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Recently, I gave a talk at The Substation for Reel Revolutions 2008, as part of their Learning Talks series. For the first time ever, I got to speak about bicycle commuting. It's a nice change from talking about blogs, new media, or politics.
I am no environmentalist, athlete or someone who cannot drive due to a drink driving conviction. I am a bicycle commuter by choice, because it is fun and practical.
Many people ask how I ride daily to work and I thought I would collect some of my experiences and thoughts here. I have posted some of these ideas on forums and in my own comments section, but I thought it would be good to have them in one blog post. So here goes.
It is not practical to cycle all the way to work in business clothes. Not in Singapore weather. Unless you work near your home.
Many bicycle commuters I know leave a set of clothes in the office. They may carry a week's worth of clothes to work on Monday, and cycle in lighter clothing (e.g. t-shirt and shorts) from Tuesday to Thursday. Then on Friday, they carry the clothes back. Or they carry home a day's clothes every day when they cycle back.
Some people leave the bulky items in the office. Like a pair of work shoes and belt. Then they carry just shirt and pants in their backpacks or panniers (bicycle rack-mounted bags).
Others, like myself, with non-formal dress codes, just cycle in our work clothes (I am in berms and t-shirts all day) and pack an extra t-shirt to change into in the office.
I also do not commute in lycra. You don't want to see me in tights anyway. Not a pretty sight. No offence to those who do, but I am totally comfortable in t-shirts and bermudas. I have one pair of cycling shorts which I wear only for long weekend recreational rides. The only concession I make is I try to wear dry-weave t-shirts for riding to work and change to cotton after I get to the office. Dry-weave (or dry-tech or dryscience) material is cooler, dries quickly and does not hang on to sweat.
As for bathing facilities, it is nice if your office has one. Mine does but I find over time, I did not need to shower after a ride. My ride to work takes 30 minutes in the sun. Just dry with a towel, maybe use some wet wipes to clean up, change into clean clothes, and you're ready to go. The key is to bathe BEFORE leaving the house. Sweat is not smelly, it is just salty. It's germs that make sweat smell. Strange as it may seem, bathing before riding helps a lot.
There are also bike parking facilities in town. There is a place in the CBD that offers showers, lockers and a safe place to park your expensive bike. Then you can walk to work from there, provided you work in Shenton Way area. It is cheaper than a gym membership, and you get to ride your best bike to work.
Contrary to popular belief, a relatively ok bike does NOT need to cost $2,000. Sure by all means buy one if you like but you can get by on much less. A $500 mountain bike with slick tires will do fine, or if you like, a hybrid costing around $750 will be more than adequate. My brother-in-law rides a $200 no-brand mountain bike to work every day. I started on a $500 Kona mountain bike.
Because entry-level mountain bikes tend to come fairly cheaply, it is very often the first bike people buy. If you do get a mountain bike, bear in mind that the knobby tires are not very efficient on roads, and will make your bike slower and heavier. It may be better to change those tires to "slicks". Some go further and swop out the heavy suspension fork for a rigid fork (you don't need those for road riding), but if you overdo the upgrades, you may as well spend the money on a bike that is more suited for road commuting.
Heck, even a good quality "market bike" (the kind with a basket in front) will do. Good "market bikes" cost between $150 to $250. I've seen an excellent Made-in-Vietnam Asama "market bike" with 6 speeds, rack, fenders, basket and an old-school dynamo-light for $239. It is made to Japanese specs and rides beautifully.
You're not buying a bike to compete in a race, you're getting a functional bike to commute. Big difference.
In fact, you will not need the lightest and the fastest. You don't need 27 or 30 speeds. I ride a folding bike with only 3 gears in an internal hub. It works totally fine in our relatively flat city. Ride whatever works for you but don't get hung up on the need for competition gearing.
Traffic conditions here mean you are hardly racing anywhere. So no need to pay for that carbon bike. You will over time also add things like racks and lights to your bike, which will add some weight, so any weight savings you gain from getting some really expensive bike will be negated.
Weather is an issue. Sometimes I do pack a raincoat, rain pants and shoe covers called rain gaiters. I try to check weather forecast before going out. And maybe I am lucky, but in one year of daily riding, I've been caught in the rain less than 10 times. Light rain is actually very pleasant to ride in.
My other strategy is to ride a folding bike. When it rains, or I am tired, I just fold up, and take public transport or a cab. Foldies are also easier to "park". No need to worry your bike will be stolen. Prices start at $300 for decent entry level ones, and go beyond $2k for premium ones.
Distance is relative. It is very often all in your mind. Of course don't ride a 25km distance for your first time or you will shack yourself out and lose interest. Eventually, that distance will not feel that bad, as you get fitter and more road-wise. The first few weeks riding to work is the hardest, especially when you have not exercised for a long time. But the human body is a very adaptable machine.
It takes me a hour to travel 25km from Katong to Clementi when I have to meet friends there. Most trips in Singapore are short. On average, I find most of my trips to work or to town, are about 7km to 12km, which takes 30 to 40 minutes. Longer rides, from one end of Singapore to another, take about an hour. You never need wait for the bus, never have to walk to a station, fight for a cab, or circle around looking for a parking lot. And you usually ride to the doorstep of your destination, a real time saver.
But even if you find longer distances daunting, it is possible to travel mixed mode. So ride to your MRT station, fold up, take train, unfold and ride from station to work. Nobody needs to ride all the way from Pasir Ris to CBD if they don't want to. But trust me, once you start riding, you will want to ride further and further, and eventually, you even stop taking the train. Haha!
In rush hour, bike can beat car and public transport. In non-rush hours, bike beats public transport almost always.
There are many ways to ride to work. The key is not to think like a driver and ride only the busy main roads. Take the smaller roads running parallel to main roads. Ride the park connectors and then reconnect to the roads. Ride along the Singapore River. The route may be a little longer, but usually more scenic and less dangerous. On a bike, that extra few kilometres traveled is only 5 to 10 minutes more.
It will be nice to wait for infrastructure and the government to build bike parking and bike lanes. But I'd rather enjoy my rides now. Actually, it is not that unsafe now. Our roads are well maintained, drivers are actually a little more polite these days, and as long as you are visible (lights lights lights!) and ride defensively, you can be safe.
The most common pain for people riding longer distances for the first time is Butt Pain. There are several reasons for butt pain:
1. Saddle height
Most people ride with their feet touching the ground when they are seated on the saddle. That is too low. Correct height is legs must be almost fully extended when at lowest pedal point. This means when you stop, you need to get off the saddle. Takes practice but once you learn it, you will never cycle the old way again.
2. General fitting of the bike
Saddle height, saddle angle, handlebar height, size of bike. All these need to be fitted to you. Also saddle design. I went for saddle fitting before, everyone has a different butt and bone structure there. Also relevant is the KIND of cycling you do (upright or aerodynamic) and posture, which impacts the riding position and saddle you will need.
3. Most likely cause? You are out of shape
Most people who do not cycle and suddenly cycle a lot will feel butt and general ache for a while. Because cycling uses muscles you usually don't use in walking and running. The tendency for new cyclists is to put all your weight on your ass (hence ass pain). As you get better at cycling and stronger, you will learn to distribute your weight between the arms, the butt, and the legs.
There are some essentials you will need to budget for when you get a bike to commute. Basics include bell, front and back lights, and a helmet.
There is a lot of controversy over the need for a helmet and I won't go into them here, but I wear one because I have seen it help in a fall.
Other things you may add over time:
1. Mirror
Knowing what is behind you adds to your situational awareness, and helps you to anticipate danger.
2. Rack
For carrying stuff, because you will learn that backpacks are uncomfortable if you ride longer distances. Why lug it on your sweaty back when you have this metal thing with wheels to lug it for you?
3. Panniers
These are bags for bicycles, not only useful for people who go touring, I've found them useful for carrying my laptop. I also use trunk bags like the Topeak MTX Trunk Bag DXP with Expandable Panniers. If you like, you can also try handlebar bags, like the Ortlieb Ultimate Classic 5 (the yellow bag above).
4. Basket
It does not look cool but it is damn useful.
5. Gloves
It seems like a hassle until you fall down and sandpaper the road with your palms.
6. Sunglasses
Not to look cool but to keep sun out of your eyes and stuff from flying INTO your eyes. I wear clear glasses at night. You don't need $500 Oakleys. $12 King's Safety glasses work perfectly ok.
7. Air horn
Nothing like a nice blast from an AirZounds airhorn to alert drivers coming out of side lanes without looking and who are driving too close to you.
8. More lights
Lumen is life. You are competing with car lights on the road, so you do need more, not less lighting, to be seen.
On my MU P24, I run two S-Sun 1W lights on the handlebar, a Cat Eye EL-320 on the handlepost and a Cat Eye EL-170 mounted near the fender. And a Sigma white blinkie on the helmet. That's four front lights, two of which are blinking.
For rear red blinking lights, I have a Cat Eye LD-610 on the rack, LD-1000 under the saddle, and a Sigma red blinkie on my helmet. That's three red rear blinkers. You want to have a high light (helmet one) because certain big vehicles may miss the low-mounted one.
9. Fenders and mudguards
You may not ride in the rain but even wet roads AFTER rain will dirty your back and your bike's crank/bottom bracket.
10. Lock
Forget the cable lock everyone likes to buy. Those are the easiest things to cut. A decent U-lock will go a long way in reducing your bike being stolen, It will at least slow your thief down a little. Check out Sheldon Brown's site for a good guide to locking up. Bear in mind that getting your bicycle stolen is very common in Singapore. You can get it stolen easily at MRT stations and along your HDB flat corridor. I wish the authorities would do something about protecting people's property at MRT stations. Those CCTV cameras don't seem to work in deterring bike thieves. My bike shop auntie says her son has already lost 3 bikes at MRT stations. In the meantime, lock up the right way to discourage bike thieves. No lock can stop a determined thief but at least make it inconvenient enough to make them steal something else.
11. Water bottle cage
I have water bottle cages on my bikes but I find that very often, I don't need to drink while commuting since the distances are so short. I drink a a big glass of water before I ride and another big glass after I reach my destination. For rides longer than an hour, especially in hot sun, you will need to drink on the move so a water bottle cage and a bottle are quite good to have.
12. Cyclocomputer (or speedometer)
Cyclocomputers are handy for commuting to the extent that they tell you the time so you don't need to look at your watch while riding, and they tell you the distance traveled, so you know how much further you need to go. Beyond that, knowing your speed, average speed, and max speed are all just nice-to-haves. Do try not to glance too often at your speedo or fiddle with it while riding in traffic. You can miss important traffic or road condition information. I speak from experience because one of my big falls came from me fiddling with the Cat Eye Strada Wireless computer on my handlebar and not realising there was a road hump in front of me until it was too late.
If you have a folding bike, a wireless one is nice, so that wires don't get in the way when you fold. Do make sure the wireless cyclocomputer you get has enough range between the receiver and transmitter though, because folding bikes tend to have quite a distance between the handlebars and the spokes.
Wired cyclocomputers are fine (and cheaper too) for non-folding bikes. Wired cyclocomputers are also a little more reliable, being less prone to interference.
Many cyclists who ride for sport will be appalled at the weight a bicycle commuter adds to his bike, not to mention the un-coolness factor of the various accessories ("Kickstand? That's another 200 grams! I'll lean my bike against a wall, thank you!"). But the mentality of a cyclist who rides for function and not for sport is different.
Pavements and Sidewalks
Contrary to popular belief, it is actually more dangerous to ride on the pavement than the roads. There are way too many things that can happen on pavements that can trip up a cyclist, like overhanging branches, tree roots, and pedestrians. Also, cars do not expect fast moving objects like a bicycle to shoot out from pavements at side roads.
I am not totally anti-pavement though. There are times you really need to get on the pavement for safety reasons. I get on the pavement, then get back to road as soon as I can. Just like cars should give way to bikes on roads, bikes should give way to pedestrians on sidewalks. Practise Zero Impact pavement riding, meaning you ride with minimal disruption to the pedestrians walking there. By the way, pavement riding is illegal in Singapore, but it is not enforced strictly.
On the Tampines Pavement Riding Scheme, an experiment where cyclists are allowed to ride on widened paths together with pedestrians, they have started to enforce penalties for dangerous cycling. Well and good. Now how about some stricter penalties for motorists who endanger cyclists on the road?
Other Cyclists
Nothing is more dangerous than another cyclist riding against the flow of traffic, loaded with plastic bags on his handlebars, on his mobile phone, and riding towards you. I give them a wide berth. After checking for traffic behind me, of course.
Oh, and no, it is NOT safer to ride AGAINST the flow of traffic on the road. Are you nuts?
Beware the parked cars on your left, an opening door will send you flying. Always ride a door's distance away from these cars, even if you have to take up the rest of the lane. Dooring can happen even at traffic lights, when the driver lets his passenger off while the lights are red, and you happen to be riding to the left of that car.
If you hear a bus coming from behind you, or there is one overtaking you, get ready to slow down. SBS and TIBS buses tend to cut right back in, in front of you, after they overtake because they want to get into their bus stops. If you continue riding straight at high speeds, you are going to get squeezed by the bus. Bus stops are particularly dangerous areas, always approach with caution, and check if there is a bus behind that might overtake you impatiently.
Riding Too Close to the Left
Cyclists take the "cyclists must keep left" rule too literally. The law says you keep to the side of the road "as practicable". If you keep too left, you may have no room to maneuver if a car comes too close. Or you may ride into debris or drains or grills that can mess you up. My default riding position is just outside the 2nd line of the double yellow line. I move to the centre of the lane, after checking behind, when I approach junctions and side roads to prevent cars from trying to cut in front of me at the last moment. Positioning is very important at junctions and entrances to expressways. Keeping left all the time can kill you.
Grills found in drains along the left side of the road are death traps for narrow bicycle wheels (again, another reason not to ride too left). Even the ridge to the grilled holes can throw your wheels off. Watch for unevenly tarred roads surfaces.
Watch out for people flagging cabs. They sometimes stand on the road and wave, getting in your way. They also attract taxis that will cut 3 lanes to pick them up, thereby cutting in front of you dangerously. When I see people flagging for cabs, I instinctively check behind for cabs and prepare to slow down.
It can get bad when you ride in town. I try not to ride behind buses and trucks. The other way around pollution, besides riding fast haha, is to choose your route carefully.
As mentioned earlier, don't think like a driver when you choose your bicycle route. My current route to work takes me through the lovely Tai Keng Gardens estate, and a long wide car-free path nestled between Haig Road and Onan Road. Lovely views and air in those stretches (though the middle portion is Paya Lebar, the Second Hell next to the First Hell — Jalan Eunos).
In contrast, my most direct route to work, via Jalan Eunos, is a hell hole of traffic and pollution. I am used to riding there by now but I would rather take my longer, more pleasant route.
The Right of Way Mentality
Right of Way? Cars that signal? Eye contact means he saw me? Seasoned cyclists on the road laugh at these concepts. You may as well ask the earth to rotate around the moon. There are certain realities on the road you cannot change, so stop whining and adapt.
Sure we could use better laws and infrastructure to protect cyclists in Singapore but cyclists need to take responsibility for their own safety.
Motorists should be careful around cyclists, but in an accident, they only have a dent, you pay with your life.
I have seen too many cyclists get into accidents even though the light is green and in their favour. Drivers are human and prone to error and moronic behaviour, you know. Don't ride through your green light in blissful ignorance even if it IS your right of way.
Right of way is what the courts decide on after they scrape your bike and body off the road in an accident.
I hope this helps demystify some of the ideas behind commuting by bicycle in Singapore. Contrary to what the government wants you to think, the bicycle is not just for recreation and getting around in your estate. It is a very viable form of transport. Now go out and ride safe. And above all, have fun.
Addendum, added 15 Dec 2014: When bicycle commuting in Singapore, you may sometimes be blocked by local wildlife…
Photo by KP Kwek, used with permission.
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$2.5 bn arms deal: Zuma speaks on charges
Speaking in Zulu in his home province, Mr. Zuma said the judiciary and politicians believed that he did not have rights.
"The truth will come out. What have I done?" Mr. Zuma told the cheering crowd.
"I am innocent until proven guilty."
The Durban High Court adjourned until June 8 the case of corruption in a 2.5 billion arms deal dollars, filed against Mr. Zuma.
Mr. Zuma's legal team and lawyers for the state agreed to the postponement to give both sides time to prepare their submissions relating to charges against the former leader including fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
The 75-year-old, whose scandal-plagued nine years in office were marked by economic stagnation and credit downgrades, faces 16 charges including fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
Mr. Zuma denies any wrongdoing and is challenging the decision to prosecute the case, a dramatic development on a continent where political leaders are rarely held to account for their actions before the law.
Wearing a dark suit, a smiling Mr. Zuma waved to crowds of supporters and reporters as he mounted the steps of the High Court in Durban shortly before 0700 GMT.
The speed with which prosecutors have booked his day in court is a sign of the loss of control Mr. Zuma has suffered since his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, became head of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in December.
However, Mr. Zuma still retains some popular support, especially in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, where the case is being heard.
Heavily armed police in riot gear lined the square outside the court, as thousands of Zuma supporters gathered to express solidarity with a leader they say is the victim of a politically motivated witchhunt.
Marchers, many clad in the distinctive yellow, green and black of the ANC, carried placards reading "Hands off Zuma" and performed the high-stepping toyi-toyi protest dance made popular in South Africa's decades-long struggle against apartheid.
Businessman Siya Khoza said he admired Mr. Zuma's determination to bring in economic policies that he said were designed to spread the wealth in what remains one of the world's most unequal societies.
"Whatever happens we will still support Zuma because we believe he brought us radical economic transformation and we still believe that him being in the ANC he will push for it," said Khoza, wearing a waistcoat emblazoned in ANC colors.
Mr. Zuma' son, Edward, told supporters at nearby park where several thousand people held an overnight vigil that his father was not worried.
"I would want to believe that as an innocent man, he is definitely not worried," the domestic News24 agency quoted Edward Zuma as saying.
Mr. Zuma, who was forced to resign by the ANC last month, was at the center of a 1990s deal to buy billions of dollars of European military hardware to upgrade South Africa's post-apartheid armed forces.
The deal was mired in scandal and controversy from the start, with many inside and outside the ANC questioning the spending given the massive social issues, from health to education, Nelson Mandela's party had to address after coming to power in 1994.
Fallout has cast a shadow over South African politics ever since.
Mr. Zuma was deputy president at the time. Schabir Shaikh, his former financial adviser, was found guilty and jailed in 2005 for trying to solicit bribes for Mr. Zuma from a subsidiary of French arms company Thales.
The company is facing charges in the same case.
Charges against Mr. Zuma were filed but then set aside by the National Prosecuting Authority shortly before he successfully ran for president in 2009.
The charges were re-instated in 2016.
Since his election nine years ago, his opponents have fought a lengthy legal battle to have the charges reinstated.
Mr. Zuma countered with his own legal challenges.(Reuters/NAN)


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Welcome back to the Carole Awards! 2017 certainly flew by. I'm honestly in disbelief it is already the end of this year.
This year we are going to shake up the Carole Awards a bit! We have decided to grant some more Carole Awards to more books and movies and even TV shows. WHA??? Yes! We let Blodeuedd pick some winners as well to win this amazing award. So there is double the chance for a book or movie or show to win an award! I can hear all the hope out there. Hahaha. *crickets*
Anyways...shall we begin??
Category 1....TV SHOWS:
Blodeuedd's Pick for BEST TV SHOW OF THE YEAR......Rick and Morty
"One you have to binge watch. Freaking hilarious."
My Pick for BEST TV SHOW OF THE YEAR...........Victoria (Season 1)
"A beautiful show with an amazing cast. Worth the watch."
Category 2....MOVIES:
Blodeuedd's pick for BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR............Dunkirk
"Dunkirk was such a well made movie"
My pick for BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR..........Murder on the Orient Express
"By far and hand's down the best movie to watch!"
Category 3.............BOOKS:
CUTEST Book covers go to......Love at First Bark and The Corner of Forever and Always
BEST covers go to.........Of Flame and Fate and Terminal Alliance
Blodeuedd's pick for WORST BOOK OF THE YEAR..... Wicked Fantasy by Nicole Jordan
My pick for WORST BOOK OF THE YEAR....Love on the Range by Sondra Grey
Blodeuedd's pick for BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR........Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
My pick for BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.........Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Bonus Category:
The BEST BABY AWARD GOES TO..............BABY S!
And that is the end of the Carole Awards. I am excited to see what 2018 has in store for us!!


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In honour of Yorkshire Day, 1st August, we're starting a new category of blog post here on Schools Prehistory – the county round-up. Although schools aren't all tied in to their local authority quite so much, the county is an easy way to divide up the country into local areas, so here goes.
Yorkshire has some amazing archaeology from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. One of the most famous sites is Star Carr in the Vale of Pickering in North Yorkshire. It dates to the early Mesolithic, just after the end of the last Ice Age around 9000 BC. We've shared some resources about this before, but the main sites are Star Carr project and Spencer Carter's Microburin blog for general Mesolithic goodness. Star Carr could be used as the hunter-gatherer site to contrast with the farmers at Skara Brae.
The spectacular Neolithic (late Stone Age) to Early Bronze Age henges (embanked circular enclosures without stone circles) at Thornborough in North Yorkshire are the largest such complex outside Wiltshire. We talked about Thornborough when we discussed the north-south divide in prehistoric archaeology. There's more information about the henges and past research from the University of Newcastle. They could be studied for Stone Age to Bronze Age religion.
Yorkshire, and indeed much of the north and Scotland, is littered with rock art, which is mostly considered to be Bronze Age. Cups, circles and spirals were cut into stones all over, and can be seen in woods, on moors and even in public parks, like Crowgill Park in Shipley, West Yorkshire. The best way to find some rock art near you is to look on the Northern Antiquarian blog, or on the Megalithic Portal, which is a wiki that anyone with an interest can add to. What the rock art meant is not known, though it could be to do with travel (as waymarkers?) or religion.Several logboats that might date to the Bronze or Iron Ages have been found in Yorkshire, the Ferriby boats on the north bank of the Humber being the most famous. Obviously good for studying Bronze Age travel and trade, they could also be used to look at technology. How can you make a hollowed-out log float? And how do you fell and shape it with bronze tools? What other ways are there of making a boat e.g. a coracle?
During the middle to late Iron Age the East Riding of Yorkshire was inhabited by the Parisi tribe who had links to the continent and incorporated one idea from their Gaulish cousins, chariot burials. The wonderfully named village of Wetwang seems to have been the centre for the Arras Culture and the most spectacular burials in Iron Age Britain, like this one of a woman that is now in the British Museum.
Some great museums to visit are:
- Hull and East Riding Museum to walk through a reconstructed Iron Age village, see the Hasholme logboat, and wonder at what the Roos Carr figures were used for.
- Ryedale Folk Museum has a reconstructed Iron Age roundhouse and runs school sessions in it.
- Yorkshire Museum in York currently has an exhibition about Star Carr and will run exhibitions on Bronze Age and Iron Age Yorkshire in the next two years.
- Scarborough Rotunda Museum has some prehistoric collections on display, including Gristhorpe Man who dates back to the Bronze Age.
- Malton Museum which also has prehistoric collections and runs school sessions with artefact boxes.
Some great websites to look at include:
- Prehistoric Nidderdale, a project looking at the landscape of Nidderdale AONB.
- Valley of the First Iron Masters is about the Foulness Valley in the East Riding in the Iron Age.
- Another plug for the Northern Antiquarian who visits and photographs loads of prehistoric sites in Yorkshire and elsewhere.
- West Yorkshire Archaeology Service is very useful for overviews of the archaeology of the area.
The Historic Environment Records, which can be contacted or searched online to find out what prehistoric archaeology is near you are:
- West Yorkshire HER
- Yorkshire Dales National Park HER
- South Yorkshire Sites and Monuments Record
- North Yorkshire HER
- North York Moors National Park HER
- Humber Archaeology Partnership
Finally, some prehistoric workshop deliverers in Yorkshire include:
Get in touch if there's a resource or organisation that's not on the list, or if you want to read or be on a round-up for another county.


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PEOPLE living in Southend's Quantock tower block could be moved out while it undergoes a £4million refurbishment under council plans.
Southend Council details the proposal for the 13-storey block off Chichester Road, Southend, as part of its local investment plan.
The plan explains how the 100 residents in the block would be moved into new homes being built on the site of the Maybrook Training centre, off Southchurch Road, or other planned social housing schemes in the borough while revamp work was carried out.
The plan also revealed proposals which could see all the boroughs blocks either redeveloped as sheltered housing or care homes or sold off to developers.
A council spokesman said: "We are currently considering a range of options regarding the town centre tower blocks, as well as their associated financial implications. Given their collective size with some 420 individual households, it's not a simple procedure in terms of the logistics involved and will take some time, because we want to make sure anything we might do in the future is right for the town and best for the tenants."
The investment plan is part of the council's long-term vision to bring its 13 tower blocks up to a Government decent homes standard or demolish and rebuild them. It would initially focus on Quantock and lead to a major revamp of the flats, to improve living conditions, and hopefully stamp out the antisocial behaviour issues that have plagued it for years.
The block could even be expanded from 100 to 140 flats, according to a local investment plan over the next four years.
Redeveloping Quantock is a medium-term aim of the plan, that identifies priorities up to 2017, before any proposals for the 12 other blocks and two nine-storey blocks were drawn up.
These tower blocks, run for the council by South Essex Homes, make up 17 per cent of the council's housing stock. A quarter of all its homes failed to meet the decent homes standard in 2011.
The plan said: "In the current financial climate, this is an area that may well require radical solutions, including refurbishment, or redevelopment either council-led or in association with partner developers.
"There are a number of possibilities, from using them for residential care or sheltered accommodation to selling them to a developer. The town centre blocks are in an excellent location with good transports links and views. However, there may be issues surrounding the decanting of these properties.
"The development of at least 100 affordable housing units at this site (Maybrook and Burland) will deliver much needed housing, while also supporting the subsequent phased regeneration of the town centre's residential tower blocks."
Development of social housing between London Road and Queensway could also provide temporary accommodation for those in the tower blocks, it said.
Senior councillors claim the plans have yet to move forward significantly due to financial constraints.
Lesley Salter, Tory councillor responsible for housing, said: "We have been talking about it for years and nothing has changed recently. There is the space issue. Where do you get the space to move that many people, so it has not really progressed, but I will be meeting about this with South Essex Homes for an update."
Labour councillor David Norman led a scrutiny review of the blocks last summer, and is keen for plans to move forward, but said security of the existing blocks, including the provision of security patrols as revealed by the Echo last week, was the current priority.
He said: "Our long-term aim remains to regenerate these areas."


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Dave Smith Instruments has introduced the DSI Tempest Drum Machine at the 2011 NAMM Show.
The Tempest is a collaboration between synth design pioneer Dave Smith and longtime friend and fellow instrument designer Roger Linn. Smith and Linn first talked about creating a new drum machine a few years ago, when the announced the Boomchik, a design we called the sexiest NAMM vaporware, because it was just a design concept at the time.
Now their collaborative project has a new name and has turned into a product that they expect to ship later this year.
The Dave Smith Instruments Tempest Drum Machine
The Tempest drum machine marks the first time a product will carry both the Dave Smith Instruments and Roger Linn Design logos.
"If you're going to make a drum machine, who better to have in your corner than Roger Linn?" said Smith, referring to Linn's legacy as inventor of the digital drum machine.
Though Smith is also responsible for some fine drum machines—most notably Sequential's DrumTraks and Studio 440—Tempest is his first to utilize analog synthesis to generate the sounds.
"We've designed a very flexible new synth voice for Tempest," said Smith.
Linn added, "The design of Tempest reflects a rethinking of what a drum machine needs to be in the current era. It's not so much a drum machine as a new musical performance instrument for the creation, manipulation, and arrangement of beat-oriented music, with an intuitive and efficient use of human gestures."
Tempest's 16 velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads are arranged in an 8 x 2 array to facilitate both real-time and step entry of beats. Two pressure- and position-sensitive Note FX slide controllers provide a unique new method of performance and control.
"We're very excited about Tempest," said Smith. "It's an instrument with a lot of personality and it's great fun to play. It has been a long time since there has been anything new in the drum machine world."
More important – it sounds pretty wicked! Details and video demo below. Check it out and let us know what you think of the new Tempest drum machine!
Tempest is expected to be available by June 2011 with a projected MAP of $1,999.00.
Features of the Dave Smith Instruments Tempest drum machine:
- Each of the 6 analog voices has 2 analog oscillators plus 2 digital oscillators (with a large bank of included samples), Dave's classic analog low-pass filter with audio-rate modulation, an additional high-pass filter, analog VCA with feedback, 5 envelopes, 2 LFOs, an extraordinary variety of analog modulation routings, and stunning sonic quality, warmth and punch. Although optimized for drum sounds, it excels at tuned sounds as well, and even doubles as a 6-voice analog synth. In addition to the 6 direct voice outputs, there are stereo mix outputs and phones outputs, plus 2 inputs for foot switches or expression pedals, MIDI in/out and USB.
- The performance-oriented operating system, 90 panel controls, and bright 256 x 64 OLED display work together to provide a tightly integrated, non-stop workflow: record a drumbeat in real-time, switch to another drumbeat and use the lit pads to record it using step programming, switch to another drumbeat and record tuned keyboard parts, use the 2 touch controllers to to record real-time note or beat-wide parameter animations, use the generous sound controls to edit any of the drum sounds, tweak the analog effects or drum mix, arrange beats in real time and record the live arrangement into a song, enter/exit Song mode and much more, all without ever stopping play.
- 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive lit pads are arranged in a 2×8 configuration, providing intuitive access to all your fingers and providing the ideal compromise between the popular 4×4 pad arrangement (popular for real time programming ) and 1×16 arrangement (popular for step programming) because Tempest does both. The pads can be used to play 32 drum sounds (2 banks), mute/unmute the 32 sounds on playback, play and arrange 16 beats in real time, play one sound at 16 tunings (in a variety of scales) or 16 velocities, or as 16 time steps for step programming. The ROLL button permits creating drum rolls or repeated groove patterns by varying pad pressure as the beat records, and doubles as a momemtary "stutter" effect when the pads are assigned to play beats. Use the Sustain button on tuned parts like a keyboard's Sustain pedal, or to choke drum sounds or drumbeats when the pad is released.
- Two pressure- and position-sensitive Note FX slide controllers permit real-time recording of note or beat-wide sound parameter changes into the drumbeat as you play. For example, record simultaneous filter frequency, tuning, envelope decay and pan changes for each note, or control similar parameters affecting the entire beat.
- A variety of unique effects are provided while maintaining a pure analog signal path: 1) Stereo analog compressor and distortion circuits affect the stereo output mix, 2) beat-synced delay is achieved by generating additional delayed note events within the sequencer, and 3) a beat-synced "stutter" effect is created entirely within the sequencer by looping short portions of the drumbeat on demand.
- The degree of swing timing can be adjusted in real time during playback. Roger used his entire bag of tricks to make the swing sound very human and natural.
- Compact and portable: 15.4″ L x 9″ W x 2.5″ H


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Rock Climber's Extreme Ascent Will Amaze (Or Terrify) You
This may be the most heart-stopping action you'll see all week.
In this video, rock climber Alex Honnold elevates El Sendero Luminoso, an intimidating 1,500-foot wall in Mexico.
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In the last decade or so, we've seen a fast-paced implementation of Internet-driven technology into our daily lives. It can be overwhelming to think about.
Remember the last time you made a cross-country trip without your GPS or mobile phone navigation app? The thought of using just a paper map (or stopping to ask for directions) is practically foreign at this point.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is opening new doors for companies when it comes to condition monitoring for predictive maintenance. Like GPS has done to paper maps, mobile devices powered with monitoring software are giving users a more efficient and accurate solution for condition monitoring…and letting them leave the clipboard on the shelf. We're seeing a number of industries, such as manufacturing, food & beverage, and the oil & gas market, employ IIoT solutions to maintain optimal product quality, improve equipment reliability and increase labor efficiency.
Six drivers for condition monitoring
We've identified six ways IIoT is creating new opportunities for process and asset condition monitoring.
1. Identify issues before they escalate
This is a big one. Even the smallest issue can snowball into a serious problem if it goes unnoticed for too long. Continuous manufacturing processes have any number of single points of failure that can halt production. Advanced condition monitoring solutions will catch those performance fluctuations, allowing users to address those sudden changes that require immediate attention.
2. Reduce unplanned downtime
Nobody can afford to wait for something to break, nor can they waste time troubleshooting when a system goes offline. Condition monitoring applications give companies an efficient, accurate and reliable solution to keep them up and running with a clear picture of their system's overall health.
3. Decrease maintenance costs
Customized alerts forewarn users of condition changes that could force a piece of equipment to work harder, thereby increasing energy use and wear. Using an advanced condition monitoring solution to ensure assets and processes are running at optimum levels helps users make adjustments when needed to avoid costly maintenance routines.
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Traditionally, condition monitoring takes a team of staff working to monitor each asset and process over an extended time period, expending man-hours and impacting a company's bottom line. IIoT-enabled condition monitoring solutions allows fewer staff to quickly monitor more points of importance with increased accuracy, helping them cover more ground in the same amount of time, or even faster.
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Firefox 3: now available bug-free, say devs
Ready for record attempt
Mozilla is claiming the second release candidate of Firefox 3.0 is free of bugs.
There may be problems with software on the server side or websites but the browser itself has had 10 problems fixed with the second release candidate (RC2), made available yesterday. By bugs developers mean issues that they are aware of rather than every single problem with the application.
RC2 is meant for developers and enthusiasts to test before the final release in the next week or so. The new browser is meant to be quicker and easier to use and personalise.
Mozilla is aiming to set a new record for most software downloads within 24 hours with the final release of Firefox 3.0. It is aiming for 1.6m downloads in a day.
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Oceans or Seas?
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The Answer:
According to our encyclopedia the words are synonymous.
In addition, the word "sea" can also be used to describe a subdivision of an ocean that is more or less marked off by land boundries. That's the case with the North Sea, Caribbean Sea, and Yellow Sea. It is inaccurately used to describe large, land-locked salt-water lakes like the Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, and Aral Sea.
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text: Science Ticker Life Gene makes old cells act young again Adult mice that have the gene Lin28a reactivated regrow thicker hair and skin in shaved areas compared with shaved adult mice that do not have the gene turned back on (one shown). Shyh-Chang et al/Cell 2013 Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Ashley Yeager November 7, 2013 at 5:18 pm Turning on a gene called Lin28a in old tissue may help cells heal like they are young again. Lin28a is active in developing embryos and can control how young animals grow and develop. But the gene is not turned on as often in adult cells. When a team of scientists reactivated Lin28a in a group of adult mice with shaved backs, the animals' skin and hair grew back thicker compared with control mice. Mice with the reactivated gene all showed better tissue healing when parts of their ears and paws were injured. The results, which appear November 7 in Cell, suggest that reactivating Lin28a, along with other techniques, help could help adult humans heal more quickly after an injury. Previous studies, however, have also shown that high activity of Lin28a in cancer tissue helps diseased cells grow faster. Adult mice that have the gene Lin28a reactived (bottom) regrow thicker hair and skin in shaved areas (bottom) compared to shaved adult mice that do not have the gene turned back on (top). Shyh-Chang et al/Cell 2013


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It's going well. When it opened it was 32:67. Now look...
Let's keep up the pressure everyone!!
I think he needs to be given time to defend himself and until then he remains a good colleague. I myself will explain my role in the process to the Leveson Inquiry.
Federal Conference
Committee met on Monday to consider the question of conference security.
As we said in our
article of 14th April 2012, the police have requested that we
adopt a similar system of accreditation for conference that was used for
Birmingham last Autumn.
That system would
involve conference attendees submitting certain pieces of information at the
time of registration, such as their past addresses and passport number.
That information would be used to assess whether the person registering is
who they say they are and whether they pose a serious security threat to
conference. If so, the person concerned would not be accredited.
The vast majority, however, would be. Those who were accredited for
attendance in Birmingham would be recognised by the system, unless they had
asked for their data from last time to be deleted, and minimal checks would
be required.
As before, safeguards
would be put in place were accreditation to be adopted. These include
an appeals procedure whereby the final decision as to whether someone could
attend conference or not would be taken by the Party and not the
police. It would also include the facility for the data to be deleted
in respect of anyone who wanted it. What data remained would be
held on a standalone system, not linked to the main police computer
system. People who have changed identity would be able to apply for
accreditation under their current identity and would not need to reveal their
former one.
The FCC recognises that
accreditation is highly controversial within the Party. A motion was
submitted about it to Birmingham Conference and, whilst an amendment that
would have refused to adopt accreditation in the future failed, conference
did 'condemn' the system that was in use at that time.
When we called for
views on the accreditation proposal for Brighton, many responses were
received. We would like to thank everyone who took the time and trouble
to send us their opinions. Many were in favour of accreditation but
many were vehemently opposed to it.
At our meeting on
Monday, representatives of LGBT+ attended to tell us about the particular
problems with accreditation that face people with previous identities.
We are very grateful for the time they took to do that.
Senior members of Party
staff also attended. Over the past two weeks, they have talked
extensively to the Party insurers and to staff at the conference venue in
Following careful
consideration, FCC does not think that the case for accreditation of party
members is presently made out, but recognises that there are other complex
issues around it that need to be addressed. We are committed to holding
conference without it if we possibly can.
We have therefore
decided to delay opening registration for Party members (and only Party
members) whilst further negotiation takes place with the police, other Party
Committees, the owners of the conference venue and our insurers. If we
possibly can avoid using accreditation though, we will. We will provide
further information as soon as we are able to do so.


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1998: Genome of Roundworm C. elegans Sequenced
1998: Genome of Roundworm C. elegans Sequenced
In December 1998, the first genome sequence of a multicellular organism, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, was completed.
C. elegans measures one millimeter in length and lives in dirt. It was the first animal - complete with nervous and digestive systems and a system for reproducing sexually - to have its genome deciphered. Also, like humans and other animals, C. elegans begins life as a single fertilized cell and passes through a precise program of embryonic development to become a fully-formed animal. C. elegans is easy to study because it is transparent; scientists can track every cell division and watch the worm's body machinery in action.
C. elegans has already proven helpful in the study of development, neurobiology, and aging. Its complete genomic sequence was expected to provide insights on how the genomes of complex organisms function. The worm's DNA sequence contains 97 million base pairs spread among six chromosomes. Structurally, these chromosomes are more like human chromosomes than those of bacteria or yeast. The worm's genome has about 20,000 genes; about forty percent of them are similar to genes found in humans.
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Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: a platform for investigating biology. The C. elegans Sequencing Consortium. Science, 282: 2012-8. 1998. [Full Text]
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Just a few months after his appointment as Pope, Benedict XVI travelled to Cologne to celebrate World Youth Day. Ten thousand young people greeted the new Pontifex with enthusiasm. A German Pope visiting the country in which the Reformation began! This was also an opportunity for Benedict XVI to speak on fundamental issues of ecumenism, an opportunity he seized on 19 August 2005 at an Ecumenical Meeting at the Archbishop's House in Cologne.
To what questions does this text offer a response?
Why can we not bring about unity ourselves? Why is compromise of no help in ecumenical matters? Why do we need an ecumenism of truth? What can we do about it now, as a collective? And why does a lack of unity on ethical issues have serious consequences? Benedict proved himself to be a passionate ecumenist and provided an insight into his ecumenical agenda.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Permit me to remain seated after such a strenuous day. This does not mean I wish to speak "ex cathedra". Also, excuse me for being late. Unfortunately, Vespers took longer than foreseen and the traffic was slower moving than could be imagined. I would like now to express the joy I feel on the occasion of my Visit to Germany, in being able to meet you and offer a warm greeting to you, the Representatives of the other Churches and Ecclesial Communities.
As a native of this Country, I am quite aware of the painful situation which the rupture of unity in the profession of the faith has entailed for so many individuals and families. This was one of the reasons why, immediately following my election as Bishop of Rome, I declared, as the Successor of the Apostle Peter, my firm commitment to making the recovery of full and visible Christian unity a priority of my Pontificate. In doing so, I wished consciously to follow in the footsteps of two of my great Predecessors: Pope Paul VI, who over 40 years ago signed the conciliar Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis redintegratio, and Pope John Paul II, who made that Document the inspiration for his activity.
In ecumenical dialogue Germany without a doubt has a place of particular importance. We are the Country where the Reformation began; however, Germany is also one of the countries where the ecumenical movement of the 20th century originated. With the successive waves of immigration in the last century, Christians from the Orthodox Churches and the ancient Churches of the East also found a new homeland in this Country. This certainly favoured greater contact and exchanges so that now there is a dialogue between we three.
Together we can rejoice in the fact that the dialogue, with the passage of time, has brought about a renewed sense of our brotherhood and has created a more open and trusting climate between Christians belonging to the various Churches and Ecclesial Communities. My venerable Predecessor, in his Encyclical Ut Unum Sint (1995) saw this as an especially significant fruit of dialogue (cf. nn. 41ff.; 64). I feel the fact that we consider one another brothers and sisters, that we love one another, that together we are witnesses of Jesus Christ, should not be taken so much for granted. I believe that this brotherhood is in itself a very important fruit of dialogue that we must rejoice in, continue to foster and to practice.
Among Christians, fraternity is not just a vague sentiment, nor is it a sign of indifference to truth.
Among Christians, fraternity is not just a vague sentiment, nor is it a sign of indifference to truth. As you just said, Bishop, it is grounded in the supernatural reality of the one Baptism which makes us all members of the one Body of Christ (cf. I Cor 12: 13; Gal 3: 28; Col 2: 12). Together we confess that Jesus Christ is God and Lord; together we acknowledge him as the one mediator between God and man (cf. I Tm 2: 5), and we emphasize that together we are members of his Body (cf. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 22; Ut Unum Sint, n. 42). Based on this essential foundation of Baptism, a reality comes from him which is a way of being, then of professing, believing and acting. Based on this crucial foundation, dialogue has borne its fruits and will continue to do so.
I would like to mention the re-examination of the mutual condemnations, called for by John Paul II during his first Visit to Germany. I recall with some nostalgia that first Visit. I was able to be present when we were together at Mainz in a fairly small and authentic fraternal circle. Some questions were put to the Pope and he described a broad theological vision in which reciprocity was amply treated.
At the Ecumenical Meeting at the Archbishop's House in Cologne, Benedict XVI called for Christians from the Orthodox Churches and the ancient Churches of the East to be included in ecumenical dialogue. Pictured from left: Cardinal Karl Lehmann; Augoustinos Lambardarkis, the Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan; Pope Benedict XVI; Bishop Wolfgang Huber, Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany; Cardinal Walter Kasper.
Agreement on an important, basic issue
That colloquium gave rise to an episcopal, that is, a Church commission, under ecclesial responsibility. Finally, with the contribution of theologians it led to the important Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) and to an agreement on basic issues that had been a subject of controversy since the 16th century.
We should also acknowledge with gratitude the results of our common stand on important matters, such as the fundamental questions involving the defence of life and the promotion of justice and peace. I am well aware that many Christians in Germany, and not only in this Country, expect further concrete steps to bring us closer together. I myself have the same expectation.
Dialogue with sincerity and realism
It is the Lord's commandment, but also the imperative of the present hour, to carry on dialogue with conviction at all levels of the Church's life. This must obviously take place with sincerity and realism, with patience and perseverance, in complete fidelity to the dictates of one's conscience in the awareness that it is the Lord who gives unity, that we do not create it, that it is he who gives it but that we must go to meet him.
I do not intend here to outline a programme for the immediate themes of dialogue - this task belongs to theologians working alongside the Bishops: the theologians, on the basis of their knowledge of the problem; the Bishops from their knowledge of the concrete situation in the Church in our Country and in the world. May I make a small comment: now, it is said that following the clarification regarding the Doctrine of Justification, the elaboration of ecclesiological issues and the questions concerning ministry are the main obstacles still to be overcome.
The real question is the presence of the Word in the world.
In short, this is true, but I must also say that I dislike this terminology, which from a certain point of view delimits the problem since it seems that we must now debate about institutions instead of the Word of God, as though we had to place our institutions in the centre and fight for them. I think that in this way the ecclesiological issue as well as that of the "Ministerium" are not dealt with correctly.
The real question is the presence of the Word in the world. In the second century the early Church primarily took a threefold decision: first, to establish the canon, thereby stressing the sovereignty of the Word and explaining that not only is the Old Testament "hai graphai", but together with the New Testament constitutes a single Scripture which is thus for us the master text.
What is to be discussed
However, at the same time the Church has formulated an Apostolic Succession, the episcopal ministry, in the awareness that the Word and the witness go together; that is, the Word is alive and present only thanks to the witness, so to speak, and receives from the witness its interpretation. But the witness is only such if he or she witnesses to the Word.
Third and last, the Church has added the "regula fidei" as a key for interpretation. I believe that this reciprocal compenetration constitutes an object of dissent between us, even though we are certainly united on fundamental things. Therefore, when we speak of ecclesiology and of ministry we must preferably speak in this combination of Word, witness and rule of faith, and consider it as an ecclesiological matter, and therefore together as a question of the Word of God, of his sovereignty and humility inasmuch as the Lord entrusts his Word, and concedes its interpretation, to witnesses which, however, must always be compared to the "regula fidei" and the integrity of the Word. Excuse me if I have expressed a personal opinion; it seemed right to do so.
Contradictory positions on ethical issues eclipse the witness to the Gospel
Another urgent priority in ecumenical dialogue arises from the great ethical questions of our time; in this area, contemporary man, who is searching, rightly expects a common response on the part of Christians, which, thanks be to God, in many cases has been forthcoming. There are so many common declarations by the German Bishops' Conference and the Evangelical Churches in Germany that we can be grateful for, but unfortunately, this does not always happen.
Because of contradictory positions in this area our witness to the Gospel and the ethical guidance which we owe to the faithful and to society lose their impact and often appear too vague, with the result that we fail in our duty to provide the witness that is needed in our time.
Our divisions are contrary to the will of Jesus and they disappoint peoples' expectations. I think that we must work with new energy and dedication to bring a common witness into the context of these great ethical challenges of our time.
What does the recovery of unity of all Christians entail?
We all know there are numerous models of unity and you know that the Catholic Church also has as her goal the full visible unity of the disciples of Christ, as defined by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council in its various Documents (cf. Lumen Gentium, nn. 8, 13; Unitatis Redintegratio, nn. 2, 4, etc.).
This unity, we are convinced, indeed subsists in the Catholic Church, without the possibility of ever being lost (cf. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 4); the Church in fact has not totally disappeared from the world.
On the other hand, this unity does not mean what could be called ecumenism of the return: that is, to deny and to reject one's own faith history. Absolutely not! It does not mean uniformity in all expressions of theology and spirituality, in liturgical forms and in discipline. Unity in multiplicity, and multiplicity in unity: in my Homily for the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul on 29 June last, I insisted that full unity and true catholicity in the original sense of the word go together.
Commitment to unity must be constantly purified
As a necessary condition for the achievement of this coexistence, the commitment to unity must be constantly purified and renewed; it must constantly grow and mature. To this end, dialogue has its own contribution to make. More than an exchange of thoughts, an academic exercise, it is an exchange of gifts (cf. Ut Unum Sint, n. 28), in which the Churches and the Ecclesial Communities can make available their own riches (cf. Lumen Gentium, nn. 8, 15; Unitatis Redintegratio, nn. 3, 14ff.; Ut Unum Sint, nn. 10-14).
As a result of this commitment, the journey can move forward, step by step, as the Letter to the Ephesians says, until at last we will all "attain to the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph 4: 13).
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Unity cannot be brought about; it is a gift of grace. Praying together at the Ecumenical Meeting in Cologne.
We cannot "bring about" unity by our powers alone. We can only obtain unity as a gift of the Holy Spirit.
It is obvious that this dialogue can develop only in a context of sincere and committed spirituality. We cannot "bring about" unity by our powers alone. We can only obtain unity as a gift of the Holy Spirit. Consequently, spiritual ecumenism - prayer, conversion and the sanctification of life - constitutes the heart of the meeting and of the ecumenical movement (cf. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 8; Ut Unum Sint, 15ff., 21, etc.). It could be said that the best form of ecumenism consists in living in accordance with the Gospel.
I would also like in this context to remember the great pioneer of unity, Bro. Roger Schutz, who was so tragically snatched from life. I had known him personally for a long time and had a cordial friendship with him. He often came to visit me and, as I already said in Rome on the day of his assassination, I received a letter from him that moved my heart, because in it he underlined his adherence to my path and announced to me that he wanted to come and see me. He is now visiting us and speaking to us from on high. I think that we must listen to him, from within we must listen to his spiritually-lived ecumenism and allow ourselves to be led by his witness towards an interiorized and spiritualized ecumenism.
Spiritual ecumenism and an "invisible cloister"
I see good reason in this context for optimism in the fact that today a kind of "network" of spiritual links is developing between Catholics and Christians from the different Churches and Ecclesial Communities: each individual commits himself to prayer, to the examination of his own life, to the purification of memory, to the openness of charity. The father of spiritual ecumenism, Paul Couturier, spoke in this regard of an "invisible cloister" which unites within its walls those souls inflamed with love for Christ and his Church.
I am convinced that if more and more people unite themselves interiorly to the Lord's prayer "that all may be one" (Jn 17: 21), then this prayer, made in the Name of Jesus, will not go unheard (cf. Jn 14: 13; 15: 7, 16, etc.).
With the help that comes from on high, we will also find practical solutions to the different questions which remain open, and in the end our desire for unity will come to fulfilment, whenever and however the Lord wills. Now let us all go along this path in the awareness that walking together is a form of unity. Let us thank God for this and pray that he will continue to guide us all.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
James Hansen admits man-made global warming has been greatly exaggerated by climate models
Earth's Energy Imbalance and Implications
James Hansen (1), Makiko Sato (1), Pushker Kharecha (1), Karina von Schuckmann (2)
((1) NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Earth Institute, (2) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
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Improving observations of ocean temperature confirm that Earth is absorbing more energy from the sun than it is radiating to space as heat, even during the recent solar minimum. The inferred planetary energy imbalance, 0.59 \pm 0.15 W/m2 during the 6-year period 2005-2010, provides fundamental verification of the dominant role of the human-made greenhouse effect in driving global climate change. Observed surface temperature change and ocean heat gain constrain the net climate forcing and ocean mixing rates. We conclude that most climate models mix heat too efficiently into the deep ocean and as a result underestimate the negative forcing by human-made aerosols. Aerosol climate forcing today is inferred to be -1.6 \pm 0.3 W/m2, implying substantial aerosol indirect climate forcing via cloud changes. Continued failure to quantify the specific origins of this large [negative] forcing is untenable, as knowledge of changing aerosol effects is needed to understand future climate change. A recent decrease in ocean heat uptake was caused by a delayed rebound effect from Mount Pinatubo aerosols and a deep prolonged solar minimum. Observed sea level rise during the Argo float era can readily be accounted for by thermal expansion of the ocean and ice melt, but the ascendency of ice melt leads us to anticipate a near-term acceleration in the rate of sea level rise.
Sorry Jimbo, near-term sea level rise is decelerating
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- AnonymousMay 22, 2011 at 12:18 AM
I wonder if the "man made" aerosols he refers to are the "chem trails" being sprayed over the United States by military jets? Google this and see OUR government is doing secret geo engineering WITHOUT our knowledge or consent.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMay 22, 2011 at 1:56 PM
@Anonymous - No, that is NOT what he means by man-made aerosols. "Aerosols" are a generic term in climate science for very small solid particles, such as very fine soot.
ReplyDelete - Larry ColemanJune 5, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Does the author here have ANY idea what Trenberth meant when he talked about the "travesty" of not being able to account for the lack of warming? Obviously, he does not. Or he does not care.
What Trenberth was saying - you can look it up because he explains what he meant - is that, because funding was cut by the Bush administration for a satellite that would allow scientists to follow the energy flow from year to year and thereby understand why air temps go up and down erratically (while trending upward), we are NOT able to explain these annual ups and downs. The point is that the typical temp record that we see as graphs is AIR temp, but global warming warms air, land and sea...so measuring only one does not give the whole warming picture. When more energy flows into the oceans, eg, less goes into the air which warms less that year. The "travesty" is that we cannot follow these energy flows and are therefore not able to explain the detailed ups and downs of the air temp record.
Confusing Trenberth's statement for an indictment of the science of global warming is a dead sure indication that the author has no idea what s/he is writing about. Larry,
Trenberth is convinced there is "missing heat" that our observing system can't detect, but fails to consider the null hypothesis that the heat was simply not there to begin with. Suggest you read all the comments on this post at Judith Curry's blog:
http://judithcurry.com/2011/01/07/wheres-the-missing-heat/- AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 2:18 PM
I am fairly new to learning about this climate stuff but... what I read from this limited snippet was this..
Learning that the models are set to mix too efficiently, caused Hansen to have to rejig the numbers for aerosols forcing because?? because the models dont give the answers you want otherwise hence the phrase ' Aerosol climate forcing today is inferred to be -1.6 \pm 0.3 W/m2'. INFERRED meaning fudged.? - AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 10:33 AM
It reads a bit like "Yes, we don't really know, but can still think of a reason why it's going to be worse than we thought." As usual.


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Do your eyes feel moister than you feel they should?
If you have red, watery eyes, the cause could stem from several things. If it's from an external irritant, your eyes' reaction could be completely normal.
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