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Are We Real News or Tabloid?
Is CurrentTV Becoming the same News Tabloid TV?
I can flip 10 Th(s) of channels and see the same sensationalism and meaningless news on some TV Stations. Nothing is wrong, everything is just beyond believe. Why should I watch current TV or see the count down "n-e-w-s" happening here on the web? In the end of the day the real news gets barrier, my head is empty and I can hardly understand the real issues that affects human life happening around me. Is CurrentTV Becoming the same News Tabloid TV? ... more -
FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE ON EARTH "International Court of the Environment ...
Unfortunately, beyond statements of intent of many governments, I do not think that what is really marching.
Here it would involve a court in the predominantly civil law (but also criminal if applicable) to suppress international environmental damage, which are daily devastating and unpunished. What is currently non-existent. Just to give you an example. if a Ukrainian poisons a river and produces immense damage in other European countries, it is virtually impossible to pursue.
doing a search to see
if there had been similar initiatives as a response
the problem of territorial jurisdictions of the courts
in respect of damage to the environment,
following the issues discussed:
http://current.com/items/89094775_uranio_nei_fiumi
http://current.com/items/89101334_nuclear_no_border
http://current.com/items/89124049_before_planet_get_war...
http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Sommersi-dai-ve...
I found this site
please help me in assessing the real potential
What do you think about it?
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Purtroppo, al di là delle dichiarazioni d'intenti di tanti governi, non credo che la cosa stia realmente marciando.
Qui si tratterebbe di una giurisdizione in ambito prevalentemente civilistico (ma anche penale se del caso) internazionale per reprimere i danni ambientali, che sono quotidianamente devastanti e impuniti. La cosa attualmente è inesistente. Solo per fare un esempio. se un'industria ucraina avvelena un fiume e produce danni immensi in altri Paesi europei, è praticamente impossibile perseguirla.
facendo una ricerca per vedere
se vi fossero state delle iniziative simili in risposta alle esigenze che avvvertivo circa il problema delle competenze territoriali dei tribunali
in materia dei danni all' ambiente....
in seguito alle problematiche discusse in:
http://current.com/items/89094775_uranio_nei_fiumi
http://current.com/items/89101334_nuclear_no_border
http://current.com/items/89124049_before_planet_get_war...
http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Sommersi-dai-ve...
ho trovato questo sito
per favore aiutatemi nel valutarne le effettive potenzialità
Cosa ne pensate a riguardo?
Unfortunately, beyond statements of intent of many governments, I do not think that what is really marching. ... more -
Big Pharma spent $168 million lobbying Congress in '07
Washington's largest lobby, the pharmaceutical industry, racked up another banner year on Capitol Hill in 2007, backed by a record $168 million lobbying effort, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of federal lobbying data. Among the industry's successes: getting two controversial laws extended and thwarting congressional efforts to restrict media ads for prescription drugs.
Washington's largest lobby, the pharmaceutical industry, racked up another banner year on Capitol Hill in 2007, backed by a record $16... more -
U.S.: a ‘surveillance society’?
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, local governments across the country set aside concerns over privacy and installed surveillance cameras in public streets and plazas.
Now — even after a damning report by the head of London’s extensive surveillance network and with little evidence that the systems work — police in many cities are trying to add thousands more cameras to their networks.
“‘Cameras Everywhere’ continues to be the best description of the trend in the video surveillance market,” security market analysts J.P. Freeman Co. said in a report in 2006 that estimated that a quarter of major U.S. cities were investing in the technology.
Two years later, the trend shows no sign of slowing. Officials in many cities are eager to take advantage of money from state and federal security agencies to install the cameras on street corners and intersections, and in cities that already have dozens of cameras, officials are seeking real-time access to thousands more in schools, transit facilities and private businesses:
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Source: MSNBC After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, local governments across the country set aside concerns over privacy and installed surv... more -
Oakland Motorcycle Cops Stir Controversy with Loud Pipes
Monday June 16, 2008:
Civilians are usually the ones getting attention for loud motorcycle exhausts, but this time the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Oakland Police Department-- AKA "Rolling Thunder"-- has re-installed noisy aftermarket pipes onto their fleet of Harley-Davidsons. According to the article, safety concerns spread among the department three months ago when an officer riding with stock pipes was struck by a motorist who claims he didn't hear him coming. The new pipes produce an average of 93 decibels.
MIC spokesman Mike Mount is quoted as saying, "We encourage all motorcycle riders to keep the original low sound levels that meet the ... federal sound limit of 80 decibels." He adds that "It would seem counterintuitive that a law enforcement agency would go against federal standards." Especially considering that recent laws have been clamping down on loud bike exhausts, the Oakland PD's attitude seems to suggest that they are above law, or perhaps that they know something that non law-enforcement types don't. Monday June 16, 2008: ... more -
Resident Says Loud Music a Big Problem
Monday, June 16, 2008
Resident says loud music a big problem
By Mike Reddell
Bay City Tribune
Published June 14, 2008
Cars blaring loud radio music is a continual problem a north side resident told city council and said Bay City has too few police officers to deal with a situation that has gone on for five years.
Council also renewed an insurance consultancy pact with a Sugar Land company and agreed for the city to meet with Allied Waste on resolving costs for grinding refuse at an old city landfill site.
Sharon Kotrlik said she came before city council in 2004 to complain about vehicle drivers playing radios extremely loud in Bay City, “and nothing has changed in that time.”
“I live on 13th Street and it’s not just me. People all over town are complaining,” Kotrlik said. The ages of the drivers with those loud radios, she said, range from 22 to 35 years old. Monday, June 16, 2008 Resident says loud music a big problem By Mike Reddell Bay City Tribune Published June 14, 2008 ... more -
Salem neighbors making noise about loud motorcycles
SALEM — There are days when Alicia Hart claims to endure the earsplitting rumble 50 times a day.
“You can hear them a half-mile in either direction,” said the Salem Common neighbor.
They ride in packs of five or six, revving their engines at stop lights and storming through the neighborhood with no regard for the peace-seeking residents who live there, she says.
Chris Cassidy
The Salem News
http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_168001633.h...
SALEM — There are days when Alicia Hart claims to endure the earsplitting rumble 50 times a day. ... more -
Elkhart Looks to Quiet Mufflers, Music
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/19981669.html
by Ed Ernstes (ernstes@wsbt.com)
Proposed changes to Elkhart's noise ordinance would increase fines and make it easier for police to enforce. (WSBT photo)
By Beth Boehne
Story Created: Jun 16, 2008 at 4:06 PM EDT
Story Updated: Jun 16, 2008 at 5:11 PM EDT
ELKHART — Elkhart leaders want to make the city's neighborhoods quieter.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/19981669.html by Ed Ernstes (ernstes@wsbt.com) ... more -
The conditioned insanity of corporations
I think the danger of corporate structures is that too many of them shut out criticism from the people who do the actual work, many are organized as a series of mini-dictatorships. As an interactive designer/programmer in the advertising industry, I’ve been mostly tertiary to this decision making process, but I have on occasion seen how the authoritarian nature of corporate hierarchies can be harmful on a number of levels.
First and foremost, I’m quite simply someone who hates to do something that I find to be illogical or pointless, or the worst reason of all “because I say so”. Over the years, though, I’ve conditioned myself to know what battles to fight in order to maintain a career and “go along to get along”, but my battles usually consisted of merely having to “make the logo bigger”, change this button from blue to red, etc–nothing I’ve ever “gone to the mat” over.
But now that I’ve been on my own freelancing for the past year, this self-conditioning process looks more and more like collective insanity to me.
For instance, a old college friend of mine is now a data-analyst for a major pharmaceutical company. On many occasions he has casually explained how his job is essentially to participate in a highly sophisticated system of targeted payola aimed at getting doctors to prescribe his company’s drug. Never once does it occur to him that his drug may be less effective than his competitors and that it is (in my opinion, at least) fairly amoral for such an aggressive system of coercion of professional medical opinions to be implemented at all. Unfortunately, it’s all about his “team”, not the positive or negative effects of his job upon society.
Of course, I’ve been acutely aware of my personal relationship to authority figures and a keen observer others' ever since reading Bob Altemeyer’s long-term psychological study of authoritarian tendencies, The Authoritarians (link to a free pdf copy of the book in the comments). In a super-small nutshell, we all must struggle against our desire to grant certain authorities unquestionable fealty. Authority can be defined as just about anything, a parent, an idea, a religious leader, hell a can of soup. It’s been one of the most enlightening reads I’ve had in my ongoing struggle to understand our ongoing struggles, and everyone I’ve recommended to has tended to agree that the book changed the way they see their enemies and allegiances. Ironically, the book has become my authority on the value of questioning authority, especially of my own in-group and finding the most effective means of communicating with "outsiders".
So while I do agree with the fundamental critiques of the film “The Corporation”, I would not necessarily personify them as BEING insane, but rather they condition people to working against their own interest, often without ever realizing it. This is largely accomplished by the mere fact that most large corporations prevent honest and pointed criticism at the bottom from rising to the failing leadership at the top (something that most people would call democracy).
They seem to forget that unions exist merely to get the bosses to sit at a table listen. It's only their fevered egos that require us to amass such great numbers just to attain their presence, but usually not their respect. I don't know why this is, other than some people just didn't have the experiences necessary to understand the value of and invite criticism. When someone says you suck, just see it as an opportunity to either improve, or justify your actions when questioned. Don't just tell them to shut up.
Perhaps a good regulation would simply be for every employee to be required by law to read independent analysis of their corporation's behavior. I do believe that we can all only be expected rise to the level of our awareness. Unfortunately, many corporations take an active roll in propagandizing from within and to without. I think the danger of corporate structures is that too many of them shut out criticism from the people who do the actual work, many ar... more -
Obama reaches out to Pro-Israel group
Introduced as the nominee of the Democratic Party, Senator Barack Obama drew several standing ovations from a vastly Jewish crowd at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference in Washington on Wednesday, talking tough on the Iranian threat to Israel while also promising that he would lead in pursuing a peace settlement in Israel.
Mr. Obama endorsed a two-state, Israel-Palestine settlement, and took an implicit poke at President Bush. He was speaking, as did John McCain before him on Monday, to a policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a major lobbying organization for Israel.
“I won’t wait until the waning days of my presidency,” Mr. Obama said. “I will take an active role and make a personal commitment to do all I can to advance the cause of peace from the start of my administration.”
As president, he added: “I will work to help Israel achieve the goal of two states, a Jewish state of Israel and a Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security.”
Shortly after he spoke, his former rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton came a touch closer than she did last night to acknowledging that he is the nominee of the party. She vouched for Mr. Barack’s friendship and concern for Israel, but did not call him the nominee.
“Let me be very clear,” she said, “I know Senator Obama will be a good friend of Israel.”
Mr. Obama defended his stance that he would negotiate with the nation’s enemies, but coupled that with a pledge of unstinting support for Israel’s security. He also promised to send military hardware to Israel under the same conditions governing NATO nations.
He talked tough on Iran, describing it in terms suggestive of a rogue nation. He made clear that he would place the military might of the United States behind Israel in the event of an Iranian attack on the Jewish state. Introduced as the nominee of the Democratic Party, Senator Barack Obama drew several standing ovations from a vastly Jewish crowd at t... more -
McCain's Lobbying Pals
From Veracifier's TPMtv:
John McCain's got so much experience in dealing with rogue regimes that he's got the rogue regimes' lobbyists running his campaign.
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The Difference Between What Gov Says and What Gov Do
Check out all the disable individuals getting off of the bus. Poor people, they all have some kind of a problem and they all need a noise signal to orientate themselves. (Sorry about the cynicism, but I can not help!) I have been acoustically harassed for 7 consecutive Years.
So our Mayor wants to be the environmental Mayor? Ok! Let us see if he qualifies:
1. Our Public Transportation is the most acoustic polluted form of transport in the Bay Area and probably in the USA.
2. Our Public Traffic is brutal, uneducated and air pollution is all time high.
3. Noise is everywhere, anyone can harass anyone without further questions with beep signals, car alarms, car alarms special effects remote control door locks.
4. There are acoustic Terrorists in the Government and in the Public challenging Neighborhoods airspace everywhere.
5. Harley's and private cars with modified mufflers are free to run and speed in town at anytime; (Especially on weekends); terrorizing the whole population.
6. Every Weekend the "show down starts," quite a spectacle of combined social ignorance.
7. Many have the misconception that because we are in the City, everything goes. Just be quiet and enjoy the chaos and the crime ruling our lives until 4:00 AM!
Mr. Mayor, Looks like your qualifications are up to the task isn't?
Ps: These signals have the power to reach 150-250 feet around the perimeter invading most buildings rooms on its path. Programmed acoustic torture at its best. Check out all the disable individuals getting off of the bus. Poor people, they all have some kind of a problem and they all need a no... more -
San Francisco Air Quality - Satisfactory?
Satisfactory? It really depends where you live. One block from traffic can make a lots of difference. I really want to know how local News TV keep pulling this one for Years. Now with you it is the weather and traffic. Air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area, satisfactory???
Satisfactory? It really depends where you live. One block from traffic can make a lots of difference. I really want to know how local ... more -
Noise pollution doesn’t just rattle your body – it makes people unkind to each oth...
Elizabeth Bromstein
Rock and roll ain’t noise pollution – at least not according to AC/DC.
I beg to differ. I think anything that’s too loud is aurally contaminating. I don’t care how good the groove is; whatever it is can be listened to at a reasonable volume. You kids get the hell off my lawn.
Read the whole story here!
http://www.nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/althealth.cfm?conte...
While you are there, listen to Adria's Ecocast!
Hear Adria talk about her latest Ecoholic column in her weekly Ecocast!
It is on the bottom of the page. Very good!
Elizabeth Bromstein Rock and roll ain’t noise pollution – at least not according to AC/DC. ... more -
Construction Trucks Beep Signals
***Warning, Please, lower your keyboard speaker!
These Beep Signals are true events (filmed); from near by a construction side from the interior of a building. Those that have an aversion for these wrong acoustic issues, please take a big breath, relax and try to follow the analysis process. You might learn something today that can help your personal health for a life time ahead.
Today, through the Topic Tag: "Network News Launch - Earth Day Week"
I am compiling all the environmental news I picked here and there and some of my own production.
My goal is to show you many positive and human health environmentally clips, research and suggestions from all of us. (Sorry the ones I left out), I know I probably did but I have limit time for research during this production project. I will catch up with you during this continued Year Display. My best to you!
The Show Style I am producing at the present moment will be initially divided in (5) Five Sections.
a. Environmental Works of The Current Community
b. Good Innovations and Suggestions
c. Wrong Doings - Litigation Process
d. Discussions and Analysis
e. Line of Action to ABATE the Wrongs
My introduction and Welcome to You:
Hi! I am "Stopnoise!" The Art of ABATE WRONG DOINGS it is an efficient form of Journalism, Activism and Production geared to the side of; (Criminology Sciences); where anyone with the drive for these issues are welcome to participate. I will be the happy one to welcome you to this task. Be willing to step up to the next level of Enforcement Lab and Analysis, Social Judicial Division.
I am welcoming;
1. Judges and Commissioners members of the Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
2. Lawyers and Attorneys
3. Members of The City Public Transportation Commissions.
4. Members of Industry Contractors and Commerce.
5. Members of Public; (Anyone can participate); There will be through a Process of Selection to select the most motivated towards resolving issues and a Spiritual and Psychological Analysis on those that wants to create chaos and conflict. Therefore we are not leaving anyone's out of this equation but each one will receive the chair that best fits to their contribution to (ABATE NOISE POLLUTION). My best to all of you!
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Clinton Statement On NY Airspace Czar Appointment
On April 8, 2008 presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton's statement regarding the appointment of Director Kennington-Gardinera included directing the new NY airspace czar to include the environmental impacts on residential communities in any criteria to address the metro area's congestion and delays (see below).
The New Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise (NJCAAN) appreciates Clinton's statement that includes consideration regarding the health impacts generated by the aviation industry in the metro area. One clear way to address delays would be to utilize the restricted offshore military airspace for commercial aircraft. The military utilizes this airspace for training purposes. The unintended consequence is to force more commercial aircraft over residential communities.
Robert Belzer
President, NJCAAN
www.njcaan.org
April 8, 2008
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Regarding the Appointment of
the Director for the Federal Aviation Administration's New York Integration Office
"I am pleased that the FAA has finally taken action to appoint someone who can take a comprehensive look at the problems with our airspace. I certainly hope that Director Kennington-Gardinera will immediately begin the critical task of evaluating congestion at every step of the flight process, including the impact of flights over residential areas. While we must take action immediately to end the problems that plague our airports and airspace, any plans moving forward must also consider the quality of life for those people living in current and proposed flight paths. This is a quality of life issue for travelers as well as residents and this is our best chance to make sure everyone's concerns are heard."
Late last year, Senator Clinton joined her colleagues in the New York and New Jersey congressional delegation in calling for the appointment of an "airspace czar" to evaluate congestion at every step of the flight process - from tower control, to the TRACON, to the routing center.
Jack Saporito, President
The American Working Group for National Policy Executive Director, The Alliance of Residents Concerning O'Hare Board member, Mothers Against Airport Pollution Past-president, US-Citizens Aviation Watch Association (dissolved)
(1997-2002)
Phone: (630) 415-3370
Fax: (847) 506-0202
Email: jack@areco.org
www.areco.org
"The fact of the matter in Europe is more and more often environmentalists are calling aviation a 'rogue industry', lumped together alongside Big Tobacco."
Marion Blakey, Federal Aviation
Administration Administrator.
On April 8, 2008 presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton's statement regarding the appointment of Director Kennington-Gardinera ... more -
Trains are coming back in style!
In the future, there will be the return of railroads and I couldn't be happier!
I've already explained in another article that I think it's time that U.S. really starts considering a larger network of high-speed railways because of our current airline problems. I know it's being implemented in California and in Texas but with all the problems lately with air travel from masturbating passengers to too hot fliers, we need a new mode of transportation across the board.
Also, well established high speed rail systems in use today are more environmentally friendly than air or road travel. This is due to lower energy consumption per passenger kilometer, reduced land usage for a given capacity compared to motorways, and displaced usage from more environmentally damaging modes of transport. In fact, I'm sure more study into it could make it even more eco-friendly.
I don't know why Americans think flight is our only mode of transportation. I know it's quicker but the prices are rising and the courtesy you once got on a flight is now diminishing. Flight understandable when going overseas or even across country but we've got find new efficient ways to get around.
In the future, there will be the return of railroads and I couldn't be happier! ... more -
Human Anatomy and Physiology
The study of human anatomy and physiology.
Is not a question to say that I have never done it, but observing people through history I sense how many take their body for granted. Man and Women takes their bodies for granted when they move or do the simple daily tasks of living. Because we just do it we do not stop to think about how marvelous is to walk, to talk, to see, to hear, to smell, to taste and so forth. Just think about that for a moment here, and follow me into this conversation, that will takes us to learn and understand our body physiological function, making life happening every day. We get cut and our skin repair itself miraculously, next day or two, nothing, sometimes not even a scar left behind and we are ready to go. Think about this! The study of human anatomy and physiology. ... more -
Civil Arrest of Acoustic Violation, Trespassing Report:
Civil Arrest of Acoustic Violation, Trespassing Report:
Saturday, April 12, of 2008, 5:00 PM
Vehicle: Pick Up Truck
Licence: California License Plate [5X53124]
Charges: Arrested and Abated for Neighborhood Acoustic Trespassing, Acoustic Nuisances.
Description of Event:
Pick up truck mentioned above had its noise alarm going off every time a Motorcycle or a Car with modified muffler passed by. The aware time of the Acoustic Violations begin at 11:00 AM and continued until 4:55 PM. Vehicle was disconnected by a civilian at 5:15 PM.
Obs: The Unusual Alarm mentioned above was going off for more than 30 seconds at the time.
Abatement was made observing the right of California Civil Rights Law.
The Movies and Photography Evidences are on Files.
***Warning: If you have a car alarm that makes noise, and your alarm goes off falsely, you are violating the acoustic rights of inhabitants in the City and we will at our discretion apply the rule of Law of Enforcement and Abatement According with the California Civil Code.
CALIFORNIA CODES
CIVIL CODE
SECTION 3479-3484
3479. Anything which is injurious to health, including, but not limited to, the illegal sale of controlled substances, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal, or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway, is a nuisance.
3480. Section Thirty-four Hundred and Eighty. A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal.
SECTION 3501-3503
3502. A person injured by a private nuisance may abate it by removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the nuisance, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing unnecessary injury.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
It is a jungle out there! Civil Arrest of Acoustic Violation, Trespassing Report: Saturday, April 12, of 2008, 5:00 PM Vehicle: Pick Up Truck ... more
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