Friday 16 December 2011
Thursday 15 December 2011
Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger e-mailed this letter to the campus community tonight:
Dear Colleagues:
It is with a deep – and regrettably familiar – sense of sadness that I write to you. Once again, the campus and the community that we love so well have been visited by senseless violence and tragic loss. Tragedy again struck Virginia Tech in a wanton act of violence where our police officer, Deriek Crouse, was murdered bad credit loans during a routine traffic stop. My heart goes out to his family who will surely feel most keenly, in the days and months and years ahead, the profound loss that today’s events have brought to pass. We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to his family and to his colleagues in the police department.
But my heart goes out also to all of you, members of a strong and tightly-knit community that has had the sad misfortune to have weathered these storms before. I have been, and will continue to be, proud of how you have risen to the occasion time and time again, growing stronger in your bond and in your loyalty to one another and to the Hokie Nation.
We must also acknowledge that the bond we feel most strongly in these times is borne of sorrow, and that sorrow demands that we turn to one another for solace. I encourage you to seek out consolation in the company of your fellow Hokies, those who understand how these events, tragic though they are, shape us into better people.
The Virginia Tech community has been admirably unsecured loans served by its outstanding police department. Now, one who had sworn to serve and protect us has fallen, and we can pay no greater tribute than to pledge to serve and protect one another, as the spirit of Ut Prosim calls us to do.
Sincerely and with deepest sorrow,
Charles W. Steger
Dust info
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- meteorological and local microclimate conditions and degree of penetration of dust into vegetation;
- size distribution of dust particles;
- dust chemistry - ranging from highly alkaline dusts e.g. from limestone quarries, to inert dusts, and acidic dusts, such as dusts from coal workings.
Dust may have physical effects on plants such as blockage and damage to stomata, shading, abrasion of leaf surface or cuticle, and cumulative effects e.g. drought stress on already stressed species. The chemical effects of dust, either directly on the plant surface or on the soil, are likely to be more important than any physical effects. Dust deposited on the ground may produce changes in soil chemistry, which may in the longer-term result in changes in plant chemistry, species competition and community structure.
Many substances, such as chalk and limestone have traditionally been used in agriculture to increase crop sensitivity. Dust deposition levels are likely to be well below the level of agricultural applications, and therefore effects on agricultural bad credit loans crops are likely to be minimal. Areas of high ecological value or agricultural resources may be more sensitive to dusts than other areas. Examples of sensitive areas include designated nature conservation areas containing sensitive species, intensive horticultural areas, and fruit growing areas.
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Hurricane Ballbag..i mean bawbag
On Twitter though, when deciding what this Storm should be called the final title given was "Hurricane Bawbag". I find it very funny because of the definition of the word "Bawbag" in Scotland means "Scrotum". It is oddly unsecured loans great to know that collectively through social media there is a large portion of people out there who have influenced the name of this storm to not only the average joe but some media organisations as well.
I don't know how much media attention this has been getting around the world, but today winds of up to 165mph hit some parts of Scotland. The wind is strong enough for it to be listed as a Category 6 Hurricane (the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). This sort of weather is very bad credit loans unusual for this country, we don't typically get winds as strong as that...although it has been not far off in the past.
Monday 12 December 2011
WIND TURBINE FIRE 'FREAK' INCIDENT uk
Renewable energy experts have dismissed an incident where a wind turbine caught fire in gale force winds as a "freak" occurrence.
Renewable energy experts have dismissed an incident where a wind turbine caught fire in gale force winds as a "freak" occurrence.
The 328ft (100m) tall turbine, at Ardrossan Wind Farm, near the A78 in North Ayrshire, was destroyed after it exploded into flames which could be seen "far and wide".
Charles Anglin, of RenewableUK, unsecured loans the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries, stressed that wind turbines were regularly subjected to "some pretty tough conditions" without problems.
He said: "There's some pretty freak weather going on and any piece of large power generating equipment can be subject to freak accidents or mechanical faults.
"But there's an excellent health and safety record, and it was only a small fire in a field that was put out before the fire brigade bad credit loans got there, and no one was hurt. In stressful situations any power equipment may develop faults, and that's true of gas, nuclear, oil, and is also true of wind."
Forecasters said conditions would offer some respite from the hurricane winds which have battered parts of the country.
Scotland and northern England have been the worst-affected areas with a top wind speed of 165mph recorded on the summit of the Cairngorms in Aberdeenshire on Thursday, according to the Met Office.
It led to thousands of schools closing and cut off power to tens of thousands of homes, but forecasters said the worst of the winds will be confined to north-east Scotland and the Shetland Isles. All major bridges were closed in Scotland as wind blew over an articulated lorry on the A87 in Glenshiel in the Highlands, but the driver was not hurt.
ScottishPower said it had reconnected more than 18,000 customers who lost power because of more than 100 individual faults. Meanwhile, Scottish Hydro said that at the storm's peak, around 105,000 customers were left without power as a result of more than 400 separate major incidents affecting the electricity network in the north of Scotland and Western and Northern Isles. It said work was continuing to restore electricity to more than 70,000 customers.
Meanwhile, PricewaterhouseCoopers warned that the bad weather could be cooling the Scottish economy by around £100 million as the early closure of shops, power outages, road closures delaying or halting deliveries, and employees taking time off take their toll.
The 328ft (100m) tall turbine, at Ardrossan Wind Farm, near the A78 in North Ayrshire, was destroyed after it exploded into flames which could be seen "far and wide".
Charles Anglin, of RenewableUK, unsecured loans the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries, stressed that wind turbines were regularly subjected to "some pretty tough conditions" without problems.
He said: "There's some pretty freak weather going on and any piece of large power generating equipment can be subject to freak accidents or mechanical faults.
"But there's an excellent health and safety record, and it was only a small fire in a field that was put out before the fire brigade bad credit loans got there, and no one was hurt. In stressful situations any power equipment may develop faults, and that's true of gas, nuclear, oil, and is also true of wind."
Forecasters said conditions would offer some respite from the hurricane winds which have battered parts of the country.
Scotland and northern England have been the worst-affected areas with a top wind speed of 165mph recorded on the summit of the Cairngorms in Aberdeenshire on Thursday, according to the Met Office.
It led to thousands of schools closing and cut off power to tens of thousands of homes, but forecasters said the worst of the winds will be confined to north-east Scotland and the Shetland Isles. All major bridges were closed in Scotland as wind blew over an articulated lorry on the A87 in Glenshiel in the Highlands, but the driver was not hurt.
ScottishPower said it had reconnected more than 18,000 customers who lost power because of more than 100 individual faults. Meanwhile, Scottish Hydro said that at the storm's peak, around 105,000 customers were left without power as a result of more than 400 separate major incidents affecting the electricity network in the north of Scotland and Western and Northern Isles. It said work was continuing to restore electricity to more than 70,000 customers.
Meanwhile, PricewaterhouseCoopers warned that the bad weather could be cooling the Scottish economy by around £100 million as the early closure of shops, power outages, road closures delaying or halting deliveries, and employees taking time off take their toll.
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