Freitag, 30. März 2007

Department of Homeland and Security wants master key for DNS

http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/87655

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DHS demand for DNS master key alarms nations
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/31/1828/16663


Informant: Amy Sasser

From ufpj-news

Department of Homeland Security will den Masterschlüssel fürs DNS

http://quintessenz.at/d/000100003829

US-European Showdown Over CIA Operatives

The Bush administration is warning that US cooperation with German intelligence agencies could be jeopardized if that country pursues attempts to extradite 13 CIA officers charged with illegally abducting a German Muslim on suspicions of terrorist connections.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=CIA+operatives

Condi's Free Ride

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condi+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tony+Karon

GAO: Looming Threat to US Oil Supply

A report released Thursday by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office concludes that worldwide oil production will eventually grind to a halt and the United States has no strategy in place to deal with the possible catastrophic results.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GAO

Konflikt zwischen Iran und Großbritannien nimmt groteske Züge an

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24976/1.html

Committee Requests Secretary of State Rice to Testify

The Committee has formally requested Secretary Rice to testify before the Oversight Committee on April 18th regarding the Administration’s claims that Iraq sought uranium from Niger, White House treatment of classified information, the appointment of Ambassador Jones as "special coordinator" for Iraq, and other subjects.

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1233


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Secretary+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=uranium+Niger

Legislating Leadership on Iraq

The New York Times weighs in on Iraq: "This week it was the Senate's turn. Like the House last week and the voters last November, the Senate made clear Tuesday that Americans expect to see the disaster in Iraq brought to an early and responsible end. President Bush's reaction was instantaneous, familiar in its contempt for views that do not follow his in lockstep, and depressing in its lack of contact with reality."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007O.shtml

Giuliani Faces Questions About 9/11

Rudy Giuliani's White House aspirations are inescapably tied to September 11, 2001 - for better and for worse. While the former mayor of the nation's largest city was widely lionized for his post-9/11 leadership - "Churchillian" was one adjective and "America's mayor" was Oprah Winfrey's assessment - city firefighters and their families are renewing their attacks on him for his performance before and after the terrorist attack.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007L.shtml



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Tell Congress to Protect Utah's Wildlands

Utah's Red Rock Wilderness includes some of the nation's most valuable and threatened wildlands. World-renowned for their stunning beauty - with incredible sandstone arches, narrow meandering redrock canyons, and wild rivers - Utah's publicly owned wild places are home to desert bighorn sheep, cougar, endangered peregrine falcon, and countless other wildlife species.

Alarmingly, destructive impacts from exploding new oil and gas drilling, improper off-road vehicle (ORV) use, and other development threaten these priceless lands and their resources.

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act (ARRWA) would protect over 9.5 million acres of federal public lands in Utah by adding them to the National Wilderness Protection System. With broad-based bipartisan support growing behind the bill, the time has come to finally pass this legislation - but Members of Congress need to hear your voice!

You can help by calling your Congressional Representative and Senators now - use the contact info and talking points below.

Let them know you want them to cosponsor America's Red Rock Wilderness Act. Your calls will help ensure that your Representative and Senators are among the original cosponsors of this critical bill when it is introduced in early April. Cosponsorship creates valuable political momentum by demonstrating public support that other members of Congress can see and support themselves.

Sincerely,
Kathy Kilmer
The Wilderness Society


Visit The Wilderness Society's legislator look-up page to find your Representatives' and Senators' contact information by clicking here: http://action.wilderness.org/wilderness/leg-lookup/search.html

or simply call the Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121.

If your Senator is on the list below, there is no need to place a phone call to that office, unless you'd like to THANK your Senator for introducing or cosponsoring this important bill!

Richard Durbin - IL (Introduced the bill) John Kerry - MA Benjamin Cardin - MD Robert Menendez - NJ Jack Reed - RI Maria Cantwell - WA Russ Feingold - WI

Please use the talking points below to tell your Representative and Senators in your own words why you want them to protect wild Utah.

TALKING POINTS

1) Please cosponsor America's Red Rock Wilderness Act - preferably as an original cosponsor before it is introduced in early April.

2) Utah's public wild lands are a national treasure that are important to me, which I want Congress to protect for current and future generations to enjoy.

3) Utah's wildlands are precious and irreplaceable. They are valued by the public for many reasons, such as:

* Outstanding geologic formations and scenic beauty;
* Important wildlife habitat, including home to at least two dozen endangered or sensitive species;
* Some of the richest concentrations of prehistoric ruins in the world; and
* World-renowned recreation opportunities including hiking, canyoneering and boating and rafting along the Colorado, Green, San Juan, Dolores rivers.

4) Threats to proposed Red Rock Wilderness are serious and growing from increasing oil and gas development and irresponsible off-road vehicle recreation.

* In the last few years, BLM has leased over 125,000 acres of lands in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act.

5) The time is now to support and pass America's Red Rock Wilderness Act.

* 161 Members of the House and 16 Senators cosponsored ARRWA in the 109th Congress, most of whom have returned this Congress, and many of the new members of Congress ran on environmental platforms. This Congress represents the best chance in years to protect Utah wilderness.

BACKGROUND: WHAT'S AT STAKE Utah's Red Rock wilderness is a national treasure famed for rugged beauty and incredible geology. Swirling red sandstone is studded with vibrant green vegetation, sparkling rivers, and abundant wildlife. The lands to be protected by America's Red Rock Wilderness Act are unique in their splendor and diverse resources.

First introduced in 1989, ARRWA represents over 20 years of field work, research and documentation by conservationists. Distressed by the woefully small fraction of Utah wildlands recommended for federal wilderness designation by the BLM in their original 1980 survey, citizen volunteers completed field surveys documenting nearly six million acres of pristine backcountry worthy of wilderness protection. A second and more extensive citizens' inventory completed in 1998 brought the total eligible acreage to more than nine million.

The lands to be protected in ARRWA are blessed with unmatched resources. Beyond their breathtaking beauty and opportunities for hiking, boating, and other recreation, Utah's BLM wildlands are also home to at least two dozen endangered or sensitive wildlife species; endangered desert tortoise, peregrine falcons, and Bonneville cutthroat trout share habitat with desert bighorn sheep, cougar, and other animals. ARRWA lands also boast some of the richest concentrations of prehistoric ruins - left by America's ancient Anasazi and other cultures - in the world. The huge canyon systems of the Colorado, Green, San Juan, and Dolores rivers are yet another remarkable feature of ARRWA lands.

Yet these special places are under attack by damaging impacts from oil and gas development, mining, illegal road construction, and ORV use. The clock is ticking. Currently more than two-thirds of Utah's BLM lands are available for oil and gas leasing, and some 3.5 million acres have been leased to date - including over 125,000 acres of proposed wilderness lands. Withdrawing proposed wilderness lands from oil and gas development would have minimal impact on our national energy situation - recent government figures show that "technically recoverable" undiscovered natural gas and oil resources on lands within America's Red Rock Wilderness Act amount to less than 4 weeks of natural gas and roughly 4 days of oil at current national consumption levels ("economically recoverable" would be even less).

Similarly, roughly 75% of BLM lands in Utah lack any real protection from ORV use that can cause extensive damage to fragile desert soils, streams, vegetation, and wildlife. Furthermore, thousands of visitors come to Utah's canyons and desert expanses hoping to experience solitude and quiet, but instead are now treated to the inescapable buzzing of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes on Utah's 100,000-plus miles of dirt roads and old mining tracks. Though thousands of acres of wildlands have been lost in recent decades, we still have the opportunity to protect much of this land as wilderness before we lose these irreplaceable lands to development.

Fortunately, support for ARRWA has never been higher. The cause of Utah wilderness is supported by The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and Wasatch Mountain Club, as well as more than 230 other national and regional conservation groups. Additionally, last year in the 109th Congress, 161 Representatives and 16 Senators cosponsored ARRWA. With the election of many new environmentally friendly members last November, there is the real chance to significantly increase support for Utah wilderness and actually start moving the bill through Congress this year.

As they have for many years, ARRWA will be sponsored by our champions, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) in the House, and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) in the Senate. Each bill will likely be introduced in early April, and it's important that as many cosponsors as possible sign on to support the bill before it is introduced. Your calls to your Representative and Senators will ensure they are among the original cosponsors of this critical bill when it is introduced.

Please call your Representative and Senators today.

Stop The Big Brother State


Bigbrotherstate_on2vp6_768px_1500kbps


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1fmsx_bigbrotherstateon2vp6768px1500kbps

According to David Scharf, "...our leaders try to enforce more and more repressive laws and instrumentalize the public fear of terror to justify them."

http://ga3.org/ct/Lp20pgF1URpE/

The evidence keeps mounting that Bush policies disproportionately benefit the very rich

Income Inequality Worsens
http://ga3.org/ct/Sd20pgF1URpW/

Behind the testimony on the U.S. attorney firings is a plan to thoroughly politicize government

Politics Over Performance
http://ga3.org/ct/S720pgF1URpI/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys

Many Americans suffer the consequences of hazardous housing

The Tip Of The Iceberg

by John Bartlett, TomPaine.com

Many Americans—not just the soliders at Walter Reed—suffer the consequences of hazardous housing.

http://ga3.org/ct/_120pgF1URpU/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Reed

An Iraq War Turning Point

by The Nation Editors

Whatever happens next, Congress has laid down a significant marker in the quest to end the war.

http://ga3.org/ct/L120pgF1URpu/

Wireless City Projects

I was appalled to see the news about the planned blanket Wifi coverage in Brighton. Wifi systems use microwaves at a 2.4 GHz frequency (exactly the same as microwave ovens). There is an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence that long term low level exposure to microwaves causes cell damage in humans, animals and plants, leading to a wide range of illnesses. The health effects range from tinnitus, lack of concentration and insomnia to leakage of the blood brain barrier, spikes of high blood pressure and heart palpitations in the short term to the development of cancer in the long term. More and more people are also developing electrohypersensitivity (EHS) as a result of being exposed to low level microwaves from mobile transmitters and other wireless applications. The government currently advises GPs not to recognise this condition. However in Sweden where it is recognised and statistical data exist, the official estimate is that already 3% of the entire population suffer from this condition. This number is expected to rise as more people become permanently exposed. Just as with passive smoking, people will no longer be able to protect themselves from unwanted microwave exposure in a city with blanket wifi coverage. It is the duty of the government and local authority to protect its citizens’ health and safety by allowing them to have the choice not to be exposed. I urge the council to review this decision and adopt a precautionary approach to this issue.


Andrea Klein

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I am so p... off with the Sussex Argus yet again not publishing any of the several letters written my MS members in response to its "Wireless City" cover story a week and a half ago, I have sent the following to four local newsletters in Brighton.

I am in no doubt whatsoever now that they are suppressing anti microwave letters due to the amount of publicity they give to the Telecom industrys products.

Best
Gary


With years of almost total blanking from Councillors after sending information to all of them about the health damage caused by Mobile phone masts (and mobiles, DECT phones, WiFi, wireless baby monitors etc), I was surprised to see Councillor Jeane Lepper writing in April's Hollingdean News standing up for the rights of her constituents against the power of telecom companies to place their health damaging masts virtually anywhere.

This should be a major issue in the impending Council elections. The mountain of evidence proves conclusively that phone masts cause everything from cancer to strokes, leukaemia and Motor Neurone disease to epilepsy. This has been known to thousands of people campaigning against masts for years. Yet the Brighton Argus, as with most newspapers, continues to hype mobiles and WiFi relentlessly whilst printing almost none of the many letters sent to their letters page by myself and other concerned campaigners in Mast Sanity (www.mastsanity.org) trying to warn people of the harm these technologies are causing.

Jeane Leppers' article suggests that other Councillors would oppose further mast applications at the corner of Mountfields and The Crestway in Hollingdean. Why then, have these Councillors not responded to my emails over the years?

I suggest that anyone concerned about the virtually unopposed escalation in wireless technology in Brighton & Hove study the Mast Sanity website
( http://www.mastsanity.org ) and write to the Argus about the effects of this now almost unavoidable technology and the lack of any sane planning controls on their siting, before the forthcoming elections. People also need to know which Councillors will actually stand up for our rights on this issue if they are elected. Certainly not Councillor Roy Pennington, long term Vice Chair of the planning committee, who never refuses a mast whenever he has a casting vote as he thinks mast campaigners are all misinformed. I shudder to think of the health damage this man has caused to huge numbers of people.

In "On the Precautionary Approach and the Stewart & NRPB Reports", Dr Graeme Blackwell (see attachment) quotes from the UK Governments' own Stewart Report into the ICNIRP guidelines used everywhere as the safety measure for phone masts. Note that researchers worldwide are unanimous in that it is the pulsing frequency of the microwaves which cause the damage, NOT the thermal emissions of the masts. Measuring only the thermal emissions, ICNIRP guidelines are thus almost totally useless as safety criteria: "The balance of evidence suggests that exposures to radiation below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines do not cause adverse health effects to the general population.

"There is now scientific evidence, however, which suggests that there may be biological effects occurring at exposures below these guidelines.

"We conclude therefore that it is not possible at present to say that exposure to RF radiation, even at levels below national guidelines, is totally without potential adverse health effects, and that the gaps in knowledge are sufficient to justify a precautionary approach.

"We recommend that a precautionary approach to the use of mobile phone technologies be adopted until much more detailed and scientifically robust information on any health effects becomes available."

Dr Blackwell:

"Note that the specific reason for advocating a precautionary approach is scientific evidence that exposure at levels "below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines" may have adverse health effects. How, in the name of all that's rational, can the ICNIRP guidelines be reckoned to satisfy the need for a 'precautionary approach' that is specifically advocated PRECISELY BECAUSE scientific evidence indicates that there may be effects that those guidelines don't cover???

With years of almost total blanking from Councillors after sending information to all of them about the health damage caused by Mobile phone masts (and mobiles, DECT phones, WiFi, wireless baby monitors etc), I was surprised to see Councillor Jeane Lepper writing in April's Hollingdean News standing up for the rights of her constituents against the power of telecom companies to place their health damaging masts virtually anywhere.

This should be a major issue in the impending Council elections. The mountain of evidence proves conclusively that phone masts cause everything from cancer to strokes, leukaemia and Motor Neurone disease to epilepsy. This has been known to thousands of people campaigning against masts for years. Yet the Brighton Argus, as with most newspapers, continues to hype mobiles and WiFi relentlessly whilst printing almost none of the many letters sent to their letters page by myself and other concerned campaigners in Mast Sanity ( http://www.mastsanity.org ) trying to warn people of the harm these technologies are causing.

Jeane Leppers' article suggests that other Councillors would oppose further mast applications at the corner of Mountfields and The Crestway in Hollingdean. Why then, have these Councillors not responded to my emails over the years?

I suggest that anyone concerned about the virtually unopposed escalation in wireless technology in Brighton & Hove study the Mast Sanity website
( http://www.mastsanity.org ) and write to the Argus about the effects of this now almost unavoidable technology and the lack of any sane planning controls on their siting, before the forthcoming elections. People also need to know which Councillors will actually stand up for our rights on this issue if they are elected. Certainly not Councillor Roy Pennington, long term Vice Chair of the planning committee, who never refuses a mast whenever he has a casting vote as he thinks mast campaigners are all misinformed. I shudder to think of the health damage this man has caused to huge numbers of people.

In "On the Precautionary Approach and the Stewart & NRPB Reports", Dr Graeme Blackwell (see attachment) quotes from the UK Governments' own Stewart Report into the ICNIRP guidelines used everywhere as the safety measure for phone masts. Note that researchers worldwide are unanimous in that it is the pulsing frequency of the microwaves which cause the damage, NOT the thermal emissions of the masts. Measuring only the thermal emissions, ICNIRP guidelines are thus almost totally useless as safety criteria: "The balance of evidence suggests that exposures to radiation below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines do not cause adverse health effects to the general population.

"There is now scientific evidence, however, which suggests that there may be biological effects occurring at exposures below these guidelines.

"We conclude therefore that it is not possible at present to say that exposure to RF radiation, even at levels below national guidelines, is totally without potential adverse health effects, and that the gaps in knowledge are sufficient to justify a precautionary approach.

"We recommend that a precautionary approach to the use of mobile phone technologies be adopted until much more detailed and scientifically robust information on any health effects becomes available."

Dr Blackwell:

"Note that the specific reason for advocating a precautionary approach is scientific evidence that exposure at levels "below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines" may have adverse health effects. How, in the name of all that's rational, can the ICNIRP guidelines be reckoned to satisfy the need for a 'precautionary approach' that is specifically advocated PRECISELY BECAUSE scientific evidence indicates that there may be effects that those guidelines don't cover???

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Wireless broadband Internet dangers
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3482006/

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Wireless internet zone to cover City of London
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23392339-details/Wireless+internet+zone+to+cover+City+of+London/article.do

BBC news to add comments

Interesting but not surprising that there is no thought given to the possible health effects. Do people realise that the frequencies used for wifi are higher than for mobile phones and the intensities emitted from the wifi transmitters will be of the same order of magnitude (measured in the street) as from a phone mast? These are phone masts by any other name coming to a street near you but with no planning permission needed at all! See http://www.mastsanity.org for what to expect in the way of symptoms if living near a wifi transmitter.

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Item published

Brighton's fortnightly Kemptown Rag has come up trumps again and published yet another of my anti telecom rants (that makes about 4 now this year) as always uncensored!

Website http://www.kemptownrag.co.uk

Item:

GARY KEMP

We see constant reassurances from the telecoms industry that their phone masts are safe near schools and housing. Now Brighton and Hove Council wants to follow other major cities in covering us with WiFi - which emits exactly the same frequency microwaves as phone masts.

From 1993, in America for six years, the Telecoms Industry employed 200 research doctors – at a cost of $28.5 million – to study the safety of their microwave systems ( http://www.safewireless.org http://www.health-concerns.org ). The 15 epidemiological studies showed increased tumours, genetic damage, a greater risk to children, and damage to the blood-brain barrier. The scientist leading these studies predicted 30,000-50,000 cancers worldwide in 2006 alone - of just one type of cancer. These results were suppressed.

The Freiburger, Naila, Wolf, Hutter, Santini, Oberfeld, Bamberg (etc) studies ( http://www.radiationresearch.org ) all show increased cancers and illnesses from this industrys' microwaves.

MPs have three times raised the problem of clusters of children (11 or more) with leukaemia around masts (Hansard (21.5.04 & 1.3.05) . Since then another cluster of 12 children has emerged.

O2's Angela Johnson assures us that the World Health Organisation (WHO) allows them to plant their phone masts next to schools and housing. The WHOs' Radiation Health Protection Committee is responsible for the subject of Cellular Technology and Powerlines health effects. It's eight representatives are all mobile phone operator ex employees.

The chairman of this committee, Dr Michael Repacholi, recently resigned following revelations that he received 150,000 dollars a year directly from the cellular phone industry for meetings and travels. Repacholi is documented to have invited power industry representatives to review scientific work and participate in evaluating health standards of electromagnetic fields emitted by power lines. The names of these representatives are all documented. Repacholi systematically downplayed and ignored for years many scientific findings with one common ground: those which show that the cellular technology is not safe and cannot be freely distributed without a health price for the world population. He now works for the nuclear industry and was recently seen on a Panorama programme on nuclear power telling viewers that small amounts of radiation does you good..



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wireless+City
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wireless+City
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=electrohypersensitivity

How analysts in the Arab world see the Iraq war

Christian Science Monitor
by Helena Cobban

03/29/07

Policymakers and strategic analysts in the Arab world have little confidence that [the] current US troop surge in Iraq will do much more than — at best — postpone a complete political-security breakdown in Iraq, which, they fear, could then spread across the Middle East. During my lengthy recent discussions with experts in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and with some well-connected Iraqis in Jordan, I heard a lot about how Iraq’s collapse has been affecting these Arab societies. The news from my Iraqi friends — leaders in quasi-governmental and nongovernmental organizations — was grim. These were people who (on human rights grounds) had supported the US invasion in 2003, and who then worked hard to build an effective, democratic order in their country. Now, I found them downhearted — but thoughtful, as they tried to pinpoint the worst of many US mistakes in Iraq. They told piercingly tragic stories about the violence and sectarianism that affects everyone there. I asked one of these friends what he thought would happen if US forces leave Iraq in the near future. He said there’s a possibility this would concentrate the minds of his countrymen on the need to find a workable reconciliation. ‘But if the Americans stay, we can expect the situation to remain bad,’ he said...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0329/p09s02-coop.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Helena+Cobban

Iraq deadline: an extraordinary political moment

The Nation
by William Greider

03/28/07

Take a deep breath. The nation has arrived at an extraordinary political moment. The Congress is about to instruct the President he should withdraw from the ongoing war. Yes, I know the fine print in the House and Senate versions has lots of wiggle room. But the congressional action is still breathtaking when you think about it, possibly without historic precedent. I assumed it would take many months and numerous failed efforts for the new Democratic majority to reach this juncture. When House leaders kept softening their terms, I even thought it might be a good thing for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lose the first time around. She would then be assailed by outraged Americans and get the message: stiffen up, this is not business as usual. I was mistaken. Many of the final details are disappointing, but the message has been delivered and received — get out of Iraq. It will rule politics until the American exit actually occurs...

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=180016


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Greider

Mind how you walk, it could be a crime

Telegraph [UK]
by Philip Johnston

03/26/07

My favourite is automatic gait recognition. This identifies people by the way they walk and the Government has asked Ministry of Defence scientists to develop it for widespread use. Cameras are programmed to pick up on a particular gait, thereby making it impossible for a suspect to escape by covering his face. Even Orwell did not come up with “gaitcrime”...

http://tinyurl.com/279tky


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

A citizen’s peace lobby

CounterPunch
by Michael Foley

03/29/07

Tina Richards has an idea. Tina is the mother of a Marine scheduled for his third tour of duty in Iraq who took on Rep. David Obey (Dem., Wisconsin) and the Democratic leadership over funding for the war. Though her home is Missouri, she’s in the process of moving to the Washington, D.C. area to keep up the fight to end the war. Her idea is simple. Bring 10,000 concerned citizens to Washington this summer to lobby their Congressional representatives and counter the ten thousand paid lobbyists who ensure that ours is the most lavishly financed and most seriously immune to change legislature in the world...

http://www.counterpunch.org/foley03292007.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tina+Richards
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Obey

"Krankheitsverleugnung": Niedrige Fehlzeiten Indiz für neue Gesundheitsrisiken

Analyse in den aktuellen WSI-Mitteilungen

„Die Fehlzeiten wegen Krankheit sind so niedrig wie nie. Doch diese auf den ersten Blick positive Entwicklung könnte Vorbotin eines neuen Gesundheitsrisikos sein - wenn Beschäftigte Erkrankungen zunehmend verdrängen, statt sie auszukurieren. In Betrieben lassen sich Formen von "Krankheitsverleugnung" beobachten. Das zeigt eine von der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung geförderte qualitative Studie von Dr. Hermann Kocyba und Dr. Stephan Voswinkel, Soziologen am Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt am Main…“ HBS-Pressemitteilung vom 29.03.2007 http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75D-1E5377BA/hbs/hs.xsl/320_85443.html

Siehe dazu auch die Kostprobe als Böckler-Impuls 6/2007 (pdf):

Arbeitnehmer unter Druck: Keine Zeit für Krankheit http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/impuls_2007_06_7.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 30. März 2007



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Bundesagentur für Arbeit besorgt: Hungerlöhne nehmen zu

„Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) hat mit der Warnung vor einer wachsenden Zahl armer Arbeitnehmer die Debatte über Mindestlöhne belebt. Selbst der öffentliche Dienst zahlt laut BA solche Armutslöhne…“ Artikel von Markus Sievers in Frankfurter Rundschau vom 30.03.2007 http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/wirtschaft/aktuell/?em_cnt=1105871

Aus dem Text: „…Armutslöhne gibt es laut Alt auch im öffentlichen Dienst. Etwa 13 000 Beschäftigte bezögen dort zusätzlich zu ihrem Gehalt Leistungen aus der Grundsicherung. Solche Einzelfälle habe es selbst bei der BA gegeben. Dies sei inzwischen abgestellt worden, versicherte Alt. "Hier haben wir die Löhne aufgestockt." Kritik an der Nürnberger Behörde kommt dagegen vom Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB). Dessen Arbeitsmarktexperte Wilhelm Adamy erklärte auf FR-Anfrage, die Bundesagentur widme dem Thema Lohndumping "zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit". Dies gelte für Weiterbildungsaufträge, bei denen die BA nur auf den Preis und nicht auf die Bezahlung der Lehrkräfte achte. Und dies gelte auch für die Arbeitsvermittlung, wo die Lohnhöhe keine oder kaum eine Rolle spiele…“

Siehe dazu auch:

Hartz IV im Öffentlichen Dienst. Artikel von Sven Astheimer in der FAZ online vom 29. März 2007. http://www.faz.net/s/Rub6B15D93102534C72B5CF6E7956148562/Doc~E8927BBE203544644995407D766AE6E34~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

Darin heisst es: „…Alt bereitet die Entwicklung des ergänzenden Leistungsbezugs Sorge. Nach der Einführung von Hartz IV im Januar 2005 erhielten knapp 290.000 Personen zusätzlich zu ihrem Erwerbseinkommen noch staatliche Transferleistungen. Eineinhalb Jahre später war es bereits eine Million. (…) Für Alt zeigt dies bereits, dass sich einige Branchen „auf Kosten der Steuerzahlers“ auf niedrige Löhne einigen…“

Ist dies nicht genau die Funktion eines Kombilohns????


Aus: LabourNet, 30. März 2007

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Mehr arbeiten, viel mehr und für viel weniger
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1883823/

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Geschäfte mit Hungerlöhnen - Auf Kosten des Steuerzahler

Manuskript der ZDF-Frontal 21-Sendung von Wolfgang Kramer, Friedrich Kurz und Rita Stingl vom 28.08.2007 (pdf)
http://www.zdf.de/ZDF/download/0,5587,7000147,00.pdf


Behörden als Lohndrücker

Video der ZDF-Frontal 21-Sendung von Wolfgang Kramer, Friedrich Kurz und Rita Stingl vom 04.09.2007 http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/261950?inPopup=true


Aus: LabourNet, 6. September 2007



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Persönliche Daten im Visier

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

30. März 2007

Heute wurde die so genannte zentrale Antiterrordatei frei geschaltet. Dazu erklärt die stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende Katina Schubert:

Die zentrale Antiterrordatei eröffnet vollkommen neue Möglichkeiten des Datenzugriffs und des Datenaustauschs. Wir leben jetzt im Zeitalter der allumfassenden Überwachung. Vorbei sind die Zeiten, in denen sich Polizei und Geheimdienste erst mühsam den Zugriff auf persönliche Daten erstreiten mussten. Ab sofort ermöglichen die komplette Kennzeichenerfassung von Fahrzeugen, die Kontrolle sämtlicher Kreditkartenbesitzer in der Bundesrepublik und der Zugriff auf Konten eine Überprüfung jedes einzelnen. Jeder und jede stehen unter Generalverdacht, niemand kann mehr nachvollziehen, von wem und warum persönliche Daten gespeichert oder weitergegeben werden. Beispielsweise können Geheimdienste jetzt direkt auf die Daten von Kraftfahrzeughaltern zugreifen. Die Freischaltung der zentralen Antiterrordatei ist ein gravierender Einschnitt in die bürgerlichen Freiheitsrechte. Die Linkspartei.PDS bleibt bei ihrer Forderung: Der Schutz von Bürgerrechten muss Priorität haben. Die Trennung von polizeilicher und geheimdienstlicher Arbeit darf nicht beseitigt werden. Die Geheimdienste müssen kontrolliert werden und alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger das Recht haben, über persönliche Daten zu bestimmen.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35456



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ELECTION INTEGRITY GROUPS RELEASE A "ONE-PAGE CONCEPT PROPOSAL FOR FEDERAL ELECTION REFORM LEGISLATION"

http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/release/Release4ElectionReformProposal.pdf

Friday, March 30, 2007

Leaders in four election integrity organizations are delivering a proposal to the Congress calling on the members to sponsor better election reform legislation.

According to leaders of The National Election Data Archive, Black Box Voting, Democracy for New Hampshire, and Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections, OH, there are serious flaws in current election reform proposals proposed by U.S. Congressman Rush Holt and Senator Bill Nelson (HR 811 & S559) and by Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Senator Hillary Clinton (HR1381 & S804).

Some election officials agree. Douglas A. Kellner, Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections in a March 20, 2007 email correspondence said: "Congress got it wrong when it passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002 and there is a high probability that HR 811 in its current form could create another form of expensive mischief that could interfere with efficient administration of elections."

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) have also written a joint letter on March 19, 2007 urging members of Congress to oppose HR811/S559.

Yet, federal election reform legislation is critically needed in early
2007 if it is to be in effect in time to assure the accuracy and truth of 2008 federal elections.

Kathy Dopp, President of the National Election Data Archive with help from state and county election officials and other election integrity activists such as Bev Harris, Director of Black Box Voting; Nancy Tobi, Cofounder of Democracy for New Hampshire and Chair, NH Fair Elections Committee; and Phil Fry of Citizens' Alliance for Accurate Secure Elections OH have authored a "One-Page Concept Proposal for Federal Election Reform Legislation". The key ideas of their proposals are

1) citizen oversight of elections,
2) sufficient manual counts of paper ballots to verify the accuracy of election outcomes,
3) prohibit and monitor voter disenfranchisement, and
4) well-planned, long-term improvement of voting systems.

They are also recommending that the US Election Assistance Commission be dissolved.

According to Dopp, their "One-Page Concept Proposal for Federal Election Reform Legislation" has more reasonable time frames, enforceable requirements, provisions for citizen oversight, respect of states' rights and flexibility, provides sufficient funding to cover its requirements, and is more cost-efficient and effective than current election reform proposals.

Attached is the "One-Page Concept Proposal for Election Reform Legislation" along with detailed comments. http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/EI-FedLegProposal-v2.pdf

Any feedback on the proposal and any help that you can be in getting this legislation sponsored would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Kathy Dopp,
President of National Election Data Archive
http://electionarchive.org



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Democrats move to protect species act

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/309351_species29.html


Informant: binstock

Military beefs up Internet arsenal

The U.S. military is quietly expanding capabilities to attack terrorist computer networks, including websites that glorify insurgent attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, military officials and experts say.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-28-cyber-war_N.htm


From Information Clearing House

Barack Obama Inc.: The birth of a Washington machine

It is also startling to see how quickly Obama's senatorship has been woven into the web of institutionalized influence-trading that afflicts official Washington. He quickly established a political machine funded and run by a standard Beltway group of lobbyists, P.R. consultants, and hangers-on.

http://www.harpers.org/BarackObamaInc.html



Obama's K Street project

While Obama has decried the influence of special interests in Washington, the reality is that many of the most talented and experienced political operatives in his party are lobbyists, and he needs their help.

http://snipurl.com/1eddr


From Information Clearing House



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Musharraf warns of 'ominous confrontation' in Gulf

President General Pervez Musharraf warned on Wednesday that rising tensions in the oil-rich Gulf risk leading to a confrontation that could affect the entire world.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/?page=2007\03\29\story_29-3-2007_pg7_13



Musharraf is losing Pakistan

The president's grab for another five years of power has backfired. http://snipurl.com/1edct



Another stiff test for Musharraf

From the mountains of Pakistan's tribal areas to the capital Islamabad and up to the insurgent coastal belt of Balochistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan, pan-Islamists are developing a united front ultimately to take on the West and its allies in the region.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IC30Df01.html


From Information Clearing House



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A fake British map?

Fake Maritime Boundaries

Producing a fake map of the Iran/Iraq boundary, notably unfavourable to Iran, we can only harden the Iranian position.

http://snipurl.com/1edcc



A fake British map? More on the Captured Brits

"The British Government has published a map showing the coordinates of the incident, well within an Iran/Iraq maritime border. The mainstream media and even the blogosphere has bought this hook, line and sinker.

http://barrylando.com/?p=136


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Craig+Murray

Refugees on the Highway from Hell

In the four years since the Iraq war began, 2 million refugees have left the country. The journey to Syria is a dangerous one -- but as it gets safer, the trip is becoming more and more popular.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,474205,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The Racist War on Immigrants

By Stephen Lendman

Emma Lazarus' memorable words on Lady Liberty's pedestal once had meaning as a new nation grew. No longer in a country hostile to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses, the wretched refuse, the homeless and many others not making the grade in a white supremacist Judeo-Christian state worshiping wealth and privilege.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17445.htm



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Bush's Long History of Tilting Justice

By Joseph D. Rich

THE SCANDAL unfolding around the firing of eight U.S. attorneys compels the conclusion that the Bush administration has rewarded loyalty over
all else. A destructive pattern of partisan political actions at the Justice Department started long before this incident, however, as those of us who
worked in its civil rights division can attest.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17444.htm



Follow the e-mails

By Sidney Blumenthal

The discovery of a previously unknown treasure chest of e-mails buried by the Bush administration may prove to be as informative as Nixon's
secret White House tapes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17446.htm



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Wars usually end when the lying can't staunch the bleeding, and the stench

Perfidious Albion and the lying American

By John Helmer

Wars usually start with one large lie. Throwing more troops into the breach requires a great many little lies. Wars usually end when the lying can't
staunch the bleeding, and the stench.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17442.htm

Gulf War Veterans Tested Positive for Depleted Uranium

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032907HA.shtml



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Working to Diagnose Marine Animal Die-Off

An increase in the deaths of marine animals has led to an investigation to diagnose the cause. Experts believe that nutrient runoff from farming, rising ocean temperatures and discarded waste such as cat litter are contributing to the conditions linked to the deaths.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032907EC.shtml

Bush War on Terror Draws Fire as Misguided Venture

Five and one-half years after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush's war on terror has emerged as a wasteful, misguided exercise that poses its own threat to US national security, experts say.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907T.shtml

Ex-Aide Implicates Gonzales in US Attorney Firings

In testimony that is likely to ratchet up the pressure on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, his former top aide, directly contradicted his old boss in testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907R.shtml



Aide contradicts Gonzales in probe

USA Today

03/29/07

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales falsely asserted in public statements that he was not involved in discussions about the abrupt removal of eight federal prosecutors, his former chief of staff told a congressional panel Thursday. In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kyle Sampson said he repeatedly consulted with the attorney general before the controversial dismissals. He described Gonzales’ claims of non-involvement as ‘inaccurate’...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-29-justice-sampson_N.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Story Time in the Senate

The New York Times editors examine the latest testimony in the US attorney firings: "In his Senate testimony yesterday, Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, tried to be a 'loyal Bushie,' a term Mr. Sampson used in his infamous email message to describe what he was looking for in United States attorneys. But if Mr. Sampson was trying to fall on his sword, he had horrible aim. In testimony that got so embarrassing for the White House that the Republicans tried to cut it off, Mr. Sampson simply ended up making it clearer than ever that the eight prosecutors were fired for political reasons."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007B.shtml



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CODEPINK Sends a Message to Capitol Hill

produced by the Washington Post for their home page today
http://tinyurl.com/2fx5ht



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The Obama Illusion

http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Feb2007/streetpr0207.html


Informant: Henry Duke



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STOP THE CANADIAN SEALHUNT !

From Adriana

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/328355551



End the Seal Hunt by Using Your Buying Power!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/223733910

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Take Action to End the Seal Hunt
http://www.stopthesealhunt.com/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=ihKPIWPCIqE&b=2580449

Watch: Latest Seal Hunt Footage
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M725828799936594342891065



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Common Sense Budget Act Charts New Course for US Economy

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0329-02.htm

Environmental Defense Campaign Urges Congress to Put a Cap on Carbon

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0329-05.htm

New Voices For A New War

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/165/

A Similar Attack on Americans Could Have Led to Casualties and an Excuse For Bush to Bomb Iran

Better That Iranians Didnt Go After Yanks
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/178/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gwynne+Dyer

Prosecutors and the Death Penalty

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/170/



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Message To The Man In The Bunker

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/175/



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We Were Torturing People For No Reason

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/166/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture

Czech President Vaclav Klaus: Environmentalism As Bad As Communism

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/159/

US Income Gap Is Widening Significantly

Data Shows
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/163/

Antiwar Theme Plays Well to Labor Group

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/29/156/

Donnerstag, 29. März 2007

Killing pests with radio waves

http://www.omega-news.info/killing_pests_with_radio_waves.htm



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URGENT TO UNITED NATIONS TO SAVE DARFUR WOMEN FROM STONING

http://www.care2.com/news/member/378003364/336567

RFID and the End of Privacy

Imagine a world where everything is fitted with an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) spychip, containing a unique ID for each product to differentiate it from others, and allowing it to be tracked in real time. It sounds far-fetched, but that is exactly what RFID companies like Accenture and the Auto-ID labs at MIT have been trying to do since 1999.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907C.shtml

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Take Appropriate RFID Precautions
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3490615/



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Help Keep Wolves Protected

http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/wolves_in_peril

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Keep Wolves Protected in the Northern Rockies

From Adriana

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/485330943



Delisting Of Wolves In Oregon
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/776425164



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Republicans Fear 2008 Meltdown

Polling data released this month confirms what GOP officials are picking up anecdotally: swing voters are swinging away from Republicans at high velocity. Most alarming to GOP strategists is a new survey by the non partisan Pew Research Center that found 50 percent of those interviewed consider themselves a Democrat or leaning that way; only 35 percent tilt Republican.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907D.shtml



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Defying Bush, Senate Passes Deadline for War's End

Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to start withdrawing troops from "the civil war in Iraq," dealing a rare, sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907A.shtml

Let The Kids Dance

Global warming-denier James Inhofe cues up another juvenile performance.
http://ga3.org/ct/7120pgF1mmQf/

White House For Sale

by David Corn, TomPaine.com

Military contractor Mitchell Wade bribed jailed congressman Duke Cunningham. Was the White House a co-conspirator?

http://ga3.org/ct/7p20pgF1mmQt/



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Unwise Brinksmanship In Iran

by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, TomPaine.com

Are 15 British Marines enough to make a war? A tit-for-tat contest with the Iranians is a foolish and reckless game.

http://ga3.org/ct/7720pgF1mmQ5/

Marriage Of Hypocrisy And Corruption

by David Sirota, TomPaine.com

Corporate lobbies prove they'll say anything to excuse antidemocratic behavior.
http://ga3.org/ct/7d20pgF1mmQv/



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Guantanamo Illegal Despite Guilty Plea - Critics

A guilty plea by Australian David Hicks to terrorism charges should not be seen as legitimizing US military tribunals taking place at Guantanamo Bay, human rights groups said today.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907N.shtml



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Bush Rules Out Deal With Congress Over Iraq Timetable

With both houses of Congress now firmly on record in favor of withdrawing from Iraq, President Bush vowed Wednesday not to negotiate a timetable with Democrats, and a confrontation appeared inevitable as each side prepared to blame the other for delays in providing money for the war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907M.shtml



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Prosecutors Assail Gonzales During Meeting

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endured blunt criticism Tuesday from federal prosecutors who questioned the firings of eight US attorneys, complained that the dismissals had undermined morale and expressed broader grievances about his leadership, according to people briefed on the discussion.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907K.shtml



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DOJ Emails Illustrate Plan to Mislead Congress

The common thread in the thousands of pages of documents released by the Department of Justice in conjunction with a Congressional probe into the US attorney dismissals is that top officials in the DOJ who worked behind the scenes believed that they were doing something improper in selectively dismissing the attorneys and acted with a clear intent to deceive lawmakers if any questions into reasons for the firings arose.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032907J.shtml



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Die Reichen kassieren, die Armen müssen verzichten

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,474681,00.html

Interior Official Overrode Work of Scientists

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/washington/29environ.html


Informant: binstock

Dems Prepare for Veto Fight Over War

Statesville Record & Landmark

03/29/07

President Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress lurched toward a veto showdown over Iraq on Wednesday, the commander in chief demanding a replenishment of war funding with no strings and Speaker Nancy Pelosi counseling him, ‘Calm down with the threats.’ Bush said imposition of a ’specific and random date of withdrawal would be disastrous’ for U.S. troops in Iraq and he predicted that lawmakers would take the blame if the money ran short...

http://tinyurl.com/2zrxg5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Another $100 Billion to Continue the War

http://www.counterpunch.org/everest03282007.html


Informant: Duane Roberts

Mobile mast bid refusal sparks appeal

By Chris Kearney

Mobile phone company Vodafone plans to appeal against a decision to block an application for a new mast in Oxford.

More than 1,200 people signed a petition organised by Marston resident Michael Haines against the proposal.

Vodafone wanted to put up a 33ft mast disguised as a telegraph pole in Jack Straw's Lane, near St Michael and All Angels Church.

But Oxford City Council turned down the scheme last week because of its design and location.

Vodafone spokesman Rob Matthews said the firm was disappointed as it believed a new mast would improve 3G coverage in the area.

He said: "We have reviewed our options for providing coverage to our customers in the area and have concluded the proposal in Jack Straw's Lane will have the least impact.

"Vodafone does not take the decision to appeal lightly, but we feel that this is the best option for providing optimum coverage for our customers."

Vodafone claimed it had written to residents, detailing the proposal and inviting comments, but had received no reaction.

The firm appealed against a decision to block plans for a mast in Jack Straw's Lane in 2005. It also lost the appeal.

Mr Haines said: "I managed to get 1,200 signatures from residents around Marston, and I think that the council should take notice of that.

"We feel that this mast is being forced on us and we don't want it - not to mention the possible health risks to those that live near it."

City council spokesman Louisa Dean said: "The officers made the decision to refuse permission due to the style of the mast. It would not have fitted in with the surrounding area.

"In addition we feel the applicant had given us insufficient evidence on the unsuitability of alternative sites."

Marston city councillor Mary Clarkson said: "The annoying thing about all this is that there is already existing planning permission in place for a mobile phone mast on top of St Michael's Church.

"It's not for Vodafone, but the company that applied for permission hasn't utilised it."

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1293366.0.mobile_mast_bid_refusal_sparks_appeal.php

Aktionen der Überflüssigen

Überflüssige in München: Freie Fahrt für Alle

„dienstagabend 27.3. im herzen münchens: 7 überflüssige dringen sanft in u- und s-bahnen ein. ihre botschaft: über 80.000 münchnerInnen können sich dank hartz IV, sozialgeld & co. keine monatstickets mehr leisten. ..isoliert zuhause im offenen strafvollzug…“ Bericht von „ueberfluess-ich“ vom 28.03.2007 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2007/03/172052.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 29. März 2007

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Düsseldorf: kleine Aktion der Überflüssigen

„Einige Überflüssige besuchten gestern das Center der Arbeitsagentur in Düsseldorf und warben für die Beteiligung an sozialen Kämpfen und dem Protest gegen den G8-Gipfel….“ Bericht mit Bildern vom 25.05.2007 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2007/05/178457.shtml

Siehe darin auch:

Flugblatt Vorderseite (pdf) http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2007/05//178460.pdf

Flugblatt Rückseite (pdf) http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2007/05//178461.pdf


Das Problem der Exklusion. Ausgegrenzte, Entbehrliche, Überflüssige

So der Titel des von Heinz Bude und Andreas Willisch herausgegebenen Buches (394 Seiten. Gebunden, € 35,00 (inkl. 7% MWSt.), ISBN 978-3-936096-69-9, Erschienen im September 2006 bei Hamburger Edition). Siehe dazu

Informationen beim Verlag http://www.his-online.de/cms.asp?IDN=232&H='62'&T=0&Plugin=10&HE=10&HEP=978%2D3%2D936096%2D69%2D9

Inhaltsverzeichnis und Vorwort der Herausgeber (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/prekaer/exklusion.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 30. Mai 2007

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überflüssige in münchen: gegen ver_A_rsche !

„montag 27.8., 9:30 uhr: die überflüssigen entern die arbeitsagentur münchen. mission aufklärung: gegen die immer dreisteren lügen der offiziellen arbeitslosenstatistik eine aktive gegendarstellung ...und zwar vor ort ... und zwar rechtzeitig vor der nächsten märchenstunde der bundesagentur am 30. august. zutaten: 12 überflüssige, 1 grosstransparent, 3 posters, hunderte aufklärungsflyers. und: wut auf eine verhöhnende "aufschwungs"-propaganda, mundgerecht vom kapital serviert zur virtuellen sättigung von immer mehr armen schluckern. schluckauf! ver_A_rscht!...“ Bericht mit Bildern von „überflüss-ich“ vom 29.08.2007 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2007/08/192663.shtml

Siehe dazu auch:

pinocchios märchen: das märchen vom aufschwung für alle. Das Flugblatt zur Aktion (pdf) http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2007/08//192665.pdf

ihre b.a. & die zukunft der lügen: Wie geht es weiter mit den Erfolgszahlen am Arbeitsmarkt?

„Die monatliche Märchenstunde der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) wird nun von 1-Euro-Jobbern durchgeführt (“Integration in den Arbeits-Markt”). Der BA-Pressesprecher (Pinocchio v. Münchhausen) wird durch einen Zufallszahlengenerator ersetzt. Die Statistik wird in die freien Künste integriert und untersteht direkt dem Aufschwungsministerium…“ Das Flugblatt zur Aktion (pdf) http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2007/08//192666.pdf

„IHR seid überflüssig“

„Der Aktionstag unter dem Motto „IHR seid überflüssig“ (Arbeitstitel) soll sich gegen die geschönten Arbeitsmarktzahlen sowie gegen die ‚Aufschwungs-Kampagne’ der Bundesregierung und der Arbeitsagentur richten und diese zu skandalisieren versuchen…“ Vorschlag / Aufruf des ABSP zum bundesweiten Aktionstag am 29. Oktober 2007 (pdf) http://www.die-soziale-bewegung.de/2007/herbstaktion/IHRseidUeberfluessig.pdf

Siehe dazu auch:

Stoppt den sozialen Niedergang!

Aufruf für ein breites Bündniskonzept (pdf) http://www.die-soziale-bewegung.de/2007/herbstaktion/Stoppt_sozialen_Niedergang.pdf


Aus arm ohne Arbeit wird arm mit Arbeit?

Idee für bundesweite Aktion (pdf) http://www.die-soziale-bewegung.de/2007/herbstaktion/ArmmitArbeit.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 30. August 2007



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TELL THE SENATE TO RALLY BEHIND THE WEBB AMENDMENT TO PRECLUDE ATTACKING IRAN

Call your members of Congress now toll free at 800-828-0498, 800-459-1887 or 800-614-2803.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.millionphonemarch.com/webb_iran_amendment.php

Don't let anyone ever tell us again our voices are not heard. Today the Senate REJECTED an attempt to strip the Iraq withdrawal time line from the current supplemental, just as you called for them to do. And in the remaining days of the week, before Congress takes a spring recess, there is one more urgent call we must make, to tell the Senate to pass an amendment being offered by new Senator James Webb to head off a NEW war with Iran without express congressional approval.

This amendment would not have been proposed if there were not a real, present and palpable danger that Bush will try to use the recess of Congress to open up a whole new barrel of war horrors. We are hearing more and more stories of preparations consistent with plans for an imminent major assault. Russian intelligence is reporting a continuation of the buildup of our forces on Iran's borders. And even as we speak the Navy is flexing their testosterone in a yet another show of "force" in the Persian gulf.

And to what end? To provoke some Gulf of Tonkin incident to be Bush's latest unjustified causa belli? The sheer clumsiness of the British wandering into DISPUTED waters and getting 15 of their people seized demonstrates how close we are to the situation blowing completely out of control. And we hear Blair warning about a "different phase", which can only mean descent into an even deeper circle of hell. One of their own former ambassadors has pointed out that the border between Iraq and Iran has NEVER been fixed on land, let alone at sea. And those are the waters our would be cowboy president is fishing for more trouble in.

The one thing we know for sure is that bombing Iran is the certain route to only one result, an even larger military confrontation we cannot win, with the added enormous peril of inflaming the situation in Iraq even more than it is now. The lunatic concept being pushed through the Pentagon by still unrepentant neocon hotshot theorists is that all we have to do is launch a bunch of cruise missiles and the Iranians will just fold up their tents. And our current president is just stupid, arrogant and desperate enough to buy it again, especially as the rest of his mid-East debacle comes crashing down around his ears and ours, and six years of despicable, deliberate lies finally start floating to the surface like a bumper crop of flotsam.

We are talking about people who are so utterly divorced from reality on the ground that they see good news in every new truck bombing. This very day on the Senate floor McCain argued that things really are getting better in Iraq, that the surge is working, and that there are neighborhoods in Baghdad outside of concrete fortifications where an American can just go for a leisurely stroll and window shop. But actual on the scene CNN British correspondent Michael Ware, who lives in mortal peril there every day to report what's really going on, says our own military commanders there find such statements laughably ludicrous.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.millionphonemarch.com/webb_iran_amendment.php

Only by sending a very strong message to the Senate right now, and pressuring them to make a public showing of opposition to Bush's insane, and not so secret, plans can we possibly constrain him from pulling an even bigger trigger, with consequences he has not bothered to consider. We're talking about the Plan A with no Plan B crowd. When asked what they would do if their surge did not work, like all previous identical surges in past, their only response was that is had to work.

Take heart that your many phone calls ARE working. They are the only reason we are finally getting some action out of our Congress, the first awakening of real backbone from our representatives. And it's all your doing. We have to not only keep it up, but magnify our efforts to get everyone who opposes Bush's wrong headed war policies to be their own personal citizen advocate, to lobby Congress with a phone AND a follow up email message right now. Please forward this message to everyone you know. And let it be so.

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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Steigende Sockelarbeitslosigkeit und doppelt so hohe Arbeitslosigkeit im Osten sind ein Alarmsignal

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

29. März 2007

Zur Entwicklung auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt im Monat März erklärt der Bundesgeschäftsführer Dietmar Bartsch:

Es ist erfreulich, dass sich der Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit offensichtlich stabilisiert. Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen in Deutschland liegt jedoch nach wie vor stabil bei über 4 Millionen. 4,107 Millionen Arbeitslose sind und bleiben ein Skandal. Die Freude über gefundene Arbeit beim Einzelnen verdeckt nicht die Folgen der Regierungspolitik der vergangenen Jahre. Auf der einen Seite verweigert man sich auf der Regierungsbank hartnäckig Maßnahmen, die für weit mehr Beschäftigung sorgen könnten und so auch der steigenden Zahl der Langzeitarbeitslosen eine Aussicht auf Existenz sichernde Arbeit bieten würde. Die steigende Sockelarbeitslosigkeit und die nach wie vor doppelt so hohe Arbeitslosigkeit im Osten sind ein Alarmsignal. Auf der anderen Seite werden heute im Bundestag die von der Koalition geplanten Milliardenentlastungen für Unternehmen auf den Weg gebracht, die für bessere Chartplatzierungen an den Aktienbörsen Tausende Menschen auf die Straße setzen. Steuergeschenke an Konzerne und Kürzungen bei aktiver Beschäftigungspolitik, das ist die verkehrte Welt von Herrn Müntefering. Die Unterschriftensammlung der SPD für Mindestlohn ist offenbar ein schöner PR-Gag, aber mehr auch nicht. Ein weiteres Mal fordere ich die SPD auf, einen entsprechenden Antrag im Bundestag zur Abstimmung zu bringen. Es gibt im Bundestag eine Mehrheit für einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn. Offensichtlich kommt die SPD zunehmend mit ihrer derzeitigen politischen Rolle nicht klar - zum einen drückt sie unsoziale Gesetze wie Gesundheitsreform und Rente mit 67 gemeinsam gegen ihre eigene Wählerklientel mit dem Koalitionspartner durch, zum anderen versucht sie sich bei Mindestlohn und Raketenabwehrsystem als Opposition. Die heutige Ankündigung von CDU-Generalsekretär Pofalla, die CDU werde bei anstehenden Reformen nicht locker lassen, ist wohl mehr eine Drohung als ein Versprechen für die von Arbeitslosigkeit betroffenen.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35426

Desintegration statt Integration

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

28. März 2007

Zur Novelle des Aufenthaltsgesetzes erklärt die stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende Katina Schubert:

Die Integrationsgipfel der Kanzlerin nutzen gar nichts, wenn ihre Regierung gleichzeitig ein Aufenthaltsgesetz verabschiedet, das Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen immer noch eher als Bedrohung denn als Beitrag zu gesellschaftlicher Vielfalt und Bereicherung ansieht. Restriktionen gegen Frauen verhindern keine Zwangsehen, aber das Recht auf Familienzusammenführung. Die Bleiberechtsregelung ist völlig unzureichend. Eine dauerhafte sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung, wie sie als Voraussetzung für eine Verfestigung des Aufenthalts festgeschrieben wird, ist für sehr viele Erwerbstätige unabhängig vom Status so schwer zu bekommen wie ein Sechser im Lotto. Die EU-rechtlichen Vorgaben sind allenfalls in ihrem repressiven Teil umgesetzt, immer zulasten von Flüchtlingen und MigrantInnen. Dieses Aufenthaltsgesetz ist ein Desintegrationsgesetz. Deshalb fordere ich die Kanzlerin auf: Gehen Sie zurück auf Start, nehmen Sie Ihre Gipfel ernst und schaffen Sie ein modernes, EU-konformes Aufenthaltsgesetz, das auf Integration setzt.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35420

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Änderung des Zuwanderungsrechts beschlossen

Integration fördern

„Das Bundeskabinett hat ein Gesetz zur Änderung des Zuwanderungsrechts auf den Weg gebracht. Es setzt elf asyl- und ausländerrechtliche Richtlinien der EU in nationales Recht um. Zudem erweitert es die Voraussetzungen für einen Ehegattennachzug und ergänzt das bestehende Bleiberecht für langjährig geduldete Ausländerinnen und Ausländer….“ Pressemitteilung der Bundesregierung vom Mi, 28.03.2007 http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_1264/Content/DE/Artikel/2007/03/2007-03-28-eu-asyl-ausl_C3_A4nderrichtlinien.html

Gesetzentwurf zur Reform des Zuwanderungsrechts (pdf, 1,4 MB) http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Artikel/2007/03/Anlagen/2007-03-28-reform-des-zuwanderungsrechts-gesetzentwurf,property=publicationFile.pdf

Heute im Bundeskabinett: Das große Antiausländerpaket alias "Gesetz zur Umsetzung aufenthalts- und asylrechtlicher Richtlinien der Europäischen Union". PRO ASYL: Mehr Haft, weniger Rechtsschutz, mehr Ausgrenzung „Getarnt als Gesetzentwurf zur Umsetzung aufenthalts- und asylrechtlicher Richtlinien der Europäischen Union geht heute ein ganzes Paket mit ausländerrechtlichen Verschärfungen ins Bundeskabinett. PRO ASYL kritisiert den Inhalt dieses Antiausländerpakets als repressiv und vom Geist der Abschottung geprägt. Das Resultat ist absehbar: Mehr Haft, weniger Rechtsschutz, mehr Ausgrenzung. Wenn dieser Entwurf Gesetz wird, werden Tausende zusätzlicher Haftplätze entstehen. Denn Asylsuchende, die in einen anderen EU-Staat überstellt werden sollen, weil dieser zuständig ist, werden keine Chance mehr haben, gegen diese Abschiebung Rechtsmittel im Eilverfahren einzulegen. Sie werden in der Regel in Zurückweisungshaft genommen…“ Pressemitteilung von Pro Asyl vom 28. März 2007 http://www.proasyl.de/de/archiv/presseerklaerungen/presse-detail/news////heute_im_bundeskabinett_das_grosse_antiauslaenderpaket_alias_gesetz_zur_umsetzung_aufenthalts_und_a/back/64/pS/1175095338/chash/1a6fa40498/index.html


Buntenbach: Neues Bleiberecht schafft keine Integration

„"Die Neuregelung zum Bleiberecht ist keine Lösung zur besseren Integration, sondern eine Altfallregelung, von der nur wenige werden profitieren können. Die zweijährige Bewährungsfrist birgt vor allem die Gefahr, dass die geduldeten Ausländer in jeden noch so miesen Job gedrängt werden und sich im Zweifel ausbeuten lassen müssen, um der Abschiebung zu entkommen. Gleichzeitig wird ihnen der nötige Bewegungsspielraum genommen, indem sie in den einzelnen Bundesländern weiter auf Sachleistungen und Sammelunterkünfte verwiesen werden können…“ DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 28.03.2007 http://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=2948


Aus: LabourNet, 29. März 2007

Lawmakers Fault Veterans' Care Under Bush

The Army's new acting surgeon general said Tuesday she is concerned about long-term morale because the military lacks money to hire enough nurses and mental health specialists to treat thousands of troops coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032807HA.shtml

Al Gore's triumphant return to Capitol Hill

Scaring the Pants off Men

"Last week saw Al Gore's triumphant return to Capitol Hill - the once-ridiculed candidate now acknowledged as a visionary and treated with long-overdue respect. But the most remarkable moment of Gore’s hours of testimony in both houses may have been one in which he wasn't even involved. It shined a light on both the changed atmosphere in Washington today, and the fear and loathing that that change is bringing on," says Paul Waldman.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032807WB.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Al+Gore
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Waldman

Proposal Could Weaken Species Protection

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is considering limiting the ability of federal wildlife protection agencies to intervene on behalf of endangered species that may be harmed by federal actions. The proposed regulatory changes would also increase the role of state governments in administering some of the species protections that are now the responsibility of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032807EB.shtml

Global Warming Disaster as Thousands of Harp Seal Pups Perish

Thousands of harp seal pups are assumed dead in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence due to the lack of ice floes, which mother seals require to give birth and nurse their pups successfully. Experts with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) have been carrying out daily surveillance flights over the region. They report that the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which is the annual birthing ground of hundreds of thousands of harp seals, is essentially devoid of both ice and seals.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032807EA.shtml

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Lack of Ice Kills Thousands of Seals but Cull Will Continue
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/30/197/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=harp+seal+pups

New Memo Details Allegations Against GSA Administrator

Even as the head of the General Services Administration prepares to address allegations of improper conduct at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday, new information about her actions continues to emerge.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032807S.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=General+Services+Administration

Schumer Office: Subpoenas Ready for Rove, Miers

Senator Charles Schumer finds it "hard to believe" that embattled US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales can continue in office for much longer. At the same time, Mr. Schumer believes that the practical consequences for the Republican Party resulting from Mr. Gonzales' actions - the culling of eight US Attorneys - will be lasting.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032807R.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=subpoenas
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Miers
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
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Senate to look at improper FBI spying

A Senate panel wants to know if the Patriot Act needs to be revised to keep the FBI from illegally or improperly gathering telephone, e-mail and financial records of Americans and foreigners while pursuing terrorists.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_go_co/fbi_patriot_act_4


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying

U.S. Sponsoring Kurdish Guerilla Attacks Inside Iran

"Kurdish and American sources say the United States has been supporting guerilla raids against Iran, channeling the money through organizations in Iraqi Kurdistan."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/27/1356250


From Information Clearing House

Brits in the Gulf and a doctored British Map?

Former British Ambassador Craig Murray is now challenging the legitimacy of the map just published by the British government in the current dispute with Iran over those 15 captured British sailors and marines.

http://barrylando.com/?p=136


From Information Clearing House

The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War

Video Lecture

In his provocative new book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, conservatives and liberals alike.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17435.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andrew+Bacevich

Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror

Video Lecture

Retired CIA agent, Scheuer argues that the greatest danger for Americans confronting the radical Islamist threat is to believe-at the urging of US leaders-that Muslims attack us for what we are and what we think rather than for what we do.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17434.htm

Oppose Navy Plan to Train Marine Mammals for Undersea Warfare

http://ga0.org/campaign/navymm1



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=undersea+warfare

SET A DATE FOR REAL MIDDLE EAST TALKS!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/real_middle_east_talks/?cl=4149617

Arab Opinion Troubled By Consequences of Iraq War

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0328-03.htm

Television Food Advertising to Children in the United States

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0328-02.htm

Conversion for Survival

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/28/147/

Easter Surprise: Attack on Iran, New 9/11... or Worse

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/28/150/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Heather+Wokusch

Pentagon Cowers Behind Wordplay

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/28/135/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tillman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Scheer

American Court Claims Its First Victim

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/28/138/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hicks
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman

Food Not Lawns: Organic Gardens vs. Chem-Fed Lawns

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/28/137/

Climate Change: Coastal Mega-Cities in for a Bumpy Ride

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/28/153/

Council blame for mast error

By Jonathan Bunn

RESIDENTS could be in line for a compensation payout after a council blunder led to a phone mast being erected close to their homes.

Despite initial denials, the council has admitted it missed a deadline to refuse mobile phone giant O2 permission to put up the mast in Markhouse Road, Walthamstow.

Epping Forest Council recently paid a total of £2,500 to ten residents in Waltham Abbey when it made the same mistake, but larger amounts have been awarded elsewhere.

In 2003 the Local Government Ombudsman ordered Swindon Council to pay seven families between £10,000 and £20,000 to compensate them for the decrease in value of their homes when an administration error meant a mast was installed nearby.

O2 was within its rights to erect the 15 foot mast in Markhouse Road and insist it will not be taken down.

A letter from the council apologising to residents has been delayed, suggesting the council is treading carefully with the possibility of legal action and a costly payout looming.

Residents were shocked when the mast appeared overnight just before Christmas and initially planned to seek an injunction preventing it being switched on. The plan was ditched, however, when it emerged there was no time to pursue the action.

Tony Alvaranga, 42, who can see the mast from his home in Samantha Close, said: "There was a commitment by the planning office to write to residents who had objected to the mast application - that commitment has not been met.

"I believe a first letter was withdrawn at the eleventh hour and another one was going to be sent, but until Monday we had not received it.

A council spokesman confirmed a letter of apology will be sent to residents and said the authority was currently assessing the implications of its mistake.

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1292552.mostviewed.council_blame_for_mast_error.php

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The 'Swindon' case is the leader (attached).

The potential for recompense via the court also exists although, to my knowledge, this has not yet been tested. The Bardsey case in the Court of Appeal (Feb 2005) refers. This concerned an application for prior approval and the LPA’s failure to notify any decision to the operator within the 56-day deadline - hence approval being deemed. In their findings, the three judges (one on whom had sat on the Harrogate case’) declared that the failure to notify was an effective an effective disenfranchisement of the claimant’s right to have her concerns on health and devaluation of her property taken into account and that, consequently, her Article 6.1 rights under the Human Rights Act to a fair hearing had been breached. As stated by Lord Justice Waller, "It seems to me clear that Dr Nunn's Article 6 rights were here infringed. She and others affected had the right to make representations to the LPA on the effects on health and on the appearance of the mast as it affected them and the value of their homes. In this instance she was deprived of her right under Article 6 to such a determination”. And Lord Justice Laws, "At paragraph 22 my Lord concludes that Dr Nunn was deprived of her right under ECHR Article 6 to a determination of her claims relating to health, the appearance of T-Mobile's mast and its effect on the value of her home and the homes of others. If I may say so I think that is entirely right.........”. Dr Nunn had the right to expect an effective decision by the LPA and thereafter the opportunity to present her objections in the event of an appeal. The incompetence of the LPA denied these rights.

It follows that if an LPA fails to take health fully into account (and, indeed, property devaluation) then it runs the risk of a claim in the County Court from every affected resident.

See further definition on the Planning Sanity website.

David


Compensation for phone mast blunder

Families living near a mobile phone mast have been awarded £117,000 in compensation.

Seven families will get between £10,000 and £20,000 depending on their proximity to the 20ft telecoms mast in Swindon.

Swindon Borough Council was ordered to pay the compensation after its planners failed to object to the One2One mast within the necessary 28 days due to an administration error.

The award is thought to the first of its kind.

Local Government Ombudsman Jerry White found the council guilty of maladministration causing injustice and has ordered the payment of compensation for the loss in value of the homes affected.

But most families said they would much rather the mast was removed.

This was our ideal home, but from our back garden and my daughter's bedroom all you can see is this mast

Melanie Hall, resident

Melanie Hall, one of six residents to bring the complaint against the council, said: "It should not have gone ahead in the first place, it's a residential area.

"This was our ideal home, but from our back garden and my daughter's bedroom all you can see is this mast.

"The compensation doesn't mean much to us really, ideally we wanted the mast to come down."

A spokeswoman said Swindon Borough Council had apologised to the families for the error - which was caused by the application being put on the wrong pile of paperwork.

This delay meant One2One - now named T-mobile - could put the mast up even though planners had objected.

Council chief executive Simon Birch said: "The council has accepted the ombudsman's findings in full and has offered affected householders compensation.

"The council has introduced new procedures for dealing with future applications for telecommunications development to prevent this maladministration happening again."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/3041309.stm

Published: 2003/05/19 16:22:57 GMT

© BBC MMIV


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Blair erneut der Lüge überführt

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Rachel's News #898

http://www.omega-news.info/rachels_news_898.htm

Link to the Polish Institute of Military Hygene

http://www.wihe.waw.pl/index_an.htm

This organisation is involved with research on EMFs, RF and microwave health effects.

I have already distributed information about one of their studies which showed significant harm to the health of a large number of military personel who had been exposed to RF many years earlier.

They may be helpful with other research.

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