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Arizona man dies in Air Conditioning Duct

A man from Tucson, Arizona, has died while trying to fix an air conditioning unit. The man slipped and fell head first into the unit. The man had been hired to close the air conditioning return pipe in a private residence at Ahwatukee, Tucson.

The man hasn’t been identified, only that he was thirty-seven-years-old and was of Hispanic nationality. He climbed into the twenty-four inch wide pipe, some thirty feet under the house. The Fire Brigade said the man hadn’t been heard from for three quarters of an hour after climbing into the air conditioning duct. It was then that the contractor checked on the worker, only to find him motionless on the air conditioning unit. He toed a rope around his legs and pulled him out of the pipe.

Despite calling 911, emergency crews were not able to revive the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

UK parents to face music if their wards are found engaged in piracy

As part of the UK government’s reforms to curb and combat internet piracy, parents are likely to face punishments for their children’s internet piracy act, as it amounts to breach of copyright. According to the law in UK, stringent measures provide that the households ignoring the warning will be blacklisted and will be under online surveillance
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Fergal Sharkey, the chief executive of British Music Rights, the body that represents musicians, said “This is stepping into the unknown for the internet providers, music and ministers. But we can’t go on without it. No business can survive after losing as much revenue as the music industry has.”

Baroness Vadera, who was responsible for bringing internet service providers and Ofcom, will outline the new measures to combat internet piracy. According to the plans, warning letters will be sent to such households informing them that they are being monitored. The second stage requires Ofcom, the telecoms body, to go ahead in leading the negotiations between service providers and the film and music industries regarding means to deal with blatant offenders.

According to the reports, Britain’s six largest service providers- BT Vergin Media, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have already signed, giving their ascent to the scheme.

An effort to help out forced marriage victims

British government in its effort to prevent forced marriages has raised the minimum age limit from 18 to 21 at which a married person can apply to join a spouse in Britain. Statistics revealed that 30 per cent of the cases dealt with by the government’s Forced Marriage Unit involved victims aged between 18 and 21. Many of them happened to be women from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

According to the Home Secretary, forced marriage leads to victims suffering years of physical and mental abuse and – in extreme cases unlawful imprisonment and rape. This is why we are raising the age limit for visas, checking anyone entering into a marriage does so of their own free will, and demanding that those coming to UK learn English.”

The minister added “Any British citizen applying to ` sponsor` someone to come to the UK as their spouse will have to declare their intentions before they leave the country and marry abroad.” In the UK, every year, almost 3000 complaints are brought to the notice of the government. The new amended law is meant to minimise the sufferings of brides, mostly South Asians.

Co-op takes over Somerfield for £1.6 billion

Co-op has joined the league of big 4 to become the fifth biggest retailer of food in the UK. It took over Somerfield through the biggest deal of £1.6 billion in the history of food retailers. Co-op will now enjoy market share of 8 per cent with the biggest chain of 3,000 outlets spread all over the UK. Tesco still leads the market with share of 31 per cent, followed by Asda and Sainsbury’s 16 per cent and Morrison’s 11 per cent.

Co-op chief executive Peter Marks, after the acquisition of Somerfield, expects people to start referring retailers as “big five” instead of “big four”. He considers this deal as ‘rocket fuel’ for the group’s growth and is confident of winning out-of-town customers of its rivals who would prefer to shop locally than to waste money for shopping out of town.

Mr. Marks added that time and cost-conscious people will prefer to go down the road and buy from local Co-op shop rather than driving 5 miles to a superstore for shopping. He believes that in terms of convenience market, its growth is much faster than the grocery market.