Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Energy storage startup attracts Gates, other investors

Cool idea as long as no blowout occurs. Requires a strong vessel?

http://www.eetimes.com/design/smart-energy-design/4400573/Bill-Gates-backs-energy-storage-startup?cid=NL_EETimesDaily

WOMAN WALKING 800 KMS TO OTTAWA ARRIVES IN KINGSTON


November 5, 2012  -  NEWS UPDATE:     
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
 
WOMAN WALKING 800 KMS TO OTTAWA ARRIVES IN KINGSTON
 
Kingston - Grandmother Wendy Hoy, an entrepreneur, left her work to tread on foot bringing a message to Ottawa about the risks associated with electromagnetic radio frequency (EMR) emissions such as those from cell phone towers, Wi-fi and Smart Meters.  The 57 year old left her home in Port Franks ON September 20th, motivated by the impending construction of a telecommunications tower in her own home town and a friend who was forced to quit working as an airline pilot due to electro-sensitivity. 
 
Many communities along her walking route have played host to Ms. Hoy, her dog Dasher and driver Judy Watt.  While some towns have organized rallies, flash dance mobs and educational meetings for surrounding communities, others, like Oakville, Mississauga and Uxbridge, have held Town Hall meetings to discuss the issue of Telecommunications tower construction in their communities and the associated health risks with Municipal Council members and their MPs. 
 
Hoy hopes to meet with Mayor Gerretson and MP Ted Hsu to share information with Council members and the rest of the community.
 
                                                                 
For More Information:
 
 

Colouring for Grown-ups - Ryan Hunter | Guardian bookshop

http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780857501691

Why I'll be marking Malala Day | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Let's all mark Malala Day alongside Remembrance day!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/nov/06/malala-yousafzai-gordon-brown-united-nations-women-education

Sleeper

Monday, 5 November 2012

The man who would stop hurricanes with car tyres | Environment | The Observer

Necessity as source of invention! This invention could save many billions!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/04/stephen-salter-tyre-hurricane-sandy

Lake District in peril from phone mast 'free-for-all' | Environment | The Observer

Oh dear!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/03/4g-national-parks-threat

Economies of scale: The economics of enormity | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/11/economies-scale

New Driver Steals The Show At Nike Golf`S Global Innovation Summit - Congoo

Golfers get excited!

http://www.congoo.com/news/2012November6/Driver-Steals-Show-Nike-Golfs

Congoo News

Another great source of interesting views on the news:

http://www.congoo.com/

P&O Cruises Sale | P&O Late Deals | Iglucruise.com

Care to cruise!

http://www.iglucruise.com/promotion_id57?referrersiteid=314&gclid=CISejLuWubMCFSnJtAod0jwA3g

CHART OF THE DAY: CapEx Big Spenders - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-capex-big-spenders-2012-10?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day&utm_campaign=SAI_COTD_110512

InsideHalton Article: Proposed cell tower in form of cross causing controversy

No shame!

http://www.insidehalton.com/article/1320485--proposed-cell-tower-in-form-of-cross-causing-controversy

InsideHalton Article: Milton committee opposes cell tower

http://www.insidehalton.com/article/1355635--milton-committee-opposes-cell-tower

InsideHalton Article: Committee receives update on proposed cell tower plans

http://www.insidehalton.com/news/article/1530527--committee-receives-update-on-proposed-cell-tower-plans

Wireless Industry Resisted Calls To Back Up Cell Towers Before Sandy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/wireless-cell-service-sandy_n_2072287.html

Wool - Comfort or the Cold

Dr. Magda Havas, PhD

Our Canadian expert is contributing to the health of our community by speaking out:

http://www.magdahavas.com/

Välkommen till Elöverkänsligas Riksförbund

http://www.feb.nu/

Canadians Struggle Past Frustrations with Telecommunications Industry, but the RF Trojan Horse has entered our Community and is a Silent Killing Machine!

Canadians Struggle Past Frustrations with Telecommunications Industry, but the RF Trojan Horse has entered our Community and is a Silent Killing Machine!

There is very little doubt that if cellular phones and wireless machines, such as iPad and were safe, they would be a tremendous boon to communications, economies, and society. People can wonder whether a few human lives sacrificed to allow the proliferation of wireless technology is moral or not. The fact remains that the telecommunications industry is not going to wait around for 'do gooders' to ease their consciences that society may be demanding deaths of people so that they can enjoy cheaper entertainment. It seems that even the churches have joned the throng of organisations willing to take the lives of a few so that the living can have better TV-like programming on the move and viritually everywhere. Business is not just in the office. It is fully mobile. Fun is not just in the home, it is in the woods and everywhere on the move, in cars, airplanes, subways and trains, boats, schools and hospitals. It, RF technology is already almost universally available and becoming more dense than six lazers triggering a nuclear holocast.

So as a defunct but still thinking economist, I have to ask the question whether the technologogists, engineers, politicians, physicists, health gurus, doctors, academics and theoreticians etc have thoroughly thrashed out the multitude of general disequilibrium implications for economics, health, security, and environment. I am sad to say that the equations have not even been formulated and few of the pressing questions have been asked or researched seriously. So with bad equations, Canadian society a small small part of an extraordinarily 'dense' world presses on muddling through. Those that have and exploit the technologies make money that they may never live to enjoy.

Like Jobs, the Apple founder, they may flounder because of a disease they don't understand, see or protect against before it is too late. Yes, cell phones and RF signals affect genetic structures and ultimately spawn a slew of cancers. Those that use the products gain in a technical and useful way, but so what if they die prematurely, like children with their heads full of water just waiting for magnetic fields to mess up their futures. Try putting a baby or a child's head in a microwave oven, like you do your own amygdala so sensitized you instantaneously start to battle in the streets, or go on a roof top to shoot at fellow citizens. So what is the problem? Why should anyone in Canada be concerned?

Now, if I were a terrorist, the way to put a big damper on my foe would be to have a delayed activation weapon, a weapon that would spread to every one of my enemy and carry out its destructive effect without any one being the wiser. It just happens that a slow acting deadly wireless technology would be the perfect Trojan horse. It would be like a virus that no one would stop, no one would worry about (save a few bewildered people like myself) and would be universal, being that everyone would be infected before the deadly implications were understood. Who would survive?

I get this nightmare of a dream in which some entity, a machine, from the future is sent back into the past to warn of the danger from wireless. A mistake is made and the prophet machine lands a thousand years too soon, talks about eating the forbidden tree of a fruit called the apple and as a consequence human kind and life falls into a path of no return out of which only machines survive!

Pretty extreme!

Well, we don't yet have dead people telling us that RF waves killed them! Dead people don't talk, and if radiation produced the cancer that they died from, they would not be any wiser. The story requires that It be a slowly evolving Trojan horse that make take several decades before dead bodies talk! No, not really! There are too many people dying in highly populated countries for the danger not to go unnoticed. Many people suspect, but have trouble finding 'proof' even though animal tests are very conclusive. The analysis is just complex enough for doubts to linger within a large segment of the population addicted to fun! This is especially true of the very young.

As a statisitician, one can come to the conclusion today that RF radiation is a killer of life and an extremely dangerous. However, most people don't have my skills, and statistics lie don't they!

My view is different. The Trojan horse evolves very very rapidly to kill people and people do become aware before all of humankind is dying. Some people guess the seriousness of the danger and act to develop technologies to protect themselves, but many people die. Like aids and smoking, the addictive properties of the RF cancer spreads out of control for a long while, but is eventually restrained after many many people have died needlessly!

What follows is an example of an attempt by an expert to convince a mayor of the dangers, the Trojan horse.

Open Letter to: Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Township of Uxbridge, Ontario.

Dr. Magda Havas, B.Sc., Ph.D.,
ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE STUDIES PROGRAM
October 31, 2012,
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON Canada K9J 7B8
Telephone (705) 748-1011 x 7882 Facsimile (705) 748-1569
Email mhavas@trentu.ca www.magdahavas.com (general) www.magdahavas.org (academic)

Open Letter to: Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Township of Uxbridge, Ontario.


Re: SCADA system & tower at the Quaker Hill Reservoir

As a former Uxbridge resident and as a professor who does research on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation, I was asked by two Uxbridge citizens to attend the October 30th 2012 meeting regarding the proposed communication tower at the Quaker Hill Reservoir.

I spoke briefly and asked how many people live within a 500-meter radius of this tower because this distance seems to be critical for health effects. My concern is less for the current proposal, which consists of two antennas, and more for potential co-location of antennas promoted by Industry Canada. Once a tower is erected, additional antennas can be added to it without notifying the surrounding community as the decision is made by Industry Canada and requires no consultation. The more antennas . . . the more radiation.

While I recognize that the levels of radiation will be a small fraction of the guidelines established by Health Canada's Safety Code 6 (SC6), these limits for microwave radiation are thermal guidelines and are orders of magnitude higher than biologically-based guidelines used in other countries. For example, public exposure guidelines established by SC6 for the frequencies that will be used at the Quaker Hill Reservoir are 1000 microW/cm2 averaged over a 6-minute period. Health Canada will tell you these guidelines are safe for any 24-hour period for exposure of men, pregnant women, children and the elderly. There is no research verifying this statement! In Russia, people can be exposed at this level for only 15 minutes a day. The Russian guideline for the same frequency is 10 microW/cm2 (1% of SC6).

Near the end of the meeting Mayor O'Connor stated that perhaps Uxbridge should ask Health Canada why Canada has such lax guidelines and provide some pressure with the help of other municipal governments to request safer health guidelines for Canadian citizens. This would be a welcome step taken by municipal governments since they have very little say as to where and how many antennas are placed in their community.

Havas Open Letter Uxbridge Quaker Hill Tower, Oct 31 2012 page 1/5

I. We have STUDIES documenting the adverse effects of this radiation. For example,

1. We have at least 3 studies in Israel, Germany, and Brazil that show an increase in cancer for those who live within 350 to 500 meters of cell phone antennas. None of the exposures exceeded our federal safety code guidelines. Indeed, the highest level documented in the Brazil study (Dode et al. 2011) was 41 microW/cm2, which is 4% of Health Canada's Safety Code 6 of 1000 microW/cm2.

2. A review of 10 epidemiological studies by Khurana et al. (2010) showed that 8 of the 10 studies documented adverse health effects and all of these were within 500 meters of cell phone antennas. These include 2 of the 3 cancer studies noted above and 6 studies showing neurobehavioral effects. The symptoms are some combination of chronic fatigue, chronic pain, cognitive dysfunction, mood disorders, skin problems, dizziness, nausea, sleep disorders, and tinnitus for those who live within 450 meters of cell phone antennas.

Collectively these symptoms are referred to as electrohypersensitivity (EHS) and were previously known as microwave sickness and were experienced by military personal working with radar (which also uses microwave radiation).
Epidemiological studies show an associate with an agent (radio frequency radiation) and an outcome (in this case cancer and EHS). They require confirmation with laboratory studies as in item 3 below.

3. We have laboratory studies with rats showing an increase in primary tumors at levels below our federal guidelines (Chou et al. 1992) and demonstrating damage to DNA (Lai and Singh 1995). These studies show cause effect relationship between radiation and cancer/DNA damage.
II. We have RECOMMENDATIONS for limiting our exposure and for safer guidelines. For example,

1. The ECOLOG (2000) review funded by T-Mobile provides the following recommendations:

We recommend the precautionary limit of 0.01 W/m2 [10 microW/cm2, current HC SC6 value is 1000 microW/cm2, so this is 1/100th of Safety Code 6)] independent of the carrier frequency. The rough dependency on frequency with higher limits outside of the resonance range, as it is applied in the concept of SAR, is not justifiable given the results of the scientific studies which conclusively prove non-thermal effects of high frequency fields. Also, the current allowed higher exposures for parts of the body, as long as they refer to the head or thorax are not justifiable.

2. Germany physicians signed the Freiburger Appeal (2002) which states the following [www.feb.se/ NEWS/Appell_021019-englisch.pdf]:

Havas Open Letter Uxbridge Quaker Hill Tower, Oct 31 2012 page 2/5

Our therapeutic efforts to restore health are becoming increasingly less effective: the unimpeded and continuous penetration of radiation into living and working areas . . . causes uninterrupted stress and prevents the patient's thorough recovery.

In the face of this disquieting development, we feel obliged to inform the public of our observations . . .

What we experience in the daily reality of our medical practice is anything but hypothetical! We see the rising number of chronically sick patients also as the result of an irresponsible "safety limits policy", which fails to take the protection of the public . . . as its criteria for action. Instead, it submits to the dictates of a technology already long recognized as dangerous. For us, this is the beginning of a very serious development through which the health of many people is being threatened.

We will no longer be made to wait upon further unreal research results - which in our experience are often influenced by the communications industry, while evidential studies go on being ignored. We find it to be of urgent necessity that we act now!

Above all, we are, as doctors, the advocates for our patients. In the interest of all those concerned, whose basic right to life and freedom from bodily harm is currently being put at stake, we appeal to those in the spheres of politics and public health.

3. A review of effects from exposure to electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell tower base stations and other antenna arrays (Levitt and Lai 2010) recommends lower guidelines than we currently have in Canada.
In general, the lowest regulatory standards currently in place aim to accomplish a maximum exposure of 0.02 V/m, equal to a power density of 0.0001 μW/cm2, which is in line with Salzburg, Austria's indoor exposure value for GSM cell base stations. Other precautionary target levels aim for an outdoor cumulative exposure of 0.1 μW/cm2 for pulsed RF exposures where they affect the general population and an indoor exposure as low as 0.01 μW/cm2 (Sage and Carpenter 2009). In 2007, The BioInitiative Report, A rationale for a biologically based public exposure standard for electromagnetic fields (ELF and RF), also made this recommendation, based on the precautionary principle (BioInitiative Report 2007).

4. The Standing Committee on Health report (HESA 2010) on the potential health impact of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (http://www.magdahavas.com/house-of-commons- standing-committee-on-health-2/) made the following recommendations. I am unaware that any of these recommendations have been put in place.

Havas Open Letter Uxbridge Quaker Hill Tower, Oct 31 2012 page 3/5

1. The Government of Canada consider providing funding to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in support of long-term studies examining the potential health impacts of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation.

2. Health Canada request that the Council of Canadian Academies or another appropriate independent institution conduct an assessment of the Canadian and international scientific literature regarding the potential health impacts of short and long-term exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, which would include an examination of electromagnetic sensitivity and a comparison of public policies in other countries governing exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation; and report on its findings.

3. Health Canada and Industry Canada develop a comprehensive risk awareness program for exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, which would include Health Canada making public in an accessible and transparent way all the studies and analyses undertaken by the Department on the impact of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation on human health, as well as the provision of information promoting the safe use of wireless technologies.

4. Health Canada and Industry Canada offer to provide information, including awareness sessions on exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation.

5. Health Canada ensure that it has a process in place to receive and respond to reports of adverse reactions to electromagnetic radiation emitting devices.
III. ELECTROHYERSENSITIVITY (EHS) is recognized by several jurisdictions worldwide. Based on scientific studies about 3% of the population have severe EHS and anther 35% have moderate symptoms. In Uxbridge—with a population of 20,600—this comes to approximately 618 with severe symptoms and 7,210 with moderate symptoms. The effects on health care, family resources, and time off work or school can be considerable if these individuals are exposed to radiation within their own homes. For example,

1. In the United States, the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes this sensitivity.

2. In Sweden, electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is an officially fully recognized functional impairment (i.e. it is not regarded as a disease). Survey studies show that somewhere between 230,000— 290,000 Swedish men and women [~3% of the Swedish population] report a variety of symptoms when being in contact with electromagnetic field (EMF) sources (Johansson 2006).
3. The Canadian Human Rights Commission (Sears 2007) reported that approximately 3% of Canadians have been diagnosed with environmental sensitivities and many more are somewhat sensitive to traces of chemicals and/or electromagnetic phenomena in the environment.

Havas Open Letter Uxbridge Quaker Hill Tower, Oct 31 2012 page 4/5

Sears goes on to state: For people with environmental sensitivities, their health and ability to work rests with the actions of others, including building managers, co-workers and clients. Accommodating people with environmental sensitivities presents an opportunity to improve workplace environmental quality and workers' performance, and may help prevent the onset of sensitivities in others.

Surely the home environment should be a safe sanctuary but if antennas are placed near homes there is no place for these people to go.

4. Women's College Hospital diagnoses electrohypersensitivity in their environmental sensitivity clinic and have been doing so for years. They currently have a 12 month waiting list.

5. The Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe (PACE 2011) Resolution 1815 stated the following: Recommendation 8.1.4. pay particular attention to "electrosensitive" people who suffer from a syndrome of intolerance to electromagnetic fields and introduce special measures to protect them, including the creating of wave-free areas not covered by the wireless network;

6. The Austrian Medical Association (2012) wrote guidelines for physicians on how to diagnose and treat people with EHS. They stated the following:
There has been a sharp rise in unspecific, often stress-associated health problems that increasingly present physicians with the challenge of complex differential diagnosis. A cause that has been accorded little attention so far is increasing electrosmog exposure at home, at work and during leisure activities, occurring in addition to chronic stress in personal and working life. It correlates with an overall situation of chronic stress that can lead to burnout.

The bottom line is that levels of microwave radiation are increasing and are now at levels that adversely affect human health. The guidelines we have in Canada (Safety Code 6) are outdated and do not protect public health. They provide false assurance to those who have faith in Health Canada. Until the guidelines are changed everyone can hide behind these inadequate guidelines. In the interim it is incumbent on individuals to protect themselves and municipal governments to be responsive to public concerns.

References cited are available on request.

Respectfully submitted, Magda Havas, B.Sc., Ph.D.

Havas Open Letter Uxbridge Quaker Hill Tower,

Oct 31, 2012 page 5/5

Saturday, 3 November 2012

DEAR APPLE: I'm Leaving You - Business Insider

Never heard anyone so critical of Apple products. The author makes very consistent sense and has much meritous commentary about Apple's weaknesses. They are correctable, but it takes genius!

http://www.businessinsider.com/dear-apple-im-leaving-you-2012-11

Bloomberg's Obama Endorsement Digs Romney For Flip-Flop - Business Insider

Romney is like Harold Wilson about facing all the time!

http://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-obama-endorsement-romney-flip-flop-independent-2012-11

Paul Krugman On Insiders - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-krugman-on-insiders-2012-11

Dorothy and Colin on THE hill

Do you recognise it?

MP Swire for Sidmouth urges Whitehall to ‘call in’ Knowle controversy - News - Sidmouth Herald

Principles?

http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/news/mp_swire_urges_whitehall_to_call_in_knowle_controversy_1_1674555

Sidmouth set for mass protest march - News - Sidmouth Herald

Its true that dictators state that they have used due process and looking out for the wider good.

http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/news/sidmouth_set_for_mass_protest_march_1_1679423

Thousands turn out for Sidmouth protest | Westcountry - ITV News

We are on TV news!

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2012-11-03/thousands-turn-out-for-sidmouth-protest/

Re: Channel 3 ( RE SIGNS )

Well no Deb because I am presently safely out of the way of such insanity. Sidmouth is a beautiful part of Eastern Devon. Today, I have been at the forefront of a protest march with 3,000+  wonderful residents, people in their 90s. The story is similar to Southcott where a few propertied people secretly in the know did not share their information with the public at large then took personal advantage to make a personal profit. 

Here the story is going to be one of serious litigation and dismissal of those that commited the economic crime. Economic criminals are more and more prevalent in times of extreme economic stress. As regards our local 'volunteers' the SPPA, they should donate the revenues they will make for us by exploiting the land near our homes for industrial purpose and give it to charities and good causes crying out for assistance. 

The opportunism of the directors of the SPPA is sad, but remember we live in an international world in which there will be justice because it is so unfair to not think of the plight of those less fortunate and unable to speak for themselves. We are seeing the beginnings of a revolution in sharing information that will sweep the world and put loads more pressure on cronyism as we experienced in Southcott. 

I personally think radiation is and will quiety destroy many lives of people we know just as lead destroyed the health of the Romans. It is not something we can or should keep quiet about. We just need to make our signs bigger, mobile, more visible and technologically more advanced! Necessity is the birth of invention and innovation. We will get the tower removed believe me. I am determined that it will happen and it will. 

I would point out that the present directors of the SPPA should be very careful how they abuse their powers and enforce rules designed for other non political purposes. The last thing they want is a massive demonstration of outraged citizens determined to get even because of abuse. We have been abused and will get the bullies to recant and fairness will ultimately prevail.

Arthur from across the sea! 

On 3 Nov 2012, at 03:08 PM, "D Giberson" <dnd.giberson@hay.net> wrote:

Hi there, did you see this on Channel 3, or receive the email ??

 

One neighbour has moved their sign to 33 feet…

 

Funny, election signs and some members' permanent business (construction co) signs have been allowed over the years…



From: "Southcott Pines Parks Association" <sppa@hay.net>

Date: November 1, 2012 3:58:41 PM EDT

To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>

Subject: Channel 3



The following information has been put on Channel 3:

 

Signs in Southcott Pines

The Municipality of Lambton Shores owns 33 feet of land from the centre of the road to property lot lines. Municipal ByLaws do not allow residents to erect signs on municipal property without a permit. Please abide by these rules.

Thank you.

 

 









Save Our Sidmouth

How a protest is organized! What will happen? Watch this space for a report, pictures and analysis.

http://saveoursidmouth.com/

Friday, 2 November 2012

Tech Check: Cell service during a disaster | khou.com Houston

What happened to fiber optic systems?

http://www.khou.com/community/blogs/techcheck/Tech-Check-stay-connected-during-disaster-sandy-176968361.html

Liquidity preference, loanable funds, and Niall Ferguson (wonkish) - NYTimes.com

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/liquidity-preference-loanable-funds-and-niall-ferguson-wonkish/

Karl Rove's Mission Accomplished - NYTimes.com

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/karl-roves-mission-accomplished/

Telling it as it is about the mean spirited approach of the wealthy

Paul is on the money!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/opinion/krugman-the-blackmail-caucus.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1351901130-VRpCSq6DzjcwmC6Jmw08Yg&_r=0

TI shows embedded tablet with $70 BoM

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4400230/TI-shows-embedded-tablet-with--70-BoM?cid=NL_EETimesDaily

Observer News - The road to serendipity

http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/4133-The-road-serendipity.html

Restructuring the failing economy

http://m.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/01/newe-ways-of-working?cat=business&type=article

Brendon books in Taunton - Caro Ayre author

Hi Caro!

Had a chat with ladies at your local bookstore! Brendon books of Taunton, Devon, England will gladly sell your book at standard commission!

Let them know if interested and you are not already selling through them!  They also flog through Amazon, but struggle with that relationship.

They do book signing events by local authors.

Please hold a printed copy of your fantastic book for me!


"PROMISING new author wows readers!"







Wednesday, 31 October 2012

New Scrollshow Presentation App For iPad Shows Promise -- AppAdvice

For those who love to do presentations!

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/10/new-scrollshow-presentation-app-for-ipad-shows-promise

With The New iPad, Apple Accelerates; With The iPad Mini, It's Pedal To The Metal - NASDAQ.com

People love their iPads!

http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-10/with-the-new-ipad-apple-accelerates-with-the-ipad-mini-its-pedal-to-the-metal.aspx?storyid=185843#.UJHeK5EgGSM

Google unveils free Siri rival for iPhone, iPad - Computerworld

Competition hots up on Google / Apple / Amazon / Samsung fronts while Apple cultivates Facebook, Sky cultivates Blackberry!

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233121/Google_unveils_free_Siri_rival_for_iPhone_iPad

Painting Wuh Lax and burning midnight oil!

Hope you are all ok! Wuh is somewhat Scott like as were the Dumnonians!

Arthur

Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian

So much to read!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Links 30 Oct: That Apple Management Bloodbath - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/10/30/links-30-oct-that-apple-management-bloodbath/

Microsoft Surface: Good marks for the tablet, but how about that software? - CSMonitor.com

Limited apps put Microsoft into the background, but maybe developers wuth jump on board! Not?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2012/1024/Microsoft-Surface-Good-marks-for-the-tablet-but-how-about-that-software?cmpid=ema:nws:BizTech%20(10312012)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2

Science Weekly podcast: Jim Al-Khalili on the wonders of quantum biology | Science | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2012/sep/17/science-weekly-podcast-quantum-biology

Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | Environment | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment?CMP=EMCENVEML1631

Brad DeLong: Paul Krugman Watches Glenn Hubbard Deny the Macroeconomic Impact of the Financial Crisis Thrice

http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2012/10/paul-krugman-watches-glenn-hubbard-deny-the-macroeconomic-impact-of-the-financial-crisis-thrice.html

Paul Krugman: Mitt Romney's Proposal To Privatize FEMA Is 'Pathological'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/paul-krugman-mitt-romney-fema_n_2050113.html

Elevated Cholesterol Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

http://www.onclive.com/publications/obtn/2012/October-2012/Elevated-Cholesterol-Linked-to-Aggressive-Prostate-Cancer

Wuh Lax walkarounds

Author AW Lake is planning walkarounds through Devon villages in November 2012! Accompanying him will be Trevor Manley an Devon expert on the rise on fall of small business industries. They plan to spread a bit of sunshine as the chat with locals about how they are coping with the long double recession, the perfect recession? Lake also will explain the philosophy behind his Wuh Lax series, which is set in the West Country in 50 CE.

Monday, 29 October 2012

Color me prettier: Galaxy S3 display outdoes iPhone 5's | Mobile - CNET News

Interesting analysis:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57524291-94/color-me-prettier-galaxy-s3-display-outdoes-iphone-5s/

Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation

Background information on dangerous RF radiation:

http://hps.org/hpspublications/articles/rfradiation.html

Sandy: the perfect storm - The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Pretty awesome really!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Sandy-the-perfect-storm/(photo)/579215

Hurricane Sandy surge could flood New York runways and subways - CSMonitor.com

Could be very bad!

Also hitting as far north as Canada where cold air will mix into warm? Snow out of loads of moist aur?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/1029/Hurricane-Sandy-surge-could-flood-New-York-runways-and-subways?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%20(10292012)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2

Wireless operators prepare for Sandy. But will it be enough? | Mobile - CNET News

Big long term issue!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57542192-94/wireless-operators-prepare-for-sandy-but-will-it-be-enough/

Great Lake Impacts from Sandy

Important warning here! Get ready for impact damage?

http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/great-lake-impacts-from-sandy-31934

Live: Sandy in North Carolina - Weather Channel

http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/live-sandy-in-north-carolina-31938

Samsung's Q3 smartphone shipments double Apple's

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4399492/Samsung-s-Q3-smartphone-shipments-double-Apple-s?cid=NL_EETimesDaily

Apple iPad mini specs - gdgt

All the details on the new iPad mini!

http://gdgt.com/apple/ipad/mini/specs/#64gb-at-t-4g

Editorial: Apple vs. everyone -- Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/apple-vs-everyone/

Windows Phone 8 review -- Engadget

Didn't know they had one until now!

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/windows-phone-8-review/

Apple executive shakeup: Scott Forstall and John Browett are leaving the company -- Engadget

Is the maps app hat bad?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/apple-executive-shakeup-scott-forstall-and-john-browett-out/

Golden Dawn party infiltrates Greece's police, claims senior officer - video | World news | guardian.co.uk

This is not what the country needs!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/oct/26/golden-dawn-greece-police-video

Apple's $10bn dividend payout may sound impressive … | Business | The Guardian

The burden of being fair to shareholders!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2012/mar/19/apple-dividend-payout-may-sound-impressive?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

Apple's investment manager wrestles with $120bn problem | Business | The Guardian

That's a big headache in today's economy when you could invest in Apple!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/26/apple-investment-manager-braeburn-capital

Full bank breakup might be needed, warns Bank of England | Business | guardian.co.uk

Also, true!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/26/full-breakup-bank-england-andrew-haldane

Economic crisis isn't over yet. This may not even be the beginning of the end | Business | The Guardian

Very true?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/25/econopmic-downturn-isnt-over-beginning-end

Barclays Libor case could have severe consequences for banks | Business | The Guardian

Complicated calculations for those not familiar with how the financial markets worked!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/28/barclays-libor-guardian-care-homes?newsfeed=true

Krugman, Stiglitz On Presidential Candidates - Business Insider

Best hope for America!

http://www.businessinsider.com/krugman-stiglitz-presidential-candidates-2012-10

CNBC's Becky Quick On Paul Krugman - Business Insider

Not so!

http://www.businessinsider.com/cnbcs-becky-quick-paul-krugman-2012-10?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Clusterstock%20Select&utm_campaign=Clusterstock%20Select%20Mondays%202012-10-29

Thank you!

"Getting primed for my UK walkarounds to join the locals and talk to them learning of their modern day issues'"

Dorothy and Colin!

Thank you so very much for a great meal, walk, and outing yesterday! I will probably join you to protest the changes in Sidmouth towards less parkland and more blocks of flats with fewer local jobs through relocation to Honiton. Tis the generation of protest, I fear, probably due to over stimulation of the amygdala by micro waves. See the world getting angry!

Love Arthur

Friday, 26 October 2012

Rice Farmers Sue Drug Companies

Arsenic!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/10/25/rice-farmers-sue-drug-companies.aspx?e_cid=20121025_DNL_art_1


Support:

Communities Against Serious Injury From Wireless Technology

Read about the hidden dangers of WIFI for babies and children.

How Do Tumors Exploit Your Gut Flora

This should prompt some thought about why chemo to fight cancer does not work so well!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/10/24/tumors-exploit-gut-flora.aspx?e_cid=20121024_DNL_art_1


Support:

Communities Against Serious Injury From Wireless Technology

Read about the hidden dangers of WIFI for babies and children.

Thursday, 25 October 2012

WIFI is Dangerous to our health!

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/853091--u-k-expert-warns-against-wi-fi

Telecom radiation: Is there a killer in the air?

This seems normal now to hear of this sort of thing?

http://www.telecomtiger.com/Technology_fullstory.aspx?passfrom=Technology&storyid=15993§ion=S210

Obama Calls Romney A 'Bullshitter' - Business Insider

Mitt misses more than bull!

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-calls-romney-a-bullshitter-2012-10

BII REPORT: Why Mobile Video Is Set To Explode - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-why-mobile-video-is-set-to-explode-2012-10

13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/13-inch-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-2012-10

Apple Announces Fourth Generation iPad - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-announces-fourth-generation-ipad-2012-10

Should You Buy The iPad Mini? - Business Insider

How about a safe wireless device without risk of cancer or broad spectrum radiation!

http://www.businessinsider.com/should-i-buy-the-ipad-mini-2012-10?utm_source=alerts&nr_email_referer=1

Apple Fans Are Angry About The New iPads - Business Insider

An IPad that is totally safe would help or an Apple WIFI system that is cancer risk free, or an iPad thatvworks with fiber optics?

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-fans-are-angry-about-the-new-ipads-2012-10

What's Next For Apple? - Business Insider

A lot of people are excited! How about an iPhone that does risk you with cancer?

http://www.businessinsider.com/whats-next-for-apple-2012-10?utm_source=alerts&nr_email_referer=1

Fwd: Woman passes through Peterborough on Sarnia-Ottawa march to protest electromagnetic radiation

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Subject: Woman passes through Peterborough on Sarnia-Ottawa march to protest electromagnetic radiation
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News Local

Woman passes through Peterborough on Sarnia-Ottawa march to protest electromagnetic radiation 

By Brendan Wedley, Peterborough Examiner
Wendy Hoy, centre, stands with her supporters who are fighting against cellphone towers near homes and wireless Internet in schools. Hoy is walking from the Sarnia area to Ottawa to protest exposure to electromagnetic radiation. BRENDAN WEDLEY/PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER/QMI AGENCY
Wendy Hoy, centre, stands with her supporters who are fighting against cellphone towers near homes and wireless Internet in schools. Hoy is walking from the Sarnia area to Ottawa to protest exposure to electromagnetic radiation. BRENDAN WEDLEY/PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER/QMI AGENCY
Wendy Hoy is broadcasting her message about the sensitivities to electromagnetic radiation from cellphone towers, cordless phones and wireless Internet by walking across the province from the Sarnia area to Ottawa.

Hoy, 57, stopped in Peterborough on Wednesday to meet with Mayor Daryl Bennett and march with about 20 local residents who have been fighting against cellphone towers near homes and wireless Internet in schools.

"We don't have control over what we're exposed to when it comes to these EMFs (electromagnetic fields)," she said in the lobby of City Hall.
Hoy explained that she decided to walk from her home in Port Franks to Ottawa to raise awareness about concerns surrounding exposure to EMFs.
"It's a big challenge to try to change things at a federal level," she said. "We should try to change the situation one heart at a time."

Cellphone towers are regulated by Industry Canada and must meet Health Canada's safety standards for exposure to radio frequency emissions.
Opponents argue that those standards aren't stringent enough and that Health Canada should match the regulations set by some European countries.
Peterborough resident Craig Niziolek said he suffers from electro-sensitivity — when he's near any EMF transmitter, such as a wireless router or a cellphone, he feels pressure on his head and gets pains.

Niziolek said when he was recently at a concert a woman standing next to him pulled out her cellphone and he had a shooting pain run up his arm to his chest.
"I can't use a cellphone without getting a headache," he said.

He said doctors couldn't find anything wrong with him, but he did research and discovered that he suffers from electro-sensitivity.
After previously working as an electrical technologist, Niziolek now specializes in energy healing and therapeutic touch.
"I'm very sensitive to energy now," he said.

Hoy started her walk after learning in March that a telecommunications company was putting up a cellphone tower in her community and two other towers in nearby communities.
She said she wants cellphone towers prohibited in Port Franks, Ont. to make the community a sanctuary for electro-sensitive people.
Malini Menon, with Kawartha Safe Technology Initiative, commented that Industry Canada recently approved a new cellphone tower near homes and a school in Peterborough even though residents and city council opposed the location.

"There are potential health effects," she claimed. "To us, our health is most important."

Don't disturb the sleeper!

She's not finished! But, perhaps, I will let her sleep awhile before working on her arm?

RT

My attempt at a reversed Holgate!

Holgate was such a great painter when he focused on portraits and nudes! This image is just starting to come together. Have not figured out how Holgate got his casual balance of stroke?

RTRLK

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

An Inside-Out Approach To Cellular Network Optimization

http://readwrite.com/2012/10/24/an-inside-out-approach-to-cellular-network-optimization

Fwd: Duly Noted: The Future of Work

FYI

Subject: Duly Noted: The Future of Work

Over the last 50 years, globalization, aging populations, and technological innovation have redefined labor. Can advanced countries adapt to increasing competition with lower-paid, less protected workers in developing countries, or will they face chronic unemployment? What will happen when developing-country workers demand better conditions and higher pay, as they have begun to do in China? In a new Focal Point, Project Syndicate contributors consider the future of work. Commentaries include:

Kenneth Rogoff on why technology won't kill jobs

J. Bradford DeLong on structural weakness is developed countries' employment markets

Robert Skidelsky on the effects of inequality on labor practices

Fan Gang on the future of low-wage China

YOU HAVE REACHED WOOH'S STREAM
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