9/8台灣國升旗典禮在101大樓!

英國環保團體研究指出海上風力發電廠將危害鯨豚類生存, 因建造及特別是風機運轉的低頻噪音(80-110db)使鯨豚類生存造成聽障等傷害.

 Cetaceans are endangered by offshore windfarms, claims group  CHIPPENHAM, , August 22, 2007. 
         
        The growth in offshore windfarms poses a potentially devastating threat to whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to a report from an environmental protection group. 
        The driving of turbine piles and other noises during construction of facilities can be heard by marine creatures in shallow water up to 80 km away, while the noises can damage their hearing at close range and cause dramatic changes to behaviour at distances of 20 km, claims the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society in a 122-page report, ‘The Conservation of British Cetaceans(pdf download: http://www.docuticker.com/?p=15776): A review of the threats & protection afforded to whales, dolphins & porpoises in UK waters.’ To accompany the report, WDCS produced a ‘score sheet’ which graded the UK government at 1 out of a score of 10 for its action to avoid the most serious threats to the UK’s wildlife. 
        The laying of cables and disturbances caused by service boats means the acoustic impact continues long after the building of an offshore windfarm is finished, it adds. Only five offshore windfarms are operating in , but seven are under construction and 14 are planned. 
        “With regard to offshore windfarms, underwater turbines, wave energy generators and other forms of ‘renewable energy’ generation, consideration needs to be given to the potential impacts of construction, operation and decommissioning,” the report explains. “The pile driving, for example, that is used to build windfarms is a substantive source of noise. Enthusiasm for green energy should not be allowed to override genuine marine conservation concerns.”         
        Cetaceans are being “adversely affected by various human generated activities,” it warns. “The precise significance of virtually all of these is poorly known and this situation is made even worse because we also know little of the distributions and habitat needs of these animals. In short, we may well be in danger in the seas of repeating the mistakes made earlier on land for many terrestrial species: driving them from their natural habitats, reducing ranges and depleting or even extinguishing populations.”         
        “In order to provide a source of renewable energy for the UK, there has been considerable investment in the development of alternative technologies and, in particular, windfarms,” says senior author Chris Parsons. “Due to competition over land use, land-based windfarms are becoming harder to site, therefore attention has become focussed on marine windfarms.”         
        “Although, on the one hand, being a renewable source of energy, windfarms have a positive environmental impact, on the other they could possibly have a negative impact on cetaceans due to the noise they produce and possible impacts on habitats and the marine ecosystem in general.”         
        “Their potential to displace animals is one concern and one that it is particularly difficult to gauge, since so little is known about current cetacean distributions around the UK,” it continues. “When in operation, windfarms produce a considerable amount of low frequency noise, which research has calculated increases background levels of marine noise by 80-110 dB. However, the construction of windfarms also produces considerable amounts of marine noise (260 dB), likewise the laying of submarine cables to service the windfarm site (176 dB).”        
         A study funded by a statutory authority investigated the possible effects on cetaceans and marine fish from noise and vibrations of offshore windfarms and determined that there would be significant effects during construction, with disturbance reactions likely to a distance of several kilometres. Within 100 m of a windfarm construction, it was estimated that noise levels might be so severe that cetaceans may suffer acoustic trauma.          
        Disturbance reactions by cetaceans to noises produced by windfarms have been documented, the report claims, and researchers playing recordings of noises produced by a 2 MW turbine (frequency 800 Hz) “reported that the distance between harbour porpoise surfacings and the sound source significantly increased, and there was a significant increase in porpoise echolocation rates, thus indicating disturbance of the harbour porpoises by windfarm noise.” The disturbance occurred even though the animals should not have been able to detect these low frequency sounds, according to hearing sensitivity tests conducted on captive porpoises.

The nation is watching as Senator Kennedy and Representative Delahunt continue to oppose Cape Wind, America's first off shore wind farm and a project that over 80% of Massachusetts residents support. This project will reduce global warming pollution and create jobs in Massachusetts. It's obvious by opposing Cape Wind, Senator Kennedy and Representative Delahunt aren't serious about addressing global warming and energy independence.
Cap Wind Fram 模擬動畫by Green Peace Org.
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/copy-of-wind-power/cape-wind/cape-wind-psa


Greenpeace raps Kennedy, Delahunt on wind farm plan

By TOM BENNER
The Patriot Ledger

BOSTON - An environmental group targets U.S. Rep. William Delahunt in a new television ad campaign, accusing him and U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy of rejecting public opinion by opposing a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm.

The Washington-based environmental group Greenpeace on Monday launched a three-week, $40,000 ad campaign in the Boston and Cape Cod media markets urging both Democrats ‘‘to put public backing for clean energy before the interests of wealthy homeowners on the sound.’’ Kennedy’s family compound is in Hyannisport on Nantucket Sound.

In the ad, which can be found at greenpeace.org/capewindad, a narrator cites a poll saying 80 percent of Massachusetts residents polled support the proposed Cape Wind project. With photographs of Kennedy and Delahunt flashing on the screen, the ad says: ‘‘Now we need our leaders to do the right thing for all of Massachusetts, not just for the wealthy few.’’

Delahunt spokesman Mark Forest called the ad divisive, claiming most Cape and island residents consistently have opposed the wind farm project in surveys and special elections.

‘‘When one tries to impose a project on a community against its will, I think it's counterproductive,’’ Forest said. ‘‘That’s what is happening here.’’

Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said the senator opposes the wind farm for economic and environmental reasons. She added: ‘‘He also doesn’t believe it’s appropriate to hand any one developer 25 square miles of public property on a no-bid basis and before national standards for offshore wind farms are in place to protect coastal communities.’’

Greenpeace global warming campaigner Katherine Smolski said both politicians should back what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm, noting it would be a clean source of renewable energy.

‘‘Our elected leaders owe future generations of Americans the chance to escape the climate crisis and breathe clean air,’’ Smolski said. ‘‘That is why Sen. Kennedy and Rep. Delahunt should no longer cater to the interests of the wealthy few and fully support the Cape Wind project.’’

The 25-square-mile wind farm would be about six miles from the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport. Opponents have raised a host of objections to the proposal, including that the turbines would kill birds, ruin people’s view and hurt property values.

Gov. Deval Patrick supports the plan by Cape Wind Associates to put 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound, and the plan has passed reviews by state environmental and Army Corps of Engineers officials. A federal draft environmental impact statement is expected this fall.

Additionally, the 6,000-member Dorchester-based Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers - many of whose members would be employed on such a project, and which has a solitary wind turbine next to its offices - has also come down firmly in its favor.

Greenpeace is pledging to send members and supporters of the Cape Wind project to public meetings to show support for renewable energy.

The Cape Cod Commission, which has some regulatory control over the project, is expected to discuss the proposal at its meeting Thursday.

Tom Benner may be reached at tbenner@ledger.com .

Copyright 2007 The Patriot Ledger
Transmitted Tuesday, August 21, 2007

「台灣國民會議」成立記者會

         「立法院」不但制定了鳥籠式的「公民投票法」，濫權限制人民的公民權利，對於民意代表的責任也是棄置不顧，將關係人民生活的預算、法案及國防軍備採購案等抗拒而不加以審查，更看到「公民投票審議委員會」否決了「以台灣名義加入聯合國」的公民投票提案。台灣人民自己投票選擇的權利，在「中華民國」外來體制之下將永遠受到壓制而無法正常運作。為了突破台灣正常化目前遭遇到的瓶頸，我們邀請20多個民間團體共同成立了「台灣國民會議」。
        未來「台灣國民會議」的定位是一個現有「中華民國」體制外的組織，廣大邀請認同台灣獨立建國的團體或個人而組織成立。我們期待這個組織可以作為台灣獨立建國運動的溝通平台組織，具有足夠台灣人民的代表性，對內協調台灣人民的獨立建國共識，對外突破「中華民國」外來體制的限制，進一歩代表台灣人民向國際社會正確傳達台灣人民的聲音、意志與決心。
時 間 ： 2007年8月19日（週日）下午2：00

地 點 ：台大校友會館 3A室（台北市濟南路一段2-1號）  

 輪值主席：蔡丁貴

 秘書長：徐福棟

 發言人：劉重義 

主席團：
王獻極（908台灣國運動） 
史明（獨立台灣會）
蔡丁貴（台灣教授協會會長）
黃國華（桃園海洋之聲廣播電台） 
楊東傑（台灣建國聯誼會台北分部）      
王圭雄 （台灣獨立建國聯盟美國本部） 
許文輔 （台灣欒社）    
※ 徐福棟 教授為前柯林頓總統任命之前「白宮經貿顧問」 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xNKfjSSAPRY

Andrea Bocelli's 安德烈‧波伽利---天籟之聲

http://www.universalmusiconline.com/bocelli-andrea/us/link.htm
mms://streaming.books.com.tw/audio/1/0020098861_01_01.mp3
Andrea Bocelli's 官方網站:www.andreabocelli.org

Available in  博客來網路書局
http://www.books.com.tw/exep/cdfile.php?item=0020098861

安德烈‧波伽利
全球專輯總銷量超過5千萬張 史上最暢銷古典藝人
兩度獲得世界音樂獎「全球最暢銷義大利藝人」
英國流行榜史上最佳外語歌手 獲頒英國古典音樂獎「傑出貢獻獎」
奇蹟般製作陣容 "Time To Say Goodbye"黃金組合再度攜手 拉丁情歌王子安立奎、羅比威廉斯製作人Guy Chambers共同譜寫深情單曲　　
倘若「歌唱是宇宙共通的心靈語言」，Andrea Bocelli/安德烈‧波伽利就是世界上臻於完美的優選示範。的確，他的歌聲能夠穿越語言隔閡，直觸人類共有的情感與靈魂。這寶貴天賦，不僅讓他成為古典音樂史上最暢銷藝人，更在流行音樂版圖中無往不利，全球專輯的總銷量已超過5千萬張，而對他而言這還只是個開始。 　　
孩提時代便迷上了歌劇及義大利音樂劇的Bocelli，比薩大學法律系畢業後，難以忘情對音樂的熱愛，將律師的工作擱置一旁，投身音樂事業的追求。義大利聖雷莫歌唱節中，他以一曲"Il Mare Calmo Della Sera"驚艷全場，轟動了義大利樂壇。首張專輯『Il Mare Calmo Della Sera/夜晚的寧靜海洋』及尾隨的『同名專輯』，造就一系列銷售長紅的熱門歌曲。令人醉心的單曲"Con Te Partiro/當你離去"以及與莎拉布萊曼合唱的英文版本"Time To Say Goodbye"，在國際樂壇大放異彩，創下近三百萬張的銷售天量。

【聽見波伽利】是Bocelli繼『Cieli Di Toscana/托斯坎尼的天空』三年後重返流行樂界的最新力作，同時也是他最貼近本性的流行樂作品。「好幾年來我不斷在學習錄音的各個環節，在家裡有一間錄音室是我的夢想。當某人提及我的父母給了我一個很美的名字，這張專輯又是在我自家的錄音室錄製的，我漸漸覺得他就像是『我自己的孩子』，這張專輯就像是我自己」。 
【聽見波伽利】整張專輯擁有跨語言、跨國界、跨世代的黃金製作陣容，不僅屢次為Bocelli鍍金的老搭檔Mauro Malavasi、Celso Valli和Peppe Vessicchio。還有拉丁情歌王子安立奎專門為Bocelli譜寫的情歌"Un nuovo giorno"。另外、Bocelli也與「吉普賽國王合唱團」的Mario Reyes合唱"Sin tu amor"，與加州12歲新生代美聲奇蹟Holly Stell合唱安迪賈西亞最新電影主題曲。專輯中首支單曲"Dell’Amore non si sa"，以靜謐悠揚的管絃編制襯托Bocelli刻意沙啞的嗓音，恍如天使翩然現身人間。 　　
「如果上帝會歌唱，祂的歌聲聽起來應該就像波伽利！」流行天后Celine Dion/席琳狄翁這麼形容Bocelli獨一無二的歌聲。2004年冬，我們慶幸還有一個溫柔深情的聲音相伴。

王美琇 
          民進黨公佈的「正常國家決議文」，與台灣國家發展有密切關係，我認為來得正是時候，我們應嚴重關切。至少有幾點值得注意：
一、民進黨的歷史使命：台灣正處於進入正常國家的歷史分水嶺，負責任的政黨有義務告訴人民，台灣的困境在哪裡以及民進黨要將國家帶往何處。這份決議文指出當前「國家不正常」的現象與未來發展方向，誠屬可貴；但是我覺得仍然迴避了民進黨作繭自縛的困境。換句話說，為了贏得政權，民進黨在一九九九年通過的「台灣前途決議文」，其實就是一個錯誤的開始。當民進黨承認中華民國，將中華民國合理化，理所當然的「住進中華民國體制」，就無法對中華民國體制所造成的扭曲和錯誤，進行徹底的改造。因為「住進」而被「困住」至今已達七年，執政困境和國家困局，都和「中華民國」有關，若不徹底終結中華民國體制，台灣沒有出路。
二、中華民國不等於台灣：國民黨統治台灣半個世紀，所依據的「中華民國憲法」是為了「統治全中國」而設計，雖在李登輝時期有過幾次增修條文的修憲，有意將中華民國的治權限縮在台澎，但整部憲法與增修條文的基本精神，並未將中國視為「另一個國家」，而是劃分為「台灣地區和大陸地區」。也就是國家的基本大法「中華民國憲法」並未把「台灣」當作一個國家，而是一個「地區」；「中華民國」代表全中國，「台灣」只是中華民國暫時居住的旅館，為的是將來的「中國統一」。這就是國民黨的「法統」，也是當前憲政、教育、外交、國防等體制不正常的源頭。民主內亂就是從這裡開始，所以需要制定一部台灣新憲法。
三、台灣從未被以國家身分對待：陳總統執政七年，雖然無數次聲稱「台灣是一個主權獨立國家」、「台灣與中國一邊一國」，但是，台灣政府與外國所簽署的合約、任何文書或參與國際組織、駐外單位等，從未使用過「台灣」，依舊沿用「在國際上已經死亡或被中國取代」的「中華民國」或者「中華台北、台澎金馬、台北經濟文化辦事處、捕魚實體、衛生實體、氣象實體…」等等。請問這些稱號像是一個國家嗎？我們到底主張了什麼？一位知名國際法學者曾說：「台灣政府的作為，讓人覺得台灣不是一個國家。」換句話說，七年住在中華民國體制的結果，並沒有改變「內部的政治混亂和認同危機」，也沒有改變「台灣不是一個國家」的事實。因為我們政府從來沒有以「台灣」的國家身分，在國際間進行任何必要的法律伸張或國家權力的彰顯，所以國際間並不存在一個名叫「台灣」的國家。
四、終結中華民國，才有正常台灣：李登輝前總統雖推動民主改革，但仍然「享受」做「中華民國總統」十二年；陳水扁繼續「享受中華民國總統」八年；如果謝長廷未來仍繼續享受中華民國，無法深刻體認到：「做中華民國總統的最大使命，就是有一天要把中華民國終結掉」，台灣的內外危機將永無寧日。一個國家領導人的意志和政治決斷，絕對影響國家的命運，「做與不做」存乎一念；同樣的，人民集體意志的展現與民主實踐，也會決定國家的命運。 
所以，台灣人民如果不發出聲音，不行使公民投票主張「以台灣名義加入聯合國」；以及將已經不存在於國際社會的「中華民國」正名為「台灣」，我們就繼續維持現狀，直到中華民國和台灣一起被中國消滅吧。
（作者為台灣北社副社長）  
（本文發表於自由時報2007.8.9）

昨天經濟部通過鴻海集團的對中國投資135億台幣， 經濟部的「有效管理」再度震撼阻擋產業西進的台灣派人士，, 光是這次通過鴻海集團的額度， 初估台灣減少5000個工作機會， 而中國增加數千名工作機會， 郭台銘本人在鴻海集團去年的獲利四百億， 台灣一般老百性卻因鴻海集團的中國佈局， 而失去在世界一流的鴻海相關企業的工作機會， 我們不禁要問： 在M型社會的最右端的郭董事長， 您有在思考企業社會責任嗎？ 

您日前說要投資千億在生技產業是真的嗎?  個人觀察您對中國的投資腳步加快， 在台灣的投資除了併購外其餘牛步化，鴻海集團對台灣高科技製造的就業率貢獻越來越低，您快速的累積財富並未讓您在台灣繼續大力投資。 鴻海集團在台灣積極併購， 搶入鴻海集團過去沒有的市場， 然後再擴大在中國的製造， 台灣的高科技企業地位在鴻海集團的策略下變成世界級， 卻沒有造福台灣的白領及藍領階級。相對的，對中國高科技電子業的貢獻越來越大。

        經濟部對半導體產業鏈西進的管理雖不盡令國人滿意， 對鴻海集團大舉西進的「有效管理」也行禮如儀， 造成台灣與中國電子業的產值差距越來越大， 鴻海集團及其衛星工廠西進對台灣的就業人口衝擊也未能有效評估， 也未對鴻海集團提出相對投資根留台灣(工作機會)的要求，不免讓人覺得經濟部的「有效管理」悄悄的變成「缺席管理」。

台灣工程師協會 副會長

許文輔

【經濟日報╱記者王純瑞／台北報導】 2007.08 

台灣最大民營企業，鴻海精密昨（31 ）日一口氣通過12項大陸投資案，工廠遍及華南地區中山、佛山、深圳，華東的南京、淮安，東北瀋陽、秦皇島等；布局包括光學、模具、軟體等產品，總金額高達4.064億美元，折合台幣約135億元，創下歷年最大手筆。

【工商時報╱／台北報導】2007/7/13

鴻海千億元投資效應 生技醫療類股