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Council Leader Ali Thomas "This is an important day for Briton Ferry Dock. For the first time in 60 years we will see a passenger ship sail up the river and remind people of the time when the dock was a vibrant and thriving port thanks to the genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This is the only event in South and West Wales to celebrate this landmark anniversary and I'm pleased Neath Port Talbot Council is able to help make this happen."

Dr Tilo Burghardt University of Bristol Department of Computer Science “We are developing the software for a system that will be able to automatically recognise features of White Shark dorsal fins using 'computer vision' technology, and then archive the animal information along with their IDs. We hope it will be usable within two years, with members of the public able to participate."

Prof Paul Bates Bristol’s School of Geographical Sciences “This is the first time we've been able to actually measure the amount of PROF PAUL BATESwater that flows every year from the Amazon River channel to its floodplain and back again. You can't do this work from the ground because of the vast area and difficulty of getting around, so satellites and models really are the only options. The work is important as we currently don't know how much water flows from the Amazon into the ocean, or the route that water takes to get there. These new measurements tell us more about both of these things, and provide a baseline from which we can look for future changes in the Amazon flood wave.”

Ed Stafford Amazon Walk "It's unbelievable to be here. It proves you can do anything. If this wasn't a selfish, boy's-own adventure, I don't think it would have worked. I am simply doing it because no one has done it before. To wake up the morning after and know that we've done it will be a big change. I think we'll get used to it, though.”

Leila Deen Greenpeace Climate Campaigner “The oil business is a "sunset industry" and the world needs to move away from an addiction to oil to clean technology which would tackle climate change and create new jobs. It's time to go beyond oil. A handful of powerful companies are taking huge risks with the natural world and our climate instead of developing the clean tools we need to fight climate change and end our crippling addiction to fossil fuels."
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 BRAZIL – AMAZON RIVER - 16 AUGUST 2010
Aug. 10, 1519:

Magellan: Sea route to the Spice Island

MAGELLAN THE BATTLE WITH DATU LAPU LAPUOn August 10 1519 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set sail with the primary objective to define a waterway, a western trade route between Spain to Asia. Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean...
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 Uk - University of Bristol - 16 AUGUST 2010
AMAZON FLOOD BASIN -NASA GRACEAmazon floodplain
accurately measured for first time

Scientists studying the largest drainage basin in the world have used satellite technology to provide the first detailed measurements of water flow between the Amazon River and its floodplains. Every year, 285 billion metric tons, or 285 cubic kilometres of water by volume, rises and falls in the Amazon floodplain, accounting for just five per cent of the total water flow into the ocean... 

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 PAKISTAN – INDUS BASIN - 12 AUGUST 2010
U.N. warns of second wave of Pakistani flood deaths
 The United Nations has appealed for $460 million in aid for flood-hit Pakistan and warned of a ‘second wave of death’ among sick and hungry survivors. The United Nations says the disaster is the biggest the country has faced and it would cost billions of dollars to rehabilitate the victims and rebuild ruined infrastructure..
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 USA – CALIFORNIA - 16 AUGUST 2010
Wanted rape suspect found working on cruise ship

CARNIVAL SPLENDOR HAIR SALONA man on a "most wanted" list in California for nearly a decade accused of sexual assault has been has been found working on a Carnival cruise ship operating out of the state of California...

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 UK – NEATH RIVER - 14 AUGUST 2010
First passenger ship up river Neath in 60 years

BALMORAL TO SAIL NEATH RIVER ON AUGUST BANK HOLIDAYEx Ferry Balmoral is set to be the first big ship in 60 years to sail up the river Neath into Briton Ferry on Saturday 28 August 2010 to celebrate Great Western Railway's 175th anniversary en route across the Bristol Channel to Ilfracombe. The passenger ship will depart from the council owned quay at 9am and return 12 hours later...
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Press Release
 Uk - University of Bristol - 16 AUGUST 2010
Human noise pollution leads fish to death

The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death, according to new research from a UK-led team working on the Great Barrier Reef.
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SRI LANKA – INDIA OCEAN - 16 AUGUST 2010
 HambantotaSri Lanka initiates
new China-funded seaport

Sri Lanka celebrated the opening of a new showpiece seaport in southern Hambantota. The port built with Chinese finance has four terminals, two for cargo and two for fuel bunkering...
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Computer scientists from the University of Bristol are collaborating with shark researchers to build an international visual biometrics database of Great White Sharks. The computer identification system will store images of the White Shark's unique dorsal fin to help international shark groups recognise and track individual species, providing them with a better insight into their behaviour and how to protect them... Brit completes Amazon walk Briton Ed Stafford has become the first man to walk the length of the Amazon River taking 859 days and 50,000 mosquito bites to cover 6700km. He finished a Crispim beach in northern Brazil... High profile joint navy exercises in the Yellow Sea between the USA and South Korea only weeks after the sinking of a South Korean navy ship, most likely torpedoed by North Korea according to an international inquiry has angered China... COVER LANTERNS ON THE RIVER DEE CND
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Scientists are collaborating with shark researchers to build an international computer identification system of the White Shark's unique dorsal fin to help track individual species, providing them with a better insight and how to protect them...Story
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An enjoyable uptempo animated story and song about Magellans voyage to the East Indies. Full video inside Ballad of Magellan  We can see some of the devastation happening in the Gulf, on shore and on the ocean surface. But what is happening on the deep sea floor, an environment some people might call a desert? Twenty years ago a test oil well was proposed to be drilled off North Carolina, an area known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. In 1990, Marine Grafics and UNC-TV produced a documentary on the work of scientists studying the potential drill site. This eight-minute clip takes viewers on a submarine voyage to examine the deep ocean floor, the largest ecosystem on the planet.Oil Spill - Deep Sea Secrets
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NTDTV | August 10, 2010 The deathtoll in a mudslide in northwest China continues to climb today. More than 300 have lost their lives, and more than a thousand are missing. Cries of grief echoed through the northwest Chinese town of Zhouqu on Tuesday that was half-smothered by a mudslide three days ago. The death toll in Zhouqu, in a narrow valley in Gansu Province, jumped from 137 earlier on Monday evening to 337, according to a local official. That number is sure to grow, with around 1,100 people still missing, possibly buried under mud and rocks that engulfed much of the town. But the slurry of mud that devastated the worst hit areas has complicated rescue efforts and dimmed hopes of finding people alive. Some relatives criticized the rescue efforts. But some locals pointed the finger of blame at the destruction of forests. Experts said the landslide, which carried mud and rubble over three miles, may have been caused by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake loosening the mountainside.Hundreds dead China mudslide(2)
Construction of the Hambatota port which is built in southern Sri Lanka began in January 2008 and is scheduled to commence its initial operations by November 2010. Upon completion, it will be Sri Lanka's second largest port, after the Port of Colombo and will service ships travelling along the east west shipping route which is estimated to be around 36,000 ships, including 4,500 oil tankers (annually) which passes six to ten nautical miles south of Hambantota. The first phase of the port project will provide bunkering, ship repair, ship building, and crew changes facilities. Later phases will raise capacity of the port up to 20 million TEUs per year. When completed, the port will be the biggest port constructed on land to date in the 21st century.Hambantota Sea Port Sri Lanka
3D animation of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world. Softwares used: 3D Studio Max 2008, U-Lead Video Studio, Adobe Photoshop CS 3. Thanks to Wikipedia for the text info and Sony for the Band of Brothers music theme.Magellan Voyage to the Spice Island -Detailed animation
3D animation of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world. Softwares used: 3D Studio Max 2008, U-Lead Video Studio, Adobe Photoshop CS 3. Thanks to Wikipedia for the text info and Sony for the Band of Brothers music theme.Magellan Biography Podcast
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