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Nissan LEAF: Almost 100% electric car
Automaker says the car is not a hybrid and produces no harmful emissions into the atmosphere. It is expected that Nissan LEAF will be the decision of the numerous trade-offs associated with electric technology
Hindu Temple Name: Angelina Jolie!
Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie used the name of one of the temples in Cambodia
The Moon is Full of Useful Material
In 2009 NASA gave birth to a strange sensation with experiment: LCROSS satellite and a complete rocket stages were thrown against the moon. The plume of loose debris they left behind is now analyzed, and the lunar surface appears more diverse than expected.
Justin Bieber raised great expectations in his first visit to Spain
Singer Justin Bieber first visited Spain to present their third album, "My Worlds - The Collection", a job that collects the best of a brief but intense career that is "just the beginning "what aims" to achieve ", said today at a press
Beijing admits he wants reunification Korea but declined to comment Wikileaks
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Chinese government admitted today that advocates the reunification of the Korean peninsula, as in some of the hundreds of thousands of documents leaked via Wikileaks, but refused to comment on its relations with the United States.
"China always supports the North and South of the peninsula hold dialogues and consultations to improve relations, cooperate and consult to achieve, ultimately, a peaceful reunification," he said at a press conference the spokesman on duty at the Ministry of Chinese Foreign, Hong Lei.
With these words, Hong admitted one of the key points in the revelations of Wikileaks, the China that long-term bet for a unified Korea to publicly defend despite the existence of North Korea, but declined to comment directly on other content.
"We do not want any change in the relations between China and the United States," Wikileaks said on the official spokesman, who declined repeatedly to comment on reports in the past two days.
Another leak of diplomatic cables obtained by Wikileaks stated that the Chinese government allowed the intrusion into Google's computer systems in the country, causing a serious conflict between the company and Beijing earlier this year.Also revealed the unsuccessful attempts of Washington for China to stop sending nuclear material to North Korea to Iran, or the growing distrust between the communist regime and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, although it is commonly placed in the same political line.
Justin Bieber raised great expectations in his first visit to Spain
Monday, November 29, 2010
The meeting with the media began with the delivery of the gold disc to the young Canadian singer, who was in the hands of Francisco Fabrice Benoit, president of Universal Music Spain, the recognition of sales in the country of his debut album, My World ".
"What looks like my haircut?" Bieber said one of the journalists convened in the Hotel Urban in Madrid, where many Spanish and international media attended the meeting with the teen idol of half the world.
Bieber was presented with his "look" normal, black jeans, white T-peak, silver shoes and a gray jacket half open. First attended the photographers, who gave a series of indications. "Please do not call me.'ll Turn from left to right," said Bieber, who, after three minutes of sitting, he asked not to do "more flash photos."
"I am very excited to have many followers in this country. I'm glad the idea of conducting a tour in Spain. The more gigs done here better," said the young pop star, 16, to perform at the Palace de los Deportes in Madrid on April 5 and one day later in the Palau San Jordi de Barcelona.
"He always travels with me a personal tutor with whom I have five weekly sessions of three hours each," said Bieber, who, once they finish their secondary studies, has decided, he said, "continue with music."
However, his career "is changed in a future action," he said, while singing at the moment is his "only passion."
Although his life took a radical change since it was erected in online music phenomenon, Justin Bieber admitted today that he always finds time to "do normal things."
Indeed, one of the favorite hobbies of Ontario singer is to interact with their followers, who called it "amazing, genuine, authentic and passionate."
"I never close my Facebook and Twitter accounts, because it is a way to interact with my fans," said Bieber, who acknowledged that he "came out of the internet" and therefore has followers scattered "around the world."
Despite its tremendous success, "this is just the beginning of his career," he said. "It's the beginning of what I hope to be able to reach," said the precocious artist who would like to be taken as a model. "
Bieber acknowledged that "for many songs of love", but noted that "Pray", the previously unreleased track included on his compilation "The Worlds - The Collection" is a song that "goes beyond" because, he said, "your effect is to encourage people to pray. "
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Behind some Iranian weapons systems, a French company?
Monday, November 29, 2010
And while some technologies used in weapons systems available to Iran was "Made in France"?
The 09STATE96222 memo, dated September 16, 2009, strongly suggested. Written by the staff of U.S. Secretary of State, the text acknowledges the French company Sofradir and its subsidiary Ulis sell highly advanced infrared detectors to a Chinese company. Zhejiang Dali Technology Company Ltd, was then sold to Iran.
The administration emphasizes that such infrared detectors are "components of thermal imaging systems [such as night vision goggles used by the army, ed]" and may, among other things, greatly improve the accuracy of battle tanks.
Technology, in short, that the United States has no desire to see the hands of Iran because it "increases the threat to American and allied forces present in the Gulf," according to diplomatic cable, ranked most important level of confidentiality of documents provided by WikiLeaks.
World No. 2
This cable is the diplomatic one of the few on France in this first batch of documents issued by Wikileaks and released Sunday evening. The author strongly urges the U.S. ambassador in Paris to ask the French authorities to put pressure on Sofradir and Ulis so that the company stops providing this technology to China.
The document does not say if French companies were aware of the ultimate recipient of the transaction. Trade in the infrared detection technology is expected by the U.S. administration, be subject to control under the Wassenaar Arrangement (1996) which covers the export of conventional weapons and items and dual use technologies such that the detection systems.
Sofradir was founded in 1986 to the initiative of Directorate General of Armaments. The company is now No. 2 global infrared detectors. On its website, identifies equipment manufacturers of defense and security as its main customers.The company also claims that these products are used in equipment including missile detection.
The mention of Ulis in the diplomatic cable seems, however, more surprising. This subsidiary of Sofradir, founded in 2003, is not intended to work in the military field. It was specifically created to deal with Sofradir to develop and find commercial applications more "public" as infrared detectors.
This small business, if confirmed, he has continued after the sending of this diplomatic cable that goes back all the same to last year? Contacted by France 24, Sofradir and Ulis said they had no comment on that information.
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Actor Leslie Nielsen is dead
Monday, November 29, 2010
Born in 1926 in Saskatchewan, the son of a police officer had made up his military service in the Air Force before studying acting in Toronto and New York.
Leslie Nielsen had become known through his appearances in television series such as American success Peyton Place, Dr. Kildare, The Fugitive. He gained international fame thanks to some cult films like Airplane! (1980). A typically serious early role was as the spaceship commander in "Forbidden Planet, " the 1956 science-fiction classic. "It's the reason I was never asked to do 'Star Trek' or 'Twilight Zone' for TV," he told the Toronto Star in 2002. "I carried too much baggage with me from that movie."
Nielsen played Debbie Reynolds' sweetheart in the 1957 film "Tammy and the Bachelor," was the Revolutionary War fighter Francis Marion in the Disney TV adventure series "The Swamp Fox" and had roles in such TV series as "The New Breed" and "Bracken's World."
"I just always worked," he said. "I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts. Perhaps it was my Canadian accent."
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Nuclear further delay for the Finnish EPR
Monday, November 29, 2010
Begun in September 2005, the Olkiluoto site in south-western Finland, was originally scheduled to end in April 2009. But completion has been postponed to at least five successive occasions. The final schedule provided by Areva in its TVO reported previously to start late 2012.
"The consortium Areva-Siemens, which built the reactor, Olkiluoto 3 in a fixed price contract and turnkey for TVO, reported that most of the work would be completed in 2012"says the Finnish group said in a statement. "Supplier indicates that the commissioning will take eight months, meaning that normal operation will begin in the second half of 2013 "says TVO.
The third generation reactor at Olkiluoto is the first reactor of this type starts in the world with that of Flamanville, in the Channel, whose commercial exploitation is also planned in 2013, and both of Taishan, China , planned to begin in 2013 and 2014.
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The Moon is Full of Useful Material
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The long search for water on the moon was completed last year: there is water, a considerable amount. But exactly where and in what form? Scientists are keen to find out, because the presence of usable water is necessary to build a lunar base. Other substances could be very useful: for example, combustible gases, in order to make rocket fuel or the base with heating.
To find out what substances are on the moon's industry led the U.S. space agency NASA in 2009 a remarkable experiment. One stage of the rocket that lunar orbiter LRO in his job brought -A piece of metal as big as a bus- High speed was thrown into a lunar crater. Back there was the 'small' satellite LCROSS -As big as a small car- Those with an advanced infrared telescope from the impact plume from the rocket stage flew. The idea was that the plume of dust and gas that would be caused by the impact would include information on the composition of the dark lunar surface. Over one year later, these measurements are analyzed.
Freeze or evaporate
The moon is a special object. There is no atmosphere and there are plenty of mountains and craters. Some of the craters are so steep and deep that no sunlight.They are the coldest places in the solar system, because the lack of an atmosphere can never occur in a trace of heat. All the water on the moon must be in the craters are.Sunlight is the water would instantly evaporate, and because there is no atmosphere to hold water vapor, would fly directly into space. In the craters is so cold that water can exist only frozen. The big question so far has been or would be ice crystals in pure or mixed with many other elements.
The analysis of LCROSS soon brought to light that a lot of water in the moon's craters.Now it is announced that the water occurs mainly as pure ice crystals, good news for the development of a lunar base! The plume also contained traces of many others.Hydrogen, ammonia and methane for example, that can be used as fuel. There wascarbon monoxide and carbon dioxide detected. Moreover, the researchers found a number of metals in the plume: sodium, silver and mercury.
The filling of the lunar craters on the moon is probably not occur. Researchers believe that by impacts of comets and meteoroids on the Moon ended, and that by natural processes in the craters has accumulated. Thanks LCROSS we know that more than five percent of the crater fill of water ice exists. The craters are short, valuable raw material tanks for future space missions.
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Hindu Temple Name: Angelina Jolie!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Ta Prohm is a temple located at Ankor, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temple was built in the 12th century was indeed a place of the first 'Tomb Raider' movie. This Hindu Temple is located in Ankor district which is the UNESCO's world cultural heritage site.
The success of the film to raise the level of tourist traffic and the prestige of the temple of Ta Prohm in Siem Reap province.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged Jolie to raise awareness about better preservation of this world heritage as more needed to be done to safeguard the temple complex and its surroundings and deteriorating bas-reliefs; save it from vandalism and looting; put some controls on unchecked tourism; check the demand for water table which could undermine the stability of sandy soils under the temples..
Jolie is considered a patron saint of Cambodia, especially his adopted son named Maddox was adopted from the temple area.
Not only used as a temple, one of the restaurants in the temple area also sells cocktail-named Tomb Raider.
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Nissan LEAF: Almost 100% electric car
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Previous versions of electric cars are required to give up practical considerations, since manned batteries of small capacity and had a strange look.
Nissan LEAF - practical in every car. It is designed to carry five passengers and is equipped with 5 doors, airbags and the latest navigation system, premium. At the moment the pedal is available 100% torque. The maximum speed that can reach the Nissan LEAF - 145 km / h. A nice addition would be an attractive exterior of the car. Moreover, elektroavtomobil Nissan LEAF will be equipped with the emblem of Nissan, which should remove any concerns about the reliability of the electric car. Nissan also promised an attractive price LEAF, are comparable to gas cars.
