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ssphiree · 2 months ago
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if the dude who recognised my red dwarf jacket in a damaged society the other day is out there somewhere pls reveal urself to me i am absolutely kicking myself for not getting ur socials
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scotianostra · 8 months ago
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The Scottish engineer James Blyth died on May 15th 1906 in Glasgow.
Another innovative Scot, Blyth gave the world the First Electricity Generated Wind Turbine
Us Scots have always been innovators, wind turbines are popping up all over but when Kincardineshire man James Blyth invented a turbine to light his holiday home in Marykirk and offered to light the village street it was the work of the devil.
James Blythe was described as “a true man of science
one who by insight, patient toil, and mechanical ingenuity did much in his day to explain and illustrate many of the facts of physical science."
Born in April 1839 in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Blyth was educated at the local Parish school and Montrose Academy before winning a scholarship to the General Assembly Normal School in Edinburgh. After obtaining a BA from the University of Edinburgh, he taught mathematics at Morrison’s academy in Crieff.
After obtaining his MA in 1871, Blyth was appointed Freeland Professor of Natural Philosophy at Anderson’s College in 1880 (now the University of Strathclyde), where he began a research program on the use of wind power for electricity generation and storage. This research culminated in the installation of a cloth-sailed, horizontal wind turbine (as opposed to the now more common vertical wind turbine) at his Marykirk holiday cottage in July 1887.
This was several months before the American Charles F. Brush installed what many mistakenly believe to be the first wind turbine, though Brush’s was considerably larger and included the useful safety feature of an automatic brake to prevent damage in high winds. Blyth’s design was 33 ft in diameter and stored the electricity generated in ‘accumulators’, otherwise known as batteries.
After a lack of success offering his surplus electricity to local villagers, who branded electricity 'the work of the devil’, Blyth was able to install a larger, much-improved version of his wind turbine at the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary and Dispensary, where it ran successfully for 30 years.
In 1891 Blyth presented a paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh espousing his belief in the benefits of renewable energy sources, particularly wind but also wave energy.
Blyth received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow in 1900 and died on this day in 1906. After the turbine at Montrose Asylum was dismantled in 1914, there would not be another public utility wind turbine in Britain until 1951. However, his legacy today is an important one, as his old college, the University of Strathclyde, conducts world-leading research into wind turbine technology and Scotland seeks to become a world leader in wind energy generation.
So that’s another first for Scotland, the wind turbine.
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daggerzine · 1 year ago
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MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023! (lists in no particular order....well, sort of)
MY 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023  
Anna Hillburg- Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios)
RVG- Brain Worms (fire) 
The Tubs- Dead Meat (Trouble in Mind) 
Seablite- Lemon Lights (Mt St Mtn)
The Reds, Pinks & Purples- The Town That Cursed Your Name (Slumberland)
Lewsberg- Out and About (12XU)
Melenas- Ahora (Trouble in Mind)
Blues Lawyer- All in Good Time (Dark Entries) 
Colored Lights- S/T (Bobo Integral)
Doe St- Stepping Stones (Legless) 
Guardian Singles- Feed Me To The Doves (Trouble in Mind) 
Corvair - Bound To Be (WIAIWYA)
The Garment District- Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts of the World (HHBTM)
Royal Ottawa- Carcosa (self released)
Tough Age- Waiting here (Bobo Integral)
Soft Science- Lines (Shelflife)
The Midnight Sailors- S/T (self released)
Robert Forster- The Candle and the Flame (Tapete) 
Civic – Taken By Force (ATO) 
Sumos- Surfacing (Meritorio) 
WAIT
.HERE’S 20 MORE!
Connie Lovatt- Coconut Mirror (Enchante’)
En Attendant Ana- Principia (Trouble in Mind) 
Withered Hand- How to Love (Reveal) 
The High Water Marks- Your Next Wolf (Minty Fresh)
The Feelies- Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar-None)
Connections- Cool Change (Trouble in Mind) 
The Ex Bats- Song Machine  (Goner)
The Photocopies- Top of the Pops (Ultra Modern)
Amanda Brown- Eight Guitars (Lillipilli) 
Arthur Alexander- 
Steppin’ Out!  (Big Stir Records)
Eyelids- A Colossal Waste of Lights ((Jealous Butcher) 
Panic Pocket- Mad Half Hour (Skep Wax)
Yo La Tengo- This Stupid World (Matador)
Swansea Sound- Twentieth Century (Skep Wax)
Kevin Robertson- Magic Spells Abound (Futureman)  
Super 8- Hoopla (The Beautiful Music) 
The Radio Fields- Dos and Dont’s (Subjangle)
Joe McAlinden- Where The Clouds Go Swimming (self -released)
The Black Watch- Future Strangers (ATOM) 
Rob I Miller- Companion Piece (Vacant Stare)

.AND HERE’S 10 MORE
The Lost Days- In the Store (Speakeasy Studios) 
Life Strike- Peak Dystopia (Bobo Integral)
Belle & Sebastian- Late Developers (Matador)
Lauds- Imitation Life (Fort Lowell) 
The Hepburns- Only the Hours (Lavender Sweep) 
Lomma- Torrey Pines (self released)
C.O.F.F.I.N.- Australia Stops (Goner)
Special Friend- Wait Until the Flames Come Rushing In (Skep Wax)
Burning Ferns- World of the Wars (Country Mile)
Wojtek the Bear- Second Place on Purpose (Last Night From Glasgow)
I ALSO REALLY LIKED ALBUMS BY:  Diners, Moving Targets, Bill Orcutt, Skull Practitioners, the Suncharms, Divine Horsemen, The Flashcubes, Hurry, Teenage Fanclub, Lydia Loveless, The Make Three, Shana Cleveland, The Ekphrastics, Ryan Allen, Fruit Bats, Nicole Yun, Dippers, Lost Film, Tony Jay, Cindy, Class, The Clientele, Lemon Twigs, Sweeping Promises, The National Honor Society, The Whiffs, Infinite River, Silver Biplanes, Jason Isbell, The Cuticles, Mudhoney, Alex Lahey, Crocodiles, Peter Hall, Cherry Fez, The Angles, Scott Gagner, Mainland Break, Christian Kjellvander, Sick Thoughts, Grand Drifter, The Motifs, The Sunshine Convention, The 1981, Roy Moller, Youth Valley, Soft Covers, Deadlights, The Smashing Times, The Spires, Helen Love, Motorbike, Silverstiles, Water Damage, Uni Boys, The Royal Arctic Institute, Gina Birch, Gee Tee, etc.
MY  10 FAVORITE REISSUES OF 2023 
The Chills- Brave Words (Fire)
The Replacements- Tim (Sire)
The Ocean Blue- Davy Jones Locker (Korda)
Wild Carnation- Tricycle (Delmore) 
Neutral Milk Hotel- The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge)
Das Damen- 1986- Keeps Me Wild (Dromedary)
Heavenly -Le Jardin de Heavenly (Skep Wax) 
The Verlaines- Bird Dog (Schoolkids Records) 
The Toms- S/T (Feel It) 
Celibate Rifles  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Bang!)
MY 15 FAVORITE EPS OF 2023 
Lightheaded- Good Good Grief (Slumberland)
Minor Threat-  Out of Step outtakes (Dischord)
The Cucumbers- Old Shoes (self released)
The Reds, Pinks & Purples- Unloveable Losers (digital) 
The Vapour Trails- On a Beautiful Day (Futureman)
Blues Lawyer- Sight Gags on the Radio (Dark Entries)
Deary- S/T (Sonic Cathedral)
The Wends- Better Will (WWNBB) 
Te Vista- S/T  (Cripes) 
Red Sleeping Beauty- From Sarah With Love (Matinee)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults- Crumble (S/T) 
The Prize- Wrong Side Of Town   (Anti Fade) 
Touch Girl Apple Blossom- S/T (self released)
Galore- Blush (Paisley Shirt) 
Lost Tapes- Crossing Towns (Shelflife)
MY 5 FAVORITE COLLECTIONS OF 2023 
The Particles- 1980’s Bubblegum (Chapter Music)
Primal Scream- Reverberations (Travelling in Time) (Acid Jazz/XTRM/Young Tiki)
The Shapiros- Gone by Fall: the Collected Works of (World of Echo) 
Dot Dash- 16 Again (Country Mile)
Comet Gain- The Misfit Jukebox (Tapete) 
Eric "Eggman" Eggleson's favorite records of 2023!
A Colossal Waste Of Light - Eyelids
Aeterna - Vinyl Williams
Away From The Castle – Video Age
Babydoll – Rat Columns
Bananasugarfire – Golden Apples
Careless By The Coast - Marvin Powell
Cartwheel - Hotline TNT
Colored Lights
Compact Trauma – Ulrika Spacek
Continue As A Guest – The New Pornographers
Disenchanter - Alaska Reid
EP IV – Yumi Zouma
Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts Of The World – The Garment District
Henry St. - The Tallest Man On Earth
Hindsight is 50/50 – Ghost Woman
I Held The Shape While I Could – Bodywash
Javelin – Sufjan Stevens
Left Hand - Becca Mancari
Life and Life Only - The Heavy Heavy
Love as Projection – Frankie  Rose
May Cause Dizzy Ness - The Musical Chairs
My Entire Life – SUSTO
Pearlies – Emma Anderson
Perennial - Woods
Pictures – Dean Owens
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor
Prize - Rozi Plain
Radio Red – Laura Groves
So Soon Now – Trillion
Strange Loops and Outer Psyche – Andy Bell
Suntub – ML Buch
The Greater Wings - Julie Byrne
The Natural Lines
The Queen Is Not Dead – Spiritual Front
the record – boygenius
The Sunshine Convention
The Twits - bar Italia
This Candle Is For You - Spearmint
Waiting Here – Tough Age
We Live In Strange Times – Ian M Bailey
When Horses Would Run - Being Dead
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steamship-historical-society · 2 years ago
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#OnThisDay in 1940, the Veendam left New York on her last crossing to Rotterdam before being seized by the Germans. The Veendam was a 15, 450 gross ton passenger liner built in 1922 for Holland-Amerika by Harland & Wolff in Glasgow. She had passenger accommodation for 262-1st, 436-2nd 1,200-3rd class. Her maiden voyage from Rotterdam to New York started on April 18, 1923 and she continued this service until leaving New York on her last crossing to Rotterdam on March 30, 1940. In May 1940, she sustained fire damage at Rotterdam and was seized by the Germans and used as an accommodation ship for submarine crews at Gdynia and Hamburg. After the war she was reconditioned at Amsterdam in 1946 and given accommodation for 223-1st and 363-tourist class passengers, she resumed Rotterdam - New York sailings on February 21, 1947. Her final voyage on this service was on October 30, 1953 and she was then scrapped at Baltimore. Image: Poster for Holland-Amerika line featuring the ship Veendam advertising services between Rotterdam and New York via Boulogne and Southampton. The ocean liner is illustrated under sail and centered, with a stylized map in the background highlighting New York and the Statue of Liberty. Stephen Barrett Chase Collection, SSHSA Archives. See more than 200 digitized posters from this collection at bit.ly/ChasePosters. (at The Steamship Historical Society of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqatGGjM-9w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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brookstonalmanac · 21 days ago
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Events 12.14 (before 1950)
557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 1780 – Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York. 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi). 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande ArmĂ©e are expelled from Russia. 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. 1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. 1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting Michigan as a U.S. state. 1863 – American Civil War: The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign, but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring. 1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. 1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin. 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. 1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongƍ-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido DemĂłcrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King VĂ€inö I, renounces the Finnish throne. 1918 – Portuguese President SidĂłnio Pais is assassinated. 1918 – The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party Sinn FĂ©in wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote. 1918 – Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. 1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. 1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California. 1942 – An Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20 crashes near Tashkent, killing all 36 people on board. 1948 – Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
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agrisprayerindia · 2 years ago
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How Can Boom Sprayers in Agriculture Contribute to Sustainable Farming Practices?
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One of the most widespread myths about organic and sustainable farming emerges as the agriculture sector gradually adopts more environmentally friendly practices, especially given the threat of global warming and climate change. At first glance, both organic and sustainable agriculture seem to be ideologies that, at the very least, share the same objective of supplying society's needs for agriculture while minimising environmental damage. Both strategies are gradually gaining acceptance among farmers and international leaders.
For instance, 45 nations, including India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, Ghana, and Vietnam, pledged more than $4 billion to support sustainable farming at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow last year. Similar to this, there is a steady increase in the amount of land used for organic farming in European Union (EU) nations.
Why is organic farming not a long-term solution?
An industrialised agricultural system's niche segment of organic farming functions reasonably well. By forgoing chemical inputs, producers save money, and higher selling prices offset the lower yields of organic produce. However, one cannot ignore the role of synthetic fertilisers in lowering labour costs and pest infestations while raising yields when it comes to feeding a growing population with a small workforce engaged in agriculture. The long-term advantages of organic farming are comparatively limited when it comes to meeting the enormous agricultural needs of a country like India, aside from a small population of privileged consumers willing to pay a slightly higher price for products labelled as "organic".
The ongoing disaster in Sri Lanka demonstrates why it is impossible to feed large urban populations solely through organic production. According to the majority of estimates, even a long-term switch to organic farming would result in yield reductions for every significant crop in Sri Lanka, including drops of 35% for rice, 50% for tea, 50% for maize, and 30% for coconut.
What exactly are sustainable farming methods?
Sustainable farming practises, also referred to as sustainable agriculture, are a collection of farming practices that aim to increase agricultural productivity while minimising environmental impact, protecting natural resources, and ensuring the long-term viability of farming systems. These methods support a holistic approach to food production by taking into account the economic, social, and environmental facets of agriculture.
Agriculture Boom Sprayers: What Are They?
Agricultural boom sprayers are tools used in agriculture to apply liquid pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers, or other agricultural chemicals on crops or fields. They are also known as crop sprayers or field sprayers. They use a boom that typically extends horizontally from the sprayer to efficiently and uniformly distribute these substances over a sizable area.
The following are a boom sprayer's primary parts:
1) Tank: Whether it's a pesticide, herbicide, or fertiliser, the tank is where the liquid solution is kept. The size of the sprayer and the demands of the particular application can affect the tank's capacity.
2) Pump: The pump presses the liquid inside the tank to generate the force required to spray it through the nozzles. Sprayers use a variety of pumps, including piston pumps, centrifugal pumps, and diaphragm pumps.
3) Boom: The horizontal arm-like structure that extends from the sprayer is known as the boom. It is divided into several sections, each with a spray nozzle. Depending on the size of the machine, the boom's length can range from a few feet to several metres.
4) Spray Nozzles: These are affixed to the boom and are in charge of evenly dispersing the liquid solution. To achieve the desired spray pattern and droplet size for efficient and effective application, the nozzle type and configuration can be changed.
5) Control System: Modern boom sprayers frequently have sophisticated control systems that let the operator change spray parameters like pressure, flow rate, and nozzle choice. For precise spraying, some systems even use GPS technology, allowing for precise application and reducing chemical drift.
6) Filters and Agitation: Sprayers are fitted with filters to get rid of any debris or particles that could clog the nozzles. Additionally, agitation systems are present to maintain a consistent application by keeping the liquid solution thoroughly mixed inside the tank.
Where are boom sprayers employed?
1) Field Crops: Boom sprayers are widely employed in the production of field crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, canola, and rice. Agriculture Boom sprayers make it possible to apply agricultural chemicals efficiently and consistently across the fields of these crops, which frequently cover large areas.
2) Orchards and Vineyards: Boom sprayers are used in orchards and vineyards to control pests, diseases, and weeds, as well as to apply nutrients. The adjustable booms minimise spray drift and maximise coverage while enabling precise targeting of trees or vines.
3) Vegetable Production: Boom sprayers are employed in extensive vegetable farming operations where crops like lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers are grown. They aid in the uniform application of foliar fertilisers, pesticides, and herbicides across the vegetable fields.
4) Pastures and Forages: Boom sprayers are used in livestock farming to treat pastures and forage crops, which are pastures and forage crops, respectively. They are employed to apply fertilisers to promote better forage growth, herbicides for weed control, and other treatments particular to pasture management.
5) Golf Courses and Turf Management: Boom sprayers are used in the management of turf on golf courses, athletic fields, and other turf areas. They are used to apply nutrients, fungicides, and herbicides to maintain healthy turf growth and control weeds and diseases.
6) Forestry: Boom sprayers are used in some forestry practises to apply herbicides for vegetation management, particularly for site preparation and reforestation purposes, via aerial spraying from helicopters or ground-based sprayers.
How Can Boom Sprayers in Agriculture Contribute to Sustainable Farming Practices?
1) Precise Application: A precise application of agricultural chemicals is possible with boom sprayers that have cutting-edge control systems, such as GPS technology. This accuracy lowers the possibility of overlap or excessive application, resulting in less chemical waste and potential environmental contamination.
2) Reduced Chemical Drift: Chemical drift, or the movement of sprayed substances outside the intended target area, is minimised by modern boom sprayers. Boom sprayers can lessen off-target drift by using the proper nozzle selection, spray patterns, and spray droplet sizes, thereby reducing the impact on non-target plants, water bodies, and nearby ecosystems.
3) Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Boom sprayers can be used as part of an integrated pest management strategy, which focuses on combining different pest control tactics to reduce the use of chemicals. Farmers can lessen their reliance on pesticides while managing pests and diseases by using boom sprayers in conjunction with cultural practices, biological controls, and monitoring techniques.
4) Optimal Timing: Boom sprayers let farmers use agricultural chemicals when they are most effective, focusing on pests or nutrient needs at crucial growth stages. By reducing unnecessary applications and minimising chemical use, this precision ensures that crops receive the necessary treatments at the optimal time.
5) Efficient Resource Management: Agriculture Boom sprayers and uniform coverage of the fields makes it possible to manage resources more effectively. As a result, waste is minimised and the efficacy of agricultural chemicals is maximised. Resource efficiency is further improved by sprayers with adjustable booms and section control systems that enable on-the-go application adjustments.
6) Environmental Protection: Boom sprayers contribute to environmental protection by lowering the possibility of chemical drift, applying agricultural chemicals precisely, and handling them correctly. They promote biodiversity and ecological health on the farm and in the surrounding area by reducing the potential adverse effects on water sources, wildlife habitats, and non-target organisms.
7) Economic Benefits: In the long run, sustainable farming methods frequently improve cost effectiveness and profitability. Boom sprayers can help maximise crop production, minimise crop losses from pests or diseases, and improve overall farm productivity, all of which help to support a sustainable economy.
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moderndiplomacy · 2 years ago
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COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’
The UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, should shift the world towards implementation of previously agreed plans to tackle humanity’s greatest challenge, Simon Stiell, the new Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC), said on Sunday at the opening of COP27.“Today a new era begins – and we begin to do things differently. Paris gave us the agreement. Katowice and Glasgow gave us the plan. Sharm el-Sheik shifts us to implementation. No one can be a mere passenger on this journey. This is the signal that times have changed,” Mr. Stiell told delegates gathered in the main plenary room of the Tonino Lamborghini International Convention Centre.
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The creation of rules on international emissions trade risk being delayed for another year as negotiations stumble in Sharm el-Sheikh over whether host countries can amend or even revoke their authorisation for the transfer of carbon credits.
The UN climate chief said leaders –be they Presidents, Prime Ministers or CEOs – would be held to account for promises they made last year in Glasgow.
“Because our policies, our businesses, our infrastructure, our actions, be they personal or public, must be aligned with the Paris Agreement and with the [UN Climate] Convention”, he underscored.
The UNFCCC convention entered into force on 21 March 1994 to prevent “dangerous” human interference with the climate system. Today, ratified by 198 countries, it has near-universal membership. The Paris Agreement, agreed in 2016, works as an extension of that convention.
Deliver what has been promised
Acknowledging the current complex geopolitical situation, Mr. Stiell said that COP27 is an opportunity to create a safe political space, shielded from whatever is going on “out there”, to work and deliver world change.
“Here in Sharm el-Sheikh, we have a duty to speed up our international efforts to turn words into actions”, he emphasized.
The UNFCCC Executive Secretary underlined three critical lines of action for the Conference:
Demonstrate a transformation shift to implementation by putting negotiations into concrete actions.
Cement progress on the critical workstreams – mitigation, adaptation, finance and crucially – loss and damage.
Enhance the delivery of the principles of transparency and accountability throughout the process.
“I welcome detailed plans on how we deliver what we have promised”, he told delegates.
No backsliding allowed
Mr. Stiell, dubbing himself an “accountability chief”, stated that 29 countries have now come forward with tightened national climate plans since COP26, five more since the publication of last week’s UNFCCC NDC Synthesis report, but still not a majority.
“So here I am now, looking out at 170 countries that are due to be revisiting and strengthening their national pledges this year,” he said.
He reminded delegates that last year the Glasgow Climate Pact was agreed at COP26, and he expected them not to rescind their word.
“Stick to your commitments. Build on them here in Egypt. I will not be a custodian of back-sliding,” he said.
An inclusive process
In words that drew an ovation in the plenary room, the UN climate chief underscored that women and girls must be placed at the center of climate decision-making and action.
“Their empowerment leads to better governance and better outcomes,” he said, also highlighting the importance of civil society organizations and the youth in the COP27 process.
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iwrotesomeofitdown · 5 months ago
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Also the austerity measures in the UK a couple years ago were deemed a humanitarian crisis by the UN. At least 20 THOUSAND people DIED immediately after having their benefits cut and being declared „fit to work“ when they weren’t.
They died of hunger and cold because they couldn’t pay for food or their heating bills, as well as by suicide.
Studies have shown 335,000 excess deaths caused by these measures.
These figures are not only shocking but shameful. And we must remember that these are more than just statistics: they represent hundreds of thousands of people whose lives have been cut short, and hundreds of thousands of families who have had to deal with the grief and aftermath of those deaths. The tragic thing is that these deaths did not have to happen. In the words of the United Nations, in a society as wealthy as the UK, ‘poverty is a political choice’. The UK Government needs to understand the damaging impact of austerity and respond with policies that put us back on the path of improving, not worsening, life expectancy for all.”
Fuck these eugenicist assholes. Theyïżœïżœve already killed tens of thousands of disabled people.
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scotianostra · 2 years ago
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On July 4th in the year 1570 "‘
 at 10 hours at night, there was ane earthquake in the city of Glasgow, and lastit but ane short space; but it causit the inhabitants of the said city to be in great terror and fear."
IIt's worth noting that roughly 200 to 300 earthquakes occur in the British Isles every year, yet the vast majority are so small they go unnoticed - with around 20 to 30 felt by people. The last one I found was on 30th August 2018, when an earthquake measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale was detected in the Firth Of Clyde, with a ‘low rumble’ felt by homeowners in Dunoon, Greenock, Helensburgh and Gourock.
While prior to that, we have to look back 17 years ago to find a quake in the vicinity of Glasgow that measured higher than this, when, in 2003, the British Geological Survey detected an earthquake measuring 3.0 in Balfron - around 16 miles north of the city.
The most recent earthquake to have occurred in the city of any real significance was on March 7th, 1964 at 7.03am, when earth tremors were reported in the Glasgow area which were “sufficiently violent and extensive to be widely reported”
The New York Times reported that evening under the headline ‘Glasgow Has A Sort Of Quake’, detailing how “An unusual tremor shook a 60‐mile‐wide area of Scotland today, centering in Glasgow. The Weather Bureau here said it could have been “a natural earth tremor,” although earthquakes are practically unknown here.
"Dishes and other material in houses were broken, but there was little other damage. Checks of the area failed to uncover evidence of any explosion."
The second earthquake of a nature felt by residents in the city is documented to have taken place on December 14, 1910.
Again newspapers across the world reported the incident, with The Morning Bulletin in Queensland Australia reporting that - under the headline of 'Earthquake Shock In Glasgow' - 'a severe shock of earthquake was felt in Glasgow yesterday. Buildings were shaken and bells were set ringing by the duration'.
The Strait Times of Singapore reported the earthquake struck at 9pm on the evening of December 14, shaking houses on the north side of the city “to much alarm”, although no damage was caused.
And to get to the first quake, and by far the biggest earthquake to have been felt in Glasgow was on July, 4, 1570, as detailed in the British Geological Society The seismicity of the British Isles to 1600.
This earthquake is known to have occurred thanks to one contemporary source, with a diary kept by a burgess of the city of Glasgow reports the date and time (“10 houris at nycht”).
The source mentions no other place having felt the effects of the tremor, mentioning how it “caufit the inhabitants of the faid cittie to be in great terrour and feir”.
Reports suggest that the tremor was around 5 on the Richter scale, which is of moderate strength - enough to cause damage to poorly constructed buildings and be felt by everyone.
The pic is from Slezers Theatrum Scotiae from 1693 and is the closest I could get to a scene from 16th century Glasgow
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scotianostra · 2 years ago
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March 15th 1921 saw the first women jurors in Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Dates are all over the place with this one, the 10th and 19th are given elsewhere, they all agree it was March of this year. The extract from The Herald gives the 15th. I think what we have here is different courts in Scotland with dates for women's involvement. Anyway a wee bit background;
Ladies have been able to sit on juries in the UK since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 came into force, but it only governed women in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we in AScotland have a, largely, different law system that was agreed at the time of the acts of union in 1707.
On August 9th 1920, a Bill was introduced to regulate how “Scottish women jurors” would be introduced and managed in the courts . The resulting Jurors (Enrolment of Women) (Scotland) Act was given Royal Assent on 16th August 1920, with a timescale of no more than 6 months for it to be brought into effect: “new lists of jurors shall be prepared and come into use in every county within six months after the passing of this Act”. The Court of Session passed an Act of Sederunt regulating the procedure for juries with women on 7th February, and in advance of the February 1921 deadline, in Edinburgh in December 1920 Sheriff Crole instructed the Sheriff Clerk to create a new jurors roll for the city and county, including eligible men and women, and 27,500 circulars were issued. The citations for the Edinburgh Sheriff Court were the first to be issued, and there was discussion of the potential for lady jurors to be cited for duty on 14t March 1921 trial of “the alleged Sinn Fein prisoners” 
As I said the different courts have different dates and one source has the first trial as March 10th The case involved the theft of grain from a warehouse in Leith. 
Female jurors were expected to first sit in Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 15th of March 1921  and the first lady jurors in the Court of Session sat on the 17th of March 1921 , before Lord Sands. “The case submitted to the jury, whom counsel addressed as “members of the jury” had reference to a claim for damages arising out of a Leith tram-car accident.” This case appears to be unreported, notable only for the jurors rather than the legal points.The first mixed jury sat in Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 21st of March 1921 .
The first murder trial with female jurors in Scotland was heard in Perth on the 5th of April 1921 
Although there is regular reference to the belief that women sitting on juries is an experiment, and that it would be “reconsidered by Parliament”, it soon became settled that women were regular participants in juries. The advent of women jurors seems to generally have been received with equanimity in Scotland. Which is more than could be said about the public's reaction to women studying to become doctors in the case of the Edinburgh Seven some 32 years before.
It appears that sitting as a juror was initially something that ladies could excuse themselves from when asked by the judge if they wanted to do so, but this was not something that was occurring in Scotland. Those being tried also apparently had the right to object to female jurors hearing their case, and if this happened, they were dismissed. Again, this does not appear to have happened in Scotland, with mention of defendants objecting to female jurors all relating to English cases. Another concern was how to address female jurors, as “gentlemen of the jury” was no longer accurate, so “members of the jury” seems to have taken its place
By 1923, female jurors seems to be firmly established as a part of normal court business in Scotland, sitting on a variety of cases. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Alness, praised female jurors in a speech to the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh in January 1923.
On a lighter note by January 1922, you could have placed a bet on a Lady Juror
in the Victoria Cup at Hurst . She appears to have had quite a successful career: by September 1922 she won the Jockey Club Sweepstakes at Newmarket and was still winning five years later at Lingfield in 1927.
It looks like the Lady Juror was definitely a good long-term bet 😉
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scotianostra · 2 years ago
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On 16th June 1947 the Paddle Steamer Waverley made her maiden voyage.
The first photograph was taken 76 years ago today It shows the brand new Paddle Steamer Waverley approaching Dunoon for the second time in her long career. Having left her base at Craigendoran at 08:45 that morning she took the service run down to Rothesay, coming back up as far as Dunoon. 
Thereafter, she carried on northwards into Loch Long and Loch Goil to make her maiden calls at Lochgoilhead and Arrochar. At the latter pier passengers could disembark and connect with the Loch Lomond paddle steamers at Tarbet. As a result this service was called the ‘Three Lochs Tour’ and it was this route more than any other that was the raison-d'etre of P.S. Waverley, the last in a very, very long line of Clyde paddle steamers.
Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis, the Waverley, named for Sir Walter Scott’s novel of the same name, was launched on 2nd October 1946 and saw her trials over the Skelmorlie Measured Mile in early June 1947 with full bunkers and water tanks and added weight sufficient to simulate a 50% maximum passenger load.
She was given a celebratory send off with a piper in Glasgow before retracing her first voyage.
The Waverley is the last remaining sea-going paddle steamer in the world, and is part of the National Historic Fleet as a ‘vessel of pre-eminent national importance’.
She was in danger of being decommissioned in the early Seventies, but in 1974 she was bought by enthusiasts from the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS) for the bargain price of just one pound from her then-owners Caledonian MacBrayne.
She underwent a major rebuild between 2000 and 2003, and passengers can still go ‘doon the watter’ on the Clyde from Glasgow to Dunoon and the isles of Bute and Arran during the summer months.
The vessel only sailed for two weeks last year due to the pandemic and a crash at Brodick in which 24 of the 239 passengers and crew were injured. She has suffered a number of previous incidents including a serve grounding that badly damaged her in 1977 as well as hitting a breakwater in 2009 and a similar accident hitting another dock in 2017.
It was announced a man who had been on board when it ploughed into the pier on Arran had received a five-figure pay-out after suffering a broken arm - one of three out of court settlements. An undisclosed number of other cases are still being pursued.
And although the world has certainly changed around the Waverley, the experience of stepping aboard and being charmed by the ship and the sights of Scotland’s west coast remains more or less the same, 75 years on.
The Waverley is far from immune to the record high fuel prices across the UK, meaning the paddle steamer racks up a huge bill every day she sails, sparking concerns for the years ahead.
The Waverley is touring on the South West Coast of England just now but to find out when she returns home and lots more about the Waverley and how you can sail doon the watter this summer, you can visit the Waverley website here.
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Events 12.14 (before 1920)
557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 1780 – Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York. 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi). 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande ArmĂ©e are expelled from Russia. 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. 1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. 1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting Michigan as a U.S. state. 1863 – American Civil War: The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign, but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring. 1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. 1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin. 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. 1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongƍ-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido DemĂłcrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King VĂ€inö I, renounces the Finnish throne. 1918 – Portuguese President SidĂłnio Pais is assassinated. 1918 – The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party Sinn FĂ©in wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote. 1918 – Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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Poster for Holland-Amerika line featuring the ship VEENDAM advertising services between Rotterdam and New York via Boulogne and Southampton. The ocean liner is illustrated under sail and centered, with a stylized map in the background highlighting New York and the Statue of Liberty. See more of SSHSA’s Stephen Barrett Chase Collection at bit.ly/ChasePosters. The VEENDAM was a 15, 450 gross ton passenger liner built in 1922 for Holland-Amerika by Harland & Wolff in Glasgow. She had passenger accommodation for 262-1st, 436-2nd 1,200-3rd class. Her maiden voyage from Rotterdam to New York started on April 18, 1923 and she continued this service until leaving New York on her last crossing to Rotterdam on March 30, 1940. In May 1940 she sustained fire damage at Rotterdam and was seized by the German and used as an accommodation ship for submarine crews at Gdynia and Hamburg. After the war she was reconditioned at Amsterdam in 1946 and given accommodation for 223-1st and 363-tourist class passengers, she resumed Rotterdam - New York sailings on February 21, 1947. Her final voyage on this service was on October 30, 1953 and she was then scrapped at Baltimore. (at The Steamship Historical Society of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7rzrXs0cL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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