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|2008-11-17, 19:41
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US Foreign Policy, Nuclear Power, or Whether Most of Us Will Die in the Next 50 Years
this is to carry over a discussion from the other nuclear power thread where going into history and deeper related issues was deemed "unrelated" by some moderator...
anyhow, let me state a few points that I consider important.
1) the US is currently running a very aggressive and dangerous foreign policy. it has been doing more or less the same since WWII, but after the collapse of the USSR, that approach was even escalated - bombings of Serbia, wars in Iraq and Georgia, getting out of nuclear disarmament treaties are just some examples. all that is perceived very negatively in the world, the more negatively, the less US-influenced propaganda there is.
2) nuclear weapons are getting ever more widespread, and this process cannot really be stopped in the long term.
3) earlier or later, this will end with a (most probably single, low-yield) nuclear bomb being exploded in a large US coast city.
4) whether a large-scale nuclear war will occur or not, and whether a single nuclear explosion in a US city will lead to a change of US foreign policy, is open for discussion.
Any even remotely related comments are welcome. I dont mind you going into history, talking about analogous conflicts and situations, and discussing anything having even a vague connection to the stated issues, as long as it's articulated. actually, the more historical and related sources you cite, the better.
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|2008-11-17, 21:15
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Of the events, the ugliest diplomatic reactions have been the handling of the Russia-Georgia war ("We're all Georgians now"!?) and the encroachment of the ABM towards Russia's borders without paying any heed to Russia's interests. Both are very uncomfortable attitudes to hold.
In a slightly different topic, American actions have also been running counter to their rhetoric when it comes to nuclear proliferation. The State Department has been saying that everyone would be better off if they did not pursue nuclear weapons, but the world isn't blind. Everyone can see that Iraq's non-pursuit didn't keep them from being invaded, while North Korea is patently uninvaded. A similar mixed signal can be seen in regards to India, Pakistan and Israel - they have nuclear weapons counter to the NPT, and their statures have generally grown despite (or maybe even because of) that.
While the attitude of the U.S. is hardly the only factor at play, I don't think that there's going to be much progress towards a more stable nuclear regime until it's foreign policy undergoes a sea change when it comes to diplomacy. I don't foresee any such major change any time soon, so the world is going to be in for some very interesting times.
|2008-11-17, 23:54
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This was from the other thread but it has something to do with US foreign policy so I'll respond to it here:
Nazi Germany was not the target of atomic bombs, but it suffered even more civilian deaths than Japan did. This is especially true when you consider the nature of total war, which involves drafts - near the end of the war, Nazi Germany was drafting 12-year olds into the army. The line between civilians and soldiers has become so blurred by that point that it isn't even clear what constitutes legitimate warfare anymore.
Total war is when an entire society is mobilized to fight an enemy that is not just a government, but also the society that supports that government. Civilians are part of the war effort in total war, and therefore they become targets. That's not to say things like the Geneva Convention didn't matter, but it is to say that once some countries started hitting civilian populations in their war efforts, others followed. Warfare is frequently reciprocal - you can't expect one side to "play nice" when the other isn't, particularly when the two sides are evenly matched.
The stakes were high during World War II. This wasn't just a limited offensive to achieve specific strategic goals, in which you're trying to minimize casualties in order to save face on the political front. World War II was about total victory versus total defeat. The defeated populations were at the complete mercy of the victorious ones, and they were frequently enslaved or slaughtered.
In such a war, "human rights" means very little, and I'm not going to sugarcoat the Allies here by saying that they observed all the proper niceties. They didn't, and to tell you the truth, at the time such niceties have yet to really enter into the socio-political consciousness. World War II really changed a lot of things, and examining history before (and during) it is like looking into a different, much crueler world. That's what I mean by viewing history in context. I'm not justifying what the US did - I'm saying that what it did has to be evaluated relative to what other countries were doing at the time.
Would it have been possible to avoid the atomic bombing of Japan? Yes, but it would've required moral and political restraint beyond what most of the countries involved in World War II were exercising, at the time. Think about it - would the Germans or the Japanese have hesitated to use atomic bombs on the Allies, had they developed them first? None of this makes it right to nuke civilians, but it does give you perspective on what the rules of engagement were like during World War II.
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|2008-11-18, 04:05
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Ever since 9/11, I've been wondering to myself when a nuke would be detonated in the harbors of San Franciso, or for that matter, in the middle of any major American city. Not that I want to see it, but the possibility of it no longer seemed absurd to me.
We need a US which is able to look inwards. I'm not saying that they should abandon all their objectives overseas. But, US infrastructure needs some serious fixing. There are some parts of the world that don't exactly welcome you. Take some hints and return home to do some over-due maintenance work? I think Thomas Friedman said it better than myself.
|2008-11-18, 04:37
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US can't afford another sideshow like the past 7 years. Its soldier needs rest. Outdated equipment needs to be replaced; invest in future weapons (UCAVs, JLTVs, etc). Refine the tactics learned in Afghanistan/Iraq, and come up with a REAL exit strategy just in case they have to do another police work in some godforsaken 4th-world twilight zone
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The US is not the only countries making nuclear warheads. There is Russia, China, Israel, India, France, etc... Both Russia and China are more than willing to use it if they do end up in a war, not mentioning that Israel is in the same boat.
It is true that the United States has been engaging in wars since the end of WWII, but most of their wars are actually approved by the leaders of the United Nations, such as Russia and China with the exception of the Iraq War. However, which country supported the Republican camp during the American elections? China, China did meaning they are also very supportive of the Iraq War. If all the leaders of the United Nations are against the aggressive American foreign policy in the Middle East, it would not have occurred, yet it did. I wonder why.
Generally, in the future.. There may be an outbreak of nuclear war and the invovled countries would most likely be US, China, and Israel. I am not sure whether Russia would do such a thing or not, I don't think they would, but I may be wrong. The chances of India using nukes on Pakistan isn't very likely, because their countries are geographically located next to each other, any country that invokes nukes will end up hit by the radiation due to wind blows.
|2008-11-18, 07:16
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a similar picture exists in Ukraine. the so-called "Orange Revolution" there was also heavily US-sponsored (through shady NGOs). the current Ukrainian president Yuschenko's wife is a former US Dept of State employee.
imagine a similar situation the other way round - if Russia sponsored fake "revolutions" in Mexico and Canada, installed KGB employees as their presidents, supplied them with weapons, and supported a war by say Mexico to reclaim its South Californian territories stolen from it by the US in the 1840s. how would you react to that?
I think, rather, it was an amazing display of cruelty and coldbloodedness along with a complete contempt for the Japanese. a mentality along the lines of "better a 100,000 of those yellow-faced Japs die than a few of our boys".
what is most amazing is that those people - I saw a recent report with an interview with the crew of the Enola Gay - still believe (or believed - pilot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tibbets died last year) they were in the "right". that is.. i'm at a loss for words. a case for psychotherapy. how can you even go on living knowing that you have instantly killed a hundred thousand innocent people, women, children? i'd commit suicide in their place.
if the US abandoned at least some aspects of that ludicrous policy, the world would be much better off.
the only one that I can think of which had UN approval was the '91 Gulf War because that was clearly started by Saddam attacking Kuwait, and the US was merely disciplining him to stay in line. the funny thing is of course that Saddam had been consistently supported by the US with weapons and aid prior to that. in Nicaragua as i've said the US was even judged guilty of aggression and ordered to pay billions of reparations by the World Court.
on the other hand, with many conflicts where there are clear UN resolutions - such as Rwanda, Congo or Sudan - the US doesnt want to provide any troops because it's uninteresting geopolitically.
actually if you go and look up the history of UN voting, you will find that in the OVERWHELMING majority of cases where a meaningful and good resolution is voted against, it's the US and its 51st state who do it. that isnt really published in Western media, but you can look it all up on the UN site. its public information.
want a few examples?
lets look at nuclear disarmament which teh other thread was about. instead of empty babble as to why Iran is crazy and would launch nukes, and how the US should prevent nuclear proliferation, you should just take a look at the US voting record in the UN on nuclear disarmament. brace yourself. the US has the worst voting record of all other nations in history on nuclear disarmament. It was the only one to oppose ALL 15 UN resolutions on nuclear disarmament last year.
its the same for votes to condemn terrorism - US has consistently voted "no" because its own actions can be interpreted as terrorism by the UN charter, reducing nuclear testing - the US has consistently voted "no" because it actively develops nuclear weapons, prohibiting chemical and biological weapons - the US has consistently voted "no" because it wants to go on developing them, and even completely ludicrous votes like "no" on the human right to food and work - because that might mean the US would have to allocate money for UN programs in the 3rd World giving people food and work.
anyhow, just look at http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_whyusa03.html or http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve03/1132usun.html or something..
whether that will be before or after a single nuclear bomb is exploded by terrorists in a US or Israeli city - dont know.
regarding large-scale nuclear war - Russia vs US vs China - that is the least likely of the existing scenarios. still, with the way the US behaves recently towards Russia, it is becoming ever more realistic.
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|2008-11-18, 09:36
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and as for listening to the UN? because it is, if not MORE defunct than the league of nations, it is absolutely punchless and worthless
|2008-11-18, 10:13
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|2008-11-18, 10:33
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but im not talking specifically about nuclear proliferation, but rather as a whole
look at the glorious job U.N. peace keeping has done in Africa or whatnot, or even the palestinian territories
hello rwanda
oh well the majority of the middle east is a massive catastrophe, the anglo-franco division of the region in the post WW1 period of time was about as bad as it could've been. Iraq....are you freaking joking 0_0, jesus freaking christ ...irrationality at its best, lets put nationalistic kurds alongside with shiites and sunnis, throw in some good holy sites and call it a country.
the DMZ along the north/south korean border is like the only true success/non-botched effort i have seen them carry through. Its not that its a bad organization...in principle its good, but its so antiquarian in a globalized age, it is a relic of early 20th century positivism which of course...doesnt work period.
if they truly had any balls, when these random belligerent countries kick their Nuke inspectors out, they should forcefully petition for re-entry, not take this laissez faire "hope for the best" attitude. Doesn't help that oil producing countries have them by the balls.
|2008-11-18, 10:53
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regarding Palestina its even easier. look at who the major military power there is, and who provides it with weapons and aid. do you think any independent peacekeeping mission against those has any chance?
it's really sad that Western media popularize this idiotic image of the UN being a "powerless organization unable to do anything". what they forget to mention is WHY that is the case. the UN is in fact pretty much in agreement if you subtract the US+Israel. but those two, especially the US of course which as a SC member has veto power - they sabotage nearly everything the UN tries to do. just look at the voting records.
|2008-11-18, 12:11
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and since when has Israel ever attacked a U.N. peace keeping force?!?!?!
as for your first response, i peg it upon no single source, but on the track record of the U.N. in the last 20-30 years.
I'm not even going to get into the Israeli-palestinian conflict in depth as its just veering off course, and quite frankly, i'd probably offend you with my opinion based upon my life experiences. (hint. i dodged scud missiles once, and daily katuysha bombardments another time)
as for these 2 screwing up every resolution, i beg to differ maybe you should look at some other countries voting records. Granted the US hasn't exactly been a saint, but pinning most of the blame on it solely isn't exactly truthful to the main issue at hand. Every country has its own personal agenda, and that in and on itself is the reason the UN is a antique of the past in this modern age. The two can't exist, the ideals the UN itself is based on have been exposed as a sham - consider it a victim of the most violent century in human history as the evidence.
|2008-11-18, 13:06
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Israel's anti-ICBM missile net is not perfect. It is easier to fire thousands of missiles, while a few carrying nuclear warheads, while it is extremely difficult to actually intercept 50% of it. Although the government had been investing billions of dollars into such devices, but its actual usage is pretty questionable.
|2008-11-18, 13:42
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last time i checked, and i quote "Although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage an immediate cease-fire must be implemented,"
isn't the language and dialogue of peaceful solution, sounds more like a call for genocide.
give me factual support stating that israel objectively is announcing its intentions to nuke Iran instigatively and as the aggressor, otherwise you lose all legitimacy in my eyes. Baseless jests are worthless.
for the record, israel officially "doesn't have" nuclear weapons and has never made a statement saying it has them. So finding factual statements from a state that hasn't officially announced its possession of nuclear weapons is going to be impossible, Hence a=b, b=c, a=c your jest is based on whims and nonexisting evidence.
|2008-11-18, 14:23
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Israel is as war-mongering as any of its "violent" and "barbaric" Muslim neighbors, and has a similar attitude towards international policy as its Christian protector.
Ignoring that is ignoring centuries of human history.
|2008-11-18, 14:50
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im not disagreeing they are war monger, they are, its in there culture, look at the people who have led the country...almost unanimously war heroes / military figures of some sort. But if you had a history like that, wouldn't you? Especially with the compulsory military service etc.
|2008-11-18, 15:25
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in fact, were if not for the US, the UN would be much more effective and powerful even today.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 6, 2009) - The ETSU men's soccer is set to host No.6 Lipscomb on Saturday at 2 p.m. in an Atlantic Sun first round match at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
"Saturday's game is a great opportunity for our team," said head coach Scott Calabrese. "I think being the third seed and having the opportunity to host is a big advantage. Lipscomb had to travel up last weekend and they had to do it again, and that can take a toll on you. It is also very important that we approach the game with the right mind set, and that we aren't complacent because we had success against them last time."
The winner of the match will move on to face Stetson next Saturday in the A-Sun semifinals in Buies Creek, N.C.
The Bucs (5-8-3, 4-4-1 A-Sun) have won four of their last six matches against Florida Gulf Coast, North Florida, Lipscomb and Belmont. ETSU defeated the Bisons 3-0 at home a week ago. The Buccaneers feature Sean Hoek (Newburgh, Ind.) and Scott Rosman (Kenner, La.), as they had six players named All-Conference.
Hoek, a second team selection, leads the team with five goals and 11 points, while Rosman, a first team selection, leads the A-Sun with a 1.17 goals against average.
The Bisons (6-9-3, 3-4-2 A-Sun) have won three of their last four including wins against Belmont, Jacksonville and USC Upstate. Lipscomb features All-Conference selections Miguel DaSilva and Kezi Lara.
"Our guys need to come with the same determination and preparation that they brought into the first game if we want to get a favorable result," Calabrese said. "Lipscomb is a good team, and they have a number of weapons in Miguel DaSilva and Garret Pettis and a few others who can hurt you. For us it is going to be important to have a good home crowd behind us, helping to lift us and support us to a win."
Ticket prices for the match are $2 for non-ETSU students and senior citizens and $5 for general admission. ETSU students and children 12 and under get in free.
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To some farmers, the idea of growing a new crop might seem worse than betting all your earnings on an unknown hand, but Lee County, Ala., producers Mitch Lazenby, 33, and Troy Sims, 33, may just have the odds in their favor.
"Farming is the ultimate Las Vegas gambling risk. You simply have to pick a path that will reduce your risks as much as possible," Lazenby says.
Their lush, green peanut fields suggest these east Alabama farmers have been dealt a winning hand. "We haven't dug them yet, but we don't know how much more we could ask from peanuts," Lazenby says as he cracks the shell of a healthy immature Georgia Green pod. "It's been pretty labor intensive, but we know farming is more than a livelihood, it's a lifestyle."
For Lazenby's family, that lifestyle began in 1870 as survival farming and continually evolved to meet the demands of the day. "My great-grandparents had everything from cotton to sweet potatoes to a mule. In 1959, my father began farming cotton more intensively. He made money every year, something I've been blessed to continue doing."
After his father's retirement in 1999, Lazenby and lifelong friend Troy Sims decided the operation was ready for the vision of the next generation. "We always said if we ever had the opportunity to work together, we would. We chose peanuts to rotate with cotton because we needed a crop that would work well with cotton and one that wasn't a host crop for nematodes. Plus, I like to see different things grow, and my dad always stressed the need to diversify," Lazenby says.
In addition to the sage advice of Lazenby's father, Sims and Lazenby also sought counsel from around the Southeast regarding first-time peanut production. "We've been to peanut meetings, peanut scout school, peanut expositions and consulted various Extension specialists while putting together our game plan for the year. The way I see it, we have the best of both worlds — the expertise of my dad and the fresh management approach of today's producers."
Part of that approach includes using today's technology most efficiently. "Troy is the computer guy. He surfs the Internet and finds the most useful GPS-related equipment for our farm. Most farmers go to providers for that information. We take the backdoor approach because Troy has that expertise."
Sims and Lazenby utilize GPS for variable rate spreading, grid sampling, and acreage reporting. "We can't justify a yield monitor with only 300 acres of peanuts, but the acreage reporting has been very useful in boll weevil eradication," Sims says.
Conservation-tillage is also a part of the duo's progressive approach. "We planted wheat as a cover crop in this field," Lazenby says as he points to a healthy 60-acre stand. "It has helped greatly in weed suppression, and these peanuts look fabulous. You need organic matter for cotton, and peanuts like it, but people still don't grab conservation-tillage with both hands for various reasons."
One of those reasons is lack of time, Lazenby says. "For smaller operations, it's harder to justify planting cover crops because you can't just drop what you're doing in December and jump on a tractor."
In addition to trying conservation-tillage, Lazenby and Sims also incurred first-time expenses, like buying new equipment. "The harvesting equipment was the biggest expense at around $150,000. We're both perfectionists, but the sky is not the limit with money. We'll buy what we need, but only that."
Lazenby and Sims also found the demanding spray schedule of peanuts to be a new challenge this past summer. "We've had more than 20 inches of rain in the past eight weeks, and we couldn't get in the field to spray. We don't know how long peanuts can really go without being sprayed, but we'll find out," Sims says.
Lazenby also includes Auburn University's Ag and Forestry Leaders program as a vital part of his learning process. "It greatly improved my communication skills. My wife Dawn is currently involved in the program in efforts to step back into the ag environment. You can never know too much about what you're doing," Lazenby says.
Another key to starting a successful new crop is acquiring knowledgeable cohorts, Sims says. "You have to find trustworthy people who know what they're doing and be dedicated if you expect to make it work."
Lazenby also encourages new farmers to be passionate about agriculture, unafraid of hard work, and satisfied with little or no return. "It takes a while to put it all together. You just have to roll with the punches."
Lazenby and Sims both attribute their success thus far to faith. "There are things we can control, like the speed of a tractor and the days we harvest, but there are far more things we can't control. You have to believe that the Lord will provide, and you'll be able to pay your bills," Lazenby says. "And you better be prayed up."


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Cities are growing at a frightening rate, and using more and more energy created from polluting fuels. In the second expert viewpoint in our Building Tomorrow series, architect Richard Hyams says urban environments can help create the energy we need.
Earth has a current population of 7.1 billion; and births outnumber deaths by three to one. The human population will rise to 10 billion by the year 2050, and 75% of us will live in cities. This means the population of our cities will double in a few decades.
To accommodate this, cities must adapt and grow, or smaller towns will increase in size that demands a change in economic centres and infrastructure (or, more likely, a mix of the two). The infrastructure required to accommodate this growth must be encouraged by our governments today – but what should these policies be?
Our behaviour will have to change. Our evolution as a race has developed slowly over many centuries. The year 2050 is only a few decades away. The level of change required over such a short period demands that we must now think about how we are living, what resources we are using and, most importantly, our everyday habits.
Today we expect that when we plug in an appliance – whether it is a smartphone or kettle – power is readily available. Most of us don't question where this comes from or how long it's likely to last. In order to provide this power the most developed countries rely on importing a large percentage of fossil fuels. Combine this pollution-heavy energy creation with our consumer lifestyle and we have a power time bomb on our hands.
With the average energy use in developed countries at least doubling the global average (sometimes up to six times higher) the sheer scale of the resources needed requires a new set of solutions. Take solar energy – in 2002, it was calculated that the Earth received as much energy from the Sun in one hour than our entire energy use in a single year.
Why do we face a future energy crisis? We have developed our energy strategy on the use of fossil fuels rather than harnessing the natural energy around us. But there are challenges here. The energy doesn't fall where we need it, nor does it occur at the times we require it. So a more diverse set of solutions needs to be developed. That is where our built environment can help.
Before we solve the energy needs we should first correct our behaviour, as this will have the most dramatic impact in solving the issue. To do this we need to link the value of energy to our use of it. We will then understand the relationship between our actions and the cost of production. When we ride a bicycle, the speed we travel is directly proportional to the effort we put into the pedals. If we were to understand the relationship between creating energy and how much we use to live – just like we know how much energy we need to pedal – we would behave in a different manner.
The way to achieve this is to decentralise the power plants, create it locally, more densely and at a smaller scale, and make us all part of its creation. This is already happening – in Denmark, half of the power is produced in local plants, and in the Netherlands the figure is 40%.
Developing countries have also embraced the idea of decentralised energy creation as a matter of need, not choice. Kenya has the more photovoltaic cells per capita than any other country (their energy use per capita, meanwhile, is a quarter of the global average). This level of technology use is out of sync with their development but demonstrates a very clear relationship between the individual and their understanding of their own power use.
So how can our future cities help? The fabric we create our cities with needs to be dynamic to tune into the environments in which we live, and we need to use the waste we produce to better effect. Natural resources such as tidal flow, solar power and air movement also need to be used more efficiently.
Whilst it is impossible to describe the future, we can see trends that enable us to predict it. We know that the greatest development in modern life is the digital revolution, where communication through smartphones and the internet has already become second nature. We also know that for more of us the city is the backdrop for everyday life. The spaces in the city need to change to meet new working patterns – taking into account that we often now meet in coffee shops and via video conferencing rather than in big office buildings.
Currently our built form is measured for its cost on the environment. This is fundamentally wrong. The fabric we create should help make our spaces more comfortable and efficient. Building skins should change their performance based upon light and temperature differences, like plants reacting to sunlight. The materials we use to create our buildings, like our energy creation, is still firmly based in the Victorian times and heavily influenced by the results of the industrial revolution.
Today's materials should draw on more natural resources. Organic matter, soils and algae will form part of our buildings in the future. We are already working on projects which incorporate algae and other natural products to enable zero carbon biofuel creation or fertilisers for treating the eroding topsoil. Researchers at Barcelona's Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), for instance, have come up with ways of promoting growth of moss and lichen on biological concrete, which helps insulate the building and also takes carbon out of the atmosphere.
We have to use the building fabric to help us harness the power the Earth provides naturally. Bioluminous structures to light the streets or building skins that feed off the waste we create. For instance, one project my studio is working on involves building algae tanks into a school roof to absorb CO2 and produce fertiliser for the school grounds. Ideas such as these reduce the energy load, decentralising our energy production.
With this, we will begin to understand our energy demand in relationship to its supply as it will be a visible part of the new city. If this is achieved then we will be able to reduce the reliance on imported energy and fossil fuels, in turn creating a better, healthier environment.
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Knicks knock off NetsApr 16, 2014 - 5:13 AM
Playing without leading scorer Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks claimed the season series against their crosstown rivals.
New York announced prior to the game that Anthony would be shut down for the remaining two games after an MRI revealed a small tear in the labrum of his right shoulder. The injury will not require surgery and he will be reevaluated in a month.
Amar'e Stoudemire, J.R. Smith and Shannon Brown each scored 14 points in the win and Cole Aldrich added 13 points and 13 rebounds.
"You enjoy it more when you're in (the playoff hunt), when you're fighting for something." Smith said of the win.
Marcus Thornton netted 24 points for the Nets, who squandered an opportunity to lock up the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.
Brooklyn now leads Washington by one game for the sixth seed in the East. The Nets close out their season on Wednesday in Cleveland, while the Wizards travel to Boston.
Washington owns the tiebreaker with a better head-to-head record.
Mason Plumlee tallied 16 points with nine rebounds and Paul Pierce dropped in 13 in the setback.
Pierce's 3-pointer to open the game marked his 1,000th point of the season, which made him the sixth player in history to record 1,000 points in 15 straight seasons.
"We want guys to be healthy going into the playoffs," said Pierce. "One of our biggest strengths is our depth so it's important that the guys get healthy for us to try and make this run."
New York held a three-point edge late in the first quarter when Hardaway buried 3-pointers around a Brown layup to help the Knicks to a 29-18 lead after 12 minutes.
The Knicks maintained their advantage throughout the second, holding the Nets to 2-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc in the first half and taking a 55-43 lead into the locker room at half.
New York, meanwhile, shot a blistering 7-of-11 from 3-point range, with Smith, Hardaway and Toure' Murry each making two shots apiece from deep.
Raymond Felton's 3 less than five minutes into the third staked the Knicks to a 68-51 margin. The Knicks led by as many as 18 in the period and took an 83-67 edge into the fourth.
The Knicks weren't threatened in the fourth and led by double digits throughout en route to the win.
Game Notes
New York finished the game 11-for-21 from 3-point range ... The Knicks were 34-for-40 from the free throw line ... Brooklyn connected on 22-of-31 shots from the charity stripe ... Plumlee tied a career-high with four assists.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michael Huerta, the new administrator at the FAA, sees challenges ahead for all aviation, which creates the need for government and the private sector to work together to resolve those challenges "to achieve the opportunities the next five years will bring."
"We must all be mindful of our respective roles," he said. "Government and industry need to work together in today's aviation world."
He made these remarks after his swearing in for a five-year term.
The new administrator cited safety as a top mission of the FAA and pledged to work to enhance safety and to be smarter about how the agency approaches safety issues.
"This means taking a proactive and data-driven approach, rather than a reactive, forensic approach," he said.
Everybody in aviation, he added, is a part of the network and knowledge base that is going to help move to the next level of safety.
Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is not a government program alone but a partnership with industry, the administrator declared. The FAA is already employing NextGen technologies and seeing benefits in fuel savings, time savings, and lower emissions, he added.
Huerta said that under his direction, the FAA is committed to changing the way it does business to meet the demands of growth and to stay abreast of the latest advances in aviation. He noted that all employees are encouraged to work more creatively to meet the challenges that are ahead.
As technology advances and aircraft become more complex, it places a premium on transparency and communication between the FAA and the people it regulates, according to Huerta. For the past 50 years, the FAA has been managed by a system of orders, a system of rules, and a system of regulations, he noted.
Cooperation between the FAA and the industry and people it regulates "might be a new place for some of us," and perhaps slightly uncomfortable, he acknowledged.
"A bridge must be created where all parties inside and outside the government can work together," he said.
Help for airport legal problems
The Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982 says any airport that receives federal funds must operate for the benefit of all the public, for all types and classes of aeronautical activity, including self-fueling of aircraft. Despite this last item, many airports run into confusion about who can and should refuel, and are confused by such things as granting exclusive rights, leases, or permits, balancing the rights of owners with efficient and safe operations, and other similar legal subjects.
This confusion often results in more work for airport attorneys. To assist, the non-profit Transportation Research Board is issuing a report on the legal aspects of airports, including a section on self-fueling. The report is intended to inform aviation attorneys and other aviation personnel how federal and local guidelines pertaining to self-fueling have been applied under different circumstances.
The section on self-fueling is but one of many subjects in the publication "Legal Aspects of Airport Programs," which could be helpful to attorneys and others involved in legal aspects of airports.
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Seeking to expand his musical horizons, he moved in 1979 to New York, where he continued his studies at Mannes and Juilliard School of Music. His composition Why Not? was recorded by Paquito D'Rivera as the title tune for one of his albums, and The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award for their vocal version in 1983. His first two albums were titled Why Not? and Suntan/In Trio.
Camilo made his Carnegie Hall debut with his trio in 1985. Since then, he has become a prominent figure performing regularly in the United States, the Caribbean, Japan and Europe.
2002 marked a special year for Camilo with two albums: Classical and Jazz. In February, Decca released his Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Suite for Piano, Strings and Harp & Caribe, to celebrate his guest appearance with the NSO conducted by Leonard Slatkin at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
In March 2002, Telarc released Triangulo, Camilo's Grammy Award nominee trio recording, which features bass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez.
August 2003 marked the Telarc release of his latest album Live at the Blue Note, featuring Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez on drums and Charles Flores on acoustic bass. This two-CD set captures the quintessential Camilo "sound" live for the first time and was awarded a GRAMMY for Best Latin Jazz Album.


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The Latest Entrant In 'How Not To Do Marketing' In An Online World: Ocean Marketing Fail
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The short version for those who don't read it, is that a guy, Dave, who pre-ordered some gaming controllers that hadn't arrived, emailed Ocean Marketing and got back less than optimal customer service from Christoforo, who runs Ocean Marketing. Actually, he got back obnoxious customer service. Beyond not being helpful Christoforo is outright insulting of the customer (who has already paid for the item not yet delivered) and bragging about how "connected" he is. In response, the customer (Dave) wrote back explaining why this was totally unacceptable, and cc'd some various gaming websites/blogs. Gabe (aka Mike Krahulik) from PA chimed in, especially when he saw Christorofo brush off Dave by mentioning PA's own event PAX East. After replying to both that Christoforo won't be allowed to exhibit at PAX, Christoforo (apparently not realizing who he was dealing with) simply makes a bad situation worse:
We're not renting a booth at pax east this year , bigger and better shows to be at we got nothing from the show . Oh so you know this guy has sold over 500 thousand dollars of product in Dec and is my main distribution arm landing us in GameStop , fry's , Myers , Best buy , Activision , MLG , play N trade and a lot more . Were in 6 countries and you're not going to take my money for a booth that's a crock I can guarantee I'll get a booth if I want one money buys a lot and connections go even further. He's a native Bostonian from Little Italy . Who are you again ?Amazingly, this actually comes after Dave had told Mike "Please don't cancel their booth on my account. As much as I hate this asshole, I still WANT his product and think it should be out there." Mike explains to Christoforo that he runs PAX, but Christoforo still doesn't get it:
OK Mike whatever you say lol , are you sure hour not in Boston I spoke to the person who ran the show in Boston last year. If you let some little kid influence you over a pre order then we don't want to be a your show ,Ill be on the floor anyway so come find me , I'm born and raised in Boston I know the people who run the city inside and out watch the way you talk to people you never know who they know it's a small industry and everyone knows everyone. Your acting like a douchbag not that it matters pax east pax west , e3 , CES , Gamer Con , SSXW ,Comic Con, Germany I'm all over the place. If we want to be there we will be there with industry badges or with a booth you think I can't team up with turtle beach , Callibur or Koy Christmas , I can't get Kevin Kelly to pull some strings or G4 , Paul Eibler Ex CEO of take 2 , Rich Larocco Konami , Cliff Blizinski Epic who were working with on a gears version , Activision who were working with on a MW3 and Spider man Bundle , The Convention Center Owners themselves , Mayor of Boston come on Bud you run a show that's all you do and lease a center in Cities you have no pull in its all about who you know not what you do. I'll see space where ever I want , with who I want when I want and where I want so many ways around you and so many connections in this industry its silly. Anyway , I have no issue with you Sean Buckley Engadget, Scott Lowe IGN and the list goes on and on. Little kids unhappy with a PRE ORDER starting trouble and you email that to us , he's a customer unless you're his boyfriend then you should side with the company not the customer. Be CarefulAnd it gets worse from there. Of course, once Gabe posted it to Penny Arcade, it started to get picked up elsewhere including (of course) Reddit, and from there it just began exploding. Popehat has a bunch of links including the fact that Christoforo went ballistic on Scott Lowe from IGN, after Lowe told Christoforo to stop saying IGN supported him. Christoforo responded on Tiwtter calling him a "douchebag" and suggesting that because he sent IGN review units he should support him. That tweet has since been removed, but the screenshot lives on.
Separately, people have turned up more examples of poor customer service experiences involving Ocean Marketing and Christoforo, as well as claims that Ocean Marketing has been plagiarizing a ton of articles from around the web on its own blog. Andrew Galbraith from Examiner.com has the details:
It seems the plot has thickened a bit further. Apparently, as pointed out by @williambgoss on twitter, Ocean Marketing has been lifting articles from across the web for their blog with little to no attribution of sources whatsoever. An article published on Forbes is clearly posted wholesale on the Ocean Marketing blog with no sourcing roughly two weeks after initially hitting the web. Moreover, the same is done with a BizReport article, appearing as Ocean Marketing's "original work" no less than two days later.The story has been getting picked up in a ton of places, but you have to wonder why anyone would hire Christoforo to market any of their products ever again. The Popehat link above notes that when you outsource your marketing, you're outsourcing your reputation. And that can be dangerous...
In the meantime, it appears that Christoforo, beyond digging himself a deeper hole, has also tried to well, dig himself a deeper hole. He first threatened to have his "lawyers" contact Penny Arcade, followed up by some begging:
"You have the power Mike Please make it stop"Of course, as Gabe/Mike points out, he really doesn't have the power. Once these things are out there, they're out there. Then comes the non-apology apology, where Christoforo apologies for not knowing how big Penny Arcade/PAX are and for getting exposed -- but not for his actual actions:
I just wanted to apologize for the way our emails progressed I didn't know how big your site was and I really didn't believe you ran Pax , So for what's its worth I am very sorry. Your post has obviously made my life very difficult and I have not slept yet dealing with all the spam and personal information intrusion as well as my family being smeared on the internet.That's not a real apology at all. That's someone digging even deeper.
Update: Ah, and now reports of pretending to be someone else. Kotaku apparently reached out to


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I'm not going to get off on another Rogers rant here. Suffice it to say, when it comes to Canadian telcos, I'm the rat who, having learned helplessness, now lies face down on the hot plate.
However, not content to let me lie there and wither in peace, now comes this report, determined to kick poor downed me with some hope:
Sources from inside Rogers claim that the device should be available the same month as an expected US release of an updated, 3G-capable model [...] currency values are likely to place the cost of the phone itself closer to the eventual US figure. [...] The sources claim that the iPhone will qualify for Rogers' $7 on-device browsing plan, which currently allows all phones offered by Rogers (excepting BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices) to access the web as much as they like through the carrier's officially-sanctioned browser. Whether Rogers will allow YouTube, the App Store, and other official but non-web devices to fall into the unlimited plan is unknown, though unlike with other phones Rogers will not have the choice of installing or customizing the web browser or other applications.
We'll see (or more likely, we won't see). The best indicator of future behavior being prior behavior, I figure the iPhone data plan will cost $100/month for 1GB. Prove me wrong, Rogers!
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Be honest, October 27th was special, fun, intriguing, a train wreck. It was great drama, a spectacle to be sure. It was not a well played hockey game and guaranteed not to happen again anytime soon. See, coaches are united by one common thread; they want to win 1-0. Sure there is the odd guy here and there who is opposed to defensive hockey but even they quietly deploy the trap protecting third period leads. Why? Because it works. NHL players are bigger, faster, stronger…the NHL rink is the same size it's been since the Garden and the Aud went down. Take away time and space and you crush offense; it's that easy.
I do expect to see a very fast paced and physical game today though as both these teams like to scoot. There will be a fair share of offense and will likely be every bit as enjoyable to watch any game that is played tonight. All signs lead to Pavelec starting his 12th straight game but as of this moment, no official word from anyone. I would also expect Ilya Bryzgalov to start today as well and hear nothing but boo's and his name chanted over and over by the Winnipeg faithful. Winnipegger's like all Canadians tend to get their back up when someone says anything negative about good old hometown. Mr Bryzgalov has already apologized but it will have little to no effect. Grab the cotton balls… Philly could go with Sergei Bobrovsky but he looked even worse last game.
Great news earlier today as Eric Fehr has been activated from injured reserve. All told he has missed 19 games so far this year and again, no word on whether he will play today. Usually when a player is activated he is ready to go so odds are he will be playing today. Expectations should be moderate for a player that hasn't seen a minute of action since having surgery last season. For the record, Fehr managed 10 goals in 52 games last year in a reduced role. Once he is clicking on all cylinders, Fehr should be a top 6 option at least for coach Claude Noel.
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The Jets also catch a break today, as Jaromir Jagr will be out with a sore groin suffered against the Coyotes. Jagr has been excellent on the top line with Claude Giroux and given Philly more than they hoped when he signed. Despite not having all hands on deck, Philly is still dangerous on the road and boast one of the best road records in the East with a 6-1-1 record. Buffalo is 7-2-0 and it's no secret why those two teams lead the East.
Don't look now but Evander Kane is the hottest Jets and is on one of those runs I predicted on Nation Radio a few weeks ago. He is the only true sniper on this team and when he gets hot, the Jets need to capitalize. Scott Taylor mentioned the tension between Noel and Kane in his article yesterday. I don't see that going away anytime soon. Tell me, he usually wins those battles? Consider also that the leadership core of this team has already had one closed door meeting with the coach to air out their beefs. I respect hard nosed coached but tread lightly Mr. Noel, you could lose this room very easily.
Game time is 2.00 CST and can be seen nationally on Hockey Night In Canada.