Blairgowrie

A few videos people have made of and around Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. God made round here first then used the bits left over so make the rest of the world. These are a tribute to our home.

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Criminal Record Checks

“If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” or variations on the phrase is used by some people to describe their feeling over criminal records checks or ID cards.
Though well meaning, this is a naivety born out of a lack of experience. What many people don’t realise is that police officers are [...]

2004 Tsunami Update

My thanks to those who have been following the Tsunami story. First the UK Government did have a proposal to have a Tsunami early warning system in the 2001 competition to find the best use for the Millennium Dome London as part of a project to establish a global environmental management centre on the Greenwich [...]

At Least 3 UK Cabinet Ministers Know of an Early Warning System Prior to the 2004 SE Asia Tsunami

Three Cabinet Ministers know the UK Government turned down a Tsunami early warning system, to be based in the UK, prior to the 2004 South East Asia Tsunami. The early warning system was part of the proposal to use the Millennium Dome as a centre for global environmental management.

The early warning system was part of the [...]

The Lion Rampant

Article NewStart 18th January 2008
 
 
 

 
Three days after the warning in the final paragraph global markets collapsed

Celtic Lion Newsnight

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From Steam to Ka, an essay on efficiency

Guest writer Gordon Pye looks at part of the efficiency of transport
Back in the 1870s Francis William Webb was an excellent steam locomotive engineer, having been trained by and followed in the footsteps of John Ramsbottom, the man who invented the piston ring. He introduced some really good designs like the express 2-4-0 Precedent ( [...]

Wind Turbines

Information on technical and life cycle analysis of wind turbines
http://www.infra.kth.se/fms/utbildning/lca/projects%202006/Group%2007%20(Wind%20turbine).pdf
from Financial Post: a look at the downside of wind turbines, the comments also worth reading with links
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx

How Did They Do That?

Just searching for applied planetary engineering and this appeared near the top of the list. Wow.
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Thomas_Roger_721082783.aspx
At the bottom they even got my brief resume when I was one of the scientists that set up the new generation of climate models. How did they know all these were my work? How did they know the difference [...]

More Shipbuilding for the Right Purpose

One of the things I have been campaigning for is the end of shipbuilding in the UK for warfare purposes.
The objective is to use the budgets and ship building capability to produce a fleet of vessels to clean up and manage the world’s oceans.
These will range from research and exploration to equipment for removing toxic [...]