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NEW
WORLD RECORD Truly
an amazing achievement. The Tūranor PlanetSolar (from Tolkien)
pictured left was launched in March 2010 in Kiel, Germany. The
electric circumnavigation has taken roughly 442 days to cover
32,100 miles giving an average speed of around 2.63 knots. For
a pioneering first that is quite spectacular running and all
of us at Max Energy offer our most heartfelt congratulations.
Solar
Navigator
(development model right) is set to challenge that record with
a more efficient hull form and a power to weight ratio more
than twice that of the TPS. The SN team are going to give it a
go, provided that the 5th test model lives up to expectations
and funding is secured.
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NEW
WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT - Could this be the answer to the
limited range of today's electric cars? This electric
streamliner has built in refueling system to allow fresh runs
with a fully charged battery. The cartridges are to be charged
by a special solar array, so that the attempt is carbon
neutral. 'BLUEPLANET
ECOSTAR' has applied to the European Commission call for proposals: 29/G/ENT/CIP/12/N05S00.
If funding is achieved we could one day see road cars with
instant battery cartridge refueling and service stations.
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GLOBAL
WARMING Will
the proposed Green
Bill head off climate change in the coming years. Every
saving counts via Local Agenda
21 if we are to combat Global
Warming,
President
Barak Obama keeps smiling while the ice
caps are melting, which is tangible proof our climate is
changing and worryingly, faster than predicted, causing some
concern for scientists.
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GLOBAL
ECONOMY
China
is accelerating use of global resources and buying into mining
concerns around the world to ensure supplies of raw materials
for its expansion. With the biggest population, as their
citizens strive for a western lifestyle, energy consumption is
bound to rise. Of course every person on earth should enjoy
the same standards as their neighbours, that is not the
problem, the problem is that we are consuming all the earth's
natural resources, so that if our population continues to grow
at its present rate - we'll soon have grain wars, much as
ancient Egypt battled it out with Rome.
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UK
PM Will David
Cameron tackle accountability for the
ordinary taxpayer.
To give every citizen an equal
opportunity in dealings with their local Council
and the Police.
THE
ECONOMY v DEBT - If
you've ever fancied building yourself a dream house, or doing
a conversion, and your council
(or neighbours) start to give you a hard time, then this site
may be useful to you. We reveal tricks council officers
use when enforcing as a result of neighbour complaints
and the Old Boys Act. Houses remain at artificially high
prices largely due to these tactics. Planning reform has been
long overdue: there is a new planning framework some of which
tackles this problem - but it remains to be seen if it will
work in practice.
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EDUCATION
- LAW
REFORM Increasingly females invent stories, to Blackmail, to
hurt someone, or to attract attention. Almost all such
allegations attract media hype which destroys the lives of
those accused, regardless of innocence and harms the right to
a fair trial.
Law
reforms to protect Teachers
and the public against false allegations. Too many lives are
being ruined by publication and wrongful conviction, as the
number of appeal cases reveal. Lord
Goldsmith QC let this matter slip under media pressure.
But should there not be a register of such claimants if there
is ever to be equality of the sexes?
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CONSERVATION
For
years Nelson
Kruschandl struggled to prove a building in Herstmonceux
was of historic interest and should be preserved. While the
battle raged in closed corridors, he did not make many friends
with the powers that be.
Then
some 20 years later English
Heritage and the County Archaeologist in Lewes came to the
rescue. Read more of this using the links above, and please
note this issue is now amicably resolved. A more in depth book
on this subject is soon to be released on Amazon
Kindle and other e-book
formats.
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AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
Bringing
down the cost of housing for first time buyers, will also
relieve a number of social problems, such a debt, where house
prices and mortgages
are simply too expensive for those on the first rung of the
ladder. One major problem is that land is not being made
available at affordable prices. This is the artificial barrier
to true affordability. Council's and planners in particular
want their pound of flesh.
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HEALTH
SERVICE
Our
deteriorating Health
Service, is a cause of much concern to all those who've
contributed over the years. The rules are changing and those
governing the independent Trusts are moving the goalposts to
suit themselves ........
Amid
shortages of nursing and doctors, vital administration
personnel are being overworked and in some case constructively
dismissed to save the NHS money, with no thought for the
health of those they are causing stress to facilitate early
leaving.
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GREATEST
BRITON AWARD
Her
Majesty The Queen - The ultimate accolade went to Elizabeth II who, since
her Coronation in 1952, has won hearts and respect across the
world. In 2002 she celebrated
her golden jubilee and turned 80 last year.
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SPORT
AWARD
Sir
Ranulph Fiennes -
This intrepid adventurer conquered the Eiger and raised
£1million for charity, earning him our award for Britain's best sportsman.
From
the SAS to writing, Sir Ranulph's career is an astonishing
tale of dare and do.
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of helping our neighbours, some of them we fear, simply because we don't
understand their culture and they ours. Whereas, the world is shrinking
due to globalisation and free information exchange, much of which is
achieved via the internet.
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