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Japan to use renewable energy

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A new law which seeks to utilise reusable energy and minimise cost impact on consumers is under development in Japan. The new law, which would be effective from July 1 next year, would seek to reduce Japan’s dependency on nuclear power.

The new legislation would urge power utilities to cut costs by purchasing renewable energy from outside companies and private businesses. Japan’s decision has been referred to as opening the door on renewable energy, which currently only contributes to six percent of Japan’s energy sources.

Politicians have amended the bill, allowing the revised bill to pass through parliament later this month. Prime Minister Naoto Kan who is pushing for the bill to be passed in return for his resignation, has stated that the ‘feed-in-tariff on renewable energy will be set at a fixed price so that utilities are limited to purchasing electricity from renewable power generators. Kan hopes that this will encourage more business and private corporate partners to enter into the renewable energy market.

“As a medium-term revolutionary energy and environmental strategy, we have decided to start a thorough review of nuclear power policy and draw a roadmap for a reduction of the dependence on nuclear power” Mr Kan said.

Large companies are concerned about the new legislation as it will continue to affect profit margins which are low due to power shortages and high priced exports. The bill was changed to reduce the surcharge for large power companies after complaints from the Japanese steel industry. If the scheme is launched then consumers will face an increase on electricity bills as utilities can pass their costs onto end-users. Despite the governments promise to cap the surcharge for the next ten years, there is no reference to it in the revised bill.

Lawmakers hope that by adding a provision requiring utilities to streamline their operations, the impact on consumers will be minimized.

A third party group will be set up within the under the Agency for National Resources and Energy to ensure that the setting of fixed prices are fair and just.

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Why Hiring A Property Management Company Is Essential

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byAlma Abell

Property management is never as easy as it may seem, a lesson many new rental property owners in Connecticut find out the hard way. The trick when using effective property management is to maximize the profits a property generates. In order to accomplish this, you will need to make sure the property is managed in an impeccable style, with no hitches to be seen. This is a daunting task, which is why many people find the hiring of a property management company in Connecticut essential.

A Property Management Company Will Offer Many Services

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In order to avoid the hassles that often come with a rental property, it is advisable you work with a property management company in Connecticut sooner rather than later. The experts at these companies will step in and handle the day-to-day management of your property at a very affordable rate. They will be able to deal with your tenants, fix a reasonable rent, draft a legally bound lease, as well as help with finances, accounting, and marketing. In addition, they will take care of upkeep and maintenance, among many other things.

A Focus on Tenants Can Always Be Found

As a property owner, you will soon find the secret of success, when it comes to rental property, is your tenants. If you have happy tenants who are responsible, you will be able to eventually get yourself to a point where your property management firm is running everything and you are sitting back, collecting the profits. In order to do that, they will place a large focus on your tenants. They will make sure to keep your current tenants happy, for instance, and work hard through a variety of means to bring good tenants on board. On top of that, they will do things like collect rent, track tenants who are late on payment, and even process evictions, as necessary.

As you can see, hiring a company to take care of the day-to-day management of your rental property is really essential. Unless you have the time to take these tasks on as well as the knowledge in things like maintenance, accounting, marketing, legal issues, and customer service, it will be in your best interest, personally and financially, to hire a property management company.

RPM Greater New London is a full service property management company in Connecticut handling all phases of property management for clients. Visit online to experience of managing all types of properties and more.

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Memorial unveiled to mark 50th anniversary of deaths of 47 miners in Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of a mining disaster which occured in Lanarkshire, Scotland on September 18, 2009, killing 47 miners. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond MSP unveiled a bronze statue and a memorial garden in Moodiesburn on Sunday in front of a crowd of approximately 600.

At roughly 0700 BST on September 18, 1959, 47 men who were working in Auchengeich Collery in North Lanarkshire, Scotland were overcome by smoke as they were walking down to start work. They were subsequently killed after being trapped by a fire in the mine which prevented them from escaping. At the time, a decision had been made to flood the pit after attempts to rescue the men failed. Only one miner had managed to survive the blaze. It transpired that the fire was caused by an electrical fault 1,000 ft below the surface.

The tragedy…left barely a town, village or mining family in North Lanarkshire unaffected

First Minister Salmond unveiled a memorial garden and a bronze statue which had been placed to mark the 50th anniversary of the incident. The statue is one of a miner. A religious service was carried out from Bishop Joseph Devine. Tom Clarke, MP for Chryston and Bellshill, also attended the event. Memorial committee chairman Daniel Taylor read out the names of the late 47 people while another person was playing bagpipes in the background.

When the service came to a close, First Minister Salmond commented on the tragedy, saying “The tragedy at Auchengeich Colliery left barely a town, village or mining family in North Lanarkshire unaffected. Fifty years on, the memories of the fateful day which claimed the lives of so many husbands, fathers, brothers and sons endure and I am honoured to pay tribute to them. Scotland is fortunate enough to have been blessed with rich natural resources, from the abundant coal seams of the central belt to the oil and gas reserves off our shores and the emerging renewable energy sources we are just beginning to feel the benefits of. But we should never forget the human cost which has come with that. Just as the Piper Alpha tragedy more than two decades ago underlined the hazards of North Sea exploration, the Auchengeich disaster showed all too starkly the dangers and risks which miners all over Scotland took for granted as part of their job every time they descended the pits. The excellent work of the people of North Lanarkshire and Auchengeich Miners’ Welfare has provided this new memorial garden and magnificent bronze sculpture. Together, they are a truly fitting tribute to those 47 brave men who died in Auchengeich half a century ago.”

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Wikinews Shorts: February 3, 2010

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, February 3, 2010.

The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas day with hidden explosives is cooperating with investigators and providing fresh intelligence after the U.S. enlisted the help of his family, an administration official said. His family persuaded him to cooperate.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been providing information to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents questioning him, the official told reporters on the condition of anonymity.

The official declined to provide details on what kind of information Abdulmutallab was providing.

Related news

  • “Failed bomb aboard Delta flight” — Wikinews, December 26, 2009

Sources

  • Evan Perez. “Abdulmutallab Resumes Talking to Federal Agents” — The Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2010
  • “Bomb plot accused ‘co-operating'” — UKPA, February 2, 2010

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Somajiguda on the map of India

One person died and 41 were injured, including three nurses who are critically injured, in a major fire at Park Healthcare Hospital in Somajiguda, a suburb of the Indian city Hyderabad, on Tuesday morning.

The fire engulfed a major portion of the five-storey hospital’s first floor, along with some medical equipment and furniture on the other floors.

City police commissioner A K Khan said that a criminal case had been registered against the hospital management. “It is also being determined whether safety standards were followed by the hospital,” he said.

Sources

  • “Major fire at city hospital; one patient dead” — The Hindu, February 2, 2010
  • “Major fire at Hyderabad hospital; one patient dead” — PTI, February 2, 2010

Chinese authorities say they are preparing to launch a crackdown on melamine-laced milk after the scandal over tainted products, which made hundreds of thousands of children ill two years ago and damaged China’s brand reputation overseas, resurfaced.

China has dispatched inspectors to sixteen provinces to urge local governments to thoroughly investigate cases concerning food safety.

The decision comes after milk products tainted with the industrial chemical melamine were removed from sale in Shanghai and the provinces of Shaanxi, Shandong, Liaoning and Hebei, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.

Related news

  • “Contaminated baby’s milk induces wave of child illness in China” — Wikinews, September 22, 2008

Sources

  • Edward Wong. “China Begins Emergency Check of Dairy Products” — The New York Times, February 2, 2010
  • Cara Anna. “Beijing begins emergency sweep for tainted milk products” — The Boston Globe, February 3, 2010

At least twenty-six people have been killed in Karachi, Pakistan after four days of ethnic killings, according to police officials. The officials said that nine people were killed on Monday in the city’s Orangi western neighbourhood, which has a majority ethnic Pashtun community.

The Sindh government has awarded special powers to the Pakistan Rangers under Section 5 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and imposed Section 144 in the limits of 26 police stations for a month.

At least forty people were killed as ethnic clashes erupted across the city in early January.Home minister of Sindh province, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has called upon the Army to restore peace and order.

Sources

  • Salis bin Perwaiz. “Rangers given control of 26 police stations” — The News International, February 3, 2010
  • “Deadly ethnic violence hits Karachi” — Al Jazeera, February 2, 2010
  • Zamir Sheikh and Nisar Mehdi. “Army asked to take over Karachi” — The Nation, February 3, 2010

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Back Bar Refrigerators: How To Clean Back Bar Refrigerators

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By Maxx Johnson

Business with commercial settings such as a restaurant, arena, stadium or bars should always keep the back bar refrigerators in excellent working condition. Refrigerators and freezers should have their condensers cleaned every three to four months. This will help to keep their back bar refrigerators working efficiently and keep their equipment running longer and saving money on utilities.

Do not force your refrigerator to work harder than necessary by locating it near a heated source; such as heating vents, kitchen ranges or dishwashers; this will just make your back bar work harder than normal. Do not suffocate a refrigerator by enclosing it tightly against multiple walls. It is also important to have at least two or three inches of air flow around the refrigerator. This will help keep your back bar refrigerator running more efficiently, which will save you more money.

Cleaning a back bar refrigerator is not as hard as most people would think it would be. Move the refrigerator out from the walls and vacuum their condenser coils once a year. This keeps the refrigerator working efficiently and helps control the right temperature. Refrigerators run much better for shorter periods with clean coils. To be sure, forgetting to clean the coils of a refrigerator can be very costly. The good news is that there really is nothing to cleaning it yourself. First, be sure to move the refrigerator out from the wall and unplug it. Second, you will need to remove the cover panel, which is not very hard to do. Then with a long, narrow nozzle of a vacuum cleaner just clean out all the dust and debris. Then just replace the cover and plug the refrigerator back in.

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Also be sure to check the water drip pan in the back lower part of the refrigerator. Sometimes your drainage in the refrigerator can get clogged up. However, this is not hard to fix, just run some warm water through the tube to unclog and this should take care of this problem.

For cleaning the inside of the refrigerator make a solution of baking soda and water and place into a spray bottle for easier cleaning. Spray the solution all over the surfaces of the refrigerator and wipe clean inside and out.

One other solution to keeping your back bar refrigerators is to invest in a steam cleaner. Steam cleaners are a great way to clean back bar refrigerators, because it will remove dust mites, kill bacteria that builds up and removes dust, mold, and mildew. Steam vapor cleaners are considered environmentally safe cleaning systems. Steam is a safe, chemically free cleaning and sanitizing cleaning system. This tool is highly recommended for any business to keep their equipment running efficiently and safe.

A person does not have to worry about spending a lot of money in keeping their equipment running efficiently. They just need to remember that the cleaning process does need to be done every three to four months to keep form having any major break downs. It is much cheaper to keep your equipment clean than to replace with all new equipment.

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Early morning fire kills four New York group home residents

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

After an early morning fire began, four out of the nine people living at the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative group home located in Wells, New York were killed by the blaze. The Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office, which supervises the home, told the media that the fire started at approximately 5:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time. Two staff members were at the home at the time, who safely evacuated four of the five survivors.

The names of the residents killed in the fire were not able to be released due to New York’s Mental Hygiene Law, but are able to be identified as two adult men, aged 32 and 52, and two adult women, aged 43 and 60. A 71-year-old male was injured in the fire, and was taken to a hospital in Utica, a nearby city. The other four residents have been relocated to an unnamed group home. Both staff members are also being examined at the hospital.

“On behalf of all New Yorkers, I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones and friends of the four victims and to continue to pray for the full recovery of those five people and two staff members who survived this incident. I also want to express my thanks and appreciation for the first responders and volunteers who worked swiftly and diligently to respond to this tragedy,” David Patterson, the governor of New York, said to the media.

The exact cause of the fire has yet to be determined. However, the New York Civil Liberties Union stated that “the blaze appears to have been an electrical fire and the sprinkler system was knocked out immediately.” They also called for “an immediate investigation into the causes of and contributing factors of the fire.”

The New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control is currently investigating the causes of the blaze, with help from New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.

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Consider Adding Living Space With A Log Cabin

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Consider adding living space with a log cabin

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Rexie Loxxs

Garden log cabins are placed up in the middle of natural space and they are enjoyed by persons all around the entire world. A new back garden log cabin brings beauty in addition to style towards the home. When one need to add some further space in your home then log cabin can be an desirable and functional answer to the issue.

The actual style and dimensions of log cabin depends on both spending budget as well as requirements. Determine for starters with regards to its measurement, spot and shape within the garden. The building of back garden log cabin depends on various aspects including the cabin dimensions, storey number, roofing form and also the kind of doors in addition to glass windows. The actual log cabins are created by piling the logs horizontally one onto one other. The logs utilised intended for setting up the cabin are usually picked very carefully for the reason that logs having fewer knots are usually smoothed very easily leaving behind minimum gap in between the logs. As if the space is still left subsequently eventually it might have full of grass, mud as well as twigs.

Development of log cabin

Nearly the construction of log cabins is very uncomplicated thanks to availability of ready-to-erect do-it-yourself log cabin kits. These log cabins are generally both affordable as well as quick to assemble for the reason that individual doesn’t really need to collect the building materials or other heavy machines required whilst building a normal property. The log cabin kits include detailed putting together directions so that it will guide the client around the technique of constructing log cabin.

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Log cabin kits

The log cabin kit offers cut wood logs as outlined by precise log cabin instructions as every single log has a predetermined place such as for that wall structure, door and windowpane openings. These packages in addition include additional parts such as cladding, screws, insulation, metal brackets, nook sections, window frames and glass windows, anchor mounting bolts, doors frames and doors, nuts and washes, studding, roofing and floors.

Different log cabins

Do-it-yourself log cabin kits can be purchased in various packages such as hand made the one that has entire logs in contrast to the manufactured one has kiln-dried logs that are manufacturing plant milled. You can find various shapes of wood logs including the D log that is favored as it is actually smooth from interior and circular outside. Utilize the type of timber like pine or cedar according to the ground blueprints, padding and power demands.

Internet help

The walls of a typical log cabin have a thickness of 28mm to 45mm having pre cut and pre notched tongue and grooved timbers therefore it’s uncomplicated to build a stylish back garden log cabin. The Finn forest log cabins are available on-line via different internet websites.

The log cabins are created in various types based on the rooftops like, purlin form and the gable style.

You can research on the net regarding the log cabin items for getting quick selling prices at different suppliers. Some websites actually offer the capability of checking different retailers together. Combined with supplies also you can research regarding the kits that could be built very easily in to cabin and by looking by net one will get rough idea of the expenditures on back garden log cabin.

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Nigeria’s cabinet dissolved by acting president

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the dissolution of the country’s cabinet.

In a statement after a cabinet meeting, Nigeria’s information minister, Dora Akunyili, said that “the acting president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolved the Federal Executive Council [cabinet].” In the same statement, Akunyili said that Jonathan had provided no reason for the move, although analysts said that it was due to the impediment of the cabinet to Jonathan’s efforts to put his own mark on the office.

According to Akunyili, the move would not lead to a power vacuum, as the permanent secretaries will step up to take the positions vacated. Jonathan had taken over the role of acting president in February after President Umaru Yar’Adua temporarily stepped down due to sickness, and the cabinet had been entirely appointed by Yar’Adua.

In Akunyili’s statement, she said that an official statement from Jonathan as to the future of the cabinet would be released soon. Additionally, at some time in the future, Jonathan will submit to the National Assembly a list of his submissions for the next incarnation of the cabinet.

In a statement released from the president’s office, a spokesman said that it was “the prerogative of the president to change the cabinet whenever he feels the need to inject new blood, reinvigorate the cabinet and give it a new focus.” According to another, unnamed, government official, the cabinet had become paralyzed by infighting, impeding attempts of governance on major issues.

Yar’Adua has recently returned to Nigeria after being treated for a heart ailment in Saudi Arabia, but has made no public appearances. As a reflection of his impaired condition, Nigeria’s election next year has been brought forward three months, and the ruling People’s Democratic Party, of which both Yar’Adua and Jonathan belong to, has announced that its candidate in those elections will be a Muslim, preventing Jonathan, a Christian, from running. The decision follows a tradition of alternating between Muslim and Christian candidates, allowing each two four-year terms.

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South Dakota duck population gets help from rain

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Thursday, July 21, 2005

A wet late Spring season’s increase in rainfall helped duck populations rebound in the northern Great Plains near the U.S.-Canadian border. A dry Winter and resulting low ground water levels threatened duck nesting grounds in the area.

Much to the relief of duck hunters, who feared a possible 2005 ban on duck hunting, the most-recent waterfowl survey released this week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service showed duck populations in South Dakota on the rebound.

This contrasted to a May survey that showed fewer ducks and waterfowl nesting areas in the state with the population of breeding ducks numbering 1.6 million, down from 1.7 million in 2004. The same May survey indicated that duck habitats, specifically ponds, had declined more than 35 percent from the historical average.

However, late Spring rains reportedly improved wetland conditions and irrigated grasslands for grazing duck broods and re-nesting hens. The figures are used to set duck-hunting limits for the fall season, which begins in August.

“I have observed many duck broods across eastern South Dakota in July, and grassland cover looks great statewide,” Spencer Vaa, a waterfowl biologist with the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks said in an Associated Press report.

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Cheap Custom Poker Chips How To Find The Highest Quality To Play With

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By Michael Hartwell

If you want cheap custom poker chips, you certainly are in luck. Today, you do not have to break the bank to purchase specially made poker chips; in fact, when you do some simple research, you can find these very cheaply. Whether you want unique poker chips, six stripe poker chips, or even used clay casino poker chips, you can find these very inexpensively.

The reason for this, of course, is that with the growing demand for poker chips nowadays, there are many companies that are making these. Therefore, do to the increased competition, these firms are being forced to retail chips for cheaper prices just to stay in business.

Believe it or not, the kind of chips you get can make a big difference to the overall look and feel of your poker game. It is very hard for the game to have a truly professional feel if you are using the chap plastic poker chips. This is why so many people want to purchase the clay ones, because its the kind of chips that the pros use. as with just about an sport nowadays, people always want to use the equipment the best players are using, and poker certainly is no exception.

First of all, you need to be aware that, when purchasing poker chips, you can buy them two different ways; customized or mass produced obviously, as with anything made in bulk nowadays, you can purchase these much cheaper, but you won’t have a whole lot of variety available to you. When you buy them uniquely, however, you can get them designed to match your tastes and interest. This is where custom poker chips come in.

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In fact, you can get a test for how many different varieties of chips are available just by visiting a casino or watching on television. Just about every casino has their logo and name imprinted on the chips so as to distinguish tem from the chips of another casino. Also, they generally come in a wide of variety of colors as well, in addition to what the chips actually say on them.

Of course, you can either purchase customized plastic or clay poker chips. Keep in mind, the clay are obviously much nicer to play with, as they are higher quality, but also cost quite a bit more as well. Therefore, if you want to save money on custom clay poker chips, you may have to search a while to find the best.

Most times, your typical set of chips come in about 3 to 5 different colors, which include white, red, and blue. Generally speaking, the white are the cheapest, then come the red, and finally the blue chips.

Typically, if you want custom clay chips, these come as suited, super diamond, and even other varieties. Usually, these weigh about seven to eight grams, but you can purchased them a bit heavier if you are willing to spend a little more.

Usually, these are made out of a piece of metal which is put into a plastic injection, and an easy way to spot these are to simply put a magnet near a chip, which, if the metal is in there, will tend to be attracted to the magnet.

Keep in mind, if you do want to customize your poker chips without breaking the bank, you can simply put stickers on chips you already own, which prevents you from having to pay a company to customize the chips themselves. This will certainly save you a pile of cash, but again isn’t the only way to save money.

Also, you can make use of a graphics problem on a computer to manufacture a particular kind of chip that you want, and then simply print it out. Also, you can buy these from a poker store via the net.

If you do plan on DIY as far as buying the chips beforehand and then customizing them, you can buy about five hundred for around 20 to 25 cents a piece. In addition, to find cheap custom poker chips already made, you can purchase these one the net as well, and save a pile of cash.

As with most things nowadays, there is a wide variety of cheap custom poker chips being sold online, and by purchasing these here you can certainly save a lot of money. Hopefully this information will help you to make the right decision in which to purchase as quickly as possible, and also help prevent you from breaking the bank in the process.

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