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| Thanks to Declan Waugh for all his Good Work in 2012 :) |
Saturday 22 December 2012
The day we met a confused snake
Christmas show from Australia
This is a Wonderful Christmas Show
By Simon Baldwin in the Northern Territories, Australia,
Thanks to Phoenix Chick for sharing
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Friday 21 December 2012
Hot From Doha - Sexy Phil Puts Crap in Irish Water
There was a gas escape at a fluoride processing plant in Shannon yesterday which resulted in seven workers being hospitalised and an industrial estate being evacuated after a vapour cloud made breathing difficult.
But it's all ok now, apparently. Just as we are all supposed to accept that a little bit of poison in our water is good for our teeth.
The water that people in Ireland are forced to drink is laced with chemical waste, by government dictat, since 1964. Ireland is one of only three countries remaining in the world that persists with the bizarre idea that putting a small dose of a grade two poison into public water is somehow okay.
Most countries halted water fluoridation in the 1970s, 1980s, or, like Finland, in the 1990s. None of these places have reported tooth problems as a result.
But just as with abortion legislation, Irish legislators are so behind the times, it is not even funny. It is really not funny either for the kids here who are suffering with painful bone cancers, or for the millions of Irish people with thyroid problems. All of these medical conditions are made worse by fluoride, because it prevents the thyroid master gland functioning normally. Abnormal thyroid function causes obesity, alzheimers, arthritis and depression and these illnesses create massive medical bills for the state.
So, because sexy Phil Hogan and his secretary, who were pictured cavorting at a Climate Change Conference in Doha on the front page of this month's Phoenix Magazine, persist in buying the myth that fluoride prevents tooth cavities developing, Ireland spends around ten million euro a year putting crap in our water,
Hogan's cabinet colleague Health Minister James Reilly has a very unhealthy population to deal with, thanks to the environement \minister's dealings with Chemifloc, the company that had seven workers in hospital after an accident at their Shannon Plant last night.
Hardly Dr Reilly's fault then, that his health budget is massively overspent, when it's Hogan's department adding Chemifloc crap to the water.
But is Reilly really interested in people being healthy? He is a doctor and needs his colleagues to have patients. Reilly claims to be a reformer, but he has accomplished little. He could save his skin, by listening to scientists a bit. HE COULD GET Phil Hogan to stop putting poison in public water. Then people would not get so sick, andMinister Reilly would not be so over budget.
Why, when he is in such deep shit, does Minister Reilly not do what Fine Gael said it would in 2000, and remove Fluoride from Irish water?
When scientists like Declan Waugh of www.environ.ie wrote to the Government in March this year, to explain that fluoridation was a massively expensive liability that we really could not afford to pursue any longer, the Dept of Health brushed him off. Aah it's grand, they said. As long as it's only a little hit.
Why? Why would a government desperate to cut its spending continue to spend more than 10 Million euro a year on a substance that makes people sick?
Is only a litle bit sick ok? Like a little bit pregnant is ok? Or maybe Dr Reilly and Minister Hogan and Taoiseach Enda Kenny are only a little bit stupid? I really hope they are stupid, because the alternative is that they are not stupid and are therefore corrupt, or willfully negligent.
So I am sorry, that I can't say Irish water is okay. I can only say that the PRESENT coalition government, for its own reasons, feels a burning need to spend ten million euro a year on adding a substance to public warter that makes people sick and sabotages infant brain development.There was a Seanad debate on whether mothers should be warned that giving Irish tap water to their babies would hinder their brain development, and just as with the abortion issue, they decided to do FUCK ALL. The Government advice, issued after much consideration about just how to explain to people how fluoride in water affects babies, was that breast is best. Yes that IS true, but it is certainly not the full story. The truth is that giving tap water from IRISH PUBLIC SUPPLIES TO BABIES UNDER TWO YEARS will probably damage their ability to think. Forever.
What is almost worse, is that the Irish Government persists in its claims, despite evidence to the contrary, that the many illnesses caused by fluoride are somehow an acceptable form of collateral damage, because Fluoride is so good at preventing tooth cavities. This logic is just plain weird. The Irish Government seems to be saying to scientists like Declan Waugh: "Yeah, right, we know it causes cancer and arthritis and that yeah, but look you'll have nice teeth, Declan. "Even if your kids are made into cretins by drinking public water, don't worry, we have it all under control.
So, please come back Father Ted and bring Jeremy Bentham with you. All is forgiven, because we need some help weighing up infant brains against tooth cavities. Maybe Mrs Doyle could make us a cup of tea, while we try to figure it out.
We will definitely need a few more statistics to enliven the talks at the Science farce the Irish Government is planning to stage next July. Maybe we could get Father Ted out of retirement to open it. if not, I'm sure his worthy successor Mario Rosenstock will find some fresh material there.
But it's all ok now, apparently. Just as we are all supposed to accept that a little bit of poison in our water is good for our teeth.
The water that people in Ireland are forced to drink is laced with chemical waste, by government dictat, since 1964. Ireland is one of only three countries remaining in the world that persists with the bizarre idea that putting a small dose of a grade two poison into public water is somehow okay.
Most countries halted water fluoridation in the 1970s, 1980s, or, like Finland, in the 1990s. None of these places have reported tooth problems as a result.
But just as with abortion legislation, Irish legislators are so behind the times, it is not even funny. It is really not funny either for the kids here who are suffering with painful bone cancers, or for the millions of Irish people with thyroid problems. All of these medical conditions are made worse by fluoride, because it prevents the thyroid master gland functioning normally. Abnormal thyroid function causes obesity, alzheimers, arthritis and depression and these illnesses create massive medical bills for the state.
So, because sexy Phil Hogan and his secretary, who were pictured cavorting at a Climate Change Conference in Doha on the front page of this month's Phoenix Magazine, persist in buying the myth that fluoride prevents tooth cavities developing, Ireland spends around ten million euro a year putting crap in our water,
Hogan's cabinet colleague Health Minister James Reilly has a very unhealthy population to deal with, thanks to the environement \minister's dealings with Chemifloc, the company that had seven workers in hospital after an accident at their Shannon Plant last night.
Hardly Dr Reilly's fault then, that his health budget is massively overspent, when it's Hogan's department adding Chemifloc crap to the water.
But is Reilly really interested in people being healthy? He is a doctor and needs his colleagues to have patients. Reilly claims to be a reformer, but he has accomplished little. He could save his skin, by listening to scientists a bit. HE COULD GET Phil Hogan to stop putting poison in public water. Then people would not get so sick, andMinister Reilly would not be so over budget.
Why, when he is in such deep shit, does Minister Reilly not do what Fine Gael said it would in 2000, and remove Fluoride from Irish water?
When scientists like Declan Waugh of www.environ.ie wrote to the Government in March this year, to explain that fluoridation was a massively expensive liability that we really could not afford to pursue any longer, the Dept of Health brushed him off. Aah it's grand, they said. As long as it's only a little hit.
Why? Why would a government desperate to cut its spending continue to spend more than 10 Million euro a year on a substance that makes people sick?
Is only a litle bit sick ok? Like a little bit pregnant is ok? Or maybe Dr Reilly and Minister Hogan and Taoiseach Enda Kenny are only a little bit stupid? I really hope they are stupid, because the alternative is that they are not stupid and are therefore corrupt, or willfully negligent.
So I am sorry, that I can't say Irish water is okay. I can only say that the PRESENT coalition government, for its own reasons, feels a burning need to spend ten million euro a year on adding a substance to public warter that makes people sick and sabotages infant brain development.There was a Seanad debate on whether mothers should be warned that giving Irish tap water to their babies would hinder their brain development, and just as with the abortion issue, they decided to do FUCK ALL. The Government advice, issued after much consideration about just how to explain to people how fluoride in water affects babies, was that breast is best. Yes that IS true, but it is certainly not the full story. The truth is that giving tap water from IRISH PUBLIC SUPPLIES TO BABIES UNDER TWO YEARS will probably damage their ability to think. Forever.
What is almost worse, is that the Irish Government persists in its claims, despite evidence to the contrary, that the many illnesses caused by fluoride are somehow an acceptable form of collateral damage, because Fluoride is so good at preventing tooth cavities. This logic is just plain weird. The Irish Government seems to be saying to scientists like Declan Waugh: "Yeah, right, we know it causes cancer and arthritis and that yeah, but look you'll have nice teeth, Declan. "Even if your kids are made into cretins by drinking public water, don't worry, we have it all under control.
So, please come back Father Ted and bring Jeremy Bentham with you. All is forgiven, because we need some help weighing up infant brains against tooth cavities. Maybe Mrs Doyle could make us a cup of tea, while we try to figure it out.
We will definitely need a few more statistics to enliven the talks at the Science farce the Irish Government is planning to stage next July. Maybe we could get Father Ted out of retirement to open it. if not, I'm sure his worthy successor Mario Rosenstock will find some fresh material there.
Friday 7 December 2012
Designer micro-home made from shipping container
Dublin designer builds the My Pad micro home from container -
Containers also being used as offices - What about making a community space from one?
A Dublin-based
interior designer who used to present a TV make-over show has created
the prototype for a holiday home she calls the My Pad, by upcycling an old shipping container.The My Pad was designed and built by Sinead Moore, who used to present RTE’s Beyond the Hall Door series.
Moore's prototype My Pad is a holiday home which sleeps two adults and two children, and is based on one 20 foot container. The My Pad has 129 square feet of living space. It is lined with wood and insulated. The price of 18,000 plus VAT, includes delivery by truck and connection to the national grid. It can be delivered and habitable within six weeks.
Moore's prototype My Pad is a holiday home which sleeps two adults and two children, and is based on one 20 foot container. The My Pad has 129 square feet of living space. It is lined with wood and insulated. The price of 18,000 plus VAT, includes delivery by truck and connection to the national grid. It can be delivered and habitable within six weeks.
The My Pad micro dwelling will be sold in two sizes, a 20 foot or 40 foot version, according to a Sunday Times report by Niall Toner. The smaller size was used to build Moore’s prototype, and it is getting lots of attention.
She got the idea to convert the container into a home after spending a holiday glam camping in West Cork , and then learning that there was a global surplus of shipping containers due to the economic slowdown.
Moore now runs an interior design business of the same name from offices in Sandyford with her business partner Michael O Connor .
Architects around the world have been converting shipping
containers into buildings for years. Their standard measurements make containers easy to interlock and combine into larger structure. Plus they are very strong and already meet lots of standards. There are an estimated 17M of them now available at quite low prices.
They are popular in Amsterdam, Australia and and Berlin, and a Dublin–based architectural group, ABK, designed and built a live-work scheme in London’s docklands in 2005 which used recycled shipping containers Container City is at Trinity buoy Wharf, near Canning Town in London. In the US, a charity called PFNC creates homes from old shipping containers. Conversions there cost less than Euro 2000.
They are popular in Amsterdam, Australia and and Berlin, and a Dublin–based architectural group, ABK, designed and built a live-work scheme in London’s docklands in 2005 which used recycled shipping containers Container City is at Trinity buoy Wharf, near Canning Town in London. In the US, a charity called PFNC creates homes from old shipping containers. Conversions there cost less than Euro 2000.
Another Dublin architect Richard Barnwell, who works with www.exhibit.ie came up with an idea for a multi-storey office design based on containers for his final year industrial design project at NCAD, which also got a lot of attention from architects globally. He has plans to develop the project further.
It would
be great to create a community project in Windy Arbour that involved re-using
and upcycling two or more containers into a public building especially if it could be used to
develop local construction skills and also provide a much needed meeting place for local people.
One idea I would like to pursue is that of working with the
Electricity Supply Board ESB and DLR
County Council around adding a shipping
container based building to the roof of the electricity supply station on
the first green at Mulvey Park, which is
next door to the Central Mental Hospital.
If the ESB is interested, the new container- based community
space could also offer a recharging point for electric cars, which I know the
government is keen to roll out over the next few years.
The cost would be
minimal for the ESB and it would be a great way to revitalise Windy Arbour, using
architecture, new technology and by getting people in the community involved and developing new skills.
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