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1 Emergency Management Audit For Businesses Sponsor Acknowledgement: This manual is sponsored by NZ Safety Limited and produced for the Ministry of Civil Defence Public Education Advisory Committee by Auckland City Civil Defence. Special Acknowledgment: This manual is based on Business Planning Guides produced by and copyrighted to Wellington City Council s Emergency Management Office. We endorse their work in developing and producing the Emergency Planning Manuals, numbered 1 through 3, based on significant research and analysis both internationally and locally. Disclaimer The recommendations included in this publication are intended to be used to improve emergency preparedness, and every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information given. However, local authorities do not assume responsibility or liability for any injury, death or property damage that may result from a natural or technical hazard.
2 Contents Hazards and Your Business 4 Why do an audit of an existing Emergency Business Plan 5 Hazard Assessment Checklist Hazard Identification 6 Preparedness and Planning 7 Emergency Response Organization 8 Resources 9 Fire 9 Earthquakes 9 Flooding 10 Storm 10 Volcanic Eruption 11 Chemical Alert 11 Tsunami 11
3 Hazards and Your Business This manual is for distribution to business owners and operators to audit annually the emergency preparedness of their business. This manual is the third in a series of three produced for businesses. Manual One concentrated on identifying existing and potential hazards to your business. Manual Two helped initiate the planning process and the incorporation of a Business Emergency Plan into your overall corporate/business plan. Time and money spent on emergency preparedness is an investment into your business. Planning and preparation by your business before a disaster will minimise the loss of revenue and more importantly the loss of life. Overseas experience indicates that many businesses are ill prepared for most disasters. When planning for disaster management, auditing an Emergency Plan means taking a formal approach to determine the adequacy and completeness of the plan. This manual, Manual Three is designed to take you through the process of auditing any emergency preparedness measures you may already have, and to incorporate any new hazards into your Business Emergency Plan.
4 Why do an audit of an existing Emergency Business Plan? All business are dynamic, whether it be taking on new staff, moving to different premises or moving into new business ventures. These changes could also mean a change in potential hazards, or the level or emergency preparedness of your business. Therefore it is important for your Business Emergency Plan to change as your business changes. The Checklists are designed to take you through an internal audit of the main aspects of your Business Emergency Plan: Hazard Identification Preparedness and Planning Resources Emergency Response Organization Under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, employers must identify all potential hazards in the work place and regularly review their assessment of all hazards. This audit could be done in conjunction with your existing obligations under these acts. An annual audit of your existing Business Emergency Plan will help ensure that all your employees, facilities, and business activities are prepared to meet emergency conditions. The scale of your audit will depend on the type and degree of changes to your business. If substantial changes have occurred it would be worthwhile working back through the checklists in Manuals One and Two, to fully prepare your business for an emergency. Under the 1992 Health and Safety in Employment Act, your are obligated to safeguard inhabitants of the building from possible injury, have adequate fire exits, and prevent adverse affects arising from an emergency involving fire or hazardous substances.
5 Hazard Identification All premises and facilities should be evaluated to determine their potential hazards. Manual One can be used to help you determine the major external hazards to a building or facility. This process can be combined with your Occupational Safety and Health Audits to identify internal hazards. Have there been any changes in your business which will mean that there has been a change in the existing hazard analysis of your business? Changes such as: Has your business moved to a premises, built new buildings or made extensions to existing buildings? Are any of these buildings in areas likely to be affected by: Groundshaking. Liquefaction Flooding Wildfire.. Strong winds or heavy rains.. Slope stability.. Tsunami Hazards associated with hazardous substances can be difficult to monitor. Potential risks can arise from the manufacturing, storage, transportation of and disposal of hazardous substances. Has your business moved into any new ventures using hazardous substances? Has use of hazardous substances changed near new or existing facilities that could endanger your business? Are hazardous storage areas marked on your facilities plan? Have you considered your obligations under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Bill? If you answered yes to any of the Hazard Identification questions you need to consider what action can be taken to reduce the harmful impact of that hazard on each facility. Working through the checklists in the rest of this manual is a good way to assess your preparedness for any new hazards identified.
6 Preparedness and Planning Changes in staff, facilities or business ventures will all alter your level of preparedness. By making advance preparation and ongoing updates to your plan, your operations will be restored in the minimum of time. The Following checklist is a guideline for auditing your preparedness: Does your business have a current Emergency Plan? Does it include any new hazards identified above? Does your business have a specific Emergency Plan for each building occupied? Does your building or business have a co-ordinator for developing/updating it s emergency plan? Do any facilities have adequate warning systems in place? Are emergency lighting and batteries present in all your building? Are they checked regularly? In multi-use buildings are any new tenants (and existing tenants) aware of your Emergency Plan? Do you have clear, explicit and up to date notification procedures and a call out list covering both business and non-business hours? Are essential computer data bases, programs, software backed up off-site sufficiently often to facilitate a timely business recovery? Does your plan address the probable occurrence of different types of emergencies occurring simultaneously? i.e after an earthquake you may have to contend with flooding from burst pipes as well as continuing aftershocks. Does the company have a required inspection schedule to reduce potential hazards? Have business recovery concerns been included in the response plan? Have employee s families made their own personal/family emergency plan? Contact you local Emergency Management/Civil Defence. If you have answered no to any of the Preparedness and Planning questions you need to further prepare your facility for an emergency. This can be assisted by referring to the Seven Steps to Preparedness in Manual Two.
7 Emergency Response Organisation Does your business have an Emergency Response Organisation? Have all new staff been trained in evaluation procedures? Are all emergency response members given training at least once a year? Are any changes to employees responsible in an emergency made known to all staff? Have you had a comprehension drill in the last year? Have modifications been made to your plan, in accordance with any areas of weakness discovered during your drill? Has a chain of command been established and identified In the plan for your emergency response? Do the employees involved in emergency response meet Regularly for planning and co-ordination? Do all employees have a current copy of business emergency management procedures, containing detailed fire response, evacuation, search and rescued first aid information? If you answered no to any of the Emergency Response Organisation questions you need to further prepare your facility for an emergency. Refer to appropriate sections in Manual Two. Resources Are adequate first aid kits supplies prepared for your business? Are first aid kits checked regularly? Do all staff know where first aid kits are kept? Have employees been instructed in alternative sources and rationing of food and water? Are all your businesses utilities prepared for an emergency? Are your staff trained in emergency shutdown procedures for utilities? Do you have a communications systems other than a telephone for contacting employees families, and emergency services if necessary? If you have answered no to any of the Resources questions you need to further prepare your facility for an emergency. Refer to appropriate sections in Manual Two.
8 Fire Fire presents a special hazard to businesses. The New Zealand Fire Service is able to offer the best advice on Fire Safety. The following checklist outlines the major steps to reduce the fire hazard of your business: Are periodic fire drills conducted? Are fire safety audits conducted on a regular basis by trained employees and/or New Zealand Fire Services personnel? Are fire/smoke alarms and/or sprinkler systems installed in all new facilities? Are all employees (especially new employees) familiar with the location of fire extinguishers, fire alarms and evacuation procedures? Are fire/smoke alarms and/ or sprinkler systems periodically inspected and continually maintain in accordance with the 1992 Health and Safety in Employment Act? Are fire extinguishers regularly inspected monthly and serviced annually? If you have answered no to any of the Fire question you need to further prepare your facility for an emergency. Refer to the Fire section in Manual Two. Contact the New Zealand Fire Service about any further obligations your business may have. Earthquakes Earthquakes are a hazard in most parts of New Zealand. Business should take extra steps to improve their preparedness for an earthquake. This could be done in conjunction with your obligations under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Building Act The following checklist can be used to audit your existing earthquake preparedness: Are there regular inspections to identify potential internal hazards in an earthquake? Have any new buildings been checked for their earthquake resistance? In new buildings have external components been checked for their earthquake resistance? Are all employees familiar with what to do during an earthquake? How to evacuate the building? Alternative exit routes out of the building? And where to meet after evacuation? Is space beneath desks and table kept clear and readily accessible during an earthquake? Have you fulfilled your obligations under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Building Act 1991? If you have answered no to any of the Earthquake questions you need to further prepare your facility for this emergency. Refer to the appropriate sections in Manual Two.
9 Flooding Floods are common in many areas, and water damage can be devastating businesses. If you determined that your business is prone to flooding in the hazard assessment (Manual One) extra emergency preparedness steps need to be taken: Is your building flood proof? Do your staff know what to do during a flood? Do you have a supply of sandbags?, or, know where to obtain them from if needed urgently? Have you installed pumps and emergency power supplies? Do your staff know to relocate all records and equipment as high as possible during a flood? Are vital pieces of equipment, such as emergency generators, located above expected water levels? Are chemicals stored in a high safe place? Or, can they be easily transferred to a high place? If you answered no to any of the Flood questions you need to further prepare your business for this emergency. Storm Anyone can be exposed to storms. Business can prepare themselves in order to minimize the risk of danger or injury: Do your employees know what to do during a storm? Do you have emergency supplies in case staff are unable to return home? Have you established a system whereby employees are told to stay home, or released from work early? Have all loose external fittings been secured, such as boards and roofing iron? If you have answered no to any of the Storm questions you need to further prepare your facility for this emergency.
10 Volcanic Eruption Warning systems will provide notice of impending eruptions in volcanically active areas. Businesses can prepare themselves to minimise risk of damage: Do you employees know what to do during an eruption? Do you have a mobilisation plan for essential employees to close down and protect machinery if required? Does your company have an alternative location to operate from? Are vital records and databases stored off site? Has security been arranged to protect damaged premises? Chemical Alert Technological hazards may occur at any time and may be accompanied by fire. They tend to be of short term duration but businesses are likely to have little warning. Do your employees regularly practice evacuations? Do employees know what to do during chemical alert? Does your staff succession plan include authority to dismiss staff from an alternative site? Does your plan identify local chemical manufacturing or storage facilities that make your facility vulnerable? Tsunami Recent scientific research indicates a very low possibility of tsunami affecting the New Zealand Coast line. At most it is considered that the water would not rise more than 1-2 metres above normal levels. Precautions would therefore reflect those for floods for any vulnerable businesses.
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"Texas" (My most favorite runner duck! He's a sweet boy with a bubbly personality!)
I can't say enough good about Indian Runners!
Maybe I'm a little bias, but I sure do love my ducks! They are friendly, fun, and just plain cute (you can correct me on that if you have a different opinion)! Aside from all that, they lay eggs, don't crow (although they do get a little loud at times!) And get along great with every animal that will get along great with them!
Just want to share some pictures of my flock!
Texas' sister, "Missy" short for Mississippi
"Texas" and "Missy"
"Texas" (yes, I play favorite with my ducks!
"Quackers" (just hatched in July) and "Sadie" the australorp
"Minny" (short for Minnesota) and "Missy"
"The Boys" "Texas" and "Tennesee"
Oh....I will have to get some up of Indy soon!
More pictures to come! (As I get them as have time!)
Overrun with Runners? Is there such a Thing?
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When Christians speak about what I am going to speak about this morning, they speak about the resurrection of the Christ on the third day.
(The following story is adapted from Robert Fulghum's book, Maybe (Maybe Not).) The year is 1992. The city of Sarajevo in the former Yugoslavia has become a war zone. The region has erupted into a civil war, as warlords and political factions manipulate ethnic and religious hatred. Thousands will die or be maimed. The rest will live in fear, resorting to a kind of animalistic desperation that accompanies the instinct of self-preservation.
To live in Sarajevo at this time is to live amidst bombed out buildings and it is not to know if your building will be the next to be bombed. There is rubble in the streets, and walls are pock-marked with the evidence of sniper-fire.
In May of 1992, a line has gathered outside of one of Sarajevo's few bakeries that remain open. The people in the line are waiting for a chance to receive some bread. A mortar shell strikes near the line, killing twenty-two people instantly.
The next day, or maybe a few days later, a man in a formal evening suit comes to the scene of the carnage. He rights a damaged chair and sits amidst the wreckage, takes out his cello, and begins to play Albinoni's Adagio in G minor. For twenty-two consecutive days he returns to this place, one day for each of the twenty-two senseless, tragic deaths. The man is Vedran Smailovic, an accomplished cellist who has played with the Opera and the symphony. A New York Times reporter asked him, during his three week vigil, if he was crazy to make himself an easy target for the snipers and to expose himself to the artillery shells that continued to rain down on the city. He responded, "You ask me if I am crazy for playing the cello, why don't you ask them if they are crazy for shelling Sarajevo?"
When Christians speak about what I am speaking about this morning, they speak about the resurrection of the Christ on the third day.
A year ago I was blessed to hear Dr. Paul Farmer speak here in Kansas City on disparities in global health. He began his lecture by telling the story a young man who came to his health clinic in Haiti who was wasting away with HIV/AIDs. When this young man arrived at Farmer's health clinic, he was emaciated, skeletal. On the absolute edge of death, the anti-retroviral drug treatment he received from the clinic began to return him to life. He gained weight. He improved. Now he works as a health counselor working to prevent the spread of HIV and caring for those who are afflicted with disease.
When Christians speak about what I am speaking about this morning, they speak about the resurrection of the Christ on the third day.
One more story. If you've gotten to know me, you probably would not describe me as a "chicken soup for the soul" type of person. I don't tend to get all choked up and teary-eyed and emotive at those daily inspiration types of stories. Give me a story about prophetic courage. Give me a story about a selfless person dedicating their life to the greater good. Give me a story about creative witness to a tragic truth. But don't give me chicken soup.
Except for I had this vague recollection while thinking about what to say today. I vaguely remembered a human interest news story about a man who ran a marathon less than a year after undergoing a heart transplant. And, as I remembered this story, the family of the person who donated the heart came to cheer him on in the race, and the man who ran the race did so in order to raise awareness for organ donation.
I'm not a squeamish person. I've worked in the Emergency Room of a Level One trauma center and seen all manner of amazing things that make scenes from the television show ER look tame and ordinary. I'm pretty good with most of the scenes on ER or Grey's Anatomy, except when it is the heart. When it is the heart, I grow faint and have to leave the room, and experience the shivering willies and the howling fantods.
It is normal for people who undergo heart procedures to face acute and severe depression during their recovery. While the medical reason for this is a mystery to me, it makes a sort of sense: there is something about the heart that touches the depths of the psyche. So, the idea of somebody running a 26.2 two mile race with somebody else's heart inside of them is exciting.
I went looking for this news story on the internet and found that the person from the story I was remembering could have been Scott Brown of California who completed a marathon in 2004 a year after receiving a new heart. Or, it could have been Gary Blinn of Nebraska who ran a marathon in 1992, two years after receiving a new heart. Or, maybe it was Hartwig Gauder of East Germany, a transplant recipient who completed the New York marathon. Or maybe, it was Roger Bouchard, or John Fisher or Donald Arthur (to name just a few) all of whom ran marathons after having heart transplants. There is even a world-record holder for fastest marathon run by a transplant recipient; that record being held by Greg Osterman of Ohio. Who would have imagined? Speaking as one for whom the idea of running a 26.2 mile race is decidedly unappealing, I still cannot help but be awe-struck by all these people running marathons with other people's hearts inside of them.
Death is a fact of this world, as common as the dust to which eventually we all will return. And though it may be common – universal – death is by no means equal. It can come naturally, as the inevitability of nature. It can come artificially through engineered human malevolence and strife. It can come randomly. It can come as the result of generations of social injustice. But even though death – in all its many guises and its multitudes of forms – is a fact of this world, so is it also equally a fact that sometimes, sometimes, life rises up to claim a temporary victory over death.
When Christians speak of life's victory over death, they speak of the resurrection of the Christ on the third day. This morning what I am talking about is the same; the who, the where, and the when have changed. We need not locate life's victory over death in one man, in one far off land, on one day 2,000 years ago.
When Christians speak about what I am speaking about this morning, they speak about the resurrection of the Christ on the third day. But we can just as easily speak about a new heart. But we can just as easily speak about a life saved. But we can just as easily speak about the will to create beauty amidst ugliness, the will to create meaning amidst meaninglessness, the will to uplift humanity amidst inhumanity. What we speak of is the same, even though the who and the where and the when are changed.
I want to tell you about one of the things I love about being a Unitarian Universalist: It is that we are encouraged to appreciate the "what" – the worth, the insight, the truth, the inspiration – without being limited to a single particular who, a single particular where, or a single particular when. Further, we are encouraged to appreciate worth, insight, truth, and inspiration wherever it is found without being exclusive of any who, where, or when.
Take out your hymnals and you'll see what I'm talking about here. At the beginning of this service we sang hymn #61. "Lo, the Earth awakes again from the Winter's bond and pain; bring we leaf and flower and spray to adorn this happy day." This is a great hymn, containing a wonderful message about life's victory over death. In this case the messenger is nature. But the message does not belong to the messenger!
Turn to #269. "Lo, the Eastertide is here, festival of hope and cheer; join you people all, and sing, love and praise and thanksgiving." This is a great hymn, containing a wonderful message about life's victory over death. In this case the messenger is humankind. But the message does not belong to the messenger!
Flip back a page, to hymn #268. "Jesus Christ is Risen Today…" What is going on here? Was the hymnal committee secretly a group of closet Methodists? Does your hymnal contain space-time continuum vortex on page 268 so that when you turn to that page, the book you are holding transmogrifies instantly into a Presbyterian hymnal? Or, maybe there is a simpler explanation. Maybe this is a great hymn, containing a wonderful message about life's victory over death. "Soar we now where Christ has led, living out the words he said; Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies." In this case, the messenger happens to be Jesus. But the message does not belong to the messenger!
One of the things I love about being a Unitarian Universalist is that we are encouraged to see the what of the message – its truth, inspiration, and insight – without limiting ourselves to the who, where, and when of a single messenger. No messenger owns the truth exclusively, and our faith does not exclude any messenger who speaks the truth!
No messenger owns the truth exclusively, and our faith does not exclude any messenger who speaks the truth! 61, 268, 269. All three proclaim the message of Life's Victory over Death.
The force of life is an inclusive force! The forces of death always seek to separate – to separate human relation from human relation; to separate the first world from the third world; to separate ethnic group from ethnic group and religion from religion. But the forces of life always seek to include.
When Christians sing about what I've spoken about this morning, they too sing of life's victory over death. "Is risen today… like him we rise."
When Humanists sing about what I've spoken about this morning, they sing of inclusion's victory over exclusion. "Join, you people all, and sing!"
When worshippers of nature sing about what I've spoken about this morning, they sing of life's victory over death. "Lo, the earth awakes again, and for dirges, anthems raise."
Take with you this day a new heart. Take with you this day justice's power to heal. Take with you beauty that dwells amidst destruction. Go forth and live victoriously.


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Everything is heritable:
- in Iceland: decrease in the education polygenic score 1910-1990,
Selection against variants in the genome associated with educational attainment, Kong et al 2017 (graph; media)
- in the US: decrease in the education polygenic score 1920-1960,
Mortality Selection in a Genetic Sample and Implications for Association Studies, Domingue et al 2016 (graph)
- in Iceland: decrease in the education polygenic score 1910-1990,
GWAS meta-analysis reveals novel loci and genetic correlates for general cognitive function: a report from the COGENT consortium, Trampush et al 2017
Prevalence and architecture of de novo mutations in developmental disorders, Deciphering Developmental Disorders Study 2017 (Screening for inherited or new/de novo mutations would be a good way to start embryo selection.)
A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor, Tieman et al 2017 (media; intensive phenotyping using taste panels to create flavor polygenic scores which can be used by commercial growers for molecular breeding)
Apolipoprotein E4 is associated with improved cognitive function in Amazonian forager-horticulturalists with a high parasite burden, Trumble et al 2016 (media;
An Ancient Cure for Alzheimer's?; of course, different regions, and hence different groups, differ in parasite load.)
Personalized Media: A Genetically Informative Investigation of Individual Differences in Online Media Use, Ayorech et al 2017
Deep Reinforcement Learning: An Overview, Li 2017
Wasserstein GAN, Arjovsky et al 2017 (a surprisingly small tweak fixes both mode collapse & divergence, yielding stable GANs which reliably fit datasets like anime faces in my experiments with the code; underfitting/expressiveness seems to remain an issue, though)
Universal representations:The missing link between faces, text, planktons, and cat breeds, Bilen & Vedaldi 2017 (NNs are grossly overparameterized, and you can share and boost learning by training the same NN on multiple tasks because tasks share a lot of information & form highly informative priors for each other.)
- Survey of P=NP results and progress, Aaronson 2016
A Conceptual Introduction to Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, Betancourt 2017 (HMC is critical to Bayesian neural networks & Stan)
What Does Any of This Have To Do with Physics?(brutal memoir of contemporary graduate work in theoretical physics)
The Statistical Crisis in Science: The Cult Of P, Debrouwere 2016 (a readable overview of the problems with p-values/NHST)
A First Look at Reproducibility in Cancer Biology
The Young Billionaire Behind the War on Bad Science(John D. Arnold)
Meta-knowledge: Crowds aren't as smart as we thought, since some people know more than others. A simple trick can find the ones you want
Non-Communication at GE: The Impacted Philosophers, pg111-124, ch7 of Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street, Brooks 1959 (the GE price-fixing scandal: emergent conspiracies from plausible denialability)
- Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence review
- the iPredict prediction market has closed (This is why we can't have nice things: because even crippled prediction markets are
money laundering.)
Blue Lies Matter: How Video Proved Cops Lie
A Systematic Review of Personality Trait Change Through Intervention, Roberts et al 2016 (Messy - noticeable levels of publication bias, high heterogeneity - but results look plausible: 8-week+ interventions can improve emotional-stability/Neuroticism, change Openness and Extraversion somewhat, but leave Conscientiousness largely unaffected.)
- Population dynamics in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Epigrams on Programming, Perlis 1982
Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Moon, Battin 2002 (technical & political/management problems in Apollo)
The Cat's-Meat Man(how cats & dogs were fed before modern processed pet food: regular deliveries of low-grade meat, usually horse-meat from the surplus of millions per year; focusing on industrial districts where cats were heavily employed)
The High-Cost, High-Risk World of Modern Pet Care: A wave of corporatization is hitting the veterinary industry, but does a one-size-fits-all approach work?(
The cost of veterinary care has risen even faster than the cost of human health care, more than doubling since 2000; more importantly: why is this model successful in the most free market possible for healthcare?);
Killing Animals at the Zoo: At Danish zoos, surplus animals are euthanized-and dissected before the public
How To Be Good: An Oxford philosopher thinks he can distill all morality into a formula. Is he right?(in memory of Derek Parfit)
Underprotection of Unpredictable Statistical Lives Compared to Predictable Ones, Lipsitch et al 2016
- Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems (not a book whose principles I ever expect to apply as intended, but it is fascinating to read about the technical problems & capabilities at Google-scale, the clever solutions applying rarefied computer science techniques, and the war stories about how things can go wrong. Inspired a little by it, I added a number of tests to my
gwern.netsync script.)
- Clever Hans, Oskar Pfungst (on the famous Clever Hans; review)
The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers (a delicious time-travel adventure, full of London color drawing on London labour and the London poor; a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work, Mayhew et al 1851; ultimately, the elements don't come together in as deep a package as Declare and I am a little disappointed that Powers doesn't pull off nearly as subtle a
secret historyas he does in that - while I hoped that things like the Dancing Monkeys or Ashbless were historically real, it turns out that Powers had to make them up. But still a fun reread.
On a side note: in The Anubis Gates, magic is associated with the moon and normality with the earth & sun & Christianity; practitioners are pained and weakened by the touch of the earth and the growth of Christianity, which protects against & destroys magic (and so by the 1800s setting, magic has become almost useless), and gradually lose weight & float as they gravitate towards the moon. The wizened leader of the magicians is so many millennia old and steeped in magic that he would fall towards the moon, and must live in a domed building while upside down lest he fall to the moon like other magicians, rotating around the dome as the moon moves. Given this Chekhov's gun, it is not surprising that eventually he does fall out of the dome and falls into the sky, presumably to his doom. What happens to him? The character sits around and moves normally while upside down, and neither bounces nor struggles to move; this suggests that an equivalent of Earth gravity now pulls him to the moon (or if we assume the Earth continues to pull, twice Earth gravity, never mind that the moon is much smaller - this is magic). After falling out of the dome, he will start accelerating upwards at ~9.8 m/s2; as there is air resistance, he will soon hit terminal velocity, which for a human is ~54m/s, so after ~6s, he will stop accelerating and then begin accelerating slowly as the air thins out & offers less resistance, increasing by ~1% every 160 meters.
Logically, one would expect him to impact the Moon at some extraordinary velocity as there will be effectively no terminal velocity for his body once out of the earth's atmosphere, but he will have died long before of thirst, hypothermia, or hypoxia (in increasing order of speed) and probably well before he hits the Armstrong limit of 19000m. At the Armstrong limit, even the water on one's tongue boils. In any case, the magician will be moving so fast that 19000m is trivial and will be reached within ~5.8 minutes, leaving little time for starvation/thirst/hypothermia; by this point, he will have previously lapsed into unconsciousness and be suffering from cerebral hypoxia, yielding brain death within 5-10 minutes. So in general, we can safely assume that less than 10 minutes after falling out of the dome, the magician is dead from hypoxia accelerated by hypothermia. But the body will keep on going. How long does it take to reach the Moon? The moon is on average 384400000 meters away, but the body will keep accelerating once it gets past the bulk of the earth's atmosphere; assuming no more terminal velocity after 500 seconds, the body will reach the average distance of the moon after ~9351s or ~2.6h, traveling at something like 86795m/s or 86km/s. (Strictly speaking, he might miss the moon and have to spiral around, or might even never impact, but I can't calculate the orbital mechanics there.) Being a wizened and now desiccated/frozen body, it probably doesn't weigh anywhere over 50kg, but will still pack a major punch with a kinetic energy of
0.2*50*(86795^2)joules or 7.5 megajoules (for comparison 1 ton of TNT is ~4.2 GJ).
- Hackers (1995; so very '90s I felt the munchies for Pop-tarts, wondering where I could get a copy of Mondo 2000, and nostalgic for the AOL dial tone. Hackers was probably intended to be relatively serious despite its absurd plot, like one of the other great hacker movies, WarGames, but the glamorization & Hollywood fantasy hacking & '90s tropes like rollerblading & chunky tiny laptops make it hysterical to watch in 2017, and occasionally very uncomfortable - we're a long way from Mentor's Hacker Manifesto. Yet, for all the scenes like someone skateboarding into a mainframe with 3D holograms & giant glass keyboards, Hackers is also one of the most realistic hacking depictions around, from blue boxes to social engineering to the color books to literal hacking of Gibsons)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984; I had expected, for some reason, a much harder-edged bitter satire on the sex/drugs/rock-and-roll lifestyle, but This Is Spinal Tap turns out to be a much funnier, gentler, absurdist British/Pythonic comedy on the music industry, aging rock stars, and the British tradition of progressive and glam rock, and merits its reputation.)
- Kubo and the Two Strings (ostentatiously gorgeous clay stop-animation film. Even knowing that backgrounds and other parts are CGI, I still have trouble believing it was stop-motion - it is simply too luxuriously animated and beautiful on my new 4K monitor. Takes the format of a Japanese fairy tale very loosely drawing on the moon aspect of
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutterwith miscellaneous influence from jidaigeki for the instrument and Korea for the horse-hair hats of two characters.)
- Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
- One-Punch Man (One of the most popular anime of that season. After marathoning it in a day, I had to conclude that it's seriously overrated. The premise, in the hands of any decent author, offers plenty of scope, but goes criminally underused each episode in the service of a nearly non-existent plot; sold as a comedic show, it's actually… not… that… funny. At all. The music and characters are likewise forgettable, leaving as One-Punch Man's only selling point its kinetic animation during fights. This one should probably be left to sakuga fans.)
Spacerując Ulicami Byłego Piekła(Pizuya's Cell feat. Miiharu; {2016}) [vocal]
Sudden Rain(鯛の小骨 feat. Mei Ayakura; Your Song and My Small Love {C81}) [vocal]
Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea(Coro; 東方流星少女 ~Little Shooting Star~ {C76}) [classical]


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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Hello there! I am happy to announce that I was nominated for LIEBSTER AWARD! :)
I was nominated by Dee, and here is her blog, Among Beauty Drawers :) Thank you very much! :)
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Veneer is a thin layer of wood that's glued over a less attractive surface to improve the look of furniture, a door or a floor. Because veneer is thin, it's not uncommon to see damage in older pieces. Repairing the damage is a fairly simple process, according to furniture expert Jim Kull. Most projects don't require many tools or advanced woodworking experience and can be finished in an afternoon. Waiting for the glue to dry is the most time-consuming part of the process.
Things You'll Need
- Razor knife
- Clamps
- Wood glue
- Veneer
- Kraft paper
- Sandpaper
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Repair damage to the crossbanding, or the surface beneath the veneer. Clean out old glue and dirt with a razor knife. If the crossbanding has separated from the surface below it, use clamps and wood glue to reattach it.
Remove the damaged veneer. Use a straight edge and a razor knife to neatly cut out the veneer that's to be replaced. Straight lines will make a less visible repair. Only cut deep enough to remove the veneer.
Match the grain on the new veneer to the old veneer, if possible. Cut out a piece and check to see if it's the same thickness as the old veneer. If it's not, glue a sheet of Kraft paper down first.
Apply a thin layer of wood glue to the crossbanding and another thin layer to the back of the replacement piece. Set the veneer in place and use clamps to hold it until it dries.
Lightly sand the edge of the veneer if it protrudes from the surface you've glued it to. If, for instance, you've repaired a piece that's at the edge of a tabletop. Sand it so there's a smooth seam between the two surfaces.


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Sherlock Holmes, starring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr, came out last year – a Hollywood version of the beloved Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character. That movie made Holmes into an action star in order to bring him up to date and make him cool for the modern day dumb-asses that pass for an audience these days.
I thought the movie was ok. A lot more faithful than I would have thought, although there was no mystery in it. We all knew who the bad guy was and what he was doing, we just got to see Holmes explain it to us. BIG DEAL.
This is sloppy writing. The film makers didn't have to come up with a mystery to solve, so what's point? Plus Holmes was this fighting machine who was just too silly for his own good. Well here comes the BBC to save us.
Sherlock Season 1 is comprised of three 90 minute films that are set in the modern day. That's right, MODERN DAY – that's how you bring Holmes to a new audience. Now normally this would send me up the wall, but after watching this fantastic show I can tell you that this is a great portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and it's one of the best new shows on TV right now. I own the COMPLETE DOYLE HOLMES collection in hardback and own ALL the episodes and movies with Jeremy Brett – aka the REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES. The Brett series is the ONLY live action Sherlock thing I own or care too. He was the ONLY ACTOR to play the role EXACTLY as Doyle intended. Every episode was SPOT ON.
Well this new series is so amazing that I bought it after only viewing the last 45 mins of episode one. I have since watched all 3 and can safely say that this is a MUST OWN for Sherlock fans.
If you can get past the contemporary setting (even a hardcore Sherlock guy like me did) then you will LOVE this series.
The actor who plays Sherlock is just so damn good I don't know what to do with myself. And Watson is the guy from Hitchhikers Guide (he played Arthur Dent), and he is great too!
Both do a fantastic job and the writers have a great respect for Doyle and have really re-invented Sherlock in a faithful way and true to what his creator intended. The only example I can give for you guys to understand is referencing the new He-man cartoon.
I know it's got nothing to do with Holmes, but they way the new He-man cartoon mirrored the old one, but just making things a bit more up to date, you get me?
Anyway, this is A MUST BUY GUYS!!!!


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Artists and award winning designer Stuart Fisher, is considered one f the most talented painters of architectural landscapes in the UK.
His work has been nominated twice for final judging in the prestigious Sunday Times Watercolour Competition and his book of paintings "Mostly Durham" published by Sacristy Press, became Durham Cathedral's book of the month on its release.
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Cebu Pacific Core Net Income Surges 77% To P 3.3B
The Philippines' leading carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), reported a core net income of P 3.3 billion, up 77% compared to the previous year, on the back of notable improvements in both revenues and operating expenses.
Total revenues grew 27% to P52 billion, driven by sustained demand for air travel and entry to new markets such as Japan, Middle East and Australia. CEB carried 16.9 million passengers in 2014, 17.5% more than the 14.4 million passengers flown in 2013.
Ancillary revenue likewise grew 29% to P8.7 billion; while cargo revenues grew 20% to P3.1 billion.
CEB posted Operating Income of P4.2 billion, 73% higher than previous year, supported by improvement in fuel prices. However, with this decline in fuel prices CEB posted fuel hedging losses of P2.3 billion. CEB's Net Income posted at P853 million, up 67% from the previous year.
CEB's 55-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 31 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2015 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 7 more brand-new Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft.
For bookings and inquiries, passengers can visit www.cebupacificair.com or call the CEB reservation hotlines (+632)702-0888(Manila) or (+6332)230-8888 (Cebu). They may also download the Cebu Pacific official mobile app on the App Store.
The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB's official Twitter (@CebuPacificAir) and Facebook pages.


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The roads are still a little hazardous between street and traffic lights not completely restored and the South Florida drivers that seem to grow more impatient each day. The latter is actually more like getting back to normal. Funny and sad, but true.
Besides the next week is bringing a lot of rain and with it comes 'urban flood watches'. Just as with FEMA coldly calling ice and water 'product' when talking about the the PODs (Points of Distribution) the the needy hurricane victims, this was a new phrase in my vocabulary. The local weatherman describes it as rainfall that wouldn't normally have an effect on the streets except for all the debris clogging up the drains, causing urban flooding. I'd be impress by the weather guru if I wasn't still getting over the fact that he predicted Wilma to be a tropical storm.
How badly do you want to ride?
With the roads, weather and lack of traffic lights it looks like there'll be no riding on my Deuce for at least a week. In the eyes of Adam Musbach and his girlfriend Valerie Jean Swope I must appear to be a bit of a wimp. They left in February for a 23,000-mile motorcycle ride from Santiago Chile, to their home in Soquel California.
Riding through 6 to 8 inches of water at a huge salt flat in Bolivia as well as through the lonely deserts of Patagonia with only vultures to keep them company and even arguing with border guards they rode as few as three miles somedays to staying on the bike for fifteen hours on others.
I guess theres no rest for the wicked as they've only been home a few weeks and already eyeing up a European trip. You can read about the journey on their blog Road Trip 2005 - North and South America by Motorcycle, or the story as it appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
From the Good to the Bad
Motorcycles, or those who ride them, really rode the full range of stories in the press so far this week.
At the more notorious end of the scale Michael "Two Dawgs" Towner was the fourth member of the Devil's Disciples Motorcycle Club out of Tucson Arizona to be sentenced in the case concerning a brutal attack on a mother of three. KOLD Newschannel 13 in Arizona reported that the attack was in retaliation for the woman failing to pay a drug debt, and for leaving a friend's house messy.
Obviously using a completely different set of standards, during a trip to Somolia in 1988 the sight of motorcycles intended for use by the Ministry of Health standing idley by, useless because they lacked simple maintenance got British reporter Barry Coleman thinking. He and his wife, Andrea, a former professional motorcycle racer helped create Riders for Health, an organization devoted to providing motorcycles and mechanical training programs for African health care workers. The organization trains exisitng health workers on basic motorcycle maintenance and repair so they can utilize the bikes to make needed visits to remote villages.
The proof of Riders for Health's success came recently when the group provided motorcycles for every health care worker in an impoverished district of Zimbabwe. Workers distributed mosquito netting and trained village volunteers in other simple prevention measures like insecticide spraying.
Read the full story at ABC News.
And then boys will just be boys
There are other reasons for doing things that'll make the news and I'm not talking about all the police in San Bernardino County rushing to volunteer for motorcycle duty as reported in the Daily Bulletin, after all we all know why there'd be a line for that.
No, it's the riders who are trying to prove something, like Ryan Capes (25), known to friends as "The One" (not sure how to take that) who jumped his bike 310 feet beating the previous Washington State record by 30 feet.
And then there are the riders who need to prove something. It's sad to think that you'd find yourself considered over the hill at only 26 years old, but thats exactly what Valentino Rossi is facing from the press in the MotoGP Championship as he feels the pressure from the younger riders in the upcoming race this weekend in Valencia.
Ken "Teddy Bear" Miller, a public relations officer of ABATE of Florida Inc. Southwest Chapter had an editorial run in the New Press about the helmet debate.
He did a good job of showing how the numbers were used and compared made the study un-usable for an idea of the effect of the pro-choice helmet law in Florida. You can read how others who either support having a choice or just feel that the numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Evaluation of the repeal of the all rider motorcycle helmet law in Florida Report shouldn't be used as a test for the recent repeal of mandatory helmets in Florida point out the same data collection and use in the Helmet Debate in one blog entry.
The only paragraph in his editorial I have concerns about was when he wrote 'Helmets are heavy and restrictive, limiting the ability of the rider to fully survey their surroundings. Hearing and peripheral vision is diminished. Helmets are hot and cumbersome, especially in Florida's heat. Sufficient testing of helmets in crashes over 13 miles per hour has not been documented.'
But it's his editorial and he does have a right to his opinion!


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Latest Updates
04/04/2014: We have now reached our Epic Stretch Goal!
02/04/2014: New Ecchi poster rewards and add-ons available: See Update #24 for details.
26/03/2014: Playable Demo now available! See Update #17 for details and the download link
25/03/2014: New £7 add-on to receive the soundtrack as a separate download. Various other add-ons also available.
23/03/2014: New £6 add-on to receive the mini game 'Create an Anime Character, is now added as an optional extra. See more on update #14.
06/03/2014: After just 17 hours we have hit our primary target.
The Swords of Edo visual novel game is set in alternate reality where Japan never opened its borders and remained an isolated country, in this country things are very different to what we would expect, magic still lingers in the air, strange creatures roam the wastes and powerful warriors & samurai still hold power in Edo.
Edo society has reached a boiling point, factions are arising, seeking to destroy the council of nobles and the Lord Regent (their leader). Terrorist attacks have rocked the land and unrest is growing. Asumi as the newest Justicar, has been dispatched undercover to a prestigous Samurai Academy that has been linked to recent bombings.
The academy has a variety of students, all working to hone their skills so that they can join some of the more elite positions or even become Samurai Justicars themselves...
"Justicar" - A peacekeeper in Edo society. Appointed and given arbitrary power to act as they see fit to maintain peace within Edo and the Realm, beholden onto no-one.
During the game you will get to make both minor choices such as what clothes to wear, as well as major decisions such as who to kill and who to spare, each decision will have an effect on the story that unfolds.
A playable demo showcasing the 'first day' within the game is currently being finalised for our backers to try out, in the meantime please take a look at these screenshots from the game.
When the demo is available we will announce it via a campaign update.
We have created a series of great anime style backdrops for the game, the funds from this campaign will also expand on these creating new CG artwork to set the scenes in a more meaningful way. Here are some example backdrops from the game:
In addition to the amazing backdrops and existing artwork we have an array of music from various talented artists and composers. Of which we have included a selection of tracks from the game for you to enjoy, below:
This visual novel game was set-up to be a stand alone story based in the same world as a series of graphic novels of the same name. The graphic novel series is now close to completion with an Anthology book in final stage development.
More details on the graphic novels can be found on the primary website for the Swords of Edo series(www.swordsofedo.com). You can also include the graphic novel in digital or printed form as an add-on for your pledge if you wish.
The decision to launch this additional crowd-funding campaign for the game was carefully considered and based on our goals we felt this was the best path for us.
Kickstarter ensures that only if our ideas and goals are popular will we succeed, if they do then it will ensure new artwork and content will be added to the game, however if it doesn't succeed the game will still be created with the funds already raised.
Our Stretch Goals
We have managed to reach the primary goal & first eight stretch goals, ensuring that we will release a Mac and Linux version of the game and be able to include additional CG artwork within the game as well as a fourth relationship possibility. But there are still more to reach...
We are now very close to reaching our first among several epic stretch goals:
We want to hear what you wish to see in the game, so please comment with your thoughts and ideas, and maybe they will be included in future announcements of our goals.
This campaign is aiming to raise funds for an expansion to the current development, specifically funding more development on the artwork, CG scenes and musical score.
To help fund the campaign we have a variety of rewards, some include the game, other physical rewards and items as detailed below:
The poster will be dispatched direct from the manufacturer at the campaigns conclusion and is 43.9cm x 28.6cm in size.
T-shirtsWe also have a series of different designs available for you to choose from if you decide to pledge for a T-shirt, at the campaigns end you can select via the surveys the size and design you prefer.
Mobile Phone Cases
The list of all the phones we can supply cases for are below:
- iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5S
- Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4
In addition you can choose from any of these designs:
Mobile Cases, T-shirt & Posters will all be dispatched direct from the manufacturer at the campaigns conclusion. We also intend to offer more great items as the campaign continues. If you have any requests let us know.
Special Rewards
Finally in addition to all of the great phyical rewards listed here and game rewards listed to the right, we have a few special items that are also available as unique special item rewards.
Each of which invariably comes with access to the game and physical copies, other extras will be listed on the reward option on the right.
Rei Figurines:
Our recently successful campaign to produce a limited run series of 50 8" Rei figurines, finished leaving a few still available for backer to receive. These are currently in production so this could well be one of the last chances to receive these very rare figurines.
We have recently received the clay prototype of the base figurine of Rei, images of which are below, as the production continues we will bring new images for our backers to enjoy.
Add-On Items
We have a variety of stand-alone reward levels in this campaign, however if you want to include one of these stand-alone rewards with a different pledge level then all you need to do is add that reward level amount on top of your chosen reward.
More details of all the physical, digital and designer add-ons can be found in our dedicated update with all pricing details:
At the campaigns conclusion surveys will allow you to select what extra items you have chosen. Kickstarter doesn't take any payments until the campaigns end, and then only if we reached or exceeded our target, so you can alter your pledge level as much as you like up until the very end.
If you have any requests or items you hope to see as extra add-ons and rewards, please message us and let us known.
The game is already in its Beta testing phase, so beta backers will begin receiving access as soon as the campaign ends. Any physical rewards will be created once the funds have transferred and will be shipped direct to our backers from our manufacturers where possible.
Learn More...
Would you like to learn more about the game or series, see some additional artwork or share your thoughts, then please visit these sites:
The dedicated website for the series, including news and forums.
We regularly post the latest artwork from the series to this page.
Help us to grow our fairly new Twitter page by following us.
As the campaign continues we will be posting regular updates and news on its progress across these sites, as well as releasing new versions of the Beta for our existing testers...
Risks and challenges
So far to date we have raised funds for the game using both crowd-funding and private funding, but as development has continued we have gained new supporters and been given even more ideas.
We are now at the beta testing stage of development, we have dedicated programmers, artists and writers working on the games completion. And regardless of how this campaign does they will continue to work to bring out the game we have been developing.
Whatever happens our aim is to release version 1.0 (pre-expansion/late beta) around the end of April, after which if this campaign is successfull we will begin incorporating new artwork, CG assets and gameplay as per our goals for a version 2.0 release nearer the end of the year.
So it is our hope that we might have our cake and eat it too... (I love cake). The games main features are now functional, giving us a unique position where extra funds in these final stages could really help us polish the game to a gem and expand its platform availability.
Because we have funded the development of the game via other campaigns we know that whatever happens the game will be built, but it is our hope that this campaigns success will open up the doors to an even bigger, prettier and more enjoyable game for all of our backers and supporters both past, present and in the future.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Questions about this project? Check out the FAQ
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A Frisco criminal lawyer would be able to tell you the difference between authorized possession of controlled substances and unauthorized possession of controlled substances. Texas Controlled Substance Act lays down a list of chemicals that are deemed as controlled substances because the renewed use of these substances could cause addiction and physical dependency.
It's important to understand that there are five schedules of controlled substances; the use of three of those schedules is completely banned, while the remaining two are restricted because they are being used as anesthetics and pain killers in mainstream medicine.
Image via Wikipedia
The ground lines for the authorized possession of controlled substances are these:
• Only people for whom the use of a controlled substance has been prescribed may possess it, and only in the container in which it was delivered. Unless he shows proof of being the owner, he's committing a crime.
• No person is allowed to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, deceit, or subterfuge. Use of a false name and address entails punishment.
• The controlled substance can be used only for medical purposes and can be procured lawfully with the help of a prescription.
• A person who falsely poses as a manufacturer, distributor, practitioner, or any other person who can get access to a controlled substance is punishable by law.
• Anybody who forges a prescription or makes one of his own accord is punishable by law.
• The container in which the controlled substance is delivered has to carry the original labels. Under no circumstances can the container be falsely labeled or forged.
These basic rules are important and they should be kept in mind before you try to acquire a controlled substance container. If ever you are charged with unlawful possession of controlled substances, get in touch with your Frisco criminal lawyer.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Frisco Criminal Lawyer – Authorized possession of controlled substances
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News - General News - Fuels
Biofuels get no credit under federal revamp
Ethanol to miss out on "special discount" for its green origins under new guide
6 Aug 2012
BIOFUELS will not get special consideration under a proposed revamp of the federal government's Green Vehicle Guide next year, with officials citing a lack of objective evidence that such fuels are more environmentally friendly than petrol, diesel or liquid petroleum gas.
Instead, fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel used in vehicles such as the Holden Commodore and Captiva will continue to be rated for carbon dioxide emissions in the same way as fossil fuels, as grams of CO2 emitted per kilometre.
The decision is outlined in a discussion paper on the proposed changes to the Green Vehicle Guide – the primary tool for car buyers to assess the environmental impact of vehicles – that are scheduled to go ahead on January 1.
Under the revamp, the government is proposing to drop its green vehicle star rating system and instead use official carbon dioxide emission figures as its primary public ranking for the environmental credentials of cars sold in this country.
The discussion paper was issued by the federal infrastructure and transport department last month, calling for comment from interested parties by the end of September.
A previous attempt to revamp the guide was shelved last year after negative comment from key stakeholders on proposed changes outlined in a discussion paper issued in May last year.
From top: Holden Commodore E85 Caltex E-Flex bowser Holden Captiva.
This time, the motor industry is unhappy with what it sees as unnecessary haste to make the changes in a matter of months.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries told GoAuto that, while it supports the review of the Green Vehicle Guide, it needed more time to fully digest the implications of the proposed changes.
"The discussion paper proposes a very short lead time with an introduction of any change from beginning of next year," a spokesperson for the FCAI said.
"The FCAI would encourage the government to review the proposed lead time to ensure that a full consultation process was undertaken to allow both industry and new car buyers sufficient time to understand any changes."
The spokesperson said the FCAI had had concerns with the outcomes of previous reviews of the guide, under which all existing results were re-rated, quite often with a short lead time.
"This has resulted in confusion with both private new car buyers and also fleets who use a GVG rating as part of their purchasing criteria." The guide was initiated in 2004, and updated in 2006.
The latest proposed changes to the system would abolish the current star rating system that uses a number of yardsticks such as fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and toxic emissions to arrive at an environmental rating out of a possible five stars.
While the guide will continue to provide a range of environmental measures, including fuel economy and air pollution rating, CO2 emissions provided by manufacturers in compliance with Australian Design Rule 81/02 will determine the overall ranking.
The discussion paper says consumer awareness of CO2 measurement is growing, and will be strengthened by the introduction of mandatory CO2 emissions standards for new vehicles in Australia from 2015.
The CO2 emissions measurement took into account the difference in CO2 emissions between fuels.
"For example, a litre of diesel produces 2.7kg of CO2, compared with 2.3kg for a litre of petrol and 1.6kg for a litre of LPG," the paper says.
But the paper proposes to rule out any "special discounts" for fuels based on their origins.
Proponents of biofuels – including GM Holden, whose Commodore is designed to run on E85 ethanol – say they are more environmentally friendly because they recycle biomass, either from garbage or from crops that will be re-grown, taking greenhouse gases out of the environment.
However, the federal discussion paper says: "The lifecycle impacts of biofuels, as with all fuels, can vary considerably depending on how a particular fuel is produced.
"For example, biofuels produced from land cleared to grow crops to produce biofuel feedstock would have more adverse environmental impacts than those produced from waste products that are purely incidental to food production.
"The environmental impact of such fuels also depends on a number of factors, including availability, consumer awareness, vehicle capability, as well as cost relative to conventional fuels."
The problem for car-makers such as Holden is that vehicles running on E85 use more fuel, making the CO2 figure seem worse than rival fuels such as petrol.
Rather than provide a "special discount" for such fuels, the federal department proposes greater prominence to a separate "transport fuel production" emissions figure for each vehicle, expressed in grams per kilometre.
Under this system, biofuels would be rated a zero, while E85, which is 85 per cent ethanol and 15 per cent petrol, would be estimated on the 15 per cent petrol component.
This system is already available on the site, but requires a special search. Under the website rebuild, it would be brought up alongside the fuel consumption reading and other figures.
The "transport fuel" rating includes a ranking for electricity, but it depends on the state in which the vehicle is to be garaged.
Under the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions fields, electric vehicles will continue to be ranked '0', for zero emissions, but they will be subject to three measurements – energy consumption (in Watt-hours per kilometre), range in kilometres, and fuel production CO2 emissions (g/km).
The latter will depend on the state in which the vehicle is to be garaged. For example, a Nissan Leaf in Victoria is rated as 237g/km, due to a high percentage of brown coal used in electricity generation, while in Tasmania it is listed at just 61g/km, due to the high use of hydro-electric generation.
In the United States, the Environment Protection Authority measures EV electricity use in MPGe – a formula that attempts to equate electricity with petrol in a "miles per gallon equivalent".
That system is aimed at making it easier for vehicle buyers to compare fossil-fuel cars with electric or hybrid vehicles.
GoAuto understands several motoring industry organisations, including the FCAI, are likely to make submissions on the proposals.
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Holden improves Captiva fuel economyPopular Holden Captiva SUV range now more frugal, seven-seater gets more features
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"Excitement around every corner
- a true gardeners delight" C.Sanders, Hampshire
Trebah has been producing their own calendar for the past five years and most recently the well-known wildlife and landscape photographer, David Chapman was commissioned to photograph Trebah throughout the seasons and has subsequently endorsed the 2010, 2011 and 2012 calendars.
Trebah would like to open up the opportunity for photographers of all ages to enter photographs of Trebah Garden for possible inclusion in the 2013 calendar.
All photographs need to be in a landscape format. We will be looking for entries that depict any month of the year, from January to December. The theme of the photograph has to be of Trebah Garden, but can depict scenes, vistas, close-ups of plants, trees and wildlife.