This guy plays Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes and Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson, ON THE FIDDLE!!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=NHC_Qyov2Xc
Mr Miliband said annual targets would not be ’sensible’
Britain could become the first country to set legally binding carbon reduction targets under plans unveiled by Environment Secretary David Miliband.
The draft Climate Change Bill calls for an independent panel to set ministers a “carbon budget” every five years, in a bid to cut emissions by 60% by 2050.
If they miss the figure, future governments could be taken to court.
The Tories and Lib Dems welcomed the proposals, but said carbon budgets should be set annually.
Mr Miliband has said annual targets would be too rigid to make allowances for climate variations.
He hailed the draft bill as “the first of its kind in any country”, and said Britain was “leading by example”.
‘Rolling targets’
The draft legislation will go to public and parliamentary consultation before becoming law next year, but environmental campaigners want to raise the 2050 target to 80% and set annual 3% cut targets to ensure compliance.
Shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth, for the Conservatives, said the proposals were a “welcome step forward,” although he said some “key elements” were missing at present.
“We would like to see a system of rolling annual rate of change targets - rather than targets set for five year periods - to ensure that the UK remains on track towards a low carbon economy and to ensure true accountability.
“There is a danger that the five-year approach will enable responsibility for failure to be shunted on from one government to another.”
But he added it would be a “great help” in international climate change negotiations “to be able to say, ‘look we are making binding legal commitments”.
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The carbon reduction targets will be based on advice by an independent committee.
If future governments fail to achieve the targets, they could be taken to court, with a judicial review deciding what punishment - if any - to hand out.
The draft bill does not stipulate how the cuts should be made, or give specific reduction targets for individual businesses, councils and households.
Mr Miliband said there were “big decisions” to be made on issues such as using nuclear power.
He added: “In the end I don’t care where the carbon reduction comes from. It’s about the public interest and the market finding it.”
The government plans include:
Targets to reduce carbon emissions by 60% by 2050, from 1990 levels, and between 26% and 32% by 2020
Greater energy efficiency, with more consumers becoming “producers” of their own energy at home
Investment in low-carbon fuels and technologies, such as carbon capture and storage, wind, wave and solar power
Carbon “budgets” - which cap emissions levels - set every five years
The government reporting annually to Parliament on its progress in controlling emissions
Under the proposals, an independent body would advise on the setting of carbon budgets.
Flights
Future policies to control emissions would also be made “quicker and easier” to introduce.
A full Climate Change Bill is set to be published in the autumn.
At the weekend, the Conservatives unveiled environmental proposals including VAT or fuel duty on domestic flights.
But Mr Miliband said more focus was needed on cutting carbon emissions from homes, citing government plans to make all new houses carbon-neutral by 2016 and encourage the use of energy-efficient light bulbs.
The Liberal Democrats said they broadly supported the aims of the climate change bill but urged closer monitoring of a government’s green progress.
‘Dangerously unambitious’
The party’s environment spokesman Chris Huhne said: “There is a possibility here that the government wouldn’t be really be held to account for what it had do or had failed to do until after it had faced the electorate again and that’s not a satisfactory situation.”
The Green Party said setting a legal framework for carbon emissions was a “massive opportunity” but the proposed targets were “dangerously unambitious”.
Principal speaker Sian Berry added: “We have heard the rhetoric about renewables and energy efficiency many times before.
“It won’t happen without real action, and current government support for renewable energy has descended into a farce.”
Former environment minister and Labour leadership hopeful, Michael Meacher, said that although the bill had long-term goals, it lacked short-term targets “as evidence that we are actually on track”.
He said it was also “disappointing” that the draft bill lacked policies on airport expansion, car emissions and carbon allowances for private households.
Beyond Internet surfing, Linutop is a developer-friendly platform that can be easily adapted to other uses, Public Information Displays, Point-of-Sale Terminal, Embedded PC (car, boat, plane).
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Looks like Apple is continuing to build awareness for the Apple iPhone. On Monday March 12th, workers at the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York City posted a large iPhone ad on one full side of the glass structure.
The ad showed an iPhone with the words “Introducing iPhone. Apple reinvents the phone.” Photos were taken by Matthew Yohe:
Death by Giant Umbrellas
In 1991, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude put up an environmental installation art of thousands of giant yellow and blue umbrellas in California and Japan.
The giant umbrellas, which measured about 20 foot (6 m) in height, 28 foot (8.7 m) in diameter and weighed about 500 lb, became a huge tourist attraction.
Less than two months after the installation opened, Lori Rae Keevil-Mathews, a 33-year-old woman drove out to see the umbrellas in California. A wind gust uprooted one of the umbrellas and blew it straight at her, crushing her against a boulder and killing her.
Christo immediately ordered all of the umbrellas taken down. The umbrellas, however, took another life - this time in Japan. Crane operator Masaaki Nakamura was electrocuted when the machine’s arm touched a 65,000-volt high-tension line when removing the umbrellas.
Death on Stage, While Telling a Joke
Dick Shawn (1924-1987) was a comedian who had a heart attack and died during a joke that seemed strangely appropriate:
He was making fun of politicians by saying campaign cliches ending with “I will not lay down on the job!” Shawn then laid down on the floor face down. At first, the audience thought that it was all part of the show, until some time later a theater employee checked him for a pulse and began administering CPR.
The paramedics then arrived, and the audience were told to go home - Dick Shawn was dead.
Death by Re-creation
In 1991, a 57-year-old Thai woman Yooket Paen was walking in her farm when she accidentally slipped on a cow dung, grabbed a naked live wire and got electrocuted to death.
Soon after Paen’s funeral, her 52-year-old-sister Yooket Pan was showing her neighbors how the accident happened when she herself slipped, grabbed the same live wire and also got electrocuted to death!
Death by Drowning at a Lifeguards’ Party.
In 1985, to celebrate their first drowning-free season ever, the lifeguards of the New Orleans recreation department decided to throw themselves a party.
When the party ended, a 31-year-old guest named Jerome Moody was found dead on the bottom of the recreation department’s pool.
We suppose when it’s your time to go, then it’s your time to go: there were four lifeguards on duty and more than half of the 200 party-goers were themselves lifeguards!
Death by Belly Slam.
British pro wrestler Mal “King Kong” Kirk died underneath the big belly of Shirley “Big Daddy” Crabtree.
In August 1987, during the final moments of the match, Crabtree delivered his signature “Belly-Splash” move (basically jumping up and down, slamming his belly onto a guy) on Kirk, who then had a heart attack and died.
Crabtree was cleared after it was revealed that Kirk had a serious heart condition prior to the match. However, Crabtree blamed himself for Kirk’s death and retired from pro wrestling.
Before the match, Kirk had told his friends: “If I have to go, I hope it is in the ring.”
Cheaters seem to be everywhere these days in sports, in corporate boardrooms, and in the highest levels of government.Cheating is common also among students that’s no big secret.Computer technology has made cheating so easy that it serves as a temptation for students who might otherwise toil honestly.Surveys finds that more than 50 percent of students have cheated in their college career.High-tech cheating creates a vicious circle. As technology advances and students get better at using the latest devices, teachers and school officials find it harder to keep up with cheaters. The more that cheating goes uncaught, the freer students feel to do it. With so much new technology emerging every day, it was only a matter of time before schools began to accept it into their classrooms. After all, technology is a big part of a student’s life.
Why do so many students cheat ?
This can be a hard question, because every student cheat for a reason.Here I’ve gathered some of the most common reasons that make students cheat.
1.Because they are lazy or the subject matter is hard to grasp. - This is maybe the most common reason why students cheat.
2.Lack of interest. - People have different interests, and in school you might have to learn things that you don’t like, things that are borring or things that you consider useless.For example a student who is interested in math may not care much about history.In conclusion they may view cheating as a harmless way to save time and avoid a headache while getting a better grade.
3.Lack of time. Getting up early to get to school, staying late with teams and clubs, having a job, and doing homework at night means a full schedule for many teens.As a result, they may be tempted to cheat to give themselves more time for a social life or to sleep.
Now that you know the reasons that make students cheat, let’s see how to use technology to make your life easier in college/school.
The old ways of cheating using crib notes, whispering answers, and copying from courses are alive and well.But today’s complex tests require more data than can fit in the palm of your hand, or on a little crib note.Technology can help this one, though and replace the tiny papers with some tiny gadgets with huge memory.Now let’s see some gadgets that can “help” you at exams.
Text Messages - This was the begining of Hi-Tech cheating, since students realised that they can contact people outside the exam room, and receive answers very easily.This method is a little risky because you have to avoid professors seeing you writing on your cell phone, and you must have a good typing speed.
Mobile phones with built-in digital cameras - These Mobile phones are not a luxury anymore. Anybody can have a mobile with a digital camera.This gadget is not so risky as text messages, and is more quickly. Students just photograph test questions with their cellphone cameras, sent them to friends outside via MMS, and get back the answers in text or image format.
Tiny MP3 players are another possibility. Record notes to yourself, transfer the audio files to your tiny Mp3 player and have them play quietly during the exam. A very popular audio gadget used by students is the well known iPod. iPods are used to hide lists disguised as song titles. If listening is not allowed you can put an earphone up your sleeve, or wear a hood to hide the wires. iPods can also display images and videos, very useful for exams that need graphs.
Calculators - Programmable calculators can hold text, formulas, even pictures.Texas Instruments says its TI-83 Plus is the “top choice among U.S. high school students,” and I can see why. Add-on memory lets you store software, turning your calculator into a pocket notebook. (And the company is happy to point out that the TI-83 Plus is “allowed for use on the PSAT, SAT I, SAT II Math IC and IIC, AP Chemistry exam, AP Physics exam, and AP Calculus exam.”)
Wireless Earphones + Microphones - These are tiny earphones that students stick in their ears, and professors can’t see them because these earphones are to little, and to well hidden inside the ear.For communication students also have a tiny microphone hidden in their sleeve or other places, to whisper the questions.With this gadget students can conveniently call up when the teacher’s not looking carefully.
PocketPC, Palm - and other personal digital assistants (and some calculators, too) allow information to be beamed across a distance via infrared, bluetooth or wireless Internet access (if your school has one). Even without local wireless access, so many palmtop computers these days have cell-based Web browsers you can dial up from anywhere. Once you are connected you have access to everything you ever wanted.
Invisible Ink Pens - These are perfect for writing down things you need in exam.Ink is invisible to the naked eye, but magically illuminate when exposed to a blacklight. A blacklight is conveniently located on the opposite end of the pen.
These are just some of the gadgets that students use to take better marks. I’m sure that in every school if we ask students they can tell us more gadgets, because for a good mark, or to pass an exam students can become very, very creative. - Alex France
This keyboard combo will perform the same task as the context menu key that, if your keyboard has it, is often located on the bottom right side next to your Windows menu key. A lot of times, though, that menu key either isn’t there or isn’t easily accessible, and when that’s the case, Shift-F10 is there for you. This isn’t necessarily a eureka shortcut, but since reading about it, it’s already come in handy for me a couple of times. On another note, if you’re pretty new to Windows keyboard shortcuts, the Windows Keyboard Shortcut of the Day blog looks like a great place to get your feet wet. Shift+F10 or Menu Key: Opens Shortcut Menu (same as right-clicking) - Alex France
