
Carlos
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Yes, it's been done, but I think that gets them in trouble with the auditors? I wasn't putting public toilets as any great priority but just pointing folk to the wide scope of things that are funded from the capital programme beyond the big expensive headline projects that make the papers.
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New school is a capital spend, running costs are revenue spend - the 2 are not entirely unrelated, but not necessarily with the same kinds of limits either. I'd agree that a "big picture" approach is needed though.
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That would be quite a change from present.If you have a look on the Council minutes at the capital programme, all of those projects are funded from interest on the Council's invested oil income, so ring fencing for those areas means no new work on ferries or terminals, roads, care homes, graveyards, public toilets and so on - only maintenance of what is there, no improvements of any size. http://www.shetland.gov.uk/capitalprogramme/documents/capitalprogramme2008-09asat180209.pdf
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Everything is linked, but there are still differences between Capital and Revenue spending.
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Not sure of the argument here? Assuming there are more staff per pupil at Scalloway, should we go with: 1) Bringing staff levels at other schools up the the Scalloway level at extra costs? 2) Reducing costs by cutting staff levels at Scalloway instead of closing the school? 3) Keeping the provision different depending which school you go to.
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Are there solid figures comparing the SIC staff figures with a range of other local authorities that account for staff at ferries, ports and harbours, trusts etc that are not covered elsewhere, as well as considering services outher councils cover with private contracts instead of in-house staff? I know the bottom line staff figures are much higher here, but I'm not really sure where they sit service for service, like for like?
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It's the non-suspicious planes that are spraying?
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I don't know where you picked up these numbers from Carlos, but the only real numbers available are the Shetland Times poll, and SIC windfarm community meetings. Sorry I wasn't clearer, those are just hypothetical numbers to roughly llustrate what I think is the actual situation - that there are an auful lot of potential "swing voters" depending how well the financial deal is received, people who have probably not really showed up in the debate so far but likely have reservations that might or might not be overcome by the full picture.
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Still the same sloped bottom from pre-1900? http://shetlopedia.com/Image:Esplanade_toilet_1900_-_Shetland_Museum_and_Archives_Y00051.jpg http://shetlopedia.com/Image:Esplanade_toilet_-80%27s_-_Shetland_Museum_and_Archives_JR00261.jpg
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I'd agree it's best to start off sceptical of most things, and particularly how they might be reported. There are different levels of uncertainty though. I don't know how much snow there will be next winter, or even if it will rain tomorrow, but I do know that you can design your house roof so that it's very unlikely to collapse under the weight of snow, and you can choose a size of pipe that is very likely to be able to take any amount of rain that falls on your roof.
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OK - BBC say "C02 could have caused ice ages in northern hemisphere to intensify. " below a nice cartoon. Scientist says "we've found new evidence of climate feedback responses between the north and south hemispheres that might help us understand things better"
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Slight mis-representation of the jist of an article about a sensible line of research? She told BBC News: "This study reveals a feedback process that has magnified climate change since the inception of Northern Hemisphere glaciation 2.7 million years ago. "It seems the tropical warming caused by high CO2 levels set off a chain of events resulting in additional greenhouse gases, including water vapour, being released to the atmosphere, thus causing further warming." Dr Lear said that such studies of past climate change were "invaluable in understanding the current climate system, and hence predicting future change".
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No antisocial behaviour angle there?
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Should have been caught, but remember too from the Bressay Bridge case that LPA have carte blanche on most things in the harbour area and don't usually need planning permission, so maybe things ended up going through the system backwards. As far as I can make out the demolition part was basically equivalent of passing building control in a new build? So not much different from a normal new house case - your house plans might pass building control, but you still might not get planning permission for that site - different things are being checked.
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Again, the difference between the scientific use of the word and the common use applies, and is a bit more than semantics. By calling it a theory, the scientist is giving it the status of something that they do already consider solid and trust worthy. Other people are still free to disagree with that assessment of course, but it starts to need some backing to move beyond philosophy.... Similarly with KOYAANISQATSI's ideas on the electric universe, I'd suggest that those generally sit above Einstein's relativity theory, as that sits above Newton's theories - even if the electric universe idea holds then relativity can still be considered a useful theory for the range of situations where it holds true, it does not have to be able to hold for every situation to be useful, as long as you know where it does hold?
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Sure, that's what people mean by theory day to day, as long as we all realise that when a scientist describes something as "a theory" they don't mean that at all, but mean that it has been tested to the best current understanding and found to have no major issues and is generally is accepted as producing solid results. It's likely not the final and full story, as Newton's theory of gravity was surpassed by Einstein's, but it's good enough for the job.
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And when a scientific idea moves status from "hypothesis" to "theory" it's because it's already accepted as doing a fair job of describing reality?
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MPAN (Meter Point Administration Number) apparently http://www.energylinx.co.uk/mpan.htm Line Loss Factor (LLF) would seem to be one thing that might lead to different costs for different areas? Strictly that would seem to be an extra cost factor rather than a difference in price per unit for the electricity, but the end result is much the same maybe? The Line Loss Factor code stipulates the expected costs the distribution company will charge the supplier for using the cables and network in your region. This Line Loss Factor code will also indicate to the electricity supplier the potential charges incurred, due to loss of energy incurred whilst getting the electricity supplier to your meter.
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From my reading the US Navy site is using computer modelling? As of July 1996, a coupled ice-ocean model, the Polar Ice Prediction System (PIPS 2.0), was implemented operationally by FNMOC That might well be guided by real measurements, but I've not seen information on how/when/where. Now the modelling might be good, and you'd hope it was, but there has been some suspicion of computer modelling of weather/climate effects voiced here before....
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Whereas if everybody on Whalsay used the ferry everyday, then to cover all costs they would only need to pay a fare of £........
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This is an excellent question. I agree that the CO2 issue is irrelevant, what is needed is some real financial information. It is all very well to argue that "well, SSE would not invest if it wasn't viable" but what I would like to see are some numbers which prove there will be a decent financial return for Shetland. So far, there has been nothing, as far as I am aware?And if it comes down to anything close to a referendum of the Shetland public then this is where it passes or fails - purely on how convinced people are that it is a good deal for us. 20% of people may have strong philosophical views for, and 20% against, but the 60% in the middle are waiting to see what money is involved.....
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^ Solution! As long as we make sure all the land heightens faster than the sea level rises, we too can be OK regardless! They say it is due to the build-up of coral debris and sediment, and to land reclamation.
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Lerwick high tide predictions for the next 16 years http://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/hilo.php?port=lerwick
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I may be wrong, but aren't the surface water drains along the Esplanade connected into the new sewer and pumped out to the Greenhead now? Flooding problems tend to come when you have hightides backing up drains and rain water with nowhere to go.
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Bear in mind that it's the auditing/performance indicator/accountability side of things that national government insist on as essential if you want to keep your funding, and the front line services bits that are more optional.......