Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
It looks like this generation of #politicians "do religion"
Back in 2003 the Telegraph reported that "Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's director of strategy and communications, intervened in a recent interview to prevent the Prime Minister from answering a question about his Christianity. "We don't do God," Mr Campbell interrupted".
then there was Nick Clegg's 14/4/14 happy easter message
then there was Ed Milliband's 18/4/14 Easter message (I couldn't find a too camera piece)
then there was Nigel Farage on ITV's Daybreak saying Cameron was mimicking what Ukip had been saying for years (Telegraph article here),
But the times they appear to be changing - at least if you look at the various political party leaders' easter messages below.
Now it might be a sign of old age but I can't remember this level of Easter messaging going on before from UK political parties. Which - if true - raises the obvious question of what has changed? - some possible answers are ....
A) the next election is going to be very tight - religious affiliation is higher amongst older voters whose turnout rates at elections to vote is higher than younger people
B) the political parties have finally worked out that atheists are not a significant % of the population whereas agnostics or faith professing individuals are
C) like much else our politics is becoming americanized
whatever you think here are those happy easter messages
Now it might be a sign of old age but I can't remember this level of Easter messaging going on before from UK political parties. Which - if true - raises the obvious question of what has changed? - some possible answers are ....
A) the next election is going to be very tight - religious affiliation is higher amongst older voters whose turnout rates at elections to vote is higher than younger people
B) the political parties have finally worked out that atheists are not a significant % of the population whereas agnostics or faith professing individuals are
C) like much else our politics is becoming americanized
whatever you think here are those happy easter messages
1st we had David Cameron's 9/4/14 happy easter message
then there was Nick Clegg's 14/4/14 happy easter message
then there was Ed Milliband's 18/4/14 Easter message (I couldn't find a too camera piece)
then there was Nigel Farage on ITV's Daybreak saying Cameron was mimicking what Ukip had been saying for years (Telegraph article here),
Monday, 21 April 2014
#socialmedia & #death - 10 things you may not have thought about #DORS (ht @drbexl )
1) Pre-industrial most common death would be a child - in 20 century its an old person
4) Facebook profiles - do you know who has the rights to it after your death?
A ‘look-back’ at Facebook’s evolving deceased user policy
Facebook introduces 'memorial' pages to prevent alerts about dead...
8) How will others receive your digital estate inheritance?
Sunday, 20 April 2014
Saturday, 19 April 2014
Friday, 18 April 2014
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
the uk & chernobyl - the situation in 1997 - so whats it like now? - 5 things re the 1997 stats to think about
the source of the summary below is the ever excellent uk parliament notes
1) 7 years later (1997), areas of the UK remained contaminated with radioactive fall-out from Chernobyl, to the extent that the movement and slaughter of almost 1/2 million sheep on more than 600 farms were still subject to restrictions.
2) the average Chernobyl fallout dose per person in Cumbria was 6 times the UK average.
3) Radioactive caesium can remain unbound if it is readily taken up by plants and thence into animals. Caesium can then become continuously recycled; i.e. excreted by animals, re-incorporated into plants, re-ingested by animals and so on. The following soil factors all tend to increase caesium uptake into plants (and thus animals): Low clay content; High acidity; Low mineral (especially potassium) content; high organic content - this retains 'free' caesium near the surface (where it is taken up by roots) ; Waterlogging - increases the ‘pool’ of mobile caesium
4) Earlier experience with caesium fallout from nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and '60s suggests that upland soils may take as long as 30 years to immobilise most of the caesium
5) Since Chernobyl it has become increasingly apparent that many of the 60 or so nuclear reactors of Soviet design still operating in Eastern and Central Europe do not conform to Western standards. The main safety concerns relate to inadequate containment and emergency core cooling systems, although there are also doubts about standards of construction and operating methods (which may lead to premature ageing of the reactor).
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
#10 ways to lose great staff members
1) Don’t give them a voice in strategic direction.
2) Don’t give them freedom to fail boldly.
for the other 8 go here
Monday, 14 April 2014
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