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cliffski writes
"According to the BBC website the UK govt has just given the go ahead to two large offshore wind-farm projects.
Between them the schemes would produce enough renewable electricity to power about one million households.
The larger London Array project covers 144 sq miles (232 sq km) between Margate in Kent and Clacton, Essex and will be the world's biggest when it is completed. The £1.5bn scheme will have 341 turbines rising from the sea about 12 miles (20km) off the Kent and Essex coasts, as well as five offshore substations and four meteorological masts"
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geschild writes:
I had a lazy period when Dutch media reported on this, early December. Now the story is at risk of going stale, I guess I'll have to do the work myself, after all...
Late September 2006 a Dutch "cold case" team with the Utrecht police force re-opened the nearly 12 year old murder on the then 18 year old Sjaak Gerwig. So far nothing extraordinary, but here's a twist: the team has decided to try and involve the public in a new way. The team has put all the information from the case-file online. Reactions from the public are put back onto the site so others can see them, too.
Although the site misses quite a few of the hallmarks of a true 'web 2.0' application (reactions are moderated, for instance) Dutch bloggers and mainstream media are referring to this method as 'Police 2.0'.
So far, the police has received numerous reactions and has commented that some might very well be useful, while 'noise' seems low. Could it be the team is on to something?
All sites are in Dutch, unfortunately, as foreign media haven't picked up on this. Is his really new or just new to The Netherlands?
(Please do not add to the noice level? Besides the fact that interfering with a police investigation is a criminal offense most anywhere in the world, putting up comments for the heck of it, while not even being able to read Dutch, isn't cool.)
