Earlier this year, areas in the Pentland Firth and around Orkney were leased to seven companies, which aim to generate enough electricity to supply 750, 000 homes by 2020 from a range of wave and tidal devices.

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This wave utilizes a range of technologies, from older tools like bar codes to newer technologies like QR (Quick Response) codes.

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Social media training is quickly becoming mandatory for an ever-growing range of companies, far surpassing the first wave of IT firms that rolled it out two years ago, like Dell, Intel and IBM.

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The party debated a wide range of issues over the weekend, from the development of wave energy off the west coast of Scotland to a call for the War Crimes Commission for the former Yugoslavia to report on the feasibility of prosecuting KLA leaders.

BBC: Conference hears exams call

Its dystopian sensibility, international range of sounds, and smart, chic nod to the some of most respected innovators of '80s new wave and post-punk music results in a memorably stirring entry into the budding genre of indie-rock world music.

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