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Raise The North group calls for people from the region to seek independence
A campaign has been launched for the north of England to become a breakaway state.
A petition by the Raise The North group calls for people from the region to band together and seek independence.
It is also urging David Cameron to 'submit to the will of the northern people'.
The separation moves comes after an earlier petition called for the north to join with an independent Scotland.
The #TakeUsWithYouScotland hashtag soon flooded Twitter. More than 40,000 people have now signed the call-to-arms.
The latest petition, posted with the #RaiseTheNorth hashtag, reads:
"There is growing consensus that the north of England should join Scotland.
"Northern England should not ask to leave one governor, only to take on another. For as long as the south has ruled, we have been subjugated and marginalised.
"But the answer is not to allow ourselves to be ruled from Scotland. The Scots may help, but they can't do it for us.
"It's time that the people of the north stood as one against Westminster and said 'no more'."
Signatory Valerie Quigley wrote:
"It is time for the north of England to get their say. They have suffered from the same democratic deficit as Scotland for many years.
"North England self-government would benefit the area and could make good neighbours and agreements cross-border with Scotland."
On the back of the Scottish independence referendum there have been growing calls for English devolution.
Places like Greater Manchester will soon have its own directly elected mayor; control of its entire £6bn NHS budget, a national first; and greater control over housing, transport and skills.
But the Raise The North group wants more, with the whole of the north of England breaking away and gaining independence.
At the last general election the North East was one of the few areas in England where support for the Labour party, which fought against Mr Cameron's Tory government, actually went up.
With the highest unemployment rate in the country and many people either working in the under threat public sector or relying on benefits to boost poor salaries, there have been fears the region is missing out on what has been described as the economic upturn in the country.
Source – Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 19 May 2015
General Election 2015: Where are all the party leaders? Not in the North East !
Not one leader from any of the major political parties has visited Tyne and Wear or County Durham as part of the General Election campaign.
David Cameron is the only leader so far to even venture into ANY part of the North East since the dissolution of parliament.
He visited Northumberland's Alnwick and Stockton, the two areas where his party has a chance of winning next month, but bypassed large swathes of the region.
Labour leader Ed Miliband – whose party is favourite to win EVERY seat in Durham, Tyneside and Wearside, most seats in Teesside and half of those in Northumberland – has failed to make a public appearance anywhere in the North East.
The Liberal Democrats are defending Redcar and Berwick-upon-Tweed, yet Nick Clegg has been nowhere to be seen.
Nigel Farage claims UKIP is targeting parts of Teesside and has a strong interest in Blyth, and yet the leader of the "people's army" has not made a public appearance anywhere in the North East.
And despite evidence of a Green surge in pockets of the region, Natalie Bennett has not visited to show support for her party's candidates, either.
The North East is widely-regarded as safe Labour territory and this may explain the lack of interest from the parties' top politicians in campaigning in this area.
Nonetheless, voters will be disappointed when they compare the region to, say, the Greater Manchester area, where the parties are fighting a higher number of key marginals.
Nick Clegg has visited seats in Greater Manchester four times, David Cameron twice and Ed Miliband four times.
Source – Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 25 Apr 2015
Universal credit 'a nightmare', says claimant who advertised welfare reform
A Universal Credit claimant who featured in a government film to promote the reform now says the system is riddled with computer problems and could make people destitute.
In the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) advert, Daniel Pacey explains how the reform helped him to find work.
But he now says a six-week delay before the first payment and subsequent monthly payments are "a nightmare".
The DWP said monthly sums replicate the world of work and tackle dependency.
A spokesman said:
"Universal credit is simplifying the benefit system and [makes] the transition into employment smoother.
"Our work coaches discuss budgeting support with all claimants and nearly 80% say they are confident in their ability to manage a monthly budget."
> Is that 80% of work coaches or claimants ?
Mr Pacey, 24, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, said:
"It might be easy for a government minister to make their wages last a month. But I'd like to see them make £250 last four weeks while looking for work."
The government has announced that a national roll-out of universal credit is starting in earnest across the country. The aim is for it to be offered in all job centres in England, Scotland and Wales by 2016.
> Whether it works or not, presumably.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith told BBC News the new benefit was £600m under budget and had been implemented gradually on advice.
But Mr Pacey, who lives with his father, said his job centre struggled with failing computer systems, adding:
"I hate to think about how I would have coped had I lived on my own. I know I couldn't have."
The DWP spokesman added:
"People can apply for advanced benefit payments if they need extra support and we are working with local authorities to make sure people get budgeting and debt advice.
"The IT system adapts smoothly to claims as they become more complex, which we have already seen across the North West.
"Computer problems in offices are separate issues and are resolved quickly but these do not impact the operating system, or have an impact on claims."
The scheme was initially piloted in Ashton-Under-Lyne nearly two years ago.
Under the old system, payments were bi-weekly, with housing benefit paid directly to landlords.
Under universal credit, claimants are instead paid monthly and are expected to pay their rent themselves.
Housing Associations in Ashton-Under-Lyne say rent arrears and debt are on the rise amongst universal-credit claimants.
The chief executive of the National Housing Federation, David Orr said:
"This scheme isn't even ready to fully roll out in Ashton-Under-Lyne, where it's been piloted for two years, let alone the rest of the country."
The DWP spokesman said:
"In some cases, we can arrange for alternative payment arrangements, including rent being paid direct to landlords."
The government says it is important for people to learn how to handle their own monthly budgets, as this replicates the world of work.
> Oh for fucks sake – how stupid do they think we are ? Do they think every unemployed person has never worked ? Do they think anyone having to survive on benefits doesn't already know all about handling budgets ?
But Mr Pacey's new job in a call centre pays bi-weekly.
He said: "In my experience, most low-paid jobs pay weekly or every other week, not monthly. You can't make small sums of money last a month.
"It's not about dependency, it's about living, being able to get a bus to go to the job centre. The government needs to rethink this."
The scheme has also been criticised by the National Audit Office as badly managed and failing to deliver on its targets.
It is concerned that a roll-out from pilot areas in north-west England is taking place with fewer resources to spend on staff training and less time for staff to get accustomed to the changes.
About 50,000 people in selected areas have claimed the benefit since it was introduced in April 2013 – far fewer than the government originally said would be getting it by now.
Computer problems have also caused delays and seen ministers write off tens of millions of pounds.
Source – BBC News, 16 Feb 2015
North East bus operators to introduce Oyster-style smart ticketing
North East bus passengers will soon be able to use Oyster-style tickets, travel operators have announced.
Britain's biggest bus operators – including Newcastle-headquartered Go Ahead and Sunderland-based Arriva – have announced plans to launch London-style smart ticketing across England's largest city regions.
The pledge by Stagecoach, First, Arriva, Go Ahead and National Express aims to deliver multi-operator smart ticketing to millions of bus customers across England next year.
Greater Manchester will be an early adopter of what is described as a "transformational initiative", helping support the area's wider growth plans.
The smart tickets will then be rolled out across Tyne and Wear, Merseyside, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire along with the city regions of Nottingham, Leicester and Bristol.
The bus providers have spent several months finalising their plans and this work has included liaising with IT suppliers and the Department for Transport.
The announcement comes two weeks after North East councils took a step towards seizing control of the bus services, in a major shake-up of public transport – a move bitterly opposed by the bus companies.
Members of the North East Combined Authority voted unanimously for the Quality Contract Scheme (QCS) for the Tyne and Wear area.
If passed by an independent review board the proposals will signal a new era of London-style bus services across the region, in which travellers carry a pass similar to the capital's Oyster card and councils decide on fares and when and how often services run.The bus companies said their own plans represent a multi-million pound investment in what is the biggest smart ticketing project in the UK's history.
The technology will allow smaller bus operators to be included and provide a platform to extend the system to other modes, such as trams and trains.
In a joint statement, Stagecoach Group chief executive Martin Griffiths, First Group chief executive Tim O'Toole, Go Ahead chief executive David Brown, Arriva chief executive David Martin and National Express chief executive Dean Finch said:
"Millions of people in our biggest city regions will benefit from this transformational initiative in London-style smart ticketing. It will deliver an even bigger programme and wider benefit than the capital's Oyster system.
"Bus operators share the aspirations of our city regions to become growing economic powerhouses and we know high quality public transport is an important part of making that happen."
Bus operators also urged central and local Government to work with them to improve bus services across the country."
Source – Newcastle Journal, 04 Nov 2014
North East must accept Metro Mayor to get new powers says Osborne
The region must accept a single directly-elected mayor ruling from Durham to Scotland in order to grab dramatic new powers, George Osborne said yesterday.
The Chancellor signed a landmark devolution deal with Greater Manchester – covering transport, health, housing and the police – in return for a 'metro mayor', to run its ten authorities.
And he immediately warned that any city-region hoping for similar control over its own destiny must also accept a cross-border 'Boris Johnson-style' leader.
That list includes the new the North East Combined Authority, which brings together County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
The area is believed to be third on Mr Osborne's list for agreeing devolution deals – after Manchester and West Yorkshire – with an announcement as early as next month.
But, last night, Simon Henig, Durham's leader and the chairman of the combined authority, criticised Mr Osborne' attempt to tie the region's hands.
And he pointed out voters in Newcastle and eight other English cities had rejected mayors – for city boundaries only – in referendums just two-and-a-half years ago.
Councillor Henig said:
"I strongly believe it is now the time for powers and control over spending to be devolved out of Whitehall throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, not just to Manchester.
"However, my own view is that devolution should not be made conditional on accepting an elected mayor, which was rejected by the public in referendums in several major cities in 2012."
The Chancellor's move is a dramatic U-turn, because the Conservatives had rejected calls for metro mayors which, many argued, could be handed a powerful portfolio.
"Any other city that wants to receive more powers and move to a new model of governance, with an elected mayor, should bring forward their proposals."
The Manchester package includes:
* Responsibility for re-regulated bus services and integrated 'smart ticketing' across all local modes of transport.
* An enhanced 'earn back' deal – keeping £1m a year from economic growth, to fund an extension to the Metrolink tram network.
* Police powers – with the abolition of the elected police and crime commissioner (PCC).
* Control of a £300 million 'housing investment fund'.
* Power over business support services – including manufacturing advice and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) export advice.
* Power to develop a plan to integrate health and social care.
A Government source said:
"Who do the voters sack if something goes wrong? City-region mayors answer that.
"So we can obviously go further for cities that are able to step up to the accountability challenge."
Source – Northern Echo, 04 Nov 2014
Job Creation 20% Below Pre-Recession Levels, New Report Shows
Trade Union Congress (TUC) Press Release:
Inner London is the only area of the country to have a higher rate of job starts than before the recession, while job creation in some parts of the country is down 31 per cent on pre-recession levels, according to a new TUC report published today (Monday).
The TUC Touchstone pamphlet Equitable Full Employment: A Jobs Recovery For All (pdf) shows that the recent rise in employment is being driven by fewer people leaving their jobs, rather than more people finding new work.
Job starts – the number of people starting a new job within a three month period – are currently around 20 per cent below pre-recession levels across the UK, and are still falling in parts of the country. The fact that fewer people are leaving their jobs helps to explain why the employment rate for older workers is increasing so much faster than for young people, says the TUC.
The report, written for the TUC by Tony Wilson and Paul Bivand of the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (Inclusion), compares job start rates before the recession, at the height of the crash and during the recent recovery. It finds that metropolitan areas such as London, Birmingham and Tyne and Wear are recovering faster than their neighbouring rural areas.
Inner London is the only area of the country where jobs are being created at a faster rate than before the crash. Outer London, the South East and Eastern England have recovered since the crash but job starts are still 11 per cent, 16 per cent and 21 per cent below pre-recession levels.
Job creation across the rest of the country is more mixed, says the TUC. Job creation in Tyne and Wear is recovering (though still 11 per cent below pre-recession levels) but getting worse across the rest of the North East.
> In fact, as a whole, North East unemployment continues to rise…
Job creation in the West Midlands metropolitan area is recovering but the rest of the region continues to decline (down 31 per cent), while South and West Yorkshire are both performing far better than the rest of Yorkshire and Humberside. Job starts in Greater Manchester have fallen slightly since the height of the crash but the city is still doing far better than Merseyside and the rest of the North West, where job starts are 30 per cent down on pre-recession levels.
Strathclyde is the only major metropolitan area that is performing worse than its neighbouring area, with job creation across the rest of Scotland recovering faster.
The report shows while the UK's employment rate is rising, there are huge swathes of the country – particularly rural areas – where job creation remains depressed and is getting worse, say the TUC.
The report also looks at job starts across different age groups, qualification levels and types of work. It finds that while job creation rates for graduates are back above pre-recession levels, the number of people with lower-level qualifications starting new jobs declined during the boom and has continued to deteriorate since the crash.
The proportion of jobs starts to non-permanent work is now higher than it was before the crash, with three in ten job starts in temporary work. Fixed-term contacts are the most popular form of temporary work.
The continuing shift from permanent employee jobs to self-employment and temporary work, such as fixed-term contacts and agency work, suggests the nature of the UK jobs market is changing permanently, rather than being a short-term response to the recession, says the TUC.
> The final victory of Thatcherism – smash the unions and the rest can be exploited…
The rate of people moving from unemployment to work is still lower than pre-recession levels across all age groups, say the report. 'Hiring rates' have recovered fastest for older workers, but they remain far less likely to move from unemployment to work than any other age group.
Hiring rates for 16-24 year olds, who traditionally have moved from unemployment into work at a far quicker rate than all other age groups, have declined considerably over the last 17 years. People in their late 20s and early 30s are now finding work as quickly as younger people, says the report.
The report makes a number of recommendations to boost job creation and raise employment levels further, including:
• Offering targeted employment support programmes, such as a job guarantee for any young person out of work for at least six months.
• Identifying low skills as a reason to provide more intensive employment support.
• Establishing bodies in each industrial sector so that government, unions and employers can work together to identify skills gaps, promote decent workplace standards and fair pay.
TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:
"Many people assume that rising employment levels are simply down to more people getting new work. In fact, the recent recovery in our jobs market is mainly due to people holding onto their jobs, rather than finding new ones. This is great news if you want to keep earning as you approach retirement, but less positive if you're trying to take your first step on the career ladder.
"Job creation is as important for people looking for work as it is for those already in work and looking to boost their incomes. It's worrying that across huge swathes of the country – and particularly in rural areas – job creation levels remain depressed and that where jobs are being created far more are temporary positions than before the crash.
"We need to see far more high-quality jobs being created, not just in our cities but across the UK, if we're going to achieve full employment and a return to healthy pay rises."
CESI Associate Director Paul Bivand said:
"What we are concerned about is inclusion, which isn't just our name. Growth in employment should help to close gaps in our society. We don't want a rising tide to lift just the most buoyant, while leaving others behind. We want all areas and groups to benefit and we need to close gaps.
"We are already hearing that there is a risk of the Bank taking action because of overheating high-end London house prices. For the economy to benefit all, then rises in jobs have to occur in the rural areas as well as the cities, and Glasgow and Merseyside as well as the South East."
Source: Inner London is only area of UK to have returned to pre-recession levels of job creation
Source – Welfare News Service, 23 June 2014
High speed rail plans may end up slowing the North East down
High speed rail will slow down services from the North East to Scotland and reduce London journeys by just 11 minutes, the region is today warned.
A series of route documents have shown how the North will be increasingly isolated if the £42bn railway project is completed.
After a trickle of concerns at the plans for a new railway emerged over the last year, the final picture increasingly shows a high speed network in which Newcastle actually loses services.
Consultation documents put out by HS2 and Network Rail show:
- From 2033, Newcastle's direct trains to and from Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow are replaced by a stopping service calling at small towns throughout the line, hugely adding to journey times;
- All London to Scotland services will go up the West Coast;
- High speed rail will replace, not add, to all existing East Coast London to Newcastle routes in order to free up capacity south of York;
- Under High speed plans, Durham would lose out on direct links, while Darlington moves from two trains an hour to London to one train;
- Total journey saving times to London when Durham's Hitachi trains are built are just 11 minutes.
Under Government plans, the high speed railway will go from London to Birmingham, heading in a Y-shape to Leeds and Manchester by 2033. The fast trains then switch down to regular speeds and travel either to Newcastle or up the west coast to Scotland, with Newcastle now becoming simply the end of a branch line.
Gateshead MP Ian Mearns, who sits on the House of Commons group overseeing the London to Birmingham high speed work, said he had warned his own party's front bench team that something will have to change if the North East is not to lose out.
He told The Journal: "We have some of the worst rail connections already. As I have said to our front bench, the North East first of all needs to be recompensed for the disruption we will face as work goes on from York to London.
"But also, this new line will build economic powerhouses in West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, while whatever happens in Scotland it is going to be given more economic powers.
"The North East risks being trapped in between these economic honeytraps, with slower connections to Scotland and losing some services to London. How will we sell ourselves to investors after High Speed 2?"
Other Labour MPs hitting out at the high speed plans include Durham's Kevan Jones and Newcastle's Nick Brown. They are at odds with Labour councils such as Newcastle and the Association of North East Councils, which have campaigned for new route despite the concerns.
Many of the damaging changes to North East services come as a result of a lack of investment in the East Coast Main Line north of York.
The four-lane line railway network changes to a two-lane line between Northallerton up to Newcastle. And with that system already leading to congestion on a one-in one-out basis, the new high speed route would only be able to replace, rather than add to, existing services.
In its consultation document, Network Rail admits that High Speed duplicates services up the East Coast, and as such, it wants to "reduce the quantum of long distance services," axing long distance trains and replace them with slower, stopping services.
South of York there is increased extra capacity as all trains from Newcastle and Scotland are sent past Birmingham to Euston, with six trains an hour from the North moved off the existing system.
The system would mean there is an end to services from London to Edinburgh via Newcastle, documents show.
Instead a new stopping services would start at Newcastle and call at Cramlington, Morpeth, Alnmouth, Berwick, Dunbar, Drem, Prestonpans and Edinburgh Waverley.
And the same capacity constraints that force all these changes mean that from 2019, transport officials have decided the only way to increase services on the Transpennine service is to reduce one train an hour on the Birmingham via Leeds Cross Country routes.
Source – Newcastle Journal 06 May 2014
Labour say they will create a Minister for the North East
A Labour Government would appoint a Minister for the North East to ensure the region has a strong voice at Westminster, it was revealed today.
Ed Miliband would appoint a Minister for each English region in a bid to ensure the entire country received a fair deal from Government, and to help businesses in their regions attract investment from across the world.
The manifesto commitment came as Miliband also announced plans to divert £20bn in funding from Whitehall to local councils, to spend on improving transport links, building houses, providing training and creating jobs.
To qualify for the cash, councils would need to work together to create a "combined authority" – giving the North East an advantage, as it is one of the first regions to create such an authority.
They would also need to work closely with the local business community and draw up showing how they would use the money to create jobs in the private sector.
The North East had a regional minister under the last Labour government, with the post being held by Newcastle MP Nick Brown.
A Labour government would appoint nine regional ministers, who would sit on a new Regional Committee chaired by the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Their duties would include helping local councils, central government and Local Enterprise Partnerships, the economic development bodies led by the business community, to work closely together.
They would also champion their area in Whitehall and ensure that the impact of policy proposals on every part of the country is considered.
Regional ministers will work with other Ministers such as the Business Secretary to implement an industrial strategy to create jobs in every part of the country.
And they will encourage tourism and act as a visible representative of their region at major events.
Speaking in Birmingham, Mr Miliband set out plans to strip national government of billions of pounds and send the cash directly to the regions of England for local politicians to spend.
But warned that funding will go to "city regions" and "county regions" where authorities have come together to create a combined authority.
So far, councils in the Greater Manchester area, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Liverpool regions have created combined authorities – and the North East is about to create its own combined authority bringing together Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Mr Miliband is announcing that plans to devolve £20bn over the course of the next Parliament to combined authorities will be included in Labour's General Election manifesto.
He said: "Labour's message at the next election will be clear:
"Devolving power from Whitehall to our towns and cities is essential to generate the new jobs we need.
"We propose a new bargain: Cities and towns that come together with local businesses will be given historic new powers over transport, housing, skills and economic development.
"We are determined to make our great cities and towns the powerhouses for the creation of good jobs."
> But he still seems set to continue on the same lines as the Tories regarding unemployment and benefits, so for most of us it'll probably just be a case of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
Source – Newcastle Journal 08 April 2014
Punishing Poverty – Sanctions & Their Impact
Punishing Poverty ? A Review Of Benefits Sanctions & Their Impacts On Clients & Claimants is the title of a report by the Manchester Citzens Advice Bureau but it, and its conclusions, would, I suspect, apply equally to the North East…
Benefits sanctions are financial penalties that are given to claimants who are deemed to have not met the necessary conditions for claiming benefit.
Although the Government has, in the past, denied that there are official targets for the number of sanctions that are made, Greater Manchester CABx had become concerned about
• The number of clients they were seeing who had sanctions against them
• The reasons for the sanctions being made
• The fact that clients did not appear to be receiving the correct notifications about their sanctions, why they had been made, or how to appeal against them
• The proposals from the Government to increase the duration of sanctions up to a maximum of three years.
They decided to conduct some research in to these issues, and look at how claimants who were already on very restricted incomes coped with the further reductions made. This report summarises the survey findings.
The full report can – and should – be read here-


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Group Leader
St Augustines Scout Group – Petone
On Sunday morning the whole St. Augustine group took 15min off for quite, contemplation, reflections,
Held in the special open air service area surrounded by trees, nestled by nature
And then the fun nature of the Keas, Cubs, Scout, bursts out again
but where was Glen? We all missed him.
Here doing duty, seeing off some early departures.
* LNI Brookfield Scout Camp opening
* A day of fun games,
* The big Battle of Brookfield.
Pablo proudly carrying the giant St. Augustine flag with Renee.
Back at camp, the magic discovery of the nature found all around us.
The day of fun and games to begin with a few friendly bumps.
–> Good Night <–
–> Good Morning <–
Just what party are these girl ready for?
A battle party.
Marching and yelling tother "Augi, Augi, Augi" to enjoin the blues to victory on the battle field.
Here are the blues,
but where are the reds?
Run away perhaps?
Who would stay and stand against this battle crew?
St. Augustines Group Camp – Brookfield Campsite – Themed the Highland Games.
Gently does it.
Ready aim fire…
Ready Welli Go. Up, up, and away. Heave hoe, don't forget to let go.
Jamboree Over The Internet (JOTI) / Jamboree Over The Air (JOTA)
There was much excitement from the Leaders as the big Marquee went up, as none of them had seen it up before, or were even sure that it was complete or serviceable. As it turned out the Marquee is in great condition making it a big asset that was much enjoyed by everyone at camp.
29 St. Augustine's Cubs and Scouts came to JOTI JOTA at Brookfields.
Above is the "Bier's" camp gate, and the overnighter's just before it gets dark and the nights sing along at the campfire.
Atom made a hammock shelter for the night and ended up dryer than most of his friends in tents.
Birthdays over the weekend were celebrated with song and cake 🙂
Jamboree Over The Internet (JOTI) went on all night for those whom were night owls.Typing messages to fellow Scouts all over the world.
Out Chris ran the knots base showing the Scouts and Leaders knots, bends, and hitches, such as the reef knots, half hitches, bowline, sheep shank, and clove hitch.
He was very grateful for Ray's knotting board as a teaching aid.
There were many other bases too, such as Axe Safety, First Aid, Lashings, Maps and Compasses, fire lighting, and others.
Safety is always important in Scouting, especially when using an axe to split firewood.
With all Scouts camps there is nothing as important as sitting around the fire!
Over the 21st and 22nd of September two Scouts, and two Leaders from St. Augustines joined with another 86 for a weekend of Song, Dance, and Dram at the Cubs & Scouts Performing Arts Weekend, run by the Hutt Valley Gang Show.
What an awesome weekend it was too with; none stop activities, plenty of good food, and an extreme buzz of excitement and chatter when not performing.
Atom hooded up on the left, taking part in 2 minute skit, created by the boys taking part.
The singing had actions and some dance steps too, some simple, some complex with syncopated timings.
On the crest of a wave…
An all time favorite of the Gang Show.
At the end certificates were presented, by former Gang Show leaders wearing their distinctive red scarfs.
A huge amount of training was undertaken this weekend by members of the St. Augustines Group, with 5 leaders and 3 Scouts attending the Crossgrove course in Brookfields, Wainuiomata.
Core Scouting skills were covered, such as knots and lashings, First Aid, hygiene, compass skills, axe and knife skills, fire lighting, cookers and stoves, camp cooking.
The leader's course started Friday night, with lectures until 11:00 on the Scouting teaching methods.
Jet and Atom tagged along, spotted here before pitching their tent. Continue reading

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Stock Market News and Analysis:
Equity benchmark declined sharply for first time in last five straight sessions after Union Budget failed to boost sentiment. All sectoral indices ended negative except Bank and FMCG. Nifty closed at 11811.15 and for coming session its key support is at 11750 while on higher side its resistance is at 11900.
Headlines for the day:
- GMR Group sold their entire stake of 47.62% in GMR Chhattisgarh Energy to Adani Power Limited.
- Hindalco Limited will have to tackle European antitrust objections on its plan to buy aluminium producer Aleris Corporation to expand as a supplier to the car.
- Energy stock decline after government proposes additional excise duty on petrol & diesel.
Key stocks:
- Sobha Limited share prices soared 2% after pre-sales data for June quarter. The company posted steady pre-sales of Rs660 crore which was up 8% on the yoy basis and down 7.1% qoq basis. For Q1FY20.
- The subsidiary company of L&T Finance Holdings Limited received $550mn in an External Commercial Borrowing investment round from World Bank's arm, BNP Paribas, Citi Bank and DBS Bank.
- Srei Infra board approved consolidating the lending business of the company with its arm Srei Equipment Finance into one entity since the focus for last four years has been on growing equipment financing and reducing the infrastructure loan portfolio.
- Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited board filed a certified copy of National Company Law Tribunal order to Registrar of Companies on the scheme of merger of the company with IndusInd Bank.
- Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited has sold one of its crucial commercial properties DHFL House in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai to the promoters of Charak Pharma for Rs121 crore, way below its current market price.
- Dilip Buildcon Limited and IRB Infra share prices surged higher in the morning trading session after the government plans to carry out the comprehensive restructuring of highways program.
- Tata Motors Limited has decided to implement periodic production cuts at its passenger-car plants and focus on retail sales to prop up dealerships amid an industry wide slowdown in passenger vehicle sales.
- Calls for Tomorrow :
- CALL: SELL SEIMENS EQ BELOW 1253 TARGETS 1240.45/1227.90/1215.40 SL 1265.50 Description: Stock settled near its key support on daily chart with bearishly bias. Hence rally is expected below the mentioned level.
- CALL: SELL PIDILITIND EQ BELOW 1199.50 TARGETS 1187.50/1175.50/1163.50 SL1211.50 Description: Stock heading towards its immediate support on daily chart and settled with bearishly bias. Hence breakout is expected ahead.


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Minnesota Crookston will look to rebound and they have a strong core for 2018-19 as they return three starters.
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Crookston women's basketball program was selected to finish 13th in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Preseason Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll released Thurs., Oct. 18 by the NSIC office.
The Golden Eagle women's basketball team missed the NSIC Tournament quarterfinals for the first time since the 2013-14 season. Minnesota Crookston will look to rebound and they have a strong core for 2018-19 as they return three starters from 2017-18 with Isieoma Odor (R-Sr., F/C, Bloomington, Minn.),Caitlin Michaelis (Sr., G, Marshfield, Wis.), and Stephanie McWilliams (Jr., G, Grand Forks, N.D.) all back in the fray. Odor looks to lead the way with her play in the post after averaging 14.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game as a redshirt junior. She was selected as NSIC Player to Watch from Minnesota Crookston. Michaelis was third on the team in scoring last season with 10.9 points per game and looks poised for a strong senior season. In addition, sophomore Abby Guidinger (So., G/F, Waukesha, Wis.) returns after an impressive finish to the season. As a freshman, she tallied 9.8 points per game.
Minnesota Crookston also returns Paige Weakley (Jr., G/F, Kearney, Mo.), Ashley Freund (So., G/F, Jordan, Minn.), Amber Schoenicke (Jr., F/C, Marshall, Wis.), and Maria Delgado (Sr., G, London, England), who will all look to make their mark in 2018-19. Lastly, look for several newcomers to figure into the mix as Coach Mike Roysland has excitement for a strong group of eight freshman for the Golden Eagles. Minnesota Crookston added size with Bren Fox (Fr., C, Norwood Young America, Minn.), Julia Peplinski (Fr., F, Hustiford, Wis.), Mary Burke (Fr., F, Virginia, Minn.) and Alethea Kluge(Fr., F, Chisago City, Minn.) joining the effort for Minnesota Crookston. In the backcourt, the Golden Eagles brought in Kylie Post (Fr., G, Corcoran, Minn.), Kylea Praska (Fr., G, Thief River Falls, Minn.), Paige Cornale (Fr., G, Oak Creek, Wis.), and Kayla Sirjord (Fr., G, Ulen, Minn.) to compete for time.
The Golden Eagles open up their exhibition slate Oct. 30 at University of North Dakota. They also take on University of Northwestern (Minn.) Nov. 3 at Lysaker Gymnasium, before starting the regular-season Nov. 9 on a neutral court in Wayne, Neb. against University of Nebraska-Kearney.
The University of Sioux Falls was selected by the league coaches as the overall and south division preseason favorite in the NSIC for the 2018-19 season. The Cougars received nine first place votes and amassed 208 points. MSU Moorhead received three first place votes to rank second with 185 points while Concordia-St. Paul got two first place votes and 178 points to sit third. Augustana garnered the last first place vote and 175 points to rank fourth. Minnesota Duluth was a point behind Augustana at 174 to rank fifth but was the coaches' choice in the north division, getting two first place votes and 44 points. MSUM was second in the north with 43 points and four first place votes.
Overall Points
1. Sioux Falls (9) - 208
2. MSU Moorhead (3) - 185
3. Concordia-St. Paul (2) - 178
4. Augustana (1) - 175
5. Minnesota Duluth - 174
6. University of Mary (1) - 164
7. Winona State - 163
8. Northern State - 133
9. Minnesota State - 114
10. Wayne State - 98
11. St. Cloud State - 97
12. Southwest Minnesota State - 73
13. Minnesota Crookston - 63
14. Minot State - 42
15. Bemidji State - 30
16. Upper Iowa - 23
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Psych, psych, baby...
yeah, that's it... just pretend you're going to Disney-
land up and back 2.5 times. Piece of cake. As soon as my wash dries I can hop in the car and take off to Sacramento. 505 miles. I left about 11:30 last year, and got there at 9:30 with two generous stops. I'm just hoping no maniac in Hell-Lay will be sitting on top of a bridge threatening to jump, tying up traffic. Do that on your own time buddy. Sunglasses? check Contact Lens cleaner and case? Check. Toothbrush & Paste? check. Clean undies? Check. Battery charger and extra batteries? Check. Electronic gear? check Snack table? Check. Plenty of shirts? Check.
All the way up I can think of how best to formulate the response to Fr. Ray Blake's question regards U.S. "bloodlust." How little he realizes that it's precisely the opposite that impels a fierce protection of the right to keep and bear arms. I know the answer. But how to explain to the european mindset? Perhaps they "don't get it" - because they are not descended from people who were impelled to leave.
I will be once again seeing James Brennan perform in 1776 in the role of John Adams. Musical theatre doesn't get any better.
6 comments:
- EC Gefroh said...
Have a safe trip. BTW, that looks a lot like our car :-) I also have an interesting email regarding gun control which if I can find, will email you privately.
- August 29, 2007 at 9:02 PM
- WhiteStoneNameSeeker said...
Have a good trip Karen.
On the guns thing. I'm a Brit-so we've never really had guns. My dad used to shoot rabbits and my daughter shoots for sport.
It's not the lack of guns per se I object to here; it is the disallowing of self defense. Too many people get prosecuted for defending themselves or others.
I used to carry pepper after being followed and approached scarily when I finished work in the evening-but had to stop because I was told it was illegal. If I threw pepper at someone attacking me I would be arrested.
If someone tried to hurt one of my kids I'd attack with anything to hand.
It seems to me guns are only dangerous in the hands of idiots and criminals.
We had an 'idiot' situation here recently. a child shot and killed his best friend by accident. POOR KID! His dad had an air rifle loaded and propped up behind the fridge.
Kid borrowed it without asking to play outside and fired it.
I notice our police are being armed more and more frequently here.
I still have mixed feelings about guns...
- August 30, 2007 at 9:35 AM
- Cathy said...
Eh, don't take it personally and don't try to change their minds. They are what they are, and they are entitled to their opinions.
For every person who has made broad, sweeping generalizations about the good ole US of A, there are 5 who just moon about the US whenever I post on 4th of July or something.
The UK cannot fathom our inner city problems, our crack problems, our gang problems, our general lack of restraint when it comes to, well, anything.
Oh, it's all well and good for some limpwristed royal to take out a few hundred foxes with a mean old gun, but an American hunting deer like some commoner is just unacceptable, I guess.
It's illegal for him to own a gun ALREADY, and there are 200,000 gun laws on the books right now.
Making guns illegal only affects, derrrrrrrrr, people who obey the law.
But you knew that.
Again, let them have their opinion. They're in a different country, and they can no more influence our gun laws than they can import their somewhat questionable cuisine to this great nation.
(Kidding, Brits, I'm kidding!)
(But not about the limpwristed royals.)
- August 30, 2007 at 2:11 PM
- Cathy said...
Er, this is what happens when you edit something and then don't bother to re-read.
It's already illegal for crack dealers to own guns, being as they're committing a felony and using a gun in a felony is a crime in itself.
I didn't mean it was illegal for law abiding citizens to have one.
(The downfall of the Redcoats, by the way, was the armed populace. They would have LOVED it if we had just thrown rocks and sticks at them.)
- August 30, 2007 at 2:16 PM
- gemoftheocean said...
Oh well...thanks for the good wishes everyone. When I get a little time I'm at least going to try and formulate a response that might give a little background. I don't think Europeans generally recognize that it's a combination of both philosophy (we don't come across as a philosophical people) AND the fact that virtually all of us (save US blacks and 100% pure "American Indians" are ALL descended from people for whom "somewhere else" wasn't good enough. And often they had either been put down and never were given a chance to shine by what they could accomplish by dint of their own efforts (the restrictive class barriers) or more importantly had suffered religious persecutions or in more recent times some czar was visiting pogroms upon them, some dictator was killing off their people by enforced starvation, some political uprising was taking place...etc. more later. But if you don't have a second amendment, your other amendments aren't worth the paper they're written on when push comes to shove. It ain't about huntin' or plugging your neighbor for the hell of it, when it comes down to it.
- August 30, 2007 at 5:55 PM
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Igor Nadezhdin, a health spokesman at the Moscow City Government, told the agency that by midday Sunday some participants were bathing in Moscow fountains and by 2.30 p.m. five had been taken to the hospital.
But he said the excesses were not as bad as last year's celebrations, when a navy veteran drowned in a fountain.
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"Not one sailor in service was drunk," he said. Asked how he knew this, Velideyev added, "Maybe one or two of them had 100 grams of vodka, but not one irregularity was registered."
Velideyev said he could not confirm Interfax reports that a total of about 4,000 navy veterans had gathered in Gorky Park and at VDNKh exhibition park. He also refused to comment on reports that navy veterans had hired all the boats on the Moskva River and sometimes violated river-traffic rules.
Yevgeny Karatayev, head of the airborne divisions' press center, confirmed Monday that the commander of the airborne troops, Yevgeny Podkolzin, urged paratroopers and paratroop veterans to show discipline and self-control during celebrations of the Day of Airborne Troops on Wednesday.
Interfax quoted Podkolzin as appealing to present and former paratroopers to "show culture and responsibilities before fellow citizens."
This year's Aug. 2 celebrations are expected to be especially boisterous, as they mark the airborne troops' 65th anniversary.
"We can guarantee the behavior of those in service, but civilians are civilians and we can't guarantee their behavior," Karatayev said. Asked about veterans, he said, "Their age makes them more responsible, so they should be all right."
Karatayev said there had been "minor incidents" on airborne division days in the past but never any deaths.


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For today's note of interactivity (as always, Sunday means Interactive Sunday) I want to draw your attention to Google Hangouts. I use it for two things: gaming, and text-chatting. I mentioned gaming last week, but this week I want to focus on the latter, because if you're reading this, you're welcome to say hi and chat whenever you feel like (just bear in mind, it may take me a little while to respond, as I have a sleep schedule resembling that of an RPG writer). I'm a chat-junkie so if you hit me up on a mutual topic of interest, we can be chat-pals. If you have difficulty finding me on there, let me know via email.
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Fabulous 8.8 From 303 reviews
Clean, friendly. A lovely place to stay. No coffee maker in the room. Enjoyed the room and service.
Maid service was poor, didn't leave enough towels, didn't remove all rubbish and didn't clean properly. Pillows were hard. Air con was non existent. Shower was rubbish and sprayed everywhere. Apart from that, service was good and friendly staff. Hotel was further out than expected and had to get a taxi almost everywhere. Over an hours walk to Checkpoint Charlie.
2 couples visiting Berlin. Convenient location in leafy area with many nearby coffeee shops and restaurants
We were very happy with the hotel. It is conveniently located for where we wanted and within comfortable walking distance of the nearest train station (Savignyplatz) which connects directly to Schoenefeld airport on the S9 line.
The rooms are ok , old and dusty carpets in the corridors, no cattle with or coffee in the rooms( they have some but not for all guests) the cleaning was partial ( we stayed 8 nights) and the persons in the reception were not very nice or willing to assist , we nedded the location but other than that - didnt feel like a4 star hotel..
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Found a 32" 10000 Series Ariens on CL about an hour away for $30. Took a Ride, and picked it up. Owner said his Dad bought it New. Needed a Coil, Carb Clean and fuel Flush, Lubrication, and some Cleaning up. Appears to have a Replacement Engine. Now it Runs Like a Top! I'll add an impeller kit as time permits. I actually lucked out, as the first caller was a No-Show.
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According to newly published research, berlin forex hong kong mining cryptocurrency takes nearly twice as much energy than mining gold, platinum, and copper. As the spokeswoman for the Bitcoin Foundation, Jinyong Englund, says, We have finally figured out how to send value over the internet faster, cheaper, and more securely. We believe that technologies such as Bitcoin are not yet suitable for incorporating into sustainable models, but soon new more efficient blockchains will emerge. Special hardware called asics (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) serves the purpose by computing mathematical functions. Unfortunately, not much research has been conducted on the topic. Depending on what efficiency ratios we assume for currently operating asic mining rigs, theyre either consuming 35 terawatt-hours per year, the equivalent of Denmark, or something far less, closer perhaps to Bolivia. On a Friday afternoon like this one, the new facility uses as much electricity as all of Medicine Hat, Alta., a city of more than 60,000 people and home to several large industrial plants. The reason why so many Bitcoin miners are located in China is a mix of the above factors. The CEO of Hut 8 completely disagrees, arguing the cryptocurrency is essential.
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Bitcoin is a decentralised peer-to-peer cash system which uses an energy intense security mechanism called Proof of Work (PoW). While its payment channels solution isnt specifically aimed at energy efficiency, if we think about the cost issue as a per-transaction metric, it could help making bitcoin less damaging to the environment at least when assessed relative to its utility as a payments service. More frequent and accurate data would be needed in oder to make more accurate estimates of the Bitcoins future energy demand and its impact on the environment. Even though the Bitcoin energy consumption is not yet scary a further research on the topic is required. This is mostly due to the lack of proper research from the media. Not long ago, the Department of Energy was predicting that their electricity use would double every five years, and Google was getting slammed for consuming enough to power 200,000 homes. The world used 22 015 TWh/year in 2017 which means that in May 2018 Bitcoin used about.1 (it has been estimated that global energy demand rises by 2 every year) of the worldwide electricity demand. The value of bitcoin can fluctuate daily, but has sold recently for around 9,000. Not only that, its massive consumption of electricity is also growing concern 250 kilowatt-hours per bitcoin transaction, according to Alex de Vries, a bitcoin critic bitcoin uses too much energy watching the industry on Digiconomist website. Where the argument gets really interesting is when we assume that a rising bitcoin price will drive demand for hashing power so high that the network, as some alarmists say, will consume more power than the.S. What could possibly go wrong with digital currencies such as bitcoin?
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The researchers then used the average daily market prices of each cryptocurrency and the respective rewards gained from successfully mining a block to calculate how much energy it takes to generate one US dollar worth of each respective cryptocurrency. A study from March 2017 estimated that the mining operations around the world were consuming a total of 470-540 MW.12-4.73 TWh/year (Bevand 2017). "If you live in Alberta, you want to have heat and light, those types of things. Not only that, but bitcoin owners are also protected with anonymity as they are only represented with ID codes. But so are many things in life, including airplanes, commuting to work and Sunday Night Football. An adage says If it seems too good to be true, it probably. Technological advances in both cryptocurrencies and energy are changing more rapidly than any of us can keep up with. And then theres the compared to what? That's why, in the event of a summer heat wave, the city has provisions in place to pull the plug on the electricity it provides to Hut 8, so there won't be any blackouts for residents, according to the mayor. Researchers have not considered how miners of these cryptocurrencies source their electricity, and at what rate they are purchasing. With the price of solar and wind energy in some places now at 2 cents per KwH or lower, that search will increasingly lead them in the direction of renewable bitcoin uses too much energy sources. Lets compare some global numbers.
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The rise of Bitcoins energy consumption in recent years drew the attention of many environmental organisations and publishers. In an industry where technological change rapid, relentless technological change is the only constant, any debate about the future must acknowledge it as a variable. These miners are essentially hardware devices which are specially designed for Bitcoin mining. The latest available number is from May 2018 which states at least.55 gigawatts of electricity consumption (De Vries 2018). Bitcoin is considered as a destructive technology by Mark Williams, an ex-bank regulator and current finance professor at Boston University. Financial details of the city's deal with Hut 8 are not disclosed. Over time, as more miners compete for a decreasing number of available bitcoins, facilities will have to use more electricity compared to the amount of the cryptocurrency they collect. Things change, which brings me to an even bigger gripe I have with the ill-defined bitcoin energy debate, which is that too many people assume that technology remains static, perhaps without thinking. A recent estimate claims that.6 of worldwide bitcoin mining is powered by renewables (Bendiksen. Not only Bitcoin uses PoW as a mining algorithm. I don't think bitcoin is a necessity of life for anyone he said. 2017, Digitalization and Energy 2017, International Energy Agency Kelly-Pitou, Katrina.
In the following post, I will try to summarize some key facts about the energy usage of Bitcoin and its global impact on the environment. "Bitcoin was created during the financial crisis. "It's a huge magnitude when you talk about the carbon emissions said Saeed Kaddoura, an analyst with the Pembina Institute, an environmental think-tank. . One could easily make them look big when they are compared to a country as Iceland, which uses as much.1 TWh/year or we can also make the numbers seem small by comparing Bitcoins consumption with the energy output of the. I am frustrated by the debate over whether or not bitcoin is an environmental disaster bitcoin uses too much energy waiting to happen.
Therefore the mining difficulty in the network is adjusted. Three Gorges Dam in China 90TWh/yr. Motherboard recently claimed that one bitcoin transaction uses as much electricity as the average house does in a week. The electricity used for Bitcoins PoW has become a topic of heavy debate in the last years. Some reports go as far as claiming that Bitcoin will make us miss the climate goals (DiChristopher, 2017). This meant that money transfers can be done very quickly without paying bank fees and taxes. We should not blame Bitcoin for using too much power but focus on producing more clean energy. Over time all of these become more efficient.
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The study found that Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Monero consumed 17, 7, 7, and 14 million joules of energy, respectively, to mine 1 worth of each cryptocurrency. The monetary policy of the cryptocurrency). At this point, its a virtual experiment being tested in the real world, and were seeing lots of weaknesses, he said. Here are a few examples: Casper, Ouroboros, Gradnpa, Tendermint, dfinity etc. On the day of the grand opening of the largest bitcoin mining project in the country, the weather was partly cloudy and. Why would a single bitcoin transaction require such huge energy? Hanke Timo, Movahedi Mahnush and Williams, Dominic, dfinity Technology Overview SeriesConsensus System. The Hut 8 bitcoin mine in Medicine Hat, Alta., uses as much electricity on a typical day as the entire city of 60,000, and most of the electricity is produced by fossil fuels. The vast amount of electricity needed for bitcoin mining is why the city of Medicine Hat has championed the economic benefits of the project, while environmentalists say they are wary of the significant energy use. The common public narrative surrounding the impact of cryptocurrencies on the environment is overwhelmingly negative. The final result of the mathematical function is a hash which begins with a predefined number bitcoin uses too much energy of zero bits. Point number two comes via Coin Centers Peter Van Valkenburgh, who astutely argued that the more miners are enticed to compete for bitcoin again, a function of its rising price the more they are encouraged to seek ever-more efficient. De Vries, Alex, Bitcoins Growing Energy Problem in Joule, May 16, 2018.
Bitcoins are limited to a supply of 21 million units and as the available number of bitcoins available decreases, the level of difficulty of complex mathematical problems to be solved also increases that more computers are needed to solve them and gain a single bitcoin. Add up the economic benefits and the city of Medicine Hat will receive a significant financial boost from the new project, says Ted Clugston, the city's mayor. The consensus algorithm sets some rules which cannot be changed (e.g. But then, what metric do we use to compare bitcoin to banks? Researchers from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education in Cincinnati tracked the daily energy demand and hashrate of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Monero between 1st January 2016 to 30th June 2018. It has been estimated that renewables in Sichuan power at bitcoin uses too much energy least 43 of global Bitcoin mining operations. Solar power image via Shutterstock. Sure, mining cryptocurrencies takes a lot of energy, but what matters more is where that energy is coming from. Stewart questions whether natural gas should be used to produce a digital product.
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The bitcoin plant can consume more than 60 megawatts of power, more than 10 times more electricity used by any other facility in the city, according to the mayor. Environmental groups are concerned by the sheer amount of energy consumed by bitcoin mining, especially in places like Medicine Hat where most of the electricity is produced by fossil fuels. Fukushima Power Plant, Wikipedia, 2019, electricity domestic consumption, in Global Energy Statistical Yearbook 2018. The Medicine Hat facility employs about 40 people, including these employees who repair computer parts in the maintenance shop. Many articles talk about the wastefulness of Bitcoin mining and the resulting ecological problem. And the more popular bitcoin becomes, the more electricity it wastes said Keith Stewart, a spokesperson for Greenpeace. Once a node finds the hash, a new block gets mined, and the miner gets a reward in the form of cryptocurrency coins. The bitcoin mining facility is located right beside the city of Medicine Hat's new natural gas-fired power plant and four wind turbines are a short distance away. Koomey, Jonathan, Talking Sense About Bitcoin Electricity Use, in m, October 29, 2018 Kwon, Jae Tendermint: Consensus without Mining, 2014 Nakamoto, Satoshi, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,p 3 Ouroboros Proof of Stake Algorithm, in Cardano Settlement Layer Documentation Sharratt. Still, some say the bitcoin mining industry wastes far too much energy.
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So yeah, thats a lot of energy. Our goal at Unblock3d ist to explore how future technologies such as blockchain can help us make the world more sustainable. Since the general opinion on the topic is already negative I will try to rebut the public opinion with some numbers. Rising hardware numbers increase the mining difficulty in order to maintain the 10-minute block rule. There are three main factors which influence the localisation of the miners globally: Access to low-cost electricity, fast internet connection, low temperature zones. Even though the cryptocurrency market was highly volatile across the same period, it seems to suggest the energy requirements of cryptocurrency mining will continue to increase irrespective of each coins price. Whether Lightning succeeds in encouraging more people to use bitcoin for small transactions, rather than hoarding it to capture price gains, remains to be seen.
Chinese miners look for places with energy surplus where the energy is cheaper. This huge power consumption is already equivalent to the weekly consumption of an average American household. BTC on its own, needs three times as much energy to mine than compared to gold. A return to subsistence farming could drastically reduce our carbon footprint, but sometimes using energy to improve our quality of life is worthwhile. Bitcoin is a digital currency that is generated through solving mathematical problems without a government or bank to control it, and as such its the only currency that involves no inflation or devaluation. It has really served a purpose in terms of providing the opportunity for people who don't necessarily trust their government or their central banks said Andrew Kiguel. As new miners come on board and the amount of mining hardware increases the difficulty of solving the mathematical functions drops. In retrospect, Van Valkenburghs point should have been blindingly obvious to all familiar with how Moores Law and the incentives of economic competition have driven technology toward greater efficiency for the past 50 years. This could threaten the worlds effort in reducing carbon footprint should this currency continue and be the mainstream currency. As a reference, the Fukushimas nuclear power plant net power was 4546.
I don't want to get into flame wars, so I'm going to talk about bitcoin using too much energy. Subsidizing blocks with brand new money has two benefits: (1) a decentralized initial distribution of the currency vs a pre-mine or an auction. Dutch Bank ING released a report complaining about the energy amount that the average, bitcoin transaction consumes. Does, bitcoin consume too much energy? That's the question that keeps popping up every time BTC prices go lunar. We've heard the comparisons of which small. Is, bitcoin the greatest online payment method ever?
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Now that your company has spent a king's ransom on marketing-related hardware and software, hired consultants by the dozens and adopted new, innovative Internet marketing strategies, what now? How do you integrate the new technology of clickthroughs and tracking software with the good, old fashioned 'smile and a firm handshake' method of closing a deal?
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Target Marketing: How difficult is it to track results and crossover data between a company's online and offline marketing programs?
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The first step, obviously, is to identify and track the visitors to the Web site from start to finish. Proper identification ensures a personal dialogue with each customer, and can be accomplished through a short series of questions. Then, within that Web environment, we constantly look for ways to keep the customer involved. We take data samples and ask exit questions like 'Did you buy? Why or why not?,' then carefully audit all that information to track the new and repeat customers.
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