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NASA Satellite Eyes Iceland Volcano Cauldron
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Science/Environment on 19 April 2010

the Hyperion instrument onboard NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this pair of images of the continuing eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano. In the left-hand image, created from visible wavelengths, new black ash deposits are visible on the ground, as well as nearby brilliant unsullied ice and snow and the volcano’s brown, billowing plume. The [...]

Vote of confidence for Britain’s car industry
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Business on 18 March 2010

Welcoming Nissan’s £420 million investment in electric cars, safeguarding jobs in Sunderland and Ford’s planned £1.5 billion investment in cleaner engines, Derek Simpson, Unite joint general secretary, said: “This is a huge vote of confidence for British manufacturing.
“It secures thousands of skilled jobs and puts Britain at the heart of a greener future for the [...]

NHS staff need to be consulted on Essex plans for a social enterprise
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Health on 18 March 2010

Unite, the largest union in the country, is calling for a ballot of NHS staff in mid and south east Essex over proposals to hive off NHS services into a social enterprise.
Unite fears for the future of joined-up services if the merged community services of NHS Mid Essex and NHS South East Essex are outsourced [...]

How many more Tory MPs have their snouts in BA’s trough?
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Business on 18 March 2010

Unite has demanded that BA comes clean about how many Tory MPs the company has “bought” after it was revealed today (Wednesday) that the Tory MP who viciously attacked BA cabin crew in the Commons today may have had up to £15,000 in free flights from the airline in recent years.
While cabin crew are fighting [...]

MPs have ‘exposed Kraft lies’, says Unite
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Business on 17 March 2010

MPs have ‘exposed the lies’ that Kraft used in its controversial takeover of Cadbury, Unite, the largest union in the country.
Jack Dromey, Unite’s deputy general secretary, was commenting after the all-party business select committee grilled three top Kraft executives for two hours today (16th March 2010) on their conduct during the £12 billion takeover which [...]

British Airways – the truth
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Business on 16 March 2010

Unite cabin crew members at British Airways are now days away from strike action. Much of the media has portrayed the crew as overpaid, underworked and prepared to bring BA down to its knees. Nothing can be further from the truth.
The last thing BA crew want to do is to go on strike. In [...]

What is your knowledge related to Zurvita?
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Business on 28 February 2010

Thanks for taking for just a minute to look at an opportunity about being on the front end of the largest transfer of wealth in the history of our country. Now what we are talking about is the Deregulation of energy. Energy- meaning electricity and natural gas. Can you imagine getting paid residual commissions on [...]

Major publisher Macmillan banned by Amazon as e-book battle with Apple rises up
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Business on 28 February 2010

Conventional paper copies were applicable to drastic moves. The publishing industry was shaken up by digital versions Recently Ten traditional books of similar titles have being selling In Amazon of six digital copies Unluckily the online retailer has fallen out due to publisher over prices. The ebook bestseller n just $9.99 (£6) is selling and [...]

Vancouver 2010 cancels ‘general admission standing room’ tickets to Cypress Mountain Olympic snowboard cross events
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Sports & Games on 17 February 2010

Tickets to be refunded
West Vancouver, BC ? General admission standing room tickets (priced at $50) have been cancelled for Olympic men’s and ladies’ snowboard cross events on Monday and Tuesday at Cypress Mountain. Tickets will be refunded, said the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).

Heavy warm rains in the [...]

Olympic event postponement: Mens super combined competition today postponed due to weather
By Sophia Alexis
Posted in Sports & Games on 17 February 2010

Whistler, BC ? The Men’s super combined competition at Whistler Creekside originally scheduled for 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, February 16 has been postponed due to weather. The new date and start time for the event will be determined and announced later today.

Event Ticket information:
?Event tickets for Tuesday’s event will remain valid for the [...]