Japan to replace nuclear plant with world's largest wind farm

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PhysOrg January 18, 2013 by Bob Yirka

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Nysted wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Photo by Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware

 

(Phys.org)—Officials in Japan have announced plans for building the largest wind farm in the world, ten miles off the coast of Fukushima – site of the nuclear disaster that followed the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation in 2011. Projections call for developing a wind farm capable of producing 1 gigawatt of power.

In the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government has turned away from nuclear power and the dangers it possesses and towards other renewable energy resources. The country plans to eventually shut down all of its nuclear plants and replace them with wind and solar plants. To that end, plans for wind farm construction have taken center stage, with this newest the most ambitious yet
 

New Orleans ex-mayor Ray Nagin indicted

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BBC News 18 January 2013 Last updated at 15:30 ET

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Ray Nagin's indictment has been long expected

 

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been charged with 21 federal counts of wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns and money laundering.

 

Mr Nagin, 56, mayor from 2002-10, came to national attention when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

 

Beginning in June 2004, Mr Nagin took payments, travel and other gratuities in exchange for city contracts and other favours, prosecutors said.

 

Anti-corruption demonstrations held across Spain (Video)

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PressTV Saturday Jan 19, 201301:02 PM GMT

 

People in Spain have staged demonstrations in several cities across the country to voice their anger at the corruption in the eurozone member state which is in the grip of a sharp economic downturn, Press TV reports.


On Friday, angry protesters assembled near the headquarters of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's centre-right Popular Party in the capital Madrid, chanting slogans. The building was protected by riot police and metal barriers.

 

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Stratospheric Phenomenon Is Bringing Frigid Cold to U.S.

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ClimateCentral.org - 1/19/13, Andrew Freedman

An unusual event playing out high in the atmosphere above the Arctic Circle is setting the stage for what could be weeks upon weeks of frigid cold across wide swaths of the U.S., having already helped to bring cold and snowy weather to parts of Europe.

Forecast high temperatures on Monday, Jan. 21, from the GFS computer model.  Credit: Weatherbell

This phenomenon, known as a “sudden stratospheric warming event,” started on Jan. 6, but is something that is just beginning to have an effect on weather patterns across North America and Europe.

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Winter Storm Iago Gone, but Problems Linger

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Weather.com - 1/18/13, Weather.com and AP

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Heavy snow falls in Hartselle, Ala., causing many traffic problems and some fun for children Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Decatur firefighter Casey Fogg walks through the snow as he goes from one motorist to the next that was either stranded or had wrecked on US Highway 31. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)

"Winter Storm Iago is exiting stage right," says Winter Weather Expert Tom Niziol. Iago moved off off the coast of Cape Cod and into the Atlantic on Friday, but not before dumping snow and ice on a huge swath of the U.S. It left a dangerous morning commute in its wake. 

"Even after Iago was gone, temperatures dropping below freezing caused concerns about black ice and lingering snow on the ground from Mississippi to Virginia," says weather.com Sr. meteorologist Jon Erdman.

Flights face snow disruption

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IrishTimes.com - 1/19/13

Stranded passengers wait Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport this morning after heavy snow across Europe and the UK caused flight cancellations. Photograph: PAStranded passengers wait Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport this morning after heavy snow across Europe and the UK caused flight cancellations. Photograph: PA
 

Britain faces another day of travel disruption today as heavy snow that blankets much of the country turns to ice.

Hundreds of passengers were left stranded yesterday as airports across the UK suspended flights, and motorists struggled through blizzards along treacherous roads.

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The Missing Morning Blessing 01.18.13

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There came a time in the universe for many beings to come in to Earth, and so a great line formed on the other side of the veil. Many people got ready to come in and said, "It looks like it is going to happen. We are all going in here." And all the people who thought they could make a difference got in line, ready to take a turn in a body.

 

Then a magical thing happened. Someone at the front of the line turned around and looked at the person behind him and said, "You know, you have a better chance of making a difference than I do. I am going to step aside and ask you to move to the front of the line." And that soul moved aside so that this one could go forward, and one by one, each being stepped aside so that the souls with the finest possibilities of creating heaven on Earth could move to the forefront.

Heavenletter #4439 - If You Are Not True to Your Self, Who Are You Then?

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Heaven Letters Published on: January 19, 2013

God said:

To be original means to live the Truth of who you are. It means no more imitating. It means that you rise higher. If you want to feel good, rise higher. Rising higher is what feels good. You are fast approaching the days you have sought all your life. You are entering a new stratosphere of your life where you are closer to the beat of your own heart.

 

To thine own self be true. This is when, right now. It is not comfortable to be false to your self. It doesn’t feel good at all to be less than your True Self. First, find out who you really are. Discover the underlying you. In service to others does not mean erasing your self and your self-worth.

 

Long-term effects of megadrought on Amazonian forests

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Source: The Watchers - 1/19/13, By Chillymanjaro

The rainforests in southern and western Amazonia may be showing the first signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change as Amazon rainforest continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, attributed to the long-term warming of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures. During the summer of 2005, more than 700,000 square kilometers or 70 million hectares (270,000 square miles) of old-growth forest in southwestern Amazonia experienced an extensive, severe drought which caused widespread changes to the forest canopy that were detectable by satellite. The changes suggest dieback of branches and tree falls, especially among the older, larger, more vulnerable canopy trees...

The rainforests in southern and western Amazonia may be showing the first signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change as Amazon rainforest continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, attributed to the long-term warming of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures.

The Great Awakening: ten volcanoes awaken in one week

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 1/18/13

January 18, 2013 – GEOLOGY – With Kamchatka currently being one of the most volcanically active places on the planet, here is a summary of the current volcanic activity in the past week in the region by the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team. Lava dome growth and effusion of a viscous lava flow continue at Shiveluch volcano, accompanied by moderate fumarolic activity and incandescence. Satellite imagery showed a thermal anomaly over the volcano all week. Eruption’s at four cinder cones producing fluid lava flows on the S part of the fissure on the flank of Tolbachik continues.

 

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