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Sometimes floods are very difficult to predict

 THE RAIN

Rain  is the most important factor in flooding. How much rain, how heavy and for how long it falls will all have an impact on the level of flooding. What happens to the rain once it hits the land can also decide which areas will flood. Developed land surfaces or recent weather conditions will both play a part in how serious the floods are.

    The most common influencing factors are:

Recent weather – The more rain in recent days or weeks, the more likely a flood is to occur. Even if rain falls land affected by drought, the soil may be too hard and dry to absorb any water.

Urbanization – water flows much faster over pavements and concrete than grass and soil.

Soil Type – Rainfall moves through sandy soil much faster and more easily than through thick clay.

 Topography – Most of the world’s flash floods occur in mountains where small streams can become raging rivers in a matter of seconds, as they fall almost vertically. In lowland areas the slopes are gentler with floods taking longer to develop.

 

    In the UK the Environment Agency (previously the National Rivers Authority), is in charge of monitoring river and lake levels and making flood warnings when necessary. Sometimes floods are very difficult to predict. With the help of computer models, the monitoring of rainfall and water levels can help predict when and where flooding may occur. However, a large river system is harder to understand as there are many smaller streams involved, which are not monitored.

    When flooding is likely, the Environment Agency (EA) releases different levels of warning:

• Flood Watch – Flooding possible.
• Flood Warning – Flooding expected to affect buildings and roads.
• Severe Flood Warning – Severe flooding expected very soon. Take immediate action to protect life and property.
• All Clear – issued when flood warnings are no longer in force.

    These warnings are issued by local television and radio stations as well as by phone and on the Environment Agency (EA) website. Siren systems or loud hailers may also be used on a local scale if a more immediate and severe flood is likely.

Experts have named two types of floods:

 

1. River floods

 
    A river flood forms slowly, normally because of melting winter snow or a very wet season. Smaller streams will eventually join larger rivers and the waters power can be great. Flooding can cause disruption for weeks on end, destroying buildings, washing away vehicles and roads.

 

 

2. Flash floods

    Flash flooding is far more dangerous and can happen very quickly. It is usually caused by large amounts of heavy rainfall from thunderclouds moving slowly over a land area that is likely to flood. Very heavy rainfall over an hour or two can create a ‘wall of water’ that can raise river and lake levels by just one meter in a minute. Flash floods are much more likely in area where it has been raining for a few days and the soil is saturated. The natural environment is also an important factor, and some of the most devastating flash floods have occurred in narrow, steep-sided canyons.

 For example the Lynmouth Flood Disaster 1953 on the edge of Exmoor, Devon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rivers talks to a survivor of the Asian tsunami five years after it hit.

Forecast Inundation Models

The objective of forcast inundation model development is to provide high resolution real-time tsunami predictions for selected coastal locations while the tsunami is propagating through the open ocean, before the waves have reached many coastlines. The forecast inundation models will be incorporated into the U.S. tsunami warning system for use at the Pacific and West Coast-Alaska Tsunami Warning Centers.

Tsunami Forecasting

Emergency managers and other officials are in urgent need of operational tools that will provide accurate tsunami forecast as guidance for rapid, critical decisions in which lives and property are at stake. The more timely and precise the warnings are, the more effective actions can local emergency managers take and the more lives and property can be saved. 

Recent advances in tsunami measurement and numerical modeling technology are being integrated to create an effective tsunami forecasting system. Neither technology can do the job alone.

Observational networks will never be dense because the ocean is vast. Establishing and maintaining monitoring stations is costly and difficult, especially in deep water. Numerical model accuracy is inherently limited by errors in bathymetry and topography and uncertainties in the generating mechanism.

What are the input parameters for the MOST model of tsunami propagation and run-up and how does that support warning and forecasting?

* Forecast Propagation Database

* Forecast Inundation Models

* Tsunami Modeling and Research

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010

 

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Purpose
Improving the state of the world requires catalysing global cooperation to address pressing challenges and future risks. Global cooperation in turn needs stakeholders from business, government, the media, science, religion, the arts and civil society to collaborate as a true community. To this end, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting has engaged leaders from all walks of life to shape the global agenda at the start of the year for the last four decades.

Rethink, Redesign and Rebuild
In response to new priorities, the organizing theme for the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2010 is a call to action,

 “Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign and Rebuild”.

Driving the rethink at the 40th Annual Meeting will be the Network of Global Agenda Councils comprised of over 1,000 experts active in over 70 Councils created to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the world.

Redesign discussions in Davos will leverage the ongoing work of the Forum’s Global Redesign Initiative (GRI), an unprecedented multistakeholder dialogue focusing on adapting structures and systems of international cooperation to the challenges of the 21st century.

The effort to rebuild trust and confidence needs to begin before, and extend well beyond next year’s Annual Meeting. To that end, WELCOM, a collaborative platform that integrates Web 2.0 technology, will enable leaders to build knowledge, share insights and reach out to key stakeholders as an online community throughout the year.

Thematic Pillars of the Programme
Next year’s programme will focus on the following six areas of inquiry and their global, regional and industry dimensions:

• How to Strengthen Economic and Social Welfare
• How to Mitigate Global Risks and Address Systemic Failures
• How to Ensure Sustainability
• How to Enhance Security
• How to Create a Values Framework
• How to Build Effective Institutions

 

MEDIA : Davos Annual Meeting 2010 – Lee Howell , http://www.weforum.org 10.12.2009

    Lee Howell, World Economic Forum Senior Director and Head of the Annual Meeting Programme, explains the themes and significance of the Annual Meeting 2010 which runs from 27 to 31 January.

    The programme is continuously updated to reflect the latest developments around the world.

Co-Chairs 

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank, Germany; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Azim H. Premji, Chairman, Wipro, India
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered, United Kingdom
Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA
Ronald A. Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna, USA
Patricia A. Woertz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), USA

MEDIA : Dubai 2009 Global Agenda Summit – Highlights

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM -2009

Global Redesign Initiative“To foster a wide-ranging thought process and make systemic recommendations on how international cooperation can be improved.” Contact
    For more information about the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, please contact annualmeeting@weforum.org

(Richard Samans)

Third International Conference Jerusalem December 16-17 ,2009

 

The third conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism will convene this week in Jerusalem, with the participation of 500 delegates from over 50 countries.
 

(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson)

The Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism (GFCA) will convene its international conference on December 16-17, 2009.

Over 500 delegates from over 50 countries – among them high representatives from around the world, including statesmen, members of parliament, diplomats, journalists, legal experts, NGO representatives, and leading academic figures – are expected to attend, along with senior leaders of Jewish communities and organizations world-wide.

This year’s conference is the third GFCA conference, following the February 2007 and February 2008 conferences. It is being held under the chairmanship of Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Avigdor Liberman, and the Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs, Yuli Edelstein. The delegates will discuss the current manifestation of Antisemitism around the world, with an emphasis on the relationship between this manifestation and the de-legitimization of Israel.

The conference will open on Wednesday 16 December, with a special opening session co-chaired by Ministers Liberman and Edelstein, and with the participation of the Foreign Minister of Lithuania, the Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism and the minister responsible for human rights in the Czech Republic. In addition, Mr. Abraham Foxman, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation League and Prof. Yehuda Bauer will address the audience. 

A special session, hosted by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, will be held at the Knesset. At the session, Knesset Speaker Rivlin, FM Liberman and Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Edelstein will award certificates of appreciation to five members of the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism (ICCA) as well as to Lord Greville Janner in honor of his life’s work.

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pyramide dans le ciel de moscou
envoyé par Alf-Red. – Vidéos des dernières découvertes technologiques.

Australia 2020 Summit

• Parliament of South Australia
• Parliament of Western Australia
• Australian Governements and Parliaments
• Parliament of Tasmania
• Parliament of New South Wales
• Parliament of Queensland
• Parliament of Victoria

 

   The Australia 2020 Summit was held on 19 and 20 April 2008 at Parliament House in Canberra, bringing together 1,000 participants from across the nation and generating more than 900 ideas.

An Image Gallery of high resolution photographs are available for use by the media. The public are welcome to download these for  their personal use.

NOTES FROM Mr. KEVIN RUDD

Welcome to the website for the Australia 2020 Summit.

The Australia 2020 Summit was held on 19 and 20 April 2008 at Parliament House in Canberra, bringing together 1,000 participants from across the nation and generating more than 900 ideas.

The Summit was an exciting initiative aimed at harnessing the best ideas for building a modern Australia ready for the challenges of the 21st century.

The Government has given full consideration to the ideas and ambitions generated at the Summit. Many of the ideas pose important questions about our future while others offer the opportunity to embrace significant policy reform in a new way of governing.

The Responding to the Australia 2020 Summit Report outlines ideas the Government will implement, those it will explore further and those which, at this time, will not proceed.

The Australia 2020 Summit marked the start of a national conversation on Australia’s long term future, a conversation I am committed to continuing as we move forward to 2020.

I want to thank everyone who took up the opportunity to be a part of this discussion about our future as a nation.

I encourage you to read the Government’s response to the Australia 2020 Summit and thank you for your continuing interest in this important discussion about Australia’s future.

Summit Reports

The Government Response to ideas generated at the Australia 2020 Summit was released on 22 April 2009.
The Final Report was released on 31 May 2008.
The Initial Report from the 2020 Summit sets out  the key results of discussions.

Australia’s Parliament defeats global warming bill.

AUTRALIA PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENT on  7 december to 18 december at the Climate Conference in Copenhagen -COP15

   Australia’s plans for an emissions trading system were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks next week.

Fifth Annual Technology Investment Conference -December 9-10, 2009

RUSNANO and AmBAR Announce the Business Plan Competition of Nanotech Projects 

    AmBAR creates a unique platform to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and business contacts between technology entrepreneurs, professionals, and investors. The organization is also dedicated to accelerating access to capital for innovative projects and developing technology partnerships between Russia, Ukraine and other FSU countries and the United States. Through various seminars and conferences AmBAR provides educational programs that help entrepreneurs refine their business plans, and advance their product development and marketing efforts.

 

Ambar’s Mission:

·       To provide a networking platform for technology entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, and other business professionals from Russian, Ukraine and other CIS countries who are interested in innovation and commercialization of high technology products.

·       To educate, showcase, and support entrepreneurs in Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries as they seek equity capital, corporate partners, and grow their companies globally.

·       To enhance all aspects of technology partnership between the United States and the countries of the former Soviet Union. 

SVOD Conference is right around the corner and we have an amazing lineup of speakers! Register today and don’t miss out on this unique networking opportunity!

 

    This is a not to be missed event for the entrepreneurs and the Venture Capital community. This year’s theme will drive a very exciting Agenda exploring “re-invention” as it affects the startup process on multiple levels — technologies, business models, financing, monetizing and team building.

 

 

• Vinod Khosla, Founding Partner, Khosla Ventures
• Charles Giancarlo, Managing Director, Silver Lake
• Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur; Founder, Epiphany; Lecturer, Stanford University, Graduate School of Engineering
• Sergei Beloussov, CEO, Parallels
• Ron Conway, Founding General Partner, Angel Investors LP
• Jason Pressman, General Partner, Shasta Ventures
• Adam Lashinsky, Editor at large, Fortune magazine; regular panelist and business commentator for Fox network programs
• Esther Dyson, Director, 23andMe, Principal, EDventure Holdings (sold to CNet), investor in Flickr and del.icio.us (both sold to Yahoo!) & Medstory (sold to Microsoft)
• Jeff Crow, General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
• Vivek Mehra, General Partner, August Capital
• Ping Li, General Partner, Accel Partners
• Kittu Kolluri, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
• Franklin Pitch Johnson, Founding Partner, Asset Management Company
• Peter Loukianoff, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
• Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
• Pavel Pogodin, Partner, Sughrue Mion LLP
• Dmitry Dubograev, Partner, Femida LLP
• Leonid Gozman, Board Member, RUSNANO
• Mikhail Chuchkevich, Director, Project Office, RUSNANO
• Dmitry Vasuytinsky, Managing Partner, Allianz Asset Management
• Yan Ryazantsev, Investment Director, Russian Venture Company
• Bo Parker, Managing Director, Center for Technology and Innovation, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
• Vlad Shmunis, CEO, RingCentral, Sequoia-backed company
• Matthew Trevithick, General Partner, Venrock
• Eric Buatois, General Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
• Vish Makhijani, COO, Zynga
• Vimal Solanki, Vice President, McAfee
• Evgeni Utkin, CEO, Kvazar-Micro, acquired by Sitronics, voted the Best Ukrainian Entrepreneur
• Greg Shenkman, General Partner, Exigen Capital, formerly CEO of Genesys, sold to Alcatel for $1.9B
• Mike Selfridge, Northern California Region Manager, Silicon Valley Bank

Whether you are looking for a deal flow, funding, information or networking – SVOD 2009 is the place to be! - WWW.SVOD.ORG 

 

 

Date: December 9-10, 2009

Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Silicon Valley, CA

To Register: http://www.svod.org/

 

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) and American Business Association of Russian-speaking Professionals (AmBAR) announce the Business Plan Competition cor projects and companies working in the field of nanotechnology. Origination of the project may come from any country or person all over the world, but its implementation or some part of implementation has to be completed in Russia. In 2009 the nominees for the contest are pre-selected by AmBAR among the participants of the Fifth Annual High Tech Investment Conference SVOD 2009. For more information, please go to: http://www.svod.org/ or e-mail to info@ambarclub.org

The projects are evaluated by the following criteria:

• nanotechnology application;
• scientific and technical feasibility of the project;
• quality and feasibility of the business-plan;
• steps already made towards project implementation.

The winner of the competition receives the RUSNANO award and the prize in the amount of 300,000 rubles (~$10,000).

For more details, please see the Contest terms and conditions (in Russian)

 

 

A long-delayed restoration for the Soviet-era Statue

A giant 1930s Soviet-era statue

Moscow to get restored Soviet-era statue back in 2010

The Moscow government has pledged to complete restoration work on a giant 1930s Soviet-era statue and have the monument back in its rightful place by 2010, a source in the city administration said on Friday.Restoration work on the 24.5-meter high statue, The Worker and the Peasant Woman, by Vera Mukhina, was launched in 2003. Moscow authorities originally said it would be back and fully restored in 2005. Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov gave instructions in late August that the restoration work be speeded up.

“Restoration of the monument’s pedestal will come out of the city budget…and will be completed by 2010,” the source said.

He added that a museum and an exhibition center would be located under the giant statue, one of the most prominent on Moscow’s city landscape.

The famous statue was made for the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937. It has since been replicated in thousands of posters, cards, stamps and became a logo for the then-Soviet and now Russian film studio Mosfilm in the 1970s.

The statue, made from sheets of stainless steel, is a classic example of socialist realism art. The worker’s arm holds aloft a hammer and the peasant woman a sickle – two primary symbols of the Soviet Union.

Although the statue met the task of ideological glorification, it reflected the author’s inclination to might and love for the grandiose. As the sculptor put it, it is “a breakthrough into the future, to the light and the sun, to the feeling of human strength.”

Soviet-era icon statue to return to Moscow this year

A giant Soviet-era statue will be reopened on December 3 in northeast Moscow after a long-delayed restoration, a city official said on Monday.

The Worker and the Collective Farm Woman by Vera Mukhina, one of the most prominent statues to shape Moscow’s landscape, was dismantled for restoration in 2003 and was initially expected to be returned in 2005. Authorities cited lack of financing for repeated delays.

“The opening of the restored statue near the VVTs [all-Russia exhibition center] will be held on December 3,” the official said, adding that work to assemble the restored fragments of the monument was currently winding down.

Earlier reports said the statue would be put back on its pedestal on December 5.

First Deputy Moscow Mayor Vladimir Resin said earlier the statue would last several centuries after restoration.

Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov had pledged the statue’s platform would be increased to a height of 37 meters to house an exhibition hall capable of accommodating 5,000 people and a cafe. Its total area will be over 8,000 sq m.

 

The 24-meter high steel statue was first showcased at an exhibition in Paris in 1937. It features two figures which seem to be moving briskly, holding aloft a hammer and sickle, the symbols of the Soviet Union. Although the statue was created to glorify communism, the enduring strength and grandeur of the image is cherished by many Muscovites.

Landmark Soviet statue to return to

 

 A giant Soviet-era statue will be put back on its pedestal in northeast Moscow after a long-delayed restoration process on December 5, a city official said on Tuesday.The Worker and the Peasant Woman by Vera Mukhina, one of the most prominent statues to shape Moscow’s landscape, was dismantled for restoration in 2003 and was initially expected to be returned in 2005. Authorities cited lack of financing for repeated delays.

“We hope everything will be completed on December 5 as planned by the mayor,” Irina Raber, chief of the capital’s northeast administrative district, said.

Raber said fragments of the platform are already being brought to the statue’s original site near a major exhibition center.

The 24-meter high steel statue was first showcased at an exhibition in Paris in 1937.

The statue features two figures which seem to be moving fast, holding aloft a hammer and sickle, the symbols of the Soviet Union. Although the statue was created to glorify communism, the enduring strength and grandeur of the image is cherished by many Muscovites.

The composition is a logo for the leading Soviet and now Russian film studio Mosfilm.

Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov earlier said the statue’s platform was to be increased to a height of 37 meters to house an exhibition hall capable of accommodating 5,000 people and a cafe. Its total area will be over 8,000 sq m.

 

Iconic Soviet-era statue to be mounted on 37-meter platform

A giant 1930s Soviet-era statue will be mounted on a 37 meters (121.4 feet) high platform in Moscow once its restoration is completed, a Moscow official said on Wednesday.Restoration work on the 24.5-meter high statue, The Worker and the Peasant Woman, by Vera Mukhina, was launched in 2003. Moscow authorities originally said it would be back and fully restored in 2005, but later moved the date to 2010.

The iconic statue was made for the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937, where it was exhibited on a 37-meter high platform, but after it was returned to Moscow it was mounted on a 10-meter platform.

“It has been decided to elevate the statue to its historic height, as it was exhibited in Paris, i.e. at a height of 37.5 meters,” said Valery Shevchuk, the head of the Moscow Committee on Cultural Heritage.

After the monument was exhibited in Paris its image was used in thousands of posters, cards, stamps and became the logo for the then-Soviet and now Russian film studio Mosfilm.

The statue, made from sheets of stainless steel, is a classic example of socialist realism art. The worker’s arm holds aloft a hammer and the peasant woman a sickle – two primary symbols of the Soviet Union.

34th International Geological Congress – August 2012

34th International Geological Congress

Unearthing our Past and Future
2-10 August 2012
Brisbane

Geology of Australia

  Australia lies within the fastest moving crustal plate. Long term geological stability has given the smallest continent its unusually deeply weathered and topographically subdued landscapes. The extensive blanket of weathered rocks and sediments ­ the regolith ­ has demanded the development of innovative approaches and technologies for mineral exploration and land and water management in Australia.

Australia is made up of 6 states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia) and 2 territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory).

Western Australia, the largest state, is dominated by two Archaean cratons. It is home to the oldest identified life forms (in ~3.5 billion year old chert in the Pilbara region). It also has a remarkable mineral endowment, with world class gold and nickel provinces in the Yilgarn Craton, the vast Hamersley Iron Formations of the earliest Proterozoic, and major bauxite and mineral sand resources in the southwest. The fascinating Kimberley region in the northwest is underlain by Proterozoic and has a magnificently-exposed Devonian carbonate reef system on its southern margin. Major oil and gas fields occur off-shore on the Northwest Shelf, and pristine coral reefs, beautiful beaches, dolphin feeding grounds and Holocene stromatolites occur further south.

Western Australia

Western Australia, the largest state, is dominated by two Archaean cratons. It is home to the oldest identified life forms (in ~3.5 billion year old chert in the Pilbara region). It also has a remarkable mineral endowment, with world class gold and nickel provinces in the Yilgarn Craton, the vast Hamersley Iron Formations of the earliest Proterozoic, and major bauxite and mineral sand resources in the southwest. The fascinating Kimberley region in the northwest is underlain by Proterozoic and has a magnificently-exposed Devonian carbonate reef system on its southern margin. Major oil and gas fields occur off-shore on the Northwest Shelf, and pristine coral reefs, beautiful beaches, dolphin feeding grounds and Holocene stromatolites occur further south.

Northern Territory

         The World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park is located in the “Top End” of the Northern Territory, where the Proterozoic geology is spectacularly scenic. In the east, the unmetamorphosed Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic strata of the McArthur basin host a major zinc deposit and the oldest live oil. Further south and west, Proterozoic basement blocks are surrounded by Phanerozoic sedimentary basins containing major artesian water resources. The famous Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), spectacular gorges and impact craters are geological attractions that draw tourists to the centre of Australia.

Tasmania

        Tasmania, the island state is characterised by late Proterozoic to Mesozoic geology. Jurassic dolerites, with spectacular landforms, are related to those in Antarctica and South Africa. There has been a long history of base metal and gold mining in western Tasmania. Scenic wilderness areas abound, including glacially sculpted mountains, wild rivers, lakes and old forests.

South Australia

        In South Australia, the picturesque Flinders Ranges include well preserved Ediacaran fauna and Neoproterozoic glacial horizons. These contrast starkly with the surrounding plains, where there are major salt lake systems and the Olympic Dam mine, a world-class copper-gold-uranium deposit in Proterozoic basement. In the southeast of the state is the well preserved crater lake of Mount Gambier, the most recent intraplate volcano in Australia, and a range of famous wine producing regions, each with its own distinctive geological features.

Queensland

        Eastern Queensland is dominated by Palaeozoic fold belts, and large areas of the centre and west are covered by sedimentary basins that host vast coal resources, some petroleum fields, and well preserved fossils of dinosaurs and megafauna that are unique to Australia. The Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic basement of western Queensland hosts a world class lead-zinc-silver province, with major mines at Mount Isa, Century, and Cannington. Spectacular coastal scenery abounds, and the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world.

New South Wales

         New South Wales is dominated by a southern continuation of Palaeozoic fold belts, and volcanic units host some large porphyry style copper-gold deposits (e.g. Cadia-Ridgeway). Major coal measures occur in Permian and younger sedimentary basins. Fascinating insights into climatic changes and early human habitation have been found at Lake Mungo in the southwest of the state. In the west, the fabulous Broken Hill lead-zinc-silver mine is nearing the end of its life, which began in the 1880s, and the town has become a major centre for artists. The Murray Darling Basin hosts extensive heavy mineral sand resources and is the nation’s major agricultural region.

Victoria

        The Palaeozoic fold belt geology continues south into Victoria, where there are many historic gold mining towns. Along the Great Ocean Road the younger sedimentary strata have been weathered and eroded to form fabulous coastal scenery ­ from great beaches to rugged and colourful cliffs and islands that resulted in numerous shipwrecks in past times. Offshore is one of Australia’s main petroleum fields.

Анджелина Джоли – Эвелин Солт, агент ЦРУ, обвиняемая в том, что она …российская шпионка

       Агента ЦРУ Эвелин Солт обвиняют в том, что она ,  засланная российская шпионка, цель которой , убить президента. Ей придётся, постоянно уклоняясь от попыток её арестовать, самостоятельно доказать, что она ,  невиновна, и что предатель , это кто-то другой

    художественный фильм Филлипа Нойса в жанре триллера. Сценарий фильма написали Курт Уиммер и Брайан Хелгеланд. Главную роль исполняет Анджелина Джоли, играющая Эвелин Солт, подозреваемую в работе на российскую разведку. Официальная дата выхода фильма пока ещё не объявлена, но Columbia Pictures объявила, что фильм выйдет 23 июля 2010 года. Первоначально планировалось, что главную роль будет играть Том Круз, но потом сценарий переписали под ДжолиЭвелин Солт, агент ЦРУ, обвиняемая в том, что она , российская шпионка.

MEDIA : Анджелина Джоли ”Солт”