preserve including Cumberland Falls, which plummets 67 feet into a rocky gorge.
Features - waterfalls, rare plant and animal species, scenic views
Access - 4.5 miles of trail over uneven terrain, moderate to strenuous
Facilities - state resort park
Parking - limited at trailheads; parking areas within short walk
Hazards - steep cliffs, waterfalls, venomous snakes (rare)
Activities - hiking, nature study, geological study, birding, etc.
Directions - Whitley and McCreary counties. From the junction of I-75 and U.S. 25W S.W. of Corbin, follow 25W for 14.5 miles. Turn right onto KY 90 for 8.8 miles to reach the falls/Cumberland Falls State Resort Park Lodge area.
State nature preserves located within Kentucky state parks are special places with different management priorities. While the parks are there primarily for public recreation, the acreage that has been dedicated as a nature preserve is set aside for the rare, threatened or endangered species and communities that occur there. KNP is focused on management for these species and communities while providing opportunities for scientific research and nonconsumptive recreation. For information concerning use of state park facilities, programs, recreation opportunities and lodging please visit the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park Web site.
The Cumberland River, designated as a Kentucky Wild River, flows through the preserve, and an additional 119 acres was added to the park by the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund.
Access Type: Open to Public
County: McCreary
Region: Eastern Region
Size: 1,413 acres
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The Right to Read in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan becomes the first country in central Asia to accede to the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities
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Participants at the national seminar on the Marrakesh Treaty in Bishkek in April 2018. The first international transfer of accessible books in Kyrgyzstan under the Marrakesh Treaty took place during the seminar.
To fulfill the promise of the right to read for blind, visually impaired and other print disabled people, EIFL is supporting ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty in partner countries, and its implementation into national copyright law.
The Marrakesh Treaty (official name: Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled) improves access to knowledge for print-disabled people by giving organizations like libraries the right to reproduce printed works in accessible formats such as braille, audio, large print and digital formats, and to exchange these works across national borders.
In Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Library and Information Consortium (KLIC), took the the lead in campaigning for accession to the Marrakesh Treaty.
As a result, on 9 March 2017, the President of Kyrgyzstan approved amendments to the Kyrgyz Copyright Act to implement provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty into national law.
On 15 May 2017, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic deposited its instrument of accession to the Marrakesh Treaty at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaty entered into force in the Kyrgyz Republic on 15 August 2017.
On 24 April 2018, the first international transfer of accessible format books to beneficiaries in Kyrgyzstan took place during a National Seminar on the Marrakesh Treaty. The transfer was facilitated by EIFL.
The law for accession to the Treaty and changes to national copyright law are great achievements for the library community, the local blind community, policy-makers and elected representatives who worked closely together. Now the focus is on raising awareness of the new opportunities for increasing access to reading materials for people in Kyrgyzstan with print disabilities, and in providing practical advice on the operation of the Marrakesh Treaty in Kyrgyzstan.
There are over 13,000 people with visual impairment in Kyrgyzstan, many of whom are unemployed. A major contributing factor to unemployment and lack of social integration among blind and visually impaired people everywhere is extremely limited access to books and other learning materials in accessible formats such as braille, audio and large print, and digital formats.
The lack of accessible reading materials – known as the ‘book famine’ - is partly due to barriers created by copyright law, barriers that the Marrakesh Treaty seeks to remove.
Right to read - Right to knowledge
In December 2015 EIFL supported the Kyrgyz Library and Information Consortium (KLIC), EIFL’s partner library consortium in Kyrgyzstan, to initiate a seven month project entitled ‘Right to read, right to knowledge’.
The goal of the project was to kickstart a campaign for reform in copyright law to ensure equal opportunities for all citizens, including persons with disabilities, and to promote ideas about open education and free access to knowledge in the digital era. The project was managed by Sania Battalova, KLIC Vice President, who was at the time EIFL Country Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan, and funded by the Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan.
Main activities and achievements
December 2014: EIFL engaged ARTE, a local law firm, to translate the EIFL guide to the Marrakesh Treaty into Russian, and to compare provisions on disability and libraries in Kyrgyz copyright law with the EIFL draft law on copyright. (The EIFL draft law is a practical guide to assist librarians, as well as their legal advisors and policy-makers, when national laws are being updated.)
28-29 May 2015: EIFL supported Sania Battalova to give a presentation on the Marrakesh Treaty at a WIPO Regional Workshop on the Beijing and Marrakesh Treaties in Tbilisi, Georgia.
3-4 September 2015: EIFL supported participation of Sania Battalova and Aisulu Chubarova, Partner in ARTE Law Firm, to attend and speak at ‘Enabling Universal Access and Preservation of Knowledge through Libraries: Copyright Matters’, a regional seminar co-organized by EIFL in Kathmandu, Nepal, that featured the Marrakesh Treaty.
16-18 September 2015: EIFL supported Sania Battalova to participate in a regional workshop on the Marrakesh Treaty organized by the Asian Blind Union in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
2 February 2016: EIFL participated in a one-day international conference in Bishkek entitled 'Copyright in the Digital Age: Access to Information and Knowledge', organized under the project ‘Right to read, right to knowledge’. Participants included members of parliament (MPs) Natalia Nikitenko and Dastan Bekeshev, who went on to become sponsors of a bill, together with five other deputies, introducing the Marrakesh Treaty into Parliament and successfully steering it through the legislative process.
“KLIC is very grateful to EIFL for our work advocating together for the Marrakesh Treaty. We learnt about the importance of the Treaty for blind and visually impaired people in Kyrgyzstan so that people are strong and equal in their right to access information. Above all, participating in law-making procedures was a great professional experience.” - Sania Battalova, Project Director, Right to Read - Right to Knowledge
9 March 2017: the President of Kyrgyzstan approved amendments to the Kyrgyz Copyright Act to implement provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty into national law.
27 March 2017: the President signed into law a bill for accession to the Marrakesh Treaty [read the accession announcement in English; in Russian].
27 April 2017: video message by EIFL welcoming recent changes in Kyrgyzstan's copyright law at a panel discussion 'Open Education Resources and Copyright' hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).
15 May 2017: Government of the Kyrgyz Republic deposited its instrument of accession to the Marrakesh Treaty at WIPO. The Treaty entered into force in the Kyrgyz Republic on 15 August 2017.
March 2018: EIFL publishes an overview of the key amendments for the benefit of libraries, educational institutions and persons with print disabilities, as well as new provisions relating to access to works created through public funds. Read the overview in English and Russian.
23-24 April 2018: EIFL participates in a National Seminar on the Marrakesh Treaty organized by WIPO, in cooperation with the State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation (Kyrgyzpatent). During the seminar, the first international transfer of accessible format books took place facilitated by EIFL. Read the press release in English and in Russian.
Now the focus is on providing practical advice on the operation of the Marrakesh Treaty so that libraries in Kyrgyzstan can make the most of the new opportunities to increase access to reading material for people in Kyrgyzstan with print disabilities.
Read more about how EIFL is supporting ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty in partner countries and implementation of the Treaty into national law.
See the amendments to the Kyrgyz Copyright Act [in Russian]
Watch MP Bekeshev introducing the Marrakesh Treaty in Parliament on 4 February 2016 [in Russian]
Read EIFL’s letter of thanks to MP Bekeshev [in Russian and English].
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A. Lange & Sohne 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” (SIHH Showcase)
1815 “Homage to Walter Lange”
Historically inspired: jumping seconds from A. Lange & Söhne
In honour of company founder Walter Lange, who passed away in January 2017, A. Lange & Söhne is enriching the 1815 model family with an extraordinary complication: The 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” has a stoppable jumping seconds hand that dates back to a 150-year-old invention conceived by Ferdinand Adolph Lange.
815 “Homage to Walter Lange” with a jumping sweep seconds hand
In general, mechanical timepieces can be recognised by their “creeping seconds” hand. Depending on the balance frequency, the hand advances from second to second in five to ten steps.
In short-time measurements, however, where seconds count in the literal sense, constant progression sometimes makes it difficult to pinpoint the beginning and the end of an event. Conversely, there is a horological complication that allows the exact measurement of the smallest unit of time: the “jumping seconds”.
The 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” masters both chronometric disciplines. The small seconds hand in the subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock maps the frequency of 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour by performing six small steps as it advances from marker to marker.
However, the blued sweep seconds hand performs precise jumps from second to second. It can be allowed to run continuously or immobilised if needed. A pusher at 2 o’clock starts and stops it. This is useful for heart rate measurements, for instance.
The jumping sweep seconds hand with the start/stop function was especially significant for Walter Lange. This is because it dates back to an 1867 invention of his great-grandfather, Ferdinand Adolph Lange.
It was first implemented in a masterpiece crafted by his grandfather, Emil Lange. One of Germany’s first patents was granted to A. Lange & Söhne in 1877 for the enhanced design of a mechanism mounted on the three-quarter plate, and was referred to as a “one-second movement with a jumping hand”.
In the 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange”, the seconds jump is controlled according to the flirt-and-star principle, as was originally the case in the historic mechanism. After each full second, one of the six tips of the star liberates the tensioned lever arm, which watchmakers refer to as the “flirt”.
It then swiftly rotates by 360 degrees before it is stopped by the next tip. This motion sequence causes the seconds hand to advance by one marker. The ratchet wheel located above the three-quarter plate has a dual function: It stores the power needed for the seconds jump, and at the same time causes the sweep seconds hand to stop.
An 1815 with jumping seconds likely corresponds to what Walter Lange would have deemed the perfect watch. It is totally reduced to the essence while impressing the enthusiast with a puristic yet technically exciting complication. The blued steel hands contrast well against the argenté-coloured dial with the classic railway-track minute scale.
The newly developed movement has a special calibre designation: L1924. It refers to Walter Lange’s birth year. Additionally, the first three digits of the reference number, 297, recall his date of birth, 29 July. With a case diameter of 40.5 millimetres, the 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” comes in three editions: 145 watches in white gold, 90 in pink gold and 27 in yellow gold.
These uncommon numbers are derived from important milestones of the Lange family’s history. From 7 December 1845, when Ferdinand Adolph Lange originally established the company, exactly 145 years elapsed until 7 December 1990, the date on which Walter Lange registered Lange Uhren GmbH. Precisely 27 years will have passed between this date and 7 December 2017, the day on which the new model that pays tribute to Walter Lange is being unveiled.
View all the A. Lange & Sohne pieces we have in stock on our online boutique.
1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” in Steel
A special timepiece salutes the founder of the Lange Uhren GmbH
With an extraordinary one-of-a-kind timepiece, A. Lange & Söhne pays tribute to the indi-vidual who in 1990 brought precision watchmaking back to Glashütte.
The combination of a stoppable sweep seconds hand, a black enamel dial and a steel case reflects the eminent heritage of the Saxon watchmaking dynasty.
The sad news of Walter Lange’s death on the morn-ing of the second SIHH day in 2017 shocked the world of watchmaking. It spread rapidly, and nu-merous show visitors spontaneously paid their re-spects to the deceased pioneer of horology at the Lange stand.
Asked at the time how he intended to salute Walter Lange, Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid replied: “The best way to honour Walter Lange is to assure the continuity and the ongoing development of the company that he founded – in the way that he would have envisioned it.”
Now, with the 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange”, A. Lange & Söhne is proving that a watch is capable of reflecting the intention and personality of a founder.
The 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” with a black enamel dial and a steel case will be produced only once. This makes it as unique as the man whose name it bears.
The classic dial, reduced to the essence, is complemented with a technical feature that warrants a further look: the jumping seconds hand. With this combination, it quite likely lives up to Walter Lange’s vision of a perfect watch.
1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” with jumping sweep seconds hand and a steel case
The jumping seconds was one of his favourite complications because it embodies the purist notion of precision watchmaking, while at the same time being a piece of family history. It does not divide the second into a number of steps depending on the balance frequency, but instead treats it as a coherent unit of time.
A pusher at 2 o’clock starts and stops the sweep seconds hand. The idea dates back to an invention by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in 1867; in an advanced configuration developed by his son Richard, it was granted one of Germany’s first patents in 1877. Lange’s “one-second movement with a jumping hand” was implemented for the first time in a masterpiece built by his second son, Emil, Walter Lange’s grandfather.
Overall, more than 300 pocket watches with this function were crafted. Just like the 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange”, they were endowed with a separate seconds subdial. Buyers included the Leipzig Observatory, Grand Duke Adolph of Luxembourg, Ernst Abbe, the owner of Carl Zeiss in Jena, and the eccentric English watchmaker Sir John Bennett.
As a tribute to a very unusual individual who was dedicated to craftsmanship his entire life, the one-off piece is endowed with a black enamel dial that, with the traditional railway-track minute scale and the polished hands, is inspired by the design of historic pocket watches. The newly developed movement has a special calibre designation: L1924.
It re-fers to Walter Lange’s birth year. Additionally, the first three digits of the reference num-ber 297.078 recall his date of birth, 29 July.
The 40.5-millimetre case of the 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” is made of stainless steel, a material that at A. Lange & Söhne has been reserved for only a very few exclusive and special timepieces. As well as this one-off watch, limited editions in yellow, white and pink gold will also be available.
The steel version will be auctioned off for a charitable purpose in 2018. Walter Lange, always noted for his philanthropy, would have approved.
View all the A. Lange & Sohne collections in Malta, only at Edwards Lowell.
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Through the Democratic Election Standards initiative, The Carter Center collaborates with scholars, human rights experts, and election assistance practitioners to advance genuine elections worldwide.
The Carter Center recognizes that human rights obligations cannot be fulfilled without consensus among stakeholders in an electoral process. For this reason, the Center has worked to build fruitful relationships with international and citizen observers, human rights bodies, electoral management bodies, legal scholars, political scientists, and others. These efforts have in some cases led to formal partnerships with memoranda of understanding, and in other cases to workshops or joint election observation missions.
History and Events: A timeline of key events and partnerships related to observation methodology and international standards undertaken by The Carter Center over more than a decade.
Declaration of Principles Working Group: Outlines the goals and continued significance of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, the definitive document guiding the field.
Human Rights and Election Standards: The Carter Center’s newest continuing initiative, which is bringing the elections community together with U.N. and regional human rights mechanisms to advance a human rights-based approach to elections.
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UN Revisionism
UNESCO backs resolution ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount You can’t make this stuff up. Now the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voted to make the Temple Mount in Jerusalem a Muslim holy site exclusively. The decision effectively denies 3,000 years of Jerusalem as the Jewish Capitol. It also claims that the Western Wall is Muslim. What foolishness. The tragedy is that much of the world will believe it. The anti-Semitic anti-Israel propaganda has reached new lows for blatant lies and revisionist history.
Prime Minister Netanyahu understandably reacted strongly. Netanyahu called the decision “absurd,” while President Reuven Rivlin called it an “embarrassment” for UNESCO… “To say that Israel has no link to the Temple Mount is like saying that China has no link to the Great Wall or that Egypt has no connection to the Pyramids,” Netanyahu said, adding that “with this absurd decision UNESCO has lost what little legitimacy it still had.” He also said UNESCO was ignorant regarding the Bible, and accused the body of taking part in a “Theater of the Absurd.” What’s next? A UNESCO decision denying the connection between peanut butter and jelly? Batman and Robin? Rock and roll?
Full text of new UNESCO resolution
Deputy Foreign Minister Hotovely: UNESCO decision an ‘affront’ to Jews and Christians
Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO over Jerusalem vote. Bennett says all work with ‘history-denying’ global body will be halted, as resolution ignoring Jewish ties to holy sites ‘gives boost to terrorism’
Trump slams UNESCO decision. Trump, Netanyahu, lawmakers, slam UNESCO declaration that Israel has no historic ties to Temple Mount.
Those who fight against Yehovah will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven;
Yehovah judges throughout the earth. He gives power to his king; he increases the strength of his anointed one. 1 Samuel 2:10 NLT
(New explanation for why I use God’s literal covenant Name: Yehovah. Here is a link to the best simple explanation I know, from my friend, Keith Johnson.
Tags: Christian Zionist, Elisha Vision, Israel, Jerusalem, Pro Israel, Prophecy, Yehovah
Israel Government Shift
This week while I am speaking in Idaho, Israel has seen a major change in its governing coalition. Even after months of back channel pressure from Britain, U.S. and Egypt to choose a liberal path, Netanyahu surprised all by moving right. Instead of forming a “unity” with the Labor party, he invited a conservative party, expanding unity on the right.
Avigdor Liberman is head of Yisrael Beytenu, a conservative party representing Russian immigrants and settlers. He is a “settler” himself. Even the description is a loaded term, because Israel considers all of it citizens equally. Living in Judea or Samaria, (called West Bank by globalists and anti-Israel propaganda).
This means Israel will stand in stronger agreement with Bible prophecy. The two-state idea is dead. The real answer is annexation of Judea and Samaria. The Palestinian leaders will never accept a Jewish state of any size. This week, they have again denied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Les Lawrence, Voice of Christian (READ MORE)
Tags: Christian Zionist, Elisha Vision, Israel, Netanyahu, Prophecy
2,500 Year-old Prophecy for Today
The prophet Daniel wrote over 2,500 years ago at the end of the Babylonian Captivity. He heard from God, and the word applies today. The Lord spoke to me this morning from a song written by my old friend, Ron Aldridge, years ago. from Daniel, chapter 2. I can still sing parts of it, although I think he has forgotten it himself. It comes from the King’s dream that only Daniel could interpret. As you know, it was a vision of world history and the great empires.
This part is often overlooked for the dream, but contains great revelation for today. Daniel was thanking God for giving him the answer. Today we are on the verge of the last great prophetic season change.
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel answered and said:
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
For wisdom and might are His.
And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
He reveals deep and secret things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And light dwells with Him.
I thank You and praise You,
O God of my fathers;
You have given me wisdom and might,
And have now made known to me what we asked of You,
For You have made known to us the king’s demand.” Daniel 2:19-23
There is so much in these verses. First, he blessed God for His wisdom and might. Then Daniel lists seven things God does. Each is so profound it will explode in your spirit if you let them soak into your core. To save space, I underlined each action verb.
Changes Times and Seasons – I believe we are at the final turning point of history. In the United States, if you thought the election has been wild, fasten your seat-belt. Greater turbulence lies ahead. We are entering a new un-chartered season. Yet, we do not fear. Daniel ends his prayer of thanks with an amazing declaration. The attribute of God that Daniel began with is now his! “You have given me wisdom and might.” Wow! If God had not answered, Daniel and all the wise men of Babylon would have been executed.
The season is changing, but God is with us. Jesus said He would never leave us or forsake us. Ask big things. Expect big answers. Yehovah, God of wisdom and might, shares His with us! Might is deadly without wisdom. Make sure to pray for both. Pray for our leaders and this election season, but know that there is a greater season upon us.
Yehovah God is Faithful!
Tags: Christian Zionist, Daniel's dream, Elisha Vision, Jesus, Prophecy, Yehovah
Ezekiel’s Dry Bones and the Holocaust
Israel Commemorates Six Million Martys
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom haShoah) for Jewish people, and all who hold sacred the memory of Six Million Martyrs to Hitler’s genocide. It is a sober day in Israel and around the world for many. We all should pause and reflect and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Recently, a prominent New York Rabbi called for Jews to leave America and return to Israel for the catastrophe coming to the U.S. (see Wars and Rumors of Wars).
Ezekiel 37 refers to a valley of dry bones that has been seen as pointing to the return of Jews to Israel from exile.But I want to suggest a more literal take on Ezekiel’s dry bones vision. (I have a deeper look at this in my book, Generation LIFE, chapter 11: Holocaust Resurrection.)
Where, geographically, is the valley located that Ezekiel saw? Is the resurrection of the bones literal? What is the purpose of the “exceedingly great army”?
Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord Yehovah: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. Ezekiel 37:9-10
Now, the traditional understanding of this passage is to the general last-day return of Israel to the Land. The reference (bolded) of a great army could refer to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). They have become a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East. That surely applies, but what if God were to literally raise the Holocaust victims from the dead, and supernaturally make them an actual physical army for the last battle?
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’ Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yehovah: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am Yehovah, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, Yehovah, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yehovah.’ ” Ezekiel 37:11-14
One thing clarified by this second quoted section is that the valley of dry bones was not in Israel. I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. What would be the prophetic timing of such a miracle purpose? We can only speculate, probably at the Second Coming, when Jesus arrives to deal the final defeat of the anti-Messiah forces. What a glorious and victorious battle it will be, especially to those who had suffered such ignoble desecration in their deaths.
I do not insist on this interpretation, but what if….?
Tags: Dry Bones, Elisha Vision, Holocaust, Israel, Prophecy, Yehovah
Time to Annex Judea & Samaria (aka West Bank)
There is a time for everything under the sun, according to King Solomon:
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
It is time to annex Judea and Samaria which the world calls the West Bank. The Oslo accords have failed. The two-state plan has failed. The Middle East is on fire with the Muslim Brotherhood taking over another state every few months. Arab citizens of Israel are the only Arabs enjoying freedom, peace and liberty. Most Palestinians would be far better off as citizens of Israel. The fumbling obstinate dictatorship of Abbas is no solution. And if he achieved Palestinian statehood, he would be immediately overthrown by Hamas. It is time for Israel to act proactively. Many Israeli’s are ready for a bold solution. Even leaders in the government and the Knesset are speaking openly about annexation.
Deputy Transportation Minister MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) said on Sunday that it was time that the Israeli government take steps to annex Judea and Samaria, even if it comes with the price of giving citizenship to Arabs residing in these areas. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Hotovely said that offering citizenship to Palestinian Authority Arabs would be a small price pay for ending the status quo which brings international criticism of Israel, viewed as an “occupier” in Judea and Samaria. (INN 6/24/2013)
Bayit Yehudi head, Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, said Monday that the idea of establishing a Palestinian state has reached a dead-end and should be forsaken. “Never in the history of Israel has so much energy been invested in something so pointless,” Bennett said at a conference on the Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria and their depiction in the media. (INN 6/17/2013,)
Op-Ed: Annexation: Should Israel Make Her Move Now? by Ron Jager in Israel National News. In recent weeks and months, public leaders and leading journalists affiliated with the settlement movement have called for annexing and incorporating all of Judea and Samaria into Israel. In response to the chaos and weakness of the Arab nations surrounding Israel and the preoccupation of the Western world with the ongoing genocide in Syria, they claim that now is the time to be proactive and go on the offensive and do what will be inevitably done anyway probably under less favorable conditions for Israel. (INN 6/20/2013)
At the same time as these discussions President Bill Clinton visited Israel this week in what I can only call a flashback to 1993. He is lost in the past of his dream of the Oslo accords. Under the headline: Clinton: Israel Must Make Peace or Disappear,Breitbart.com reported: In a speech that will no doubt incentivize Palestinians to continue their campaign of terror and warfare against Israel, former President Bill Clinton told Israel that it would have to make peace with the Palestinians if it wanted to remain Jewish and democratic. (See Palestinian reaction here.)
Even as far back as April 2011, the idea of annexation was gaining momentum as seen in this story about two members of Knesset and a bill proposing annexation.
MK Danon preparing bills to annex West Bank, repeal Oslo Accords; move intended to convince EU to stop UN vote on Palestinian statehood. Ideas about annexing parts of the West Bank that until recently were considered extreme have been gaining traction in the Knesset in recent weeks as the Palestinian Authority continues threatening to declare a state unilaterally in September. National Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau raised the idea at Israel Beiteinu’s convention in Jerusalem two weeks ago. (Jerusalem Post 4/26/2011)
It is time for Israel to annex Judea and Samaria politically, demographically and most important prophetically.
And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. Ezekiel 37:22
I wrote this article June 24, 2013, almost three years ago! Then, there was a trickle of interest in annexation. Today, the idea is catching on throughout Israel. Even liberals are now seriously considering the idea. The two-state plan is dead. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
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Discover Ezekiel’s Miraculous Prophecies in Groundbreaking New Book Devout Christian Doug Hershey, founder of Ezra Adventures, is documenting, through magnificent photography, the prophet Ezekiel’s 2,600-year-old prophecies as they come to fruition today in Israel.
Thus says the Lord Yehovah: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt. The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortifiedand inhabited.’ Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, Yehovah, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, Yehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.” Ezekiel 36:33-36
Jews From Ancient Chinese Community Make Aliyah to Israel It is prophesied that at the end of days, Jews from all over the world will make aliyah (move to Israel). Thanks in no small part to the organization Shavei Israel, this prophecy is coming true today as Jews from Kaifeng, China will merit to call Israel their home.
Satellite pioneer SkyFi’s Vision: Worldwide internet access An Israeli nano-sat start-up is betting it can bring communication technology to the entire globe for next to nothing.
Israeli Schoolboy Finds Ancient Figurine A seven-year-old boy from Beit She’an in northern Israel discovered a small ancient figurine during a weekend family trip to the archeological excavations are nearby Tel Rehov. The clay female figurine has been dated to the Canaanite period, roughly the 15th to 13th century BC
Biblical sheep to return to their homeland Israeli couple in Canada works to reestablish breed of sheep herded by Biblical patriarch Jacob in Israel.
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Tailwind for Terror
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon showed his bias and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned his words this week in a heated exchange.
Netanyahu blasts UN’s Ban: “Your remarks are a tailwind for terror“ Speaking to the UN Security Council in a session on the current situation in the Middle East, Ban condemns terror wave, but says it is ‘human nature to react to occupation’… Netanyahu accused UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday of supporting Palestinian terrorism.
“It is human nature to react to occupation, which often serves as a potent incubator of hate and extremism,” Ban had told a Security Council meeting in New York.
In what became a war of words, Netanyahu shot back: “The secretary-general’s remarks provide a tailwind for terrorism. There is no justification for terrorism. Those Palestinians who murder do not want to build a state, they want to destroy a state and they say this openly.”
Ban made his remarks on the same day that terrorist victim Shlomit Krigman, 23, was buried in Jerusalem. The young woman was fatally stabbed on Monday evening by two Palestinian terrorists. Jerusalem Post 1-26-16
Ban Ki-Moon later tried to walk back his remarks, but the damage was done. By using the excuse of “human nature” to describe the Palestinian terror attacks, he indeed justifies the terror. He links resistance to “occupation” with human nature. The problem is that the specific type of resistance employed by terrorist is not human, it is demonic. It is not “natural” to send 13-year-old boys and girls to stab women while they are simply shopping. Shlomit Krigman was buried the same day as Ban’s remarks. The 23-year-old was grocery shopping when stabbed to death by two Palestinians, one of which was 17 years old. Stabbing innocent civilians is not legitimate “resistance to occupation.”
Update: Terrorist murderer’s mother and sister throw candy celebrating his “martyrdom.”
This is not only an Israel problem. This perverse form of rationalizing is spreading everywhere. It is part of prophesied “last days.”
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 2 Timothy 3:1-5
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Erika Owens
Journalism at MozFest and beyond
Submitted by erika on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 18:31
As Mitchell Baker put it in her Mozilla Festival keynote, "imagine if you had to ask permission every time you wanted to write something on a piece of paper." The liberating power of writing is what gets a lot of people into journalism and into programming. A pen and a pad. A keyboard and a command line. Simple items that hold power to inform, engage, motivate.
Baker was referring to the work Mozilla is doing to open up mobile, but that concept is also applicable to the work of OpenNews. Throughout the Festival, some of the brightest folks in the journalism-technology community showed the possibilities for journalism when you have the skills to analyze, develop, and report, without needing to ask permission.
Journalism at MozFest by the numbers:
Floor: 9 (top floor)
2013 Fellows: 8 (joining 5 2012 Fellows)
Journalism sessions: 22
Total journalism session participants: 580
Average number of participants per session: ~30
Range of participants per session: 10-70+
Projects created, ideas sparked, collaborations begun: incalculable
Sessions covered everything from citizen media to data visualizations to free and open source (print!) publishing. Within the diverse array of topics and side conversations and games of werewolf some common themes arose.
Making and prototyping
MozFest is meant to be active, hands-on. But how do you prep for a session where folks might have lots of different skill levels? Where the internet may be unreliable? What will the audience even consider "making"? In practice, most of the journalism sessions did not result in completed projects. But they did result in numerous prototypes, including several with solid plans for further development, especially from the elections and OurBlock sessions. Participants did leave several sessions with tips, toolkits, and experience with data tools.
Even if not put to extensive physical creative use, there was certainly a kinetic energy in the air. People figured out how to accommodate larger than expected groups of participants, as we ended up taking over part of the 8th floor. Folks who only get to see each other once or a few times a year go to chat individually as well as collaborate during sessions. Several folks from the Knight Lab led a fireside chat and blogged about their experiences during the Festival. Having the sessions largely centered in one physical location really helped to concentrate the energy and made it easier for people to just happen upon each other.
The how of sharing
In a recap of his session on second-screen prototyping, Mark Boas devoted a section to reviewing how the facilitation of his session went. He included suggestions about how other folks could structure a similar event. That kind of feedback is extremely useful. It seems like some people have an innate sense of how to run a session (or they're just very lucky and it all clicks), but for everyone else, some guidance on structure can help folks feel more comfortable leading a session. The Open Knowledge Foundation also shared thoughts about how to run a session in their recap. They definitely got the colorful costume award for the journalism floor, and it was neat how their role playing fun actually worked as a facilitation strategy as well: character sheets were a creative way to help "expedition teams" identify the skills and strengths of the folks on their team.
Keeping it moving
The biggest example of what's next is the 2103 Fellowship program. We welcomed and celebrated eight new Knight-Mozilla Fellows. They'll get to spend 10 months in a MozFest-like haze. Making. Hacking. Sharing. Traveling. Chatting. The code that these individuals create will be a valuable continuation of the themes from the Festival, but in addition to that, they will also continue to serve as ambassadors for the possibilities for journalism code on the web. They are eight people working with eight incredible news organizations who get to focus exclusively on this work for 10 months. Amazing.
But they're not the only ones both with the responsibility, as well as the opportunity, to show how the rapid iteration required by news has a lot to teach typical development, and how typical journalists have an unbelievable community eager to help them better engage with the web. Several projects from the Festival are actively continuing work.
The hacktivity kits developed by Laura Hilliger and presented by Nicola Hughes will continue to be refined and shared so that anyone can use Thimble and Popcorn to teach introductory HTML and video editing to their journalist colleagues. Sarah Marshall of journalism.co.uk and Nathan Matias of the MIT Civic Media Lab both had coverage of the Festival that helped spread the word well past Ravensbourne's walls. And throughout the year, OpenNews has funds to support hack days and development of journalistic tools. Source is also an incredible online resource that combines all of the things that this festival track embodied--code, sharing best practices and lessons and helping spread the word about awesome work that is happening, and doing that all by having community at the fore. To that end, we'll hear reportbacks from some of the sessions on the December 5 OpenNews community call. Please join the call and let us know what you thought about the Festival and suggestions for 2013.
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Home Esports Western Michigan University unveils dedicated esports arena
Western Michigan University unveils dedicated esports arena
Lydia Mitrevski
Friday the Western Michigan University debuted the institution’s dedicated esports arena on the Kalamazoo campus. The arena was built thanks to the Transformational Initiative Fund, established by WMU President Edward Montgomery last year. Of the $1m (£761,768) fund, Esports@WMU received a $500,000 (£380,884) grant to renovate the Little Theatre on campus to house the arena.
The arena features a stage with 26 gaming PC’s, 12 of which are dedicated to live competitions, two projector screens and seating for about 200 spectators.
Credit: Kayla Miller | MLive.com
When the theatre was selected as the location for the arena earlier this year, Esports Director Scott Puckett stated using the theatre would give WMU the opportunity to focus on community interaction and hosting competitions rather than solely a practice area for the teams. Whereas other institutions are creating facilities for practice and casual play, WMU’s arena in the Little Theatre will only be used by the school’s official teams. However, President Montgomery stated there is interest to open it to high school and community teams for use in the future.
Montgomery told Wood TV8 there is also interest in expanding passed competition: “My secret hope is that not only is it an activity that’s students can feel part of and have a community, but that we find a way to get in to the academic part and get into training students to make the games and produce the games, not just to play the games.”
Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, MI and has two separate teams, the Thunderclaps and the Electroshocks that currently have established chapters in Tespa and uLoL for Overwatch and League of Legends. According to a release, the university will compete in other games in the future in inter-collegiate and intramural competitions.
Esports Insider says: WMU now joins the likes of Ohio State, the University of Akron to establish dedicated esports spaces for its teams. One major difference from WMU is the emphasis on spectating, as it’s built inside an actual theatre. Not only will this open up opportunities for the university to have a dedicated competitive space, but the ability to host events and bring more people to campus.
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Animal experiments scrutinised: systematic reviews demonstrate poor human clinical and toxicological utility
Knight, A.
Altex 24(4): 320-325
The assumption that animal models are reasonably predictive of human outcomes provides the basis for their widespread use in toxicity testing and in biomedical research aimed at developing cures for human diseases. To investigate the validity of this assumption, the comprehensive "Scopus" biomedical bibliographic databases were searched for published systematic reviews of the human clinical or toxicological utility of animal experiments. Of 20 reviews examining clinical utility, authors concluded that the animal models were substantially consistent with or useful in advancing clinical outcomes in only two cases, and the conclusion in one case was contentious. Included were reviews of the clinical utility of experiments expected by ethics committees to lead to medical advances, of highly-cited experiments published in major journals, and of chimpanzee experiments - the species most likely to be predictive of human outcomes. Seven additional reviews failed to clearly demonstrate utility in predicting human toxicological outcomes such as carcinogenicity and teratogenicity. Consequently, animal data may not generally be assumed to be substantially useful for these purposes. Possible causes include interspecies differences, the distortion of experimental outcomes arising from experimental environments and protocols, and the poor methodological quality of many animal experiments evident in at least 11 reviews. No reviews existed in which a majority of animal experiments were of good quality. While the latter problems might be minimised with concerted effort, given their widespread nature, the interspecies limitations are likely to be technically and theoretically impossible to overcome. Yet, unlike non-animal models, animal models are not normally subjected to formal scientific validation. Instead of simply assuming they are predictive of human outcomes, the consistent application of formal validation studies to all test models is clearly warranted, regardless of their animal, non-animal, historical, contemporary or possible future status. Expected benefits would include greater selection of models truly predictive of human outcomes, increased safety of people exposed to chemicals that have passed toxicity tests, increased efficiency during the development of human pharmaceuticals, and decreased wastage of animal, personnel and financial resources. The poor human clinical and toxicological utility of most animal models for which data exists, in conjunction with their generally substantial animal welfare and economic costs, justify a ban on animal models lacking scientific data clearly establishing their human predictivity or utility.
Systematic reviews of animal experiments demonstrate poor human clinical and toxicological utility. ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 35(6): 641-659, 2007
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From Systematic Reviews to Clinical Recommendations for Evidence-Based Health Care: Validation of Revised Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (R-AMSTAR) for Grading of Clinical Relevance. Open Dentistry Journal 4: 84-91, 2010
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Assessing the applicability of findings in systematic reviews of complex interventions can enhance the utility of reviews for decision making. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 66(11): 1251-1261, 2014
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Tox and Hound – Fellow Friday – Rapid Collapse and Anaphylactoid Reactions from Rattlesnake Bites
April 5, 2019 by Tox & Hound 2 Comments
Jackie Bibby holds the world record for the greatest number of rattlesnakes (13) held in the mouth at one time. Used with permission of Jackie Bibby. TexSnakeman.com
by Steve Curry, M.D.
Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
@SteveCurryMD
It’s early March in Phoenix and we are well into the rattlesnake bite season. It is estimated there are about 350 to 400 rattlesnake bites annually in Arizona, which is pretty tiny compared to the estimated 5 million venomous snakebites and 125,000 snakebite deaths annually worldwide. But, unfortunately, Arizona has been honored as being named the #1 state for deaths per capita from venomous snakebites in the U.S (1979 – 2004). Part of this is explained by delays in seeking or reaching medical care (e.g., it can take as long as 2-3 days to get out of the bottom of the Grand Canyon), but it is also because of rapid collapse and shock seen in some patients, the topic of this post. First, let me provide some background.
The number of rattlesnake species changes at the whims of taxonomists. In Arizona, at my last count, we had 13 of the 17 rattlesnake species found in the U.S. (with additional subspecies). Most patients don’t know which species bit them. But in those cases where the snakes are brought in with patients or photographed for our examination, the most common snakebite victims we care for in Phoenix, (keep in mind some of our patients are flown from around the state and surrounding states), result from six snakes:
Fig. 1 Western Diamondback rattlesnake (C. atrox) – Cale Morris
Fig. 2 – Mojave rattlesnake (C. scutulatus) – Cale Morris
Fig. 3 – Speckled rattlesnake (C. mitchellii) – Cale Morris
Fig. 4 – Sidewinder rattlesnake (C. cerastes) – Cale Morris
Fig. 5 – Prairie rattlesnake (C. viridis) – Cale Morris
Fig. 6 – Northern black-tailed rattlesnake (C. molossus) – LA Dawson, Wikipedia Commons
But we see bites from other species, as well (e.g., Tiger, Massasauga, Midget Faded, Rock, Twin-spotted, Black, etc.) We have neither indigenous copperheads nor cottonmouths.
Rattlesnake venom is incredibly complex. It varies even within species, depending on geographic location, time of year, the age of the snake, and other factors. Within venom, there are thousands of proteins, lipids, metals, and other molecules, each with actions that could result in a Ph.D. thesis (as many have). Yet there are several basic syndromes we commonly see, and these are usually able to be recited by most toxicology fellows.
Soft tissue injury and necrosis
Numerous digestive enzymes, including metalloproteases, produce local necrosis, and through activation of our own TNF-α, in turn, activate endogenous metalloproteases. Local necrosis can be extensive, and swelling and subcutaneous (SQ) hemorrhage extend up the extremity via lymphatics. A bite to a fingertip can produce swelling into the chest and leg, and even pleural effusions/hemothorax can develop. Hypovolemia and anemia from soft tissue edema and bleeding are common.
Fig. 7 – C. atrox bite to the thumb.
Fig. 8 – Follow-up of a man bitten on both hands five times.
Fig. 9 – Chest CT, pleural effusions after hand bites.
Hematotoxicity
Thrombin-like enzymes deplete fibrinogen to form fibrin dimers, almost always without producing intravascular coagulation. Defibrination, with unmeasurable fibrinogen levels and non-clotting blood, similar to what might be seen with streptokinase, is enhanced through activation of our own plasmin system. Venom-induced thrombocytopenia in Arizona may be best-explained by phospholipases degrading platelet membranes. In other species (e.g., C. horridus horridus), platelet aggregation also occurs. We rarely see true DIC, though it certainly can occur. When bleeding begins, it can be acute, severe and fatal. The wife of a man who had just been bitten by a rattlesnake was driving him to medical care when she observed he was becoming weaker, vomiting blood, and passing large volumes of grossly bloody stool. She explained to me, though, that “I knew he was really in trouble when he started bleeding from his eyes.” Not a statement one easily forgets. Fortunately, he survived.
Fig. 11 – Urinary catheter bag collecting rectal tube effluent.
Venom phospholipase A2 acts at neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) to cause fusion of ACh-containing vesicles with the synaptic membrane, resulting in exocytosis, but then prevents membrane recycling, with eventual depletion of neurotransmitter and halting of ACh release.1 Initial fasciculations may resolve on their own (commonly with accompanying rhabdomyolysis) or progress to severe weakness and respiratory failure. Like other neuromuscular junction pathology, cranial nerves can be affected early. Some components of venom block presynaptic voltage-gated calcium channels which can also prevent ACh release.
Fig. 12 – Ptosis from C. scutulatus envenomation.
Myotoxicity
While most fangs do not reach muscle in adults (exceptions include anterior leg compartments and thenar eminences), systemic rhabdomyolysis can result. Some myotoxins collectively increase intracellular Ca2+ concentrations by opening Na+ channels, depolarizing the sarcolemma, preventing Ca2+ loading by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and promoting Ca2+ efflux from the SR. High cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentrations activate numerous enzymes systems, uncouple oxidative phosphorylation, and produce other effects to cause myocyte dysfunction and death. We also commonly see rhabdomyolysis as the result of muscle fasciculations from Prairie and Midget Faded rattlesnake bites.
Fig. 13 – Action of myotoxins.
Rapid-onset shock and anaphylactoid reactions
The aforementioned major syndromes of tissue destruction, hematotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and myotoxicity combine to produce complicated clinical pictures. Add in underlying factors or diseases such as congestive heart failure, chronic anticoagulation therapy, cirrhosis, or pregnancy, and it is easy to be confronted with a critically ill patient that requires many physician hours at the bedside. But on top of all this, there is yet another major syndrome we recognize in our snakebite patients, bringing us to the main topic of discussion today.
Every year we see patients who experience rapid collapse, hypotension, many times with unconsciousness, and frequently with all or combinations of the following: angioedema of the face and airway, diarrhea, and hemorrhage. Swelling at the site of envenomation can be minimal or absent, especially during the first few hours. GI bleeding is impressive when it occurs. Some patients are found down and not even recognized as being snakebite victims, being mistaken for suffering from septic shock, anaphylaxis, or other disorders. Complications include ischemic bowel, stroke, myocardial infarction, and renal failure from acute tubular necrosis.
There are several reasons rattlesnake bite patients may become hypovolemic over hours to days following envenomation. Third-spacing of fluid and bleeding into extremities can be severe and can represent significantly large portions of blood volume, especially in children. But I am talking about something else here – patients with rapid collapse and hypotension in minutes to a half-hour or so after a bite. Let’s look at a couple of examples of such cases. Then we’ll discuss some of what is known of the pathophysiology.
A middle-aged man was bitten on his hand by a rattlesnake. Within 12 minutes he was unconscious and cyanotic. Paramedics found him profoundly hypotensive, tachycardic, and with lip and tongue edema. They could not establish an airway. SQ epinephrine was given en route to the hospital, where he was immediately endotracheally intubated. No wheezing, high airway resistance or skin rash was found. Swelling was minimal at the bite site. Treatment consisted of large IV fluid challenges, an epinephrine infusion, methylprednisolone, H1 and H2 antagonists, and 10 vials of antivenom. He was sedated as his blood pressure rose. Initial laboratory values showed: hemoglobin 22 g/dL; platelets 51,000/mm3; prothrombin time 19 s; fibrinogen 190 mg/dL; and creatine kinase 1400 IU/L.
While loading him into the helicopter, hematuria and grossly bloody diarrhea began. He arrived at our center actively bleeding from a rectal tube (photo, below) and urinary catheter.
An epinephrine infusion kept mean arterial pressure above 65 mm Hg, and he required large volumes of IV fluids, transfusions, additional antivenom, and was begun on CRRT for acute renal failure. The envenomated arm began to swell, but compartment pressures remained < 20 mm Hg.
Lip and mouth edema had resolved quickly with epinephrine. Over several hours epinephrine was weaned and vital signs normalized. Platelet count reached a nadir of 26,000/mm3, and the peak CK was about 16,000 IU/L. He was discharged 1 week later. He recalled being bitten, the onset of throat swelling, and then profound weakness. He had never been bitten previously. In the end, he received more than 60 vials antivenom. We were able to examine the live snake (below), and it was a Mojave (C. scutulatus).
Fig. 16 – C. scutulatus
Here’s another case. This woman, who had never been near snakes, was bitten on the arm. In less than 30 minutes she arrived at a hospital with unrecordable blood pressure, lethargy, and severe lip, tongue, and mouth swelling. Initial treatment comprised endotracheal intubation, 7 L crystalloid IV, IV epinephrine boluses and infusion, methylprednisolone, and H1 and H2 blockers. Antivenom was begun and she was transferred to us.
On arrival extremity swelling was minimal and angioedema had resolved quickly with epinephrine. Hematuria and bloody stools began. After additional antivenom, epinephrine could be weaned over a couple of hours. Her platelet count fell to 15,000/mm3, and her fibrinogen remained > 150 mg/dL. Transient renal failure resolved without dialysis. Additional antivenom was given for thrombocytopenia. She never experienced significant swelling at the bite site. The helicopter crew brought the dead snake with them for us to examine. Another Mojave (C. scutulatus).
Tragically, CT of the head revealed multiple cerebral infarctions as a result of initial hypotension/shock.
Several years ago Ayrn O’Connor from our group looked back on the most recent 15 consecutive rattlesnake bite patients who had collapsed within 30 minutes and found the following:
14/15 had rapid onset hypotension, and 11/14 required vasopressors, usually epinephrine.
8/15 had airway edema, and 5/15 required endotracheal intubation.
7/15 experienced large to massive GI bleeds.
5/15 suffered from acute renal failure.
5/15 had coma or were obtunded.
3/15 had rhabdomyolysis.
1/15 experienced ARDS and died.
Hemoconcentration with hematocrits exceeding 58% was common, including before and during the initial stages of bleeding.
In the few instances in which we’ve been able to identify the snake, we have always found a Mojave (C. scutulatus), except in one instance in which it was a Sidewinder (C. cerastes). In contrast, the most common snakebite we see is from C. atrox. However, this syndrome has been reported throughout the Americas and with multiple snake species.2–6
So, what’s going on? Could at least some of these cases represent IgE-mediated anaphylaxis? This has been documented in the literature,7 and I’ve seen clear-cut cases of such in patients with previous snakebites, including professionals with known histories of snake venom allergy. But the patients we are discussing with the syndrome of rapid collapse and shock, including young children, have had no previous history of contact with snakes. And in those rare, previous exposure anaphylaxis cases, patients experienced various degrees of urticaria, lacrimation, conjunctival injection, and wheezing. The patients we are discussing today do not, though an occasional patient may display some mild flushing.
Could it be an intravascular injection of venom? This might be a rare possibility. For example, below is a histologic section of an envenomation site from a patient who was unconscious in less than two minutes of a snakebite to the leg, and who experienced true DIC with multiple organ infarctions, diffuse bleeding, and profound shock. The red arrow points to eschar at the envenomation site. The black arrow shows the disruption of collagen directly towards a vessel lumen. Interestingly, in animals, venom injection into a vessel wall produces shock about as quickly as venom injected into the vessel lumen. Suicide attempt with IV venom injection has even been reported, and the patient looked similar to our patients with rapid collapse.8
That most or all of our patients with rapid collapse might suffer intravascular venom injections, however, is implausible, especially with bites to fingers. Furthermore, we see snakebites to highly vascular areas without rapid collapse and hypotension, such as bites to the tongue, lips, and face. Swelling in these cases, of course, is the counterpart of that seen in extremities and results from the digestive/inflammatory actions of venom.
Fig. 20 – Rattlesnake bite to the tongue.
What we are left with, then, is a syndrome that develops over about 5 to 30 minutes comprising hypotension, tachycardia, and shock along with various combinations of diarrhea, angioedema, rapid third-spacing of fluid with hemoconcentration. There is often minimal to no swelling at the bite site and, about half the time, serious GI bleeding develops. The GI bleeding certainly may be from ischemia in the face of shock and venom-induced hematotoxicity. But most of this sounds like actions of either bradykinin, as in ACEI-induced angioedema, or degranulation of mast cells and basophils, as in anaphylaxis, or both. Investigators have established mechanisms of action for snake venom that include these possibilities. Let’s take a look.
Bradykinin and snake venom
The following simplified figure outlines the formation, actions, and degradation of bradykinin.
Fig. 21 – LMW = low molecular weight; HMW = high molecular weight; ACE = angiotensin converting enzyme.
Precursors of bradykinin are collectively called kininogens, and they reside in tissue and in blood. Enzymes capable of converting kininogen to bradykinin or kallidin (a direct precursor to bradykinin) are named kallikrein. Thus, kallikrein(s) produces bradykinin, and there is strong evidence that plasmin, also activated in rattlesnake envenomations, may form bradykinin from HMW kininogen.9,10 (Remember that IV tPA can cause angioedema.) Bradykinin, in turn, activates G protein-coupled B1 and B2 receptors to produce effects as shown in the figure. Bradykinin is degraded directly or secondarily by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE; Kinase II).
Bradykinin is a short, nine-amino acid peptide (Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg)
Fig. 22 – Bradykinin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradykinin#/media/File:Bradykinin_structure.svg by Yikrazuul (talk) – Own work
Snake venom contains 5-14 amino acid peptides, structurally similar to bradykinin, that have been named bradykinin-potentiating peptides (BPPs).11–1415 These peptides were first described in Bothrops species from South America, but have since been identified in a broad variety of snake venoms, including those from pit vipers and old world vipers. BPPs display two main actions. First, some mimic the effect of bradykinin and activate bradykinin receptors.16,17 Second, they competitively inhibit ACE to prevent the degradation of bradykinin. In fact, the original 1949 paper which led to the identification of BPPs in Bothrops jararaca venom led to the development of captopril, the first ACE inhibitor.18 Captopril’s structure is based on the common C-terminal end of selected BPPs.11 During development of ACE inhibitors, a nonopeptide BPP from B. jararaca was synthesized and actually administered IV to hypertensive human volunteers. Blood pressure fell within minutes of infusion, with complete effect within 1-2 hours. One patient experienced transient erythema of the neck without itching or other signs of allergic reaction.19
If venom BPPs were not enough, kallikrein-like enzymes have been isolated from multiple pit vipers and old world vipers.20–22 These enzymes convert kininogen to bradykinin, and also commonly display thrombin-like activity, contributing to defibrination.
Thus far we have discovered mechanisms for increased bradykinin formation from kallikrein-like enzymes and endogenous plasmin, and impaired bradykinin degradation and direct bradykinin receptor activation by BPPs. But snakes are not the only animals with venom that contains kallikrein-like enzymes. Anyone recognize this skull?
This is Heloderma suspectum, the Gila monster, a venomous lizard whose habitat we also share in Arizona.
Fig. 25 by Cale Morris
The venom glands are modified salivary glands in the mandible. The Gila monster must bite, hang on, and commonly chew for quite some time so that venom flows into the wound through grooved teeth.
The literature contains various articles on how best to remove a Gila monster from a hand, arm or leg, including setting the lizard on fire with gasoline (not recommended). But after a few minutes, by the time a person does get the Gila monster disengaged, which frequently involves it becoming attached to the other hand, enough venom has been absorbed to produced hypotension, tachycardia, and profound angioedema, such as in the gentleman, below.
Gila monster venom contains enzymes that exhibit kallikrein activity, raising bradykinin levels.23,24 Interestingly, small peptides that act as bradykinin receptor antagonists have been isolated both from rattlesnake (and other vipers) and Gila monster venom. But clinically, an activated kallikrein/bradykinin system appears to prevail in many patients.
There is an observation that should make at least some of you question whether most of what we are seeing with early collapse and hypotension, sometimes with angioedema, mainly or entirely results from BPPs and kallikrein-like enzymes. In our experience angioedema resolves rather quickly, over minutes to 3-4 hours, with epinephrine infusions, whether from a rattlesnake or Gila monster envenomation. This rapid response of angioedema to epinephrine contrasts with the virtual complete lack of response to epinephrine infusions in patients with other forms of relatively pure bradykinin receptor-mediated angioedema, such as from ACE inhibitors or C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency. BPPs are of too-low a molecular weight to think that antivenom necessarily contains high titers of antibodies against them, though antivenom certainly may inactivate kallikrein-like enzymes (antivenom definitely inactivates other thrombin-like enzymes). Perhaps BPPs are rapidly cleared from the circulation and tissue, just as is bradykinin. In animals, about 50% of administered BPPs are found in urine within about 3 hours of dosing.25 Most BPPs are generally resistant to enzymatic degradation because of proline(s) at the C-terminal end, and an N-terminal modified amino acid, though some appear to be able to undergo some enzymatic hydrolysis.26 Regardless, we must keep an open mind and look for other factors that may contribute to the formation of angioedema, vasodilation, and vascular leak, and maybe even contribute to the formation of bradykinin – something that might respond to an epinephrine infusion.
Natriuretic peptides and phospholipase A2
Degranulation of mast cells and basophils, such as during anaphylaxis, causes release and synthesis of various mediators that can cause angioedema. Furthermore, significant degranulation also appears to activate the kallikrein/bradykinin system. As an example, basophils release a kallikrein-like enzyme.27,28 The fact that mast cell and basophil degranulation can be rapidly halted by producing sustained elevations of cAMP concentrations through beta receptor activation by epinephrine causes us to examine other components of venom that might trigger degranulation. First to mind are natriuretic peptides.
Venom natriuretic peptides (NPs) bind to NP receptors to produce various actions, including intense vasodilation. Interestingly, NPs also bind to mast cells to cause degranulation.29–31 What is particularly fascinating about crotalids (and other snakes) is that a single gene codes for a single mRNA transcript that includes both NPs and BPPs.32 Take a look at the very simplified schematic illustration of a single gene product, below.
Both BPPs and a C-type NP are transcribed at the same time (more than one BPP may be in the transcript), and the BPPs and NPs are separated in post-translational modifications. While BPPs are inhibiting ACE and activating bradykinin receptors, NPs are producing vasodilation and degranulating mast cells, possibly adding to the severity of the syndrome. Toss in some additional kallikrein and plasmin activation to further increase bradykinin levels, and things are really hopping. But there is more.
The SNARE proteins responsible for exocytosis of ACh-containing vesicles at the NMJ (and at other synapses) are also involved with exocytosis of mast cell and basophil granules during degranulation. In fact, experiments have demonstrated that botulism toxins, which are metalloproteases that inactivate various SNARE proteins, prevent mast cell degranulation, just as they prevent ACh exocytosis at the NMJ.33 Given that degranulation is similar to neurotransmission at the NMJ, think back to the phospholipase A2 in rattlesnake venom that acts as a β-neurotoxin (acts presynaptically). I mentioned that phospholipase A2 causes ACh-containing vesicles to fuse with the presynaptic membrane (exocytosis), explaining initial fasciculations. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, that venom phospholipase A2 causes degranulation of mast cells and, presumably, basophils.34,35 Venom phospholipase A2 also causes the release of membrane-bound arachidonic acid from phospholipids, beginning synthesis of leukotrienes through the lipoxygenase pathway during and following degranulation. I’ve tried to put this together in an abbreviated figure, below. With everything potentially going on, it’s surprising all patients with rattlesnake envenomation don’t become hypotensive and develop profound third-spacing, hemoconcentration, and angioedema.
It is fortunate that most of our patients with rapid collapse usually respond over minutes to a few hours to fluids, epinephrine and antivenom. Though antihistamines and corticosteroids are also given, I don’t know that they actually have much of an effect in saving lives, just as in anaphylaxis, but single doses are not harmful and might be beneficial. Rapid resolution of angioedema in our rattlesnake bite patients with epinephrine and antivenom is presumed to be from some combination of halting degranulation and antivenom’s inactivation of kallikrein-like enzymes, thrombin-like enzymes (resulting in plasmin activation), NPs and phospholipase A2. The rapid clearance of BPPs might contribute if this is the case. The rapid resolution of angioedema in our patients envenomated by Gila monsters, for whom there is no antivenom, speaks more to the likelihood of halting degranulation. In fact, Gila monster venom also contains NPs and phospholipase A2.36 Here is our Gila monster victim shown earlier, now about 3-4 hours after epinephrine.
Unexpected benefits of mast cell degranulation
But there is always another twist to the plot. It turns out studies have demonstrated a protective effect of mast cell degranulation. Proteolytic enzymes found in mast cells degrade various venom proteins. This protective action extends beyond snake venom to even include Hymenoptera.37 Much of this protective effect results from the release of mast cell carboxypeptidase A.
Sarafotoxins are short peptides structurally similar to endothelins and are found in many venoms, including those from rattlesnakes. Like endothelins, sarafotoxins display various actions on vascular and non-vascular smooth muscle. As one example, by activating endothelin B (ETB) receptors, sarafotoxins cause nitric oxide formation and vasodilation. Furthermore, mast cells contain endothelin receptors that may trigger degranulation in response to sarafotoxins.
Carboxypeptidase A and, possibly, other mast cell proteases degrade sarafotoxins. And wouldn’t you know it, carboxypeptidase A and ACE share a very similar structure, and carboxypeptidase A degrades bradykinin.38 Perhaps proteolysis after degranulation is part of the explanation as to why we don’t see anaphylactoid responses as frequently or for as long a duration as we might expect.
Our discussion of various components of venom certainly does not and cannot include all components that may contribute to hypotension. I chose to focus on those that appear most likely to be associated in some way with the angioedema we encounter. As we finish up, I want to present a case from last week to illustrate that rapid-onset hypotension cases are not always so severe, and some patients get well quickly. A very pleasant woman was bitten on the leg. The snake was shot and killed, and once again, you can see it was a Mojave (C. scutulatus).
She was quickly taken to an emergency department where BP was found to be 60 mm Hg systolic. She had experienced diarrhea, but without blood, and had no angioedema. She was promptly treated with IV fluids challenges, epinephrine, methylprednisolone, H1 and H2 blockers, and antivenom was begun. She responded very quickly with normalization of vital signs; her leg had begun to swell.
On arrival, she displayed significant leg edema that was moving proximally, and additional antivenom was given.
Hematology studies remained satisfactory, and she looked much better within two days and wanted to say hello to everyone.
Medical toxicology fellows, what do you think might be the implications of a patient normally taking an ACE inhibitor on the severity of illness following a rattlesnake envenomation?
And what might be implications for treatment of rapid hypotension and collapse if the victim normally takes a beta blocker? What might glucagon offer? And icatibant?
Finally, head over to YouTube and search for “Jackie Bibby”. Jackie holds additional world records that include lying in a bathtub and in a sleeping bag with the greatest number of rattlesnakes (195 and 109 rattlesnakes, respectively). You might imagine some world records you want to set with rattlesnakes, but I don’t recommend it. Leave that up to Jackie. But if you do set a new record, be sure to leave a comment here for everyone, and have your colleagues be ready with IV fluids, epinephrine, good airway equipment, and antivenom.
And if you need to resuscitate a rattlesnake…
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Harrell Guy Graham
Consider adding Vitamin C and Thiamine to the snakebite regimen in order to address sepsis at the cellular level. Per Dr Paul Marik, MD of EMcrit.
“Hydrocortisone, Ascorbic Acid and Thiamine (HAT Therapy) for the Treatment of Sepsis. Focus on Ascorbic Acid”
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/11/1762?type=check_update&version=1
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Taylor Sanders
One of my favorite posts on this site so far. The pathophys is fascinating, as were the cases. And apparently, BTG is using humans instead of sheep for their new product, ElapaFab
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Krasnodar powers past Khimki 22 january 2018
Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar defeated Khimki Moscow Region at home, 93-78 (22-24, 24-20, 29-19, 18-15).
Lokomotiv-Kuban: Mardy Collins (22 + 7 reb + 10 ast), Frank Elegar (18 + 6 reb), Ryan Broekhoff (17 + 8 reb)
Khimki: Alexey Shved (18 + 6 ast), James Anderson (16), Tyler Honeycutt (11), Stefan Markovic (11)
Playing in front of a sold-out Basket Hall (7,500 fans crammed into Krasnodar’s home arena to watch Sunday’s showdown), Lokomotiv-Kuban left no doubt down the stretch, soaring to a 15-point win over EuroLeague club Khimki.
Mardy Collins was masterful in the victory, scoring 22 points, dishing out 10 assists and pulling down seven rebounds. He keyed an electric Lokomotiv offense that finished the game with 21 assists and scored 93 points.
The turning point in the game came midway through the 4th quarter after Khimki forward James Anderson pulled the visitors within three on a layup.
Lokomotiv responded with a 12-0 run, holding Khimki scoreless for five and a half minutes. Australian swingman Ryan Broekhoff was instrumental in the game-ending surge, draining two 3-pointers, while Frank Elegar added the exclamation point with a dunk that put Lokomotiv on top by 13.
With the victory, Lokomotiv take over sole possession of 1st place at 11-1. Khimki drops into a tie for 5th place with Avtodor, 6-5.
Mardy Collins. The Loko captain was Sasa Obradovic’s most reliable option throughout the game. In one of the biggest games of the regular season, Collins recorded career highs in rebounds (7), assists (10) and efficiency rating (31) to go with 22 points.
7,500 – Lokomotiv-Kuban set a League attendance record for the 2017-18 season.
Lokomotiv-Kuban head coach Sasa Obradovic:
– I want to congratulate the fans, who came in such big numbers today. I’m confident they watched a worthy game. This is a great argument for growing the game. The marketing team does a wonderful job. We stuck to our rhythm on offense and defense. That’s the only way you can beat strong opponents. All of the players had a part in the win. On the other hand, this is only one win. In order to finish the regular season in 1st place, we need to continue playing basketball with the same type of enthusiasm.
Khimki head coach Georgios Bartzokas:
– Congratulations to Lokomotiv-Kuban on the win. They have an excellent team that does a wonderful job of executing the game plan. We recently played Crvena Zvezda and Olympiacos in the EuroLeague and spent a lot of energy on those games. It’s tough to play at this pace–three games in five days. Today, we lost our focus in the second half and Lokomotiv deserved to win. We knew our opponent grabs more than 20 offensive rebounds on average and prepared accordingly. But they scored 25 points on offensive rebounds, and that’s no excuse. It’s important for every player to give 100% on the court. That’s the only way to get a positive outcome. Loko showed us that today.
Lokomotiv-Kuban: January 28 away vs. Enisey
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Mar del Plata 2012: The eye of the hurricane
by Albert Silver
10/14/2012 – The second round of the classic Mar del Plata tournament is considered the last easy round for the stronger players, but as Shabalov would tell you: there are no easy rounds any more. Even so, this allows the higher rated players to get into gear while the lower-rated players still try to be the hero of the next round. Illustrated report with analysis by GM Sergio Slipak.
7th Continental Chess Tournament / Mar del Plata 2012
Tourney type: Eleven-round Swiss open
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game and a 30 second increment as of move one.
Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Prizes: 1st - US$5000, 2nd - US$3400, 3rd - US$2400, 20 prizes in all, not including prizes per category.
Special: Event is considered a world championship qualifier thus all norms earned are worth double.
Mar del Plata 2012 : The eye of the hurricane
The second round of the ever classic Mar del Plata tournament is considered the last easy round for the stronger players, but as Shabalov would tell you: there are no easy rounds any more. Even so, this allows the higher rated players to get into gear by theoretically not having to play their absolute best while the lower-rated players still try to be the next round’s hero.
The event started with the official opening ceremony presided over by all the top authorities,
from organizers to top FIDE representatives.
FIDE Executive Director Nigel Freeman shakes hands with Carlos Alberto Fernández,
director of the Buenos Aires Sports Cabinet, overseen by Jorge Vega, the FIDE
Continental President of the Americas.
While the top boards did very well according to expectations, there were a few slips, and notable ones. The first is top Argentine Diego Flores who found himself held to a draw by the untitled Brazilian Hidemitsu Cesar, but harder was American GM Gregory Kaidanov who lost to local FM Jorge Sabas.
Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista has ouclassed his opponents so far
The games underway in the second hall
Argentine WIM Marisa Zuriel
Canadian GM-elect Eric Hansen (2527 FIDE) deep in thought
Argentine GM Rubens Felgaer was very focused and won his game in spite of...
... the distracting looking Brazilian WFM Vanessa Feliciano Ebert.
Sunday will be a heavy-duty double rounder starting with round three at 9 AM and another at 5 PM, and the first leaders will begin to appear.
Annotated game by GM Sergio Slipak
[Event "VII Continental Americano"] [Site "Mar del Plata, ARG"] [Date "2012.10.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Iturrizaga, Eduardo"] [Black "Ferreira, Kleber Victor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A92"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2121"] [Annotator "Sergio Slipak"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] {In this first round, we will witness a wonderful lesson in positional play by the Venezuelan GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, the third seed of the tournament.} 1. Nf3 f5 {The Dutch defense.} 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 {White doesn't rush to play d4, since if Black decides to play the Stonewall (e6, d5, c6), it could be useful to play d3 instead, to fight for the e4 square.} d6 4. d4 {Now d4 is needed to fight for the e5 square, and since Black played d6, the Stonewall is no longer a possibility.} e6 {Nowadays this is not as common as the Leningrad, which would have been the line had 4...g6 been played.} 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. b4 $5 {An interesting plan designed to gain space on the queenside.} Ne4 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 a4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 {Preparing the e4 rupture.} Qe8 {A typical maneuver in the Dutch defense, to bring the queen to the kingside.} ({ If} 12... Nf6 13. Nd2 {insisting on the e4 rupture.}) 13. e4 f4 $1 {The right way to gain counterplay.} 14. e5 $1 {Securing central space since Black is focusing his chances on the kingside.} dxe5 15. dxe5 Qh5 16. h3 $1 { Temporarily containing a possible attack from his opponent. An excellent example of prophylaxis.} g5 $6 {Going astray. Since White had already prepared against this move, this only serves to weaken Black.} ({Correct was} 16... Nc5 {with a slight white advantage.}) 17. g4 $1 {Now Black's attack stalls and will now suffer as a result of the g5 weakness. If he wants to play h6 at any time, he will then be forced to contend with queen invasions on the b1-h7 diagonal.} Qh6 18. Rad1 Rf7 19. Rd2 Nf8 $6 {Another mistake, possibly decisive. The knight wants to cover the kingside weaknesses but as a result gives up control over valuable central squares.} (19... Nc5 {was necessary though either way White had a clear advantage. It is interesting to note how Black neglected to take advantage of the valuable c5 square he had gained for himself, which has cost him dearly.}) 20. Qe4 $1 {Centralizing the queen and tying down Black's queenside.} Ng6 ({There is no longer time to redeploy to the strong c5 square. If} 20... Nd7 21. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 22. Qxb7 Rd8 (22... Qf8 23. b6 $1) 23. Qxc7 {and White's pawns decide it.}) 21. Rb1 Qf8 ({If} 21... Rb8 {planning b6 and Bb7, then} 22. b6 $1) 22. Rbd1 Qh6 (22... Rb8 23. c5 $1 { taking advantage of Black's need to protect g5.}) 23. Rb1 Qf8 24. Rd3 a3 25. c5 $1 {Together with some preparatory moves, Iturrizaga finds the quickest path to victory. Black's only choices are to either weaken himself even further and slowly wait to be suffocated. He decides to gamble on complications, but this only speeds up his defeat.} Bxc5 $6 26. Nxg5 Re7 27. Qc4 Re8 28. Ne4 { Coordinating his pieces with great precision, the entry on f6 decides the game. } Be7 29. Qxc7 Nh4 30. Bb4 Qg7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Nd6+ Kg6 34. Qc2+ Kh6 35. Rxc8 1-0
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Albert Silver Born in the US, he grew up in Paris, France, where he completed his Baccalaureat, and after college moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He had a peak rating of 2240 FIDE, and was a key designer of Chess Assistant 6. In 2010 he joined the ChessBase family as an editor and writer at ChessBase News. He is also a passionate photographer with work appearing in numerous publications.
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Boston march against hate speech avoids Charlottesville chaos
Boston (Reuters): Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a "free speech" rally featuring far-right speakers a week after a woman was killed at a Virginia white-supremacist demonstration.
Rally organizers had invited several far-right speakers who were confined to a small pen that police set up in the historic Boston Common park to keep the two sides separate. The city avoided a repeat of last weekend's bloody street battles in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one woman was killed.
Police estimated that as many as 40,000 people packed into the streets around the nation's oldest park.
Officials had spent a week planning security for the event, mobilizing 500 police officers, including many on bikes, and placing barricades and large white dump trucks on streets along the park, aiming to deter car-based attacks like those seen in Charlottesville and Europe.
The rally never numbered more than a few dozen people, and its speakers could not be heard due to the shouts of those protesting it and the wide security cordon between the two sides. It wrapped up about an hour earlier than planned.
Protesters surrounded people leaving the rally, shouting "shame" and "go home" and occasionally throwing plastic water bottles. Police escorted several rally participants through the crowds, sometimes struggling against protesters who tried to stop them.
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Some people dressed in black with covered faces several times swarmed rally attendees, including two men wearing the "Make America Great Again" caps from President Donald Trump's campaign.
The violence in Charlottesville triggered the biggest domestic crisis yet for Trump, who provoked ire across the political spectrum for not immediately condemning white nationalists and for praising "very fine people" on both sides of the fight.
On Saturday, Trump on Twitter praised the Boston protesters.
"I want to applaud the many protesters in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!" Trump tweeted. "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!"
Thirty-three people were arrested, largely for scuffles in which some protesters threw rocks and bottles of urine at police dressed in riot gear, the Boston Police Department said.
"There was a little bit of a confrontation," Police Commissioner William Evans told reporters, adding that "99.9 percent of the people who were here were here for the right reasons."
Several protesters said they were unsurprised that the "Free Speech" event broke up early.
"They heard our message loud and clear: Boston will not tolerate hate," said Owen Toney, a 58-year-old community activist who attended the anti-racism protest. "I think they'll think again about coming here."
U.S. tensions over hate speech have ratcheted up sharply after the Charlottesville clashes during the latest in a series of white supremacist marches.
White nationalists had converged in the Southern university city to defend a statue of Robert E. Lee, who led the pro-slavery Confederacy's army during the Civil War, which ended in 1865.
A growing number of U.S. political leaders have called for the removal of statues honoring the Confederacy, with civil rights activists charging that they promote racism. Advocates of the statues contend they are a reminder of their heritage.
Organizers of Saturday's rally in Boston denounced the white supremacist message and violence of Charlottesville and said their event would be peaceful.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai spoke at the rally, surrounded by supporters holding "Black Lives Matter" signs.
"We have a full spectrum of people here," Ayyadurai said in a video of his speech posted on Twitter. "We have people from the Green Party here, we have Bernie (Sanders) supporters here, we've got people who believe in nationalism."
Protesters also gathered on Saturday evening in Texas. In Dallas, where a Lee statue was vandalized overnight, about 3,000 people rallied near City Hall to demonstrate against white supremacy.
"Tear them down," they chanted, referring to statues of Confederate figures.
A man who appeared waving a Confederate flag was quickly surrounded by demonstrators. "Shame on you," they chanted. Police officers escorted the man away a few minutes later as the crowd cheered.
In Houston, a chapter of Black Lives Matter organized a rally to call for the removal of a "Spirit of the Confederacy" monument from a park.
While Boston has a reputation as one of the nation's most liberal cities, it also has a history of racist outbursts, most notably riots against the desegregation of schools in the 1970s.
Karla Venegas, a 22-year-old who recently moved to Boston from California, said she was not surprised that the Free Speech rally petered out so quickly.
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"They were probably scared away by the large crowd," Venegas said.
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PNG ‘merciless’ killings have changed everything, says Bryan Kramer
By Asia Pacific Report -
By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby
Yesterday, I returned from Tari Electorate in Hela Province following a one day trip to assess the situation following the horrific killing of 23 women (two of whom were pregnant) and nine children in the worst payback killing in our country’s history.
In my capacity as Minister for Police, I represented the Marape-Steven government to be on the ground to pay respects to those killed and prepare and provide a brief to the Prime Minister on the circumstances behind the incident – what, who, when, how and why.
Tribal fights are not new in PNG and in recent years they have become more prevalent in the highlands region; one may argue they have been going on since the beginning of time.
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However since that time the rules of engagement have always been that the elderly, women and children have been off limits.
So killing of innocent women and children in tribal conflicts until recently was unheard of. Last week’s merciless killings have changed everything. The immediate concern is that it will become the new trend.
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I guess the questions people are asking are why did it happen, will it happen again and more importantly what is being done to prevent it from ever happening again?
On the first issue, why it happened:
What people would not be aware of was that last week there were three separate killings in Tagali local level government relating to a tribal conflict that has been going on for almost two decades.
The conflict has been between two tribes, one headed by a man called Oi Kiru, who comes from Pajaka 2 village, and the opposing tribe, led by Libe Koi and his second in charge Ha’gu’ai, who come from Yaganda village.
In June 2019, a key tribesman of Libe was killed. His name was Eganada and he lived in Munima village. Usually, when tribes go to war they solicit the support of surrounding villages they are married into or provide protection to.
In this case, a key ally to Libe was Eaganda, who in June was killed by his own cousin A’gun’ai (a known drug body) over an ongoing dispute between them. It is alleged A’gun’ai killed Eganada and in fear of his life fled to Oi Kiru’s village. As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
However, while in the protection of Oi’ Kiru’s tribesman, we were told A’gun’ai, with a number of his own tribesman, killed six of Oi Kiru’s clansmen including his mother.
They returned to their village and threatened a nearby village called Karita, which A’gun’ai is married into, insisting that Karita village pay them protection money or face a similar attack.
Last Sunday, Munima and Karita village got together to stage a peace ceremony, Karita offering 10 pigs and 4,000 kina to A’gun’ai and his clansmen.
Unbeknownst to them, Oi Kiru, learning of his mother’s death, raided a village near Munima called Peta, killing three women and three children – they were all shot to death using high powered rifles.
Following the killing at Peta village, on Monday morning around 6am young tribesman attacked Karita Village killing nine women and seven children. Two of the women were pregnant. They were killed after being attacked by the young men with machetes.
Why were women and children attacked at Karita village?
It appears the killing of women and children stemmed from the killing of Oi Kiru’s mother by men under the influence of marijuana. What followed was the payback killing of three women and three children at Peta village that triggered the further payback killing of nine women and seven children at Karita village.
On Tuesday, members of Police Mobile Squad and the Defence Force were deployed to the area. Following the recent visits by the governor of Hela Philip Undialu and me, the killings have stopped for now. Reports indicate those involved have fled the province.
The Governor and I visited both Munima and Karita villages to get a first-hand account of what happened and provide an assurance that the Marape-Steven government will bring those responsible to account.
I had intended to stay overnight at Karita village, since that was the last village to have suffered a major loss, however I was advised against it as Munima village would expect the same treatment.
Despite my disappointment in not spending enough time in the villages, the fact that the Governor and I were on the ground prompted the community leaders from Munima and Karita not to continue to retaliate.
So what happens now.
Following consultation with Provincial Governor, Provincial Administrator and the Provincial Police Commander, including Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police David Manning, a platoon from the Defence Force and Police Mobile Squad is being stationed at Munima Primary School to provide round-the-clock security, to prevent any further escalation of violence.
High level discussions on a strategic deployment action plan, using drone technology and satellite surveillance, will be used to track and apprehend those on the run. An intelligence unit will also be established to gather information from community.
While a number of plans are being put into action to ensure peace prevails, to prevent such devastating acts of violence in our communities it is important that for the long term that we find a different way of resolving conflict that rejects revenge but encourages resolution through dialogue.
I intend to return to the province in a week’s time to get an update.
This article is republished by Asia Pacific Report with permission from Keith Jackson’s blog PNG Attitude.
It was originally published on Bryan Kramer’s Facebook page Kramer Report.
Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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With the NFL Draft a month away, the movie Draft Day will be hoping for a lengthy run at the box-office. The film takes you to the innards of high pressure picking and trading not seen during a real NFL draft. We saw one side of the coin, player management, in the movie Jerry Maguire when it was released in 1996, but here we get a Hollywood l... Read More
Next to the Iron Man series, Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes in a close second. The very compelling storyline, creative action, excellent direction and above all good acting combine to put this super hero in the forefront. Not so sci-fi fantasy, the Captain works to protect and serve. He's an Ethan Hunt with more cour... Read More
Quirky and comical Wes Anderson's newest release The Grand Budapest Hotel follows the same pattern as several of his past work, but this one outdoes them all. The sets, special computer graphics, costumes and other production values take you to a whimsical world of mystery and murder as only Anderson can depict. If you are a fan of Wes ... Read More
Looking to take over where other young adult films have made big splashes, Divergent takes center stage at the box-office this weekend. Taking aim at this very lucrative market the film features actors that are engaging, a story that's hip enough to garner their interest and a top notch production that envisions the tale very close to the pop... Read More
Hot cars, hot women and hotheads cut loose in Need for Speed an action packed film that will make your head spin. It's a little of Smokey and the Bandit, a measure of Fast and Furious and a lot of Cannonball Run, and that's a good thing. Much like those films, Need for Speed hooks its audience from the very beginning with exciting str... Read More
Not all sequels of movies work unless they were a blockbuster, had an unfinished story to tell and had characters that were likeable enough to warrant more screen time. In the case of 300: Rise of an Empire it had an uphill battle to capture all three of the justifications and it comes out on top. With a graphic novelist like Frank Miller (Ro... Read More
Filled with suspense and edge of your seat thrills, Non-Stop does a good job of keeping the audience off balance to the very end. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra who helmed the horror thriller Orphan combined with notables in lead roles, the film has excellent potential for a good weekend run. If you like your movies taut with twis... Read More
Emotionally and action charged 3 Days to Kill features a fine cast, direction by McG and top notch cinematography. The CIA thriller follows a script by Luc Beeson who also oversaw the movie as producer. Taught drama mixed with situation comedy makes for a cool secret agent film that should appeal to age 13 plus moviegoers. Th... Read More
Miracles and Mayhem cloud Winter's Tale, a romantic saga that's extremely predictable and falls short on acting. The film tries to be a mystery of sorts and almost achieves its goal, until the devil comes into the picture and from there on the movie slowly falls apart. Laughable at times, the story loses its passion and any possible emp... Read More
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If you are looking for a big action film from this weekend's Monuments Men, it's not. More of a historical recreation of the true events, the movie tries very hard to open the window to an important part of WWII history, but barely achieves it. Loading the movie with familiar faces of top actors, director George Clooney makes his film m... Read More
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Paul (2011)
Simon Pegg,
Nick Frost,
Seth Rogen,
Jason Bateman,
Kristen Wiig,
Bill Hader,
Blythe Danner,
John Carroll Lynch,
Released: Friday, March 18, 2011
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Rating: Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Two sci-fi comic geeks embark upon a pilgrimage in a RV to the center of America's UFO heartland: Nevada's infamous Area 51. While in the middle of the desert, the two friends encounter a fugitive alien by the name of Paul. Somewhat reluctantly , they embark upon an adventure that will change not just their lives, but also the lives of the friends and enemies they encounter along the way.
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Paul Theatrical Review
Paul is a somewhat offbeat comedy about a laid back alien who enlists the help of two enthusiastic geeky fan boys so he can return home. Sound familiar? It should because at the heart of this movie is a love of all things science fiction and alien.
The film stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings, two very innocent and lovable sci-fi fans who are attending their first San Diego Comic Con. After a fun filled day and a quick "hello" with their hero, Adam Shadowchild played by Jeffrey Tambor they embark on a road trip of all the great alien/sightings locations. After a misfortune with some hillbilly's at a road side diner they witness a car crash.
After a brief moment of fright they show a surprising amount of courage and decide to investigate. To their surprise they encounter Paul, a very laid back, free spirited alien from another world. Once they got over their initial shock they realize that Paul (Seth Rogen) is a very nice alien and completely unlike what they were expecting for an encounter with an extraterrestrial. It turns out Paul has been living among us since the late 1960's, helping out government and anyone else who will listen with his insightful wisdom.
Unfortunately for him once he decided he wanted to go home, his collaborators wanted to harvest his unique abilities (invisibility, healing, and thought transference) for the benefit of themselves. Paul, Graeme and Clive are relentlessly pursued, unbeknownst to them, by three government agents bent on capturing Paul at best and killing him at worst. Jason Bateman plays Agent Zoyle who is hell bent on capturing Paul for his boss, "The Big Guy".
What starts off as a truly amazing encounter becomes an exciting and transformative experience for everyone along for the ride. What makes this film stand out and unique is not just the premise but its obvious love and use of every alien sci-fi film to have come out in the past 40 years. For the true fan you will notice references to X-files, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and even Indiana Jones. While there is a clear love of aliens and sci-fi in the film the only thing that really holds it back is the humor itself. There are moments that are fun to watch and may even draw a laugh or two from the audience but at no point will you will feel your sides hurting from hysterical laughter.
Though while the humor never quite hits the mark this doesn't make the film any less enjoyable. Quite the opposite, surprisingly the film is fun to watch. Paul's easy going attitude and unique perspective on things allow for an enjoyable experience, at the same time, Pegg and Frosts characters love of all things sci-fi only add the overall fun of the film. Even as the film draws to a close and we witness the final goodbyes from all our characters the movie still is able to find the humor in the most tender of moments.
If you're someone who just wants to have fun time at the movies and doesn't mind having a little fun at the expense of a genre than go check out Paul, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Clink & Klank
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Inseparable steam punk friends, Clink and Klank can always be found together. Ever since their assembly the two mechanical mates have felt a close connection to one another and that’s not just because they were literally connected via a series of wires and cables. Since leaving their factory of origin Clink and Klank can often be found in local trendy coffee shops admiring the rustic furniture and pipes visible on the walls.
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Clink & Klank are one of my favourite creations in my almost ten year paper toy carrier. I can still recall working on the template, on my mums old, clunky computer in the dining room of my childhood home, using Powerpoint 2003 and wishing we actually had enough ink left in the printer to build what I had been working on.
The toy ended up very different from what I had originally intended it to be. I was inspired by Matt Hawkings’ paper craft Mechanical Man. It was a limited edition print and used a metallic looking silver card as its base. (If I recall correctly I got a couple of the prints for my birthday, much to the confusion of my family who couldn’t understand that all I wanted was a piece of paper with some lines on it.) I wanted to follow suit and design a limited print of a steam punk robot duo named Clink and Klank. The first version of Clink featured a large, tall robot, with a chimney, long drooping arms and a thick jaw extending bellow its relatively small head, Klank on the other hand was smaller, with inset eyes inspired by Marshal Alexander’s work, with shorter arms placed onto its hips. Klank, was far better looking than Clink and so the original version of Clink was scrapped, Klank became Clink and a new, even smaller and simpler Klank was designed to fit onto a single A4 Page.
The realisation that not only could I not afford to do a limited edition print (I couldn’t even afford ink) but that even if I did do a limited print, no one knew or cared who I was, and so no one would buy them led me to release the model for free, but not before adding a number of gradients and shines to the template to give the appearance of an aged bronze.
Since its original release (I believe around 2007 or 20018) the template has gone through many different changes and adaptations, the latest of which are a new texture, less cluttered with gradients and instead featuring a simple weathering. The tabs of the model have been rounded out and neatened up as well as the colours being brightened to contrast against the black of the non-metallic sections.
Overall clink and Klank made for a great example of what I considered a “good” paper toy design for many years. Each toy was a single piece when cut out, featured an interesting element and although where relatively expressionless had character.
As an extra side note, I’d likt to add that when I released this toy, people quite rightly said they saw similarities between the model and Marshals black and white robot. At the time I acted as if this wasn’t the case, but now I am more than happy to admit, I totally ripped off the eyes.
+ 25/05/2017 – New version of Fold Up Toys website launched, with the aim of providing better loading times and better categorization. Website fixed with help from Smart-hosting team as well as Google Garage team. New version of the toy features cleaner tabs, redefined colours and new more clean layout style. The new toy page also features “in context file preview”. Now all downloads for toys are ZIP documents with multiple files inside to make downloads faster and less storage intensive.
+ 28/05/2017 – Added a blank version of the template for download, as well as adding a detailed “Designers Notes” section featuring behind the scenes knowledge of how and why the toy came to be.
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Traditional Chinese music can be traced back 7,000 – 8,000 years based on the discovery of a bone flute made in the Neolithic Age. In the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, only royal families and dignitary officials enjoyed music, which was made on chimes and bells. During the Tang Dynasty, dancing and singing entered the mainstream, spreading from the royal court to the common people. With the introduction of foreign religions such as Buddhism and Islam, exotic and religious melodies were absorbed into Chinese music and were enjoyed by the Chinese people at fairs organized by religious temples.
In the Song Dynasty, original opera such as Zaju and Nanxi was performed in tearooms, theatres, and showplaces. Writers and artists liked it so much that Ci, a new type of literature resembling lyrics, thrived. During the Yuan Dynasty, qu, another type of literature based on music became popular. This was also a period when many traditional musical instruments were developed such as the pipa, the flute, and the zither.
During the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644 - 1911), the art of traditional opera developed rapidly and diversely in different regions. When these distinctive opera styles were performed at the capital (now called Beijing), artists combined the essence of the different styles and created Beijing opera, one of three cornerstones of Chinese culture (the other two being Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese painting) which continue to be appreciated even in modern times.
Besides these types of music, Chinese peasants were clever enough to compose folk songs, which also developed independently with local flavor. Folk songs described working and daily life such as fishing, farming, and herding and were very popular among the common people.
Traditional Musical Instruments
Traditional Chinese musical instruments can be divided into four categories: stringed instruments, percussion instruments, plucked instruments, and wind instruments. The following are just a few of them:
Horse-Headed Fiddle
The Horse-headed fiddle is a bowed stringed-instrument with a scroll carved like a horse's head. It is popular in Mongolian music. With a history of over 1,300 years, it even influenced European string music when Marco Polo brought one back from his travels through Asia. Its wide tonal range and deep, hazy tone color express the joy or pathos of a melody to its fullest.
The Mongolian people bestowed upon their beloved horse-headed fiddle a fantastic legend: during horse-racing at the Nadam Fair -- their featured grand festival--a hero, Su He, and his white horse ran the fastest, which incurred the envy and wrath of the duke. The cruel duke shot the horse dead, and Su He grieved so much that he met his horse in a dream. In the dream, the horse told Su He to make a fiddle from wood and the hair of a horse's tail, and to carve the head of the fiddle in the shape of a horse's head. The lad followed the horse's advice and when he finished, the fiddle produced an extremely vivid sound. From then on, people loved this instrument and composed many songs for it.
Lute (Pipa)
Originally named after the loquat fruit, the earliest pipa known was found to have been made in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). By the the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), the pipa had reached its summit. It was loved by everyone--from the royal court to the common folk--and it occupied the predominant place in the orchestra. Many well known writers and poets created poems and mentioned it in their works. Bai Juyi, the master poet, vividly depicted the performance like this: rapid and soft notes mingled were just like big and small pearls dropping onto the jade plates.
Afterwards, the pipa underwent improvement in playing techniques and structure. Players then changed from holding the pipa transversely to holding it vertically, and from using a pick to using the fingers to pluck the strngs directly. In modern times, the volume and resonance has also been improved. The traditional music work 'Spring Moonlight on the Flowers by the River', which has a history of over one hundred years, has brought harmony and a sense of beauty to untold numbers of people.
The Erhu, also called 'Huqin', was introduced from the western region during the Tang Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279), it was refined and improved and new variations appeared. It was also an important instrument for playing the melody of Beijing Opera.
When playing, the player usually stands the Erhu on his lap, and moves the bow across the vertical strings. The well-known music 'Two Springs Reflect the Moon' was created by the blind folk artist Liu Yanjun, also named A Bing by the people. Though he could not see anything of the world, he played his Erhu using his heart and imagination. This melody conjures up a poetic night scene under the moonlight and expresses the composer's desolation and hope.
The earliest flute was made from bone over 7,000 years ago. In the times since then, most flutes were made of bamboo, which allowed even common people to play it. By covering the holes and blowing through the side hole while moving the fingers flexibly between the six holes, a sound will be produced that is leisurely and mellifluous like sound from far away. This always reminds people of a pastoral picture of a farmer riding on a bull while playing a flute.
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Michael Shermer debates Mark Weber 22/7/1995 video
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Postby Holycaust » 1 decade 1 year ago (Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:20 am)
Given the success of my post to find the Bradley Smith and David Cole on the Phil Donahue show video I thought I'd make a post about another rare revisionist video.
I'm looking for the video of the debate on the holocaust between Michael Shermer and Mark Weber which occured on the 22nd July 1995.
If anyone has this video or knows where it can be downloaded it would be greatly appreciated if they could upload it to codoh or provide a link here to where it can be downloaded.
Postby Mortimer » 1 decade 1 year ago (Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:25 am)
I don't know of the Weber-Shermer debate being available online but the Noontide Press has it available on vhs or dvd -
http://store.noontidepress.com/index1.html
duckchuck
Postby duckchuck » 1 decade 1 year ago (Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:35 pm)
Remember what Paul Grubach had to say about shermer's craven refusal to debate him?
“Will Dr. Shermer accept my challenge? I doubt it. When he crossed swords with revisionist historian Mark Weber, it was a disaster for Shermer and the traditional view of the Holocaust. Weber made Holocaust revisionism look too good for Shermer’s liking, and the traditional view of the Holocaust severely deficient. Furthermore, many who saw the debate said that Shermer appeared amateurish, and at times, even foolish. Since that disaster, Shermer has never (to my knowledge) engaged another Holocaust revisionist in public debate. It appears as though Shermer is fearful of undermining the media-created, public image of himself as the “Great Guru of Skepticism.” To cross swords with Holocaust revisionists would call public attention to the severe deficiencies in his own work and Holocaust historiography in general. His strategy seems to be as follows: Never again engage a revisionist in debate, just write about them in mainstream, establishment media outlets. In this way, he can selectively create any image of revisionists and revisionist historiography he so chooses, without ever having to worry about the negative fallout resulting from an expose of the fallacies, errors and omissions in his work on the Holocaust.”
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Postby Agrarian Reformer » 1 decade 1 year ago (Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:40 pm)
Mortimer wrote: I don't know of the Weber-Shermer debate being available online but the Noontide Press has it available on vhs or dvd -
That site is really screwed up. I click on 'audio' and it takes me to 'New and Noteworthy'. I click on 'video' and it takes me to the same page. Can't even find the debate in question.
"Anybody can make an atrocity film if they take corpses out of their graves and then show a tractor shoving them back in again." - Hermann Göring
Postby Hannover » 1 decade 1 year ago (Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:04 pm)
Agrarian Reformer wrote:
If you Google 'weber shermer', you'll find it, go to page 2 at bottom..
Thanks, I may have to order this DVD.
I hope Weber is okay with me converting it and uploading it onto youtube. He may be too busy discussing the Obama/McCain race on underground radio shows to care.
Breker
Postby Breker » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:05 am)
Agrarian Reformer wrote: I hope Weber is okay with me converting it and uploading it onto youtube.
As the Yanks say: Go for it, dude.
Postby It » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:05 pm)
Yes, this is something I'd like to see. I kind of thought he was a sensible person before I started reading up on the holohoax and his position on it.
This 'Mr.Sceptic' BS really needs to end.
Postby Hannover » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:31 pm)
See shyster Shermer have his head handed to him as a result of his open letter to master chemist Germar Rudolf:
First read this:
http://www.codoh.com/bt/
Then see his letter, followed by links to absolutely crushing responses from Rudolf and others, here:
http://www.codoh.com/bt/shermer/ms-gr1.htm
Slam dunk.
Postby duckchuck » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:03 pm)
Yes, this is something I'd like to see. I kind of thought he was a sensible person before I started reading up on the holohoax and his position on it. This 'Mr.Sceptic' BS really needs to end.
Have you seen the nafcash website It? They DESTROY Shermer.
http://nafcash.com/
"Michael Shermer accuses real skeptics of denying history because, in part, they refuse to share his delusional belief that the Germans were able to murder millions of Jews without leaving a trace. In his sophomoric and sophistic attempt to “prove” this accusation, he has denied forensic science, criminology and archeology. In accusing others of practicing pseudo history, he not only has engaged in it himself, but also had to forgo the scientific method and the very fundamental principles of skepticism which he claims guides his belief system. In his own words, again from Denying History: “The best way to beat a lie detector is to believe the lie yourself… Deception becomes self-deception.” Really? Well then, let’s use the alleged Treblinka holocaust as a case study in denial and self-deception. Here’s another montage of Michael Shermer quotes from Denying History: “The culmination of years of research… our purpose… to present the historical facts that refute Holocaust denial… To debunk the deniers can’t we just go there and see them for ourselves? The answer, of course, is “yes.”… We can no longer ignore the deniers, calling them names and hoping they will go away… We cannot remain silent anymore. It’s time to respond… Not only is it defensible to respond to the deniers, it is, we believe, our duty… Many of our arguments draw on specialized research into the claims of the deniers that took us… to the Nazi extermination camps themselves… we went to Europe to conduct research at the camps, in particular at… Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec… We wanted to see for ourselves just what evidence there is at the camps and to take the opportunity to examine firsthand the claims… Much of the research is the type of work professional historians normally do… analyzing ground and aerial photographs… in order to make proper interpretations, we must review the physical evidence… Like criminologists solving a crime, we piece together the myriad bits of evidence until a conclusion emerges from the morass of data… How is it that so much physical evidence can come to be doubted?”
“Reviewing the physical evidence?” - “Analyzing ground and aerial photographs?” - “Like criminologists solving a crime?” Well now Michael, real skeptics and scholars have been waiting for years for you to publish the results of your alleged firsthand examination of the physical evidence and analysis of aerial photographs of Treblinka. If you’re so incredulous that people can come to doubt so much physical evidence and photographic proof, then why do you refuse to publish the results of your alleged research? If there’s so much physical evidence – then let’s see it! What’s wrong Shermer? Your silence is deafening. What happened to your duty to respond? (After all, you do want to put an end to holocaust denial – don’t you?) Who’s self-deceiving? Who’s denying the REAL HISTORY of Treblinka? Who’s denying common sense, iron logic, critical thinking, forensic science and the fundamental principles of skeptical inquiry and the scientific method? Who’s denying reality?"
Postby It » 1 decade 1 year ago (Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:54 am)
Very good links! Thank you very much.
Postby Holycaust » 1 decade 1 year ago (Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:46 am)
I think Shermer might have a problem with it. I read somewhere that he wasn't exactly pleased with how this debate went. Much like the Donahue show. To critically minded viewers who watch the Donahue show with Bradley Smith and David Cole it is easy to see what a shambles it was for Shermer. I'm very keen to see how Shermer handles himself in debate with Weber as I know Weber would be a formidable opponent in debate.
Shermer really interests me because he's the supposedly renowned skeptic who switches off all skepticism when it comes to this one topic but still manages to make it look like he's the real skeptic. Please do let us know as soon as you've converted and uploaded the video.
Postby Occam's Razor » 1 decade 9 months ago (Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:49 am)
Here's an mp3-file of the Weber-Shermer-debate.
5 alternative download-links:
shermer-weber-debate.mp3 (26.52 MB)
jheitwler
Postby jheitwler » 1 decade 9 months ago (Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:55 pm)
You can find the whole debate on Google Video. Do a search for videos playable on google using 'shermer' and 'weber' and you'll find it.
"First of all there is the fact that if we assume the Holocaust to have happened more or less as told, all the evidence becomes intelligible, while if we assume it was a hoax, most of the evidence does not make any sense." - Robert Jan Van Pelt
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Generic class portrait of a Rogue from The Sacred Stones.
Whisper (Radiant Dawn only)
Sword (FE8) or Knife (FE10)
Pick, Steal, Shove
The Rogue (ローグ Rōgu) is a combat/utility physical class that is introduced in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. One of the alternate promoted forms of Thief class, Rogues wield Swords or Knives as their primary weapons of choice.
In its original inception in The Sacred Stones, the Rogue class acts as one of the promoted forms of the Thief class. More oriented towards utility purposes instead of combat ones, the Rogue class is best employed for its ability to pick locks without the aid of keys or Lockpicks.
The Rogue class is absent until the onset of Radiant Dawn, where it again plays the primary role of picking locks without using keys or Lockpicks. The Rogue (盗賊ローグ Rōgu) class is further able to promote into the Whisper class when the necessary requirements are met.
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Colm, as a rogue, attacking.
Rogues are much like Assassins when they are first upgraded to this form, as both classes are armed with the same weapons and have the same stat caps. Rogues are, however, inferior to Assassins in terms of HP, Skill and Constitution.
Rogues, like the other versions of the Thief class, are defined by their exceedingly high Speed. Although they usually have somewhat mediocre Defense and Resistance, they often dodge enough enemy attacks to make up for these deficiencies. Rogues are not usually used as exclusive combat units because they usually have relatively low Strength caps despite their impressive Strength growths, and their lower defensive stats also mar their combat capabilities.
Rogues are better used as utility units in The Sacred Stones, as they are the only class of units that can open Doors and Treasure Chests without the aid of Lockpicks (which Thieves and Assassins require) or keys. On the top of that, they are also able to dismantle traps/ mines in the later levels. In the end, the ability to open doors and chests is later eliminated in Radiant Dawn, as all Thieves and promoted Thieves are automatically granted the ability to operate locks without the aid of items.
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Pick Class skill of the Rogue class.
Shove
Steal Base skill of all foot units.
Class skill of the Rogue, Thief and Whisper classes.
Thief Use an
Ocean Seal on a Level 10+ Thief.
FE10 (Sothe)
Rogue Complete Chapter 4-P.
FE10 (Heather)
Rogue Use a
Master Crown on a Level 10+ Rogue or train a Rogue to Level 21+.
Notable Rogues Edit
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Rennac - A lazy and greedy, yet exceptional, fighter from the Republic of Carcino.
Possible promotion for: Colm.
Sothe - An orphan who finds solace and comfort in Micaiah, thereafter pledging his eternal loyalty to her.
Heather - A young Rogue who scour the countryside villages of Crimea for gold to pay for her ailing mother's medicine.
Concept artwork of the Rogue class from Radiant Dawn.
Map sprite of the Rogue class from The Sacred Stones.
Colm disabling a trap as a Rogue.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met intrepid Scottish explorer Luke Robertson at the Scottish Parliament to congratulate him on being the first Scot to complete a solo, unassisted trek to the South Pole for charity.
Luke reached the South Pole on 13th January after a gruelling 39-day journey after being inspired to undertake the adventure, entitled Due South 2015, after undergoing brain surgery to remove a suspected tumour.
His efforts have already raised over £61,000 for Marie Curie and donations are still pouring in.
The First Minister also took the opportunity to congratulate Luke’s fiancée, Hazel, who has run 230km across mountains, frozen lakes and tundra in Lapland, Sweden.
I very much enjoyed meeting Luke and hearing about his endeavours, which are nothing short of remarkable.
He and his fiancée have shown a huge amount of strength and character and their efforts to raise money for charity are simply fantastic – they really are super Scots!
I know the funds will be very much welcomed by Marie Curie and will have a huge impact on the lives of patients and their families right across the country.”
After the meeting, Luke said:
It was an honour to meet the First Minister and share our stories with her. I’d like to thank her for following my Due South 2015 expedition and for the letter of congratulations that I received upon reaching the South Pole. Both were greatly appreciated.
It was brilliant to hear that the she is also passionate about the great outdoors and the benefits that it can bring to the younger generation of Scots. Not many places in the world can compare to Scotland when it comes to providing so many exciting opportunities and outdoor activities in such close proximity.”
730mi, 39 days, £47k+ for @mariecurieuk! So so touched by support & donations. Thank you! https://t.co/0QGZPlC3g9 pic.twitter.com/aCQb6cUG0m
— Luke Robertson (@lukerobertson) January 14, 2016
Richard Meade, Marie Curie Head of Policy and Public Affairs Scotland said:
We appreciate the First Minister taking the time to congratulate Luke and Hazel. They are raising an incredible amount of money for Marie Curie which enables us to support people living with a terminal illness across Scotland and we are so grateful for their support.”
If you’re inspired by Luke and Hazel’s efforts, you can donate at justgiving.com/duesouth2015.
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Social networking Opinion
Zuckerberg Barely Talked About Facebook's Biggest Global Problem
By Adam Taylor, The Washington Post | Updated: 13 April 2018 17:42 IST
Problem is misuse of the site outside North America or Western Europe
Lives are literally on the line in these places
This went almost unmentioned on Capitol Hill
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg cut an awkward figure this week as he appeared at much-anticipated congressional hearings, looking visibly uncomfortable in a navy suit rather than his normal hoodie. His demeanour earned plenty of laughs on social media, but the real attention was focused on two things: the data firm Cambridge Analytica and alleged Russian trolls.
According to a transcript of Zuckerberg's appearance before the Senate's Commerce and Judiciary committees, Russia was mentioned 38 times and Cambridge Analytica 72 times on Tuesday. The next day, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee took its turn, Russia was mentioned 34 times, Cambridge Analytica 50 times.
But Facebook's most vexing global problem is the misuse and abuse of the site in countries outside North America or Western Europe. Facebook is not just a privacy issue in these countries - in some cases, lives are literally on the line. Those problems, however, went almost unmentioned on Capitol Hill.
Think about it this way: Many Americans believe it took only 90 bored social media consultants in St. Petersburg to help sway voters toward Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Now imagine what could happen if something similar happened in one of the many countries where Facebook is synonymous with the Internet itself.
In such countries, people and groups - even the state itself - can have an interest in spreading misinformation to inflame domestic tensions. And because many are smaller, poorer countries, they are almost insignificant to Facebook's business model and receive scant attention from its Menlo Park, California, headquarters.
There are plenty of real-world examples already. The obvious one is Myanmar (also called Burma), a Southeast Asian nation of just under 53 million people and a gross domestic product per capita just one-fiftieth of America's. Burma emerged in 2011 from decades of military dictatorship, but it has been racked by ethnic tensions ever since. In 2017, a violent military crackdown caused more than 600,000 mostly Muslim members of the Rohingya minority group to flee to Bangladesh, leaving an unknown number of people dead.
zeynep tufekci tweeted "This one gets me the maddest. Facebook had no excuse being so negligent about Myanmar. Here's me tweeting about it IN 2013. PEOPLE HAVE BEGGED FACEBOOK FOR YEARS TO BE PRO-ACTIVE IN BURMA/MYANMAR. Now he's hiring 'dozens'. This is a historic wrong."
Civil-society and human rights organisations say that Facebook inadvertently played a key role in spreading hate speech, which fueled tensions between the Rohingya and Myanmar's Buddhist majority. Those groups shared a presentation with key senators this week, aiming to show how Facebook was slow to deal with hate speech and misinformation on its platform even after repeated attempts to flag the dangerous content.
Zuckerberg did not mention Myanmar in his prepared remarks this week, but he was was asked about it. On Tuesday, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vt., the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, highlighted a recent comment by U.N. investigators that Facebook played a role "in inciting possible genocide" and asked why the company took so long to remove death threats toward one Muslim journalist there.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., also invoked the plight of the Rohingya in another question on Tuesday. The following day, there was only one passing mention of Myanmar.
Zuckerberg's responses to questions about Myanmar suggested that he had sincere concerns about Facebook's role in the country. "What's happening in Myanmar is a terrible tragedy, and we need to do more," Zuckerberg admitted to Leahy, using another name for Burma. But, as the Daily Beast's Andrew Kirell noted, there was more discussion of pro-Trump YouTube stars Diamond and Silk than there was of a potential genocide half the world away.
Meanwhile, other countries facing similar Facebook problems weren't mentioned at all. On Monday, a number of activists and independent media professionals in Vietnam had released their own open letter to Zuckerberg, complaining about account suspensions in the country. "Without a nuanced approach, Facebook risks enabling and being complicit in government censorship," the Vietnamese groups said.
In some ways, the problems with Facebook highlighted in Vietnam and Myanmar may seem distinct - one is about content being taken down too easily, and the other is about content staying up too long. But at the core of the problem is the same criticism: Facebook doesn't pay attention to smaller countries.
In Sri Lanka, alleged inaction by Facebook in the face of the spread of anti-Muslim hate speech even led the government to temporarily block the website in March. "[Facebook] would go three or four months before making a response," Harin Fernando, Sri Lanka's minister of telecommunications and digital infrastructure, told BuzzFeed News. "We were upset. In this incident, we had no alternative - we had to stop Facebook."
BuzzFeed News tweeted "Ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka predate the social network.
"But we spoke to Muslims who say once Facebook became overwhelmingly popular in the country, particularly with the younger generation, they saw anti-Muslim stories being amplified in a way they hadn't been before."
Such drastic measures are clearly not ideal - indeed, they raise their own questions about censorship and free speech. But Facebook's inability to stop real-world problems, either because of language barriers or a lack of knowledge about local contexts, is a common criticism around the world.
To his credit, Zuckerberg acknowledged the need to hire more people with local language skills and work with civic organisations to identify potential problems quickly. "The definition of hate speech or things that can be racially coded to incite violence are very language-specific, and we can't do that with just English speakers for people around the world," he said this week.
The Facebook CEO even seemed to suggest on Wednesday that his company was working on being able to take down hate speech like that identified in Myanmar within 24 hours - a passing comment that many organisations noted with hope.
But the big question is how to do that on Facebook's gargantuan scale. The company has about 25,000 employees but an estimated 2 billion or more daily users. Facebook may need to hire thousands more people to truly deal with global issues. Small wonder that Zuckerberg emphasised the role artificial intelligence could play in helping solve these problems in five or 10 years' time.
While many will want Facebook to work faster than that, such proposals are probably welcome news for many Facebook users and advocacy groups. But for corrupt governments and other groups who worked with them - including consulting groups such as Cambridge Analytica - it could mean their ability to spread hate and division will no longer be a feature of Facebook, but a bug.
© The Washington Post 2018
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Posted in: NFL. Tagged: A.J. Green, Andrew Luck, Ben Roethlisberger, Chad Henne, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Fred Jackson, Mohammed Sanu, NFL, Sports, T.Y. Hilton, Willie Young. 6 Comments
Our record this season, although over .500 could be on life support without an outstanding week in this Week #7. We’ll need some Luck from Andrew, and some help from two Marshall’s, a WR in Chicago & a RB on Seattle, and hope that this is the year of the Buffalo, just to get more on the winning side. Let’s get right to this week’s picks…
COLTS -3 over Bengals- If the usually defensive-minded Bengals can give up 37 points to the Panthers then try to imagine what the team (Indianapolis) with the most yards per game (444) could do. Andrew Luck has had a quarterback’s ‘dream year’ to date thanks in part to the “Hotel being open”, in the person of T.Y. Hilton… The Bengals will play this one without the services of A.J. Green once again, and while we know that WR Mohammed Sanu with get the bulk of the targets in his place, so do the Colts…
With no timetable set, A.J. Green’s return is still up in the air which means that Mohammed Sanu should see lots of action on Sunday says the Furnace. AP Photo/Al Behrman.
BEARS -3 1/2 over Dolphins- The last time we touted the Dolphins was for their game across the pond in London, a game that saw them outplayed by the Raiders. Our thinking is twofold: first, the Bears have more talent on their team than the Raiders, and second the Bears have yet to win at Soldier Field (0-2) and that should change this week. Sack specialist DE Willie Young will take his NFL leading 7 sacks and put some pressure on Chad Henne all afternoon.
Seahawks -7 over RAMS- Although our reasoning here might not sound very scientific, this is our take. Although the Rams looked good and stayed with the San Francisco 49ers for the entire first half in Week 6, they faded into obscurity in the following two quarters. Seattle, losers of just 2 of their last 19 games played at CenturyLink, lost at home to the upstart 5-1 Dallas Cowboys in Week 6 and will be eager to get back to their thie winning ways against the Rams, a less talented team than the Cowboys.
BILLS -5 1/2 over Vikings- When two mediocre teams play each other, we would prefer to pick the team with a more balance attack, (the Bills), and a team that is playing at home, (the Bills). We would not pick the team that has trouble scoring, (the Vikings). How much trouble have they had putting up points? How about this stat; Minnesota has scored just 29 points in their four losses (3-7-9-and 10) and so since we feel that Buffalo will beat the Bills, we are willing to give up the 5 1/2.
Look for #22 RB Fred Jackson to continue his strong season vs the under-achieving Vikings. Photo: AP
STEELERS -3 1/2 over Texans- Just cannot see the Steelers losing two in a row especially after their thorough butt-kicking they took at the hands of the Cleveland Browns last week. It’s a Monday Night game which means a big stage for the home town Steelers, a raucous crowd, and what we think will be a big night for Big Ben!
2013: Week #1-The Furnace’s Five Best Bets
Posted by fantasyfurnace on September 6, 2013
Posted in: NFL. Tagged: A.J. Green, Alex Smith, Alfred Morris, Drew Brees, Dwayne Bowe, Five Best Bets, Football, Fred Davis, Jamaal Charles, Jay Cutler, NFL, Pierre Garcon, RGIII, Sean Payton, Sports. 3 Comments
Here we are in our third year of posting our Five Best Bets; one of two of our most popular regular features during the football season. We’re glad to be back and wish all of you good luck!!
1. SAINTS over the Falcons- Saints head coach Sean Payton returns for his first game back following his year long suspension as of a result of the ‘Bountygate’ issues. Lifetime, Payton is 10-2 against the Falcons and we see no reason why that shouldn’t turn into 11-2 come Sunday. Drew Brees and company have all the manpower they’ll need plus the added emotional lift they will garner from Payon’s return.
Head coach Sean Payton returns to the Saints’ sidelines after a year away from the club. Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America.
2. Chiefs over the JAGUARS- This will mark veteran head coach Andy Reid’s debut for Kansas City who were smitten with the turnover bug last season. This was a team that last year sent six players to the Pro-Bowl and we see no reason why the Chiefs won’t have the biggest turn around of any other NFL team this year. Dwaye Bowe who is destined to make this a breakout season catching the rock from new Chief’s QB Alex Smith, along with Jamaal Charles, are just too much for the offensively challenged Jags and so a double-digit win should be in the offing for the Chiefs.
3. Bengals over the BEARS- We just don’t trust Jay Cutler especially this weekend as he’ll go up against arguably a team with a top ten defense in the league. This season there is no excuse why the ‘Dalton gang’ should not post double-digit wins. They have the offensive weapons including two sleepers in WR Mohammed Sanu and RB Giaovanni Bernard and a top five receiver in A.J. Green. The Bears defense which is always their cornerstone should keep this game close but the Bengals will win their first game of the season.
4. REDSKINS over the Eagles- Although we really don’t know what to expect from second year stud RGIII, just his presence and throwing arm should be more than enough to stifle the Maclin-less Eagles. If Michael Vick can stay upright it might make the score closer but with Vick, an injury is just one play away. We’ll get a first-hand look at Chip Kelley’s new offense but with Alfred Morris, Fred Davis, Pierre Garcon and the rest of the ‘Skins offense, the birds will be flying south after this Monday-Nighter.
#10 QB RGIII will be back but might alter his game somewhat to stay away from further injury, however he still has a lethal, accurate arm. Look for him to be sliding more following runs this season. Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
5. Texans over the CHARGERS- Even with San Diego’s additions of Manti Te’o, Danny Woodhead, and an aging Dwight Freeny, the Texans, on the road in their first game of the season will win this one going away. WR DeAndre Hopkins was a smart pick up for Houston as he will distract some of the attention and double teams that seem to be always going the way of Andre Johnson, and will make a decent compliment to Johnson, someone the Texans have been looking for over the past few seasons. Would not be surprised if RB Ryan Matthews sustains some sort of injury in this one.
NFL Playoff Predictions: A weekend for upsets…
Posted by fantasyfurnace on January 4, 2013
Posted in: NFL. Tagged: A.J. Green, Adrian Peterson, Alfred Morris, Andy Dalton, BJGE, Christian Ponder, Chuck Pagano, Eli Manning, Football, NFL, NFL Playoffs, Ray Lewis, RGIII, Sports. 7 Comments
NFL WILDCARD WEEKEND!
The NFL playoffs are upon us and we’re taking our 51-29 regular season record into this weekend hopeful that we’ll be able to duplicate our 8-2 record in last year’s playoffs as well as correctly picking the eventual Super Bowl winner, finishing at 9-2. In order to be successful once again, we’ll need for some of the teams in the first round to upset their opponents; always a risk. Here’s who we like…
Bengals over the TEXANS- We are strong believers that the teams that peak the latest have the better chance at success. Case in point the Bengals have won 7 of their last 8 games of the regular season-their one loss coming at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys who, with 3:44 left in the fourth quarter kicked a 40 yard field goal for the win. By contrast, the Texans come into Reliant Stadium limping; losing 3 of their last four games including a rout by the Patriots and losses to the Vikings and Colts. Cincinnati has the offense in Andy Dalton, BJGE, A.J. Green and a stellar defense with Michael Johnson and Geno Atkins combining for 24.5 sacks on the season. The Texans are 4.5 point favorites, however we’re picking the Bengals to win this one outright.
PACKERS over the Vikings- The last time QB Christian Ponder met the Pack at Lambeau Field, he had 2 interceptions, threw for a meager 119 yards and managed a QB rating of only 41.9. In last season’s meeting at Green Bay, Ponder finished with one INT, 190 passing yards and a QB rating of 52.3. Temps are due to be dropping into the 20’s for Saturday’s game and Adrian Peterson, who has over 400 yards rushing in their two games vs the Packers this season, has been experiencing some abdominal injuries and so the hits he’ll be expecting will not bode well for the top MVP candidate. The Packers need to keep the ball out of A.P.’s hands however, as clearly Ponder won’t tear apart the Pack’s secondary given his past performances there. The Vikes have lost their last two games at Green Bay by a combined score of 68-21. Packers by double-digits…
#7 Vikings QB Christian Ponder has had a tough go of it at Lambeau Field and Saturday should be no exception. Photo: Adam Bettcher /Getty Images
Colts over the RAVENS- Talk about a team roaring into the post-season, the Colts are 9-2 over their last eleven and have won 5 of their last six, making them one of the hottest teams in the league. Of course, a lot has to do with their emotional state as head coach Chuck Pagano wages his battle against Leukemia. Now that he’s back on the sidelines, there will be a renewed intensity on the field by this group. Couple that with the steady maturation of first round pick Andrew Luck. He has done his best impression of last year’s version of Eli Manning by putting together seven game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime. Throw in his 4,384 passing yards, an NFL rookie record, and you can see why we’re so high on the youngster. It should be a loud and emotionally charged game in Baltimore given the recent news of 17 year veteran MLB Ray Lewis’ impending retirement, but when it’s all over we look for the Colts to win this one outright. Not sure why the Ravens are 6.5 point favorites coming into this game losing 4 out of their last five…
#12 Colts QB Andrew Luck should have plenty of it vs the Ravens and with coach Pagano back on the sidelines to pull off the upset. Photo: vegassharps.com
REDSKINS over Seahawks- This could be the toughest game of the weekend to predict given that both teams come into this one with a combined 14-1 record over the last eight weeks. Both have very talented and able quarterbacks. However the odds-makers made the ‘Skins a home dog for this contest perhaps because they’re not convinced that RGIII is at 100% or maybe because of the 170 points that the Seahawks have put up over their last four games (even though two of their opponents were Buffalo and Arizona). We’re going with Washington here because of another reason; one less obvious. In the confines of CenturyLink Field, the Seahawks are 8-0 and part of that is due to the 12th man being their stadium that boasts one of the noisiest arenas in the NFL. However, they have lost 5 games on the road which, if nothing else, shows their vulnerability. Landover can get pretty rowdy as well and we love the combo of RGIII and Alfred Morris. ‘Skins in a close one.
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NFL 2013: Week #12-The Furnace’s Five Best Bets
Posted in: NFL. Tagged: Alfred Morris, Andre Brown, Cam Newton, Eli Manning, Five Best Bets, Football, Frank Gore, NFL, RGIII, Sports. 6 Comments
We correctly predicted the Chiefs first loss of the season last week, but was way off on the J-E-S-T-S Jests-Jests-Jests who forgot to show up for their blowout game vs the Bills. We still managed to go 2-3 for the week however, and are looking to improve with these five best bets…
GIANTS over the Cowboys- Always a nail-biter when we pick the Giants as they have not had a stellar season by any means. They HAVE been consistent however; first losing six in a row to start the season, then winning four straight. Dallas, with the league’s 32nd ranked defense, has allowed a league worst 439 yards per game which surely has Eli’s mouth drooling. We’re predicting a good day for RB Andre Brown as the game time temp will be in the 30’s while the winds at Met Life will be whirling at 25-30 MPH. It should also be an adventure for the field goal kickers…
#35 RB Andre Brown could have a banner day given the brisk winds & cold temps at Met Life Stadium forecasted for Sunday. Photo:Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
CHIEFS over the Chargers- The hardest stadiums to play football in (in our opinion only) is Kansas City, Seattle, New Orleans, and Denver. The Chiefs will be looking to do two things; avenge their first loss last week to Denver by getting back on the winning track, and looking ahead to the following week when they will have a rematch vs the same Broncos. If their focus is a bit elsewhere this week, a Chief team at 80% will beat a Charger team at 100.
Panthers over the DOLPHINS- Carolina, arguably the hottest team in the NFL over the past six games (all wins) has gotten their early season woes under control now that Cam Newton has returned to the Cam Newton from last season. Although they are clicking on all cylinders we still see this game as being closer than you might think as Miami’s last six have been decided by a total of just 24 points.
There hasn’t been a hotter team nor better QB than Cam Newton over the past month and a half and Sunday the Panthers look to make it 7 in a row. Photo: Associated Press
PATRIOTS over the Broncos- Even with the Patriots’ winning record at Foxborough during the Brady era, this is still a tough game to call. We lean towards New England because Denver will have it’s mind more on their rematch with Kansas City the following week. These two teams met in Foxborough in week 5 last year in a Patriots 31-21 win and another victory appears to be in cards.
49ers over the REDSKINS- After their bizarre loss to the Saints on that Ahmad Brooks penalty/fine, the Niners will be out for blood. They want this game so that they can stay in contention in the West and can’t see them losing to an NFC East team…ANY NFC team for that matter. Harbough will find a way to contain RGIII and S.F.’s defense is far and away much better than the ‘Skins. Lots of running in this one with two good backs facing each other in Morris and Gore.
Posted in: NFL. Tagged: Ben Roethlisberger, Calvin Johnson, Colin Kaepernick, Five Best Bets, Frank Gore, Geno Smith, matt schaub, NFL, Rob Gronkowski, Sports, Trent Richardson. 5 Comments
We had a monstrous week going 4-1 faltering only to the imploding Atlanta Falcons on the last play of the game. The four wins now bring our season record to a respectable 15-10 entering week #6. We’ll need our two underdog selections (Browns & Saints) to come through in order to repeat week 5’s success. Here are this week’s Best Bets…
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BROWNS over the Lions- To say that the Browns have been on a proverbial roll would be an understatemnt as they have won their last three games. In other words they are undefeated since Trent Richardson was traded following the Browns 14-6 loss to the Ravens back in week #2. Cleveland is coming into this week’s contest with a full 10 days rest vs a Lions team that will not only have Calvin Johnson be a game-time decision but also one that gives up just under 400 yards of offense a game. That’s a lot of real estate! Sticking with the Brownies…
JETS over the Steelers- The winless Steelers come into Met Life Stadium on Sunday to face the AFC offensive player of the week in Geno Smith as well as the team with the league’s second best defense. No easy task for Pittsburgh with their decimated offensive line that has allowed Big Ben Roethlisberger to be sacked 15 times in four games. Pulling out that last second 30-28 win over the Falcons last week, these 3-2 Jets look like they’re for real.
#7 Rookie Geno Smith unleashes one of his 3 touchdown passes (no INTs) vs the Falcons last week. Photo:Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
TEXANS over the Rams- After two wins over the Chargers and the Titans in weeks one and two, the Texans, and in particular QB Matt Schaub, has regressed as they lost their next three, while getting pummled by the 49ers last week 34-3. If Schaub can stop throwing his now famous Pick Sixes, and the Texans defense can step it up for this Sunday’s home game, they should be able to beat a Rams team that is not very good.
49ERS over the Cardinals- The Niners have come-on over their last two games, scoring a combined 69 points while only giving up 14. QB Colin Kaepernick has settled down following two shaky starts against the Seahawks and the Colts, both losses. We’re expecting a huge game from veteran TE Vernon Davis, RB Frank Gore, and the Niners D who will contain Carson Palmer and make him struggle to remain upright. ‘Blowout alert’ in this one…
Saints over the PATRIOTS- Never like to pick against the Pats, (we did it earlier this season and took the loss…) but the Saints are too good a team to just lay down and be manhandled up in Foxboro. As this post is going to publishing, TE Rob Gronkowski still had not been cleared for Sunday’s game and even if he plays it might be in a limited role. Meantime the Saints have beaten their last three opponents by a total of 53 points (24-21-and 8) and have a more cohesive unit than the Patriots especially on defense. When New England played against two good defensive teams this season in the Jets and Bengals, they were only able to put up 13 and 6 points respectively; not your typical Patriots offensive output. The Saints in a close one..
Saints Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan has brought a new passion to the league’s 6th ranked defense. Photo: Chuck Cook/USA TODAY Sports
Our “Bro Bowl” Prediction
Posted by fantasyfurnace on February 2, 2013
Posted in: NFL. Tagged: Aldon Smith, Colin Kaepernick, Football, Frank Gore, Jacoby Jones, Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker, LaMichael James, News, NFL, Paul KrugerTom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ray Rice, Scott Norwood, Sports, Super Bowl Pick, Super Bowl XLVII, Torrey Smith. 24 Comments
We were spot on with our Giants pick in last year’s Super Brawl vs New England and look to start a trend with our selection this Sunday at 6:30 P.M. EST. We have stayed clear of a lot of the same news and stories that have been bandied about for two weeks in the media and have basically stuck to just facts and stats to come up with our decision. Here now is our take on the Big Game…
For starters, both teams are very well evenly matched which should bring us all a competitive & exciting game; the kind we’ve been spoiled with over the past several years. They both had similar regular season records. Frisco at 11-4-1 and the Ravens at 10-6. Both running backs are tops in the league and also have similar stats; Raven’s Ray Rice 1214 rushing yards and 4.7 YPC. Frank Gore finished the season with 1143 yards and 4.4. So no ‘clear cut’ edge in this department.
#27 Ray Rice and #21 Frank Gore had fairly even numbers going into this year’s post-season. Photo: mademen.com
In total offense, again, it’s pretty even with the 49ers at 361.8 yards per game vs 352.5 YPG for the Ravens. On defense the 49ers have an edge with 294.4 yards allowed per game while the Ravens check in at 350.9 YPG.
As far as sacks are concerned it’s a mixed bag. Niner’s Aldon Smith had 19.5 sacks in the regular season which was slightly more than doubled Ravens sack leader Paul Kruger who had nine, however, Smith has not recorded a sack since way back in week 13…
Even in kickoff returns it was ever so close when you check the numbers. Ravens speedster Jacoby Jones had a kickoff return average of 30.7 yards while the 49ers return man, LaMichael (don’t call me LeBron) James ended up with 29.8. No big disparity there.
#12 Jacoby Jones, scoring here vs the Broncos in the AFC Div. Playoffs, averaged just 1 more yard than LaMichael James of the 49ers on K.O. returns this season. Photo: sfexaminer.com
So who are we picking and why? We’re going with the Baltimore Ravens and essentially it’s for four reasons:
1. We like the way that another slightly above average team during the regular season (remember they lost 4 out of 5 at one point), has come on strong at the end of the season and has turned it up a notch by beating two pretty good road teams at Denver and New England. You have to get some recognition when you can beat Peyton Manning and hold Tom Brady scoreless in the second-half on the road. It’s reminiscent of the Packers, Giants-on two occasions- and the Steelers runs for the championship. There is just something about teams that can get hot in the post-season that seems to be the trend of late.
2. The over-played out drama that Ray Lewis’ retirement announcement has brought to the table, has an intangible that could continue to help drive the Ravens towards a victory on February 3rd. Lewis has made his living fostering an energy level with his team using his passion and leadership qualities that has clearly resonated with his teammates. Emotional lifts can push a team or player to heights that otherwise might not be attainable. Think Indianapolis and how that team performed for coach Chuck Pagano recovering from Leukemia and Ravens WR Torrey Smith, who less than 24 hours after losing his brother in a motorcycle accident caught 6 passes for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns.
3. Sports, it is been said can be a ‘game of inches’. All sports! Should this Super Bowl be a close one, the overwhelming edge would have to go to K Justin Tucker who finished the season connecting on 30 of 33 field goals (91% average), while his San Francisco counterpart, veteran David Akers, missed 13 field goals while hitting just 29 of 42 for a 69% average. Little impact on a Super Bowl? Who can forget, for example, Bills K Scott Norwood’s 47 yard attempted field goal that went “Wide Right” with 8 seconds remaining vs the Giants in Super Bowl XXV?
#9 K Justin Tucker has had a stellar season while #2 David Akers has been struggling. Photo: espn.com
4. The biggest and most stressful position in all of sports is quarterback. Joe Flacco has way more experience than Colin Kaepernick and that will be crucial in a game played on the largest stage there is.
Ravens are the pick here. Lets just hope for a competitive and exciting game!
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Puns For The Educated Mind
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According to the dictionary, a pun is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
I like puns. Sometimes they can be quite clever and humorous. At other times they can lead to an excruciatingly bad joke, although the worse they are the funnier they seem to be. Strange thing humor.
I have a load of examples in the archives. Here are some to give you a taste of what may be in store.
Enjoy, (I hope)…
The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.
He acquired his size from too much pi.
I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island,
but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
She was only a whiskey maker,
but he loved her still.
No matter how much you push the envelope,
it’ll still be stationery.
Would a grenade thrown into a kitchen in France result in
Linoleum Blownapart?
Two silk worms had a race.
They ended up in a tie.
A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall.
The police are looking into it.
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Apparently Mitt Romney donated the entirety of his inheritance from his father to the Brigham Young University. Is this guy a Moron?
Mitt Romney and Charles Montgomery Burns
Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway.
One hat said to the other, “You stay here; I’ll go on a head.”
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said:
“Keep off the Grass.”
The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison
was a small medium at large.
The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray
is now a seasoned veteran.
A backward poet writes inverse.
In a democracy it’s your vote that counts…
In feudalism it’s your count that votes.
When cannibals ate a missionary,
did they get a taste of religion?
If you jumped off the bridge in Paris ,
you’d be in Seine.
A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.
The stewardess looks at him and says,
“I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion per passenger.”
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal?
His goal: transcend dental medication.
Two hydrogen atoms meet.
One says, “I’ve lost my electron.”
The other says, “Are you sure?”
The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive.”
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From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 November 1785
To Lund Washington
Mount Vernon 20th Novr 1785.
Dear Lund,
I know as little of G:W.s plans or wishes as you do, never having exchanged a word with him upon the subject in my life. By his Advertisemt—& from what has frequently dropped from Fanny, he is desireous of getting a place in this Country to live at.1 Before their marriage he & Fanny were both told that it would be very agreeable to Mrs W. & myself, that they should make this House their home ’till the squalling & trouble of Children might become disagreeable. I have not repeated the matter since, because it was unnecessary—an offer once made is sufficient. It is hardly to be expected that two people as young as they are, with their nearest connexions at extreme points, would like confinement: & without it, he could not answer my purposes as a Manager or Superintendant, unless I had more leisure to attend to my own business, which by the by I shall aim at, let the consequences, in other respects, be as they may.2
These however are no reasons for detaining you a moment longer in my employ than suits your interest, or is agreeable to your inclination, & family concerns. But as the proposition is new, & hath never been revolved in my mind, it will take some time to digest my own thoughts upon the occasion before it is hinted to another. In the mean while if I can do with the aids you offer, & for which I sincerely thank you, I will ask your constant attention no longer than this year—at any rate not longer than the next. The inexplicitness of this answer cannot, I presume, put you to much if any inconvenience as yet; because retirement from, & not a change of business, is professedly your object.
However unlucky I may have been in Crops &c. of late years, I shall always retain a grateful sense of your endeavours to serve me; for as I have repeatedly intimated to you in my Letters from Camp, nothing but that entire confidence which I reposed, could have made me easy under an absence of almost nine years from my family & Estate; or could have enabled me, consequently, to have given not only my time, but my whole attention to the public concerns of this Country for that space.3 I am your sincere friend &ca
Geo: Washington
1. The following advertisement, dated 9 Nov., appeared in the Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser, on 10 Nov. 1785: “THE Subscriber has for sale in the town of Fredericksburg, THREE LOTS (lately enclosed) on which there are a good house with four rooms on a floor, a kitchen, meat-house, and large stable.—They are agreeably situated for a private family: For business none more so, as they have a great command of the back trade.—They are so situated as to admit of divisions, and will be disposed of as it may be most convenient.—He has also a small TRACT of LAND, about three miles from the said town, containing between 160 and 200 acres, which he will dispose of likewise.—Its situation renders it valuable to a resident in the town, being well watered and wooded, and adapted for farming.—Twelve months credit will be allowed without interest, if the money is punctually paid when it becomes due, if not, it is to bear interest from the date.—A mortgage of the premises, with bond and approved security, will be required.—The price will be made known by the Subscriber at Mount-Vernon.—An exchange for land in the County of Fairfax will be prefered. GEORGE WASHINGTON.”
George Augustine Washington and his bride left Mount Vernon on 14 Dec. to visit her parents at Eltham (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 4:250), and on 3 Feb. 1786 he wrote GW: “I had no propositions made for my Lot’s on my way through Fredericksburg—one of the Letters You forwarded was asking information and proposing a mode of payment.” Charles Washington wrote his son George Augustine on 23 Nov.: “I observed in the papers your Property at Fredericksg Advertised in the name of the General, by which I thought you and him had been making an Exchange for Other property” (ViMtvL).
2. George Augustine Washington’s family lived in Berkeley County at the upper end of the colony and his bride’s family, the Bassetts, lived in New Kent County in Tidewater. Within a month GW asked George Augustine Washington about his intentions and learned that he and his wife wished to remain at Mount Vernon. With this assurance and himself newly determined “to attend to the business of my plantations,” GW on 20 Dec. gave Lund Washington his release as manager of Mount Vernon.
3. Most of what were undoubtedly hundreds of letters passing between GW and Lund Washington between June 1776 and December 1783 have been lost, but from those that have survived one is left with the impression that Lund Washington bore with remarkable patience a fairly steady flow of criticism about his handling of one thing or another.
Washington, Lund
“From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 November 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed September 29, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0334. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 3, 19 May 1785 – 31 March 1786, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 373–375.]
From Lund Washington to George Washington [1 October 1783]
From George Washington to Lund Washington [20 December 1785]
All correspondence between Lund Washington and George Washington
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Woman accused of sexually abusing 6-year-old she was babysitting
Posted 5:09 AM, October 10, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
SEMINOLE, Fla. – A Florida woman faces several charges after she allegedly sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl multiple times while babysitting her.
Detectives say 19-year-old Erica Charles, of Seminole, abused the child at the girl’s home in Pinellas County between August and September of 2019.
Charles, who was arrested Monday, faces three counts of sexual battery on a child less than 12 years old, one count of lewd and lascivious molestation and one count of prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Officers arrested Charles Monday after the Florida Department of Children and Family received a report about the alleged sex abuse.
Detectives say Charles showed the 6-year-old pornographic videos on her cellphone and “directed her to perform a sex act on Charles,” according to a sheriff’s office news release.
Babysitter sentenced to up to nine years in prison for depriving children of food, water
Charles is also accused of taking off the girl’s clothing and sexually battering her “on multiple occasions.”
During questioning, the 19-year-old admitted to the charges and was taken to Pinellas County Jail, the release states.
Authorities are now asking anyone with information about possible additional cases to come forward as detectives continue to investigate.
Anyone with information regarding other potential victims is asked to contact Detective Pione or Detective Geoghegan with the Crimes Against Children Unit at (727) 582-6200.
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Man raped child in RV ‘sex dungeon’
Teen installs cameras in home to prove parental abuse
Deputies: 14-year-old girl calls abuse hotline contemplating suicide due to her living conditions
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Spider party! » « How gracious
Hey, I know those cells!
Everyone has been telling me about this time-lapse video from the Nikon Small World competition. I twitch a bit when I see it. It’s just too familiar, because I used to work on those cells.
Just to orient everyone, that’s an embryonic zebrafish, head to the right, tail to the left, lying sort of upside down with a 3/4 twist, so you’re looking down on the dorsal side and also seeing the left flank of the animal. Does that help?
As you watch it, you’ll initially see two parallel rows of cells located in the dorsal spinal cord — those are called Rohon-Beard cells, and what they’re going to do is a couple of things. They build a longitudinal pathway within the spinal cord so you’ll see they’re all connected by a bright line of labeled nerves running through the spinal cord, from tail tip to hindbrain. They also start sending out peripheral growth cones, building a network of fine axons that cover the animal just beneath the skin. These mediate tactile sensation in the fish.
About a third of the way through, another pathway will become obvious: it’s the lateral line nerve, which starts growing out of a primordium just behind the ear and makes a bright pathway along, in this case, the left side of the fish. I presume there’s another one on the opposite side that we just can’t see.
What makes me twitch is that years ago, I tried to figure out how the Rohon-Beard cells make that meshwork. I had a Ph.D. student, Beth Sipple, who collected a lot of data the hard way, by labeling one or a few cells at a time, fixing them, and then trying to reconstruct the interactions from these single cell, single time-point observations to get an idea of how the growth cones were crossing over each other. She also injected dye into that longitudinal pathway to fill a subset of the Rohon-Beard cells and see how their peripheral arbors were organized, as in this image from her thesis.
DiI Labeling of Rohon-Beard and Dorsal Root Ganglia Processes in a 3 d Embryo
Rohon-Beard and DRG processes were labeled by injecting DiI into the DLF and back-filling cell bodies and processes. * indicate the Rohon-Beard dorsal fin processes. Long arrows indicate position of Rohon-Beard cell bodies. Short arrows indicate the position of DRG peripheral processes
It would have been so much easier if we’d been able to just label the whole mess and watch them develop. There’s as much information in this video as there was in hundreds of samples made the old-fashioned way.
This is how we framed it, a few decades ago.
If one looks at the network of Rohon Beard cell sensory arbors once they are well established, the pattern of innervation is quite dense and complex. It is almost as if someone laid a series of irregular nets, one on top of another in random fashion, over the surface of the skin. There appears to be no regular morphological pattern to the arbors individually or as a whole. This is unlike the situation seen in the Comb cell projections of the leech (J. Jellies) which have a distinct shape and a well distributed outgrowth pattern. So how does a Rohon Beard cell arbor (or any developing sensory arbor for that matter) ‘know’ how to grow and branch its dendrites optimally in order to cover an entire receptive field (the skin)? An optimal pattern would arborize over a region such that:
no point in the field is further than a given distance from a neurite
no point in the field is excessively innervated
all regions are equally densely innervated
In other words, each arbor should have a few holes and no clumping regions, as is seen in this image of a Rohon Beard cell arbor at about 23hpf below:
The question I was interested in was how to form a distributed network, with minimal clumping or gaps, and I measured all kinds of lengths and angles and rates and densities to try and figure out how it assembled itself. We inferred a couple of things: that individual axons avoided fasciculating with each other, but that there was no aversion to crossing over each other, and we also inferred that the growth cones had a weak preference for regions of the skin that were not already innervated.
I’m looking at the video and saying, “we were right”, but still wanting to get in there and measure branch angles and trajectories. And also, “oh, man, this technology would have made everything so much simpler.”
VolcanoMan says
I actually entered the Small World competition a couple times. Never had a shot at winning anything. But I did enjoy the free calendars they sent me with all of the year’s top photos. Man there were some cool pics in there – some showing interesting biological structures using cutting-edge microscopic techniques, while others were more like abstract art, looking at phase transitions in materials science. It’s a really cool contest, focusing on a highly underappreciated dimension of photography.
DanDare says
I envy my daughter doing her PhD at Queensland Uni and Queensland Brain Institute. She is getting to use lots of nano tech stuff for recording and sampling.
Johnny Vector says
When I was in grad school in maybe 1991, in my one astrophysics course we had a couple guest lectures by Alar Toomre, in one of which he showed his colliding galaxies movie, which he made with his brother Juri in 1972, using a PDP-11, one of those vectorscopes that if you’re my age you remember well, and an electronically controlled 16mm movie camera. I think he said each simulation had taken two weeks to generate.
A couple years later, call it 1995, everywhere I looked there were multiple galaxies colliding on my co-workers’ laptops, animated in “realtime” with far more mass points than the Toomres’ had, created with spare CPU cycles while the screen was being saved.
Ain’t progress great? (I mean, yeah, it really is, but when I was young we had to do our work uphill in the snow!)
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Fantastic Fest Day 2 Recap: ‘John Wick’, ‘The Hive′ & More
Cole Clay // Critic
JOHN WICK screening with Keanu Reees, Adrianne Pelicki, directors David Leitch, Chad Stahelski and writer Derek Kolstad during Fantastic Fest at the Alamo Drafthouse- South Lamar in Austin, Texas on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Photo courtesy Jack Plunkett.
Fantastic Fest is now in full-effect and fun level has been turned up to eleven. We haven’t yet discovered many hidden gems lying around the schedule, but most films have lived up to our expectations thus far. With MondoCon starting Saturday, the crowds were anxious to pile in an many films as they can before indulging in a weekend full of art, vinyl, and toys.
Keanu Reeves was in the building to premiere his film JOHN WICK, which was better than expected. It’s ostensibly a B-level action movie about a hit-man’s quest to avenge the death of his dog. Reeves gives a nimble performance that has has him kicking-ass and taking names. Reeves’ charisma made the film a much more joyous experience than anticipated. Also in attendance for JOHN WICK was Adrienne Palicki and director Chad Stahelski, who worked with Reeves as a stunt coordinator for THE MATRIX.
Check back for our interview with Keanu Reeves tomorrow!
For the second year in a row, horror film director Eli Roth toured the red carpet after accepting the first “LA DE DIOS” with producer partner Chilean director Nicolas Lopez, who is showcasing the world premiere of his latest film THE STRANGER.
Unfortunately, none of this could top the appearance of the year’s highest-grossing film and Marvel film’s “it-guy” – Mr. James Gunn. He was here to moderate a Q&A session for the world-premiere of David Yarovesky’s THE HIVE, a film about a deadly viral outbreak. This drew a huge crowded covered over three screens, which was surprising because this film has been the worst of the festival up to this point. As the fans filed out there wasn’t much positive praise for the film. However, Ain’t it Cool News founder Harry Knowles praised the film on social media.
James Gunn (center) and the filmmaker of THE HIVE during Fantastic Fest at the Alamo Drafthouse- South Lamar in Austin, Texas on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Photo courtesy of Jack Plunkett.
We posted a rapid review of the Swedish film FORCE MAJUERE yesterday praising it for the stark balance of comedy and drama. For those of you who missed the screening, it’s playing again on Monday, September 22 at 11:30 AM.
Other Fantastic events included a live record of the immensely popular podcast Doug Loves Movies, hosted by stoner-comic Doug Benson. It was scheduled to start at 4:20 PM, but ironically got off to a late start. His guests included Pat Healey from Fantastic Fest 2013 favorite CHEAP THRILLS and Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League.
The night ended with a Fantastic Fest tradition Chaos Reigns Karaoke Party where festival goers, journalists and filmmakers sacrifice their vanity to the Gods of Karaoke.
Upcoming this weekend are screenings of David Cameron Mitchell’s horror film IT FOLLOWS, Australian film THE BABADOOK, and the Daniel Radcliffe film titled HORNS. There are definitely some hidden gems out there at Fantastic Fest that we are determined to uncover.
All ticket and screening information can be found at fantasticfest.com.
Fantastic Fest57 John Wick5 The Hive1
Review: ‘The Skeleton Twins’
Fantastic Fest Day 3 Recap: ‘The Babadook’, ‘My Life’ & More
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Friends of the Fraser Wetlands
A group of concerned citizens committed to preserving the environmental and cultural integrity of the wetland-rich Fraser Estate on Stony Lake.
Fraser Wetlands in the News
The OMB Decision is in!
OMB Update
Follow-up to December 6th North Kawartha Council Meeting
While we are still in the OMB process, the hearing itself finished with closing arguments on Friday, October 7. Written submissions from the three lawyers – representing North Kawartha Township, Burleigh Bay Corporation, and FFW/Curve Lake First Nation – are due at the OMB on Friday, October 28. After that, the OMB Chair, David Lanthier, has warned that it will take some time to wade through all of the evidence and compose a decision. We expect it to be some months before we hear that decision.
In the meantime, we can update you on the final two weeks of the hearing which progressed in much the same way as the first two – extremely well! Time and again, FFW expert witnesses demonstrated a superior grasp on the Fraser property’s hydrogeological functions, its wetland ecology, its valuable habitat features and its identified species at risk. They were consistent in their ability to undermine the developer’s witness reports and to reveal the development plan to to be wholly unsuitable for the site and dangerous to the property’s sensitive ecology.
Our planning expert, Stephen Fahner, shone a bright light on a long list of planning issues, including a new, inadequate Environmental Impact Study produced just prior to the hearing, a deficient lake capacity study and the inappropriateness of a condominium corporation as an ownership model on a Provincially Significant Wetland Complex. Ontario’s former Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, testified that the property is a unique and important landscape “consisting of several hundred hectares of contiguous provincially significant wetlands.” Its location adjacent to two different eco-regions, in the “land between,” where granite meets limestone, makes it an area of particularly rich biodiversity upon which a large variety of species depend.
During the final, precedent-setting week, the hearing shifted to the community centre at Curve Lake First Nation and to issues of the Fraser Property’s cultural significance. It was the first time that an OMB hearing took place on a reserve and that Traditional Knowledge Holders were qualified to speak as experts.
At the end of the hearing, David Donnelly’s closing argument was inspiring and compelling, deftly weaving together FFW’s ecological issues and Curve Lake’s cultural interests – and all the more impressive for the fact that David had “popped” down to Toronto the night before for his about-to-be married daughter’s rehearsal dinner. Well done, David!
And now we wait.
Thank you to everyone who’s contributed to this extraordinary effort, including our lawyers, David and Anne, who capped their fees and provided countless hours of work pro bono; our expert witnesses who similarly agreed to limit their bills; the Friends who volunteered to billet our lawyers and witnesses; and those who provided daytime and evening meals to the team during the hearing.
No hearing summary would be complete without a special note about our Participants – the individuals and lake groups who spent countless hours composing their convincing statements and attended the hearing to present their arguments against the proposed development – and to defend them under cross-examination by the developer’s lawyer. This was an impressively effective group who raised a variety of credible issues. Their testimony added immeasurably to our case. We’re grateful for their support and their dedication.
John Huycke on behalf of the Association of Stoney Lake Cottagers (ALSC)
Jeffrey Chalmers on behalf of the Birchcliff Property Owners Association (BPOA) in Douro-Dummer Township
Ed Wood representing Woods Island, Burleigh Channel
Lois Wallace on behalf of the Environment Council for Clear, Ston(e)y and White Lakes
Reid Brownscombe and Pat Bourne representing the Common Participant Statement, signed by 25 individuals and groups
Holly Blefgen
Cath Kirk and Scott Wootton, whose property borders the Fraser Property
Andrea Kale Marcus
Finally, we take very seriously our responsibility as financial stewards. We weigh carefully each and every financial decision we make and are confident that we are planning and managing your donated funds in the most effective way possible.
Four weeks ago we made an urgent financial appeal. In order to pay our higher than expected hearing expenses, we needed to raise more money. The response was wonderful, and as a result, we’re almost there!
If you haven’t already, please join us in this extraordinary effort to conserve the Fraser Property – an incredible natural and cultural landscape.
The FFW legal team from Donnelly Law at the end of the hearing: from left, Kristina Matveev, student-at-law, lawyers Anne Sabourin and David Donnelly, Rachel McPherson-Duncan, Victor Intern in Environmental Law.
The Fraser Wetlands: A Natural Investment
Conserving the wetlands has benefits beyond the obvious environmental ones. It is a significant investment in the local economy which relies heavily on recreational, tourist and seasonal support — which, in turn, is dependent upon a healthy environment.
We can’t do this alone! Help save this unique natural resource – essential contributor to lake water quality and immensely diverse habitat for a wide range of species, including the at-risk Blanding’s turtle.
FFW accepts cheques mailed to the address below and e-transfers to ffwetland@gmail.com.
BECOME A DONOR!
The circle, above, shows the location of one of the proposed development’s common areas: a marina with 72 boat slips, car parking lot, boat trailer storage and beach directly across from a marina at Burleigh Falls and just down from the locks.
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We’re at Curve Lake!
Today and everyday this week, the OMB hearing will take place at the Curve Lake Community Centre, 30 Whetung Street East, Curve Lake. 9:30 a.m. start each day!
Today (Tuesday, October 4), it’s FFW planning consultant Steve Fahner followed by Dr. James Conolly, Professor of Archaeology, and Canada Research Chair, Trent University.
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OMB Hearing Schedule
Please note, this schedule is subject to change. For instance, Chris Rancourt, the developer’s hydrogeological expert, was, at the last minute, not available to appear as scheduled on Friday, Sept. 16. He will now appear on Monday, Sept. 19.
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FRASER WETLANDS IN THE NEWS! Check out the coverage of Day One of the OMB Hearing:
Click here for the CHEX TV story and Here for the Peterborough Examiner piece.
All in all, a good first week for FFW!
• On the first day, FFW and Curve Lake First Nation lawyer David Donnelly introduced a motion to shift the hearing location from Wilson Park Community Centre in Woodview, ON, to Curve Lake First Nation during the days the Board will hear testimony concerning cultural heritage/archaeological issues.
After discussion about the logistics and scheduling involved in making the move, and suggestions on the part of the proponent’s lawyer that it would disrupt the flow of his expert witnesses testimony, the motion was granted. The hearing will shift to facilities at Curve Lake on Tuesday, October 4, 9:30 a.m. (We’ll update if there’s any change to this schedule.)
• It was also decided that Participant Statements would be read on Monday, September 26, 12:30 pm.
• The afternoon of the first day began with the developer’s planner, Peter Josephs of Ecovue Consulting Services in Peterborough, walking the board and gallery through the development plan with some focus on the size, nature and features of the property.
• Mr. Josephs introduction was followed by the testimony of Chris Ellingwood, owner of Niblett Environmental Associates, Inc. of Lindsay, the developer’s environmental expert. Mr. Ellingwood testified that he had been studying the subject property for 20 years. The developer’s lawyer questioned Mr. Ellingwood until the following afternoon, when FFW lawyer David Donnelly began his cross-examination, which ran over to the following day.
• Under cross examination, Mr. Ellingwood revealed a number of weaknesses in his assessment of the property and conceded that in terms of the 30 metre shoreline buffer – a much touted feature of the development plan that is designed to be left untouched with NO shoreline development or activity – “People will do what they want.”
• Next up, the developer’s phosphorous and lake capacity expert, Mike Varty, and the developer’s stormwater expert, Ken Smith, who was seemingly unaware that the property’s West Bay – an area of intense (proposed) development and a prime stormwater drainage area – is a provincially significant wetland. Mr. Smith also conceded that he hadn’t considered the effect of chemicals such as winter road salt or calcium chloride as a dust suppressant on the wetlands.
• Monday the hearing will commence at 2 pm in order to accommodate a scheduling conflict.
Stay tuned for details!
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We need your support. If you’re available, please join us at the OMB Hearing. Let’s send a strong message to the Ontario Municipal Board that wetlands matter! That water quality is essential. That our region’s cultural history is vital. See details below.
Here’s what’s at stake:
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Art by the Lake
You are invited to the FFW fundraising Art Auction*, Saturday, August 27th, 2016, Sunset Pavilion, Crowe’s Landing, Upper Stoney Lake, 1 – 5 p.m.
Come and feast your eyes on a fantastic array of art – wildlife, abstract, oil, acrylic, watercolour, photography, fibre, sculpture – enjoy refreshments and snacks, and thrill to the music of world-renowned performers violinist Jeanne Lamon (Music Director Emerita, Tafelmusik) and Christina Mahler (Principal Cellist, Tafelmusik).
• Opening address by acclaimed artist Michael Dumas, a member of the international Artists for Conservation Foundation
• 75 pieces will be sold through silent auction
• 23 pieces will be sold via a live auction steered by professional auctioneer Bob Rusland
We are grateful to all of the artists whose generous contributions are helping to fuel FFW’s efforts to conserve the Fraser Wetlands, and to our event sponsors for their generous support: Stoney Lake Market and Grill, Kawartha Park Marina, Classical 103.1 FM, ISL Insurance, Trans Canada Nissan, Lakefield Foodland.
* All money raised will go toward paying for FFW legal counsel and expert witnesses for the upcoming (September 13) OMB hearing concerning the proposal to develop the Fraser Wetlands. Your support is more important than ever!
Continue reading “Art by the Lake” →
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Emerald Summit: A Deep Dive into Water Issues
We hope you’ll join us at Viamede on Sunday, July 24th from 3 – 5 p.m. for our second annual Emerald Summit: A Deep Dive into Water Issues featuring Dr. Ken Howard, renowned hydrogeologist and FFW water expert at the OMB, and Curve Lake Elders Doug Williams and Dorothy Taylor, founder of the Sacred Water Circle. FFW lawyer Anne Sabourin of Donnelly Law will be on hand for a Q & A. Refreshments and snacks will be served. No charge. Everyone is welcome!
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When it comes to politics, the news can be hard to follow. Each website or news channel does in fact report the news, but often reports the news based off of the political angle their company supports leaving impartial people with a sense of bewilderment because they don’t know the full truth. Perhaps no one does. Finding out information is hard to do without someone else’s bias rotting the full picture but there is one thing certain, each person deserves to know at least half of the picture in politics.
Donald J, Trump, the 45th President of the United States is under fire for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress which could end in him being impeached. Impeachment is defined as the process by which a legislative body levels charges against a government official.
The charges being held against Donald J, Trump are that he unconstitutionally sought out the Ukrainian president to boost his chances of re-election in 2020. How you ask? Democrats believe he consulted the Ukrainian president to try and dig up damaging evidence about Joe Biden and his son to ruin his chances of being elected. By doing this, Democrats say not only was it improper and unconstitutional, but he was also accused of trying to blackmail the president by withholding $400 million of military aid from the Ukrainian government that had already been allocated by Congress. This money was going to be used in Ukraine’s ongoing fight with Russia. Trump was also said to be obstructing Congress by refusing to cooperate with the congressional inquiry.
The quote “there’s two sides to every story” truly comes to life with politics. In this fiasco, Democrats stand behind the evidence stating that a formal complaint from a whistleblower says it all. An unnamed intelligence official who wrote a letter expressing concern about Mr Trump’s 25 July call with President Volodymyr Zelensky. The transcript revealed the President Trump had urged President Zelensky to investigate discredited allegations against Joe and Hunter Biden.This phone call came shortly after Trump blocked the millions of dollars being sent to Ukraine allegedly.
In this whole process, Trump states this whole investigation is “a witch hunt being held by the Democrats and the media”. Trump stands firm that through communicating with the Ukrainian president, all conferences were completely constitutional because there was no pressure placed on the Ukranian president, no bribery ( because Ukraine was unaware of the financial aid being withheld and all US military aid was eventually released. Republicans believe that Trump had every right to investigate the Bidens and consult the Ukranian government because the fact that Hunter Biden jumped into a position of power as a board member for Ukraine’s largest gas production company with no qualifications for that position seems perplexing.(The Life of Hunter Biden- Business Insider)
On December 13th, lawmakers voted on two articles of impeachment in the House Judiciary Committee. The 14 hour debate ended with 23 votes to impeaching the president and 17 no’s. With this conclusion, the matter is going to now be assessed by the full house and then sent to the Senate for further investigation.
This controversy will go down in history because having a Republican president with a Democratic house and a completely party line vote has never happened before. Although the date has not been set, votes from the full house are expected to take place on December 17th or 18th. After this, votes can( if voted yes) or can not(if voted no) will be sent to the Senate where the Constitution requires a 2/3rds majority for a President to be removed from office.
As citizens all we can do is wait for the Senate hearing to come to a close.
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2010 04 08 PC Minutes
Posted on Thursday 8th April 2010
Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Fulking Parish Council held in the Village Hall, Fulking on Thursday 8 April 2010 at 8.00pm
Present: Chairman Mrs Jenny Vaughan, Vice Chairman Mr Tony Brooks, Councillors Mr Richard Corner, Mrs Jennifer Parmar, Mrs Pamela Rowland and Clerk to the Council Mrs Paula Hazard.
Apologies for Absence: None
Declarations of Interest by Members (if any) are shown against the relevant items in the minutes.
Minutes — The minutes of the meeting held on 14 January 2010, as previously circulated, were approved, accepted and signed by the Chairman.
County Council Update — County Councillor Peter Griffiths gave an update to the meeting on Highways, Schools and the National Park. The issue of whether the Planning Authority will lie with the District Council or the National Parks Authority had not been resolved yet. In response to Councillor Brooks query about returning to the method of the County Council paying local farmers to clear the snow, he advised the PC to write to Derek Whittington who is Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport. The PC had already requested a return to this method to the recent WSCC snow summit by writing to WSCC and SALC. Clerk to write to Derek Whittington reiterating this view.
Highways: Flooding problem near The Sands the stream had been cleared out and water was flowing through the pipes.
There was no further information about the request for a non-skid surface at the northern entrance to Clappers Lane. County Councillor Peter Griffiths said that he was chasing up this issue.
Flooding problem by the Shepherd and Dog stream culvert: The owner of the Shepherd and Dog, Geoff Moseley, had had a meeting with WSCC Highways and it was understood that the outcome was that he was going to fit a larger overflow pipe. He expressed at the meeting that there was a problem with clearing the gulley and felt that not enough maintenance had been carried out by Highways in the past. It was agreed that the PC should send CC Peter Griffiths the correspondence between the PC and Highways about this issue so that he could look into the matter.
Tree problem at Stammers Hill: A tree surgeon who had carried out previous work in the North Town Field had identified a potentially dangerous sycamore tree. The local tree warden, Barry Leppard, also agreed there was a problem and had reported this to WSCC Highways. The Arboriculturalist Southern Area WSCC had inspected the tree in March and had concluded that it was not a health and safety risk. He also stated that the tree was not on Highways land. An independent tree surgeon was asked to quote for the required work as the PC would have to pay the bill. The quote was around 700 which was not an immediately manageable sum. As the WSCC Inspector had judged it not to be of any immediate danger, the PC had decided to monitor the situation and ask for another assessment by WSCC at the end of the summer. It was agreed that the PC should ask for the opinion of another tree surgeon as soon as possible.
North Town Field: Cost of Maintaining Play Area — It was noted that the costs of maintaining the Field play area were escalating and were becoming beyond the budget of the PC. The costs included maintenance of the play equipment, tree work around the playground and a replacement surface for the barkpit. A quote for wetpour rubber had been received of 8500. Geoff Moseley was able to recommend a company that could provide a better value rubber surface that would comply with Health and Safety Guidelines as he had experience in this area.
New Play Equipment — The PC had submitted an application for a grant from WSCC County Local Committee who would be meeting on 27 April. Fund raising was under way in the village. An appeal flyer had been sent to every household in the village. The PC had also approached local businesses and applied for a grant from West Sussex Community Chest (run by Hall and Woodhouse) with a decision due before July.
Play Area Surface — quotes were being obtained for replacing the barkpit as a surface. The PC has looked at an ecomulch and wetpour rubber surface. It would be necessary to apply for a further grant to cover these costs.
Mowing and Maintenance of field — The first mow of the year had been done. Some tree work had also been carried out.
Public Liability Insurance: No further update from the NTF Trust.
Fly-Tipping at the Bostal: There was no further update about the ownership of the entrance area.
Phone Box: The Clerk had written to BT and they had confirmed that they did not currently have any plans to remove the telephone service.
Diverted Footpath 4dF: There was no further news from the Rights of Way Committee.
Reopening of Bridleway 11F: There was no further news from West Sussex Rights of Way.
Local provision of grit: The PC discussed the problem of where to locate grit bins. The eastern bank of Clappers Lane near The Street junction had been looked at but it was agreed that it would mean the grit bin would be placed too high and be difficult to access. Other suggestions were by the bus stop. Precise locations for the bins remain to be decided.
Village Plan: There had been a good response to Councillor Brooks’s discussion document in the Pigeon Post. All the replies would be kept and used to formulate the Village Action Plan. A talk would be given at the APM by a representative from Action in Rural Sussex about the process. The next stage would be to form a committee of representatives from the village to produce the Village Action Plan.
Market Garden Site: The PC had not been able to write to MSDC Enforcement as no evidence had been forthcoming that there was another family living on the site.
Ram House: The PC had asked the National Trust to carry out the repairs to the roof of the Ram House. However they had responded that they did not own it and therefore did not bear any responsibility for it. It appeared that this was borne out by historical documents and that ownership did rest with the Parish Council. The previous PC had asked the National Trust to take over ownership of the Ram House but they had not responded. As it is a historical structure the PC agreed that ownership of the Ram House by the National Trust fell within their remit. It was agreed that the PC should write to the National Trust again asking that they take over ownership.
The fountain had been repaired in 1995 with the aid of grants from West Sussex County Council, Mid Sussex District Council and Sussex Rural Community Council. The Chairman asked CC Peter Griffiths if there was a possibility of grant aid for the Ram House.. He advised that the PC should put this request in writing explaining the problems caused by the damaged roof.
Financial Matters: The Chairman and Vice Chairman signed off the interim audit, cheque list and cheque stubs.
AOB: Councillor Brooks updated the meeting about the goal of improving broadband access with a fibre optic system. Whereas previously it was envisaged that this would cause huge disruption with road digging and replacing the telegraph poles, it appeared that there were now new methods of installing fibre optic cables involving the use of existing sewer networks which would greatly reduce disruption.
The meeting was opened up for local residents to raise any issues.
The issue of affordable housing was raised. It was discussed that Mid Sussex District Council had in the past identified the need for 4 houses but this had not been followed up in detail and there were no concrete plans.
Date of Next Meeting: 8 July 2010, 14 October. APM 13 May.
The meeting closed at 8.50.
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Check Out the Repulsive Side of Silicon Valley
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Silicon Valley's loathsome side is ready for its closeup again, judging from the recent press. You know, the side that says it deserves a tech bubble even as it insists none is forming; the side that's greedy but pretends money doesn't matter; and the side that dresses up clubby insularity as a virtue.
Begin your tour of the repulsive version of the Valley with this New York Times article about the new tech boom. Look specifically at the quotes, like the one from entitled venture capitalist Rory O'Driscoll who says, by way of denying there's a tech bubble, that "it's a little bit party-poopy to go from 'the world is ending because no one is investing' to 'the world is ending because everything is so overpriced,' without going through the middle part where we all make money."
Seriously. Why can't we just let VCs have their regular plutocrat party time after they starve American employers and before they explode American employers in an endless bubble cycle of their own creation? Do we not care about their God given right to make money systematically wrecking ordinary people's retirement investments?
Next, steer your asshole sightseeing bus to one of the many self aggrandizing quotes from rich people pretending they are not rich, or that they don't care about money, a longstanding staple of Valley bullshit. Russian VC Yuri Millner's $100 million Valley chateau is described to the Times by one local executive as unacceptably ostentatious; rich Valley guys are supposed to wear T shirts to the office, like the executive who told the paper "You never change the way you dress — you don't want to flaunt it, especially in front of your employees." Mark Zuckerberg may have built a multi-billion dollar fortune violating his users' privacy, but he comes in for praise for the modesty of his $7 million mansion.
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Nice clothes and huge estates are out, but what is socially acceptable in the Valley is to put "$25,000 or $100,000 into a friend's start-up to keep the cycle going," as the Times puts it. But doing so isn't an "investment" so much as as a form of conspicuous consumption: "It's not about making it back," startup co-founder Alex Rampell tells the paper. "It's about feeling good - and doing what's accepted." Enjoy the view of this ridiculous Valley groupthink: Spending money to live well is gaudy, but gambling money to elevate yourself from rich to superrich is friendly and socially constructive.
Gander next up to San Francisco and the new crop of dot-com-ish launch parties. See, you're also allowed to spend money gaudily if it's for business. Airbnb, which profusely apologized recently for a scandal in which its customer service agents repeatedly ignored a woman whose apartment was wrecked by an Airbnb guest, celebrated the opening of its new offices with Skee Ball, free cocktails, and MC Hammer. The NYT snapped some photos of the Airbnb rager before heading over to a party thrown by Foursquare, whose surreal founder Dennis Crowley explained that he wanted to "make some noise" about the wildly unprofitable company's new San Francisco office and maybe attract some engineers to hire. Burning money for vague branding purposes sounds very 2000, but this time it's totally different, we're sure.
Sleazy Airbnb Is 'Very Sorry' For Wrecking Your Apartment
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It might sound clubby and inbred, this side of Silicon Valley that emphasizes making money for your friends, unloading junk on stock investors, and deceiving employees and neighbors about your wealth. Just keep in mind this is all intended to take your eye off the ball. Whether it's MC Hammer working the mic at an office opening or bonus hungry executives schlepping around in sandals and T shirts, the idea is that you'll pay no attention to the small circle of people who end up making real money off this bubble and the considerably larger circle of fools who will pay for it, and instead get distracted by the meaningless baubles. Enjoy looking at the shiny things but keep your hand on your wallet.
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Everest Dream
January 1, 2013 in Craft Follows Concept, Dreams | Tags: Dreams, Everest, Mountain, Orange, Passageway, Shoe, Spiritual World | Leave a comment
Matthew Thomas, Kyoto
This post originally published at jungianintimations.wordpress.com
Dream: The night of December 31, 2012, long dream about climbing Mt. Everest. This third Everest dream was very different from the first two. First, I was at a school and then climbed up a small opening, kind of a snowy slit barely big enough to fit through. There were some basketball games going on and I planned to be back in 20 minutes or so. Therefore, the school was probably my high school. At first, the slit was just itself, but then Everest loomed up over me to my left. I entered the frame, from the left. Everest was enormous, black, and composed of huge blocks of ice-like mini-mountains such that it was difficult to discern where the actual peak was, or the possible way up. I was all alone and it seemed to be dawn, then two figures sleeping on the ice in orange suits started to stir. They arose and then there were 20-30 more, mostly kids led my two overweight men. We all spilled down to a kind of small clearing that may also have been a breakfast space. The men explained that they could take the group only to 11’000 feet, no higher. There was some disappointment, not much. Everyone looked very well outfitted, except the speaker who was plump and wearing a kind of jersey. This group went away and there were other climbers, one or two of whom I spoke to. It all started to take a rather long time and I knew I would be late getting back. I started to head back up to the ridge that would lead back to the slit, but realized that I had forgotten a shoe in the clearing. Eventually I got back to the ridge with the shoe, looked up, and saw what was probably Everest’s peak. It was rounded and covered in black ice. It looked very far away, although at one point in the dream, perhaps before, I had analyzed what looked like a viable path toward the top. Back at the snowy slit, I ran back down it at full speed, cheerfully.
First Interpretations: The Everest dream is the third in a series. The first Everest dream I climbed Everest overnight. It took about 12 hours. Everest was covered in asphalt and climbing it was a breeze. The second one I was with my son. We did not get to the top, and the mountain was somewhat more realistic, craggly with ravines. There were shops alongside the ravine we were climbing made of wood and we ate there and also climbed around through the shops that were all connected and made up a kind of maze. There was no pressure to get to the top, lots of climbers on the mountain. In this most recent one, Everest was at its most interesting and symbolic. It was massive and loomed above me with presence. It was to be revered, feared, awed. The access is interesting as well–the slit almost like a birth canal, covered back over itself and very narrow. Then, it opened unto another world entirely.
Impressions: The birth canal to a spiritual world. Most people, even well equipped, cannot go above 11’000 feet (you can do this in a day hike). Also, 11 could signal the 11th house, with the 12 house of mystery being difficult to access. I could make out the top, but didn’t have the time and wasn’t equipped just now. Still, it was an honor to have been there, and I came back exhilarated.
A Sideways Move
January 1, 2013 in Observed Behavior | Tags: Career, events, Goffman, men, Middle Age, organizations | Leave a comment
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Out on the town the other evening, our dinner was joined by a colleague who had been in a high position at my office about 4 years ago before being transferred to the central corporate body (university) where he was assigned to the events section, a section which, in practice, takes care of a lot of miscellaneous, relatively minor, activity. I had seen him in this capacity when a delegation from my office visited a two-day conference in Tokyo. He was one of the people checking the attendance of attendees from our corporate body, a nearly totally superfluous task. He had experienced, as they say, a sideways move; a form of demotion for those who have moved high enough in the organization to be beyond strict demotion.
When I had seen him in this capacity, he had struck me as almost totally neutered; someone who had surrendered himself so entirely to the required form of his role that almost no personality, no being, remained. A mannequin of ritual bowing and clipboard checking. I wondered what it had been like for him to come to terms with his utter lack of necessity to the organization; wondered how one processes and balances whatever ambition had driven him to his original post with the terrifyingly banal judgment of the sideways move. At least with a proper demotion, a stripping of title, a firing, one may take consolation from a specific failure to meet what is required, one can, if one wishes, reflect, learn, move on.
At dinner, his behavior was deeply at odds with the person I had last seen, indeed with his whole professional demeanor as I had known it. He had shaved his head. He spoke loudly and aggressively. He nodded over-confidently, conferred the benefit of his agreement arrogantly. He appeared to have been drinking earlier in the evening. I also learned that he had been transferred yet again, this time to Sapporo, the far north, a land where labor is in demand and the employer not all that picky.
I wondered, and was not able to find out, what the nature of his position there was. Another sideways move, almost certainly, but was it one that conferred the dignity of an outwardly impressive-ish title? Or was he simply buried, entering that category of employee who is shuffled around the organization, taking four postings in eight years, a box filled at the end of the day by HR? I liked to think the latter, not out of malice but in support of a micro-theory: that he had simply given up “behaving;” that his move north had freed him of the need to “maintain expressive control” (Goffman, 1959, p.51) so as to present the acceptable front or performance required by the atmospheric tonalities of the central corporate body. Appearance transformed quite dramatically by his shaved head, his behavior at dinner was still banal, but in just the opposite manner of his earlier banality. Two sideways moves in four years had juttered loose the remaining vestiges of his professional dignity and he had simply shed the learned social sheen required for those who would scale the organization ladder. So I theorized, in any case.
Two notes; i) The sideways move is an under-investigated phenomena, worthy of deeper study. What happens to people moved sideways, once, twice, three times? Does this even happen much these days, or do such people fall victim to lay offs? What should organizations do, if anything, to motivate the sideways shifted employee? ii) In the first paragraph above, I describe the events section as dealing with minor matters. This is in no way to suggest that events are of minor importance. Rather, the way that events are considered and integrated in most organizations relegates them to mostly minor status. The event may be sold and re-sold–it may be central to the branding of the organization, the centerpiece of the year–but too often the operation of the event is left to inertia and bureaucracy, especially if it has been run before. This is a tragedy of great depth, as the event has the ability to transport participants out of the realm of the mundane and drop them into a field of transcendence and timelessness as deep as it is temporary.
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History Made During The 2019 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™
June 6, 2019 No Comments on History Made During The 2019 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™
2019 Winner:
Bea Dubois
CLEVELAND, OH – June 12, 2019 – The National Greek Awards™ hosted its annual #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ Photo Contest, which features members of multiple Greek-letter organizations who have graduated from college this fiscal year. In this 2019 competition, it again made contest history.
Bea Dubois; 2019 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ WINNER, member of Sigma Gamma Rho® Sorority, Inc., and graduate of Liberty University.
Normally the contest starts off slow with voting. This year, the votes shot out the gate, and that was primarily due to the ferocious competitive nature of the contestants. Never before has the competition had as many lead changes. However, that wasn’t even close to the biggest piece of contest news.
This 2019 competition had close to 50% more votes than the previous year, and even that didn’t compare to the voting percentages of the contestants themselves. This year’s contest winner garnered over 90% more votes than her predecessor and is not only the first person to reach more than 1,000 votes, but she also accumulated more votes than anyone in the history of the competition.
Kory Calhoun; 2019 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ Runner-Up (2nd Place Winner), member of Alpha Phi Alpha® Fraternity, Inc., and graduate of University of Mississippi.
“I am beyond humbled and honored to win the 2019 National Greek Awards™ #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™. I first heard about the contest in 2017 when my soror Amanda competed and won. So when it was my turn to graduate, I knew I had to sign up,” says Bea Dubois, a member of Sigma Gamma Rho® Sorority, Inc. and the 2019 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ Photo Contest winner.
She continued, “Greeks are always shown in a negative light so I asked my friend to take my graduation photos with my Greek stole. I was surprised to know that I received over 1,050 votes as I was only expecting a few hundred. The votes came in slowly but I’m glad that everything worked out in the end. I am thankful to be a part of an amazing sorority and to have an amazing circle of friends, family, classmates, fellow Greeks who helped me win.”
An amazing circle indeed.
“It was such a rush watching this year’s contest. I’d never seen two front-runners going so hard for their votes. It was amazing and awe-inspiring,” said National Greek Awards™ Founder and Executive Director Tim Carthon, “In the end, out of thousands of votes, Ms. Dubois literally won by only 12 votes. By far, that’s the closest contest win we’ve ever had. It was an absolutely fantastic and positive battle. A big shout out and thank you to our contest sponsor SBIWinners.com.”
Bethany White; 2019 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ 3rd Place Winner, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha® Sorority, Inc., and graduate of North Carolina Central University.
It was definitely a battle for the contest ages. In the end, the wins that mattered most for our 1st-Place Finisher were her educational and career wins. Ms. Dubois received her Masters of Public Health degree from Liberty University and plans on a career as a Cancer Research Scientist.
The mission of the National Greek Awards™ is to positively change the entire social structure of Greek-letter organizations worldwide. You can see the Greek-letter organization Students from this year and all years prior featured on the National Greek Awards’ Facebook®, Twitter®, and Instagram® social media pages (@GreekAwards). The graduation photos featured will also be included in the Greek life photos section on GreekAwards.com and you can watch this year’s winner’s feature video story below:
*WINNER VIDEO COMING SOON…*
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The National Greek Awards™, also known as the Greek All-Star™ Awards™ and the National Greek Fraternity and Sorority Awards™, is a privately held subsidiary of Carthon Choreography™, headquartered in Ohio.
The 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Take Their Feature Week By Storm
August 4, 2018 No Comments on The 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Take Their Feature Week By Storm
Forrest Middlebrook, Jr.; 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ WINNER, member of Alpha Phi Alpha® Fraternity, Inc., and graduate of Northwestern State University.
Selena Shannon; 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ 2nd place finisher, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha® Sorority, Inc., and graduate of Loyola Marymount University.
CLEVELAND, OH – August 04, 2018 – The National Greek Awards™ 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ was a fierce competition and had more votes cast in it than any previous Greek life photo contest they’ve ever had. Greek-life graduates from all over the U.S. submitted the photos that they believed showcased them in the best, most positive and creative light. And, in the end, it represented an amazing accomplishment: The earning of a higher education degree.
Like last year, this year’s GGFW Contest included over 100 contestant photos from multiple Greek-letter organizations and all walks of life from around the U.S.A.
“This is one of the best things we do. Greek-life has had such bad luck these past few years with negative PR that showcasing these members in the true light of Greek-letter organizations; education, community service, etc. has become an actual necessity,” said National Greek Awards™ Founder and Executive Director Tim Carthon, “Fortunately, we’ve been blessed with the task of leading the way in doing that, and we even had a little help with our new sponsor this year, SBIWinners.com, that sponsored the $100 shopping spree for us to give to the winner.“
Sydney Brown; 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ 3rd place finisher, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha® Sorority, Inc., and graduate of Arizona State University.
Speaking of the winner, this year’s contest winner is a graduate of Northwestern State University.
“I was pretty ecstatic to know that I had won the contest,” says Forrest Middlebrook, Jr., a member of Alpha Phi Alpha® Fraternity, Inc. and the 2018 Graduating Greeks Feature Week™ Contest winner, “It was exciting to know that I could potentially help others by talking about my college experience. Thank you NGA!“
He also has a very specific career goal that is actually in line with a subject matter that is currently resonating across the country and highlighted specifically in the political sphere.
“My future career goals include obtaining a Master’s Degree in business and one day working in the healthcare field. I want to be the person behind the scenes to make sure that everybody in America has the best healthcare that they can possibly afford.“
Like we said, very specific. Watch his story below.
The mission of the National Greek Awards™ is to positively change the entire social structure of Greek-letter organizations worldwide. You can see the Greek-letter organization Students from this year and all years prior featured on the National Greek Awards’ Facebook®, Twitter®, and Instagram® social media pages (@GreekAwards). The graduation photos featured will also be included in the Greek life photos section on GreekAwards.com soon.
The National Greek Awards™ Begins its 2018 ‘#GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™’ Countdown
April 12, 2018 No Comments on The National Greek Awards™ Begins its 2018 ‘#GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™’ Countdown
2017 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ Top Three Winners (L-R): Amanda Burgos of Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. (2nd Place), Amanda McLeroy of Sigma Gamma Rho® Sorority, Inc. (1st Place), and Je’nell Hubbard of Alpha Kappa Alpha® Sorority, Inc.
CLEVELAND, OH – April 12, 2018 – The National Greek Awards™ announces its 2018 #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ countdown. Each year the #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™ showcases photos of some of the most amazing and inspiring ‘Greek life’ collegiate graduates and celebrates those educated members accomplishing something amazing: The securing of higher education degrees. This is done in conjunction with the National Greek Awards’ overall company mission of helping to change the negative stereotypes of Greek-letter organizations and their members.
“Over the past three years, this contest has become the most prestigious, most comprehensive display of Greek life higher education achievement you will find online,” says National Greek Awards™ Founder and Executive Director Tim Carthon, “And, with our current sponsor, SBI Winners™, we’re looking to make the spotlight on these amazing Greek-letter organization members even brighter.“
The mission of the National Greek Awards™ is to positively change the entire social structure of Greek-letter organizations worldwide. Starting today, potential contest finalists can enter their photos for their chance at multiple prizes, including a $100 merchandise giveaway from their 2018 contest sponsor.
You can see last year’s contest finalists featured daily on the National Greek Awards’ Facebook®, Twitter®, and Instagram® social media pages (@GreekAwards) from now until 2018 contest entries close on May 22, 2018. Afterward, the 2018 finalists will be posted and voted on during the official #GraduatingGreeks Feature Week™, which is May 24-30, 2018. The photos featured will also be included in the Greek life photos section on GreekAllStars.com later this year.
About the Greek All-Star™ Awards™
The National Greek All-Star™ Awards™ is the national standard for the highest levels of individual academic excellence, community service involvement, team performance, and career achievement within the Greek Fraternity and Sorority world. Handpicked by the members of the Hall of Greeks™ Awards Academy™ and members of the Greek fraternity and sorority world abroad, this All-Star-studded red-carpet awards event showcases yearly “The All-Stars of Greek Fraternities and Sororities™.” READ MORE…
The Greek All-Star™ Awards™, also known as the National Greek Awards™ and the National Greek Fraternity and Sorority Awards™, is a privately held subsidiary of Carthon Choreography™, headquartered in Ohio.
The Greek All-Star™ Awards™ Launches “Greek Graduation Feature Week”
May 8, 2015 Comments Off on The Greek All-Star™ Awards™ Launches “Greek Graduation Feature Week”
Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha® Sorority, Inc.: Nishikwa Mellerson and Surena Mitchell. Members of Delta Sigma Theta® Sorority, Inc.: Shaykara Waajid and Alexis Mood (University of South Carolina)
CLEVELAND, OH – May 08, 2015 – The Greek All-Star™ Awards™ announces its Greek “GRADUATION SERIES FEATURE” Week. It’s nearing the end of the school year for many college and university Students. So, on all of its social media pages, the Greek All-Star™ Awards™ is, for one week, featuring graduating Greek-letter organization members from around the country. This is being done in conjunction with its overall company mission of helping to change the negative stereotypes of Greek-letter organizations and their members; a stereotype which has unfortunately been fed lately by racial, alleged hazing, and alleged rape scandals.
Alexus Cobbs; member of Sigma Gamma Rho® Sorority, Inc. (Troy University)
“Greek-letter organizations are such a pivotal, positive part of college life, and that has not been being shown” said GASA Founder and Executive Director Tim Carthon, “Our mission is to show that importance and continued relevancy through positive, laser-like focus on and featuring of the amazing educational, social, and community service aspects that Greek life brings not only to college and university campuses, but to the world.“
Yazmin Dzib; member of Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc.® (George Mason University)
The mission of the Greek All-Star™ Awards™ is to positively change the entire social structure of Greek-letter organizations worldwide. You can see the Greek-letter organization Students featured daily on the GASA’s Facebook®, Twitter®, Instagram®, and Vine social media pages (@GreekAwards). The photos featured will also be included in the new Greek life photos section on GreekAllStars.com.
The Greek All-Star™ Awards™, also known as the National Greek Awards™ and the National Greek Fraternity and Sorority Awards®, is a privately held subsidiary of Carthon Choreography™, headquartered in Ohio.
The GASA Begins Development of their New, Upgraded Website
December 19, 2014 Comments Off on The GASA Begins Development of their New, Upgraded Website
CLEVELAND, OH – December 19, 2014 – The Greek All-Star™ Awards™ announces the beginning of development for its new, upgraded GreekAllStars.com website using the website development and editing platform WordPress®.
With a potential huge, long-awaited announcement later this year regarding a pending historic, industry-shifting business move, the Greek All-Star™ Awards™ (GASA) is anticipating a massive increase in website traffic. So, the decision to redevelop and upgrade their website is said to not only be for withstanding the increase in website traffic, but to also give new and returning visitors warmer, more inviting and interactive user site experiences.
“We’re shifting from a mainly information-based website to an information and interactive-based website, and we’re using WordPress® to do so. With browser editing ease and tons of innovative and interactive plugins, WordPress® is fast becoming the platform of choice for website development,” said GASA Founder and Executive Director Tim Carthon, “And with WordPress’ Apple®-like integration and synchronization simplicity, anyone in the business world can see why.”
The new and upgraded GreekAllStars.com website is scheduled to be completed by March 01, 2014. No launch date has been set.
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I Heart Honah Lee: “Life Won’t Let Me,” Asbury Lanes, NJ and the Charleston, Brooklyn 2011
I began writing this back in June 2011, after Honah Lee had their CD release party at Asbury Lanes this past summer. I got stuck in a writing slump for a number of reasons, but I’ve jump started a little in the last week due to some extreme Green Day fan weirdness, which I will have to relate one of these days. Sigh. But, as I love Honah Lee to bits and pieces, I wanted to finish this post off before I wrote anything else. I said awhile ago that I would, and so I am. <143
Honah Lee Release Party Flyer - Asbury Lanes, Asbury, NJ - June 17th, 2011 -- All Honah Lee posters by Anthony Catanese
I haven’t been up to writing lately. For those of you who visit Green Day Mind for new stuff on Green Day and the band’s side projects, other bands and musical adventures, sorry that I’m lame. Several issues and incidents including a health concern overwhelmed me these last months and American Idiot’s closing here in New York wiped me out! I’ll write about the end of American Idiot… one of these days, as Pink Floyd would say. It was a slightly traumatic day, and no, not because the show closed, but that certainly is a part of the story. It was blazingly hot that last day of American Idiot on Broadway in NYC, April 24th, 2011. The temperature one day was freezing, and the next day, “ho as hell.” I got dehydrated and fainted across the street from the St. James, in front of the Phantom of the Opera, and had to go to the hospital by ambulance where I got seven stitches in the emergency room because I smashed my head on the sidewalk, thereby prompting me to miss the matinee. When I came to, I swore that someone had walked by and randomly curbed me! Um… not so good times. I made it back to the evening performance of the final show and subsequent concert, but the day wasn’t as fun as it should have been. Thanks forever to David and Jaymee and Val who helped me that day. I will be forever grateful. (And sorry about all that blood on the hoodie…)
That head-meeting-sidewalk incident came two months after getting a black eye at the last Frustrators show that I attended at the Phenomenauts’ Command Center in February 2011. Both incidents knocked my mojo out of whack, and were a little embarrassing. Not only did I need to heal from the head injuries but I also had a scare about my thyroid (yay for no cancer!) and for me, it takes some time to heal from acute embarrassment! Some say it’s only rocknroll, but there is that part of me that says, “What the fuck, rocknroll?” There’s more to the story, but I’ll have to save that tale for one of these days, again, as Pink Floyd would say.
Speaking of Pink Floyd, did you catch Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s performance earlier this year of Floyd’s classic, “Comfortably Numb,” when Waters toured Pink Floyd in London? It was my theme song for a bit this year, and if you haven’t seen the performance, you should! Rogers and Gilmour rarely perform together and may never do it again. “Comfortably Numb” is one of my favorite all-time songs and the album it derives from, The Wall, is both a classic LP and one of the best adaptations of a rock-record-turned-musical-movie ever made. I saw Pink Floyd back in the 1980s at Nassau Coliseum and God was in attendance at the show. Or, at least, I think I saw him.
“Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd with Roger Waters and David Gilmour – O2, London, May 2011
Luckily while recovering from my head injuries and acute embarrassment, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits came through town twice–once for a show at Lulu’s in Brooklyn on June 7th–and then later in September for a crazy successful show put together by Mike CM (or Chickenman) at Tommy’s Tavern in Brooklyn that included acoustic sets by Bobby Joe, solo gigs by Mikey Erg and Franz Nikolay and PEOP’s Fly, and bands Devastation Wagon and Bobby Joe’s tour mates from out West, the merry men of Sherwood Forest, Tornado Rider, complete with cello as stringed guitar. It was a great night, though it would have been nice if Mike had been at his own show. Alas, he had some issues and fell off of the planet for a bit. He’s on the mend now and I’m hoping for more shows from him if he wants to still do it. Mike seriously knows music and the eclectic lineup he put together at Tommy’s oddly worked and was ripping fun.
I’ve seen a bunch of bands in addition to Bobby Joe and Honah Lee since the end of American Idiot including Social Distortion at the Stone Pony in Asbury, NJ, the Foo Fighters, the Pogues, Fucked Up!, The Cro-Mags, Dear Landlord, the Dopamines, Against Me!, Dengue Fever, TV on the Radio, Fishbone, Frank Turner, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Screaming Females, Japanther, Girl in a Coma, White Wives, Declan Bennett, the Atom Age, and three boys from American Idiot making their currently nameless band debut, in Manhattan and Brooklyn. I also caught a Halloween show put on by a little band called Green Day in a little room in Manhattan called Webster Hall Studio. I went to Baltimore’s Insubordination Fest in August and saw a ton of great bands there, and witnessed Emily’s Army’s debut on the Insub Pop Punk Circuit. They put on a great show and taught those mean old pop punkers a few lessons on how to pop punk it. All of these bands helped with the mojo, but seeing Honah Lee regularly throughout the year injected me with doses of irreverent Jersey, sorta like a Jersey form of B12 or something, shot in the butt. Or something.
I’ve seen Honah Lee ten or more times this year (yes, I know, there’s something wrong with me), including Asbury Lanes on June 17th, a few of their other shows at the Mill Hill in Trenton, the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, the Loop Lounge in Patterson, and twin nights at the little basement venue of Williamsburg’s Charleston Bar on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. I traveled to Jersey to celebrate my birthday in March with these twerps, but of course they went on last at 1:00am and I had to catch a 1:27am train back to Brooklyn. I heard three songs and missed my birthday toast. Boo. In other words, I heart Honah Lee. I mean, how can you not heart these four crazily demented, but lovable, faces?
WE ARE BOLDLY GOING NOWHERE FOLLOWING A DREAM, AND PROUD OF BEING NOTHING IN THIS BROKEN MUSIC SCENE
Honah Lee (Tim Hoh, Jim Graz, Joseph Wolstenholme and Anthony Catanese) is a catchy, fun, loud, live band. Tim’s nasally-thin trumpet of a lead voice combined with Dim’s rock guitar licks and Jim’s bass and Tony G.’s drum rhythm section is a steady groovemaker when they get to revving and in Tim’s case, roaring. “Gimme something with a badass tempo” says their song, Bobby’s Dead, and I agree. I’m quite fond of the way these guys roll out their backbeat. I always expect to scream out some lyrics whenever I see the guys, as I’m fueled by that deceptive and steady rhythm just below the surface and lyrics that touch basic human chords: the futility of trying, even if you can’t give up; desires noted but not acted on; “don’t be me, cause I ain’t shit,” and whatever other rage within that needs tempering by a cheery attitude of desperate fun. It’s a little cathartic.
In general, “Honah Lee’s” songs are rhythms and lyrics that most listeners will embrace on the spot. If I still had my meaningless job at that publishing company, I would have blasted ‘I Hate My Job’ each and every day on my way to work. The song is almost a rallying anthem in which the masses can unite, but ultimately as Tim shouts ‘You gotta do it if you wanna get paid’. “Honah Lee” sings about what is universal. These guys would have been writing songs about girls ten years ago. Now, they write about the monotony of work and the general ambivalence that we all feel towards life at times. —The Real Musician – Review of Honah Lee/The Plurals Split EP, “Lick It.”
Honah Lee, First show at the Charleston, Sometime 2011
we play along like there’s nothing wrong, yea, we make it look so fucking fun… don’t. be. me… cause I ain’t shit”
—Don’t Be Me
Honah Lee - Loop Lounge
It’s neat to see Honah Lee’s audiences grow since that epic show at Don Hill’s back in February 2010 when Honah Lee and the Mystic Knights of the Cobra opened for the Foxboro Hot Tubs and only a handful of people in the room knew their name. Prior to and since that show, they’ve consistently built an audience and constantly play gigs all over New Jersey and surrounding areas. It’s even more neat hearing audiences sing along with them.
Honah Lee / Bobby Joe Ebola
Honah Lee’s twin shows at Brooklyn’s tiny basement venue, the Charleston–about the size of Trenton’s Mill Hill–in the heart of Williamsburg, USA have been laid back and relaxing, whether hanging on the Charleston’s comfy outdoor seating, inside at the long bar, or downstairs in the basement music venue. The Charleston’s small performance space is outfitted with an outsized speaker system that can blowout musicians and audience alike. At that first show, Tim knocked his beer over during the first song. It puddled at the band’s feet and leaked through the holes in his shoes. The crowd was small, but the band gave it their all and won them over, despite the crappy sound and loss of beer. I was happy that they were playing in Brooklyn and the crowd had a good time. What more do you need?
I was wondering… what you gonna do, what you gonna do? Can I hang out with you, say I can hang out with? … I don’t want to know what’s on your mind… there’s just nothing to do
I Was Wondering
Honah Lee / Statues of Liberty
This second time around at the Charleston on Friday, 12/3/2011, the band’s sound was clearer and cleaner, no beer was spilled, the crowd was thicker, and most of them were there to see Honah Lee, which is pretty great since it’s only their sixth or seventh time playing in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including that epic show at Don Hill’s. Nicole M-W and her husband Anthony J-M-W (who I saw perform as lead singer in a smoking-hot Rage Against the Machine tribute band earlier this summer) and Cathryn, who I’ve met on fleeting occasions during the stage production of American Idiot, were there, along with some of Honah Lee’s New Jersey friends and New York fans. Not The Bees!, a New Jersey band that tours on the local circuit with Honah Lee (one of four bands on the Charleston bill) filled out the front area of the audience, so there were more than a few people who knew the songs. Probably the best moment came during Honah Lee’s song, Leave It To My Goddamn Brain, when Tim admonished his lyrical antagonist to… well, “fuck you”… with the crowd answering in support built on a steady uptempo beat, ending in a shared chorus and accompanied by their best middle finger salutes.
Honah Lee / Sports Bar / Atom Age
Nothing will beat the Honah Lee CD release party sing-a-long at Asbury Lanes back in June, though, except maybe the day when I see them play larger rooms. Why? Because almost everyone knew the lyrics to their songs and were more than willing to scream them back in abandon at the band, egged on by the driving rhythm section and teased by rock riffs. I can honestly say that this night was a highlight of my entire summer, and the gritty splender of the Lanes and beautiful Asbury Park made a perfect backdrop for exercising some demons. Good times, good people, good screaming.
The Queers / Honah Lee
I’d only been to Asbury Park one other time, a quick trip to catch Social Distortion’s show at the Stone Pony earlier in May 2011. This time around, my friend Liz and I rented a room at the Asbury Berkeley and ended up in a beautiful suite on the quiet, i.e., non-Honah Lee-staying, side of the hotel. We had an expansive view of a never-ending crystal blue Atlantic Ocean and the restored Asbury Park Pavilion. We got to town around 6:00, explored the Boardwalk, marveled at the ocean and the architecture, went back to the hotel for a minute and then off to Asbury Lanes.
Honah Lee / Cryptkeeper 5
Asbury Lanes is a bowling alley turned band venue, with a stage nested in the lanes, a solid sound system and ample dance floor. The Plurals, an outstanding trio from Lansing, Michigan, was on the bill that night, with Lakeside Drive, Radio Exiles and Communication Redlight. Honah Lee went on last with a full audience of hardcore HL fans, friends, and family who knew almost every damn word to the songs. The resultant (slightly intoxicated) singalong ended ultimately in audience members storming the stage as someone ran by in a taco costume. Or was that a hot dog costume? I don’t remember.
“Coca cola drives me crazy. Sex and cigarettes all night. I’m a liar like, a priest, the messiah, I’m insane.”
—Sex N’Cigarettes
Honah Lee / The Plurals
Honah Lee’s simple, heartfelt lyrics and chords are tinged with touches of irony and a little ennui; simple, singable choruses invite the audience to “scream it out” with them. (Although Tony, the curmudgeonly drummer, says he hates it when the audience sings along. I don’t know if he’s serious, he hates everything.) I know a few people who don’t like Honah Lee, comparing them to Weezer and such (as if that’s a bad thing), but I just don’t get it. Weezer is certainly an influence, but so is Screeching Weasel. In fact, Honah Lee has a song coming out soon in Ben Weasel’s defense. Pop-punkers tend to dismiss them for one reason or another, and that’s their prerogative. Whatever the reasons, Honah Lee may not move mountains, but it was way neat seeing them move the V.F.W. audience in Somewhere, New Jersey this summer, cause when Honah Lee gets into a groove, their melodies flow well and Tony keeps a badass tempo behind guitarists Tim and Dim, and bassist Jim rips some deep, moving basslines. Tim encourages the room to drink (anything), always raises his glass in a toast to the audience, and off they run. Looking at that room of people in Asbury was amazing, as the crowd sang with the band, and more than a few antics broke out. They have a solid rapport with their audience.
Fuck responsibility, I don’t want to do a goddamn thing, but sit on my ass, and watch tv, drink some beers, and smoke some weed… LIFE WON’T LET ME… YOU WON’T LET ME… TIME WON’T LET ME… AND LIFE… WON’T… LET… ME…” –
–Life Won’t Let Me
Honah Lee / Beardo the Man
Honah Lee work their asses off playing music, promoting their shows with well-crafted flyers, booking gigs, recording tracks, criss crossing New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Ohio, and other States to play. Yea, they may be strange, but it warms my heart to see a group of guys work hard despite the odds by “BOLDLY FOLLOWING A DREAM GOING NOWHERE,” even in the face of this “BROKEN MUSIC SCENE.” I’m hoping that one day they’ll be as big as Bieber… haha, I kid… but I would like to see a whole mess of folks in an audience screaming their lyrics back at them in a mad dance. I’m not sure how big a “mess of folks” would be, but the moment itself will be a solid, fun time of musically shared zeitgeist, some antics, and a beer or two.
I’ve lost my heart I’ve lost my soul I lost myself in the…. rock and roll….
Loss for Words
Fifteen Years of Tim Hoh
On a slightly sad note, after seeing the band off from their Charleston gig on Friday, the boys made it back to New Jersey, and the next day, the band and their lovely wives, fiancees, and girlfriends all went to their friend’s wedding. Everyone had a mirthful time celebrating the nuptials. Towards the end of the night, Tim, who has been known to go off and take a leak in the woods, found himself off the side of a cliff instead of an expanse of soft, dewey, grass, and hurt his back in the subsequent 12-foot drop. He has to stay off his feet for a little bit, and according to their Facebook, the band will have to cancel a few shows in the next weeks, but hope to be back before the end of the month.
Next time Tim, go to the men’s room.
You can hear the album, Life Won’t Let Me, on their Soundcloud.
All Honah Lee flyers courtesy of Anthony Catanese. More flyers here.
Photo of Honah Lee from album, Life Won’t Let Me by Michelle Lawlor
“Bobby’s Dead” – Honah Lee at Asbury, June 17, 2011
*Filmed by me, not a videographer…
“Gimme something with a badass tempo… gimme something that will stick in my head… gimme something with some real emotion… ya give me something so I know I’m not dead…”–Bobby’s Dead
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HOW IS ‘CITIZENS UNITED’ RUINING DEMOCRACY AND HOW CAN WE STOP IT?
Mar 10, 2016 by Casey Coates Danson
by Katie Rose Quandt MOYERS & COMPANY
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision changed our political landscape, allowing outside spending groups (and their often undisclosed donors) more influence than ever before. How bad is it?
At a recent NYU Brennan Center symposium, representatives from eight good government groups presented new research on outside spending, its real-world implications and what can be done to curb it. We rounded up eight key takeaways from the day.
1. Spending is totally out of control.
In order to remain competitive with the median congressional race winners in 2014, Senate candidates had to raise an average of $3,300 every day of their six-year terms. House candidates had to raise $1,800 every day of their two-year cycle.
As Demos’s Karen Shanton explains, this need to constantly raise money determines “the types of candidates who make it through the process and into office, as well as the policies that end up getting enacted once they get there.”
2. A bunch of (undisclosed) millionaires can swing elections.
Total outside spending in elections doubled from 2010 to 2014 — and that spending plays its biggest role in tight races, according to Ian Vandewalker’s data from the Brennan Center. As outside spending skyrockets, the influence of a few millionaires becomes amplified:
In fact, 60 percent of super PAC money spent on all federal elections since 2010 – $600 million of $1 billion – came from just 195 individuals and their spouses.
Undisclosed donations are also on the rise. This election cycle, dark money made up 28 percent of all spending in competitive Senate races. The winners of the 11 closest races benefited from $131 million in dark money, $23 million of which was behind Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). As Vandewalker explains:
“The public doesn’t know who spent that money … Does Thom Tillis know who spent that money? Is he going to give legislative favors to the people who spent that money? We don’t know and we can’t know. And the voters won’t be able to hold him accountable at the ballot box six years from now if he does.”
3. Independent? No way. Almost half are not.
Outside funding groups are supposed to be “independent” from candidates and parties, but that’s not what Public Citizen found when it analyzed a number of super PACs. The group delved into the PACs’ spending history, as well as the personal connections and employment history of their leadership.
Forty-five percent of all super PAC funds spent in the 2014 election cycle came from groups dedicated to a single candidate or party, and over one-third of total outside spending came from just eight party-aligned groups.
In Wisconsin, a bipartisan investigation is underway into possible coordination between campaigns and donors, which turned the state’s politics into a convoluted mess, according to a Center for Media and Democracy report. Brendan Fischer outlined the story, which involves Gov. Scott Walker, an out-of-state mining group and a partisan “news” website that published over 160 articles decrying the investigation as a “politically-motivated ‘witch hunt’ by Democrats against Republicans.”
4. Donor-related conflicts of interest are not unique to Congress members — They’re increasingly common among judges as well.
Citizens United turned judicial elections into “a grave and growing injustice,” according to Bert Brandenburg of Justice at Stake. Eighty-seven percent of state justices must stand for election in their career, making them beholden not only to the law, but to their donors. And, as Brandenburg explains, those donors are often the same people who appear before them in court:
“Judicial elections have become a playground for big money and hardball politics … Citizens United poured gasoline on this fire, and in turn, unleashed record amounts of spending by outside groups … Our judges are trapped in a crucible. They are in a system they did not sign up for. They are raising millions from people who have business before the courts.”
5. Special interest groups and the American public want very different things.
According to Jay Riestenberg of Common Cause: “Seventy percent of Americans support raising the minimum wage … So its really wrong when the Walton family and Wal-Mart can pour millions into politics in one year, and yet still pay their workers poverty wages with no benefits.”
Special interest groups continue to increase their election spending, further overpowering the concerns of everyday citizens. They spent more in 2014 than in 2012 – even though 2014 was not a presidential election year. Wall Street and financial institutions spent more than twice as much in the 2014 congressional election than they did 10 years ago in a combined congressional and presidential election.
6. Big donations mean more power for rich whites.
Outside spending is “the flip side of the same coin as voting rights issues.” Adam Lioz’s Demos report shows that although African-Americans represent a greater share of small donors than their population, their representation drops off steeply as donation size increases.
7. Outside spending keeps qualified — but unconnected — candidates out of office.
Candidates who aren’t wealthy and well-connected cannot keep up. In research presented by Dan Smith, US Pirg and Demos interviewed and profiled four credible candidates who were significantly out-funded – and ultimately defeated – in 2014. Smith called publicly financed elections, like those proposed through the Government by the People Act, a “clear path to a small donor democracy.”
8. Clean elections can work.
Voters just elected nearly 300 publicly financed state candidates in Connecticut, Maine and Arizona. Connecticut state rep candidates who raise a minimum level of funds though small donations can get them matched up to a ratio of 9-1. But could it work at the federal level? When Tam Doan and Public Campaign applied the proposed Government By the People Act model to 2014 races:
If Congressional winners were publicly financed, 77 percent would have raised as much or more than they spent in 2014, without having to reach out to a single new donor.
What’s more, says Connecticut State Rep. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown), publicly financed elections are better for incumbents, challengers and the public. During the presentation, Lesser offered the unique perspective of a candidate who has run – and won – four times using his state’s clean election initiative:
Not only does the system curb the influence of the rich and well-connected, but forcing politicians to ask regular constituents for small donations “really reminds us who we work for, who we’re supposed to represent.”
Learn more about the organizations working to get money out of politics in our Take Action section.
Katie Rose Quandt reports and produces for BillMoyers.com. She was previously a senior fellow at Mother Jones, and has written for America, In These Times, and Solitary Watch. You can follow Katie Rose on twitter @katierosequandt.
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June 14 is FLAG DAY
Be sure to properly display your U.S. flag today to show your love for your nation:
Jun 14, 2013 11:11:01 AM | All About the "O", Armed Forces, Current Affairs, Death and Taxes, Filthy Lies, Health Care, Legal stuff, Moonbats, Personal, Red State Project, Rednecks, Religion
Forget Labor Day...
Today is NATIONAL EMPTY CHAIR DAY!
(did you notice - the chair has a teleprompter?)
Sep 3, 2012 10:47:08 AM | 2012, All About the "O", Current Affairs, Film, Fun Fun Fun, Moonbats, Red State Project
The Tide Has Turned
Folks, this here is what we call a "tipping point."
Yes, that is the actual cover of Newsweek - NEWSWEEK! - that hits stands tomorrow. You can read it online here.
This marks the first time I can think of that a major establishment news source has printed anything remotely like this - even though millions of readers and viewers agree. The mainstream press has been completely in the tank for Obama - and suffering nightmarish declines in ratings and readership as more and more regular people recognize the partisan cheerleading for what it is and tune out.
It starts with Newsweek. This will be a big selling issue. And now that the dam has started to crack, other news media sources will start to publish their own hit pieces on Obama, in order to keep up and remain relevant. Thanks to Newsweek, now other sources can run critical pieces without sticking their necks out to be first. And this comes on the eve of the Republican National Convention, which will provide plenty of fodder.
Momentum has shifted - big time. Write this day down in your history books. This is the moment that Obama's fate became sealed. He will lose. Now the question is no longer "will Obama get re-elected?", because he won't. Instead, the question becomes "how big a victory will the Republicans have?"
Very soon.
Aug 19, 2012 10:38:28 PM | 2012, All About the "O", Current Affairs, Filthy Lies, Red State Project, Television
Romney-Ryan 2012: A Winning Ticket!
Well, there you have it:
As you can see from my earlier post, I was wrong. Romney, however, was right. Ryan is an unbelievably great candidate. In my earlier prediction, I didn't consider Ryan simply because I didn't believe Romney would be bold enough to choose him. I am glad to be wrong!
Ryan is the best possible choice for transforming government. I don't just mean reforming. I mean TRANSFORMING. Government has grown so much and is so far from what the Founders intended, mere reformation is not enough.
Ryan is a man of policy and ideas, not simply someone who fills in important boxes on a checksheet. I was afraid Romney would bow to pressure from certain demographics, and think he had to choose a running mate in order to appeal to "the Hispanics" or "the women" or "the evangelicals" or "the South" or "Ohio." Nope. Romney chose a man based on principles of policy and ideas. This signals two important things:
1) Romney is a man who will govern according to the principles of policy and ideas, and,
2) Romney is confident he can win with these principles, instead of needing to rely on "the Hispanics" or "the women" or "the evangelicals" or "the South" or "Ohio."
In other words, this choice exudes both principle and confidence in principle.
This is a good day for America. A VERY good day. Up until now, I was only hopeful that Romney could beat Obama because people dislike Obama more, and then Romney would simply not be as bad. Now, I am hopeful Romney and Ryan can beat beat Obama and Biden because America WANTS Romney and Ryan, and that together they will repair our nation.
Aug 11, 2012 1:20:00 PM | 2012, All About the "O", Current Affairs, Moonbats, Red State Project, Rednecks, Religion, Simply Sarah, Travel
My choice for VP
There is a lot of talk today about Condi Rice for VP. I like Condi and all. But it won't be her. She is perceived as a moderate - probably unjustly so, but the fact is, on some social issues, she is distrusted by the conservative base. This conservative base is already skeptical of Romney, so Romney needs a reassuring pick, not a controversial one in this regard. She is also closely associated with the Bush administration. Now remember, for the most part, I liked Bush. This is not a bad thing for me. But Obama wants to run against the last two years of the Bush administration - two years that went south, largely because Pelosi and Reid were running Congress... but I digress. Romney needs to be able to say that he would not be just another Bush Republican. Condi on the ticket negates that. Finally, unlike most other politicians who say it, when she says she never wants to run for office, she convinces me. So who should Romney choose? I say, Bobby Jindal:
Jindal would be perfect for many reasons:
1) Let's get the obvious out of the way - Jindal is an Indian-American, and Romney is a boring white guy. Jindal on the ticket would be abother historic first, and would forever change the race debates in this nation. The GOP would no longer be the white people party. And it would highlight the racial double-standard of the left: to liberals, if you are black or Mexican, you are a special minority. But if you are Asian, you are nothing to them. However, Asians have just surpassed hispanics as the fastest growing immigrant group. They are an important voting bloc, and have been largely ignored by politicians across the country. This would be big. Real big.
2) Jindal is both the second coming of, and at the same time, the polar opposite of, Sarah Palin. Palin and Jindal agree on most issues, excite the tea party and conservative base, and break ground as historic minority figures. Jindal would add needed fire to the Romney campaign as Palin did for McCain. But elites hated Palin, unfairly, because she is a "low brow" figure who took more than four years to graduate from a podunk state college and went on to do things like work on fishing boats instead of working at law firms, universities, or major corporations like "respectable" people. Jindal is at home with blue collar working class folks, but has elite cred up the wazoo (see below).
3) Jindal would be one of the most intelligent, best educated candidates on a ticket - just like Romney. Obama fans brag about his Harvard Law degree and tenure as a professor. Well... Romney graduated with honors from Harvard Law AND Harvard Business. He needs a running mate with similar achievement, to avoid diminishing his own. Jindal graduated from Brown with honors (double majoring, in just three years), then went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, graduating with a Master's degree in Political Science, and was a consultant for McKinsey and Company and president of University of Louisiana - that's real brains, with the paper to back it up. It would be impossible for anyone to say with any credibility that the Republican Party is the "stupid" party with Jindal on the ticket alongside Romney.
4) Jindal has government experience and executive experience that defies belief for someone so young. Jindal was the head of Louisiana Health and Human Services, president of University of Louisiana, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Louisiana - all before age 40. He is younger than I am by a year. I feel so pathetic in comparison! Romney's big advantage - his private sector experience - is also a weakness in that people expect a President (especially after the Obama nightmare) to have extensive experience running GOVERNMENT. Romney has only his one term as a governor; adding Jindal to the ticket would add incredible balance in that regard.
5) Jindal excites the tea party. Romney doesn't. A Romney-Jindal ticket unites the big tent of establishment GOP, moderates, conservatives, and the tea party. Romney needs that.
6) Jindal is right on the issues. He favors limited federal government, states' rights, low taxes, less regulation, secure borders, life, liberty, guns, babies, God and country. Jindal is top rated by Right to Life, the NRA, and Club for Growth. He has the right vision for America, and will help reassure those on our side who fear Romney lacks a conservative vision or core conservative principles.
7) Jindal has experience that Romney lacks. Jindal served on the Homeland Security Committee in Congress and has national security expertise. This helps make up for a significant Romney weakness while the U.S. is still engaged in the Global War on Terror and faces new threats from the likes of Iran.
8) Jindal is a turn-around specialist, like Romney, but with government instead of private business. As head of Louisiana HHS, Jindal wiped out a $400 million deficit and created a $200 million surplus. As governor, he rescued his state's credit rating. He has the same vision for rescuing failing organizations with sweeping changes for improved efficiency as Romney - but has experience doing it with failing governments.
9) Jindal's greatest area of expertise is healthcare policy. The GOP is running on repealing Obamacare. The left keeps saying the GOP has no vision for replacing it. Romney's greatest weakness is that he implemented Romneycare as governor. Having Jindal on the ticket demonstrates a commitment to making actual healthcare REFORM, and not just Obamacare repeal, a top priority.
10) Jindal is Catholic. Romney is Mormon. Many voters will not support a Mormon. The Catholic Church has been, historically, one of the most critical anti-Mormon organizations. A Mormon-Catholic ticket would be an incredible thing, more so (in my opinion) than a Mormon-Protestant ticket. While there are many Protestant evangelicals who will not support Romney, I believe their biggest problem with him isn't religion so much as perceived weakness on social issues like abortion, gay marriage, and gun control. Jindal would do more to help with this than probably any Protestant other than Mike Huckabee - and Huckabee would do more harm with tea party conservatives than he would help with social conservative evangelicals.
11) JIndal has been vetted. He has been elected and re-elected congressman and governor. Louisiana is a tough state for politics. If there was dirt on Jindal, it would have already derailed him.
12) Jindal has handled crisis. He succeeded in leading during the Gulf oil spill and Hurricane Gustav when other states failed, and in stark contrast to Katrina before he became governor. When the 3 a.m. call comes, Jindal will have a cool head and get right to work solving the crisis.
13) Unlike some other potential candidates, Jindal was not in Congress during the end of the Bush years, and therefore does not have a TARP vote to rationalize! He has congressional experience (important, as VP is also President of the Senate), but without a long history of bad votes to drag him down.
14) Jindal has a strong family story. He is the child of immigrants. His parents came to America to make use of their education in a free country. His siblings are all successes. His wife is a chemical engineer with an MBA working on her PhD. Everyone in the family has strong personal values. There won't be any embarassing uncles showing up drunk or children being born out of wedlock.
And that brings up something that needs discussed: there is a lunatic fringe of the birther crowd who will claim Jindal is not eligible under the Constitution. Let's just clear this up. HE IS. Jindal was born in the United States. His parents came to America legally, under a visa, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Anyone saying otherwise is a fool, allowing a non-issue to distract us from the REAL issue at hand: Obama, whether born in Hawaii or not, is a FAILURE as President who must be replaced because of his bad policies.
So that's my take. Jindal would be best. You can agree or disagree. But regardless of who Romney chooses as his running mate, my vote is with Romney to defeat Obama. I hope you and I can agree on that!
Jul 13, 2012 12:22:06 PM | 2012, 2nd Amendment, All About the "O", Armed Forces, Current Affairs, Death and Taxes, Energy, Filthy Lies, Health Care, Legal stuff, Money!, Moonbats, Red State Project, Rednecks, Religion, Science, Simply Sarah, Travel, W
Those scary tea party terrorists
This is a must watch:
The Waco reference really helps put things in perspective.
Aug 24, 2011 11:35:47 AM | 2012, 2nd Amendment, Armed Forces, Current Affairs, Death and Taxes, Filthy Lies, Food and Drink, Moonbats, Red State Project, Rednecks, Religion
What the elitists really think
By now, you have probably heard a lot of GOP establishment elitists lamenting the primary victory of Christine O'Donnell. Now they are attacking her with far greater zeal than they have ever displayed against actual liberal democrats.
She is conservative. She is pro-life. She is pro-gun. She is Christian. She is small government. She is anti-tax. She is for free markets. She is against Obamacare. She is against stimulus spending. She is against cap and trade. On pretty much every policy, she is exactly where the GOP platform says a GOP candidate should be.
So why do they hate her? Simple: she is not one of them.
Here is how the elitists - and by this, I mean the Washington insider elitists of BOTH parties, not the average voter, and certainly not the average conservative - see her:
She is an idiot. She is a crazy, insane, fool. She is a bible-thumping hypocrite who until last week was sacrificing babies to satan. She is an ingnorant, stupid, uneducated hick who didn't go to a real university, and who barely even graduated at all. She is white trash. She is a redneck rube from poor breeding mouth breather bitter clingers and not from a nice old money establishment family. She is a lightweight who can't win an election because she has made mistakes in her past, been involved in legal battles, and doesn't have a lot of her own money. And worst of all, she is just a pretty face, a cute smile, pretty hair and fun glasses. Kind of like that other horrifyingly bad candidate, Sarah Palin.
Oh, and speaking of witch which, Sarah Palin rushed in to endorse her and help her win the primary. That bitch witch.
That is what the elitists think. And that is why they hate her. But it isn't why they attack her so much. The attack her not out of hate, but out of fear. And why? Because her campaign is now a referendum on Sarah Palin. And they fear Sarah Palin.
The elites dread one thing more than just about anything else, and that is Sarah Palin becoming President of the United States. They don't fear it because they fear her policies or what she may do as President - well, except for one thing: flushing out all the elitists from power.
The elitists fear that the Tea Party movement will clean house, and all the elitists in power will no longer have power. Plain and simple. And to the elitists, Sarah Palin IS the Tea Party. And Christine O'Donnell is Sarah Palin by proxy. Defeat O'Donnell, and defeat Palin.
So whenever you hear some pointy headed certified smart person claiming to be a good conservative Republican and ranting about how horrific Christine O'Donnell is and how stupid the Tea Party is for nominating her and how she will lose her election, just remember what they are really saying: we hate Sarah Palin, you stupid ignorant bible thumping bitter clinger white trash idiot.
If you believe in what the Tea Party stands for, support Christine O'Donnell. If you think Sarah Palin is your friend and not your enemy, support Christine O'Donnell. If you think it is time to make good on Nancy Pelosi's pledge to drain the swamp, support Christine O'Donnell. If you believe Washington is broken and the establishment elitists are to blame, support Christine O'Donnell.
If none of that applies to you... well... just come clean and admit you want to elect committed marxist and Reid lap dog Coon instead. I'd respect you more if you were at least honest about it.
Sep 20, 2010 12:23:55 PM | 2010, 2012, Current Affairs, Filthy Lies, Health Care, Moonbats, Red State Project, Rednecks, Religion, Simply Sarah
Yes, we can and should have a litmus test somewhere
Wow... this makes no sense to me.
Anyone else see the irony of harshly attacking a fellow Republican for... harshly attacking fellow Republicans?
Seriously, though: I strongly believe in Reagan's 11th Commandment - but you have to draw a line in the sand SOMEWHERE, where you say "once you cross this line, as far as I am concerned, you are no longer a Republican worthy of the 11th Commandment." Where is that line? Well, it varies for all. For Bob, it was supporting the largest tax grab in Oregon's history. I can respect that. That's a well defined line.
If you have no line, then what is to stop democratics from just saying "oh yeah, we're Republicans now" and demanding party support?
Draw your line - and defend it!
Jack, it is time for you to realize: the era of playing nice is over. We are in the greatest crisis most of us (all of us born after 1945) have ever experienced in our lifetimes. Playing nice will destroy America. We need to fight hard and win without any more "compromise" pushing America further to the left towards the precipice of outright socialism.
Mar 13, 2010 9:59:21 AM | 2010, Current Affairs, Death and Taxes, Money!, Red State Project
Show the GOP and NRCC how you feel about their excellent handling of NY-23:
Don't get me wrong. I am certainly NOT saying "give no money to Republicans." What I am saying is "give directly to the conservative Republican candidates you support," and "stop giving money to organizations that will use your donations to support radical liberals like Dede."
Can you hear me now, GOP?
Nov 4, 2009 9:05:18 PM | 2010, 2012, Current Affairs, Mail call, Money!, Moonbats, Personal, Red State Project, Travel
The tide has turned... but will the battleships go with it?
Liberal moonbat "republican" Dede Scozzafava has left the building.
This is of monumental importance. The GOP "leadership" can now do one of two things moving into the 2010 and 2012 election cycles:
1) Embrace real conservatism, which overwhelmingly defeats liberalism, or,
2) Continue to lose elections and allow the left to transform our nation into a socialist state.
ARE YOU LISTENING, GOP?
Oct 31, 2009 11:57:04 AM | 2010, 2012, Current Affairs, Moonbats, Red State Project
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Serverless Email Forwards with SES and Lambda
Permalink 6 minute read 11 Mar, 2017 Updated
How to create your own email forwarding service using Serverless and Lambda.
In 2016 this website underwent a major overhaul. I took it off my simple Docker set-up and moved it to S3 with CloudFront. The process of which enabled me to reduce hosting costs by 80% all while increasing reach and decreasing page load times globally.
But static websites have a perceived disadvantage: they're static. They have no inherent dynamic functionality. What will you do when you want to add some piece of interactivity—a contact form, or an email distribution list? Sure you could go with TypeForm or TinyLetter. But you could also create your own service using FaaS (a.k.a. Serverless). Afterall, Serverless isn't just a fad, and it's not going away anytime soon.
Node.js Debugging Primer
Permalink 5 minute read 16 Nov, 2016 Updated
Learn how to get started debugging Node.js applications using Jake.
So I'm putting together this killer new JS front-end development stack called Brunch with Panache, which uses Jake tasks to kick off a custom set of commands for building and managing the app, and I hit a bug while code was running in Node.js. So what now?
Developing Web Apps on Windows with Vagrant
Permalink 12 minute read 25 Jul, 2015 Updated
How to set up a Node.js development workflow on Windows using a Linux VM.
I earlier this month I spent way too much time writing an article on how to SFTP to Ubuntu Server with Sublime Text. The purpose of the SFTP effort was to set myself up for developing modern web applications on a new Windows 8 machine I bought to play SimCity 2013. And after getting everything working I realized the SFTP method had some gremlins and the file syncing reminded me of Dreamweaver—it simply wasn't fast enough.
Lately, unless you were running a Linux machine or had the pleasure of owning a Mac with OS X, developing modern web applications has been a bit of a kludge. Enter Vagrant.
Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes the “works on my machine” excuse a relic of the past.
In this article I'll explain how to set up a development environment in Windows using a virtualized Linux box, suitable for rapid prototyping. Then I'll take it a step further and explain how to integrate a Backbone-based application framework with Vagrant and Sublime Text, greatly increasing the speed for developing modern web applications on Windows.
FTP to Ghostify with Sublime Text
Permalink 5 minute read 29 Nov, 2013 Published
How to use Sublime Text with the FTP add-on to manage remote servers.
I've wanted to write about a non-technical subject for a while to help round out my writing skills and cater to a broader audience. The subject matter of which became clear after recently discovering that there's not a lot of information out there covering meals in the AM.
So, with inspiration from my food-blogging neighbor, but with an obvious lack of understanding for the intricacies of food composition and preparation, I have decided to create a new food blog which focuses on something I love – Breakfast – and introduce it in an approachable way – with absurdity.
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Playoff preview: Spaceman coming back to earth
One of the more high profile-players is seeing the end of the road.
Joel Earnest is going to wind down.
“The team is good enough now.”
After spending approximately 40 years in the Swedish minor leagues, Joel Earnest, 69, finally got the call. He was going to the big club. Six seasons later, he’s a regular figure in Coach Jonny Edgren’s lineup and the Hajarna faithful know him as “Mr RBI”.
In the clubhouse, Earnest is more known as “Spaceman”. His stories on the way it was are legendary and he is the glue that has kept this team together through these last couple of seasons.
“It was a big change back then, when Coleman and Jason left and Jonny came in.”
A couple of seasons later and the rebuilding process is coming full circle. The organization is stronger, the youth movement is real and the results keep coming. Even practice is more well-attended.
Earnest always enjoys winning better than losing.
Earnest has had his moments on the field too. Just look at this past season, hitting .571 in the second half and helping the Sharks clinch a playoff spot early. During the years on the big club, he’s been known for his high contact rate and the Ty Cobb-like ability to aim the ball where the defense is weak.
“I’m happy with my career. I only wish I got the call some fifty years earlier. I expect my numbers might be a little higher in some areas,” Earnest says.
Earnest also played in the Elitserien back in 2015 where he memorably took the mound in the late innings against Sundbyberg and got relieved by his son, Erik, who took over.
“Yeah, when I came in to protect Jason’s no-hitter, and then Erik came in to bail me out after I filled the bases, but still without giving up a hit. Erik struck out the next batter, and then I started a double play from left to get out of the inning. It was golden…” Earnest says.
Earnest scouting the opposition.
And now, after the playoff weekend, Joel Earnest will look to cut back on his playing time. He has vouched to still be the team uncle, still be the informal leader at practice and provide his wisdom and skills at the majority of the SWBL games and the occasional regional game — especially against the Malmö Pilots.
“It’s time to free up som playing time for the kids. Not too much though, but some. And I always enjoyed playing the Pilots, even during the years when they dominated us,” Earnest says.
Babylon Zoo famously wrote a song about Earnest.
The Hajarna faithful will take some time to get used to not having Earnest out there every day. But when it’s time, it’s time.
This entry was posted in Gothenburg Sharks on September 15, 2017 by alex.
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Silver slugger award 2018
José Muñoz laid hands on the desirable Silver Slugger award for the 2018 season! His outstanding performance at the plate earned him the award. José was hitting .510 and had an OPS (On base plus slugging) at 1.227.
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Hanjin Collapse Spurs Big Three Japanese Container Freight Carriers into New Joint Venture
MOL, NYK and K Line to Operate as One Box Carrier from 2018
JAPAN – WORLDWIDE – In a move which not so long ago would have been unthinkable, Japan’s big three container shipping lines have set aside differences stretching back decades to address the problem of overcapacity in the freight market and join forces as one company from July 2017, subject of course to global regulatory approvals. The seismic shock and horror at the collapse of South Korean rival Hanjin recently has seemingly focused the collective minds of the senior executives at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and pushed them to take drastic action.
UK Freight and Logistics Industry Continues to Aid Charity Efforts Worldwide
Sector Companies an Example to Others
UK – WORLDWIDE – Several UK based freight carriers and logistics companies have been digging deep once again to help people in some of the most remote and dangerous places in the world by committing support and resources to charities helping some of the most disadvantaged people.
UN Report Calls for Investment in Sustainable Transport and Better Freight and Logistics Systems
Working Party Features Many Top Names from Industry
WORLDWIDE – A UN report released today by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport, which consists of some top names from the freight and logistics sector, has said that greater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling economic and social development and dealing with critical issues like social and economic inequality and climate change across the world.
Freight Lobby and Local Residents Highlight Continuing Problems at Dartford Crossing
Failure of Removal of Toll Booths Prompts Criticism and Obscene Protest Song
UK – The removal in 2015 of the toll booths at the Dartford Crossing which crosses the River Thames east of London was hoped to reduce congestion at the notorious traffic hotspot by giving drivers a clear run along the M25 motorway. By removing the choke point and replacing the booths with an automatic vehicle registration system akin to the charging zone used in London it seemed that the chronic traffic issues experienced at Dartford could become a thing of the past. Unfortunately, things haven’t worked out quite as well as hoped.
US DoT Wants Funding Requests to Improve Shipping and Transport Infrastructure
850 Million Dollars Designated for Upgrading Works
US – The American Department of Transportation (DoT) has issued its second call for applications to access $850 million in Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) grants available under the proposed budget for the 2017 fiscal year. Critics however believe far more is needed to bring the US highway infrastructure, quite literally, up to speed.
Weekly Round Up of Appointments in the Logistics Sector
Staff Moves in Freight Forwarding and General Transport
AUSTRIA – Some short and sweet appointments in the land of logistics this week starting with freight forwarding group Gebrüder Weiss which has named Markus Jelleschitz as its new Head of Corporate Sales, reporting directly to Management Board Member Heinz Senger-Weiss
Iconic Road Haulage Name Changes Hands as Truckload Operation Sold On by Logistics Group
Thousands of Vehicles and Trailers plus Real Estate in Half Billion Dollar Deal
NORTH AMERICA – Freight brokerage firm, XPO Logistics has completed the sale of its truckload business to Canadian transport and logistics company, TransForce for approximately $558 million in cash. The divested road haulage operation encompasses approximately 3,000 tractors, 7,500 trailers and 29 locations that were part of the October 2015 acquisition of Con-way Inc. XPO says that it will use the proceeds from the transaction to pay down debt.
EU Warships Do More Than Just Anti-Piracy Patrols Around Horn of Africa
Spanish Crew Visit School and Deliver Donated Money
DJIBOUTI – The warships of the EU NAVFOR anti-piracy patrol always graced our pages with articles detailing their actions against brigands preying on the worlds shipping as it passed around the Horn of Africa and through the Red Sea. That battle now has been largely won, or at least deferred, with pirates forced to cease operations all the while the effective patrols are in place. However, sailors in the taskforce also contribute to the local region in more ways than just providing security. During her port visit to Djibouti earlier this week, sailors from Spanish warship, ESPS Relampago, visited the school Couvent de la Nativité, managed by Franciscan Missionaries of Notre Dame.
Freight and Logistics Giant Orders Fourteen New Heavy Cargo Aircraft
New 747-8s Deal Boost Flagging Sales of Near 50 Year Old Model
US – Following on from our recent article citing aircraft manufacturer Boeing’s prediction of an expansion in the international air freight market and the concomitant increase in production of cargo carrying aircraft, comes the news that logistics leader UPS has announced that they are ordering fourteen new 747-8 freighters from the Seattle aerospace company. The 747-8 Freighter has 16% more revenue cargo volume than the previous 747-400F model combined with an airport noise footprint around 30% less than its predecessor. Brad McMullen, vice president, Sales, North America and Leasing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes said:
AN-124 Heavy Lift Cargo Aircraft Delivers Super-Sized Freight Load Despite Hurricane
Volga Dnepr Giant Carries Huge Rocket Booster
US – Volga-Dnepr has successfully delivered a huge 31 tonne Atlas V rocket booster to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) despite facing a hurricane and the possibility of having a valuable aircraft grounded for a week. Space launches are notoriously expensive and any delay in schedule can run into millions of dollars in additional costs. Therefore, when Hurricane Matthew swept across the Caribbean and into the continental US heavy lift experts Volga-Dnepr agreed to hold the payload inside the cargo hold of its An-124-100 freighter for up to a week if necessary until the storm passed, to ensure the cargo could still be delivered in time for the necessary preparations to be completed ahead of the planned launch date in November.
US Cross Border Air Freight and Truck Haulage Volumes Up from Last Year
August Figures Show First Increase for Some While
NORTH AMERICA – According to figures released by the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) cross- border freight carried by air and truck increased by value by 0.7% in August 2016 compared to August 2015, resulting in $93.1 billion in total current dollar value of freight moved between the US, Mexico and Canada. August was the first month since December 2014 where the total value of US freight with the two North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners increased from the same month of the previous year.
Russian Owned, Maltese Flagged Freighter Held in UK as Crew Go Unpaid
International Transport Union Accused of Blackmail by Operator
UK – A freighter which had already been detained following a Port State Control inspection by MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) surveyors in Cardiff, Wales, has been issued with a further detainable deficiency notice after it was discovered the crew had not been paid for many months. The Malta-registered Svetlana has been in Cardiff since 8 October 2016. The MCA had suspended their inspection and detained the vessel for a number of deficiencies and returned when the owner claimed to have rectified matters. However, it was then discovered that the Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian crew had not been paid wages and a further deficiency notice was issued.
All Freight Airline Introduces Norway Service
Air Cargo Carrier Expands Portfolio
LUXEMBOURG – NORWAY – Air freight only carrier Cargolux is adding a weekly service on Tuesdays from Oslo to Luxembourg from the 1 November. The destination will be added to the company’s Luxembourg-New York weekly service with the first flight booked to carry fresh salmon which will be distributed to various destinations from the airline’s hub in Luxembourg.
Container Logistics Group Pentalver Achieves Road Haulage Industry Accreditation
Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme Recognises both Environmental and Safety Compliance
UK – After 8 successful years of operation in London, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme known as FORS passed last year from TfL into the hands of The FORS Community Project, with the intent to roll out the accreditation to road haulage firms across the country. Now Pentalver, one of the country’s leading container logistics services groups has announced its Pentalver Cannock Limited operation has followed the example of sibling Pentalver Transport Limited and achieved bronze accreditation under the scheme.
HGV Trucks Can Benefit from New Satnav Database from Ordnance Survey
UK Department for Transport Scheme Identifies English and Welsh Road Hitches
UK – A £3 million digital road mapping project that aims to improve satellite navigation directions designed specifically for heavy goods vehicles and the emergency services, is set to be released before the end of the year by Britain's mapping authority, Ordnance Survey. A database containing information about 200,000 miles (321,869km) of roadways in England and Wales is aimed at preventing incidents involving HGVs associated with the two regions’ transport infrastructure, such as identifying unsuitably narrow roads and bridges too low for trucks.
UK Freight Association Report Highlights Concerns on Shortfall of Road Haulage Drivers Numbers
However New Apprenticeship Funding Warmly Welcomed
UK - A report by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) released today shows that the ongoing driver shortage in the UK has reduced somewhat, but highlights the sector’s reliance on staff from the European Union. The ‘Driver Shortage: issues and trends’ report calculates that there is a shortfall between the number of registered HGVs and the number of qualified drivers of 34,567 - back to the pre-driver crisis levels of 2012. This is attributed to an increased number of employed truck drivers and rising salaries, on average twice the rate of inflation through overtime and bonuses.
Multimodal Specialists Join to Launch Rail Freight Shuttle Service
First Stage in Proposed North - South Cargo Corridor
FRANCE – EUROPE – Ekol Logistics and VIIA have just announced the start of a new rail service based on one truck shuttle connection per week from the French Port of Sète to Noisy-le-Sec in the Paris area. The partners say this new freight rail connection for P400 trailers, at up to 4,000mm a full 14 centimeters’ higher than those on the commonly found P386 routes, is the first step in building a North-South rail transport cargo corridor, and the frequency will increase to 2 round-trips per week as of mid-December 2016.
Boeing Forecasts World Air Freight to Grow Long Term as Economy Strengthens
Trade and e-commerce Predicted to Continue to Expand
WORLDWIDE – Hot on the heels of the news that London’s Heathrow is to gain an extra runway, aerospace giant Boeing has issued its biennial World Air Cargo Forecast report predicting that air freight will grow at an annual rate of 4.2% over the next 20 years, with 930 new and 1,440 converted freighters needed to meet market demand by 2035. Boeing projects that the e-commerce market will be one of the primary factors driving such growth, reaching $3.6 trillion by 2020. Additionally, China's express market keeps expanding, with a five-year growth rate of 55% in volume and 39% in revenue.
Supply Chain Specialist Awarded Gold as One of the Safest Employers in Canada
Recognition for Pallet Firm Two Years in a Row
CANADA – Supply chain specialist CHEP, whose blue pallets are recognised instantly all around the globe, has been named by Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine (COSM) as one of Canada’s safest employers. The company received the Gold Award in the retail and service sector at a gala event in Toronto on October 24, 2016. In 2015, CHEP received a Silver Award from the publication.
Australian Truck Driver Honoured for Bravery
Pulled people to safety after fuel tanker crash
AUSTRALIA – In recognition of his bravery during a tragic, multi-vehicle collision earlier this year that claimed the life of one motorist, truck driver Renzo Bruschi has been awarded The Bridgestone Bandag Highway Guardian award for selflessly risking his life to save others. On the morning of May 24 Bruschi was part a ten vehicle pile-up on the Calder Freeway when a petrol tanker carrying thirty tonnes of fuel rolled over. Renzo’s truck was one of around 10 vehicles involved in the crash. Renzo jumped out of his truck and into action without hesitation, running over to assist the driver of the tanker who was calling for help. The 52-year-old said:
Register Sets Out to Investigate the Risks of Autonomous Vessels
Merchant and Military Uses Considered
WORLDWIDE – With autonomous vessels seemingly the future of the international shipping industry, the effects of such cutting edge technology on the worldwide maritime trade remains somewhat concerning to many. In an attempt to alleviate and address some points, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined other industry interests to collaborate on a collision avoidance research project, whilst the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has launched a pre-study to set the framework on the use of unmanned vessels.
Self Driving Truck Claims to be First Autonomous Freight Delivery
.........and it was beer!
US – Uber owned Otto has announced that its self-driving truck has made its first delivery. And, somewhat ironically, the first load was 51,744 cans of Budweiser beer carried on behalf of Anheuser-Busch. The load was successfully taken along the I-25 from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs autonomously, a distance of 120 miles without any intervention from the driver who monitored the trip from his sleeper compartment.
UK Pushes Electric Van and Truck Grants Through to Aid Road Haulage Freight Operators
Larger Trucks Now Eligible for Four Million Pounds of Government Aid
UK – As the London Mayor pushes ahead with plans to severely limit the ability of small road haulage operators to continue to use their limited fleets of HGV’s on the capital's roads by way of ever stricter emissions regulations, the UK government is committing an additional £4 million to the Plug-In Van grant scheme and extending eligibility to larger electric vehicles. Previously only eligible to vans in the ‘N1’ category with a gross weight of 3.5 tonnes or less, the extension of the grant will mean ‘N2’ trucks (3.5 – 12 tonnes gross weight) and ‘N3’ lorries (over 12 tonnes) are now eligible for grants of up to £20,000.
Container Freight Terminal Orders Remote Controlled Ship to Shore Cranes
Continued Investment in Facility Aiming for 5 Million TEU Per Annum
MOROCCO – Port operator APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes and 32 Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMGs) to equip the new five million TEU APM Terminals MedPort Tangier facility now under construction at the Tanger-Med II port complex. The container terminal will be the second box freight facility operated by APM Terminals at the Tanger-Med port complex designed to serve the newest Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS) with capacities up to 20,000 TEUs.
Another Freighter Caught Polluting Resulting in Prison Sentences for Bulk Carrier Crew
Additional MIllion Dollar Plus Penalties for Greek Shipping Line
US – GREECE – The companies that own and operate the 74,133 dwt Greek bulk carrier, the Gallia Graeca have been ordered to pay a $1.3 million fine for the dumping of oily waste at sea by the US District Court in Seattle. The ship operator, Angelakos (Hellas), and the ship owner, Gallia Graeca Shipping, were found guilty in June 2016 of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, Falsification of Records in a Federal Investigation and engaging in a scheme to defraud the United States. The case echoes so many similar transgressions such as the case last month in North Carolina. Speaking of this latest offence US Attorney Annette Hayes, said:
Freight and Logistics Groups Speak on London Heathrow Decision but Rows Will Continue Unabated
Protests Outside Downing Street Even Before Announcement on Third Runway
UK – The announcement that the UK government has given the go ahead for a third runway to be installed at London’s Heathrow airport has been greeted warmly by the country’s freight and logistics organisations. According to the airport operators, Heathrow is at full capacity and it has long been argued that without the expansion the UKs primary airfreight portal is doomed to choke and be supplanted by international competitors. The Freight Transport Association's (FTA) Chief Executive James Hookham summed up the attitude of the industry when he said:
International Freight Forwarding Association 'Trains the Trainers' in China
First Batch of Students Pass Dangerous Goods Examination
CHINA – After the initial ‘Train the Trainer’ course in San Jose, Costa Rica last month FIATA, the association representing the international freight forwarding community, took its dangerous goods instruction course to Beijing last week where 37 students underwent a week of instruction and examination organised by FIATA’s Chinese arm (CIFA).
New Electric Forklift Truck May Suit Timber, Steel and Paper Operations
8 Tonne Li ION Model Capable of Three Shifts on One Charge
EUROPE – The advances in battery technology keep charging forward and changing the capabilities of many materials handling and road haulage options which hitherto would have required the torque and longevity of an internal combustion drive train to optimise performance. Now fork truck maker Hyster has released details of its latest creation, the J8.0XN forklift truck, claiming it is the first time an 8 tonne electric truck can deliver ‘near ICE performance’.
Another Container Freight Alliance Gets US Go Ahead Whilst Spectre of Hanjin Looms Large
Vessel Sharing Tie Up Pushed Through but Box Carriers Still in Disarray
US – WORLDWIDE – The OCEAN Alliance, the group of four of the world’s largest container freight carriers, has received tacit approval from the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to operate with effect from today. Although it is technically not within the gift of the FMC to outlaw the process of shipping lines joining in such commercial cooperation agreements, it does have the power to ask for further information as to the terms of the deal which automatically delays the inception of any proposal for up to a further 45 days. This is precisely what happened in this case in August with the FMC ‘Stopping the Clock’ until satisfied all was well.
Liverpool's Seaforth Docks Hit by Massive Fire
Blaze Continues to Rage into Fourth Day
UK – The Port of Liverpool has suffered a major fire that started on Friday night and is still burning as of midday Monday October 24. The fire started at a scrap metal facility in the Seaforth docks and initially caused concern amongst firefighters and residents about the possibility of toxic smoke billowing from the scene and presenting a threat to health. Local people were advised to stay in their homes and keep windows and doors closed however the fire service has now stressed it no longer considers the fire to present a major hazard to health
Iceland's Oldest Freight and Logistics Outfit Expands Services in Europe
New Destinations and Acquisitions Announced
ICELAND – GERMANY – NETHERLANDS – Iceland’s oldest freight and logistics company has announced that it is making changes to its shipping schedules and begun a planned expansion fuelled by acquiring stakes in European companies to extend its market share in key geographical regions. Eimskip has decided to start calling at Bremerhaven in Germany as of December 6 this year, at the same time it will cease service to Hamburg, which since 1926 been one of the company’s regular ports of call.
Pirate Hostages Freed as Those Sent to Protect Them Still Languish in Jail
UK Prime Minister Gets Involved as Security Guards Remain Incarcerated
SOMALIA – INDIA – UK – The sorry story of the fate of the crew of the Omani flagged fishing vessel Naham 3 finally appears to be at an end. After 1672 days in the hands of pirates the 26 remaining hostages from the vessels hijack are being repatriated, having seen 3 of their crew mates die, one during the initial attack and two more during their imprisonment. At the same time it will appear more than a little ironic to many that, whilst the fishing boat crew rightly celebrate, the men taken from the convoy protection vessel Seaman Guard Ohio by Indian authorities, still remain under arrest more than four and a half years after they were first taken.
International Shipping Spawns a Brace of Unusual Stories with Illegal Flaggings and False Bankruptcy
Tanzania Criticised Whilst the Fate of a Major Player Threatened by Falsehoods
NORTH KOREA – TANZANIA – JAPAN – Two of the more unusual stories arising from the logistics community in the past month, as Tanzania is accused of breaching UN sanctions having apparently reflagged several North Korean ships (an accusation incidentally which the country refutes outright), whilst, as many readers know, last month, Japanese shipper K Line found itself centre stage after employees at APL Logistics started circulating false rumours that the Japanese carrier was facing bankruptcy, completely untrue, and of which details follow.
Sad Death Begins Staff News This Week in the Supply Chain and Logistics Sector
Plane Crash Kills Former Premier Along with Three Others
CANADA – Former Alberta Premier and past Board Member at Canadian Pacific Railway, Jim Prentice unfortunately died at the age of 60 in a plane crash last week. Prentice was aboard a twin-engine Cessna Citation that crashed shortly after take-off with three other men that also died in the crash, including the pilot Jim Kruk, retired Calgary businessman Sheldon Reid and optometrist Dr. Ken Gellatly, the father-in-law of Prentice's daughter Cassia. Prentice served on CP's Board of Directors from June 2013 to May 2014.
Major Acquisition Bid for Rail Freight Group Seems Likely to Succeed
Equity Firm and Channel Tunnel Operator Both Appear Keen
UK – FRANCE – SWEDEN – The Eurotunnel Group has received a binding and irrevocable offer from private equity group EQT Infrastructure II, for the potential acquisition of its subsidiary, GB Railfreight (GBRf), the third largest rail freight operator in the UK. If the offer is accepted, EQT Infrastructure intends to integrate GB Railfreight into its indirectly owned Swedish rail freight firm, the Hector Rail Group, forming an integral part of EQT Infrastructure II’s strategy to create a leading independent pan-European rail freight operator.
Supply Chain and Logistics Group Aims to Capitalise on Improved Relations with Iran
New Competence Centres Set Up as Market Opens
GERMANY – IRAN – TURKEY – DHL Freight has announced that in response to improvements in relations between Europe and Iran they are installing two competence centres at their offices in Frankfurt and Istanbul to assist European exporters exploit a market which is seeing a burgeoning expansion of trade. DHL Freight is also offering pan-European part- and full truck loads as well as weekly departures for groupage shipments. Amadou Diallo, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Freight said:
Drone Projects Moving into Reality for Delivering Important Freight to Remote Communities
Transport of Critical Medical Supplies Underway by Mini Air Freight System
RWANDA – The proposed use of drones by delivery companies such as Amazon and DHL has received plenty of publicity regarding the feasibility of their use as ‘final-mile’ delivery systems, many versions of which we have looked upon somewhat doubtfully, with the occasional exception when the destination was outside the normal urban environment. Meanwhile, in Rwanda, one company has implemented a drone delivery service that it says will save hundreds, possibly thousands of lives, and which may actually be a feasible solution to a tricky supply chain problem.
Logistics Giant Provides Shipping Support for Revolutionary Transportation Prototype
Freight Forwarder Contributes Airfreight and Advice on Real World Application
NETHERLANDS – The futuristic mode of transportation which we covered in a story in August is proceeding apace with the news that DHL is providing support for the ground breaking project, carrying the components on board a DHL freighter plane to perform the first tests as part of the Hyperloop Pod Competition organized by American entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX. The Delft Hyperloop is a capsule developed by TU Delft for the rapid transportation of people and goods through tubes
Logistics Company Expands Freight Terminal in Southern Germany
New facility under construction in Aldingen
GERMANY – Austrian headquartered freight forwarding agency and supply chain specialist Gebrüder Weiss held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new logistics terminal at its branch in Aldingen/Tuttlingen in Southern Germany on the 13th of October. The terminal is set to supplement the existing handling facility at the location and represents a €3 million investment for the group and is scheduled for completion in early 2017.
World Port News Includes the Third Major Global Environmental Initiative
Rivals Join Together to Promote Green Causes Whilst Elsewhere It's Business as Usual
WORLDWIDE – Proving once again that even fierce rivals such as the big players operating the major ports around the globe can work together in a good cause, the third annual joint environmental initiative launched by marine terminal operators APM Terminals, DP World, Hutchison Ports, Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA), PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) concluded last month following a busy week of green activities around the globe. Meanwhile one participant, Dubai based DP World, continued to strengthen its port activities in the UK.
US Team Make Breakthrough in Ethanol Production from Waste Carbon Dioxide
Generation of Possible Future Fuel from Atmosphere Degenerative Gas
US – The US Government's Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has made an unexpected breakthrough in converting the greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into ethanol, a substance that is undergoing multiple reviews and testing as a potential supplement to, or even replacement for, fossil fuels. Conducting an experiment in converting waste emission into fuel, the scientists at Oak Ridge found that making the conversion is much easier and cheaper than they had originally believed possible.
Act of War Excluded from Pirate and Maritime Crime Report
Criminal Attacks at Sea Generally Down
WORLDWIDE – Dryad Maritime has reported cautious optimism after releasing its latest maritime crime analysis which shows an overall reduction of attacks at sea across the world’s traditional ‘hot spots’. The Gulf of Guinea, South East Asia and The Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA) have all seen a significant reduction of reported maritime crime against merchant shipping throughout July, August and September of this year according to Dryad's Q3 analysis, though optimism should not pave the way for complacency as the recent attack off the coast of Yemen, technically an act of war as opposed to a crime, so not included in the analysis, will show.
Ferry Operator Increases Freight Capacity on European and Irish Routes
Stena Line Adds New RoRo Vessel Before Christmas
UK – EUROPE – Stena Line has announced that it is increasing sailings on its Belfast to Liverpool route as well as bringing a second RoRo vessel into service on its Rotterdam to Killingholme route in response to increased demand by freight operators and in anticipation of the pre-Christmas boost in tonnage requirements.
UK Rail Freight Operator Plans Hundreds of Job Cuts
Change in Markets Force Redundancies
UK - DB Cargo UK has announced proposed redundancies and changes to its business model in response to rapid and unprecedented changes in the markets it serves. The company is proposing a potential reduction of its workforce by 893 roles across the business, a further downsizing of its locomotive and wagon fleet, and a revision of the number and locations of its operational sites. The cuts represent around 30% of the company’s UK workforce and is attributed to what the company described as: ‘unprecedented challenges with the dramatic decline in core markets such as coal.’ Hans-Georg Werner, CEO of DB Cargo UK, said:
Pakistan Airline Appoints Freight Handling and Trucking Agent at UK Airports
PIA Awards Three Year Cargo Contract to WFS
UK – PAKISTAN – Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide cargo handling and trucking services for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in the UK. WFS will handle export and import cargo for PIA’s wide-bodied flights at London Heathrow, Birmingham and Manchester, connecting customers in the UK with Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.
Logistics Giant and NGO Team Up to Help Alleviate World Hunger and Reduce Food Waste
Brambles and The Global FoodBanking Network Sign Three Year Agreement
US – AUSTRALIA – WORLDWIDE – Australian headquartered supply chain logistics giant Brambles, which operates in more than 60 countries primarily through the CHEP and IFCO brands, has signed a three-year agreement with the international non-profit organisation The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN). Through this partnership Brambles will provide supply chain knowledge, in-kind contributions, volunteers and donations to help finance GFN operations, in an effort to reduce hunger, poverty, malnutrition and food waste globally.
A Short Round-up of Developments in the UK's Freight and Logistics Industry
Smaller Items Worth a Mention This Week
UK - ABP’s Humber operation will be hosting its first ever recruitment fair at Port House in Hull on Wednesday 19th October. The event has been organised to highlight opportunities within the Humber ports of Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham and will also showcase the benefits of working within the ports and logistics sector. ABP is looking for people to fill a number of specialist vacancies including port operatives, operations supervisors, electrical technicians, engineers, weighbridge operators and crane operators among others.
More Charges on London Freight Vehicles Proposed but Criticised by Road Haulage Association
TfL Announces Results of Pollution Consultation and the Mayor Jumps In
UK—In London the body responsible for the Capitals transport system, Transport for London (TfL), has announced the results for a consultation they launched to investigate ideas from inhabitants on cutting pollution in the city but the findings have engendered criticism from the road haulage lobby toward some of the proposals intended to alleviate the problem.
Logistics Workers Asked to Bike from London to Paris - Again
Transport Charity Calls for Volunteers - What Have You Got to Lose?
UK – FRANCE – International development charity Transaid is calling on transport and logistics industry professionals to once again get on their bikes to raise funds for its life-saving work in Sub-Saharan countries, with the launch of its fifth European cycle challenge. Taking place from 22-25 September, 2017, the industry’s favourite charity is asking for volunteers to revisit the destination of Transaid’s first ever European cycling event back in 2012, asking for up to 50 riders to complete the 240-mile adventure over three days in the saddle, cycling from London to the French capital. Gary Forster, Chief Executive of Transaid, said:
Liverpool Port Expands with New Appointments and Container Freight Handling Equipment
Growing Box Terminal Set to Complete This Year as Bulk Commodity Team Strengthened
UK – The Port of Liverpool of course has a long history and has played a major part in world trade for centuries. Now Peel Ports, the operator, have announced new staff appointments and the arrival of handling equipment that the Peel says will ensure that Liverpool continues to do so. Peel Liverpool has taken delivery of a further six cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes at its new Liverpool2, £300m deep-water container terminal, due for completion in 2016.
Russian Air Freight Specialist Delivers Logistics Support For Plane Maker
AN-124 Carries Oversized Cargo to Washington
US – RUSSIA – JAPAN – In a deal which makes sense to both parties this July saw plane maker Boeing and heavy lift cargo specialists Volga-Dnepr Group, sign a new agreement for the freight carrier’s subsidiaries, AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to provide long-term logistics support for Boeing Commercial Airplanes and its partners using Boeing 747-8F and Antonov 124-100 freighters. In addition, Volga-Dnepr Group confirmed its order for the acquisition of 20, 747-8 Freighters, the tenth of which was delivered this week.
Big Container Freight Terminal Expansion Plans for California Logistics Operator
Box Handler Proposes Scheme to Port Managers
US – Container terminal operator TraPac LLC has announced it is to almost double the size of its facilities at the Port of Oakland, California. The Wilmington based logistics group is to lease a further 57 acres and two vessel berths on the port’s Outer Harbour. If it goes through, the deal makes TraPac the second-largest freight terminal operator in Oakland. The proposed 14-year lease agreement with the Port becomes final if Oakland’s Board of Port Commissioners approves it at a meeting on October 27. The move seems likely to be approved with Port Maritime Director John Driscoll commenting:
Dash Cameras Demonstrate Dangers That Australian (and Other) Freight Truck Drivers Face Every Day
Technology Continues to Spread as Benefits Become Apparent.
AUSTRALIA – WORLDWIDE – A website dedicated to showing dash camera videos shot in Australia has released a video highlighting what it describes as ‘what truck drivers put up with daily’. The compilation, featuring footage over several years, shows how some drivers can be oblivious to something even as huge as a MAN or Kenworth truck. Please bear in mind if you watch the video, these are Aussie truckers, the Queens English it ain’t!
Logisticians Join Academics and Local Government to Tackle Seattle Urban Cargo and e-commerce Issues
Establishment of Freight Lab Hopes to Generate New Solutions for Dealing with City Supply Chain Delivery Problems
US – The rise in e-commerce has prompted the University of Washington (UW) to set up a new research centre in cooperation with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and three industry members, Costco, Nordstrom and UPS, to address issues with urban goods delivery in the supply chain and develop new solutions and ideas to tackle them. The new Urban Freight Lab will investigate high-impact, low-cost logistics solutions for businesses delivering goods in cities and other urban conurbations.
Insurance Group Offers Advice on Health to Crew Whether Aboard Container Ship or Fishing Vessel
Range of Articles Give Information on How to Stay Healthy Aboard
UK – WORLDWIDE – As a mutual assurance association dedicated to maritime risks of every hue, the Shipowners Club has a vested interest in maintaining the health of crews aboard vessels whether they be container ships or fishing boats. Now the P&I Club is issuing a series of advisory notices to those who man the vessels in whose fate they have an interest via their members, with a view to keeping crews healthy in every respect.
Staff Moves This Week Affecting the Shipping and Logistics Sectors
Who is on the Move and to Where as Appointments Announced
LUXEMBOURG – Air freight only carrier CargoLux has announced that Chris Nielen has joined the company as Vice President Sales. Effective since October 3, Nielen joins Cargolux from IAG Cargo where he previously held the position of Regional Commercial Manager, Europe.
Threat to Freight as US Navy Strikes Yemen Missile Sites Astride Critical Shipping Route
Firm Response to Multiple Attacks in Last Two Weeks
YEMEN – Following missile attacks on the USS Mason and the HSV-2 Swift in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait which we reported recently, the US Navy today struck three radar sites controlled in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen's Red Sea coast. At just after 0400 local time today the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at the sites which the US Navy said ‘...were used to attack US ships operating in international waters, threatening freedom of navigation.’ Initial assessments show the sites were destroyed. As our previous article stated there are obvious concerns for tankers and merchant vessels carrying freight in the Strait and beyond.
Cargo Handlers and Logistics Outfit Win Awards Again As All Results Announced
Continued Success for Hong Kong Based Group Includes Green Gong
CHINA – Starting the list of victors in this year’s Payload Asia Awards we have once again seen Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), the largest cargo handler at Hong Kong International Airport, and its added-value logistics subsidiary, Hacis, walk away with honours. Hactl once again won the Customer Choice Award for Ground Handler of the Year, and Hacis repeated its success of 2015, winning the Regional Logistics Provider of the Year in the Industry Choice section. This year, the Group also won in a third category, the Green Award (Customer Choice), recognising Hactl’s continuing strong efforts to reduce its environmental impact.
Logistics Group Wins Recognition for Supply Chain Services to Defence Industry and e-tailers
Gains Supplier Accreditation to the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space Sectors
UK – US – Seko Logistics has earned a place on the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) which which caters to the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries. For Seko Logistics, the accreditation will assist in gaining customers in this lucrative sector. Aerospace, defence, security and space currently generate over £50 billion of revenue a year for the UK economy. Dean Townsend, Director of Seko Logistics, said:
Two US Companies Work Toward More Efficient Freight Truck Powertrains
Gearbox and Turbo Specialist Cooperate on Class 8 Tractor Development
US – Two companies deeply involved with the production of power trains for commercial freight trucks are collaborating to develop a vehicle demonstrator. The companies, VanDyne SuperTurbo and Allison Transmission, plan to mesh together the performance benefits of VanDyne's mechanically driven turbocharger in combination with Allison's TC10® transmission, in a Class 8 tractor unit.
Freight and Road Hauliers Can Report Stolen Fork Lifts
Buyers Can Avoid Purchasing Misappropriated Equipment
UK – Theft of materials handling equipment can be a nightmare scenario for smaller freight operators, hauliers etc. and the recovery rates for such machinery is woefully low. Loss of a valuable fork truck or similar will either result in a direct cost or a dent in the company’s insurance record, not to mention the inevitable delays and problems inherent with such a crime. Now, in order to help the police and to protect the public, the industry’s foremost trade body, the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has created an online database where thefts of trucks can be reported. Users simply visit the FLTA website to report a theft, or to check the database to avoid buying a stolen machine.
Texas Freight Initiative Hopes to Clear Trucks off Congested Port Roads with New Rail Transporter
Port of Houston Looks at Automated Solution Running Silently Above Highway Medians
US – At an event last month attended by the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott, the Port of Houston signed a MoU with the Texas A&M University’s Transport Institute to explore the use of the Institute’s new automated Freight Shuttle System (FSS) as a way to relieve heavily congested roads serving the port. The Freight Shuttle, which has been developed by the institute’s Freight Shuttle International (FSI), is designed to move truck trailers up to 53 ft and all sizes of ocean shipping containers via an emissions-free, electric-powered, freight only, rail transporter which runs on elevated guide ways above the medians of highways, or other rights-of-way, over distances of up to 500 miles.
New Orleans Vies to Be Top Cuban Trade Partner as Trade Embargo Thaws
Old Friendships Maintained During the Barren Years Lead to Written Agreement
US – CUBA – The Port of New Orleans has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cuba in the expectancy of expanding trade and commercial opportunities between Louisiana and the Caribbean nation, as well as calling for joint marketing and information sharing efforts to meet those objectives. Relations between the US and Cuba has recently begun to thaw after the decision by President Barack Obama in December 2014, to overturn the trade embargo and normalise relations with the Caribbean nation. Port of New Orleans Chief Operating Officer Brandy Christian, said:
Freighter Customer Revealed as Order Extends to Nine Cargo Carrying Aircraft
Steady Demand for Conversions Anticipated with Rise of e-commerce
US – The Farnborough International Airshow in July was viewed as a success by the Boeing organisation and amongst the orders placed with the plane builder was an order for four 767 passenger airplanes to be converted into freighters for an anonymous customer. That order has now been expanded to nine aircraft and the purchaser revealed as global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, Atlas Air Worldwide, based in Purchase, New York.
Yet Another Antitrust Case Resolved as Car Carrying Shipping Lines Pay the Penalty
$1.5 Million Penalties but Once Again No Admission of Guilt
US – The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has reached a compromise agreement with Norwegian car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and its Korean corporate affiliate, Eukor Car Carriers, (Eukor), over allegations that the two shipping companies participated in certain space charter agreements with other ocean common carriers, in violation of the Shipping Act. For the alleged antitrust activities the FMC collected a combined $1.5 million in civil penalties and as is to be expected these days in the light of previous judgements, neither WWL nor Eukor admitted to any wrongdoing.
RhodeWorks May be a Great Pun but not Funny to the US Freight Truck Community
American Road Hauliers Opposed to Tolling Plan
US – Rhode Island has been given government approval to introduce a truck-only tolling programme in order to fund, in part, the replacement or reconstruction of the bridges throughout the state. The plans have not gone over well with local industry organisations with both the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Rhode Island Trucking Association (RITA) having been vocally opposed to the proposal since it was first introduced.
Road Haulage Trucks Now Under French Military Inspection in Calais
Latest Death Has Raised Feelings as Children Await Asylum Decisions
FRANCE – UK – The Road Haulage Association (RHA) inform us that the French military are finally being deployed to carry out security checks on trucks bound for the UK from Calais, something for which the Association has been campaigning for nearly eighteen months. Feelings in the region are running high after the latest fatality, an Eritrean man run down by a British driver, allegedly as he placed barriers on the carriageway of the A16 motorway to slow drivers and gain access to the vehicles as they decelerated.
International Freight Forwarders and Air Cargo Carriers Confirm a New Deal
FIATA and IATA Ratify Their Agency Programme
IRELAND – WORLDWIDE – The FIATA Airfreight Institutes 95th meeting in Dublin this week saw FIATA President Huxiang Zhao, in the company of IATA’s Senior Vice President for Industry Distribution and Financial Services, Aleks Popovich, publicly sign the cooperation agreement for the launch of the IATA FIATA Air Cargo Programme (IFACP). The programme, which we covered in some detail in July, brings to fruition the work started in 2012 with IATA, representing air carriers, and international federation of freight forwarders representatives FIATA, joining forces to review, refine and re-engineer the existing Agency Programme.
Multimodal Container Logistics and Transport Group Invests in Box Handling Equipment
Busy Terminal Means More Handling Capacity Needed
UK – Anyone who travels regularly on Britain’s roads, particularly in the vicinity of the major container ports, will be familiar with the blue and white livery of Maritime Transport which shifts an average of over 10 loads a week on each of its 1,500 road haulage vehicles. The multimodal logistics group has grown through acquisition with the purchase of DHL Container Logistics in 2010 followed by the takeover of Roadways Container Logistics four years later making the company, formed after the buy-out of Maritime Haulage in 2001, the largest container transport group in the country.
US LNG Bunker Alliance Formed to Supply Marine Fuel to Shipowners and Operators
Liquefied Gas is Now a Viable Alternative to Marine Oils with 'Complete Supply Chain Solution'
US – GAC Bunker Fuels (GBFL), the GAC Group’s bunker trading and brokerage arm, has entered a strategic partnership with REV LNG and REV LNG Marine to deliver LNG bunkering services to ship owners and operators trading in North America. GBFL says the alliance will offer a complete LNG supply chain solution in North American ports, in response to growing demand for LNG as a marine fuel. LNG provides a viable alternative to low-sulphur marine gas oil for vessels sailing in the current North American ECA (Emissions Control Area), enabling them to reduce emissions well below the mandatory 0.1%. By 2020 or 2025, LNG will also provide a solution when the global sulphur cap of 0.5% comes into force.
Missile Attacks in 'Pirate Alley' Mean Merchant Vessels Face a New Threat
Two Major Incidents off Yemeni Coast - One Involving US Destroyer
SAUDI ARABIA – YEMEN – UAE – Merchant vessels in the region should be aware of the recent attacks, firstly on a vessel in the Bab al-Mandab, sometimes known as ‘Pirate Alley’ the shipping lane that links the Suez Canal and the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It seems the stakes for would be kidnappers have been raised somewhat with last week’s news that the October 1 attack was an act of war, not a venture for illegal gains. The attack seemingly involved the long running war between the powers in the area, particularly disparate Yemeni forces and the Saudi and UAE military.
Cross Channel Companies See Increased Freight Levels On and Below the Water
Truck Shuttles and Northern RoRo Ferry Ports Both Witness Growth
UK – FRANCE – BELGIUM – An upswing in trade for two cross Channel services recently as Eurotunnel reports numbers of freight transits still growing, with Truck Shuttle traffic increasing for the eleventh consecutive month compared to the corresponding period in previous years. Freight traffic saw an 11% increase compared to the month of September 2015, with 136,590 vehicles transported. For the period January-September 2016, there has been a 12% increase in traffic compared with the same period of 2015, and RoRo rival P&O Ferries also had good news.
Historic Step to Control Carbon Emissions from Freight and Passenger Aircraft
International Civil Aviation Organization Prompts Moves Toward Neutral Growth
WORLDWIDE – Government, industry and civil society representatives have taken an historic step to control CO2 emissions from the international aviation sector. Under the leadership of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agreement was reached by the association's 191 member states to implement the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), a global market-base measure (GMBM) scheme developed to achieve the global aspirational goal of carbon-neutral growth from 2020 onwards. ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, said:
Greek RoRo Shipping Group Celebrates New Middle East Service
Car and Truck Shipments Now Extend Across the Region
MIDDLE EAST – Greek shipping firm, Neptune Lines has launched a new RoRo shipping service to ports in the Middle East. With a modern fleet of Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) vessels and broad operational expertise, Neptune Lines operates in over 30 ports in 20 countries in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas and, as of July 2016, also serves the Middle East.
Worldwide Staff News in Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Shipping Sectors This Week
A Busy Seven or so Days for the HR Departments
WORLDWIDE – SINGAPORE – More Maersk staff moves included in this week’s round up of who’s going where in the worlds of freight forwarding, logistics shipping etc. but we start with the news that in Singapore First Ship Lease Trust has announced the resignation of Esben Poulsson as an Independent Director and Member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee, stating that ‘he had been at odds with the Chairman and certain Independent Directors, on a number of issues and on several occasions’.
Heavy Lift RoCon and Tanker Operator Recognised by US Authorities
Qualification Can Equate to More Efficient Freight Transit Times
US – SAUDI ARABIA – Given the restrictions of the Jones Act, a subject which still prompts controversy almost a century after its adoption, foreign shipowners welcome any chance of being accepted as bona fide suppliers of ocean borne transport. DKT Allseas, as agents for the line, advise us that heavy lift RoCon carrier and tanker operator Bahri, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA), announced this week that its vessels are now enrolled in the United States Coast Guard's QUALSHIP 21 programme, which recognizes foreign flagged vessels with a high quality of operations and maintenance. Less than 10% of the ships that call at US ports meet QUALSHIP 21 eligibility requirements.
US Truck Maker Announces Advances in Road Haulage Freight Technology at ATA Event
Improved Safety and Environmental Matters and Continuing Sponsorship for America's Road Team
US – Lots of road haulage news concerning Volvo Trucks this week, mainly due to the interest aroused at the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada which closed this week. Firstly the company is to develop an advanced heavy-duty tractor-trailer concept delivering increased freight-hauling efficiency and corresponding reductions in carbon emissions. This will be funded with $20 million in federal cash from the US Department of Energy (DoE) under its SuperTruck ll programme, matched dollar for dollar by Volvo.
RoRo Ferry Group Orders Two More Cargo Vessels
900 Trailers Accommodated on Popular Route
DENMARK – Danish headquartered shipping and logistics group DFDS, has finalised the new building order of two RoRo cargo vessels from Chinese shipbuilder, Jinling Shipyard, for delivery in the beginning of 2019, with options for four additional ships. The order is part of DFDS’ ongoing fleet renewal to accommodate the growth of its freight customers, increase operational efficiency and reduce the environmental impact.
Snippets of Freight and Logistics News from Around the World Today
Some Smaller Items Telling What Those in the Industry are Up To
SOUTH AFRICA – The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has commenced a multi-million rand port infrastructure rehabilitation project at the small domestic seaport of Port Nolloth on the north-western coast of South Africa. The project is aimed at improving infrastructure for offshore activities and forms part of efforts to develop the country’s marine transport and manufacturing industry in line with the South African government’s Operation Phakisa initiative. The primary Transnet infrastructure at Port Nolloth consists of an L-shaped concrete deck on pile jetty which includes a landing quay with a length of approximately 67 metres and a useable area of 1450 m2.
RoRo Freight Only Ferry Group Increases Capacity on Two Routes
Major Road Infrastructure Upgrade Prompts Changes
UK – IRELAND – Seatruck Ferries, the freight only RoRo ferry operator, has added significantly to its carrying capabilities with the recent amendments to its services. Seatruck, a subsidiary of the Danish based Clipper Group, has added a fourth vessel to its expanding Liverpool – Dublin service whilst introducing a larger vessel on the Heysham – Dublin daily service in anticipation of the opening of the M6 link, on October 31, which will connect junction 34 of the M6 directly to the Port of Heysham, completely bypassing the current bottleneck in Lancaster.
Freight Forwarding and Shippers Representatives Speak Out on SOLAS and VGM Container Regulations
Insurers Add to Debate as Trial Period Comes to an End
UK- WORLDWIDE – Last Saturday saw the end of the three-month settling-in period which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decreed as a sensible amount of time for shippers globally to become conversant with their responsibilities under the revised mandatory SOLAS regulations which decree that all packed containers must have a verified gross mass (VGM) before being loaded aboard a ship, no matter from where the cargo was being exported. Now Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) which represents forwarding agents in the UK, has commented on how things have turned out, saying:
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A Box of Wittgensteins
last sunday evening (23rd march), 7.45-8.00pm, and the next three sundays, on bbc radio 4extra (freeview channel 708) (repeated from december 2008 and january 2010)
a box of wittgensteins (4 episodes) (more…)
Margaret Stonborough
Michael Huey
Music and the Jews
the last three sunday evenings (9th 16th and 23rd march), 6.45-7.30pm, on bbc radio 3
music and the jews:
1. i’ve heard there was a secret chord
2. there’s a place for us (women)
3. it ain’t necessarily so (more…)
Achinoam Nini
David Conway
Edwin Seroussi
Eyal Shiloach
Gideon Lewensohn
Gila Flam
Harvey Goldsmith
Kohava
Michael Grade
Michael Tilson Thomas
Myriam Fuks
Noam Sheriff
Robert Saxton
Shlomo Levin
Susan Wollenberg
Tova Gamliel
Yasmin Levy
Yehoshua Engelman
tomorrow evening (saturday 29th), 7.00-7.30pm, on bbc radio 4 (repeated sunday 5.40pm)
noah with mark coles (in the profile series) (more…)
Mark Coles
Women of the Wall
yesterday evening (thursday 27th), 11.32-11.42pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710)
women of the wall (in the outlook series)
“Israeli activist Anat Hoffman has fought for Jewish women to be permitted to pray aloud at Jerusalem’s Western Wall.
Interviewed by Camilla Schick.”
Anat Hoffman
Camilla Schick
Countdown: Maureen Lipman
last friday to this thursday afternoon (21st to 27th march), 2.40-3.30pm, on channel 4 tv
countdown with maureen lipman
(if you miss it, available at http://www.channel4.com/programmes/countdown/4od)
maureen lipman
Hyman Minsky
tomorrow evening (monday 24th), 8.30-9.00pm, on bbc radio 4 (repeated 9.30pm next sunday)
why minsky matters (in the analysis series)
“American economist Hyman Minsky died in 1996, but his theories offer one of the most compelling explanations of the 2008 financial crisis.
His key idea is simple enough to be a t-shirt slogan: “Stability is destabilising“.
But TUC senior economist Duncan Weldon argues it’s a radical challenge to mainstream economic theory. While the mainstream view has been that markets tend towards equilibrium and the role of banks and finance can largely be ignored, Minsky argued that in the good times the seeds of the next crisis are sown as the financial sector engages in riskier and riskier lending in pursuit of profit.
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, this might seem obvious – so why did Minsky die an outsider? What do his ideas say about the response to the 2008 crisis and current policies like Help to Buy? And has mainstream economics done enough to respond to its own failure to predict the crisis and the challenge posed by Minsky’s ideas?”
(if you missed it, available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03yn83s)
see also http://ineteconomics.org/sites/inet.civicactions.net/files/The%20Vision%…
Duncan Weldon
The last Jews of Kolkata
this evening (sunday 23rd), 7.30-8.00pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710)
the last jews of kolkata (in the outlook series)
“For over two hundred years the Indian city of Kolkata had a thriving Jewish community. The Jews founded schools and printed newspapers, but now their numbers are dwindling.
The BBC’s Rahul Tandon interviewed Flower Silliman, 83.”
(if you miss it, available from 0:24:00 to 0:26:00 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01v98tk)
see also http://www.firstpost.com/living/of-matzoh-and-mothballs-the-disappearing… http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130927/jsp/frontpage/story_17397032.jsp#…. and http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4426932,00.html
Flower Silliman
Rahul Tandon
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GOSSIPONTHIS.COM Celebs Are Kourtney Kardashian and Justin Bieber Keeping Each Other Company?
Are Kourtney Kardashian and Justin Bieber Keeping Each Other Company?
Justin and Kourtney have reportedly been hooking up randomly whenever Justin is in L.A.
Roger Ratchet
Updated April 16th, 2016 at 11:12 am
Leave it to Bieber to get roped into the Kardashian clan.
The pop star, who has recently turned to wearing dreadlocks of late, was spotted hanging around Kourtney Kardashian, mother of three and Kim Kardashian’s older sister.
Given Kourtney’s penchant for bad boy Scott Disick, dating a rebel like Justin Bieber sort of makes sense. But the age difference between the two (he’s 22 and she’s 36) is sure to set tongues wagging.
People reports that the two have been “hooking up on and off for a few months now.”
“They have hooked up a few times, including recently. It happens in L.A,” the source shares. “He has met her kids, but they don’t hook up around the kids. It’s on nights when she has help and is able to go out.”
“Kourtney is great. Justin thinks it’s cool that she is older and hot. She isn’t clingy and has her own life,” the source continues. “There are no bad consequences for Justin to hook up with her. She is very easy going and just makes it fun for him to be around her.”
Given the news that Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun is taking on Kim’s husband Kanye West as a client, it would appear that Bieber is drawing closer to the Kardashian-Jenner crew in more ways than one.
You know, if Justin wants to hook up with a Kardashian-Jenner gal, the last one I’d recommend he get involved with is Kourtney. She’s got three kids, a troublesome ex and she’s not far from 40. Kendall seems more his speed.
Given Hollywood’s track record with older women-younger men pairings, a Justin-Kourtney romance seems doomed from the start.
Let’s review a little history, shall we?
Vivica Fox and 50 Cent? Bitter breakup. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore? Divorced. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon? Divorced.
Good luck out there, Kourtney and Justin.
Published April 16th, 2016 at 5:12 am
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Odell Beckham Jr. Celebrates 27th Birthday By Making It Instagram Official With Model Girlfriend Lauren Wood
Adele Rumored to be Dating British Rapper Skepta & Twitter Has Fun With Unexpected Pairing
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Actions to take by the end of the year under the French anti-bribery act
France's anti-bribery act, also called Loi Sapin 2, requires certain French companies to take a number of actions before the end of the year.
French law n° 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 (France's anti-bribery act, also called the "Loi Sapin 2") and the regulations passed thereunder in 2017 require certain French companies to take a number of actions before the end of the year.
French companies with at least 50 employees must implement whistle-blower procedures by 1 January 2018 (failure to do so will not trigger a fine but non-compliance with the law is a default in many facility and other agreements).
French companies that have or belong to a group with at least 500 employees and 100 million euros of turnover in France must implement eight measures against corruption (and traffic of influence) including an internal alert dispositive overlapping with the above-mentioned whistle-blower procedures (failure to do so will not result in a special liability for acts of corruption performed by associated persons short of complicity like pursuant to article 7 of the UK Bribery Act but the new French anti-corruption authority will soon start verifying that such measures have been adopted and can cause an administrative commission to impose fines of up to EUR 200,000 for company officers and EUR 1,000,000 for companies).
The Loi Sapin 2 also requires lobbying professionals to be registered on an official list but this is not discussed in this alert.
Whistle-blower procedures
Groups that have implemented whistle-blower procedures purporting to apply cross-borders will have to adapt these procedures to the strict requirements applying in France, especially those set out in a decree of 19 April 2017 and a deliberation of 22 June 2017 of the CNIL, France's data protection authority (though it is theoretically possible to ask the CNIL for an authorisation to apply slightly different procedures):
the procedures must be open not only to employees but also to at least "external and occasional associates";
whistle-blowing must be facultative, not compulsory, for employees;
notifications can concern criminal and delictual offences and other "serious and manifest" breaches of the law, but not mere violations of codes of conduct unless they relate to acts of corruption (or traffic of influence) and are reported only by employees;
anonymous whistle-blowers' alerts cannot be processed unless they meet certain conditions;
strict rules apply to storage periods, notification of the whistle-blowers, notification of the persons being targeted, etc.;
if the procedures are administered by a person outside the company (within or outside the group) there must be a service contract with it including certain mandatory clauses;
the procedures must be submitted to the works council.
Anti-bribery measures
Groups that have implemented anti-bribery measures pursuant to article 7 of the UK Bribery Act may need to take additional actions to comply with article 17 of the Loi Sapin 2:
an anti-corruption code of conduct must be not only established but also integrated in the each French company's (or French economic and social unit's) internal regulations so that non-complying employees may be subject to disciplinary sanctions, and therefore it must be submitted to the works council;
whistle-blower procedures with the features discussed above must be implemented;
due diligence procedures must be established for clients, suppliers and intermediaries, hence not only (and not all) "associated persons" within the meaning of article 8 of the UK Bribery Act.
The other prescribed anti-bribery measures are: corruption risk mapping; accounting control procedures; a training program; disciplinary sanctions; an internal valuation and control program.
Gowling WLG's lawyers stand ready to help clients with implementing these measures, including by adapting existing internal group procedures to French-law requirements.
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Posted by Molli Fire on Tuesday, 6March07
I stumbled across a pretty informative article about Jahdan, 77 Klash, Team Shadetek, and some background and geography about the mixtures of Jamaican, NYC, and UK urban music styles.
This article is from nypress.com
BROOKLYN BEATS
The dancehall/hip-hop hybrid of Jahdan and 77Klash
By Jesse Serwer
In the two decades between the disco days of Tony Manero and the hipster colonization of Williamsburg, no music made itself more at home in Brooklyn than reggae/dancehall. Sure, WKTU-style freestyle fueled portions of the borough during the ’80s and early ’90s but, ever since a wave of Jamaican immigrants began settling in Flatbush during the late 1970s, the rumbling low-end of reggae “riddims” and the sound of rapid-fire patois have given Central Brooklyn its colorful vibe.
As the area became home to the thickest concentration of Jamaican people outside of the islands, local sound systems (the mobile DJ crews that form the backbone of dancehall music and culture) quickly sprouted to keep locals abreast of the latest one-drop riddims, sweet lovers rock and badman 45s from “yard.” Buoyed by the international success of locally-based producers like Jah Life and Philip Smart, NY-based “deejays” (rappers, or “toasters”; in dancehall, the record-spinning DJs are known as “selectors”) Mikey Jarrett, Louie Rankin and Red Fox landed record deals in the early 1990s. But, ever since Shaggy bussed out of Flatbush in 1993 with “Oh Carolina,” (and ultimately became dancehall’s first major pop crossover artist), records by Brooklyn-based dancehall artists have been few and far between.
Take a stroll down Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, though, and dancehall is more prevalent than ever; the kiosks on Flatbush Avenue remain devoted to the latest CDs from yard, and dancehall-centric venues like The Elite Ark in East New York and C-PAC in East Flatbush continue to be among the city’s most vibrant clubs. Central Brooklyn’s also home to about a half-dozen pirate radio stations predominantly spinning reggae. So why aren’t there more Brooklyn dancehall artists making noise?
The answer may lie in the borough’s contributions to hip-hop. Caribbean and non-Caribbean BK MCs from the Notorious B.I.G., Foxy Brown and Shyne to Lil’ Kim, Mos Def and Talib Kweli have all routinely colored their rhymes with patois, sampled reggae in their music and collaborated with Jamaica-based dancehall artists. Like Bobby Konders and Salaam Remi before him, local product and self-described “Remix King” DJ Obsession has made an art of reworking dancehall and soca vocal tracks for the hip-hop dancefloor.
“That amalgamation of reggae and hip-hop is Brooklyn music,” says Michael “Gize” Burrowes (aka 77Klash), a Crown Heights-based producer and deejay whose musical resume includes working with both hip-hop and reggae artists. “KRS-ONE and Slick Rick started it and then Brooklyn heisted it and made it it’s own. But that sound that people like Shyne have defines Brooklyn perfectly.”
Of course, all hip-hop can trace its roots directly back to Jamaica. When Kool Herc, the Jamaican-born DJ credited with creating hip-hop, began talking over funky breakbeats at Bronx parks and recreation centers, he was essentially just adapting sound system culture to a new milieu. Today, it’s routine for hip-hop artists from all over the country to collaborate with Jamaican dancehall artists and youth in Jamaica are more in touch with hip-hop and American culture than ever before. Dancehall, many purists now argue, sounds too much like hip-hop.
Still, Brooklyn remains home to its own unique sound clash, as evidenced by the work of 77Klash (spoken as “Two Sevens Clash,” the Rastafarian terminology for apocalypse) and Jahdan. Together, the two have teamed up with Manhattan-based production unit Team Shadetek for the aptly titled single, “Brooklyn Anthem” (Sound-ink). A Flatbush-based singjay (a vocalist combing elements of a singer and a toaster), Jahdan is a member of local reggae band Noble Society and previously collaborated with such Brooklyn hip-hop figures as Dead Prez, DJ Premier, X-Clan and the Boot Camp Clik. He was featured on Smif N Wessun’s classic 1994 track “Soundbwoy Bureil,” perhaps the ultimate example of the Brooklyn hip-hop/reggae hybrid. 77Klash, or Gize as he’s known when working behind the boards, is best known for producing the Scallawah riddim, the instrumental track which spawned Turbulence’s 2005 hit, “Notorious.” Both Jahdan and Gize had worked with East New York rapper Afu Ra and played in roots reggae bands with strangely similar names before linking up.
“Brooklyn Anthem” updates the notion of “Brooklyn music” by synthesizing not only dancehall and hip-hop but also UK grime, London’s interpretation of the Jamaica/hip-hop interface. Team Shadetek’s beats are heavily influenced by UK grime, and the 808 drum machine claps on “Brooklyn Anthem” evoke Lethal B’s “Pow,” which might be the only grime track to have touched mainstream American radio.
Whatever the producers’ aims, the vocalists are clearly trying to reach their BK brethren at home. Jahdan’s chorus co-opts aspects of Courtney Melody’s rebel anthem “Dangerous” while 77Klash reminds us, among other things, that “Brooklyn girls are the sexiest.”
“Cats need something to feel proud that they’re from Brooklyn,” Gize/Klash explains. “Brooklyn really needs a vibe, ‘cause there ain’t nothing popping [dancehall-wise] here right now.”
They’re clearly onto something. It’s unclear if he was aware of the Shadetek song but Jamaican dancehall star and frequent Brooklyn visitor, Vybz Kartel, recently recorded a “Brooklyn Anthem” of his own. While it’s not yet pressed up as a single, that track is already making waves at area clubs.
Sensing their chemistry, Jahdan and 77Klash plan to continue collaborating with one another. “I ain’t going to let this commercial American scene go without knowing that dancehall, reggae music runs the fuckin’ place,” Jahdan explains. “We have to bring the light to it now and make people know that [reggae and hip-hop] are one and the same. It is just business and the monopolies that tried to separate it. The whole thing is divide and conquer, seen?”
http://www.jahdan.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mattshadetek
http://www.myspace.com/courtneymelody
TeamShadetek on Last.fm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc
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CCTV Footage Shows Pensioner Assaulted By Victoria Police
By HelloCare - Journalist Team. Apr 3, 2018
Horrific new video has shown six policemen using excessive force on the disability pensioner at his Preston home.
The police went to John’s house after his psychologist called 000 about the man’s deteriorating health.
There was, reportedly, no concern that he was violent and dangerous – the visit is what is called a “welfare check”.
This is similar to what would occur if you were to call the police to check in on an elderly neighbour or a missing family member should they fail to respond to attempts of communication.
John has a single minor assault conviction which dates back ten years. “I thought I was going to die,” John told 7.30.
In the footage, which was obtained by Fairfax, police are seen dragging John from his front door after he yelled, swore and pleaded with them to leave him alone.
John is recovering from back surgery, and was weaning himself off the pain medication. He was reportedly struggling with withdrawal, explaining to the police, “I’m alright, I’ve just gotta get through this”.
Six policemen are seen in the video – filmed on John’s own security cameras that he installed after a past robbery.
CCTV captured #police dragging a disability pensioner from his home, pinning him down and using capsicum spray on him. More tonight #abc730 pic.twitter.com/0oTWhEXxgZ
— abc730 (@abc730) April 2, 2018
Five of the policemen are seen wrestling him to the ground, with one hitting him in the back of the leg repeatedly with a baton.
Afterwards, they proceed to pepper spray him and one of the policemen is heard saying “you like that? You like that? Smells good, doesn’t it?”
“Put your hands behind your f***ing back. Get your f***ing hands behind your f***ing back,” the police are seen yelling at John.
“My back,” John screams as police hold him down.
Later, one of the policemen grabs John’s garden hose and begins the spray water on him. He uses the high pressure setting and points it directly at his face.
In the background, another policeman grabs his phone and begins to film the whole thing.
Eventually, John stops fighting them and just sits there as he is sprayed.
Speaking with the press this morning, Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius, who is acting head of Professional Standards Command, said that “Victoria Police has no tolerance for poor behaviour within its ranks,”
“We want people to have absolute confidence that when they make a complaint against police, it will be investigated thoroughly and with integrity.
“I acknowledge that there has been a diminution in confidence in our community in police complaint and accountability processes. It is clear to me that both Victoria Police and [Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission] need to do more to recover that confidence.”
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By Jakob Neeland Apr 3, 2018
Dementia patient and her carer sing Sinatra classic and hit number 7 on the charts
When 31-year-old carer Jamie Lee Morley first heard aged care resident Margaret Mackie sing, he automatically assumed that the beautiful voice he heard was coming from a nearby radio. While it is certainly not uncommon for aged care staff and residents to develop strong bonds, nobody at the Northcare Suites Care Home in Glasgow, Scotland, could have imagined what would happen next. The pair were recently thrust into the public spotlight as heartwarming footage of the young carer and the...
Nursing Home Residents Craft Snacks And Shelter For Bushfire Affected Wildlife
The residents of Lifeview’s Willow Wood facility in Victoria’s South Eastern suburbs have always marched to the beat of their own drum. In late 2019, a group of residents aged between 75 and 99 made headlines as they posed for a nude calendar. Later in the year, they managed to take the internet by storm yet again with a hilarious Christmas video that featured three scantily clad residents showing off their wild side while making a cake. Like all...
Violent Attacks On Seniors By Australian Teenagers A Growing Concern
A recent spate of crimes committed against seniors by young Australians has been raising some concern this week, as more incidents begin to surface. Earlier this week, two teenagers aged 18 and 19-years-of-age were charged with serious assault for crash tackling an unsuspecting 72-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack on a Sunshine Coast beach. Police believe that the pair were part of a large group of young men on the beach in Alexandra Headland who observed the 72-year-old woman going...
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Elderly Couple Die Together Holding Hands In Nursing Home
An elderly couple in the US had their nursing home beds pushed together in the final moments of their lives allowing them to hold hands as they both passed away within hours of each other on the same day. Jack and Harriet Morrison were married for over 60 years and shared a relationship that could only be described as a fairytale. The couple first met in 1955 as a young Harriet accompanied her father on a bus trip with his...
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by Emily Manning
25 August 2015, 12:33am
does lindsay lohan wear pink on wednesdays?
She's writing an educational book on fashion and style, so maybe we'll find out soon.
If you are a human who has existed since 2004, you will recall that Lindsay Lohan received some of the most quoted fashion commandments in history, courtesy of three plastic teen queens lording over an equally plastic lunch table. Their rules were swift and severe: you can't wear a tank top two days in a row, you can only wear your hair in a ponytail once a week, you can only wear jeans or track pants on Fridays, and something about pink. Just over a decade later, Lohan is paying it forward and plans to release an educational book about fashion, style and travel.
According to Page Six, a newly London-based Lohan -- who is also the Coming of Age Issue's i-Con -- turned down numerous bids for a tell-all book. A source told the paper that the actress is "working on something related to style and fashion and her travels, an educational book." Although Lindsay's meditations will likely be far less harsh than transgressions of the Plastic dress code (we all know what happens to unauthorized wearers of white gold hoops), we're still curious about what she's learned from her experience in the fashion industry.
Back in 09, Lindsay served a season-long stint as the creative director of Ungaro while she was designing her own line of leggings, 6126. Earlier this year, she celebrated our 35th Birthday Issue at the Moschino Mansion with longtime friend Jeremy Scott.
Many questions remain, but here is my first: Lindsay, do you need an editor? Asking for a friend…
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Photography Stephanie Sian Smith
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/ Mohamed Azam
Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil joined International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia on 1 April 2013 as Deputy CEO cum Principal Fellow. His areas of interest are: Constitutional law, Shari’a and Civil law conflict, Human Rights, Islamic Criminal law and Islamic Law of Transactions (mu’amalah).
He holds a degree in Shari’ah from the University of Malaya. He obtains both his Master of Laws (LLM) and PhD degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
He was appointed as Independent Director of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad from 5 November 2014 till 4 November 2016. He was the Chairman of the CIMB Group Shari’ah Committee from 1 November 2014 till 31 October 2017and also a Director of IAIS Malaysia since 2015.
He is a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia since 1990 and later promoted to Associate Professor in 2008. He held several administration posts at UiTM. He was the Head of Islamic Studies Unit, Centre for Preparatory Studies (PPP) from 1997-2001, the Coordinator for Minor and Elective Programmes at Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS) from 2006-2011 and later became the Head of Programme for Minor, Elective and Postgraduate Studies from 2011-2012.
He was appointed as panel for the Industrial Court of Malaysia, 2007-2009. He was awarded the Fulbright Visiting Award by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Washington, DC, USA in 2007. He was a Fellow at Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Institute of Zakat Studies, UiTM and Research Ethics Committee, UiTM. He was on the Selangor Religious Council (MAIS) Legal Committee and sits on several Advisory/Editorial/Reviewer Boards like Shari’ah Journal, University of Malaya, Global Journal of al-Thaqafah, Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah, Journal of Contemporary Islamic Studies, WIEF-UiTM Occasional Papers (2012-2015), ESTEEM Journal, UiTM, Penang UMRAN International Journal of Islamic and Civilisational Studies, UTM and others. He is currently the President, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya's Alumni (ALIM).
Among his latest publications are Domestic Violence as a Ground for Dissolution of Marriage, (Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil & Nor Ilham Ramli), IAIS Malaysia Policy Issue Papers, No. 7, January 2019; Pandangan Syariah Bagi Hukuman Mati, Muka Sepuluh, Berita Harian, 5 Januari 2019; Islamic Law in Malaysia – Issues, Developments and Challenges (Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil & Mohammad Hashim Kamali), IAIS Malaysia & CLJ Publication, 2018; The Role of Islamic Think tanks in Human Capital Development: IAIS Malaysia’s Experience (Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil, Ahmad Badri Abdullah & Wan Naim Wan Mansor), The 10th Year & the Road Ahead – IAIS Malaysia Special Anniversary Issue, November 2018; Democratic Transitions in the Muslim World (Ali Salman, Mohammad Hashim Kamali & Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil), Pelanduk Publications, IAIS Malaysia & Islam & Liberty Network, 2018; Preserve Essential Foundations, NST, 5 September 2018; Preserve Essential Foundations, NST, 5 September 2018; The Right to Life and Death in Syariah, NST, 2 November 2018; Is Malaysia a Secular State?, NST, 28 December 2018; Is Unilateral Conversation the Best Solution?, ICR, Vol. 9. No. 3, July 2018; Pelaksanaan Undang-undang Islam di Malaysia: Khayalan Atau Realiti?, ILHAM Books & IAIS Malaysia, 2018; Political Lessons from Prophet Muhammad, NST, 27 April 2018; Fatwa and Ijtihad in Malaysia – Juristic and Historical Perspectives (Mohammad Hashim Kamali & Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil), IAIS Malaysia Policy Issue Papers, No. 4, June 2018; Malek Bennabi in Alexander Wain and Mohammad Hashim Kamali, The Architects of Islamic Civilisation, Pelanduk & IAIS Malaysia, 2018; Is Unilateral Conversion the Best Solution? IAIS Bulletin, No. 44, May-June 2018; Look to Ta’zir for Guidance in Drug Sentencing (Jointly with Dr Ahmad Badri), NST, 5 January 2018; Prioritise Child’s Welfare, NST, 16 February 2018.
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The stoopidest troofer: Tere Joyce on Hampstead
It’s been a busy week, so it took our transcription team a while to get round to giving American alleged stand-up comedian Tere Joyce’s take on the Hampstead SRA hoax a listen. (They are currently lying down in a dark room with cold compresses against their temples, but recovering well, thanks.)
We learned of Tere’s video on Friday, the day she attempted to spring to her friend Angela Power-Disney’s defence.
We’ll let you judge how well that worked.
It all started innocuously, if predictably, enough:
Am I wasting my time talking about the people that are in the hive mind? Well…maybe not. And the reason why I don’t think it’s a waste of time is because….people are getting under attack.
People are getting targeted. People are having, I dunno, policemen show up at their house, and confinscate [yes, that’s what she said] their computers, and their cellphone, and they’re saying you need to come down and make a statement because we’re trying to figure out if we can have a lawsuit against you.
What you’re putting out on social media, what you’re saying on shows like this right now, This woman has been on our show, my show, right here on American Freedom Radio, she’s getting her computer confinscated, she’s getting her cellphone taken away from her to be investigated if there’s something there, so they can get a lawsuit on her for slander.
And do you want to know, do you wanna know who it is? And also what it’s about? Oh, I’ll tell you who it is. It’s Angela Power-Disney.
Um…we got stuck back at “we’re trying to figure out if we can have a lawsuit against you”. For “slander”.
Now there are some rumours that she was arrested, and I shared that with a few people mostly privately, I didn’t make any announcement online or any of that because I did want to find to whether it’s true or not and she was not arrested.
Wow, how very responsible of Tere! Sadly, though, it goes downhill from here.
There was this other [bp?] that came out, let me read that to you, just so you know, because see again, our media, or social media, or people connected to it…it’s like a rumour. It isn’t that she had her stuff confinscated blah blah blah, now she’s been arrested, which she never was. She’s not been arrested. But…here’s what did come out. This is from Rev Dr Anthony G Pike, and this was to the Hampstead Group.
And it says,
‘Extraordinary men international, St Anthony battling atheists, anarchists, democrats, capitalists and psychos. Some urgent news just in is that our X-Girl, Angela Disney, 61, has been arrested by four IRA knee-capping thugs who nicked her cellphone and computer on the 17th of August at her home in Oldcastle, “C-O Meath”.
‘So finally, the Hoaxtead devil-worshipping baby eaters have been able to arrest their quarry, after she outed one of their top leaders by giving his real name, who then began baying for her blood with ominous death threats. IRA thugs also burnt to the ground our GG-grandads’s stately home in “C-O Cork” in 1921, and are now known as the police, aka Gard, and also of course the military in the Irish version of MI5 and MI6. So folks, looks like Angie’s heading the way of [redacted] and others who’ve blown the whistle on the whole Hampstead SRCA coverup, i.e. to jail. Yours in the battle for planet earth, Dr Anthony G Pike’.
Back to you, Tere:
Well you know what, Doctor Reverend, you were inaccurate, all right, I don’t know why you did this, I don’t know why you painted it this way, and because you painted what you just said this way, you’re kind of discrediting…I mean, how am I supposed to believe everything else that you put here in print? Okay?
Pro tip for Tere: you’re not supposed to believe everything that jackass puts in print. You’re not supposed to believe anything he puts in print. So far, his track record for accuracy is in the negative digits. (That’s “below zero” to you.)
See, this kind of stuff lacks integrity as far as I’m concerned.
Ahahahahahaha!
Oh. She’s serious. All right, carry on…
And it really is something that needs to be stopped, and we need and that’s why I’m saying it, because you’re spreading things that aren’t there, and you gotta question yourself, why are you saying that? Like why aren’t you working within the facts?
So I said it, even I said it, there’s a group on Facebook that’s private, you know, it’s a private chat, on IM Message [You mean ‘Facebook Messenger’?], that I am involved in, that people know Angela, and they are kind of in the loop of super soldiers and things like this, and I shared this in the group, I said Angela was arrested, and now, when I text Angela, I get the information that that’s not accurate, she was not arrested, okay, but what did happen, and I’m sure it’s okay if I read you her words, she said,
“No, I was just put under caution for volunteering a statement. File going to be sent to director of Public Prosecutions to see if it should go to trial. They wanted to see my evidence and sources, they didn’t arrest me or gag me, so that has got to be a good sign. I have a statement with no attorney, I’m taking a big risk by the two cops seem to believe me. So the cops were laughing as they dropped me home, assuring me that I had not been arrested”.
So she went in and she made a cautionary voluntary statement.
Anybody out there familiar with the law? Anybody know what a “cautionary voluntary statement” is? No? Good, at least we’re not alone.
And so that’s what she did. She was never arrested, the cops were laughing when they dropped her off, they, I guess maybe they’re not even seeing this as seriously, but here’s what happened: RD, RD, who is the father of the two children who were on camera, saying what they said and that’s how Hampstead happened, he is the one who actually had this done to Angela. So he’s gone after her, for slander, on the Hampstead case.
No. Not slander. Harassment.
Okay. Now. [long pause]
There happens to be a group called Hoaxtead, which is a group of activists or advocates that go after people who are accusing Hampstead of Satanic ritual abuse.
Okay, I’m just telling you just so you know, if you’re new to this topic, this is why I’m giving you the background in a remedial form just to like educate, because [inaud] people listen to my show and they will not know the background to the extent that there is [inaud] out in many different alt media circles, as well as a little bit of the mainstream, but any of the mainstream journalists that decided to broach this topic have been, they were kicked off their shows, they were fired, and had their social media accounts taken down.
Beg pardon? When exactly did this happen? And to whom?
For example Ben Swann, who has now started his own media via the internet and who as a solution to what the mainstream media is doing about information and real journalism.
To our knowledge, Ben Swann the former CBS evening news anchor in Atlanta, GA, was sacked because he had attempted to revive a “controversial” (aka bull-goose loony) news segment without the station’s knowledge. For real journalists, this is actually considered a bit of a no-no. Okay, a lot of a no-no.
And no, Swann never reported on Hampstead. He did talk a lot about Pizzagate as if it were a real thing, but not Hampstead. Maybe he never had time to get to it, who knows?
But do go on.
So RD, just so you know, was the father of these two children, and if you go to YouTube, just type in Hampstead, and you will see these two children talking about Satanic ritual abuse, abuse by basically the entire town. [Wrong]
From daycare centres [Wrong] other neighbourhood families [Wrong] the police, you know, everybody seems to be in on it in this one particular location as abusing and performing Satanic ritual abuse on children, including child sacrifice, baby sacrifice, drinking of blood, and all these kinds of conversations and dialogue came out of a couple of little kids.
And then there were people that went after, pursued what was going on, and those people have really…I have seen people, the people who talk about Hampstead, have had the most extreme backlash than any other group that has talked about child paedophilia association to the elite or to anybody in general, okay?
Now, RD is an actor, if you google his name, you will see him, there’s pictures of him with the Hollywood sign, he’s done a movie, I think he did a movie called “The Bullet”, um, I think its kind of silly you know because there’s a picture of him holding a bullet between his fingers looking all serious and I dunno, it just seems kind of hokey to me, but that’s me, all right, wouldn’t be a movie that I’d…I wouldn’t be watching that on Netflix, of course I’m a chick, so…maybe it’s because I’m a girl, I’m just not into bullets.
Why are we talking about bullets? Does she actually know what the Hampstead SRA hoax was about? What time is it? Can we go home yet?
But, so, RD is the father [Yes, so you’ve said], actually, our television networks have interviewed RD in defence of him, as a victim, against these Satanic child abuse allegations [Wrong][Unless by “our” she means “UK television networks”][Possible but not likely]
And yet, I don’t know, it doesn’t seem like, not one of the people who seemed to interview him, if I can remember right, and I should probably go back and watch them, I would think that one journalist would say, “Well if those are your children, why were they saying those things, and why were you allowing somebody to actually film your kids saying those and be on the internet in the first place? But where were you when your kids were being interviewed, and do you have anything to say about what they said, like why were they saying that?”
We can think of one really important reason why a journalist would not ask that. Can you guess, Tere?
It’s because it would demonstrate conclusively that they had never done even the slightest research into the case, and that they had no fucking clue what they were talking about. We don’t know if you are aware of this, but real journalists are meant to actually know a little bit about what they’re reporting on. Go look it up. It really is a thing.
I mean, why would a six-year-old go into a great amount, I mean the little boy looked like he was about six or five or something like that, or maybe even younger, I mean the girl…they looked,…I mean the girl and the boy were two years apart and they barely looked any older than six or seven years old, even the little girl, so they were little kids!
Does Tere actually know when the events she’s talking about were meant to have happened?
And those children are describing things like human genitalia, female genitalia, male genitalia, talking about tattoos, the things they did, what they did, and their father was there….
Now we never hear from the mother, the mother’s never come forward, they talk about the mother, they talk about how the mother isn’t involved in the occult like they are, and yet we don’t hear anything.
Uh, but the media is so willing to defend somebody like this, I mean, does anybody else see a pattern here? I mean, I don’t see the mainstream media going “Wow, is this guy really a paedophile?”
Wow, based on the astounding evidence Tere’s given us so far, we have no idea why this hasn’t already happened. (Tere: the foregoing is called “sarcasm”. Apparently you’re a little unclear on that topic, so we suggest you just skip past it.)
And what is this about the Satanic ritual abuse, because I know that it sounds like it’s an outlandish topic for people to talk about like as if, it’s so horrific that you can’t imagine, you can’t imagine somebody doing something like that, it just seems insane. Right? Like what do you mean, cannibalism? That’s just ridiculous, I mean, for a really long time, I thought of people who were Satanists as, “Oh, they’re just being silly, there is no Satan. Oh, take your devil horns off, and take your frigging robe off, you look ridiculous. am I supposed to take you seriously?”
Even Col Michael Aquino with his eyebrows, you know, on Oprah, I’m like come on, really? Why is he in the military? What’s wrong with these people? That was my initial reaction to it when it first…when anything Satanic even came up, I was just like “really, okay, whatever”. … Whatever… [long pause with slurping sounds] I don’t know why I’ve ben thirsty the last few days when I’ve been doing a show. … Maybe because it’s the hot weather (sigh)…
So this guy, now, the kids are grown up more, and they did an eBay commercial. I don’t know if he works for eBay, whatever, he’s older, he’s gained a little more weight, and he has his kids, who now look like they are adolescent or pre-pubescent, or maybe they are adolescent now, they’re teenagers, are now on the commercial with him, and everything’s all hunky dorey. Like, what was that all about? How come nobody answers, why did we even go through this?
Let’s discuss basic arithmetic for a moment.
Tere says that the children in the original videos were six years old, max. Now she says they are adolescents…so, 13 years old, give or take. And yet the original videos were made in 2014. This means that somehow, in the space of four years, the children became seven years older. Perhaps she thinks we age more quickly here? Perhaps she really is as brainless as she sounds? The mind boggles.
Okay, lets’ say this isn’t true. let’s say this isn’t true, let’s say none of it’s true. Then why were your kids saying it? and why didn’t the media pick you up and make an example out of it? and why is Angela Power-Disney getting her stuff confinscated, and looked through and now she has to make a statement and you want to sue her, if it’s not true?
Er…what?
Now, here’s another thing that we need to consider in this dialogue. Because it’s really important, I think it’s really important to peel the onion and look at this from every single angle. Don’t just go oh it is what is it what is happening, what’s not happening. Right?
We swear to God that is an accurate transcription. We don’t know what it means, but it’s accurate.
So a lot of people, let’s say Sarah Ruth Ashcroft, one of the things that she says is, “Well if Tom Hanks isn’t guilty then why hasn’t he sued me yet?” Isaac Kappy will say the same thing, that’s their excuse of them being guilty. “Well they’re not suing me so they must be guilty”. They would be guilty if I was lying because they don’t want to go to trial because they might be found guilty, that;’s why they don’t want to act like it’s happening.
That’s been a biiiiiiiig excuse, coming from Isaac Kappy and Sarah Ruth Ashcroft, who also work underneath the QAnon banner. Like I said, I sympathize with anyone who’s making allegations of paedophilia. And they’re very very brave to come out. But there’s a lot of brave people who show their face. And they do interviews. Even when they lie, they show their face and they do interviews.
And until Sarah Ruth Ashcroft can actually come on camera and make a public testimony I don’t think that she’s always going to not lack total credibility.
Is this some kind of test? “I don’t think that she’s always going to not lack total credibility”. What does that mean? Why are we doing this? May we stop now?
And the fact that she’s using a QAnon hashtag and again, I’m not saying that Q doesn’t exist, or that it’s all a psy op, or whatever, that’s a whole ‘nother conversation. But the fact that other people do, and the opposition does, means that not showing your face and using a QAnon hashtag automatically discredits you for any mainstream credibility.
Oh my God. She said something which made a small yet discernible amount of sense. “People who work under the QAnon banner lack mainstream credibility”. This, folks, is an actual true statement, from the mouth of Tere Joyce, who so far as we are able to tell, is not well-acquainted with such things.
We’re going to spare you the part where she asks whether Hampstead is in England, or the other bit where she calls Angela Power-Disney “Angela Lansbury”. Or all the other bits which made us grit our teeth, roll our eyes, and pray for death.
But in all seriousness, if this is the current state of “alt journalism”, we fear for the future of humanity. Over and out.
26/08/2018 in Fair comment. Tags: Angela Power-Disney, QAnon, troofer, video, YouTube
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Oh dear. Mindless gossip hashed out as fast as it’s read off a blog.
On another note, what happened to Angela’s car ? She’s previously blogged that she needed funds to get it on the road. Another blog she discusses getting a lift to hospital.
Can we have a post dedicated to wild speculation on why she mentions two cars being taken then shuts up (a rarity) about the topic completely.
I would hazard a guess it was either untaxed, uninsured, a rusty eyesore or all three at once.
Oh the poor impoverished aristocrat (unchecked but she sports a Diana style ring and rode horses as a girl) reduced to having her grotty rustbucket towed off to be crushed.
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Mind you if she was to buy 12 months mot, insurance and road tax this minute, she probably wouldn’t need it, know what I mean.
Haw haw haw
The poor princess 👸 will either have to ebeg taxi fare or take the bus.
Was Tere Joyce the entertainment in the interval section of this show? I am getting fat jelly babies don’t you know.
* fat on jelly babies
Proper ones ? With just a faint dusting of fine icing sugar ?
A Talmudic Law expert writes says:
Is there a special sub-class of stupidity that we can place Tere & her wigs in?. I mean any real radio journalist (oi you in the back row..control your laughter, I won’t warn you again!) would be circumspect in broadcasting claims made by a person who is under investigation that basically proves that what they are accused of is true ie: an illegal campaign of harassment that could destroy a victim’s life.
Do they have Legal Aid in Ireland?. I really think for Ange’s sake I should send my legal pal Seamus O’Holligan from the prestige law firm Dumas & McPhail to offer her some friendly advice.
The Ghost of John Birch says:
” the other bit where she calls Angela Power-Disney “Angela Lansbury”
A Tip for the Troofer Community & Freedom Radio Broadcaster Extraordinaire Tere Joyce. True fact: The recently sacked mega-millionaire Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is the nephew of British actress Angela Lansbury.
Please alert QAnon and toss this fact into the mix. With 7 Degrees of Separation, you can easily weave this into a vast Pedo Conspiracy with Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Aquino (plus I know for a fact that in Mr. Turnbull’s ritzy harbourside home suburb there are NO PIZZA RESTAURANTS !. Why?)
old castle, see oh mead,
That’ll be County Mead
The Plot Thickens Considerably says:
Has Tere Joyce inadvertently or by design introduced a new element to the vast worldwide conspiracy run by the long-lost Rothschild family member Sir Edward Heath who faked his own death and who now lives in Bohemian Grove with Elvis Presley (Remember: Elvis is reputed to have died from eating too many Comet Ping Pong Pizzas!)
Is Angela Power-Disney, in fact, an invented character played by the actress Angela Lansbury? Has anyone ever seen them together in the same room?. Is EC too hasty in attempting to pour scorn on Freedom Radio warrior Tere Joyce’s ramblings?. Look at the similarities between the two Angelas: both are glamourpusses!. Am I sane?
You’ve reminded me of that old joke about the two Irish gay men – Patrick Fitzgerald & Gerald Fitzpatrick.
That was a real treat to read EC, I laughed all the way through.
I think they call people like Tere ditzy although her vagueness and general air-headedness could be the result of something else…not necessarily a bang on her head.
just type in Hampstead, and you will see these two children talking about Satanic ritual abuse, abuse by basically the entire town.
Ah. Hampstead is a town. All these years I thought it was a suburb of London. That’s why we need this better-informed American perspective.
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So what was the local time in Canada when you posted this, EC?
Stalking and harassment latest:
The general philosophy of this human dumpster fire seems to be
(1) If you defame some random stranger on the Interrubes, and they don’t sue you, that is an admission that you are right.
(2) If you defame some random stranger on the Interrubes, and they do sue you, that is also an admission that you are right.
That’s a caption contest waiting to happen!
Anyone loooking for a reasonably priced house in the Ilford area? Needs some attention.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67000765.html
Didn’t Neelu say £160,000?
Hmmmmmm Bertie Bassett. I’m big on jelly babies and liquorice allsorts.
How’s becki percey doing ? She still think Donnie trump’s gonna save her ? Sooner she’s home the better, so she can quit her nonsense grifting, ebegging and crappy candle business and get stacking the shelves in Tesco’s.
A bong in her lungs maybe ? She’s dumb as hell and does zero research, knows nothing to begin with and just reads out the latest crap she got alerts for. It’s sloppy, unprofessional and utterly lacking in charisma.
Good luck with that (sigh):
Wilfred Hyde Park, you are the lucky winner of a ‘no frills’ date with Neelu & Neddy Ellis! Congratulations! 🎉🎊🎉
Legal aid ? I should hope so. In angelas case it doesn’t matter. If she had johnny rumpole of the bailey Cochrane on the job he’d tell her to plead guilty and get a bargain, but the idiot will refuse and take the maximum. A million quid on lawyers couldn’t save her. The daft bint spoke to three hours with no lawyer and the digits evidence they’re working through is as string as it gets, not that they need much with her face and voice in video after video making her slanderous (allegedly) claims. The case would look pretty watertight just from identifying two kids protected by court anonymity, that she called for hackers to attack the family business is clearly harassment. That a ds and a sergeant attended shows they’re serious. I can only assume that her emails and messages link her to other hoaxers and the exchanges may amount to further charges, co defendants. It’s all fun and games till pc plod knocks on you door.
Turnbull ? Well we know a bull has horns, like the devil. So if this shapeshifting demonic space lizard turns into a bull it’s obviously because he’s a servant of satan. Case closed. Burn him at the stake.
Anyone here speak Ogilvy? Any idea what the creepy twat’s banging on about here?
No idea but for those who missed it late last night, his latest victim is Emma Thompson’s daughter, whom he’s attacking and calling a liar for claiming she was sexually assaulted on a train last year. Here’s a summary of the evidence he presented to support that serious allegation:
LOL, I have been thinking of heading over to the UK, how mean of it would it be for me to buy it???
London is a city. But the city of London isn’t actually a city, or London. Same for the city of Westminster. It’d confuse the hell out of folks who number their streets how the geography of London works. Its got cities within it, boroughs, towns, hamlets, villages, all sorts.
There’s no excuse these days with google earth so easy to access.
Shall we also explain that you brush your hampsteads and put on a dicky dirt and Peckham Rye? This teres a right Hampton and needs a kick up the Aristotle.
All in all, though, he appears to be having a great weekend…
Just don’t mention his own dabblings in witchcraft and astrology. Apparently it’s a really sore point with him and he doesn’t like to shout about it in front of his Christian fundamentalist mates. So shhh
Hey EC, soon as you finish the latest chapter of your Canadian mystery novel polish up my spelling would you? I hate leaving errors all over.
I’ve no idea who he’s banging on about but to have stumbled on that he must have been trawling porn sites again, something he’s previously denied 🙂
I should have said “borough” rather than “suburb”.
This teres a right Hampton
Not a Berkshire? I never expected you to be so polite.
Actually, knowing Malcolm he probably posted that himself, lowlife scum that he is.
Mr. P. Dantik says:
Actually Hampstead isn’t a borough. It’s in the borough of Camden.
Just be aware that she’ll be knocking on your door every day, demanding a remedy for the home you stole on behalf of the baby traffickers 🤣
I like how it says
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On the clearly visible profile.
Ogilvy obviously has an x hamster account himself then. Mucky swine.
Hampton Wick, Dick.
Saved for posterity:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1M6Sn-x3v9y9UekLcQ0xaZzFjNvk7MKCx
LOL, Turnbull is just one step removed from the devil imho, and the one that started the entire debacle (Dutton) is the devil incarnate, he and trump would get along famously, their world views mesh quite nicely, but Dutton has intelligence, which makes him far more dangerous….
Looks like Irish law is a little tougher than the English.
12 months for minor harassment and up to seven years for a serious case
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/seven-year-prison-sentence-for-internet-harassment-in-d%C3%A1il-labour-bill-1.3375834?mode=amp
Seven years, that has a nice poetic ring about it. I once broke a mirror, seven years bad luck. Thankfully my lawyer reduced it to three and a half on appeal.
Well, I hope you spent those seven years reflecting on what you’d done.
I’ve sent Tere a link to this post. It might help with her ongoing education.
Shattered by it, still in pieces. I maintain my innocence as it was obvious the mirror was also framed.
Years ago I smashed the rear view mirror in my car and I’ve never looked back.
More great advice from one of Neelu’s psycho “friends”. Sigh
I see Facebook have removed their ‘theft and vandalism’ reporting category. Good to know they’re taking the whole ‘cleaning up their act’ thing seriously. Sigh
Christ, how many psychos does this woman have on her friend list? 😮
Oh really smart mr Williams, add arson and destruction of property to the list of charges she would face….
(hint it ISNT hers anymore, it belongs to the bank who financed her when she stopped making payments and the courts awarded the house to them to sell to recover the money owed…)
So setting fire to it and pouring concrete down the drains is destruction of somebody elses property, not to mention she would STILL owe the money and as a smoldering ruin wont sell for much, she would actually end up owing even more!!!!
Typical of these clowns, turn a parking ticket into a jail term every time….
LOL um…(counts on paws)….(looks up time zones)….(tries to pick one, decides on Newfoundland)…10:30! Give or take.
Poor man had to also listen to another of Mr Ellis’s loony lectures.
By Jove, I think you’ve got it!
My undying admiration & a hearty handshake. 🙂
Cannot disagree with you there.
Sorry, no idea.
This is well worth a listen!
LOL no problem.
Wouldn’t surprise me.
Mr. Trump thinks his name is Malcolm Trumble.
A Bailiff muses says:
How rude of them to throw Mr. Edward Ellis (Equity Lawyer) out into the rubbish. I’m pleased Neelu was able to recover him. Does that mean there are still another 99 residents inside the house?
A National Trust clerk writes says:
We are ensuring you will not be forgotten Neelu.
You ask Whiskers to complete one task…
I’d prefer not to link his latest videos but can I nominate Matt Taylor for the following award?
Creature from The Black Lagoon says says:
ARGHHHHH ! I saw it too!. Sweet Jesus- what is it?
Damn, that’s good! Kudos, SC
Becky Percy is feeling depressed because her candles not making enough income to pay the bills. She however had a nice holiday in San Diego and is back refreshed for more false allegation making. Trump is not being very interested in Percy, must be because she is an illegal immigrant.
Oh no, bad pussycat! That’s a shade away from being a classic 😂
Nice house for sale in Ilford, comes with personalised crazy lady stalker.
A night of passion with Neelu, congratulations.
Not sure, but I’ve heard that if you ask it out for coffee and a chat it’ll turn tail and run. 😉
LOL I think Trump might have more pressing issues to deal with. Being uninvited to John McCain’s funeral, for example.
Whinging? When did this happen, Angie? Do you have a link?
Colgate shares just plummeted.
😂😂😂 “Social worker and psychological warfare operative”. Yes, that’s totally a thing.
“DRACO-REPTILIANS DEVILS AND THEIR SHIPS BEING HELD HOSTAGE ON EARTH FOR TRIALS”
New troll folder – Tere Joyce:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BY3ITN8EkHjjpQRpmJnhXpHOJx37yAA2
That video will keep Cat, Angie and Ogilvy busy for days 😂
Seems Heather Brown (aka Pru Halliwell, aka Suzy Jones) is having a rough weekend 😀
Thanks to Special Agent J for drawing my attention to these
Oh dear. Another shocking exposé? I can hardly wait. 🙄
More self-incrimination and headless chickenry…
NB it was Ella who was made to attend anger management classes at Tavistock, not RD. And JournoAngie knows this.
@Grobnob
First of all, that’s a bill, so not law.
I have grave concerns about the bill as proposed. For example, there is a great danger that powerful public figures would abuse the regulations to bully citizens who ask legitimate questions, or raise legitimate concerns.
There are enormous, egregious, significant and well-documented problems with corruption in Ireland. (This blog has previously, for example, written about the case of Garda whistleblower Sgt McCabe the tip of a rather filthy iceberg). I would, frankly, question the need for such legislation – there is already anti-harassment legislation in Ireland, including in relation to internet harassment.
The fact that the bill was proposed by the current Irish Labour party leader, unfortunately, heightens my concerns, as elements in that party have previously attempted to introduce very severe restrictions on freedom of speech in Ireland (and bear in mind Ireland already has tough defamation laws).
https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/laws-against-hate-speech-muzzles-freedom-of-expression-366836.html
It won’t. They’re all too stupid to understand how stupid they are. Think of it as intellectual blindness, they just see blurry shapes, no details.
Shhhhhh
Don’t let the mobsters know that.
Becki is an absolute idiot. It’s lucky none of the victims of her lies has been attacked because of her ridiculous assertions that everyone she dislikes is a paedophile. She looks like one of Vic Reeves’ drawings with her eyes too far apart. McCain? I think I heard an interview of him while prisoner of the Vietnamese on a documentary. Didn’t Trump, who dodged the draft and would be too weak for the physical rigours of basic, call him a coward and unpatriotic for being a pow ? I don’t like Trump.
That’s right, Mr. P. And you’ve no idea how close Hoaxtead came to being called Scamden!
Leaving aside the ‘mobsters’, I’d like to hear your own views.
Advocating a crack down on freedom of speech under the guise of ‘anti-harassment’ is an extremely dangerous course of action and needs to be thought through. It could be used against this blog, for example.
I find this an extremely troubling proposition:
The offence of harassment is currently found in the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997. The new version provides that a person who, intentionally or recklessly and without lawful authority or reasonable excuse –
persistently follows, watches, pesters or besets another person, or
persistently communicates with another person, or
persistently communicates with a third person about another person, is guilty of harassment if those acts seriously interfere with the peace and privacy of the victim or cause alarm, distress or harm to the victim.”
It is not difficult, for example, to see such proposed legislation used to bully and interfere with the rights of citizen who raises concerns with a politician.
Looks like the next round is on me then. Pretty accurate.
More doubts, Angie?
An X rated site for hamsters?
Mucky Malcolm indeed.
Hamster abuse. It’s the next frontier for the troofer set.
Yes, I think this is a really good point. I did notice that during Rupert Quaintance’s trial last year, the court spent a great deal of time determining the definition of “harassment” as it stands under the 1997 Freedom from Harassment Act. It does tend to be a somewhat mutable concept, and at that time the settled-upon working definition was that a “reasonable person” who “knew or ought to have known” that their actions would cause fear and distress, could be held culpable.
Interestingly, at that time there was some discussion of this blog, which Rupert stated was run by RD. It was determined that some of the comments on other social media platforms which might have come from regular readers here were rude but not harassment per se.
The famous example was a comment from one “Roger Flutterby” who referred to Rupert as a “knuckle-dragging twat”. The judge’s comment on this was that if Rupert was unable to take the heat online, he ought to stay out of the kitchen.
Another interesting point is that while Rupert claimed to have received multiple threats, including death threats, from this blog and commenters here, when the judge asked him to produce same, he was unable to do so.
I realise that the Irish definition of harassment is differently worded, and to my (non-legal) eye it seems a bit less mushy and ill-defined than the UK one. And I do take your point that a law like this could be used to crack down on legitimate dissent, or criticism of another’s behaviour.
It’s a difficult conundrum, as what’s sauce for the goose must also be sauce for the gander, but at the same time, how are we to protect innocent victims of harassment campaigns without some such statute in place? I suppose the answer lies in balance, proportionality, and use of the defence that harassment is not a criminal offence when it is used in an attempt to prevent a crime.
Yes, that’s an interesting point about the car(s). I still don’t understand why they were seized, nor why Angela isn’t complaining about their loss.
As for her alleged links to royalty, and her claims to being “distressed gentry” or whatever, doesn’t every second person in Ireland ride horses? Re the ring, I laughed the first time I saw it, and it hasn’t lost its charm.
the defence that harassment is not a criminal offence when it is used in an attempt to prevent a crime.
Shirley APD et al. could then use the defense that they genuinely believe that a crime is on-going, to justify their campaigns of harassment.
Not really, since the persons she has targeted have all been cleared of any wrongdoing by the High Court in a judgment rendered on 19 March 2015.
In both cases which have reached the Crown Court, the admissions (a series of facts which both prosecutor and defence agree are accurate) read into the record were that in 2014 two children made false allegations of SRA against various people including their father, their teachers, children and parents in their school, social workers, and police officers. Both sides agreed to the facts of the police investigation, the children being taken into protective custody, and the fact-finding hearing which led to the 19 March 2015 judgment by Mrs Justice Pauffley. It was agreed that a massive amount of information was released onto the internet, in contravention of a court order intended to protect the children in the case.
It would be nearly impossible, short of a successful Supreme Court challenge, for any court to determine otherwise.
The “persistently communicates with a third person about another person” clause is particularly troubling.
Are they trying to outlaw gossip?
What if I persistently communicate concerns about the people who spread the Hoaxstead libels with this blog? What if I persistently communicate reports of criminality or unethical behaviour by a public figure to another public figure, or to a journalist?
One can think of all kinds of communications which would fall foul of this bill.
Yes, I think that does sound pretty dodgy. I’m not as familiar with the process in Ireland, but I assume they fine-tune these things before they go to final approval? (Or am I being unduly optimistic?)
No, I think you’re right, there will be finetuning. Even in the report Grobnob put up, it states that the current Minister for Justice agrees with the need for updating of the legislation on internet harassment but states there will be changes to the proposed bill.
I do think it’s important to get this one right (or as right as possible) across all jurisdictions. Before the Quaintance trial I wasn’t really aware of the amount of interpretive leeway there is in the 1997 Freedom from Harassment Act. I think that as a society we need to consider very carefully what we can and cannot tolerate now that the internet has become our primary mode of communication.
Agreed. If we don’t get it right the next generation could turn against the internet & go ‘back to basics’. Actually, you know, conversing with and meeting people. Mightn’t be a bad thing!
LOL yes, a shocking concept.
Angela’s not happy at all..
‘Angie v Clever People, 26.08.18’
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ht5IQKiBRnVCsKlL0V6S5H4wOJAEt2z3
Really, Matt? Or do they just object to you using your own children in your hate videos, you sick fuck?
Ogilvy ‘logic’ – apparently not having any videos on your channel makes you a paedophile now. Go figure
Just got a notification from Facebook. They’ve confirmed that threatening to burn down a house doesn’t breach their community guidelines. Warms the cockles, doesn’t it.
For his information, I have 3 playlists that are set to private, as is all my other content. My music taste is classical if he really needs to know. He only had to ask.
The Toothpaste Liberation Front says:
The irony of it is that Malcolm doesn’t have any content on his channel either. He’s probably been too busy investigating the Great Solero Mystery.
Hey he was looking for Hampstead and mistyped hampster…. REALLY!!!! Anyone could do that!
“The Pope is a shell that houses a worm.” Well, you learn something every day. 🙄
I think I liked it better when he was telling us about Roger, the 8-foot-tall butterfly.
X-FILES, TWILIGHT ZONE, oh, I’m really going to take her seriously now.. 🤣
ICE LOLLIES ARE A TOOL OF THE DEVIL. You heard it here first.
Alternatively, the tool of the devil is an ice lolly:
“Intercourse with the Devil, she said, was very painful, since his penis was a yard long and scaly, and his semen icy cold.”
Good heavens. Makes you wonder why anyone would bother with him at all, doesn’t it?
I picked the wrong week to stop taking PCP.
Not the Anton laVey deathbed lie again. Some idiot called Patricia claimed a ‘high up Satanist’ freaked out on his deathbed saying there’s something very wrong, there’s something very wrong . . . LaVey was sick, doped up to his eyeballs and slipped away quietly. I think it was Patricia King or something. No one has a shred of evidence for it, yet all the mugs insist it happened.
Yawn. Won’t be watching that drabbard’s stack of wank borefest.
Trash lady doesn’t even know the right spelling for “Aleister Crowley”, let alone the details of his philosophy & death.
Crowley just got old n tired and ended his days burnt out. He was a solid mountaineer, half decent poet and general rogue. That he isn’t credited for bringing a lot of eastern philosophy to the west is a shame. I wouldn’t lend him money though.
Overall a great eccentric, cultured and educated.
Overrated for what he wasn’t and barely recognised for what he was.
He should have written more fiction and poetry and laid off the skag.
I am mildly freaked to see a discussion about Crowley on here, as I’ve literally just been watching this:
She is more or less correct about Crowley as regards his end, no?
I tried to research his descendants and one of them seemed to be a bit…mad. Not necessarily unusual for talented people or descendants of talented people, mind.
http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Aleister_Crowley_Ataturk_McAlpine.htm
See also the sad fate of Lucia Joyce, the daughter of James Joyce (who I think met Crowley via the poet WB Yeats).
http://www.openculture.com/2017/02/how-james-joyces-daughter-lucia-was-treated-for-schizophrenia-by-carl-jung.html
He died aged 72 of bronchitis aggravated by pleurisy and heart disease in reduced financial circumstances. He outlived lemmy for instance, who clocked up 69 years. He had clap in his youth but I’ve only ever heard the syphilis rumour from nuts. He lived three lifetimes worth, drank, drugged and shagged enough for a dozen rock bands combined and even appears on sergeant pepper. His writings still sell okay and he’ll be remembered in a century, lng after
Blimey O’Reilly, I think Catherine needs some happy pills!
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The mission of the Housing Authority of Cook County is to provide adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a suitable living environment free from discrimination throughout suburban Cook County, according to its website.
Some of the partners that were involved in the massive renovation effort were the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Bank of America, US Bank, Citibank, BMO Harris Bank, Enterprise Community Partners and the National Equity Fund. By combining public and private partnerships and utilizing the Rental Assistance Demonstration program, the Housing Authority of Cook County was able to access funds that were not previously available to them and use them to complete this massive project, according to a press release from the Housing Authority of Cook County.
“I am pleased to be here to support the Housing Authority of Cook County and the work they do on behalf of all our residents,” said Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president.
“Projects associated with this investment will have meaningful and significant impacts on suburban communities by providing low-income families with affordable housing for decades to come.”
The recent event celebrating the completion of the rehabilitation project was held at Richard Flowers Homes in Robbins where $19.8 million was invested in interior and exterior improvements as well as creating nine handicap accessible units on the ground floor and converting two units into visual/hearing impaired units.
Overall, $74.4 million was invested in renovating affordable housing facilities in Chicago’s South Suburbs. In addition to the Richard Flowers Homes, renovations were done at Juniper Tower in Park Forest, Golden Towers in Chicago Heights, and Turlington West Apartments in Harvey.
“The Housing Authority has reinvented its affordable housing portfolio throughout Cook County and this has led to the preservation of more than 1200 units,” said Preckwinkle.
Source: http://thechicagocitizen.com
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Inventive craft brews from Somerset
Wild Beer wows with its winemaker’s approach
Wild Beer, Lower Westcombe Farm, Evercreech, Somerset BA4 6ER (01749-838 742; www.wildbeerco.com).
August 11 2016 / Ian Shine
Brettanomyces is a word that even the most sober of tongues might trip over. Better then not to try saying it, but instead let the tongue get on with tasting this type of yeast that is particularly good at producing palate-pleasing yet complex flavours when grown in alcohol – preferably in one of Somerset-based Wild Beer’s selection of adventurous blends.
“Yeast has been industrialised over the past 150 years by brewers training it to be quick, clean and neutral,” says the craft brewer’s co-founder, Andrew Cooper. “This is great when you’re looking purely at production numbers, but not if you’re trying to make a beer that’s as flavourful as possible. We use yeasts not just on their own, but in different blends. Few companies are prepared to do that.”
Take the 5.8 per cent Evolver IPA (£2.70 for 330ml), whose name reflects the fact that its taste changes depending on how soon it is drunk; like a wine, it can be opened straight away or left in the cellar to mature. Wild Beer recommends cellaring for at least six months to let the brettanomyces really kick in. And this isn’t the only way the company’s brews are comparable with wine; it was the waxy-topped 750ml bottles that first caught my eye, and many of its beers come with food-pairing suggestions. Its 3.6 per cent Sourdough beer (£3.50 for 330ml), which uses 58-year-old sourdough yeast alongside brettanomyces, should be sampled with a brunch of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, while my personal favourite, the 9 per cent Ninkasi (£9 for 750ml), fermented with Somerset apple juice, wild yeast and champagne yeast, works well with an aged cheddar.
The brewery also uses a range of different barrels to expand its flavours. Its 7 per cent Modus Operandi (£4 for 330ml, pictured) – a dark, jammy beer – is split between bourbon barrels and red-wine barrels and then blended back together, while one of its five annual limited editions, 4.7 per cent The Blend (£18 for 750ml; the 2016 iteration has just been released in a batch of 1,800 bottles), combines 10 different sour beers from barrels between six months and three years old. “By bringing different ages of barrel together, you end up with a very complex and layered beer, with lots of different things going on,” says Cooper. “It’s something we’ve learnt from winemakers, cidermakers and new-wave whisky makers like Compass Box.”
As a longtime aficionado of Trappist beers who has been underwhelmed by many British craft brews, I never thought I’d find anything bottled in the UK worthy of being spoken about in the same malty breath as Belgium’s monastic masterpieces. Yet now I am more excited about Wild Beer’s next release, due out this month – the full-bodied and tangy 6.5 per cent Shnoodlepip 2016 (£14 for 750ml; limited edition batch of 2,500 bottles), which has been aged in red-wine barrels with pink pepper, hibiscus and passion fruit – than my next trip to Bruges.
Personal Recommendations
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The Black Forest schnapps that’s not just for shots
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California Supreme Court Deals Blow to Gig Economy
By Mark I. Schickman, Freeland Cooper & Foreman, LLP May 29, 2018 HR Management & Compliance
Over the last 10 years, analysts have told of the decline of traditional employment in favor of independent contractors and the so-called gig economy. Instead, a casual workforce would arise, working when they want and trading security for flexibility. Workers were hired as independent contractors, consultants, franchisees—anything but employees. Gig work seemed like the path from the throes of the 2008 recession.
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Dozens of potential clients approached me, seeking to set up nonemployee workforces. I recommended against it while, one by one, businesses were deemed employers by labor commissioners and courts. Traditional employment remains alive, well, and stronger than ever after the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex v. Superior Court (reported in full on pg. 1 of this issue). The decision is described as a “bombshell”—a “blockbuster”—altering 30 years of California law. The court went out of its way to craft a new policy favoring employment under California law.
Up until now, independent contractor status was determined under a balancing test based on about a dozen factors. The biggest was who had control over the manner and means of performing the job. Among the others: What did the contract say? Who supplied the tools? Who set the calendar? Uber stacked those factors to argue its drivers were independent contractors.
If that argument had ever worked, then no more, says the California Supreme Court. Anybody who performs work for you is an employee unless you can prove each of these three things.
You have no control over how they do their work.
The work isn’t an integral part of your business operation.
They have a separate business, regularly performing work for others.
As the supreme court noted, this new “ABC test” has the virtue of simplicity. Under a balancing test, the court reasoned, a business might not be sure where it stands. Under the ABC test, the status is much clearer to the employer—and possibly much more harsh.
The new standard adds to the “control” test two new huge and easy-to-understand requirements for an independent contractor. If the work is a basic part of your business, the worker is an employee. If the worker doesn’t have a business that regularly services others, she is an employee.
This test eliminates many of the most common questionable independent contractor relationships. If you’re a sales/marketing operation, you can’t hire independent contractors to perform sales and marketing functions. Under the old rule, I successfully defended independent contractor status for regional sales managers. Not anymore if sales are an inherent part of your business. Similarly, seasonal/temporary salespeople or other peak-time staff can’t be independent contractors. “All workers who would ordinarily be viewed as working in the hiring business are employees.”
This ruling should put an end to the claims of Uber and dozens of other driving and delivery services that their drivers aren’t employees. If driving is your business, drivers are employees. There may be unintended consequences. For example, this ruling might do away with freelance journalists, who can pass the traditional control test and work for multiple publications. But if your business is journalism, your journalists will be employees.
What are we left with? Painters, plumbers, lawyers, accountants, janitors, life coaches, and similar traditional independent contractors. This, the court wrote, is what was intended by the legislature.
The unanimous supreme court relied on the social and legislative policy behind employment status: “If the Wage Orders’ obligations are not fulfilled, the public will often be left to assume responsibility for the ill effects to workers and their families resulting from substandard wages or unhealthy and unsafe working conditions.” In addition to solving those human needs, the court cited the business need “to create a level playing field among competing businesses in the same industry in order to prevent the type of ‘race to the bottom’ that occurs when businesses implement new structures or policies that result in substandard wages and unhealthy conditions for workers.”
Dynamex is the latest step in the long, clear direction of California employment policy.
To learn more about California based employment issues, join Shickman when he presents the session: California Employment Policies and Procedures Drafting Workshop at HR Comply California, October 17-19, 2018, in San Diego, California. Click here to reserve your spot today!
Mark I. Schickman is of counsel with Freeland Cooper & Foreman LLP in San Francisco and editor of California Employment Law Letter. You can reach him at 415-541-0200 or schickman@freelandlaw.com.
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National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA
Maren Elizabeth Morgan
National Civil War Museum
On a hill in Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, PA. | Source
The National Civil War Museum facade. | Source
High on a hill in Harrisburg sits the rather new National Civil War Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Open 7 days a week, it claims to be the only museum with fair and even-handed representation of all sides of the War Between the States. It sits in Reservoir Park at 100 Concert Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17103
Getting to the museum proved fairly easy. The museum website provides directions from various starting orientations and gives the term to type into any GPS device in order to arrive at the correct destination. Furthermore, numerous clear signs with the museum logo dot the highway exit ramps and the city streets leading to the museum. Happily, parking is ample and free.
The National Civil war Museum occupies a spacious, majestic brick building with two stories of exhibits. Additionally, there is a lecture hall. The day I visited, a free class on dance steps of the Civil War era was being conducted for any museum guests. Otherwise, I imagine that this space is used for both private and public education and events.
Civil War - Ken Burns productions
Ken Burns: The Civil War 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
The Content of the Second Floor
Museum visitors are instructed upon arrival that this is a self-guided museum. A map suggests that one start on the second floor and work down. Those second floor galleries are
A House Divided 1850-1860
First Shots 1861
(Here I learned that Fort Sumter existed precariously vulnerable as a federal military property in a seceded state and that it was not even completely constructed. The few “Union” soldiers staffing it were woefully unequipped for an assault.)
Making of Armies
Weapons and Equipment
Campaigns and Battles of 1862
Camp Curtin – the Union military installment in Harrisburg which provided training, mustering, and hospital services
Reasons Men Fought
Civil War Music
Allegedly, there was a Battle Map of 1861-1862 Gallery, but I either did not know how to operate or interact with it, or it was not functional.
Artifacts Galore
Explanation of the expression "bite the bullet" which comes from the use of bullets by patients in surgery. | Source
Bullets with teeth marks used specifically for patients to bite during painful medical procedures. | Source
The Content of the First Floor
Gettysburg 1863
Costs of War – death tolls and medical considerations
Women in the War
Naval Contributions
Campaigns and Battles of 1864-1865
Battle Map of 1863-1865 Gallery. Same comments as above.
Lincoln, and Veterans
Civil War Amputation Surgery Display
This is tastefully shown - the realistic amount of blood is not depicted. | Source
War of Firsts poster
I believe these are firsts for Americans, not the entire world. | Source
Kudos for these Features
Posters describing a “First.” In American history which occurred during the Civil War. This was saw the first military chaplains, first ambulance corps, first use of railroads to move troops, first use of railroad cars to mount weapons and fire therefrom, first submarine, first protecting of ships with iron cladding, first use of signal flags, and more. These are eye-catchy and memorable.
There is an interactive Game for children (of all ages) to send flag signals to a receiver screen. It is Civil War Wii.
Ten characters appear on small screens throughout the exhibits, each presenting 2-minute dramatizations of their role and opinions. They include Northerners, Southerners, men, women, rich, working-poor, free blacks, and slaves. As the visitors travel through the museum, succeeding screens update each character’s story from 1860 through post-war. This is VERY well done.
NOISE pollution!
As Dr. Suess’s Grinch complained, “One thing I can’t stand is the noise, noise, noise, noise!” So many of the displays within a gallery included audio. At the best they bled into each other, however, usually it was far worse: they competed with each other. Picture a public school cafeteria at lunchtime and you will have a sense of all the sounds being produced. It is a shame because each, on its own, provided valuable information. The museum really needs to find a way to soundproof or isolate these exhibits so that each can be appreciated and clearly heard without competition from its neighbors.
Civil War Books for Children
The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
Is it unbiased?
It seemed unbiased to me. However, I am a Pennsylvanian and perhaps could not recognize material offensive to persons with Confederate States ancestry. I thought that credit for any war new technology was given no matter who created it. Myths and facts were discussed. Moments of shared peace were displayed. Flags and uniforms and officers of both sides had their day. I did not sense anything g offensive - which I cannot say about a University of Virginia student guide who long ago described to the campus tour group in which I walked that such-and-such happened during “The War of the Northern Aggression.” You won’t find that attitude at this museum.
http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org
Photos and text copyright 2012 Maren E. Morgan
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amerben
P.S. from Amerben regarding the staffing at Fort Sumpter - the commanders on each side were classmates at West Point and the "Rebel" commander permitted the Union one to leave with his sword and his men by boat north. They were not held as POWs.
6 years ago from Pennsylvania
lol...so often we (definitely me) do not take advantage of the treasures available locally! I hope you can fit in a tour soon. You already know that the parking is pretty good. Thanks for your comment!
Ronald E Franklin
6 years ago from Mechanicsburg, PA
I live in the Harrisburg area, and have been in the museum building for a meeting, but have never taken the tour. Your hub is a great encouragement to do so. Thanks!
Amerben, the Civil War Medicine Museum is a great place. Obviously, the Gettysburg national site will be crammed full of facts and details.
Dear Maren, I have been trying to fit a visit to Gettysburg into my busy schedule for a couple of years now and hope to actually do it this year. Another museum your readers might be interested in is in Frederick, MD which is relatively small, but which contains medical exhibits from the Civil War. Thanks for renewing my interest in getting to Gettysburg, especially since it's only about an hour and a half away.
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JCCD-3013: Geoff Cole's Hot Five - Do What Ory Say
Personnel: Geoff Cole [tb], Tony Pyke [cl], Pat Hawes [pn], John Rodber [sbs], Colin Miller [dm]
Songs: Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula, The White Cliffs of Dover, Song of the Wanderer, Savoy Blues, Liza, The Glory of Love, Trombonium, Creole BoBo, Lou-easy-an-I-a, Sugar Blues, Do What Ory Say, It's A Long Way to Tipperary, Tishomingo Blues, Ory's Creole Trombone, Sweethearts on Parade.
Jazzitude.com - Internet Publication
Trombonist Geoff Cole is a native of Exeter, England, and has been playing since the 1950s. After moving to London, Cole landed a position with the famous Ken Colyer Jazzman group, which he held for 10 years. He joined Georgia Jazz, later becoming the band's leader, and toured with Brian White's Magna Jazz Band before forming his own Hot Five. Cole's group has recorded a number of CDs, including tributes to Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller, but this set, recorded in 1995 at the Pizza Express in Maidstone, England, is a particularly hot session by the band.
Cole has listened to Ory inside and out, and he is an interpreter, not an impersonator. Rather than attempt to merely sound like Ory (which he certainly does, at times) he tries to think like him, to offer interpretations that evoke Ory without slavishly imitating him. He is quite successful in this, and though some of the arrangements here are all Ory, Cole does not offer note-for-note solos or ensemble passages. The opening salvo, "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula," of which Ory's version is definitive, lets you know right away that you are in the company of some wonderful musicians and will be having an enjoyable time in their company.
Most of the tracks included here are either Ory compositions or were recorded and widely performed by Ory, but there are a few interesting exceptions. "White Cliffs of Dover" is included because, as Big Bill Bissonnette recounts in his liner notes, all of England was celebrating the 50th anniversary of VE day on the very date of this recording session. The performance is exceptional, embracing the New Orleans spirit as well as evoking the melancholy tinge of the song. Cole and clarinetist Tony Pyke, who played together for many years in the Colyer band, play with something bordering on telepathy, echoing the ability possessed by many early New Orleans musicians to improvise incredible ensemble passages together that are beyond the ability of many of today's formally trained jazzmen.
Pianist Pat Hawes, who has also played with Brian White's bands, is also in fine form here, as evidenced by his fine work on "Song of the Wanderer." For those who don't think that traditional jazz can be subtle or evoke a variety of moods besides the raucous "party-mode" overplayed by less skillful outfits, the range of dynamics and emotions here will be a revelation. This is a band that can offer more introspective playing to go right alongside the jubilation. Cole is clearly a musician with a great deal of intelligence and maturity who has studied his instrument and the music of the great early jazz players and is capable of putting his own spin on the music while still treating it with respect.
Do What Ory Say is highly recommended to anyone who enjoys jazz, and outstanding trombone playing in particular. You don't even have to be much of a trad jazz fan to enjoy this one-the quality of this performance is obvious to anyone with ears.
- Marshall Bowden
IAJRC JOURNAL - U.S.A.
Geoff Cole's Hot Five is a hot quintet, no doubt about that, and each of the musicians, outstanding on his instrument, plays with feeling, dynamics and splendid technique. They produce a wonderful blending of sounds. There is outstanding counterpoint between Geoff Cole's trombone - frequently emitting a very gutsy, robust sound - and Tony Pyke's clarinet with its wonderful tone. The choice of tunes is exceptional and there is no attempt to sound like a New Orleans street band in a funeral parade. Cole plays plays a gutsy trombone and there are nice solos from Pyke's clarinet and pianist Pat Hawes on, The White Cliff of Dover." There is some very active counterpoint between Hawes piano, the clarinet and trombone on the swinging "Savoy Blues." The two best renditions are those of "Savoy Blues" and Clarence William's "Sugar Blues" which, with its "wah-wah" trumpet has always been associated with Clyde McCoy, of course. Cole's muted trombone takes the place of McCoys trumpet, with very good effect. The clarinet takes the melody for awhile and Hawes piano takes a great blusey chorus. The ensemble work on Carmen Lombardo's "Sweethearts On Parade" is first class. Geoff Cole's Hot Five has produced an excellent recording.
- George Borgman
AMERICAN RAG - U.S.A.
Geoff Cole's Hot Five comes up with a 66 minute session that demonstrates the right way to pay tribute to a great vintage jazzman. Cole's trombone, plus the fifteen tune program, are both out of the Kid Ory bag, but the quintet itself has its own personality, a delightful blend of relaxation, loose-limbed flexibility and straight-ahead swing.
Clarinetist Tony Pyke, easy-going and assured, and pianist Pat Hawes, rhythmic and bluesy, hold up their ends pleasingly and idiomatically. Bassist John Rodber and drummer Colin Miller stick to business, pushing the team relentlessly toward the goal line. Cole usually takes the lead, passing it to Pyke occasionally, while the combo digs in to build its performances most effectively. There is no attempt here to be daringly
original, but everything clicks for a session of downtown style New Orleans jazz that is mighty easy on the ears. Four stars.
- TexWyndham
Rob Bamberger - Hot Jazz Radio U. S. A.
In a new series of recordings, Bill Bissonnette is indulging himself and others in the unbridled sort of jazz that was always the Jazz Crusade stock-in-trade. In the series, now numbering six releases, called "The Best of the Brits" Big Bill has has been assembling some of the English musicians active on the traditional and revival jazz landscape. While some of the players are newcomers and were brought to Bissonnette's attention by others, a number of the ensembles in the series feature musicians who have a long and, by no means obscure, history in the music. Trombonist Geoff Cole's Hot Five is an example of the later. Cole attributes his career in the music to Ken Colyer, in whose band he worked alongside clarinetist Tony Pyke. The two constitute the front line on this CD. Geoff Cole set out on this date to evoke the feel of Kid Ory without being overly slavish about it. The question at hand wasn't, "How did Ory play this?" The question posed, in the instance of tunes Ory did play, was, "How else might Ory have played this." And in the case of tunes Ory did not record, "How might Ory have tackled this?"
It all makes sense because, truth be told, Geoff Cole's Hot Five is not as persistently raucus an ensemble as others that have appeared on Jazz Crusade. But, then, neither was Ory all of the time. So, while Geoff Cole and his Hot Five play some of the major Ory tunes and warhorses, this is all music played "to the people" as Kid might have done it.
The more you play this disc, the more it grows on you. Kid Ory would approve. In all likelihood, so will you.
Joe Leheny - Jazz Critic - U.S.A.
This reviewer's enthusiasm for Kid Ory has always been somewhat restrained. I considered him to be a rather limited musician in hip later years, coasting along on his reputation from those great recordings with Armstrong in the Twenties. VVj^h this sort of predisposition in
musical taste, therefore, I approached this recording with some scepticism. I needn't have worried. I think, in fact Cole does much more "than Ory Say;" he is smoother, more melodic and a better improvisor. In one sense he has to do more than Ory did, since this quintet lacks a trumpet and Cole takes what would normally be the trumpet solo as well as the trombone chorus in almost every number. He accomplishes this double duty so well that at times his muted trombone sounds so much like a "wa-wa" trumpet that I found myself glancing at the notes to see if there was a guest hom on this track or that. In his rendition of "Savoy Blues" he holds a sustained note for a full 22 seconds. Shades of Louis and "Mahogany Hall Stomp!" Cole is no slavish imitator of Ory by anymeans.
The rest of the group is also fine. Tony Pyke's clarinet is marvelously fluid and inventive on its own, as well as in its interaction with the trombone. He also plays a major role in my not missing the trumpet, hard for a somewhat mouldy fyge. Pat Hawes' piano alternates between marvelously raggy and barrelhouse modes and contributes enormously to the overall effect. Rodber & Miller constitute an extremely effective rhythm section. This is one to getand play again and again.
- Joe Leheny
Mississippi Rag [U.S.A.]
Geoff Cole's Hot Five differs from most other trombone-clarinet bands in that the leader's trombone generally takes the melody line with clarinetist Tony Pyke providing harmonies rather than the other way around. The many years that Cole & Pyke played together with Ken Coi-yer's band have resulted in close musical communication and the two often seem to think as one. There are are many delightful ensembles to be heard on these 15 selections, the majority of which are from the Kid Ory songbook. Cole is excellent on Savoy Blues, Pyke is fine during his feature on Liza, Hawes also proves to be an excellent stride soloist during his occasional spots. The inclusion of a trumpet might very well have hurt the strong chemistry between Geoff Cole and Tony Pyke.
- Scott Yanow
AMG **** Review - U. S. Jazz Guide
Geoff Cole is a fine British trombonist whose style is heavily influenced by Kid Ory. For this Jazz Crusade CD, he is teamed with clarinetist Tony Pyke (both horns had played together for years with Ken Colyer) in a trumpet-less quintet. Unlike most similar groups, in this case the trombonist rather than the clarinetist usually plays the melodies and leads the ensembles. With pianist Pat Hawes, bassist John Rodber and drummer Colin Miller completing the group, Cole and Pyke sound in particularly exuberant form on such songs as "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula," "The White Cliffs Oof Dover," a charming version of "The Glory of Love," the rag "Trombonium," "Lou-Easy-An-I-A" and several Kid Ory songs including "Savoy Blues" and "Ory's Creole Trombone." An enjoyable set of hot New Orleans jazz.
Jazz Journal International - British Jazz Magazine
This is Vol. Five of Bill Bisson-nette's Best Of The Brits Series, which focuses on UK musicians who play in the native New Orleans style. Cole, a very capable and experienced trombonist, was confronted by some challenging circumstances in fulfilling Bissonette's invitation to record an album tribute to Kid Ory. For reasons which (unless simply financial) elude my comprehension, Bissonette insisted on a trumpetless five-piece, a format Ory did not use on his recordings. Geoff had therefore to incorporate some of the trumpet's role in defining the melody line, as well as evoking Ory-style ensemble accompaniment to a non-existent trumpet lead! Furthermore, the session had to be completed in one short afternoon.
In the circumstances this release is a praiseworthy achievement. Cole infuses his playing with some familiar Ory trademarks-the rhythmic jabbing, gutbucket slurs and growling tailgate phrases-but wisely absorbs this into his own crisp and melodic style, with well balanced phrases built on a good ear for chord structure and harmony. Nor does he strictly copy Ory. White Cliffs Of Dover and Tipperary acknowledge the VE celebrations taking place on the day of the recording, and Trombonium (an antique ragtime piece) and Liza are scarcely Ory specials. Pyke's angular New Orleans clarinet offers loyal support throughout, peaking on Lou-Easy-An-l-A and Do What Ory Say, both tracks swinging nicely. Rodber and Miller lay down appropriate and unobtrusive backing, while Pat Hawes is an excellent Buster Wilson to Coles's Ory, with some tasteful bluesy solo contributions on Sugar Blues and Tishomingo. An enjoyable album which captures something of the essence of Dry's music without pointless straight copying of the original recordings.
- Hugh Rainey
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JCCD-3046: Goin' Home - A Fond Farewell to Chris Blount
Personnel: Chris Blount [cl], Norman Thatcher, Derek Winters, Ged Hone [tp], Dave Vickers, Big Bill Bissonnette, Ron Radford [tb], Barry Grummett [pn], Dave Brennan, Mac Mac Donald, Tony Peatman [bn], Mick Kennedy, Ken Matthews, Harry Slater [sb], Malc Murphy, Dion Cochrane, Steve Upton [dm]
Songs: Carolina Moon, Goin' Home, Doctor Jazz, Salutation March, Too Busy, Clarinet Marmalade, Give Me Your Telephone Number, Four or Five Times, Get Out of Here, Milneberg Joys, Roses of Picardy, Melancholy, At A Georgia Camp Meeting, Mama Inez, The Moose, A March.
Just Jazz - British Traditional Jazz magazine
This issue from Bill Bissonnette's Jazz Crusade label is a compilation of tracks from three sessions between 1993-1996 and is therefore representative of how the late Chris Blount was playing before his untimely death in 1998.
His death was a sad loss to the British New Orleans jazz scene. He had his detractors, because of his love for the George Lewis sound, but his love of New Orleans came over whenever he played.
This CD finds Chris in the company of musicians with whom he was to work over the last 8 years, after he split up his original band. It is also a bonus to find 5 tracks with Chris playing with Ged Hone [tp] a player who has not recorded as much as he should, and who deserves a greater stage. He plays with dynamics more associated with early Colyer and, of course, Kid Howard & Mutt Carey. Bill Bissonnette, who put this album out, is also playing trombone a' la Robinson on the same tracks.
This is all unissued material, so to all lovers of Chris' music, buy this one.
- Pete Lay
Boxell's Jazz Website - New Zealand
Chris Blount had a habit of surprising jazz fans, and he certainly did so when he died suddenly this year. A player in the George Lewis mould, Chris toured and played extensively in England and Europe, both with his own band and as a guest player with other bands. Both fans and fellow jazz musicians will certainly miss him. This CD comprises of three separate. The first is from 1995 with an all-star band including Norman Thatcher and Dave Vickers. With Thatcher being the closest around to Ken Colyer, you know how the tracks sound: pure New Orleans played in a smooth but crisp manner that delights the ears.
The second session is from 1993 with Ged Hone on trumpet and Big Bill Bissonnette on trombone. This band has a harder edge and more forceful style, and it is quite noticeable how Chris shows his ability to vary his style to fit in with those he is playing with. The final session is from 1996. It is Chris' regular band. Again the pace changes and it is amazing that the man could show such variety of delivery and yet remain so completely within idiom. Chris Blount was often underrated as a jazz clarinetist, not least by myself, but this CD shows him at his best, and it is a fitting, and indeed fond, farewell to a great talent.
- Geoff Boxell
jazzreview.com - U.S.A.
British clarinetist and leader, Chris Blount, passed away in 1999. Jazz Crusade has put together, a group of three sessions in tribute to Chris. Session 1 was recorded in 1995 and features Cris Blount (clt), Norman Thatcher (tpt), Dave Vickers (tbn), Barry Grummett (pno), Dave Brennan (bjo), Mick Kennedy (sbs) and Malc Murphy (dms). This is a very good set including Carolina Moon, Goin' Home, Doctor Jazz, Salutation March and Too Busy. Chris Blount plays in a lively George Lewis groove and seems very much at home. The pianist, Barry Grummett, although not a soloist, adds a tremendous spark to the band. Drummer, Malc Murphy drives beautifully and utilizes every piece of his kit to the limit. The great rhythm section is really an asset. Thatcher and Vickers do a fine job up front. I especially like the band's rendition of "Too Busy", a tune penned by country writer Ned Miller. Pop singer, Kay Starr also recorded the tune in the mid 1950's with little success. The British trad groups have picked up the song and made it sound like a hot dance item from the 1920s.
Session 2 was recorded at Bude in 1993 and is a sextet featuring Chris Blount (clt), Ged Hone (tpt), Big Bill Bissonnette (tbn), Mac MacDonald (bjo), Ken Matthews (sbs) and Dion Cochrane (dms). This set regrettably suffers from an ineffective trumpet player and a weak rhythm section in my humble opinion. Chris Blount and the visiting fireman, Big Bill Bissonnette are left to carry the ball. The absence of a pianist is noticeable. Chris and Bill work their butts off and carry the group through Clarinet Marmalade, Four or Five Times, Give Me Your Telephone Number, Get Out Of Here and Milneburg Joys. Chris Blount slips out of the George Lewis mode and seems comfortable but tired.
Session 3 was taped in Nottingham during the spring of 1996 and the lineup is Chris Blount (clt), Derek Winters (tpt), Ron Radford (tbn), Barry Grummett (pno), Tony Peatman (bjo), Harry Slater (sbs) and Steve Upton (dms). This session includes Roses of Picardy, Melancholy, Georgia Camp Meeting, Mama Inez and Moose March. The return of Barry Grummett's driving piano and a good rhythm section make this set sparkle. The front line is enthusiastic and effective resulting in a most enjoyable listening experience. Blount seems to switch the Lewis style on and off at will and plays with a lot of energy. All things considered, this is a very nice tribute to an important British player who has played his final bar.
- Richard Bourcier
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Big Bill Bissonnette's latest Jazz Crusade release honors the late clarinetist, Chris Blount. The 15 cuts are taken from three different sessions recorded in the U. K. during the 1990s with largely different personnels, but all featuring Blount.
It is easy to pidgenhole Blount's style as nearly unalloyed George Lewis. The British musicians supporting him sound as if their apprenticeship had been served in uptown New Orleans, although it is more likely that the classic Bunk Johnson and George Lewis record imports served as the formative influeneces.
The first five selections listed above are from a 1995 session with Norman Thatcher and Dave Vickers. Thatcher has incorporated a number of Bunkisms in his style, and Vickers has Jim Robison as his model. This session was the source of a previous album, and now we have available the remaining material.
The next five numbers are live performances from the Bude Jazz Festival of 1993, with a pianoless band featuring Blount, Ged Hone, trumpet and Big Bill Bissonnette trombone. This combo sounds somewhat hotter and stompier than the other two line-ups. An enthusiastic audience never hurts and the band's excitement on this gig is obvious.
The final five cuts with Blount has Derek Winters on trumpet and Ron Radford on trombone. They were recorded in 1996 in Nottingham. This was Blount's own band and is a lovely, relaxed session. Exactly and the tune are well chosen for variety.
- Bill Mitchell
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With the exception of Benny Goodman, no jazz clarinet player had more influence in his style of playing than George Lewis. There was a time that almost every clarinet player in Europe, wanting to play New Orleans jazz, tried to sound more or less like George Lewis. Some of them managed, starting from George's style, to develop their own personality, which made them sound different from the rest ofthe same school. Chris Blount was one ofthe best in this category. Although he never visited New Orleans, Chris knew instinctively to catch the spirit ofthe music from the city on the Mississippi. He was a very popular guest at the European traditional jazz festivals. His succesful career ended abruptly with his sudden and premature death in December 98 at the age of 57. This CD is a tribute from Jazz Crusade to this beloved clarinet player. For Chris Blount completists it is also an occasion to complete their collection. Two ofthe sessions on this CD have numbers that didnt get on the original earlier Jazz Crusades (Thatcher/BlountA/ickers JCCD-3018 and Chris Blount New Orleans Jazz Band JCCD-3022), the third one is an unissued live session from the 1993 Bude Jazz Festival.
Dont think these are just leftovers. Remember a CD has a maximum playing time after all. The presence of Chris Blount defines in an important way the kind of New Orleans jazz we hear on this CD. We are indeed in George Lewis territory! No typical British trad here! Each of the bands you hear has it's own character, which proves again that it is possible to play creatively in a strictly chosen style. All the musicians on this CD are great exponents ofthe British New Orleans jazz world, except for the American Bill Bissonnette (Mr. Jazz Crusade himself) who is a member ofthe band at the Bude Jazz Festival and produces some strong solo work.
The personnel ofthe first band contains at least 4 (and maybe more!) bandleaders. The rise of clashing personalities is avoided because everyone contributes to the welfare of the session. "Playing for the benefit ofthe band" as Baby Dodds called it. My favourite track is the beautiful "Coin1 Home", a Ken Oolyer composition based on a melody from Dvorak.
At the second session, recorded at the Strand Hotel during the 1993 Bude Festival, everybody plays with enormous enthusiasm. Listen to the hard swinging "Give Me Your Telephone Number" (originally recorded by J.C. Higginbotham with part ofthe Luis Russell band), the shuffle rhythm of "Four Or Five Times" and the exciting "Get Out Of Here".
The last session features the normal Chris Blount Band in great form. In addition to some New Orleans classics, we enjoy the evergreen "Roses of Picardy" and - my favorite track! - the great rhumba "Mama Inez," a tune we all know from the Kid Thomas version. The binding element of these three very different sessions is of course the bitter-sweet Chris Blount clarinet, which we can only listen to on records from now on. Farewell Chris...
- Marcel Joly
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Lane Bryant and Glamour Are Teaming Up for a Clothing Collection, Special Edition Mag
Kelly Faircloth
Filed to:plus-size fashion
Lane Bryant continues its long climb back into the hearts of plus-size shoppers with a Glamour collaboration.
Women’s Wear Daily reports that the magazine and the brand are pairing up for a “multitiered partnership,” including “a fashion collection, two special issue magazines, print and digital sponsored editorial, a video series and advertising.”
“We’ve been watching plus-size fashion evolve for quite some time, but the past 12 months have shown an exponential amount of growth,” explained Glamour associate editor/former plus-size model Lauren Chan.
To get more specific:
Chan, along with a handful of Glamour editors, put together a 96-page special issue, which goes on sale today for a steep $12.99, that is devoted to plus-size fashion. There will be 115,000 copies on newsstands and 50,000 copies in select Lane Bryant stores, which will be offered as a gift with purchase.
Plus-size media darling Graham, who appears in Lane Bryant’s “This Body” campaign, fronts the issue, which is supported by Lane Bryant ads. (The retailer’s ads will also appear throughout the year in Glamour in print and online.) Glamour will produce another special issue in September to coincide with a fall collection dubbed “Glamour x Lane Bryant.”
A clever idea for a gift-with-purchase, but $12.99 on newsstands? For a mere 96 pages? That’s pretty damn bold pricing, when Glamour has never been the go-to for plus-size fashion, and we can already follow bloggers like Gabi Gregg and Chastity Garner Valentine and outlets like the Curvy Fashionista online for free.
The context for all this is the 2013 arrival of CEO Linda Heasley and the 2014 addition of CMO Brian Beitler, both of whom recently sat down with Business Insider to talk about their efforts to jazz the place up and get past its reputation as the plus-size shopper’s favorite place to contemplate a little light arson. “Arguably, the brand several years ago had lost its way, and since Linda [joined] we’ve [recognized] the desire is there for even more and to do it faster and to do it better,” said Beitler. “And that’s okay for brands to experience those requests.”
Obviously we’ll see how the collection turns out, but partnerships like this tend to be better than the standard big talk about body positivity. Well-made clothing does a lot more for me, personally, than seeing the charming but ultimately conventionally attractive Ashley Graham on ads proclaiming “plus is equal.” I never doubted that plus was equal, but there have certainly been times over the years when I wondered if Lane Bryant thought so. Proof is in the pudding, guys.
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UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450-acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition, the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College), which adds to the intellectual energy of the region.
Under the general direction of the Executive Director of University Health Services (UHS), is responsible for the development, management, planning and implementation of administrative, financial and other operational service areas designated under the scope of UHS, including Finance, Human Resources, Systems, Facilities, Health Records, Referrals and Student Health Benefit Plan (SHBP). Also responsible for finance and human resources for Center for Counseling and Psychological Health (CCPH) and Center for Health Promotion CHP) that report to the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life.
Directs UHS and CCPH/CHP financial operations including accounting, receivables, budgeting, costing model, purchasing, payroll, accounts payable and cash management, exceeding $24 million in expenses, including $8 million third party revenue.
Directs the function of UHS and CCPH/CHP Human Resources, assuring timely and accurate paperwork, implementation of performance evaluation and merit process, adherence to policy and procedure and related tasks.
Directs Student Health Benefit Plan, under the general direction of the Administration & Finance Vice Chancellor, coordinating with Bursar's office, Consolidated Health Plan, New Student Orientation and UMass accounting staff to insure the plan is administered effectively and ethically.
Directs other UHS service areas including Facilities, Systems, Health Records and Referrals.
Negotiates and administers UHS and CCPH/CHP service contracts, including but not limited to, various external medical specialist, vendors, and Hampshire College satellite Health Center in conjunction with UHS Executive Director.
Maintains liaison with University agencies and offices related to budget, accounting, SHBP, audit, procurement, human resources, CERM, EOC and medical malpractice carrier. Ensures compliance with University and State audit requirements. Develops effective working relationships with related agencies external to the University, for the support of business operations.
Has financial responsibilities for $25M to $100M to include:
Applies and conforms to internal financial policies to ensure transactions are processed properly (e.g. Tax, HR, Legal, State & Federal);
Ensures accuracy of recorded data through the use of analytical reports and reconciliations.
Utilizes financial databases and systems to manipulate and analyze financial data for internal and external reporting and decision making.
Develops and implements short-term funding options for strategic plans and on-going operations.
Recommends policy and procedure changes to ensure compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, including internal controls.
Has budget responsibilities for $5M to $25M to include:
Develops budget to include forecasting, monitors and reports variances/problems and recommends solutions.
Has signature authority to implement solutions and release funds. Accepts an institutional responsibility for the University funds assigned.
Primary responsibility for budget and expenditures and final approval.
Responsible for revenue operations $5M to $25M; grant management $101,000 - $250,000 and general operating funds $501K to $5M.
Participates in administrative on-call rotation.
Performs related duties as assigned or required to meet Department, Executive Area/Division, and University goals and objectives.
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Master’s degree in a related field such as accounting or finance with 5 years of progressively responsible business, budgetary and supervisory experience within health care finance or bachelor's degree in a related field such as accounting or finance with 7 years of progressively responsible business, budgetary and supervisory experience within healthcare finance.
Experience in the management of a complex organization, responsibility for significant budgets, budget analysis, budget forecasting, making conclusions and appropriate recommendations, and operations management.
Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends and to participate in administrative on-call rotation.
Strong supervisory, leadership, team building and coaching skills.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal, including public speaking.
Ability to communicate on various levels to key constituents across the campus, staff at all levels of the organization, students and their families.
Excellent financial, budgetary, accounting and computational skills. Ability to negotiate pricing structures and contract agreements with vendors.
Advanced/proficient computer skills with Microsoft applications including Outlook, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other web-based applications. Ability to produce complex documents/reports, perform analysis and utilize databases.
Knowledge of health care cost accounting.
Physical Demands/Working Conditions
Full service medical health services clinic and office.
Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm with administrative on-call rotation, may require some holiday, evening & weekend hours.
Commensurate with skills and experience.
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and names and contact information of three professional references by January 24, 2020 to ensure priority consideration. The position will remain open until filled.
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The cadaver of SCP is contained in a high-security morgue freezer at Site Access to tissue samples requires written permission from two O5-level personnel.
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No individual Foundation agent, operative, or employee is to be assigned to SCP for more than 6 consecutive days; the interval between two successive assignments to SCP must be no less than 14 days. In the event of any of these individuals coming within meters of SCP, their itineraries are to be rerouted via Kerner-Leeming traffic manipulation protocols.
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Hugh, Rabbi and the Tribe
Hugh Pinny and I invited Ben Keene of Tribe Wanted onto our podcast.
I heard Ben give a talk in London and found his story inspiring. We chatted to him for 30 minutes about his experience setting up a tribe on a pacific island with an extended online community. It’s another great example of the sort of collaboration the web makes possible, and it’s also a fabulous example of how its about high touch as well as high tech.
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You know the drill, these are rough, check against delivery, do not chew the woodwork etc.
0.00 Intros
1.00 Ben recaps the story of Tribe Wanted. Could we take an online community and give it a real world headquarters on a desert island.
2.00 How the tribal chief shook hands with Ben and turned down Survivor
3.00 Working to build a sustainable village in Fiji, where people visit for 2 weeks but sustain their membership online.
4.00 Johnnie: reading the book, it seems the idea emerged from a conversation over a beer in Manchester. How did this crazy idea happen? Ben: the idea itself was so powerful. Creating a real world community could be done; building an online community could be done; so the leap of faith was in putting the two together.
5.55 Hugh: Tourism has made visiting exotic places fairly ordinary, so this idea of participating creates more sense of adventure than just sipping cocktails on a beach. As marketing gets more sophisticated, the search for meaning gets deeper.
6.40 Ben: The range of motives of community members ranges from wanting to lie on a beach to a real search for meaning.
7.40 Pinny: Draws analogy to the shtetl in Poland or Kibbutz in Israel. What is the role of the chief in this?
8.15 Ben on the ideas of leadership in Fiji. Part of the social experiment was to create an online democracy, which – amongs other things – elects the tribe leader each month. Leaders have ranged from 19 to 60. They have to really engage with the local community, this isn’t another reality TV show.
10.05 Pinny: how are people reacting to this idea. Ben answers: inital response to the idea when we threw it out was pretty big – but a lot of people said it would never work.
11.30 Hugh talks about England’s native scepticism. Ben explains how the US reacted more positively.
12.55 Hugh asks how Ben met the island chief. Ben tells how someone on the island had foretold that the world would come to the island. They’d actually anticipated this, and put the island up for lease to help the prophecy come true.
14.30 Pinny asks about sustainability. (Will you end it and then do the book tour?)
15.20 Ben answers and talks about the future. The beginning of a much bigger story, extending the lease on the island and other ways to build on the idea.
16.45 Johnnie: sense that although Ben has led the project, in many ways it feels like the story itself has led Ben. Johnnie prompts Ben to tell the story of how explained his idea to the islanders. 17.30 Ben tells the story [it’s worth listening to, I’m not writing it up, but it involves the local narcotic, David Beckham and the best use of a Venn diagram I’m ever likely to hear.]
20.15 Johnnie asks Ben to talk about how the community, in its very early days, coped with a major island fire. Baptism of fire indeed. There was a classic difference in the way Fijians and non-Fijians responded. The locals made tea and waited for the fire to burn itself out; some of the visitors tried to take action. How this represented different ideas of what community meant – and also notions of leadership.
22.40 Johnnie asks about how the island itself is a teacher; Ben talks about how the islanders celebrate mother’s day and frame the island itself as a mother.
23.20 Pinny asks about the spiritual/religious side, how does that work out? Ben: pretty much everyone that comes seems in tune with what we’re doing. The Fijians live a fairly traditional, Christian way of life. Things seem to pan out ok.
25.15 Pinny asks whether people stay engaged. Ben says this is the biggest challenge, including adapting to the fast changing technology eg things like Facebook.
27.25 Ben talks about the power of ideas, and trying to build a life around one.
28.00 Johnnie wraps up.
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Bob and Bobbette Move to Eastleigh
Posted on March 2, 2013 by johnny void | 43 Comments
Bob and Bobbette moved to Eastleigh after realising they would no longer be able to afford their London rent when the benefit cap is introduced.
Bob has been out of work for eight months now, despite over twenty year’s experience in the photocopying sales business. He has been constantly appalled at the little Lenins, as he calls the Jobcentre staff, looking down their communist noses and forcing him to apply for jobs that are clearly beneath him.
The last straw came when Bobbette received a letter telling her she must attend a ‘work-related’ interview. Bob was livid. Their youngest child is only four for Christ’s sake. Bobbette had said she was happy to look for work and let Bob look after the kids, and technically at least she was slightly more qualified, but Bob had reacted in fury. He remembered only too well the seedy environment of the photocopying sales office. He would kill a man before Bobbette had to endure the leering and barrage of crude innuendo the office receptionist had suffered.
Bobbette’s brother is a Lib Dem Councillor in Eastleigh, and after some string pulling had managed to secure them a rather nice Housing Association flat in the area. Bob despises Bobbette’s brother and has vowed revenge for this humiliation. With the debts mounting up however, they had little choice but to move.
Regular readers might remember Bob and Bobbette as the couple who were appalled when after Bob lost his job they discovered they were not better off on benefits than in work. Realising the Government lied to them, they both joined UKIP despite being lifelong Tory voters. Bob had filled out the application himself for the pair of them. Bobbette, who had been convinced by Bob long ago that she was too stupid to understand politics, agreed with her husband and was only too happy to sacrifice some of the house-keeping to pay for the membership fee.
On arriving in Eastleigh a new political clarity had emerged in Bob’s mind. For a long time he had thought that benefits claimants had been holding the country back. How he had ranted at the tiny Lewisham Conservative club about paying for people to sit around at home with the curtains drawn, watching Plasma screen televisions and drinking and smoking away his money.
However Bob has applied for over 100 jobs in the last eight month, and rarely even received an acknowledgement. This has been the driving force behind Bob’s political epiphany. As if a veil has been lifted from his eyes, he has come to realise that Britain is being swamped by immigrants and no-one is doing a damn thing about it. That’s why there are no jobs for decent people like him. The only people he blames more than the European Union for this fiasco are the current liberal-communist, as he calls them, coalition government.
He doesn’t believe for a second that David Cameron will offer a referendum on Europe if he wins the next election. He’s heard enough broken promises in his life-time. Bobbette agrees, although for slightly different reasons. Bobbette thinks – and what does she really know – but she thinks – that David Cameron is actually rather in favour of both Europe and immigration. She doesn’t agree that this is because he is a secret communist as Bob sometimes shouts at the television, but that he believes in the free movement of labour as a way for bosses to undermine wages. She might say, if anyone ever asked, that he is instinctively socially liberal and out of touch with traditional conservative values. But she would add that he is ruthlessly right wing economically and sees the EU as a vital project to further market driven policies such as privatisation and reduced state spending.
She doesn’t agree with David Cameron about this of course. She is concerned about the impact of immigration on jobs and wages and she doesn’t think it’s racist to say so. But she’s not sure it’s quite the problem Bob sometimes makes out. She does worry sometimes that UKIP is only too happy to scapegoat immigrants themselves as the problem. She has even wondered whether some people in UKIP are a little bit racist. She mentioned this to Bob once and he stormed off to who knows where and didn’t come back for three days. She hasn’t mentioned it again.
Bob and Bobbette have settled happily in Eastleigh, although Bob has yet to find a job. Bobbette has made friends with a nice lady next door who has children of similar age. Bob doesn’t really approve of the friendship as she is a single parent with some strange views, but he is happy that his wife has settled down a bit.
Bob keeps himself busy as well. When not applying for jobs he often walks down to the M3 to watch for any illegal immigrants who have been smuggled in through Southampton. He hasn’t spotted one yet, but it makes him feel better. At least someone is actually doing something about the problems this country faces rather than just talking about it.
Bobbette think he’s out knocking on doors looking for work. The debts are starting to bite and even with their much reduced housing costs, they are struggling like never before. For her sake Bob regularly re-assures her with made up tales of interviews and possible job offers. She would only nag and start talking about getting a job herself if he told her about Project Enoch, as Bob jokingly refers to his activities with his new UKIP friends.
Bob is overjoyed when the by-election is announced. Whilst he doesn’t quite understand what Chris Huhne did wrong, he is going to be only too happy to give this liberal communist coalition a damn good kicking. He and Bobbette have handed out thousands of leaflets for UKIP Well Bob has. Bobbette has woken up in the middle of the night in terror at the thought of Bob looking in her neighbour’s recyling bin.
They attend the polling station together. Bob is dressed in his best shirt and tie for the occasion. He looks over at his wife’s long skirt and strange, almost dangerously ethnic looking earrings. Bob would never dream of telling his wife how to dress but he would have hoped she might have made more of an effort. Ultimately however, if her standards were slipping, he blamed this Government.
Inside the polling booth Bob begins shaking with rage. He glances down at the voting slip in front of him, and despite being alone, makes a theatrical contemptuous gesture as he looks over the names of the three main party candidates. Taking the pen in his sweat drenched hand he pushes down so hard he almost breaks the nib as he makes a cross next to the UKIP candidates name. Breathing out he feels a sense of elation as he exits the booth to rejoin Bobbette. This is the day the country says enough of these communist traitors he thinks proudly.
Bobbette is shaking in her booth for a slightly different reason. For years she had just voted Conservative and never really thought about it. Her mother and father had both been Tory voters and of course Bob was a staunch supporter. But Bob’s conversion to UKIP has unsettled her. And in that brief moment of political autonomy, as insignificant as that autonomy may be, she starts to tremble, in anticipation as much as fear.
She realises that here, away from Bob and his temper, she can do as she pleases. And Bob will never know. Her pen flickers briefly over the name of the Trade Union and Socialist Candidates and she even lets slip a small giggle, surprising herself. She’s not quite ready for that yet.
Instead she makes a cross next to the name of the Liberal Democrat candidate. She’s not sure why. She knows they lie. In fact she is secretly appalled with them for the way people who are struggling so hard are being treated. People like her and Bob, although Bob would never admit how poor they really are now. She certainly won’t be voting for the Tory Party, and she can’t vote Labour, her father would turn in his grave. And the truth is she is becoming slowly disgusted with some of the things that Bob and his new UKIP friends say. A plague on all their houses she thinks with quiet determination. And votes Lib Dem.
Leaving the polling station she grabs hold of Bob’s arms and squeezes excitedly. Bob slips his arm around her waist and pulls her close. Bobbette feels almost delirious at her moment of rebellion. She can’t wait to tell her neighbour. Bob is also brimming with pride. We are closer than ever Bob thinks to himself and decides to show her how he has really been spending his time. Patting Bobbette on her behind he steers her gently towards the path that leads to his spot next to the M3.
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43 responses to “Bob and Bobbette Move to Eastleigh”
antony | March 2, 2013 at 4:05 pm | Reply
Beautiful bit of prose / prosette……..’dangerously ethnic earrings….’
“It was the fault of the Government / It was the Government’s fault………Jerusalem, Jerusalem…..”
something survived... | March 2, 2013 at 6:52 pm | Reply
A line in ‘Philadelphia’: A black woman speaks in court to give evidence that the company are bigots: She says she was bullied/harassed at work (for being black and female), and was told not to wear her earrings as they were ‘too ethnic’. In other words, please can you look less black!
The lawyer representing Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks’ character, a lawyer sacked for being gay and having HIV/AIDS) is black, and notices this point. So do some jurors, who I think include some black people…
Two nights ago I incidentally found out a friend, a student lawyer as it happens, was told to change his appearance in a massive way, as it is ‘not appropriate’ for being a lawyer! The profession has said recently it wants to get more diversity, but this is doing the opposite! If you are reasonably tidy, properly behaved, and are good at being a lawyer, what should it matter how you dress or appear, or what subculture you are from?
(On NCIS the character Abby, who does the forensics stuff, is a really cool goth/punk/riotgrrl.) (if you like older sources: then, in ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ the lawyer Carton is scruffy and dirty, but a hero…)
Perry Mason | March 2, 2013 at 7:59 pm | Reply
@ something survived… would you really want a scruffy, unkempt, “out there” lawyer representing you in a Court of Law where so much is at stake for you personally?
That was not my point. My (real) friend was neither of these things, but still got told the way he looked was not allowed.
As for courts: so much of it (language, forms of address -ditto Parliament especially the House of Lords – wig/gown, standing for the judge) is BS that could be pared away, and still have something that made sense. So much of it is based on assumptions about the people in power being the deserving ones, the respectable ones, the ones with the right to be there.
The people with money, power, status, influence, connections, powerful friends. It SAYS it is about equality but it really is not. Who you are determines what happens to you… even ‘I don’t like their face’ could be a reason to convict.
As for me: I can’t get ANY lawyer, let alone one that would be hunted down by one of those makeover shows for crimes against fashion. And I can’t afford to sue anyone (representing myself) either, as there is now a fee, and it is what I get per YEAR on benefits. According to somebody who works in this field. Strangely enough though I have no money I can BE sued… and the government hold all the cards.
efgd | March 2, 2013 at 4:21 pm | Reply
Love it. Way go Bobette! Better to vote what you know than what you think you know.
Obi Wan Kenobi | March 2, 2013 at 4:59 pm | Reply
Count now at 262
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Lure | March 2, 2013 at 5:03 pm | Reply
I WAS THAT MAN
guy fawkes | March 2, 2013 at 5:23 pm | Reply
There are too many bob and bobettes out there for my liking, but I loved your little story jv.
drew | March 2, 2013 at 6:31 pm | Reply
I warned many Bobs & Bobettes back in 2010, of the consequences of voting Tory.
Now, in 2013, with millions of Bobs and Bobettes realizing they too are in the same boat as the “chavs, shirkers and spongers” they formerly ranted against after reading the Sun, Mail or Telegraph.
I don’t say, “I told you so” because I too have found myself in that same boat.
The life boat that only lasts 6 months before it sinks beneath you, leaving you to clamber onto your wifes life raft.
The countless hours applying for jobs that never materialize.
Dealing with the bills, the anxiety, the depression the feelings of failure and worthlessness that swamp you on your flimsy, temporary DWP life raft, with no dry land or rescue in sight.
I feel for Bob & Bobette, but it may still take time before they understand why this socialist was so outspoken in early 2010.
Capitalism maybe brought us the Titanic.
Socialism might be the ideology behind the life boats.
Its the arrogance of progress that shows us our universal interdependence and frailty after all.
Paul Smyth | March 2, 2013 at 6:36 pm | Reply
Jane | March 2, 2013 at 6:52 pm | Reply
A very clever insightful piece of writing – thank you 🙂 People aren’t very nice are they?! Always someone to blame or better off than themselves, when they who truly deserve it are completely let down by the welfare system (the reality being of course that we all get the same – very little); their neighbours on the otherhand, ……..well those lazy so and so’s don’t deserve anything yet get much more than they do.
Goodness, we are all in such a mess and so much in fighting and squabbling – the government are depending upon it while they get on with the business of betraying the country. Even the poor people blame other poor people for their misfortunes. Oh dear. I wish I could see things getting better soon but I really don’t know how. I think things are going to get really unpleasant for a lot of people. Saying you should vote is all well and good but how can an intelligent thinking person put a tick to any one of their names? None of them are good enough and none will do. So none will get my vote. I want to use it but I will not endorse something bad and inadequate for purpose.
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Anomie | March 2, 2013 at 7:52 pm | Reply
Bob and Bobbette a left of centre political journey from ostentatious Thatcherism to the champagne socialism of NuLabour then onwards to an austerity respite at the UKIP lay-by before veering off into progressive totalitarianism.
The papers seem to have a lot this week (tabloids) about blaming the immigrants, deporting them en masse, kicking them out of schools, banning them from NHS treatment, stopping them (the ones allowed to work) from working, stopping them getting housing…
Add to that stories about people saying disabled people should be murdered for being disabled and a drain on the state. It costs money to keep the royal family and the aristocracy alive too – and they are visible parasites that do nothing and suck up poor people’s money.
MOD saying we should cut welfare even further so we can spend more on ‘defence’ (Ministry Of Killing Those Further-Away And Darker-Skinned Than Us).
Other people saying all of EVERYONE’s dole (unemployment benefits and disability benefits) should be STOPPED after 2 years on it – and then they should live off nothing, die, or get a miraculous job that will suddenly appear.
I don’t know why that moron, Nigel Farage, is so pleased with himself. All it proves is that they hate the Tories more than they hate Farage right now. It doesn’t mean they want him in government. People elected the LibDems, not UKIP: all it proves is that UKIP managed to prise enough racists off their Jeremy Kyle couches to come out and vote UKIP. Nigel Farage has a face like a skull that tried to badly paint on a clown mask but failed.
Would Nigel Farage like to repay all the cash and benefits-in-kind he has ever received from the European Union? If that includes teeth or a kidney, should we yank them out?
It would be a disaster to weaken/reverse/abolish our human rights laws. We should be making more human rights, not taking them away. There are things wrong with the EU, but they are things that people could fix. Like making everything work for PEOPLE, instead of governments and corporations. Like strengthening human rights. Like stopping Profit being society’s current god. Like being a welcoming and safe place for people fleeing persecution and/or seeking a better life. Like having education where individuals are valued and intelligence is seen as a good thing not as something to erase (= Dumbing Down). Like having a society where it is ‘not cool’ to smash things up or intimidate/assault people. Like having full accessibility and equality for disabled people, in everything (like for instance why do some couples with Downs Syndrome have to apply to a panel of social workers, doctors and council members in order to ask permission to have sex, get married, or live together? Why is it seen as bad for a person with disabilities to ask for conjugal visits, or a sex surrogate, or a sex worker; and why do some have to go to panels to ask for help with having sex?).
What planet is Farage on, when he claims this is a brilliant result? Maybe from where he is standing. In the interests of protecting marriage, can we arrange his forced marriage to his friend Nick Griffin? Like a shotgun wedding? Something old: Mosleyite/Powellite Fascism/Nazism.
Something new: The nazipedia website (Macropedia?), or whatever it’s calling itself these days.
Something borrowed: Eachother’s policies.
Something blue: The Conservative party (providing best man etc.)
Wedding rings: like ones the SS officers had
Wedding vows: To have (pure Aryan blood) and to hold (the canister of Zyklon B); in sickness (of other people, who we will exterminate) and in health (the only possible option); to love (Blood And Honour); forsaking all others (except skinheads and KKK for tactical alliances); for richer (us) and for poorer (the only ones we’ll let live, are ones like us who support us) .
Are there any disused oil platforms we can maroon the happy couple on? Please?!!
When Nick Griffin sleeps with Nigel Farage, why does Nick always have to go on top?
Because Nigel can only fuck up.
UKIP are so close to the BNP, they are like a ‘polite’ or more acceptable whitewashed/bowdlerised version of the BNP. Like ‘BNP Lite’. How many UKIP or UKIP sympathisers are hiding in the UKBA? UKBA and the police were officially meant to have kicked out all their BNP (not sure if this has actually happened, or if people go on finding ways to stay in the BNP secretly). UKBA is the perfect work environment for a racist. Strip, jail and mistreat immigrants. Hunt them down. Put them on a plane. Other places UKIP might work, include the DWP.
It’d be so easy to have the BNP or UKIP (since BNP aren’t banned from DWP yet!) member of staff sitting at their desk, with free rein to terminate the benefits of every black or Asian claimant that comes to sign on there. Raise a Compliance Doubt. Put a Sanction on their claim. Or get them prosecuted for Benefit Fraud. If you are trying to fill your quota of ‘people to kick off benefits’, with the carrot of ‘to earn a bonus’ or the stick of ‘to avoid the sack’, then it would be LUDICROUSLY EASY to cherrypick those ‘clients’ who are black/Asian etc. or who have something else we don’t like (single mother, disabled, hippy, punk, leftwinger, gay) about them, and for those to be the ones to be taken off their benefits. The claimant will never know this was the reason as all it takes is a click of the mouse following a decision inside that DWP ‘adviser’s’ head. So of course there is no evidence and nothing provable, and each claimant would not know anything of the other claimants sanctioned in this way. So no chance of solidarity, information gathering/sharing, unions, or a class action suit.
UKIP/BNP (let’s treat them as the conglomerate, in the geological sense, that they deserve to be) is a TERRIBLE party to vote for. It shows you care nothing whatsoever about Britain, Britishness, British values, or the British people. It’s the opposite of patriotic, and practically tantamount to treason. To really examine your origins you need to take a detailed DNA test; we are from everywhere. The human gene pool is strengthened by diversity. Genetically there are advantages of reproducing with the most different-looking people from oneself. Also we gain culturally: the benefits of mixing with other cultures are important. And if we became so mixed we could no longer tell what country we were from or where the borders start or end, when Everyone lived Everywhere, it would be so much harder for us to start a war, because ‘the other place’ would be part of ‘us’ and vice versa. (It actually already is, but we just don’t see it yet)
Do these elections bring the racists out of the woodwork, do they show how strong the support is for the (far) right, or do they indicate that the right are scattered and delusional – or all of the above?
Masterplan | March 3, 2013 at 2:33 pm | Reply
Once we reach the stage that the indigenous population are out on the street with no where to live and they see Poles, Slovak, whatever out working, earning and living in their former homes that is when the trouble really starts. The Masterplan?
Housing Association Tenant | March 3, 2013 at 2:37 pm | Reply
Too right, love… Housing Association round here keeps threatening us with: “Don’t let someone else get your home!” Wonder who that “someone” is?
rainbowwarriorlizzie | March 2, 2013 at 8:31 pm | Reply
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Raging Leftie (@ragingleftie) | March 2, 2013 at 9:15 pm | Reply
I really enjoyed this piece. Couldn’t the lady Bobbette have her own name though? I think this touches on something interesting – you can never really know the true political affiliations of your loved ones and family members. You think you know someone and then find out of the blue that they are not really what they say they are – politically speaking. I have found that discussing politics over dinner really is a no go in our family – the last time we did – we didn’t speak to each other for two weeks!
antix | March 2, 2013 at 11:53 pm | Reply
One of my best mates works for an recruitment agencies in my town, he was telling me a few weeks ago that he was told to give priority to migrant workers as not to discriminate against them. Where I live there has been a couple of major distribution center built in the last two years and through the job center has been schemes to get people into these jobs. At the same time they were advertising these jobs in Poland ect. Everyone who attended through the job center went on a 3 day a week course for 6 weeks with a interview at the end, after all this most of the jobs had been taken by the Europeans by the time the scheme had ended. To top it off there was a drugs test before the interview and if you failed no interview, but for the migrant workers there was no test!? Now there are over 75 percent migrant workers in these 1000 plus jobs, this was ment to bring work the local population, local jobs for local people as our local tory MP said in the papers. There are 1200 jobseakers here and rising and and a growing European workforce? It makes no sense to me??? Ukip all the way I say
Paul | March 3, 2013 at 2:23 am | Reply
i found this a little dissapointing, too much bob bobbette
guy fawkes | March 3, 2013 at 8:35 am | Reply
Do you think the government (who is also extreme in it’s dealings) is not deliberately provoking thiis reaction in the unemployed English people, just so that you will vote for the more extreme wing of the Tory party i.e. UKIP.
frank begbie | March 3, 2013 at 9:26 am | Reply
And Chris Grayling wants to scrap Human Rights.
I think we can already see that in action.
scarecrow78 | March 3, 2013 at 2:06 pm | Reply
Theresa May too – she wants to see the UK withdraw from the ECHR “before the next election”. Bearing in mind it’s the European Human Rights Act that is one of the few things that prevents the UK Government bringing in even more draconian laws against the poor and unemployed of this country this is another line of attack the Tories hope to open against the poorest in our society.
Kittycat58 | March 3, 2013 at 10:47 am | Reply
I’m in 2 minds here, something survived puts forward some very good points but so does antix on the subject of his friend as a similar thing happened to my ex, he applied for some agency work some time ago & was turned down flat as he wasn’t Polish. This agency was for Polish workers only. And there’s very high unemployment in the area. How fair is that?
My ex has been a lifetime tory voter (in a Labour dominated area) even he has become disillusioned over the last few months even more so now as he’s about to affected by the bedroom tax.
In a discussion on Sky News this morning there was a consensus that there has been a recent lurch to right, the tories are bound to follow this lurch. We’re on the road to fascism & there seems to be nothing that can stop it.
I’m not racist or a fascist, I’m a protectionist. Protect the jobs for british folk and our children to come. To look after our own before everyone else!!! My Slovakian friend here agrees with me on this, she said most people coming here from overseas come here for an easy ride to abuse our nhs and benefits, and most recruitment agencies now will take on polish ect to a british worker as they don’t know there employment right unlike the the british and will abuse that and make a big profits from them. Now with the ujm and uc its the brits getting punished for not being able to find jobs because of the migrants here, due to are useless government not doin anything to help us and not standing up for us and rather line there pockets from there own people’s suffering……
R33 | March 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm | Reply
My Slovakian friend said most people coming from overseas are not here for an easy ride to abuse our NHS and benefits.
sibrydionmawr | March 3, 2013 at 4:11 pm | Reply
Anomie | March 3, 2013 at 12:41 pm | Reply
“She is concerned about the impact of immigration on jobs and wages and she doesn’t think it’s racist to say so.”
Is this suggesting that it is racist to analyse or question the economic impact of unfettered immigration on a community?
Maybe not all of them. But it’s fucking hard when all I do is my best to secure a job before I lose my home in the place I grew up in and where my children live. 2 years ago I loss my job where I work for over 6 years.along with 20 or so other employees, and the same well known company i worked for now has a majority foreign work force. It’s fucking sicken me
Exposeur | December 7, 2013 at 6:23 pm | Reply
Well go to Poland, Spain, or any other EU country then. You’ve got the same right as they have to work anywhere in Europe. Off you toddle!
Sanctions Must DIE!! | March 3, 2013 at 1:27 pm | Reply
Sanctions are KILLING the poor!! Sanctions must STOP NOW!!
Kittycat58 | March 3, 2013 at 1:30 pm | Reply
What would Bob & Bobette make of this ? – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287116/Romanians-Bulgarians-snap-175-000-jobs-UK–thats-borders-opened.html
This government is not about fairness to the British worker it’s about reducing his bargaining power in employment and needs the immigrants to do this, will you work for the paltry wages immigrant workers work for? Most Tory MP’s are closet UkIPers but they also have financial interests in Europe and third world countries, so are all in it together when it comes to selling the British worker down the river and keep their own public sector jobs and pay in order to control us.
migrant workers should be controlled and allow immigration from all areas of Europe fairly not discriminate between countries.
frank begbie | March 3, 2013 at 1:49 pm | Reply
Where will all the migrants go when the NHS is privatized and the Welfare state is no more?
They won’t be coming for the weather.
Frustrated and Pissed-off Jobseeker | March 3, 2013 at 2:03 pm | Reply
What the fuck is going on? Universal Jobmatch is fucking DOWN! How they fuck are we supposed to get a fucking job when we can’t even look for one. Sack these fucking incompetent Monster cunts and give the fucking job to someone who knows what they are fucking doing. I am SO FUCKING ANGRY!!!!!!
It’s down for “maintenance” until 10PM tonight I think. The DWP are probably introducing the necessary changes needed for it to go “mandatory” from tomorrow…
I know exactly how you feel F&PO.
How may jobs have been cut, leaving departments dangerously under resourced?
How many jobs are advertised which pay 20% less than the job you were doing in 1998 but expect you to manage staff and carry greater responsibility?
Confused Jobcentre | March 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm | Reply
“We are upgrading the Monster site at the moment” No mention of the DWP/Jobcentre! The is not even displaying a DWP/JCP logo! So, how can jobseekers be “directed” to sign-up to a site that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the DWP/Jobcentre?
Though it seems that many of those expressing notes of concern about the effects of immigration on the UK jobs market would deny it, it appears that the UKIP effect is working. There is free movement for citizens of the European Union, in both directions. Of course an influx of workers is going to have an effect, but surely a much wiser approach to ‘the problem’ would be to engage with those workers to inform them of their rights, that it is illegal for employers to pay them less than the minimum wage etc. All workers in every country have the same common interests.
The xenophobic approach of closing the borders is not the way; it only plays into the hands of UKIP and the BNP. What would happen once you’d achieved that goal? Would you then seek out other national identities to accuse of taking English people’s jobs? The Irish? The Scots? The Welsh?
It’s the economic and political system that is at fault, not the fault of poor immigrants who are only trying to do what you are; that is to find a job in order to at least have a chance at achieving a semblance of a decent living. All of us here has more in common with these immigrant workers than we do with any of the political parties who spout vile British Nationalism, which by degrees includes all of the major parties.
R33 | March 3, 2013 at 6:32 pm | Reply
sibrydiomawr
It is not xenophobic to want control of British(not English) borders in an effort to alleviate joblessness in our own country and it should be the duty of immigration to inform migrant workers of minimum wage law and other employment laws such as safety laws for those that are allowed in.
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Home » All Articles » 14 Ways a TV or Movie Setting Was Used To Enhance a Screenplay
14 Ways a TV or Movie Setting Was Used To Enhance a Screenplay
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When a TV or Movie Setting IS A Character In the Narrative…
Ask yourself this: what is a TV or movie setting?
Really think about it.
Is it just a backdrop on which to stage the events of your story?
A static playground, conveying only time and place? Or can it be something more? Where is the screenplay electricity?
Sometimes the best settings reveal something about a character, or force a character to do something they otherwise wouldn’t have.
In other cases, movie setting functions as characters in their own right, with personalities, desires, and even enemies.
Take a look at 14 of the best and smartest uses of TV and movie setting as a character:
1. FARGO
MOVIE SETTING: MINNESOTA/ NORTH DAKOTA
You’re darn tootin’! Arguably the most well-known example of a movie setting that doubles as a character is the snowy backdrop of FARGO, the Coen Brothers’ sixth feature film.
The iconic setting lends itself to some incredible imagery: long stretches of endless white, splatters of blood on virgin snow; but what is most interesting is what the setting does for the film’s dialogue and characters.
Famous for it’s popularisation of the ‘Minnesota nice’ attitude, FARGO’s (mostly) warm and friendly cast of characters serve almost as a contradiction to the film’s barren, snowy setting, creating an environment that is simultaneously welcoming and alien. The result is a setting full of character, and a film that one couldn’t imagine taking place anywhere else.
“So, that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. For what? For a little bit of money? There’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’tcha know that? And here ya are, and it’s a beautiful day. Well. I just don’t understand it.”
Take a look at the scene below: a simple conversation between Mr. Mohra and Officer Olson. In any other film, the scene would be just that, but in FARGO, it becomes infinitely more memorable as a result of the movie setting.
For more darkly comedic capers in the snow, check out FX’s award-winning FARGO, a television show based loosely on the Coen Brother’s crime classic.
2. SE7EN
MOVIE SETTING: UNNAMED AMERICAN CITY
David Fincher’s SE7EN is a dark, brutal film, from the first frame to the last. It follows two detectives, Somerset and Mills, tasked with tracking down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
Early on in the film, Somerset joins Detective Mills and his wife, Tracey, for dinner at their apartment. By this point, we’re already aware that the young couple are unhappy with their lives here; though this is visually reinforced when, much to Somerset’s surprise, a passing subway train causes the apartment to violently shake.
“A soothing, relaxing, vibrating home.”
But the apartment is merely a microcosm; the city itself is the problem. Later, in a secret meeting with Somerset, Tracey reveals she is pregnant, though she is determined not to raise the child here. She explains that the conditions of the schools are horrible, and, given what we’ve seen of the city, we believe her.
“David and I are gonna have a baby…”
“Tracey, I don’t think I’m the one to talk to about this.”
“…I hate this city.”
The unnamed American city of SE7EN is a dark and unforgiving place, and almost every aspect of the film (pathetic fallacy included) exists to further this notion. The movie setting is a character without whom the film simply would not work.
3. BREAKING BAD
TV SETTING: NEW MEXICO DESERT
The location of countless drug deals, cook sessions, murders, and one fugue state, the New Mexico desert is a key setting in one of television’s most revered shows. But why?
The desert of the American Southwest is a barren place; something which BREAKING BAD’s signature ultra-wide shots make especially clear. In other words, there’s nothing to hide behind — it’s just you, and whoever you’re with — so the desert is often the place where characters are forced to confront one another, whether they’d like to or not.
The scene below is a stellar example of this, taken from episode 11 of BREAKING BAD’s fifth and final season. Here, while meeting with Saul Goodman in the New Mexico desert, Walt advises Jesse to start over in the hope of having a better life, but Jesse sees through this and instead chooses to confront him.
One can imagine the sweltering heat of the desert contributing to the characters being pushed to their breaking points. Out here, the setting literally ‘turns up the heat’ on time-sensitive tasks, like cooking meth or fleeing from the cartel. By adding pressure to already pressurised situations, the desert serves almost as an antagonist in itself.
MOVIE SETTING: SAN FRANCISCO
The themes of Alfred Hitchcock’s films are often summarised by their opening title sequences, and VERTIGO is no different. While the film encompasses many ideas, it is mostly about falling — falling in love, falling into madness — and so spirals are a clever recurring motif.
Check out VERTIGO’s spiral-tastic title sequence in the video below, designed by John Whitney in collaboration with Hitchcock-regular Saul Bass:
But what do spirals have to do with San Francisco?
The San Francisco Bay Area is famous for its steep hills, tall buildings, and, of course, the Golden Gate Bridge, making it the perfect movie setting for the story of John “Scottie” Fergusson, a character with acrophobia (a fear of heights) and vertigo (a false sense of rotational movement). Spirals are our way of seeing the city as he does.
Whether it’s Gavin Elster’s cranes extending out of the fog, or the colossal redwood trees of Muir Wood, everything in the movie setting exists to further this sense of falling. Notice that whenever a character is seen driving, they are almost always heading down the steep San Franciscan streets.
The San Francisco setting is, therefore, a way of further depicting Scottie’s descent into obsession and madness.
5. THE SHINING
MOVIE SETTING: THE OVERLOOK HOTEL
Part of what makes THE SHINING so terrifying is the complex, maze-like layout of the Overlook Hotel. At times, the building’s design abandons logic altogether: featuring windows that shouldn’t exist and doors that couldn’t possibly lead anywhere. Stanley Kubrick is, of course, famous for her meticulousness, so what happened?
Jan Harlan, Kubrick’s brother-in-law and Executive Producer of THE SHINING, explains the reasoning behind the spacial anomalies and inconsistencies of the Overlook Hotel as follows:
“[Stanley] wanted more ambiguity. If he was going to make a film about ghosts, he wanted it to be ghostly from the very first to the very last. The set was very deliberately built to be offbeat and off the track, so that the huge ballroom would never actually fit inside. The audience is deliberately made to not know where they’re going. People say The Shining doesn’t make sense. Well spotted! It’s a ghost movie. It’s not supposed to make sense.”
The Overlook Hotel’s ghostly character only becomes more apparent as the film progresses. One of its most memorable scenes takes place in the bright red bathroom; a space which bears no resemblance to any other room in the building. Instead, it appears as a projection of Jack Torrance’s violent mind; one of many hints that Jack and the Overlook Hotel are one and the same.
6. THE DESCENT
MOVIE SETTING: THE CAVE
British filmmaker Neil Marshall’s THE DESCENT follows six female cave-explorers who, after becoming trapped in an unmapped cave somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, find themselves being hunted by flesh-eating homonids.
Like many one-location horrors (HOUSEBOUND, TRIANGLE, REC), the cave is integral to the film’s scares. Stalactites and stalagmites are often the focus of our attention, as if to remind us that the characters could so easily be impaled. At other times, emphasis is given to the black depths of the cave, as if forcing us to imagine what’s lurking below.
“They’re totally blind. And judging from what we’ve seen, I’d say they use sound to hunt with. Like a bat. They’ve evolved perfectly to live down here in the dark.”
Typically in the survival horror genre, the environment is presented as an indifferent space, but in THE DESCENT, the cave is almost like an ally to the creatures. As a result of evolution, they are better adapted to living in its dark, cavernous spaces, and so the cave stacks even greater odds against our protagonists.
7. FIREFLY
TV SETTING: SERENITY
What’s Han Solo without the Millennium Falcon? Captain Kirk without the USS Enterprise? A captain is nothing without his ship, and FIREFLY’S Malcolm Reynolds is certainly no exception.
Created by Joss Whedon, the short-running television show follows Captain Mal and his crew as they struggle to survive in the depths of space. Their home is their ship — or “boat”, as they affectionately refer to her— a Firefly-class spaceship called the Serenity.
“You can learn all the math in the ‘Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don’t love, she’ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she’s hurtin’ ‘fore she keens. Makes her a home.”
The ship is frequently anthropomorphised by the show’s characters, with the most notable example being in FIREFLY’s fourteenth and final episode, OBJECTS IN SPACE. Here, the psychic River Tam saves the crew by convincing a deadly bounty hunter aboard their ship that Serenity is alive, and that she has become a part of it.
If you need any more convincing, one of the special features on the FIREFLY Blu-Ray disc is titled ‘Serenity: The Tenth Character’.
8. ENEMY
MOVIE SETTING: TORONTO
In film and television, Toronto’s chameleonic skyline often serves as a double for cities like New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago. However, in ENEMY, Denis Villeneuve’s Kafka-esque thriller about a man who becomes obsessed with his physical doppelgänger, the Canadian city owns the screen as one of the film’s main characters.
Grey, anonymous buildings loom in the background of nearly every frame, with streetcar wires dangling between them like giant spiderwebs (a terrifying image, given the film’s recurring eight-legged motif). Frequently, the camera flies above the city, embellishing the maze-like qualities of the jagged concrete buildings.
Along with the sickly brown colour palette, Toronto appears as some kind of faceless nightmare, making it the perfect place for the story of a character reluctantly delving into his subconscious. The poster even features the city’s blocky skyline rising out from his head.
9. LOST IN TRANSLATION
MOVIE SETTING: TOKYO
Much like FARGO, Sofia Coppola’s LOST IN TRANSLATION is a film often touted as having a movie setting that functions as a character. That movie setting is, of course, Tokyo, Japan.
The film’s narrative is relatively simple: Bob Harris, an ageing movie star, meets Charlotte, a young, recently-married graduate, at a hotel one night while staying in Japan’s capital.
What’s important here is that the setting is entirely alien to these two Americans, therefore instantly providing them with common ground. Were the same film set in America, it is clear that Bob and Charlotte would never have met.
“Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun.”
Unlike the largely antagonistic movie setting we’ve seen in THE SHINING and THE DESCENT, Tokyo is like a mutual friend to Bob and Charlotte. It is depicted as an almost otherworldly metropolis, providing the only catalyst the film needs to set its story in motion.
10. FALLING DOWN
MOVIE SETTING: LOS ANGELES
“Listen fellows, I’ve had a really rare morning…”
FALLING DOWN stars Michael Douglas as Will Foster, a divorced, unemployed former defence engineer, who begins a violent rampage across the streets of Los Angeles after becoming frustrated with his place in society. It is the story of Will against the city.
Take a look at the film’s opening scene below, which serves both as our introduction to Will Foster, and to the heightened portrayal of Los Angeles in the world of the film.
Seeing the city as he does is absolutely imperative to our to our willingness to follow his psychotic journey; and, like the desert of BREAKING BAD, you can practically feel the heat radiating from the screen as Will sweats in his car.
Following this, Will enters a Korean convenience store to get change for the payphone, where the heat is turned up even further. Here, the droplets of sweat on characters’ faces are exaggerated to the point of absurdity, but it all contributes to the depiction of Los Angeles that is so necessary for our understanding of Will.
11. THE THING (1982)
MOVIE SETTING: ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION
“Reach anybody? We’re a thousand miles from nowhere, man, and it’s gonna get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any better!”
The atmosphere is one of the most important aspects of any movie setting, especially in horror, and John Carpenter’s THE THING is certainly a testament to that. Set in a research station deep in the Antarctic, the film follows twelve men who must defend themselves against an alien with the ability to consume organisms and take on their shape.
We are introduced to the setting in the film’s opening scene, as a Norwegian helicopter chases a dog through the barren, snowy tundra. Here, the chopper often appears only as a black spec against a sea of white, showing us just how expansive this nothingness is.
The remote Antarctic setting is a clever way to complicate the alien problem. While the isolation and freezing temperatures make the crew’s survival more difficult, it’s more than that. The harsh environment becomes another enemy, forcing the characters to stay together, even after they’ve stopped trusting one another.
12. HIGH-RISE
MOVIE SETTING: THE HIGH-RISE
Based on J.G. Ballard’s novel of the same name, Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump’s most recent cinematic outing re-introduces audiences to the HIGH-RISE: a dystopian, almost Kubrickian setting.
The high-rise is a brutalist concrete structure, a vertical city belonging both to the 1970s and some strange future world. Here, the upper echelons of society live in penthouses on the top floors, while poorer families reside in council house-esque apartments nearer the bottom; similar to the eponymous train in Bong Joon-ho’s SNOWPIERCER.
Speaking in an interview about the “triangular buttress shape” supports seen almost everywhere in the building, Wheatley anthropomorphises the high-rise as follows:
“[…] it also gave this feeling of impinging on the space of the people, so everything was really oppressive and pushing down on them the whole time. That had come from the idea that the building itself didn’t care about the people inside it.”
In his novel, Ballard also describes the tower block as having a consciousness of its own:
“Like a huge and aggressive malefactor, the high-rise was determined to inflict every conceivable hostility upon them.”
Check out this clever trailer for HIGH-RISE below, made in the style of a promotional advert for the fictitious building:
13. ALIEN
MOVIE SETTING: NOSTROMO
Ridley Scott’s ALIEN has a wonderfully simple premise: a commercial space crew must survive, and eventually defeat, an alien creature hiding aboard their ship, the Nostromo.
While the iconic creature is undoubtedly the film’s scariest element, the Nostromo isn’t far behind. As the film progresses, the ship becomes almost like a haunted house: a cold, unsympathetic labyrinth of technology, where nowhere is safe.
Take the scene where Brett searches the ship’s cargo hold for the crew’s cat, Jones, after they realise he’s interfering with their motion-tracking technology. Here, the metal chains dangling from the ceiling almost perfectly mimic the movement of the alien creature’s long tail, filling us with dread even before it makes an appearance.
Later, Ripley discovers that Mother, Nostromo’s artificially intelligent computer, has been secretly tasked with safely returning the alien creature to the crew’s employers. The crew are expendable in this scenario, and the setting becomes another enemy to the them.
“Mother? I’ve turned the cooling unit back on. Mother?!”
“The ship will automatically destruct in T-minus 5 minutes.”
“You bitch!”
14. CITY OF GOD
MOVIE SETTING: RIO DE JANIERO
Characters change, so why can’t movie setting change, too? Dubbed “the Brazilian GOODFELLAS”, CITY OF GOD’s epic narrative spans almost three decades, allowing us to view a setting as it morphs through time.
We begin in the 1960s, with the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro in its infancy. Here, the favela is a newly-built housing project with little access to electricity and water. This is the backdrop against which many of the film’s central characters first become involved in Rio’s criminal underworld. But things are just getting started…
In the 1970s, the favelas become more urban, and gang-related crime worsens. Here, the corrugated iron houses and dirt tracks of the 1960s have been replaced with buildings and roads. Next, we jump to the 1980s, where the city has become a maze; a labyrinth of zig-zagging streets, enveloped in concrete.
With each jump in time, CITY OF GOD’s setting closer resembles a city… and a prison. The idea is, of course, that the characters are increasingly unable to escape the violence and corruption of the Cidade de Deus, even should they want to. In other words, the movie setting is just as much of an antagonist as the criminals themselves.
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By U-News Staff on March 18, 2015
Last Saturday marked the third annual TEDxUMKC. The event took place at the JC Nichols auditorium and lobby inside Liberty Memorial, and proved to be as well orchestrated as its parent conference, TEDxKC.
More than 200 students and community members filled up the theatre’s red velvet seats. The event lasted four hours. During that time seven speakers took the stage, two world-renowned TED Talks fitting the “Ditching Dogma” theme played and a thirty-minute intermission gave the guests a chance to snack.
Tickets were free for students, and for non-students admission cost a mere $5. The price or pricelessness of the event included tons of food. Attendees grabbed Pickleman’s croissant sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies and Roasterie coffee at intermission.
After the event, everyone piled a new spread of chips, pita, hummus, and warm pretzels onto plates. The guests then dined in the J.C. Nichols’ lobby surrounded by UMKC art and TED themed displays.
The cherry on top of the sundae? The second you showed your ticket at the front booth, a kind volunteer asked for your t-shirt size. When they emerged from a backroom, you were handed a drawstring backpack stocked with TEDxUMKC specially designed water bottle, soft red t-shirt and spiral notebook—pen included. Quite the takeaway for a zero dollar admittance.
The line-up of speakers was also impressive. Right before intermission, Mark Brodwin wowed many with his detailed presentation about what’s happening in the universe. Mostly and recently, scientists have studied whether the universe is expanding, for how long, and at what rate. Using a supernova as a GPS, they’ve discovered that the universe accelerates at an alarming rate. In 200 billion years, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to see other galaxies through the Hubble telescope. The universe will appear blackened, save for a few stars in our galaxy. A scary and interesting notion for sci-fi fans.
Iram Fatima, first-year pre-medicine student, thought Brodwin hit it big with science aficionados. As she said, “I got introduced to many topics, and this made me more curious to learn and research about them. Learning how the universe will look in the future if it keeps on expanding, makes me want to know more and do my own research.”
Following the intermission, Mike Anderson, host of the “Not So Late Show,” animated the audience with a riveting talk about sexual fantasies and partner intimacy. Laughter erupted quite frequently. How can one not laugh when they see a picture of a woman holding a stop sign facing a man alongside her in bed? Though humor worked effectively in Anderson’s lighter topic, most speakers had a more serious tone.
The last speaker, Alex Gorosh, a film and documentary worker, spoke about a documentary-like ad created for Gizmogul that would “spread a story instead of just buying a billboard.” The company recycles technology in a more globally conscious manner, so it doesn’t end up in cities like Abgobloshie, Guana. Once there, 12 to 13 year olds scavenge technology graveyards for anything useful. Not only is the pay terrible (most make 2-3 dollars a day) but also the plastic burned emits dangerous fumes, wreaking havoc on the brain and nervous system of the workers. The story told left quite an impression. As we all learned, the Abgobloshie people have on average a 25-year life expectancy.
At the end of the evening, Marika Nalluri, fifth year pre-medicine student and TEDxUMKC founder, walked on stage to thank the supporters, volunteers, and most importantly the sponsors. Bonnie Postlethwaite, Dean of Libraries, got special recognition, as Marika Nalluri called her “a true mentor to the student organizers.” Amongst the 15 marked chairs reserved for contributors, only Postlethwaite occupied a seat.
“I think the students did a great job getting diverse speakers on a range of diverse topics that still fit the theme,” Postlethwaite said. “But more the point is what the audience thinks.”
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Design for Living (1933)
**This review is written as part of the Fabulous Films of the ’30s Blogathon hosted by The Classic Movie Blog Association. Check out the other participants’ work here.**
Design for Living has the pedigree only the best pre-Codes accrue: directed by master of comedy, Ernst Lubitsch, it stars the leading lady of his last masterpiece (Miriam Hopkins in 1932’s Trouble in Paradise, and was prevented from receiving the Producer’s seal of approval when the Code took effect due to its salacious content. The premise certainly makes for some pearl-wringing moments, and the dialogue is franker than you expected, but this is a far cry from the comedic highs of Trouble in Paradise and that colored my overall enjoyment of the film.
Gilda Farrell (Miriam Hopkins) meets struggling writer Thomas Chambers (Fredric March) and his equally struggling best friend, painter George Curtis (Gary Cooper). Gilda likes both men equally, and the trio enter into a pact where she’ll act as their coach, so long as there’s “no sex.” Unfortunately, the sins of the flesh get the best of all of them, threatening to tear about their friendships despite their rising success.
For those who have yet to experience salacious pre-Code, Design for Living earns its entry. The threesome – ahem – aside, there’s a few choice bon mots that provoke, especially since upright stars like Cooper and March say them. My personal favorite has to be March’s declaration to Gilda’s long suffering friend, Max Plunkett (Edward Everett Horton), “In other words, Mr. Plunkett, you never got to first base!” The trio keep their individual romances a secret throughout the movie’s first half, and the threesome element never plays as steamy as expected until the end. When Gilda and George decide to get together, leaving Tom out, March’s character goes to visit George…seeing Gilda instead. The scene ends there, but the “sleepover” is apparent as Gilda and Tom have breakfast…with him in the same suit from last night, one of many gender swaps the movie uses to great effect.
The walk of shame from a male perspective notwithstanding, Lubitsch’s greatest work comes from attacking patriarchy and subverting sexual relationships in his many films. Trouble in Paradise certainly gave Herbert Marshall’s character the upper hand, but Design for Living puts the onus squarely on Gilda (not to be confused with a later, more famous redhead with the same name, Hopkins’ plays JILL-da). Her love for both Tom and George puts her in a position that’s foreign to all of them. “A thing happened to me that usually happens to men,” Gilda realizes. For Gilda, she’s in a position of power, being able to toy with these men. And that doesn’t make Gilda the villain, in fact Thomas and George gussy themselves up to impress her, primping like two women going on a first date, and leaving out items showcasing their intelligence. At other moments the two men act like children, siblings competing for Gilda’s motherly attention. There’s also an added element of Gilda berating them as a means of making their art better.
The problem is the whole thing just never translates into anything particularly funny. This was based on a Noel Coward play, and it’s been reported that the only line kept was “For the good of our immortal souls,” spoken when Tom and George get drunk after Gilda’s jilted them for the not-quite last time. Comparing this to something like Blithe Spirit, another Coward play turned feature, shows that sometimes Lubitsch’s touch doesn’t always enhance the funny. Funny aside, there’s also a marked stop-start quality, a puttering the movie can’t shake, and I’m not talking about Gilda’s constant leaving. Gilda, Tom and George meet in a cheeky and erotic sequence involving entwined feet, while the next scene shows her making out with both men at different times. There’s no pleasantries implying they’ve spoken for more than a couple minutes, now they know each other? Later on, the men and Gilda work together to get their careers to take off, and that’s solved in seconds. If the main plot is how the three navigate their threesome, we need something more than watching her work with them individually. The ending sequence of kisses frustrates more than delights because that’s what the audience hopes for!
Cooper, March, and Hopkins are all fine, with neither stealing the show like Hopkins did in Trouble in Paradise. Hopkins certainly understands Lubitsch’s dialogue, but for all the strength her character wields in the opening sequences, her ultimate marriage to Max fails to make discernible sense, short of having her turn clotheshorse on us. March plays the verbose writer to a T, but it’s laughable believing Cooper as this hotheaded artist. He, too often, mugs and poses for the camera, and while everyone talks about him smashing and punching things, we never see it; he’s the film’s “seven in one blow” shoemaker.
Design for Living doesn’t work as a comedy, but the actors and the gender shifts are fun, as is the thought of the threesome that’s created.
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Marsha Collock says:
Kristin – I’m with you on this one. It has all the right ingredients, but somehow, it all leaves me cold.It has wit and style, but no heart and soul.
That’s a great summation, and I’m happy to hear I’m not alone in my thoughts.
I’ve read many glowing reviews of this film, but I like your take on it. From the outside, it seems like it can’t lose, which is a pretty tall order for any film.
This was a great choice for the blogathon!
BlondeAtTheFilm says:
Great review! As you said, it’s interesting to see “upright stars like Cooper and March” deliver risqué lines and engage in this “threesome.” Like Silver Screenings, I usually hear this film lauded as a masterpiece, but you give some good points about its flaws. I’m excited to watch it again after reading your review!
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ladylavinia1932 says:
The only problem I have with this film is that the pacing seems to sag in the middle of the story.
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For those who may prefer to help themselves in the comfort of their own home, in that regard I would recommend that you obtain a copy of what is arguably the Worlds Most
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For the therapists amongst you, you now have the chance to learn and become Certified in my Unique Approaches, full details of which can be found here:
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Now whilst we are obviously not legally, ethically or morally allowed to teach you “Visual Coding Displacement Therapy” – VCDT or The Speakmans “Schema Conditioning Psychotherapy”, both of which are Patented and may only be taught (at this time) by Nik and Eva Speakman Themselves through their Speakmans Institute of Schema Conditioning Psychotherapy, what we can do however is teach you so well in numerous other cutting edge psychological treatment techniques, that you will automatically then be able to observe what ANY and we do mean ANY other NLP or Hypnotic Style Mind Therapist does and then be instantly able to do it the same way and get the same results yourself.
This is because we teach you the real building blocks of all psychological treatment methods, and once you fully understand all of these building blocks then you need never take any other form of training ever again, as you’ll be able to combine the blocks together in whatever pattern/order is needed for each individual client to suit their needs 100%.
It also means you’ll not only be able to duplicate anything any other NLP or Hypnotic Style therapist does or has done, but in fact means you will most likely be more successful than them doing it, as ironically you will likely end up knowing more about it and understanding how and why it all works better than the vast majority of so called “experts”
Incidentally amongst one of the numerous different video training sets within that bumper package at the above link, is my “Ultimate Change Seminar” which took place some years back in London and during which you will see Nik and Eva Speakman make a short Suprise Appearance as they turned up unexpectedly at the event with a Birthday Cake and Present for me (it was my birthday the day they surprised me) and in their own usual inimitable way brought a touch of Speakman Magic to my day!
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As You’ll See by way of the Video and Written testimonials at the links on this page, I have trained, consulted, coached, helped and/or advised arguably more people around the world who now are Successful Therapists and Hypnotists than any other teacher, and that includes many people who are now Famous Media and Household Names in their own Country’s.
All of our courses are approved and endorsed by The Mindcare Organization Ltd (UK), Personal Development Associates (USA), The NLP Association (UK) and The Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioners Association (UK) amongst other reputable bodies.
Seriously if you want to become a Successful Therapy Practitioner then you would be wise to check out all of the links above on this page and then to contact me directly via http://www.magicalguru.com
That also is the link to use to contact me if you’d like to arrange a personal one to one treatment session with myself or one of my experienced colleagues.
I just thought, what a strange co-incidence it is that the Two Fastest Rising names in
the Celebrity and Media World of Psychological Treatment (The Speakmans) live at
Stubley Old Hall in Littleborough on the outskirts of Rochdale, and arguably one of
the Worlds Leading Trainers of NLP, Hypnotherapists, Complete Mind Therapists and
M.E.L.T Practitioners (thats me Jonathan Royle) lives just a few miles down the
road from them in Rochdale.
It is as they say both a Small World and A Strange World At Times!
Goodbye For Now, Stay Happy
Jonathan Royle
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UPCOMING SHOWS FROM THE SPEAKMAN’S ON ITV WILL INCLUDE:
The Speakmans will follow therapists to the stars, Nik and Eva Speakman as they attempt to successfully treat ordinary people with extraordinary problems.
In a bid to succeed where counsellors, doctors and other therapists have failed, Nik and Eva will see a range of people with debilitating psychological issues and attempt over the course of one programme to cure them.
From Agoraphobia to post traumatic stress, each programme will see a contributor introduce viewers to a problem that is affecting their life and then follow the experts in action as they seek to cure them.
Episode one: Sick
Becky is terrified of getting sick. For the last five years, this phobia has completely taken over her life and she rarely leaves the house. Becky was once passionate about horse riding but now she’s petrified to go the stables. This phobia is destroying all of her relationships. Her boyfriend, Chris finished their relationship and says he’ll only take her back if she gets treated for her phobia.
The Speakmans delve into Becky’s past and discover what life experiences triggered her phobia. Nik & Eva bring the family together and discuss the huge impact that Becky’s phobia is having on everyone else. The Speakmans go through intense therapy with Becky and attempt to treat her intense phobia.
Can The Speakmans successfully treat Becky and will she be able to rekindle her love of horse riding? Will Becky be able to save her relationships before it’s too late?
Episode two: OCD
Ashlea is desperate to start a family but her extreme OCD is preventing her from fulfilling her dreams. Ashlea is addicted to biting objects. She can spend up to 11 hours a day biting furniture, curtains, plates, steering wheels, hot hair straighteners, hot irons, etc. Every time she goes upstairs she has to bite the entire bannisters which is now destroyed. Ashlea has a dangerous habit of taking her hands off the steering wheel to touch the roof of her car. Ashlea says her OCD is putting a huge strain on her marriage.
In mediation, Ashlea’s family express their concerns about her OCD as it’s becoming a danger to her life especially whilst she’s driving her car.
During therapy The Speakmans discover that Ashlea found it difficult to come to terms with her parents divorce when she was seven year old and this is when her OCD started. Aged 15, Ashlea was diagnosed with OCD. Ashlea believes that ‘bad things’ will happen if she doesn’t repeat her rituals.
Can The Speakmans reverse Ashlea’s thought process? Will Ashlea be able to let go of the past and fulfil her dreams of starting a family?
Episode three: Trichotillomania
Danielle has been suffering from Trichotillomania for the last 18 years, which means that she has a compulsion to pull her hair out. After she has pulled out her hair, she then bites the roots as she loves the crunching sound it makes. Danielle has several bald patches which has caused her to have a serious lack of confidence and she claims that she hasn’t been able to go out with friends or enjoy a social life for a long time. Danielle is desperate to stop pulling her hair out, and her parents are equally desperate for her to.
In family mediation, the family make an emotional plea in an attempt to help Danielle to overcome her condition.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Danielle was badly bullied at school and as a result she began to pull her hair out.
Can The Speakmans successfully treat Danielle? Will Danielle stop pulling her hair out? Can The Speakmans help Danielle gain back her confidence?
Episode four: Fear of swallowing
Dave is unable to swallow solid food. In February 2013, Dave had a throat infection and had to have a tooth removed. Later that week, he went out for dinner and choked on bit of meat. Dave has not been able to swallow solid food since then. His diet consists of soft food: mash potatoes, soup, cheese and milk. Dave is 6ft”2 and weighs ten stone, he’s lost almost four stone in the last year. It can take him 1hr 15’ to eat a bowl of soup. Dave hates how he looks and is desperate to go back to his athletic shape.
In family mediation, Dave’s wife makes an emotional plea to him as she’s so worried about his health. Dave admits that his fear of swallowing food is taking over his life. In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Dave has a fear of swallowing food as he almost choked a year ago. Can The Speakmans make him swallow food again? Will Dave be able to move on and start eating nutritious meals again?
Episode five: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Karlette believes she’s suffering from PTSD, although she’s not been formally diagnosed her doctor suggested that she may be suffering from it. Seven years ago, Karlette was 15 and was brutally attacked by two women. Since the attack, Karlette has lost all of her confidence and has become short tempered. She relives the attack on a nightly basis and believes that it’s stopping her from living her life to the full. Karlette is a very talented singer and dancer who won a scholarship at a high-end performing arts school, but she’s not been able to perform since the attack.
During mediation, the family tell Karlette some home truths about how much she has changed since the attack. In an emotional plea, the family tell Karlette that her temper is out of control and that they would do anything to have the old Karlette back.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Karlette’s attack has had a huge impact on her behaviour. Karlette struggles on a daily basis as she keeps reliving the attack. The Speakmans attempt to treat Karlette and make her realise that the attack was not her fault.
Can The Speakmans help Karlette gain back her confidence? Will Karlette let go of the past and continue to pursue her dream of performing?
Episode six: Monday 21 July: Georgia Williamson – Agoraphobia
For nearly four years Georgia has hardly left the house. The only time she leaves the house is to walk into the field right opposite her house, but this has only been for a few minutes. Georgia believes this fear started when she was 16 whilst she was studying for her GCSE’s. Since then her agoraphobia has become more advance. She has lost her education and friends because of her isolating illness.
Her parents: Alison and Ian are at breaking point, they become frustrated with one another as they cannot help their daughter. Both are terrified for Georgia’s future, especially when they’re gone.
During family mediation, Georgia’s mum and sister get very emotional as they talk of the huge effect that Georgia’s phobia is having on the rest of the family.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Georgia witnessed a few disturbing incidents which included a man flashing himself at her. This is one of the reason’s that Georgia doesn’t like to leave the house.
Can The Speakmans help Georgia leave the house? Will Georgia finally be able to start enjoying life without a constant fear of the outside world.
Episode seven: Tuesday 22 July: Ashlee Jefferies – Dental phobia
Ashlee is terrified of the dentist and her teeth are literally rotting. A dentist told her that she’ll have no teeth left by the time she’s 30! Ashlee is a hairdresser and takes pride in her appearance but she cannot go to the dentist.
Ashlee was born with a calcium deficiency and when she was 8 all of teeth were removed. It was very traumatic time for her and she spent the night in hospital. Following that, she grew all new teeth and regularly went for check ups. When she was 14, she had a tooth removed and hasn’t been back since. She’s already missing five teeth, mainly at the back and side. Six months ago, she noticed a small hole in her front tooth, she’s now terrified that it will fall out. Ashlee can no longer eat with her back teeth, she has to chew with her front teeth. Ashlee has lost almost two stone, she rarely eats as it’s too painful. Her partner, Chris says that Ashlee was once the life and soul of the party but now she hides in the background as she’s conscious of her teeth. He says she’s constantly covering her mouth and no longer enjoys a night out. Chris would love to propose to Ashlee, but she won’t get married while her teeth are like this….
In family mediation, Ashlee’s fiance and her mother tell her how concerned they’re about her as she’s unable to eat solid food.
In Therapy, The Speakmans discover that Ashlee was born with a calcium deficiency and when she was 8 she lost all her teeth, she had to say in hospital over night and went through a very traumatic time.
Can The Speakmans help Ashlee over come her fear of the dentist? Will Ashlee be able to get the Hollywood smile she’s always dreamed of?
Episode eight: Wednesday 23 July: Danni Perrot – Shark phobia
Danni is terrified of sharks and it’s stopping her from achieving her life long dream of surfing. Danni says the ocean is her spiritual home but this fear is preventing her from swimming in deep water. Danni went into the water for this first since her childhood when she was 38 but she couldn’t go beyond her knees. She spent the day boogie boarding and absolutely loved it but she longed to go out deeper and join the surfers. Danni is determined to face her fear as she’s desperate to become a surfer.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Danni’s fear of sharks stems from her childhood as she she used to watch the film Jaws. Her fear was then heightened as her brother pretended that he saw a shark whilst they were swimming in the sea.
Can The Speakmans help Danni achieve her life long dream of becoming a surfer? The Speakmans have an unbelievable surprise for Danni (they bring her swimming with sharks) but will she be able to face her fear?
Episode nine: Thursday 24 July: Julie Beal – Spiders
Julie has an extreme fear of spiders. She cannot be alone in her home incase she see’s a spider. If she is alone, then she’ll wait outside until someone comes home. On one occasion she found a spider in her home and she pulled a complete stranger in from the street to remove it. Julie insists that her partner, David checks her clothes for spiders on a daily basis. If she needs to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, then she’ll insist that David brings her to the bathroom. Six weeks ago, Julie moved her boys (16 & 20) and her partner, David of two years to the countryside. They now live in their dream home with 1.5 acres of land for their horse but for Julie it’s a complete nightmare and she’s considering moving back to town. Although, she loves the country she feels there are too many spiders in her area. Julie has only been living with her partner for the last six weeks and she’s worried that her phobia will destroy their relationship.
In mediation, the family tell Julie how much of an impact her phobia is having on the rest of the family.
The Speakmans discover in therapy that Julie’s phobia stemmed from her childhood as she grew up believing that spiders were horrible creatures. The Speakmans attempt to treat Julie by making her realise that spiders are harmless.
Can The Speakmans treat Julie and help her overcome her phobia of spiders? Can Julie finally enjoy life in her dream home?
Episode ten: Friday 25 July: Karen Knight – Social phobia
Karen has suffered with social anxiety for ten years and is terrified of people. Karen will do anything to avoid people and she can’t go anywhere without her husband. Karen and David are cleaners at a local school which is perfect for Karen as all the pupils and teachers are gone home while she’s at work. She spends her entire time cleaning 21 toilets as she refuses to enter a classroom just in case a teacher is working late. Karen hasn’t even seen her grandchildren (Anouska’s children) for over a year, although they only live four minutes down the road. Karen has gone months without seeing her sons because she feels really awkward around them.
In family mediation, Karen’s husband and children tell her how difficult it is leave with her condition. They love her but are desperate for her to overcome her anxiety.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Karen has low self esteem as she was bullied at school and was in difficult relationships.
Can The Speakmans help Karen overcome her anxiety? Will Karen be able to get over her fear of people and start enjoying time with her family?
Episode 11: Monday 28th July
Sandra has had cancer for five years. It started with bowel cancer, then spread to her left lung, then to her adrenal gland, then her right lung. She’s not going through chemo at the moment but the doctors said the cancer will come back. They don’t know her life expectancy but it’s not in the immediate future. Sandra suffers with extreme claustrophobia and lifts are out of the question. Last year, her adrenal gland was removed and after the operation they needed to bring her to another ward but she refused to get in the lift. Instead, Sandra decided to climb the stairs even though she was in excruciating pain. It took four nurses to carry her drips and the porter waited at the top of the stairs with her wheelchair. Sandra has refused MRI scans, will not go into public toilets and they’ve never been abroad as she can’t get on a plane or boat. Her husband, Ron would love to bring her to the West End, but she refuses to go. He would love to bring her on a plane and just be spontaneous. This is Sandra’s last chance at life and more than anything, they want to enjoy what time she has left.
Episode 12: Tuesday 29th July
Last year, Marion’s sister, Pamela was murdered by her boyfriend who buried Pamela in shallow grave. The police & sniffer dogs searched the area for two months and eventually found her body. Marion feel’s that her life has changed forever, not only has she lost her sister, but she’s also lost part of herself. Marion feels incredibly guilty as she was meant to go and visit Pamela the day she was murdered. Marion was very close to Pamela and they only lived 10 minutes apart. Marion is suffering from PTSD and claustrophobia. She was once a confident woman but now she hates being in confined spaces. If she goes into big shops then she’ll need to know where all the exit signs are placed. Her son is getting married at the end of June and he’s paid for her flight to Turkey but she can’t get on the plane. Marion replays her sister’s murder on a daily basis and she desperately wants to start enjoying life again.
Can The Speakmans help Marion accept her sisters murder? Will Marion be able to face her demons?
Episode 13: Wednesday 30th July
Bryony is terrified of all dogs. Every day before she leaves the house she’s worried that she’ll bump into a dog. She works full time in a fancy dress shop but is also self employed as a children’s entertainer and will refuse work if the family have a dog or if the event is at a park. Bryony gets the train to work every day, she lives a 5-10 minute walk from the train station but she refuses to walk as the route has dog walkers, so her mother drives her there every morning. She won’t go to the beach, park or anywhere dogs might be. A dog has never bitten her but she remembers have a nightmare aged four and a dog had attacked her in the dream. Bryony hates living her life in fear and just wants to go outside and feel comfortable.
Can The Speakmans help Bryony overcome her fear of dogs? Will Bryony be able to stroke a dog after her treatment?
Charlotte has been plucking and picking at her body for seven years. Her 11 year old daughter started school around this time and she felt like she had nothing else to do. Charlotte has scarred her entire body and will pick at anything which results in bleeding and scars. Charlotte hates leaving her home as she feels people are looking at her. Charlotte and her fiance Martin have become more like friends and the family rarely have days out as Charlotte hates going out.
Can The Speakmans help Charlotte overcome her addiction to picking her skin?
Episode 14: Thursday 31st July
Amanda has a major phobia of medicine, she cannot swallow tablets or take it in liquid form. Her phobia is literally killing her. Amanda has almost died around 5 times due to her phobia! Amanda is 34 and has been on a dialysis machine for 25yrs, despite the recommended maximum time being 5yrs. Amanda lost her kidneys at 10yrs old and had her first transplant at 18, however that only lasted for six months as her body rejected her kidney as she couldn’t take her medication. Amanda can’t even be in the same room as a tablet, she is petrified of them. Amanda spends 3 hrs, 3 days a week, attached to a machine that draws out her blood, cleans it and pumps it back in. Amanda is meant to be taking a cocktail of medication that helps her body cope with dialysis, but she cannot take them. As a result, Amanda’s bones have become brittle and she is now in a wheelchair. She can walk a short distance but she relies heavily on her family. Her mother claims that she has only has a few years left, unless she gets treated for her phobia. Amanda is not allowed on the kidney waiting list at the moment as she refuses the medication. If Amanda is treated for her phobia, it will give her a new lease of life and if she starts taking medication it will strengthen her bones and the likelihood is that she’ll no longer need her wheelchair!
Can The Speakmans help Amanda overcome her fear and swallow medication?
Episode 15: Friday 1st August
Ross has had a problem with food for as long as he can remember. Ross has a phobia of food and can only eat chicken products, potato products and bacon. Ross says his sense of taste and smell are very sensitive, if he smells or tastes anything that he will not eat, he panics and will run away. Ross has to avoid walking past restaurants and cafes and can’t cook anything nutritious for his son Leo. Ross can’t even prepare healthy lunches for his son, so his son now gets school dinners. Leo goes to his grandmother’s house at least five times a week in order to get his essential nutrients and vitamins. Ross says he is worried he is overweight but can not eat anything healthy to lose it. Ross has never been on holiday or taken his son to a restaurant and he just wants to be a better dad.
Can The Speakmans help Ross overcome his phobia? Will Ross be able to try new foods?
Episode 16: Monday 4th August – Caroline
Caroline lives with her partner of 24 years and their two children. She passed her driving test nine years ago and loved the new found freedom and confidence it gave her. A year later, while driving over a high ring road, Caroline suffered a panic attack and ever since then, she’s become more and more nervous on the road. Her fears were compounded when she was involved in a car accident with her family a year ago and each time she’s tried to drive anywhere since, she’s become overwhelmed with panic. Caroline’s elderly parents live a 10 minute drive from her and rely on her for help which means she is currently spending up to £100 on taxi’s each week.
In family mediation we discover how Caroline’s phobia affects her partner. He admits that it has caused tension between them. Caroline’s 22 year old daughter is also learning to drive and Caroline’s worried she will pick up on her fears.
In treatment, Nik and Eva discover that Caroline’s fear of driving actually stems from a fear of heights.
Can the Speakmans help Caroline to conquer two fears in just one day?
Episode 17: Tuesday 5th August – Alison
Alison is petrified of flying. She bursts into tears as soon as the door of the aeroplane closes. Alison can’t even look at a plane in the sky and feels sick at the thought of going to an airport to pick someone up. Alison has been on at least seven flights in the past, but at the moment she can not physically bring herself to get on a plane. Her last flight was three years ago and she hated every second of it. Last year, she was due to fly to Turkey with her daughter but her dad died a few weeks beforehand, Alison was relieved that she had an excuse not to fly. Alison fell out with her best friend of 40 years and hasn’t not spoken to her in six months. Alison was due to go on a girly holiday with her but couldn’t bring herself to go and as a result they fell out. Alison’s daughter, Laura moved to Dubai 18 months ago and works as air hostess. Alison has only seen Laura 3 times in the last 18 months, the last time was in February. Laura surprised her mother and bought her a ticket to Dubai which was due to depart a few months after the show was filmed but as it stood Alison would not go on the plane and didn’t have the heart to tell Laura.
In mediation Alison’s daughter makes an emotional plea to get her onto a plane.
Can The Speakmans help Alison overcome her phobia of flying? Will Alison be able to fly to Dubai to see her daughter?
Episode 18: Wednesday 6th August
Claire has an extreme phobia of veins and she is currently 26 weeks pregnant. Claire hasn’t looked at her own legs in three years because of varicose veins! Claire hated her varicose veins so much that she had an operation to get them removed. When Claire gets hot, the veins on her hand protrude and she cannot do anything that involves using her hands. Claire has a 17 month old daughter and sometimes she cannot change her nappy, feed her or bath her. Claire relies heavily on her 17-year-old daughter, Charleigh to help out with the daily chores. Charleigh is a street dancer and regularly performs which involves a lot of fake tan and make up. Claire is unable to help her daughter get ready due to her fear of veins. Claire is pregnant and is absolutely terrified as the doctor needs to take blood which means finding a vein! Claire cannot look at people who wear shorts or skirts incase they have veins. This phobia is taking over Claire’s life, there’s no getting away from veins and she wants to be able to accept herself and others.
In mediation, Claire’s sister and daughter tell her that her fear is having a big impact on the rest of the family.
Will The Speakmans help Claire overcome her fear of veins? Will Claire be able to look at veins without being terrified?
Episode 19: Thursday 7th August
Jo has suffered from OCD for 17 years. She hates germs and will not allow them in her house. She has to keep her house, kids and car free of germs. She insists that everyone takes a shower as soon as they enter her home. She has three children and once they get home from school, she insists they have a shower. Jo has a one year old daughter and she took her to the clinic earlier this week. Jo felt awful because as soon as they got home, she had to give the baby a bath. Jo will not allow anyone in her home apart from her husband and children. Jo’s mother, has only been to her house once in the last year. “people don’t come to my house anymore as they know it makes me very uncomfortable.” Jo hates touching anything dirty especially money. Anytime she leaves her house, she has to take anti bacterial wipes as she can’t open doors without them. When Jo goes outside, she will only use one of her hands to touch thing, the other hand is kept free from germs. Jo would absolutely love to free herself and her family of this obsession.
In mediation, Jo’s mum and best friend tell her how upsetting it is for them not to be allowed in her home.
Will The Speakmans help Jo face her fear of germs? Will Jo allow herself to touch germs without getting anxious?
Episode 20: Friday 8th August
Joanne was in a horrific car accident in October 2009 and is now in a wheelchair. She was driving to work on her scooter and a woman pulled out, Joanne swerved, fell off her bike and damaged her back. Since the accident her entire life has changed, she’s accepted her disability but she desperately needs help with her PTSD. Joanne hasn’t had a full nights sleep since the accident, she wakes up nightly and regularly has flash backs. Joanne lives in Halifax and her family live in Essex. Joanne can only travel a short distance as she suffers from panic attacks since the accident. As a result, Joanne has missed out on several family events as she’s not able to travel to Essex. Joanne is very close with her mother, Pat and speaks to her daily. Pat is not very well, she had a tumour removed from her throat two years ago and since then she doesn’t like to travel to Halifax as she needs to be close to her hospital. Joanne only gets to see her family twice a year and would love nothing more than to gain confidence so that she can travel to see her family. Joanne’s partner, Leanne is her carer and their relationship has completely changed since the accident. Leanne says that Joanne is like a different person, she was once bubbly and confident but now she’s constantly anxious and stressed due to the PTSD.
In mediation, Joanne’s partner Leanne tells her how much she has changed since the car accident. It’s an emotional journey for Joanne.
Will The Speakmans help Joanne overcome her PTSD? Will Joanne be able to get into a car without feeling panicky? Will Joanne be able to make the journey to see her family in Essex?
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Characterization of GaN quantum dots on AlGaN/SiC substrate using cathodoluminescence
A. Petersson, S. Tanaka, Y. Aoyagi, L. Samuelson
GaN quantum dots on an AlGaN surface can be fabricated by the use of Si as a surface modifier for the formation of the quantum dots. The details of this mechanism is not yet fully understood. The scope of this paper is to investigate how the growth temperature is affecting the formation of these types of structures. By the use of cathodoluminescence it was possible to visualize the spatial distribution of the luminescence from the quantum dots, the barrier and luminescence tentatively attributed to deep level impurities induced by the Si treatment.
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Petersson, A., Tanaka, S., Aoyagi, Y., & Samuelson, L. (1998). Characterization of GaN quantum dots on AlGaN/SiC substrate using cathodoluminescence. Materials Science Forum, 264-268(PART 2), 1335-1338.
Characterization of GaN quantum dots on AlGaN/SiC substrate using cathodoluminescence. / Petersson, A.; Tanaka, S.; Aoyagi, Y.; Samuelson, L.
：: Materials Science Forum, 巻 264-268, 番号 PART 2, 01.12.1998, p. 1335-1338.
Petersson, A, Tanaka, S, Aoyagi, Y & Samuelson, L 1998, 'Characterization of GaN quantum dots on AlGaN/SiC substrate using cathodoluminescence', Materials Science Forum, 巻. 264-268, 番号 PART 2, pp. 1335-1338.
Petersson A, Tanaka S, Aoyagi Y, Samuelson L. Characterization of GaN quantum dots on AlGaN/SiC substrate using cathodoluminescence. Materials Science Forum. 1998 12 1;264-268(PART 2):1335-1338.
Petersson, A. ; Tanaka, S. ; Aoyagi, Y. ; Samuelson, L. / Characterization of GaN quantum dots on AlGaN/SiC substrate using cathodoluminescence. ：: Materials Science Forum. 1998 ; 巻 264-268, 番号 PART 2. pp. 1335-1338.
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Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012
Thu, 2012-09-27 16:58 - Henry Tan
This is the discussion blog for the MSc course "Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts" lectured at the School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. This course is a core module for the following Postgraduate Taught Programmes:
1. Subsea Engineering; 2. Renewable Energy; 3. Oil and Gas Engineering; 4. Safety and Reliability Engineering
Since this blog is very congested now, you are encouraged to post on sub-blogs for each topic chosen.
Discussion Topic 1: Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector
Discussion Topic 2: Is nuclear power safe for humans and the environment?
Discussion Topic 3: Is fracking for shale gas safe and without damage to community environment? Should it be banned?
Discussion Topic 4: If the Piper Alpha disaster occurred today, discuss the current safety legislative regime that will apply.
Discussion Topic 5: In recent years, millions of solar panels have been placed on roofs around the world. Discuss how safe are they? Discuss the hidden pollution caused by solar panels.
Discussion Topic 6: Discuss safety in wind energy.
Discussion Topic 7: Discuss safety considerations in wave energy system.
Discussion Topic 8: Subsea integrity and reliability management
Discussion Topic 9: Safety and risk management in oil and gas industry
Discussion Topic 10: ONGC Mumbai High Accident (July 27, 2005 @ West Coast of India
Discussion Topic 11: Why is the FAR and SIR measures of fatality considered poor measures from the organisation perpective
Discussion Topic 12: Post Macondo underwater technology
Discussion Topic 13: Safety, Reliability and Integrity Mangement Processes and the Human Factor effect
Discussion Topic 14: Discuss safety in biofuels
Discussion Topic 15: Carbon emissions trading: How viable?
Discussion Topic 16: Global dimming and Global warming, hazardous effect of green house gases on our planet earth
Discussion Topic 17: Should Arctic drilling activities be halted until the Safety and Technology are improved?
Discussion Topic 18: The perceived conflict between safety and production
Discussion Topic 19: The April 16, 1947 Texas city fire disaster
Discussion Topic 20: ALARP concept and health and safety of personel, equipments and the work environment. Friends or foe.
Discussion Topic 21: Safety Integrity Level (SIL) of a system is important. What are the methods in place to assess the SIL of any system?
Discussion Topic 22: The role of safety in view of world energy forecast: striking a future balance
Discussion Topic 23: Implication of the offshore industry toward "zero harmful discharge"
Discussion Topic 24: Safety in Hydropower
Discussion Topic 25: The constant struggle between HSE legislation and human stupidity
Discussion Topic 26: The dangers associated with young and inexperienced workers in the workplace
Discussion Topic 27: Geothermal Energy a clean, safe, environmentally friendly and sustainable energy source
Discussion Topic 28: Your view on iMechanica Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate
Discussion Topic 29: Tackling occupational hazards in developing countries
Discussion Topic 30: Extending the life of pipeline in the North Sea what are the Safety & Risk challenge
Discussion Topic 31: Prescriptive case, Safety case and the furture of Legislation
Discussion Topic 32: Decommissioning of aged Platforms and Pipelines in the North Sea - Risks and Challenges
Discussion Topic 33: Discuss the future of Biomass as an Alternative Source of Energy- Risks and Challenges
Discussion Topic 34: Can the application of Redundancy Increase Safety and Reliability in the oil and gas industry?
Discussion Topic 35: A different approach to the basic R = P x C formula
Discussion Topic 36: Deep Sea Disposal of Oil and Gas Installations – Acceptable risk
Discussion Topic 37: Reliability in the wake of a mega-stor
Discussion Topic 38: Lessons- how are these capture
Discussion Topic 39: Proposed EU regulation on offshore oil and gas safet
Discussion Topic 40: Does the value placed on human life have an effect on safet
Discussion Topic 41: MyAberdeen versus iMechanica
Discussion Topic 42: Potential and Safety Issues concerning Biogas
Discussion Topic 43: Unsafe acts/conditions during routine tasks in platforms/offshore and how to avoid them
Discussion Topic 44: Inherent safety in process safety management – a practical approach
Discussion Topic 45: Managing the risks and issues associated with a depleting reservoir
Discussion Topic 46: Is it safe to leave the abandoned oil and and gas wells?
Discussion Topic 47: Effectiveness of using RBD, FTA, ETA and Bayesian network in modelling failure of equipments in the industry
Discussion Topic 48 (sub-branch): Safety issues during transportation and distribution of oil and gas.
Discussion Topic 49: Safety issues during drilling operations
Discussion Topic 50: Shale Gas Harmful or not, Economical or not
Discussion Topic 51: Energy landscape of the future and the risks associate
Discussion Topic 52: Human Factors in Process Safety
Discussion Topic 53: Health, safety, environmental and cost issues regarding operation, disposal, and re-use of decommisioned plants
Discussion Topic 54: Quality Assurance/Control -the influence on Safety
Discussion Topic 55: Can the applications of Ergonomics Improve Work Place Health and Safety?
Discussion Topic 56: How safe is using a Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) in an offshore platform or Helicopter Travel?
Discussion Topic 57: Why did macondo happen and changes it brought to health and safety laws
Discussion Topic 58: Discuss the safety and environmental issues of unconventional crude oil exploration
Discussion Topic 59: Discuss the Strategy of Fire Safety and Prevention in Offshore Installation
Discussion Topic 60: Discuss the Prevention of Slips, Trips and fall in the work place
Discussion Topic 61: Reactive Hazards
Discussion Topic 62: Discuss the Emergency Water Landing in the North Sea
Discussion Topic 63: Discuss the risks and challenges involved in working in a confined space.
Discussion Topic 64: Discuss the risks and challenges involved in simultanous operations or co-activities in Oil and Gas activities.
Discussion Topic 65: Excavation Work in Onshore Pipeline Crowded Areas - Risks and challenges
Discussion Topic 66: Discuss the risks and challenges involved in working at heights
Discussion Topic 67: Discuss the safety aspects associated with using divers in offshore operations
Discussion Topic 68: Discuss Body Mechanics and use of Tools in an Offshore Drilling Platform
Discussion Topic 69: The essence of performing FMEA and FMECA in Safety and Risk Management
Discussion Topic 70: Take a break, relax
You are welcome to initiate new discussion topics. If you are a student in my class “Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts” and want to start a new discussion topic, you can do the following:
1. post a new blog entry on iMechanica of your proposed discussion topic;
2. email me (h.tan@abdn.ac.uk) the blog address;
3. then I will setup the link between the main discussion blog here and your blog.
Here contains information about how to register and post. about
When you have difficulty with posting comments, read node/3132
People from outside of the class are very welcome to join our debate!
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Continuous Assessment
Permalink Submitted by Henry Tan on Fri, 2012-09-28 16:02.
Peter McCue sent me an email about continuous assessment. I forward the email here.
From: Mccue, Peter [mailto:peter.mccue.12@aberdeen.ac.uk]
To: Tan, Henry
Subject: Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts Continuous Assessment
Dr Tan,
Your idea for continuous assessment is a new and interesting way for the students to carry out course work. However, if this method of assessment is to be used can you please post a document on MyAberdeen clarifying what you expect from an individual post in order for it to receive one mark. Also what “types” of posts will receive marks i.e.
• Original posts (made by student A)
• Positive evaluations (made by student B) on an original post (made by student A)
• Negative evaluations (made by student B) on an original post (made by student A)
• Posts making additional comments (made by student B) on an original post (made by student A)
In class you mention cutting the length of the posts to 100+ words, I think this is a really good idea as it will make the posts concise and the discussion should flow better. In addition, if someone would like to make a longer comment that is their choice.
Another question I have is with respect to the originality of comments. If every student wants to get 20 marks, which should be achievable, then a class of 150 students will make 3000 posts. Therefore, at some point it will become impossible to make original comments. Consequently, there will need to be in the region of 100 topics available for discussion in order to avoid this. How can we suggest our own topics of discussion and how will they be approved?
Furthermore, what should we use for a username on the website in order for you to keep track of who is commenting and how many comments they have made? Finally, will there be a quick and easy method to find out if your post has received a mark?
If I have not been clear enough with any of my questions in this email I am more than happy to meet you and discuss anything i have mentioned. If you can clarify these questions i would be very grateful and i am sure this method of coursework will be successful.
Peter McCue
Peter,Thank you
Thank you for the mail. I think posting the clarification here may be better. Here is my reply to your suggestions/questions.
What I expect from an individual post is something that can show:
(1) your contribution to the course, or
(2) your understanding of safety engineering and risk management.
All following “types” of posts will receive marks i.e.
(1) original posts,
(2) evaluations (either positive or negative) to other posts, or
(3) comments.
The minimum length of the post is 100 words in order to get the mark award.
You can suggest your own topics, it is very welcome. You can discuss with me if you are not sure if the topic is good or not.
Please register and post at iMechanica using your real name in the format of (Forename Surname). Please upload your photo image into your account. Don’t worry, iMechanica can keep track of who is commenting and how many comments they have made.
One mark is therefore awarded to Peter McCue for this contribution.
Henry.
Continuous Assessment statement
Permalink Submitted by Henry Tan on Sat, 2012-09-29 07:25.
I have also posted the Continuous Assessment statement at MyAberdeen / Continuous Assessment folder.
Hello Peter Your
Permalink Submitted by max0yang on Sun, 2012-09-30 09:47.
Your suggestions are very thoughtful and I think it is crucial for students getting clear about what "types" of posts will help them receive marks. About the concern you are raising: For 3000 posts, actually I think there will be more than 3000 posts on this blog at the end of this assessment, I don't see the necessity of making 100 topics, “100 topics for 3000 posts” that is an equivalent of 30 posts for each topic, I think every student can easily post 10 comments on ONE topic if they commit to accomplishing this assessment. We definitely need to explore more topics in order to make the discussions flow better and get everybody involved.
Thanks for the advices
RegardsYang
invite some industry experts for more discussion topics
Permalink Submitted by Henry Tan on Sun, 2012-09-30 15:04.
Dear Yang,
Yes, I will later invite some industry friends for more discussion topics for further study of safety engineering and risk management concepts.
You can also invite people you know in this field to join the discussions.
1 mark to Yang.
Formating Rules
Permalink Submitted by Angelos Hadjiantoni on Sun, 2012-09-30 18:39.
May I also add my thoughts on this Continuous Assessment method.
I believe that a common Formating rule should be set in order to make all post look similar and more tidy. Also in that way eye strain should be minimized.
A common format of maybe Arial 10pt (like the one I am using now) or 12pt (like the one used here) should be fine.
This problem is not very obvious now but I think later on it will become an issue.
Angelos Hadjiantonis
Course: MSc Renewable Energy
divide the contents into pages
With more and more posts come out, the system will automatically divide the contents into pages. So don’t worry.
Permalink Submitted by max0yang on Mon, 2012-10-01 05:08.
Morning Henry
Thanks for the information, I was also concerning about the legnth of page, we don't want to scroll down the bar for minutes.
Could you please delete my previous post on shale gas? I mistakenly posted two slides with the
same information, so please delete the
slide without any replies.
Please ignore the deletion request, I see you did already
Very informative, Peter
Permalink Submitted by Ronald Peters on Sat, 2012-11-10 01:05.
Very informative, Peter thank you. It is important to understand how risk can be managed now by risk management software tools, especially ones that are standards compliant such as Sarbanes Oxley.
The development on this is very good. Good ideas all around Mr Tan.
Permalink Submitted by victor.adukwu on Sat, 2012-09-29 09:30.
nuclear power safe for humans and the environment?
provide close to 6% of the world's energy and 13.5% of the world's electricity.
There are now over 430 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 31
countries, with 372, 000 Megawatt electric (MWe) of total capacity [Cited 2012 Sep.
29]. Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power#cite_note-Share-8.
Nuclear technology uses the energy released by splitting the atoms of certain radioactive
elements like uranium or plutonium and usually producing radiation.
Radiation can cause an unwanted transmutation in human gene or
genetic modification which might lead to the growth of cancerous cells in human
lungs or other part of the body. Currently, there is evidence that suggests
that any exposure to radiation poses some risk; however, it has not been
completely proved that there are risks at very low exposure level. The
definition for 'low dose of radiation' has not been agreed upon by expert and
radiation protection measures are based on the assumption that even small
amounts of radiation exposure may pose some small risk.
Nuclear accidents can and do result from natural disasters, such
as earthquakes and tsunamis, and also from human error and negligence. There are
also possibilities of terrorist attacks on nuclear power plants.
But radiation is not just a concern in a nuclear accident. The
processes involved in the nuclear fuel chain releases radiation, starting with
drilling for a particular radioactive element; it then continues for
generations because nuclear waste includes plutonium that will remain toxic for
thousands of years.
Any activity that produces or uses radioactive material
generates radioactive waste that must be disposed of properly. Radioactive
waste can be in liquid or solid form, and its level of radioactivity can vary.
Radioactive waste can remain radioactive for anywhere from days to hundreds or
even thousands of years. Waste not properly isolated from the public and the
generally accessible environment may contaminate air, soil, and water supplies
Nuclear power advocates must confront the fact that nuclear
power program has an unending harmful effect from generation to generation. It
is obvious that the use of nuclear power is not safe and should be discourage.
Victor Adukwu
provide some examples, like Chernobyl, Fukushima
You may also like to provide some examples, like Chernobyl, Fukushima , or others?
Permalink Submitted by victor.adukwu on Sun, 2012-09-30 17:28.
Is nuclear power safe for humans and the environment?
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in
April 1986 shows us the true nature of nuclear energy in human hand. Chernobyl is
a big illustration of radioactive let loss and in this sense suggests to people
more vividly that we have to do away with nuclear energy. Even though the escaped
radiation is only 3% of the reactor Uranium fuel, the fallout is more than 400
times greater than the atomic bomb used in Hiroshima and congenital heart defects
and cancer in the region has increase by 250% [Cited 2012 Sep. 30]. Available
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCCVU4y7oE&feature=related.
Over one million people were
affected by this disaster and the infant mortality rate in Belarus (one of the most
affected places) alone is 300% higher than the rest of Europe [Cited 2012 Sep.
30]. Available from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCCVU4y7oE&feature=related.
The effect of radiation lives
with a generation and the generation unborn. Just like the Chernobyl disaster,
twenty six years after the area cannot be inhabited and the effect is still on.
Permalink Submitted by AlanBenedetti on Sun, 2012-09-30 12:27.
is an infinite source of power, It has human dangers of that there is no
argument; however as the world becomes more energy hungry and dependent, that
demand will grow and must be met.
Kerekes, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates U.S. demand for
electricity will increase 23 percent by 2030 – the equivalent of 200-plus
full-scale power plants – and all independent analyses of climate change
(including studies conducted by the National Academies of Science, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and DOE) conclude that meeting demand
while at the same time reducing carbon emissions requires a clean
energy technology portfolio in which nuclear energy plays a prominent role.
Reference: http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/12/is-nuclear-power-a-clean-energy-source/
that occurred in Japan was a tragedy and a natural disaster which led to a
major nuclear incident that shocked the world and japan. A report published by
the commission's chairman, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a professor emeritus at Tokyo
University, said in a scathing introduction that cultural traits had caused the
Electric Power (Tepco) entirely put the disaster at the Fukushima reactor plant down to a 14 metre Tsunami on the 11th
The report,
challenges nuclear operator Tepco comments, detailing that safety regulations
and standards where failing to identify possible hazards due to the Nuclear
facility being built in an area which is highly susceptible to earthquakes and
possible Tsunamis.
commission accused the Japanese culture of not stepping forward to question
designs, procedures and regulations, stating ‘Its fundamental causes are to be
found in the ingrained conventions of Japanese culture: our reflexive obedience;
our reluctance to question authority; our devotion to 'sticking with the
programme'; our groupism; and our insularity’. Reference: (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/05/fukushima-meltdown-manmade-disaster).
This nuclear disaster
was man made by poor risk management and safety not being properly identified
and controlled.
is safe and is the future for worldwide power generation, proper control measures
must be designed and all risks identified, controlled and regulated. As the Japanese
report states, this disaster could have been avoided if proper engineering and
risk management had taken place.
Alan Benedetti
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Fri, 2012-10-19 21:13.
Alan ,i am going to disagree about your statement that nuclear power is safe and if proper engineering and risk management had taken place the disaster of foukosima could have been avoided.First of all human is not a robot and there is the probability of failure in every situation.In the occation of nuclear energy the consequences of an accident will be hudge.Do not forget foukosima.From the plant of foukosima escaped the chemical elements of iodine-137 and plutonium-259.The iodine is connected wiyh the cancer of thyroid into the people who were exposed.From the other side plutonium is extremely toxic.The exposure in plutonium causes lung cancer due to plutonium goes in the organism fromthe inhalation.I believe that nuclear power can not ever be safe for human and enviroment.
SOTIRIOS LONGINOS
Permalink Submitted by Aleksandr Poljakov on Wed, 2012-12-05 15:39.
Well, I am going to disagree with you on that
one. Nuclear energy is one of the safest and cleanest energy sources there is.
It produces no carbon emission emissions, and is designed to be safe. The
consequences of the nuclear power station accident are drastic and global. The
disaster you are talking about was something that they never thought of when
designing the power plant, as it more than adequate protection for both
tsunamis and earthquakes. Nuclear power stations are designed with a
conservative safety factor, and are much safer than any other power station.
Accidents that happen are very rare, but are on a big scale, and happen
Aleksandr Poljakov, MSc Oil and gas Engineering
Permalink Submitted by Kevin K. Waweru on Sun, 2012-09-30 14:05.
Victor Adukwu’s contribution is noted; however, his sentiments that Nuclear Power should be discouraged are one-sided, lack in-depth analysis of nuclear safety and don’t consider the big picture.
It is only appropriate that the safety of nuclear power is compared to that of other energy sources in order to arrive at
an objective analysis.
Safety statistics (ref: course/lecture
notes by H Tan & M J Baker, Figure 3 of 2008) have shown that power from nuclear generation
is responsible for the LEAST number of human fatalities in the world compared
to different energy sources.
The 1979 accident at Three Mile Island resulted in NO injury or loss to human life. However, the 1986 Chernobyl accident resulted in some 41 deaths within weeks of the accident (cited 2012-09-30: http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/ChernobylAccident).
In contrast, energy from coal and oil contrubutes the highest number of human fatalities of all energy sources (ref: course/lecture notes by H Tan & M J Baker, Figure 3 of 2008).
Therefore it can be said the nuclear industry is
relatively safe.
Kevin K. Waweru
1 mark to Kevin K. Waweru.
Permalink Submitted by mohamed.elkiki on Sun, 2012-09-30 16:38.
I agree with Kevin. However, according to Dr. Henry, " safety means freedom of danger, or threat of harm , injury or loss to personnel and/ or property wether caused deliberately or by accident." so if we work by this definition, humans will not even progress or do anything either related to energy sector or other fields such as transportation beacuase cars and planes accidents is very huge but still people use normally. so i think nothing is free from danger. Humans should always take the risk in order to progress but it depeands on the percentage of risk and the system they use.
Nuclear is safe
Permalink Submitted by Siwei Kang on Mon, 2012-10-08 13:26.
Hi, buddy. Dr. Henry said “safety is relative freedom from danger”. So he used “relative”, which means not absolutely. Therefore, safety management should aim to lower the probability of fatal or unsafe accidents as much as possible. As shown in the graph you previously posted, nuclear is the most safe energy. The number of fatalities per TWh in nuclear is only 0.04, which is much lower than that in coal and oil. In fact, nowadays nuclear has already become one of the main energies in electricity generation worldwide. There are now some 430 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 31 countries, accounting for 21% of the world's electricity production. [Cited from courseware of Pro.Paul Mitchell] According to BP’s report about energy outlook 2030, nuclear output in non-OECD, especially China, India and Russia, will increase rapidly due to their huge energy demand. The averaging increment in nuclear energy is estimated to be 7.8% per year from 2010 to 2030. Available from http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2008/STAGING/local_assets/2010_downloads/2030_energy_outlook_booklet.pdf
In my opinion, the major risks of nuclear power plants operation can be categorized by two aspects. One is the explosion caused by accident or external factors, like the earthquake or tsunami, leads to serious injuries or fatalities. Another one is the reactor coolant spillover accident occurred, causing radioactive hazards. To avoid these two, many precautionary measurements have been set up during construction, especially on the control of fusion of fuel rods. As we can see from the disasters happened in Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plant, the main problems are all resulted from the failure of fuel rods cooling. To date, the third generation of nuclear plant is designed to be more safe and reliable. On the other hand, all nuclear accidents are related to inappropriate human operation. Take Fukushima accident for example, although it was triggered by these cataclysmic events, this could and should have been foreseen and prevented. Before tsunami happened, one unit of the Fukushima nuclear power plant has been in service over 40 years, and the aging sign also appeared, but no further protection for earthquake or tsunami was taken. Therefore, it is obvious that the key is to reduce man-made accident to avoid nuclear accidents. In other words, the nuclear plant is safe and no harm for environment.
Above all, my point is nuclear power is safe and clean.
Nuclear is safe?
Permalink Submitted by Adekola Obayomi on Wed, 2012-10-31 11:05.
The safety statistics that Kevi K. Waweru cited and additional comments from Siwei Kang have both been noted. However, most of the statistics associated with human fatalities that occur during a nuclear power accident is still subject to debate.
The numbers of fatalities often recorded are those that occur within a day or week of the disaster.
The first question we should be asking ourselves is do we have to measure safety in terms of fatalities? Are we saying once there is no fatality it means that our procedures and environment are safe? What about serious injuries?
Furthermore, the numbers of deaths associated with nuclear power accidents are often times long term in nature as it take months or years before they manifest. Unfortunately, the media frenzy about the disaster would have subsided and those who are affected are left to suffer their fate in silence. Some of these cases are only brought back to light when NGOs such as Greenpeace International decide to follow up on the people who were victims living within the area where the disaster has occurred.
It appears that until the long term fatalities of the victims are properly documented and a common base for determining the number of such fatalities are harmonised, the nuclear power plants cannot be truly said to be relatively safe.
Nuclear power; like
Permalink Submitted by Andreas Kokkinos on Sun, 2012-09-30 18:30.
Nuclear power; like Kevin
noted previously, is responsible for the least direct fatalities when compared
to other energy sources such as oil and especially coal.
In 1986 Chernobyl accident;
around 30 people died directly and totally 56 in a short period of time. In
Japan, 8 fatalities are counted from 3 different nuclear accidents, 5
fatalities in Fukui Prefecture in 2004, 2 fatalities in Ibaraki Prefecture in
1999 and a single fatality in Fukushima in 2011. From the 1979 disaster in
Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania in USA; no fatalities were counted despite the
2.4 billion dollars in damages occurred by the disaster.
On the other hand every
nuclear disaster according to its magnitude has its own effect both on humans
and the environment. The 1986 Chernobyl accident is counted responsible for
approximately 4000 cancer incidents/deaths and birth defects according to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents)
(http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html)
In this point a new question
takes place. Can Nuclear Power become safer?
Some nuclear power plants
use multiple safety system features in order to achieve these safety measures
such as high – quality design and construction of Nuclear Power plant which
must include cutting edge technology for prevention, monitoring and action.
Finally, nuclear
industry is considered safer and certainly the introduction of new safety measures
will contribute significantly to the restrain of such accidents in the future.
Andreas Kokkinos
Topic 2 , Is nuclear power safe for humans and the environment?
Permalink Submitted by Giorgos Hadjiel... on Sun, 2012-09-30 18:53.
Engineers and
scientists believe that nuclear power is the most clear, safe, cheap and
efficient power nowadays. We found nuclear energy systems almost anywhere now
as in aircraft carriers, airplanes, submarines and the most common to produce
electricity.
engineers support nuclear power, people disagree because of the consecutive
accidents. Here is an article that I
have found supporting the opinion of the civilians.
“A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency as an event that has
led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility.
Examples include lethal
effects to individuals, large
radioactivity release to the environment, or reactor core melt. The prime example of a "major
nuclear accident" is one in which a reactor core is damaged and
significant amounts of radiation are released, such as in the Disaster in 1986.
The impact of nuclear accidents has been a topic of
debate practically since the first nuclear reactors were constructed. It has
also been a key factor in public
concern about nuclear facilities. Some technical measures to reduce the risk
of accidents or to minimize the amount of radioactivity released to the
environment have been adopted. Despite the use of such measures, "there
have been many accidents with varying impacts as well near misses and
incidents".
K. Sovacool has reported that
worldwide there have been 99 accidents at nuclear power plants. Fifty-seven accidents have occurred
since the Chernobyl disaster, and 57% (56 out of 99) of all nuclear-related
accidents have occurred in the USA. Serious nuclear
power plant accidents include the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011),Chernobyl
disaster (1986), Three Mile Island accident (1979), and the SL-1 accident (1961). Stuart Arm states, "apart from Chernobyl, no nuclear workers
or members of the public have ever died as a result of exposure to radiation due to a commercial nuclear reactor incident."
Nuclear-powered submarine mishaps include the K-19 reactor accident
(1961), the K-27 reactor accident
(1968), and the K-431 reactor accident
(1985). Serious radiation
accidents include the Kyshtym
disaster, Windscale
fire,radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, radiation accident in Morocco, Goiania accident, radiation accident in Mexico City, radiotherapy unit
accident in Thailand, and the Mayapuri radiological accident in India.[1]”
Most governments took people’s opinion
seriously and started unplugging the nuclear stations all over the country
(e.g. Germany).
I have a serious question to ask! What if the
lights go out? When oil and natural gas finish (which are going to eventually)
because of the high demand of electricity, especially, what will be the
solution? With the nuclear reactors we have the easy way to produce power for a
long time. For example a nuclear submarine and an aircraft carrier can travel
in the sea for 60 years without refueling, which means no oil or natural gas
waste.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents
Permalink Submitted by Giorgos Hadjiel... on Tue, 2012-10-02 18:03.
Topic 1: Rank top ten severe accidents in energy
of Mexico:
was caused by gas release and subsequent explosion. There were 11 people died.
The accident involved a well integrity failure followed by a loss of
hydrostatic control of the well. BOP emergency functions failed to seal the
well after the initial explosions.
Daiichi nuclear disaster:
failures, nuclear meltdowns, releases of radioactive materials and gas. Caused
by a major earthquake followed by a 15 meter tsunami which caused severe damage
at the reactors and the cooling systems of the station.
piper Alpha disaster:
three major explosions of the oil rig. what causes the disaster was a
pressurization pump which was used without a safety valve in place. 167 people
died.
ranger oil rig accident
The rig’s
ballast room began taking on water due to a broken window. All 84 crew members
were perished and the rig fell into the ocean.
crest drillship disaster
Drillship sea
crest caught in a typhoon and capsized. 91 people lost.
de janeiro offshore rig sank
Caused by
rough seas the oil rig has tipped sideways and then sank. 6000 liters of oil
spill into the ocean. Three explosions ripped the rig off. 10 people killed.
Banqiao reservoir dam
project was the control of the flow and electrical power generation. The design
standards were lower than usual because of the absence of the hydrology data.
Due to construction and engineering errors a big flood killed 170000 people and
another 11 million lost their homes.
mile island accident
A partial
nuclear meltdown power which result in the release of small amounts of
radioactive gas and iodine into the environment. The accident started with
failures in the non-nuclear secondary system followed by a stuck-open
pilot-operated relief valve in the primary system which allowed nuclear reactor
coolant to escape. 150000 liters of nuclear of waste fell into river and 140000
people evacuated the area.
Juanica disaster
Series of
massive explosions at a liquid petroleum gas tank. 500-600 people died another
7000 were suffered severe burns. What caused the accident was a gas leak from a
pipe rupture the facility’s waste-gas flare pit.
10. Chernobyl disaster
nuclear accident. Caused because the reactor four suffered a catastrophic power
increase, during system test, leading to explosions in its core. Large quantities
of radioactive fuel and core materials escape into the atmosphere.
All of the
accidents have been punished with fines and a lot of actions depending on the
law. But no law can’t restore the environmental damage or bring back the life
of thousands of people who died working in these accidents.
http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7064893
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/gulf-m19.shtml
http://suite101.com/article/oil-rig-accidents-a139903
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_industrial_disasters
Permalink Submitted by Giorgos Hadjiel... on Wed, 2012-10-03 12:48.
Is fracturing for shale gas safe and without
damage to community environment? Should it be banned?
is a well stimulation used to maximize the extraction of underground resources
(oil, natural gas).
After the
building of the infrastructure, drillings are taking place in horizontal and
vertical sections. Then fluids are pumped at high pressure (hydraulic
fracturing) which enlarges the fractures of the rocks so it can be achieved a
bigger surface and bigger amount of gas.
Based on a
research, fracturing is safe well tested technology and is being used for 60
years. This technology also has increases the natural gas reserves.
Does fracturing
causes earthquakes?
no. fracturing causes very minor seismic activity when the fluids are injected.
There have been some tests by geologists by installing micro seismic geophones
during a fracture treatment and the conclusion was that the seismicity created
wasn’t enough to be detected on the surface.
http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/uic/class2/hydraulicfracturing/wells_hydrowhat.cfm
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_11109618
http://www.coga.org/pdfs_facts/SeismicActivity.pdf
check other failure modes
Besides earthquake, we also need to check other failure modes of hydraulic fracturing, such as the pollution to underground water, etc.
Is nuclear power safe?
Permalink Submitted by michael saiki on Sat, 2012-09-29 12:02.
If we look at the potential risk a nuclear power plant poses to life in the event of radioactive exposure/leak we would say it is not not safe. but if we look at the overall value in terms of ecological and Environmental effects, magnitude of energy produced, overall disaster control and safety management response history, and the extent of damage/fatalities compared to other energy sources http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html we can categorically say it is safe
For Example there are only three to four major known Nuclear plant accidents for over the past 50years of man's quest for nuclear energy sources (www.youtube.come) i.e Chernobyl(Ukraine 1986), Three Mile Island(USA 1979), Fukushima (Japan 2011), Windscale(Britain 1957), and the Fatalities have been very minimal infact Fukushima, Three Mile Island and Windscale did not record any Fatalities and infact technicians where still working in the plants after the accidents had occured to reduce the imminent risks.
This is obviously
“feeling of safety” and “statistics of safety”
Interesting, it may further trigger the discussion of the difference between “feeling of safety” and “statistics of safety”.
1 mark to mikesaiki.
Mikesaiki, could you please upload your image photo.
Nuclear energy is safe
Permalink Submitted by michael saiki on Sun, 2012-09-30 12:35.
Man's quest for energy over the years has continued to increase and will continue to increase. Lets imagine for a minute what will life turn out to be if man eventually runs out of Fossil Fuels(Oil and Gas); all the reserves are depleted. Man would return back to stone age in there are no alternative energies to meet man's enrgy demands.
Oil and Gas Exploration started from onshore and moved to offshore and continues to move to deeper and ultra deep subsea reserves. Man has continued to push himself to the limits, developing non tested technologies, taking risks upon risks to harness this energy even with the known disasters and risks that Oil and Gas exploration and Production Processes poses.
But why? someone would ask.
The answer is simple the value Energy has provided to man so far.
So, man is willing to push himself above the limits to derive value.
Take a look at this.
(http://www.howitworksdaily.com/science/is-nuclear-power-safe/) Since nuclear power produces no greenhouse gasses, proponents are touting it as a greener alternative to fossil fuels. They argue that one pound of enriched uranium (the chief nuclear fuel) can provide the same energy as 3 million pounds of coal or 1 million gallons of gasoline.
Also look at http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html find attached a picture to show number of deaths from Energy sources
So does this imply man has seen tremendous energy potential with Nuclear Energy sources.
So the question we should be asking ourselves is how can we safely harness Nuclear energy. Pushing ourselves to learn and discover the finest technologies and best practices to harness it
Michael Saiki
Do we really need that much
Do we really need that much of energy for living a comfortable life?
Nuclear's negative connotations
Permalink Submitted by Aaron McKenna on Sun, 2012-09-30 11:43.
Perhaps one of the greatest hurdles that nuclear related
energy will have to overcome is the negative connotations which are drawn upon
by the media. As mentioned by Mikesaiki fatalities in this field are comparably
low, however the media very much emphasizes these disasters when they occur, in
my opinion due to the nature of the injuries and scars they can incur. The
effects of radioactive fallout and such are very harrowing and can cause long
and drawn out suffering and eventual death, which has a very harsh impact on
the views of society. Additionally, I feel that there is a certain amount of
ignorance that draws further negative feelings toward nuclear energy, in that
many people will subconsciously relate nuclear energy disasters to use of
nuclear and atomic warfare such as that used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.Although
this was of course intentional misuse of such energy, it will always play a
part in many peoples “feeling of safety” with regards to nuclear energy.
Nuclear Energy and Perceived Risks
Permalink Submitted by Craig Donaldson on Sun, 2012-09-30 13:18.
Yes, the media helps to extenuate the publics perceived risk
of Nuclear energy and as stated above by others I also believe that Nuclear Energy
is far safer than it is made out to be. However, in my opinion the following
factors increase the publics perceived risk of nuclear energy and I have
highlighted the ones which I think the media tends to put extra focus on.
· Lack of personal control over the outcome
· Uncertainty of outcome
· Lack of personal experience of hazard
· Delayed effects
· Genetic effects
· Low frequency/High consequence effects
· Human rather than natural causes
There may not be many deaths at the time of the initial
incident (Fukushima, Three Mile Island) so the media look to pick up on
something else equally as gruesome but far from certain to focus on. This is
the effects that contact with radiation can cause down the road. Obviously,
this can be a significant problem, however the media will be quick to drop
coverage of it as soon as the public interest begins to wane. The effects may
or may not appear down the line but they are unlikely to get any further
coverage. Why is this?
media effects
Aaron and Craig,
You opened an interesting topic on "media effects".
1 mark to Aaron McKenna.
1 mark to Craig Donaldson.
Nuclear energy vs media
Permalink Submitted by Brenda Amanda on Mon, 2012-10-01 07:12.
Whether we like it
or not, the media will always look for the stories that will gunner the most
response; they need to sell. It's a business.
That's beside the point. The horrendous results of
nuclear use in the past have left scars that will not be leaving us anytime
soon. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki examples cited by Aaron and the results of the
Fukushima accident in Japan cost lots of lives. Perhaps the worst thing about
the nuclear energy related accidents and reactions are that the negative
effects of the resulting radiation continue to be felt long after the actual incident.
While the estimates
of the number of cancer consequences is yet to be made of the Fukushima Daiichi
accident, frank N. von Hippel in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Sept/Oct
2011 vol 67 no.5) makes a guestimate of 1000 cancer related deaths from the
incident, and that’s not including the psychological pain inflicted on human beings.
Granted, every
energy source has got its pros and cons; in my book, the adverse effects of a
nuclear related accident cannot be explained away. And that’s even before any
discussion is begun about the world’s super powers trying to fight each other
about the development of nuclear weapons!
Risk Perspectives for the 21st century
Permalink Submitted by ciyyunni on Sat, 2012-09-29 12:06.
Suggest a reading of the Kaplan-Mikes paper on risk analysis. Risk from engineering activities (such as oil spills or nuclear disasters etc.) cannot be solved by design engineers or operating company only. Kaplan-Mikes make a potent argument for going beyond rule-based risk management.
Reference: http://www.hbr.org/2012/06/managing-risks-a-new-framework/ar/1
Usually, most risk statements are inward looking (risks to me or my organization). TCS in India does risk analysis for the risk that the customer incurs for outsourcing them work !! Reference: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.197.424
Human perception and behavior are immense contributors to risk related study. (Reference: http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/people/faculty/baruch-fischhoff.html )
The vogue/neccesity for four (may need more !?) dimensional risk management is here- probability, impact, frequency and difficulty of detection.
With this course, a new level of risk management is coming to play - how do we mitigate risks for humanity in the work we do? Kudos.
Postscript- Gower Publishers has about 200+ titles on risk which is worth looking into.
four dimensional risk management
Dear Chakradhar,
Thank you for the this.
Can anybody in my class elaborate more on the for four dimensional risk management - probability, impact, frequency and difficulty of detection mentioned?
Difficulties with risk management
I wish to relate to the essential four dimension risk
management and discuss the potential issues with it. As much as we know and recognize
the need to assess risks and potential hazards from certain procedures and
facilities and indeed the focus on this is ever increasing, it is something
that will never be an exact science. For instance we can probably make a good
estimate of the probability of failure for certain aspects that have previously
been in use by collecting data on their failure in the past. However, for a new
piece of technology it would be very hard to determine the probability it will
fail. Again the impact of failure has a multitude of factors that all can affect
this, such as the temperature or weather on the day of failure or the day of
the week the failure occurs on. Frequency too runs into the same problems as those
related to the probability of failure. As such the ultimate decision must be a
human made one which takes into consideration all these potentials. Therefore this will never be perfect and failure and the subsequent
consequences are always going to happen. To protect against blame however the
decision making procedure must be thorough and honest.
There are some mathematical models we will develop in the class to deal with the mentioned difficulties with risk management.
Human factors in risk managementg
Permalink Submitted by Charles Stuart on Mon, 2012-10-01 16:41.
with the points raised by Aaron, particularly as related to risk quantification
not being an ‘exact science’ and the human effect on risk management. Whilst the models and formulae used to refine
risk estimates using data based upon past performance etc. are very powerful,
there is almost always a requirement for human input (which is inherently imperfect)
which can result in the implementation of non optimal risk reduction strategies
(e.g. strategic decisions: when the cost associated with mitigating a risk may
be deemed unacceptable by management who consider the money may be better spent
achieving the company’s strategic goals to increase share value neglecting the
potential consequences or lack of specialist knowledge: the incorrect people
being called upon to participate in risk reviews resulting in invalid risk
estimates). Ultimately, those people
entrusted with managing organisations, in particular those where the
realisation of a risk can have catastrophic consequences to people and/or
environment, must ensure they utilise all available techniques to accurately
quantify risks so as to be as fully aware of all aspects of the risk in
question such that they can act and prioritise them accordingly.
also add a minor note that in terms of estimating the probability of failure of
a new piece of equipment, there usually exist structured approaches to
qualifying performance as dictated by the relevant industry standards which
would typically prescribe extended lifecycle testing to simulate the equipment’s
performance over its design life. Whilst this doesn’t completely eliminate the
chance of a failure, it highlights any issues which can then be addressed at
the design stage, vastly reducing the risk of failure.
Four dimensional risk management.
Permalink Submitted by Dike Nwabueze C... on Mon, 2012-10-01 06:47.
The four dimensional risk management - probability, impact, frequency and difficulty of detection in my opinion are issues associated with the systems approach to identify, evaluate and mitigate risk involved in systems. For complex systems, assessing the probability or the likelihood that the system will fail taken into consideration statistical data and historic events cannot and will not be 100% exact. Even when all factors of safety are put in place, the problem of failure of such a system and the frequency of its occurence may not also have an exact analysis. Thus, the problem of failure cannot be fully solved or eliminated by design engineers. The impact of the failure of any integral part of the system can either be social, economic or environmental or may even lead to the introduction of a new regulation or legislation. The difficulty of detection of a risk in my opinion is purely a human factor problem and the reliability of some equipment may not completely be what it was thought [1].
Thus, those saddled with the responsibilty of risk management need a complete and critical application of the risk analysis models and theories for a near optimum solution/decision making as a perfect solution is not realistic.
[1] Deep Water Horizon: What Happened, why, and where do we go from here. [online] Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrO87PQKTx0&feature=related [Accessed 1 october 2012].
Dike Nwabueze Chinedu.
Student Number: 51123954
MSc Subsea Engineering
...Engineering Sustainably.
Shale Fracking Discussion
Discussion Topic 3: Is fracking for shale gas safe and without damage to community environment? Should it be banned? Before we are going to discuss more details about the safety of the shale gas fracking, we need to know what the shale gas is, where it is located and what benefits it can bring to the market. From the “Wikipedia” definitions, we can know “Shale gas is natural gas formed from being trapped within shale formations”, Shale is a fine-graded rock and it is less permeable to allow fluids flow around or flow to the well bore, most shales are not considered to be good sources of natural gas, especially back in 1970s and 1980s, drilling in shale is not commercially viable.
Shale Fracking
So why has the shale gas productions brought this much attentions this years, especially on the safe production and environmental damage these aspects, only because the invention of fracking technology, also called “hydraulic fracturing”. This technology allows companies to overcome low permeability of the shale and produce extensive artificial fracture around the well bore. Figure 1 shows a basic concept of “fracking” in gas productions.
Figure 1From this figure, we can see well is turned horizontally into the “Hydrofrac Zone” through a “wellbore”, since horizontal drilling is often used with shale gas wells, with lateral lengths up to 3000 m, those drilling activities could cause toxic and radioactive water pollution if they are not well regulated and inspected. Sometimes applications of new technologies can be like a double-sided sword, they will bring us enormous amounts of resources, but if they are well-regulated by the authorities and planned by the organisations, one day we will experience energy shortage and weather pollution all over again.
Shale Gas Fracking
Some already concern about the shale gas extraction could lead to water pollution, The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a report on potential dangers of shale gas fracking to water pollution, some residents in Wyoming State, US complained about well water polluted with chemicals, local residents were advised not to drink well water after EPA detected a low level of Hydrocarbons in the wells. The industry claims the fracking is safe, but environmental agencies and local residents are not convinced, they think the drilling process has poisoned the groundwater. The report has caused significant implications on regulations of the drilling process, also EPA has now published regulations and protections against know hazards involved in the shale gas fracking.
Welcome to discussions and comments
Permalink Submitted by Ekaterina Pavli... on Sun, 2012-09-30 12:38.
Fracking is seen as an
effective way of releasing natural gas from impermeable stone; Exxon Mobil are
among the leading specialists in this field and Russia is expanding rapidly
into extending this form of gas release throughout the country to compete with
other countries on the international stage. So yes, this topic is very current
and safe delivery of the gas and potential environmental impact depends a lot
on the local geology and extraction processes in use to determine whether it is
safe to frack or not; calls to ban anything is often the knee-jerk reaction of
the uninformed, often swayed by political propaganda, so my response to this is
never to call on something to be banned, perhaps fracking may need to be
contained in certain circumstances until more through or detailed reviews and
data analyses are performed, but not completely banned.
The biggest potential danger is
the possible environmental impact relating to contamination of local underground
water reservoirs, consequently the drilling near water springs and known water
reservoirs’ would never be considered. Slickwater fracking allows significant
economical access to shale gasses with these gasses channeled into wellbores,
leaving minimal environmental impact as slickwater is around 99% fresh water;
however depending on the rock formation slickwater might not be suitable and
silicones or gels are introduced (around 5% polymer addition) to gain greater
penetration and it is with these that greatest potential environmental impact
could be realised.
Good summary of Shale Fracking
Good summary of Shale Fracking.
Shale gas is an important part of the natural gas resources, and
the shale gas has huge business potentials and it could bring us billions of
pounds. However, EPA and other researchers have proven that gas fracking will
lead to groundwater pollutions in some cases; some researchers even argue it
could lead to potential earthquakes. France is the first country to ban the use
of fracking, a number of EU countries, including Demark, Germany, and Netherlands
support this action. France decides to ban the use of fracking, even without defining
“fracking” in the legislations.
Personally I don’t think we should simply ban something that could
bring us billions of pounds, Energy giant Chevron now has shale gas productions
operating in US, China and Canada and other parts of the world, so we may need
to find a balance between environmental risks and business potentials. I think
that ALL the risks associated with these activities must be properly and
independently analysed before this industry goes any further.
The link below is some quick facts on fracking in Scotland:
http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/fracking
It is worth mentioning, a recent industry report confirmed
that fracking was the likely cause of an earth tremor in Lancashire. We simply cannot
ignore these risks before making further discussions.
big differences regarding fracking
Why US, China, Russia, Canada, France, Denmark, Germany and Netherlands had such big differences regarding fracking? How about UK?
World differences regarding fracking
Permalink Submitted by Kevin K. Waweru on Mon, 2012-10-01 01:51.
The differences regarding Shale Gas
Fracking arise from Energy Security and Environmental standpoints.
Big economies such as U.S. where natural
gas drilling has recently boomed will reduce their gas imports significantly thanks
to their huge reserves of shale gas (Texas, Pennsylvania, etc), which are now
being explored using hydraulic fracturing. This has already resulted in reduced
U.S. gas prices and created much needed employment, hence being beneficial to
the U.S. economy (cited 2012-10-01: http://www.economist.com/node/21556249).
Shale gas fracking by individual European states of their own reserves may well
reduce reliance on Russian gas imports, hence benefitting their economies.
In contrast, many European countries are
experiencing environmental protests against fracking (cited 2012-10-01: http://www.economist.com/node/21556249).
France & Bulgaria have banned fracking whereas Denmark & Germany have
imposed a “freeze”. Netherlands has also imposed a “freeze” awaiting verifiable
independent investigations to confirm the risks are manageable and acceptable.
A recent report from Harvard University (cited
2012-10-01: http://online.wsj.com/article/APa101793a7eb4445dad3f3f797b5faa45.html)
concluded that the ability of the world’s top economies such as U.S. China and
Russia to exert influence in the world is largely dependent on global gas
Overall, the impact of Shale Gas Fracking on
world energy markets is likely to be substantial. The implications may lead to adverse
or otherwise economic and political changes for many countries, with those sitting
on shale gas reserves likely to benefit.
Encourage but regulate
Hello Kevin
The webpage you posted from economist is very helpful, before going to discuss about the safety of shale gas fracking, we need to look at what "gas fracking" has brought to The US:
At current production rates, America has over a century's supply of gas, half of it stored in shale and other “unconventional” formations. Undoubtedly, it is a good signal to current economic situations we are in. Furthermore, Global gas production could increase by 50% between 2010 and 2035.
Emission reduction -America's emissions have fallen by 450m tonnes in the past five years, more than any other countries.
Market domination and job growth- America now has the dominated place in the shale gas / unconventional gas markets
Compared to the US, the European Union has seen its emissions rise, partly because of an increase in coal-fired power generation in response to Europe's high gas price. We all know Burning gas emits half as much carbon dioxide as coal; so where gas substitutes for coal, emissions will fall. So why not encouraging industries to engage with shale fracking, and well regulate the drilling activities.
As I said in my previous post, the governments need to find a
balance between managing environmental risks and potential business benefits,
The US government has always been the frontier of developing and applying
modern technologies, the leaders are willing to take the risks to put the first
step forward, also we can’t ignore the factor of huge potential reserves of
shale gas in the States. Similar situation in China as well, the shale gas
explorations have helped the US to lower their gas prices and reduce the carbon
dioxide emissions, China is the world second largest economy, it seeks to low price
and carbon dioxide emission energy resources more than any time before, the
changes induced by Shale gas in US have attracted China’s attention. China has the biggest shale gas reserves in the world, so the business potentials can NOT be measured.
In the UK, The Government has rejected shale gas technology
as a solution to Britain's energy crisis, conceding it will do little to cut
bills or keep the lights on. There have been continuous debates over shale gas
production in recent years :
Supporters of the fracking technology – which
blasts water, sand and chemicals at extreme pressures to release gas trapped
deep in rock – argue it could be the single greatest factor in transforming
Britain's energy market, reducing our reliance on foreign imports and
dramatically reducing costs.
The Energy Contractor company (ECC) says in the
report, “Shale will not be a 'cheap' source of gas and there is unlikely to be
a repeat of the US experience”. Also The CBI, which represents over 250,000 UK
businesses, is also deeply unconvinced about the prospect of cheap shale gas.
I personally think it is extremely difficult for UK to carry on
any further actions on the shale gas, as some EU countries have banned shale
gas productions already. The British Shale gas industry needs to negotiate with
not only British authorities, but also with European authorities.
Why US, China, Russia, Canada, France, Denmark, Germany and Neth
Permalink Submitted by oseghale lucas ... on Mon, 2012-10-01 05:06.
Fracking is the popular term for hydraulic fracturing, the technique used to extract natural gas from deep beneath the earth's surface. Fracking is promoted by the gas industry as the key to escaping from dependence on foreign oil. But evidence is mounting that fracking pollutes groundwater with a witches' brew of toxic chemicals, creating imminent threats to public health and safety. It has even caused earthquakes in Ohio. Unlike the easily extracted crude oil of Saudi Arabia, the natural gas in the Shale found in the US, China, Russia, Canada, France, Denmark, Germany and Netherlands are captured in tiny pockets, and is hard to get at. In order to extract it with what the industry considers efficiency, holes are drilled thousands of feet deep, which then turn a corner and continue thousands more feet, horizontally. The detonation of explosive charges, coupled with the infusion of high-pressure fluids, fractures the shale, allowing the gas to bubble up to the surface. It has been said that the component of fluid used for fracking is protective. Where the fracking fluids go is a key question after it has been pumped into the formation. The biggest fear is that only 20% of that water returns, and the water returns with radioactive material – barium, strontium … Which is inherently dangerous. The UK is not too concerned about the shale fracking as long as certain requirement are met. The are aware that it could lead to environmental risks, but believe with proper proactive risk assessment measures and careful monitoring these may be overcome.
Permalink Submitted by Abiaziem Davidson on Mon, 2012-10-01 11:24.
Fracking is the process of drilling down and creating tiny
explosions to shatter and crack hard shale rocks to release the gas inside.
Enough water, sand and chemicals are used in the production of shale gas. [1]
Fracking for shale gas operation goes with damage to
community environment and most of the arising issues include contamination of
underground (acquifer) by fracking chemicals, accidental chemical spill, waste
disposal, air quality, the land footprint of drilling activities, pipeline
placement and safety, and the amount of water used. Shale gas production is
highly controversial in part because of environmental concerns, fear of
drinking water contamination. [2]
Fracking for shale gas can be safely managed provided there
is best practice observed and provided its enforced through strong regulation. The
risk water contamination in fracking is very low provided fracking takes place
at a depth below the level of acquifers and that the wells are properly
constructed. [3]
The boom in shale gas production is not likely to be banned
because of the amount of resources spent in the development, more employment
opportunity it is creating and the amount of money to be made from the
production. Gas fraking will mean economy growth to the western world, china
and Israel, and it will crash oil price to the less developing countries and
troubled unstable economy of middle- east nation. [2]
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14432401
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18611647
4. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512003382
Is fracking for shale gas safe to the community & environment?
One definition of Fracking is the process used to extract Shale Gas from dense rocky formations deep in the earth’s crust. It involves two methods that make exploration of this energy resource economically viable, i.e. horizontal drilling and the controversial hydraulic fracturing (cited 2012-10-01: http://www.europeunconventionalgas.org/new-home/unconventional-gas/about-unconventional-gas).
Hydraulic fracturing is performed using a fracturing fluid at very high pressure. A large proportion (99%) of the fluid (cited 2012-10-01: http://www.europeunconventionalgas.org/new-home/the-process/what-s-in-hydraulic-fracturing-fluid) consists of a water and sand mixture, with the remainder comprising of chemical additives. These additives are found in our everyday household products but this has not stopped them from being termed as “offending”.
Given that the proportion of “offending” additives in the fracturing fluid is minimal and the process takes place deep below any potable water aquifers which are nevertheless protected from the wellbore using cemented steel casings, there is a strong argument that Shale Gas Fracking poses very minimal risks and is relatively safe. Furthermore, pollution incidents from Shale Gas Fracking remain minimal.
However, more research needs to be done to address the ever increasing concerns being raised.
suicide action
With “extensive artificial fracture” under the ground we stand on, are our human being crazy? Looks like a suicide action.
Fracking for shale gas
Someone (whose name I do not recall) once said that the one
thing we learn from history is that man does not learn from history.
Throughout history we have heard of and witnessed
earthquakes as a naturally occurring disaster and have seen the devastation
that always follows (Chile 1960, Indonesia 2004, Japan 2011 and so many others)
and still we invent and use technologies that will definitely induce seismic
activity. It is crazy.
While the benefits of hydraulic fracturing or fracking for
shale gas have been noted, especially in the United States where the method has
been used longest, it is imperative that we protect our earth by all means
necessary.
Maybe once we have studied the probability theories about
risk assessment, I will be able to make a more analytical discussion of whether
or not the technology should be banned given its pros and cons, but right now,
my stand is that anything that exposes mother earth to warranted risks should
not be allowed until mitigation measures have been taken at the very least.
One report 1 shows
that shale fracking has been linked to low magnitude tremors but there is a
possibility that the magnitudes of the tremors will increase and before long,
earthquakes or other seismic related disasters could be upon us.
At the very least, the technology should be suspended
pending more research and more adequate methods of mitigating the obvious effects
of the technique. Inducing of seismic activities ( however minor), pollution of
ground water aquifers, not to mention green house gas emissions (at a time when
the whole world is trying to reduce our carbon print ) are things that we
should not be taken lightly.
Crazy indeed!!!
1. 1.De Peter,C.J, Baish S., Geomechanical Study of Bowland Shale
Seismicity, 2nd November 2011.
Permalink Submitted by Emmanuel Mbata on Mon, 2012-10-01 18:34.
The safer the better
reply on: With “extensive artificial fracture” under the ground
Tan this topic is getting more interesting. But I agree to disagree with you that our humans are being crazy. In argument of this extensive artificial fractureLets have a look at the technology background of shale. We are aware that every formation is under the influence of underground stresses. These stresses results from weight of the overlying rock (overburden), fluid pressure and geologic and tectonic activities that the formation has experienced during the millions of years of its life. Stresses in the formation are divided into two basic types: normal and shear. Normal stresses tends to compress the material or pull it apart in tension. Shear stresses tend to tear the material, either by sliding or twisting action. These stresses have different magnitudes in different locations and generally increase with depth.An important mechanical property of the formation is its strength. This is usually measured in the labouratory. Two types of formation strength are measured: compressive and tensile. Rocks are usually more under much stronger compression than they are under tension. Formation failure occurs whenever the stresses acting on any part of the rock exceed its strength. Such areas is limited only to areas where certain conditions have been met especially areas in which earthquake has occurred before in the past. In this light failures in hydraulic fracturing occur mainly as a result of tensile stresses induced by fluid pressure inside the fracture and so the probability of shear failure occurring is slim. Even if it occurs is on a small and local scale and is due to natural fractures or planes of weaknesses along the part of fracture. Because of formation geological and material heterogeneity(plane of weakness), its strength varies in different locations and orientations. This results in local (rather than global) and directional rock failure. In engineering this can be assesses using mohr and mogi envelops. So Tan if risk assessment is rightly performed on this areas before fracking and regulatory requirement procedures is duely followed without human factor error. Their will be less need to worry about the extensive artificial fracture under ground. http://www.worldoil.com/March-2012-Can-hydraulic-fracturing-cause-earthquakes.htmlhttp://www.worldoil.com/March-2012-Can-hydraulic-fracturing-cause-earthq...
Yeah, the "extensive artificial
fracture" created by fracking, have been seen as " a potential
threat" to earth stability. Some residents in Ohio State protest against local
drilling activities, but some say, gas fracking boom could boost President
Obama in the coming election. It's sad to say, Human safety and morality are weak
compared to money and politics.
However, trial drilling activities in rural
areas could be acceptable, the government should restrict gas fracking
operations only at remote locations or less populated areas. Since this
technology was only invented in the late 70s, there aren’t enough evidences to
prove its safety to the environments. Also as a common routine for new
technologies, it requires almost half of a century to develop into massive
productions.
extensive artificial fracture
Permalink Submitted by Maria Christou on Mon, 2012-10-01 06:58.
For many years shale gas has been extracted from rock shale with natural
fractures. However during the last few years, it has been developed a new
technology where extensive artificial fractures are being made due to hydraulic
fracturing. Is this something t we should worry about?
It is known that shale gas has low
matrix permeability so in order to produce gas in massive quantities we
need to create fractures to provide permeability. Moreover, these
extensive artificial fractures allow horizontal drilling of the wells instead
of the old fashion typical vertical drilling.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) states
that, during the last ten years (from 2002 to 2012), shale gas produced in the US has reached 22%
of U.S. gas production and 32% of total remaining recoverable gas resources in
the United States. EIA predicts that by 2030 shale gas will represent 14% of
total global gas supplies.
Shale gas is getting popular in
Australia as well. Local and foreign operators such as Cononco Phillips,
Mitsubishi Corporation, Beach Energy and AWE are showing a great interest.
To be more precise, both
ConocoPhillips and Mitsubishi Corporation have invested over 260 million
dollars (AS) in unconventional oil and gas exploration.
To sum up, the creation of
extensive artificial fractures has led to the increased shale gas production
and boosted the economy of many countries. We haven’t spotted any significant
cons yet, however this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t take proper measures.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shale_gas
http://www.greenrock.com.au/assetsWAShaleGas.php
http://www.knoc.co.kr/ENG/sub06/sub06_2_n5.jsp
Re: Suicide Action
Permalink Submitted by Toby Stephen on Mon, 2012-10-01 11:02.
Whether crazy or not Dr Tan, I believe the willingness of the human race to go to such lengths as fracking is indicative of our requirement for energy. The world we live in is inherently dependent on oil and gas and as long as people want to turn on their tv's and charge their phones then this dependance isn't going to diminish. I think hydraulic fracturing is an issue that people (in general) love to hate, often due to poor understanding of the process.
With regards to the safety of the process, it's often highlighted that frac fluid is 99% water and sand and that the remaining 1% can be made with products from an average household kitchen (ie detergents, proppants etc) as a selling point for fracking. This doesn't fill me with a great deal of confidence given the huge amounts of water used in the process [1], therefore the 1% becomes very significant in terms of volume and potential for groundwater contamination. Added to this the potential for earthquakes (see other discussion) as well as the end CO2 emissions from the end combustion and the environmental damage certainly adds up. At present, however, in order to meet the world's continuously growing energy demands, fracking is just one of many techniques deployed as a short-term supply-side answer, although it will be very interesting to observe the retrospective views of fracking in years to come.
[1] http://www.dailycamera.com/energy/ci_20899000/report-volume-water-used-f...
Toby Stephen
MSc Oil & Gas Engineering
Permalink Submitted by OKECHUKWU CHUKELU on Sun, 2012-09-30 12:32.
Yes. Most nuclear
plants in the western world operate using a ‘defence-in-depth’ approach with
multiple safety systems supplementing the natural features of the reactor core.
These safety provisions include a series of physical barriers between the
radioactive reactor core and the environment, multiple safety systems each with
a backup and designed to accommodate human errors. The design and operation of
nuclear power plants aims to minimise the likelihood of accidents occurring and
most especially avoiding any major human consequences when they do occur.(Culled from http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html)
However in history
there have been three major reactor accidents, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and
Fukushima. The reactor accident in Three Mile Island was contained without any
harm done to anyone, the Chernobyl accident that is considered the worst
nuclear power plant accident killed 31 people and had significant health and
environmental consequences and the Fukushima which was caused by a huge tsunami
severely tested the containment allowing some release of radioactivity.
In the over 50 years
of operating nuclear power plants, no members of the public or nuclear plant
workers have ever died as a result to exposure apart from the Chernobyl
incident.
It is important to
know that a commercial type power reactor cannot explode as a nuclear bomb as
the fuel is not enriched beyond about 5%.
are designed to safe in their operation and safe in the event of any
malfunction, although there is no industrial activity that is risk free. As in
the case of the Fukushima accident that was triggered by natural disasters
(Earthquake and Tsunami), it was a man-made disaster that could and should have
been foreseen and prevented. Wilful negligence left the Fukushima plant
unprepared for these natural events.
OKECHUKWU CHUKELU (51231798)
The two main areas where
nuclear power is dangerous are in the effective containment of the radiation
(beta and gamma rays) emitted within the containment cell during the energy
creation process and the later disposal of the spent rods. With today’s
technologies effective containment of the beta and gamma radiation is
achievable, albeit that ‘acts of god’ (Fukushima) can overcome even the best of
safety systems; while the issue of safely disposing of the spent fuel rods does
require further development and technological consideration, before even
remotely being considered safe. While the environmental impact most noticeable
is that created in the early stages of mining the uranium ore, which while
scaring the landscape during mining activities may be overcome fairly easily at
a later date.
Is nuclear power safe for
humans and the environment; definitely not! But in consideration to carbon
based power generation and the massive safety and environmental impacts this
generates, nuclear power offers far too many positives to be dismissed and greater
future emphasis needs to be applied to technologies to neutralize and ensure
permanent containment of harmful radiation, both during energy generation and
by-product disposal.
Ekaterina Pavlichenko
1 mark to OKECHUKWU
1 mark to OKECHUKWU CHUKELU.
1 mark to Ekaterina Pavlichenko.
Impact of Fukushima
Following on from mention of the Fukushima incident, it is
interesting to note the reaction to the event. Although this is still one of
only very few nuclear related incidents, it sparked a world-wide fear in
nuclear energy. The subsequent reactions led to the major reduction of reliance
in nuclear energy. National Public Radio’s Richard Harris points out that Japan
went from harvesting 30% of its energy from nuclear to zero, which therefore
led to a much greater reliance on coal and natural gas (1). I do not feel it is
a coincidence that also following the event, the US has put on hold any future
development of nuclear energy facilities until more research has been made into
the correct and safe handling of nuclear waste (2). We must understand that
accidents are going to happen along the way. However why is it that one such
incident in Japan led to such a drastic reaction? Again I feel the media may
have had a part to play as well as the Japanese government who had to attempt
to look as if they were morally concerned by its dangers. Another question is
can we afford to keep returning to reliance on the fossil fuels when such a
failure occurs, or should we roll with punches and just correct mistakes we
learn along the way with regards to alternative fuels?
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/10/148351019/fukushima-starts-long-road-to-recovery
http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/09/news/economy/nuclear-plants-waste/index.htm
Discussion Topic 5: Solar panels issue
Long considered as a safe and
environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuel based generation, solar
power is now becoming "demonized" as more and more people are coming to recognize
the harmful environmental impact associated with solar panels. This mostly
focuses on the manufacture of the panels themselves. The solar cell is mostly
comprised of silica, which (simply put) is produced by crushing quartz and
separating the crystalline silica. The danger here is that during this process
silica dust is produced; this could be seen as harmful as asbestos dust causing
similar side effects within humans. However the story doesn’t end there, the
silica is required to enter an electric arc furnace where it’s combined with
coke to produce metallurgical grade silicon; the process produces carbon and
sulfur dioxide, which is displaced into the atmosphere. Following this the
process is still further refined to change the metallurgical grade silicon to
poly-silicon, a process which involves combining with hydrogen chloride gas
using copper catalyst in a fluid bed reactor; all nasty stuff, utilizing a
process that uses many hazardous chemicals and products.
It would be good to say that
the process was complete, but not so the silicon needs to be cut into wafers,
which produces harmful dust and great care is needed otherwise the dust could
inhaled, with similar side effects to the silica dust described above.
Once inserted between glass
panels and sealed, baring a fire the solar panels should now be considered
‘safe’ and provide years of use.
(chemical characteristics are taken from Wikipedia and "Introduction to Solar Electricity and Residential Solar Panels – AltE"
1 mark to Ekaterina
Deaths per KWh also makes Solar more unsafe and risky
Permalink Submitted by Richard Sedafor on Fri, 2012-11-16 19:49.
Ekaterina,It is totally true that the perception that Solar panels is so clean and safe is not totally true when you look at the life cycle analysis of Solar panels. Silicosis, a lung disease associated with the production and other harmful by-products make Solar panels not so safe is previously thought. Other issues concerned with deaths and waste make it even more unpleasant compared with other energy sources.
Even though Solar panels produce less than one percent of the world's energy, it causes much more deaths than other sources like Nuclear. Available data indicates that the death rate for solar energy per KWh is 0.44 whilst that for Nuclear is 0.04. Simply put, Nuclear energy is about 10 times safer in the production of energy than Solar.
There is also the concern of Solar panel waste and decommissioning. These wastes if they escape in to the environment could be very harmful. Currently, industry players are finding ways to recycle solar panels and other related products. Till safe production of solar panels are achieved and recycling of parts done effectively, the "clean and green" label associated with Solar panels will continue to be in doubt.
Richard Sedafor
Msc Oil and Gas Engineering,
1. http://www.nuceng.ca/refer/risk/risk.htm
2.http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/pdf/Solar_11.2.pdf
3.http://www.oregon.gov/odot/hwy/oipp/docs/life-cyclehealthandsafetyconcer...
Discussion topic 4: If the Piper Alpha disaster occurred today..
It would seem from all reports
and inquests that followed the Piper Alpha accident that errors were made in
almost every aspect of operation by Occidental Petroleum on Piper Alpha;
however following this accident the rule book was rewritten in nearly every
company operating off-shore platforms worldwide. Considering this the root
causes (identified as a maintenance error that brought about a fuel leak; a
result of poor training and poor maintenance procedures) that brought about the
Piper Alpha accident should not be evident today as the international operating
culture has changed from "Production First" to a culture of "Safety First"! As safety has become the priority for major world-famous industries.
As such, we would find that the
following would take place in the unlikely event of a similar occurrence;
initial checks would center on the operators observance of the Safety Case
Regulations and the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction,
etc.) Regulations 1996, Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management
and Administration) Regulations 1995, Offshore Installations (Prevention of
Fire and Explosion and Emergency Response Regulations 1995), which introduced
the requirements for Safety Critical Elements to be installed on Offshore
Platforms following Piper Alpha.
Permalink Submitted by Adekola Obayomi on Mon, 2012-10-01 14:05.
The phrase - "Production First" to a culture of "Safety First" as mentioned above by Ekaterina Pavlichenko goes further to show that the importance of safety cannot be over emphasised because it is one of the major instruments that can be used to reduce the risk to the loss of life and property in line with the principles of ALARP (As Low As is Reasonably Possible).
An error on the part of the personnel who placed the permit to work report in a separate filling folder was identified as the major cause of the accident. However, since most of the world leading operators are using the goal-setting safety regulation as against the older inefficient prescriptive safety regulation, such a safety issue would have been identified during the regular tool-box and safety meetings carried out on offshore platforms.
If the Piper Alpha disaster were to happen today............
Permalink Submitted by Babawale Onagbola on Sun, 2012-09-30 13:06.
It goes without saying that Occidental Petroleum Corporation
would have faced a stricter, more robust legislative regime, more expensive
consequences in terms of financial and corporate costs if the Piper Alpha
disaster were to happen today.
The binding legislation as at the time of the disaster in
1988, the UK Health Safety and Wokplace act was initially drafted for only onshore
activities in 1974 and was only extended offshore in 1976 without creating
extensions for individual sets of regulations directly related to offshore
activities under the act
Today, regulations guiding offshore operations and
environment are more detailed. Firstly, the offshore installations regulations introduced
in 1992 which required organizations to draw up safety cases and submit to the
HSE for approval, began the revolution of increasing the responsibility placed
on companies involved in offshore operations.
Other detailed regulations developed over the years are the offshore
installations and pipeline works regulation – (1995) which set requirements for
safe management of offshore installations; PFEER – (1995) which ensures
protection of offshore workers from fire and explosions; the corporate
manslaughter and corporate homicide act – (2007) which assures organizations of
prosecution (including unlimited fines) if investigation into fatalities
offshore indicate management failures amounting to gross breach of relevant
duty of care (www.lge.gov.uk); the dangerous substances and explosive
atmosphere regulation – (2002) which ensures protection of employees at
workplace and any other individuals at risk due to the presence of dangerous
chemical and explosive materials offshore and the environmental protection act
– (1990) which ensures protection of the environment including air and water
resources from operational activities offshore.
I think it’s fair to say that the
legislative framework available today is more specific and detailed as regards
HSE responsibilities of organizations and employers and sanctions attached to
non-compliance.
1 mark to Babawale Onagbola.
In reply to mikeaiki -Human Integrity risk management system???
I don’t think we need to develop a “human activity integrity
management process” that would give us feedback on human impact assessment, it
already exists!!!
There have been sets of human factor analysis tools
developed and implemented in organizations to evaluate the human activity/inactivity
impact assessment.
One of the tools is of the premise that there are 4 stages
of human information processing and performance namely perception, memory,
decision making and action taken and ALL human errors leading to accidents
occur due to errors in any or all of the 4 stages. (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, IChemE
Part B, 2006) – (http://www.keilcentre.co.uk/Data/Sites/1/Process%20Safety)
Analysis of the Piper Alpha disaster;
Perception Error – Non-existence of proper procedural hand
over of shifts between day and night shifts resulting in critical information
not being exchanged.
Memory Error – Negligence of the day shift engineer not
informing the night shift custodian of the status of the faulty pump
Decision Error – The night shift custodian panicking under
pressure because of the failure of the second pump and deciding to switch to
the faulty pump without adequate enquiry as to the state of the pump
Action Error – Starting the faulty pump resulting in the
explosions and accident that followed.
There are two reasons why these errors occur; 1) performance
shaping factors such as workloads, inadequate training, and poor ergonomic
design of components; 2) Psychological errors such as antecedents and trends.
The process of identifying these errors and reasons for the
errors would create solutions that would prevent further occurrences thereby
ensuring all bases are covered.
Piper Alpha - Human Factors and Lack of Safety Culture
Permalink Submitted by Mark Haley on Sun, 2012-09-30 17:18.
I think Babawale has made some valid comments on the causes of the Piper Alpha disaster and has correctly identified the individual failings of the workers involved.
However, I feel that it is important to look at the bigger picture and look at the company and its attitudes.
The Human Factors were ultimately the cause of the accident on Piper Alpha and these Human Factors were a result of the poor safety culture and lack of leadership from Occidental's management.
The managements balance of safety vs cost was biased too far towards cost saving and achieving a strong bottom line. The final price for Occidental having inadequate maintenance and safety procedures was £1.7 billion, the worst offshore oil disaster in terms both of lives lost and impact to industry and also meant that Occidental ended up leaving a profitable operation in the North Sea.
It has been proven time and time again that if management bias more towards cost saving rather than safety it always ends up costing far more.
With today’s culture of austerity and cost cutting measures across most industries it is especially important today to spend time (and possible finance) assessing risks adequately to ensure the correct procedures and safety measures are put in place.
It is also equally important that the workers receive adequate Human Factors training to allow them to recognize and highlight deficiencies to the management before they (hopefully) become a problem. This also means the management must have an open and honest safety culture and strong leadership to allow their workforce to report problems.
By educating both the workforce and the management through open and honest safety reporting, everyone can learn from small mistakes before they become big ones.
Mark Haley
Yes, Solar Panels are safe.
In my opinion, YES solar panels are safe to use. “Safe” here
is relative but compared to the other conventional fossil fuel technologies
(coal, crude oil and natural gas) studies have shown that solar panels generate
per kilowatt hour at least 89% fewer harmful emissions into the environment
(Brookhaven national laboratory research. The safety/pollution issues with
solar panels only arise in their MANUFACTURE (inhalation of hazardous
by-products when sawing polysilicon into wafers for the panels; ASSEMBLING THE
PANELS (risk of lead and other dangerous materials used in soldering the solar
panels together being released into the environment); INSTALLATION AND USE (in
the event of fire, hazardous fumes can
be released into the atmosphere) and finally in DISPOSAL/DECOMMISIONING( risk
of exposing different hazardous substances from raw materials used in
manufacturing solar cells to leas used in soldering cells together).I believe
solar cells are most dangerous at the end of their useful life.
COMMENT on Babawale's "Yes, Solar panels are safe".
Permalink Submitted by Dike Nwabueze C... on Sun, 2012-09-30 14:50.
They are not just dangerous at the end of their useful life, I beleive that they are most dangerous during the production/manufacturing stage. The danger of inhalation of such hazardous substances such as lead and that of polysilicon are of a great safety concern as many persons are invoved. You will agree with me that the probability that people invovled in the production line will be faced with this risk is high. The actual nature and extent of this pollution is hidden from the final consumer. In 2010, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition conducted a survey of manufacturing and found that solar manufacturers were using lead (a powerful neurotoxin), cadmiuim(a known carcinogen), and greenhouse gas Nitrogen triflouride in the creation of their products. Further, the process of manufacturing silicon solar panels require enormous amount of energy, which generally are supplied by oil and coal power plant. Because of inefficiencies in solar power generation, it requires more energy to make a solar panel than the panel can produce in its operational lifetime, frequently resulting in a net energy loss per solar panel and associated pollution in the production line.
I'm afraid I slightly
I'm afraid I slightly disagree with you. In the context of imminent danger to human life, infrastructure and collateral damage, solar panels are more dangerous at the end of their useful life and not during manufacture.
Manufacturing of these panels are carried out in high tech factories situated away from residential areas, bearing in mind the dangers of inhalation of hazardous substances with state of the art equipment/training to protect factory workers from these hazards. On the flip side, Suntech, the third largest solar manufacturer in the world has produced over 20million panels in use in over 80 countries around the world.
When these panels reach the end of their useful life, disposal methods avaialble are either they are heaped and dumped as toxic waste(where the hazardous materials like polysilicane used in production and others used in welding like lead can seep back into the earth contaminating water resources, soil hazards which could lead to long term problems in food production) or they are incenerated (where these same hazardous materials would be released back into the athmosphere). This is why governments around the world today are clamouring for solar manufacturers to look for ways to produce using less hazardous components AND to take responsibility for disposal at the end of life of panels.
So you would agree with me that as compared to the 20,000 or more workers being exposed to production hazards by the largest solar manufacturer in the world, it is nothing compared to the millions of people that would be affected if panels are disposed or decommissioned carelessly.
Are Solar Panels safe
In recent
years, millions of solar panels have been placed on roofs around the world.
Discuss how safe are they? Discuss the hidden pollution caused by solar panels.
I disagree will Babawale post as at what human cost are solar panels safe
to install and the pollutants they produce to manufacture. Yes solar panels are
a renewable energy sector growing at a fast rate, with millions of panels being
installed worldwide. It’s a clean alternative from fossil fuels and coal, pollutant
free with no carbon monoxide being produced, an endless supply as long as there
is sunlight.
The pollution from manufacturing solar panels is an area of content in, a
small village in East
China’s Zhejiang Province claim the pollutants from the factory have killed
large volume of swath of fish in a nearby river.
Chen Hongming, a deputy head of Haining’s environmental protection
bureau, said the factory’s waste disposal had failed the pollution tests since
To produce solar panels requires the production of pollutants in the environment,
solar panels consists of rare materials that require to be mined and processed
causing damage to the environment so where is the benefit, it comes as a cost
to produce. Is it a short term loss for a long term gain?
A report by the European Commission Joint Research Centre has identified
five rare earth metals in danger of shortages. Two of these materials are
required for solar energy development. Reference: The
Hidden Truth about Solar Energy | Suite101.com http://suite101.com/article/the-hidden-truth-about-solar-energy-a397269#ixzz27z8C13rs
and installed on roof tops and require men and woman to work at height, each
year 30 Australian workers have fell to their death, including people being
electrocuted when coming into contact with power lines, the statistics are
still fresh and roofing is becoming more dangerous than mining.
‘Because of our propensity to put
panels on roofs, solar is in fact, far more dangerous than many forms of power
generation, three times more dangerous than wind power and more than 10
times more dangerous than nuclear power, by comparison to the amount of power
produced’.
Figures from
USA show 50 people have already died installing 1.5 million solar panels which
is more than Chernobyl. Solar power may be safer to the environment but it come
at a high human cost to install and this doesn’t included the maintenance
upkeep as it currently new technology. It’s more dangerous than nuclear, even
after the disaster at the Fukushima reactor plant in Japan.
Reference: http://asiancorrespondent.com/54571/green-deaths-the-forgotten-dangers-of-solar-panels/
SAFETY IN SOLAR ENERGY
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Sun, 2012-10-21 13:32.
I am afraid that i have to disagree with your statament about solar panels are safe.As a chemical engineer i can tell tou that the majority of solar panels are composed by the chemical element of silicon.Silicon's composition cancause pollution.If the panels are not properly maintained, a hazardous byproduct can result from the silicon.While the solar energy is green, the materials that are ussed are not.Solar industry must also be convinced to use more sustainable materials because the toxic waste of silicon panels can cause serious dangers.
Discussion topic 5
ASSESSMENT.
Discussion topic 5:
In recent years, millions of solar panels have been placed on roofs around the
world. Discuss how safe are they? Discuss the hidden pollution caused by solar
panels.
The earth is in constant supply of solar power of up
to 100,000TW, this is enough energy to meet the energy needs of the earth’s
population every hour. The solar radiation thus supplied to the earth can be
put to meaningful use by applying the concept/technology of photovoltaics (PV)
– converting solar radiation into direct electricity using semiconductors (monocrystalline
silicon, polycrystalline silicon,
amorphous silicon, cadmium telluride and copper indium gallium
selenide/sulphide) that exhibit the photovoltaic effect and illuminating them
by photons [1].
Even though PV systems have been known to offer
plentiful energy, the cost of solar energy technology (SET) along the
production line in terms of environmental, accident and associated risk issues
is still high [1].
IMPACT FROM SOLAR THERMAL HEATING SYSTEM.
Only little amounts of the large quantity of
materials used for production of solar thermal (ST) systems are consumed during
their operation [2]. At the operation stage of solar panels, the safety concern
and exposure to hazards comes as a result environmental pollution from changing
the coolant. A good organizational safety policy/work practice can address this
problem [2].
Leakage of the coolant system can cause fire and
gases released from vapourised coolant all constitute a major health and
environmental safety issues [2].
Loss and changes to an existing ecosystem can also
result when large-scale deployment of solar panels is required [2]. Installation
of solar panels can cause water to leak from the roof and at installation, the
workman is faced with the risk of falling from the top of the roof [2].
The cost components associated with the accident
that may occur are those incurred before occupational injuries, at occurrence
of the accident and that spent on its prevention if properly identified [3].
The pollution associated with the transport and
manufacture of SET are also of considerable significance. Large deployment of
SET proves to have effect on health because of the emissions involved in
material processing, the chemicals involved in the batteries that are used as
well as the raw materials needed for their production [2]. Heat transfer fluids
such as water, oil and liquid sodium are involved in SET, accidental release of
any of these fluids can cause occupational hazard [2].
The equipment for solar energy conversion requires
solar cells which in turn require the use of heavy and rare earth metals, and
the risk of pollution is inherent in their mining, manufacture, construction
and disposal after the useful life of these assets.
On September 19, 2012, a village in eastern china
rioted against a local solar panel manufacturing firm for dumping harmful and
toxic chemicals into its river [4]. Thus, the illusion of green, clean energy
only transfers/exports environmental ruin and damage to countries/places where
the panels are manufactured. This can be classified as a form of risk control
strategy –risk transfer [3]
[1] Abdul, W.B. Aqeel, A. B. Gholamreza, Z. (2012)
Greener energy: issues and challenges for Pakistan-solar energy prospective,
Renewable and sustainable energy reviews [online] vol. 16, (pp 2762-2780)
Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032112001372 [Accessed 29 september 2012]
Theocharis, T. Niki, F. Vassilis, G. (2005). Environmental impacts from the
solar energy technologies, Energy policy [online] vol 33, (pp 289-296).
[3] Sue, C. Robin , T (1998). Safety, Reliability
and Risk management: an integrated approach. Second edition,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
[4] 500 chinese villages protest solar plant
pollution. [Online] Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw2qlYxeSj4&feature=relmfu [Accessed 29 September 2012]
Topic 1: Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector - No.2
Permalink Submitted by Tony Morgan on Sun, 2012-09-30 14:06.
Sorry tried to keep the words down but the first one needs something to bite on?? via background info then onto the debate points as below...........
Sorry about spacing too - not got the hang of the word editor thing for copy paste etc...
Ive went for number 2 although i believe No. 1 is.....板橋水庫大壩 Anybody agree ?
Background For Info -
Chernobyl Nuclear
Chernobyl, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
April 26,
unexpected surge in power during a routine safety check caused a rupture in the
plant reactor's fuel elements. A large explosion resulted and the reactor's fuel
rod's melted; the graphite
covering the reactor
ignited and burned for more than a week.
Large amounts of radiation were released,
causing the deaths of more than 50 people and the permanent relocation of more
than 350,000 others. To date, it is the only nuclear accident that has been
classified a "major accident" by the International Atomic Energy
The longterm impact:
to the World Health
Organization around 4,000
cases of thyroid cancer have been linked to the incident and around 5 million
people in the former Soviet Union have been affected by radiation from the
accident.
In the years following the explosion at the
Chernobyl nuclear power plant, there was an increase in malformations of
newly-born children in the Ukraine and Belarus. Many of these children were
subsequently abandoned by their parents and left in special-care institutions.
(Photo: Igor Kostin/Sygma/Corbis)
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/chernobyl-disaster#ixzz27o1q9xSs
Debate -
(1)What
were the physical/technical circumstances that led to the accident?
http://atomicinsights.com/1996/04/accident-at-chernobyl-caused-explosion.html
were the main underlying causes?
equipment Design errors, could and should have been better !!!
Why did the accident result in: (i) So many fatalities; initial explosion
followed by 20 years of radiation effects.....30-50 died pretty directly or
within the year although could end up around 4000 in reality.....some have been
disputed/difficult to attribute to the accident ‘’A particularly sad effect of the accident was that some physicians
in Europe advised pregnant women to undergo abortions on account of radiation
exposure, even though the levels concerned were vastly below those likely to
have teratogenic effects. The foetal death toll from this is likely very much
greater than directly from the accident.’’
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr38/en/index.html
So much harm to the environment etc.??????
What factors contributed to the escalation of the accident?
FACTORS !!!
controls in place at time of accident, controls did not meet the circumstances
confusion and acceptance criterias
strength of operators to STOP the JOB and simply defer to procedures/
supervisors.
/ Political pressure
draw so many parallels with Piper Alpha ( which for any Aberdonian will be close
to home)
What were the legal consequences of the accident?
jailed – 33 years between them all from the operations/ management side of the
power plant.
designers / installers etc.???
Ref =
http://accidont.ru/ENG/trial.html
No.3 – Macondo ?
Please make your presentation cleaner
The links you provided do not work. Please make your presentation cleaner. Thanks.
Topic 1: top ten severe accidents in energy sector - No. 2 ?
Permalink Submitted by Tony Morgan on Mon, 2012-10-01 08:52.
Topic 1: Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector - No. 2 – Chernobyl ( Truths and Exaggerations ?)
Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown
Chernobyl, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
An unexpected surge in power during a routine safety check caused a rupture in
the plant reactor's fuel elements. A large explosion resulted and the reactor's
fuel rod's melted; the graphite covering the reactor ignited and burned for
more than a week.
Large amounts of radiation were released, causing the deaths of more than
50 people and the permanent relocation of more than 350,000 others. To date, it
is the only nuclear accident that has been classified a "major
accident" by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
According to the World Health Organization around 4,000 cases of thyroid cancer
have been linked to the incident and around 5 million people in the former
Soviet Union have been affected by radiation from the accident.
In the years following the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,
there was an increase in malformations of newly-born children in the Ukraine
and Belarus. Many of these children were subsequently abandoned by their
parents and left in special-care institutions. (Photo: Igor
Kostin/Sygma/Corbis)
(1)What were the
physical/technical circumstances that led to the accident?
(2)What were the main
underlying causes?
Initial equipment Design
errors, could and should have been better !!! You would like to think that today's FEMECA and Risk review processes may have captured some of the issues which could have presented this failure.
(3) Why did the accident result
in: (i) So many fatalities; initial explosion followed by 20 years of radiation
effects.....30-50 died pretty directly or within the year although could end up
around 4000 in reality.....some have been disputed/difficult to attribute to
the accident ‘’A particularly sad effect of the accident was that some
physicians in Europe advised pregnant women to undergo abortions on account of
radiation exposure, even though the levels concerned were vastly below those
likely to have teratogenic effects. The foetal death toll from this is likely
very much greater than directly from the accident.’’
Ref http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr38/en/index.html
(ii) So much harm to the
environment etc.??????
(4) What factors contributed to the escalation of the accident?
HUMAN FACTORS !!!
Poor controls in place at time of accident, controls did not meet the
Procedural confusion and acceptance criterias
Inadequate strength of operators to STOP the JOB and simply defer to
procedures/ supervisors.
Management / Political pressure
These draw so many parallels with Piper Alpha ( which for any
Aberdonian will be close to home)
(5) What were the legal
consequences of the accident?
6 men jailed – 33 years between
them all from the operations/ management side of the power plant.
designers / installers etc.??? If this was today in the UK then our corporate manslaughter laws would surely have held some other parties than the main operators to account. However Russia pre-1990 was a bit of a law unto itself.
Ref = http://accidont.ru/ENG/trial.html
No.3 – Macondo / Deepwater Horizon? what do you say ?
tony morgan
Bhopal disaster
Permalink Submitted by Maria Christou on Sun, 2012-09-30 14:07.
To my mind, one of the most severe
accidents in energy sector occurred in 1984 at
the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal. Toxic
gases, such as methyl isocyanate, leaked from the chemical factory when a large amount of water got into the MIC storage tank
raising the temperature and pressure. This poisonous gas escaped into the air
spreading over the city. Hundreds of people and animals were killed while other
people suffered from swollen eyes, frothing at
the mouth and breathing difficulties. Another consequence was the defoliation
of trees and the contamination of soil and lakes. After the accident the Union
Carbide factory was closed and three senior members of staff arrested due to poor
safety and maintenance measures. Even today, chemicals left in the factory continue to leak and pollute the groundwater.
http://www1.american.edu/TED/bhopal.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/3/newsid_2698000/2698709.stm
Permalink Submitted by Craig Donaldson on Mon, 2012-10-01 14:06.
I would also agree that Bhopal is one of the worst
Industrial disasters in history because of the initial deaths and even more so for
those effected by related diseases and disfigurations. I find it strange that despite
the severity of this disaster it is often overlooked and left to the wayside
even by lecturers!
Now that the cause and consequence have been considered it
is important to look at the multitude of human errors made during the design of
the plant itself. These included the location of the plant which was chosen to
be near its working population with no thought given to a release of dangerous
chemicals. Also, the decision to store large amounts of MIC (which is an
intermediate) on site. Instead, a continuous process where only the required
amount for the next part of the process is made should have been employed. Obviously
this is the design decision which had the most consequence since a continuous process
would have had a very low MIC inventory. Others included the decision to
manually operate large parts of the plant and wrongly sized relief valves which
could not cope with conditions produced in the storage vessels. Furthermore,
the lack of skilled and/or knowledgeable operators only added to the confusion
when the event began to unfold.
nuclear energy is not safe yet
Mr. Paul Mitchell , professor of the Energy Technologies course, mentioned
at his lecture that nuclear energy had extremely low global consumption from
1986 to 2011 compare to other sources of energy such as coal and oil .Moreover Mr.
Henry Than said that nuclear energy has average only 0.04 deaths per TWh. If
nuclear energy is said to be the safest source of energy then why it is not
used more often? Indisputably
nuclear energy has a lot of benefits, it produces very low greenhouse gas
emissions, it has the lowest impact on the environment and nuclear power plants require significantly
less land for operation than all other energy sources to produce a large amount
of electricity. However the use of nuclear energy leads to a lot of risks.
Radioactive waste releases harmful radiation as it decays. Plus, accidents such
as the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, the Chernobyl disaster
in 1986 and the Fukushima
nuclear disaster in 2011 released radiation which had an
enormous impact on the humans and the environment. Furthermore, nuclear energy
is linked to nuclear weapons. To my mind, the disadvantages outweigh the
advantages and nuclear energy is not as safe as people used to believe, at
least not yet.
Lecture note of Mr. Paul Mitchell and Mr.
Henry Tan
Article from ‘New York times ‘posted Sunday, September 30, 2012
http://www.fi.edu/guide/wester/benefits.html
In the context of Global Warming due to Greenhouse Gas (CO2) Emissions, nuclear generated
power emits much less CO2 compared to other energy sources.
It has been shown by Vattenfall (a Swedish
Energy Company) that nuclear contributes less than 1% of the CO2 emissions from
fossil fuels (cited 2012-09-30, http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeGreenhouseEmissionsOfNuclearPower).
Furthermore, Vattenfall claims its CO2 emissions from nuclear are also LOWER
than from its renewable energy sources.
Therefore, the argument on the safety of
nuclear generated energy also needs to take into account the impact on the environment
of the various energy sources in order to arrive at a more objective view.
I am going to agree with you Maria and i would also say that we should not forget the accident of chernobyl which was classified as a level seven event on the international nuclear events scales(INES).In the accident of chernobyl 28 people died from illness considered to have been caused or aggravated by radiation exposure and two workers died from other causes.It was estimated by scientists that around four thousands people are going to die or have already due to the radiation.Furthermore,we should not forget the political situation in Iran and the reasons for which they do not accept to be checked by their nuclear programe.Nuclear energy is linked with nuclear weapons.Should not the goverments think it more seriously?
Discussion Topic 2: Is nuclear power safe for humans and the env
Permalink Submitted by Samuel Bamkefa on Sun, 2012-09-30 14:12.
While nuclear power plants are designed to be safe in their operation and safe in the event of any malfunction or accident, no industrial activity can be represented as entirely risk-free. Incidents and accidents may happen, and as in other industries, will lead to progressive improvement in safety. (World Nuclear News, Sept 2012, http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html)
From 1969 and 2000, nuclear energy industrial accidents have led to 31 fatalities (immediate) as compared to 16,505 for oil (World Nuclear News, Risk Statistics on energy, http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=28325). On a comparative level based on statistics of fatalities, nuclear energy can be said to be safe with respect to other energy sources. Although nuclear energy has shown to be safe on the statistics side, it does not enjoy a good ‘feeling of safety’. This can be traced to the potential severity of accidents, limited layman understanding about the mechanics of radiation as well as the statistics of incidences and that the fact that the destructive agent is ‘invisible and impalpable’.
However, fatalities are not the only measure of safety. The detriment to the environment must also be considered. Among other impacts that it can have on the region, plant commissioning in a region causes impairment of aesthetic, recreational and natural conservation values and also significantly lowers the value of the surrounding property (M. Sprangler, "Environmental and Social Issues of Site Choice for Nuclear Power Plants," Energy Policy 2, 18 (1974)).
However, my view is that the usage of nuclear energy should be accompanied by well regulated systems to check external influences on power plants. This would include a high level of security in and around regions where nuclear plants are located, low susceptibility of those areas to natural disasters (Fukushima incident was caused by an earthquake), etc) and well as accident effect mitigation (e.g. emergency response system). These would serve to reduce likelihood and severity of accident. All these should be accompanied with proper education of people on the important things to note about the safety of nuclear power
Samuel Bamkefa
Showing fatal accidents
Permalink Submitted by Parry James on Mon, 2012-12-10 17:00.
Showing fatal accidents in nuclear industry does not show
the overall relativity and impact of nuclear events on the environment and the
human’s quality of life. The number of incidents/ accidents/lost of life do
show is directly from a nuclear incidents but the illness and deaths that are
associated with nuclear energy are not.
Both Chernobyl and Fukushima have both far reaching
consequences from there incidents. Nuclear contamination of food and water and
can be effect the life of thousands people and far reaching areas and even
ecosystem with nuclear particles from Chernobyl disaster found in Wales and
U.S.A. The effects that nuclear accidents have had Cancer and other long term
illnesses associated with nuclear radiation which might not be considered in
these statistics e.g 4000 people have died from cancer due to Chernobyl.
When justifying the safety of an energy source a wide range
of information needs to be considered beyond the number of incidents, accident
and deaths because it can give misleading information about the full
consequences about safety and the environment about nuclear energy.
James Parry
Wind Energy - Not Economical as regards safety
In my opinion, wind energy possesses more “cons” than “pros”
as regards being one of the cleaner energy sources. I’ll explain. As against
the “pros” of wind energy which is basically its reputation as one of the cleaner
methods available to harness energy, its “cons” are countless. Firstly in the
transportation of the bulky components (blades, poles, high voltage equipment) required
to set up wind farms, many accidents have been recorded to public infrastructure,
homes, electricity poles. Another point is the nuisance the aerodynamic noise
from the blades and mechanical noise from machinery cause to individuals who
are unlucky to close to wind farms. In fact this has led some governments in
the world to set up policies forbidding wind farms to be set up in close
proximity to residential areas (Australia) or governments giving individuals
veto powers to influence setting up of wind turbines around them(New Zealand).
The most dangerous of the cons is a phenomenon known as” ice-throw” which
usually occurs in areas of harsh weather conditions where ice formed on wind blades
can be thrust at high speeds up to distances of 200metres and impact on humans
are usually fatal. Finally and the most common of the cons is the harm posed to
the bird species and in principle the ecosystem, rare and uncommon species of
birds are wiped out yearly due to wind turbine operations. In conclusion, while
I am a proponent for cleaner alternatives to harnessing energy, wind energy for
me has caused too many accidents/fatalities in relation to the meagre 6% of the
total electricity demands in Europe it provides (www.euobserver.com). Take a
look at the accident statistics for wind energy here - http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/page4.htm
wind energy not economical as regards safety
Permalink Submitted by Olamide s Ajala on Sun, 2012-09-30 20:08.
Nothing is perfectly safe. Chasing perfection can cause us to ignore just improving and trading worse for a lot better. Non-roof installations of solar is safer than roof installation. Nuclear, wind, solar and hydro are a lot safer than coal and oil. Natural gas is safer but not as much as nuclear and those others. The focus needs to be on getting rid of the most dangerous energy sources which are coal and oil first. Safety and improvements for all energy sources should be made as we go,meaning it is a continous process due to technological advances day in day out.
from the link below, it can be seen that death/TWh of wind energy is very low despites its mentioned disadvantages[1].
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyTCyizqrHs/R9rF7NuGzXI/AAAAAAAAAPw/KcnCX7ly6g...
One of the greatest advantages is that it is ample. Secondly, it is renewable. Some other advantages are that it is widely distributed, cheap, and also helps in reducing toxic gas emissions. It is also advantageous over traditional methods of creating energy, in the sense that it is getting cheaper to produce it. It may soon be the cheapest way to produce energy on a large-scale.
With the continuous decrease in the natural resources of the world, wind energy, along with solar and water energy can very well be future sources of energy for mankind[2].
Simply put, renewable energy resources won’t run out while non-renewable resources will. Examples of non-renewable resources are oil, gas, coal and nuclear power. Once we’ve used up all the oil, coal and uranium stored in our earth they will not replenish, at least not for many thousands or millions of years. Renewable sources of energy often derive their power from the natural motions and phenomena on Earth, like currents, wind and sunlight and can therefore be used again and again without ever running out. .
Therefore, we should concentrate on developing technology that will utilize this renewable sources of energy to generate energy using ALARP principle.[3]
1 http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.htmhl
2 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/advantages-disadvantages-wind-energy.html
3 http://www.beluga.is/default
Olamide Sherifah Ajala
Student ID:51230562
Course:Sub sea Engineering
olamide.sherifah.ajala@aberdeen.a.uk
Re: Wind Energy
I agree with much of what was written by Olamide, particularly regarding placing an emphasis on the development of renewable energy solutions, but my question is where is this going to come from? Just look at our MSc class for example and how the number of Oil & Gas and Subsea student dwarfs the amount of Renewables students (six if I recall correctly). People love to appear in favour of renewable technologies (myself included albeit ironically given that I'm one of the aforementioned Oil & Gas students), but how many of these people actively 'practice what they preach' by using solar panels at home or walking/riding to uni or work?
If you were to ask the average person in the street if they were in favour of renewable energies then it wouldn't surprise me if 100% answered 'yes', although at what cost? There are already ways for people to actively reduce their CO2 emissions but if this means having to forgoe a certain lifestyle or luxury, then this would truly determine one's loyalty to renewable technologies. Herein lies the dichotomy, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone completely against renewables altough not many people are willing to make the required lifestyle sacrifices to accommodate it.
Yes Toby I reckon you are probably right in that most people in principle would be in favour of renewables but this is where the term NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) has gained extra traction in recent years. Most people are supportive of renewables as long as they never have to see, hear or have anything to do with them. This wasn't as important for power plants even if they do tend to be an eyesore because not many are actually required, however to produce enough useable energy both wind and solar require large areas of land to be taken over for their respective technologies. I have to be honest here and admit that I don't think I would like a large wind turbine in my back garden but as long as it is out of earshot then I actually don't mind the look of them. However, a rather extreme case which is applicable to us here in Aberdeen and highlights some peoples dislike of wind farms is the wind farm proposal off the coast of Donald Trump's new golf course (1). Donald Trump strongly objects the wind farms and states that they would ruin the view from his golf course and even started a campaign against renewable energy in Scotland! As the article states this is a chance for the government to show us that they understand what really matters to this country.
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/24/donald-trump-wind-tu...
Completely agree but herein lies the problem - people are willing to throw their unequivocal support behind renewables (with the exception of Donald Trump) but don't want to see, hear, have anything to do with it nor pay for it. I think it will take a bold move, whether it be by the Government or private sector, to make a statement and really attempt to build impetus for renewable technologies. More and more small steps toward environmental compliance are becoming a reality, for example being able to 'buy' carbon offsets on a plane (which is rumoured to be a scam in [1]), yet nobody will fully commit to renewables at the expense of business.
Further, James Lovelock raises an interesting discussion point in [2] which feeds into the fracking discussion by stating that renewable technologies (wind turbines included) are at present "largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant" and that "fracking buys us some time, and we can learn to adapt". While this only demonstrates a short-term solution, the question must be asked: are renewables (whether now, in 10, 50, even 100 years) able to match our energy demands? If so, at what social and economic cost? If not, how do we effectively use them to subsidise our energy demands until a better solution is found?
[1] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/08/carbon-offsets-scam/
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/15/james-lovelock-intervi...
infancy of renewable technology
Permalink Submitted by leighmoreton on Tue, 2012-12-11 05:32.
Leigh Moreton
MSc Renewable Energy
discussion 7-safety consideration in wave energy system
safety consideration in wave energy system
Wave energy is rapidly
emerging as one of the best means of harnessing energy from the ocean.
energy is renewable energy source with completely free energy where no fuel is
needed and there is no problem with emissions and/or waste like with some other
energy sources.
Wave power has very big
potential, and can produce more than significant amount of energy (the useful
deep water wave power resources have been estimated to be greater than 2 TW).
Also, once wave energy projects are built they are not very expensive to
operate and maintain.
Despite that there is no problem with emission
, There is a potential impact on the marine environment.
Noise pollution, for
example, could have negative impact if not monitored, although the noise and
visible impact of each design varies greatly. Other biophysical impacts (flora
and fauna, sediment regimes and water column structure and flows) of scaling up
the technology are being studied.
In terms of socio-economic challenges, wave
farms can result in the displacement of commercial and recreational fishermen
from productive fishing grounds, can change the pattern of beach sand
nourishment, and may represent hazards to safe navigation. Waves generate about
2,700 gigawatts of power. Of those 2,700 gigawatts, only about 500 gigawatts
can be captured with the current technology.
Therefore,there is need to
but safety practices in place to monitor the generation and use of these system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power
Safety Concerns for Wave Energy Systems | eHow.com,By Debbie Mcrill, http://www.ehow.com/list_6960521_safety-concerns-wave-energy-systems.html#ixzz27z6bS0Yx
safety consideration in
safety consideration in wave energy systems
Wave energy is rapidly emerging as one of the best means of harnessing energy from the ocean.
Wave energy is renewable energy source with completely free energy where no fuel is needed and there is no problem with emissions and/or waste like with some other energy sources [1].
Wave power has very big potential, and can produce more than significant amount of energy (the useful deep water wave power resources have been estimated to be greater than 2 TW). Also, once wave energy projects are built they are not very expensive to operate and maintain.
Despite that there is no problem with emission, there is a potential impact on the marine environment.
Noise pollution for example, could have negative impact if not monitored, although the noise and visible impact of each design varies greatly. Other biophysical impacts (flora and fauna, sediment regimes and water column structure and flows) of scaling up the technology are being studied.
In terms of socio-economic challenges, wave farms can result in the displacement of commercial and recreational fishermen from productive fishing grounds, can change the pattern of beach sand nourishment, and may represent hazards to safe navigation. Waves generate about 2,700 gigawatts of power. Of those 2,700 gigawatts, only about 500 gigawatts can be captured with the current technology[2].
Therefore there is need to put safety practices in place to monitor the generation and use of these system.
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power.
2) http://www.ehow.com/list_6960521_safety-concerns-wave-energy-systems.html By Debbie mcrill.
Permalink Submitted by oseghale lucas ... on Sun, 2012-09-30 16:54.
Shale fracking is a secondary method of boosting the reservoir production. It opens up the pore spaces of the reservoir their by increasing the permeability of fluid flow within the reservoir.Typically it entails pumping of 3 to 5 million gallons of water, mixed with sand and fractional amounts of chemical additives into the wellhead at high pressure, thereby creating cracks in the rock beds which open up the pore spaces. The hydraulic fracturing mixture is basically 95 percent water, 4.5 percent sand and 0.5 percent chemical additives formulated to promote gelling and cleaning. Many of the additives used in fracturing fluids are ingredients in common household goods, such as candy, soaps, and ice-cream. These additives are mostly environment friendly. The only thing that needs to be properly documented by law here is the reservoir depth at which the fracking operation should be allowed to be carried out. I am of the opinion that shale fracking should not be banned since it aids production but a legislative regulation should be put in place to check ascertain the depth that could be fracked. i.e greater than 9000fts, without causing earth quake occurance or hazard to our future generation.
Permalink Submitted by JOHN BOSCO ALIG... on Sun, 2012-09-30 16:56.
Unlike fossil power sources, wind energy consumes
no fuel and does not emit air pollutants. It is
thus environmentally friendly.
There are however safety issues associated with
wind energy and a number of cases have been reported over the past years for
example the German turbine fire, catastrophic Danish turbine accident
(22/02/2008) and Ardrossen wind firm fire (8 December 2011) among others. Some
accidents have affected workers transporting, erecting and maintaining the
turbines. Wild life fatalities have also been reported. Collision of flying Bats and Birds with wind turbines results in
many fatalities.
Wind turbines also emit noise as they rotate
(aerodynamic noise of blades) which may have severe impacts on the human ears
especially if the turbines are located near homes. The materials used for
making wind turbines like steel concrete and aluminium are at times heavy and
pose risks of the turbines falling off leading to death especially during heavy
winds. Wind power is also un reliable in freezing temperatures because ice formation on turbines blades
could have a serious impact on the operation efficiency of the turbines thus it
is important to study the weather patterns of
a given area before considering this technology. Metallic materials are
used during the manufacture of wind turbine blades hence there are risks of
lightning strikes leading to turbines shedding apart of the blade or the whole
blade (mechanical failure).
Oscillating shadows due to rotating blades leads
to optical disturbances of residents thus wind turbines/ farms need to be
isolated from houses, streets, roads where the population is high to ensure
safety. Wind turbines are also prone to fires especially if not well maintained,
overheating could occur due to expired lubricants and stressed bearings.
Offshore wind turbines may also pose some safety
risks to boats and ships thus proper safety measures need to be in place.
In conclusion, I think wind energy is a better
alternative as opposed to fossil fuels provided the above associated risks are
put in consideration while designing and installing wind turbines.
John Bosco Aliganyira
Msc.Oil and Gas Eng.
http://www.britishwindenergy.co.uk/ Add to e-Shelf
Wind energy systems for electric power generation by M. Stiebler , 2008
Advances in wind energy and conversion technology Sathyajith Mathew; Geeta
Susan Philip; , 2011.
How safe are solar panels
Permalink Submitted by Abdulazeez Bello on Sun, 2012-09-30 17:06.
How safe are solar panels placed on the roof?
The use of
Solar panels as energy source is one form of renewable energy that is fast
becoming an alternative to the way we generate electricity in our homes .It is
clean [1] and cheap [2].These solar panels can be rooftop mounted or ground
mounted. The panels on the roof themselves are safe. The risk or danger arises
when installing or maintaining them on the roofs. Available data has shown that
the number of deaths per year from roofers is on the increase [3]. Another source
of concern is hazards caused by electric shock [4].
The risk involved needs to be properly managed to reduce incidents. A detailed
risk assessment is needed and an updated legislation put in place.
While pollutions attributed to solar panel
(PV) are mostly in the production of the photovoltaic cells but not in the use
of the panel itself [5]. These panels can be used for at least 20-30 years
without contributing CO2 emission to the environment. And are recycled after decommissioning [6]
[1]. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5448909
[2]. Ahammed, “Case Study Applications of
Solar PV on Rural development in Bangladesh,”
Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol.3, pp.93-103, 2008.
[3] http://pattyinglishms.hubpages.com/hub/Most_Dangerous_Jobs
[4] http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/pdf/research/fftacticssolarpower.pdf
[5]http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/media/pdfs/091912%20Hidden%20Costs%20of%20Electricity%20report%20FINAL2.pdf
[6] http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/28331/ceres-and-pvc-recycling-to-offer-module-recycling-in-europe-and-north-america/
Discussion Topic 1 : Piper Alpha Disaster
Permalink Submitted by Menelaos Michelakis on Sun, 2012-09-30 17:39.
Piper Alpha disaster. Why so many fatalities ?Topic : Rescue men drowned trying to save others.I would like to initiate the talk about the Piper Alpha disaster although there are already posts. It is an accident that happened on a North Sea platform and costed the lives of many people not to mention that the platform was completely destroyed. I will examine the accident by the aspect of fatalities first, adding something that has not been discussed in the class. So i shall add information and try to judge the conditions that led to such losses. Death's toll was extremely high - 167 people. Here i will add a detail. These people were not all of them working on the platform. A small number of them was working on the rescue fleet that came to help those that had probably survived. No matter how many these people were they increase the number of fatalities. How can that be explained by the aspect of safety ? Probably those who came to help were not adequately trained for such a hard duty - North Sea is extremely dangerous in winter, five waves is not a rare phenomenon - or were not experienced enough. Your comments please.
Ref : '' Offshore engineering - An introduction'' (Angus Mather)
panels. I am of the opinion that solar energy is unsafe to the environment here are my reasons . Firstly solar energy is generated by nuclear fusion within the sun. The process operates on the very same basic laws of nuclear physics used in nuclear power plants and atomic bombs. This source of energy is basically hydrogen, a highly explosive gas (remembering the Hindenberg?) Hydrogen is also the active material in H-bombs, that are not only tremendously destructive, but produce dangerous fallout.Presently we are already subject to a natural `background' radiation from the sun. We can do little about that, except to stay out of direct sunlight as much as possible. The evidence is already clear that too much exposure to sunlight can cause skin cancer. But solar collectors would concentrate that sunlight (that otherwise would have fallen harmlessly on waste land), convert it to electricity and pipe it into our homes to irradiate us from every light bulb! We would then not even be safe from this cancer-producing energy even in our own homes!We all know that looking at the sun for even a few seconds can cause blindness. What long term health hazards might result from reading by light derived from solar energy? We now spend large amounts of time looking at the light from television monitors or computer screens, and one can only imagine the possible long-term consequences of this exposure when the screens are powered with electricity from solar collectors. Will we develop cataracts, or slowly go blind?Possible fire hazards of solar energy can also result. Sunlight reaching us directly from the sun at naturally safe levels poses little fire threat. But all one has to do is concentrate sunlight, with a simple burning- glass, and it readily ignites combustible materials. Who would feel safe with solar energy concentrators on their roof? Could we afford the fire insurance rates?Presently solar energy has the potential to release more than 2.4 million tons of lead pollution in China and India, countries heavily involved in lead mining, smelting, battery manufacturing and recycling. Lead poisoning can cause damage to the central nervous system, the kidneys, the cardiovascular system, and the reproductive system.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/08/31/Solar-power-brings-lead-pollution-threat/UPI-81811314829387/#ixzz27zVuEHx2http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/08/31/Solar-power-brings-lead-pollution-threat/UPI-81811314829387/#ixzz27zVCOySFhttp://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/solar.htmName: Oseghale Lucas OkohueStudent ID: 51231724Course: Subsea Engineering
I am afraid i disagree with
I am afraid i disagree with your analysis on "cancer producing energy" as it related to light bulbs and displays of telvisions and monitors. The working phenomenon of an electric lightbulb is that it takes just enough electric current to make a piece of metal(tungsten filament) glow brightly enough to give out visible light yet not get so hot that it melts and breaks. What i am driving at is that the bulb just like any other electrical equipment TAKES IN ELECTRIC CURRENT to function. In order not to go into elctrical jargons, please look at http://www.imagesco.com/articles/photovoltaic/photovoltaic-pg4.html to see the how solar panels generate eletricity. My point is that regardless of the form of energy- solar,wind, fossil fuel etc, what happens is that it is electrons carrying charges that produce the electricity in lightbulbs or tv monitors therefore your point about solar powered lightbulbs and tv monitors being "more dangerous" is debatable. Individuals are exposed to equal risks from staring at tv screens or reading with lightbulbs rgardless of the means of electricity generation. The risks associated with solar panels have been summarized by many colleagues today, i do not think there is a "curse" or added risk associated with elctrical equipment powered by solar panels.
Permalink Submitted by ikenna_ekekwe on Sun, 2012-09-30 17:55.
If the Piper Alpha disaster occurred today, discuss the current safety legislative regime that will apply
The public enquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster by Lord Cullen lead to a review of the existing prescriptive legislation of the 1971 minerals working act in which the DoE regulated offshore Health and Safety to a more goal setting legislative environment in which an independent Health and Safety executive had the responsibility for offshore Health and Safety.
The current offshore safety legislative regime (Safety Case Regulations) were introduced in 1992 as a result of the recommendation from Lord Cullen's report on the public enquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster with an objective of preventing major accidents. The recommendation stated that "the operator should be required by regulation to submit to the regulatory body a safety case in respect to each of iots installations...". By this, the operator of an offshore instalation had to compile a report that described the processes, identified hazards, risk evaluations ans stipulated ALARP measures on each of its installations. This new legislation allowed offshore installation operators to tailor the necessary risk reduction measures to the particular hazards on their installations whilst independently taking advantage of latest technological advancements.
The 1992 Safety Case Regulations have since been ammended because there was an agreement when they came into place that they would be reviewed every decade (10 years) taking into account, the lessons learned from that decade. The Safety Case Regulation is also supported by some other goal setting legislation such as: Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction) Regulations 1996; Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995; and Offshore Instalations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995. The current ammendment now includes a requirement for the verification of the safety critical elements of an installation by an ICP (Independent and Competent Person).
This current ICP verification of safety critical elements forms the Formal Safety Assessment studies in which the HAZID is a main element. in the HAZID sessions, risk levels for each identified hazard are determined using operator risk matrix while considering all proposed safeguards. Based on consequences, possible Major Accident Events are identified and where safeguards are not decided, recommendations are recorded.
Ekekwe Ikenna
Nuclear Terrorism the only Argument against Nuclear Energy
Dr Tan you have pointed out a critical part of this argument and that is that majority of the scare is “feelings of safety rather than Statistics of Safety" Globally today, the most heated debate on the Energy sector is on Nuclear Energy
However, if we look at peoples fear critically, it is mostly on the potential danger facing humanity if Violent Terrorist organisation have access to harnessing this energy.
http://nci.org/nci-nt.htm The September 11 Incident is a wakeup call http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNTcHq5Tzk Nuclear Terrorism is perhaps the greatest threat to global security http://nuclearterrorism.tv/wordpress/
So, Credible National and international Governments should develop Policies, Legislation and Control measures to properly utilize this immense Energy Potential
Safety engineering and risk management can be a global issue. This is an interesting topic.
Anyone want to elaborate more on this?
Safety engineering and risk management can be a global issue
Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks (defined in ISO 31000 as the effect of uncertainty on objectives, whether positive or negative) followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events[1] or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
Risks can come from uncertainty in financial markets, project failures (at any phase in design, development, production, or sustainment life-cycles), legal liabilities, credit risk, accidents, natural causes and disasters as well as deliberate attack from an adversary, or events of uncertain or unpredictable root-cause.
An example of risk management in engineering design is given in the link below:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/ISS_impact_risk.jpg
safety is key to all engineering design in order to optimize the effeciency of the structure by containing failure.
Therefore,it is a common practice to plan for the failure of safety systems through containment and isolation methods.
For example,the use of isolating valves, also known as the block and bleed manifold, is very common in isolating pumps, tanks, and control valves that may fail or need routine maintenance. The goal of all containment systems is to provide means of mitigating the consequences of failure.
safety designs in engineering and risk management are inseperable,interwoven and are very crucial to the success of any project or system.
Global crises or issues such as Deep water Horizon(2010) disaster,Piper Alpha(1988),Flixborough(1974) have been attributed to failure of safety engineering designs as well poor risk management techniques among other factors.
It will rarely be possible to eliminate risks entirely. All life involves some risk, and any innovation brings risk as well as reward – so the priority must be to manage risks better by ensuring safety designs in engineering in other to reduce global issues to as low as reasonable practicable.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_management
THE MENACE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY - DISPOSAL
Permalink Submitted by Babawale Onagbola on Mon, 2012-10-01 14:05.
I agree that the fear of this vast energy source being controlled by terrorists is what fuels the feelings of safety of the general public opinion, but I dont think this is the only arguement against nuclear energy. Simply put, the world is yet to find a suitable means of disposing nuclear waste (and this includes the security of this waste as wel as they can be used in production of nuclear weapons). Nuclear waste is hard to store,very expnsive to look after, hard to transport, stays around for thousands of years and because of its highly radioactiv nature, must be handled with extreme care. In addition to these dynamics, there's also the issue of the environment around where nuclear waste woud be stored which must be crefully considered. I read that the US has accumulatd over 50,000 metric tonnes of nucler waste currently being stored at individual reactor sites as the proposal to build a central repository (Yucca) pegged at over 90billion dollars was terminated by the present administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository
My question is, if we consider the time frame for building a new nuclear reactor (between over 5years at least), the HUGE costs invoved (very capital intensive), the depletion of Uranium(main nuclear fuel used) and the headache of disposal of nuclear waste - it makes me wonder why the governments of the world bother. Should we not be focusing(funds and science) on developing renewable forms of energy rather than dealing with the mind boggling headaches of nuclear energy.
Is nuclear power safe for humans and the environment
Permalink Submitted by FELIXMAIYO on Sun, 2012-09-30 18:12.
Despite the many negative effects nuclear energy has on
human and environment ranging from nuclear accidents e.g. Fukushima nuclear
plant that resulted in many fatalities and also the various wastes it releases
to the environment e.g. radioactive wastes.
On the positive side of using nuclear energy, Nuclear energy
is a clean burning source of energy. It has helped in reducing the amount of
carbon dioxide released into the ozone, helping to reduce global warming.
Nuclear energy is derived from the nuclear fission which can be used as
substitute for the use of the CFC’s. This is achieved by replacing carbon
emitting plants will nuclear power plants. This will reduce the amount of
carbon dioxide emitted to the environment hence reduction of the effect of
global warming on the environment.
by Manchester University claims nuclear power could contribute significantly to
reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in the UK but not without consequences”. Read more:
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/energy-and-environment/news/research-claims-nuclear-power-could-help-to-reduce-emissions/1011168.article#ixzz27zUPVqOx
Carbon Dioxide Reduction
“This shows that if the world continues to produce carbon emissions at
the current rate, the climates around the world will be affected and many
problems arise due to the idea of Global warming.”
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=3115
FELIX MAIYO
Discussion Topic 7: Discuss safety considerations in wave energy
Permalink Submitted by Soseleye F. Ideriah on Sun, 2012-09-30 18:15.
Ocean waves provide a clean source of energy with many
advantages: no pollution emissions,
decentralised production, energy independence, development of remote locations,
employment creation and much more.
Wave energy is an emerging clean energy source, with a
global theoretical energy production potential of over 100,000 TWh/year;
however, there are some safety concerns.
Impact on Marine Life:
Many marine species rely on Earth’s magnetic fields for migrating or searching
for food. Wave energy facilities are large-scale industrial projects containing
heavy structures placed on the seafloor, suspended in mid-water, and floating
on the surface, which can generate substantial electromagnetic fields. There is
a perception amongst environmental activists that these facilities have the potential
to affect marine life. However impact levels are currently unknown with research
still in early stages (for example, UK scientists will measure the effect on marine
environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using
sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on
the seabed). Also, the deployment of structures in a previously clear area
brings the risk of collision and/or entanglement of animals; primarily the
larger fish, the seabirds and the marine mammals.
Shipping Lanes Safety:
Because of their large nature, wave energy generators may cause problems with
commercial shipping and other boats in the ocean. To address this safety
concern, wave devices will be required to have warning equipment, such as
signals, radar, reflectors and lights.
Ecological Impact: Although
the generators cause no pollution once constructed, accidental hydraulic fluid
leaks can cause a major environmental problem. Also, when installing a wave
device or removing an old one, marine ecosystems may be impacted4.
Ocean Energy; renewableenergy.no: http://www.renewable.no/sitepageview.aspx?sitePageID=1083
Brian Tissot & Mark Hixon: Protecting sea
life: New marine reserves, wave energy a bad mix for Oregon (http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/protecting_sea_life_new_marine.html)
Science Daily: First Seabed Sonar to Measure
Marine Energy Effect on Environment and Wildlife (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120710132853.htm)
Safety Concerns for Wave Energy Systems |
eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6960521_safety-concerns-wave-energy-systems.html#ixzz27zXaUKDk
For a technology to be
Permalink Submitted by chukwuemeka uzukwu on Sun, 2012-09-30 18:30.
For a technology to be widely accepted, it must be designed
to be economically feasible and environmentally friendly. The use of nuclear power
puts our environment at risk. Such risks can be attributed to the processing,
transportation and storage of radioactive nuclear waste. The nuclear power
technology can not only be used for energy generation but also for the
manufacture of nuclear weapons i.e. atomic bombs. This however can lead to
terrorism if this technology falls into the wrong hands.
They have been some serious nuclear accidents in the past
e.g. chernobyl disaster of 1986, the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster, which
till date remains the worst nuclear accident. Though it can be argued that the
fukushima accident was largely caused by natural disasters (Tohoku earthquake
and the tsunami); nuclear reactors are very complex and should something
unnatural goes wrong, the outcome will be catastrophic.
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0810/pdf/climate.2008.99.pdf
Taking in consideration the previous posts from my classmates, my opinion is that wind power (either offshore or onshore) can be a safe source of energy as long as
there is a constant development of new safety measures while learning from the past.
Many will argue that accidents have increased during the last decade as shown by Figure 1.
Figure 1: Annual accidents statistics
This is a fact but let us not forget that also the number of installed wind turbines has also increased.
Scotland, New Zealand and Australia are some of the countries that are working on rules to protect the public from possible wind turbines failures like blade failures.
By law the construction of wind farms will be allowed only if there is a minimum distance of 2km from houses and occupied areas.
Although this will be a very important safety measure it will not actually prevent mechanical failures from happening. Thus Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should create
new safety rules for the workers who work at the construction site and also regular service and maintenance schedules.
Laws that set a lower maximum noise level should be proposed like the Ontario Government in Canada did. They set the max noise level from 40db to 30-32bd for offshore
installations.
In this waymore research and development will improve the overall design and performance of the turbines.
Regarding the bird fatalities, research should be made whether the proposed location for a wind farm is on a route of migrating birds in order to minimize the risk of birds’
collisions.
Finally natural disasters are unpredictable and when they happen the consequences are unknown. Maybe tougher test will make the structures more prone to extreme situations but this will result in higher costs.
Concluding, I believe that wind energy has potentials to become a safer energy source as long as there is constant research and control from organisations like HSE.
http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/page4.htm
I agree here with you Angelos, Wind energy, like all other forms of energy generation is currently under-development and is therefore due to have many reported incidents as they develop new and more efficient methods of energy production. Compared to some technologies which have been around a lot longer, wind energy is fairly new to the 'mass market' of energy production, so there is not as much experience in the sector, there are bound to be a few 'teething troubles' at the start. As I mentioned in an earlier post about achieving 100% safety, by mohamed.elkiki, the best way for us to achieve a high level of safety in ANY energy sector is to document any mistakes made in development of projects and develop plans to avoid or handle the issues that arise.
For example there used to be a lot of claims made by companies which had workers falling from heights, such as ladders. As a result the Working at heights regulations 2005 have been developed, outlining the measures that people should take to avoid injuring themselves when working at heights[1]. Slightly off topic there I apologise.
Basically I feel that whilst developing/improving a technology there are going to be some issues and the safety as new methods are attempted, we can only develop plans to help avoid or reduce the consequenses that arise.
Discuss safety in wind energy
With wind farms on the rise, there still isnt any conclusive evidence so far that they are responsible for health or safety problems associated with areas where they are situated. Wind farms have been touted for their ability to produse clean renewable energy.
However, despite the absence of hydrocarbon or chemical risks associated with the Oil and Gas industry, wind farms are begining to run into fierce opposition throughout the world as residents have cited the noise pollution from the swooshing of the blades as a factor in vestibular problems affecting the inner ear and balance. According to Dr. Christopher Nanning, the wind turbine syndrome also includes sleep problems, irritability, and depression. The variable audible noise results in frequent awakenings or arousals, which may not be remembered. The disruption of sleep prevents the proper laying down and storage of memory. It is also associated with an increased incidence of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Arousals during slow wave sleep may trigger parasomnias (sleepwalking, night terrors).
According to the Energy Advocate, November 2010, the upper limits of allowable sound measured 100ft in front of a locomotive is 98 dB(A). The average 1.8 mW wind turbine generates 95.6 dB(A), 10m above the ground at the tower at a wind speed of 4 m/s. At wind speeds greater than 8 m/s, the sound level from the wind turbine rises to 103.5 dB(A). From the statistics, there should be no case of noise pollution associated with wind turbines, yet the noise from them is reported to be more annoying than noise from airplanes, roadways and railways. This is because the sound from wind turbines has very high levels of low frequency sound (infrasound) which is inaudible to the normal human ear. The assumption that humans are unaffected by sounds they can't hear is incorrect as the outer hair cells of the cochlea are stimulated by sounds as low in intensity as 40 dB(A). Infrasound has been developed and used in Sweden as a nonlethal weapon for crowd control during riots.
Technically taking a closer look at the structural design of wind turbines, there are possible hazards of construction errors, flaws and hitches. Due to the size of the rotor blades, basic concrete foundations could suffer from strains. Vibrations and load changes could also cause fracture. There have been incidents over the years of fragments of broken rotor blades landing on highways and the tall turbines folding due to wind.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/wind-turbines-and-health-hazards/
http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-08-24/the-dangers-of-wind-powerbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice
http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/07/05/health-hazards-of-wind-turbines/
Discussion Topic 2: COMMENT!
Hello class
This discussion topic seems to be the hottest and most commented topic in this continous assessment blog. However, not many people have thrown real light on whether nuclear power is safe or not.
Before anybody can authoritatively state if nuclear power is safe or not, the person has to tell us the step by step process of generating nuclear power and also identify all the risks associated with each step while stating the impact of not mitigating such a risk properly. For e.g. you need a radioactive source...what happens if it is not transported securely or in the right containment. In nuclear power generation, you are dealing with high pressure steam. Somebody should compare what we have in a nuclear power plant with what we have in other plants. Imagine the impact of a blow-out. You can also take a look at the nuclear waste management aspect in the event that it is poorly managed.
This topic should be addressed from a perspective of environmental impact, health, injury to personnel, asset loss, etc.
Is nuclear power safe
for humans and the environment?
3. Nuclear power plants are
designed to withstand hurricanes, earthquakes, and other extreme events, but
attacks by large airliners loaded with fuel, such as those that crashed into
the World Trade Center and Pentagon, were not contemplated when design
requirements were determined. A taped interview shown September 10, 2002, on
Arab TV station al-Jazeera, which contains a statement that Al Qaeda initially
planned to include a nuclear plant in its 2001 attack sites, intensified concern
about aircraft crashes [Cited 2012 Oct. 1]. Available from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/crs/rs21131.
In light of the possibility that
an air attack might penetrate the containment building of a nuclear plant, such
attack could lead to a meltdown of the containment and the exposure of radiation
to the workers and surrounding communities. I still maintain my view that
nuclear power is not say for humans and the environment since no known design
has been carried out to simulate large airliners loaded with fuel attack on a
nuclear power plant.
Permalink Submitted by Peter.McCue on Mon, 2012-10-01 15:29.
I agree that the potential threat
of a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant has the potential for catastrophic
results. I also agree that steps should be taken to prevent terrorism from
taking place. However, I do not think that the risk of a terrorist attack
should be a reason to discard it as an energy source. Additionally, Dale Kelein
the Chairman of the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission states,
“"Nuclear power plants are inherently robust structures that our
studies show provide adequate protection in a hypothetical attack by an
airplane. The NRC has also taken actions that require nuclear power plant
operators to be able to manage large fires or explosions - no matter what has
caused them.”
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2007/07-013.html
Is safety 100% achievable?
i think nothing in our life is 100 % safe. Also, most of major accidents in human history is because of people. However, i think experiance is the only thing that can decrease the percentage of risk in any project but in the same time not experianced people only who can do the job. Every project will include workers who may do something wrong. Therefore, even with the most experianced engineered, every project has high risk. It's human nature that can only control the degree of safeness in any project. On the other hand, we can not make projects without planning and take every precaution and in the end at all depends on the company and the Big Boss who take the decision at the end and i think most of big companies try to protect their reputation more than anything and taking care of people life and safty is part of their reputation.
Excellent topic suggestion
I think that this is a GREAT idea for a topic and beleive that it will inspire a large response to the discussion.
I agree with you where you say that there is no way to ensure that there is 100% safety in the energy sector.
I believe that the best way for us to achieve the highest level of safety in the sector is to learn from our mistakes and make regulations to prevent them occuring in the future. Assuming that people will follow the rules set out.
Similarly to the belief that if a child places there hand on a hot stove because they are curious they won't do it again if they burn themselves, not that I am suggesting that is the method we should take.
The best way that we can improve safety in the ever-changing energy sector is to ensure that past mistakes are documented and alternates identified. This way we don't turn round and say "ahh well that didn't work lets give up", thinking that way we would never get anywhere.
Is Nuclear Power Sustainable or Renewable Energy?
Permalink Submitted by Elle Allswell David on Sun, 2012-09-30 21:37.
Sustainability: Is nuclear energy sustainable?
Both the nuclear waste as well as retired nuclear plants are a life-threatening legacy for hundreds of future generations. It flagrantly contradicts with the
thoughts of sustainability if future generations have to deal with dangerous waste generated from preceding generations.
Uranium, the source of energy for nuclear power, is available on earth only in limited quantities. Uranium is being consumed during the operation of the nuclear power plant so it won't be available any more for future generations. This again contradicts the principle of sustainability. [http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability]
Is nuclear power renewable energy?
Nuclear energy uses Uranium as fuel, which is a scarce resource. The supply of Uranium is expected to last only for the next 30 to 60 years (depending on the actual
demand). Therefore nuclear energy is not a renewable energy. [http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability]
The world is talking about sustainability of the environment and Renewability of natural resource. It is neither Sustainable nor Renewable it will be a source of more problems.
Permalink Submitted by Menelaos Michelakis on Mon, 2012-10-01 02:57.
Discussion Topic 1 : Piper Alpha Disaster Why so many fatalities ? Why so much harm to the environment ? Why so much economic damage ? How did the accident, affected the design of offshore installation and pipeline network ? I shall commence this topic trying to explain why the financial damage was so big and the material damages so heavy. The main reason was the fact that although there were safety valves connecting the oil platform with the production wells, there were no safety valves on the pipeline network that was connecting the platform with other installations. This had a tremendous effect, after the control on the platform was lost, because oil and gas were coming in large quantities and this completed the destruction. What happened after when the engineers studied the problem ? Safety valves were installed on the pipeline network connecting platforms between them, and/or the coast installations, and this was enforced soon by law. This was the important change in my opinion, which affected the legislative regime too, the installation of safety valves that could completely block the row of fluids between installations. And it is the most important because we are engineers and we ought to understand the significance of such changes. Ref : '' Offshore engineering - An introduction '' (by Angus Mather)
As a result of the current interest on how further global warming could be prevented or at least mitigated, the revival of nuclear power seems to be in everybody's - or at least in many politicians - mind. It is interesting to see that in many suggestions to mitigate global warming, the focus is put on the advantages of nuclear power generation, and its disadvantages are rarely mentioned. [http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability].
From the statements that will follow it will be determined if Nuclear energy is safe for humans and the environment. The advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear power will be a determining factor.
· The contribution of nuclear power plants to global warming is relatively little or even Zero.
· This technology is readily available; it does not have to be developed first.
· Huge amounts of electrical energy can be generated from a single plant.
· Nuclear plants are more expensive to build and maintain.
· The problem of radioactive waste is still an unsolved one.
· High risks: Despite a generally high security standard, accidents can still happen. It is technically impossible to build a plant with 100% security. [http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability].
· Proliferation concerns.
· The energy source for nuclear energy is Uranium. Uranium is a scarce resource.
From the above statements it is clear that the risk involved in nuclear power usage is high. It is evident that it is risky to humans and the environment on the part of waste disposal and as such the use of Nuclear power should be discouraged.
Permalink Submitted by Mykola Mamykin on Sun, 2012-09-30 22:18.
As Ukrainian, I have first hand experience with Chernobyl accident and just couldn't miss the opportunity to write a couple of words about nuclear power «safety» the way I, and majority of my compatriots see it. None of the people I know back in Ukraine thinks it is safe, and here’s why.
We know that Risk can be approximated as Probability of accident times Consequences [1]. We also know about statistics for global percentage of energy, produced by nuclear power [2] and better safety record then, say, coal mining industry [3], yet there are certain long term consequences to be accounted for.
While probability of failure is low, nuclear accidents, when they happen, awaken the world. No surprise German and Italy, for example, are phasing out their reactors [2].
Here’s personal example. I was 6 years old when Chernobyl disaster happened. My own uncle was one of the so called «liquidators», emergency response team gathered from firemen, policemen and military. He died two decades after the accident from numerous cancers in every possible internal organ of his body. I, myself and more then half(!) of my peers have cystic nodules in thyroid gland. There is a proven correlation between their occurrence and Chernobyl’s outcome as referred to in [4].
Furthermore, there is a number of other concerns, such as very high cost of power plants, nuclear terrorism , limited civil rights in case of a direct threat to facilities and, of course radioactive waste management [5]. The latter is a very sensitive in Ukraine and absolutely undisclosed to general public. In fact, a reporter was murdered recently while trying to unveil major violations in the procedure of nuclear waste management [6].
Thus, though there is not much safety data for renewable energy sources [3], and they are yet to take their place in the top of the list of the energy supply chain, but probably a combination of careful, safety-oriented design of Oil and Gas production systems, along with renewable energy sources is the way world should be turning to.
[1]. Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts, 2012/2013 by N. C. Renton, M. J. Baker and H. Tan
[2]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
[3]. Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts, 2012/2013 by H. Tan and M.J. Baker
[4]. MASAHIRO ITO, SHUNICHI YAMASHITA, KIYOTO ASHIZAWA, HIROYUKI NAMBA, MASAHARU HOSHI, YOSHISADA SHIBATA, ICHIRO SEKINE, SHIGENOBU NAGATAKI, and ITSUZO SHIGEMATSU. Thyroid. October 1995, 5(5): 365-368. doi:10.1089/thy.1995.5.365.
[5]. Brian Martin. Opposing nuclear power: past and present, Social Alternatives, Vol. 26, No. 2, Second Quarter 2007, pp. 43-47.
[6]. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/13014-ukrainian-environmentalist-brutally-beaten-to-death
I think that Mykola Mamykin brings up some very interesting points here - moreover the fact that incidents such as Chernobyl lead to a deeply entrenched resentment towards the particularly technology in question. The social impacts of these tragedies cannot be understated and the enduring lessons of Chernobyl are well explained here [1].
This is why nuclear technology and safety will always be a contentious issue; people have borne witness to the devastating effects it can have and, while this extends across the board to all facets of the energy sector, nuclear remains a very socially rejected issue. As Aaron McKenna touched on, I think that in general the media presents a very imbalanced argument (as it does with most debatable oil and gas issues (like hydraulic fracturing)) and that this certainly doesn't improve people's views. The fact remains, however, that the stigma attached to nuclear power remains (and will continue to do so) and that a better understanding of the psychology behind this resentment could provide grounds for further discussion.
[1] http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/2005/ebsp2005n008.html
Nuclear power safety
To my amusement and disbelief, I recently read an article on rigzone.com stating among other things that Ukraine is going to build another two nuclear reactors and a facility for production of nuclear fuel.
It looks like we are not learning much from the history. Proper sarcophagus is not even completed over what used to be Chernobyl's No4 reactor yet we are expanding Nuclear Power plant in Ukraine.
The tricky part here is that is going to be done under the logo "we pay too much for Gas to Russia", however the perspective construction is going to be a joint venture between Ukrainian and Russian Governments. Isn't it strange?
In theory, Russia wouldn't be interested to invest in construction of power plant in Ukraine thereby limiting the amount of gas they can sell, unless they simply do not want nuclear power plant on their territory. And that is something to think about.
Permalink Submitted by Ekaterina Pavli... on Mon, 2012-10-01 02:11.
Any machine that stands out in
the open with exposed spinning blades just has to be dangerous and while I’m in
full agreement with the dangers highlighted by Babawale Onagbola and John Bosco
Aliganyira, I would take issue with John’s conclusion; ‘I think wind energy is
a better alternative as opposed to fossil fuels
provided the above associated
risks are put in consideration while designing and installing wind turbines’.
John hasn’t mentioned that fossil fuel fired power stations are constantly
running on stand-by (spinning reserve) to cover for the periods when the wind
drops or fails to blow altogether. This means that even if the wind powered
generators are producing and meeting demand, the fossil fired power stations
are still running, still creating the same environmental impact as if they were
producing; just no production of electricity! This makes a mockery of the
concept of Wind Energy and really this has to be seen as a fringe form of
energy in meeting our power needs.
I would also wish to reiterate
the importance of regular maintenance of wind powered generators, because of
the variable strengths of the wind driving the blades, the speed governing
system and automatic voltage regulator will be exercised far more than similar
powered governors where the load is fairly constant; breakdown of these systems
will result in overheating and failure of the generator.
Nuclear power has both advantages and disadvantages for human and the environment and it depends on which side of the divide individuals stand.
Media reports which suggests political governments’ cover-up on extents of radiation leak which
cause damage to human and the environment could be one of the major reasons
humans deem nuclear power as unsafe. Examples of reoccurrence of such cover-ups are evident in the Chernobyl nuclear power
plant, Windscale reactor and Fukushima power plant nuclear accidents [1][2]. A typical example of this was seen in the
Chernobyl accident. “Only after radiation levels set off alarms at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, over one thousand kilometers from the Chernobyl Plant, did the Soviet Union
admit that an accident had occurred “ [3][4].Humans will continue to advocate that the use of nuclear power plants be discontinued and a better alternative be considered
until governments restore confidence by telling the truth immediately these disasters occur.
Immediate human fatality in a nuclear accident which is one of the major measurements of the scale of a disaster is relatively small and it is not immediately present; however, the long term
effect of terminal deaths associated with such disasters is still in contention till date [3]. It can be seen that the number of death estimates (even though in contention) associated
with such disasters are often in hundreds or thousands.
I think the safety issue of primary concern with nuclear power plants is how effective are the emergency response plans that are put in place when such disasters occur? How soon can we control the extent of affected areas when such extent is determined majorly by nature – wind and water? Until the accident at Fukushima, we never knew what the load combination of earthquake and water could have on
our engineering designs.
[1] http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/03/28/cnn-nuclear-coverup-japan-shit-107762/
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ4vtUzG6sQ&feature=fvwrel
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
[4] http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9604/26/chernobyl/230pm/index2.html
Why so many fatalities ? Why so much harm to the environment ? Why so much economic damage ? How did the accident, affected the design of offshore installation and pipeline network ? I shall commence this topic trying to explain why the financial damage was so big and the material damages so heavy. The main reason was the fact that although there were safety valves connecting the oil platform with the production wells, there were no safety valves on the pipeline network that was connecting the platform with other installations. This had a tremendous effect, after the control on the platform was lost, because oil and gas were coming in large quantities and this completed the destruction. What happened after when the engineers studied the problem ? Safety valves were installed on the pipeline network connecting platforms between them, and/or the coast installations, and this was enforced soon by law. This was the important change in my opinion, which affected the legislative regime too, the installation of safety valves that could completely block the row of fluids between installations. And it is the most important because we are engineers and we ought to understand the significance of such changes. Ref : '' Offshore engineering - An introduction '' (by Angus Mather)
redundancy for engineering safety
Permalink Submitted by Henry Tan on Mon, 2012-10-01 06:26.
Invite more discussions about redundancy for engineering safety. The importance of redundancy is achieved here by safety valves.
Permalink Submitted by mohamed.elkiki on Mon, 2012-10-01 08:07.
Definition of "Redundancy" is a system principle that introduces
duplicate components to provide fault tolerance. To illustrate more, when a component in the system
fails, a backup takes over to ensure
the system still performs as designed. Introducing redundancy enables a
system's overall
reliability to be enhanced without
needing to increase the reliability of individual components.When adding more defences, errors are more likely to be caught.
For example, redundant gas valve is a two or three valves connected in parallel by wire but located in series. This valves ensure the safety of the system as either the main valve or the pilot valve can shut the flow of gas to burner and this redundancy creates more option and ensure safety.
Refrences:
http://www.ehow.co.uk/facts_7745285_redundant-gas-valve-definition.html
http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/19/5/1.45.full
Redundancy is
of vital importance when considering safety engineering especially when discussing
nuclear power plants. An emergency core cooling system (ECCS) is one method of
redundancy used in nuclear plants. Under normal operating conditions the heat
produced by the reactor will be removed by circulating a coolant past the
reactor to absorb heat that can be carried away and in turn used to generate
steam. In the event of an accident or system failure the ECCS is used to safely
remove residual heat from the reactor. As a result emergency cooling and a good
level of functional safety can be achieved via redundant design.
http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/e/emergencycorecoolingsystem.htm
http://www.nucleartourist.com/systems/eccs.htm
Redundancy in safety systems - Deep water horizon accident
Permalink Submitted by Babawale Onagbola on Wed, 2012-10-03 05:49.
I believe the importance of redundancy in safety engineering cannot be over emphasized. In my opinion, catastrophes and major accidents would continue to occur if engineers don’t take advantage of emerging technologies to improve and INCREASE redundancy in systems. I am more for INCREASING redundancy because in my light reading on redundancy, I believe redundancy is achieved by having duplicate and even triplicate safety systems in place to provide several last lines of defence, I believe this increases the chances of preventing major accidents. An example; we know that on offshore installations, blowout preventers (containing powerful shear rams designed to cut through the drilling rigs’ steel pipe and shut off a well that has gone out of control) are installed to provide redundancy if all else fails. In 2001, the Minerals Management service, commissioned a study that revealed over 100 failures in the testing of blow out preventers and were advised by experts to enforce the operation of TWO SHEAR ARMS in blow out preventers for all offshore installations - (. Historically as with enforcement agencies (Energy department) ignored recommendations to apply offshore, the CIMAH regulations already in place onshore) they ignored the advice and one wonders if this second shear ram was present, maybe, just maybe the deep water horizon accident would have been avoided.
Increasing redundancy in systems, improves accident prevention.
Wave energy has tremendous potential;
however this is still to be realized, with many prototype and experimental
schemes in place the technology still has to be developed further. The main
areas of concern with respect to safety are noise and possible pollution due to
hydraulic leaks, also dangers of collision between shipping and the installed
energy system, but perhaps most important safety foreboding is the possible
negative impact on marine life.
In my opinion there isn’t really a
significant amount of concern relating to the safety aspects of wave energy
that cannot effectively be managed other than the impact on marine life and
wonder how we really would be able to quantify and successfully manage this to
all but eliminate the risk and possibility of causing irreversible damage to
our planet. Wave energy systems produce electromagnetic fields from wave
generators erected at different levels from the sea floor that could affect the
inherent navigation systems of fish and marine mammals, forcing them to abandon
their normal migration routes; also due to the noise and disruption forcing
them to leave their traditional habitats.
To work towards the safety of marine life,
conservation areas would need to be set up in areas of known marine habitat in
which no tidal or wave energy systems could be installed; near shore ecosystems
identified for protection would also be off limits to shipping.
Our survival depends on our fishing stocks
and if we allow an irresponsible thirst to install wave energy machines at every
prime location would really be self-defeating; what good an abundant energy
source to a staving population!
Any innovations in Corrossion, Fatigue and Fracture As
Permalink Submitted by michael saiki on Mon, 2012-10-01 04:44.
As part of our core module we are aware that Corrossion, Fatigue and Fracture are major threats to subsea Assets integrity.
Are there new innovations aimed at minimizing these threats
I am convinced that safety and Integrity are two inseparable concepts especially as we discuss safety of Energy sources.
We can see that people are much more interested in the integrity of the process of harnessing the Energy even though they dont have handy safety concerns
Please share with us
a book I am editing
I am editing a book with others on “Corrosion and Materials in the Oil and Gas Industries” that will come out next year.
Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector
Permalink Submitted by Uko Bassey on Mon, 2012-10-01 05:05.
List of the top ten (10) accidents in
the energy sector are:
The coal fire below
Centralia, PA has which been burning for 50 years since 1962 and has enough
fuel to burn for another 250 years. It's a real life horror story with no
immediate end in sight. The exact cause of the fire going out of control has many
controversies. However it started, it is agreed that the fire remained burning
underground and spread through a hole in the rock pit into the abandoned coal
mines beneath Centralia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania)
The Transocean Deepwater Horizon (an ultra-deepwater)
built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling
rig. Hyundai Heavy Industries. The rig was
commissioned by R&B Falcon, which later became part of Transocean registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands, and leased to BP from 2001
until September 2013. In
September 2009, the rig drilled the deepest oil well in history
at a vertical depth of 35,050 ft (10,683 m) and measured depth of
35,055 ft (10,685 m) in
the Tiber Oil Field at Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 km)
southeast of Houston, in 4,132 feet
(1,259 m) of water. On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, an explosion on the rig caused by a blowout killed 11
crewmen and ignited a fireballvisible from 35
miles (56 km) away. The
resulting fire could not be extinguished and, on 22 April 2010, Deepwater Horizon sank,
leaving the well gushing at the seabed and
causing the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon)
ranking severity
What is the criterion you used for ranking severity?
Top ten accidents in energy sector
There are several parameters for this ranking; Looking at the case of
Centralia, Pennsylvania, the massive injury and death toil carried by this disaster, reducing the population of city to about 8 in 2010, the poisonous discharge into the atmospheres, also the potential of the fire continuing for the next 250years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania).
Top Ten Accidents in the Energy Sector
Permalink Submitted by Ekaterina Pavli... on Thu, 2012-10-04 17:44.
Most of us have assessed the criteria for
listing the top ten accidents as; death toll, loss of property and
environmental impact in this order. However, I’d argue that the measurement for
environmental impact should be of greater significance, as the long term
statistics are often overlooked and total death toll and total financial cost
following an accident and after the initial (usually dramatic) media coverage
is complete could in nearly all cases be far greater after a major accident
than that initially reported, due to environmental related issues!
Accidents in the energy sector, while usually
being dramatic and attracting media coverage, are often of less impact than
environmental disasters resulting from misplaced political decisions such as,
‘The Great Sparrow Campaign’ were sparrows were eliminated from Chinese farms,
which resulted in the death of 38 million people or the ongoing mismanagement
of the Aral Sea. However, this should never be allowed to trivialize the
environmental impact of accidents in the energy sector.
coverage directly following a major accident, while focusing on potential
environmental impact usually places the emphasis on loss of jobs, food
shortages even relocation of the local people, but fails to revisit these
accidents, perhaps years later to determine the true loss of life associated
with the accident relating to effects and changes in the local environment; one
should consider perhaps that the model under which we quantify a major accident
is flawed!
In our blog most of us have been quick to
list or mention those accidents that were dramatized by the media due to their
sensational nature. As an alternative I’d suggest that we consider the
following based on their long term environmental impact, they are not in any
order due to the fact that the long term environmental impact has not been
fully assessed in most cases:
Chernobyl disaster in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, "killed at least 4056 people and
damaged almost $7 billion of property".[1] Radioactive fallout from the
accident concentrated near Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and at least 350,000
people were forcibly resettled away from these areas. After the accident,
"traces of radioactive deposits unique to Chernobyl were found in nearly
every country in the northern hemisphere".[1]
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: Following an earthquake, tsunami,
and failure of cooling systems at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant and issues concerning other nuclear facilities in Japan on March 11, 2011, a
nuclear emergency was declared. This was the first time a nuclear emergency had
been declared in Japan, and 140,000 residents within 20 km of the plant
were evacuated.[2] Explosions and a fire have resulted
in dangerous levels of radiation, sparking a stock market collapse
and panic-buying in supermarkets.[3]
Bhopal disaster (December 3, 1984, India), The leak of methyl isocyanate that took place
in 1984 resulted in more than 22,000 deaths (and counting) and the various
genetic diseases that will continue to be seen for generations to come among
the newly born, caused by the negligence and corruption, ignoring safety
standards in India by Warren Anderson, CEO of Union Carbide, a US company now a
subsidiary of Dow Chemicals.
Release of 20,000
gallons of lethal chemicals (metam sodium, tradename Vapam) into the Upper Sacramento
River near Dunsmuir, causing the death of all marine life within a 38 mile radius.
Release of cyanide, heavy metals and acid into the Alamosa River, Colorado from the Summitville mine, causing the death of all marine
life within a 17 mile radius.
The Exxon
Valdez oil spill, this
occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels (41,000
to 119,000 m3) of crude oil.[1][2] It is considered to be one of the
most devastating human-caused environmental disasters.[3] The Valdez spill was the
largest ever in U.S. waters until the 2010 Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, in terms of volume released.[4]
The Deepwater Horizon oil
spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf
of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout)[5][6] is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed unabated for three months in 2010, and may be continuing to
seep.[7][8] It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the
petroleum industry.[9][10][11] The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the 20 April 2010 explosion of Deepwater Horizon, which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men working on the platform and injured 17 others.[12]
Environmental Issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, which relate to its petroleum industry are best sumerised in a 1983 report issued by the NNPC, long before popular unrest
surfaced:
We witnessed the slow
poisoning of the waters of this country and the destruction of vegetation and
agricultural land by oil spills which occur during petroleum operations. But
since the inception of the oil industry in Nigeria, more than twenty-five years
ago, there has been no concerned and effective effort on the part of the
government, let alone the oil operators, to control environmental problems
associated with the industry'.[1]
Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), 200+ people
died and 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over thirty small
communities had been removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991.[4]
The Jilin chemical
plant explosions were a series of explosions which occurred on November 13,
2005, in the No.101 Petrochemical Plant in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China, over the period of an hour. The explosions killed six, injured dozens,
and caused the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
The blasts created an
80 km long toxic slick in the Songhua River, a tributary of the Amur. The slick, predominantly made up
of benzene and nitrobenzene, passed through the Amur River over subsequent weeks.
the events chosen I used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_disasters
Discusion Topic 8: Hydropower Dams Enviromental issues
Permalink Submitted by Angelos Hadjiantoni on Mon, 2012-10-01 05:16.
This is a new discussion topic about hydropower.
According to some studies (link provided at the end), the trees and other material that
are decaying in the dams during floods, decompose at the bottom of the dam
without oxygen. As a result methane is produced and when the water passes
through turbines the gas is released.
Carbon dioxide is also released from dams and the amount differs from dam to dam. Sometimes
as the article suggests dams produce more carbon dioxide than some fossil fuel stations.
In this article I am not stating my personal opinion just introducing the topic.
What do you think about this issue?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7046
Permalink Submitted by Kobina Gyan Budu on Mon, 2012-10-01 06:33.
Dear Dr. Tan,
pondering over this exercise, I notice an ambiguity with the topic “Is nuclear power safe for humans and
the environment?” In the energy industry, the power generated,
regardless of the source has its own safety considerations.
I believe the understanding
is that we are looking at the Safety of the entire process of Nuclear power
generation (I stand for correction). As
the topic stands now, it could be taken as though we are considering the safety
of the final product (the power) that comes out of the whole nuclear generation
process, and therefore answering it the way we are expected to might mean a deviation.
therefore could be more clearly worded to suit the expected response. Can I
suggest that the topic ‘Is nuclear
power safe for humans and the environment?’ be reframed to “Is
the nuclear power generation process safe for humans and the environment?”
Kobby
Safety in Wind Energy
Permalink Submitted by Harrison Oluwaseyi on Mon, 2012-10-01 08:20.
Due to growing concerns about the environmental impact such as release
of greenhouse gases, particulate matter, water and air contamination by coal
ash etc. of burning fossil fuels like coal, liquid petroleum or natural gas
etc., engineers and scientist have sort out better means of providing the
energy requirements for the survival of man. Other means of energy generation
have been introduced such as use of wind turbines, nuclear power plants, solar
cells, solar panels etc. These other forms also have their advantages and
disadvantages, but this piece talks about the safety in wind energy industry.
Just like every other sector the wind energy needs to be safe and
environmentally friendly. Wind energy is obtained from wind by strategically
placing wind turbines in windy areas, these wind turbines majorly consist of a
long pole, 3blades and a mechanical motor. The energy is obtained by
transforming the kinetic energy as the blades rotate into mechanical energy and
this energy is used to produce electricity. This process seems to be very
simple and straight forward but there are dangers involved from the process of
clearing the land for installation to the decommissioning stage.
Although, recent surveys by the Department of Labour (U.S.) reported
about 75 wind turbine accidents since 1972, these values don’t involve death or
injury. These numbers might seem very small, but the probability is relatively
high compared to other energy industries. The wind energy industry is
associated with industrial risks as a result of its workers operating under
hazardous conditions involving:
1) Hazardous weather conditions.
2) Working at heights greater than 100m.
3) Lightning strikes causing fire.
4) Overheating of generators and transmission lubrication
5) Handling heavy equipment
6) Tower Collapse
7) Vehicular access
8) Impact on wildlife (birds, bats)
9) Climate change
10) Life span
11) Ice shedding
Many of the accidents
that occur in this energy sector occur as a result of ignoring safety standards
and adopting shortcuts instead of the safety standards set. Before this research I
used to think wind energy was the safest way to produce energy with zero
fatality, I will still say it is safe but the safety regulations associated
with it the installation, maintenance and decommissioning should be strongly
adhered to.
Top ten Most Expensive Energy Sector disasters
If we look at Energy disasters in terms of cost or volume of money lost. I will Rank disaters as below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMbNQQKjiA
1.0 Chernobyl Disater(1986) $ 200 Billion Dollars
2.0 Space Shuttle Columbia (2003) $13 Billion Dollars
3.0 Prestige Oil Spill (2002) $12 Billion Dollars
4.0 Deep Water Horizon Spill (2011) $6 Billion Dollars
5.0 The Challenger Explosion (1986) $5.5 Billion Dollars
6.0 Piper Alpha Oil Rig (1988) $3.4 Billion Dollars
7.0 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989) $2.5 Billion Dollars
8.0 B-2 Bomber Crash $1.4 Billion Dollars
9.0 Metrolink Train Crash(2005) $500 Million Dollars
10. Tanker Truck VS Bridge (2004) $385 Million Dollars
human lose
But this seems not make sense if human lose is not counted.
human loss
Permalink Submitted by Kii Cajetan Barisi on Wed, 2012-10-03 11:41.
as much as we count human loss as a major factor when an accident happens, i am not of the opinion that this (human life) should be the sole measurement for quantifying safety and its effect. loss of revenue to the company involved should also be a major factor as this companies some times find it difficult to recover from major accidents, share prices fall and people are forced out of work. this are also serious reasons why safety should be a serious issues. i am not of the opinion though that human life is not important but human lives can also be affected in so many other ways when major accidents occur which i think has been over looked in the past. people just talk about casualties. how about the effect it has on survivors and employees. (supporting the economic lost)
Dr tan we should not limit ourselves to just the casualties in an accident
The picture below further give a
clearer insight into the severity of the Deepwater Horizon
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Deepwater_Horizon_offshore_drilling_unit_on_fire_2010.jpg/800px-Deepwater_Horizon_offshore_drilling_unit_on_fire_2010.jpg
Another classic situation is the Flixborough
(Nypro UK) Explosion which occurred on 1st June 1974. This explosion was severe, about twenty-eight workers were killed and a
further 36 suffered injuries. It is recognized that the number of casualties
would have been more if the incident had occurred on a weekday, as the main
office block was not occupied. Offsite consequences resulted in fifty-three
reported injuries. Property in the surrounding area was damaged to a varying
to the explosion, on 27 March 1974, it was discovered that a vertical crack in
reactor No.5 was leaking cyclohexane. The plant was subsequently shutdown for
an investigation. The investigation that followed identified a serious problem
with the reactor and the decision was taken to remove it and install a bypass
assembly to connect reactors No.4 and No.6 so that the plant could continue production.
the late afternoon on 1 June 1974 a 20 inch bypass system ruptured, which may
have been caused by a fire on a nearby 8 inch pipe. This resulted in the escape
of a large quantity of cyclohexane. (http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/caseflixboroug74.htm
Does hydraulic fracturing cause earthquakes???
Permalink Submitted by xenios.ze on Mon, 2012-10-01 08:30.
As I have read in US articles such as NBCNEWS.com and in
REUTEURS the possibility of causing earthquakes through hydraulic
fracturing is very small. Special reports such as the National Research Council
indicates that in more than 90 years of monitoring, human activity has been
shown to trigger only 154 quakes, most of them moderate or small, and only 60
of them in the United States. That’s compared to a global average of about
14,450 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater every year. Most of those are caused by gas and oil
drilling, damming rivers, deep injections of wastewater and purposeful
flooding.
Of course, those are studies made by US government reports that
took place after some earthquake incidents reported in some states like
Arkansas, Ohio and Texas. The reports may vary from country to country but
those reports are supposed to cover any concerns about the possibility if the
hydraulic fracturing is causing earthquakes or not.
Source by:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47835612/ns/us_news-environment/t/report-dont-worry-much-about-quakes-fracking/#.UGl5Y03R4qI
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/15/us-usa-earthquakes-fracking-idUSBRE85E14K20120615
current safe != future safe
The problem may not be with the current status, but with our future. With the increasing interests, and increased scale in developing shale oil and gas, what will be the future earth like?
Fracking and future safety
Permalink Submitted by Michail.Sevasteiadis on Mon, 2012-10-08 11:18.
Hydraulic fracturing is a method used during drilling process in order to stimulate a well and make possible the recovery of gas which is trapped into an underground shale formation.
There are many environmental concerns relating to this process and some of them are related with the increased seismicity of the field’s surrounding area. Firstly, the fracking procedure itself may increase the number of earthquakes because of the charges’ detonation used to open holes in order to get the reservoir and the well connected. Second and more significant is the use of particular wells to dispose the unwanted used drilling fluid at a depth which overcomes the 9000 feet. The continuous disposal of waste water there increases the local pressure to the bedrock notably with the result of earthquake generation.
In addition, considering the fact that the demand for energy worldwide is increasing rapidly, the retrieval of the approximately 6,622 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas worldwide seems inevitable. In correlation with the previously referred effects of fracking in seismicity, it is obvious that a wide range use of this technique will increase the earthquakes at a point with inestimable consequences for human safety.
http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/does-gas-fracking-cause-earthquakes
http://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/worldshalegas/
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/energy/shaleGas/environmentalImpacts.html
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=3068
http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/injection-well/
Permalink Submitted by FELIXMAIYO on Mon, 2012-10-01 09:25.
A few of us will agree that turbines
are a major threat to public safety (most fatalities result from handling of
the turbines) In the last five years there have been some 1,500 reported
accidents/‘incidents’ in the UK resulting in 4 deaths and a further 300
injuries to workers. In most of the cases the industries play down some
accidents resulting from wind energy e.g. in Cornwall in 2006 “Part of a
wind turbine blade weighing more than half a ton snapped off and crashed into a
field during high winds. Operators Cumbria Wind farms said the site has been
running since April 1993 and nothing like this had happened there before.”[1]
They are also situations where wind
turbines cause damage members of the general public: A situation where the
turbine might shade off a blade, it’s a rare occurrence; another occurrence is
due to ice forming on the turbine blades and when they are started they are
forced to shed off the ice and this can cause damage to humanity and anything
around it during starting.
The other common problem is noise
pollution to the environment, although noise wind turbine is less than from
many other everyday activities it has to be recognised that it still produces
noise pollution, they are two types of noises produced by the turbines:
aerodynamics (from the blades) ;mechanical noise(from rotating machinery). Despite
the demerits of noise wind turbine a careful design and operation
should ensure that this is minimal.
The other common problem resulting
from wind energy is the interference of the television reception like any other
structure e.g. power pylons, silos and any tall structure.[2]
http://www.windbyte.co.uk/safety.html
http://www.portsmouthriedc.com/documents/wt%20safety%20uk.PDF
wind safety
Wind energy is considered to be a ‘clean’ and inexhaustible source
of energy.
wind energy we can operate applications such as windmills that provide energy
for milling/grinding grains, wind pumps that pump water and for drainage and wind turbines
that generate electricity.
applications mentioned above, have a variety of benefits. They don’t produce emissions
of carbon dioxide, they don’t release toxic pollutants, such as mercury and
they don’t release conventional air pollutants such as smog-forming nitrogen
dioxide. Plus, wind energy in general does not affect climate change.
EPA estimates that
if you run a 1 MW wind turbine for a year then you reduce the following
pollutants:
1500 tons of
6.5 tons of
60 pounds of mercury
However wind turbines cause a lot of
bird accidents. According to a 2007 National Academy of Sciences study, 20,000 to 37,000 birds are being killed
every year in the US from turbine blades.
Despite this fact I strongly believe
that wind energy in one of the safest sources of energy for both environment and
humans and it takes less risk than other resources.
http://www.wind-energy-the-facts.org/en/environment/chapter-2-environmental-impacts/
http://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/greenergy/Wind
http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/positive-negative-wind-energy-2715.html
SAFETY IN WIND POWER
I am sorry Maria but i have to disagree with your statement that wind power is one of the safestsources of energy especially for humans.The summary of wind accident data says that from 1970-june 2012 became 94 fatal accidents from which there were 123 fatalities.There were more fatalities than accidents as some accidents have caysed multiple fatalities.This is the crucial point.An accident in wind power industry usually causes multiple fatalities.Foe example in Brazil in March of 2012 were killed 17 bus passengers in one single accident.
Reply to WInd energy sound annoyance (Ikenna)
Permalink Submitted by Ber_Mar on Mon, 2012-10-01 09:34.
Furthermore i would have to say that
since the dB scale is non linear any 6 dB increase will actually
mean a double Sound Pressure value (SPU). Therefore this increase are
in fact very relevant, as 103,5 will actually configure a sound
equivalent to a Rock Concert. (1)
Infrasounds can travel big distances
without loosing many energy due to their big wavelenght, this also
means that they are dificult to detect and dumpen. Since they induce
vibration in some type of structure this should also be taken into
account when evaluating this topic.
Another interesting topic is the fact
that these type of noises are often described as being more annoyant
than roads or airports, this is due to two different factores. When
evaluating environmental noise one has to take into account not only
the intensity but the sound duration.
In wind energy the duration of the
noise can be quasi permanent (at least when there is wind blowing),
as for roads and airports the ammount of SPU is much bigger but the
total exposition time much lower.
The second is the noise configuration,
since infrasound is very hard to perceive by humans, one can get
confused if in fact the noise is actually there or sometimes if it is
just a product of imagination (ghost noises), while in other sources
the noise such as roads or airports the sound is clearly
distinguished from background noise. The lower the background noise
is the bigger problem with this type of ghost noises becomes. But
this topic is more into psycoacoustics, so i will not go there.
As for the intensities described above
there are some doubts that the A filter (db(A)) is in fact
appropriate to measure infrasound noise, since this filter passes
infrasounds very low. As for proper methods of evaluating this kind
of noise and impacts on human body i will come back to the topic
after further research.
(1)-http://www.nonoise.org/library/envnoise/index.htm
Is Nuclear power safe for human and the environment?
Permalink Submitted by Igwe Veronica I... on Mon, 2012-10-01 09:34.
Nuclear power is a technology that was created to satisfy
people’s needs, facilitate people’s life and solve certain problems. However,
people have been noticing that while this technology solves some problems, more
new problems emerge, threathing and damaging the quality of life. The question then is whether technology is
altogether considered beneficial or detrimental?
The most pertinent question here is not whether Nuclear
energy is beneficial, important or needed in our world but whether it is safe.
The simple answer to this question is NO.
Nuclear energy is a limitless source of power
with an extensity of danger to human life. Irrespective of the fact that
nuclear power plants provide a huge fraction of the total world energy, but its
vulnerability to natural disasters like earthquake, tsunamis,tornado, and also terrorist
attacks on nuclear power plants (Hiroshima and Nagashaki come to mind) makes it
unsafe because of its capacity to cause genetic disorders, carcinoma,
environmental contamination etc . Therefore I opine that anything capable of
wiping off the human race can outrightly be categorised as unsafe
Top ten SEVERE accidents in the energy sector
What i have done is to rank the most severe accidents in history on the basis of fatalities recorded(in the case of nuclear accidents, we know that ALL fatalities cannot be recorded at once, and for some accidents, fatalities are still being recorded) as severity is directly related to grieviances recorded. Therefore the fatalities profiles below represent official fatality figures available.
1. Bhopal gas leak disaster, India - 12,000 fatalities
2. Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine - 4056 fatalities
3. Benxihu colliery disaster, China - 1549 fatalities
4. Courrieres min disaster, France - 1099 fatalities
5. San Juanico LPG plant disaster, Mexico - Over 500 fatalities + Over 5000 STILL suffering from burns sustained
6. Petrochina Chuandongbei natural gas explosion, China - 234fatalities
7. Kyshtym nuclear waste explosion, Russia - 200 fatalities + over 270,000 people exposed to radioactive hazards
8. Vila Soco Oil spill fire, Brazil - Over 200 fatalities
9. Piper Alpha disaster, North sea - 167 fatlities
10. Abefran colliery disaster, Wales - 144 fatalities
While i am aware that there are many industrial accidents that have occured in recent times with higher fatality profiles like the texas city disaster and the Banquio dam disaster, I believe these are the top 10 most severe accidents with respect to energy generation, transmission , use and disposal.
Discussing safety and environmental concerns in biofuels
Permalink Submitted by Samuel Bamkefa on Mon, 2012-10-01 10:41.
A biofuel is a type of fuel whose energy is derived from biological carbon fixation. Biofuels include fuels derived from biomass conversion, as well as solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases [1]. The main catch in the use of biofuels is that they do not produce greenhouse gases that cause global warming and that they help reduce dependence on foreign oil for some countries. However, it would be a little reckless to thing that biofuels (and biomass generally) do not come with their own share of concerns. Some of them I discuss below
Personal health impact:
An example of negative health impact can be drawn from biodiesel. Biodiesel production commonly uses some potential lethal chemicals including methanol, caustic soda and concentrated sulphuric acid. Methanol exposure on a small daily dose causes cumulative damage to the body, possibly leading to blindness and death. It is also explosive, similar to petrol, and when mixed with caustic soda it is poisonous, explosive and caustic. [2] This can be a particular issue related to non-commercial production
Food prices:
Expanded production of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel has a strong effect on prices because biofuel production draws largely on agricultural products. Increased biofuel demand in 2000–07 is estimated to have contributed to 30 percent of the weighted average increase of cereal prices. [3]
This effect on food prices will be more profound as governments give subsidies for agricultural production for biofuels. The lucrativeness of the biofuel production will make less focus to be on food production
Environment impacts are a particular concern with solid biofuels. A problem with the combustion of raw biomass is that it emits considerable amounts of pollutants such as particulates and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons). Even modern pellet boilers generate much more pollutants than oil or natural gas boilers. Pellets made from agricultural residues are usually worse than wood pellets, producing much larger emissions of dioxins and chlorophenols. [4]
Reccommendation
Steps should be taken to regulate the production of biofuels, especially non commercial production. In addition, governments should ensure that agricultural subsidy for food is not relegated for biofuel production. Lastly, increased awareness should exist on the inherent dangers in the production and use of biofulels
1. Demirbas, A. . (2009). "Political, economic and environmental impacts of biofuels: A review". Applied Energy 86: S108–S117.
doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.04.036
2. Using vegetable oil as diesel fuel
http://vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/healthandsafety.html
3. International food policy research institute. High Food Prices: The What, Who,and How of Proposed Policy Actions.
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/foodpricespolicyaction.pdf
4. Biofuel. Wikepedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel
Discussion Topic 1 - Top ten severe accidents in energy sector
Permalink Submitted by Kingsley ENEM on Mon, 2012-10-01 10:54.
Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector and investigate their causes and consequences.
1 - BHOPAL DISASTER
The Bhopal disaster happened in India and is considered as one of the world’s worst disaster.Bhopal factory plant (Union carbide India Limited) was built in 1969 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for the production of pesticide sevin using Methyl Isocyanate (MIC). The parent company of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) was Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) that had a stake of about 50.9 per cent share.
On the night of December 2-3, 1984, a serious leak occurred due to a chemical reaction in the Union Carbide factory when a huge amount of water entered into the MIC tank 610. The reaction generated a significant increase in temperature and pressure, thereby venting a large volume of toxic gas into the air. The plant safety systems such as a caustic soda scrubber (for neutralization), flare tower (for burning of excess gas) and refrigeration unit (for cooling the system) were malfunctioning due to lack of routine maintenance. More than 27 tons of poisonous gas escaped into the atmosphere, spreading over the shantytowns of about 900,000.
The severe irritant effects of MIC initiated fear, anxiety, nervousness and confusion, and it caused people to run out of their houses into the gas mist, the consequence of which was increased dose of the gas substance. More than 600,000 persons were exposed to the gas cloud and thousands of people died. The Government of Madhya Pradesh estimated the death at 3,787 while others estimated 8,000 deaths. Furthermore, 558,125 injuries including 38,478 permanent disabling injuries were recorded.
Immediately after the disaster, UCC endeavoured to segregate itself from obligation for the gas leak. Its prime approach was to shift liability to UCIL, stating the plant was solely built and operated by the Indian subsidiary. On 7 December 1984, the first lawsuit was filed by the American attorney in a U.S. court. In March 1985, the Government of India enacted the Bhopal gas leak disaster ACT as a way of justifying that claims arising from the disaster would be dealt with quickly and equitable. The ACT also made the Government to represent the victims in legal proceedings in both within and outside India. The settlement was mediated by the Indian Supreme Court and UCC accepted moral obligation and settled to pay $470 million to the victims.
The Bhopal accident has given warning signs to other industries to increase attention to health, safety and environmental policies when operational or when choosing a site for hazardous industry. The hazardous industry should create awareness to the local communities and embark on environmental related projects.
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bhopal%2C_India
Kingsley Enem
Banqiao dam disaster
The Banqiao dam disaster in China (1975) caused more than 20,000 deaths in just one failure. Should this be ranked as the No.1 accident historically?
The Banqiao dam disaster in China (1975)
Once you have mentioned about the Banqiao
Dam I took the opportunity to make a quick search about this huge disaster. The
chronicle of the disaster is spectacular, only if we consider how fast the mother
nature took another large creation of man and destroyed it in only 24hours.
The Banqiao Dam was built in the early
1950s as party of a huge project to control flooding and produce electricity in
central China.
Despite warnings from
hydrologist Chen Xing, the dam was built with only 5 sluice gates. Xing warned
that it needed at least 12, although officials disagreed.
Almost as soon as the dam was
completed, tiny cracks started to show in the sides. However, these were
patched up by engineers, and the structure was not only considered safe, it
also earned itself a safe nickname – the ‘Iron dam.’
Although there were problems with the
construction of the dam, it was never predicted that it could fail as
spectacularly as it did in August 1975. It had been built to withstand
flooding, and could have coped with a huge amount of rainfall.
However, typhoon Nina smashed
many records, as well as the dam itself. One night in August 1975, Typhoon Nina
dropped more than a year’s worth of rain in just 24 hours.
The dam collapsed in the
oncoming flood, and other dams further along the river collapsed too. A 10 km
wide wave devastated the surrounding areas, causing more than 25,000 deaths.
Hundreds of thousands more were affected by the epidemics and famine which followed
the disaster.
Although it is difficult to prepare for
something unexpected, such as Typhoon Nina, the damage at the time could have
been minimised.
The sluice gates, designed to
vary the water flow in case of heavy rainfall, were blocked by sediment. This,
coupled with the fact that there were too few of them, meant that water built
up at a much faster rate than it should have done in the dam basin.
On top of this, the gates should have been
opened earlier than they were, as water from dams further upstream rushed
towards the Banqiao. Unfortunately the order to open the gates did not reach
the Banqiao in time, and the water broke the dam before the gates could be
opened.
Now, the question that I believe that we
will face in our lives, if we are able to participate in large projects, is : “Is this person talking right or wrong?’’ In
many disasters individual scientist know what was the right decision to make
but at the end they were ignored. In this case it was the hydrologist, Dr. Chen Xing who said that the designers
should put 12 sluice gates, but they put only 5. That cost the dam to fill a lot
of water in its reservoir in very small time in result to failure.
Source for Banjiao Dam : http://www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/engineering/real-world-engineering/engineering-disasters-banqiao-dam
Source for Dr. Chen Xing : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Xing
Xenios Zenieris
Msc Oil and Gas Engineering
Discussion Topic : Safety in wind energy
Adding information to Hadjianestis Angelos post.
According to statistics (Angelos has posted a diagram) , there is a significant icrease in accidents related to wind energy over the last 15 years. This augmentation in accidents that closely related to wind turbines installation, has to do mostly with the fact that there is a great increase in the number of installations around the world. This increase in the number of wind farms, onshore and offshore, results mostly in the increase of injuries and/or deaths.
Things that could be done to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, by the aspect of fundamental safety engineering are : 1) Better training for workers employed for the installation of wind turbines with educating seminars, 2)Increased safety measures when the installation of wind turbines takes place - in situ. What is your opinion ?
More posts plz from people that are doing a Msc at Renewable energy, because their opinion matters, and i believe that wind energy shall be even more important during the next decades.
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Organisation of the Blog
Permalink Submitted by leighmoreton on Mon, 2012-10-01 11:04.
I like the idea of holding discussions about these topics in a virtual manner, however am getting slightly confused about what topics people are actually commenting on.
As I am reading through the topics being discussed I am trying to find out what has already been mentioned for the different topics to prevent any repetition.
I have been getting confused as I read further and find that the topics appear to be jumping around a lot on the page, as one moment someone is talking about the safety of nuclear energy and the next the topic of safety in wind energy is being discussed, with peoples comments on previous topics being mixed in everywhere.
Is it at all possible to get some 'sub-categories' arranged for the main blog page so that each topic can be placed onto a different page and allow a clearer viewing format of the points being made by us to prevent confusion.
If this is not possible I am quite happy to just 'muddle' through I have just been finding it difficult to identify the topic for which some people are refering to or commenting on.
pushing the boundary of iMechanica’s capability
Leigh, you are right. I believe we are pushing the boundary of iMechanica’s capability in dealing with a blog containing many posts. I don't know of any better solution for this. I am contacting Harvard IT staff for this.
HSE Implications of 'Landfill Gas'
Safety Implications of Landfill Gas
Permit me to digress a bit from the topics listed above and discuss on another renewable energy source, LANDFILL GAS. With the constant increase in the percentage of energy derived from renewable sources in the UK (from 4.3% in 2005 to 9.4% in 2011, as per the DECC renewable energy periodic publication), more significance is now being placed on the discreet safety hazards associated with this seemingly harmless sources of energy. Statistics reported by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the UK from 2011 show that while Onshore Wind constitutes about 35% of total renewable energy source, landfill gas follows with 23%. With the advantages associated with this source of energy also come a number of demerits. I will only discuss one of such demerits, and that is the asphyxiation hazard.
Exposure to landfill gases could either be at the landfill or in the community when these gases migrate through the landfill surface to the ambient air. The presence of any of its components in an enclosed space in concentrations high enough to create an oxygen-deficient environment could pose a problem. Though the presence of odours could prove useful in detecting some of these gases like sulphides and ammonia, some are odourless and thus more difficult to detect. Headaches and nausea are some of the most common health effects reported by families living close to landfills, in addition to its unpleasant effect on day-to-day life. Studies are still being carried out on the impact of landfill gases on sensitive population, such as people with pre-existing respiratory illnesses.
The UK government recently tightened the laws governing landfill operators in a bid to drive home the need for integrated risk management of all aspects of their operations particularly their safety systems.
Fracking is the process of drilling down and creating tiny explosions to shatter and crack hard shale rocks to release the gas inside. Enough water, sand and chemicals are used in the production of shale gas. [1]
Fracking for shale gas operation goes with damage to community environment and most of the arising issues include contamination of underground (acquifer) by fracking chemicals, accidental chemical spill, waste disposal, air quality, the land footprint of drilling activities, pipeline placement and safety, and the amount of water used. Shale gas production is highly controversial in part because of environmental concerns, fear of drinking water contamination. [2]
Fracking for shale gas can be safely managed provided there is best practice observed and provided its enforced through strong regulation. The risk water contamination in fracking is very low provided fracking takes place at a depth below the level of acquifers and that the wells are properly constructed. [3]
The boom in shale gas production is not likely to be banned because of the amount of resources spent in the development, more employment opportunity it is creating and the amount of money to be made from the production. Gas fraking will mean economy growth to the western world, china and Israel, and it will crash oil price to the less developing countries and troubled unstable economy of middle- east nation. [2]
Davidson Abiaziem
Permalink Submitted by Alabi Ochu Abdu... on Mon, 2012-10-01 11:40.
Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable outcome). [1]. Risk management is a process of identifying, quantifying and managing the risk that an organisation faces. [2].
Safety is the relative freedom from danger, risk, or threat of harm, injury or loss of personnel and/or property, whether caused deliberately or by accident. [3]. Safety in engineering management is a systematic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organisational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures. [4]
In the early decades of the 19th century, inadequate risk and safety management has led to severe consequences from disasters of various kinds. This has led to the evolution of various legislature guiding risk and safety management of the different organisations involved by various concerned governments.
The scope of the nature of different accidents and of their places of occurrence has made risk and safety management a global issue as could be seen in the below examples of accidents.
Aviation accidents includes the following
1) Japan airlines flight 123 (Japan 1885). [5]
2) Mexicana flight 940 (Michoacan, 1986). [5]
3) Dana air flight 992 (Lagos, Nigeria 2012). [5]
4) Spanair flight 5022 (Madrid, Spain 2008). [5]
5) Vasp flight 168 (Ceara, Brazil 1982). [5]
6) 1960 New York air disaster (New York city 1960). [5]
7) Pan am flight 103 (Lockerbie, UK 1988). [5]
Coal mine disasters includes:
1) Coal brook, South Africa 1960. [5]
2) Benxihu Colliery explosion China 1942. [5]
3) Oaks Colliery (Barnsley, England 1966). [5]
4) Hillcrest mine disaster (Hillcrest Alberta Canada 1914). [5]
5) Amaga Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia july 15 1977. [5]
6) Secunda, Mpumalanga, east Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993. [5]
Explosion accidents in the past includes:
1) Silver town explosion (London 1917). [5]
2) Halifax explosion (Nova ScotianCanada,1917). [5]
3) Lagos Armoury Explosion (Lagos Nigeria 2002). [5]
4) Explosion of a dynamite depot, Brazil February 27, 1925. [5]
5) Ryongchon disaster (North Korea 2004). [5]
Industrial disasters include the following:
1) Bhopal disaster (India 1984). [5]
2) Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North sea july 6, 1988) . [5]
3) Texas city disaster (Texas city, Texas April 16 and 17 1947). [5]
4) Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa 1995). [5]
5) BP deep water horizon explosion (Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010). [5]
6) Vila Soco oil spill fire (Cubatao Sao Paulo, Brazil February 25 1984). [5]
7) Flixborough disaster (England june 1974). [5]
8) Aberfan landslide disaster (Wales 1966). [5]
IS NUCLEAR POWER SAFE FOR HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT?
Nuclear power is a technology that was created to satisfy people’s needs, facilitate people’s life and solve certain problems. However, people have been noticing that while this technology solves some problems, more new problems emerge, threathing and damaging the quality of life. The question then is whether technology is altogether considered beneficial or detrimental?
The most pertinent question here is not whether Nuclear energy is beneficial, important or needed in our world but whether it is safe. The simple answer to this question is NO.
Nuclear energy is a limitless source of power with an extensity of danger to human life. Irrespective of the fact that nuclear power plants provide a huge fraction of the total world energy, but its vulnerability to natural disasters like earthquake, tsunamis,tornado, and also terrorist attacks on nuclear power plants (Hiroshima and Nagashaki come to mind) makes it unsafe because of its capacity to cause genetic disorders, carcinoma, environmental contamination etc . Therefore I opine that anything capable of wiping off the human race can outrightly be categorised as unsafe
Looking back at the history, I believe nuclear power was originally developed as a weapon, not for solving energy demands.
@ Henry Tan, reply to your comment on Nuclear power
Permalink Submitted by Igwe Veronica I... on Wed, 2012-10-03 14:10.
It is correct that nuclear power plant from 1939-1945 was focused on developing atomic bomb but this view point changed from 1945 when attention was given to harnessing this energy in a controlled fashion for naval propulsion and for making electricity and since 1956 ,the prime focus has been on the technological evolution of reliable power plant.
The fact that the history of nuclear power plant started with the growth of science in Europe, blossomed in the United Kingdom and the USA with the technological might of America, the prevalent surge in East Asia, consequent test of international might through the use of force and armed hostilities owning solely to the volume of nuclear power possessed by each sovereign states supports the fact that the Nuclear power plant is largely unsafe for the human race and its attendant environment.
I think with the unrest in the middle east and their delving into the acquisition of more nuclear power, we just might witness another Hiroshima soonest
http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/risk
http://lexicon.ft.com/term?term=risk-management
www.businessdictionary.com/definition/safety.html
www.skybrary.aero/index.php/safety _ management _ system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list _ of _ accidents _ and _ disasters _ by _ death _ toll
Discussion Topic 5In recent years, millions of solar panels have
Permalink Submitted by JOHN BOSCO ALIG... on Mon, 2012-10-01 13:37.
Submitted by oseghale lucas ... on Sun, 2012-09-30 21:41.
In recent years, millions of solar panels have been placed on roofs around the world. Discuss how safe are they? Discuss the hidden pollution caused by solar panels.
I disagree with Oseghale Lucas Okohue when he says that solar energy is generated by nuclear fusion just like the way Atomic bombs and Nuclear Power Plants operate.
Solar panels are made of a semi conducting material forexample silicon and when light energy in form of Photons strikes a solar panel,it breaks up electron hole pairs in the material rendering
electrons free i,e the electrons become excited and move to a higher energy level and it is this flow of electrons that results in electric current/energy.
For Nuclear fusion ,two lighter nuclei join together to form a larger nuclei and for a solar panel,there is nothing like this however it should be noted that the photons are created by a nuclear fusion
reaction and this takes place in the sun and not the solar panel.
Msc.Oil and Gas Engineering
Association for Applied Solar Energy.; Solar Energy Society.; International Solar Energy Society. , 1958-
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Solar energy conversion the solar cell,Richard C. Neville , ScienceDirect (Online service) , 1995
Cleaning up the grid Solar thermal electricity development in Australia David R. Mills, Anthony Monger and Bill Keepin,1994.
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Thanks for clarifying this,
Permalink Submitted by Henry Tan on Wed, 2012-10-03 16:31.
Thanks for clarifying this, although this is not a safety related post.
Hi Dr. Henry Tan,
Wouldnt it be better to organize this into threads for each topic, or even inside each topic each discussion should have one thread and eventually a moderator.
Just my opinion, hope it is usefull.
p.s- This website as well as the mht files, dont seem to work very well on mac. Could you or anyone please send me the direct link to class website, thanks.
Permalink Submitted by Mark Haley on Mon, 2012-10-01 17:45.
Dear Dr Tan,
At the moment we seem to be repeating previous comments made by other members as it is quite difficult to find all the comments/arguments for a particular topic and then form a reply or new point of view.
I therefore second Ber_Mar's idea on separate threads as this would clearly organise each discussion topic into one flowing argument that can be easily followed and debated.
We can even suggest new topics for which a moderator or yourself could open a new thread in which a new discussion could flow logically.
Also, is it possible to cut and paste the comments already made into the seperate threads so we do not loose them, or is this a step too far??
Permalink Submitted by Henry Tan on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:22.
Thanks. Done as suggested.
Nuclear power is the use of
Permalink Submitted by OKEKE FRANCIS on Mon, 2012-10-01 14:47.
power is the use of nuclear fission, a radioactive decay which releases
a large amount of energy. it accounts for about 7% of the world's energy.
technology can be 100% safe and nuclear power is not an exception. There is an
on-going debate on the safety of nuclear power. The proponents argue that it is
a sustainable source of energy and reduces carbon emissions while the opponents
believe it poses a threat to humans and the environment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
power can be harmful to humans and the environment if not properly managed. I
want to believe the pros out-weigh the cons. Most of the nuclear accidents
recorded are due to operator or human error and natural disasters. It can be
avoided to the barest minimum with proper safety and risk management.
Chernobyl disaster (1986) is the worst nuclear power accident in history
claiming about 30 lives. The cause of this accident was first thought to be
totally an operator error but a latter report considered it incorrect but there
was a breach of safety regulations on the part of the operator.
power is the safest source of energy as it accounts for the lowest accidental
death per unit of energy generated.
OKEKE FRANCIS N.
OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING
Sorry my friend Okene but i totally disagree with your statement that nuclear power is the safest energy.Have not you heard about chernobyl disaster where more than 30 people died in a few months due to radiation.In a study which was published in 2006, in the international journal of cancer the total number of deaths not only in the region of Russia-Ukraine but also in the western Europe was pegged at somewhere between 6000 and 38000 people.Moreover how can we say clean an energy which an average reactor produces 20-30 tons of nuclear waste.In my opinion nuclear power must be forbidden the soon as possible and we must try to find real clean energy.
Nuclear power forbidden?
Hello Sotirios, like I said no technology is 100% safe. I mentioned the number of deaths in the Chernobyl disaster. You mention nuclear power must be forbidden? Really? France presently generates 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. Is one of Europe's powerhouse taking the wrong direction?
As Engineers, we should constantly aspire to solve problems rather than shying away from them and using the word "impossible". France has being active in developing nuclear technology and is the world's largest net exporter of electricity. Nuclear energy has its safety concerns and constant modifications are being applied to the technology.
please read: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf40.html
OKEKE FRANCIS
OIL AND GAS ENGR.
Nuclear Power and country culture
It is well known and discussed that
nuclear power is one of the most valid forms of energy. If well used
its potential is incomparable to other sources, and even the residues
can be well dealt if well treated. I believe that the problem is just
this small – BIG IF, as Dr. Henry Tan and industrial experts have
described, even if machines are perfect we always have the human
factor to take into account.
In the first phase mainly high end
technological countries developed nuclear power, but with it's
democratization it started becoming available to many countries. So
if even Japan where the Kaizen culture is clearly imbed into the
mentality, had Fukushima event, how can we expect to avoid eventual
further problems in other countries were the attitude is more
relaxed. I speak here not of any country in particular, but could
even give the example of my own.
I believe this to be a risk that we
cannot take, even small amounts of radiation can create mutations,
and the long term effect of this mutations in siblings cannot be
foreseen. In the end I believe nuclear to be very valid source of
energy but just for specific high-end uses, like submarines or deep
space vessels, where other source is almost impossible to use. I
believe the future of energy to be in the efficient use as well as a
strong mix from short term renewable and long term renewable (yes
even oil is eventually renewable, we will just no be here to see it).
And if we think well all of this comes from the SUN.
Mikesaiki,
Much as I agree with you on some facts, I
still will not vote nuclear energy generation the safest.
Safety we
define as freedom from danger and danger is the threat of adverse events. The
extent of an undesired consequence may move from one level to the other with
time. In the major nuclear plant accidents
so far recorded, humanity may have been fortunate to have kept the consequences
to perceived low levels. That is not to say the system is safer. In assessing
the impact of the undesired consequences, immediate fatality, even though the
most highly weighted, is not the only components that deserve the most
attention. The after-effect on human health and the environment as well as the
associated financial implications are equally very important.
It is worth
noting that in the Fukushima accident, one worker died suddenly while carrying
equipment during the clean-up exercise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents, cited September 29, 2012 ), the
cause of death not reported and so we can assume not yet known (a latent consequence
that might affect a lot more people). It
also came with, and still incurring huge financial losses. Also, even though
the Fukushima accident has not yet caused many fatalities (no official
information yet), it is worth noting that the International Nuclear Event Scale
(INES) rated it level 7 based on expected effect on humanity, same as that of
Fukushima (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nuclear_Event_Scale, cited September 29, 2012).
The Chernobyl (Ukraine 1986), Three Mile Island (USA 1979) and Windscale (Britain
1957) accidents have all
left more serious indelible scars on humanity than other energy related
accidents have done to date.
The nuclear
power generation process cannot be rated safer than the other energy sources.
Is nuclear power safe for humans and the environment ?
Adding some information as a Mineral Resources Engineeer to what you have already written, and i have read, i would like to make a comparison of nuclear energy, and nuclear plants to fossil fuels and renewables. Nuclear power is safe enough for humans as well as for the environment - besides humans are part of the environment - and i shall prove this with comparisons and some examples.
When fossil fuels are excavated, such as coal or peat, huge quantities of overburdens occur, that are placed on special places or dumps. Beyond the overburdens ore poor in useful minerals is sent there, because it is not economically expoitable. This is translated to pollution. Also when fossil fuels are burnt, including oil and gas, large quantities of harmful gases occur that change the synthesis of the atmosphere such as CO2, CO, SO2 and NOx.
Compared to all fossil fuels, nuclear energy is much safer and cheaper, if a state has technology and resources to do the proper ore procesing, and construct nuclear plants. Nuclear wastes, are stored in specially designed barrels or boxes, and then stored inproperly designed places, so they don't affect the environment, such as fossil fuels, and many many years later they stabilize and become harmless.
A full comparison with renewables won't ne made in this post, for many reason but i shall mention two, so everyone understands why. Firstly, nuclear plants provide so much energy compared to a wind farm or a solar park that a comparison would look funny, and secondary would need uncounted solar farms and/or wind farms in order to producethe same amount of energy, that we would produce from a single power plant.
Which means in simple mathematics not just more money but uncounted resources spended, such as metals and minerals that are not 100% recoverable even if we would recycle them. It also means that too many hectares of land will be occupied, that could produce food, for instance.
My next post will be in the same discusiion topic, but will focus more on safety. Noise hunts me everywhere and i cannot concentrate properly to write the way i want. I also don't like to make enormous posts so everyone can read easily, agree/disagree or add things.
Comments please.
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Sat, 2012-10-20 22:03.
I am going to disagree with my friend Menelaos who is a mineral resources engineer that nuclear power is safe.As a chemical engineer i would like to remind him two elements,Caesium and Strondium.Strontium looks like calcium.Strontium is incorporated inthe bones and the teeth and is radiating for a long term.In the strontium is owed tha appearence of leukemia.Moreover,there is Caesium which causes a lot of healthy problems.Caesium performs like phosphorous in the organism.It is not cannected stable like Strontium in the tissue of the organism but it is removed from the urines and it causes cancer of pancreas,kidney and liver.Menelaos are you stiil agree with your statement that nuclear power is safe?
Permalink Submitted by Andreas Kokkinos on Mon, 2012-10-01 16:15.
related with the energy industry exist since the first industrial revolution
but the top ten most severe of them, have occurred at the late 19th
century and still happen today.
1. The most severe of all of them
happened in August 1975, the Banqiao Dam disaster in China due to the poor or inappropriate
construction of the dam and also is considered the worst energy related disaster
ever. Due to the intense rainfall that day combined with the low construction
standards of the dam, the structure failed which as a result killed 26,000
people from flooding and another 145,000 people died later due to subsequent
epidemics and famine.
2. Another notable and severe disaster occurred
in San Juanico, Mexico when an LPG tank exploded killing approximately 500 –
600 people and injuring with severe burns another 5000 – 7000 citizens. The
explosion took place due to gas leak which ignited by a waste-gas flare.
3. The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl on
26 of April 1986 is among the most famous since Ukraine, Belarus and Russia
were affected by that event. The disaster occurred during an experiment in a reactor
during a normal shutdown. 31 people killed instantly from the explosion but the
long term effects due to the large amounts of radioactive contaminations still
are present to the area.
4. Piper Alpha disaster at 6 of July
1988, is still considered the worst offshore oil disaster since 167 people
killed and 61 injured during an explosion due to gas leakage.
5. A more recent disaster which combines
both human loss and huge environmental damage is the Gulf of Mexico oil split
which took place on 20 of April 2010. The disaster counts 11 fatalities, 17
injuries and 4.9 million barrels of crude oil spitted in the gulf. The disaster
is caused due to an explosion on the well due to the company’s multiple safety
violations in order to save significant time and money.
6. Texas City refinery explosion is
another severe disaster which resulted in 15 fatalities and over 170 people
injured. Bad well maintenance and the age of the refinery was to blame since it
was constructed in 1934 and the investigation concluded to over 300 safety
violations.
7. The accident in Norco, Louisiana on 5
of May 1988 when an explosion in an oil refinery took the lives of 7 people and
injured another 42 is listed among the most severe accident in the recent
history. The explosion was caused due to a corroded pipe which ignited and
resulted to a 706 million dollar disaster.
8. In 7 of February 2010, an explosion at
the Kleen Energy System power station killed six people and injured 50. The cause
of this accident wasn’t quite clear but he authorities blamed criminal negligence
since totally 371 safety violations were discovered.
9. The most recent catastrophic event was
the Fukushima Nuclear disaster which occurred on 11 of March 2011 due an
earthquake who released a tsunami as well. Despite the magnitude of the disaster
no fatalities were counted but only 37 injuries.
10. The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in
Alaska on 24 of March 1989 when an oil tanker on the way for Long Beach, California
struck onto Bligh Reef Island. This particular disaster is entirely an
environmental catastrophe since no lives were lost but due to the spilled
260,000 – 750,000 barrels of crude oil in the sea destroying almost entirely
the sea life.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_industrial_disasters)
The majority of these disasters are
caused either by human error or safety violations which conclude to
environmental disasters and human life losses. If the right procedures were
followed some of these disasters may be prevented.
New discussion topic
Permalink Submitted by Marinos Ioannou on Mon, 2012-10-01 16:24.
Marinos Ioannou
How could government's careless act killed 13 people and destroyed the biggest
energy supply station of Cyprus''
Firstly I would like to mention the fact that in
Cyprus, there are only three main Energy Supply Stations that mainly relied on heavy
fuel oil that is currently imported due to lack of raw material in the island.
The total Installed Capacity in all three stations is 1118MW, with Vasilikos
Power Station having the biggest part of the power generation with 3x130MW
Steam units and 1x38MW Gas Turbine installed [1]. Moreover, Government’s officials
announced the creation of an Energy Centre that will be near the Vasilikos
Power Station. At this Energy centre will be installed terminal stations of
natural gas, as has decided by the Government’s Council of Ministers
(No.20/2011) due to their conviction that the introduction of Natural Gas in
the island’s energy section will positively affect the economy of the whole
country [2]. On the other hand, in 2009 98 dangerous containers with explosives
were seized by the authorities from a ship travelling from Iran to Syria. With
careless and hasty moves, the officials put the nasty containers into a
nautical military base ‘’Evangelos Florakis’’ that is located next to the
Vasilikos Power Station. The explosives were held there upon breach of numerous
safety standards and also they were exposed to high temperatures with a result
a huge and catastrophic explosion on 11th of July 2011 that killed
13 people and destroyed big part of the Energy Station [3].
[1] http://www.eac.com.cy
[2] http://www.mcit.gov.cy
[3] www.EandTmagazine.com ‘’Power-Cyprus
over the worst of power Crisis’’, by Lorna Sharpe
Explosive gases that were formed by deterioration and decomposion of the
gunpowder led to self ignition. The blast left behind a crater of 60m across
and 15m deep with the shock wave generating irreparable damage to the Military
Base and to the Energy Supply Station as well [1]. Moreover 13 fatal and heroic
people died that day, among them military officers, sailors and fire-fighters
[2]. Additionally disaster spread to a 5km ratio. That day as I remember the
electricity network collapsed and none knew what was going on. Who could
imagine that authority’s negligence would cause a fatal disaster to the power
supply network? After that day, Electricity Authority of Cyprus announced that ‘’Due
to severe damage to the production network of the Electricity Authority of
Cyprus, the consumers must end the use of air conditioners and minimize the use
of other electrical devices until further notice". For those who don’t
know how the weather likes in the midsummer period in Cyprus, I want to inform
you that the temperature reaches more than 45C°. So the only thing that someone
can do in order to avoid medical conditions like heat-stroke or sunstroke, is
to avoid the sun and stay somewhere cool and drink much water. So if someone
does not have the privilege of a cool place to stay in the really hot summer in
Cyprus then they will be lucky to survive. Concluding, it would be more
accurate and proper if the authorities tried to prevent the blaster from
happening not only for the energy matter but firstly for the 13 victims.
[2] http://portal.kathimerini.gr
As revealed by the Cypriot
As revealed by the Cypriot press, orders to cool down the hazardous
containers with water by the fire-fighter special unit were given by the
government authorities. My question is who was in charge to take such an
immature and dangerous decision? Why someone from the Government’s authorities
would suggest firstly the placement of 98 ready-to-blow containers near the
biggest Energy Supply Station of the island and secondly, why someone would
give orders to cool down with water the deteriorated and decomposed explosives?
As the press reported, the orders from the Government to cool down the
containers were given in order to delay the explosion so the containers to be
moved to a place where deminers would cause a safe explosion to the hazardous
content [1].
[1] http://offsite.com.cy
As a matter of fact,
As a matter of fact, someone who had the proper knowledge and experience
wouldn’t decide 4-5 days before the catastrophic explosion to take action and
cool down, then transfer and blow the explosives. As the press published, the commander
of the Nautical Base informed several times the Ministry of Defence and some
other associates about his worries about the containers condition. As his letters
report, the containers since the first time that they were arrived in the
Military Base were active as several facts could prove that. Anyone, he said,
can notice the outer wear of the containers caused by its contents [1]. As you
can see from the picture taken before the explosion and published by a Cypriot
newspaper ‘’POLITIS’’, the outer surface of the containers seems really
distorter.
[1] http://www.sigmalive.com
As I was not able to upload a picture for the containers, this are the links for pictures that show exactly the situation of the ready-to-blow explosives:
http://www.politis-news.com/politispics/20110711_zygiblast_container.jpg
http://www.politis-news.com/politispics/CONT.jpg
What I am really worried
What I am
really worried about is that there are some political interests hidden behind
the whole disaster, as some reporters claimed. How is it possible a disaster like
this could take place that specific time at the very specific area were the
main Energy supply station allocated and the future natural gas end point will
developed? Additionally, the recent discoveries of natural gas at the South-East
coast give to the island an opportunity to upturn its economy through those
difficult days of the economic crisis. More specific, the worth of the natural
gas reserves fluctuates between 50 and 80 billion US dollars according to the Energy
Director of Cyprus Mr Solon Kassinis [1]. Moreover the total disaster on 11 of
July 2011 cost the government around 700million. But the reality is that after
the 11/08 the half power supply network of Cyprus collapsed and every company
and every simple worker were forced to buy gas-electric generators in order to
cover their basic working and home needs. It worth to be mentioned, that fuel
and electricity prices reached phenomenal prices, which led to a crisis to the
whole country. Why the only
Semi-Government organization didn’t have a plan for this kind of occasions? Why
a country that has 80% of the year sunshine is relied only to gas or petroleum
energy sources? How safety legislation will apply for the natural gas when it
will reach the shore? Are there reliable organisations in Cyprus that can safely
deal with oil and gas transportation and storage? Does the legislative system
of Cyprus contain clear legislations about oil and gas transportation and
storage or it has to be modified?
[1]http://www.inews.gr/89/metaxy-50-kai-80-dis-dol-to-oikopedo-12-stin-aoz-tis-kyprou.htm
Many people characterise
Many people characterise the disaster of 11/08/11 as Cyprus second
biggest. The responsibilities and negligence were divided into 4 parts by
the Research Committee [1].
-The first three parts refer to political and diplomatic issues, mainly
to explain why the load alighted and saved to Cyprus, why authorities chose the
nautical military base to host the dangerous containers and which political
people have took those decisions.
- The Fourth part which is the most
important for me, talks about the managing stage of the hazardous load. It
starts just after the inflation of two containers from total 98 and after that
Fire Service was notified about the situation.
It was then that someone with experience
in such situations to demand from any responsible authority to remove immediately
the containers (at least the two) to a safest place and blow them, instead of
just trying to cool them down with throwing water on them. Anyway, the disaster
could be prevented from very early on since the load arrived in the island.
Specialists should checked the content and act accordingly.
[1]http://www.politis-news.com/cgibin/hweb?-A=210587&-V=articles
The four dimentional risk management procedures
There must be a new purposive approach in viewing risk
management in relation to occupational hazards, health and welfare. Safety
precedes health, much focus is on health, with safety wheeled to the ground.
There is an urgent need to critically evaluate the probability of risk, the
impact, freguency of accidents and the inability to detect foreseable
occurences in relation to preparedness and action.
There is certainly a growing disparity between the
prevalence of risk in some risk-prone procedures, processes, facilities and
some less risk-prone procedures and there is possible tendency of
generalization of principles in risk management. Thus, a painstakingly thorough
procedure-specific risk management
procedure, a safety focus prevention process must be consciously adhered to,
giving regard to variables such as prevalence, weather, fatique, compensation
and the regulatory framework for the victims of potential hazards.
The safer the better Is
Nuclear power energy has been proposed as an answer to the need for a clean energy source as opposed to CO2 producing plants. Considering the effects nuclear energy have on the environment that propositon in not entirely true.
For instance;
Carbon dioxide; Nuclear power plant has been called a clean source of energy because the power plants
While this is true, it is deceiving. Nuclear power plants may not emit carbon dioxide during operation, but high amounts of carbon dioxide are emitted in activities related to building and running the plants, the process of minning uranium releases high amounts of CO2 into the environment and also transport of radioactive waste also causes CO2 emmisions.
Radioactive Waste; Radioactive waste is a huge concern. waste from nuclear power plants can remain active for hundreds of thousands of years. Currently, much of the radioactive waste from nuclear power plants has been stored at the power plants. Due to space constraints, eventually the radioactive waste will need to be relocated. There is no current solution to deal with the issue of radioactive waste. The idea of building more nuclear power plants and worrying about dealing with the waste later has the potential of a dangerous outcome.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4566966_nuclear-energy-affect-environment.html#ixzz2853uguUp
I would argue
that a nuclear power plant is a clean source of energy with respect to CO2
emissions. The fact that high levels of CO2 emission occur in the building of a
plant and when mining and transporting uranium
should not be taken into account when discussing if nuclear power plants are safe
for the environment. Almost all large scale industrial activities result in
some form of CO2 emissions and as a result a clean method of energy generation
must be employed in an attempt to cut CO2 emissions across the board. I believe
that nuclear energy has the potential to be that method of clean energy production.
However, I do strongly agree with the problems related to the disposal of
radioactive waste. Consequently, a safe and reliable solution must be found for
the disposal of radioactive waste before we start to heavily rely on nuclear
Here are some more links for more pictures of the explosion
http://offsite.com.cy/blog/%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%AD%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BE%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CE%B2/
http://www.politis-news.com/cgibin/hweb?-A=209998&-V=articles
Discussion Topic 4: If the Piper Alpha disaster occurred today
Permalink Submitted by Frixos Karletides on Mon, 2012-10-01 16:49.
Subsequent to the Piper Alpha Oil disaster
the British Government introduced changes to safety laws relating oil platforms
and the general culture of the industry. Nowadays, organisations run the risk
of substantial fines and a bad reputation when the Health and Safety regulations
are not followed. At the outset, an organisation can be guilty of corporate manslaughter
when a failure in the management of a company’s activities may lead to a person’s
death. This new legislation rests responsibilities directly to the senior
management department. Subsequently, a
company may be prosecuted under the Act 2007. This can extensively damage the
image and reputation of a company and have a negative influence relative to share
value, profit and market share. Therefore managing health and safety in
industry is a vital aspect in order to achieve legal compliance.
Frixos Karletides
http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/FullStoryWithTouts.aspx?m=603
The failure resulted essentially from an accumulation of management errors. Bearing in mind the findings concluded
related to the Piper Alpha disaster, they allowed us to have a better
understanding of the risks involved before other accidents occurred. Subsequent
to the disaster exceptional regulations were conducted: The Offshore Installation and Pipeline Works (Management and
Administration) Regulations 1995 for the safe management of installations
involved in a project; The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and
Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 (PFEER) to provide the
protection of workers from an offshore fire or explosion; The Offshore
Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc) Regulations 1996 to
provide the safety of offshore working environment; The Offshore Installations
(Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations, which came into
force in 1989, also provided a voice to the offshore engineering.
http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/cmsfiles/modules/publications/pdfs/HS048.pdf
Permalink Submitted by victor.adukwu on Mon, 2012-10-01 18:51.
Discuss safety in
In any engineering design and installation, safety is of
paramount importance. In the case of wind energy, the height of installation of
the wind turbine and intensity of the wind direction should be adequately
designed for.The height of a wind turbine places it at risk for lightning
strikes, which can damage and destroy the turbine's circuitry and structure.
Turbines must have some sort of grounding and surge protection system in place
in order to withstand the strikes. The magazine "North American
Windpower" published an article in 2007
detailing new surge-protection device standards issued by the Underwriters
Laboratory and noted that not only can surges spread from the hit turbines to
transformers, but fires caused by strikes can start inside the turbine. These
internal fires are difficult to put out[Cited 2012 Sep. 30]. Available from http://www.livestrong.com/article/157216-wind-turbine-safety-issues.
Also wind turbines must be sturdy and able to withstand
strong wind and storms, as well as regular motion when in use, especially if
near populated areas. Unfortunately, sometimes they're not built as well as
they should be. The "Guardian"
newspaper in the UK reported in 2008 on a number of turbines that broke and
threw blades onto houses, farms and even back into the turbine tower itself.
The article noted that a â turbulent atmosphere
may cause cracks to form in a turbine's structure[Cited 2012 Sep. 30].
Available from http://www.livestrong.com/article/157216-wind-turbine-safety-issues.
Given the large expansion planned in wind turbine
construction it can be expected that thepotential for accidents will increase
and that some of these will involve workers and the public.
Permalink Submitted by ADEDEJI KUYE on Tue, 2012-10-02 12:45.
Engineering safety on Nuclear power
Nuclear energy is one of the most
important discoveries institutionalised by human. The spontaneous energy generated
by nuclear energy is derived from the radioactive decay or fusion of photon and
neutrons (radioactive element).
This energy source is an exothermic reaction
that releases a large amount of energy inform of electromagnetic and kinetic
energy [1]. Major concern about this category of energy is more driven towards
the waste produced, disposal method (transmutation and deep burial) and the
political abuse of such power driven energy.
The United State nuclear waste
policy act of 1982 explains the full process that must be undertaken before
radioactive waste is disposed. The classification of low level and high waste
material (section 2 of Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982) explains further that
radioactive waste material must not be disposed (buried) unless the radioactive
elements are totally decayed with time [2].
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) state on their website that ‘’ An
operating nuclear power plant produces very small amounts of radioactive gases
and liquids, as well as small amount of direct radiation. An average radiation
dose of 0.01 millirem per year will be received by a person staying 50 miles of
a nuclear power plant’’ [3]. The EPA statement elaborates more on the human
medical safety, especially on the radioactive effect on human health (cancer
disease).
The proposed safety culture
policy statement (SECY-12-0008) for the nuclear plant operators has implemented
plans to sensitise and educate the public on the activities of nuclear power
plants [4]. With such development, the public will be able to appreciate the
efficacy of nuclear energy produced and gradually eliminate the extreme fears
created due to health and political issues.
With the safety policies and
regulations put in place for human health purposes, I strongly believe that
Nuclear power is a brilliant source of energy that should be used, effectively
monitored and developed with a sole aim
of improving the citizen’s livelihood.
1. Wikipedia.org
2. Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (P.L. 97-425). A NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OG 1982 AS AMENDED, 96
Stat.2201; page 441. Accessed on 29/09/12. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0980/v1/sr0980v1.pdf#page=417
3. www.nrc.gov.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about radiation protection. Accessed on 29/09/2012.
4. Implementation plan for the safety
culture policy statement; 19/01/12. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1133/ML11334A103.pdf
Accessed on 29/09/2012.
HSE and it's challenges in Third world Countries
Permalink Submitted by Abdulazeez Bello on Tue, 2012-10-02 13:01.
The Health safety and Environment, HSE legislations
especially in the United Kingdom has over the years being shaped by level
playing ground and major incidents like the Piper Alpha [1]. One begins to
wonder if they are no such disasters in the third world countries [2] and why
have they not being reported and studied. How has issues pertaining to safety
shaped the laws of such countries especially in the exploration and production
sector with high risk tendencies. This and many more questions beg for an
answer.
Let’s take Nigeria as
there exist a culture of denial by the operators most of whom are International
Oil Companies, IOCs. An example is the recent oil spillage in Qua Iboe Terminal,
QIT [3] another happened in Bayelsa early
this year where fire was left burning for more than 40 days due to a gas kick incidents
in one of the fields[4] and many more to use as examples.
Weak legislations in place: Rules, Regulations and Enforcement.
Lack of Access to data and Information as to the remote cause of the incident,
making difficult analysis of lesson learnt.
The politics of denial by parties involved.
Inconsistency as to how they apply the notion of “International best practices”
as spelt out in the US and EU countries regarding HSE.
Bottlenecks involved in passing bills in
the legislative Assembly. A good example is the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
[1] http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/cmsfiles/modules/publications/pdfs/HS048.pdf
[2] http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm
[3] http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120816-706688.html
[4] http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/84436/1/finally-46-day-bayelsa-gas-well-inferno-ceases.html
Valero Fire- Lessons learnt
Permalink Submitted by Aaron McKenna on Tue, 2012-10-02 13:14.
I recently read into the Valero Refinery fire which occurred
on February 16th 2007 in Sunray, TX. In this event a propane leak
from a disused pipe was ignited by a source in the same vicinity. The resulting
fire subsequently spread causing considerable damage to not just the deasphalting
unit where the gas leak began but surrounding units (1). I feel that this case
is of considerable mention since lessons were learnt not just from the
consequences that did occur but also from potential hazards that were
accentuated and brought to life by the fire. The US Chemical Safety Board, among
the tangible conclusions, also raised the issue of nearby located butane
storage spheres and the deluge systems operated to control them. In this case a
butane sphere was damaged by the fire but luckily did not fail, which was a
spot of good fortune since the deluge system valve was too close to the fire
for it to be manually operated (2). Thus in this instance extremely useful
conclusions were able to be drawn about safety on such facilities without the
hazard actually occurring. If it had of occurred the injury/fatality number
would have been considerably more than the 3 injuries that were sustained. Spotting
prematurely the hazards and taking steps to prevent them from happening is of
course much more beneficial than learning from the consequences of reality.
(1.) http://www.csb.gov/investigations/detail.aspx?SID=12
(2.) http://www.csb.gov/assets/document/CSBFinalReportValeroSunray.pdf
Valero Refinery Fire Lessons Learned Expanded
Permalink Submitted by Mark Nicol on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:13.
I would like to expand on the lessons learned from the Valero
refinery fire.
If we first look at one of the reasons that caused the accident
and look at one of the lesson’s that can be learnt from it. In 1992 work was
carried out at the refinery to shut down the redundant Propane Deasphalting
(PDA) Unit. In order to achieve this, six inch valves were closed to isolate
the redundant PDA from the system.
As there was an unknown blockage that prevented the valve seat
from closing properly there was now a leak path introduced into the system. As
can be read in reference 1, water passed through the defective valve seat over
time and settled in the pipework. This water froze over a period of four days
and cracked the pipework, then eventually thawed and let propane pass just
underneath the flange (Ref1).
Inevitably the ensuing propane vapour cloud found an ignition
source that resulted in serious burns for three workers and an estimated bill
for 50 Million Dollars.
Learned:
One lesson that can be learned from the accident is that there
wasn’t a pressure test completed on the dead leg system once the valves were
closed. If a leak test was completed to 110% the MAOP (maximum allowable
operating pressure) Ref 3, Section 11.5.4 the leak would have been detected as
the test would have failed. This would have instigated further investigations
that could possibly have averted the accident.
nsc.nasa.gov/SFCS/SystemFailureCaseStudyFile/Download/137/
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/86/i28/8628notw6.html
8010-1 2004 Code of Practice for Pipelines – Steel Pipelines on Land
Permalink Submitted by Menelaos Michelakis on Tue, 2012-10-02 15:07.
Adding comment to : ADEDEJI, KoBina, Ber_Mar, (Topic : How to reduce human error)
I have already maden a post comparing fossil fuels and renewables with nuclear power, explaining their energy relationship - (contrast), and how safe these energies are. I wrote nothing about accidents and how these could be avoided. (For these i shall make 2 posts, and here is the first, having to do with human error). A nuclear accident is much more important than a leekage or an oil spot, and cannot be compared to pollution that comes from any type of renewables. Increased safety is the target of this course, for all kinds of installations, and this can be translated as reduced probability of the failure event, which in this case would be a nuclear accident.
Two factors are to be examined seperately, both having to do with the safety of a nuclear plant. Firstly, the human factor, and secondary, the probability of material failure, or machinery failure or design failure. Considering that technology has advanced, and problems in desigh and/or material failure can be adequately solved by today's engineers, i shall focus on :
1) The human factor (error possibility), 2) The probability of a Nuclear accident caused by a natural catastrophe. (My next post that follows just after this)
The human factor : There is always possibility of human errors. How can this possibility be reduced ? Answer : The more people you use for a task, the more chances of sucess you have, not exceeding a critical limit of course. So, more people in certain critical tasks, reduce the probability of failure.
Is nuclear power safe for humans and the enviroment?
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Tue, 2012-10-02 15:57.
Considering the availiability of fuels,fossil fuel would last keeping in mind the rate of usage ,would last not more than 50 years from now.Whereas the nuclear fuels would be usable for more than 200 hundread years.Uranium-235 that is used in nuclear reactors produces 3.7 million times more energy than the same amount of coal.As an example 7 trucks which can carry 6 cases of 2 to 12 foot high fuel assemblies,can fuel a 1000 Megawatt-electrical(Mwe)reactor for 1.5 years. During this period 2 metric tons of Uranium-235(of the 100 metric tons of fuel-Uranium dioxide) would be consumed.To operate a coal plant of the same output would require 1 train of 89-100 tons coal cars each every day.Over 350.000 tons of ash would be produced and over 4 million tons of carbon dioxide,carbon monoxide,nitrogen oxides would be released to the enviroment.On the contrary there is no emission of any exhaust gas as oxygen is not required for the fission reaction.
Kwi-Joo Lee & Jung-Sun An,Thesis on The Nuclear Power Vessels(2008) Department of Naval A rchitecture and Ocean Engineering,Chojun University,Korea.
Continuing my previous post ... ( Topic : Reducing the probability of a Nuclear accident - A geologist's scope )
Nuclear accidents may also occur, due to a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. These could also produce enormous waves (example : tsounamies), that are possible to destroy the nuclear plant. The relatively recent accident in Japan, was caused by such enormous waves.
Being a mineral resources engineer i have studied enough geology. So how would a geologist think ? Taking into consideration the tectonic plates theory, as well as the volcanic activity of a place (volcanic arches), he would never construct a nuclear power plant, in territories close to tectonic plate borders or near volcanic arches. Taking this parameter seriously, the possibility of a nuclear accident related to natural causes approaches null (0).
Studying a world map that includes tectonic plate borders and volcanic arches, and also taking as granted that electric power is easily with cables almost everywhere some observations can be maden. ( I won't upload a map, but i studied one carefully).
Nuclear plants sould not be constructed in territories/ countries such as : Japan, New Zealand, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Central America, because noone can predict the magnitude of an earthquake or a sudden volcanic erruption.
Studying the same map ideal places for the construction of a power plant would be : East South America, East North America, West Africa, North Europe, Siberia or Australia.
What is your opinion ?
Ref : Manoutsoglou Emmanuel, (2003). Introduction to Geology
Permalink Submitted by Toby Stephen on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:28.
Following on from M.Michelakis, I think that's a very interesting point, although I think that not building a nuclear plant on tectonic plate borders and volcanic arches would be one of the first considerations when selecting a site. I'm unsure as to the exact design requirements of modern nuclear power plants but following on from what you said, another major factor would have to be to consider the effect of rising sea level and how this could potentially amplify the effects of a storm surge.
As suggested in [1], this, coupled with coastline subsidence, could have severe implications for a power plant in New Hampshire. Another major design requirement would have to be the proximity to a water source (for cooling) which could explain why Fukushima and the Seabrook Nuclear Plant described in [1] are closely located to the ocean. I think you're right about Australia being a good location as there is no shortage of water or empty space and as an Australian I'd love to see it but I think I'm in the minority there.
[1] http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/sea-level-rise-in-seabrook-could-cre...
The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear power-plant accident in the history and it was the only one(until the accident of Fucisima) which was classified as a level seven event on the international nuclear events scales(INES).The level seven is equivalent with the major aaccident.Two hundread thirty seven workers werw taken to the hospital while 134 of these cases were confirmed.Twenty eight cases from the above 134 were lead to death while about 20 workers have since died from illness considered to have been caused or aggravated by radiation exposure.Moreover,two workers died from other causes at the time of the accident.It was also estimated by scientists that arount four thousands people are going to die or have already dieed due to the reaction.(1)
In another study which was published in 2006 in the international journal of cancer,the total number of deaths not only in the region of Russia-Ukraine but also in the westerv europe was pegged at somewhere between 6000 and 38000 people.(2)
All the above facts were created due to a wrong conduct of some engineers in an old reactor.From all the above it is obvious that nuclear power is not safe and shoul be discouraged.
(1)www.state.com/articles/health-and science/new
(2)www.onearth.org/article/chernobyl-25-years-last-its-not-one
subsea integrity and reliavility system
Permalink Submitted by Olamide s Ajala on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:05.
Subsea integrity and reliability management is" the management of a subsea system or asset to ensure that it delivers the design requirements, and does not harm life,health or the environment, through the required life."
( Energy Institute Guidelines for the Management of Integrity of Subsea Facilities)
The major drive for a significant change in any industry is a major incident, for example the major incidents that lead to the introduction of goal setting legislation a successor of prescriptive legislation in offshore health and safety is the Pipher Alpa disaster 1988.
It is very vital to carry out integrity and reliability management of subsea structure in other to reduce technical risk, maximize system uptime, help maintain life-of-field integrity, protect the environment and protect health and safety.
The reliability of a component or system can be defined as the probability that the component or System will not fail in some specified period of time
Therefore, in the design and manufacture of offshore equipment, it very vital to design structures which have high redundancy and requires less intervention to ensure the reliability and integrity of the equipment is maintained.
The standard way of maintain the integrity of subsea equipment is to implement required goal setting legislation which ensure safety and proper integrity as well as risk assessment of all subsea equipment in the design and installation phase by the duty holder or organisation.
The integrity management process for all subsea assets includes;
Define an integrity management(IM) programme
Implement an (IM) programme
Assess the performance of an (IM) programme
Lesson learnt and improvement
Review all process
An Industry Perspective on Subsea Integrity Management By Mark Wilson Structural Technical Authority, CNR International
Subsea Integrity Surveillance Systems by Schlumberger
Permalink Submitted by Soseleye F. Ideriah on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:09.
The capture and concentration of any form of energy is
inherently dangerous and wind energy has its own shortcomings. Cracks and
fractures may cause breakaway of rotor blades and overheated propellers have
been known to cause fires [1]. Vibrations and load changes may cause fractures
in concrete foundations leading to water seeps and subsequent rust of the
reinforcing steel. Also, with turbulent wind, large wind turbines produce very
low frequency sounds below 20Hz (infrasound). Infrasound cannot be heard and is
unrelated to the sound heard from the wind turbines. However it is detected by
the human ear and may have negative effects [2]. Construction workers face the
hazard of drowning, with fatalities and serious accidents reported in the past [3].
A report compiled by Caithness Windfarm Information Forum is
said to present information of all documented cases of wind turbine related
accidents which could be found and confirmed through press reports or official
information releases up to 30 June 2012 [4]. The report details an expected
upward trend in number of accidents recorded over the period due to an upward
trend in the number of turbines built. 94 Fatal accidents have been captured since
the 70’s, with 123 fatalities; 74 of which were industry or direct support
workers and 49 public fatalities or workers not directly dependent on the wind
industry. A total number of 1258 accidents were recorded.
Also, the Daily Telegraph reported statistics released by
Renewable UK, of 1500 accidents and incidents in the 5 years leading to
December 2011 [5] (Statistics cover UK region only). These statistics include 4
deaths and a further 300 injuries to workers.
Statistics on serious accidents and fatalities for wind
energy should not be analysed in isolation but should be compared to statistics
for other sources of energy. Wind energy is responsible for 0.15 deaths per
TWh. Only Nuclear energy causes fewer deaths per TWh (0.04 deaths per TWh)[6]. It
should be noted that coal, oil and biofuel are responsible for 161, 36 and 12
deaths per TWh respectively.
1 Spiegel Online: “The Dangers of
Wind Power” (http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/wuthering-heights-the-dangers-of-wind-power-a-500902.html)
2 Alec N. Salt, Ph.D: “Wind
Turbines can be Hazardous to Human Health” (http://oto2.wustl.edu/cochlea/wind.html)
3 “Killer Offshore Windparks – 3
Dead, 80 Serious Accidents …More Have Died” (http://notrickszone.com/2012/04/22/killer-offshore-north-sea-windparks-3-dead-80-serious-accidents-more-have-died/)
4 Caithness Windfarm Information
Forum: Summary of Wind Turbine Accident data to 30th June 2012 (http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/page4.htm)
5 The Telegraph: “1,500 accidents
and incidents on UK wind farms” (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8948363/1500-accidents-and-incidents-on-UK-wind-farms.html)
6 http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html
Discussion topic 9: Safety and Risk in Oil and Gas Industry
Permalink Submitted by sreehariprabhu on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:22.
It is very important that we should have good safety systems for the oil and gas industry. This is because even if a small thing goes wrong, it can really cost much. There are a lot of things that one should consider for safety in an oil and gas industry. When it comes to safety, it has to do with both human factors and equipments on the rig. When we consider the human factors, we can tell that one must be careful while operating on a rig and also the height factor, handling of different equipments etc. But its time now that more focus is to be given on the rig construction, the mechanical and electrical machines used on the rig and also the pipelines. The reliability of these equipments really matters a lot.
When we design a rig, we should consider almost all the factors which can cause risk. In this comment, I will be concentrating on the environmental challenges. It includes environment, climate etc. We have oil platforms running for more than 10 years and the reliability of these must be checked and safety should be ensured. The best examples for this is the 'Re-evaluation of risk in the Gulf of Mexico'. In Gulf of Mexico, the aging infrastructure, fierce seosonal hurricanes and increased demand for deep water development leads to operational risk managemant. Since most of them are deepwater, one should also try to ensure safety in HPHT condition. Also for offshore platforms, we should be ready to face environmental challenges like hurricanes. For example, Katrina hurricane destroyed 47 platforms in Gulf of Mexico. The figure below shows Shell's Mars TLP after Katrina hit.
When it comes to environmental challenges it will be unexpected. So we as Safety engineers should now do our best way to ensure safety for rigs from these environmental challenges. The best way is to learn from the incidents which happened before. From theory, Risk= Probability x Consequence. Even if the probability of an environmental challenge is less, the consequence is huge. So the risk is also more. Thus it would be better if we learn the properties of materials and analyze the kind of force and impact that can cause the structure fail. So by improving these factors, we will be able to resist the environmental challenges and can thus ensure safety of the rigs.
Reference: Offshore Update 2010 publication
Sreehari Ramachandra Prabhu
Top Severe accidents in Energy Sector
Permalink Submitted by Abiaziem Davidson on Tue, 2012-10-02 16:58.
The energy sectoris known as one of the major contributors to man-made disasters. Top severe accidents in energy sector are as listed below and my focus will be on the cause and consequence of Piper Alpha accident.
List of Accidents and disasters by death toll
1. 12,000-Bhopal disaster (India, 1984)
2. 1549- Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
3. 568+ - Texas City Disaster (Texas City, Texas, April 16 & 17, 1947)
4. 512 - Sumitomo Besshi Brone mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, 1899
5. 500+ - San Juanico Disaster (Mexico City, November 19, 1984)
6. 319-Marie iron mine fire, Pribram, Czech Republic, May 31, 1892
7. 300+ -2012 Pakistan garment factory fires, Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan, September 11 2012
8. 300+ - Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings, Ecuador, May 9 1993
9. 254 - Illegal Tashan mine collapsed with mud-rock flow at Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China (September 2008)
10. 245 - Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan, 1937
11. 234 - Petrochina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, kai County, Chongqing, China,2003
12. 220 - El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake in Chile on March 28, 1965.
13. 202 - Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Plzen, Czech Republic, May 25, 1917.
14. 200+ -Vila Soco oil spill fire (Cubatao Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 1984)
15. 177 -General Mining Union Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, south Africa, on September 16, 1986.
16. 167 -Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North Sea, July 6, 1988)
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll
Banqiao Dam disaster (20,000+ fatalities) not listed?
Banqiao Dam disaster (20,000+ fatalities) is not listed here?
Banqiao Dam collapse which
Permalink Submitted by Abiaziem Davidson on Wed, 2012-10-03 19:07.
Banqiao Dam collapse which happened in Henan Province of China in August 1975 is listed under flood disaster.
See link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll (list of flood by death toll)
Discussion Topic 6: Discuss safety in wind energy
Permalink Submitted by Frixos Karletides on Tue, 2012-10-02 17:01.
Wind energy is
the wind’s kinetic energy that is used to produce mechanical energy and
electricity using special implements called wind turbines. It is mostly used in
offshore or onshore conditions where there are wind flows on a large scale.
Relative to alternative methods of producing energy this process does not emits
harmful gases or generates destructive waste products to the environment.
Conversely, the construction of both an offshore and an onshore wind farm embraces
noise and vibration, soil erosion, habitat alterations and an effect to wild
life. The noise is primarily produced by the mechanical and aerodynamic sources
in the nacelle of the turbine. The installation of wind turbines requires a
large proportion of excavation.
Instead of environmental impacts, the construction of a wind turbine
may include physical hazards like working at heights, working in confined
spaces, working with rotating machinery, falling objects and working over
water. Technicians working over in wind towers may be aware of confined space
hazards that include unsafe oxygen levels and toxic gases. Toxic fumes may be developed
from heat or electrical spark. Wind turbines must be stiff in order to
withstand strong winds and storms as well as regular motion when in use near
populated areas. Another safety problem that can be stated is that during icy
conditions wind turbine blades can ice over. This affects the safety of anyone
or anything in range since large pieces of ice can be thrown off the blades
into the surrounding area.
http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/3af2a20048855acf8724d76a6515bb18/Final%2B-%2BWind%2BEnergy.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&id=1323162509197
It is an undeniable fact that the disaster in Foucosima is going to create a lot of problems in the next few years.From the plant of Foucosima escaped four different chemical elements of dangerous radioisotopes such as iodine-137,caesium-137,strontium-90 and plotonium-259.The most dangerous is iodine because it is one of the main causes of cancer of thyroid to people even if exposed for a little term.Following, in terms of danger is strontium which is similar to calcium.Strontium is incorporated in the bones and the teeth and remains radioactive for a long term.The appearence of leukemia is mainly caused by strontium.On the other side caecium causes a lot of health problems.Caecium performs like phosphorus in the organism.It is not withholdlike strontium in the tissue of the organism but removed from the urines.It causes cancer of pancreas,cancer of kidney and cancer of liver as well.Last but not least, is plotonium which is extremely toxic.The exposure of plotonium becomes with inhalation and for that reason,plotonium is causing lung cancer.For all the above healthy reasons nuclear power safety measures have to be upgrated.
(1)www.slideshare.net/xpapas/55-12194341-150k
(2) NTUA Publications ,Professor A.Anastasopoulou,(2011)
Top Severe accidents in Energy Sector- Piper Alpha
Piper Alpha Accident
The major physical/technical circumstance that lead to Piper Alpha accident are Design decision,
Production and expansion decisions, Personnel management and safety awareness,
Inspection, maintenance and correction of detected problems.
The mainunderlying causes of the accident was lack of communication among the personnel,
incompetence, lack of accountability and commitment to work, lack of training,
planning, total failure of safety defence, and permit to work system.
The accident resulted in so many fatalities because many of the workers followed procedures, the
platform management failed to provide a safe workplace, most of the personnel
onboard at the time of the accident were not experienced to man the platform
and the loss of the Operation Installation Manager (OIM) led to a tragic
increase in the number of casualties.
On harm to the environment, the UK Government and the owners of Piper alpha played down the
impact of the disaster on the marine environment, more than 5.5tonnes of toxic
chemicals were injected into North Sea contaminating the aquatic life and most
of the very resistance to chemical and biological decomposition found their
ways into the food chain.
Human actions, structural failures and poor engineering design contributed immensely in the
escalation of Piper Alpha accident.
Legal consequences: It led to reforms in the North Sea safety procedures; it brought reorms on the way
health and safety is managed in UK offshore waters, introduction of the
offshore installation regulation and it gave Health and Safety Executive power
to enforcing safety in the North Sea and changes to safety rules. Loss of
capital and investors; Insurance claim in Piper Alpha accident was about US$1.4
billion and it brought about reforms in the insurance industry.
1.http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=80465
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1562743
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha_disaster
4. http://engineeringfailures.org/files/Learning%20from%20the%20Piper%20Alpha%20Accident.pdf
H.Tan and M.J Baker (2012/2013), Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concept,
available on Aberdeen Blackboard, accessed on 1st October 2012.
Safety and risk in oil and gas industry
Safety is relative freedom from danger, or threat of harm, injury, or loss to personnel and/or property, whether caused deliberately or by accident.
The word safety therefore involves two concepts. The first is that of a safe state in which one needs to be in, in order to feel or be safe. The second concept is related to the notion that the chance or probability or transferring from the safe state to an unsafe state should be reasonably small
Some historical accidents that have influenced industry’s thinking about safety and how it should be managed is highlighted below;
Aberfan colliery disaster
Led to major changes in the coal industry in the management of safety, giving responsibility to civil engineers for waste tips and is the Major influence on the 1972 Robens Report and on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Flixborough Nypro Plant Disaster-
Was one of the main drivers for the on the introduction of the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984.
Challenger Disaster-
Major impact on safety management, but not clear that these lessons were learned in view of the loss of the space shuttle .
Piper Alpha Disaster –
Major impact on UKCS legislation which led to Safety Reps and Safety Committees Regulations, Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulation, PFEER Regulation
Pipeline Regulations (etc) .
Bruncefield Oil Storage Depot Fire-
Led to two HSE reports and establishment of a COMAH Competent Authority/Industry Standards Task Group .
In other to mitigate incident detailed risk assessment of all operation in oil and gas industry needed to be carried out by implementing standard risk assessment procedures.
Risk is defined as the product of a probability (which is a dimensionless quantity) and a consequence (human consequence, commercial losses, environmental damage etc)
The benefit of risk control are but not limited to elimination of hazard, reduction of magnitudes of hazard, better control of event to reduce consequence as well as mitigation of consequence (e.g use of adequate PPE) .
Implementation of the safety legislation in oil and gas industries has greatly reduce the fatality rates over the years compared to the early nineteen centuryusing UK historical statistics) (from 17.5% in 1901 to 0.8%in 2006/7).
Hse lecture note.
Discussion Topic 2: Is nuclear power safe..
Alternative to the power
supplies generated from coal, natural gas and oil, some countries use nuclear
power as the primary source of energy. The significant advantage of using
nuclear power as a form of energy is that it can generate electricity without
emitting any air pollution. It is argued that one pound of enriched uranium can
provide the same energy as 3 million pounds of coal or 1 million pound of
gasoline. The main concern a nuclear plant has, is that it is believed to
produce radioactive gases and liquids as well as small amounts of direct
radiation. This radioactive waste is believed to cause cancer to humans, kick
off birth defects and spawn mutants. As Chernobyl demonstrated accidents in a
nuclear plant may cause widespread disease, since nuclear waste remains radioactive
for thousands of years. It has been proven that throughout the 430 nuclear
reactors in the world there have been only two accidents where in one of those
accidents the radiation released was less than the radiation that can be
absorbed by a human naturally. These natural sources of radiation consist of
radiation coming from the sun, the walls of a building, bricks or concrete and
even the TV. In contrast, the production of nuclear power may possess
alternative problems to radiation such as mining of uranium that destroys
natural habitats. Due to the fact that nuclear plants need a lot of water they
are mainly constructed near rivers. This fact possibly can influence aquatic
life since the water is heated to temperatures where some fish might not be
able to survive. Additionally, a rise in water temperature establishes an environment
for algae to be produced and initiate epidemic diseases. It seems to me that
all these arguments concerning the safety of nuclear plants are basically a big
propaganda from the media and the environmentalists. In recent years it has been decided that the
benefits of using nuclear power worth the risks. Therefore, nuclear power
plants have been the safest power supply available in history.
http://voices.yahoo.com/nuclear-power-safe-environment-141308.html?cat=5
http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001270
http://www.howitworksdaily.com/science/is-nuclear-power-safe/
http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/np-risk.htm
Do you think that building a nuclear plant will not cause serious problems?First of all nuclear power produces nuclear waste.An average reactor produces 20-30 tons used fuels annualy.Further usage of nuclear energy will increase the unsolved risks of used fuels and radioactive waste.Secondly nuclear power can be used for nuclear weapons.One ton of used nuclear fuels contain approximately ten kilos of plotonium enough for the creation of nuclear bomb.Experiments of U.S.A goverment have shown that one country is able to create different types of nuclear weapons within weeks, with ordinary used nuclear fuels when possessing a basic infrastraction.Furthermore there are terrorists attacks.Non limitary reactors and transfer of nuclear waste can become targets of terrorists organisations.None existing nuclear reactor is able to face the collision of a hudge aeroplane.(1)
The most crucial drawback of nuclear power is that can not be obliterated the posibility of a big accident which may be owed to the operation of the reactor.It can not be compared the fossil with the nuclear accidents.The consequences of a fossil accident can be estimated easily while the consequences of nuclear accident can not(2)
(1)www.green.org/greece/new/nuclear-power-is-not-theanswer
(2)Thesis:The contribution of education in energy,Dimitrios Bouradas,NTUA,2010
Nuclear energy is a clean energy.Nuclear power is the cleanest of all ways of generating electricity.Taking into account all the steps of the production of nuclear such as uranium mining to decommissioning and waste management.Nuclear power emits half the carbon dioxidefrom wind power,a hundread times less than gas and two hundread times less than coal.Using more nuclear energy gives additional flexibility in coplying with clean-air requirements.The more nuclear energy is used the more reduction of green house and gas emissions ,we succeed in the enviroment.Moreover,nuclear power is vastly more economical in terms of land neccecity and does not cause vision disturbances such as wind power and solar energy parks.(1)
The most crucial advantage of nuclear energy is that every country can predict the cost of the production which is very significant in such big investments.As a result the country that has invested in nuclear power will be independent from any international energy cricis.(2)
(1)www.nei.org/-14k
If the Piper Alpha accident occurred today.
Permalink Submitted by Elle Allswell David on Tue, 2012-10-02 20:29.
The offshore platform Piper Alpha, which was located in the British sector of the North Sea oil field and operated by Occidental Petroleum, was engulfed in a catastrophic fire on July 6, 1988.Piper Alpha received and sent to the shore the oil and gas production of a group of platforms. The disaster caused the death of 165 men (out of 226) on board the platform itself, and two men on board a rescue vessel. From this disaster, much learnt for future risk management, on other offshore platforms as well as in other industrial sectors [ 1].
The Alpha Piper accident has actually changed the HSE legislative regime in the oil and gas industry in the UK to be precise. Before the Piper Alpha disaster the legislative Regime that was in operation was the Prescriptive legislation and after the disaster a committee headed Lord Cullen made 106 recommendations which was totally accepted by the government. Responsibility for the regulation of the offshore industry transferred to HSE and the pre-existing suite of regulations (so-called prescriptive regulations because they set specific requirements on duty holders) were replaced by goal setting regulations.
The corner stone of the current regime is the creation of a safety case for each installation that demonstrates how major accident hazards are adequately controlled and that the management system is suitable. HSE must accept the safety case before the duty holder can bring his installation into use in the UK offshores.
1. M. Elisabeth PatC-Cornell' Learning from the Piper Alpha Accident: A Postmortem
Analysis of Technical and Organizational Factors.
J. S Munro Lecture Material in HSE [ November 2008 ] University of Aberdeen.
SAFETY AND RISK IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Permalink Submitted by Alabi Ochu Abdu... on Wed, 2012-10-03 01:37.
Risk can be defined as the effect of uncertainty on objectives. (ISO Guide 73). The level of risk associated with an operation could serve as a means of measuring the safety of that operation.
An industry whose operations involve the production (upstream) and/or refining of crude oil (downstream) is said to be an oil and gas industry.
There is a continuous concern for safety in oil and gas operations, the impact that new projects have on surface environment, the possibility of oil spill and the effect of pollutants such as CO2 on global climate and air quality.
The risk associated with the above mentioned concerned issues of the industry has been a great challenge as this tries to overshadow the importance of the industry, which is the provision of the 6.9 billion population of the world with 60 percent of their daily energy.
Over the years, emphasis has been on the risk associated with production activities of oil and gas industries as those mentioned above. Other kinds of risk that pose challenges to the industry includes: growing human capital deficit, worsening fiscal terms, inability to control cost, competitions for reserves by NOCs (National Oil Companies), political constraints on access to reserves, uncertain energy policies, demand stocks maybe resulting from global economic crises, climate concerns, sudden and unexpected disruptions to global energy supplies (supply stock), energy conservations.
Finally I would recommend that impact of the above mentioned risk on the oil and gas industries should be worked on.
www.petroleumonline.com/content/overview.asp?mod=1
2) Rob Jessen, (2008 July) 'Top ten Risk for the Oil and Gas Industry' Mark of M-I.
IS NUCLEAR POWER SAFE FOR HUMAN OR ENVIRONMENT
Permalink Submitted by Olamide s Ajala on Wed, 2012-10-03 04:48.
CAN WE HAVE ABSOLUTE SAFETY? Am sure we all know the answer to that.
from my vantage point, critical root analysis of the cause of these major disasters such as Pipher Alpha,Flixborough, Banqia dam and off course the fukushima as well as the chernobyl diaster can be attributed to loss of integrity of these processes or plant as a direct result of misguided or adequate human intervention(for example, Three Mile accident USA) as well as indirect human intervention say long term inadequacy of design which was beyond the thought process of the designer because it has never happened before, for example the fukushima and chernobyl nuclear disaster had almost common flare and explosion when the reactor tripped simultaneously due to power surge or loss and the deep water horizon drilling rig faced the challenge because there has been no much improvement in technology in emergency shutdown recovery situation among other factors.
Despite, the fatality rate in the various major incident/disaster in health and safety sector, more technology are being deployed towards that area in other to reduce the hazard and consequence to ALARP.As human beings and in life as a whole we face serious challenges but we do NOT quit because of this issue, each major incident/disaster we encountered is a major driver for new technological innovation that will help to mitigate the hazard.
I think what we should be thinking of how to harness this energy safely by investing in high integrity systems and management procedures rather than questioning the safety of this energy sources because NOTHING IS COMPLETLY SAFE and the major cause of this unsafe condition that leads to incident is Human.
My standpoint on safety of nuclear energy despite its vulnerability
to natural disasters like earthquake, tsunamis, tornado, and its epidemiological effects is that it could be safe if proper integrity management of the process throughout its life cycle is implemented as well as maintained.
Response to Olamide
Permalink Submitted by Aaron McKenna on Thu, 2012-10-04 17:26.
I wish to continue a little on the point made by Olamide. I
understand and 100% agree with the essence of the point made. This argument
being that we should put our focus and attention on developing better
processes, technologies, legislation etc. that mitigate the chance of accidents
occurring again that have happened in the past. However, I wish to perhaps
clarify the point made by Olamide since I feel the post suggests that we
disregard the safety issues of a given energy source completely. I feel that we
still have to gather the information on the safety and possible risks of a
facility and have such discussions in order to try and prevent an accident from
happening. If we sit back, wait for an accident to happen and then just work on
technologies to avoid that happening again it is a very reactive stance to
have. I feel we should always strive to be proactive and hopefully spot dangers
before they cause damage. This is the importance of discussing safety. I do
however, agree that this discussion then should lead into approaches to
mitigate the risks and that nothing ever will be “absolutely” safe. We
definitely should not waste our time looking to achieve this but we should do
our best to bring the probability of failure to a minimum or as Olamide noted to
ALARP.
Is fracking safe and without damage? Should it be banned?
Permalink Submitted by ZHANGYANAN on Wed, 2012-10-03 06:06.
With the rapid development of shale gas industry in the global, the hydraulic fracturing method which is used in the development process has also been promoted quickly. Well, the potential risk of the underground water to the environment cannot be underestimated.
First of all, the process of fracking must be known clearly and be given an accurate definition. Fracking always has the meaning of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, which uses ground high-pressure pump-units to inject fracturing fluid into wells with a much higher capacity of displacement than the reservoir absorption ability, in order to produce a high-pressure at the bottom of the well. Then, the veins form in the layer rock at the time when the pressure exceeds the natural internal stress and tensile strength near the wellbore. After that, the diversion ability of oil and gas can be improved due to the proppant taken by the sand-carrying fluid. As a result, fracking may largely increase the production of resource.
In this process, we can see some hazard easily, such as the shock and the chemical materials and liquid, while people could not ignore the potential problems and risk during the process of fracking. The excessive pressure may cause the strata disintegration. When people use the fracturing in the engineering of oil and gas exploiting, some partial strata disintegration will give rise to reduce the permeability for oil and gas. Moreover, the high-pressure liquid can erupt out under the high pressure in fracking that may cause a major accident by sliding the layer; as well, some damage can result in leaking the methane that may cause fires and explosions. Furthermore, the proppant and fluid in the process of fracking may cause some serious pollution in natural environment especially the underground water. The process needs a great quantify of chemical solution, the detrimental pollution transmit with the facilities which move between ground surface and underground. Previously, hydraulic fracturing has caused controversy in many countries, the French government even published a ban of fracking. Consequently, fracking has some potential dangers and people should develop some other technology to replace the hydraulic fracturing, also, people could not ignore the damage to the environment when recieve benefits from nature. Our government should enact a law to control the use of fracking properly.
Vaughan V. (2012). "Fracturing 'has no direct' link to water pollution, UT study finds". http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/16/ut-study-fracturing-itself-not-connected-to-water-pollution/. Retrieved 3 Mar 2012.
Hydraulic Fracturing. University of Colorado Law School. http://www.oilandgasbmps.org/resources/fracing.php. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
Harvey F., environment correspondent, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 April 2011 18.19 BST.
Beckwith. R., (2010).Hydraulic Fracturing, JPT/JPT Online Staff Writer, JPT. DEC. 2010.
ZHANG YANAN
Discussion Topic 3: Is fracking for shale gas safe...
Permalink Submitted by Frixos Karletides on Wed, 2012-10-03 07:31.
Fracking is the known term of hydraulic fracking, the
process that is used to extract natural gas from deep beneath the earth’s
surface. This process involves blasting of ground air voids with water, sand
and chemicals in order to force the gas to reach the top of the ground surface.
American Shale Companies have drilled 20,000 holes, providing thousands of jobs
for people and provide a low-cost shale gas for use. Therefore, fracking is
encouraged to be by the industry as a significant alternative method of energy
in order to escape from the reliance on foreign oil. On the contrary, producing
shale gas by fracking is believed to require a lot of water and energy, and can
cause pollution in several ways. One way is that fracking produces methane, a
greenhouse gas that can pollute the aquifers or it can be emitted to the
atmosphere. In 2011, 50 tiny tremors were experienced in Northern England and it
was linked that fracking may also stimulate the start of earthquakes. It appears
to me that, shale gas and fracking pose a direct threat to our drinking water,
health, air and climate since the risk of air and water pollution with harmful
chemicals is high. This alternative method of producing energy must be banned
for these health and environmental reasons. The Greens/EFA Group in the
European Parliament wants to expose all these tribulations that fracking can
cause, and appeal for instantly ban of shale gas fracking in Europe and the
rest of the World.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/20/natural-gas-fracking-fires-protest
http://www.foeeurope.org/shale-gas-unconventional-and-unwanted-200912
Sea gem disaster
Permalink Submitted by Maria Christou on Wed, 2012-10-03 08:06.
Prompted by the speech of the HSE
representative yesterday, I decided to make a research about the Sea Gem
disaster. Sea gem rig was the first off shore drilling platform in the UK.
Located 67 kilometers off the coast of Lincolnshire, this rig was supported on
ten steel legs 50 feet above the sea. On 27 December 1965, while the crew was
trying to move the platform to another location, two of the legs crumpled and
broke .In addition to this, the rig tilted
sideways and sunk into the freezing water. A British ship called Baltrover saw
the accident and went there trying to rescue the crew. Unfortunately, 13 people
lost their lives that day and only 19 people were taken ashore.
To my mind, although the Sea Gem disaster caused a
lot of harm, it had a positive effect; in order to prevent this kind of
accidents from happening again, changes were made to increase the safety of oil
rigs. For example, we now use stand-by boats to provide help in case of an
accident. Moreover an Offshore Installation Manager has arisen in part from the Inquiry into the 1965 Sea Gem disaster
and it has been adopted by many offshore operators.
BBC News : http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27/newsid_4630000/4630741.stm
http://home.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/seagem.htm
http://www.dukeswoodoilmuseum.co.uk/offshore%20history.htm
Permalink Submitted by Fungisai N Nota on Wed, 2012-10-03 09:53.
1. The Banqiao Dam Disaster August 1975
The Banqiao Dam Construction began in April 1951 on the Ru River this was with the help of Soviet consultants. The Dam was part of a project to control flooding and electrical power generation. The construction was a response to severe flooding in the Huai River Basin in 1949 and 1950 and the dam was completed in June 1952.
There were some flaws in the design and construction of Banqiao Dam. There were cracks in the dam and sluice gates soon after completion as a result of engineering and construction errors. At the time hydrology data were absent and the design standard was lower than usual and after the great flood of 1954 Huai River, Banqiao Dam was increased in height by three meters. China's foremost hydrologists Chen Xing was involved in the design of the dam. He was also a vocal critic of the government dam building policy, which involved many dams in the basin. He had recommended 12 sluice gates for the Banqiao Dam, but this was scaled back to five. He was removed from the project and later brought back but removed again. With advice provided by Soviet engineers the Banqiao Dam and the Shimantan Dam were reinforced and expanded. The Soviet design was called an "iron Dam," a dam that could not be broken.
The underlying causes were poor engineering and construction but Officially, the dam failure was a natural as opposed to man-made disaster. The government has placed emphasis on the amount of rainfall. The People's Daily has maintained that the dam was designed to survive a once-in-1000-years flood (300 mm of rainfall per day) but a once-in-2000-years flood occurred in August 1975, following the collision of Super Typhoon Nina and a cold front. More than a year's rain fell in 24 hours (new records were set, at 189.5 mm rainfall per hour and 1060 mm per day, exceeding the average annual precipitation of about 800 mm), which weather forecasts failed to predict. China Central Television reported that the typhoon disappeared from radar as it degraded. According to Xinhua, the forecast was for rainfall of 100 mm by the Beijing-based Central Meteorological Observatory.
The dam failures killed an estimated 171,000 people; 11 million people lost their homes. It also caused the sudden loss of 18 GW of power. At the time the chinese government was ill prepared for such a disaster.
1. Communications to the dam was largely lost due to wire failures. On August 6, a request to open the dam was rejected, because of the existing flood in downstream.
2. The sluice gates were not able to handle the overflow of water, partially due to sedimentation blockage. On August 7 at 21:30, the People's Liberation Army Unit 34450 (by name the 2nd Artillery Division in residence at Queshan county), which was deployed on the Banqiao Dam, sent the first dam failure warning via telegraph. On August 8, 0:30, the smaller Shimantan Dam, designed to survive a 1-in-500-year flood, failed to handle more than twice its capacity and broke upstream of Shimantan Dam, only 10 minutes after Unit 34450 sent a request that would open the Banqiao Dam by air strike. A half hour later, at 1:00, water at the Banqiao crested at the 117.94 m level above sea level, or 0.3 meters higher than the wave protection wall of the dam, and it too failed. This precipitated the failure of 62 dams in total. The runoff of the Banqiao Dam was 13,000 m³ per second in vs. 78,800 m³ per second out, and as a result 701 million m³ of water were released in 6 hours, while 1.67 billion m³ of water were released in 5.5 hours at upriver Shimantan Dam, and 15.738 billion m³ of water were released in total
3. Evacuation orders had not been fully delivered due to weather conditions and poor communications. Telegraphs failed, signal flares fired by Unit 34450 were misunderstood, telephones were rare, and some messengers were caught by the flood. While only 827 out of 6,000 people died in the evacuated community of Shahedian just below the Banqiao Dam, half of a total of 36,000 people died in the unevacuated Wencheng commune of Suipin County next to Shahedian, and the Daowencheng Commune was wiped from the map, killing all 9,600 citizens
The death toll and the information were classified 2005 and no legal consequences until. After the disaster of the Banqiao dam failure, the Chinese government became very focused on surveillance, repair, and consolidation of reservoir dams. China has 87,000 reservoirs across the country; most of which were built in the 1950s-1970s using low construction standards. Most of these reservoirs are in serious disrepair, posing challenges to the prevention and control of flood-triggered geological disasters in areas with a population of 130 million or more. China's medium and small rivers are considered to be the Achilles' heel in the country's river control systems. According to statistics from the Ministry of Water Resources, China has invested CN¥ 64.9 billion (US$9.72 billion) since the 1998 Yangtze River floods in repairing and consolidating the country's 9197 degraded reservoirs, of which 2397 are large or medium sized, and 6800 are key small reservoirs. All of the above projects should be finished before the end of 2010.
http://english.people.com.cn/200510/01/eng20051001_211892.html
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/aug1975.htm
http://engineeringfailures.org/?p=723
Fungisai Nota BEng(Hons) MIET
Discuss safety in wind power
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Wed, 2012-10-03 09:57.
Although wind power is a friendly and clean energy it has some drawbacks like safetry.According to the telegraph the wind power industry in United Kingdom had admitted that 1500 accidents and other incidents have taken place on wind farms.The Health and Safety Executive(HSE) depicted four fatal accidents from 2007 to 2010 and a total of 53 major or dangerous incidents in the same time.The one death was happened when a workerhad become tangled with the driveshaft of a turbine while the other three deaths took place during construction of onshore and offshore wind farms.The main reasons for of all these accidents were the wrong calculations about the speed of the wind or the place that wind farms had been built.Another disadvantage from chemical side is that technicians may be aware of confined space hazards that include unsafe levels and toxic gases.Toxic fumes may also be developed from heat or electrical sparks.It is obvious that some parts in spiecific regions are too windy and too hot for turbines.
1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8948363/1500-accidents-and-incidents-on-UK-wind-farms.html
Wind power blessing or
Wind power blessing or curse?Here there is the rhetotical question where my ancestors Greeks would say about wind power.Apart from clean is wind power safe?The summary of wind turbine accident data contributes all the other theories.From 1970 until 30 june of 2012 have occured 94 fatal accidents from which there were 123 fatalities.There were more fatalities than accidents a ssome accidents have caused multiply fatalities.For example in Brazil in March of 2012 were killed 17 bus passengers in one single incident.The total number of accidents were were 1258.By far the biggest number of incidents was happened due to blade failure,about 224.Fire is the second common accident cause with 190 facts.Then follows the structure failure wiyh 129 incidents and after that the ice throw follows with 34 incidents.Moreover,there were 103 reporter incidents due to transportation and 110 cases of enviromental damage.(1)In my opinion the legislation about safety in wind power industry must very severe.Profit should not be above humans lives.
1. http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/page4.htm
It is nearly unknown that wind turbines have affects in the navigation aids and impairing the national security of each country.According to lots of studies from the military services,the large scale of industrial wind turbines have the potential to negatively affect to military iastallation radars and navigation aids.Since radar technology is designed to detect moving objecys,spinning turbine blades create interference which degrades the signal.Wind turbines carry a signal strengthgreater than a boeing 747.So when the radar repeatedly sees the large return it can not detect actual aircraft in the same area.This fact happens due to the radar mitigation which does not yet exist as the lead radar engineer Peter Dake supported.Should not any goverment and especially U.S.A. goverment think more careful about the safety of their citizens?
1. http://www.windaction.org/news
New Topic: Discuss safety in Coal Industry
Permalink Submitted by Andreas Kokkinos on Wed, 2012-10-03 12:26.
Coal mining industry,
historically, has been a very dangerous activity since the late 19th
century and up to date is considered the deadliest occupation in the energy
industry. Coal mining workers face daily multiple risks regarding their health
and safety as the history has shown as, such as:
Collapse of shallow mine working
Coal mining subsidence
Collapse of mine entries such as elevator shafts
and adits
Gas emissions from mines such as methane and
carbon dioxide (CO)
Spontaneous combustion of dust coal due to
underground heating
Poisonous gases
Explosion from natural gases which result to collapsing
of mines
Mechanical errors
(http://coal.decc.gov.uk/en/coal/cms/services/safety/safety_risks/safety_risks.aspx#)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_accident)
Around the world hundreds of
mining accidents occur killing thousands of mining workers and also affecting
the people who live in coal mining communities. According to a research of the
West Virginia University (WVU) in the United States people who live in coal
mining communities have:
70% increased risk for kidney disease
64% increased chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (emphysema)
30% increased blood pressure
(http://www.energyjustice.net/coal)
Some notable accidents from the
Coal industry:
Benxiha Colliery, China, 26 April 1942 where
1549 miners were killed due to coal dust explosion.
El Teniente, Chile, June 1945. In this accident
355 people were killed while they inhale Carbon Monoxide.
Courrieres Mine Disaster, France, 10 March 1906.
In this accident 1099 miners were killed due to coal dust explosion. Up to date
is still the worse mine disaster in Europe.
Blantyre Mining Disaster, Lanarkshire Scotland,
1887. 207 fatalities
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Wales, 1913. 439
people killed due to gas explosion.
And more others…
Permalink Submitted by xenios.ze on Wed, 2012-10-03 21:00.
In the following topic we will discuss about the important
steps that should lead before a project takes place. Those steps ensure that
the minimum risks are taken in order to save lives and finish the project with environmentally
friendly terms.
Land Disturbance: In best practice, studies of the immediate
environment are carried out several years before a coal mine opens in order to
define the existing conditions and to identify potential problems.
Mine Subsidence: Mine subsidence can be a problem with
underground coal mining, whereby the ground level lowers as a result of coal
having been mined beneath. A thorough understanding of subsistence patterns in
a particular region allows the effects of underground mining on the surface to
be quantified.
Acid mine drainage: Acid mine drainage (AMD) can be a
challenge at coal mining operations. AMD is metal-rich water formed from the
chemical reaction between water and rocks containing sulphur-bearing minerals.
There are mine management methods that can minimise the problem of AMD, and
effective mine design can keep water away from acid generating materials and
help prevent AMD occurring.
Dust: Dust at mining operations can be caused by trucks
being driven on unsealed roads, coal crushing operations, drilling operations
and wind blowing over areas disturbed by mining.
Dust levels can be controlled by spraying water on roads,
stockpiles and conveyors. Other steps can also be taken, including fitting
drills with dust collection systems and purchasing additional land surrounding
the mine to act as a buffer zone.
References: http://www.worldcoal.org/coal-the-environment/coal-mining-the-environment/
Greed, poverty and politics - how does it affect our safety
GREED, POVERTY AND POLITICS - HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR SAFETY (THE NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE)
Its worth noting first that Nigeria is Afrca's largest petroleum exporter and the fifth largest source of United States oil import. despite its oil riches, Nigeria's almost 160million population remain impoverished and people often tap into pipelines crossing their farmland in search of fuel for domestic and economical purposes.
on May 13 2006, between 150 and 200 people where roasted alive when a gasoline pipeline exploded in Southern Nigeria. this blast happened on a length of pipe 30 miles north of the city of Umuahia. according to repporters from the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation, the pipeline had been ruptured by ''vandals''. witnesses said the villagers had been scooping fuel from the pipeline for about six weeks since it first ruptured by unidentified ''saboteurs''. let me stop here for a while and make a point, six weeks of exposed pipeline carrying ''FUEL''crossing through residencial villages and the goverment saw nothing wrong with it. this is the level of negligence practiced by the Nigerian Goverment on a daily basis.
the pipeline carrying fuel from the Port Harcourt refinery to Enugu 140 miles to the North.
pipeline vandalism also known as ''BUNKERING'' or ''SCOOPING'' is common in Nigeria despite the risk involved
this is not the first major pipeline explosion in the country killing in hundreds and thousands but it is often not heard of because it did not happen in the North Sea or the Gulf of Mexico. in 2004, 50 people where killed in a pipeline explosion in Lagos and in 1998 over 1000 people died due another pipeline exposion in the Niger Delta region of the country.
the question is '' how safe are we in the mist of greed, poverty and a brutal political environment''
Kii Cajetan Barisi
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-185648/105-dead-Nigeria-fuel-pipe-blast...
article.cnn.com/2006-05 -12/world/nigeria.blast_1_pipeline-nigeria-officials-oil-output
As Andreas mentioned on his post we can observe clearly that
coal mines are the deadliest way to extract natural resource in order to produce
energy. On my research I have found that the safety in the coal mines has
improved over the years in the USA and that I will show you in the next chart.
I have managed to extract some very instructive information
about the number of workers in coal mines and the number of fatalities over the
years 1900-2011 in the USA. America is the number two in coal production. I
couldn’t do the same for China which is ranked first in coal production in the
world, but the only information I could extract it was how many fatalities happened
in china’s coal mines in 2007, and that was about 20,000.
A chart that I have made indicates the improvement of the
safety in the US. The data are provided by the United States rescue mine association:
http://www.usmra.com/saxsewell/historical.htm
If anyone finds something similar for china it would be ideal to compare the safety in coal mines in the two countries
Discuss safety-hidden pollution in solar energy
It is an undeniable fact that a lot of solar panes have placed all over the world according to the green policy that countries must implement.How safe is solar energy?In Australia every year die 30 workers who have fallen from heights.In California of U.S.A. where solar panels have been embraced, there was a rash of deaths due to the policy of solar energy.Because of the propensity to put panels on our roofs ,pannels are far more dangerous than many forms of power generation.For example the solar energy is three times more dangerous than wind power and more than ten times more dangerous than nuclear power by comparison to the amount of power produced.Is not time for the goverments implement more strict legislation in solar energy industries?
1. http://asiancorrespondent.com/54571/green-deaths-the-forgotten-dangers-of-solar-panels/
Ranking top ten most severe disaster in Energy Sector
Ranking of Top disaster in energy sector
This rating can be looked at from the severity of the consequence be it commercial loss, human consequence, environmental damage and reputational damage
From my point of view the rating will be based on highest number of fatality and cost of the disaster which is listed below;
1 The Banqiao reservoir dam- 171,000 fatality
2, Chernobyl disaster-official number of fatality accounted for by soviet union is 31 but A report published by the
New York Academy of Sciences concludes that based on available medical data, 985,000 people died as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. And is also estimated at $ 200 Billion Dollars.
3. Bhopal disaster India-The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the
government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release Others estimate 8,000 died within two weeks and another 8,000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases. A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.
4. San Juanica disaster -500-600 people died another due to gas leak from a pipe rupture the facility’s waste-gas flare pit.
The piper Alpha disaster - 167 fatalities estimated at $3.4 Billion Dollars
6. Ocean ranger oil rig accident-84 crew member perished
7. Gulf of Mexico (deep water horizon rig)-11 fatalities and it is estimated at $6billion
8. Space Shuttle Columbia – 7 fatalities and it is estimated at $13 Billion Dollars
9. Space shuttle Challenger- 7fatalities and it is estimated at $5.5 Billion Dollars
10. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: 37 physical injuries
http://bigthink.com/blogs/big-think-top-5
985,000 people died as a result of the Chernobyl disaster? Are you sure of this death rate?
Consequence Assessment Dilemma
Permalink Submitted by Ahmed_Abdelkhalek on Wed, 2012-10-03 22:08.
I presume that assessing the cosequences of nuclear disaster is a very controvetial subject. I made some internet research to try to answer Dr. Tan's question and i was struck with the amount of inconsitent figures that I came across.
NIRS website summarized the issue "Ask
ten scientists to describe the consequences of Chernobyl, and you'll likely get
twelve different opinions"
NIRS/WISE is the information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues.
Although people may see NIRS as a group of anti nuclear power activists whose opinions may be biased, but the fact is the assessment of of the consequences of nuclear power accidents is very difficult. The long term effects are hard to quantify, giving in to the difficulties in proving that they are related to a specific nuclear accident.
This made me think, if the evaluation of the consequnces of an actual accident is that hard, how can you really quantify the consequnces in the risk analysis of a new nuclear plant project ?
How can one make use of the widely contradicting figures of the actual accident?
chernobyl(1986)
Permalink Submitted by Olamide s Ajala on Sat, 2012-10-06 16:33.
The fatality rate from chernobyl nuclear disaster is alarming,offically the soviet union realeased the death rate to be 31 (immediate death resulting from the disaster).
A report published by the New York Academy of Sciences concludes that based on available medical data, 985,000 people died as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.
Different findings into chernobyl disaster came up with diferent values based on total death toll due to epidemological effect of the radiation.
The report also looks into the ongoing health impacts of Chernobyl and concludes that radiation from the disaster has had a devastating effect on survivors; damaging immune and endocrine systems, leading to accelerated ageing, cardiovascular and blood illnesses, psychological illnesses, chromosomal aberrations and an increase in foetal deformations among others
http://bigthink.com/big-think-top-5/the-worst-energy-disasters-of-all-time
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/chernobyl-deaths-180406/
http://www.nyas.org/publications/annals/Detail.aspx?cid=f3f3bd16-51ba-4d7b-a086-753f44b3bfc1
Safety Considerations in wave energy system
Permalink Submitted by Menelaos Michelakis on Wed, 2012-10-03 17:46.
(Topic : What sea snakes are ? Sea snakes as wave energy collectors. Safety considerations ...)
I shall try to develop a relatively virgin topic in this debate, safety considerations in a wave energy system.
At first, where waves come from ? Sun makes wind and wind makes waves ! So simple it is. From this, it is extracted that european countries such as Ireland, United Kingdom, France and portugal can be greatly benefited because of the ocean. Secondarily, how this kind of energy is collected ? Well, an obstacle against waves, generates energy for us that is the basic concept.
A wave energy collector such as a sea snake, can produce significant amounts of energy, which is renewable and non-polluting. Trying to be more scientific and accurate, i shall set an example. A pelamis wave energy collector is a sea snake made of four sections. It faces nose-on towards the incoming waves. The waves make the snake flex, and these motions are resisted by hydraulic generators. This is how energy is produced. Not many sea snakes have been constructed and Pelamis, is one of the prototypes, so when investments come, development in wave technology will come too. Such a snake, like the one described above, needs about 700 tons of steel to be constructed, including 350 tons of ballast. (350t + 350t = 700t).
A sea snake, like the one described above, is completely friendly to the environment and humans. The installation of a sea snake does not have the danger that the installation a of solar panel and/or a wind turbine. Sea snakes are not creating any kind of pollution and are completely safe for marine life and environment. I do not think that there can be comparison of any kind to fossil fuels, regarding emmissions.
Reference : David JC Mackay (2008), sustainable energy without hot air.
What about silicon?The majority of panels are composed of silicon cells because these have the highest efficiencies ever achieved about 22 percent.The silicons composition of the panels can cause pollutrion.If the panels are not properlt maintained, a hazardous byproduct can result from the silicon.While the energy used to power the panels is green,thematerials that are used are not.According to PaystoLiveGreen.com the toxins are a danger to people and similar toxinshave resulted in deaths.The serious byproducts of silicon are significally more of a problem and it is a growing concern for the solar industry[1].The companies should give a lifetime guarantee that they are going to recycle the panels they sell.Furthermore,the Silicon Valley Toxicws Coalition recently released a report to encourage the industry to persue more sustainable materials to built their products to ensure that solar energy is trully as green as advertised.[2]
1. http://www.ehow.com/list_6152498_dangers-silica-solar-panels_.html
2. http://www.paystolivegreen.com/2009/01/solar-panels-dangers-to-the-environment/
Permalink Submitted by Duo Wu on Wed, 2012-10-03 18:32.
The problem generated from the hydraulic fracturing process of producing natural gas. It is a stimulation treatment routinely performed on oil and gas wells in low-permeability reservoirs. Specially engineered fluids are pumped at high pressure and rate into the reservoir interval to be treated, causing a vertical fracture to open. After that, shale gas would flow to well be drilled and could be produce to the surface.
According to a report from The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the exploitation of shale gas has three negative effects to environment.
1. Land occupied. Shale gas sometimes reserve in the area has huge population, like china. The shale gas exploitation would meet the land struggling with people. The areas colored by pink and yellow are China shale gas rich pay zone.
2. Water pollution. Hydraulic fracturing needs lots of water, over 10 million liter water costed in one hydraulic fracturing process in the United States. The massive amounts of polluted wasted water generated from hydraulic fracturing threaten the health of our drinking water supplies, rivers, streams, and groundwater."Flowback" (fracturing fluid injected into a gas well that returns to the surface when drilling pressure is released) and "produced water" (all wastewater emerging from the well after production begins, much of which is salty water contained within the shale formation) contain potentially harmful pollutants, including salts, organic hydrocarbons.
3. Gas pollution. During the producing, some methane and volatile oraganic compounds would get to the air. Furthermore, as a petro-guy from a China oil field, I know that we do have hydrogen sulfide which is very dangerous under Chinese feet.
As I said above, the fracturing for shale gas is not safe and it is with damage to community environment.
But should we stop it? From my perspective, circumstances alter cases.
I think it is up to geological condition. First, the natural gas price is still at valley. The cost of shale gas extraction is two to three times of its price in the United States. And the US has the best technology and the EASIEST producing condition. In China and Europe, we would spend more than American did.
On the other hand, in some place, water is valuable resource too. After discharge the waste-water of fracturing, almost one million people aside river have to move to another place, that has happened in the US. The Vermont State (VT, United States) has banned hydraulic fracturing by law already.
[1] <<RECENT ADVANCES IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING>> John L. Gidley, SPE Volume 12
[2] http://www.nrdc.org/energy/gasdrilling/
Duo Wu
Relation between Quality and Safety
Permalink Submitted by Mostafa Tantawi on Wed, 2012-10-03 18:49.
Mostafa Tantawi
Masters Of Subsea Engineering, University of Aberdeen
Question just came to my mind, Is there a direct relation between the Quality
system and the Safety System, or does an error in the Quality system could
cause a hazard.
initial opinion is YES, and a small example on that is Piper Alpha.
our colleagues stated the main cause of Piper Alpha is that failure in
preserving proper documentation for a pump caused this tragic accident, so just
a simple quality documentation issue caused this disaster. If there was a
signed end of shift report, and a toolbox meeting between the two shifts. This quality
issue could have saved the Piper Alpha. Subsequently saving 167 men
I think this is a clear example on the relation
between Quality and Safety.
propose further research in this topic, just to prove that safety must be integrated
in the system, and should be our main focus.
Mr. Mostafa indicates the relation between Quality and Safety. I
kind of disagree because the one of the two terms, I believe, is not right.
I would say: interest and safety - the interest on safety matters
that the chief engineer or even the last employee, demonstrate at the time of
their duties.
Consistency - Safety: consistency on the safety regulations
Development – safety : development on equipment that needs update
either that is inside the coal mines or in a simple small factory.
Permalink Submitted by mohamed.elkiki on Wed, 2012-10-03 19:29.
As we all know, risk can not be eliminated but it can be decreased by certain percentage. Risk management is to see if you have taken precautions against any harm that could be found in work so that the workplace can be safe. there are five steps to follow to be safe:
1-Hazards Identification , 2- To know who gets harmed and how , 3- Risk evaluation and precaution , 4- Record the result , 5-Review and update the risk assessment
the first step can be done by many ways such as walk around the site, check up for workers and check for accident record.
the second step is important as to identify the hazard, you need to know who are the people who can get harm and it doesn't mean to look for each one but as a group such as group working in storeroom...etc.
the third step as after you knew the hazard, you need to get rid of it as law will charge you if you don't do everything you can to protect the people in place. Therefore, two questions should be asked: can the hazard be eliminated? , and if not , how to decrease the chance of risk to happen?
the fourth step is sharing the result with the stuff so a solution can be reached. Also, try the record to be simple and easy to read.
the last step, no workplace stay constant, there must be new equipment or workers come. Therefore, a checkup and update is very important to keep the workplace always safe.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/fivesteps.html
Permalink Submitted by Harrison Oluwaseyi on Wed, 2012-10-03 22:46.
Prior to World
War II nuclear technology was used for defence purposes only, after the war
more research was carried out on the peaceful uses of this technology. Nuclear
energy is majorly obtained by splitting isotopes of some certain elements (e.g.
uranium, plutonium) which gives of energy. This splitting is known as fission. The
energy obtained from this process can be used to generate electricity.
has been considered as one of the cleanest forms energy generation solely due
to the fact that during and after the process little or no greenhouse gases
likeCO2, SO2 etc. are given off. Many other reasons are the
availability and cheapness of the raw materials, amount of energy obtained from
small quantities of raw materials, economics of running a reactor is cheaper
than that of fossil powered plant.
Recently, there
has been a decline in the quest for this energy source due to safety concerns and
fears about radiation hazards from weapons. e.g Wind scale Military Plutonium
Production plant (U.K),three mile Island accident (U.S.), the Chernobyl
accident (Ukraine). Nuclear power plants generate nuclear waste; the problem of
disposal is a very big issue. This has nothing to do with the economics but the
location of long-term disposal.
I won’t classify
the nuclear energy generation as safe yet but I believe there is still room for
improvement. Better generation methods like the use of the fusion process (using
the international thermonuclear experimental reactor), using underground
structures for disposal, development of safer nuclear power stations.
REFERNCES
1) B Everett,
G Boyle, S Peake & J Ramage (2012). Energy systems and sustainability – 2nd
edition. Oxford University Press.
2) www.wikipedia.org
3) U.S.
Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, The
History of Nuclear Energy.
Mumbai High North Platform Fire
Permalink Submitted by a.bhardwaj.12 on Thu, 2012-10-04 06:58.
The Mumbai High Field was discovered in 1974 and is located in the Arabian Sea. The field is divided into two blocks, North and South. It had the capacity of 180,000 barresls per day. It is operated by state owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), and is protected by one private company and Indian Navy.
On July 27,2005, 160km West of Mumbai Cost (India), 11 people were killed & 11 missing. 362 people were rescued by Offshore Vessel, Helicopters, Indian Navy and Coast Guards. The fire was triggered when a vessel collided with one of the four platforms. The platform was destroyed within 2 hours of fire. The property loss faced by ONGC is 300Million USD. In the acciddent one was the Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) caught fire and later sunk on August 1, 2005,12 Nautical mile from the coast.
In order to control the further loss and hinderance to environment, the subsurface safety valves were closed.
ONGC HSE Proclamations
a media talk ONGC :
It is effective and vibrant system
Top management is committed
for maintaining the HSE standards
HSE Committee board members
include people from ONGC and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
A dedicated HSE website is maintained by HSE to make
employees aware
ONGC runs Institute of
Petroleum Safety Health and Environment Management [IPSHEM] which deals
with all HSE trainings
my opinion: IPSHEM is a very far fetched effort made by ONGC. These sort of
institutes are not popular effort in Global Industry. The presence of experts from industry in HSE Committee
assures that ministry and safety norms are effectively forced.
Proclaimed by Oil and Natural Gas Corp. India, their HSE Policy is as follows
(language reduced by removing sensitive information):
Committed to maintain highest standard of Occupational
Health Safety and Environment Protection
We shall comply all
applicable codes and requirements to promote Occupational Health Safety and
We shall remain alert,
occupied and ready to respond to emergencies.
Take all necessary actions to
protect the integrity of the system in order to avoid accidental release
of hazardous substances.
We shall enhance awareness
and involvement in promotion of occupational health safety and environment
protection where ever we work.
how wave energy works
Permalink Submitted by Maria Christou on Thu, 2012-10-04 12:26.
We all have seen the ocean waves; but do we really know what
powerful force is hiding in the waves?
Water in general covers almost 75% of the earth’s surface.
However wave energy is still an undeveloped and not so popular source of
How does wave energy work? Waves are divided into two
categories: offshore waves and onshore waves. As a result there are different
devices for each category.
Offshore floating devices are made up of large metal tubes
attached to the bottom of the sea using cables. These tubes are connected together by hinges
which are connected to a pump. As the wave passes underneath these tubes, they
start moving repeatedly up and down. Then, oil is pumped through a hydraulic
motor which spins around and generates electricity.
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/images/photos/OP_Illus3_full.jpg
In contrast, onshore devices are attached to the coastline
near the waves. These devices trap air inside a concrete chamber that is half
sunk in the water. When the wave moves
in the chamber the air goes out and passes through a spinning turbine which generates
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/images/photos/wave.jpg
http://www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/geography-and-environment/features-and-resources/copy_of_wave-energy
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/wave/index.cfm
discuss safety in wave energy
Now, having already mentioned how wave energy works, I would
like to discuss the potential dangers behind this energy.
First, let me just say that wave energy of course has a lot
of benefits. It is a reliable renewable source of energy with minimal impact on
the environment, when it’s properly placed, since it doesn’t produce greenhouse
gases. Another advantage to wave energy is that it has low operation cost and
it requires very little maintenance. Finally, wave energy devices are capable
of high efficiency, almost 80%.
Despite all these benefits wave energy has, there are also
some risks. Wave energy plants can be damaging to the marine ecosystem and the environment
(due to the submerged surfaces,
above-water platforms, and changes in the seabed). Moreover, a potential leak
of liquids used in those systems, can pollute both sea and coastline. Last but
not least, offshore devices may conflict with other ships and boats putting
them in danger.
Is wave energy safe? Yes wave energy is safe however it is our duty to use it wisely
and carefully in order to keep us and the environment safe in the future.
http://www.ecozone.in/wave-energy-advantages-disadvantages.html
http://renewableenergyindex.com/hydro/advantages-disadvantages-wave-power
http://www.exploregreenenergy.com/wave-energy-advantages-and-disadvantages
Maria, Indeed Wave energy is a developing area. I have studied R&D projects of EWP,Israel (http://www.ecowavepower.com/).
The thing I am concerned about the technology is that "Is it cost effective?" Since so many reciprocating or rotating links operate in the environment which will support the corrosion rate. Mechanically speaking protecting the dynamic parts in acidic environment is not possible and material with less corrossion tendency is very costly. Also these plants have less production capacity.
I believe these systems will be more effective and safe if huge investment plans are drafted for them with long pay back liberty and they are planted in areas with abandoned costs, Hence solving the problem of interference with ships. My discussions with EWP's engineers highlighted the thought that these facilities have long pay back duration of 7-12 years and their life is of 15-20 years. So is it cost effective to moveahead with these plants?
SAFETY IN WAVE ENERGY
Maria for another time i am going to disagree with tour statement that wave energy is safe.First of all wave energy generators cuase serious and not potential damages.According to the U.K department for business innovation and skills wave generators cause serious noise pollution and can also be unsightly for those who live close to them.Moreover according to the OCS Alternative Energy Program wave generators cause disturbunces in the sea floor and to marine ecosystems.Green Peace and other non govermental organisations try to bring to the surface these ecological problems.For that reasons wave energy is not safe for the environment
HIDDEN EFFECTS OF SOLAR ENERGY
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Thu, 2012-10-04 13:23.
Nowadays,it is said that solar energy is an investment that can reduce one of the most crucial problems,the pollution of our planet.But is solar energy clean and mainly safe?Unfortunately the building and maitaining of solar panels can be vary hazardous.The workers in solar energy are exposed to a variety of hazards such as arc flash burn and blast hazards,electric sock,falls and thermal burn hazards that can cause not only injury but also death[1].Furthermore it should not be forgotten that two of the most dangerous jobs have direct relatrion with the solar industry.These jobs are roofers and electrical installers.[2].Should not we think more about the safety of the workers in solar industry?
1. http://www.osha.gov/dep/greenjobs/solar.html
2. http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/03/01/top-10-most-dangerous-jobs/
Safety considerations in wave energy systems
Permalink Submitted by Menelaos Michelakis on Thu, 2012-10-04 14:43.
(Topic : Tide-pools, and how safe they are)
Tidal energy is something different than wave energy, yet sea water helps us generate electric power in both cases, so a post about tide is essential to my view. What is tide ? Tide is the movement of sea water masses mostly caused by gravitational forces between moon and earth. The moon's mass affects water masses on the surface of earth. This periodical movement of water masses is called tide, and is also affected by earth's rotation.
And how do we get tidal energy ? A physical or artificial tide-pool can be used. The pool is filled at high tide, and empties at low tide. We let water out through an electricity generator that turns the water's potential energy into electricity.
How safe tide pools are ? Well, for sure there is no pollution occuring for humans and the environment. No emissions of any kind, no overburdens, no wastes like other kinds of energy. It is also cheap, as a form of energy, since the tide pool is constructed, we get energy for many years without effort. The only environmental disturbance i can think, is that in case of a non artificial tide pool, where the pool ecosystem is isolated. For example a North sea gulf will be partially isolated from the Atlantic Ocean. The environmental damage caused this way is not significant, taking into consideration other types of energy, such as fossil fuels. Dynamite fishing or industrial pollution of any kind are much more dangerous for the environment.
How much energy can we generate from a tide-pool ? Well, this depends on many factors so i will not give you numbers - although i sould as an engineer. The most important factors are : 1) The volume of water that can be stored inside the tide-pool, 2) the shape of the tide-pool, 3) how fast the water comes out and of course 4) the generator's properties.
Ref : wwww.withouthotair.com
previous comments Mostafa suggested a topic about the relation between quality
and safety. To my mind, quality and safety are linked and equally important.
You can’t have safety without quality and you can’t have quality without safety
as well. Plus, I would like to add that if quality and safety don’t meet the
necessary standards then there will be costly consequences.
oil drilling, workers are facing some risks such as leakage of oil and
explosion. Although industries spend millions of dollars for an oil drill,
there are also some costs associated with these risks. In case of an accident,
companies give a large amount of money to clean up the mess.
For example, BP spent more than 2 billion dollars
to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
So, to sum up, industries must provide both safety and quality
otherwise they will pay the price!
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/news/companies/bp_oil_spill/index.htm
Industry Standards for Acceptance
To add-on
to that information I would like to throw some light on term quality. Quality
is a very generic term. It can either be in terms material, cost, structural,
mechanical, operational and so on. Where as safety runs only on one road. If I
talk specifically of Oil and Gas Industry, the product is safe if "IT WILL
NOT BREAK?". You can hear this line from the designer to the VP of the
company.
In terms
of relation between safety and quality. When any product is developed it is
commissioned by either of the agencies. The codes they follow to validate the
structure may be as per API,DNV, ASME, API, SAE etc. But never forget that the
clever minds who draft the codes also mention a relation between safety and
explain the idea using an example of mechanical quality & safety from
Industrial Standards point of view. Say for example the lifting eye of any
offshore structure, it follows DNV 2.7.3 as well which clearly states that if
yield strength of the material will fall the factor of safety will increase for
acceptance. The prescribed values are not proportional. The value of safety
factors increase in a steep fashion as compared to declination in yield values.
Say if Yield is 40 ksi then FOS if 2 but if Yield is 20 then FOS is 5 (not 4).
This increase exists because it is a function of various other considerations.
sum up, The quality and safety are always interlinked and present group of
design engineers, analysts and commissioning agencies are very specific about
safety relations with quality.
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN WAVE ENERGY
Although wave power is aclean energy with little to no pollution and a large energy output,has a lot of disadvantages.First of all the unpredictability.Wave power generators flow of powerful waves in order to create a consistent energy output.So the generators need wind.Nearly all the areas have unreliable wave conduct.Secondly wave power creates ecological problems.Wave energy generators cause disturbances in the seafloor and to marine ecosystems according to the ocs Alternative Energy Program.According to the U.K. department for business innovation and skills, wave energy generators can cause noise pollution and can also be unsightly for those who live close to them.Last but not least wave generators may cause problems to the commercial shipping and other boats in the ocean.Boats not able to see the generators could cause a potential collision hazard and rose problems for the safety of both those on board and the wave energy generator.
http://www.ehow.com/list_5974568_advantages-_amp_-disadvantages-wave-energy.html
PIPELINE FAILURE AND CONSEQUENCES
Permalink Submitted by Kii Cajetan Barisi on Thu, 2012-10-04 18:06.
below is the list of pipeline accidents around the world. this list is not a complete but it gives an insight to the safety issues in the oil and gas sector.
summing up the casuaties in the various accidents reminds us of the danger of pipe failures and its devastating effect.
Belgium(2004) - the major natural gas pipeline exploded in Ghislenghien, Belgium near Ath (50 kilometers Southwest of Brusels) killing 24people and leaving 122 wounded,this occured on july 30, 2004.
Cina(2010) - the explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in the northern China's Liaoning province on saturday, on july 17, 2010 caused falalities, damages and an ecological disaster, realising 11,000 barrels of oil into the yellow sea and covering up according to different sources, from 50 to 430km sq of the sea coast lines
Kenya(2011) - the Nairobi pipeline fire kills approximately 100 people and hospitalised 120
Mexico: a) 1959 on july 1, a petroleum pipeline exploded and burned for 7hours in Coatzacoalcos. 12 people were killed and 100 more injured b) 2010 saw an explosion on december 19, 2010 on an oil pipeline at a petroleos mecicanos (pemex) pumping station in san Martin Texmelucan de Labastida in central Mexico, killed at least 27 people and injured more than 50. the explosion is believed to have been caused by attempts to punture pipe to steal oil
Nigera(1998) - at jesse in the Niger Delta, a petroleum pipeline exploded killing 1200 villagers, some of whom were scavenging gasoline. the worst of several similar accidents in the country. this happened on october 17, 1998. other cases includes the july 10, 2000 pipeline explosion killing 250 people, the July 16, 2000 ruptured pipeline explosion in warri killing 100people, the November 30, 2000 pipeline explosion killing 60 people in Ebute near Lagos, the june 19, 2003 explosion caused by oil thelf killing 125 people in Umuahia, Abia State, the May 12, 2006 explosion at the Atlas Creek Island in Lagos killing 150people, the december 26, 2006 explosion that took the lives of 500 people and the 2008 Ijegun explosion on may 16 that killed scores of people still not known till date.
Russia(1989) - the Ufa train disaster: sparks from two passing trains detonated gas leaking from an LPG pipeline near Ufa, Russia. workers with the pipeline noticed dropping in the line, but they increased pressure in the line instead of searching for a leak. Trees up to 4 kilometers away were felled by the blast as well as 2 locomotives and 38 passengers cars on the trains. up to 645 people were reported killed on june 4, 1989
Ellingwood, Ken (december 20, 2010) ''27 die in pipeline explosion in mexico''. the Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
''A chronology of pipelines fires in Nigeria''.www.thenationalonlineng.com. The nation (Lagos), Friday, May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-02
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/P_Acc.htm
www.ntsb.gov/safetyrecs/private/queryPage.aspx
Carbon credit trading: The benefits, the drawbacks
Permalink Submitted by Samuel Bamkefa on Thu, 2012-10-04 16:00.
In an effort to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, an agreement formalised at the Kyoto Protocol gave rise to the carbon credit trading. Explained in simple terms, companies that produce (or intend to produce) carbon dioxide above their allocated quotas are required to pay for the excess quantity that they are emitting. On the other hand, companies that engage in environment-friendly processes will have carbon credit units to sell, getting paid indirectly by those who pay for the emissions that they generate. For trading purposes, one credit is taken as equal to one metric ton emissions of CO2.
In principle, this system provides a good means of discouraging emissions through financial penalties while rewarding reduced emissions by allocation of credits which in turn holds financial potentials.
Not too much can e said as drawbacks to the initiation but it is suggested the price for a carbon credit should be make high enough to really make whatever profit may be realised from using increased emissions to be lower than the amount to be paid for buying credits.
Carbon offsets (variant of carbon trading) have their own drawbacks, which reflect a fast-growing and unregulated market [1]. Hence, more regulation needs to be put in the market to provide a level playing field
Lastly, companies have to be monitored to ensure that they do not indiscriminately pass the cost of the carbon emissions to their customers and make outrageous profits based on this.
1. Jessica Stillman. What is carbon credit? Moneywatch, Feb 5, 2008. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-51187036/what-is-carbon-credit/
(Topic : Tidal stream farms and their safety)
One way to extract tidal energy would be to build tide farms, just like wind farms. The first such underwater windmill, was installed near Hammerfest, at Norway (2003). The electric generator installed near Hammerfest was a 300kW turbine. Noone yet has built a tidal stream farm, with more than one turbine, so this technology is still in experimental stage. Accurate numbers for the amount of electric power produced, cannot be provided, yet the energy produced, is to be analogic with the knots.
What knots are ? One knot equals to 1 nautical mile per hour, which equals to 0.514m/s. So efficiency is related to wind velocity, which affects tides. A medium estimation, for a turbine such the one described above is about 6W/m2 , taking into consideration the wind around the British Isles, which means that such a turbine will be much more effective than a wind turbine. A big advantage : No installation limitations, because there are too many spots for such installations, especially in waters around the UK.
Safety considerations : I hardly believe that technologies more environmental friendly, than these are existing, and are as safe for humans as for the environment. As time passes more investments and research will come, perfectizing this technology, something that will improve technical characteristics.
No accidents have been reported of course till now, but i do not believe that danger exists during the installation of such turbines.
Have you read anything relative ?
Reference : JC MacKay (2008), Sustainable energy without hot air
The search for clean and renewable energy lead the engineers to the oceans.Capturing the power is challenge.The size of waves can fluctuate widely.If the waves are too big, they will overwhelm the equipment and can damage it.If the waves are too small,they are not going to be cost effective.Moreover,wave energy has a bad impact in the enviroment.The fishers and the crabbers worry that all that projects will hurt their livelihoods.The wave energy is going to render an area of the ocean and there will be no fish zones.[1]Furthermore the construction cost is very expensive.Wave power stations are expensive relative to other structures according to the professor Antonio Sarmento of politechnic school of Lisbon.The foundation often must be engineered and there are also additional expenses such as the construction of the enviroment which is added to the overall expanse of wave power[2].
1. http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/wave.htm
2. http://www.flowmagazine.gr/article/view/A_wave_of_positive_energy/category/environment
Relation Between Quality & Safety
Permalink Submitted by Mostafa Tantawi on Thu, 2012-10-04 17:15.
Indeed Maria, In my opinion/ experience the quality System in any organization
if complying with the ISO should have an insight of the HSE of the company and
the procedures it takes to insure that, so sticking to the quality standards of
the company will directly reflect the enhancement of the HSE System, I worked
for a couple of companies here in the UK and back in Egypt, and there was a
post for QHSE manager. So the personnel responsible for quality are
subsequently responsible of Safety. I think what we should do is to find
examples of this (Like the Piper Alpha), accidents that was one of its route
causes not sticking to quality.
In view of the fact that
Permalink Submitted by Frixos Karletides on Thu, 2012-10-04 17:37.
In view
of the fact that photovoltaic solar panels produce energy for electricity
without using fossil fuels, it can be considered that these panels do not emit
toxic and greenhouse gases. Nevertheless, as for all energy sources, solar
panels can breach health and safety regulations during their manufacturing
process, since harmful chemicals are being used to assemble them. The primary
chemical that is used to form solar panels is crystalline silica that can be
extracted from mining. As crystalline silica is processed, it forms crystalline
silica gas that is classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency
for Research on cancer, and can produce a lung disease called silicosis. This disease
takes place when scar tissue forms in the lungs of a person and reduces his
ability to breath. Safety measures are also needed when these solar panels are
disposed at their end of their lives. Other safety issues that can be detected
with the use of solar panels are during their battery charging process since
hydrogen gas is produced and is highly flammable. Solar panels are commonly
installed on the roofs of buildings in order to absorb the maximum available
amount of sunlight. This statement can reflect safety considerations for people
working at heights since falls are the leading cause of construction fatalities
accounting for one third of the deaths in construction industry all over the
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Tenants_and_home_owners/Home_building_and_renovating/The_building_process/Solar_panels.html
http://www.oregon.gov/odot/hwy/oipp/docs/life-cyclehealthandsafetyconcerns.pdf
Discussion Topic 5: Safety of Solar panels
In my previous post I illustrated safety problems
regarding the manufacturing process of solar panels. An additional aspect
concerning the safety of solar panels that must be examined is their long-range
safety of their utilization. The solar energy absorbed by solar panels is
produced by fusion in the sun’s nucleus. This means that concentrated sun
energy will be absorbed by the solar panels and used to produce electricity so
that every bulb can irradiate people in each house. This fact can strongly be
related to skin cancer. Another aspect that can be noticed is the fact that all
people know that watching sun with naked eyes can cause blindness. No studies
has yet been addressed that illustrate the long time effects when people read a
newspaper or watching television with energy produced by solar light.
I would like to agree with my student-mate Frixos and to add two very crucial statistics data.First of all solar energy is three times more dangerous than wind power and ten times more dangerous than nuclear power.Furtheremore it should not be forgotten that two of the most dangerous jobs have direct relation with the solar industry.These jobs are roofers and electrical power installers.In Australia every year die 30 workers who have fallen from heights while in California in USA trere was a rash of deaths due to the policy of solar energy.Solar energy is not safe and the companies must invest in the security of their workers.
Permalink Submitted by Giorgos Hadjiel... on Thu, 2012-10-04 18:11.
Topic 4 if the piper
Alpha disaster occurred today, discuss the current safety legislative regime
that will apply.
several steps engineers have to follow nowadays regarding safety on onshore and
offshore platforms. History taught us enough.
some of the most recent safety legislative regimes that are being applied.
Monitor and
enforce, investigate
Co-operate,
petroleum operations
greenhouse gas storage
and safety at facilities
Environmental management of petroleum
independent safety and environmental management authority
http://www.nopsema.gov.au
Safety Engeeniring in industries
Permalink Submitted by Sergios Salavasidis on Thu, 2012-10-04 20:46.
First of all, I would like to express my opinion about this kind of assessment which seems to be a very good way to start sharing opinions or new ideas with academic people or even others interested in safety engineering. Actually, I would like to discuss something which relates to safety engineering but it is not included in proposed topics.
As we know the half of major industry accidents rely on human error. For this reason most of industries perform regular safety trainings and examinations. These are usually performed on dates established in advance. Thus employees informed in advance have the opportunity to refresh and improve their knowledge and skills by studying safety guides just before that day. But industry demand is much more than just trying to answer properly. This leads to a conclusion that employees are not always standing by the unpredicted situations and they have to update their skills.
To get to the main point, in my opinion these tests, trainings and examinations of skills should be performed unexpectedly in order to avoid well prepared answers, examining the understanding of employees related to the dangers and determining their weak points. Probably this kind of tests would affect negatively the estimated costs of many companies, but if this activity could avoid unforeseen circumstances and reduce average fatalities per year it would be a success. Otherwise the costs of disasters are much higher and companies definitely would prefer the cheaper and safe choice.
In conclusion, there could be fines and even contract losses for the employees in order to make the working environment safer, in case they have not been applied so far.
Sergios Salavasidis
DISCUSS SAFETY IN WING ENERGY
Permalink Submitted by OKEKE FRANCIS on Thu, 2012-10-04 21:44.
Wind energy is the process by
which the kinetic energy in the wind is used to generate mechanical power or
electricity. It is a free, clean, renewable source of energy.
Wind energy is very safe compared
to other sources of energy. It emits little or no air, land or sea pollutant,
thus the environmental impact is relatively low. The only potentially toxic or
hazardous materials are relatively small amounts of lubricating oils, hydraulic
and insulating fluids. As we all know,
all forms of energy conversion system presents its own safety hazards and wind
energy is not an exception.
Safety issues in wind energy are
mainly associated with their construction, operation and maintenance.
Thousands of industrial sized wind
turbines have been installed and more are on-going. There have been fatalities
recorded due to these constructions. In operation, issues of turbine brake failure
can occur, which results to the blade spinning freely until it disintegrates
and catches fire. Most old turbines lack automatic fire extinguishing system
and cannot auto-detect ice formation and excess vibration posing safety
concerns to both the turbines and the environment.
Safety in
wind energy has improved significantly with the introduction of advanced
technology in the construction, operation and maintenance of the turbines. Noise due to the rotation of the turbine has
diminished due to improved technology with more of the wind converted into
rotational torque and less into acoustic noise. The issue of wild life habitat
and aesthetic (visual) impacts have also improved. Bird and bat mortality is
minimal. Several large wind facilities have operated for years with only minor
impacts on these animals
1. http://windeis.anl.gov/documents/docs/WindFAQ21Jun05.pdf
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_effects_of_wind_power#Impacts_on_people
@ Micheal Saiki, Reply on the ten top energy disasters
Permalink Submitted by Igwe Veronica I... on Fri, 2012-10-05 04:40.
The ten top energy disasters should not be ranked solely on the assets lost because human loss is indeed a very important consideration in every natural or unnatural disaster because when money, property or asset is lost, something is lost, but when human life is lost, all is lost. Losses are not really painful and of tremendous concern until human lives have been lost.
I have also noticed that in every establishment safety level cannot be measured or determined without first considering fatality rate. Thus, I am not of the opinion that energy disaster should solely be ranked on the basis of money or asset lost
Top Ten disaster ranks
Permalink Submitted by michael saiki on Fri, 2012-10-05 14:35.
Dr Tan, Veronica,
I absolutely agree with you that fatality is more important than cost.
but for the basis of this discussion i think there should be room for different criteria for measuring the impact of accidents and I just wanted to provide a bit of a perspective to the accidents as a lot of people have done their assessment based on fatalities i think it does not make sense repeating what others have already said
I am sure it would give us a bit of an idea not just the fatalies which is certainly the most significant but also the amount of financial loss by the satkholders
Permalink Submitted by Menelaos Michelakis on Fri, 2012-10-05 05:47.
(Topic : Tidal barrages and thei use, safety considerations)
Adding comments to : Sotirios Longinos, Segrios Salavasidis.
The search for clean and renewable energy lead the engineers to the oceans. True. Also, human factor is responsible for many accidents in the industry sector, energy sector sould not be excluded. Keep these two things in mind while you read this post.
This post provides information about tidal barrages and their safety. Tidal barrages are already a proven technology. Famous barrages have been built in many countries such as France. Barrages can also be constructedin the UK, in places such as the Severn Estuary. Why there ? What is an engineer seeking in order to build a barrage that will produce electricity ? Answer : A natural tide pool, with as much space as possible and a relative small entrance/exit - (the place where the tide pool communicates with the sea).
How it works ? The water is let in, in a single pulse at the peak of high tide, and let out in a single pulse at low tide. Some characteristics of tidal barrages are : High costs of construction, satisfactory amounts of energy produced and prevention from flooding, most of the times - depending on the are they are built.
Safety considerations : Tidal barrages are environmental friendly as the other ocean related energy systems, and there is no danger for humans involved with the usage of a barrage. How safe is it during the phase of construction ? Well, as stated in the beggining human factor is responsible for many accidents in the industry and energy sector. Statistics are not provided in this post, although someone could add with an extra post, helping our debate. There is always danger during the construction of a barrage and the engineer who is responsible for the safety of the workers sould be 24/7 on foot, and take care as accidents could destroy the fame of the company, not mentioning the financial part.
The danger of constructing a barrage cannot be compared with the installation of a water sea snake, or a tidal stream turbine. It is much greater, because of the nature of the construction. Such constructions, require many experienced workers, and very careful surveilance. I searched for statistics on the Internet but i could not find, so if someone finds make an additional post please, and help this debate.
Electronic references : www.withouthotair.com , www.wikipedia.org
Book reference : JC MacKay (2008), sustainable energy without hot air
Topic 1: Definition of a Severe Accident
Permalink Submitted by leighmoreton on Fri, 2012-10-05 06:33.
Source: http://gabe.web.psi.ch/research/ra/pdfs/ENSAD_Overview.pdf
The Paul Scherrer Institut(PSI) developed a database in 1998 which stores records for accidents occuring in the energy industry. This database is called the Energy Related Severe Accident Database (ENSAD), It cover accidents and incidents recorded in the fossil fuel, hydropower and nuclear energy insustries. These incidents are not just limited to the power plants for the energy chains, later development of the database allowed companies to have access to incidents reported in their chain, a view of the costs incurred in the accident and is used to aid companies in development of their safety policies.
The Database has a list of 7 criteria which classify an accident as severe. Only one criteria is needed to be met in order to make the accident meet the classification of a severe accident.
These criteria are:
1. There must be at least 5 deaths
2. There must be at least 10 injuries
3. The accident results in at least 200 evacuees
4. There must be a large scale food consumpiton ban
5. There is a release of hydrocarbons, over 10,000 Tonnes
6. The company is placed under and enforced clear-up of the land or surrounding environment
7. The company makes an economic loss of at least $5 Million (USD)
This database however is not the only method of storing a record of serious accidents which occur in the energy industry. There are also; the casualties and demolition database, minerals management service accident database, acute hazardous events database, SONATA, the VARO database, OSH-ROM, HSELINE, NIOSHTIC, CISDOC and the ETDE energy database are just a few.
Following the definition of a severe accident I would like to suggest that the Aberfan Colliery Disaster is a suitable candidate for being on of the top 10 disasters in the energy industry as I feel that it fits into more then one of the criteria illustrated above. I will discuss the Aberfan Disaster in my next post.
SAFETY IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Everyday the oil and gas industry should contend with an array of health,safety and enviromental concerns.In the face of increasing regulatory oversight companies need to implement effective safety management systems to protect their workers,the general public and the enviroment.All the companies in the oil and gas industry must establish specific systems and processes to manage and monitor activities that affect their safetyperformance[1].First off all chemical industries must implement security measures regarding technological accidents of high dangerous range.Secondly the industry must put into practice continous security fault controlling as well as risk analysis with the HAZOP method.Furthermore the industrys design should be in a such way in order to prevent the diffusions fire.The modification of a producing process should be designed and constructed in a way able to be controled and maitained according to the speciments of the prior study.[2]
1. http://earthsky.org/featured/safety-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry
2. http://www.firesecurity.gr/bibliothiki/biomat.htm
Permalink Submitted by Frixos Karletides on Sat, 2012-10-06 11:44.
Ocean waves can
provide 13% of the electricity demand worldwide. The major advantage of using
wave energy to produce electricity is that it is a renewable form of energy and
cannot be depleted. Consequently, it can replace the process of fossil fuels
that are used to produce electricity. Wave system is a comparatively clean form
of energy and does not produce any greenhouse gases. On the contrary, a faulty wave
system may experience toxic fluid leakage directly in the water, since such a
system is installed at sea. This would directly damage ecosystems and marine
life. Another drawback of this system is that it needs to be constructed very
rigid since it must be able to endure violent storms and huge waves. Designing and
building a sustainable machine that can last for years is a difficult and very
costly task. It appears to me that this form of energy source needs further
developing and people nowadays cannot rely directly on this system. This is
because wave power is very expensive and inefficient to produce. It is an
unproductive energy method since it cannot process any power on sunny days when
there are no waves.
http://www.ehow.com/list_6960521_safety-concerns-wave-energy-systems.html
http://www.ehow.com/list_7155045_pros-cons-wave-energy.html
http://www.inverter-china.com/blog/articles/green-energy/the-future-and-problems-of-wave-power.html
RISKS IN OIL &GAS INDUSTRY
After several years of reseach the number one risk for the oil and gas sector is the access to reserves.Although the previous years there were areas which were too expensive or too politicaly unstable to justify operations,nowadays they have become more economicaly viable due to high energy demands and advances in technologies and business process.It is also recognised that the definition of risks varies from company to company and from sector to sector depending on demands of the consumers.Furthermore, companies have to face other risks such as health and enviroment especialy nowadays where they must compete the renewable energy which is more clean and friendly to the enviroment.Another crucial risk is the lack of qualified personell which arrives up to 22 percent in the oil and gas companies.Last but not least as a risk is price volatility.The unrest in the Middle East and in North Africa in 2011 lead the prices of oil high standars.An investment in an oil and gas industry is not always the easy way.
1. http://gcaptain.com/oil-gas-industry-risks/
ONGC Mumbai High Accident (July 27, 2005 @ West Coast of India)
The Mumbai High North (MHN) platform, a 30 years old 7-storey steel structure, was an oil and natural gas processing complex which had a capacity of 80,000 barrels per day of crude production which was completely destroy in fire On 27th of July 2005 with 11 fatalities.
A vessel collided with the offshore Mumbai high North(MHN) platform, due to a very high heave. This resulted in rupture of one or more gas export riser on the MHN Jacket.
The resultant gas leak ignited within a short time. The subsequent fire engulfed the platforms MHN.The close proximity of other risers and lack of fire protection caused further riser failure causing the complete destruction of the MHN.
My major concern with this incident, is that it occurred after the offshore installation regulation PFEER was enacted in 1995.I would have expected that measures would have been put in place to mitigate the effect of fire explosion.
Another point of note is that the riser guards as the name connotes was not effective, the design of the riser guards should have covered the impact effect of that weight of vessel given the operating environment of the MHN in other to adequately carry out the task it was design for.
Emergency shut-down valves (ESDVs) were in place at each end of the risers, but still was unable to prevent the release of gas,probably if ESD Valves where placed at reasonable distance along the risers, it might have controlled the release of gas.
http://home.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/mhn.htm
http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/new/features/pdfs/safety8.pdf
http://www.guycarp.com/portal/extranet/pdf/RISK-i/GC_PF_INDIA_27_JUL_2005.pdf
ONGC Mumbai High accident
The accident of oil and gas natural corporation oil-driling platform occured when a vessel for some reasons which are yet not known,lost control and collided to the platform.This mishap caused a serious oilleakage and immediately the platform got fire.The workers of the platform together with the crew of the vessel tried to douse the fire but the situation was out of control.Although the platform was on fire till the morning the oil spill had been brought under control[1].In this accident 11 people died while 11 still reported missing.This accident as Dr Mandira Aggarwal of the faculty of HSE supported ,it was caused for 4 reasons.Firstly due to robustness of risk assessment process,secondly for poor safety culture and then for riser and vessel issues.This incident must reinforce the need for thorough risk assessment and develop the implementation of associated risk management measures.Furthermore the adoption of collision avoidance and protective measures as described in UKOOA.Last but not least the management arrangements must ensure that risk management measures are effective in practice[2].
1. http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/28ongc3.htm
2. http://www.slideshare.net/MuzahidKhan/ongc-mumbai-high-accident
Mumbai accident
Permalink Submitted by Maria Christou on Sat, 2012-10-06 15:11.
As my classmates mentioned above, on 27 July 2005, a fire occurred
on Mumbai High North platform which was located in the Arabian Sea, west of
Mumbai coast. The fire broke out when a multipurpose support vessel hit one of
the platforms causing 22 fatalities.
The Mumbai High field, the
largest oil and gas field in India, was consisted of four linked platforms: MHF
platform where the workers were sleeping, NA, MHN and MHW platforms where the
workers were working.
Three months after the accident Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC), the company that operated the field, invested 2 billion USD on safety
measures in order to rebuild the platform.
Why do we always have to put people in danger first and then
consider increasing the safety measures?
I believe in most of the projects, companies overestimate the safety
factor.
Before starting a project, companies need to examine all the
potential causes and consequences of damage, then develop effective safety
measures and observe in practice.
MUMBAI HIGH NORTH ACCIDENT presentation of HSE http://www.npchse.net/safety/pdf/useful%20information/Mumbai-north-Blow-outreport.pdf
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ongc-invests-362-blnbombay-highs-safety-measures_186413.html
safety reliability integrity management and human factors
There three main issues that influences the human factors in safety relaibity and integrity management( SRIM), which are the job, organisation and personnel factor.
These 3 mention above are directly affected by the system of communication within and organisation and training systems and procedures in the operation. They are necessary to mitigate human error.
characteristic of each : An Organisation has to have a good safety system of work (SSOW) to control the risk from the organisations operation taking into account of human capabilities. committement to achieve higher standard shown from the top of the organisation and cascaded down through successive levels.
The Job can be done using technics like JSA HAZOP, HIRA which are designed to reduce ergonomic risk to the human carrying out the task and operation. Considerations to be clearly given to the indentification and comprehensive analysis of task expected to be done by individuals. Evaluating the required decision making and the balance between human and automatic contributions of safety factors, design and presentation of procedure or operating instruction.
Personnel factors such as attitude, training, perception and motivation could impact the the health and safety processes as well as integrity of jobs. earned value management as well as Leading by example has proven to be best motivating factors in health and safety and this could easily allow room for free understanding as changing attitude of a worker is quite difficult.
WORLD DISASTERS AND CONSEQUENCES
Permalink Submitted by Kii Cajetan Barisi on Sun, 2012-10-07 19:59.
HOW SAFE IS OUR WORLD.
A GOOD AT THE TOP TEN DISASTERS AFFECTED OUR WORLD
10. Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak (1979)
Most Deadly Biological Accident
105 Confirmed Casualties:
The closed city of Sverdlovsk, located 1450 km east of Moscow, has been a major
production center of the Soviet military-industrial complex since World War II. In
1958, a major nuclear accident occurred in this region. A military reactor was damaged,
resulting in the release of radioactive dust. The contamination covered an area of
1,000 square kilometers.
9. Tenerife airport disaster (1977)
Most Deadly Aviation Disaster
583 Fatalities:
The Tenerife airport is located on the Spanish island of Tenerife, which is one of the
Canary Islands. On March 27, 1977 two Boeing 747 airliners were maneuvering
around the Tenerife airport. The airport had one single runway. It was an extremely
foggy day, which compromised the visual ability of the pilots and the air traffic control
center. Air traffic control directed Pan Am Flight 1736 to backtax across the runway at
the same time KLM Flight 4805 was taking off. The KLM Flight stuck the top end of
the Pan Am flight at high speed. In fact it was briefly air born. Both airplanes were
8. Xinjiang Theatre Fire (1977)
Most Deadly Structural Fire
Satellite View of Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, which is also
claimed by the territory of the Republic of China. In February of 1977 the area was
celebrating the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, which is the most important of the
traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year. On this day,
hundreds of children loaded a theatre in Xinjiang to watch an afternoon show. During
the production a fire started in the lobby. It rapidly spread and engulfed the exits
trapping hundreds of people. In total 694 people were killed that day, with 597 of them
being children.
7. Modane Train Disaster (1917)
800-1000 Casualties:
In the middle of the 19th century the government of the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont)
began building a railway through the valley of Susa, with the hope of building a tunnel
through the Alps. The line from Turin to Susa was inaugurated on May 22, 1854.
Work on the tunnel began on August 31, 1857 and it was completed in September of
1871. The line was originally a single track, but was doubled in 1908 between many
other locations. In 1917, the Fréjus railway line was the scene of one of the world's
most deadly train accidents. The horrible accident began when between 800-1000
French soldiers loaded the train in hopes of returning home after fighting in North East
6. Courrières Mine Disaster (1906)
1,099 Fatalities:
Courrières is an area of France, which is located in the department of Pas-de-Calais and
the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais. On the morning of March 10, 1906 a large explosion
was heard coming from the Courrières mine. First responders quickly discovered that
the area was completely devastated. An elevator cage at Shaft 3 was thrown to the
surface, many pit-head workings were damaged, windows and roofs were blown out.
Like most coal mine disasters during this time in history. It was thought that the
majority of the destruction was caused by an explosion of coal dust which swept through
the mine.
5. Al-Ma'aisim Tunnel Stampede (1990)
Most Deadly Peacetime Stampede and Human Crush
In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral
significance. Buddhism offers four sites of pilgrimage: the Buddha's birthplace at
Lumbini, the site where he attained Enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, where he first
preached at Sarnath, and where he achieved Parinirvana at Kusinagara. The Holy Land
acts as a focal point for the pilgrimages of the Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism,
Christianity, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith. Throughout history there have been many
serious incidents during the Hajj, which is the Muslim pilgrimage to the city of Mecca.
There are an estimated 1.3 billion Muslims living today, each of whom is expected to
visit Mecca during the Hajj at least once.
4. Halifax Explosion (1917)
Most Deadly Accidental Explosion
In 1917 the SS Mont-Blanc was chartered by the French government to carry munitions
to Europe, around the same time the Norwegian ship Imo was chartered by the
Commission for Relief in Belgium to carry relief supplies. On the morning of December
6, 1917 the two ships met in Halifax Harbour, which is a large natural harbour on the
Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. It should have been a casual pass by, but as
accidents go the two ships had a mass collision causing major damage to the SS Mont
Blanc. Immediate attention was paid to the threat of fire, but ten minutes after the crash
the vessel was engulfed in flames.
3. MV Doña Paz (1987)
Most Deadly Peacetime Ship Disaster
The MV Doña Paz was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry. On December 20, 1987,
the Doña Paz disembarked from Tacloban City, Leyte for the Philippine capital of
Manila with a stopover at Catbalogan City, Samar. The ferry was traveling along the
Tablas Strait, near Marinduque when it collided with the MT Vector, an oil tanker en
route from Bataan to Masbate. The Vector was carrying 8,800 barrels of gasoline and
other petroleum products. The weather that night was clear but the sea was choppy.
During the accident most of the passengers were asleep. Upon the collision, the
Vector's cargo ignited and caused a fire that spread onto the Doña Paz. Flames quickly
engulfed the ferry. There were no life vests on the Doña Paz. It was later said that the
life jacket lockers had been locked.
2. Bhopal disaster (1984)
Most Deadly Industrial Accident in History
25,000+ Fatalities:
Bhopal is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It houses the Union Carbide
pesticide plant. During the evening of December 3, 1984, a large amount of water
entered a tank containing 42 tonnes of methyl isocyanate, which is an intermediate
chemical in the production of carbamate pesticides. The chemical reaction increased the
tanks temperature to over 200°C, subsequently releasing a large amount of toxic gases
on the city. Many citizens awoke with an intense burning sensation in their lungs and
they began to choke to death. Panic ensued on the streets of Bhopal with many people
being trampled. More then half a million people were exposed to the toxic gases.
1. Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
Most Deadly Nuclear Reactor Accident
Millions Affected:
The incredible expansion of nuclear weapons and power in the last 70 years has
created dangers. Of course the possibility of a rogue country starting a nuclear war
exists, but some of the most direct danger exists in the hudreds of nuclear
processing and storage facilites in the world. Nuclear energy is a productive form
of energy and and nuclear accidents are limited, but the threat of human error
always exists. There is no single event that would be more devastating to a nation
then having a nuclear explosion or accident expose its own people to a nuclear
fallout. This was made abundantly clear in 1986 with the Chernobyl disaster. The
Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident that occurred on April 26, 1986,
at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which was then part of the
Soviet Union. After a massive power excursion, reactor number four at the
Chernobyl plant, near Pripyat, exploded.
The nuclear chain reaction grew out of control, similar to the initial stage in the
detonation of a nuclear weapon. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume
of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical
area. Four hundred times more fallout was released than had been by the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima. It was equivelant to a barrage of nuclear bombs being dropped
on the area. The plume drifted over large parts of the western Soviet Union, Eastern
Europe, Western Europe, and Northern Europe, with some nuclear rain falling as far
away as Ireland. Large areas in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated,
resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people. According to
official post-Soviet data, about 60% of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus.
The accident raised concerns about the safety of the Soviet nuclear power industry as
well as nuclear power in general. It is difficult to accurately quantify the number of
deaths caused by the events at Chernobyl. The World Health Organization attributed 56
direct deaths, which is a joke. Millions of people's health was affected by this incident.
The Chernobyl disaster is considered to be the worst nuclear accident in history and the
only level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The Soviet Union's
collapse into independent nations began early in 1985. The Chernobyl incident greatly
impacted the Soviet governmen
HOW SAFE IS OUR WORLD. A
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Discussion Topic 10: ONGC Mumbai High Accident
The Mumbai High Filed is India’s
largest offshore Oil and Gas field and is located in the Arabian Sea about 160
km west of the Mumbai Coast. It has been operating by Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) since 1974 and accounts for 40% of India’s domestic
production. On July 2005, a multi-purpose support (MPS) vessel collided with
the North steel structured platform which had a capacity of 80,000 barrels per
day of crude oil. This had a set off of a major fire and crude oil started
leaking. The oil caught fire and an explosion occurred. In only two hours the
whole platform collapsed into the sea causing the death of 22 people. The rest
362 personnel were rescued by helicopters and boats. This incident shows how the
unlimited supply of oxygen and fuel can result to a hasty progress of fire and
explosions. Subsequent to this accident two matters were detected for
efficiency of failures in the risk control system
efficiency of collision avoidance process
After about one month the
production of oil at Mumbai High Field had been restored to normal levels.
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/research/structures/strucfire/CaseStudy/HistoricFires/Other/default.htm
Safety and risk management in oil and gas indstry
Health and safety in oil and gas industry is becoming progressively a significant aspect. This is due to the fact of changing legislation and the need for greater efficiency. Consequently, there has been a great deal of work done and investments in risk management in the oil and gas industry in order to meet future demands and deliver projects in terms of quality, safety and sustainability. A typical method to assess hazards in industry is to identify risks associated with each project and then eliminate them accordingly. Awareness of hazards can be increase by investigating and understanding past accidents. Some common factors of major accidents are:
Lack of commitment to safety by project leaders is considered to be the major factor of accidents; a large amount of accidents occurred when there are sudden changes to the management of a project where standard procedures are not followed; inadequate hazard analysis since a lot of companies investigate hazards after they occur; Failing of people in the company to communicate with each other and report possible hazards in an efficient manner to prevent accidents; inadequate learning from past events.
In order to eliminate hazards, industries over the years changed their policies and standards. These standards may include detailed steps of how industrial operations should be performed safely. Concerning the risk safety management aspect, hazard analysis and identification must be executed before each project start and people must show exclusive concerns on the causes of past accidents throughout the world. It appears to be that the most significant method to increase safety is by training the workers. According to Deepwater Horizon accident, investigations showed that workers had minimal training and experience to work in an oil platform. Karletides
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http://www.spe.org/jpt/print/archives/2008/07/JPT2008_07_07GuestEdit.pdf
http://mitei.mit.edu/news/risk-management-oil-and-gas-industry
Permalink Submitted by Giorgos Hadjiel... on Mon, 2012-10-08 14:19.
years, millions of solar panels have been placed on roofs around the
is the most common and famous energy source at present. With the use of the
solar panels, we can convert sunlight into power. Solar energy can be converted
to thermal energy and electricity.
People prefer
the solar energy because is the cleanest and as a result millions of solar
panels are installed around the world. Some of them on rooftops and some of them
For all of
these panels there must be a manufacturing process. The manufacturing process
can pollute the environment. Pollutions can be produced also by the
have expiry date. When panel’s life time comes to an end must be recycled. If they
left somewhere, toxic chemicals contained inside them will pollute the
Now regarding
the safety of solar panels, there are some multiple potentially hazardous
materials that we must bear in mind and without the proper safety regulations
they can be dangerous to the environment and also in humans. Hydrogen chloride
is toxic and highly explosively with water. Chlorosilane and silane are also dangerous
and can be explode. Silicon which is used most commonly can cause skin burns.
http://www.our-energy.com/energy_facts/solar_energy_facts.html
SEVERE ACCIDENTS IN ENERGY SECTOR
Permalink Submitted by sotlog on Mon, 2012-10-08 15:29.
It is an undeniable fact that the accidents in energy sector have been identified as one of the main contributors to man-made disasters.These disasters have not only ecological but also social-economic impacts.According to the referrence scenario of the World Energy Outlook(IEA 2006) oil is and will remain the single largest fuel mix until year 2030.When looking at severe deadly accidents in the energy chain,seven out of the ten most deadly accidents are attribute to the oil sector.In the case of injured damages, six out of the ten most expensive accidents have taken place in the oil sector.In the ENSAD database an accident is considered to be severe if at least one of the following criteria is fullfield:at least 5 fatalities,at least 10 injuries,at least 200 evacuees,extensive ban on consumption of food,release of hydrocarbons exceeding 10000 metric tons,enforced clean-up of land and water over an area of at least 25kmm and economic loss of at least $5 million USD.Generaly fatalities are the most reliable indicator concerning completeness and accuracy of the data,superior to injured or evacuated persons[1].In my opinion what really means severe accident must be re-examined in the direction that even though one fatality is equivalent with severe accident.Life is the most important wealth....we should not forget this.
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=48287
safety risk measures
I partly agree with babawale, that these statically tools have been widely use by various establishment to have a rough estimate or idea on the frequency of fatality prevalent to some activities in the industry. Although
their statistical uncertainty due to in-homogeneity of data and limited sample set make industries question their adequacy. So they are definitely not absolute measures of risk present and should be used with other tools like the F-N Curve in order to have a reasonable measure of risk present to ensure safety.
However implicit in this societal and individual risk measures, is the factor of human because Humans are very complicated species and generally unpredictable.
Vast majority of the disaster recorded have been directly or indirectly attributed to human integrity loss such as the Piper Alpha disaster which can be attributed to inadequate maintenance safety procedure or the Machando disaster which can be summed up to loss of design integrity and operational integrity among others.
Therefore, as long as humans continue to be humans, it will be very difficult to pre-empt disasters or be proactive in safety measures or approach. We can only work on previous history statistics of disaster to promulgate new laws to mitigate the consequence or risk to ALARP
SAFETY IN BIOFUELS
What are biofuels?Biofuel is atype whose energy derived from biological carbon fixation.Biofuels contain fuels derived from biomass convertion as well as solid biomass,liquid fuels and various gasses[1].First of all biofuels cause ecological problems.The production of some biofuels leads to more green house gas emittions.The techniques also do not take into account other gasses emitted such as nitrous oxide which sometimes is more prominenet after the use of biofuels.Furthermore soil erosion is going to grow due to the other plants that are going to be replaced.Moreover,biofuels will cause loss of habitat for animals and for indigenous people living in areas such as South America and South Eastern Asia because of the deforestation.Apart from enviromental problems biofuels cause social economic impacts.Biofuel may raise the price of certain foods which are also used for biofuels such as corn and sunflower.New technologies which are going to be developed for example in vehicles will increase the prices of them dramatically.Last but not least biofuels development and production is dependent still on oil[2].In my opinion there is a long way and much more research until biofuels will be characterised safe.
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel
2.http://www.spartansaving.com/alternative-energy/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-biofuel/
Biofuels: How Safe are they
concerns, expressed by non-governmental organizations such as Friends of the Earth and Oxfam, is that government-subsidized large-scale production of biofuels could increase food prices in developing countries. In a recent report by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Joachim von Braun writes:
In general, subsidies for biofuels that use agricultural production resources are extremely anti-poor because they implicitly act as a tax on basic food, which represents a large share of poor people's consumption expenditures and becomes even more costly as prices increase…. The trade-offs between food and fuel will actually be accelerated when biofuels become more competitive relative to food and when, consequently, more land, water, and capital are diverted to biofuel production."
Such concerns have led researchers and businesses to look for more earth- and people-friendly biofuels. Businessweek reports that General Motors is investing in Coskata, an Illinois company that claims to have found a process to make a better kind of ethanol.
"GM and Coskata say that the company's highly efficient methods for making ethanol can take away many of the problems that have kept the fuel on the back burner. First, they plan to use agricultural waste and household garbage to make ethanol, which means fuel production wouldn't push food prices up. And second, Coskata claims its production will be so efficient that it won't give back all the oil savings just making the stuff."
That's none too soon for some parts of the country pressing ahead to mandate ethanol as part of the fuel mix. Starting this week, Oregon state law requires that all gasoline retailers in counties around Portland pump fuel with 10 percent ethanol. The Oregonian reports:
"By fall, all gas stations in Oregon must sell the blend. Just a handful of states demand the use of ethanol, and Oregon officials trumpet the transition as proof of the state's green ambitions."
Biofuels. more danger?
Biodiesel Safety - These chemicals are dangerous: learn how to use them.
As long as you are safety conscious you will have no health problems producing biodiesel. Biodiesel safety is very important.
Fact: once biodiesel is made it is classified as totally safe and is less toxic than table salt. There are no restrictions on storing it.
However, the methanol which goes into making biodiesel is very dangerous and must be treated with respect. Each of the chemicals that you will use in the production of biodiesel are in common industrial use. Each of them has a MSDS (material safety data sheet) which specifies storage, poison categories, treatment of exposure, exposure limits etc.
As a chemical engineer i am going to agree with you Kii and i would like to add some other concerns.Does ethanol use more energy than it yields?Does ethanol emits more greenhouse than gasoline?Does ethanol's production influence food prices?How much land is used every year for the production of biofuels and what impact has to corns or wheat prices?How much water is used for biofuels while in that moment people die from thirsty?Biofuels are not so clean as some companies try to convince us.People is above the profits.First must be sure that nobody is hungry in Africa and then we will invest in the fuels which are made by food.
Topic 3: Is fracking for shale gas safe?
Permalink Submitted by Siwei Kang on Wed, 2012-10-10 18:34.
Is fracturing safe for shale gas? My answer is positive. With the development of horizontal drilling and fracturing, shale gas has been fundamentally transfromed from uneconomical energy to an emerging and economical resource worldwide, especially in USA. However, pulic concern about the safety and environmental impact of shale gas also increased. As far as I am concerned, these worries are unnecessary.
One of the main concern is that hydraulic fracturing could result in the contamination of the aquifer due to leakage of fracture fluid or gas during shale gas operation. But the reality is that generally the depth of shale gas well is far below the aquifer. The distance is quite large, arranging from hundreds to thousands meters. Besides, so far there is no documented evidence that contamination by fracturing fluids occurs. The strict regulation of shale gas drilling and production makes it safe.
Another is hydraulic fractuing would consume excessive and unsustainable freshwater. Compared with conventional gas production, shale gas indeed requires more water. Nevertheless, if we further look at the entire lifecycle, shale gas-fired power only uses around half amount of water, compared with that in conventinal energies, like coal and nuclear power. In fact, displacing coal-fired power with shale gas-fired one is the fastest and most effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emission in power sector.
Therefore, I believe that the shale gas development should not be banned, but encouraged.
Reference: O. Arogundade and M. Sohrabi, A Review of Recent Developments and Challenges in Shale Gas Recovery
Biofuel is a renewable product that can be
composed of waste vegetable or virgin vegetables oils and animal fats. This
alternative source of energy has been growing due to an interest in future
environmental concerns. It can also result to a significant decrease in the
manufacture and use of fuel. Alternatively, as with every source of energy
there are some drawbacks in this form that can cause harm to people or the
environment unless special precautions take place. In order to produce biofuel,
certain lethal chemicals such as methanol, caustic soda and concentrated
sulphuric acid are used. Methanol can enter body as a vapour through breathing and
as a liquid through direct skin contact. It can cause nausea, blindness and
affect other fundamental body organs. Sulphuric acid and caustic soda are both
corrosive and can penetrate skin. They even produce toxic vapours like methane
on reactions with other chemicals that are harmful to the environment. When handling
chemicals it is important to wear personal protection equipment (PPE) such as
protective gloves, and special goggles. The workspace shall be systematically
ventilated in order to keep out harmful gases.
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/agrs103.pdf
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/442/442-885/442-885.html
As a chemical engineer i totally agree with my fiend Frixos and i would like to add that apart enviromental problems there are and economical-social problems.Biofuels may raise the price of certain foods which are also used as biofuels such as corn and sunflower.Moreover new technologies which are going to be developed for example in vehicles will increse the prices of them dramatically.Last but not least biofuel's development and production is dependent still on oil.
The April 16,1947 Texas city fire disaster
The worst industial accident in U.S history occured April 1947 in Texas city,Texas.The French Liberty ship Drandcamm suddenly got fire.The master or the captain of the ship told that he did not want to put out the fire with water because it would ruin the cargo(peanuts,votton,tobbaco,drilling equipment).After an hour from the begining of the fire,flames erupted from the open hatch and the ship disintegrated in a prodogoius explosion heard as far as 150 miles distant.Ahudge mushroom like cloud billowed more than 2000 feet,the stockwave knocking two light planes overhead out of the sky.Blast over pressure and heat killed immediately the fire fighters and the cre members.Moreover,buildings and oil storage tanks nearby the refineries got fire.After that another ship the High Flyer which was loaded with sulphur and ammonium nitrate got fire.Nobody understood the significance of the situation.The High Flyer was exploded evan more powerful than Grandcamp.Crude oil oil tanks burst into flames and a chain reaction spread fire to other structures.The Red Cross and the Texas Department of Public Safety counted 405 identified and 63 unidentified dead.Another 100 persons were classified believed missing and the injured people was about 3500 persons.Lets hope that we are not going to live such a hudge accident due to the negligence or the unknowledge of some people.
http://www.local1259iaff.org/disaster.html
Topic 6 : Discus safety in wind energy
Wind energy is produced most commonly by the known wind
turbines. The turbines themselves are the danger because of the large diameter
of the turbine and the very long tower supporting it.
A lot of accidents occur during transporting, erecting,
installing and maintaining the turbines.
In some cases, when there is a lot of wind, turbines
might start spinning without control. That can create several problems like
malfunctions at the rotor. Rotor malfunctions could create fire and taking it
out is difficult because of the height of the tower. In some other cases the
turbine may be destroyed and debris to be thrown to a long distance.
Wind turbines creating high voltage when in use and
workers have to be very careful and prefer working at sunny days.
When the weather is cold and snowy, ice might fall from
tower and turbine.
http://www.cleanenergyinsight.org/nuclear-news/how-safe-is-wind-energy/
Fire Alarm Situation
Permalink Submitted by Marinos Ioannou on Thu, 2012-10-18 07:27.
Last week, while I was trying to sleep in the noise of
City of Aberdeen the fire alarm started around 3am. I first thought that I was
dreaming but then I realised that it must be something serious if it is in the
middle of the night! I then went with my flat mates out of the accommodation
that we live and we were waiting for the security guy to appear in order to see
what is happening. The alarm was applied only in my block and that made me
curious about something really serious and at the same time dangerous; why fire
alarms are independent in a big accommodation that hosts more than 300
students. Well, in some case it is like this way because you have to specify
the location of the fire early enough in order to extinguish it before it is
too late. Anyway I know systems that are installed in other locations (e.g.
industries) that every fire detector that detects fire informs the system
manager that the fire or a possible fire situation is located in this specific
So, what I was trying
So, what I was trying to say above it is that in my
opinion It is safer in a big accommodation or a big building the fire alarms to
be connected all in one system and not independent. Just imagine a fire taking
place in the centre block of total 3 blocks (the 3 blocks are jointed together
like 1 big building). The centre fire alarm will ring and the residents of this
block will get out of it. Until the sensors of the other buildings to detect
the upcoming fire and the security guards to notice the fire’s exact location
the fire will spread so fast that the other two block’s residents will be lucky
if they make it to leave the building.
Well, I must say that I
Well, I must say that I am not in knowledge of what
are the safety measures and how they apply in here, but I am only express what
I believe accordingly to what I already know about safety measures and about
what I noticed during this alarm. Anyways, after going upstairs and try to way
to sleep after the fire alarm, when I finally reached the 6th floor
from the stairs I noticed one other thing. On my block there are safety windows
in the halls, one on each floor. When the fire alarm is on then the windows are
automatically opened. Well, fire triangle gives the 3 things that needed in
order to start or keep a fire alive. The three parameters are:
-heat
-oxygen
In order to extinguish a fire you have to eliminate at
least one of the three parameters.
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Water (Aqua), Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate, [more]Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Lactate, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Carbomer, Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Chlorphenesin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Fragrance, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Cetearyl Olivate, Lecithin, Lysolecithin, Lysophosphatidic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sorbitan Olivate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Undecylenate
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Anti-acne: Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
Antioxidant: Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate
Cell-communicating ingredient: Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Retinyl Palmitate
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin
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Antimicrobial/antibacterial: Chlorphenesin
Buffering: Sodium Lactate
Emollient: Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Glyceryl Caprylate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Lecithin, Glyceryl Undecylenate
Emulsifying: Cetyl Alcohol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Polysorbate 60, Cetearyl Olivate, Lecithin, Lysolecithin, Sorbitan Olivate, Glyceryl Undecylenate
Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin, Sodium Lactate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
Perfuming: Fragrance
Preservative: Chlorphenesin, Potassium Sorbate
Solvent: Water (Aqua), Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane
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Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient
Cetyl Alcohol emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling 2, 2
Dimethicone emollient 0, 1
Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 1, 2
PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate emollient 2, 3
Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract antioxidant, emollient
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate emulsifying
Glyceryl Caprylate emollient, emulsifying
Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing
Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/humectant goodie
Behentrimonium Methosulfate surfactant/cleansing
Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1
Cyclohexasiloxane emollient, solvent
Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent
Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling
Fragrance perfuming icky
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant goodie
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Lecithin emollient, emulsifying goodie
Lysolecithin emulsifying
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Potassium Sorbate preservative
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Also-called: Aqua | What-it-does: solvent
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
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Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil - goodie
Also-called: Safflower Seed Oil | What-it-does: antioxidant, emollient | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0-2
The oil coming from the seeds of the yellow flowered safflower plant. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids: it's a high linoleic acid oil (70%) and has only smaller amounts of oleic acid (11%) (this might be great for acne-prone skin). It also contains antioxidant vitamin E (44mg/100g alpha-tocopherol).
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate - goodie
Also-called: Form of Vitamin C, SAP | What-it-does: antioxidant, anti-acne
The sodium salt form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know what the big fuss about vitamin C is, you are missing out and you have to click here and read all the geeky details about it.
Pure vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid, AA) is great and all, but its lack of stability is a big challenge for the cosmetics industry. One solution is to create stable derivatives that can be absorbed into the skin, convert there to AA and do all the magic AA is proven to do (which is being an antioxidant, a collagen booster, and a skin brightener).
SAP (the vit C derivative, not the enterprise software, obvs) is a promising derivative that has great stability up to pH 7. The challenge with it though is skin penetration. Unfortunately, it seems to be limited, or to quote a great article from the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology "topically applied ascorbyl phosphate salts are, at very best, poorly absorbed in comparison with AA". Regarding conversion to AA, there seems to be no data about it, so we can neither deny nor confirm it.
We have better news regarding the three magic abilities of vitamin C: there is in-vivo (tested on real people) data showing that SAP does have photo-protective (aka antioxidant) properties, though less than pure AA. SAP might also aid collagen boosting; in-vitro (made in the lab) data shows that it works, but is less effective than another vitamin C derivative, called MAP (that seems to be as effective as pure AA). As for skin-brightening, there is a trade publication with in-vivo data showing that SAP can fade brown spots.
Another thing SAP might be able to do is to help with acne. A 2005 study showed in vitro (in test tubes) that 1% SAP has a strong antimicrobial activity on evil acne causing P. acnes and it also showed in vivo (on real people) that 5% SAP can strongly improve the inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions of acne vulgaris. In fact, the results were comparable or even slightly better than with 5% benzoyl peroxide.
And there is even more regarding SAP and acne. A nice double-blind study from 2009 showed that 5% SAP reduced the inflammatory lesions by 20.14% and 48.82% within 4 and 8 weeks respectively and when combined with 0.2% retinol the results were even better. With this combination treatment, the improvement was 29.28% after 4 weeks and 63.10% after 8 weeks of application.
Aside from research studies, anecdotal evidence also supports SAP being a promising vitamin C derivative. One of the best-selling (vitamin C) serums in Sephora is the Ole Henriksen Truth Serum, while on Amazon it's the OzNaturals Vitamin C 20 Serum. Another popular choice is the Mad Hippie Vitamin C serum, and all of these contain vitamin C in the form of SAP.
Overall, we think SAP is a goody! In terms of anti-aging, it's probably not as effective as pure Ascorbic Acid, but it's totally worth a try. However, if your skin is acne-prone, SAP is your form of Vitamin C and it's a must-try.
Glycerin - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits at higher concentrations up to 20-40% (around 10% is a good usability-effectiveness sweet spot)
High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
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Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
What-it-does: emollient
A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, and it’s also easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular.
What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling | Irritancy: 2 | Comedogenicity: 2
A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil.
What-it-does: emollient | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1
Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid.
As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity.
As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types).
What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling | Irritancy: 1 | Comedogenicity: 2
An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%.
It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin.
PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract
What-it-does: antioxidant, astringent, emollient
What-it-does: emulsifying
A white to beige powder that is described as the golden standard emulsifier for emulsions (oil+water mixtures) that are difficult to stabilize. It is especially popular in sunscreens as it can boost SPF protection and increase the water-resistance of the formula.
What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying
A 100% plant derived, natural (Ecocert approved) multi-functional ingredient that has emollient and moisturizing properties, can work as a co-emulsifier (meaning that next to other emulsifiers it can help water and oil to mix) and even more importantly has a strong antimicrobial activity.
Thanks to this last thing, it allows a lower percentage of traditional preservative or it might even be able to completely replace them.
What-it-does: emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing
A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier.
Sodium Lactate - goodie
What-it-does: buffering, moisturizer/humectant
The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula. It's a natural ingredient approved by both ECOCERT and COSMOS.
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
In itself, it's an antistatic (stops your hair from flying around because of electricity), hair conditioning and softening ingredient used mainly in haircare products.
Coupled with Cetearyl Alcohol, they form an easy to handle, super stable emulsifier duo that has exceptional spreadability and gives a pleasant final touch to the products.
What-it-does: viscosity controlling | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1
A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient.
Cyclohexasiloxane
What-it-does: emollient, solvent
A light-feeling, volatile (meaning it does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it) silicone that gives skin a unique, silky and non-greasy feel. It has excellent spreading properties and leaves no oily residue or build-up.
A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel.
It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel.
What-it-does: preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial
A little helper ingredient that works as a preservative. It works against bacteria and some species of fungi and yeast. It's often combined with IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising
Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other monomers that are hydrophobic, i.e. water-hating.
This means that our molecule is part water- and part oil-loving, so it not only works as a thickener but also as an emulsion stabilizer. It is very common in gel-type formulas that also contain an oil-phase as well as in cleansers as it also works with most cleansing agents (unlike a lot of other thickeners).
Fragrance - icky
Also-called: Fragrance, Parfum;Parfum/Fragrance | What-it-does: perfuming
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face than fragrance is not your best friend - no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 - goodie
Also-called: Argireline, Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 | What-it-does: cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant
If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline.
So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why would anyone use still Botox?).
The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both the depth and width of wrinkles "significantly".
This means, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 does have some ability to smooth wrinkles (but not as well as Botox - sorry, if we sound like a broken record). Also, we have to agree with TruthInAging, that it's not a collagen builder and not a preventer of structural aging (think vitamin C, AHAs or retinol); it's just a quick fix. If you are looking for one, this could be your thing. If you are more of a "let's treat this aging thing properly" type, then it's probably not your thing.
Cetearyl Olivate - goodie
Also-called: Part of Olivem 1000 | What-it-does: emulsifying
An ester that comes from Cetearyl alcohol and the fatty acids of olive oil. It often comes to the formula coupled with Sorbitan Olivate as the two together form the well-known, natural emulsifier trade named Olivem 1000.
Other than helping oil and water to blend, the main thing of Olivem 1000 is generating liquid crystal structures that are similar to the lipid structures of the stratum corneum (the outermost layer of the skin). Thanks to this, Olivem 1000 doubles as an active ingredient with significant moisturizing, barrier-repairing and soothing properties.
It also helps to deliver water-soluble actives such as caffeine more effectively, and can even boost SPF in sunscreen formulas. Its typical use level is 1-5% and has wide compatibility with other actives and oils.
Overall, a real multi-tasker with nice sensorial properties. No wonder it is so popular.
Lecithin - goodie
A very common ingredient that can be found in all cell membranes. In cosmetics it's quite the multi-tasker: it's an emollient and water-binding ingredient but it's also an emulsifier and can be used for stabilization purposes. It's also often used to create liposomes.
Lysolecithin
What-it-does: preservative
It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It’s not a strong one and doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast. To do that it has to break down to its active form, sorbic acid. For that to happen, there has to be water in the product and the right pH value (pH 3-4).
But even if everything is right, it’s not enough on its own. If you see potassium sorbate you should see some other preservative next to it too.
BTW, it’s also a food preservative and even has an E number, E202.
Sorbitan Olivate - goodie
An ester coming from sorbitol and the fatty acids of olive oil. It is part of the popular emulsifier trade named Olivem 1000 that is well-known for generating biomimetic liquid crystal structures. We have more info on Olivem 1000 at Cetearyl Olivate >>
Also-called: Vitamin E Acetate | What-it-does: antioxidant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
It’s the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it’s also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
Also-called: Form of Retinoids | What-it-does: cell-communicating ingredient | Irritancy: 1-3 | Comedogenicity: 1-3
It's an ester form of vitamin A (retinol + palmitic acid) that belongs to the "retinoid family". The retinoid family is pretty much the royal family of skincare, with the queen being the FDA-approved anti-aging ingredient tretinoin. Retinol is also a very famous member of the family, but it's like Prince William, two steps away from the throne. Retinyl palmitate will be then little Prince George, quite far (3 steps) away from the throne.
By steps, we mean metabolic steps. Tretinoin, aka retinoic acid, is the active ingredient our skin cells can understand and retinyl palmitate (RP) has to be converted by our metabolic machinery to actually do something. The conversion is a 3 step one and looks like this:
retinyl palmitate --> retinol -- > retinaldehyde --> all-trans-retinoic acid
As we wrote in our lengthy retinol description the problem is that the conversion is not terribly effective. The evidence that RP is still an effective anti-aging ingredient is not very strong, in fact, it's weak. Dr. Leslie Baumann in her fantastic Cosmetic Dermatology book writes that RP is topically ineffective.
What's more, the anti-aging effectiveness is not the only questionable thing about RP. It also exibits questionable behaviour in the presence of UV light and was the center of a debate between the non-profit group, EWG (whose intentions are no doubt good, but its credibility is often questioned by scientists) and a group of scientists and dermatologists lead by Steven Q. Wang, MD, director of dermatologic surgery at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre.
Dr. Leslie Baumann wrote a great review of the debate and summarized the research available about retinyl palmitate here. It seems that there is a study showing RP being photo protective against UVB rays but there is also a study showing RP causing DNA damage and cytotoxicity in association with UVA.
We think that the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and we agree with Dr. Baumann's conclusion: "sufficient evidence to establish a causal link between RP and skin cancer has not been produced. Nor, I’m afraid, are there any good reasons to recommend the use of RP". We would add especially during the day!
Bottom line: If you wanna get serious about retinoids, RP is not your ingredient (retinol or tretinoin is!). However, if you use a product that you like and it also contains RP, there is no reason to throw it away. If possible use it at night, just to be on the safe side.
Glyceryl Undecylenate
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what‑it‑does solvent
Normal (well kind of - it's purified and deionized) water. Usually the main solvent in cosmetic products. [more]
what‑it‑does antioxidant | emollient
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Safflower Seed Oil - emollient plant oil with moisturizing fatty acids (linoleic: 70%, oleic: 11%) and antioxidant vitamin E (44mg/100g alpha-tocopherol). [more]
what‑it‑does antioxidant | anti-acne
The sodium salt form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know what the big fuss about vitamin C is, you are missing out and you have to click here and read all the geeky details about it. Pure vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid, AA) is great and all, but its lack of stability is a big challenge for the cosmetics industry. [more]
what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant
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A real oldie but a goodie. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient
A very common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. Comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling
A fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier).
A very common silicone that gives both skin and hair a silky smooth feel. It also forms a protective barrier on the skin and fills in fine lines. Also used for scar treatment. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling
A super common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams. [more]
what‑it‑does emulsifying
A white to beige powder that is the golden standard emulsifier for emulsions (oil+water mixtures) that are difficult to stabilize. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | emulsifying
A natural multi-functional ingredient that has emollient and moisturizing properties, can work as a co-emulsifier and has a strong antimicrobial activity. [more]
what‑it‑does emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing
what‑it‑does buffering | moisturizer/humectant
The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula. [more]
what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing
An antistatic, hair conditioning and softening ingredient used mainly in haircare products. Otherwise, it's probably next to Cetearyl Alcohol to form a great emulsifier duo. [more]
what‑it‑does viscosity controlling
A handy white powder that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | solvent
A light-feeling, volatile silicone that gives skin a unique, silky and non-greasy feel. It has excellent spreading properties and leaves no oily residue or build-up.
It's a super commonly used water-thin volatile silicone that gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. [more]
what‑it‑does preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial
A little helper ingredient that works as a preservative. It works against bacteria and some species of fungi and yeast. [more]
A common helper ingredient that stabilizes emulsions and helps to thicken up products. [more]
what‑it‑does perfuming
The generic term for nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. It is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average. [more]
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Argireline - famous peptide that's often referred to as "Botox in a jar". In reality, it's nowhere near that powerful, but it can smooth wrinkles to some extent by preventing facial muscles from contracting. [more]
Part of Olivem 1000, a natural emulsifier duo that is known for forming biomimetic liquid crystal structures. It doubles as an active ingredient with barrier repairing and soothing properties. [more]
It's quite the multi-tasker: an emollient and water-binding ingredient but also an emulsifier and can be used for stabilization purposes. It's also often used to create liposomes. [more]
what‑it‑does preservative
A not so strong preservative that doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast. [more]
An ester coming from sorbitol and the fatty acids of olive oil. It often comes to the formula coupled with Cetearyl Olivate and the two together help water and oil to blend (emulsifier). It's a natural and Ecocert approved duo.
what‑it‑does antioxidant
A form of vitamin E that works as an antioxidant. Compared to the pure form it's more stable, has longer shelf life, but it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin. [more]
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An ester form of vitamin A (retinol + palmitic acid) that is pretty much the least effective member of the retinoid family. Its anti-aging effects are quite questionable as well as its behavior in the presence of UVA light. (Use it at night if possible!) [more]
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The Supreme Quash Court of India
Dr. Surendra Gadekar
A well-known Indian anti-nuclear activist and physicist, Gadekar lives in the remote tribal village of Vedchhi near the Kakrapar atomic power plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat. There, with his wife, a physician, he runs a Gandhian school for young activists and monitors the Indian nuclear industry, conducting surveys of power plants, uranium mines, and nuclear-testing facilities to determine the effect on the public’s health.
In 1987, he founded Anumukti, a journal devoted to establishing a non-nuclear India.
He can be contacted atanumukti@gmx.net
Old issues of Anumukti can be downloaded HERE.
Many people in India have a deep faith in the legal system. They believe that the courts provide justice. Very often, whenever some new nuclear project is in the works, the first thing one hears is, “Let us go to the courts.” Though invariably these attempts have ended in disappointments, the faith abides. Sordid tales of corruption amongst the judiciary have shaken it somewhat, but deep down most feel that in the Supreme Court at least, their concerns will get a fair hearing and once the truth is known, justice shall prevail. Satyameva Jayate.
I have somehow never shared this faith in the judicial process. Maybe it is the anarchist in me but I have always been sceptical of the wisdom of the judges. Two recent judgements of the Supreme Court in cases related to nuclear matters have only reinforced this scepticism. I have seriously begun to doubt, if the honourable judges do read and understand their own judgements. To illustrate my point let us consider the judgement in the case of G. Sundarrajan vs The Union of India & others (The Koodankulam case)
At the very beginning of the judgement itself the honourable judges write;
“We are in these appeals concerned with an issue of considerable national and international importance, pertaining to the setting up of a nuclear power plant in the South-Eastern tip of India, at Kudankulam in the State of Tamil Nadu. The incidents occurred in Three Miles Island Power Plant USA, Chernobyl, Ukraine, USSR, Fukoshima, Japan, Union Carbide, Bhopal might be haunting the memory of the people living in and around Kudankulam, leading to large-scale agitation and emotional reaction to the setting up of the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and its commissioning.
The nature of potential adverse effect of ionizing radiation, adds to fears and unrest which might not have even thought of by Enrico Fermi a noble laureate in physics in 1938, who was responsible for the setting up of the first Nuclear reactor in a Doubles quash Court at Slagg Field, at the Chicago University, USA.”
Let me first of all clarify that my role while quoting the judgement is purely that of a cut-paste artist. I have not added or subtracted even a comma or corrected the spellings. So those amongst you, dear readers, who have any problems with the English in the text, should take up the matter directly with the authors themselves. I shall only direct your attention to a portion of the last sentence, in fact, towards the Doubles quash Court at the Slagg Field at Chicago University, USA. A minor detail first: It is the University of Chicago and not Chicago University. Second, there is no Slagg Field there. A quick glance at wikipedia confirms it to be Stagg Field. But what takes the cake, is the “Doubles quash Court”. It is of course well known that Fermi built the first atomic pile underneath the squash court at the University of Chicago and that squash is a ball game like tennis played inside a room either by two (singles) or by four(doubles) players. It was previously known as racquets. Pakistanis have been world beaters at this sport with Jehangir Khan being a real legend. But what is quash? Specially Doubles quash. A look at the dictionary comes up with three possibilities:
1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress
2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc.)
3. (Law) to reject (an indictment, writ, etc.) as invalid
Alas, nothing at all on Doubles quash. Maybe the two (doubles?) learned judges through this Freudian slip are giving an early indication of what they intend to do with people’s aspirations for justice.
I can sense a certain remonstration amongst you, dear readers at all this. Why make such a song and dance about something that might actually be just a typo. So, let it pass although I do think that three mistakes in just half a sentence in the opening paragraph itself in a judgement on an issue of international importance, is something unworthy of what one expects of the Supreme Court of India.
Going further on page 9 and 10 we have,
“As a sequel to that national policy, the Central Government, with the active cooperation of AEC, BARC, NPCIL, AERB etc., have already set up about twenty operating power reactors in the country with installed nuclear capacity of 4780 MWe, which have been commissioned over the last four decades from the year 1969 to 2011.
Over and above, India has now set up two PHWRs of VVER based NPPs (2 X 1000 MWe) at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu with the co-operation of Russian Federation which is the subject matter of this litigation.”
It is entirely understandable if a novice gets confused in this alphabet soup. But since the learned judges themselves call it as “the subject matter of this litigation,” one would at least expect that they would know that PHWR and VVER refer to two entirely different reactor types and calling PHWR of VVER based NPP is just absurd. PHWR stands for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor while VVER are the initials in Russian of what might be translated as Water-water Energised Reactor. A pressurized heavy water reactor is better known as CANDU standing for Canadian Deuterium Uranium reactor. As the name implies, it uses natural uranium as fuel and heavy water both as a moderator as well as the coolant. VVER on the other hand uses enriched uranium as fuel and ordinary natural water as both moderator and coolant. Most Indian reactors till now except for the first two at Tarapur are CANDU types. The Indian atomic energy establishment does not like the name CANDU since it refers to the Canadian origin of the design and rather prefers PHWR of Indian design.
During the entire text of the judgement, the judges place an extraordinary reliance on the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) a toothless lapdog regulatory body. Although it would be wrong to say that every page refers to AERB, the total number of references 126 in a 247 page report (more than once in two pages), does illustrate the dependence of the judges on this fig-leaf of a regulator. Even the Government of India having realized following Fukushima the uselessness of AERB as a regulator has decided to constitute a new regulatory body but the faith of the judges in the effectiveness of AERB as a regulator remains strong. However, AERB has no previous experience of regulating a VVER reactor. More relevant is the fact that DAE and NPCIL care two hoots for what ever the AERB manuals may contain.
On pages 14 and 15, the judges are very particular to point out that it is not their province to decide on the correctness of a policy. That is strictly for the parliament to decide. They quote many other legal luminaries to bolster this argument.
It is not for Courts to determine whether a particular policy or a particular decision taken in fulfillment of a policy, is fair. Reason is obvious, it is not the province of a court to scan the wisdom or reasonableness of the policy behind the Statute.
Lord Macnaughten in Vacher & Sons v. London Society of Compositors, (1913)AC107(118)HL has stated:
“Some people think the policy of the Act unwise and even dangerous to the community……But a Judicial tribunal has nothing to do with the policy of any Act which it may be called upon to interpret. That may be a matter for private judgment. The duty of the Court, and its only duty is to expand the language of the Act in accordance with the settled rules of construction.”
12. In CCSU v. Min. (1984) 3 All ER 935 (954) HL, it was held that it is not for the Courts to determine whether a particular policy or particular decision taken in fulfillment of that policy
are fair. They are concerned only with the manner in which those decisions have been taken, if that manner is unfair, the decision will be tainted with that Lord Diplock labels as ‘procedural impropriety’.
13. This Court in M.P. Oil Extraction and Anr. v. State of M.P. and Ors., (1997 )7SCC 592 held that unless the policy framed is absolutely capricious, unreasonable and arbitrary and based on mere ipse dixit of the executive authority or is invalid in constitutional or statutory mandate, court’s interference is not called for. Reference may also be made in the judgment of this Court in M/s. Ugar Sugar Works Ltd. v. Delhi Administration & Ors., (2001) 3 SCC 635; Dhampur Sugar
(Kashipur) Ltd. v. State of Uttranchal and Ors. (2007) 8 SCC 418 and Delhi Bar Association v. Union of India and Ors., (2008) 13 SCC 628.
We are therefore firmly of the opinion that we cannot sit in judgment over the decision taken by the Government of India, NPCIL etc. for setting up of KKNPP at Kudankulam in view of the Indo-Russia agreement. Courts also cannot stand in the way of the Union of India honouring its
Inter-Governmental Agreement entered into between India and Russia.
But if the judges really believed in this how come on page 11 one finds them waxing eloquent on the merits of nuclear energy?
“One of the reasons for preferring nuclear energy as an alternative source of energy is that it is a clean, safe, reliable and competitive energy source which can replace a significant part of the fossil fuels like coal, oil, gas etc. Oil and natural gas resources might exhaust themselves.”
Does the injunction against making judgements on policy matters hold only if the policy is not to the judge’s liking? What makes this pontification all the more disgusting is the fact that each of the adjectives used to describe nuclear energy; clean, safe, reliable and competitive is not applicable to nuclear energy at all. Nuclear energy is not clean, not safe, not reliable and certainly not competitive. Even with all the corruption involved in the coalgate scandal, coal is still considerably cheaper than nuclear. The judges in exhibiting their complete ignorance of the facts concerning nuclear energy just show the enormous amount of work that still needs to be done in educating the so-called educated classes.
As early as October 2010, we have had the spectacle of the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, Mr Narayanswami making periodic announcements regarding early start to the Koodankulam electricity generation. That has just not happened in the last three years and the reason for the delay is not just public agitation. The fact is that there are serious deficiencies in the equipment supplied for the plant, but the judges have totally ignored this reality and chosen to rely on the worthless assurances of DAE and its lapdog regulator AERB.
In case you are still not convinced of my assertion regarding the judges being ignorant of their own judgement, there is yet another gem in the judgement. On page 192 the judges categorically declare, “Larger public interest of the community should give way to individual apprehension of violation of human rights and right to life guaranteed under Article 21. ”
Now what can be clearer than this. The judges have already by now (page 192) made absolutely clear that they consider nuclear energy to be in the larger public interest of the community. But according to the statement above, that does not matter. Thousands of individuals have expressed and continue to express their apprehensions of violations of their human rights and the right to life guaranteed under article 21 and whatever invisible public good there might be in nuclear energy, that has to give way according to the learned judges to these apprehensions.
Yet, just a page later on page 194, the judges sing an entirely different tune.
Apprehension, however, legitimate it may be, cannot override the justification of the project. Nobody on this earth can predict what would happen in future and to a larger extent we have to leave it to the destiny. But once the justification test is satisfied, the apprehension test is bound to fail. Apprehension is something we anticipate with anxiety or fear, a fearful anticipation, which may vary from person to person.
The learned judges have by this u-turn completely lost me and I suspect anybody who reads the judgement seriously. While the project has to give way to people’s apprehensions, the apprehensions cannot override the project. I suppose I shall have plenty of time to ponder on this dilemma and on the wisdom of the judges of the Supreme doubles quash Court when I don’t give way to a truck and the truck overrides me.
PRESS RELEASE- Supreme Court Verdict on Koodankulam: A Travesty of Justice (kractivist.wordpress.com)
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AERB’s sloppy sarkari reply on Koodankulam (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Koodankulam:A Court in the Supreme Contempt of its People (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Koodankulam Must Be Stopped: Dr. A Gopalakrishnan #nuclear (kractivist.wordpress.com)
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60 kilometers of slope across 5 areas
Discover the Simmental on quiet trails. The infinite expanse of the flat valley floor makes the Simmental a genuine cross-country skiing experience. With diverse trails to meet every requirement, nestled in the heart of a pristine mountain landscape, the Simmental is paradise for the appreciative athlete.
The Lenk valley floor offers 18 km of slopes classic and skating (incl. race slope) for cross-country skiing. And although the snow on the valley slopes melts in the Spring, the cross-country skiing season is still far from over. The Haslerberg (accessible with Betelberg gondola) offers 6 km (4,1 km big lap, 1,8 km small lap) of high slopes at 2'000 m a.s.l. surrounded by a unique mountain landscape to explore.
St. Stephan
The picturesque valley slope of Zweisimmen – St. Stephan – Lenk extends 13 km across the Simme. The rush of the river in the background and the crunch of the snow under your skis helps you forget about everyday life.
Surrounded by gentle landscape and with a view reaching far into the distance, the Jaunpass offers a unique experience for cross-country skiers. At 1'500 m a.s.l., two cross-country slopes guide you away from the ski resort through a snow-covered landscape; 16 km classic, 9 km skating. The night slope is lit every Wednesday and Saturday until 10 p.m. If there is enough snow, a slope is also opened in the valley of Boltigen.
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Report: Cats in Australia Kill One Million Birds a Day
Earlier this year, Australia made headlines when a study discovered that feral cats cover nearly 100 percent of the continent. Now, months later, the country has another feline-related issue on its hands.
A recent study released by the Biological Conservation journal found that both feral and domestic cats in Australia consume 377 million birds a year. Those numbers vary depending on weather patterns, but roughly up to 1 million birds are killed a day.
The study points out that nearly all of the birds killed by cats are native to Australia and that 338 different species have been killed, including 71 threatened species.
Lead researcher Professor John Woinarski of Charles Darwin University called the numbers "staggering," and he's not alone in his shock and concern for cats and birds alike.
Evan Quartermain, the head of programs for Humane Society International (HSI), told petMD that the distressing figure is a call for Australians to practice responsible pet ownership.
"Current government-funded control methods include baiting for cats with 1080-based poisons, which, [aside from] being incredibly inhumane, is certainly not in the best interests of cats or other non-target wildlife that can take them," he said, urging the Australian government to take the right measures in helping with this problem.
While there are no easy answers or quick fixes for this issue, Quartermain said that HSI advocates for more natural solutions, such as cat curfews and reducing controls on dingo populations, which "have been shown to lower cat abundance and limit their hunting movement."
Other animal rights groups have suggestions for the issue as well. "The only real solution to Australia's feral cat problem is to embark on a vast sterilization campaign," said Ashley Fruno, the associate director of campaigns for PETA. "The government needs to fund immuno-contraceptive solutions that will humanely and effectively decrease populations."
Quartermain said that they are not only concerned for the welfare of the country's cats, but also for the birds and Australian ecosystem because of this issue.
"Australia’s bird species are essential to the health of our forests, heathlands, grasslands, and everything in between," he said. "An incredible level of ecosystem services such as pollination, the spreading of seeds, reduction of agricultural and environmental pests, and nutrient turnover are provided by Australia’s diverse bird life."
Both Fruno and Quartermain agreed that this issue is a human-made one, due to pet owners who either allow their cats to roam outside or abandon them completely.
"The tragedy is that, as usual, it is we humans who are at fault and the animals (be they cats or the native species killed by cats) that suffer," Quartermain said. "The good news is responsible pet ownership is something all cat owners can practice, and some local governments around the country are introducing additional measures to either keep pet cats completely contained on people's properties or to at least ensure they aren’t out at night through curfews."
Read more: Study Finds That Feral Cats Now Cover Nearly 100% of Australia
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Photographer Marlen Stahlhuth Tells Us Why “Burka is the New Punk”
Marlen Stahlhuthor Leniis a multi-media artist currently living in Berlin. Her schedule is bustling with creative projects, working as a fashion editor & photographer, and also freelancing for big venues like MTV and Vice, while also managing her personal livestyle blog Paperboats. Her work is colourful, unusual, and sometimes verges on controversialshe caught our eye…
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Rupert Lamontagne talks about “50 Girls of Summer No. 3”
As the days slowly revert to their shorter states, skirts and pants start to become longer and the last of our bonfires transform into just burning red embers, Montreal-based photographer Rupert Lamontagne reminds us of the softer, romantic side of the season of sun. "50 Girls of Summer," a project influenced largely by the delicacy of the female figures exhibited, provides a calm and poetic resolution to the commencing of summertime and all of the beauty it encompasses.
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Interview with Photographer Francesca Beltran “Home is a state of mind”
The work of Mexican-born, New York-based photographer Francesca Beltran fuses tenderness with a taste of nostalgia. Both raw and ethereal, her images explore the subtle translucence that often exists between reality and dreamscapes. She creates visual narratives that offer glimpses into the unbearable lightness of being, which is fitting as she cites Milan Kundera as…
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Alice Smeets Talks About “The Ghetto Tarot” and her Fascination with Haiti
Colorful, provocative, and avant-garde, this is how the Belgian photographer, Alice Smeets, presents her project ''The Ghetto Tarot.'' In this collection, she teamed up with local Haitian artists to recreate the surreal illustrations of an old tarot deck. The idea behind this project is not to glorify the ghetto and poverty, but to alter the…
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Earth Magic – Photographer Rik Garrett Talks About Witchcraft
What if witches hadn't changed that much since medieval times and were still fairly close to the popular imagery conveyed by their early enemies during the classical witchhunts? In this collection, the American artist and photographer, Rik Garrett, signs a personal exploration of the relationship between witchcraft, the female form and nature. We spoke to Garrett about his passion for the occult, his relationship with nature, and his age-old photography techniques.
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Interview with Nadia Tarra & Arnaud Ele: Romancing the Swiss Alps
The beauty of the Swiss Alps is captured beautifully by photography duo, Arnaud Ele and Nadia Tarra. Their photography has a whimsical and youthful feel; capturing the world in muted, yet breathtaking photos with a vintage feel that brings upon a sense of nostalgia. In a world of overly edited and fine-tuned photography, Arnaud and…
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Photography Interview with Sarker Protick “Love Me or Kill Me”
Being featured in the British Journal of Photography is no small feat. One of the oldest photography magazines in the UK compiles a yearly list of "Ones to Watch," mostly young, but all talented, and on the cusp of breaking out. Sarker Protick is a Bangladesh based documentary photographer that made the list in 2014. Currently a lecturer at the South Asian Institute of Photography, Protick has developed several photographic series, from a visual anthology of visits with his grandparents, to one of his most recent works "Love me or Kill Me," inspired by the Dhallywood film industry (based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, hence the name). Here, we ask him more about this project, and let the artist speak for himself. Lola Who: Youve studied marketing, photography and journalism in Bangladesh, the United-States, and the UK. Having lived in all those places, how would you compare the photography scene in Bangladesh? Sarker: Actually, it was only for a brief period of time, so I dont think I should compare. But undoubtedly, the photographic scene is very strong and dynamic in Bangladesh. There are many good photographers. We have a famous photography school called "Pathshala," which has made a huge contribution to Bangladeshi photography. There is also a biennial festival of photography called "Chobi Mela International Photo Festival" that brings major and emerging artists from all over the world. We have a strong community, but unfortunately not many galleries are established here, especially in the photographic scene.
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The Lost Library of Dr John Dee
Posted by Sandra Lawrence on January 18, 2016 January 22, 2016
Scholar, courtier, magician: The Lost Library of John Dee
18 Jan-29 July 2016, Royal College of Physicians, free admission
Where do you start with Doctor John Dee? Mathematician, alchemist, magician, astrologer, astronomer, spy, angel-botherer, Dee was a true Elizabethan polymath. From early theatrical leanings, directing student productions at Cambridge with astonishing special effects, to advising John Frobisher on trade routes, Dee’s was an enquiring, creative, active mind.
He may have ended his life in poverty, separated not only from his place in society but his precious library but he – a man who adored whimsy and fun – had the last laugh. He has lived on in hearts and minds from William Shakespeare to Derek Jarman, Christopher Marlowe to Neil Gaiman. He is, according to who you believe, Prospero, Faustus, 007 and, even more tantalisingly – himself.
John Dee straddles the ancient and the modern. He embraced medieval ideas of angels, alchemy and the elusive philosophers’ stone while foreseeing a future in science and commerce. He was the first man to write about a putative ‘Brytish Impire’ yet failed to see his own downfall at the arrival of James I, an obsessive witch hunter. He lost his place at court, his influence and, most heartbreaking of all, his books.
It’s painful to imagine the agony a man who had spent his life not just acquiring books but poring over them, using them, annotating them and, often, doodling in them, must have felt when, on his arrival home from abroad, he discovered his house had been ransacked and his books stolen.
No one knows exactly who took them, but a former pupil of Dee’s, one Nicholas Saunder, certainly acquired a fair few of them; did his best to scratch, burn, soak and even bleach Dee’s name from their pages and scrawl his own over the top.
In some ways, it’s a blessing (for us; Dee was devastated) that the library was stolen, as at least 150 of them have ended up in the archives of the Royal College of Physicians, donated as part of a larger collection after the college lost their own library in the Great Fire of London.
Now, for the first time ever, an exhibition to the extraordinary Dr Dee gives us an insight into a truly enquiring, whimsical, romantic, curious mind. We see notes in his own hand – one, about the Trojan War, comments there is no mention of the horse in a ‘therefore this book is clearly rubbish’ tone of voice. Somewhere else he’s scribbled a possible family tree. A single line in another book is illustrated by a magnificent galleon, while above it is the Tudor equivalent of a hyperlink – a little armillary sphere to remind Dee where something is.
Throughout the work, tiny arrows in the shape of exquisite little pointing fingers, complete with fancy Elizabethan cuffs (called ‘manicules’) direct us to the best bits, while, in probably the world’s first example of a pop-up activity book, tiny origami pyramids show us how solids are constructed.
To this day no one knows exactly how the volvelles (moving paper circles) elsewhere actually work.
The overwhelming feeling you get from this exhibition is that you’d like John Dee. His portrait is that of a dour old bloke with a long beard and a weary eye. Perhaps that’s what he became and, given the way he was treated in the autumn of his life, it’s hardly surprising.
Modern treatments make him a terrifying necromancer, a sorcerer, a sinister character to scare your children with. But who couldn’t like a man who scribbles pictures of funny beardy faces in his books? Who plays with paper triangles and has a fondness for love poetry?
This free exhibition is unmissable, whether you’re there to gawp at Dee’s obsidian ‘black’ mirror (reputedly gazed into by Queen Elizabeth herself…) his scrying glass and crystal ball; to speculate over the late 19th Century painting of Dee performing magic before the Queen, whose circle of skulls has been mysteriously painted out – or just to enjoy the curiosity, depth and downright humour of his lost library, it’s something to savour.
If you’re in a hurry you could, frankly, miss out the accompanying film, which, though having an interesting aside about a wall in Bexley, otherwise says little you can’t find out for yourself an awful lot more quickly.
Image: Wellcome Library, London.
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simonjkyte says:
Yep, this will be fantastic. I am trying not to build it up because then I might be disappointed!
Sandra Lawrence says:
Hi Simon – thanks for being my first-ever commenter. I only set up this blog yesterday! But really, do go and see the exhibition. It’s small, but perfectly formed.
And there is a late evening: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/events/john-dee-exhibition-late-opening-18-february
OOh – cheers!
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Category: Secret London
When you’re facing World War II it’s wise to have a secret bunker to retreat to in times of National Emergency. But what if that got bombed or discovered? Better have a spare just in case… Winston Churchill’s spare secret bunker was Paddock Wood, in a part of Dollis Hill in North London so obscure…
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By the 19th century London’s population had grown so much the churchyards were full, and what to do with the capital’s dead was becoming a serious problem. So in 1832, an Act of Parliament was passed permitting the creation of private cemeteries, in what was then the suburbs of the city – though of course, they’re…
Unseen City: Martin Parr
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