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Construction needs cloud flexibility

Australia’s embattled construction sector could benefit from cloud based information systems that can be switched on and off in lockstep with individual projects – with the exception of those organisations based in remote areas like the Kimberleys.

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Solar blast set to hit 1/21/2012

Science - Space

An active sunspot erupted on the Sun on Thursday, January 19, 2012, and consequently a solar flare is heading in the direction of Earth, for an arrival two days later, on Saturday, January 21st.


The sunspot on the Sun, called sunspot 1401, erupted for over an hour, approximately at 1600 GMT.

Consequently, a M3-class solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) resulted from sunspot 1401.

A solar flare is an sudden brightening of the Sun's surface, which releases enormous amounts of energy, upwards of one-sixth of the total energy output of the Sun in one second.

A M3-class is a strong solar flare, with rankings going from A, B, C, M, and X, from weakest to strongest of peak flux (rate of flow across an area), and 1 to 9 (weakest to strongest), where 2 is twice as strong as 1.

A CME is a massive explosion of solar wind that is released out from the Sun and into space.

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