tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61220265441755774742024-02-21T18:26:02.963+07:00Cempaka Development, Construction & UtilitiesGeneral news or articles related to Development, Construction & Utilities in Indonesia.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger961125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-51953174135360512832024-01-05T04:14:00.002+07:002024-01-05T04:25:30.919+07:00 The FUTURE of Electricity is HERE! - Lee Carroll & Peter Marek<p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ZxPbbDq-yU?si=4Dy1eK0HeFowceFS" title="YouTube video player" width="450"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Kryon has made this statement: In the future, there will be no more need for batteries. Regardless of what you see about global warming, Kryon tells us COLD is coming. Many of us are aware that the methods we have been using for heating our homes and businesses are inefficient - so what is the answer?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What if you were to discover that a new way of heating already exists, and that it's already been proven to work? Explore the future of electricity with this scientifically-backed technology that was designed with the planet in mind. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Related Articles:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Coming Discoveries", August 25, 2021 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll) <i>(<a href="https://www.kryon.com/CHAN2021/k_channel21_Discoveries.html" target="_blank">Text version</a>)<br /><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2ykW4VXYPOk?si=VMptfpfQjDU9sM0x" title="YouTube video player" width="450"></iframe><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-74696050817254039452023-03-02T04:22:00.007+07:002023-03-02T04:22:55.100+07:00Micro apartments popular in Amsterdam as house prices rise Housing<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/03/micro-apartments-popular-in-amsterdam-as-house-prices-rise/" target="_blank">DutchNews</a>, March 1, 2023</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQzwiFvSkhYZ6xfL382VsCDU4nE--8t2NxO6ctQHGbDucl797dWTHSDfTeqEPD3kQiayRUllvo4NyoMERBaFjtmRCY95LdH39oVyPClxt3d4ztekNX473K1FMBHOGVSimtFigZWBeBbMdCaF2jxBRNTUC4MwqY7D8l0mKmwo7np6jls5qQ5RtZx_LlQ/s560/Depositphotos_300475684_S-560x364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="560" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQzwiFvSkhYZ6xfL382VsCDU4nE--8t2NxO6ctQHGbDucl797dWTHSDfTeqEPD3kQiayRUllvo4NyoMERBaFjtmRCY95LdH39oVyPClxt3d4ztekNX473K1FMBHOGVSimtFigZWBeBbMdCaF2jxBRNTUC4MwqY7D8l0mKmwo7np6jls5qQ5RtZx_LlQ/w400-h260/Depositphotos_300475684_S-560x364.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Micro apartments often have just one room. Photo: Depositphotos.com </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Amsterdam is leading the way in the sale of micro apartments
of between 20 and 50 m2, according to research by the <a href="https://www.kadaster.nl/-/enorme-stijging-aantal-verkochte-tiny-houses?redirect=%2Fnieuws" target="_blank">Kadaster land registry</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Last year, 1,925 small apartments were sold in the capital and cost an average
of just over €400,000, the Kadaster said. That is 1.4 times the price in
Utrecht and almost double that of other parts of the country. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Just over half of
the 5,100 small apartments sold last year changed hands in the big four cities
and 38% were bought in Amsterdam. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is due in part to the capital’s
attraction for young adults, who are prepared to live in smaller properties
because house prices have risen so much, Kadaster economist Paul de Vries told
Dutch News. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Micro homes are typified by having plenty of shared amenities, such
as work space, laundry facilities and cars or bikes.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-91201293484215684282022-04-23T02:46:00.003+07:002022-04-23T02:46:17.514+07:00China axes 15 coal plants abroad after Xi pledge, but loopholes remain: study<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/china-axes-15-coal-plants-041342800.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>, April 22, 2022</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1aXeiJ7Vjjje2JBVCp-I0QQSPrr30AARPCrxoyrV_XIqDYXgbLF63_OuPbe3HJVDLovYQx4zw4kBGQuHqb3LBvfmpkM9qetW_0TdL52uZlkDcebrz-GmhWSzZLXUBAAaXTYafSDGSXUWUuC3Pe9VwCCMyHHTZ45QecLBG1ZUvxvYATjlZgNPsq3TYg/s705/a207d805ee47cd51dc8c6ac7150ab822.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="705" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1aXeiJ7Vjjje2JBVCp-I0QQSPrr30AARPCrxoyrV_XIqDYXgbLF63_OuPbe3HJVDLovYQx4zw4kBGQuHqb3LBvfmpkM9qetW_0TdL52uZlkDcebrz-GmhWSzZLXUBAAaXTYafSDGSXUWUuC3Pe9VwCCMyHHTZ45QecLBG1ZUvxvYATjlZgNPsq3TYg/w400-h249/a207d805ee47cd51dc8c6ac7150ab822.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">China has vowed to become carbon-neutral by 2060, but its emissions pledges do not<br />cover fossil-fuel investments abroad (AFP/JOHANNES EISELE) (JOHANNES EISELE)</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">More than a dozen Chinese coal power projects overseas
were cancelled after a ban last year on funding such plants, but loopholes
could allow 18 others to still go ahead, according to a study published Friday.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">China is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse
gases driving global warming. It has vowed to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and
become carbon-neutral by 2060, but these do not include its fossil-fuel
investments abroad.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It is also the largest public funder of overseas coal
plants, and was planning to build 67 in more than a dozen countries when
President Xi Jinping announced a ban on financing "new projects" in
September.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Since then, Chinese developers have cancelled 15
overseas coal projects as funding dried up and host countries demanded greener
alternatives, a study by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and
Clean Air (CREA) said.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The cancelled projects would have generated 12.8
gigawatts of electricity -- or the total power generation capacity in
Singapore, the think tank added.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">But a lack of clear rules has allowed Chinese
developers to continue to build new coal power projects, it warned.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"The key concern is that China will continue to
fund or build new coal projects to power industrial parks under the Belt and
Road Initiative," said Isabella Suarez, a researcher at CREA, referring to
Xi's $1 trillion global infrastructure push.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"The loophole is that because the industrial
parks have been years in the making, additional coal on these projects would
not be considered new, even if... tenders are happening after the pledge to ban
coal funding."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Deadly impact</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">China's top economic planner issued vague guidelines
in March, telling developers to "proceed cautiously" on coal plants
that were in the final stages of planning.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">These could potentially stop Chinese funding for 32
planned coal plants and prompt the "reexamination" of 36 others that
are under way, according to the CREA report.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">However, "about 18 coal projects (in the
pipeline) that can generate 19.2 Gigawatts of power have already secured
financing and permits... and could still go ahead," Suarez said.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">AFP has sought comment on the report from the National
Development and Reform Commission, China's economic planner.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Most of these projects are in Indonesia, where China
is investing billions to mine nickel and other minerals needed to build
electric vehicles, according to data from the Global Energy Monitor.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Vietnam and Bangladesh have in recent months requested
China to build gas projects instead of the agreed coal projects, according to
government notices.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The deadly impact of climate change -- from extreme
heatwaves to more intense superstorms -- is already being felt across the
world.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Experts say emissions must be halved within a decade
to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit)
or ideally to 1.5C as stated in the Paris climate accord.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-34584339178559851382022-01-29T02:41:00.006+07:002022-01-29T02:41:48.653+07:00Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh just before Biden speech<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/bridge-collapses-pittsburgh-just-biden-163813359.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>, Sebastian Smith, Fri, January 28, 2022</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPPF-tflmMA6JIP3e7FV77WEhh16GeWR7suNnqz3-yn4409fDSceZEASZPtFn1fQraXIKpubNPojNJ13FQPfd0HeXAyUkgqeDSZM7hsaQIJiu0L6ycLkj-JnTtv0GTUPaKDU-s6exwQuC_0dluNkuAN7ZryZ1AiakWRhrKqsv6VMBAqInMyl6JcjU-tg=s705" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="705" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPPF-tflmMA6JIP3e7FV77WEhh16GeWR7suNnqz3-yn4409fDSceZEASZPtFn1fQraXIKpubNPojNJ13FQPfd0HeXAyUkgqeDSZM7hsaQIJiu0L6ycLkj-JnTtv0GTUPaKDU-s6exwQuC_0dluNkuAN7ZryZ1AiakWRhrKqsv6VMBAqInMyl6JcjU-tg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed hours before the arrival of US President<br />Joe Biden to discuss infrastructure (AFP}</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A bridge collapse Friday in Pittsburgh provided a
symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden's trip to the city to tout his $1
trillion infrastructure plan -- and try rebuilding his own crumbling approval
ratings.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Pittsburgh's public safety authorities tweeted that
three people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after the
road bridge buckled into a snowy ravine.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The otherwise minor accident immediately caught
national attention because Biden was set to touch down in the industrial city
shortly for a speech promoting his efforts to reset the post-pandemic US
economy, including through the historic infrastructure spending splurge.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Biden "has been told of the bridge collapse in
Pittsburgh," Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted, and will "proceed
with (the) trip planned for today and will stay in touch with officials on the
ground about additional assistance we can provide."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">While in Pittsburgh, located in the political
battleground state of Pennsylvania, Biden was to tour Mill 19. The former mill
dates back to 1943 and once churned out more than a million tons of metal a
year.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Today, the site is being held up as a symbol of what
the White House calls Biden's "vision to rebuild America's economy for the
21st century." Home to Carnegie Mellon University's Manufacturing Futures
Institute (MFI), Mill 19 focuses on high-tech research and development.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"The president will talk about how his bipartisan
infrastructure law is already strengthening in our supply chains and critical
infrastructure -- our roads, bridges, ports, airports and more -- giving us an
edge in producing more in America and exporting it to the world," a White
House official said.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Biden's political woes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">For Pittsburgh's mayor, Ed Gainey, the Biden visit was
welcome -- a chance to home in on the kinds of problems plaguing
post-industrial cities across the country, where bridges, highways, water pipes
and other basic infrastructure typically dates back multiple decades.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"This is critical that we get this funding and
we're glad to have the president coming today," he told CNN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In a tough first year in office, the infrastructure
bill, passed with rare cross-party Republican support, was one of Biden's
biggest successes. For years, presidents had failed to get Congress to revamp
the sector, with Donald Trump's repeated promises of "infrastructure
week" turning into a running Washington joke.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">But Biden has faced heavy setbacks on other
priorities, most recently his attempt to get new voting rights guarantees
through Congress. He is also embroiled in the standoff with Russia over
Ukraine.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Despite signs of a roaring economic comeback from the
Covid-19 shutdown, the recovery is proving uneven and inflation is eating into
wage increases.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As he kicks off his second year, Biden's approval ratings
have slipped to around 40 percent, making him as unpopular as Trump. And things
risk getting worse, with Republicans potentially poised to take over Congress
in the November midterms.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Reflecting Biden's currently dim political star power,
two important Democrats from Pennsylvania -- Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman
and Attorney General Josh Shapiro -- were pointedly keeping away from the
presidential visit, citing scheduling conflicts.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">However, Biden has said he hopes trips like this will
help relaunch his momentum, heading into the midterms.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"I'm going to get out of this place more
often," he said during a press conference last week at the White House.
"I'm going to go out and talk to the public."<o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-17910157571381955602021-10-13T03:23:00.006+07:002021-10-13T03:23:40.742+07:00“Coming Discoveries” – (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.kryon.com/CHAN2021/k_channel21_Discoveries.html" target="_blank">Kryon.com</a>, August 25, 2021</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>Live Kryon Channelling. Healing Wednesday livestream</b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBovXggKjxoQo1mdZAvTD-4SSgzYoJ77C0hmSp6NF9DoQhEiCzq1KyC97i-lvqx92vGUOut202QUvqEIsrUdNb_YAmBn1QSXWpP8Q8_E_FhJv832wwlBIcari1eMkmPKuxZf1pKSLxsI/s183/Lee+Carroll+150.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="150" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBovXggKjxoQo1mdZAvTD-4SSgzYoJ77C0hmSp6NF9DoQhEiCzq1KyC97i-lvqx92vGUOut202QUvqEIsrUdNb_YAmBn1QSXWpP8Q8_E_FhJv832wwlBIcari1eMkmPKuxZf1pKSLxsI/s0/Lee+Carroll+150.jpg" width="150" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Lee Carroll</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Greetings, dear ones, I am Kryon of Magnetic Service</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">This is the fourth channel of the month regarding
change. The past three weeks, we’ve discussed several attributes of change that
are beginning to happen on this planet. The changes are mostly consciousness,
and we have given you some examples which show that many of these were
expected, and they coordinate with the messages of the indigenous. They revolve
around the cycle of our time, the precession of the equinox, and the 2012
shift.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">So, here you sit in a time of expected change, and the
first thing that happens is COVID. You have to ask, <i>“Is it related?”</i> And we’ve
given the answer now many times. Indeed (it is related)! More than related, it
is the catalyst to what follows next. This virus has almost stopped the normal
operational attributes of this planet, and I told you that this is like
stopping a large factory so that it can retool.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">We have discussed the metaphor of a factory that
cannot stop. After some time, it starts to be dysfunctional, and those
operating it start a process of greed and lack of integrity. It becomes so bad
that it becomes badly inefficient, yet, nobody can stop it. It’s too big.
However, COVID stopped it! This gives a space, does it not? It’s a space that
no one expected, given in order to see the inefficiencies of the factory (the
systems of Earth). It’s a time to retool and clearly see the dark things that
have grown in the dark corners where you never were able to look before. It’s a
chance to see more light than ever and identify those who are keeping you from
seeing it.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dear ones, that’s just the beginning of what we
discussed. We’ve given you some messages of change in the past and said, “watch
for this,” or “look for that.” These things are coming. There are some things
coming that would surprise you, that are truly sensational and filled with
great things, and when I tell you about some of these things, you may ask, <i>“How
soon, Kryon, how soon?”</i> Every single one of these things that I’m going to give
you now actually already exists. They already exist in some form or are being
developed. Let me be clear: Some of these things lay on humanity, waiting for
the aha experience. <i>“Kryon, what are you talking about?”</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><i> </i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>Inventions are Given when They are Needed</b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Let me go back and revisit some messages you may have
heard before: Major inventions that have changed the culture of this planet
often seem to happen all at once, all over the globe, almost like they were
delivered to consciousness all at once from somewhere else.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Seldom do you have just one individual with an idea
that then changes the planet. That may be the story they tell you in history,
but these profound inventions and discoveries usually happen simultaneously,
and the first individual to manifest it is the one who gets the credit.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>Electricity:</b> Some of the inventions that manifest
themselves on the planet seem odd in their timing. You might look back and ask,
<i>“Why did it take so long? How is this possible?”</i> If you start looking at the
facts, the discovery of electricity is one. How long has this energy been
obvious to mankind in so many ways? Whether it’s static (electricity), like the
sparks you make when you move your feet on certain substances, or whether it’s
lightning in the sky … why did it take until only a couple of hundred years ago
for it really to be looked at, or the question asked: “I wonder if this is
energy we could use?” As to who actually invented it, you knew it was Michael
Faraday, right (or did you get another story)? And – that it wasn’t actually
electricity – but rather, electromagnetic induction (magnetics)?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>Flight is another one.</b> The Chinese have been flying
kites and have known about wind currents for 3,000 years. Why weren’t there men
in the sky, using kites and updrafts with the profound understanding that
humanity already had of these things? What took so long? Even today, you see
those who leap off mountain tops without powered flight – with a kite strapped
to them. Where was that? It should have been intuitive and should have occurred
a thousand years ago. You had watched the birds, you flew kites, yet, for
thousands of years, nobody did it. Does this make sense? It took until the
Wright brothers gave it to you using powered engines. That wasn’t that long
ago, dear ones, and they only beat the French with their famous first flight by
two weeks! Do you see what I’m saying? This invention was “delivered to the
Field” when it was ready – and all over the Earth at the same time.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Inventions that change the Earth profoundly in this
way happen when it’s time. You may disagree. You may say, <i>“Oh, we can think of
these things any time we want.”</i> This is not true or many inventions that were
completely “there and ready and intuitive” would have happened even sooner than
they did.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">There are some things coming that are already here,
dear ones, in certain ways. They are already in the Field, waiting to be
plucked out. I want to tell you about them. Some have heard this before.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>The Best Coming Inventions Will Not Be High Technology</b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Don’t be surprised if the most advanced discoveries
that you’re going to make, which are going to change this planet profoundly,
have nothing to do with artificial intelligence or massive amounts of
computing. You might say, it’s “back to basics” because some of the best
inventions will be using patterns and basic physics that were always there, but
which you just haven’t thought of yet.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Kryon, what are you talking about?”</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">THE END OF BATTERIES – AND THE GRID</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Let me talk about the magnetic energy wheel. It might
be two, or even three wheels, but there is a simple pattern, an array of
magnets that, when placed correctly, can keep a wheel spinning – forever.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Using the simple push/pull energy of small or large magnets
together in a specific array, you can keep this wheel going forever. You’re
aware, are you not, that natural magnets are very powerful, and they push and
they pull with a great deal of force, with no rest or refresh time, and no side
effects, and no fuel. This is a huge secret! Why have you not seen this before?
Put them together in an array where they will push and pull against each other
and spin whatever size wheel you wish – until the end of time! All you have to
do is oil the bearings occasionally. Have you thought of that? Dear ones,
listen: If you can make something spin, you can connect it to an electric
generator. Electricity, in any quantity, forever!</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I want you to think of what this means. Imagine: No
batteries. <i>“Kryon, what are you talking about. You’ve got to have batteries.”</i>
Dear ones, that statement is soooo yesterday! Imagine your favorite device. A
phone, perhaps? What if, instead of a battery, it had a tiny, miniature,
spinning magnetic motor that powered the device in real-time – forever! Not
only are there no batteries in the future, but no charging anything. Every
electronic thing you have has its own tiny, spinning generator built-in.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><i>“Kryon, how big can this wheel be?” </i>Well, let’s think:
Everything I have said can be enlarged. So, instead of a battery in an electric
car, there is a larger spinning electric engine underneath, always supplying
electricity to what we will now call <i>super capacitance</i> (something we have only
briefly discussed). You will always have enough electricity to go for hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of miles without ever stopping. And even while you
sleep, electricity is still being generated to the “super cap.” It never stops.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><i>“Kryon, I still don’t understand how all this is going
to change the entire planet.”</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dear ones, I’m talking about individual power for
every single building that exists on the planet – without being connected to
any grid. NO WIRES AND NO OUTSIDE SOURCE. No weather pattern will ever shut
down a city again or cause those to die because they can’t get electricity –
because it’s right outside in a little spinning motor that never stops and
always is running, to power whatever is needed. Magnetics is the answer. It’s
free, instant, and mobile electricity for all.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Every continent on this planet could have as much
electricity as they wanted or needed to instantly power villages, hospitals,
communications, teaching through the internet, and more. The internet would
work, no matter what. Can you imagine when everybody could talk to everybody? Cultures
and continents would start healing themselves and would finally start to be
educated.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">All of this can happen from one undiscovered pattern –
a magnetic array. Putting those magnets together so they will push and pull in
a way that they will spin forever, can be customizable to any size –
miniaturized or massive. They can power ships and cars – and they go forever.
There is no resource that is easier and safer to use to power this planet than
magnetics. No natural resources are burned, no pollution, and entirely safe.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Kryon – This Can’t Work</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><i>“Kryon: If I had this invention, there are forces out
there who would never let it be developed. I would be afraid to have it! The
power companies of the planet will buy it and pocket it because they want to sell
what they’ve got. They will never let this happen.”</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Let’s stop for a moment. Dear ones, this is not your
father’s world. What have I told you about change for the past 30 years? DO NOT
POSTULATE THE FUTURE ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. The shift is changing
the consciousness of the planet.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Right now, the power companies all over your land are
in trouble. Fossil fuel is in trouble, if you haven’t noticed. Nuclear power,
the former Holy Grail of power, has shown itself clearly to be exceptionally
dangerous! Every one of the accepted mass power generation systems is failing.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I will tell you that the power companies of this land
(USA), even if they are using steam or wind or sunlight, are all anxious for
this invention! It’s simple, efficient, no huge investment needed, and (ready?)
THEY will then be the ones to manufacture and sell the units, improving them
and finding more and more uses to free all of you from any kind of power grid.
So I’m telling you, it’s a new world, and those in the “power business” will be
the first to want to use this.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>The Highest and Most Powerful Force of Humanity</b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Let me give you my favorite one: There are things that
this body of yours does, which has only to do with consciousness, nothing else.
In the last twenty years, there has been a revelation of proof. <b>Consciousness
is energy. It can alter physics.</b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">This realization was not always thought to be the
case. In the past, consciousness was something esoteric, not well definable,
and it didn’t belong in physics. Now it does. There is now a slow awareness
that consciousness absolutely must be considered energy.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Think: If consciousness is energy, then, like all
other physical energies, there must be rules or axioms. It becomes predictive
science. When you start to figure that out and you understand what those are,
you will have some profound answers to some of the greatest mysteries of
health: The energy of consciousness is the reason for the placebo effect!
Someone takes a sugar-coated pill, and they are told that the pill is going to
create a cure – and then it does! What is the process? How is that possible?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Someone takes a homeopathic tincture, a chemistry that
is too small to create a chemical reaction. Yet, it cures! What is happening?
How does that work? The answer is the energy and the physics of consciousness
combined with something called mirror neurons: What the body sees and expects,
it often creates by itself. Perhaps, you see someone else eating a meal and you
salivate. That’s consciousness over chemistry, dear ones.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Have you ever wondered if mirror neurons could play a
powerful and larger part in a coming system of healing? What if you could
convince your body that it was healing? Mirror neurons can’t tell the
difference between what you believe or what is happening chemically. Therefore,
consciousness instructs the body to heal itself, and it does! Now you
understand how spontaneous remission may work. When you convince the body that
a healing is occurring, it believes it so completely that it heals itself. This
will be a new healing process. It will be the best of any that ever existed –
using the energy of consciousness in new, measurable, scientific ways.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">No artificial intelligence – no super hi-tech
advancements</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Instead, this becomes the revelation of what you as
Humans have always had. Powerful!</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I want you to ponder these changes because they are in
the Field. Do you think when science discovered that <b>consciousness is energy</b>,
they just left that alone? No. They wanted to find out more about what it is.
The first thing they realized is that they are dealing with a multidimensional
energy. Indeed, science may not think immediately about the self-healing
potentials that exist, but eventually, they will</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">How long will it take? That’s up to you. How many of
you believe these things? For the belief itself, you might say, is a
transmitter of reality, because when you believe something, you can make it
happen.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Changes are coming to this planet, dear ones, and I
have told you this. We continue to tell you about the ones that will enhance
humanity, and there will come a time when the last thing you will ever want to
do to each other is to kill one another. There is precedent for this in other
places that I have talked about, so I have seen it. I have seen it.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I am Kryon, in love with humanity.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">And so it is</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">KRYON</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-65239040987415595182021-05-29T01:10:00.003+07:002021-05-29T01:10:18.711+07:00Montenegro learns true cost of China-backed $1 bn road to nowhere<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/montenegro-learns-true-cost-china-061130471.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>, Olivera Nikolic, May 27, 2021</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuREhEgJ3wuo6p0zUdYiuZwKNKmTYP5r1SBpYhsIXhCKTZDsVSxiPscQIV974CGV7sGB654H_VnnFlvggLyKetNQcIg48R2L_KC5e_kx4_FLJRy13CTpNI5tpje0GKa1GCs48EBaU1tYj/s705/55044841add01a49b69f11b19cb7fbf6.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="705" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuREhEgJ3wuo6p0zUdYiuZwKNKmTYP5r1SBpYhsIXhCKTZDsVSxiPscQIV974CGV7sGB654H_VnnFlvggLyKetNQcIg48R2L_KC5e_kx4_FLJRy13CTpNI5tpje0GKa1GCs48EBaU1tYj/w400-h266/55044841add01a49b69f11b19cb7fbf6.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chinese wprkers have spent six years carving tunnels through solid rock and <br />raising concrete pillars above gorges and canyons in Montenegro, but the road <br />in effect goes nowhere</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br />Two sleek new roads vanish into mountain tunnels high
above a sleepy Montenegrin village, the unlikely endpoint of a billion-dollar
project bankrolled by China that is threatening to derail the tiny country's
economy.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The government has already burnt through $944 million
in Chinese loans to complete the first stretch of road, just 41 kilometres (25
miles), making it among the world's most expensive pieces of tarmac.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Chinese workers have spent six years carving tunnels
through solid rock and raising concrete pillars above gorges and canyons, but
the road in effect goes nowhere.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Almost 130 kilometres still needs to be built at a
likely cost of at least one billion euros ($1.2 billion).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"The construction looks impressive, but we must
not stop at this," says 67-year-old Dragan who retired to the village of
Matesevo.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"It's like buying an expensive car and just
leaving it parked in the garage."</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Critics question how the rest of the road will be paid
for and highlight environmental damage caused by the construction along with
corruption allegations over the awarding of work contacts.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">But locals are inclined to talk up the positives.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"This story has some good sides for us villagers.
Some managed to sell their land and leave, which was impossible before,"
said one villager, whose two-storey home now sits metres from gargantuan
concrete pillars propping up the four-lane highway.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"I manage to sell some vegetables and chickens to
the workers," added the man who did not want to be named, reflecting also
that dirt mounds from the construction site stop the river from flooding.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTocGpQkFRK2BrW-AM82Y9-FKZ7qXoOF2QdXuAQyYG8CLlD-7aVJmiMuzrg5EGa1y784f4l5hEtMfb1MzbngjWRY6Ban_8QCDOuvPIQEDtvH1chXWnASJ5V5gmGTHB5V4W_W-1_GyThqED/s705/3ae3778ec18e6f9afc21890f3891f078.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="705" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTocGpQkFRK2BrW-AM82Y9-FKZ7qXoOF2QdXuAQyYG8CLlD-7aVJmiMuzrg5EGa1y784f4l5hEtMfb1MzbngjWRY6Ban_8QCDOuvPIQEDtvH1chXWnASJ5V5gmGTHB5V4W_W-1_GyThqED/w400-h266/3ae3778ec18e6f9afc21890f3891f078.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If Montenegro cannot pay its debt to China, it faces arbitration in Beijing and could <br />be forced to give up control of key infrastructure, according to the contract.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">'Big trouble'</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The section linking Matesevo to a town near the
capital Podgorica -- the most difficult part to build -- is set to open in
November.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">But the road is meant to connect the Adriatic port of
Bar in the south with the Serbian border in the north, with the intention that
the Serbians will then extend it to their capital, Belgrade.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It is unclear where the money will come from or how
Montenegro -- a country with a GDP of 4.9 billion euros -- will repay its
existing debt to China.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">If Montenegro cannot pay, it faces arbitration in
Beijing and could be forced to give up control of key infrastructure, according
to a copy of the contract seen by AFP.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">China has been widely criticised for saddling small
countries with unmanageable debt as part of its global Belt and Road
Initiative.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Critics worry that it will use financial leverage to
boost its political power, in what they dub "debt-trap diplomacy".</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">But Chinese officials have strenuously denied any
ulterior motive to the investment in Montenegro and the wider region.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"This cooperation is mutually beneficial and
win-win," said China's Montenegrin embassy in a statement last month.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"If someone puts negative labels on China's
investment, it is not only unfair to China, but also disrespectful to the
countries of the western Balkans."</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">With Montenegro's first repayment due in July, it
could become the first European country to put those claims to the test.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"If we do not find sources of funding to build
on, then we are in big trouble," Infrastructure Minister Mladen Bojanic
told AFP, saying he was committed to finishing the road.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlljdcteBHJKEMy2NZi1O4fsgVfhVgXGw1qvim7P2coxAe6_E95CKwM_vyF8fAHLLv9kb-8D7J2EE0mVYn-DoDH4f0FGQXQCy9CixpTWEUf7efvklZLhQHl-KwrvYE00GvYuRfZRLZoFGY/s705/f6d05a6e0588915786fd9db75e532ac0.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="705" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlljdcteBHJKEMy2NZi1O4fsgVfhVgXGw1qvim7P2coxAe6_E95CKwM_vyF8fAHLLv9kb-8D7J2EE0mVYn-DoDH4f0FGQXQCy9CixpTWEUf7efvklZLhQHl-KwrvYE00GvYuRfZRLZoFGY/w400-h266/f6d05a6e0588915786fd9db75e532ac0.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Critics question how the road will be paid for and
highlight environmental damage </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">caused <br />by the construction along with corruption
allegations over the awarding of work contacts.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br />'Out of public eye'</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Bojanic is now trying to get help from the European
Union to rescue a project he bitterly opposed when he was in opposition,
labelling it risky and reckless.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Risky, reckless and, according to campaigners,
corrupt.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">More than one-third of local subcontractors chosen to
work on the project had links to the former ruling socialists of President Milo
Djukanovic.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">There were no public tenders and the relationship
between payments received and the work carried out was not clear, according to
anti-corruption watchdog MANS.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"Decisions on construction were wrongly made out
of the public eye, and that is something we will now have to pay for,"
said the group's Dejan Milovac.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The government has promised to investigate any
corruption claims.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Further questions have been asked about the
environmental impact after the construction work ruined a UNESCO-protected
stretch of river near Matesevo, the Chinese firm agreeing to fund work to undo
the damage.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68LeL5o3ZA0xyG6wU48PZ_QGAOfCNei7ozlAcj5CPI3EsDxXP3y-3evo_hgPc7m_37BDoHaSqmB5N3IBejKaFqqi0nasOHb8DTf2rfaB2N_9XNxbRxEOr1D_0ohCkM91O_Pf5d11QWmqJ/s705/1dd626389c136fc02aba7626db11bd1a.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="705" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68LeL5o3ZA0xyG6wU48PZ_QGAOfCNei7ozlAcj5CPI3EsDxXP3y-3evo_hgPc7m_37BDoHaSqmB5N3IBejKaFqqi0nasOHb8DTf2rfaB2N_9XNxbRxEOr1D_0ohCkM91O_Pf5d11QWmqJ/w400-h266/1dd626389c136fc02aba7626db11bd1a.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The construction work ruined a UNESCO-protected stretch of river near Matesevo <br />Montenegro. The Chinese firm agreed to fund work to undo the damage</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Tolls not enough</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Problems with the project were not unforeseen --
experts queued up a decade ago to tell the government that it was not viable.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">They warned that any benefits to commerce and tourism
on the Adriatic, or development for poorer northern regions, would never
outweigh the costs.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The current government has admitted revenue from tolls
will not even cover the road's annual maintenance, estimated at 77 million
euros ($94 million).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"It would take at least 22-25,000 vehicles a day
for the highway to pay off," civil engineer Ivan Kekovic told AFP, roughly
four times the number he could envisage on the busiest stretch.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Even this gloomy assessment may be optimistic if all
Montenegrins do their sums like Zeljko Rajkovic, a 55-year-old teacher in
Kolasin, close to Matesevo.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He weighs up the benefits of heading to Podgorica on the
new road: 30 minutes travel time rather than 90 minutes on the old road,
improved safety.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Then he considers the downsides: tolls each way, extra
fuel consumption.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"I'll only use the new road if there's a big
storm or an emergency," he concludes.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-65947911561144361572020-07-10T03:05:00.003+07:002020-07-10T03:06:35.454+07:00Japan to limit financing of overseas coal power plants<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/japan-limit-financing-overseas-coal-power-plants-131731628.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
Natsuko FUKUE, July 9, 2020</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Japan said
Thursday it would tighten rules for investment in foreign coal-fired power
stations on environmental grounds, but stopped short of ending government
funding for projects.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The move
comes with the world's third-largest economy under fire for financing projects
to build coal plants at home and abroad -- notably in Southeast Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Economy,
Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama told reporters the government
"has decided to tighten" the rules for supporting investment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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seeking investment would be required to change their "behaviour"
towards decarbonisation, Kajiyama said, but added that the new policy was not
about cutting back funding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There
are developing nations in the world that can only choose coal as an energy
source," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Further
details were not immediately available.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
government currently provides funding to Japanese companies if their projects meet
certain criteria -- such as when a foreign country has no options but to choose
coal due to economic reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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decision</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Global
Energy Monitor watchdog said last year that Japan accounted for over US$4.8
billion in financing for coal power plants abroad -- particularly in Indonesia,
Vietnam and Bangladesh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kimiko
Hirata, international director of the environmental NGO Kiko Network, said the
new investment decision was a "major decision."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
coal-fired power stations were the pillar of infrastructure exports for
Japan," she told AFP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Greenpeace criticised the decision as falling short, saying it showed "no
clear policy".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the government promised to study ways of phasing out older, more polluting
coal-fired power stations by 2030, following reports it plans to mothball
around 100 ageing plants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Japan has
some 140 coal-fired power stations, providing nearly one-third of the nation's
total electricity generation, and second only to LNG-fired plants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But there
are more than a dozen projects underway to build more plants -- despite efforts
to phase them out in many other parts of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
appetite for coal-fired plants increased significantly after the Fukushima
nuclear power plant accident following the 2011 tsunami.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Japan wants
nearly a quarter of its energy needs to be met by renewable sources --
including wind and solar -- by 2030, a figure critics describe as unambitious
based on current levels of around 17 percent.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-66235800465941431462020-06-21T03:16:00.003+07:002020-06-21T03:16:54.268+07:00‘Waffle’ emergency shelter design wins prize for Delft students<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/06/waffle-emergency-shelter-design-wins-prize-for-delft-students/" target="_blank">DutchNews</a>, June 20, 2020 -
By Senay Boztas </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Students at Delft
University of Technology have won first prize in an architecture competition
for an emergency shelter that can be folded away and transported on just one
truck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Aleksandra Wróbel, Agnieszka Witaszek and Kamil Owczarek designed the
foldable emergency shelter to be made from prefabricated cut plywood, with an
adaptable structure that can easily be put up and pulled down again, according
to a university <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2020/bk/a-foldable-emergency-shelter/?utm_medium=email" target="_blank">press</a> release. The wall construction – which also acts as
shelving – is described as ‘waffle-like’. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Their design has won the Kaira Looro
Architecture Competition. It also includes a storage room, tank for collecting
and filtering rainwater and composting toilet that uses wood shavings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The
three students received a prize of €5,000 and internship at Kengo Kuma &
Associates in Japan. ‘Winning this competition might even become a base for us
to start our own practice,’ said Wróbel. ‘This competition has focused our
minds to a human-centred approach.’</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-30603283174559841452020-03-09T05:39:00.002+07:002020-03-09T05:39:57.447+07:00Meet Thailand's secret weapon in climate change battle<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/meet-thailands-secret-weapon-climate-change-battle-013431040.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
Dene-Hern CHEN, March 8, 2020</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Architect
Kotchakorn Voraakhom made her name showing how the effects of </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">climate change
can be mitigated by ensuring the issue is at the heart of city </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">planning (AFP
Photo/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bangkok's
future hangs in the balance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rising sea
levels, unchecked development, groundwater extraction, and rapid urban
population growth has left millions vulnerable to natural disasters --
scientists warn the city itself may not survive the century.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New
analysis by the Nestpick 2050 Climate Change City Index says the Thai capital
could be hardest hit by global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And while
it is not alone facing such a threat -- Venice, New Orleans, and Jakarta are
predicted to be underwater by 2100 -- it does have a secret weapon in its
battle to negate the impact of a hotter planet: renowned architect Kotchakorn
Voraakhom who preaches mindful development over mindless construction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
are talking life and death in this situation," says the 39-year-old who is
hoping to bring Bangkok back from the brink, as scientists warn extreme weather
-- flooding and droughts -- could ravage the city, leaving as much as 40
percent submerged in the next decade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kotchakorn
says: "I don't want to face it with fear. At this moment we have a chance to
make change... We have to do it right now to show the coming generations that
this is possible. It is not about sitting and waiting and doing the same
thing."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No one can
accuse the Harvard graduate of resting on her laurels: She made her name
showing how the effects of climate change can be mitigated by ensuring the
issue is at the heart of city planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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rails against Bangkok's unchecked development (AFP Photo/Lillian</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She and her
firm Landprocess created the internationally acclaimed Chulalongkorn University
Centenary Park, an 11-acre (4 hectares) space in central Bangkok, which tilts
downward at a three-degree angle, allowing rainwater to flow through the
flanking grass and wetlands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that's not absorbed by the plants runs down to a pond at the base of the park,
where it can be stored and filtered for use during dry spells or released
gradually. In cases of severe flooding, the park can hold up to a million
gallons of water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rising star</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kotchakorn
rails against Bangkok's unchecked development -- more than 10 million live in
the metropolis packed with skyscrapers, factories, malls and hotels -- warning
that an "addiction to growth" at all costs is jeopardising its
ability to thrive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
think about how we're going to have more growth in our annual development...
What if we shift the orientation from growth to really consider our actions on
the environment, listen to the land more," she says.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It
doesn't mean I am against development but I want it to be very meaningful, very
mindful, and at the right pace -- so we don't actually kill our future."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today her
ideas have been embraced at home, and abroad -- she gave an acclaimed TED talk
in 2018, and last year TIME Magazine included her in its "100 Next"
list of global rising stars.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Convincing
clients, authorities, and other businesses to see the big environmental </span></span></div>
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has not been easy in a mega-city obsessed with economic targets and </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But
convincing clients, authorities, and other businesses to see the big
environmental picture has not been easy in a mega-city obsessed with economic
targets and expansion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Driving
change as a woman in a patriarchal society has been an additional challenge,
but Kotchakorn insists there is "power" in being different,
particularly in an industry dominated by older men offering only
"conventional ways of thinking".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many of her
ideas were initially dismissed, but she held firm, explaining: "I feel
that was based on their fear. But it's not my fear."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Women
offer different kinds of judgement, different kinds of attitude towards
problems... We have to bring that diversity to the table and create better
decisions," she adds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Things
must change</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A turning point
came in 2011, when Thailand endured its worst floods in half a century, which
left more than 800 dead nationwide with hundreds of thousands displaced.
Bangkok, built on once-marshy land and surrounded by natural waterways, was
hard hit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then came
the World Bank warning that 40 percent of it would be inundated by 2030.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was
clear then things needed to change, says Voraakhom, who grew up in the capital
and says air quality has deteriorated rapidly, as has food quality and security
because of the heavy use of pesticides.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hailing her
late mother as her inspiration, and her 11-year-old daughter as her </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">motivation,
Kotchakorn hopes her work will solve problems for generations to </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">come (AFP
Photo/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2018,
she created Asia's largest rooftop farm, which mimics the region's famed rice
terraces where run-off travels down layers of crops, conserving both water and
soil. Winding around the 22,400 square-metre (241,000 square-foot) rooftop is a
jogging path and a lawn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Later this
year she will unveil plans to transform a vast, unused bridge crossing the Chao
Phraya river into a park with bicycle lanes, bringing more green space to a
place with precious little of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"If
you just do a normal building, it's just going to be the same. It's just
another building. But if you create (something new), you actually could touch
and change their way of living, their way of eating, their way of understanding
of sustainability."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kotchakorn
has even greater ambitions for the city she grew up in -- she wants to
"reclaim" the more than 1,000 canals that snake through Bangkok that
are currently used for sewage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Canals
have so much life, so much potential to be public green space and a skeleton of
the whole city," she explains.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hailing her
late mother as her inspiration, and her 11-year-old daughter as her motivation,
she hopes her work will solve problems for generations to come.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She says:
"Being a mother is really helping to push me to create hope and solutions
for the next generation. You see that the things you build will last after your
life."</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-38370530337024276562020-03-07T03:00:00.005+07:002020-03-07T03:00:48.201+07:00For a rainy day: Amsterdam plans to make new buildings catch rainwater<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/03/for-a-rainy-day-amsterdam-plans-to-make-new-buildings-catch-rainwater/" target="_blank">DutchNews</a>, March
6, 2020 - By Senay Boztas </span><br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A green roof bus stop. Photo: Mobilane</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">New build
projects in Amsterdam would be forced to capture the first 60mm of rainfall
thanks to <a href="https://www.rainproof.nl/nieuws/hemelwaterverordening" target="_blank">proposals</a> currently under <a href="https://bekendmakingen.amsterdam.nl/bekendmakingen/publicatie/inspraak/hemelwaterverordenin/" target="_blank">public</a> consultation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The city, which today
launches a ‘<a href="https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/stad-moet-volledig-op-de-schop-als-amsterdam-klimaatdoelen-wil-halen~b43dbb3d/" target="_blank">roadmap</a>’ charting its way to becoming climate neutral, is also
concerned about how the built environment absorbs ever-increasing rainfall. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A
proposal, submitted in February, suggests that new builds will be obliged to
‘capture and process rainwater on their own ground, because the climate is
changing and in the future ever heavier showers may fall.’ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The obligation to
capture and reuse rainwater – in features such as green roofs, water butts, and
‘grey water’ based sanitary facilities – is intended to help protect streets,
cellars, houses and buildings from water damage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">New builds would be obliged to
soak up the first 60mm of rainfall and only then ‘gradually’ release it into
city drainage system over 60 hours. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel Goedbloed, head of the
water-management programme Amsterdam Rainproof, said that if the new rules are
adopted, they would make a huge difference to the Dutch capital’s capacity to
absorb water. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">‘The idea is that all new builds, including those which don’t
need to apply for planning permission, can deal with up to 60ml of water on
their own plot of land,’ he told DutchNews.nl. ‘You could install a “blue roof”
that acts like a temporary lake and then slowly drains water, or a “blue-green”
roof with sedum plants and the ability to hold some water. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rainwater
harvesting systems can also be good, although they need to have water ready for
the next use rather than draining it all away.’ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Costs </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The rule for these
systems is that they must catch 90ml of water and drain away 30% of this in 60
hours, he said. Smart rainwater harvesting systems and so-called ‘polder’
roofing would be exempt, and developments which don’t need planning permission
would have slightly lower requirements. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The costs would have to be borne by
developers, although it is expected that on its own land, Amsterdam city
council would offer a reduced ground rate for developers with rainwater
harvesting measures in their plans. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The public consultation period runs until
the end of April and the rain harvesting measure is expected to go to a council
vote before the summer. Meanwhile, local rules in areas such as Oud-West already
mean that owners can only tile 50% of their gardens in order to let rainwater
soak into the ground. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The attention to rain is part of a drive to future-proof
Amsterdam against climate change. The city’s plans to go climate neutral by
2030 – by better insulating homes and removing domestic gas – will reportedly
cost ‘billions’ in investment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Head of sustainability Marieke van Doorninck on
Friday compared the future-proofing plans in Amsterdam to the level of change
during the Industrial Revolution, and a report by CE Delft confirmed that the
city may be able to reduce its emissions by 48% in 2030, compared with 1990. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nika Haspels, a spokeswoman for Amsterdam city council, said that the rainwater
proposals fall under this environmental drive. ‘This is part of the climate
adaptation strategy,’ she said. ‘We have to do something: if you don’t ensure
the rain is captured, then soon you are going to have a problem.’</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-7095244294038037282020-01-30T04:41:00.001+07:002020-01-30T04:41:14.750+07:00Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic 'plaza' made from donated wood<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/tokyo-2020-unveils-olympic-plaza-made-donated-wood-081121456--oly.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
January 29, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Village Plaza will be a key part of the Athletes' Village and is constructed<br />largely from wood donated by municipalities across Japan (AFP Photo/Behrouz MEHRI)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Tokyo
2020 Olympic organisers on Wednesday unveiled the "Village Plaza", a
key part of the Athletes' Village that is being built from wood donated by
municipalities across Japan.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
facility will be a gathering place for athletes and their teams, as well as the
site of welcome ceremonies and press briefings during the Games.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The unusual
structure is made mostly from wood, with the floors, walls and parts of the
roof using timber including larch, Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The vast
complex nods to both modern and traditional elements.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Village
Plaza nods to traditional Japanese wood buildings, but incorporates </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">novel
structures, including an arch frame structure (AFP Photo/Behrouz MEHRI)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's
based on Japanese traditional wood buildings, but not on any specific building
in particular," said Nariki Makihara, Tokyo 2020 senior manager for venues
sustainability.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Novel
features include columns made by laying wooden planks at inclines against each
other, and roof beams made by weaving planks into a latticework.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The wood
has been donated by 63 municipalities across the country, and the facility will
be dismantled after the Games, with the timber returned for re-use, a model
organisers tout as part of their commitment to a sustainable Olympics.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-33415707544337032092020-01-20T03:38:00.003+07:002020-01-20T03:39:26.044+07:00Qatar signs $470 mn solar deal<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/qatar-signs-470-mn-solar-deal-133523467.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">,
January 19, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Skyline of the Qatari capital Doha (AFP Photo/GIUSEPPE CACACE)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Doha (AFP)
- Gas-rich Qatar signed a $470-million deal on Sunday to build its first solar
energy plant, capable of meeting up to one-tenth of peak national power demand.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
Al-Kharsaah plant, near the capital, is a 10-square-kilometre (4-sq-mile) joint
venture with French and Japanese partners due for completion in 2022 ahead of
the football World Cup.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Eight
times the solar power pledged in the World Cup bid will be produced,"
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told a media briefing in Doha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, vowed at the United Nations last
year that the tournament would be carbon neutral, but gave little detail on how
this would be achieved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Production
capacity will be around 800 megawatts and 10 percent of peak demand," said
Kaabi following a signing ceremony between Qatari state firms, France's Total
and Japan's Marubeni.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Eight-hundred
megawatts will be the largest (solar power plant) built by Total," said
the French energy giant's chief executive, Patrick Pouyanne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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contrast, Abu Dhabi's Sweihan plant, one of the world's largest solar projects,
produces 1,177 megawatts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The capital
cost of the venture is 1.7 billion riyals ($470 million), Kaabi said, with
state firms taking a 60-percent stake and foreign investors 40 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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will take 51 percent of the minority holding, while Total will have 49 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a pilot project, you have to assess how successful it is," added Kaabi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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states, heavily depend on oil and gas, have invested tens of billions of
dollars in clean energy projects, mainly in solar and nuclear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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say many such projects are slow to get off the drawing board.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Arab Emirates said last week its first nuclear power plant would start
operating within months after repeated delays to meet safety and regulatory
conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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will have the first operational nuclear reactor in the Arab world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Arabia, the world's top crude oil exporter, has said it plans to build up to 16
nuclear reactors, but the projects have yet to materialise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Critics say
the addiction to oil is hard to kick, particularly when supplies remain
abundant and the high costs of investment in infrastructure needed to switch to
renewables.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-31177224700969345722020-01-12T04:02:00.002+07:002020-01-12T04:02:50.033+07:00India blows up luxury high-rises over environmental violations<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/india-blows-luxury-high-rises-over-environmental-violations-072852766.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
Abhaya SRIVASTAVA, January 11, 2020</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">India has seen a construction boom in recent years but developers have often <br />ridden roughshod over safety and other regulations (AFP Photo/Arun SANKAR)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Two luxury
waterfront high-rises in southern India were reduced to rubble in controlled
explosions Saturday in a rare example of authorities getting tough on builders
who break environmental rules.</span><br />
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19-floor H2O Holy Faith complex of 90 flats -- overlooking Kerala state's
famous lush backwaters -- was the first to go down, collapsing in just a matter
of few seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A thick
grey cloud of dust and debris cascaded down after officials detonated
explosives drilled into the walls of the building, which had been occupied for
several years until the Supreme Court ruled last May that it was constructed in
violation of coastal regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Minutes
later, the twin towers of Alfa Serene tumbled down with an ear-splitting noise.
The remaining two complexes will be razed on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A crowd of
onlookers who flocked to nearby terraces and roads watched the demolition,
after officials in helicopters conducted aerial surveys.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">India has
seen a construction boom in recent years but developers have often ridden
roughshod over safety and other regulations, with the connivance of local
officials.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
inhabitants of the apartment blocks in the well-off Maradu district of Kochi
city had bought their 343 flats in good faith and now face a lengthy legal
fight to recoup their money. Some had invested their life savings.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sirens went
off warning people gathered for the demolition to remain at a safe distance</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sirens went
off on Saturday warning people gathered for the demolition to remain at a safe
distance while ambulances and fire engines stood on standby.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ahead of
the work, nearby residents told AFP they were worried about the impact of the
demolition on their homes.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"When
they were demolishing the swimming pool, some of the houses in our
neighbourhood developed cracks, we are really worried," said Divya, who
has moved into temporary accommodation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over 2,000
residents living in the neighbourhood were evacuated as a part of safety
measures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scenic
and fragile</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
demolition capped a saga that began in 2006 when a local governing body granted
permission to private builders to erect the high-rises.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But last
year, the Supreme Court ruled that the builders were in breach of rules about
construction in an ecologically sensitive coastal zone, calling it a
"colossal loss" to the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's
a high-tide area and hundreds of illegal structures have come up in the coastal
zone," the court ruled as it ordered the buildings razed.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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inhabitants of the razed apartment blocks in the well-off Maradu district of
Kochi </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Friday
the court also ordered the demolition of a resort in neighbouring Alappuzha
district after its owners lost the appeal of a 2013 ruling that said the
structure violated environmental regulations and must be demolished.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kerala is
famed for its brackish lagoons and lakes that run parallel to the Arabian Sea
-- creating an environmentally fragile region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2018,
the state was battered by its worst floods in almost a century that killed more
than 400 people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Experts
blamed the disaster on the government's eagerness to build houses, hotels and
resorts with little regard for coastal planning regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
residents of the Maradu apartments initially refused to vacate but moved out
after local authorities cut water and power supplies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They have
been given interim partial compensation by the state government while the
builders are in the process of providing a refund.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shamshudeen
Karunagapally, who bought a flat for $145,000, said his wife and children did
not watch the buildings go down as it was "too painful for them to see
their dreams shatter before their eyes".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are suffering without any fault," he told AFP.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-14108880539523337012020-01-07T04:29:00.001+07:002020-01-07T04:29:57.783+07:00At least two injured in Jakarta building collapse<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sg.news.yahoo.com/jakarta-building-collapses-several-injured-tv-040112437.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
6 January 2020</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A mixed-use building in Jakarta partly collapsed, injuring at least two</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A
five-storey building in Jakarta partly collapsed Monday morning, injuring at
least two people who were taken to hospital, authorities said.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TV images
showed about half the building on Jakarta's western side had caved in with
concrete and other debris lying on the road. Rescue officials were seen
carrying people out on stretchers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
structure is a mixed residential-commercial space with a convenience store on
the ground floor and small rental units on the upper floors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
upper floors of the building were empty, while the second floor was a warehouse
and a place for employees to rest," West Jakarta police chief Audie Latuheru
told reporters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
employees ran away when they heard creaking sounds. The two injured people were
outside of the building when the accident happened," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indonesia's
national search and rescue agency said three people were injured.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Initial
media reports said eight people were wounded, but police later said that figure
included those evacuated from the building.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was not
immediately clear what caused the accident or if it was connected to the
flooding sparked by torrential rain in the capital region last week that left
more than 60 people dead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The search
and rescue agency said it appeared that the downpours may have played a role.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
found evidence of flooding on the rooftop and the third and fourth floors had
no water drainage system," said Budi Purnama, national operations director
for Indonesia's search and rescue agency.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Map of
Indonesia locating Jakarta where a five-storey building partly collapsed </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">on
Monday<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Water
had seeped through the walls... the structure couldn't hold it any
longer."</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Police and
eyewitness said the accident started shortly after 9:00 am local time (0200
GMT).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
building just suddenly collapsed," eyewitness Ridwan Ria told AFP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There
was a thundering noise and it happened very quickly. In seconds the building
had collapsed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There
was no sound or weird noise beforehand," the 60-year-old shop owner added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another
witness said there was water dripping from the ceiling of the building's shop
on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I
noticed since yesterday that something was wrong," the witness, identified
as Juni, told local TV.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I
went to the store yesterday and saw the place was damp with water dripping from
the ceiling."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Police told
AFP that another witness, identified as a convenience store employee, said the
building had started leaning to one side two years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lax
construction standards have raised widespread concerns about building safety in
Indonesia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2018, a
group of teenagers practising for a dance and music show were among seven
killed when the building they were in collapsed in Cirebon, east of Jakarta.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The same
year, at least 75 people were injured when a mezzanine floor at Indonesia's
stock exchange building in Jakarta collapsed into the lobby.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-47236109833163571792020-01-05T05:35:00.003+07:002020-01-05T05:39:26.724+07:00Sydney power under threat as fires destroy substations<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/sydney-power-under-threat-fires-destroy-substations-091212704.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
January 4, 2020</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">New South Wales is under a third state of emergency over the severe fire <br />conditions (AFP Photo/PETER PARKS)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sydney
(AFP) - Electricity supplies in Australia's most populous state, including its
largest city Sydney, were under threat on Saturday after bushfires took out two
substations with authorities warning of rolling blackouts if conditions worsen.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The blazes
have raged across New South Wales, and they brought down transmission lines in
the state's south connecting with neighbouring Victoria, state energy minister
Matt Kean tweeted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kean urged
people to reduce unnecessary electricity use and "turn off pool pumps,
lights in unoccupied rooms and avoid using washing machines and
dishwashers".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TransGrid
chief executive Paul Italiano said the system was coping but "under
stress".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He warned
the loss of another major power station could mean "load shedding"
power cuts to prevent the electricity grid from collapsing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It is
no longer operating as a single national electricity market and that has
compromised the availability of energy to New South Wales," Italiano told
national broadcaster ABC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New South Wales,
which is under a third state of emergency over the severe fire conditions, has
a population of just under eight million, of whom around 65 percent live in the
greater Sydney region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The fires
have claimed the lives of 17 people in the state and burnt some 3.6 million
hectares (36,000 square kilometres) -- an area larger than Belgium.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While
bushfires are common in Australia's arid summers, climate change has pushed up
land and sea temperatures and led to more extremely hot days and severe fire
seasons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">".... </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">A mini ice age is coming</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kryon, isn't that doom for the planet?"</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Many have seen the artist's rendering of major earth cities under ice and all of the other things that go very well with science fiction movies. That's simply a painting of someone's doom scenario, not reality based in the history of the cycle. If you want to know what a mini ice age is like, just flash back in history and study what took place in about <a href="http://cempaka-green.blogspot.nl/2012/01/volcanic-origin-for-little-ice-age.html" target="_blank">1650</a>. That was a mini ice age. Due to the change in the Gulf Stream (the ocean), the river Thames froze in London. Dear ones, it was cold, but it did not doom the planet. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">That's a mini ice age</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's what you're facing, and I'll say it again. If you live in a cold climate, heed this advice: It's going to get colder. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Get off the grid! Within the next 15 years, find a way of producing electricity independently or in smaller groups. This can be done neighborhood-wide or separately in homes. You're going to need this, dear ones, because the grid as it exists right now all over the world is not prepared for this coming cold, and the grid will fail.</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> That's not doom and gloom, that's just practical, commonly known information. Your electricity infrastructure is delicate, too delicate. Prepare for a cold spell that may last for a couple of decades. That's all it is. Technology is racing forward to allow this. Don't let your politics get in the way of your survival. ..."</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"... This is controversial. The planet can't just "change the water". It does it instead with a "reboot of life in the ocean" using the <i>water cycle</i>. Watch for evidence of this as it occurs, and then remember this channel. This weather cycle is to refresh the life in the ocean so that everyone on the planet will have needed food from the ocean. Gaia does this by itself, has <a href="http://cempaka-green.blogspot.nl/2012/01/volcanic-origin-for-little-ice-age.html" target="_blank">done it before</a>, and it does it for a reason - so it will not stagnate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Dear ones, indeed, you have put compromising things into the air and the water, but it has not caused this cycle. We have said for a very long time, <span style="color: red;">stop killing the environment!</span> The reason? It's going to kill you, not Gaia. Gaia is spectacularly resilient and will survive anything you do. However, it is you who may not survive if you continue polluting. All this is starting to change with your awareness, and you're starting to see this and move with it. But Humans are not causing the current weather shift. This will be known eventually.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is happening has happened before, and it's almost like a <i>reboot</i> for the oceans and it carries a lot of dichotomous events. You're going to see reports of a <i>dying ocean</i>, but at the same time you're going to see unusual reports of too many fish and other sea life in places that were supposed to have a decline. You're going to see the life cycle of the ocean itself start to change and reboot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The chief player in this renewal is a place you would not expect: Antarctica. I want you to watch for magic in Antarctica. It has always been the core of the refreshing of microbes and other kinds of life in your oceans and it's especially active during these mini ice ages. The process will cause currents under the sea to be filled with new life, delivering it to both hemispheres almost like an under-sea conveyor belt. ..."</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><a href="https://www.kryon.com/cartprodimages/download_Dallas_12.html" target="_blank">"Recalibration of Free Choice"– Mar 3, 2012 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Caroll)</a> - </b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Subjects: <a href="http://www.kryon.com/k_channel11_sacramento.html" target="_blank">(Old) Souls</a>, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Midpoint on 21-12-2012</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, Shift of Human Consciousness, Black & White vs. Color, </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - Spirituality (Religions) shifting, Loose a Pope “soon”, </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - Humans will change react to drama,</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - Civilizations/Population on Earth, </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">- Alternate energy sources (Geothermal, Tidal (Paddle wheels), Wind),</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> – Financials Institutes/concepts will change (Integrity – Ethical) , </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">6</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - News/Media/TV to change, </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">7</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> – Big Pharmaceutical company will collapse “soon”, (Keep people sick), (Integrity – Ethical) </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">8</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> – Wars will be over on Earth</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, Global Unity, … etc.) </span><i color="#222222" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">- <a href="http://www.kryon.com/k_channel12_Dallas.html" target="_blank">(Text version)</a></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“… </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4 - Energy <span style="color: #cc0000;">(again)</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The natural resources of the planet are finite and will not support the continuation of what you've been doing. We've been saying this for a decade.</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watch for increased science and increased funding for alternate ways of creating electricity </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>(finally)</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watch for the very companies who have the most to lose being the ones who fund it.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It is the beginning of a full realization that a change of thinking is at hand.</span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can take things from Gaia that are energy, instead of physical resources. We speak yet; <span style="color: #cc0000;">again</span> about <span style="color: #3333ff;">geothermal</span>, about <span style="color: #3366ff;">tidal</span>, about <span style="color: #3333ff;">wind</span>.</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Again</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, we plead with you not to over-engineer this. For one of the things that Human Beings do in a technological age is to over-engineer simple things. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at nuclear - the most over-engineered and expensive steam engine in existence!</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your current ideas of capturing energy from tidal and wave motion don't have to be technical marvels. Think paddle wheel on a pier with waves, which will create energy in both directions [waves coming and going] tied to a generator that can power dozens of neighborhoods, not full cities. Think simple and decentralize the idea of utilities.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The same goes for wind and geothermal. Think of utilities for groups of homes in a cluster. You won't have a grid failure if there is no grid. This is the way of the future, and you'll be more inclined to have it sooner than later if you do this, and it won't cost as much…</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've told you that one of the greatest natural resources of the planet, which is going to shift and change and be mysterious to you, is fresh water. It's going to be the next <i>gold</i>, dear ones. So, we have also given you some hints and examples and again we plead: Even before the potentials of running out of it, learn how to desalinate water in real time without heat. It's there, it's doable, and some already have it in the lab. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This will create inexpensive fresh water for the planet. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is a change of attitude that is starting to occur. Slowly you're starting to see it and the only thing getting in the way of it are those companies with the big money who currently have the old system. That's starting to change as well. For the big money always wants to invest in what it knows is coming next, but it wants to create what is coming next within the framework of what it has "<i>on the shelf</i>." What is on the shelf is oil, coal, dams, and non-renewable resource usage. It hasn't changed much in the last 100 years, has it? Now you will see a change of free choice. You're going to see decisions made in the boardrooms that would have curled the toes of those two generations ago. Now "the worst thing they could do" might become "the best thing they could do." That, dear ones, is a change of free choice concept. When the thinkers of tomorrow see options that were never options before, that is a shift. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That was number four</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.”</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kryon.com/k_channel10_shasta_.html" target="_blank">THE RELATIONSHIP TO GAIA - April 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)</a></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span lang="EN-US"><i><b><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #f22300;"><b>New Mini Ice Age</b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></i></span></b></b></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span lang="EN-US"><i><b><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #f22300;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></i></span></b></b></span></i></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The weather you have today, and all the alarming attributes of it, is a scenario of what </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was scheduled to happen on Earth anyway</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. I review again that the weather changes you are seeing prophesied by myself, 21 years ago, are not a surprise. <b>The changes are not caused by the pollutants you put in the air. You call it global warming and that's a nice phrase, and perhaps that will get you to put less pollutants in the air – </b></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a very good thing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. But what you are seeing in the weather shift today was not caused by Humans putting things into the air. It would have happened anyway in about 300 years."</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">"We've called this process the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">water cycle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">, since it's all about water, not about air. The water is the predominant attribute of Gaia and of the weather cycle you're seeing. More predominant is the temperature of it. The cycle is ice to water and water to ice, and has been repeated on this planet over and over and over. It is not new. It is not exceptional. It is not frightening. But it's a cycle that modern humanity has not seen before, and it's a long cycle that is beyond the life span of a Human Being. Therefore, it tends to be overlooked or not seen at all !"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"In the days of the Lemurians, the water level of the Pacific Ocean was almost 400 feet lower, and that's only 50,000 years ago. <b>[Kryon invites science to check this out – the water level at that time.]</b> That was a water cycle working, and the reason it was lower was due to so much of the water being stored as ice.<b> </b>Today you're going through another water cycle that will eventually lead to cooling. </span><a href="http://cempaka-green.blogspot.nl/2012/01/volcanic-origin-for-little-ice-age.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>The last one was in the 1400s</b></a><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Science sees that at about 1650. As mentioned, they are so slow there is no remembrance that a Human has of them except in past writings and in the rings of the trees. <b>The time span of the changes is so great that environmental record keeping does not exist in the form that it does today. But you can still look at the rings of the trees and at the striations of the rocks and can generally figure out that a few hundred years ago, you had a mini-ice age. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you're going to have another one." </b></div>
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Haeril HALIM, Ganis Bungsu, January 4, 2020</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jakarta
(AFP) - Indonesian rescue teams flew helicopters stuffed with food to remote
flood-hit communities on Saturday as the death toll from the disaster jumped to
60 and fears grew about the possibility of more torrential rain.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tens of
thousands in Jakarta were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes
after some of the deadliest flooding in years hit the enormous capital region,
home to about 30 million.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In
neighbouring Lebak, where half a dozen people died, police and military
personnel dropped boxes of instant noodles and other supplies into remote
communities inaccessible by road after bridges were destroyed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's
tough to get supplies in there... and there are about a dozen places hit by
landslides," Tomsi Tohir -- the police chief of Banten province, where
Lebak is located -- told AFP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"That
is why we're using helicopters although there aren't any landing spots."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Local
health centre chief Suripto, who goes by one name, said injured residents were
flowing into his clinic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Some
of them were wounded after they were swept away by floods and hit with wood and
rocks," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Around
Jakarta, more than 170,000 people took refuge in shelters across the massive
urban conglomeration after whole neighbourhoods were submerged.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Torrential
rains that started on New Year's Eve unleashed flash floods and landslides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indonesia’s
disaster mitigation agency said on Saturday that two people were also killed
after flash floods and landslides hit a village in North Sulawesi on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The agency
said Saturday the total death toll had climbed to 60 with two people still
missing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We've
discovered more dead bodies," said National Disaster Mitigation Agency
spokesman Agus Wibowo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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healing'</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jakarta
shelters filled up with refugees, including infants, resting on thin mats as
food and drinking water ran low.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some had
been reduced to using floodwater for cleaning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We're
cleaning ourselves in a nearby church but the time has been limited since it
uses an electric generator for power," said Trima Kanti, 39, from one
refuge in Jakarta's western edges.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bekasi, on the eastern outskirts of Jakarta, swamped streets were littered with
debris and crushed cars lying on top of each other -- with waterline marks
reaching as high as the second floors of buildings.</span></span><br />
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the government said it would start cloud seeding to the west of the capital --
inducing rain using chemicals sprayed from planes -- in the hope of preventing
more rain reaching the city region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Water has
receded in many areas and power was being restored in hundreds of districts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The health
ministry has said it had deployed some 11,000 health workers and soldiers to
distribute medicine, disinfectant hygiene kits and food in a bid to stave off
outbreaks of Hepatitis A, mosquito-borne Dengue fever and other illnesses,
including infections linked to contact with dead animals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Visiting
hard-hit Lebak, Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir
Effendy said the government would help rebuild destroyed schools and construct
temporary bridges, while offering assistance to victims.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We're
also asking for NGOs (non-governmental organisations) to help with trauma
healing," Muhadjir told reporters on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Around
Jakarta, a family -- including a four- and nine-year-old -- died of suspected
gas poisoning from a portable power generator, while an eight-year-old boy was
killed in a landslide.</span></span><br />
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from drowning or hypothermia, while one 16-year-old boy was electrocuted by a
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jakarta is
regularly hit by floods during the rainy season, which started in late
November.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week marked Jakarta's deadliest flooding since 2013 when dozens were killed
after the city was inundated by monsoon rains.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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planning experts said the disaster was partly due to record rainfall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But Jakarta's
myriad infrastructure problems, including poor drainage and rampant
overdevelopment, have worsened the situation, they said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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President Joko Widodo has announced a plan to move the country's capital to
Borneo island to take pressure off Jakarta, which suffers from some of the
world's worst traffic jams and is fast sinking due to excessive groundwater
extraction.)</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-72419477475445991862019-11-03T06:04:00.001+07:002019-11-03T06:04:20.493+07:00Asia must quit 'coal addiction': UN chief<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/asia-must-quit-coal-addiction-un-chief-140529803.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
Joe Freeman, November 2, 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The UN
chief on Saturday warned Asia to quit its "addiction" to coal, as
climate change threatens hundreds of millions of people vulnerable to rising
sea levels across the region.</span><br />
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follows fresh research this week predicting that several Asian megacities,
including Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai, are at risk of extreme flooding
linked to global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Antonio
Guterres said Asian countries need to cut reliance on coal to tackle the
climate crisis, which he called the "defining issue of our time".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There
is an addiction to coal that we need to overcome because it remains a major
threat in relation to climate change," he told reporters ahead of a
meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok on
Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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countries in the region need to be on "the front line" of the fight
by introducing carbon pricing and reforming energy policies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
are lagging behind," he said, adding that the rollback of coal could help
curb rising global temperatures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coal
remains a major source of power across Southeast Asia, where breakneck economic
development has spurred soaring energy demands -- but at a cost to the
environment.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Antonio Guterres said Asian countries need to cut reliance on coal to <br />head off the climate crisis (AFP Photo/Joe Freeman)</span></span></td></tr>
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one-third of Vietnam's energy comes from coal power with a slew of new plants
set to come online by 2050, while Thailand is investing in fossil fuels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coastal
areas across Southeast Asia have already seen major floods and seawater
incursion linked to climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New
research this week showed that at least 300 million people worldwide are living
in places at risk of inundation by 2050, a much bleaker picture than previous
data predicted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Destructive
storm surges fuelled by increasingly powerful cyclones and rising seas will hit
Asia hardest, according to the study in the journal Nature Communications.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The UN
chief also spoke on Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims, nearly
three-quarters of a million of whom were driven into Bangladesh in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He urged
Myanmar's government to "address the root causes of displacement and
allowing of the return, voluntary and in safety and dignity" to Myanmar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Some
steps have been done but they are too small. We need to do much more," he
said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Myanmar's
de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is also in Bangkok for the summit and is
likely to face pressure over her country's treatment of the Rohingya,
particularly from Muslim-majority Malaysia and Indonesia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Myanmar has
rebuffed all international pressure so far while only hundreds of Rohingya have
returned to Myanmar, due to fear of further repression.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-46810439781089246692019-10-28T03:46:00.001+07:002019-10-29T03:22:41.149+07:00Dutch inventors roll out river plastic clean-up barge<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/dutch-inventors-roll-river-plastic-clean-barge-203506157.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
October 26, 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Hague
(AFP) - A Dutch non-profit group committed to ridding the world's waters of
plastic, Saturday unveiled their latest invention, a floating
garbage-collection barge called "The Interceptor".</span><br />
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by The Ocean Cleanup, who say it will "close the tap" on the greatest
source of garbage reaching the oceans: rivers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The barge,
which will be anchored in polluted rivers, is capable of scooping up to 50
tonnes of garbage per day floating downstream, said its inventor, 25-year-old
Boyan Slat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Under
the right conditions we think it could even achieve double that," said
Slat, who is the CEO and founder of The Ocean Cleanup.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
Interceptor" resembles a large houseboat attached to a curved barrier. It
is 24 metres (78 feet) long, solar-driven, fully autonomous and able to collect
plastic in rivers around the clock, Slat said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Placed at
strategic positions in a river system, its barrier directs plastic to the
waiting "mouth" of the barge, from where it rolls up a conveyor belt
and is dumped into one of six dumpsters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The barge
has a capacity to carry 50 cubic metres of waste plastic, the equivalent of
271,000 Rubik's cubes, said Slat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once full,
an onboard computer sends a message to local operators to pull out the
dumpsters and empty them "as easily as you would clean your vacuum,"
Slat said at the unveiling of the machine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project
will tackle 1,000 of the most polluting rivers in the world "within five
years", which contribute to 80 percent of global plastic pollution, he
added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two of the
machines are already up and running: one in Jakarta, Indonesia, and another in
Malaysia. A third is being prepared for deployment in Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slat used a
fourth Interceptor for the presentation in the port city of Rotterdam's harbour
on Saturday. This one will be sent to the Dominican Republic, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Earlier
this month, The Ocean Cleanup announced that a special ship designed to clean
the world's oceans had harvested its first plastic from the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-33219297252218246772019-09-22T04:26:00.001+07:002019-09-22T04:26:13.887+07:00Giant construction project takes shape in remote North Korea<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/giant-construction-project-takes-shape-remote-north-korea-041758950.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>, Sebastien BERGER, September 20, 2019</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.Greenhouses in Samjiyon devoted to growing crops for the chronically <br />undernourished North (AFP Photo/Ed JONES)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a
scene from an epic film, thousands of workers swarm over the building sites of
Samjiyon, a monumental construction project in the far reaches of North Korea
ordered by leader Kim Jong Un.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They
clamber over wooden scaffolding and dangle from window frames, and whether they
are carrying loads, sifting sand or mixing concrete, most of the work is
carried out by hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plan
involves nothing less than the rebuilding of the entire town of Samjiyon, the
seat of a county that includes the supposed birthplace of Kim's father and
predecessor Kim Jong Il, and Mount Paektu, the spiritual birthplace of the
Korean nation.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The plan
involves the rebuilding of the entire town of Samjiyon, the seat </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of a county
that includes the supposed birthplace of Kim's father Kim Jong Il </span></span></div>
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JONES)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It encompasses
a museum of revolutionary activities, a winter sports training complex,
processing plants for blueberries and potatoes -- two of the area's most
important crops -- a new railway line to Hyesan, and 10,000 apartments.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is the
kind of showpiece scheme that can only be launched by a state as monolithic as
North Korea, where authorities can decide to deploy vast amounts of resources
and manpower to a single goal and implement it by order.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The results
can be striking -- thousands of houses were built in just three months after
flooding hit North Hamgyong province in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But doubts
have been raised about the sustainability of such projects once the physical
infrastructure is established, with questions over issues ranging from utility
supplies to durability and economic viability.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kim
inspected the Samjiyon Potato Farina Production Factory last year </span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'Home of
our revolution'</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leader Kim
has himself addressed such concerns on his several inspection visits to
Samjiyon -- one of which, last year, saw him photographed sitting with
officials on a mountain of potatoes, which he is encouraging to diversify the
food sources in the chronically undernourished North.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
builders should prioritise quality over speed, he told them at the time, with
the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) citing him saying that if construction
was "gorgeous in appearance but poor in substance, it will be blamed by
the people and future generations".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He has also
stressed the need to ensure sufficient electricity supplies in the drive to
turn Samjiyon, the "home of our revolution" into "a highly
civilised mountainous city" and "the richest county in the
country", according to KCNA.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Greenhouses
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is an
ambitious goal in a remote, challenging environment, with long, bitterly cold
winters and mountainous terrain, and an area where many roads are still
unsealed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According
to local officials, around half of the workforce in Samjiyon county -- which
has a population of 25,000 -- are employed in maintaining its historic sites
and related activities, 20 percent in agriculture and the rest in industry, including
food processing.</span></span></div>
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forces'</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pyongyang
has given no figures for the cost of the redevelopment, which will open in
phases with Kim ordering completion by the 75th anniversary of the foundation
of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in October next year.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The project
includes plans to build 10,000 apartments (AFP Photo/Ed JONES)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the
Samjiyon buildings already appear finished with their exteriors tiled, others
remain just concrete shells.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many of the
builders are soldiers -- much of the North's army is devoted to construction --
while others are civilians, and they work even on the harvest holiday of
Chusok, one of Korea's most important traditional festivals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Students
have been sent to work on the scheme during university holidays and some of
those on site appear to be teenagers.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Many of the
builders are soldiers -- much of the North's army is devoted </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">to construction
(AFP Photo/Ed JONES)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But while
the North is never short of manpower, observers suggest that sanctions imposed
on Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes have impacted
projects such as Samjiyon and the giant Wonsan-Kalma tourist development --
which has repeatedly been delayed -- on the west coast.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">KCNA quoted
Kim in April calling Samjiyon "a fierce class and political struggle
against the hostile forces seeking to check the advance of the DPRK".</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-70472061504098379572019-09-02T04:22:00.000+07:002019-09-02T04:22:21.245+07:00What lies beneath: Singapore plans a subterranean future<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/lies-beneath-singapore-plans-subterranean-future-044823722.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
Martin Abbugao, September 1, 2019</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Singapore has already built an underground highway and state-of-the-art air <br />conditioning system, but is now looking to house more facilities beneath <br />the surface in order to optimise land use above it (AFP Photo/Roslan RAHMAN)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Singapore
(AFP) - Space-starved Singapore has expanded outwards by building into the sea
and upwards by constructing high-rises but planners are now looking underground
as they seek new areas for growth.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The nation
has carefully managed its rapid growth in recent decades to avoid the problems
faced by other fast developing Asian metropolises, such as overcrowding and
traffic chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But with
its population of 5.6 million expected to grow steadily in coming years,
authorities are now considering how to better use the space below the streets
in a city that is just half the size of Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Singapore
has already built an underground highway and state-of-the-art air conditioning
system, but is now looking to house more facilities beneath the surface in
order to optimise land use above it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
need to consider options for putting critical infrastructure underground,"
Abhineet Kaul, a Singapore-based public sector specialist at consultancy Frost
& Sullivan, told AFP.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
have an increasing need for industrial, commercial, residential and green space
on land in Singapore."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A huge
subterranean system that pumps chilled water around one district has </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">helped
some buildings reduce energy consumption by around 40 percent, engineers </span></span></div>
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(AFP Photo/Roslan RAHMAN)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">According
to a draft development plan released in March, authorities want to put
utilities, transport as well as storage and industrial facilities underground
in order to free up land on the surface.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are
as yet no plans to put housing underground, however.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Three-dimensional
technology will be used to produce subterranean maps, with three pilot areas
targeted initially, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, which
created the development plan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Digging
deep</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Singapore
is the latest city to try to make use of subterranean space.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finland's
capital Helsinki has tunnels housing car parks, shopping malls and even
swimming pools, while Montreal in Canada has a so-called "Underground
City", a tunnel network connecting key points.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a report
commissioned by Samsung about what the world will look like in 50 years,
experts predicted the appearance of "earthscrapers" -- like an
inverted skyscraper burrowing downwards for many storeys -- in an attempt to
save space in overcrowded cities.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Singapore's
main method of expansion has been land reclamation from the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">sea, which </span></div>
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increased the country's area by over a quarter (AFP Photo/Roslan RAHMAN)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Singapore's
main method of expansion has been land reclamation from the sea, which has
increased the country's area by over a quarter to 720 square kilometres (280
square miles), with most growth happening since independence in 1965.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But
reclamation has become more expensive as it moved to deeper waters, while
countries that used to sell sand to Singapore have stopped exports due to
environmental concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unregulated
sand mining erodes beaches and riverbanks, affecting wildlife and removing
natural barriers to flooding, and dredging the seabed can damage ecosystems,
green groups say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving
facilities underground has advantages beyond saving space, including reduced
use of air conditioning which could save energy in Singapore's tropical
climate.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still,
building underground in Singapore poses challenges -- construction is difficult
beneath an already urbanised environment while new projects will compete for
space with existing subterranean facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Underground
construction normally involves the blasting of rocks and if it's in the
downtown area, you will not be able to use blasting," said Chu Jian, a
civil and environmental engineering professor at the Nanyang Technological
University (NTU).<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Building
underground also poses challenges - construction is difficult beneath </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">an
already urbanised environment (AFP Photo/Roslan RAHMAN)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>'Next
frontier'</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the
most ambitious underground projects so far in Singapore is a system that pumps
chilled water through pipes to cool buildings around the city-state's popular
waterfront district of Marina Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Buildings
which use the centralised system -- rather than relying entirely on their own
air conditioners -- have reduced energy consumption by around 40 percent, said
Foo Yang Kwang, chief engineer of Singapore District Cooling, SP Group, which
is behind the project.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Reduced
energy use has enabled the buildings to slash their annual carbon dioxide
emissions by 34,500 tonnes, which is equivalent to taking 10,000 cars off the
road, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other
current subterranean facilities in Singapore include Southeast Asia's longest
underground expressway, measuring 12 kilometres (7.4 miles), the metro train,
an ammunitions depot, and rock caverns beneath the seabed which are used to
store oil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NTU, one of
the city's top institutes of higher education, is considering building labs and
even classrooms underground, according to Chu.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But he said
shifting things underground is just one way of coping as the city-state grows:
"It is the next frontier, but not the final frontier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I am
confident that we will be able to figure out other ways to create new
space."</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-22506613163306020082019-08-28T02:40:00.001+07:002019-08-28T02:40:32.462+07:00Indonesia picks Borneo island for new capital<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesia-picks-eastern-borneo-island-capital-080346771.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
August 26, 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indonesia
will move its capital to the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island,
President Joko Widodo said Monday, as the country shifts its political heart
away from congested and sinking megalopolis Jakarta.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
proposed location -- near the regional cities of Balikpapan and Samarinda -- is
an area at "minimal" risk of natural disasters, where the government
already owns some 180,000 hectares (445,000 acres) of land, he added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
location is very strategic -- it's in the centre of Indonesia and close to
urban areas," Widodo said in a televised speech.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
burden Jakarta is holding right now is too heavy as the centre of governance,
business, finance, trade and services," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
announcement ends months of speculation about whether Widodo would follow
through on the long-mooted plan -- it was floated by the newly independent
country's founding father Sukarno more than half a century ago.</span></span><br />
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capital. </span>(AFP Photo/AFP)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shifting
from problem-plagued Jakarta would also transfer Indonesia's power base off
Java island, where about half of the sprawling archipelago's 260 million people
live.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Moving
the capital off Java is a gesture that aims to solidify unity," said
Jakarta-based political risk analyst Kevin O'Rourke.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Jakarta
will continue to be a megacity -- as a centre for finance and commerce -- for a
few more decades, but ultimately it is at severe risk to climate change,"
he added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A bill for
the proposed move will now be presented to parliament, Widodo said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Building is
set to begin next year with the move of some 1.5 million civil servants slated
to begin by 2024, at a cost of 466 trillion rupiah ($33 billion), officials
said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Orangutans, mining</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Known as
Kalimantan, Indonesia's section of Borneo -- the island it shares with Malaysia
and Brunei -- is home to major mining activities as well as rainforests, and is
one of the few places on Earth with orangutans in their natural habitat.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The area
around Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara, is one of two locations in </span></span></div>
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Kalimantan chosen as a possible site for the new capital (AFP Photo/</span></span></div>
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RACHMAN)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Environmentalists
expressed concerns the capital city move could threaten endangered species.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
government must make sure that the new capital is not built in a conservation
or protected area," said Greenpeace Indonesia campaigner Jasmine Putri.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The region
has also been blanketed in choking haze from annual forest fires that ravage
vast swathes of land.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"That
makes Kalimantan unfit as a candidate for a new capital city," said
Jakarta-based urban planning expert Nirwono Joga.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"And
the move won't necessarily free Jakarta of problems like flooding, traffic jams
and rapid urbanisation," he added.</span></span><br />
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the tidal inundation of Jakarta in 2012 and projected </span></span></div>
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2050. </span>(AFP Photo/Janis LATVELS)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Concerns
have soared over the future of Jakarta -- a city nicknamed "the Big
Durian" after the pungent, spiky fruit that deeply divides fans and
detractors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Built on
swampland, the city is one of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, with experts
warning that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates
continue. The problem is largely linked to excessive groundwater extraction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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city of 10 million -- a number that bloats to about 30 million with surrounding
satellite cities -- is also plagued by a host of other ills, from eye-watering
traffic jams and pollution to the risk of earthquakes and floods.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is not the first Southeast Asian country to move its capital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Malaysia have both moved their seat of government, while Brazil, Pakistan and
Nigeria are among the nations that have also shifted their capital cities.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-68803160845451859042019-08-10T02:53:00.001+07:002019-08-14T02:17:01.217+07:00Restart of Notre-Dame restoration pushed back to August 19<div class="MsoNormal">
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August 9, 2019</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Work at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has been halted since July 25 over <br />lead contamination risks (AFP Photo/STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paris (AFP)
- Renovation work at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris could resume on August 19, a
government official said Friday, after the clean-up was halted last month over
fears that workers could be exposed to lead poisoning.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Testing
revealed dangerously high levels of lead contamination at the site as well as
at nearby schools and other buildings, prompting fears that workers and
residents risked exposure to the toxic metal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hundreds of
tonnes of lead in the roof and steeple melted during the April 15 blaze that
nearly destroyed the gothic masterpiece, with winds spreading the particles
well beyond the church's grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But after
weeks of denying any poisoning risks, authorities admitted in late July that anti-contamination
measures were insufficient, and two schools near the church were closed after
hazardous lead levels were detected.</span></span><br />
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sprays a gel to absorb lead on the playground at a school on the Rue </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since then
officials have been racing to implement tougher safety measures for workers at
the site, while deploying new methods to remove lead residue from school
playgrounds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prefect
Michel Cadot, the government's top official for the Paris region, will allow
work to resume "once there is a guarantee the new measures are in
place," his office said in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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had originally said the clean-up could begin next week, but the target date is
now set for August 19, it said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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workers dressed head-to-toe in white hazmat suits sprayed a blue-green gel onto
the playground at the two closed schools on the Rue Saint-Benoit, where dozens
of children had been attending summer daycare programmes.</span></span><br />
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tonnes of lead in the roof and steeple melted during the April 15 blaze </span></span></div>
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to city officials, the gel attracted and trapped the lead particles on the
ground as it dried, and was later removed with high-pressure hoses.</span></div>
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procedure and others will also be used on the square in front of Notre-Dame and
on streets in the immediately vicinity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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more than 70 microgrammes per square meter indicate potential health hazards,
but testing has found much higher levels at buildings as far as one kilometre
from Notre-Dame.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the city revealed that some schools and daycares beyond a 500-metre perimeter
of the church still showed isolated readings of more than 1,000 microgrammes on
playgrounds or windowsills.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Critics
have accused the city of failing to notify the public about the worrying
results, while an environmental group has filed a lawsuit alleging that
officials failed to sufficiently contain the contamination.</span></div>
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contain the particles, a system often used when removing asbestos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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French workers began efforts to remove lead from the area around Notre-Dame cathedral which was contaminated by the devastating April fire, sparking public health concerns and forcing the suspension of restoration work <a href="https://t.co/HKQVPcMBLh">https://t.co/HKQVPcMBLh</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-62417500613110087462019-07-28T04:56:00.000+07:002019-07-28T04:56:20.785+07:00Snag-hit new French nuclear power station delayed by further 3 years<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20190726-snag-hit-new-french-nuclear-power-station-delayed-further-3-years" target="_blank">France24 – AFP</a>, 26 July 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paris (AFP)
- A new-generation nuclear power plant in northern France that has been hit by
huge cost over-runs and manufacturing problems will not be ready before the end
of 2022, French power group EDF said Friday, pushing back the date by three
years.</span><br />
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of the new plant at Flamanville on France's Channel coast began in 2007 and was
initially due for completion in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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problem concerns welds inside the reactor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
time that we will need to prepare the repairs, carry out the repairs, test the
repairs and get everything checked by (regulator) the ASN and then have the
whole plant tested again and prepared to be launched ... that will lead to
delays of more than three years," EDF chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy
said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"So we
don't think it's possible to commission it before the end of 2022," he
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1 reactor in China became the first next-generation nuclear plant based on EDF
technology, known as the European Pressurised Reactor or EPR, to reach the
operational stage last year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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second reactor, Taishan 2, carried out its first chain reaction.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The natural resources of the planet are finite and will not support the continuation of what you've been doing. We've been saying this for a decade.</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watch for increased science and increased funding for alternate ways of creating electricity </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>(finally)</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watch for the very companies who have the most to lose being the ones who fund it.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It is the beginning of a full realization that a change of thinking is at hand.</span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can take things from Gaia that are energy, instead of physical resources. We speak yet; <span style="color: #cc0000;">again</span> about <span style="color: #3333ff;">geothermal</span>, about <span style="color: #3366ff;">tidal</span>, about <span style="color: #3333ff;">wind</span>.</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Again</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, we plead with you not to over-engineer this. For one of the things that Human Beings do in a technological age is to over-engineer simple things. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at nuclear - the most over-engineered and expensive steam engine in existence!</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is a change of attitude that is starting to occur. Slowly you're starting to see it and the only thing getting in the way of it are those companies with the big money who currently have the old system. That's starting to change as well. For the big money always wants to invest in what it knows is coming next, but it wants to create what is coming next within the framework of what it has "<i>on the shelf</i>." What is on the shelf is oil, coal, dams, and non-renewable resource usage. It hasn't changed much in the last 100 years, has it? Now you will see a change of free choice. You're going to see decisions made in the boardrooms that would have curled the toes of those two generations ago. Now "the worst thing they could do" might become "the best thing they could do." That, dear ones, is a change of free choice concept. When the thinkers of tomorrow see options that were never options before, that is a shift. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That was number four</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let us talk for a moment about Japan, and then I'll close the day of messages. There are thousands of souls on my side of the veil and they're just fine, more than fine. We have spoken so often of what happens at the </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wind of Birth</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I told you, before they even came in, they saw the potential. I looked in their eyes. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You may not last long. You know that, don't you? You're coming into this planet and you may not be here very long. And the passing that you will have with your family will not be pleasant, if any ever are. Why would you come in anyway?"</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I want to tell you what they said. When a soul </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has the mind of God</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, it understands fully what generates peace and what generates energy shift. You can clearly see what generates what the planet needs the most when you are about to arrive. So they said, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We're going to be part of one of the biggest compassion events the planet has ever seen."</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> One earthquake, one tsunami. All of those who left that day will change the earth forever. And it already has. It was the same for the <a href="http://cempaka-tourist.blogspot.nl/2014/12/as-world-honours-dead-indonesia-begins.html" target="_blank">last tsunami</a> as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every single one of them on my side of the veil is getting ready to come back. Many old souls were involved, and just for a moment, if they could give you any information, if they could talk to you right now, if they could speak your language and look into your eyes, they would thank you for your compassion for them and those who are left. And they would say, </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Be with those family members who are still alive. Enter their hearts every day and give them peace and keep them from crying, because we're OK."</i></div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nuclear Power Revealed</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So let me tell you what else they did. They just showed you what's wrong with nuclear power. </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Safe to the maximum,"</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> they said. </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Our devices are strong and cannot fail."</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> But they did. They are no match for Gaia.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It seems that for more than 20 years, every single time we sit in the chair and speak of electric power, we tell you that hundreds of thousands of tons of push/pull energy on a regular schedule is available to you. It is moon-driven, forever. It can make all of the electricity for all of the cities on your planet, no matter how much you use. There's no environmental impact at all. Use the power of the tides, the oceans, the waves in clever ways. Use them in a bigger way than any designer has ever put together yet, to power your cities. The largest cities on your planet are on the coasts, and that's where the power source is. Hydro is the answer. It's not dangerous. You've ignored it because it seems harder to engineer and it's not in a controlled environment. Yet, you've chosen to build one of the most complex and dangerous steam engines on Earth - nuclear power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also have indicated that all you have to do is dig down deep enough and the planet will give you heat. It's right below the surface, not too far away all the time. You'll have a Gaia steam engine that way, too. There's no danger at all and you don't have to dig that far. All you have to do is heat fluid, and there are some fluids that boil far faster than water. So we say it again and again. Maybe this will show you what's wrong with what you've been doing, and this will turn the attitudes of your science to create something so beautiful and so powerful for your grandchildren.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why do you think you were given the moon? Now you know.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This benevolent Universe gave you an astral body that allows the waters in your ocean to push and pull and push on the most regular schedule of anything you know of. Yet there you sit enjoying just looking at it instead of using it. It could be enormous, free energy forever, ready to be converted when you design the methods of capturing it. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>So in closing, do you understand what you're seeing? You're seeing intelligent design, quantum energy and high consciousness. You are seeing changes in Human nature. You're seeing countries putting things together instead of separating. You are seeing those who don't want war and instead want peace, good schools for their children, safety in their streets and a say in their government. We told you it was going to happen this way. I want my partner to teach these things that I have said in his 3D lectures for awhile. </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Many won't be able to know these things otherwise.</b> …”</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-65360265016368431162019-07-16T02:21:00.001+07:002019-07-16T02:21:10.738+07:00Water express delivers emergency supplies to drought-hit Indian city<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20190712-water-express-delivers-emergency-supplies-drought-hit-indian-city" target="_blank">France24 – AFP</a>,
12 July 2019</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chennai </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(India) (AFP)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A special
50-wagon train carrying 2.5 million litres of water arrived in the Indian city
of Chennai Friday, as the southern hub reels under one of its worst shortages
in decades.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The wagons
were hauled by a special locomotive, decorated with flowers and with a
"Drinking Water for Chennai" banner on its front.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Four
special trains a day have been called up to bring water to Chennai -- India's
sixth most populous city -- from Vellore, some 80 miles (125 kilometres) away,
to help battle the drought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first
consignment will be taken to a water treatment centre, and then distributed in
trucks to different parts of the metropolis on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chennai has
seen only a fraction of the rain it usually receives during June and July.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The city of
4.9 million people also needed trains to bring water in when it suffered a
similar crisis in 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
bustling capital of Tamil Nadu state normally requires at least 825 million
litres of water a day, but authorities are currently only able to supply 60
percent of that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With
temperatures regularly hitting 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), reservoirs
have run dry and other water sources are dwindling further each day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Chennai
metro has turned off its air conditioning, farmers have been forced to stop
watering their crops, and offices have asked staff to work from home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The city's
economy has also taken a hit as some hotels and restaurants shut shop
temporarily, and there have been reports of fights breaking out as people queue
for water.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122026544175577474.post-65500148507350121822019-05-21T04:07:00.002+07:002019-05-21T04:07:54.472+07:00Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing 'slow-motion disaster'<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/sinking-feeling-philippine-cities-facing-slow-motion-disaster-032235907.html" target="_blank">Yahoo – AFP</a>,
Joshua MELVIN, May 20, 2019</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Twenty years ago the residents of Sitio Pariahan could walk to the local chapel but</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> today reaching it requires a swim, because the town, like many in the Philippines, </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is sinking (AFP Photo/Noel CELIS)</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When Mary
Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could walk
to the local chapel. Today, reaching it requires a swim.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The main
culprit is catastrophic subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from
below, often via unregulated wells for homes, factories, and farms catering to
a booming population and growing economy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The steady
sinking of coastal towns and islets like Pariahan in the northern Philippines
has caused Manila Bay's brackish water to pour inland and displace thousands,
posing a greater threat than rising sea levels due to climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It
was so beautiful here before... Children were playing in the streets," San
Jose said, adding: "Now we always need to use a boat."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Areas north
of Manila like the provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan have sunk </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">four-six
centimetres (1.5-2.4 inches) a year since 2003, according to satellite </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the
former residents have scattered to other parts of the region. Just a handful of
families remain in Pariahan, which had its own elementary school, a basketball
court and a chapel before the water flowed in.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These days
just the flooded chapel, a cluster of shacks on bamboo stilts where San Jose
lives with her family, and a few homes on a bump of land remain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
children that live there commute 20 minutes by boat to a school inland and most
of the residents eke out a living by fishing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan -- where Pariahan is located -- have sunk
between four and six centimetres (1.5-2.4 inches) annually since 2003,
according to satellite monitoring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's
really a disaster that is already happening... It's a slow-onset
disaster," explained Narod Eco, who is part of a group of scientists
tracking the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Catastrophic
subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from below </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is causing some
Philippine cities to sink in coastal areas, allowing sea water to </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">rush in (AFP
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Threat to
lives</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By comparison,
the UN estimates average sea level rise globally is about three millimetres per
year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
creeping bay waters put people and property at risk, while the threat is
amplified by high-tides and flooding brought by the roughly 20 storms that
pound the archipelago every year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some areas
have raised roads in an effort to keep up with the sinking, creating odd scenes
where the street surface is at the height of door knobs on roadside buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At least
5,000 people have been forced out of the mostly rural coastal areas north of
Manila in recent decades as the bay water has moved further inland, regional
disaster officials told AFP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sinking
is very likely permanent because the ground in the hardest hit areas is mostly
clay, which sticks together after the water is pulled out.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At least
5,000 people have been forced out of the mostly rural coastal areas </span></span></div>
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Manila in recent decades as the bay water has moved further inland, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The fate of
towns such as Pariahan provides a preview of the problems that may await some
of the capital's 13 million people.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sections of
Manila along the shore of the bay are sinking too, with excess groundwater
pumping being the most likely cause, Eco, the researcher, told AFP. The
subsidence there though is at a slower rate than the northern coastal
communities, potentially due to less pumping or differences in the soil, he
added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A
moratorium on new wells in the greater Manila area has been in place since
2004. But enforcing that ban as well as shuttering existing illegal wells,
falls to the National Water Resource Board and its roughly 100 staffers who are
responsible for policing the whole country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We
have insufficient manpower resources," the board's director Sevillo David
told AFP. "It's a very big challenge for us, but I think we are doing the
best we can."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A
moratorium on new wells in the greater Manila area has been in place since 2004 </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">but enforcing that ban falls to the National Water Resource Board and its
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Things
will get worse</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The demand
for water has soared as Manila's population has nearly doubled since 1985, and
the size of the nation's economy has expanded roughly ten-fold over the same
period.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This
explosive growth has created a ravenous demand for water, especially in the
agriculture and manufacturing industries to the north of the capital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The
sinking is a very serious threat to people, their livelihoods and
cultures," said Joseph Estadilla, a spokesman for alliance seeking to
protect Manila Bay coastal communities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This
is only going to get worse in the near future," he insisted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Manila and
its surroundings are among several major cities, especially in Asia, under
threat as the land collapses beneath them, though the causes for this vary.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The demand
for water has soared as Manila's population has nearly doubled since </span></span></div>
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the size of the nation's economy has expanded roughly ten-fold over</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cities such
as Jakarta -- which is sinking 25 centimetres (0.8 feet) each year -- Bangkok
and Shanghai risk being inundated within decades as a mixture of poor planning,
more violent storms and higher tides wreak havoc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Jakarta,
a city of 10 million people that sits on a confluence of 13 rivers, half the
population lacks access to piped water, so many dig illegal wells to extract
groundwater.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yet in
Pariahan the residents who remain are doing what they can to stay in a place
they call home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">San Jose
explained: "Every year we raise (the floor) of our house. </span>Now my
head almost reaches the ceiling."</span></div>
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