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Re: Britain’s Most Helpful Bank Ventures Further Into Gutter By Funding Internationally Banned Cluster Bombs

minxymoggy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:27:27 -0000

I received this follow up via email today from Amnesty. Well done to everyone who got involved on this and thank you RBS for upping your standards.

Dear Misae,

Three weeks ago, we asked for your help to make Royal Bank of Scotland end its investment in
companies that produce cluster bombs – and you did us proud. Over 1,000 of you
donated to an ad campaign to shame RBS. Over 11,000 of you emailed the bank's
Chief Executive. And hundreds more wrote, rang and tweeted your revulsion.

So I’m delighted to share the
news that last week RBS changed their policy and agreed to cease investments in
companies involved in the production of cluster munitions - thanks to you.
At first RBS flat out denied our allegations. But in the end, it seems the
threat of our ad campaign was just the pressure they needed to change their
minds.
They have now committed to
drawing up a new policy and have frozen their dealings with companies involved
in the manufacture of cluster bombs while they do so. They're also going to work
with the UK Government and other banks to draw up a code of conduct. Find
out what RBS said and how we’re going to hold them to account

Next up? A bulletproof arms
trade treaty
RBS may
have committed to do as we asked, but we'll work with them to ensure they
deliver on their promises. Meanwhile, we're setting our sights on our next,
even bigger campaign goal: securing a robust global arms trade treaty in 2012.

One person dies every minute
from armed violence and millions more have their lives and livelihoods ripped
apart. But right now, we have a once-in-a-generation chance to reduce this
suffering by securing a new international treaty to regulate the arms trade. A
treaty that would help end the flow of weapons to human rights abusers. Take
action now
We’ve been working towards this
since 2003, but with negotiations in their final stages we’ll be ramping up our
activity over the coming months. As our cluster bombs campaign has shown, when
we work together we can achieve amazing things. So I hope I can count on your
continuing support.
First up, we need Foreign
Secretary William Hague to stand up at the UN General Assembly this month and
make it clear the UK is committed to a robust treaty, and won’t allow other
states to water it down. Read
more and send an email to William Hague now
As our cluster bombs campaign
has shown, when we work together we can achieve amazing things. So I hope I can
count on your continuing support. Thank you once again,

Olly SpragueArms
Campaigner

Re: New Twitter Scam

minxymoggy — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:27:18 -0000

UPDATE: The itiwitter scam appears to have multiple versions of the DM including

- view this photo i think it's you.. [link]
- your not going to believe it... you're in this photo album. [link]

Twitter is now picking up on many of the links and displays a page that reads:

The site you were trying to visit may be unsafe!This link has been flagged as potentially harmful.
Harmful sites can include:Web forgeries or phishing sitesSites that download malicious software onto your computerSpam sites that request personal information

Re: New Twitter Scam

Leslie Whittington — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:26:32 -0000

Twitter scam: Here are 5 good ideas on Social Media Safety http://www.minxymoggy.com/2...

Re: Kraftbury – A bitter sweet end to a cheesy affair?

Bobby Wright99 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:10:50 -0000

The domain "kraftbury.com" is now for sale.It is to be seen if the Uk jewel stays in the UK.

Re: Lessons in Success from Greece

minxymoggy — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:10:10 -0000

Brilliantly summarised. Is there also an aspect which is it always seems like the next person on is having a party which can make you feel like you're missing out. However if you look inside yourself and find gratitude for what one has as that's when your own party begins?

Re: Lessons in Success from Greece

Brant Emery — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:50:15 -0000

haha, indeed! Well, I interpret the story as saying that life is a perpetual cycle, find happiness where you can, and in the end... it's the simple joys that give us the most satisfaction. Unfortunately, for those of us who are not Cypriot fishermen, catching those fish is sometimes hard work. Especially in this age of competitive markets / overfished seas. So aim high, but not too high... Or I could just be over-analysing the whole thing. :-0

Re: Lessons in Success from Greece

minxymoggy — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:34:37 -0000

I gave it some deep thought and well, really I think you should aim a bit higher in life. 69 seemed to have it's attractions but then I thought you might think life too one track

Re: Lessons in Success from Greece

Brant Emery — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:11:44 -0000

Don't you mean 42? ;-)

Re: Lessons in Success from Greece

minxymoggy — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:48:15 -0000

49?

Re: Lessons in Success from Greece

Brant Emery — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:30:07 -0000

Nice story. Indeed, what are we actually aiming for?

Re: It’s Broken by Seth Godin

minxymoggy — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:59:43 -0000

Good call on the Dells. I run a T7500 dual Xeon desktop and a dual quad core i7 laptop. I'm not saying that to boast, I'm saying that because if you make your living from computers you want something you can drive fast and those military grade clarksfield i7 processors really make a difference.

That said I don't know much about high performance configurations. All my computers are as stupid as I am ;)

Re: It’s Broken by Seth Godin

Proto-bytes — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:41:01 -0000

Dell's are great computers eps. the T5400 and T7400 lines which run on XEON processors... As for Monitors Viewsonic just announced a new 3D LED monitor with; get this, 20,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Thant makes it a scientific piece of equipment capable of single photon emission site article in MaximumPC. And lastly If you have many PC's in an HPC configuration(s), you should read up on this new technology from: www.lucidlogix.com UNITY Hydra Technology. I'm planning to use all the above in my HPC Custom Supercomputing platforms once I can make all the partnerships.

Re: Zopa – The Alternative Alternative Asset Class?

minxymoggy — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:45:07 -0000

It's quite different in other countries. I had a friend from USA check it out after reading my post and quite rightly pointed out that in the USA it's a credit union

Re: Zopa – The Alternative Alternative Asset Class?

minxymoggy — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:43:30 -0000

Thanks for the precise feedback; I've now amended my original to incorporate it

Re: Zopa – The Alternative Alternative Asset Class?

abhay — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:19:29 -0000

Nice article but i feel incomplete without adding yes-secure in to space of peer to peer lending in UK, YS offers facebook like user engagement modal, attractive returns for lenders and completely free for members till next month

Re: Zopa – The Alternative Alternative Asset Class?

minxymoggy — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:41:35 -0000

Thanks for the feedback guys!

@marshall2k Yes, I confess! I wrote the piece from memory rather than by researching the Zopa site... bad me! Now you've brought that to my attention I'll see if I can get 5 to compare notes between what I wrote and what Zopa says and just check it is accurate

@ZopaSarah If you need a professional copy writer, I'm sure we could find a zopa!

Re: Zopa – The Alternative Alternative Asset Class?

ZopaSarah — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:15:48 -0000

Wow! What a comprehensive review - thanks so much. Next time we need someone to explain how this all works, p'raps we should be pointing in your direction!

Re: Zopa – The Alternative Alternative Asset Class?

marshall2k — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:37:08 -0000

Nice write up that explains the concept and intricacies very well! Just a few comments.

The max loan amount is £15,000 so the business man from Chelsea might have to reduce his expansion plans.

The fee for lenders is exactly 1% p.a of money lent out and is taken monthly. Members that joined earlier may enjoy fees of 0.5% or even none at all!

Finally, I don't think Zopa say allow 1% for bad debt. The expected bad debt level varies from market to market and this data is displayed on the custom lend screen.

Best of luck in your lending :)

Re: I Had My Own Website Professionally Hacked

Nick Barker — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:00:47 -0000

Great writeup Misae!! Sounds like an awesome test. And fantastic everyone held up: McAfee, Fasthosts, Aware Monitoring and of course, your site!!

Its great to see ecommerce sites putting so much effort into make sure their sites are safe and working.