Ash disease…"The Happening" is happening!
Ash disease is found in SIX more counties: We can do nothing to stop it spreading, says expert
- Ash dieback has now spread to six more counties and been found in 115 locations
- Woodland Trust says crisis is a ‘sad reflection’ of low priority given to protecting the countryside
Outbreaks of the deadly disease threatening to devastate 80 million ash trees were yesterday confirmed in as many as ten counties.
A chief Government environmental adviser admitted nothing can be done to prevent its spread.
The number of woodland sites where ash dieback has been detected has doubled since Monday, up from 32 to 61.
It is now present at 115 sites across the country when nurseries and new planting sites are included. It is believed that thousands of ash are infected.
With the disease so widespread, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that infected mature trees will be felled and burned, with the Government instead likely to opt for a policy of ‘managed decline’.
Cases of ash dieback have been found in woodlands in six more counties since the weekend – Sussex, Berkshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Bedfordshire and Northumberland – in addition to Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent and Essex.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson yesterday held a summit with scientists, conservation groups and tree growers, and is set to announce a series of measures following a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee tomorrow.
Be prepared for the biggest lie ever…Asteroids and Martians!
The giant UFO spotted over London as futuristic soldiers descend on the city (But don’t panic, it is just a stunt for the launch of Halo 4)
- 50 foot wide logo weighs 3.2 tonnes, and is biggest man made structure ever to be given permission to fly over a capital city
- Was flown underneath a helicopter
For many Londoners, it was a terrifying sight – a giant UFO appearing over the city’s landmarks, hovering almost silently while orange light pulsates across its surface.
The 50 foot diameter circular object travelled along the Thames, passing the capital’s biggest landmarks – while a collection of futuristic soldiers looked on.
However, it was actually one of the most ambitious stunts ever for the launch of the Xbox computer game Halo 4.
The UFO was actually a giant version of the Halo 4 Glyph logo.
Xbox, Microsoft’s game firm, said the symbol was one of the largest and brightest man-made structures to ever fly over a capital city and measures 50 feet in diameter and weighs over three tons.
Over 500 fans and spectators gathered to see the the UFO fly over the River Thames from Greenwich Peninsula to Tower Bridge, past some of the world’s most iconic landmarks.
The helicopter flew at a height of 600 feet with the Glyph suspended 350 feet above the River Thames.
[Top]How the media brainwashes you with text and colors
How fonts can affect your political opinions: Making information harder to read ‘leads readers to take more moderate views’
- The study is the first to use fonts as a way to disrupt confirmation bias
Presenting arguments in a difficult to read font can lead those with extreme political views to moderate their opinions, new research claims.
The study, reported in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, shows how subtle manipulations that affect the way people take in information can colour their response.
By asking participants to read an overtly political argument about capital punishment in a challenging font, researchers sought to disrupt participants’ usual attitudes to the subject.
Mind tricks: Presenting political arguments in a more difficult to read font can moderate the views of people reading them, new research from the University of Illinois has shown
The intervention worked. Left- and right-wingers who read the argument in an easy-to-read font were much more polarised on the subject than those who had to slog through the difficult version.
In a separate experiment, people were shown documents that praised or criticised the behavior of a defendant in a mock trial before they saw the (rather sketchy) evidence against him.
As expected, those who read an unflattering account of the defendant’s character were much more likely to convict him than those who read a more complimentary report.
The two sides were far apart on their assessment of the evidence.
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