Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Cambridge Econometrics Do the Math on Energy Efficiency

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The Economics of Climate Change Policy in the UKCambridge Econometrics (CE) was commissioned by WWF-UK to assess the impacts of climate change mitigation measures on UK households, businesses and the macro-economy. MDM-E3, CE's econometric model of the UK economy, energy system and environment, was used to model the impacts of taking measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the power sector, buildings, transport, industry and agriculture.  The analysis shows that investing in energy efficiency measures and low-carbon technologies in order to meet the fourth carbon budget will lead to the creation of 190,000 jobs and a small increase in GDP (1.1%), relative to a scenario in which no further action is taken to decarbonise the UK economy.

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http://www.camecon.com/Home.aspx



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Want to grow the UK economy? Invest in green energy - environment - 10 September 2014 - New Scientist

""You can go green and continue to prosper and develop," said Ed Davey, the UK secretary for energy and climate, yesterday. And the evidence is on his side. Economists say that, despite the expense, drastic cuts in the UK's carbon dioxide emissions will boost the country's economy.

The finding should encourage action to reduce CO2 levels, which reached a new high in 2013, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization. The growth from 2012 was the biggest jump since 1984, and may be partly down to plants and other organisms taking in less CO2."

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26179-want-to-grow-the-uk-economy-invest-in-green-energy.html#.VBC8QWK9KSM



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Tornado of hot gas caught emerging from fiery volcano - environment - 05 September 2014 - New Scientist

"Seismic activity and eruptions around Bardabunga have been occurring since mid-August, but the Icelandic Met Office says the "effusive lava eruptions and fire fountains" – see picture below – currently present no threat to flights."



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This Is A Swirling Thermal Tornado Rising From Iceland's Volcano | Gizmodo Australia

"It may look cold in blue, but you're looking at a swirling 1km-high tornado of hot gas, imaged using an infrared camera, as it rose from a fissure on Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano.

While the images were captured to help understand how heat and ash were rising from the volcano, it's less clear exactly how the tornado formed. "The generation mechanism is probably the same as that for dust devils, but in this case the tornado funnel is most likely filled with sulphur dioxide, gas and volcanic ash," explained Fred Prata, who developed the camera used to capture the image. [New Scientist]"

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/09/this-is-a-swirling-thermal-tornado-rising-from-icelands-volcano/



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Karima Bennoune | Speaker | TED.com

Yes! Yes! 


"Why you should listen

Karina Bennoune is a professor of international law at the University of California–Davis School of Law. She grew up in Algeria and the United States and now lives in northern California.

She has published widely in many leading academic journals, as well as in the Guardian, The New York Times, Comment is Free, the website of Al Jazeera English, The Nation. The topic of her most recent publication 'Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here' is a very personal one for her. Her father Mahfoud Bennoune was an outspoken professor at the University of Algiers, and faced death threats during the 1990s, but continued speaking out against fundamentalism and terrorism. In writing this book, Karima set out to meet people who are today doing what her father did back then, to try to garner for them greater international support than Algerian democrats received during the 1990s."


https://www.ted.com/speakers/karima_bennoune



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Ted talks Karima Bennoune - Google Search

Listen to Karima .... Read her writing ... 



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What Islamic Fundamentalism Means to Civilisation and Civil Societies ....

Try understanding the implications of this: 



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Isis jihadis using captured arms and troop carriers from US and Saudis | World news | The Guardian

What gies around comes around...

"The jihadi group surging through Iraq and Syria is using large captured US-made weapons and has access to anti-tank rockets supplied by Saudi Arabia to a moderate rebel group, according to a report published on Monday.

The study by the London-based Conflict Armament Research consultancy found that Islamic State (Isis) militants had access to large numbers of US weapons, which they were shifting to key battlefields.

The report drew no conclusions about how the weapons were sourced. However, the capitulation of the Iraqi army in northern Iraq on 10 June gave the jihadis access to military arsenals in the north of the country, which were full of US-supplied assault rifles and ammunition, as well as heavy weapons."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/08/isis-jihadis-using-arms-troop-carriers-supplied-by-us-saudi-arabia?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2



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Russian PM warns west against further sanctions | World news | theguardian.com

"The Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has said Moscow would respond to any new western sanctions "asymmetrically," possibly preventing airlines flying through Russian airspace, if the US and EU press on with "the temptation to use force in international relations".

In an interview with Russian daily Vedomosti published on Monday, Medvedev said: "If there are sanctions related to the energy sector, or further restrictions on Russia's financial sector, we will have to respond asymmetrically."

The EU has agreed on new economic sanctions on Russia, which should come into force on Monday, but said they could be suspended to allow Moscow to show it was resolving the conflict in Ukraine that has killed nearly 3,000 people and caused the worst confrontation between Russia and the west since the cold war."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/08/russian-pm-warns-west-against-further-ukraine-sanctions



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Donetsk's pro-Russia rebels celebrate expelling 'fascist Ukrainian junta' | World news | The Guardian

"Held in the shadow of an austere second world war monument in central Donetsk, the event was officially a celebration of the 71st anniversary of the liberation of the Donbass region from Nazi occupation. But the parallels with the current Ukrainian conflict, where local leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin have compared the Ukrainian government to the Nazis, were not hard to find."

Doing deals with Russians was the mistake?  Slavic Union a fascist group in Russia really does exist and Putin's policies conform with that actual present day Fascist group. If you think the Communists of Russia were not Fascists, you miss the point. They agreed with the Fascists to carve up Poland, did they not? Who killed the Polish intelligentsia, who killed the Generals of Poland? The Russian fascists ....



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Canadian says Scottish independence would be disastrous for all UK even though the privileged English are difficult "buggers" and preoccupied with themselves too too much.

And so also say most Canadians. Quebecois say Scotland should stay in the Union. 

"As the leaders of the UK's three main political parties arrived in Scotlandto attempt stop a haemorrhage of votes for independence, Major said the UK would be a weaker global force after a yes vote.

The former prime minister, who campaigned unsuccessfully against the creation of the Scottish parliament in the 1997 general election, also warned that a yes vote in Scotland would encourage moves towards independence in Wales. "We would almost certainly find increased demand for independence in Wales," he told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4."

As a Canadian raised in a Scots Canadian community, and Quebec, I have always thought that unity would continue through thick or thin without a false prophet like Mr. Salmon. In Quebec, we know what it is to belong... we have identity and we have power. We share and we argue, but that's okay. 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/10/scottish-independence-referendum-trident-defence-uk-john-major



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Scottish independence: No camp sends for Gordon Brown as polls tighten | Politics | The Guardian

"With no campaigners saying they were baffled by the sudden surge in support for yes, Brown came out of semi-retirement from frontline politics to lead Scottish Labour's drive to regain control of the independence debate with further proposals to devolve powers to the nation and inject some previously absent passion.

Addressing Labour voters at a former miners' club near Edinburgh, the former prime minister said Scotland's voters deserved to have demands for greater autonomy addressed urgently by Westminster, in an intervention immediately backed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg, and given the blessing of Ed Miliband."


Cameron has alienated the Scots? 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/08/fgordon-brown-leads-scottish-labour-drive-rescue-no-campaign?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2



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Tuesday, 9 September 2014

WATCH: The best explanation of quantum entanglement so far (Science Alert)

"Essentially quantum entanglement suggests that acting on a particle here can instantly influence a particle far away, something that is often described as theoretical teleportation. And the implications are HUGE for quantum mechanics and quantum computing. But if it's so complicated that not even Einstein could get his head around it, how do you explain it on YouTube? 

As Morello shows in this fantastic video, the best way is to first explain what it's not: classical correlation. And this can be done using a simple piece of paper and a red and blue text."


http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20140909-26149.html



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The Unexpected Way Philosophy Majors Are Changing The World Of Business

"As Horowitz demonstrates, a degree in philosophy can be useful for professions beyond a career in academia. Degrees like his can help in the business world, where a philosophy background can pave the way for real change. After earning his PhD in philosophy from Stanford, where he studied computer science as an undergraduate, Horowitz went on to become a successful tech entrepreneur and Google's in-house philosopher/director of engineering. His own career makes a pretty good case for the value of a philosophy education.

Despite a growing media interest in the study of philosophy and dramatically increasing enrollment in philosophy programs at some universities, the subject is still frequently dismissed as outmoded and impractical, removed from the everyday world and relegated to the loftiest of ivory towers."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/why-philosophy-majors-rule_n_4891404.html



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Are We Approaching the End of Human History? | Perspectives | BillMoyers.com

"The IPCC report reaffirms that the "vast majority" of known fuel reserves must be left in the ground to avert intolerable risks to future generations. Meanwhile the major energy corporations make no secret of their goal of exploiting these reserves and discovering new ones.

A day before it ran a summary of the IPCC conclusions, The New York Times reported that huge Midwestern grain stocks are rotting so that the products of the North Dakota oil boom can be shipped by rail to Asia and Europe."

http://billmoyers.com/2014/09/09/noam-chomsky-are-we-approaching-the-end-of-human-history/



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7 Common Workout Mistakes That May Be Sabotaging Your Health

"Exercising too much, either by working out too long or too frequently, can backfire in a number of ways. Many fail to appreciate the importance of recovery between sessions, and research has shown that endurance training can do more harm than good in the long run. As noted in the featured article: "A common physiological response to training is the release of certain hormones into the bloodstream, such as testosterone and dopamine. Going past 45 to 55 minutes per workout can put the body into a negative hormonal state." Adrenal fatigue and reduced performance can result when you exercise excessively."




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Live coverage: Apple unveils iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus




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Russia's problems begin with rational fears in Russia as fascist extremists take over Russian policy. Are they about to reveal themselves by ousting Putin?

"Going into their NATO summit in Wales on Thursday, Western leaders are focusing on a failed policy in Ukraine. And so far, they lack a plan to reverse Russia's aggressive moves to bolster separatists' hold on eastern Ukraine.

Just two weeks ago, Ukrainian troops appeared poised to wrap up a military offensive against Russian-backed separatists who'd been fighting an insurgency since April. But the Ukrainian gains were soon reversed as Russia ignored Western economic sanctions aimed at deterring its backing for the separatists and instead poured military support into the rebel cause, according to the Ukraine government and NATO."


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/03/nato-weighs-response-to-russia-in-ukraine/15035627/



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As the Ukraine falls deeper and deeper into a thieve's hands.

The problem is diplomacy. Diplomats are like the politician's politician. If you thought politicians and nationalist leaders tell lies, then consider the diplomat, the consummate liars. Lawyers don't even come close! 

"President Obama doesn't seem to know what hit him in Ukraine the past week. He has been thoroughly outmaneuvered by Russian president Vladimir Putin. And yet the U.S. president expresses himself as if he still has something of consequence to say on the matter. The mismatch between the realities on the ground and the nature of the president's pronouncements reveals a president who is out of touch with reality."



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How the Transatlantic Alliance Makes America Less Secure | The National Interest

"That fear turned out to be well grounded. European governments discovered that it didn't matter how little they spent on the military or respected America's priorities. Washington would keep them secure. NATO's European members broke promises to devote more money to the military, built a natural-gas pipeline to the Soviet Union, aided Washington's enemies in Latin America and blocked overflight by U.S. planes to bomb Libya. But the United States continued to defend the continent."



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Expropriation of land reveals Netanyahu's strategy - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Netanyahu is very much like Putin, is he not? 

"Netanyahu's horizon only extends as far as the skyline of the Etzion settlement bloc. If this is a responsible and sober move, it's hard to imagine what Netanyahu considers an irresponsible and reckless one. The unilateral move of declaring a West Bank area as state land reveals that the sole real commitment that the prime minister has given to the Palestinians to date was a fraud; in his famous peace speech, known as the Bar-Ilan speech, he pledged that "the territorial question will be discussed as part of the final peace agreement. In the meantime, we have no intention of building new settlements or of expropriating additional land for existing settlements." That was the only operational part of the vision he presented in June 2009.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/expropriation-lands-west-bank-netanyahu-diplomatic-process.html


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Europe blind to Islamic State's true threat - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

"IS is a dangerous, sadistic version of Che Guevara's appeal. It glorifies the anarchic warrior, whose pure ideals threaten the existing order in the West, an order that lacks spirit and meaning, an order that consists of credit cards and individual rights. That world is trapped in a spiritual vacuum and suffers from perpetual attention deficit disorder. It is a world that lives online, a world of computer games in which the heroes are gangsters. It is a world of hard-core porn for all and of TV series like "Game of Thrones," which sometimes almost appears to be the cinematic inspiration for IS videos. In such a world, a perverted, sadistic movement like IS is the real thing. It offers young Muslims, including some Westerners, a nihilistic, anarchistic adventure with pretentions of holiness in anamusement park of decapitations and rape. After all, young males have always been driven by testosterone and adrenaline."

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/jorje-luis-borges-islamic-terror-world-jihad-europe-turkey.html#



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Australia may buy Japanese submarines- Nikkei Asian Review

    ' The Soryu class submarine uses highly-confidential technologies, including an air-independent propulsion system that allows it to remain submerged for long periods.

     "Even if Australia wants to purchase it," a senior Japanese defense ministry official said, "we will not be able to decide quickly whether we can export it." '

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Australia-may-buy-Japanese-submarines



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Sunday, 7 September 2014

Rebuilding the Berlin Wall? Russian embassy mocks Ukraine with toy ‘invasion’ photo | New York Post

WASHINGTON — The death and mayhem in southeast Ukraine is a barrel of laughs for snickering Russian diplomats, who are sending out cheeky tweets mocking the United States and other critics of their country's invasion of its neighbor.

The latest tweet from the official account of the Russian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates is a photo of assembled plastic tanks and military vehicles.

'IT IS HIDEOUS AND INSULTING. THIS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER. RUSSIA'S INVADING OTHER COUNTRIES. RUSSIA'S GOING AFTER OTHER COUNTRIES. PEOPLE ARE DYING, AND THEY'RE BEING CUTESIE ABOUT IT.'

 - Rep. Eliot Engel (D-Bronx)

Russia's foreign ministry, rather than condemning the snarky gag, re-tweeted it to its 53,000 followers, giving it a seal of Kremlin approval.

The tweet references an array of intelligence indicators that Russia is funding and supporting pro-Russian separatists, and even sending its own troops and weaponry across the border.


http://nypost.com/2014/09/05/russian-embassy-mocks-ukraine-with-toy-invasion-photo/



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Turn more workers into capitalists - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Americans generally are not opposed to economic inequality because we see it as part of modern capitalism. We believe hard work and talent should be materially rewarded. We believe in equality of opportunity. However, when it comes to an equal opportunity to share in the fruits of increasing productivity gains, the system is broken.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, the productivity of American workers rose 80.4 percent between 1973 and 2011, compared to real growth in median income of only 10.7 percent. This means rank-and-file workers are not sharing in the increasing return on capital manifested through higher profits."


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2014/09/07/Turn-more-workers-into-capitalists-income-gap/stories/201409070058




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Shuster column: Capitalism’s disparity may be its doom

"However, as the socialistic aspects of our economy are strangled by the self-interests of the few, capitalism, unthreatened by a viable competitor, runs the risk of imploding under the weight of its hubris and excesses."



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Prince Harry at 30: celebrating three decades of royal tomfoolery | UK news | The Observer

Prince Harry at 30: celebrating three decades of royal tomfoolery

As the royal milestone looms, we look back on a life of Sandhurst, swastikas and strip billiards





http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/07/prince-harry-at-30-royal-tomfoolery



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Waffentechnik : Boeings Super-Laser kann unbegrenzt oft schießen - Nachrichten Wirtschaft - DIE WELT

"Boeing's Super laser can shoot unlimited number of times together with the U.S. Army Boeing developed a mobile air defense laser. It is true even in fog drones as grenades and has a distinct advantage over conventional weapons. 


According to Boeing (HEL MD) baptized vehicle at Eglin Air Force Base, the ';High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator'; more than 150 air targets shot from the sky 


Photo: Boeing photo laser are considered military weapons so far as very practicable: Either they are not very powerful and can therefore already distracted by the naked ground fog or rain. Or they need expensive power supply, sensitive optics and highly toxic chemicals for the operation and function so only in controlled test environments, but not in the hard combat. 


Researchers at the U.S. defense corporation Boeing want to dispel these prejudices now. For the first time they have successfully tested a mobile air defense laser. For this purpose, the Boeing engineers have a ten-kilowatt solid-state laser with an Energy supply and sensors mounted on a single all-terrain truck US military type Oshkosh along with the U.S. Army, and tried it on a test site of the U.S. military in Florida . 


The ";High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator"; (HEL MD) baptized companions shot at Eglin Air Force Base more than 150 air targets from the sky, including remote-controlled drones and even grenades of a 60-millimeter mortar. Also be used for ground fog this case, the vehicle had to be proved under conditions that laser engineers at demonstrations so far carefully avoided: 


In the tests in early summer, the laser worked, according to Boeing, both for ground fog and wind and rain. In a video to show the tester, such as the 8x8 truck driving through the area, holding the rotatable and pivotally mounted laser together with the sensors extends from the roof of the building and without any further preparations shoots air targets."


http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article131992658/Boeings-Super-Laser-kann-unbegrenzt-oft-schiessen.html



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Nachfolgeregelung : Der Dalai Lama will keinen Nachfolger mehr haben - Nachrichten Politik - Ausland - DIE WELT

"Heftig kritisierte der Dalai Lama hingegen den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin. "Herr Putin war erst Präsident, dann Premierminister, dann wieder Präsident. Das ist ein bisschen zu viel", sagte der Dalai Lama der "Welt am Sonntag. "Es zeigt, dass er eine sehr egozentrische Einstellung hat: Ich, ich, ich!" Das ist eigentlich der Ursprung des Problems. "China und Russland seien zwei sehr unterschiedliche Fälle."



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Dalai Lama attacks 'self-centred' Vladimir Putin - Telegraph

"China and Russia, these are two very different cases," said the Dalai Lama, voicing hope that "the modern world supports China becoming a democratic country".

"China wants to be part of the global political system and will be ready to accept the international rules in the long run," he said in the interview conducted in English.

"I don't have the impression that this accounts for Russia and President Putin, as well, at the moment."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/11080133/Dalai-Lama-attacks-self-centred-Vladimir-Putin.html



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Brian Mulroney says Supreme Court criticism 'sends wrong signal' - Politics - CBC News




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U.S. launches new airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq - The Washington Post

"U.S. officials said Saturday's airstrikes around Haditha were conducted under Obama's previous authorization to prevent humanitarian disasters. Had the dam fallen into extremist hands, they said, Shiite areas to the south once again would be at risk of flooding and Iraq's electricity supply would be endangered."



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