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Building the City's Future
The University is building a new East Harlem home for the forthcoming graduate School of Public Health and Hunter College's venerable School of Social Work. Also, the city and state have at long last cleared the way to demolish and rebuild Borough of Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall, which was irreparably damaged in 9/11 attack.
The School of Public Health, slated to open with masters and doctoral programs in 2010-2011, will be the nation's only such program focusing on urban issues. "I can think of no better way to communicate the seriousness of our commitment to involving the local community than locating the school in the Harlem community," said the founding dean, Dr. Kenneth Olden. "I want our faculty to be engaged in solving real-world problems that are important to the people of this city." The school has University status with Hunter College.
Olden, a cancer researcher, favored community health initiatives when he headed the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program from 1991 to 2005. He was the first African-American to direct one of the 13 institutes then at the National Institutes of Health and previously taught at Harvard. As he begins recruiting a faculty, Olden is weighing three global trends: the worldwide migration to cities; the aging of populations throughout the developed world; and the transformation of once-lethal diseases into chronic ones, ranging from diabetes to some cancers.
"Our vision is to bring together a school in this international city to address these problems. Whatever we learn here and whatever technologies we develop to address the challenges posed by these three interactive forces can be applied around the world," Olden said.
Hunter's School of Social Work will occupy most of the new eight-story building on Third Avenue between 118th and 119th Streets, which will have almost 30 percent more space than its current, 40-year-old home. The existing space at 129 E. 79th St. is leased from Lois V. and Samuel J. Silberman and the nonprofit New York Community Trust. They sold the property for $65 million to a developer, the Brodsky Organization; $40 million of the proceeds — CUNY's largest gift to date — will help pay for the new building. (The state appropriated $95 million for the rest.) The remaining $25 million from the sale will create a perpetual fund for social work grants. In appreciation, Hunter is renaming its School of Social Work after the Silbermans. Occupancy for both schools is slated for 2011.
Meanwhile, Fiterman Hall — structurally damaged when the adjacent World Trade Center 7 collapsed after terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — will be replaced by the spring of 2012. The project was delayed by issues from insurance to winning government approvals, but in November $325 million in funding, including $139 million from the city, was announced by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Paul T. Williams Jr., executive director of the Dormitory of Authority of the State of New York, representing Gov. David A. Paterson.
"This site is an essential part of the revitalization of Lower Manhattan and of our vision of making Lower Manhattan a vibrant 24/7 community," Bloomberg said.
The 14-story tower — bounded by Greenwich Street, Barclay Street and Park Place — will have slightly more floor space than the 15-story building it replaces.
The agreement comes as enrollment at the University's six community colleges is at record levels; enrollment at BMCC alone recently exceeded 20,000. To meet the demand, the University is examining the idea of creating a seventh community college. A special task force formed in 2008 and charged by the Chancellor to "re-imagine community college education from the ground up" has released a concept paper that draws upon the existing schools' most innovative practices while suggesting policy changes to free educators to do their best work. The panel's complete report is available at www.cuny.edu/news.


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Why do I get a MySQL "error: 1016 Can't open file: ..."?
Errors such as: ..."Got error: 1016: Can't open file: 'YOUR_TABLE_NAME.MYI'. (error:145) when using LOCK TABLES"... (as well as numerous other noted below) are caused by MySQL table corruption. Table corruption can be caused by a variety of events, and will make some or all of a table unavailable.
Table corruption can also significantly decrease the performance of queries on effected tables. Table corruption can be be repaired by using the the REPAIR TABLE command.
For more information about the REPAIR TABLE command see:
MySQL 4.0, 4.1
Run REPAIR TABLE on an affected table
- Enter phpMyAdmin for the database you want to use. For more information, see Log in to phpMyAdmin.
- Click on the table name of the affected table.
Note: If phpMyAdmin is unable to display the table information, or encounters errors loading the table details page, another option would be to use the SQL button at the top of the left frame to enter your own query. You can repair the table manually by issuing the command REPAIR TABLE
in this SQL window.
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Press Gang (Gaza Strip Chapter)
You probably haven't read secret friend of Rock Paper Shotgun Oliver Clare's review of Serious Game Global Conflict: Palestine so I'm going to link to it, as I think it's worth thinking about. In fact, I already did by the time I said I was going to. And I'm doing it again. There's no stopping me.
I haven't had a chance to play it yet, as much as a journo-em-up appeals to me (I quite like the idea of being completely out of my depth and trying to interview Hamas about how to get past the end of level three in Rainbow Islands). It's the sort of thing I wish there was more of. There's a demo here, for interested parties.


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Ben Carson's Moment
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Dr. Benjamin Carson is the latest in a long line of black conservatives -- from Clarence Thomas to Herman Cain -- relentlessly promoted and propped up by right-wing voices in the media. After Carson used a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in front of President Obama to trumpet conservative arguments about economics and health care, News Corp. properties rushed to anoint him as the newest political "star." Fox News and Fox Business hosted Carson eight times in the days following his speech, and he has been praised by Fox personalities as a courageous leader who is "saving America" and by the Wall Street Journal in an editorial headlined, "Ben Carson For President."
Carson Was Lauded By Conservatives After Using Speech Alongside Obama To Push Right-Wing Ideology On Taxes, Health Care
At The National Prayer Breakfast, Carson Called For Flat Tax, Conservative Health Care Policy. In his keynote address at the February 7 National Prayer Breakfast -- delivered steps from President Obama, who was seated at the head table -- Carson made conservative arguments about health care, tax policy, and the national debt. The Atlantic's David A. Graham wrote:
Carson delivered an opening shot against "political correctness," and then - after namechecking Tocqueville, recapping his own inspirational life story, and calling for a better education system -- voiced concern about the national debt and argued the case for a flat tax, using the Bible's injunction to tithe a set percentage, and for health-savings accounts, a medical option that hasgained currency among conservatives. Crucially, he delivered this speech from a podium just feet from President Obama, who of course oversaw the passage of a very different health-care plan and has been a major proponent of progressive taxation. Obama, as he often does, remained somewhere between impassive and bored-looking. It's fair to say he didn't seem to be enjoying himself. [TheAtlantic.com, 2/19/13]
Carson Is A Successful Surgeon With A History Of Promoting Conservative Ideas And Supporting Republicans. Carson was named director of pediatric neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33, the youngest to ever lead a major division. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush in 2008. A longtime critic of President Obama's health care law and an avowed creationist, Carson was approached to be the Republican candidate for Maryland lieutenant governor in 2010 and donated $1,000 to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in 2012. [Baltimore Sun, 2/18/13; TheAtlantic.com, 2/19/13; OpenSecrets.org, accessed 2/20/13]
TheAtlantic.com's Graham: "It's Impossible To Pretend There's No Racial Dimension Involved In A Successful Black Conservative Castigating The Liberal Black President." Graham wrote of the conservative movement's response to the speech:
Though many commentaries have tried tiptoe around it, it's impossible to pretend there's no racial dimension involved in a successful black conservative castigating the liberal black president. Black conservatives remain fascinating to Americans of all political persuasions and ethnicities; look no further than Herman Cain's presidential campaign. And in the age of Obama -- when many on the right feel that any criticism of the president is liable to draw undeserved claims of racism -- a champion for the cause who can sidestep that retort is sure to be welcomed. Jonah Goldberg came closest to addressing this question, likening Carson to Booker T. Washington. [TheAtlantic.com, 2/19/13]
TheGrio.com's Joy Reid: "If You Want To Be Ben Carson" Or Any Minority "Willing To Say Conservative Stuff, This Is Your Moment." In an interview on MSNBC, Reid said that "there is big career advancement" for minorities in being conservative, explaining that they "can make a lot of money, get a lot of attention, get a lot of love from the right, because they really do need brown and black faces to start saying this script." From the February 13 edition of MSNBC's The Ed Show:
REID: This is the complication of being a minority conservative.
Right now, first of all, there is a huge boom in it there is a big career advancement in it. If you want to be Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, any brown or black person who is willing to say conservative stuff, this is your moment. You can make a lot of money, get a lot of attention, get a lot of love from the right, because they really do need brown and black faces to start saying this script.
But the problem is in order to fit in as a minority conservative, you really almost have to be even further to the right than typical conservatives. You have to mouth verbatim all of the party`s beliefs, because if you stray one bit, you are held in suspicion. So Rubio is caught in that matrix. [MSNBC's The Ed Show, 2/13/13, via Nexis]
Wall Street Journal Kicked Off News Corp.'s Cheerleading: "Ben Carson For President"
The Day After Carson's Speech, WSJ Urged Readers To "Make Time To Watch The Video Of Dr. Ben Carson." The Wall Street Journal published a February 8 editorial headlined, "Ben Carson for President." The piece encouraged readers "to watch the video of Dr. Ben Carson speaking to the White House prayer breakfast" and highlighted Carson's ideas on the flat tax and health care. [Wall Street Journal, 2/8/13]
Over The Next Week, Fox News Celebrated "Amazing" "Star" Carson For Refuting President Obama's Ideology To His Face
Hannity To Carson: "Would You Ever Run For President, Sir? ... I Would Vote For You In A Heartbeat." During an interview on his Fox News program, Hannity told Carson that he would vote for him if he ever ran for president.
[Fox News, Hannity, 2/8/13]
Guilfoyle: "A World Renowned Doctor Steals The Show From President Obama." Fox News' The Five led its February 8 program with Carson's speech. Co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle began by stating, "A world renowned doctor steals the show from President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. Blasting the president's agenda right in front of him. It's a speech that's caught a lot of people's attention. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Benjamin Carson." During the segment, co-host Eric Bolling said of Carson's speech: "That guy has a lot of guts. And his ideas are right. ... I thought it was fantastic." Co-host Greg Gutfeld said that Carson "spoke truth to power."
[Fox News, The Five, 2/8/13]
Carlson: "This Guy's A Star." Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson said Carson's life and positions are a "living refutation to the entire Obama program" and "he will be in some way involved in the national political conversation."
[Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday, 2/9/13]
Varney Praises Carson's Tax Argument: "I Fully Agree With It." Fox Business host Stuart Varney praised Carson for his position that enacting the flat tax is moral and that progressive taxation and the current tax code is immoral.
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/11/13]
Bolling: "This Man Is Brilliant. This Man Probably Should Be In The Next Administration Whether It's Democrat Or Republican." The Five co-host Eric Bolling said of Carson: "This man is brilliant. This man probably should be in the next administration whether it's Democrat or Republican, doesn't matter. He should be chief of staff, somewhere, making the decisions. I don't think he should be president." Co-host Greg Gutfeld replied that while there might not be a groundswell for him to be president, it's "refreshing that somebody is saying what we all think."
[Fox News, The Five, 2/11/13, via Nexis]
Payne: "Amen ... This Is What I Was Saying." Fox Business contributor Charles Payne lauded Carson's speech, focusing on Carson's remarks about taxation and contrasting them with Obama's supposedly "disingenuous" arguments.
[Fox Business, Varney & Co., 2/11/13]
Smith: "Hallelujah. Amen. I Don't Think That Anybody Could Have Said It Better." Fox Business reporter Sandra Smith praised Carson's speech on Varney & Co.
[Fox Business, Varney & Co., 2/11/13]
Doocy: "He's Fantastic." At the conclusion of a segment about Carson's speech, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy praised Carson as "fantastic."
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/12/13]
Ablow: Carson "Enunciated A Treatment Plan That Could Save The Life Of This Nation." Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow praised Carson in a FoxNews.com column, claiming that he "need not apologize to President Obama. The surgeon made his diagnosis. He enunciated a treatment plan that could save the life of this nation. And anyone who argues that he should have held his tongue out of 'respect' doesn't understand that telling the truth to a man, however powerful, is still the ultimate form of respect." [FoxNews.com, 2/14/13]
Fox News "Top Story": "Ben Carson For President? That Is The Buzz." During Fox News' America's News HQ, correspondent Doug Luzader summarized one of the day's purported "top stories" by stating: "Ben Carson for president? That is the buzz after his provocative speech at the National Prayer Breakfast with President Obama watching. The surgeon and motivational speaker spoke out on health care, taxes, and political correctness." Anchor Shannon Bream replied: "Alright, he's sparking a lot of conversation."
[Fox News, America's News HQ, 2/17/13]
Fox Nation: "WATCH: Amazing Conservative Speech Upstages Obama At Prayer Breakfast." Fox Nation promoted Carson's prayer breakfast speech in a February 12 post. Fox Nation linked to The Washington Times, which ran the similar headline, "Conservative Dr. Ben Carson speech upstages Obama at prayer breakfast":
[Fox Nation, 2/12/13]
Fox Nation: "Dr. Carson Lets It Rip." Fox Nation summarized a February 18 radio appearance by Carson with the headline, "Dr. Carson Lets It Rip":
[Fox Nation, 2/19/13]
Carson Appeared On Fox News And Fox Business Eight Times After His Speech
Numerous Fox Programs Gave Carson A Platform After His National Prayer Breakfast Speech. Fox News and Fox Business not only heavily promoted Carson and his speech in numerous segments, but they also frequently hosted him. According to a search of Nexis, TVEyes.com, and Media Matters' internal archives, Carson appeared on Fox News and Fox Business eight times in the days after his February 7 speech. Carson appeared on the following programs: Hannity, Fox News, 2/8/13; Fox & Friends Sunday, Fox News, 2/10/13; Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 2/11/13; Money with Melissa Francis, Fox Business, 2/11/13; Varney & Co., Fox Business, 2/12/13; Fox & Friends, 2/13/13;Hannity, Fox News, 2/15/13; The Tom Sullivan Show, Fox Business, 2/16/13.
Fox's Carson Support Concluded With An Hour-Long Hannity Special Celebrating Carson As The Anti-Obama
Hour-Long Hannity Special Promotes Carson As Someone "Saving America." Sean Hannity devoted his February 15 "special audience edition" of Hannity to Carson and his prayer breakfast remarks. Hannity introduced Carson as "somebody who had the Internet buzzing following his remarks at last week's National Prayer Breakfast." Hannity said Carson "eloquently and politely described his vision for saving America." Hannity's special ran with the title, "Saving America," and frequently touted Carson as a potential political candidate.
[Fox News, Hannity, 2/15/13]
Hannity: Carson Had The "Courage To Stand Up And Issue A Rebuttal To The President And His Divisive Class Warfare Rhetoric." Hannity said of Carson during the introduction of a segment:
HANNITY: All right. Finally, after months, if not years, of hearing President Obama lecture the so-called rich about paying their fair share. Well, somebody finally had the courage to stand up and issue a rebuttal to the President and his divisive class warfare rhetoric. Now, it came when Dr. Benjamin Carson issued a forceful challenge to the President's liberal approach to last week's national prayer breakfast.
But unlike so many politicians in Washington, the doctor's comments were much more than meaningless bluster. He actually backed them up with facts and policy proposals including a flat tax. [Fox News, Hannity, 2/15/13]
Luntz: "The Words Of Benjamin Carson Have Really Struck A Chord With A Lot Of Americans." Republican pollster Frank Luntz surveyed "a group of swing voters" for their reaction to Carson's speech and whether they felt he would be a popular political candidate. Luntz concluded: "There is something about the doctor's message and delivery that really does connect across partisan lines, very impressive." Hannity responded to Luntz: "All right, sounds like Frank may have found some, well, Carson campaign volunteers."
[Fox News, Hannity, 2/15/13]
Hannity To Audience: "How Many Of You Would Like To See Dr. Carson Run? Wow, OK, That's Everybody." [Fox News, Hannity, 2/15/13]
Borelli To Carson: "Thank You For Your Leadership ... The Black Liberal Establishment Is Not Going To Be Happy With You." Fox News contributor Deneen Borelli told Carson during Hannity's special: "Dr. Carson, I want to thank you for your leadership. But you do know that the black liberal establishment is not going to be happy with you. And I'm talking about the community activists, some of the pastors, some of the politicians and the black media because it's your story of success that they don't want communicated to the black community because they thrive on talking about blacks are victims and need special treatment. So I want to thank you for all you are doing for your leadership because we need more leaders such as yourself to communicate this story that America really is an exceptional country."
[Fox News, Hannity, 2/15/13]
Smith To Carson: "It's Been An Absolute Pleasure" Listening To You Speak. Fox Business reporter Sandra Smith asked Carson during the special: "I think that one of the biggest questions after listening to you tonight, it's been an absolute pleasure, is have we gone too far? Do you think that America can come back from where we are today?"
[Fox News, Hannity, 2/15/13]
TV Critic Zurawik On Hannity Special: "This Is Fox Trying To Give Birth To A New Star On The Right -- Showing Him How Grand Life Can Be If He Is Willing To Play Ball." Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik criticized Fox News for its "hour-long, full-right-wing, all-out, let's-give-a-big-big-hug coronation" of Carson as an antidote to President Obama. Zurawik added that he has "tremendous admiration for [Carson] ... I hope Dr. Carson doesn't let political users like Fox compromise the greatness he and [his employer John] Hopkins have achieved together." [Baltimore Sun, 2/16/13]
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When shopping for grain carts, it's easy to get confused about who makes what. Especially when it comes to the three Bs: Brandt, Brandt, and Brent. There is the Arkansas-based Brandt, purchased by Pitonyak Machinery Corporation (PMC) nine years ago. (See www.brandtpmc.com.) Eddie Pitonyak, owner of PMC, claims Brandt is one of the oldest grain carts around, built as far back as 1947 by John Henry Brandt (see photo).
"The first carts were made down south in rice country to get the rice out of the fields before it shattered," Pitonyak says. "It wasn't until the '80s when most of the other major players entered the market." He says the grain carts are known for their single, front-mounted auger and fully enclosed adjustable axle system.
The Brandt in Arkansas is not to be confused with Brandt in Canada (www.Brandt.ca), a company long- known for its grain augers. Headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, the company entered the grain cart market in June of last year with the launch of the 1020 XR grain cart (http://bit.ly/kvClXV).
Brent (www.brentequip.com), based in Kalida, OH, is an entirely different company, owned by Unverferth. The Brent brand originated in 1976 with a 500-bu., double-auger grain cart, and Unverferth purchased the company in the late '80s, says Jerry Ecklund, marketing manager for Unverferth Manufacturing. The Brent brand is famous for its single corner-mounted auger design, Ecklund adds. Unverferth also owns three other grain cart brands — Parker (www.parkerequip.com), Killbros (www.killbrosequip.com), and its own Unverferth line (www.unverferth.com).
You can read more about who makes what in the August issue of Farm Industry News.


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Part of the process of mummification is the removal of all of the internal organs from the body apart from the heart, which was seen as the seat of the mind and emotions. These knives would have been used to cut the organs from the body prior to embalming. However, in ancient Egypt there were no specialised knives, so these examples made from bronze and copper may also have been used in the home for eating and preparing meat. The knives were bought at different times from auction houses and private collections.
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As the postseason approaches, plenty of folks wonder whether we'll see a clash of the Manning brothers or the Harbaugh brothers in the Super Bowl.
The Ryan twins? Not so much.
Both the Jets (coached by Rex) and the Cowboys (whose defense is run by Rex's fraternal twin, Rob) lost on Thanksgiving, sliding farther out of playoff contention. To make matters worse, the defensive gurus gave up a combined 87 points and 912 yards of total offense.
Rob was as gracious as he possibly could be in defeat. After saying in the day preceding the game that Rob Ryan doesn't like Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III and that the Cowboys have to "hit him hard," Ryan resorted (sort of) to excuse making.
"We only had two days to get ready for all that crap," Rob Ryan said in comments aired on ESPN, "and I thought we were actually OK on the college stuff. It's just they out-executed us throwing the deep ball."
More importantly, the Redskins out-executed the Cowboys in scoring points.
In New York, the Pats out-executed Rex's Jets in pretty much every way possibly, racing to a 35-0 second-quarter lead and easily hanging on for a 49-19 win.
Though a lot can happen over the final five weeks of the campaign, both Ryans could be out of jobs when the dust settles on the 2012 season. And their respective fates may have been sealed only hours apart on Thanksgiving night.


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Everybody has biases. The Republicans have biases. The Democrats have biases. Oil and coal company executives are biased. Environmentalists are biased. The P.C. contingent [spit] on the campus of my alma mater will deny they are biased because "multi-culturalists make no judgements and cannot be biased", but that in itself is a bias against the values of the majority society.
I'm biased. There, that's out of the way.
There are differences between biases. One can have biases which are based on (ranked from noble to ignoble) honest disagreement about the meaning of the facts, ignorance, or disregard for the facts. The biases one carries are part and parcel of where one stands in the various conflicts in life: which side you're on.
Biases can be overt. I hope I've been honest if not completely explicit about my biases against pollution, economic foolishness like perverse incentives and counterproductive subsidies, dependence on foreign oil and our gas-pump financing of radical Islam, and for efficiency, nuclear power, alternative energy where appropriate, and better ways of doing things in general. If you've missed this before, here it is; if you see me appearing to argue contrary to one of my positions above it's almost certainly because the devil is in the details and it's often very easy to miss one little thing and get the big thing badly wrong. (See CAFE regulations.)
Hidden biases are another thing. They are one of the trademarks of propaganda, and are often used to mislead. They come in a dozen styles, but one is to gloss over or ignore facts which would lead others away from the propagandist's desired conclusion. The desired conclusion may be one to compel action where none is desirable or warranted; contrarily, the desired conclusion may be that action is futile, inducing paralysis in the believers when something can and ought to be done.
Which brings me to the most recent newsletter of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil&Gas ("Life after oil", article #524, pp. 7-9). This piece, excerpted by C.J. Campbell, appears to be largely taken from a 2003 book by William Stanton; it paints a future of England in 2050 which is powered by biomass in the form of wood. According to the author, the maintenance of a "passable standard of living" would require about 230 tons of wood per person per year. The resulting economic and social organization would yield a lifestyle which is "attractive for the survivors".
Survivors, you say? Yes, survivors. How many survivors? About 2 million: one-third of England's population in 1750, and one thirtieth of the population today. Consider this carefully: if one quarter of England's current population is now under the age of 20, eighty-seven percent of those people will have to be gone before the age of 65 for the population to drop to 2 million. The alternatives: leave the country (for where?) or die. And there could be no births in the whole country for the next forty-five years, because for each baby somebody else would have to go.
The transition to a peaceful, stable and sustainable society would have to be done carefully. A smooth evolution is essential; serious instability would destroy many of the resources that the future economy would depend on. Does anyone in their right mind think that eighty-seven percent of the population is going to accept deportation or early demise quietly? Can anyone believe that the kind of crisis (like a plague) which could do this without explicit violence would leave much behind? Yet this kind of mess is left, implied but unstated, in the text.
What conclusion is the reader supposed to draw? How about "Oh my god, sustainable society is just code for MASS DEATH! We can't even think of going down that path!" Or, "We can't live through the changes coming. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." In other words, action is futile. The product: paralysis. Might as well go along with the status quo... enriching the current crop of oil barons. They can't take it with them either, so it doesn't matter. Does it?
Well, yes. It does.
To avoid paralysis, it's essential to notice that the conclusion is only valid given the premises. Minor premises are that there are no low-energy or renewable substitutes for steel and concrete, but the key premise in this case is that biomass (in the form of wood) is the best sustainable power source for a post-fossil society.
I'm going to take Stanton's key premise and examine it. Is 230 tons of wood per capita per year a reasonable assumption, what would it take to get its energy equivalent without burning fossil fuel, and how much land would be required?
Assuming elm wood at 20 million BTU/cord (128 cubic feet), 23% void space and 35 pounds per cubic foot yields a heat product of ~5800 BTU per pound or ~3750 kWh per metric ton. 230 tons per capita per year comes out to 862,500 kWh/capita/year or an energy consumption of 98 kW equivalent. That's average, not peak. This is clearly a very high number, leading to an extremely pessimistic conclusion.
Is it warranted? The average household in the US uses about 1 kW average, and industrial and commercial uses are only a few times that. Net consumption of energy by cars and trucks is about 1/5 of total electric generation capacity. It seems reasonable to set the actual per-capita energy needs of a decent society, not particularly optimized for efficiency, at 10 kW or less. Boom, the sustainable population of a wood-burning England rises to something closer to 20 million. You'd have to stop immigration yesterday, make sure the NHS doesn't keep old people alive too long and get birth control to everyone, but none of the under-20's have to go anywhere. They can even have a few kids.
But is the assumption of a wood-burning England reasonable, even remotely? I don't believe so. Forests are not particularly good converters of solar energy to biomass; they use a great deal on housekeeping. Grasses are certainly better. But is biomass even among the top contenders? Stanton's productivity figure of 8 dry tons per hectare per year leads to an average power capture of 30,000 kWh/ha/yr or 3.4 kW/ha. This is a pitifully low figure. If the average house has a footprint of 80 square meters, the roof is covered with PV cells at 15% efficiency and each square meter receives an average of 4 kWh of sunlight per day, the roof would produce 48 kWh/day or an average of 2 kW. A hectare of these roofs would average 250 kW, or more than 70 times Stanton's assumption. A city-full of solar roofs could easily be twenty times as productive as Stanton's proposed energy farms; a hectare could support the complete energy needs of 25 people, and the land Stanton would devote to a hamlet of 100 would be able to support the energy needs of 7500 people using a mere 10% of its 3000 hectares - much of which could be met by the light falling on buildings and roads. (Boom, the sustainable energy production could support 150 million; food, fiber, materials and crowding would come into play first.) It is clear that the assumption of a wood economy is not just unreasonable, it is ridiculous.
Stanton looks at materials as a difficulty; steel and concrete are big energy-hogs. Well, maybe. If iron oxide is available it can be reduced using carbon monoxide, which can be made from most anything carbonaceous; a net consumption of 50 kg/person/year could be satisfied with roughly the same weight of wood. A population of 50 million would consume 2.5 million tons, using the wood grown on 312,000 hectares of tree farms. (Electric reduction of iron salts to metal would slash this number immensely.) And steel is not necessarily an essential material; composites made of carbon or organic fibers (graphite or Kevlar) in organic (epoxy) binders can replace it for many purposes, including the wind-turbine blades and towers that Stanton is so certain are non-renewable.
Building materials? Consider structural insulated panels. A house made of SIP's with 6 inch (~15 cm) foam cores and 5/16 inch (.8 cm) plywood or OSB skins would use about 11 kg of material per square meter of wall; a comfy 2 story 200 m^2 house might use about 700 m^2 of panels including floors (but no interior walls), or about 7.7 tons of wood and foam. If all of that material comes from tree farms, that's about 1 house per hectare per year; if one person uses 1/80 of a house per year, the housing needs of 50 million people could be met from 625,000 ha of tree farms. Between steel production and housing, tree farming would need roughly 1 million ha out of a total area that Stanton appears to count as 60 million hectares.
Is there cause for such pessimism as Stanton's? I see a renewable future just as populous as the present, and a whole lot more technological and dynamic than he seems to. The road there need not and should not involve any die-offs (warfare against dysfunctional societies bent on the conquest or destruction of the rest of the world being a possible exception). It just requires the application of good science and a lot of cleverness.
Science and cleverness that Stanton and his fellow travellers paint as futile, and thus not worth the effort.
Which makes their scenario a self-fulfilling prophecy.
What side are they on, anyway?
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Not too awful long ago one of my wiimotes was attacked by a dogs tongue. thankfully it didnt become a $49.99 chew toy but rather was merely slobbered all over.
However this caused problems, as the buttons were insanely sticky, like they had been soaked in cola.
heres how to fix your wiimotes if you ever have this problem.
Remove the screws, the locations are circled in red.
Use a small flathead screwdriver to pop the clips apart near the front. you can also try pulling apart at the back with your hands but you may break the clips doing so.
And its apart, separate the sides and lay them on a table or clean surface.
Here is the culprit of the stickiness. pull all the sticky buttons off the front panel and separate them.
You'll need rubbing alcohol and q-tips to clean the buttons.
Clean the buttons and also the front panel where the buttons sit. and if there is any residue on the circuit board where the buttons contact then clean that off too.
Let it all dry out and make sure it looks nice and clean, if there is still sticky residue like you can see on the d-pad in this photo then clean it again.
After you're all done cleaning and drying, pop the cover back together, put the screws in, batteries and then play a game to make sure its working properly.
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SOCORRO, N.M., Aug. 16, 2007 – New Mexico Tech student Porter Smith was recently featured in a question–and–answer article in Racing West.
The article covers Smith's racing history, as well as his current progress as a Stockcar Racing League (SRL) rookie. Smith is currently pursuing a bachelor's of science in mechanical engineering at the state-supported research university.
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Smith's 2007 SRL Wild West Shootout driving stats, which have placed him 8th in the standings, include five starts, two top 5 finishes, and three top 10 finishes. His race results since May of this year include a 4th place finish at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. on May 5th and a 2nd place finish at Altamont Motorsport Park in Tracy, Calif. on August 4.
Smith currently drives a Chevrolet Monte Carlo and is sponsored by Paul Oil.
Smith, who hails from Aztec, N. M., is working on finishing up his mechanical engineering degree at New Mexico Tech. He has a long racing history, as well as what appears to be a promising future in SRL.
Smith is described by the Racing West article as "…a nice guy, great driver, and dedicated to racing." With the progress he has made, it is suggested by Racing West contributors that this New Mexico Tech student could put up a good fight for this year's SRL Wild West Shootout Rookie of the Year title.


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- Therapist and blogger Nikki Walton helps women find confidence with their natural hair
- Walton's written a book, "Better Than Good Hair," to guide women in their hair journey
- The keys for her have been regular trims and low manipulation
- Embracing one's natural texture can improve your quality of life
Embracing the hair you're born with sounds like it should be the easiest thing in the world, but for some, it's a huge challenge.
Nikki Walton, a 29-year-old licensed psychotherapist whose own journey to hair acceptance has grown from a passion into a business, knows that hurdle all too well.
As the founder of CurlyNikki.com, Walton now confidently boasts a lush, natural texture that lives up to her online nickname, "Curly Nikki." On her website, she leads the charge for a community of women seeking a resource and a space where they can let their hair down, just as it is, no straightening required.
But Walton can vividly recall the days when straight hair meant beautiful hair, and if she couldn't be seen with it straight, she'd rather not go out at all.
As a young adult, Walton would feel "gorgeous" and "ready" to take on the world when her dark hair's natural twists and turns were straight, sleek and swinging thanks to a stylist's heat tools.
But when that style fell flat and the frizz began to appear, "I would become an introvert; I didn't want to do anything," she said.
Eventually, the boyfriend who was driving her to and from hair appointments -- and who's now her husband and father to their 2½-year-old daughter -- intervened.
"He said, 'This isn't healthy. I don't know if you've noticed, but you need to step back and assess this. You're pretty, and I want you to feel pretty no matter what the condition of your hair is,' " Walton recalled. "And he was right. My hair was running my life. My confidence was in flux with my hair."
That conversation inspired Walton to take action, and she soon found herself researching ways she could work with the kind of hair she was born with. Once she unchained herself from her flat iron, she found not only a more genuine confidence but a new freedom to live her life as she chose -- not as her hairstyle mandated.
"Once you get to that freedom," she said, "you'll be very excited to help those around you achieve that as well."
Walton has been lending that helping hand on CurlyNikki.com for the past four years, and she recently compiled her accumulated wealth of hair care know-how into a book, "Better Than Good Hair: The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy, Gorgeous, Natural Hair."
Walton describes the guide as a little like "What To Expect When You're Expecting," mixed with the approachable, easy-to-understand wisdom she extends on the Web.
Depending on the person, opting to wear one's hair in its natural state can feel like a rebirth of sorts. Some women may choose to cut much of their hair off -- doing a "big chop," as it's called -- to get rid of heat-damaged or chemically straightened locks. For others like Walton, who opted to wear her hair more naturally but skipped the dramatic haircut, there's still a learning curve to figure out how to wear one's natural hair texture.
"In my house," Walton said, "any time we had somewhere important to go, if it was Easter Sunday (or) Christmas Mass, we had to make sure our hair was pressed and braided neatly. That's what my mom knew, that's what her mom knew, so we didn't even question it."
By the time she was in middle school, Walton would want to "shrink into a hole" at the salon while she waited for a stylist to blow dry her freshly washed hair.
"I didn't want people to see my hair. I couldn't even look at myself in the mirror," she recalled. "I didn't even know what my real texture looked like. ... I just knew that if it got a little bit wet, or if I sweat(ed) a little bit too much, I put my hands into my roots, and it felt terrible."
As a result, Walton had to do both a habitual and a mental shift when she decided that having healthy hair was more important.
That new way involved regularly trimming her hair herself and wearing what she calls "low-manipulation" styles, like buns, which meant she wasn't putting added stress on her hair with constant washing and styling.
Celebrity hairstylist and salon owner Ted Gibson concurs with Walton's careful, routine trimming, which he says is essential whether you chemically straighten your hair or are as natural as can be.
"Sometimes women, when they get a relaxer, they don't want to get a haircut, but that's part of the service for us," Gibson said. "Getting your ends trimmed is essential in growing your hair and making your hair so that it's in better shape. Hair will split after a period of time, and that's sometimes where thinning hair comes from."
It took Walton about a year and a half to get rid of her damaged bits, and at the time, she was simultaneously working on being able to leave the house with her new, natural 'do.
At first, "you have that spotlight effect, because you think everybody's staring at you, because you're very self-conscious," Walton said. "And most people aren't staring at you, and if they are, maybe they're thinking good things, not the negative things you're projecting onto them."
On her site and particularly in her book, Walton emphasizes how necessary confidence is to the process.
"This is your hair, and people have to accept it because you do. And when you exude that confidence, people get that from you and they don't bother you. Often, we have to fake it till we make it, because people will be able to detect that insecurity."
The phrase "natural hair" is thrown around a lot, and it can mean different things to different people. There are those who would agree with celebrity stylist Laini Reeves, for whom being natural starts with the product.
"Being a hairdresser, I look for two things: I look for performance, and I look for ingredients. It's hard to find completely 100% natural hair care that has the performance that you need, but technology is becoming so advanced that the chemists know how to alter ingredients that make it have the performance," said Reeves, who's worked with stars like Amy Adams and Emily Blunt.
For example, if you're a curly, you might want to check out coconut oil to use as a conditioner, Reeves said, in an effort to rebuild the hair and get a softer texture.
"My advice to anybody: Read the label and educate yourself," Reeves said. "I'm not an extremist. I'm not anti this or that; I just like to make more conscious decisions in my life."
Walton, too, cautions against the perception that maintaining natural hair means standing against chemical straighteners or straight hair overall.
"It's all about achieving versatility and achieving healthy hair and achieving the freedom to be able to wear your hair curly or straight," she said. "The goal that I had for myself was to feel just as attractive and just as professional and sexy with my hair curly as I felt when it was straight. I'm there in that place now, and I want other women to be able to experience that too. That level of confidence, we call it genuine self-esteem -- the kind that doesn't fluctuate."
There's also a side benefit to all of that confidence, Walton added.
"Accepting what your hair does naturally will help you attain a better quality of life," she said. "You can straighten your hair and do whatever you want to do, because we're women; we like to change it up. It's that key of getting comfortable in your own skin. My quality of life has greatly improved now that my first thought and consideration is not my hair."