Nuclear power will not go away, but its role may never be more than marginal, says Oliver Morton Mar 10th 2012 | from the print edition "But if nuclear power teaches one lesson, it is to doubt all stories of technological determinism. It is not the essential nature of a technology that matters but its capacity to fit into the social, political and economic conditions of the day."
"Unite union staff working at Greenwich Council's libraries are to strike for five days in protest at the council's decision to hand over the running of its libraries to GLL (Greenwich Leisure Ltd). The switch to GLL management is due to take place from Monday 30 April but union representatives fear cuts to workers' pay and conditions, and are also angry about the lack of consultation over the move. Strikes will take place on Friday 27th April, Saturday 28th April, Mondy 30th April, Tuesday 1st May, and Friday 11th May." This leads on from my previous blog on this topic - see http://ruthrikowskiim.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/diana-edmonds-head-of-libraries.html
Kolumnisti Anna Mård Taoussanomissa, Britannian kansalaisten EU-mielipiteet ovat erittäin ikäsidonnaisia. "YouGov-mielipidemittauslaitoksen mukaan 18–24-vuotiaiden joukossa EU:lla on enemmän kannattajia kuin vastustajia, 25–39-vuotiaiden joukossa puntit ovat tasan, mutta yli nelikymppisistä yli puolet eroaisi EU:sta heti ja vain alle kolmasosa sietää sitä jotenkuten."
"Angesichts des bereits seit letztem Sommer wachsenden Drucks signalisierte auch das Kabinett von Premierminister Gordon Brown grundsätzliches Interesse an Regeln zur Begrenzung des "Steuerwettbewerbs" " - article in Telepolis. The series on tax havens i
Meren syvyyksissä keskellä Atlanttia tapahtuneen törmäyksen syytä tutkitaan. Brittilehdet arvelevat syyksi alusten huippuluokkaista tutkanpaljastusteknologiaa, joka esti toisiaan hämääviä sukellusveneitä havaitsemasta toisiaan.
Goldman Sachs and UBS have been chosen to oversee the planned flotation of the Royal Mail later this year. The stock market listing, the largest UK privatisation in two decades, is expected to value the postal operator at about £3bn. Michael Fallon, the Business minister, insisted "all options" remained open for the Royal Mail. He said: "It is important that we are in a position to move ahead swiftly with our chosen route once we take the final decision.
Curt Rice, Guardian Higher Education Network: "Are politicians stealing our academic freedom? Is their fetish with open access publishing leading to a 'pay to say' system for the rich? And will the trendy goal of making publicly financed research freely available skew the world of scholarship even further towards the natural sciences? I don't think so. But it took me a while to get there."
At a news conference in Quito on Wednesday, Mr Patino said a letter from the UK government was delivered through a British embassy official. "Today we received from the United Kingdom an express threat, in writing, that they might storm our Embassy in London if we don't hand over Julian Assange," he said.
Paul Craig Roberts et al: "... the effect of lower Libor rates is to prop up the prices of bonds, asset-backed financial instruments, and other "securities." The end result is that the banks' balance sheets look healthier than they really are.