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British government considering new nuclear power stations

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April 24, 2005

Advisers to British Prime Minister Tony Blair are suggesting that constructing new nuclear power stations would be the best way to meet the country’s targets on reducing emissions of gases responsible for global warming.

The government has a near-term target of cutting emissions below 1997 levels by 20%, and a more ambitious target of a 60% cut by 2050.Critics of nuclear power say that it will not be able to help meet the 2010 target due to the length of time needed to plan, construct and commission such power plants. However backers say nuclear power will help meet the 60% cut by 2050 target.

Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to the government, is a supporter of nuclear power believing that it is the best way to tackle global warming.

The chairman of British Nuclear Fuels, a company that operates several British nuclear reactors, said that he expects Tony Blair to make an announcement of new power stations within weeks of the May 5 general election if he is re-elected.

Another primary supporter of nuclear power is the ex-BBC Director General Lord Birt, who has been advising 10 Downing Street on various issues by providing ‘blue-sky’ thinking without payment, as part of the Strategy Unit. He is said to be preparing a report that will say nuclear energy provides an opportunity to reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil supplies (although very little oil is burnt for electricity production in the UK).

While it is believed that senior Cabinet members would not oppose a plan for new nuclear power stations if Tony Blair proposed it, the Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett and Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt both oppose nuclear power.

New reactors would probably be sited next to existing reactors to limit public opposition.

Nuclear power currently provides 22% of the UK’s electricity needs. The UK has 31 operating reactors at 14 power plants, but by 2015 all but three stations will have been shut down. The last nuclear reactor to open was Sizewell B on the North Sea coast in 1995. The 1,188MW station was a large reason why the UK met its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target in the 1990s. British nuclear power stations have created 2,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste. There are currently no plans for the long-term storage of the waste.

By comparison, just over 3% of Britain’s electricity comes from renewable energy. France met 78% of its electricity needs in 2002 using nuclear power.

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When you work in extreme weather conditions you need to know that your tablet will still work. You don’t want to be out somewhere and it freezes up from the snow, rain or ice. This is why it is a great idea to get a stainless steel LCD. This enclosure will keep working even in a snow storm even if ice freezes on it, but it isn’t just for snowstorms. These are built to withstand impact, fire, and direct wind. Even if you drop your tablet in the water and quickly grab it, if it has a stainless steel LCD on it, it will continue to work. These durable products will allow you to keep doing your job even in the harshest of conditions.

Many Sizes to Choose From

Luckily for the workforce the stainless steel LCD comes in many sizes. These sizes can range from five inches to a huge 55 inches. The largest of these are best when you have to be outdoors. This will make it much easier to be able to glance over and make sure everything is running smoothly without having to walk back in and see the display. You can even get an optional interface with a keyboard or touch screen.

Who Can Benefit From Using a Stainless Steel LCD?

It does not matter what industry you are in. You want to protect your equipment from any element that cause harm to it. These are typically used in the networking and industrial field because they are rugged and can be used in a control room, a ship, data centers and border patrol.

What Company Should You Buy From?

When you need a stainless steel LCD it is a good idea to go with a company that has the experience in manufacturing computer products and will offer great customer service 24/7. You do not have to wait certain hours to be able to speak to somebody about products when you are busy trying to run your business. The company should be able to listen to what your needs are and then let you know what is available to best suit you. This can be anything from military, medical, and field work. They will also have many options to chose from such as sunlight readable, waterproof, weather resistant, dust and vibration proof and are sealed so they can withstand harsh situations or environments.

When you need a stainless steel LCD, you should contact I-Tech Company. They have a user-friendly website and they offer 24/7 customer service.

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Myron Cope, Pittsburgh Steelers color commentator, retires after a 35 year career

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Myron Cope, a locally famous sports announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a National Football League team, has announced his retirement from the booth, effective immediately. Cope had a 35 year career announcing Steelers games with his familiar scratchy voice, often punctuated with unique Yiddish expressions, such as “Feh” and “Yoi”, which brought delight to fans.

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2008 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine features three shows for food and packaging industries

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Friday, June 20, 2008

The third annual Taste of Taiwan Cuisine opened on Wednesday of June 18, 2008 and runs until June 21. Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council to promote the culinary culture of Taiwan, the tradeshow featured three main shows for food and food packaging industries: “Food Taipei”, “Foodtech Taipei”, and “Taipei Pack”.

Twenty-seven countries including United States, South Korea, Canada, Japan, Sri Lanka, Austria, Philippines, Chile, Malaysia, Spain, Fiji, Poland, and six nations from Africa, grouped their own national pavilions for sourcing and procurement. In addition, the Taiwan Pavilion featured sections on culture, product image, brand design, and agriculture verification in Food Taipei.

Industrial solutions including medical applications, packaging machines, food CNCs, and bar-code printers are showcased in the “Foodtech Taipei” and “Taipei Pack”. Seminars and forums from security, global marketing, and policies for food, machinery, and packaging industries are also held during show hours.

After the 3-in-1 show in Taipei, the Kaohsiung International Food Show will be scheduled for November.

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Wikinews interviews 0 A.D. game development team

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

0 A.D. is a historical, open source, strategy game, published by Wildfire Games. It focuses on the period between 500BC and 500AD. The game will be released in two parts: the first covering the pre-AD period, and the second running to 500AD. With development well underway, Wikinews interviewed the development team.

Aviv Sharon, a 24-year-old Israeli student responsible for the project’s PR, compiled the below Q&A, which the full team approved prior to publication.

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In pictures: Japan earthquake and tsunami

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Friday, March 18, 2011

A week ago today, at 2:46 pm JST, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the T?hoku region in Japan. The earthquake created an extremely destructive tsunami that spawned 10 metre (33 ft) high waves just moments later. The tsunami travelled 10 km (6 mi) inland causing massive destruction in the country’s northeast, including crippling a nuclear plant.

The earthquake and resulting tsunami have left 5,692 dead and over 9,506 missing, with nearly 450,000 homeless. The death toll is expected to rise.

In this special photoessay, Wikinews looks at the earthquake and tsunami, the destruction that resulted and efforts to bring aid to the Japanese people.

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A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Image: U.S. Navy.

The antenna on top of Tokyo Tower was slightly bent by the earthquake. Image: Morio.

Items were knocked off shelves at a store in Narashino, Chiba after the earthquake. Image: mikuaxe.
Soil liquefaction on a road in Koto, Tokyo. Image: Morio.
An explosion occurs at the Cosmo Oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba. Image: Cranky5.
View of a fire in Odaiba following the earthquake. Image: Hikosaemon.
Crowds of workers evacuated from Tokyo skyscrapers walk home after the earthquake in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Image: Hikosaemon.
A long line of cars stretches down Itsukaichi Street in Tokyo on March 11. Due to disruption of train service because of the earthquake and tsunami, people are trying to find alternate means of getting home. Image: Kellykaneshiro.
Stranded passengers congregate at the Kei? line concourse of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo as public transportation in northern Japan is interrupted following the earthquake and tsunami. Image: ?????.
Stranded passengers evacuate from a Tokyo train. Image: ?????.
Calculated wave height of the tsunami, from a NOAA computer model. Image: NOAA.
This false-color satellite picture from NASA’s MODIS satellite shows the area of Sendai on March 13 (top) and February 26 (bottom) shows how far inland the area near Sendai was flooded by tsunami. A bright orange-red spot near the city of Sendai is the thermal signature from a fire. Image: NASA.
An aerial view of the port of Sendai on March 12. Image: U.S. Navy.
A solemn desk chair lies in a layer of mud and petroleum that now covers much of the U.S. FISC Yokosuka Defense Fuel Support Point Hachinohe facility following the tsunami. Image: DVIDSHUB.
The city of Ofunato, Japan, was severely damaged by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Image: U.S. Navy.
A trail of debris is seen floating in Pacific Ocean. The debris was inspected by a helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Image: U.S. Navy.
An up-close aerial view of debris floating in the Pacific. The debris was inspected by a helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Image: U.S. Navy.
A Japanese barge is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Image: U.S. Navy.
An upended house is among the debris in Ofunato, Japan. Image: U.S. Navy.
Members of the Fairfax County, Virginia Urban Fire and Rescue Team head into downtown Ofunato to search for survivors following the earthquake and tsunami. Teams from the United States, United Kingdom and China are on scene to assist in searching for missing residents. Image: DVIDSHUB.
A mother and daughter look at a family photo amid the wreckage of their home. Image: U.S. Navy.
A damaged water pipe shoots into the air after the tsunami.Image: U.S. Navy.
A tug boat among the debris in Ofunato.Image: U.S. Navy.
A Mickey Mouse doll lies among debris in Ofunato.Image: U.S. Navy.
Vehicles and debris line a canal in the downtown area of Ofunato.Image: U.S. Navy.
A large sail boat rests against a building in Ofunato. Image: U.S. Navy.
An aerial view of tsunami damage in an area north of Sendai, Japan, taken from a U.S. Navy helicopter. Image: U.S. Navy.
Empty instant noodle shelves in a supermarket in Tokyo due to stock being bought out on March 16, 2011, 5 days after the earthquake. Image: Kellykaneshiro.
Residents wait in a line outside a convenience store to purchase groceries and supplies on March 13, two days after the earthquake and tsunami. Image: Hitomi.
A blackout in Narashino, Chiba on March 15. Image: mikuaxe.
U.S. Navy sailors transfer humanitarian supplies from an aircraft carrier to a helicopter. Image: U.S. Navy.
Japanese citizens receive supplies from the crew of a U.S. Navy helicopter. Image: U.S. Navy.
A closed petrol station in Tokyo on March 16. Image: LERK.
Entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin after the earthquake and tsunami and subsequent accidents at the Fukushima Daichi power plant on March 15. Image: Jochen Jansen.
Russian people take flowers to the embassy of Japan in Moscow after the 2011 earthquake. Image: Elmor.

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War Crimes Act amendments to indemnify retroactively

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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Amendments to the War Crimes Act, drafted by the Bush administration, will retroactively indemnify policymakers and government officials from criminal charges for authorizing abuse and torture of prisoners captured in the War on Terrorism campaign.

The White House stated that these amendments “will apply to any conduct by any U.S. personnel, whether committed before or after the law is enacted.” The amendments are intended to be put before Congress after Labor Day, said two anonymous sources claimed to be lawyers currently revising the Act.

According to Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, “I think what this bill can do is in effect immunize past crimes. That’s why it’s so dangerous.” Scott Horton, a fourth attorney examining the amendments, remarked, “The administration is trying to insulate policymakers under the War Crimes Act.”

Currently, the War Crimes Act of 1996 includes the use of capital punishment should prisoners held in U.S. camps die from abuse while detained.

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First Impression Is The Last Impression

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Employees while going for an interview gauge the office reputation by its building, infrastructure and other basic amenities. Everybody wishes to work in an organised manner to grow professionally in a healthy work culture/environment. Shared Work Space Melbourne is available easily upon search over the internet. On public forums you will come across several groups who are working together and sharing different fields of knowledge with each other. This has favoured employees and employers in many ways. Such as sharing of knowledge, breaking monotony, deterrent to cut-throat competition, varying cultures and background has its own positive effects upon total productivity.

Serviced Office Space Melbourne on the other hand provides one stop full proof solutions to their employees. You will not have to go in search of gathering the complete package to make the picture complete. This Serviced Office Space Melbourne is ready to move-in and start working type set-ups for a specific period of time signed at the time of leasing out the contract. Coming in varying degrees and propositions giving the client complete freedom to pick the one suiting them the most. Complete facilities including parking facility is well taken care off in such buildings. This has given a new wave to the entire propositions of setting up of office spaces.

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Shared Work Space Melbourne has helped in creating a culture which is global yet diversifies in nature from various aspects. A thing like 24 hour access through the broadband, Wi-Fi and VOIP facilities is not a distant dream. Some of these infrastructures also include sports areas, yoga centres, dance classes etc for motivating and retention of existing group of employees. Sharing of thoughts, ideas and inputs from other professionals gives a different mix to the entire end product. It sometimes comes up with such innovative ideas which earlier no body might have thought off.

Shared Office became popular like a fire in the jungle, implying it went well across the globe and has been welcomed with open arms. People coming from different nationalities and background work Shared Office Melbourne under the same roof. This has given the investor more freedom to put most of his finances in the more productive side of his business rather than applying all of it in the setting up of the business. Many companies can have their employees seated under the same building although working for diverse goals, yet churning out the best at all times.

Shared Office Melbourne can be found and hired easily now with the advent of Internet and almost everything is possible on it. Right from choosing the location, to the space, allocation of amenities and rent amount everything is possible. Lack of time and fast paced life has given birth to such solutions, where same work can be done at a lesser cost. Shared Office Melbourne is one such new method of office set-ups at economical prices. Ever in the past you might have thought of setting up your small unit or branch across seven seas but now it is very much possible under this same concept at much lesser cost.

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Lord Burns confirmed as new chairman of Channel 4

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lord Terence Burns has been confirmed as the new chairman of British television channel Channel 4.

Burns, who was the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 1991 to 1998, will take the position on January 24, 2010. He will replace the former chairman, Luke Johnson, who is now retiring. Luke was chairman of Channel 4 since early 2004.

I am delighted to be joining Channel 4.

Lord Burns will also immediately take the position to try and find a new chief executive alongside Luke Johnson, after it was announced that the current chief executive Andy Duncan was to retire after being in the position for five years. Speaking about joining the corporation for the channel, Burns said: “I am delighted to be joining Channel 4. This is a time of great change as we experience the impact of the rapid development of digital technology in the communications sector and Channel 4 has a very special and continuing role to play.”

Colette Bowe is the current chairman of Office of Communications, or Ofcom, an independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the United Kingdom. Speaking about this announcement, Bowe said: “He [Lord Burns] has an outstanding record of public service and a real depth of commercial expertise. He will provide strong leadership at a time of considerable change in the broadcasting world. I would also like to pay tribute to Luke Johnson’s tremendous contribution to Channel 4 in a period during which it has enjoyed considerable success.”