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Posts archive for: 19 July, 2008
  • Cern

    Have a look at this and tell me does anybody apart from the likes of Steven Hawking understand any of this science, my understanding of science and physics  is not too bad but his goes beyond anything I have been caught. To think I once had an interview at Cern only as an electrical engineer mind you.

     

    The power requirements of a project like this are huge. The question Joe public normally asks is who pays for this research and are there any cost benefits to people like us.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7512586.stm

  • Obama on Tour

    US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan, at the start of a high-profile international tour. Mr Obama, who flew to Kabul as part of a US congressional team, is expected to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


    He is later expected to visit Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain.

    Correspondents say Mr Obama is hoping to address security issues, seen as the weakest aspect of his presidential bid.

    Opinion polls suggest Americans regard Republican John McCain as a better potential commander-in-chief.

  • Brown in Iraq

    Gordon Brown has made a surprise visit to Iraq, and has been holding talks with Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and military leaders. The surprise visit comes ahead of a statement next week on Britain's involvement in the country.

     

    Key aims are to assess the UK's goals in Iraq such as the holding of local elections and reconstruction, and gauge the prospects for troop withdrawal. Plans to halve UK troop numbers to 2,500 by spring were delayed due to violence in Basra at the end of March.

     
    Mr Brown - whose visit was not announced in advance for security reasons - spent just under an hour in talks with Mr Maliki, then with his advisers. He then moved on to the presidential palace for a 20-minute meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.

    Mr Brown is also due to meet British troops serving in Iraq.

     

    In his last visit in December he thanked troops for their work as he announced the official handover of Basra to Iraqi authorities. This week Iraq and the US called for an agreement on a "general time horizon" for the withdrawal of US troops. The call came after a video conference between President George W Bush and Mr Maliki.


    The UN mandate covering foreign troops in Iraq expires at the end of the year. The US is negotiating a new bi-lateral agreement to cover their continuing presence, and Britain will have to do the same, said Jim Muir.

  • Bloody Weather

    The sun has decided to put in an appearance, bloody typical the weather has totally ruined my day. I should have gone out early this morning I might have got wet at first but at least it’s looking a nice day now.

     

    I went out with Caz last to do a bit of exercises she keeps nagging me to do more, which is a good thing see is good at keep at my motivation at this rate I’ll soon be lean mean fighting machine once again, or as we used to in the army a body like a racing snake (don’t know where that came from).

  • Disappointed

    Well the rain came and I made the easy decision not to go to the nature reserve, I would have been soaked, although it has cleared up now, so I will have a walk down the seafront to see what is going on.

     

    I was looking forward to going and am a little disappointed in the weather and in myself.

  • Contemplation

    Am looking out of the window, contemplating on heading out, I would like to go a nearby nature reserve but am unsure as to how the weather will turn out, its looking grey and horrible at the moment. Plus I would rather go back to bed for a few hours more sleep.

     

    I suppose I should make the effort and go out, I need the exercise as well so it will do me good!

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