After dark, houses not connected to the electricity grid rely mainly on open-flame kerosene lamps for light.

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Click it and whatever windows you have open will minimize, with a grid of large icons taking up the whole screen.

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If you swipe across the display from the right edge, you're taken to the open applications view -- a grid of cards representing running apps.

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The funding is integral to a smart grid initiative and broadband service based on an open-connectivity fiber optic backbone network.

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It's a move that leaves them open to being pushed into the negative point ("10 Off") grid, but, hey, it has to be done.

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The plant is set to open in 2016 with rubbish transported to Severnside by rail and burnt, generating electricity for the National Grid.

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