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Last season, we saw the Baltimore Orioles call up Manny Machado in August. The top prospect, despite not playing his natural position at shortstop, helped key their playoff run and has joined right up with the rest of the league's top young talent. This season, we're all wondering who could be this year's Machado. That top prospect that will be called up in the second half and contribute to a playoff run. It's tough to predict anyone coming in and jumping right into the type of role that Machado did, but here are a few possibilities (Keep in mind we're only looking at youngsters with contending teams. Sorry, Byron Buxton): Billy Hamilton (Cincinnati Reds). Hamilton is a kid that virtually every baseball fan on the planet is excited to see up at the Major League level. The main reason for that is his main asset: his speed. He's an absolute nightmare for opposing teams on the basepaths, and has a solid glove out there in the outfield. Of course, his inconsistency in actually getting on base could hold him back a bit. Oscar Tavares (St. Louis Cardinals). We saw Matt Holliday go down with a hamstring injury recently. If that turns out to be a nagging injury, Tavares could be an option. If Jon Jay continues to struggle, Tavares is also an option. The Cards likely can't hold the future superstar in the minors too much longer, and he'd add even more pop to a lineup that already produces more runs than anyone. Danny Salazar (Cleveland Indians). A bit of a wild card because of his injury history, Salazar came up and made a start prior to the break and was fantastic. He went into the sixth inning with a no-hitter and allowed only one earned over that span. He was sent down, but with his impressive arsenal of pitches, it shouldn't be too much longer before we see him back up with the Tribe for the stretch run. Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox). The Red Sox aren't going to be able to hold him in the minors for much longer, it's just a matter of a spot opening up for him. His bat is his main asset, and is what will earn him a callup. The kid can rake, with 68 hits in 56 games at Pawtucket this year. Even if it comes with a change in position, Bogaerts will be at Fenway before the year is over. Nick Castellanos (Detroit Tigers). Detroit has gotten nothing offensively out of left fielder Andy Dirks (despite his great glove), and Dirks has lost playing time to former Mariners top prospect Matt Tuiasosopo. If Tuiasosopo cools off from his torrid hot streak, the time may come to give Castellanos a whirl in the majors...unless the 21-year old is dealt, of course. [follow]
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Write a web page that allows to calculate the grades for 3 courses as well as the GPA for them.
Your page must display 3 divisions laid out vertically near each other sharing the page width of 900 px.
Each division displays form elements to enter the grades of that course. Grades are entered as follows:
o # of Credits
o Exam 1 - 20%
o Exam 2 - 20%
o Project 1 - 15%
o Project 2 - 15%
o Final Exam - 30%
The division also displays two empty span tags (not empty form cells) that will show the average grade of the course and the letter grade of the course once calculated as described below.
The four division are followed (beneath them) by another division that displays the following:
o GPA of the 3 courses
o A button labelled 'Calculate'
o A button labelled 'Clear'
When the CALCULATE button is clicked, a javascript program must calculate the average of each class and its letter grade. The results should be displayed in the empty span tags mentioned above below each course. It then calculates the average GPA of the 3 courses and displays it in a BOLD CLEAR LARGE text below the forms (above the buttons).
When the CLEAR button is clicked, all form elements should become empty.

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Galera wsrep provider is a dlopenable generic replication library which implements the wsrep provider API. It provides very efficient synchronous replication, and multi-master and "parallel applying" capabilities for opaque data buffers. Its primary focus is data consistency. A transaction is either committed on every node, or not at all. It works anywhere TCP works, including on WAN, and can utilize UDP multicast where available. It is used by the MySQL-wsrep patch project to create true multi-master MySQL/InnoDB clusters.
WOSH (Wide Open Smart Home) is a message-oriented middleware for controlling and automating a smart home. It comes with working services and devices. WOSH is an open multi-platform C++ framework. Its architecture is service (bundles) oriented and designed for distributed (cloud) computing. WOSH ships with library source, many services, and some applications (a server, a trayicon remote controller, and a GUI full-controller). Some features provided by its micro-kernel are a multi-user system with access policies, a centralized database manager and system monitor, and automatic network management and masquerading (on TCP). Some of the implemented services are: multimedia audio playback, monitor and control of X10 devices, remote control using instant messaging, and a remote control using SMS and call notification.
Crack is a programming language that aims to provide the ease of development of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language. The "crack" program is a "script executor" that compiles source to machine code on the fly, though it will cache the code to intermediate formats as appropriate. The crack language itself derives concepts from C++, Java, and Python, incorporating object-oriented programming, operator overloading, and strong typing.
nedtries is a portable in-place bitwise binary Fredkin trie algorithm that allows for near constant time insertions, deletions, finds, closest fit finds, and iteration. It is approximately 50-100% faster than red-black trees and up to 20% faster than O(1) hash tables. It provides implementations as C macros, C++ templates, and as a C++ STL compatible associative container.
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I barely understand a word you just said, but I'll assume it makes some kind of sense.
Okay, so if I'm getting this right, you mean that because of the massive emphasis on Genesect there is little chance of some unrelated Gen 6 Pokemon being shoved in as a costar?
If that's the case, then eh... The central plot of Zoroark's movie, which largely revolved around Celebi, could have done without it too but that still didn't stop a Gen V Pokemon from being a major character.


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Hello? Hello? No one is listening to me. 2.5 is a gift. How is PSU going to score with an average tailback whom I like and a decent wide receiver against Michigan team that is way ahead of Indiana'sdefense? Hackenberg is a legit looking pro prospect!!
Make no mistake, Indiana offense can light it up, but their defense is really bad and PSU could not take advantage. Now PSU faces a stiffer defense and a not so potent offense.
Still, I will be shocked if Michigan does not win by 17.
Sorry PSU fans.
agree with you here… Penn State
coming off a loss against Indiana where defense is optional and now the 18TH ranked team in the country comes a
calling and the line is less than a field goal…
Looks like the Wise Men in Vegas are begging for Michigan dollars… Now with that said, in my humble opinion Penn State
doesn't have enough scholarship athletes on the roster to play with BIG Blue for four (4) quarters… This line stinks like holy hxll and it's obviously a trap, but I had
to invest small……..
so put me down for Michigan
minus less than a field goal for two (2) C-Notes please. Thanks!
completely agree with your statement (highlighted)… The Wise Men in Vegas have full time number
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time… NO, but they try and trap bettors
on the wrong side period i.e. Penn State and Indiana
last week which I just so happen to cash on the side and Moneyline. With that said, I just don't see that in this
matchup… The only way Penn State
covers if somebody has gotten to Brady Hoke or that Devin Gardner kid with a
suitcase full of money… Outside of that,
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the game all together! I've seen that
type of behavior over my years i.e. Clemson, New England, Green Bay, Indianapolis (with #18 under center), Philadelphia (with #7 under center) quickly comes to mind, but I haven't
seen that type of behavior out of Michigan…
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It's being called a 'triple whammy' for the UK nuclear industry. And with what's on the horizon - it's beginning to look more like a quadruple or quintuple whammy.First, local representatives in Cumbria in the north of the country rejected plans to build a deep geological storage facility for nuclear waste on the doorstep of the beautiful Lake District national park. There are no other candidate sites, putting plans for the long-term storage of highly dangerous nuclear waste in the UK into disarray.Then it was announced that the cost of decommissioning and clean up at the Sellafield nuclear facility – also in Cumbria – is currently running at 67.5 billion pounds. That's not the final figure. The bill is growing fast and nobody has any idea what the size of the final bill will be. As with anything nuclear, don't believe any estimates from the industry itself.This was swiftly followed by the news that Centrica, the last major UK company involved in plans to build new nuclear reactors in the country, was pulling out because "the anticipated project costs in new nuclear have increased and the construction timetable has extended by a number of years." But that's not the end of the trouble. More dark clouds are gathering. Further whammies lie ahead.Whammy #4: Largely unnoticed, a few weeks ago the chief executive of French nuclear giant EdF, Vincent de Rivaz, told a committee of UK politicians that if EdF builds new nuclear reactors in the UK, it wants to be paid whether the electricity is used or not. "If a power station is available to generate electricity, its operator should not suffer financially because a policy or system decision is made that its electricity is not needed," he said."It is right not only for investors," said Mr de Rivaz, "but for consumers as well." But why charging consumers for a product they don't need is 'right' is extremely hard to understand. Here at Greenpeace we've been trying to think of another industry that could get away with such barefaced cheek. How would you feel if a baker knocked at your door demanding money even though you didn't want the bread he's made?Whammy #5: On top of that, EdF wants a guaranteed price for the electricity its new reactors would produce. Indeed, the company says it will pull out all together unless it is guaranteed profits. It is currently in secret talks with the UK government trying to agree to a figure. Estimates say this will be close to 95-99 pounds per MWh. Basically they want to force UK consumers to pay double the current price for electricity for the next 25 years. That's more than wind power costs right now. Does that sound like value for money for UK taxpayers? Is it 'right' for consumers, Mr de Rivaz?Where does this leave us? In a speech this week, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said "countries that prioritise green energy will secure the biggest share of jobs and growth in a global low-carbon sector set to be worth US$4 trillion by 2015" and that the UK should be "a global showcase for green innovation and energy efficiency."With its waste of time, taxpayer and consumer money and vital resources, its toxic legacy, its incompetence, blackmail and broken promises and its way of frightening investors, nuclear power just doesn't fit anywhere in Mr Cameron's vision.Greenpeace is calling for the UK to abandon its nuclear plans and turn the prime minister's words into reality.
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please refer to Zamm's comment, it clarifies very well that supply and demand do not need to be exactly equal even in the electrici...
please refer to Zamm's comment, it clarifies very well that supply and demand do not need to be exactly equal even in the electricity market.
Also, why should intermittent renewables provide the flexible load? *Gas* is what provides flexible load on top of non-flexible load (such as that provided by npps), so renewables should replace nuclear before they replace gas.
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Beppe. I am sorry to say that you are demonstrating all the misconceptions that currently surround nuclear power. Firstly you talk about Plutonium, en...
Beppe. I am sorry to say that you are demonstrating all the misconceptions that currently surround nuclear power. Firstly you talk about Plutonium, enough for 4000 warheads. You have to understand that a very small percentage of the Plutonium produced is of weapons grade quality. Secondly reprocessing uses the weapons grade material as a fuel, thus consuming it. When you use plutonium as a fuel you cannot get more plutonium from it, that violates several laws of thermodynamics. While its true that plutonium is produced from nuclear power it is in itself a viable fuel and is worth a lot of money. The reason that we are seeing an increase in plutonium is because we are not reprocessing nuclear fuel on even nearly a large enough scale. I dont know where you are getting this idea of Japan not using nuclear power as it is completely fictional. What EDF are doing is trying to make sure that all their electricity is bought, because if it doesnt it can potentially damage the grid, that is the case for every electrical generating source.
One thing that I think you still do not understand is the electrical grid. You keep saying that renewables should provide the base load of electricity. The grid cannot physically handle the fluctuation. Electrical equipment is designed to have a constant level of power for a prolonged period of time. I invite you to read this article.
It explains what is happening in Germany and why it is happening.
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Beppe. Also what you said about supply and demand not needing to meet in the electricity market is total rubbish. Zamm never addressed this either and...
Beppe. Also what you said about supply and demand not needing to meet in the electricity market is total rubbish. Zamm never addressed this either and even if he/she did it wouldnt change my view as I know, from undergoing university education and research in this subject matter, I know what I am saying to be true. Unless you can provide me with certified research from credible sources, i.e. journals written by professional engineers or scientists, that support your argument then I shall not even entertain your point of view.
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you are misreading most of what I wrote (and possibly confusing classic thermodynamics principles with mass/energy conservation).
you are misreading most of what I wrote (and possibly confusing classic thermodynamics principles with mass/energy conservation).
Hydroelectric installations are commonly used to absorb excess electricity production during the night (pumping water upstream) and generate electricity during the day. Are you aware of this?
Of course large scale use of renewables and distributed generation require quite some work on the grid (smart grid) but compensating for load variations is done every day right now.
Of course you can not produce more plutonium out of a given amount of plutonium; however the "nuclear cycle" as a whole does lead to an increase of the plutonium produced (out of the uranium used in the process).
The "nuclear cycle", which is not really a cycle, does not work: Superphenix is dead, Monju never went online in 20 years, Rokkasho is plagued by problems. Japan does have MOX reactors but, thankfully, not even close to "cycle" all the waste from the other plants. We should stop wasting tax money on this failed technology.
Plutonium is so valuable that when Japan considered giving up on the "nuclear cycle" Britain an France, where Japan's plutonium stockpile is stored, immediately threatened to ship all the plutonium to Japan. Unless you are some Dr. Stranamore plutonium is toxic waste.
In 2012 for some time, Japan had zero npps online; this is not fictional. Even now only 2 reactors out of 50+ are online. Are you reading the news?
EDF wants Britons to pay for all the electricity its npps can produce because it wants them to shoulder the risk coming from changes in safety regulations and competition from other electricity manufacturers. This has absolutely nothing to do with the grid load balance. If EDF thinks that building npps is financially too risky without securing taxpayer subsidies it should just refrain from building them.
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Beppe. I am very aware of the hydro pump stations, I am also aware that they can only be used for a few hours at a time and are currently used when th...
Beppe. I am very aware of the hydro pump stations, I am also aware that they can only be used for a few hours at a time and are currently used when there is a demand for increased electricity. As it should be
There is no debate that there is more plutonium being produced from current nuclear power and that is simply because we are not reprocessing on nearly a large enough scale. Also I do read the news, for when Japan announced they were giving up nuclear, 6 months later they announced they were continuing to build 3 new reactors, a few of which have since come online. Also Japan has shutdown no reactors, it was a publicity stunt at the time. The last reactor to be taken off line in Japan was in 1982. Japan currently has 10 MOX reactors working well, and Europe has 30 with 10 more about to implement reprocessing to their systems. These reactors consume all of the weapons grade Plutonium. I cannot stress enough the world of difference there is between weapons grade Plutonium and non-weapons grade Plutonium. So with so many reactors working well with it how can it possibly be a failed technology? These companies dont spend millions implementing technologies into their own plant if its proven not to work, that would just be bad management.
For the final time it is to do with the grid, it has physical limitations of what it can and cannot do. The grid cannot have over supply of electricity or it will get damaged, that is not an issue that is up for debate, it is fact either accept it or ignore it. You talk about competition from other energy sources, like what? Name me any source. Lets put some numbers to this. Torness power plant in North Berwick has an installed capacity of 1364 MW. In order to replace that with wind turbines would be completely impossible. Currently we are installing 2 MW wind turbines, wind turbines have a capacity factor of around 25% so that effectively becomes 0.5MW. So we would need 2,728 wind turbines to replace 1 single nuclear power station. Also I would like to point out that hydro has pretty much been fully utilized in the uk, wave and tidal are still some way off being viable sources.
Also I am not confusing thermodynamics and energy conservation. What you said was wrong. The way you worded it seemed like you were creating plutonium from plutonium.
Are you aware of how much it would cost to implement some smart grid technology? It would cost around £37 billion. Plutonium is highly valuable, it is currently priced at $4000 per gram, to put that into context, Gold is valued at $52 per gram. The reason it is so valuable is that plutonium will be part of a fuel in the next generation of nuclear reactors, which will also use a different uranium compound. But plutonium is still used today in power generation anyway so that further raises the price. Im not even going to begin to go into the details of it. But anyway the long and short of it is that its more efficient, safer, greater power output and produces no high level waste.
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From Kyodo news:
At present Japan owns 44 tons of plutonium, 30 tons of which is fissile material that could be used to produce about 5,000 nucl...
From Kyodo news:
At present Japan owns 44 tons of plutonium, 30 tons of which is fissile material that could be used to produce about 5,000 nuclear weapons.
Britain could reuse around 17 tons of that plutonium provided that Japan foots the bill for the reprocessing of the material, which could be used to produce atomic weapons, a British nuclear expert has indicated.
According to Adrian Simper of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, weapons-grade plutonium taken from Japanese spent fuel and kept in Britain can be reprocessed as MOX and reused in the country to power reactors.
Simper used to work for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd., which was in charge of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from Japan.
British government sources also expressed their readiness to reuse plutonium from Japan under appropriate commercial terms.
See: plutonium is so valuable that BNF wants money to use it as fuel :). Anyways according to the Japanese government reprocessing is more expensive than fresh fuel: is this a successful technology?
You are right: Japan has not decommissioned any reactor recently... except for units 1,2,3 and 4 of Fukushima Daiichi. The other units at Daiichi and all the reactors at Fujushima Daini will require years of repair work. Several other reactors are damaged to various extents across northern Japan. All Japanese reactors except two are offline. Is this a PR stunt? If it is it must be one of the most expensive PR campaigns of history.
Talking about capacity factors, in year 2011 Dungeness B generated 1.3 TWh out an installed capacity of 1040 MW; these figures yield a capacity factor of 14% (http://www.edfenergy.com/about-us/energy-generation/nuclear-generation/nuclear-power-stations/dungeness-b.shtml). Pretty lousy huh?
Thermal plants damaged by the 2011 earthquakes in Japan were back online in a matter of months; none of them caused a massive environmental damage. Northern Japan npps will take years to fix and at least four units are lost forever causing massive environmental and financial damage. If nuclear is not a failed technology I do not know what is.
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P.S. according to what above:
Cost of cleaning up Sellafield: 67 billion pounds and counting.
Cost of a smart grid to support cogen...
P.S. according to what above:
Cost of cleaning up Sellafield: 67 billion pounds and counting.
Cost of a smart grid to support cogeneration and solar: 37 billion; cheap, I would say.
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Beppe. Well as it works from a engineering point of view it works very well. The reason Dungeness B was down at that low was because it was offline fo...
Beppe. Well as it works from a engineering point of view it works very well. The reason Dungeness B was down at that low was because it was offline for scheduled maintanence. Also it is a plant that is currently being shut down so your example is irrelevant. Hinkley, which is still fully operational is running at 70% capacity factor.
It is valuable because of how useful it is as a fuel. If it were not a fuel it would be worthless.
Sellafield was a disaster but you have to remember that the plant was the first commercial plant in the world and nuclear technology has moved on completely.
All Japanese reactors were switched back online in June 2012. This statement sums up everything "If nuclear is not a failed technology I do not know what is" You fundamentally do not understand nuclear power or renewables. Nor do I expect you to unless you are a physicist or an engineer.
Every example you have given me has not been researched or has been irrelevant.
The one thing I do want your answer to is replacing nuclear. How do you do that bearing in mind that it will take 2,728 wind turbines to replace a fully operational nuclear power station and hydro has pretty much been fully exploited.
I totally agree with Greenpeaces environmental goals, I have decided to specialize in Sustainability Engineering because changes need to be made to the industry. However Greenpeaces specific methods for achieving those goals is completely unrealistic and their views on issues like Nuclear are wrong.
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Alishaw, as a matter of fact I do own a master in mechanical engineering, but even if I did not I would still have freedom of speech. Nuclear energy i...
Alishaw, as a matter of fact I do own a master in mechanical engineering, but even if I did not I would still have freedom of speech. Nuclear energy is a *political* choice (see Iran nuclear program) tied not only to energy but to "defense" as well. As such, any citizen is entitled to voice his or her opinion on such a choice and even to vote on it, as it has been done in several countries (most notably Italy).
You are trying to convey the idea that the electric grid only works if there is a perfect balance of generation and consumption; to some extent this is misinformation: of course generating power is not adjusted every time I switch on or off a light bulb. Indeed, Japanese utilities already accepted a certain amount of renewable (intermittent) generation to be fed into their grid.
Dungeness B is *not* working perfectly: check their monthly reports here (http://www.edfenergy.com/about-us/energy-generation/nuclear-generation/nuclear-power-stations/dungeness-b.shtml): you can find a few INES events and you can also see that unit 21 was offline following a forced shutdown. Of course this is to be expected: npps are man made and therefore imperfect; furthermore they are operated by companies that have to choose between safety and profit. See, wind turbines might go offline for lack of wind but npps are not perfect either.
Where on earth did you get that all Japanese reactors have been put online in summer 2012? That was just two reactors at the Oi plant; all the other 50+ reactors are still awaiting repairs from the earthquake or are in state of cold shutdown awaiting for the political authority to find the guts of restarting them in the face of a majority of Japanese citizens who want to exit nuclear as soon as possible (and in the face of another major earthquake that could strike any time).
You say you chose to specialize in "sustainability engineering"; I am not sure whether that translates into "nuclear engineering" in plain English (of course nuclear industry thinks their technology is sustainable). Regardless, I sincerely wish you all the best for your future career as an engineer - we need good ones.
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Beppe. Thats rather surprising. I didn't say you weren't entitled it say it I just said you were wrong. If you are a Mechanical Engineer then ...
Beppe. Thats rather surprising. I didn't say you weren't entitled it say it I just said you were wrong. If you are a Mechanical Engineer then you know better than I what damage that scale fluctuations would have, the case study being Germany.
Of course Dungeness B is not working properly, that is why it is down for maintenance. Anyway it is in the process of being decommissioned, so its still an invalid example. While wind turbines go on and offline it is the continuous fluctuations that cause damage.
As for Japans reactors being back online;
Some may be still in the startup process I am unsure.
The Japanese public are split almost 50/50 on the issue.
My degree is specializing in Sustainability across multiple industries. I can apply what I know to any industry. Nuclear will become a sustainable industry within the next 10 - 15 years. Im surprised Mechanical Engineers dont do more on Nuclear, thought it was just in my university that this was the case. Just for your own interest look up Generation IV Sodium Cooled Fast breeder reactor, and Zirconium Nuclear Fuel. Whether you agree with the industry or not I daresay you will find it interesting and this seems like the future of Nuclear to me.
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The first round of United Nations climate change talks in 2008 got under way in Bangkok at the end of
March, with the tough but successful negotiations in Bali still fresh in everyone's memory.
Parties had agreed at Bali to jointly step up international efforts to combat climate change and get
to an agreed outcome in Copenhagen in 2009.
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countries tasked with fleshing out the Bali Road Map. This involved drawing up a work programme to
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emissions within the next 10-15 years and dramatically reduce emissions by mid-century. The
two-stranded talks also involved taking forward important work under the Kyoto Protocol process.
Working group on the futureThe Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative
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Kyoto Protocol Working GroupThe Ad hoc Working Group under the Kyoto Protocol
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emission reduction commitments of Annex I Parties. While at Kyoto a deal was struck before
establishing such rules, which were only agreed upon four years later, the aim this time is to have a
clear set of rules before a political deal is reached.
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the Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period.
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the next phase. Some countries called for tougher global regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from
ships and aeroplanes, which they said should be included in any new climate pact alongside pollutants
from power plants and agriculture. Others opposed the plan, saying it could hurt their economies,
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and the International Maritime Organisation.
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climate change through finance and technology. The third major gathering in 2008, to be held in
August, will examine more closely a number of crucial issues related to enhanced action on
mitigation. These include reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries, which
account for around 20% of global emissions.
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the key elements of a shared long-term vision for joint action on climate change, including a
long-term target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Poznan meeting will also be an important
opportunity for stocktaking on progress made during the course of the year.
First milestone reachedLooking back, the objectives set out for the Bangkok
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climate change pact and essential work under the Kyoto Protocol taken forward. The all-important
first milestone has thus been reached on the journey to Copenhagen. With less than two years
remaining to complete that journey, there is certainly no room for complacency. But the Bangkok
outcome augurs well for achieving the kind of agreement we need in order to respond to what many say
is the greatest challenge ever to face humanity.
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Hemp - Cannabis sativa - 14 April 2009
Guest article by Tony Budden from Hemporium
Industrial hemp refers to the non-psychoactive varieties of the Cannabis plant. The diverse range of products derived from this very useful plant include durable fibres, paper, construction materials, nutritional and health products and oils. Hemp is easily grown using organic farming methods and has a very fast rate of growth, exceeding the yields of most comparable crops.
Industrial hemp has a rich history, and its extensive use can be tracked through nearly every culture and civilisation. It is believed that it was the first crop cultivated for fibre and the word "Canvas" is directly related to "Cannabis". It is only in the past century that this enormously beneficial plant has been criminalised.
In 1937, at a time when synthetic fibres and cotton were gaining popularity, a concerted campaign was run by various paper, nylon and chemical producers against their natural competition, the hemp producers. They did this by making industrial hemp indistinguishable from its psychoactive cousin marijuana. (Even the semantics of calling hemp "marijuana", a Mexican word, leveraged racial prejudices to help get the plant criminalised). The US congress succumbed to this campaign of mis-information and banned the entire cannabis plant.
In recent times this error of judgement is being exposed and recognised and there are now over 30 industrialised nations that have legitimate hemp industries including Canada, China, Australia and most of the EU. The U.S.A still maintains the ban in place, but even there we are seeing progress with several states allowing industrial hemp to be grown under permit, but with the DEA still enforcing the ban and thereby prohibiting growth.
In South Africa we have had industrial hemp trials for the past 10 years and it has been demonstrated that industrial hemp would flourish in our growing conditions. There are several exciting projects underway that could jump-start the industry as soon as the legislative issues have been resolved.
Hemp vs Dagga
It is important to clarify the difference between industrial hemp and its cousin, marijuana (commonly referred to as dagga in South Africa). Although they are both of the Cannabis family, hemp is grown predominantly for its fibre and seed while dagga is cultivated for its psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content.
Most industrial hemp strains have a THC content of less than 0.3%, while dagga typically has between 3% and 15% THC content in the flowers. Industrial hemp has absolutely no value as a psychoactive recreational drug, and law enforcement can be trained to easily recognise the difference between the two.
The way that hemp is grown is very different to dagga. Hemp fibre strains are planted very close together (200 plants per square metre) causing competition for light and leading to long thin plants up to 4 metres high. The prized fibres are found in the stalk. Hemp grown for seed will have male plants present in the field and flowers that are bursting full of seed at harvest time. Dagga, on the other hand, is grown in short bushy plants to maximise flower growth, and the male plants are eradicated as the seed is not wanted. Anyone can be trained to recognise the intended use of the crop as the visual difference between the two is quite obvious. Attempting to use a hemp field to hide dagga plants would not be effective as the low THC hemp would cross-pollinate the dagga and decrease its value as a drug.
To further eliminate any possibility of abuse, it is proposed that growing, hemp should be run on a licensing system as no illegal dagga grower is likely to declare his name, address and location of his crop and farm to the authorities, no matter how well he thinks he could disguise it.
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Almost the entire hemp plant can be used to make a multitude of end products. In a 1939 edition of Popular Mechanics, hemp was dubbed the "New Billion Dollar Crop" with its 25000 end uses, and today it could be argued there are indeed even more. The fact that you can get all these products from a single plant that grows from seed to maturity in 4-6 months, with minimal use of pesticides and herbicides, makes it one of the most unique and beneficial plants available for humans to use.
The outer bast fibre from the stalk can be used for clothing, canvas and rope whilst the inner core fibre (or hurds) can be used for construction and paper production. (It is an interesting fact that the American Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper, as well as the Gutenberg Bible). Hemp makes four times the amount of paper pulp per acre than trees on a sustainable basis.
Hemp fibre is much stronger than cotton, grows with minimal need for pesticides and fertiliser, and is UV and mould resistant. Hemp fabrics are extremely durable and the hollow nature of the hemp fibre contributes to air circulation, resulting in breathable clothing that is cool in hot weather and warm in the cold.
Early in to the 21st century, researchers began studies on hemp cellulose in the hopes of finding a more affordable and renewable raw material for plastics. Not surprisingly some interesting results have been found and studies continue to date. Daimler-Chrysler is currently using hemp in many of the interior panels of their cars, replacing fibreglass. Not only is it biodegradable, but it is stronger and does not splinter in the event of a collision. Hemp fields in the Eastern Cape could be planted to supply the large automotive industry around Uitenhage. Another interesting hemp-fact is that Henry Ford built a prototype car made out of agricultural fibre bio composites, including hemp, which ran on bio-fuel. If this prototype had been developed further, it is possible that the world might not be so intensely reliant on fossil fuels as we are today.
Social and Developmental value
The cultivation of hemp can also meet many of the developmental needs that our country faces, especially with regards to job-creation, nutrition and housing.
In South Africa we face many unique challenges and for the hemp industry to succeed we would need to make it accessible to the emerging farmer. To do this we need to ensure that they have access to seeds, farming and harvesting equipment, processing machinery and markets. To meet this challenge, the concept of Sustainable Integrated Village in Agro-ecology, or SIVA, has been developed by the National Organic Produce Initiative (NOPI).
With a pilot project already identified in Sir Lowry's Pass village in the Western Cape, SIVA's can be positioned around the country to manage local farmers and to provide training, seed distribution, equipment and machinery stores.. Through the SIVA system, a hemp industry can be instrumental in providing jobs, housing, nutrition and much more.
Another exciting project to come out of this concept is the "Grow your House" project which aims to build 20 000 affordable homes in South Africa, partly financed through the carbon credits that the project would earn. Once the primary product of hemp, the fibre, has been removed, the stalk or "hurds" remain. These are very high in cellulose, and when ground up and mixed with ash and lime, a natural cement is formed. The chipped stalk and lime mix can also be cast into bricks which are 7 times lighter than clay bricks. The French have been instrumental in developing this technology, and have used it to build many houses in France.
Compressed hemp stalk chips also make a good chipboard that is an effective insulator which is pest, mould and fire resistant. Hemp fibres have long been used as carpet backing, and can also be woven into insulation/isolation mats that are an environmentally friendly alternative to the fibre-glass insulation currently used in most houses.
Many jobs can be created both on the farms and in the industry that would have to be set up to process and manufacture the raw hemp into finished products. Mills would be needed to produce paper, presses for the manufacture of hemp oil from the seeds and factories to produce the textiles and construction materials.
Another way hemp can make a marked difference in the quality of life for many of our citizens is as a nutritional supplement. Hemp seed is high in the protein Globulin Edistin, which is a very easily digestible hypoallergenic protein that can be of great benefit to people with nutrition blocking diseases such as HIV and TB. Add to this the fact that hemp seed oil is one of the few plant sources that contain Omega 3, 6 and 9 in perfect ratios for our body, as well as all the essential amino acids. Essential fatty acids also help boost the immune system and assist the brain in absorbing protein. Hemp seeds are not psychoactive.
In this country, hemp cultivation can be offered as an addition to traditional farming as a rotation crop. Not only will hemp add value to a farms production, but because of hemp's incredible rate of growth and canopy of leaves it chokes out all other weeds, making the use of herbicides unnecessary. Hemps long taproot also penetrates deep into the soil, breaking it up and leaving it ready for the next crop. Hemp fits in perfectly with a holistic approach to farming, one that focuses on sustainability and organic practices.
The Agricultural Research Council and the Department of Agriculture in South Africa have been conducting hemp research trials for several years now, and have proved that hemp is a viable agricultural crop. Potential strains for our climate and soils have been identified, as well as the best areas to grow it in. It is now only politics and regulations that are holding it back. Because of its relationship to dagga, hemp licensing is still controlled by the Department of Health. Studies are underway to determine how we can go about legalising hemp. Canada has had a legal hemp crop for the past 10 years and there is hope that we can model our legislation on theirs where Medicinal/Recreational use of Cannabis is controlled by the Department of Health and Industrial use by the Department of Agriculture.
From a 'sustainable development' perspective, hemp production is definitely a step in the right direction as it replaces our current dependency on synthetics and chemicals and promotes the use of sustainable and renewable resources. This represents a great positive leap towards a healthier greener planet.


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The latest pressure tactic in Congress's feud over how to halt $1.2 trillion in across-the- board federal spending cuts may be to let them take effect.
Democrats set on enacting tax increases and Republicans who oppose them would have a greater incentive to compromise following March 1 cuts in spending to government programs, known as sequestration, lawmakers in both parties said.
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The so-called Buffett Rule would impose the minimum tax rate on top earners, phased up to a 30 percent rate on those earning more than $2 million a year. The provision would raise $54 billion over 10 years by preventing those taxpayers from benefiting from lower rates on capital gains and dividends that reduce their effective tax rates.
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Tiger Woods still thinks he can grab the title of greatest golfer ever from Jack Nicklaus, even at age 37 and nearly five years removed from his most recent major win (the 2008 U.S. Open). It has also been several years since his 2009 life/career meltdown, so some golf fans aren't old enough to remember just how great and dominant Tiger Woods once was. There really was a time when Woods ran the golf world, and Augusta National was his house. Woods is a four-time champion at Augusta, and spent a chunk of the last decade making history nearly every time he showed up for The Masters. And since he is finally a favorite to win The Masters once again this year, we have created a list of Tiger's five greatest moments at Augusta National and The Masters. 5. The Tiger Slam (2001) It's a little shocking how long it has actually been since 2001, but there really was a time when Tiger Woods was the most dominant competitor in any sport in the world. But in 2001, Tiger did something that would make the Skip Bayless types of today lose full control of their bowels: winning the Masters and becoming the champion of his fourth consecutive major…but not all in the same season. Whether or not this was a true grand slam (Woods had finished T5, six strokes back of champion Vijay Singh in 2000), it was the closest golf had come to having Bobby Jones strolling the fairways again. It still is, too. Today, golf is much more democratic in terms of who wins majors. Fourteen of the last 16 major tournament winners were ranked outside the top 10 golfers in the world when they won. But back in 2001, it was all Tiger. Woods held off a solid charge from David Duval (!) to win by two strokes. He even birdied the 18th for good measure even though he was already up one stroke on Duval (who had missed an earlier birdie putt which would have tied Woods). The 2001 Masters was Tiger's exclamation point on his fourth consecutive major win and his ascendance to being the greatest golfer of the 21st century. 4. Tiger tries to win for his dad – and fails (2006) Woods, Jack, and Nick Faldo are still the only golfers to ever repeat as Masters champions since the tournament started in 1934. In 2006, Tiger was looking to become the only golfer ever to do that twice, after having won the 2005 Masters in dramatic fashion over Chris DiMarco. Instead, Woods came to Augusta with something else on his mind: his father. Earl Woods was dying, and Tiger wanted to win one more major for him so badly that he pressed too hard just two shots behind the leaders and came up just short, three shots back of champion Phil Mickelson. His father died three weeks after the tournament. Woods admits it is his greatest disappointment. Woods missed the cut at the U.S. Open later that June, obviously still grieving from his father's death. He did win the Open Championship in July, but Woods still deeply regrets his final round 70 at Augusta in 2006. Why is this a "top" moment? Because at a time when Woods was almost robotic in his dominance, he showed a soft, human side that finally crept into his game and made people actually feel for him. Goliath stubbed his toe. And even some who never rooted for Tiger found themselves wishing he had taken home that championship. 3. Tiger's third-round 65 (1997) Everybody already knew who Tiger Woods was in 1997. Then 21, he was too much of a prodigy to be ignored even though he had never been under par in his two previous appearances at the Masters. But nobody expected Woods to come out and set tournament records for margin of victory (12 shots) and scoring (270, -18) while becoming the first non-white player to win the Masters. as well as its youngest-ever champion. This was more than a coming-out party for golf's next big thing. It was utter destruction of golf's most hallowed course by a new generation of player who could hit the ball a mile and had a short game that could overcome even the trickiest greens. It was this win that spurred Augusta National and many other clubs to begin the constant lengthening and altering of their courses in an attempt to try to challenge Tiger and the others like him who would follow. Woods went on to shoot a final-round 69 as he cruised to victory, but his third round was his star-making performance. Woods's 65 was at least four strokes better than anyone in the top 10, except light-hitting Tom Kite (66). However, Kite had shot a first round 77, so he was never a real threat to Woods. Not that anyone else was either. 2. "The Chip," and missed high-five, on 16 (2005) I'm sure most sports fans have seen the video of Verne Lundquist having an orgasm on live television. Our own Ryan Phillips opined on "The Chip" for the Indiana Daily Student back in 2005 as well. After starting the final round three shots behind Woods, Chris DiMarco was within one shot on the 16th green when Woods sunk an incredible chip shot. Tiger then blew his subsequent two-shot lead on 17 and 18, forcing a playoff between he and DiMarco. But Woods ended up winning his fourth (and most recent) Green Jacket anyway with a birdie on the 18th, the first hole of the playoff. 1. Tiger owns Retief Goosen to repeat (2002) Woods and Goosen were tied at -11 after the third round. But a walk around Augusta on Sunday for Goosen became one of the many horror stories opponents can tell, thanks to playing with the (then) most dominant golfer in the world. Goosen shot a two-over 74 to finish three shots behind Woods. Tiger cruised to a one-under 71, and just stood by and watched Goosen (the defending U.S. Open champion at the time) struggle with shot after shot (not the last time he would melt down in the final round of a major). It is the moment – at the Masters anyway – that most clearly shows just how intimidating Tiger Woods used to be. Obviously, not in a physical sense, but in that era nearly every golfer who played with Tiger felt the push to make better and better shots and to make more and more putts because they knew Woods would always have an answer. After all, this was only a year after the Tiger Slam, and two years after he set the scoring record at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Goosen was even fighting history in 2002: Woods was seeking (and succeeded) to become only the third golfer to repeat as Masters champion along with Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo. I'd say that's enough to intimidate most golfers. It wasn't Woods at his flashiest or even playing his best golf. But it was Tiger Woods at his most Tiger Woods. Calmly strolling the fairways with that scowl on his face, cursing at bad shots, doing the club spin on good ones, and generally seeming invincible. Augusta was especially tough that Sunday, with no one in the top 10 shooting below a 70. Yet Woods owned the entire day from start to finish with a minimum of drama while everyone else struggled. A classic win by the best front-running golfer in history. Bonus: Phil puts the jacket back on Tiger (2005) In 2004, Phil Mickelson had finally broken through and won his first major. From that point, the rivalry between Mickelson and Woods was on. The two players were nearly always in contention for most major tournaments, the world number one ranking, and the title of best American golfer as well. Mickelson was also a fan favorite too, so when he won, most assumed he would take the leap and challenge Woods in every major. The above photo was taken after Woods beat Chris DiMarco in a playoff in 2005 (see No. 2), the moment when one rival had to hand the trophy to another was captured. And the look on Woods' face was pretty priceless. As Phillips said when he sent me the link to the image, "Oh to have a caption contest for that photo."
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