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EARTH HOUROn March 28 at 8:30pm, people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for one hour to encourage world leaders to work together to tackle climate change. Global landmarks including Nelson’s Column, the Eiffel Tower and Sydney Opera House will be plunged into darkness in support of the World Wildlife Fund’s annual Earth Hour. More than 2,000 cities from 80 countries have signed up so far. The organisation hopes at least a billion people will take part.
This year’s event marks the start of a new WWF campaign to convince governments to agree effective action against climate change. “December’s UN climate summit in Copenhagen is their last chance to get it right, so we need to ensure they know we care,” reads a statement on the WWF website. Earth Hour was first held in Sydney, Australia, in 2007, when 2.2 million people doused their lights in support of the campaign. A year later, that support encircled the globe: more than 370 cities in 35 countries joined the cause. “WWF’s Earth Hour will send a strong signal to global leaders that millions of people are relying on them to take strong steps to tackle climate change when they meet at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen this December,” said Colin Butfield, Head of Campaigns at WWF-UK.
Global Warming isn’t hard to explain This hurts our planet in every single way We need to stop it now so the temperature doesn’t rise Changes in temperature due to the depleting ozone layer Mother Nature can’t do it all so let’s give her a rest. Our planet earth is precious and can’t be replaced By Erylynn in Hawaii A TALE OF TWO CITIES - continued . . . .
CITY ONE: The government has defended proposals to require sites such as Facebook and MySpace to retain details of their users' movements on the internet.
CITY TWO: YouTube reports the government has again blocked its service video-sharing network.
As George Orwell said in his novel '1984' !
judgemental
For almost 800 years the principle of the jury - that the guilt of anyone accused of a crime should be decided by a panel of their peers - has been the foundation of British justice. A BBC news item said that in the last two years the number of hung juries has more than doubled.In 2006 there were 52 hung juries in England and Wales. Yet last year, there were 116 - an increase of 70 per cent, and more than double the figure just two years previously. The number of juries that are hung is still only a tiny fraction of the total or just 0.7% With the broadly accepted figure of a crown court trial costing up to £80,000 per day, this still means that hung juries cost the taxpayer nearly £30m last year - and that does not include the cost of any retrial. Jurist Trevor Grove - author of The Juryman's Tale, believes changes in society are being reflected,he said,"I do think that we live in an era when people are much more nervous about being judgmental. Queens Counsel Paul Mendelle commented, “One doesn't know why these juries are hung; this is not statistically significant - it's less than a per cent." Although formal research on jury deliberations is almost impossible, notes sent by juries to the judge during their deliberations can give a clue as to what they are thinking - and why they might be stuck.The level of proof required for a defendant to be found Guilty at a criminal trial used to be "beyond reasonable doubt," but judges tend to tell jurors they should be "certain so as you are sure.” Is it acceptable for a juror to convict if he or she is 99 per cent sure, or 95 per cent sure? Judges can accept majority verdicts of at least 10 jurors if a unanimous decision is impossible. Queens Counsel Paul Mendelle commented he would be "wholly against any change which made juries less sure of guilt when people are facing serious crime, when they are at risk of losing their reputation, their livelihood or their liberty. It's not right that they should go to prison for anything less than certainty. “
Juries are - at their most fundamental level - democracy in action, in each court, every day.They are more nervous about being judgmental. Why I wonder is this? Nervous of having an opinion,a belief in what is right or wrong? SPRING
when life is all before us stretching bright,
ISA CRAIG 1831 - 1903
30% WAGE REDUCTION AND UNLAWFUL OATHSA fact many foreigners must admire, rather jealously I imagine, is that we do not hide "embarrassing" episodes of our history here is an example of rural strife, farm workers meeting the establishment head on:
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH EDWARD, King of England, son to Edgar the Peaceful, and uncle to St. Edward the Confessor; [ born 962; died 18 March, 979 ]. His accession to the English throne on his father's death, in 975, was opposed by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who was bent on securing the crown for her own son Ethelred, then aged seven, in which she eventually was successful. Edward's claim, however, was supported by the clergy and by most of the nobles; and having been acknowledged by the Witan, he was crowned by St. Dunstan. Though only thirteen, the young king had already given promise of high sanctity, and during his brief reign of three years and a half won the affection of his people by his many virtues. His stepmother, who still cherished her treacherous designs, contrived at the last to bring about his death. Whilst hunting in Dorset he happened to call at Corfe Castle where she lived. There, whilst drinking on horseback a glass of mead offered him at the castle gate, he was stabbed by an assassin in the bowels. He rode away, but soon fell from his horse, and being dragged by the stirrup was flung into a deep morass, where his body was revealed by a pillar of light. He was buried first at Wareham, whence three years later, his body, having been found entire, was translated to Shaftesbury Abbey by St. Dunstan and Earl Alfere of Mercia, who in Edgar's lifetime had been one of his chief opponents. Many miracles are said to have been obtained through his intercession. Elfrida, struck with repentance for her crimes, built the two monasteries of Wherwell and Ambresbury, in the first of which she ended her days in penance. The violence of St. Edward's end, joined to the fact that the party opposed to him had been that of the irreligious, whilst he himself had ever acted as defender of the Church, obtained for him the title of Martyr, which is given to him in all the old English calendars on 18 March. I FIND THIS ARTICLE UNBELIEVEABLE
Popular children's bath products contain cancer-causing chemicals, according to research carried out in the United States. An independent laboratory tested a range of top-selling brands and found many of them contained formaldehyde, which is used to embalm corpses.Out of the 28 products tested for formaldehyde in the study, 23 contained it. Studies have linked the substance to cancers of the brain, nasal sinuses and possibly leukaemia.Others had traces of 1,4-dioxane, a foaming agent which is also believed to be a cancer risk for humans. Of the 48 items tested for 1,4-dioxane, 67% contained it.It is banned in Europe, and formaldehyde is restricted. However, the chemicals are apparently unregulated in the US.Both substances were apparently found in Johnson's Baby Shampoo, L'Oreal Kids Extra Gentle 2-in-1 shampoo and Pampers Kandoo foaming soap. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, who commissioned the tests, said: "If chemicals are causing cancer in animals, we really shouldn't be putting them on babies' heads." I hope the mr men bathfoam I bought Alex at christmas has been destroyed!
Money, money, money££££££££££ £conomics - When governments print more money they're stealing it from the citizens,the pool of money grows, the money out there becomes worth less. If your labour brings financial ruin to your country you receive an annual pension of £703,000. If you labour adds financial wealth to the nation - you are made redundant ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
Must be funny Abba....
I'm an unlucky guy, and I'll tell you why, Gary Parker,
Remember the days of old, Lucy Mungeam.
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