regulations

  1. Banned members

    I recently received a long letter from the administrators explaining why they had banned a member from the forums. I agree with the reasons for banning him, as the forums should not be used for political reasons. On the other hand, the administrators did display a biased and one sided opinion...
  2. South African Weather Forecasters Face Jail !

    The governing African National Congress proposed the change to the Weather Service Bill, designed to prevent panics over false predictions of winds, flooding or drought. If passed, it would mean that anyone wanting to issue a severe weather warning would first need to get official written...
  3. Rules and Regulations

    I can't seem to find a list of the rules and regulations for this forum. Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thank You
  4. Fukushima Faces ‘Massive’ Radioactive Water Problem

    As a team from the Link Removed - Invalid URL visits Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled nuclear plant today, academics warn the company has failed to disclose the scale of radiation leaks and faces a “massive problem” with contaminated water. The utility known as Tepco has been pumping...
  5. Yahoo vs Alibaba

    Relations between Yahoo! and Alibaba have been rocky for some time but Bartz gave Alibaba's Ma a vote of confidence in September saying Yahoo! is "very supportive of the operational direction Jack Ma and his team are taking the group." Link Removed due to 404 Error Yahoo! shares extended...
  6. Fukushima parents dish the dirt in protest over radiation levels

    Furious parents in Fukushima have delivered a bag of radioactive playground earth to education officials in protest at moves to weaken nuclear safety standards in schools. Children can now be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible. The new regulations have prompted...
  7. China bans time travel on TV and at the cinema

    Broadcasters and programme makers will have to tread carefully after the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (Sarft) issued a warning about the way shows were treating the past. 'Many stories are totally made up and are made to strain for an effect of novelty. The producers...
  8. Excessive radioactive cesium found in fish sampled off Fukushima

    Radioactive cesium above the legal limit for consumption was detected Saturday in young sand lance caught off Fukushima Prefecture, as the prefecture took samples amid a voluntary ban on fishing there in the wake of the ongoing nuclear crisis. One of the four sample fish had a level of cesium of...
  9. Looks Like the FDA Are Wrong

    How will the radiation affect fish and seafood that have not yet been fished or harvested? The great quantity of water in the Pacific Ocean rapidly and effectively dilutes radioactive material, so fish and seafood are likely to be unaffected. However, FDA is taking all steps to evaluate and...
  10. Japanese nuclear engineers plug Fukushima leak

    Engineers battling to contain the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant appeared to have turned an important corner last night after they stopped highly radioactive water from leaking into the ocean from one of the facility's crippled reactors. Workers struggling to halt the leaks...
  11. VIDEO EPA Warns Rain Water Levels Exceed Maximum Contaminant Level Permitted

    No need to panic = again !
  12. India catches 57 pilots over alcohol limit, only grounds 11

    India's airline authorities caught 57 pilots over the alcohol limit about to take to the cabin of passenger-carrying jets over the past two years, but most were cleared to fly again, media said on Friday. Only 11 of the pilots found to be under the influence of alcohol in random pre-flight...
  13. Ukrainian town puts its children under curfew

    The town fathers in a locality near Ukraine's port city of Odessa have imposed a night curfew on children under 16 to keep them out of trouble. The municipal council in Izmail -- citing rising crime, heavy drinking and tobacco addiction among its children -- said it wanted them at home and...
  14. Law to protect German kids' right to noise

    Children of Germany take heart — it may soon be perfectly legal to make noise. Germany is so desperate to encourage people to have more children that the government is proposing a bill allowing citizens under six to laugh, shout and play at any volume. Germany is a land of many rules...
  15. Horse semen shots on Wildfoods menu

    Hokitika Wildfoods Festival Ram's testicles are so passe - this year extreme foodies wanting a real taste test will be lining up for a shot of stallion semen. Horse semen shots, to be followed with a swig of energy drink, are the new kids on the kitchen block at the famed Hokitika...
  16. CANHR: Stop Nursing Home Drugging

    This was sent to me by one of our moderators Celestra, who has been on the site for some time. CANHR is the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. CANHR, as an advocacy organization, and like many other sociological studies and investigations of nursing homes in the US, have found that...
  17. Gulf of Mexico oil leak 'worst US environment disaster'

    The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental disaster the US has faced, a senior official has said. White House energy adviser Carol Browner also said the US was "prepared for the worst scenario" that the leak might not be stopped before August. BP is to try a new tactic after its...
  18. Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP to Get Choice Screen for the Default Browser

    Link Removed - Invalid URL For the next five years, Microsoft will be serving an update to all supported Windows clients in an attempt to promote end user choice when it comes down to the default browser associated with the operating system. The European Antitrust Commission accepted a...
  19. Microsoft plans to give users choice of Web browser with Windows 7 (Las Cruces Sun-Ne

    BRUSSELS â€â€￾ Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday. Link Removed - Invalid URL
  20. Windows 7 Game software guarantee

    Today it has been released that members from the EU Commission are proposing to give Games and similar software a two year guarantee that is currently in place for "tangible movable consumer goods". If such a proposal was indeed made part of the regulations over the games industry in Europe it...