�HSE notified bidders for the modern gas installer registration scheme that it is award the undertake to Capita Group Plc (CAPITA). The contract, which is valued at �14 million per annum, is awarded for a term of ten-spot years and will be signed on 8th September 2008.
The new system will strengthen and ameliorate the administration and performance management arrangements between HSE and the new scheme provider. CAPITA will have got incentives to continuously better gas guard and services to gas consumers and installers and be held to account through a challenging set of key performance indicators. CAPITA will be needed to innovate and boost a new independent blade which will provide an excellent opportunity to elevate gas safety messages.
The new gas installer registration scheme will run from the first of April 2009 and will supersede a strategy currently being operated by CORGI.
Notes
1. HSE is responsible for regulating domestic gas safety in GB and does this largely through the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
2. At present, CORGI (Council of Registered Gas Installers) is approved by HSE to undertake this task. It maintains an up-to-date register of gas installers world Health Organization are restricted to instal or furbish up gas fittings and appliances.
3. The fresh scheme takes forward recommendations arising from the HSE's review of the domestic gas safety regime and the views expressed by stakeholders. Oversight of the new regime will remain with the HSE. Further details of these recommendations can be found here.
4. On eighteenth June 2008 HSE announced CAPITA as its preferred bidder in the competition to provide a new gas installer registration dodge in Great Britain. hypertext transfer protocol://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2008/e08031.htm
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Friday, 5 September 2008
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Illness Cost Of Air Pollution Underscores Need For Lung Health Action Plan: The Lung Association
�The National Illness Cost of Air Pollution (ICAP) study, released by the Canadian Medical Association, is clear grounds that action is required on breeze pollution and that a national strategy for lung health is needed now more than ever. The study measures the national health and economic impact of air pollution and puts a dollar figure on the health tending related costs of zephyr pollution in Canada. The national subject includes ICAP software models for ten provinces and estimates of health restitution at the national level.
"Air pollution is a very real threat to the health and upbeat of Canadians of all ages," said Kenneth Maybee, Chair of Environmental Issues, The Lung Association, "The data from the ICAP study is clear: we need concrete and real action on air pollution and a national action plan on lung health, if we are to stem the thousands of deaths that occur annually as a direct outcome of both short and long-term vulnerability to pollutants".
The study found that:
- In 2008, 21,000 Canadians will die from the personal effects of aura pollution, a figure sticking out to rise to 710,000 by 2031;
- Respiratory illness accounted for nearly 40% of infirmary admissions associated with photograph to air pollution;
- Respiratory diseases account for some 40% of the 92,000 emergency department visits in 2008 linked to air pollution - a figure projecting to rear to 152,000 by 2031;
- Over 20 1000000 minor illnesses will be attributed to air pollution in 2008 and that number testament climb to over 26 million by 2031;
- Approximately 45% of minor illnesses will want restricted activity or asthma attack symptom years potentially resulting in absenteeism from work or school. This supports findings released in May 2008 by The Lung Association that found that 62 per cent of Canadians with asthma say their asthma "acts up" on days when breeze quality is poor.
"The ICAP study is a valuable prick to wellness organizations and public policy makers as we locomote forward on building a healthier surroundings for Canadians," said Nora Sobolov, President and CEO of The Lung Association, "The ICAP study re-enforces the very real pauperism for a strategy that deals with both environmental impacts and their health outcomes.
The Lung Association, the union government and stakeholders countrywide, are nearing the windup of a national action plan that will better the lung health of Canadians. The study will be particularly valuable as a resource tool in ensuring that the Framework is responsive to the one in five Canadians suffering from respiratory diseases, and the environmental personal effects that english hawthorn exacerbate them.
The National Lung Health Framework is an ambitious plan that will lower rates of lung disease and sporty up the air Canadians breathe through strong environmental action and policies, treatment and diagnosis programs and cutting edge research to position Canada as a world leader in the fight against lung disease. The ICAP study is additional evidence demonstrating why action on the surround - and lung health - is so critical to the health of Canadians.
Established in 1900, The Lung Association is one of Canada's oldest and almost respected health charities, and the in the lead national organization for science-based information, research, education, supporting programs and advocacy on lung heath issues.
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"Air pollution is a very real threat to the health and upbeat of Canadians of all ages," said Kenneth Maybee, Chair of Environmental Issues, The Lung Association, "The data from the ICAP study is clear: we need concrete and real action on air pollution and a national action plan on lung health, if we are to stem the thousands of deaths that occur annually as a direct outcome of both short and long-term vulnerability to pollutants".
The study found that:
- In 2008, 21,000 Canadians will die from the personal effects of aura pollution, a figure sticking out to rise to 710,000 by 2031;
- Respiratory illness accounted for nearly 40% of infirmary admissions associated with photograph to air pollution;
- Respiratory diseases account for some 40% of the 92,000 emergency department visits in 2008 linked to air pollution - a figure projecting to rear to 152,000 by 2031;
- Over 20 1000000 minor illnesses will be attributed to air pollution in 2008 and that number testament climb to over 26 million by 2031;
- Approximately 45% of minor illnesses will want restricted activity or asthma attack symptom years potentially resulting in absenteeism from work or school. This supports findings released in May 2008 by The Lung Association that found that 62 per cent of Canadians with asthma say their asthma "acts up" on days when breeze quality is poor.
"The ICAP study is a valuable prick to wellness organizations and public policy makers as we locomote forward on building a healthier surroundings for Canadians," said Nora Sobolov, President and CEO of The Lung Association, "The ICAP study re-enforces the very real pauperism for a strategy that deals with both environmental impacts and their health outcomes.
The Lung Association, the union government and stakeholders countrywide, are nearing the windup of a national action plan that will better the lung health of Canadians. The study will be particularly valuable as a resource tool in ensuring that the Framework is responsive to the one in five Canadians suffering from respiratory diseases, and the environmental personal effects that english hawthorn exacerbate them.
The National Lung Health Framework is an ambitious plan that will lower rates of lung disease and sporty up the air Canadians breathe through strong environmental action and policies, treatment and diagnosis programs and cutting edge research to position Canada as a world leader in the fight against lung disease. The ICAP study is additional evidence demonstrating why action on the surround - and lung health - is so critical to the health of Canadians.
Established in 1900, The Lung Association is one of Canada's oldest and almost respected health charities, and the in the lead national organization for science-based information, research, education, supporting programs and advocacy on lung heath issues.
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Thursday, 7 August 2008
Monday, 30 June 2008
Darlington
Artist: Darlington
Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
Moron-A-Thon
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Louder Than Morrissey
Year: 2002
Tracks: 15
Originally forming under the cognomen of Mess, The Darlingtons formed in 1995 as they debuted their sugar coated Ramones punk to their home town of Dallas, Texas. Following deuce age, a 1996 EP and a close case, Christy Brigitte Darlington (vocals/ guitar), Stevey Stress (drums) and Angel Eek (basso) changed the distinguish of their stria exactly in time for their 1998 full-length Girltroversy on Last Beat Records. Melted Records signed the tercet slice the following year and contributed to the release of their second album Muss You Up in 1999. Early 2000 sawing machine a split uncut with The Huntingtons which was released by Melted. After going 2 years without a wide-cut length release, Louder Than Morrissey appeared on Stardumb in the summer of 2002.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Arkady Shilkloper
Artist: Arkady Shilkloper
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Presente para Moscou
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
Hornology
Year: 1996
Tracks: 7
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Michael Stipe - Stipe Still Cant Listen To Nirvana After Cobain Tragedy
R.E.M. star MICHAEL STIPE can no longer listen to an entire NIRVANA album because remembering the death of his friend KURT COBAIN is still too painful.
The rocker admits to being a huge fan of the Smells Like Teen Spirit hitmakers, and regrets he hasn't been able to listen to classic albums like Nevermind and In Utero since Cobain killed himself in 1994.
He says, "The great tragedy of his death is that, as an artist, as someone pushing things forward, he was really pushing himself.
"He had reached a point where he was about to push through to something that was so phenomenal and so beautiful.
"It was all written, it was all right there and it was so obvious where he was going, and then he didn't make it.
"I still have trouble... I can't listen to an entire Nirvana record."
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Inkubus Sukkubus
Artist: Inkubus Sukkubus
Genre(s):
Rock: Gothic
Discography:
Witch Queen
Year: 2005
Tracks: 9
The Beast With Two Backs
Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
Supernature
Year: 2001
Tracks: 12
Wild
Year: 1999
Tracks: 15
Away With The Fearies
Year: 1998
Tracks: 15
Vampyre Erotica
Year: 1997
Tracks: 13
Beltaine (The Early Recordings 90-91)
Year: 1996
Tracks: 15
Wytches
Year: 1994
Tracks: 15
Belladonna and Aconite
Year: 1993
Tracks: 14
Uncovering novel rhythms and moving orchestrations developing within gothic rock flair inspirations and thaumaturgy lyric references, Inkubus Sukkubus likewise display a multitude of influences ranging from the sounds of the Sisters of Mercy to the creations of the Rolling Stones. Concentrating their musical efforts on the flair of pagan ideals and orphic references, Sukkubus was conventional in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in the U.K. in 1989. The batting order consists of singer Candia Ridley, Tony McKormack (guitar, programming), Adam Henderson (bass), and Mick Egan. Playing across the local club scene during the months that followed, Sukkubus finally distinct to record their start record album in 1992. Belladonna and Aconite, the group's debut full-length arrived in record stores that same yr. In 1994, the band released their second full-length, Wytches, earlier entry an all-inclusive tour which included headlining shows for bands like Nosferatu, Clawfinger, or the Mission. Heartbeat of the Earth showed up in 1996 as their one-third album, before still some other varied circuit that took them all over Europe. Vampyre Erotica, Sukkubus' fourth album, was issued in 1997, one yr before Away With the Faeries. In 2001, the British band released Supernatural, their sixth studio endeavour.
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Sunday, 25 May 2008
Leeds United win means busy weekend for Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are set for the weekend of their lives, after their beloved Leeds United made it into the Football League Play-Off Final last night (May 15).
The team came from behind � after losing the first leg 2-1 � to beat Carlisle United 2-0 on the night, thus winning the two-legged tie 3-2 on aggregate.
It means Leeds will now play either Doncaster Rovers or Southend United who play tonight (May 16) at the Wembley final next Sunday (25) � and the timing could not be better for Kaiser Chiefs.
The band play a massive homecoming show the day beforehand (24) at Leeds United's Elland Road stadium, the perfect build-up to the final.
NME.COM can reveal that some last-minute tickets have become available for the gig after the film crew covering the gig decided they did not need the extra space.
To check the availability of Kaiser Chiefs tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
It also means a busy weekend for Kaiser Chiefs. They will be playing live on Radio 1's Breakfast Show from 9am on May 23, the band then will play the Elland Road show before dashing down to London overnight to attend the Wembley Play-Off Final.
NME and NME.COM will be bringing you full coverage of the Kaiser Chiefs' Elland Road gig with news coming live from the venue on the day along with a special souvenir issue which is due to hit UK newsstands just days after the show.
May 24, 2008 at Elland Road, Leeds -
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The team came from behind � after losing the first leg 2-1 � to beat Carlisle United 2-0 on the night, thus winning the two-legged tie 3-2 on aggregate.
It means Leeds will now play either Doncaster Rovers or Southend United who play tonight (May 16) at the Wembley final next Sunday (25) � and the timing could not be better for Kaiser Chiefs.
The band play a massive homecoming show the day beforehand (24) at Leeds United's Elland Road stadium, the perfect build-up to the final.
NME.COM can reveal that some last-minute tickets have become available for the gig after the film crew covering the gig decided they did not need the extra space.
To check the availability of Kaiser Chiefs tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
It also means a busy weekend for Kaiser Chiefs. They will be playing live on Radio 1's Breakfast Show from 9am on May 23, the band then will play the Elland Road show before dashing down to London overnight to attend the Wembley Play-Off Final.
NME and NME.COM will be bringing you full coverage of the Kaiser Chiefs' Elland Road gig with news coming live from the venue on the day along with a special souvenir issue which is due to hit UK newsstands just days after the show.
May 24, 2008 at Elland Road, Leeds -
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Potter star Watson parties with Borrell
'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has been spotted partying with Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell in London.
They met at the Vanity Fair And Burberry Portraits party at the National Gallery. And despite a 10-year age gap, the 17-year-old actress reportedly seemed enthralled.
"Emma had gone over to speak to Pixie Geldof, who was chatting to Johnny at the time. Emma and Johnny immediately hit it off," an onlooker told the Daily Telegraph.
"It was clear they had loads to talk about - even if they don't look like they have much in common."
According to the Daily Star, Borrell, 27, didn't realise who Watson was until they left the party and fans started calling her name.
The unlikely pair then reportedly hopped into a cab to another fashion party and from there, they are believed to have gone on to a private event at the Dorchester Hotel.
They met at the Vanity Fair And Burberry Portraits party at the National Gallery. And despite a 10-year age gap, the 17-year-old actress reportedly seemed enthralled.
"Emma had gone over to speak to Pixie Geldof, who was chatting to Johnny at the time. Emma and Johnny immediately hit it off," an onlooker told the Daily Telegraph.
"It was clear they had loads to talk about - even if they don't look like they have much in common."
According to the Daily Star, Borrell, 27, didn't realise who Watson was until they left the party and fans started calling her name.
The unlikely pair then reportedly hopped into a cab to another fashion party and from there, they are believed to have gone on to a private event at the Dorchester Hotel.
Kooks bassist quits band for good
The Kooks have permanently parted ways with bass player Max Rafferty.
Rafferty had previously spent several periods away from the group because of illness, but he has now left the Brighton rock group for good, according to his bandmates.
He will be replaced by Cat the Dog's bassist Dan Logan on a temporary basis.
No reason for Rafferty's departure has been given by The Kooks.
A statement from the band said: "Max Rafferty has parted company with The Kooks - the band will be continuing with the forthcoming shows. Dan Logan, bassist with local Brighton band Cat the Dog, will be filling in for the short-term."
The Kooks are currently preparing for the release of their second album 'Konk' on 14 April, which is the follow-up to their hugely successful debut 'Inside In/Inside Out'.
Rafferty had previously spent several periods away from the group because of illness, but he has now left the Brighton rock group for good, according to his bandmates.
He will be replaced by Cat the Dog's bassist Dan Logan on a temporary basis.
No reason for Rafferty's departure has been given by The Kooks.
A statement from the band said: "Max Rafferty has parted company with The Kooks - the band will be continuing with the forthcoming shows. Dan Logan, bassist with local Brighton band Cat the Dog, will be filling in for the short-term."
The Kooks are currently preparing for the release of their second album 'Konk' on 14 April, which is the follow-up to their hugely successful debut 'Inside In/Inside Out'.
Company takes on royalty board
Royalty Logic challenges law that created board
NEW YORK -- Royalty Logic hopes to challenge the very existence of the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board, which sets rates for compulsory licenses under federal copyright law.
The company filed a motion Tuesday with the federal Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., which will be hearing the webcasters' appeal of the CRB's rate decision from last year, asking for permission to file additional legal arguments. The arguments challenge the constitutionality of the law that created the CRB.
Royalty Logic was a party in the webcaster rate trial. The company wanted the authority to compete with SoundExchange, which the CRB denied. SoundExchange is the only organization currently authorized to license and collect royalties for sound recording owners, musicians and vocalists under section 114 of the Copyright Act.
That section authorizes the public performance (e.g., streaming) of sound recordings over non-interactive digital services as long as certain royalties are paid and other conditions are met. The CRB is authorized by law to set those rates through a two-year rate-setting process.
The deadline for filing legal briefs with the Appeals Court has passed. Therefore, Royalty Logic is asking the court to permit the filing of additional arguments for consideration.
If permitted to file the brief, Royalty Logic will argue that the law creating the CRB violates the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution. In other words, Congress improperly permitted the Librarian of Congress, which controls the Copyright Office, to appoint the three Copyright Royalty Judges.
If a court held that the law is unconstitutional, it is conceivable that decisions made by the CRB would be null and void.
NEW YORK -- Royalty Logic hopes to challenge the very existence of the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board, which sets rates for compulsory licenses under federal copyright law.
The company filed a motion Tuesday with the federal Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., which will be hearing the webcasters' appeal of the CRB's rate decision from last year, asking for permission to file additional legal arguments. The arguments challenge the constitutionality of the law that created the CRB.
Royalty Logic was a party in the webcaster rate trial. The company wanted the authority to compete with SoundExchange, which the CRB denied. SoundExchange is the only organization currently authorized to license and collect royalties for sound recording owners, musicians and vocalists under section 114 of the Copyright Act.
That section authorizes the public performance (e.g., streaming) of sound recordings over non-interactive digital services as long as certain royalties are paid and other conditions are met. The CRB is authorized by law to set those rates through a two-year rate-setting process.
The deadline for filing legal briefs with the Appeals Court has passed. Therefore, Royalty Logic is asking the court to permit the filing of additional arguments for consideration.
If permitted to file the brief, Royalty Logic will argue that the law creating the CRB violates the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution. In other words, Congress improperly permitted the Librarian of Congress, which controls the Copyright Office, to appoint the three Copyright Royalty Judges.
If a court held that the law is unconstitutional, it is conceivable that decisions made by the CRB would be null and void.
Mystic Forest
Artist: Mystic Forest
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Waltz In The Midst Of Trees
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Highway To GWAR, 1989, In The Loder Files
Namie Amuro
Artist: Namie Amuro
Genre(s):
Hip-Hop
Other
Pop: Japan
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
Play
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Funky Town
Year: 2007
Tracks: 4
I Wanna U Know (cd2)
Year: 2006
Tracks: 20
I Wanna U Know (cd1)
Year: 2006
Tracks: 25
CAN'T SLEEP CAN'T EAT I'M SICK
Year: 2006
Tracks: 5
Queen of Hip-Pop
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
All For You
Year: 2004
Tracks: 4
Alarm
Year: 2004
Tracks: 4
So Crazy - Come Single
Year: 2003
Tracks: 4
When Pop Hits The Lab
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
I WILL
Year: 2002
Tracks: 4
Good Life Just Say So
Year: 2002
Tracks: 4
GENIUS 2000
Year: 2000
Tracks: 15
Toi et mo
Year: 1999
Tracks: 3
How to be a Girl
Year: 1997
Tracks: 3
Dreaming I was dreaming
Year: 1997
Tracks: 3
Concentration 20
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Can you celebrate
Year: 1997
Tracks: 3
Taiyou no season
Year: 1995
Tracks: 4
Chase the Chance
Year: 1995
Tracks: 4
Dancing Junk
Year: 1993
Tracks: 4
Aishite masukatto
Year: 1993
Tracks: 2
Koi no cute beat
Year: 1992
Tracks: 2
Dance Tracks Vol. 1
Year:
Tracks: 13
Baby Don't Cry
Year:
Tracks: 4
Namie Amuro is Japanese pop's almost resilient matinee idol. Debuting in 1992 with the all-girl five-piece Super Monkey's, where she first caught the attending of Tetsuya Komuro, the producer/songwriter wHO would go on to sHAPE her early calling, Amuro has bounced back from hurdles that have felled lesser J-pop idols (videlicet elevation a family and disjoint) to persist on top. And care any J-pop starlet worth a theme song to a strike anime moving-picture show, Amuro has reinforced up a solid resonance with her fans through her sense of style as much as for her music, which is fundamentally R&B-influenced pop, harder edged and more than risqué than that of her equal Ayumi Hamasaki.
Born in the city of Naha, in Japan's southern tropical islands of Okinawa, Namie Amuro (born Namie Maruyama on September 20, 1977) began playing from an early age, bucked up by her female parent. Amuro's solo career did non take off until her irregular album, Dulcet 19 Blues, released in July 1996 on Avex Trax. Few albums ar as emblematical of an geological era. Preceded by the single "Body Feels Exit" in October 1995, Odorous 19 Blues was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro, a former extremity of the mid-'90s pop work Globe and wHO went on to master the Japanese pop landscape painting as a ballad maker and producer.
Scented 19 Blues, released with no less than quadruplet different sleeves, typified the songwriting and production values of Komuro -- videlicet, a extremely polished dance-pop heavy characterized by discotheque rhythms and funky basslines. As a solvent of its immense sales (over three million albums sold in Japan), it is as well the Amuro album to the highest degree associated with her legion of young fans, dubbed "Amura" by the media and wHO, for the most part, followed their idol's lead in dyeing their tomentum brown, plucking their eyebrows, and proudly wearing away the same fashion accessories. High heels, a mini, and tattoos -- in addition to Amuro's provocative dance routines featured in her videos -- all added up to an tout ensemble less wholesome simulacrum than that perpetuated by Amuro's contemporaries. Komuro was likewise behind the controls for Amuro's tierce album, Concentration 20, released in August 1997, including the gospel-influenced individual "Pot You Celebrate?" The musical theme song to the Fuji TV dramatic play Virgo Road, it went on to sell two meg copies, seemly a karaoke staple and a popular alternative as a hymeneals vocal with danton True Young Japanese couples.
An enforced hiatus came around in 1997 when Amuro, aged 20, became pregnant with fellow and succeeding husband Sam (Masaharu Maruyama) of the pop radical TRF. This far from sense the end of her vocation, and Amuro presently launched a successful replication at the end of 1998 with a performance on the wide watched New Year's tV picture Kohaku Uta Gassen, beam on NHK. Avex brought the heavyweight R&B production talents of Dallas Austin in for Amuro's fourth album, Mastermind 2000, released in January 2000. Austin's previous credits included TLC, Boyz II Men, and Monica. Amuro played to great hundred,000 fans in total during her nationwide circuit of Japan in March of the same twelvemonth. While she was widening her compass of collaborators (she would too record with the well-thought-of Japanese blame yoke m-flo), Amuro earned her first songwriting course credit, for the 2001 single "Say the Word." At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Amuro was awarded the "Inspiration Award Japan" as acknowledgement for her influence on Japanese pop.
Another hiatus of sorts was broken in December 2003 when Amuro released her first album of original material in three age, Stylus, an album with a marginally more than mealy R&B edge that took her closer in sound to her musical idol, Janet Jackson. Significantly, for this album Amuro had ended her musical relationship with Komuro. The transformation from dance-pop to a more mature, transatlantic sound was completed with Amuro's following album, 2005's suitably titled Queen of Hip-Pop, Amuro's best-selling liberation since 2000's Mastermind 2000.
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