I am happy to live in my country, preferring a country already over one year without a governement to a governement so bureaucratic !
Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 23-apr-2011, om 01:27 heeft Martina Addiscott het volgende geschreven: > In message <[email protected]> > David Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The only conceivable problem that I could suggest is related to the >> complaints (were they also from the UK?) of outdoor dials being an >> "attractive nuisance". I can see a flock of unruly kids pushing and shoving >> to each have a go at the dial. Eventually someone would get hurt, and the >> local Council doesn't want to be liable... >> >> Dave > > > Firstly, thanks to everyone who took the trouble to reply to my query. I > do not really have the time to respond to you all, individually - but hope > that the following will explain the situation, (and the rather ridiculous > attitude adopted by Councils plus Educational Authorities, within the UK). > > > As at least some of you will know, schools must (under the law) conduct a > "risk assessment" of any new addition to the school buildings or grounds. > > Just as mentioned by Dave Bell and Frank King (though they were probably > intended as 'tongue-in-cheek' comments), that is EXACTLY why we cannot get > permission for a 'dangerous' Human Sundial painted on to our playground. > > > Basically, the "powers that be" think that there will be arguments and/or > fights between the pupils who want to use it as intended - but also those > children who want to use at the same time for other things (and, yes, the > central 'scale-of-months' does indeed look a bit like a Hopscotch grid). > > Not only that, but they feel that "enticing" (their words, not mine) kids > into the sunshine is a 'bad thing' - in case it increases their chance of > developing skin cancer in the future, and the Educational Authority does > not want to get sued for injuries or health-related compensation claims. > > > I do not know whether this is true or not, (perhaps someone on this List > can confirm) - but I was told that schools in Australia have BANNED the > use of analemmatic dials on playgrounds, for sunshine/skin cancer reasons. > > It seems that children in Australian schools must by law wear protective > clothing (and hats) when outside in sunshine, within the school grounds. > > Anything which increases 'exposure-time' to sun, is actively discouraged. > > > At least in the UK, there seems to be a general opinion that any 'public' > Human Sundials are a "cause of trouble" - and I was referred to this page > on the "Modern Sunclocks" website at: www.sunclocks.com/pics/fs-015.htm > > > For all of those above reasons, our request has "fallen upon deaf ears", > which then led to my request for details on any other 'Teaching Dials'. > > Sincerely, > > Martina Addiscott. > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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