September 2014 - luv-talk

East West Link - contacting the government
by Peter Ross 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Hi all, Labor opposing East West Link - good news, at least for me. There is no contract signed yet - so all uncertainty claims are quite strange. It is up to the government in power to create certainty - by waiting with the contracts until after the election. The process is before the courts because the link did not go through a proper planning, assessment and consultation process yet. The lack of process created the uncertainty. So the government can correct it by honouring process. This would make it a decision made by a government which asked for a mandate from the electorate. Below my letter to Terry Mulder (terence.mulder(a)parliament.vic.gov.au) Maybe you would like to contact him too? Thanks Peter Dear Terry, the Labor decision to dump the East West Link is a good one for us in Melbourne. Please cancel the project if you care for Victoria. It may save hundred of millions or billions of dollars of claims when the project finally ends in the bin, as it should. The East West Link is not a properly planned project. I contacted you before about my concerns. Some of the events and claims are truly bizarre if you are familiar with the area as I am. I work in Kensington. I frequently use the bike track along the Mooney Ponds Creek you want to overshadow with another bunch of lanes. I also spend a lot of time waiting for and in trains from and to Craigieburn and Upfield which never go on time. It is not a surprise that the whole case is before the courts. The rush to lock it in resulted in a shoddy process which defies logic and did never satisfy requirements of proper consulting with the public. Even now, the design is still work in progress, and some of the "corrections" over time looked as professional as me designing a model train with my son. How can this being assessed? How can the community have a sufficient input in this process? How can you sign contracts with this uncertainty? It will be a liability for any future government and all Victorians. A tender process where you continue with one bidder only is another detail not making sense. I never do that if I want a good deal. You were elected with the Liberals claiming support for the Metro Rail Link. You did not advance the project. Instead it became another train wreck of "planning on the run". Please bring that back into action instead of tinkering with the East West Link if you want to do something for Victoria. Thank you Peter [contact details]

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Australian Gov Drupal
by Daniel J Jitnah 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Might be of interest to many who have not seen it before! http://agov.com.au/about Cheers Daniel.

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Was: bash "Shell Shock" vulnerability
by Douglas Ray 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

On 26/09/14 1:21 PM, Trent W. Buck wrote: > Douglas, please cite the CVE when discussing vulnerabilities: > > https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7169 > Dear Trent, The CVE was in seclists link I quoted, with substantially more detail: > More details, and an http exploit, are in > http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/650 Cheers, Douglas

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Drupal success with Federal Gov.
by Daniel J Jitnah 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Just saw this ... nice news .. "Web developer Acquia has won a federal government contract to build up to 450 websites using the open source Drupal software. The resulting CMS will be known as govCMS. Drupal is one of the three big open source CMS products in widespread use, the others being Wordpress and Joomla." (Source: http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/65421-drupal-agency-acqu…)

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Augmented Android 3-5pm Sat 13th Sept ALSO (Volunteers needed for )Sustainable House Day, 2014 Sunday Sept 14th
by David E Payne 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

> "What: > Augmented Android > Development work on Android/Google Glass and Android ports > on embedded > platforms > > Time: > Sat Sept 13th is a free to the public event so come and > have a play/hack with Google Glass 3-~5pm > > Why: > > - Get help to setup the Eclipse/Android > Studio environment > - Test your Android app/website with > Google Glass > - Discuss development options for your > project > - Get involved with existing ones > - Be where it's at > > > Location: > Connected Community Hackerspace > 5 Kent Lane Hawthorn > http://www.hackmelbourne.org/ > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hackmelbourne.org%2F&sa=D&sntz…> > > Hope to see you there! > > Cheers, > > > Nemo " > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Volunteers needed for Sustainable House Day > > View this email in your browser > (http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f988b65ecd42bb1a0778c21bc&id=83c88d83a9…) > > We have two unfilled volunteer spots for Sunday's > Sustainable House > Day in Carlton (http://sustainablehouseday.com/item/craig-perry-and-peter-danns-house/) > . > > We need volunteers for the following two time slots: > * Sunday 14th September 11am - 2pm > * Sunday 14th September 2pm - 5pm > > Volunteers will be enlisted to help homeowners manage > attendees during > the course of the day, helping with sign-in, orientation and > possibly > leading tours and providing information on sustainable > building and > design. The duties will be site specific, depending on > the individual > needs of the homeowners and the volunteers' areas of > expertise. > > ATA staff will also be tabling at each house, providing > information on > sustainable building and living, ways to cut your energy use > and > promoting ATA membership and our publications, ReNew > (http://www.renew.org.au) and Sanctuary magazines > (http://www.sanctuarymagazine.org.au) . > > If you can help out please email Katy on katy(a)ata.org.au > (mailto:katy.daily@ata.org.au) > . > > And, if you can't volunteer but would like to attend > Sustainable House > Day, visit sustainablehouseday.com to plan your tour. > You can win > fabulous prizes (including subscription to Sanctuary > magazine and an > hour long consultation from the ATA). Details and > prizes are > described at sustainablehouseday.com/attend-to-win/ > > ====================================================== > ** (https://www.facebook.com/AlternativeTechnologyAssociation) > ** (https://www.twitter.com/ata_aus/) > ** (http://www.ata.org.au) > Copyright © 2014 Alternative Technology Association, All > rights reserved. > > Our mailing address is: > Alternative Technology Association > Level 1, 39 Little Collins St > Melbourne, Victoria 3000 > Australia

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Melb Uni's annual 3d-printing-showcase-2014-september-12th-13th-830am-4pm
by David E Payne 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Melb Uni's annual 3d Printing Showcase is on 2014 September Fri 12th & Sat 13th 830am-4pm Free bookings via https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/3d-printing-showcase-2014-september-12th-13… Dav* - the USA now calls September 11th "Patriot Day". That's when Anglophone crass media treat the lives & well-being of USA citizens as hundreds of times more important than that of Chile citizens. In other words, like every other country & every other day;- only even more so!

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Where is Keech House? (Sun 7th sustainable house day)
by Douglas Ray 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

sustainablehouseday.com shows Richard Keech's house googlemapped as a church in Essendon ("Presbyterian Church of Vic."), and no address. Can anyone help? ta, Douglas

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