Tuesday, 28 February 2012

WINDMILL WATCH WALES CAMPAIGN POLICY, STRATEGY and TACTICS March - May - June 2012.


Welsh Remembrancer.

welshremembrancer.blogspot.com/
Blog of Gethin 'Iestyn' Gruffydd subtitled Remembrance, 
Retrospective and Revisionary, Riot and Rebellion,
Revelry and Re-enactment.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

RESIST BUS PASS MEANS TESTING - THE THIN EDGE OF THE WEDGE - THIS WILL IMPRISON MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND IN RURAL PARTS IT COULD BE QUITE DESPERATE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. Links Credit To Google.


    1. Film By Sian Ifan Pass To Freedom.


      Nick Clegg plan to means-test bus passes and free TV licences for ...

      www.thisismoney.co.uk/.../Nick-Clegg-plan-means-test-bus-passes-fr...
      5 Dec 2011 – Nick Clegg plan to means-test bus passes and free TV licences for rich pensioners after election. By Tim Shipman. Last updated at 8:42 AM on ...
    2. The bus pass means test: Middle-class millions could lose the right ...

      www.dailymail.co.uk/.../The-bus-pass-means-test-Middle-class-millio...
      7 Aug 2009 – Dame Joan, 76, who was appointed as a voice for older people by the Government, said: 'It's a big mistake, it is heading for disaster.'
    3. Strip OAPs of their free bus passes to save £1bn a year, says ...

      www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Strip-OAPs-free-bus-passes-save-1bn-year-s...
      3 hours ago – The Social Market Foundation argues that OAP travel passes - which ...the bus passes and heating fuel allowance be means tested so that it is ...
    4. Nick Clegg: pensioners' benefits should be means tested - Telegraph

      www.telegraph.co.uk › News › Politics › Nick Clegg
      4 Dec 2011 – Nick Clegg: pensioners' benefits should be means tested. Universal benefits for pensioners, including free bus passes and television licences, ...
    5. Free Bus Passes to be Means Tested? - Grey Pride

      www.greypride.org.uk/forum/.../free-bus-passes-to-be-means-tested
      2 posts - 1 author - 2 Feb
      Deputy PM Nick Clegg (Millionaire) wants to penalise retired people who have paid their taxes and maybe have modest savings to have their ...
    6. Don't means-test the bus pass! | National Pensioners' Convention

      npcuk.org/683
      1 Feb 2012 – Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has recently called for the bus pass to be means-tested. David Crausby MP has tabled Early Day Motion ...
    7. Nick Clegg's right. It's time to start means-testing pensioners | John ...

      www.guardian.co.uk/.../2011/dec/.../clegg-right-means-test-pensioner...
      5 Dec 2011 – ... minister and Liberal Democrat leader suggested that benefits such as the winter fuel allowance and free bus pass should be means-tested.
    8. 'No means-testing for bus passes' (From The Bolton News)

      www.theboltonnews.co.uk/.../9513118.___No_means_testing_for_b...
      4 Feb 2012 – A BOLTON MP has spoken out after Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called for free bus passes not to be given to some older people.
    9. Bus passes to be means-tested? - Rochdale Online Forums - Page 1

      www.rochdaleonline.co.uk › ... › Rochdale Online › Community Forum
      Well here we are. Nick Clegg is trying to out-Tory the Tories by means-testing OAP's right to a...
    10. Early day motion 2665 - MEANS-TESTING FREE BUS PASSES - UK ...

      www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/2665
      30+ items – That this House is deeply concerned at the Deputy Prime ...
      NameConstituencyDate Signed
      Anderson, DavidBlaydon08.02.2012
      Betts, CliveSheffield South East06.02.2012

Sunday, 19 February 2012

SOBB! SAVE THE BIRDS AND THE BATS FROM WINDMILLS OF TERROR - THE ''TRIFFID INVASION OF TAFFY LAND' - STRIKES ME AS A POSSIBLE GOOD RETELLING OF THE JOHN WYNDHAM NOVEL

Have not that in my libray but did buy in Oxfam the other day another of his books which might interest you:





Why do I referr to the Windmilling of Wales as akin to an  Attack by Triiffids, read the book or go see the film and you will see why. Whatever, lets get very serious, I have already made you aware of the Windmills Slaughtering Birds:

ADFYWIAD GOCH CYMRU: BIRD AND BAT KILL: TURBINE ...

adfywiadgoch.blogspot.com/.../bird-and-bat-kill-turbine-terrorism.ht...
26 Jan 2012 – CAMPAIGNS CYMRU: PANORAMA PROG: THE TRUTH IS OUT . ....While some wind turbines kill birds, newer models are being built to ...

Now, how about Bats:
SOBB 

SAVE OUR BATS AND BIRDS (Good Name For a Society That?)

Bat (heraldry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_(heraldry)
The bat as a heraldic symbol is primarily represented in the coats of arms of certain important towns of the former Crown of Aragon. It appears mostly at the top, ...

Brycheiniog/Brecknockshire as a Coat of Arms which includes the Bat:


Brecknockshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecknockshire
Coat of arms used by Brecknockshire County Council ... The kingdom of Brycheiniogwas established in the 5th century and survived until the 10th century when ..

It is of further interest that it was Hywel ap Maredudd of Brycheiniog who in 1136, like a 'Bat Out Of Hell' rode across the Mountains of Mynydd Y Betws and Mynydd Y Gwair. Being joined by 'Y Cymry' of the 'Welshry' of Gogledd Gwyr to attack Normans of Southern Gower 'Englishry' and defeat them on 1 Ionawr 1136 at the Battle of Llwchwr:

The Battle of Llwchwr 1 Ionawr 1136 - I'R GAD

brwydr.blogspot.com/2007/05/battle-of-llwchwr-1-ionawr-1136.html
3 May 2007 – The Battle of Llwchwr, new years day 1136: The Normans of Southern Gwyr had been informed of an on coming Welsh Attack, and realised ...

I'R GAD: Welsh Medieval Battlefields Campaign.: PENLLE'R ...

brwydr.blogspot.com/.../penller-castell-and-gwyr-gogledd-fight.html
11 Jan 2012 – I'R GAD: Welsh Medieval Battlefields Campaign. Objectives are to seek official .... Battle of Llwchwr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

Patriots of Swansea and Gower today it's Payback time, so start to organise your 'Jubileee Week June' March into the Mountains via Pontardawe and Rhyd y Fro to Mynydd y Betws.

TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF LLWCHWR 1136 AND TO ...

cymruncodi.blogspot.com/.../to-commemorate-battle-of-llwchwr-113...
1 Dec 2011 – I'R GAD: Welsh Medieval Battlefields Campaign. Objectives are to seek official ... The Battle of Llwchwr 1 Ionawr 1136. - I'R GAD ...

Now for the Bats, don't look if Blood is not your thing?
Links Credit To Google.

  1. Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Investigating the Causes and ...

    www.fort.usgs.gov › Science › Features
    Although these questions remain unanswered, potential clues can be found in the patterns of fatalities. Foremost, the majority of bats killed by wind turbines are ...
  2. Windmills Killing Bats By The Thousands! - YouTube

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5stM8Bj_02 Sep 2010 - 10 min - Uploaded by MOXNEWSd0tCOM
    Windmills Killing Bats By The Thousands! MOXNEWSd0tCOM... good I hate bats ! if i had my way all the .
    ..
  3. Wind turbines make bat lungs explode - YouTube

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqu4WiLQfk29 Aug 2008 - 1 min - Uploaded by newscientistvideo
    There is NO evidence that wind turbines kill anything. I have walked around loads of sites like this and never ..
    .
  4. Wind Turbines Kill Bats Without Impact : Discovery News

    dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/25/wind-turbine-bats.html
    25 Aug 2008 – Researchers have found the cause behind mysterious bat deaths nearwind turbines, in which many bat carcasses appeared uninjured.
  5. Wind Turbines - Bat Conservation Trust

    www.bats.org.uk/pages/wind_turbines.html
    The discovery of dead bats and birds underneath wind turbines in the US and in mainland Europe has led to concerns that research into the siting of these ...
  6. Windmill Farm Turbines Kill Bats Hurt Farmers | Video | TheBlaze.com

    www.theblaze.com/.../cost-of-going-green-wind-farm-turbi...
    Christopher Santarelli
    18 Jul 2011 – New green technologies look to be backfiring for Pennsylvania farmers, and the nocturnal creatures who take care of their pest problem.
  7. CSI Wisconsin: Are Wind Turbines Killing Bats? | EarthTechling

    www.earthtechling.com/.../csi-wisconsin-are-wind-turbi... - United States
    5 Nov 2011 – A new study by the University of Wisconsin Madison looked into the deaths of countless bats found near wind turbines to see exactly how they ...
  8. Study Finds Wind Turbines Killing Bats Without Even Hitting Them ...

    cleantechnica.com/.../study-finds-high-rate-of-bat-deaths-caused-by-...
    29 Aug 2008 – All three species of migratory bats killed by wind turbines fly at night, eating thousands of insects—including many crop pests—per day as they ..
  9. On a Wing and Low Air: The Surprising Way Wind Turbines Kill Bats ...

    www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=wind-turbines-kill-bats
    26 Aug 2008 – It is the pressure change--not the blades--that wipe out thousands of batsannually at wind farms.
  10. WDUQNews: Study: Wind Turbines Kill Bats

    wduqnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/study-wind-turbines-kill-bats.html
    1 Jul 2011 – Study: Wind Turbines Kill Bats. A recent study confirms the Pennsylvania Game Commission's fears that wind turbines kill a significant amount ...

    1. Spanish wind farms kill 6 to 18 million birds & bats a year

      www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/43904
      14 Jan 2012 – Spanish wind farms kill 6 to 18 million birds & bats a year, The average bird death per turbine comes down to 333 – 1000 deaths annually, ...
    2. Windmills are not healthy for bats, eagles and other flying things ...

      www.redstate.com/.../windmills-are-not-healthy-for-bats... - United States


      Wind Turbines Causing Dark Nights for Bats - YouTube

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXzWcxOaqvQ25 Aug 2008 - 2 min - Uploaded by sciencentral
      The big knock on wind turbines has been that they're dangerous to birds. But researchers have found that ...

Plenty More Where That Came From via the Web, But Suffice Above, enough to get the message across, I hope. WINDMILLS IN WALES WILL KILL OUR BATS TOO AND OUR RED KITES BE SURE OF THAT - So Think On 'Occupying Nant y Arian' Forest Centre over weekend of 1 - 3 June 2012, Why:

Nant yr Arian access route secured for Nant - the Nant y Moch wind ...

www.nantymochwindfarm.com/welcome/view_news/30/1.html
 Nant yr Arian access route secured for Nant y Moch wind farm ... a few locations where slight adjustments need to be made such as the temporary ... SSE is the company which has been awarded the development rights by the ...

The Red Kite

www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/features/red-kite2.asp
Red Kite Safaris is the bird tour company of Elfyn Pugh, author of this article. ...spiralling forever skyward catching the unseen breath of wind or an uplifting warm air thermal. ... The development in the manufacture of firearms made the task of ... of the town of Rhayader and Bwlch Nant-yr-Arian Forest Centre at Ponterwyd 10 ...

BATS IN WALES:

In Wales - Bat Conservation Trust

www.bats.org.uk/pages/wales.html
Thanks to the support of the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Wales and the Heritage Lottery Fund, BCT is able to run the Wales Bat Project. through ...

Wales Count Bat - Bat Conservation Trust

www.bats.org.uk/pages/wales_count_bat.html
The Count Bat project in Wales follows on from its sister project that is already operating in 3 regions of England. The ultimate aim is to create a sustainable ...

  1. BBC - Wales - Nature - Wildlife - Bats and climate change in Wales

    www.bbc.co.uk/wales/nature/sites/species/.../climate_change_bats.sht...
    27 Oct 2009 – BBC Wales nature website article on climate change and bats in the UK.
  2. Welcome to Gwynedd Bat Group

    gwyneddbats.org.uk/
    The Gwynedd Bat Group is a registered charity working to promote bat conservation in North West Wales. We are a small network of volunteers in Anglesey, ...
  3. Bats About Wales (Out and About in Wales): Amazon.co.uk: Sheena ...

    www.amazon.co.uk › Books › Children's Books › Fiction › Animals
    Bats About Wales (Out and About in Wales): Amazon.co.uk: Sheena Crossley, Nicola Robinson: 9781848510487: Books.
  4. Bat Survey Wales £329 | Arbtech

    www.arbtech.co.uk/services/bat-survey-north-wales/
    Anyone wishing to commence work in building or construction in Wales must firstly ensure that they have completed the full bat survey Wales reporting and ...

Common Pipistrelle - Countryside Council for Wales

A common bat in Wales the common pipistrelle is none the less highly protected by law. Common pipistrelle. One of the most common species of bat in Wales, ...

Rare bat flits back from the brink - Wales News - News - WalesOnline

www.walesonline.co.uk/.../wales.../rare-bat-flits-back-from-the-brink...
29 Jul 2011 – A BAT the size of a plum with a rare stronghold in Wales has seen a population explosion in the past year, conservationists have revealed.

FOR MORE ON BATS SEE:

TAN y BONT

cymrugothic.blogspot.com/
30 Oct 2011 – A Journal of a Gothic Cymru and Beyond. ... Caernarfon to launch it's claim to the Plaid Cymru Throne as first step towards total power over the ...

FOR STUFF ON TRIFFIDS SEE:

Pwca Power.

pwcapower.blogspot.com/
PWCA POWER CLEANSES BALCHDER CYMRY ZOMBIE NAT - PA... LEAVING LLAS FEGAS? PROVING I AM HUMAN AFTER ALL A... A SLOGAN AS SHORT ...