Hardly a football match goes by without the umpire or his fellow officials being subjected to comment, or far worse, by the players and/or team staff.
In rugby if a player contests the refs decision or transgresses, he's sent to the sin bin.
It would have an interesting effect on their team, if some of the more voluble players were sin binned for 10 or 20 minutes.
It's getting beyond a joke when players frequently verbally abuse the officials.
The numb nut fraternity in the stands get the impression that authority can be thus treated.
So, football is a game for gents played by hooligans and that rugby is a game for hooligans played by gents (paraphrase) has even more resonance.
Watch out Wayne, Rio, etc...
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Monday, 2 November 2009
Emissions Trading Scheme costs us £3 billion a year
A new report from the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) reveals the high costs being imposed on British and European consumers by the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The ETS is intended to reduce carbon emissions across Europe by increasing the cost of energy for households, businesses and other organisations. This increases household bills, but also increases business running costs and the cost of running public services such as hospitals.
As well as calculating the cost of the scheme, the report investigates the flaws in its design and function. These include the problem of the burden falling disproportionately upon the poor, the highly volatile price of carbon emissions under the Scheme and the failure of the Scheme to properly balance the social costs of carbon emissions with the cost of reducing them. The Emission Trading Scheme cost British consumers nearly £3 billion in 2008, equivalent to around £117 per family, by increasing the cost of energy. The report also presents estimates of the cost to consumers in every country participating in the scheme, in each year of the scheme’s operation. From its introduction on 1st January 2005 to the end of 2008, our central estimate of the Scheme's cost to consumers across Europe is £67 billion (€93 billion). That is equivalent to around €185 (£132) for every person in the ETS participating countries. Some countries' energy markets pass on these costs to consumers at different rates, meaning that at best the Scheme cost around £33 billion (€46 billion) and at worst £83 billion (€116 billion).
Link to full report:
http://ss6.chennells.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1256921509377&StID=5024&SID=6&NID=138376&EmID=10272917&Link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50YXhwYXllcnNhbGxpYW5jZS5jb20vZXRzLnBkZg%3D%3D
As well as calculating the cost of the scheme, the report investigates the flaws in its design and function. These include the problem of the burden falling disproportionately upon the poor, the highly volatile price of carbon emissions under the Scheme and the failure of the Scheme to properly balance the social costs of carbon emissions with the cost of reducing them. The Emission Trading Scheme cost British consumers nearly £3 billion in 2008, equivalent to around £117 per family, by increasing the cost of energy. The report also presents estimates of the cost to consumers in every country participating in the scheme, in each year of the scheme’s operation. From its introduction on 1st January 2005 to the end of 2008, our central estimate of the Scheme's cost to consumers across Europe is £67 billion (€93 billion). That is equivalent to around €185 (£132) for every person in the ETS participating countries. Some countries' energy markets pass on these costs to consumers at different rates, meaning that at best the Scheme cost around £33 billion (€46 billion) and at worst £83 billion (€116 billion).
Link to full report:
http://ss6.chennells.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1256921509377&StID=5024&SID=6&NID=138376&EmID=10272917&Link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50YXhwYXllcnNhbGxpYW5jZS5jb20vZXRzLnBkZg%3D%3D
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Don't get me started on this...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222067/The-Lycra-louts-MPs-curbs-cyclists-lives-risk.html
When a disc is a disk and vice versa...
In an interesting knowledge base article, Apple clears up one of the age old computing confusions. Namely, what is the difference between a disc and a disk? While there is no ground-breaking revelations in the article, I found it to be noteworthy. Often computer terms are mixed up or misused.
Using the proper language when diagnosing issues can be the difference between hours of work. How many times have you heard someone say they couldn't connect to "the Google"?
What is a disc?
Discs are optical media such as an audio CD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM (or RAM), or a DVD-video disc. Discs also include recordable media, such as CD-R and DVD-R. All discs are removable, meaning they eject from your Mac.
What is a disk?
Disks are magnetic media, like your built-in hard disk. Disks also refer to external hard drives and are always rewritable, unless otherwise protected with software. Disks can be partitioned into smaller sections and be given different functions.
So, the next time you are having an issue with a DVD that is not playing, you will be able to tell the Genius at the Apple Store that your d-i-s-c is not playing properly. Or, if your internal hard drive is acting up, you can tell AppleCare that you seem to be having a d-i-s-k problem.
Um?
Using the proper language when diagnosing issues can be the difference between hours of work. How many times have you heard someone say they couldn't connect to "the Google"?
What is a disc?
Discs are optical media such as an audio CD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM (or RAM), or a DVD-video disc. Discs also include recordable media, such as CD-R and DVD-R. All discs are removable, meaning they eject from your Mac.
What is a disk?
Disks are magnetic media, like your built-in hard disk. Disks also refer to external hard drives and are always rewritable, unless otherwise protected with software. Disks can be partitioned into smaller sections and be given different functions.
So, the next time you are having an issue with a DVD that is not playing, you will be able to tell the Genius at the Apple Store that your d-i-s-c is not playing properly. Or, if your internal hard drive is acting up, you can tell AppleCare that you seem to be having a d-i-s-k problem.
Um?
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