Droughts Linked To Global Warming

Seriously, cap-n-trade works IFF all nations participate. Well, Not only is USA not participating, but the worst polluter, china, will not either. In fact, if USA does, then it is CERTAIN that China and 3rd world nations will actually make a grab for American businesses by quickly building up electricity (probably following the chinese model of illegally subsidizing it and then dumping the goods on international market). And what is the fastest way to build up CHEAP electricity? Coal plants without ANY pollution control (in fact, china has nearly all, if not all, of their pollution controls turned off).

So, what is the best solution? Have nations tax ALL goods (local and imported) based on the CO2 that comes from the nation where the final assembly and the primary sub-components (depending on size of item, much even want several of the largest sub-components). Ideally, we would tax based on CO2 emissions from a nation on a per sq km basis. With that approach, it forces ALL major nations to lower their emissions, while nearly all 3rd world nations are all ready at low levels. However, with this approach, it will reward those nations that actually take the initiative to drop their emissions, while punishing those that choose to ignore it. That includes the nation that invokes the tax itself.

America is to launch OCO2 in 2012. It measures CO2 emissions. Rather than playing guessing games, this would simply measure CO2 into a nation's border, as well as CO2 OUT of the nation. That approach would allow us to find exactly how much CO2 a nation generates and not worry about the source. That is up to the nation to solve. They may wish to kill coal plants. Or they may elect to kill cars. etc. However, this approach combined with per sq km basis, allows a nation to decide if the issue is a business issue or a ppl issue and then adjust accordingly. However cap-n-trade and combined with per capita is about the worst idea going. It is already failing in EU. They are losing businesses to China who will continue to cheat all the way through this.

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You know, I could kiss people who tell others to have good grammar. Anyway, my real question. Is there possibly a skelly? ^ 3^

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I'll have one up in just a minute, and I LOVE your icon btw, Rainbow Dash is the best!

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I would like to create an airbender. I'll get to work right away.

Am I crazy? Well, that depends. Define crazy.

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Hells yeah! Sonic Rainboom FTW! Anyway, thanks! I'll be spying till then!

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I never really got into the Avatar series. But I'd love to learn through a well built roleplay. I do understand the basics. I'm not clueless... so... hopefully I can have a character up in a little while.

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EVERYONE! The skelly has been posted on the introduction page of the roleplay forum, edit as you see fit!

@Aixulram: *Fluttershy voice* You rock..! Woo-hoo..!

@Vio-Lance: No problem, if you need any help, just ask. :)

@MotherDragons: Great! I look forward to seeing them!

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Question: Can I create the Fire Lord's (I'm assuming it's still Zuko) daughter?

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@TwiliXDragon: Actually, this takes place way before Zuko is even born, this is right before the great war comes around, with Sozin being the Fire Lord at the time. However, you may create Sozin's daughter, since his offspring were never really named or confirmed.

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Wow, I feel stupid now...I totaly read that...either way, one Fire Lord's daughter, coming up. :) I added a few things to my character shee as well, and am going to cover everything you want ^^ I like making ym profiles look nice. Now if I can just find a decent picture...

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I might submit a character ^^

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@TwiliXDragon: Great, I look forward to seeing her. :)

@Gryazi: I look forward to seeing your character, if you so choose to submit one. ...I love your picture, btw. XD

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Can I create a Fire Nation rebel? It's implied that Sozin went away with many Fire Nation traditions and subjugated the Fire Sages. Not everyone could have liked that. Even Nazi Germany had the White Rose.

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I think I will. I'm going to try to play around with a female air nomad since they weren't really featured in the show.
And thank you! xD Looove Trollestia.

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@almostinsane: Of course! That's a good idea! :)

@Gryazi: Trollestia is the best Celestia. XD

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I would love to get involved in this.

It needs to be about 20% Cooler.

Looking for that one, awesome, sci-fi role-play.

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I would like to be a water bender please. Also, I would like to reserve finding Soka's boomy (boomerang) (best weapon ever no matter what anyone says, it's the best in my eyes)(It's like my trademark in all Avatar RPs to find it in my first post). (and it works since I could make it before he found it)

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@Mr. Baneling Squishy: Actually, this roleplay takes place long before Sokka's born, before the start of the War, where Sozin was the current Fire Lord. If you want to though, you'll have to make it tie in some way that it'll be Sokka's. XD

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I'll be making a firebender, though she will be different from others...

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Salroka wrote:@Mr. Baneling Squishy: Actually, this roleplay takes place long before Sokka's born, before the start of the War, where Sozin was the current Fire Lord. If you want to though, you'll have to make it tie in some way that it'll be Sokka's. XD

I know, if we manage to get to the end of the RP, I could somehow make it end up at the south pole!

But like I said, it's my trademark in Avatar RPs

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SAO PAULO: Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer, a hospital where the ex-leader went for medical exams said Saturday. Following a series of tests, the 66-year-old Lula ?was diagnosed with a tumor located in his larynx? and will receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital of Sao Paulo [...]

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US consumer spending jumps 0.6 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Consumers boosted their spending in September at three times the pace of the previous month but their incomes barely budged. They financed the gains by saving at the lowest level since the start of the Great Recession.

The Commerce Department says consumer spending rose 0.6 percent in September, helped by a big rise in purchases of durable goods such as autos. But incomes rose only 0.1 percent after having fallen by the same amount in August. After adjusting for inflation, after-tax incomes fell 0.1 percent last month, the third straight monthly decline in after-tax incomes.

The savings rate fell to 3.6 percent. That's the lowest level since December 2007, just as the recession was beginning.

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Supercommittee GOP, Democrats swap offers (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Republicans on Congress' deficit-reduction supercommittee outlined a plan Wednesday that includes spending cuts but none of the increases in tax revenue sought by Democrats, completing an initial exchange of offers that left the two sides far apart despite weeks of secret talks.

Officials also said the Democratic proposal on Tuesday and the GOP counter-proposal 24 hours later both included a provision to slow the inflationary increase in future Social Security benefits, suggesting it could become part of any compromise that might emerge.

The Republican offer calls for somewhat more than $2 trillion in deficit savings over a decade, according to officials in both parties. Less than half of that amount would come from increases in items such as Medicare premiums, the sale of public lands and airport fees ? measures that increase government revenue without changing personal or corporate taxes.

Spending cuts include about $500 billion from Medicare over a decade and another $185 billion from Medicaid, these officials said.

By contrast, Democrats want $1.3 trillion in higher tax revenue, a similar amount in spending cuts and enough other savings elsewhere in the budget to finance a $450 billion jobs bill along the lines that President Barack Obama is recommending.

The officials who described the rival approaches did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to provide details of the committee's confidential discussions. In private, each side also disparaged the other, providing yet another indication that the panel's deliberations have not shown significant progress.

Still, the exchange marked a quickening in the pace of activity by the committee after dozens of hours of closed-door meetings, and senior leaders in both parties are becoming more involved.

The panel of six Republicans and six Democrats has until Nov. 23 to recommend deficit savings of $1.2 trillion. But in fact, most if not all of the decisions must be made by early next month to give the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office time to render precise estimates on their costs and impact on future deficits.

Whatever the committee recommends must be approved by both houses of Congress in December if lawmakers want to avoid automatic spending cuts of $1.2 trillion across a range of federal programs.

There were signs of Democratic dissension one day after Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., outlined a proposal on behalf of his party's negotiators.

According to several officials, he called for $1.3 trillion in increased tax revenue over a decade, and $1.3 trillion in spending cuts. Another $1 trillion in savings would come from the presumed reduction of Pentagon costs in Iraq and Afghanistan and $500 billion more from a reduction in interest costs resulting from declining deficits.

Those savings would be on top of cuts that Congress approved earlier in the year of nearly $1 trillion.

For Democrats on the committee, it appeared that the most contentious of the items would slow the growth of monthly checks to recipients of Social Security and other benefit programs, curtail Medicare spending by $400 billion over a decade and Medicaid by another $75 billion.

Several Democrats said during the day that the presentation had the support of a majority of the six Democrats on the panel, leaving the impression that at least one, and possibly two, of the party's lawmakers had not signed on.

Others suggested that Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., a member of the party's leadership, and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., had not agreed to support the recommendations.

A spokesman for Clyburn declined comment.

James Gleeson, a spokesman for Becerra, said, "I wouldn't assume he's one way or the other."

By contrast, Republicans appeared to avoid any ideological pitfalls in their counter-offer, pulling well back from a position that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, took earlier in the year in private talks with Obama.

In those discussions, Boehner and the president discussed legislation to enact tax reform that was assumed to result in economic expansion and increases in tax revenue of $800 billion over a decade.

After the collapse of those talks, Republicans have struggled in the ensuing months to avoid any conflict with Grover Norquist, a prominent conservative activist and author of a pledge not to raise taxes that many GOP lawmakers have signed.

In fact, tax reform has figured prominently in the deficit committee's private discussions, according to officials in both parties, and is viewed as a possible key to an agreement.

Under this theory, if Republicans are willing to agree that additional revenue does not constitute a tax increase, it might entice Democrats to agree to savings from Medicare and other government benefit programs that account for much of the growth in federal spending in recent years.

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Associated Press writer Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.

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FDA ties newer birth control drugs to blood clots (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Safety concerns with the popular birth control pill Yaz increased Thursday as federal health scientists reported that the Bayer drug and other newer birth control treatments appear to increase the risk of dangerous blood clots more than older medications.

A new study released by the Food and Drug Administration reviewed the medical history of more than 800,000 U.S. women taking different forms of birth control between 2001 and 2007. On average, woman taking Yaz had a 75 percent greater chance of experiencing a blood clot than women taking older birth control drugs.

Yaz contains estrogen along with a next-generation synthetic hormone called drospirenone, which is known to increase potassium levels in the blood. FDA compared medical records of women taking the drug with those taking the older drug levonorgestrel.

Yaz, Yasmin and related drospirenone-containing pills were Bayer's second-best-selling franchise last year at $1.6 billion in global sales.

In 2009, the FDA took the unusual step of ordering Bayer to run corrective TV advertisements on Yaz, saying the drugmaker's marketing campaign overstated the drugs' ability to prevent acne and premenstrual syndrome.

Bayer Healthcare, a division of the German conglomerate, said it "is currently evaluating this publication and cannot comment at this point in time."

The agency also reported higher complications in women using the Ortho Evra patch from Johnson & Johnson and the Nuvaring vaginal ring from Merck & Co. Inc. Those drugs combine estrogen, which is present in all birth control pills, with two other synthetic hormones launched in the last decade.

The FDA said it hasn't reached a final conclusion on the drugs' safety but will hold a meeting with scientific advisers Dec. 8.

Consumer safety advocates have criticized the agency for approving newer, more expensive birth control drugs when cheaper, generic drugs with established safety records are widely available.

"At a certain point we have to ask why the FDA continues to approve drugs that are less safe and have no benefit compared to drugs already on the market," said Dr. Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Women and Families, a consumer group for women's health issues. "With all these different birth control options, why take the most expensive one that can also kill you?"

Recent studies have reached differing conclusions on the risks of newer birth control pills.

A study published earlier this week involving more than 1 million Danish women found that women taking Yaz and other newer medications had twice the risk of blood clots as women taking the older hormone levonorgestrel. The findings appeared Tuesday in the British Medical Journal.

However, two studies published in 2007, conducted as part of the postmarketing requirements of the FDA or European regulators, did not find any difference in blood clotting between the two comparable groups.

Birth-control pills that contain drospirenone include Bayer's Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz, Safyral; Sandoz's Syeda and Loryna; as well as Barr Laboratories' Ocella, Watson Pharmaceuticals' Zarah and Teva Pharmaceuticals' Loryna.

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Like Father, Like Daughter… Michael Lohan Arrested Yet Again

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Department of Energy to Invest $60 Million in Solar Power Development (ContributorNetwork)

The Department of Energy has decided to invest $60 million over the next three years in research related to develop new Concentrating Solar Power technologies. The department is encouraging industry, national laboratories, and academic institutions to apply for the funding and is expecting to fund about 20 different projects.

The investment will help the nation reach its goal of reducing the cost of solar energy by 70 percent by the end of the decade, which will make it more cost competitive with other forms of energy. Here are some facts about solar power in the U.S. and the steps the DOE has taken to support solar power development.

* National Geographic reported the use of solar power has increased at a rate of about 20 percent per year over the past 15 years due to better and more efficient technology and falling prices for materials.

* Solar power is completely pollution-free and noise-free, making it preferable over other forms of energy. It can also be applied in a variety of different locations, from rural to urban and on small scales and larger scales as well.

* Despite this growth, solar power still only accounts for less than 1 percent of electricity used in the United States, with California being the leading solar state in the country, according to a recent article from the New York Times.

* The potential for solar power production is highest in the Southwest, including southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, southern Nevada, Utah and Texas.

* The $787 billion economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama in early 2009 allowed homeowners to redeem federal tax credit worth 30 percent of the cost for their new solar power systems.

* With tax credits from both the federal government and state governments, residential solar power systems can often pay for themselves in about five to ten years.

* The DOE's SunShot Initiative was established in February and under this initiative, the department funds search and loan guarantees for new and cutting-edge technologies.

* Last month Yahoo! News reported the department announced $145 million in funding for 69 projects in 24 states to develop more efficient solar power technologies and reducing market barriers.

* Numerous universities have already received DOE funding, including Stanford University, Georgia Tech, Illinois State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

* Efforts to further develop solar power technologies in the U.S. have also helped create job while reducing the nation's dependence on fossil fuels.

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The 2012 Olympic surveillance legacy

Public release date: 24-Oct-2011
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The Olympic and Paralympic Games are one of the most prestigious events in the world and in 2012 all eyes will be on London. The well published post - 2012 Games legacy includes world class sports facilities, a woodland park, new homes, shops and restaurants. What isn't clear is what will happen to the high level security measures that will be left behind after the Games.

Criminologist Dr Pete Fussey believes that there will be a significant use of surveillance during the games, such as fixed and mobile video cameras. In addition, new structures such as bollards and barriers are being introduced to aid security which will have an impact on the urban environment.

Dr Fussey will talk about these issues and invite public discussion at the first of three events on the Olympics to be held during the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science 2011. He believes that there is an important debate to be had about the impact that increased surveillance and security measures could have on the communities of East London once the games have finished.

"Given the amount of terrorist threats on recent large sporting events, security requirements have become increasingly central to Olympic planning. This has led to the construction of a range of highly equipped units monitored by a range of surveillance technologies. This in turn, raises questions of what will become of these spaces once the Games are finished and the site is transformed into urban parkland," said Dr Fussey. "Further questions exist over the revival and renewal of the area, which could be seen as upsetting the traditional urban balance."

As an expert in security and counter-terrorism, Dr Fussey believes that these issues of the legacy of the Olympics need to be more widely debated. "For example during the Seoul and Tokyo Olympics, private security guards were seen for the first time in those countries and they remained once the Olympics had gone. This sort of thing raises questions about what is needed to police a global event and what happens afterwards. How many of these security measures will remain in place and what impact will they have on these communities long after the Olympics has ended?"

The talk is the first of three given by Essex University experts on aspects of the Olympics on successive evenings. Psychologist, Dr Dominic Mickelwright will talk about how Olympic athletes achieve feats of exceptional performance, and Dr Marjana Johansson, a lecturer in management, will discuss the Olympics as a global brand, and the association of the games with other global brands.

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For further information contact

Dr Gary Williams
Email: gcwill@essex.ac.uk
Telephone: 01206-874070

ESRC Press Office:

Danielle Moore
Email: danielle.moore@esrc.ac.uk
Telephone 01793-413122

Jeanine Woolley
Email: jeanine.woolley@esrc.ac.uk
Telephone 01793-413119

Notes for editors:

1. The 2012 Olympic experience
Organiser: Dr Pete Fussey, University of Essex
Date: 31 October 2011 18.00-19.30
Venue: The Minories Bistro, Colchester
Audience: Suitable for a general audience
For more information: The 2012 Olympic experience

2. Press release is based on research by Dr Pete Fussey, Living in surveillance societies. His main research interests focus on surveillance and security with particular reference to counter-terrorism and, also, major events. For more information see Dr Pete Fussey.

3. The Festival of Social Science is run by the Economic and Social Research Council which runs from 29 October to 5 November 2011. With events from some of the country's leading social scientists, the Festival celebrates the very best of British social science research and how it influences our social, economic and political lives - both now and in the future. This year's Festival of Social Science has over 130 creative and exciting events aimed at encouraging businesses, charities, government agencies; and schools or college students to discuss, discover and debate topical social science issues. Press releases detailing some of the varied events are available at the Festival website. You can now follow updates from the Festival on twitter using #esrcfestival

4. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. It supports independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and the third sector. The ESRC's total budget for 2011/12 is 203 million. At any one time the ESRC supports over 4,000 researchers and postgraduate students in academic institutions and independent research institutes. More at http://www.esrc.ac.uk

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The Olympic and Paralympic Games are one of the most prestigious events in the world and in 2012 all eyes will be on London. The well published post - 2012 Games legacy includes world class sports facilities, a woodland park, new homes, shops and restaurants. What isn't clear is what will happen to the high level security measures that will be left behind after the Games.

Criminologist Dr Pete Fussey believes that there will be a significant use of surveillance during the games, such as fixed and mobile video cameras. In addition, new structures such as bollards and barriers are being introduced to aid security which will have an impact on the urban environment.

Dr Fussey will talk about these issues and invite public discussion at the first of three events on the Olympics to be held during the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science 2011. He believes that there is an important debate to be had about the impact that increased surveillance and security measures could have on the communities of East London once the games have finished.

"Given the amount of terrorist threats on recent large sporting events, security requirements have become increasingly central to Olympic planning. This has led to the construction of a range of highly equipped units monitored by a range of surveillance technologies. This in turn, raises questions of what will become of these spaces once the Games are finished and the site is transformed into urban parkland," said Dr Fussey. "Further questions exist over the revival and renewal of the area, which could be seen as upsetting the traditional urban balance."

As an expert in security and counter-terrorism, Dr Fussey believes that these issues of the legacy of the Olympics need to be more widely debated. "For example during the Seoul and Tokyo Olympics, private security guards were seen for the first time in those countries and they remained once the Olympics had gone. This sort of thing raises questions about what is needed to police a global event and what happens afterwards. How many of these security measures will remain in place and what impact will they have on these communities long after the Olympics has ended?"

The talk is the first of three given by Essex University experts on aspects of the Olympics on successive evenings. Psychologist, Dr Dominic Mickelwright will talk about how Olympic athletes achieve feats of exceptional performance, and Dr Marjana Johansson, a lecturer in management, will discuss the Olympics as a global brand, and the association of the games with other global brands.

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For further information contact

Dr Gary Williams
Email: gcwill@essex.ac.uk
Telephone: 01206-874070

ESRC Press Office:

Danielle Moore
Email: danielle.moore@esrc.ac.uk
Telephone 01793-413122

Jeanine Woolley
Email: jeanine.woolley@esrc.ac.uk
Telephone 01793-413119

Notes for editors:

1. The 2012 Olympic experience
Organiser: Dr Pete Fussey, University of Essex
Date: 31 October 2011 18.00-19.30
Venue: The Minories Bistro, Colchester
Audience: Suitable for a general audience
For more information: The 2012 Olympic experience

2. Press release is based on research by Dr Pete Fussey, Living in surveillance societies. His main research interests focus on surveillance and security with particular reference to counter-terrorism and, also, major events. For more information see Dr Pete Fussey.

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US House votes to reject EU emissions control plan

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. House of Representatives voted Monday to exclude U.S. airlines from an emissions cap-and-trade program that the European Union plans to impose on all airlines flying to and from the continent beginning next year.

With the legislation, which passed by voice vote, lawmakers joined the airline industry and the Obama administration in opposing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1. The bill now goes to the Senate, where there is currently no companion legislation.

The measure directs the transportation secretary to prohibit U.S. carriers from participating in the program if it is unilaterally imposed. It also tells other federal agencies to take steps necessary to ensure that U.S. carriers are not penalized by the emissions control scheme.

The EU program began in 2005 with the capping of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, refineries, steel mills and other industrial producers. Next year it extends to airlines, which are said to be responsible for about 3 percent of greenhouse gases.

Under the program, similar to the cap-and-trade concept that President Barack Obama unsuccessfully tried to move through Congress, each airliner is issued permits to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide. They can buy extra credits if they emit more than their allowed limit, or sell credits if they emit less. Payments would be made to the EU country to which they most frequently fly.

The EU says the costs to airlines will be modest and will have minimal impact on passenger fares. The U.S. aviation industry says the cost between 2012 and 2020 could hit $3.1 billion. It says it is unfair that a flight from the United States, for example from Los Angeles, would have to pay for emissions for all parts of flights to Europe, including time spent over the United States and the Atlantic.

"It's a tax grab by the European Union," the House's Republican Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica said. "The meter starts running the minute the plane departs from any point in the U.S. until it reaches Europe."

In 2009, American, United and Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association of America filed suit in a case now before the European Court of Justice, arguing that the unilateral imposition of emissions rules violates international aviation agreements.

They received a setback this month when the court's advocate general, a legal adviser, said in a nonbinding statement that the EU emissions trading scheme is compatible with international law and urged the court to reject the U.S. challenge.

That drew fire from Krishna R. Urs, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State for transportation affairs, who repeated the U.S.'s "strong legal and policy objections to the inclusion of flights by non-EU carriers" in the EU program.

The Air Transport Association said that preliminary opinion "does not mark the end of this case" and noted that more than 20 countries, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and Japan, oppose the EU plan.

"It imposes an exorbitant tax that siphons away from aviation the very funds it needs to continue to invest in aircraft technology, sustainable alternative fuels and infrastructure advances," the ATA said.

Mica, who recently led a delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, said ICAO member nations next month will approve overwhelmingly a measure opposing the EU's carbon trading system.

"This shouldn't lead to a trade war," Mica said. "It should lead to a resolution that does improve our environment."

One of the few voices of dissent came from Democratic Rep. Edward Markey, who said the United States also passes laws that dictate security and pollution standards for foreign ships and planes entering U.S. territory. "The Europeans are taking climate change seriously. We shouldn't undermine their efforts by legislating that our airlines break the law."

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The bill is H.R. 2594

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CSN: Do we really need more playoffs?

October 24, 2011, 9:23 am

If you haven't been watching baseball over the last three weeks, what's wrong with you? You've been missing out on one of the most compelling postseasons this sport has experienced in quite a while.

After some fantastic showdowns in both the Division Series and League Championship Series, I was worried the World Series would be a letdown. Turns out I had nothing to fear, because this Fall Classic has been ... well, a real classic so far.

Thanks to Derek Holland's brilliant pitching performance last night, the Rangers knotted the series back up at two games a piece, ensuring this will go at least six games and setting up the distinct possibility of the first seven-game World Series since the Angels and Giants did it in 2002.

Seriously, if you've ignored this series (for whatever reason) it's time to join the fun. You'll be glad you did.

That said, I will admit that following baseball this month has been an exhausting experience. There have been a whole lot of games and a whole lot of late nights, and I can certainly understand how anyone might feel fatigued by it all at this point.

Which makes me wonder why exactly Major League Baseball is so intent on adding yet another round to the postseason in the coming years.

If you haven't been following this storyline, Bud Selig (with the support of his "special committee for on-field matters") is pushing hard to add another wild-card to each league. It's probably too late for the change to be made in time for the 2012 season, but 2013 certainly looks like it's in play.

How would it work? Well, that's still to be determined, but the most likely scenario would have the two wild cards from each league facing each other in a preliminary round, with the three division winners earning a bye into the Division Series. But in order to keep those division champs from sitting around with nothing to do for a week -- not to mention keeping the World Series from stretching into November -- that preliminary round would be decided either in a best-of-three series or even in a one-game playoff.

Now, I'm as big a fan of one-game playoffs as you'll find. Nothing can match the intensity and drama of a do-or-die ballgame, and I love that baseball uses that showdown when teams end the regular season tied. But I think I've got a problem with one game deciding which of two actual playoff clubs gets to advance, especially when you consider this format would prevent one playoff team from each league getting the opportunity to host a game.

On the other hand, I do like the notion of giving the three division champs a bit of a bonus over the wild cards, though I also worry that having 10 of 30 major-league teams advance to the postseason would potentially destroy the kind of thrilling September pennant race we experienced this year. Instead of that incredible Wednesday night of drama in four different cities, all of the contending clubs would have already clinched their spots in the postseason.

There's another major change that is likely to be instituted along with the playoff expansion: The relocation of one NL franchise (most likely the Houston Astros) to the AL to ensure both leagues have the same number of teams. The domino effect of that move, though, will be the need for at least one interleague game to played every day of the season (because both leagues would have 15 teams, an odd number).

Do we really want to see an interleague matchup on Opening Day? Or worse, during the final series of the year?

Back to the expanded postseason plan. If you're a Nationals fan, you may find yourselves supporting this change, because it would give your team a better chance of making the playoffs. For the first time in baseball history, a third-place team could advance to the postseason.

The question is: Do you want that? Do you want the Nationals to reach the postseason for the first time by finishing third in the NL East with, say, 88 wins? And how would you then feel if the entire postseason experience consisted of a one-game playoff in Atlanta, preventing you from being able to attend a playoff game in the District (unless, of course, they advanced)?

Whether you like it or not, all signs point to this change being enacted in time for the 2013 season. Which means that in all likelihood, those of us who love postseason baseball are going to have to prepare ourselves for even more late nights and even more potential for fatigue before the World Series ever begins.

Guess I better start stocking up on caffeine now.

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No Word Yet On Where German Satellite Fell

Scientists were trying to establish how and where a defunct German research satellite returned to the Earth Sunday, after warning that some parts might survive re-entry and crash at up to 280 mph.

There was no immediate solid evidence to determine above which continent or country the ROSAT scientific research satellite entered the atmosphere, said Andreas Schuetz, spokesman for the German Aerospace Center.

Most parts of the minivan-sized satellite were expected to burn up, but up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.87 tons could have crashed.

The center said the satellite entered the atmosphere between 9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Saturday EDT and would have taken only 10 or 15 minutes to hit the ground.

Schuetz said it could take days to determine exactly where pieces of the satellite had fallen, but that the agency had not received any reports that it had hit any populated areas.

"I don't think that we'll have a confirmation of any sort today," he said, pointing out that it also took NASA several days to establish where one of its satellites had hit last month.

Scientists said hours before the re-entry into the atmosphere that the satellite was not expected to hit over Europe, Africa or Australia. According to a precalculated path it could have been above Asia, possibly China, at the time of its re-entry, but Schuetz said he could not confirm that.

The 2.69-ton scientific ROSAT satellite was launched in 1990 and retired in 1999 after being used for research on black holes and neutron stars and performing the first all-sky survey of X-ray sources with an imaging telescope.

The largest single fragment of ROSAT that could hit into the earth is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror.

During its mission, the satellite orbited about 370 miles above the Earth's surface, but after its decommissioning it lost altitude, circling at a distance of only 205 miles above ground in June for example, the agency said.

Even in the last days, the satellite still circled the planet every 90 minutes, making it hard to predict where on Earth it would eventually come down.

A dead NASA satellite fell into the southern Pacific Ocean last month, causing no damage, despite fears it would hit a populated area and cause damage or kill people.

Experts believe about two dozen metal pieces from the bus-sized satellite fell over a 500-mile span.

The German space agency put the odds of somebody somewhere on Earth being hurt by its satellite at one in 2,000 ? a slightly higher level of risk than was calculated for the NASA satellite. But any one individual's odds of being struck were one in 14 trillion, given there are 7 billion people on the planet.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/22/141623516/pieces-of-german-satellite-expected-to-hit-earth?ft=1&f=1007

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Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz, Heir To Saudi Throne, Reportedly Dies At 85

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ? The heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, died undergoing treatment for illness in New York. The death of the prince, who was in his 80s, opens questions about the succession in the critical, oil-rich U.S. ally.

Sultan was the younger half-brother of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, who is has also been ailing and underwent back surgery last week.

The most likely candidate to replace Sultan as Abdullah's successor is Prince Nayef, the powerful interior minister in charge of internal security forces, who is said to be closer to Islamic conservatives than the king. The king gave Nayef ? also his half-brother ? the implicit nod in 2009 by naming him second deputy prime minister, traditionally the post of the second in line to the throne.

State TV announced that Sultan died abroad, without specifying where. Saudi official circles in Riyadh said he passed away at a hospital in New York. According to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable from January 2010, Sultan had been receiving treatment for colon cancer since 2009.

Sultan, who was also deputy prime minister and defense minister, struggled with health issues for years, though officials never confirmed he had cancer. He underwent surgery in New York in 2009 and spent nearly a year abroad recuperating in the United States and at a palace in Agadir, Morocco, before returning to the kingdom.

The palace said the king, with "deep sorrow" mourns "the loss of his brother and Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Abdul-Aziz Al Saud," the palace said. The statement, carried on the official Saudi Press Agency, added that Sultan's funeral will be held Tuesday at a Riyadh mosque.

For the first time the mechanism of picking the next crown prince is not entirely clear ? though the end result is in any case likely to be Nayef.

It is possible the king will for the first time put the decision of his heir to the Allegiance Council, a body Abdullah created as one of his reforms, made up of his brothers, half-brothers and nephews with a mandate to determine the succession. That would open the choice up to a degree of debate within the top echelons of the royal family.

Traditionally the king names his successor. Abdullah formed the council in order to modernize the process and give a wider voice in the choice.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed American condolences, and her British counterpart William Hague said he was saddened to hear of the death. Britain's Prince Charles sent his condolences in a personal letter to the Saudi king.

"The crown prince was a strong leader and a good friend to the United States over many years as well as a tireless champion for his country. He will be missed," Clinton said from Tajikistan on a Central Asia tour. "Our relationship with Saudi Arabia is strong and enduring and we will look forward to working with the leadership for many years to come."

Saudi Arabia has been ruled since 1953 by the sons of its founder, King Abdul-Aziz, who had over 40 sons by multiple wives. But that generation is getting up in years. Nayef is 78, and the youngest of the Abdul-Aziz sons seen as qualified to rule were born in the 1940s.

Sultan's death comes amid questions about the king's health. Last week, King Abdullah underwent back surgery in Riyadh. The SPA news agency said the operation was to treat a loose vertebra in his back. Abdullah also had two back surgeries late last year in New York City.

Anyone who rises to the throne is likely to maintain the kingdom's close alliance with the United States.

But it would have an internal impact. Abdullah has been a reformer, making cautious changes to improve the position of women ? such as granting them to right to vote in elections scheduled for 2015 ? and seeking modernize the kingdom. That has brought some backlash from the ultraconservative Wahhabi clerics who give the royal family the religious legitimacy needed to rule.

Nayef, in contrast, has a reputation for closer ties to the clerics.

If Nayef is named crown prince, it could stoke tensions between those backing Abdullah's changes and those opposing any deviation from the kingdom's strict interpretations of Islam.

Nayef led an aggressive crackdown on Islamic militants who opened a campaign of bombings in the kingdoms following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks ? in which 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

He also maintains a hard line against regional rival, the Shiite power Iran, claiming earlier this year that Tehran was encouraging protests among Saudi Arabia's minority Shiites. Nayef was deeply involved in the kingdom's decision in March to send military forces into neighboring Bahrain to help crush pro-reform demonstrations led by tiny island nation's majority Shiites against its Sunni rulers ? which Gulf Arab leaders accuse of having ties to Iran.

In August, Nayef accepted undisclosed libel damages from Britain's newspaper The Independent over an article which accused him of ordering police chiefs to shoot and kill unarmed demonstrators in Saudi Arabia.

Sultan was long seen as a powerful aspirant for the throne. When Fahd became king in 1982, Sultan had hoped to be named crown prince. But instead Fahd appointed their half-brother, Abdullah.

Sultan challenged that decision, but in the end the sons of Abdul-Aziz closed ranks, aware that a direct confrontation with Abdullah could tear the family apart.

When Fahd died and Abdullah ascended to the throne, Sultan was named crown prince and heir.

Sultan was the kingdom's defense minister in 1990 when U.S. forces deployed in Saudi Arabia to defend it against Iraqi forces that had overrun Kuwait. His son, Prince Khaled, served as the top Arab commander in operation Desert Storm, in which U.S., Saudi and other Arab forces drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait.

In May 2004, the royal court announced that Sultan was discharged from a Jiddah hospital after an operation to remove a cyst from his intestines. In a rare move, Saudi television showed footage of the prince, dressed in a traditional white robe and sitting in an armchair, receiving greetings from a number of Saudi dignitaries. A few days before that, state-guided media showed photos of the prince in his hospital bed, apparently to counter rumors about his health.

Sultan was born in Riyadh in 1928, according to the defense ministry's website. But official reports vary, some say he was born in 1931, others have him as being 85 years old.

As defense minister, Sultan closed multibillion deals to establish the modern Saudi armed forces, including land, air, naval and air defense forces.

On more than one occasion, the deals implicated several of his sons in corruption scandals ? charges they have denied.

Sultan is survived by 32 children from multiple wives. They include Bandar, the former ambassador to the United States who now heads the National Security Council, and Khaled, Sultan's assistant in the Defense Ministry.

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Associated Press Writers Maggie Michael in Cairo and Brian Murphy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

(This version corrects style on name to Abdul-Aziz, instead of Abdel Aziz throughout.)

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MobileMount promises to be the strongest iPhone and iPad mount out there

A new Kickstarter project has started up for MobileMount, a nice looking suction cup mount for the iPhone, iPad and other smartphones and tablets. The kickstand mount is produced by JR Sanches of J & M Company and promises to deliver the best mount your money...

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Senate rejects slimmed-down Obama jobs bill (San Jose Mercury News)

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Israeli soldier Shalit, Palestinians freed in captive swap (Reuters)

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) ? Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel's borders in opposite directions on Tuesday as a thousand-for-one prisoner swap brought joy to families but did little to ease decades of conflict.

In one of the biggest ever such exchanges between the two sides, a pale and gaunt Sergeant Shalit was flown to his parents' home in northern Israel after more than five years held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, while a first 477 of over 1,000 Palestinians to be released under the bargain left Israeli jails for Gaza, the West Bank and abroad.

Flag-waving crowds greeted long unseen loved ones as heroes and uncompromising talk on either side left few illusions for world leaders who urged Israel and the divided Palestinian factions to build on the long-awaited bargain brokered by Germany and Egypt to reopen wider peace negotiations.

In an interview with Egyptian television as he passed through on his way from Gaza, a visibly weak and dazed Shalit, 25, said of 5,000 Palestinians who remain in Israeli jails: "I hope this deal will promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians."

But, while leaders of Islamist Hamas and their secular rivals in President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement made mildly conciliatory comments about each other's role in achieving the deal, there was no sign of warmth across the frontline of the struggle for land and security between Palestinians and Israel.

"The people want a new Gilad!" chanted thousands at a rally in Gaza where Hamas leaders trumpeted their feat in holding on to their captive, even when thousands of Israeli troops swept through the coastal strip in early 2009 in a war against Hamas rocket teams that left over 1,400 Gazans dead.

"VICTORY"

Local Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, surrounded by former prisoners decked out in the green of the Islamist party, told a cheering crowd: "The enemy retreated, Shalit remained in the hands of the holy warriors and today we have victory."

In Cairo, where some of those released gathered before being sent into enforced exile, Hamas's supreme leader Khaled Meshaal praised the actions that had led to some of them spending decades in prison and made clear the war was not over:

"Those whose hands are and will remain on triggers are the honor of Palestine," he said, promising eventual triumph.

"Negotiation based on power forces the enemy to pay the price," Meshaal said. "We have defeated the Israelis."

In the West Bank, still the stronghold of Abbas after Hamas drove his secular Fatah movement out of Gaza following Israel's tactical withdrawal from the smaller territory in 2005, youths throwing stones clashed with teargas-firing Israeli troops.

Abbas is shunned by Hamas as pawn of Israel and its Western allies but has angered Israel and the United States by shunning long-stalled negotiations and seeking direct United Nations recognition of Palestinian statehood. He used the occasion to assure supporters: "You will see the results of your struggle in the independent state, with its capital Jerusalem."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faced some tough questions from fellow right-wingers after agreeing to free hundreds of those who attacked and killed Israelis over the years, had strong words for those released:

Any who "returned to terror" would be "taking their life into their own hands," said Netanyahu, who called it a "difficult day" for relatives of Israelis killed in violence.

Such sentiments, however, were largely overwhelmed by the sight of Israelis welcoming home a young man, captured from his tank in a border raid when he was just 19, whose safe return was portrayed as Jewish Biblical imperative.

"I brought your boy home," Netanyahu said he told Shalit's parents, as he waited with them at an air base.

"Our son has been reborn," his father Noam said outside his home in a village in the hills near the Lebanese border. He told wellwishers that Shalit had some health problems due to lack of sunlight and of care for shrapnel wounds possibly sustained when he was snatched in a border raid in which two comrades died.

Israel has a history of trading captives for some of the few Israelis taken prisoner by Arab enemies, and has also granted releases in exchange for the return of human remains.

"NO REGRETS"

In Ramallah, near Jerusalem, Qahera Assadi fainted after embracing her family again, nine years after being jailed for her part in helping an Islamic Jihad suicide bomber

"I must be dreaming," said Assadi, 34, as she greeted her husband and four children. "I did what I did in defense of my nation and children and have no regrets at all. I was kidnapped from my children and spent a decade in prison."

Gilad Shalit, his breathing labored, told Egyptian television in an interview: "I missed my family very much." He acknowledged it was nerve-wracking to be whisked from his lonely seclusion.

The conscript soldier, not seen since a 2009 video, said he had feared he would be held "for many more years."

Hundreds of flag-waving neighbors and sightseers lined the streets near his home. Many danced as a ceremonial shofar horn was blown when he arrived at nightfall after a day that he began, as nearly 2,000 before, hidden away somewhere in Gaza.

Wellwishers threw flowers and uncorked champagne as Shalit arrived by military helicopter at Mitzpe Hila. Dressed again in army fatigues after being released wearing a casual shirt, he managed one shy wave before being whisked into the family home.

Shalit has been popularly portrayed as "everyone's son" and polls showed a huge majority of Israelis backed the deal.

A military statement said Shalit was in good health and the army released photographs of him, back in uniform and spectacles, saluting Netanyahu. But witnesses said Shalit felt nauseous and weak on his arrival in Israel and needed oxygen.

Egypt helped to mediate the deal, and its army-backed interim government has sought to revive a role as a diplomatic linchpin in the Middle East. Negotiations had been going on long before U.S.-backed leader Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February and the successful conclusion indicated a will in Cairo to play a part, despite post-Mubarak tension with Israel.

Under the terms of the deal, 40 of those who had been jailed for involvement in deadly attacks were being deported from Palestinian territory. Turkey confirmed it would take in around 10, while others were destined for Syria and Qatar.

After the 477 freed on Tuesday, a further 550 Palestinians will be released soon.

STALEMATE

U.S. President Barack Obama said he wanted Israelis and Palestinians "to take steps that make it easier to return to negotiations than harder."

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he hoped for "new momentum" to dialogue between the two sides.

But it appeared unlikely the prisoner exchange agreed by the two bitter enemies would have any immediate impact on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that broke down last year.

It was announced on the eve of the swap that international efforts to revive peace talks that collapsed 13 months ago in a dispute over Israeli settlement-building had failed to bring both sides together for meetings set for October 26 in Jerusalem.

Envoys from the Quartet of mediators -- the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations -- will instead hold separate sessions with Israeli and Palestinian officials. Hamas opposes the peace process.

Palestinians set free included Nasser Yatayma, serving a life sentence for involvement in a suicide bombing that killed 30 people attending a Jewish Passover seder, or traditional meal, in a hotel in central Israel in 2002.

Amana Mona, a Palestinian activist from the West Bank, was also released. She was jailed for life for using an Internet chatroom and promises of sex to lure a 16-year-old Israeli to his death in 2001, when she was 24.

Shalit was abducted in June 2006 by militants who tunneled into Israel from the Gaza Strip and surprised his tank crew, killing two of his comrades.

Israel, which withdrew troops and a few thousand Jewish settlers from Gaza in 2005, tightened its blockade of the strip's 1.5 million people after Shalit's capture.

The isolation has helped deepen a rift between Palestinian leaders. While investment has flowed in to the occupied West Bank, home to 2.5 million, while Gaza is cut off, impoverished and effectively engaged in sporadic war with Israel.

(Additional reporting by Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Rami Amichai, Ronen Zvulun, Ari Rabinovitch, Maayan Lubell, Douglas Hamilton, Mohammed Salem and Tom Perry; Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Crispian Balmer and Alastair Macdonald)

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