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GALWAY, IRELAND–(Marketwire – January 7, 2010) – Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) — Scotland’s bid to become a renewable energy powerhouse in Europe took a giant step forward as the government granted permission for energy companies to build a controversial 220-kilometer electricity transmission line. Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) and ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) have been given the green light to upgrade the existing 132-kilovolt (kV) overhead electricity transmission line with a 400-kV line between Beauly, near Inverness, and Wharry Burn, near Stirling. ScottishPower was granted permission to upgrade to the high-voltage transmission line between Beauly and Denny, near Falkirk, to 400 kV. The project will cost an estimated £350 million ($558 million), and work could start as early as this summer. For details, view the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info’s Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showNews.jsp?newsitemID=154323, or browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.eu. Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy related markets. For more than 26 years, Industrial Info has provided plant and project opportunity databases, market forecasts, high resolution maps, and daily industry news. For more information send inquiries to europe@industrialinfo.co.uk or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe (http://www.industrialinfo.eu). GALWAY, IRELAND–(Marketwire – January 7, 2010) – Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) — Scotland’s bid to become a renewable energy powerhouse in Europe took a giant step forward as the government granted permission for energy companies to build a controversial 220-kilometer electricity transmission line. Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) and ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) have been given the green light to upgrade the existing 132-kilovolt (kV) overhead electricity transmission line with a 400-kV line between Beauly, near Inverness, and Wharry Burn, near Stirling. ScottishPower was granted permission to upgrade to the high-voltage transmission line between Beauly and Denny, near Falkirk, to 400 kV. The project will cost an estimated £350 million ($558 million), and work could start as early as this summer. For details, view the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info’s Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showNews.jsp?newsitemID=154323, or browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.eu. Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy related markets. For more than 26 years, Industrial Info has provided plant and project opportunity databases, market forecasts, high resolution maps, and daily industry news. For more information send inquiries to europe@industrialinfo.co.uk or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe (http://www.industrialinfo.eu).
I was planning a holiday and I wanted to get away with my family. So I searched the Internet and found an ad: Campervan Rental Scotland. It sounded interesting. I liked the idea of camping and I have the pickiest kids. Maybe a campervan would make this an easy trip. I started doing some more research.
The first thing I found out was that renting a campervan cost about the same as renting a hotel. That was a big plus. For me, two kids and not having to worry about making it to a hotel in time for check-in would make things a lot easier. Okay, so I could afford a campervan. That was one thing down.
Next, I found that I could actually drive a campervan. I didn’t need any additional license. My class C driver’s license was enough. I talk to people (not sales agents either) and was reassured with power steering and power brakes that I would be able to drive a campervan with no problem. That was good, because I am a pretty small woman.
Then, I went to look at some and found that we would actually fit in one without killing each other. It would sleep all four of us comfortably. I would be able to cook for us, and it had a toilet and a shower. YAY! We would not have to stink. The rental company was able to give me a map of campgrounds where I could hook up every few days and my husband could empty the tanks every few days. (Yes, he emptied them. I am a girly-girl, after all.)
We booked the campervan for two weeks and toured Scotland. We grilled and saw several castles. The kids didn’t kill each other and I had a chance to relax. I must say, the campervan rental was probably one of the better ideas I have had to date.
Business owners in the UK are fast catching up with the idea of using a flash interactive map of the United Kingdom to highlight their respective offices, regional centers, branches and other facilities, establishments. The United Kingdom is divided into nine government regions. The counties of England are territorial divisions for the purposes of administrative, political and geographical demarcation. As well as being divide into counties, England is also broken up into regions, each region has a different mix of industries and historical, geographical, and cultural differences. An interactive UK map with the regions and counties can be used as a website navigation menu base on regional information, for displaying directory and business contact details, as well as sales data. Separate websites can be created for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with the English area further subdivided into the administrative regions. And the interactive map can open the corresponding website base on the area user clicked on. Interactive maps can improve data presentation, improve visualization, and provides instant, interactive information to users. For example, if your type of business frequently use geographical or statistical figures related to different regions in the United Kingdom, then by using an interactive map, you can help your visitors to access related information more easily, as they can drilling down any territory in the UK visually. This brings businesses and consumers closer and make your website much more informative and easier to navigate. Some possible application of an interactive UK map are: - a real estate map showing homes for sale in different counties of UK - an energy producing companies showing gas and oilfields in offshore drilling nearby UK - a dealer finder map for finding the nearest dealer in UK and Ireland - an interactive UK map showing the major UK airports (around 23 of them), user can simply choose an major airport by clicking on its icon, and will be taken immediately to the related website to see further airlines and flight routes information. - showing UK map and when user click a region, search results will be displayed for the choose region, and sorted by severity of incident, county or road With available interactive mapping software, you do not have to be technical proficiency to embed an UK to your website. You can add an Interactive UK map to your website quickly, and change the color, link, text, mouse over events of individual UK counties, so to display related information about a particular location in and around UK. |
Edinburgh
September 4, 2010, 6:30 pm
 Partly sunny 21°Creal feel: 20°C
current pressure: 1019 mb
humidity: 49%
wind speed: 3 m/s S
wind gusts: 3 m/s
sunrise: 6:24
sunset: 20:01
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