Still chucking it dahn at the Castle this morn, loads of atmospheric
movement and the liquid metal in the gauge is curled up in the bulb shivering.
And has funded 4,230 placements in the second round of the
£25m higher apprenticeships initiative.
According to the “Business Secretary” they would help
sectors tackle skills shortages and boost participation by under-represented
groups like women.
Employers such as British Airways, Siemens, Price
Waterhouse Cooper, Unilever and the UK Space Agency are involved in the scheme.
Participants are able to pursue degree-level study
while getting paid.
Allegedly it is estimated that between now and 2030 European
airlines will need to recruit 92,500 new pilots, 96,300 engineers and him/her upstairs
knows how many Lawyers and accountants.
So why aren’t British Airways, Siemens, Price Waterhouse Cooper,
Unilever and the UK Space Agency paying the bleedin bill instead of us?
Is issuing “guidance” to Water companies in England and
Wales to allow them to charge lower prices for the poorest customers.
It seems that Ministers
want to see "social tariffs" based on ability to pay, as part of a
broader drive to reduce utility bills.
An estimated 2.4
million households have trouble paying their water bills, which cost an average
of £376 a year.
Water companies
will be asked to select the customers who are most at risk and offer them a
discount.
They are currently
bound by regulator Ofwat's licensing conditions which means they cannot cut
bills without contravening the law.
Deputy Prime Monster
what’s his name said: "If you're struggling to make ends meet, not paying
for essential utilities isn't an option but it can mean making tough choices
elsewhere; like sacrificing healthy meals for the family or new school books.
"We've already
announced tough new measures to see gas and electric bills fall by up to £100 a
year. This will see struggling families save more.
And the but is- BBC
environment analyst Roger Harrabin said it was not yet clear whether companies
would be compelled to reduce tariffs but it might suit some firms to do so.
He said reducing
the charges for the poorest would take some of the political heat over raising
bills for others to pay for the infrastructure that is needed to ensure areas
avoid repeatedly lurching into emergency measures to combat drought.
So we have foreign owners of our water who purchased the
companies for sod all, get their product for free, use delivery systems that
already existed and pay their bosses millions in salaries and bonuses “thinking”
about reducing prices for the poorest...Hmmm, still we are all in this
together...
Allegedly Blighty may give millions more pounds to the
controversial European Court of Human Rights, despite the Government’s promise
to rein it in.
The Strasbourg court is asking countries to give it extra
money in an attempt to deal with a backlog of 150,000 cases.
We already pay £20million a year to the Council of Europe,
which is responsible for the court, but the PPPMCC is considering increasing
this sum,
The request for more money has come just two months after
ministers claimed to have secured lasting reform of the court at a summit in
Brighton.
An estimated 800million people across the continent have the
right to bring cases to the ECHR if they feel their basic rights have been
breached by their governments.
As a result, there is now a backlog of more than 150,000
cases still waiting to be looked at, many involving Eastern European countries
that have failed to tackle earlier breaches.
The Foreign Office declined to comment on whether or not
Britain would contribute to the new fund.
A spokesman said: "We support the setting up of this
fund, but have not made any decision on whether we will contribute to it. At present
the UK is one of the five major contributors to the Council of Europe,
contributing 12 per cent of its annual budget, which includes the Court."
If they do cough up I think I will apply to the ECHR for a
ruling....
In the land where radiation has had no effect whatsoever, Nico
Nico Douga has invented a pussy tail that wags when it detects excitement in
its user. Made from a robotic arm covered in fur that is connected to a pulse
sensor using an AVR microcontroller, which is attached to a clothespin that
will be clipped on the owner’s earlobe, the users pulse rate is translated into
tail wags. As the owner’s BPM rate goes higher, the tail moves more rapidly.
Spiffing….
Paionia Furyokuki’s doormat is like a vacuum cleaner for
your shoes. As your body weight depresses the knobs on the surface, suction
from the air pump pulls away dirt on the bottom of your shoes. They’re on sale
in Japan for $6,250.
I think I prefer my old coconut mat...
Rugby reporter Bill Lothian wanted a packet of crisps to
munch with his pint and was charged £1.35 for the privilege at the Golf Tavern
in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh.
But apparently that isn’t expensive, at some city bars it
will cost you £1.50, although elsewhere in the Capital, standard bags of crisps
including Walkers and Golden Wonder could be purchased for just 60p. Charlie
Russell, owner of Bennets Bar in Tollcross, where bags of Walkers are available
for 70p, said: “We sell our crisps for the same price you could
buy them down the shop – we’re not looking to make a profit on them.
You pays your money
and nips in Tesco on the way home...
And finally:
In the outback in Queensland scientists have discovered what
could be up to 50 Diprotodon skeletons dating back 100,000 and 200,000 years.
Lead scientist on
the dig, Scott Hocknall from the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, said one of the
specimens, called Kenny, was one of the largest Diprotodon he had ever seen.
Kenny's jawbone
alone is 70cm (28 inches) long.
Pigeon-toed and
with a backward-facing pouch large enough to carry an adult human, Mr Hocknull
likened a Diprotodon to "a cross between a wombat and a bear but the size
of a rhinoceros".
The mega-wombats
could weigh up to 2.3 tonnes
The discovery could
hold important clues on how the mega-wombats lived and what caused them to die
out.
They probably went extinct because they kept falling through
the ceilings of pre historic bungalow dwellers...
That’s it: I’m orf to mix up
some magnetic emulsions
And today’s thought:
Does my bum look big in this Olympics
Angus
