Monday, 18 July 2011
Terra Nova Trailer Edit
Antarctica, the only uninhabited continent, belongs to no single country and has no government. While certain countries lay claim to portions of the landmass, it is the only solid land on the planet with no unified national affiliation. Drawing on the continent’s rich history of inspiring exploration and artistic endeavors, Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky has put together his own multimedia, multidisciplinary study of Antactica. Book of Ice is one aspect of this ongoing project.
In light of climate change and tireless human enterprise to be present everywhere on the planet, Miller uses Antarctica as a point on entry for contemplating humanity’s relationship with the natural world. The two additional contributors to The Book Of Ice - Columbia University's Brian Greene, best selling author of The Elegant Universe, and Ross A. Virginia, Director of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College, a world renowned expert on Antarctica - add several layers of analysis to the books exploration of the theme of science and graphic design.
Using photographs and film stills from his journey to the bottom of the world, along with original artworks and re-appropriated archival materials, Miller ponders how Antarctica could liberate itself from the rest of the world. Part fictional manifesto, part history and part science book, Book of Ice furthers Miller’s reputation as an innovative artist capable of making the old look new. Out July 1st on Mark Batty Publisher.
Luckily he is still a charlatan though...
Dear Lord Monckton
My predecessor, Sir Michael Pownall, wrote to you on 21 July 2010, and again on 30 July 2010, asking that you cease claiming to be a Member of the House of Lords, either directly or by implication. It has been drawn to my attention that you continue to make such claims.
In particular, I have listened to your recent interview with Mr Adam Spencer on Australian radio. In response to the direct question, whether or not you were a Member of the House of Lords, you said "Yes, but without the right to sit or vote". You later repeated, "I am a Member of the House".
I must repeat my predecessor's statement that you are not and have never been a Member of the House of Lords. Your assertion that you are a Member, but without the right to sit or vote, is a contradiction in terms. No-one denies that you are, by virtue of your letters Patent, a Peer. That is an entirely separate issue to membership of the House. This is borne out by the recent judgment in Baron Mereworth v Ministry of Justice (Crown Office) where Mr Justice Lewison stated:
"In my judgment, the reference [in the House of Lords Act 1999] to 'a member of the House of Lords' is simply a reference to the right to sit and vote in that House ... In a nutshell, membership of the House of Lords means the right to sit and vote in that House. It does not mean entitlement to the dignity of a peerage."I must therefore again ask that you desist from claiming to be a Member of the House of Lords, either directly or by implication, and also that you desist from claiming to be a Member "without the right to sit or vote".
I am publishing this letter on the parliamentary website so that anybody who wishes to check whether you are a Member of the House of Lords can view this official confirmation that you are not.
David Beamish
Clerk of the Parliaments
15 July 2011
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PDF 90 KB) Climate sceptic 'Lord' Monckton told he's not member of House of Lords
Radiohead - Glastonbury 2011 [Full Concert]
Hey everyone, quiet a surprise to get this up on YouTube so soon after the event. I received a post on my wall on Facebook, July 1st, from my friend Edvardas Sakas regarding James Clarke producing a multi-shot video of Radiohead's Glastonbury 2011 performance, I fired a message to James to see if he would mind if I hosted it, and he was very happy for me to do so. I even provided him a link for the audio to do so when it became available :).
Edited and Created by James Clarke.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JMClarkeProductions
The entire Glastonbury 2011 secret show, with mastered audio and a picture slideshow.
Track Listing
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Lotus Flower
15 Step
Morning Mr Magpie
Little By Little
All I Need
Separator
Give Up The Ghost
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Staircase
I Might Be Wrong
Bloom
Reckoner
The Daily Mail
-- Encore --
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Via
Edited and Created by James Clarke.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JMClarkeProductions
The entire Glastonbury 2011 secret show, with mastered audio and a picture slideshow.
Track Listing
-------------
Lotus Flower
15 Step
Morning Mr Magpie
Little By Little
All I Need
Separator
Give Up The Ghost
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Staircase
I Might Be Wrong
Bloom
Reckoner
The Daily Mail
-- Encore --
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Via
Political Prisoner Watch (At the Movies Edition)
Actress Marzieh Vafamehr, the wife of filmmaker Naser Taghvaei, has reportedly been arrested for her role in the film, My Tehran for Sale. The detention allegedly occurred two weeks ago. The reason for the arrest has not been announced by Vafamehr's family or friends, but it may be connected to her appearance in the film without hijab (head covering). The screening of My Tehran for Sale, directed by Granaz Mousavi, is illegal in Iran.
A trailer for the film:
Via
A trailer for the film:
Via
Cancer rates jump by 20 per cent among the UK’s middle aged – but why?
We launched our new advertising campaign today. The campaign aims to raise awareness about cancer and the work we do to prevent and treat the disease, and to help raise funds to keep our crucial support flowing to the UK’s best cancer researchers.
You can watch the ad, and hear the stories of the people involved, on our website.
As part of our work behind the scenes for this campaign, we looked in-depth at the latest cancer statistics. One thing we noticed from the mass of data was that cancer rates in middle-aged men and women in Britain have gone up by nearly 20 per cent in a single generation.
To put it another way, more men and women between the ages of 40 and 59 years are hearing the words ‘you have cancer’ than ever before.
That’s not to say that cancer rates haven’t also increased in other age groups – they have.
But while most people are aware that cancer is common in old age, and that it also affects younger people (particularly because of media coverage of celebrities such as Jade Goody and Kylie Minogue), not much attention has been focused on the middle aged.
For this reason, we’ve dedicated this article to lifting the lid on our stats story – in particular, which cancers are driving this jump in incidence rates among the middle-aged?
In 1979, the top three cancers in middle-aged men were lung, bowel and bladder cancers. Whilst bowel cancer has remained the second most common cancer, lung cancer has dropped to third, and prostate cancer has now risen from ninth place to become the most common cancer in middle-aged men.
It may therefore be no surprise that prostate cancer has been the fastest rising cancer in middle-aged men – rates have increased by over 550 per cent since 1979, rising from 7.7 per 100,000 40-59 year old males to 51.0 per 100,000 in 2008. But why?
On their own, the bare statistics don’t explain the reasons for this increase. To understand the trend, you need to know a little bit about how prostate cancer is diagnosed at the moment.
Although there’s no national prostate screening programme in the UK, men can ask their GP to have a PSA test. This is because men with prostate cancer often have higher levels of the PSA protein in their blood.
Unfortunately, men with raised PSA levels don’t always have prostate cancer, while men with lower level sometimes do; and on top of this, PSA tells doctors nothing about whether a tumour will grow quickly enough to cause problems or become life-threatening (Many prostate cancers grow so slowly they wouldn’t cause problems if left untreated).
This means that, since PSA testing was introduced, many more men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer – and are recorded in the official statistics as such – despite not having aggressive disease.
So increasing use of PSA testing is likely to be responsible for a large part of this increase, as men have asked for PSA testing for symptoms of prostate cancer. Just over 3,900 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in men aged 40-59 in Britain in 2008, compared with around 540 in 1979.
There’s a bigger picture here – a pressing need to discover a better way to test for prostate cancer, in order to diagnose those cancers that are most likely to progress into more advanced, dangerous disease. Thankfully, our scientists are on the case...
You can watch the ad, and hear the stories of the people involved, on our website.
As part of our work behind the scenes for this campaign, we looked in-depth at the latest cancer statistics. One thing we noticed from the mass of data was that cancer rates in middle-aged men and women in Britain have gone up by nearly 20 per cent in a single generation.
To put it another way, more men and women between the ages of 40 and 59 years are hearing the words ‘you have cancer’ than ever before.
Figures are for all cancers among people in Great
Britain aged 40-59 years old (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer)
Britain aged 40-59 years old (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer)
But while most people are aware that cancer is common in old age, and that it also affects younger people (particularly because of media coverage of celebrities such as Jade Goody and Kylie Minogue), not much attention has been focused on the middle aged.
For this reason, we’ve dedicated this article to lifting the lid on our stats story – in particular, which cancers are driving this jump in incidence rates among the middle-aged?
Cancer in middle-aged men
Just because cancer incidence rates in middle-aged people have gone up by nearly 20 per cent in a generation, it doesn’t mean that all cancers are on the rise. Rates of some cancers have increased, while others have fallen. So how has the picture changed?In 1979, the top three cancers in middle-aged men were lung, bowel and bladder cancers. Whilst bowel cancer has remained the second most common cancer, lung cancer has dropped to third, and prostate cancer has now risen from ninth place to become the most common cancer in middle-aged men.
Most commonly diagnosed cancers in men aged 40-59 in 1979 vs 2008 in Great Britain. Incidence rates are age-standardised to the European population. Bowel includes anal cancer.
On their own, the bare statistics don’t explain the reasons for this increase. To understand the trend, you need to know a little bit about how prostate cancer is diagnosed at the moment.
Although there’s no national prostate screening programme in the UK, men can ask their GP to have a PSA test. This is because men with prostate cancer often have higher levels of the PSA protein in their blood.
Unfortunately, men with raised PSA levels don’t always have prostate cancer, while men with lower level sometimes do; and on top of this, PSA tells doctors nothing about whether a tumour will grow quickly enough to cause problems or become life-threatening (Many prostate cancers grow so slowly they wouldn’t cause problems if left untreated).
This means that, since PSA testing was introduced, many more men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer – and are recorded in the official statistics as such – despite not having aggressive disease.
So increasing use of PSA testing is likely to be responsible for a large part of this increase, as men have asked for PSA testing for symptoms of prostate cancer. Just over 3,900 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in men aged 40-59 in Britain in 2008, compared with around 540 in 1979.
There’s a bigger picture here – a pressing need to discover a better way to test for prostate cancer, in order to diagnose those cancers that are most likely to progress into more advanced, dangerous disease. Thankfully, our scientists are on the case...
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