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Even so, the decision to build the plant at Newton Aycliffe has brought a “Hitachi effect”, said Geoff Hunton, a director of Merchant Anglo Property Holdings, owner of Merchant Park which includes Hitachi’s site. “It’s the catalyst for everything we’ve been trying to achieve.”

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СComputers project that between now and the year of 2030 we are going to have increase of the average temperature between 1.5 — 4.5 Degrees C.

иwater. It looks like the end of civilization on the Earth. For hundreds of thousands of years the human race has thriven in Earth's environment.

Sea levels would rise by several metres, flooding coastal areas and ruining

vast tracts of farmland. Huge areas would be infertile and become

uninhabitable. Water contamination could lead to shortages of safe drinking

ButбАthe matters of people's great concern nowadays are atmosphere and climate changes, depletion of the ozone layer, freshwater resources, oceans

But now, at the end of the 20th century, we are at a crucial turning

point. We have upset nature's sensitive equilibrium releasing harmful substances into the air, polluting rivers and oceans with industrial waste and tearing up the countryside to accommodate our rubbish. These are the consequences of the development of civilization. We are to stop it by joint efforts of all the people of the world. The range of environmental problems is

and coastal areas, deforestation and desertification, biological diversity, biotechnology, health and chemical safety. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) concentrates its activities on these issues. Acid Rains One of the most alarming forms of air pollutionИis acid rain. It results from the release into the atmosphere of sulphur and nitrogen oxides that react with water droplets and return to earth in the form of acid rain, mist or snow.

Acid rain is killing forests (Nearly every species of tree is affected) It has acidified lakes and streams and they can't support fish, wildlife, plants or insects. Depletion of the Ozone Layer The protective layer of the Earth, the ozone layer, which protects the Earth from the sun's destructive UV (ultraviolet) rays, is being damaged by CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). They are released by the daily use of industrial and household products: refrigerators, air conditioners, foam insulation, cleaning chemicals, food packaging. In the ozone layer they attack the ozone molecules making a «hole». This «hole» allows more UV rays to penetrate to the Earth. It increases the risk of skin cancer, weakens the immune system of people.

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Besides, UV rays influence the oceans, the growth of plankton, an essential part of the marine-life food chain in the negative way, reduce economically important-crops (rice, cotton, soy beans).

The life cycle is going to be undermined by the ozone. Destruction of

the Tropical Forest It's generally agreed that the destruction of the tropical forest has a major impact on the world climate. The tropical rain forest is a natural recycler, provider and protector for our planet. It recycles carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, helps determine temperature, rainfall and other climatic conditions and supports the most diverse ecosystem in the world. Deforestation could cause one forth of all species on earth to vanish in the next 25 years.

СThese forests in Amazonia, South-East Asia and West and Central Africa are being destroyed at an alarming rate of 42 million acres per year.

иrecycle more, conserve wildlife and nature, act according to the dictum «think locally, think globally, act locally».

Measures to Be Taken We have only a few years to attempt to turn things

been alreadyбАmade in this direction. 159 countries-members of the UNO have set up environmental protection agencies.

around. We must review our wasteful, careless ways, we must consume less,

To my mind, we are obliged to remove factories and plants from cities,

use modern technologies, redesign and modify purifying systems for cleaning

and trapping harmful substances, protect and increase the greenery and

broaden ecological education. These are the main practical measures, which

must be taken in order to improve the ecological situation. Some progress has

They hold conferences discussing ecological problems, set up environmental research centres and take practical urgent measures to avoid ecological catastrophe. There are numerous public organisations such as Greenpeace that are doing much to preserve environment. The 5th of June is

Whiskey - [from the Gaelic for "water of life"], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from potatoes, beets, and other roots. The standard whiskeys of the world are Scotch (commonly spelled whisky), Irish, American, and Canadian.

The Scotch Highland whisky (made in pot stills) and that of the Lowlands (patent stills) differ in the percentage of barley used, quality of the

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water, quantity of peat employed in curing the malt, manner of distilling, and kind of casks in which they are matured.

Irish whiskey resembles Scotch, but no peat is used in the curing, and instead of the dry, somewhat smoky flavor of Scotch, it has a full, sweet taste. American whiskeys are divided into two main varieties, rye and bourbon, a corn whiskey that derives its name from Bourbon co., Ky. They

Сhave a higher flavor and a much deeper color than Scotch or Irish and require from two to three years longer to mature.

Newly made whiskey is colorless, the rich brown of the matured liquor being acquired from the cask in which it is stored. иCanadian whiskey has a characteristic lightness of body and must, according to law, be produced from cereal grain only. Whiskey was made in England in the 11th cent., chiefly in monasteries, but in the 16th cent. distilling was carried on commercially.

No бАwhiskey can be released from bond in Great Britain until it has matured in wood at least three years, and in practice most whiskey is stored seven or eight years before marketing. In the United States bonded whiskey must stay a minimum of four years in bond before it can be labeled as bonded rye or bourbon. The illicit manufacture of whiskey to avoid payment of excise taxes has been common. In the United States this is known as moonshining.

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ДWINDOWS XP

Windows XP is a line of proprietary operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. The letters "XP" stand for eXPerience.[2] Codenamed "Whistler"Иafter Whistler, British Columbia, as many Microsoft employees skied at the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort during its development, Windows XP is the successor to both Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and is the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel and architecture. Windows XP was first released on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies are in use, according to a January 2006 estimate by an IDC analyst. It is succeeded by Windows Vista, which was released to volume license customers on November 8, 2006, and worldwide to the general public on January 30, 2007.

The most common editions of the operating system are Windows XP Home Edition, which is targeted at home users, and Windows XP Professional, which has additional features such as support for Windows Server domains and dual processors, and is targeted at power users and

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business clients. Windows XP Media Center Edition has additional multimedia features enhancing the ability to record and watch TV shows, view DVD movies, and listen to music. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is designed to run the ink-aware Tablet PC platform. Two separate 64-bit versions of Windows XP were also released, Windows XP 64-bit Edition for IA-64 (Itanium) processors and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition for

Сx86-64 processors.

Windows XP is known for its improved stability and efficiency over

previous versions of Microsoft Windows. It presents a significantly

redesigned graphical user interface, a change Microsoft promoted as more

иby some users for security vulnerabilities, tight integration of applications such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player, and for aspects of its user interface.

user-friendly than previous versions of Windows. New software management

capabilities were introduced to avoid the "DLL hell" that plagued older

consumer versions of Windows. It is also the first version of Windows to use

product activation to combat software piracy, a restriction that did not sit well

WindowsбАXP. Many ideas from Neptune and Odyssey (another cancelled Windows version) were used in WindowsДXP.

with some users and privacy advocates. Windows XP has also been criticized

Windows XP had been in development since early 1999, when

Microsoft started working on Windows Neptune, an operating system

intended to be the "Home Edition" equivalent to Windows 2000 Professional.

It was eventually cancelled and became Whistler, which later became

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WINDSURFING

Windsurfing is a surface water sportИusing a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating flexible joint called the Universal Joint (U-Joint). Unlike a rudder-steered sailboat, a windsurfer is steered by the tilting and rotating of the mast and sail as well as tilting and carving the board. This method of controlling the board's direction is called the free-sail system.

The sport combines aspects of both sailing and surfing, along with certain athletic aspects shared with other board sports like skateboarding, snowboarding, waterskiing, wakeboarding and kitesurfing. Although it might be considered a minimalistic version of a sailboat, a windsurfer offers experiences that are outside the scope of most other sailing craft design. A windsurfer holds the world speed record for sailing craft (see below); and, windsurfers can perform jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and

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other "freestyle" moves that cannot be matched by any sailboat. Windsurfers were the first to ride the world's largest waves, such as Jaws on the island of Maui, and, with very few exceptions, it was not until the advent of tow-in surfing that waves of that size became accessible to surfers.

Windsurfing includes speed sailing, slalom, course racing, wave sailing, superX, and freestyle as distinct disciplines.

СThough windsurfing is possible in winds from near 0 to 50 knots, the ideal planing conditions for most recreational sailors is 15-25 knots, with lighter winds resulting in displacement mode sailing.

Lessons can be taken with a school. With coaching and favorable иconditions, the basic skills of sailing, steering, and turning can be learned within a few hours. Competence in the sport and mastery of more advanced maneuvers such as planing, carve gybing (turning downwind at speed), water starting, jumping, and more advanced moves can require lengthy practice.

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GUILT, STRESS AND GETTING RIPPED OFF: THE TRUTH ABOUT HOLIDAYS AS A LONE PARENT

One of the features of lone parenting is the slightly off-kilter nature of high days and holidays. Marketing images of family holidays tend to major on golden-limbed couples joyfully tossing toddlers into the air; it’s harder to come by images of a lone mum or dad trying to look in four directions simultaneously for their child whileДhoping nobody’s stolen the purse they’ve stashed under the sun lounger.

At Mumsnet, we’ve recently done some research into the experiences of lone parents, and one of the more striking statistics showed that more than three-quarters (77 per cent) of them say that companies don’t consider the realities of lone parents when developing products,Иservices and marketing campaigns. Lone parents also feel wretched about relaxing; 75 per cent of them feel guilty about taking time out for themselves.

When it comes to holidays away from home, single parents have a few extra factors to consider. Most lone parents understand the rationale for single occupancy supplements, but it can make villa and hotels unaffordable.

Then there’s the relaxation factor - or, more often, the lack of it. Looking after children in unfamiliar environments, negotiating heat and new types of food, and keeping children occupied without the full contents of the domestic toy box can be hard work with two parents; with only one it can feel like an endurance event.

The advice from Mumsnet users, though, is not to give it all up as a bad job. With some research and planning, and a bit of gumption, taking your children on holiday on your own can be an absolute blast. From the

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