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US: Iran's Nuclear Plant 'Safe,' But Weapon Could be a Year

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

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Iran reiterated Saturday that an attack against its Busheher nuclear plant would be considered an international crime, now that it has become operational. Iran celebrated the loading of enriched uranium into the reactor for the first time Saturday.
President Obamas top adviser on nuclear issues said ‘We think that they have roughly a year dash time. A year is a very long period of time.’

Meanwhile, the United States sought to reassure Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, saying that it posed no threat to anyone’s security. “We recognize that the Bushehr reactor is designed to provide civilian nuclear power and do not view it as a proliferation risk, Darby Holladay of the U.S. State Department told news agencies. And in fact, he said, the U.S. welcomed Russia’s involvement in Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s reactor, he said, is under IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards and Russia is providing the needed fuel and taking back the spent nuclear fuel, which would be the principal source of proliferation concerns.

However, while the threat is not immediate, Israel was not out of the woods with Obama administration officials saying that Iran could, if it wanted to, develop nuclear weapons in about 12 months, perhaps a bit more.

The Bushehr plant is supposed to produce electricity from the uranium being supplied by Russia, and Iranian officials said that the power produced by the plant will be integrated into the country’s fuel supply within several months. The Bushehr fuel is enriched to approximately 3.5%, while weapons-grade fuel is enriched to over 90%. However, it is possible to take some of the fuel and enrich it further at another location, giving rise to fears that international supervision is needed for a country whose leader has expressed plans to destroy Israel.

Gary Samore, President Obamas top adviser on nuclear issues, was quoted in the New York Times Friday as saying that we think that they have roughly a year dash time, referring to the minimum amount of time it would take to convert the fuel to weapons-grade uranium. A year is a very long period of time. The Times said that the U.S. and Israel would be able to detect within weeks of when this process began, leaving a considerable amount of time for the United States and Israel to consider military strikes, the Times report said.

Israel did not comment on the opening of the Bushehr plant Saturday, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had plenty to say about Israel’s concerns over the plant. If attacked, he said, Iran would strike back. Our possibilities would be limitless and would encompass the whole world,  Ahmadinejad said. He realized Israel would like to destroy the plant, but would not dare, because it realized that Iran is a fortress that cannot be destroyed. And besides, he added, I dont believe their American masters would let them attack.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)

US: Iran's Nuclear Plant 'Safe,' But Weapon Could be a Year

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US: Iran's Nuclear Plant 'Safe,' But Weapon Could be a Year

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

1282485886 89 US: Iran's Nuclear Plant 'Safe,' But Weapon Could be a Year

Iran reiterated Saturday that an attack against its Busheher nuclear plant would be considered an international crime, now that it has become operational. Iran celebrated the loading of enriched uranium into the reactor for the first time Saturday.
President Obamas top adviser on nuclear issues said ‘We think that they have roughly a year dash time. A year is a very long period of time.’

Meanwhile, the United States sought to reassure Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, saying that it posed no threat to anyone’s security. “We recognize that the Bushehr reactor is designed to provide civilian nuclear power and do not view it as a proliferation risk, Darby Holladay of the U.S. State Department told news agencies. And in fact, he said, the U.S. welcomed Russia’s involvement in Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s reactor, he said, is under IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards and Russia is providing the needed fuel and taking back the spent nuclear fuel, which would be the principal source of proliferation concerns.

However, while the threat is not immediate, Israel was not out of the woods with Obama administration officials saying that Iran could, if it wanted to, develop nuclear weapons in about 12 months, perhaps a bit more.

The Bushehr plant is supposed to produce electricity from the uranium being supplied by Russia, and Iranian officials said that the power produced by the plant will be integrated into the country’s fuel supply within several months. The Bushehr fuel is enriched to approximately 3.5%, while weapons-grade fuel is enriched to over 90%. However, it is possible to take some of the fuel and enrich it further at another location, giving rise to fears that international supervision is needed for a country whose leader has expressed plans to destroy Israel.

Gary Samore, President Obamas top adviser on nuclear issues, was quoted in the New York Times Friday as saying that we think that they have roughly a year dash time, referring to the minimum amount of time it would take to convert the fuel to weapons-grade uranium. A year is a very long period of time. The Times said that the U.S. and Israel would be able to detect within weeks of when this process began, leaving a considerable amount of time for the United States and Israel to consider military strikes, the Times report said.

Israel did not comment on the opening of the Bushehr plant Saturday, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had plenty to say about Israel’s concerns over the plant. If attacked, he said, Iran would strike back. Our possibilities would be limitless and would encompass the whole world,  Ahmadinejad said. He realized Israel would like to destroy the plant, but would not dare, because it realized that Iran is a fortress that cannot be destroyed. And besides, he added, I dont believe their American masters would let them attack.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)

US: Iran's Nuclear Plant 'Safe,' But Weapon Could be a Year

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New Cataclysm Zone Q&A: Darkshore | WoW Reviews & Guides

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

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Game designers Luis Barriga and Craig Amai sat down with us to discuss upcoming changes to Darkshore’s landscape, the fate of AuberdineQ. What was the original concept

New Cataclysm Zone Q&A: Darkshore | WoW Reviews & Guides

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Droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

1282485044 46 Droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

Most of the focus of climate policy has been on efforts to cut down on the carbon we’re dumping into the atmosphere, either by limiting emissions in the first place, or by capturing and storing it. But the Earth itself already does a lot of the latter for us: roughly 60 percent of the carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere gets taken up by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. That has led to worries that land use changes and rising temperatures themselves might start inhibiting the natural carbon sinks. A study published in yesterday’s issue of Science provides some evidence that this may be taking place: droughts over the past decade have caused the amount of CO2 taken up by land plants to drop.

The authors of the new paper focus on a figure called “net primary production,” or NPP, which acts as a measure of the growth of terrestrial plant biomass. It’s possible to estimate NPP using spectroscopic data obtained from satellites, and the authors use a 10-year record obtained from an instrument aboard NASA’s Terra mission. Since plants grow by removing CO2 from the atmosphere, the changes in vegetation revealed by NPP should provide some measure of how effectively the planet’s surface is sequestering carbon.

One of the surprises of the paper is just how well NPP acts as a measure. The first figure of the paper shows how annual changes in NPP compare to changes in the rate of growth in atmospheric carbon; the two graphs are eerily similar. When NPP goes up, the growth of atmospheric carbon goes down. This is more than a bit surprising, given that, overall, the oceans are a larger sink, and many of the carbon-fixing organisms there undergo boom-and-bust cycles that radically change their populations. The data here suggests that a lot of what happens in the ocean balances itself out, leaving very little year-to-year variability.

Fires also correlate with changes in annual carbon fluxes, but the correlation is not as strong as NPP, and many of the fires that occur are the product of extended droughts that had already dropped the NPP, or occur during the process of human-driven deforestation.

Because the Terra instrument provides decent spatial resolution, the authors were able to ask which regions were contributing to changes in NPP. In keeping with the general trend of reforestation within the developed world, the Northern Hemisphere showed a slight increase in NPP over the past decade, driven primarily by productivity in North America and, to a lesser extent, Europe and Siberia.

Unfortunately, these changes were dwarfed by events in the Southern Hemisphere. Indonesia, Australia, and southern Africa all saw huge drops in NPP, as did Argentina and a large portion of the Amazon basin. In fact, the authors find that, to a large extent, trends in the Amazon drove the majority of changes in the past decade. “Amazon NPP alone explains 66 percent of the global NPP variations,” they note, “though it accounts for only 14 percent of the global total.”

The authors suggest a pretty plausible explanation for how rising temperatures could have driven these trends. The Terra instruments also provide information on snow cover, which averages 125 days in the Northern Hemisphere; that figure has been declining with rising temperatures. In contrast, land in the Southern Hemisphere only gets an average of 7.5 days of snow cover, suggesting rising temperatures would make little difference.

That doesn’t, however, explain why NPP trended downwards in the Southern Hemisphere, so the authors examine trends in the water cycle. During the past decade, the Southern Hemisphere has actually seen increased levels of rainfall, but these have been offset by an increased evaporation rate driven by the high temperatures. As a result, the area has experienced an overall drying trend, which the authors conclude is the likely cause of the NPP decline.

The authors caution that a decade’s worth of data is too short to separate long-term drying trends from some of the significant periodic droughts that occurred during the past 10 years, they suggest a few factors are likely to cause the recent trends to persist. For starters, the areas that saw improved NPP in the past decade account for only 16 percent of the global total, and less than a quarter of the total vegetated land area. They also cite a series of studies that indicate that increasing droughts are likely to accompany the increasing temperatures expected over the next several decades.

Science, 2010. DOI: 10.1126/science.1192666  (About DOIs).

Droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

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New AT&T LG C900 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

New AT&T LG C900 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone

New AT&T LG C900 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone: The LG C900 smartphone use the slide-out QWERTY keyboard design, a rounded landscape slider equipped with a four-row keyboard and a simplified two-button capacitive layout beneath the screen paired with a chrome Windows key. Notably, this is the first time we’ve seen carrier branding on Windows Phone 7′s home screen in the wild – you can see AT&T’s logo prominently displayed as a tile in one of the pictures in the gallery after the break, but now about this smartphone’s specific parameters has not be announced.
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New AT&T LG C900 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone

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Droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

Droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

Most of the focus of climate policy has been on efforts to cut down on the carbon we’re dumping into the atmosphere, either by limiting emissions in the first place, or by capturing and storing it. But the Earth itself already does a lot of the latter for us: roughly 60 percent of the carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere gets taken up by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. That has led to worries that land use changes and rising temperatures themselves might start inhibiting the natural carbon sinks. A study published in yesterday’s issue of Science provides some evidence that this may be taking place: droughts over the past decade have caused the amount of CO2 taken up by land plants to drop.

The authors of the new paper focus on a figure called “net primary production,” or NPP, which acts as a measure of the growth of terrestrial plant biomass. It’s possible to estimate NPP using spectroscopic data obtained from satellites, and the authors use a 10-year record obtained from an instrument aboard NASA’s Terra mission. Since plants grow by removing CO2 from the atmosphere, the changes in vegetation revealed by NPP should provide some measure of how effectively the planet’s surface is sequestering carbon.

One of the surprises of the paper is just how well NPP acts as a measure. The first figure of the paper shows how annual changes in NPP compare to changes in the rate of growth in atmospheric carbon; the two graphs are eerily similar. When NPP goes up, the growth of atmospheric carbon goes down. This is more than a bit surprising, given that, overall, the oceans are a larger sink, and many of the carbon-fixing organisms there undergo boom-and-bust cycles that radically change their populations. The data here suggests that a lot of what happens in the ocean balances itself out, leaving very little year-to-year variability.

Fires also correlate with changes in annual carbon fluxes, but the correlation is not as strong as NPP, and many of the fires that occur are the product of extended droughts that had already dropped the NPP, or occur during the process of human-driven deforestation.

Because the Terra instrument provides decent spatial resolution, the authors were able to ask which regions were contributing to changes in NPP. In keeping with the general trend of reforestation within the developed world, the Northern Hemisphere showed a slight increase in NPP over the past decade, driven primarily by productivity in North America and, to a lesser extent, Europe and Siberia.

Unfortunately, these changes were dwarfed by events in the Southern Hemisphere. Indonesia, Australia, and southern Africa all saw huge drops in NPP, as did Argentina and a large portion of the Amazon basin. In fact, the authors find that, to a large extent, trends in the Amazon drove the majority of changes in the past decade. “Amazon NPP alone explains 66 percent of the global NPP variations,” they note, “though it accounts for only 14 percent of the global total.”

The authors suggest a pretty plausible explanation for how rising temperatures could have driven these trends. The Terra instruments also provide information on snow cover, which averages 125 days in the Northern Hemisphere; that figure has been declining with rising temperatures. In contrast, land in the Southern Hemisphere only gets an average of 7.5 days of snow cover, suggesting rising temperatures would make little difference.

That doesn’t, however, explain why NPP trended downwards in the Southern Hemisphere, so the authors examine trends in the water cycle. During the past decade, the Southern Hemisphere has actually seen increased levels of rainfall, but these have been offset by an increased evaporation rate driven by the high temperatures. As a result, the area has experienced an overall drying trend, which the authors conclude is the likely cause of the NPP decline.

The authors caution that a decade’s worth of data is too short to separate long-term drying trends from some of the significant periodic droughts that occurred during the past 10 years, they suggest a few factors are likely to cause the recent trends to persist. For starters, the areas that saw improved NPP in the past decade account for only 16 percent of the global total, and less than a quarter of the total vegetated land area. They also cite a series of studies that indicate that increasing droughts are likely to accompany the increasing temperatures expected over the next several decades.

Science, 2010. DOI: 10.1126/science.1192666  (About DOIs).

Droughts driving drop in plants' ability to store carbon

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Medical Marijuana:Man arrested for growing too many medical

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

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Medical Marijuana:Man arrested for growing too many medical

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P. Allen Smith Premieres First-Ever Product Lines with Seve

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

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08.17.2010 – Garden designer and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith today launched his new product lines at the Independent Garden Centers Show at Chicago’s Navy Pier. This is the first time that Smith will offer his own products direct to retailers and consumers. Seven lines focusing on gardening and home décor products were unveiled to more than 1,000 attendees at the IGC show:

• P. Allen Smith’s Platinum Collection of annuals and perennials from Proven Winners• P. Allen Smith Edibles from the Berry Family of Nurseries, beginning with six varieties of blueberries available Spring 2011• P. Allen Smith Holiday Collection, holiday wreathes and greenery from the Berry Family of Nurseries• P. Allen Smith Garden Home Structures from Yardistry• P. Allen Smith Garden Home Collection of unique, eco-friendly hanging baskets from Good Earth Manufacturing• P. Allen Smith Garden Home Recipe Card Decks, including new versions for Bulbs, Roses, and Herbs & Veggies, along with the original Container Gardens Deck, now in its sixth printing• P. Allen Smith’s Garden Favorites, expanded bulb collection from Van Bloem Gardens after the launch of successful test markets in 2010

“We are absolutely thrilled to be launching our new product lines. These are things for the garden and home that I use in my own projects at the Garden Home Retreat,” Smith said. “These lines are things that I know will bring much joy to gardeners all across the world.”

“We are listening to our audience, and they are telling us they want more of Allen’s advice and thoughts on everything from planting roses to cooking with items from the garden to entertaining,” said Mimi San Pedro, chief operating and marketing officer for Hortus Ltd., the multimedia marketing company that oversees the P. Allen Smith brand. “These new products are a way for us to extend Allen’s brand beyond solely the garden and help consumers create their own garden home lifestyle.”

Product Partnership Details:

Annuals and Perennials from Proven WinnersP. Allen Smith’s Platinum Collection from Proven Winners will feature new additions to the line in Spring 2011. This is the next phase of a successful five-year partnership with Proven Winners. Smith selects and uses his favorite varieties throughout his books, TV shows, magazines articles and social media content. “Proven Winners is a world leader in genetics, and it’s been an honor to be associated with them for more than five years,” Smith said.

Garden Favorite Bulbs from Van Bloem GardensSmith’s Garden Favorites Bulb Collection from Van Bloem Gardens is comprised of Allen’s favorite “head turning” combos for Spring and Fall planting. The bulbs are offered in rustic “brown bag” packaging and a custom wooden shipper for an attractive garden center presentation. Smith works with Van Bloem to demystify bulb gardening and make the process easy for consumers.

Edibles from the Berry Family of NurseriesBlueberries will be the first in the P. Allen Smith Edibles Collection, with other plants and seeds to soon follow. This collection will feature six varieties of blueberries grown in Oregon by the Berry Family of Nurseries. Whether planted in the landscape or in containers, the P. Allen Smith Edibles Collection of blueberries promises beautiful foliage and delicious fruit.

“Many people don’t instantly think of blueberries when they think of their landscape, but they’re truly a wonderful addition, offering gorgeous flowers and unique foliage, in addition to the tasty, healthy fruit!” Smith said. “Blueberries are often praised for their health benefits, from memory retention and lowering the risk factors of some cancers to clearing arteries and strengthening blood vessels.”

The P. Allen Smith Edibles Collection of blueberries features six varieties – three that perform best in northern climates and three that thrive in southern climates. And because blueberries require cross-pollination to produce the best yields, the variety combinations have been chosen to ensure maximum results in the landscape and in the garden. Available in individual one-gallon pots and three-pack sets, the northern selection includes Duke, Bluecrop and Jersey varieties, and the southern trio includes O’Neil, Sunshine Blue and Misty Blue varieties.

Holiday Greenery from the Berry Family of NurseriesThe P. Allen Smith Holiday Collection greenery is harvested by the Berry Family of Nurseries from the Cascade Mountains of western Oregon. The collection features hand-selected Noble Fir boughs hand-tied into wreaths, mantelpieces, centerpieces and other decorative items. Available in five uniquely different looks designed by Smith, the collection is sure to fill the home with fragrance and beauty throughout the season.

“I wanted to offer people who love decorating for the holidays a way to bring fresh greenery into their home and add their personal design touches,” Smith said. “The wreaths, mantelpieces and centerpieces can all be used as is or as part of someone’s unique décor. Of the five design lines, there’s a style that will appeal to everyone.”

Garden Structures from YardistryThe new P. Allen Smith Structures collection features screens, structures and decorative elements for the garden. The collection is in partnership with Yardistry, a Canadian company that produces building component systems for do-it-yourselfers. This modular system allows for the creation of hundreds of designs with only 15 basic components. The Structures collection also includes two kits, one to create an arbor and the other to design a pergola.

The P. Allen Smith Structures collection is made of a wood-based product made from exterior grade cedar and finished with a water-based stain for lasting enjoyment. The “Click & Lock Technology” is an easy-to-use connection system that allows homeowners to build screens, fences, benches, sitting spaces and more for the garden.

“The P. Allen Smith Structures collection is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I am in awe of how simple it is to use this connection system to create beautiful areas for outdoor living – whether you want a shady bench or an entertaining space,” Smith said. “We’re offering a variety of screens to create private areas, entryways to add a bit of magic to your outdoor area and sitting areas for enjoying your garden.”

Hanging Baskets from Good Earth ManufacturingThe new P. Allen Smith Garden Collection features unique hanging structures produced by Good Earth Manufacturing in Little Rock, Ark. The structures are made of 100 percent recycled aluminum and powder coated in designer colors and are designed to fit most 10-inch containers. The eye-catching designs are a unique way to showcase a favorite foliage plant, such as a fern or arrowhead, or seasonal perennial combinations, and will only be available through independent garden centers.

“I love beauty in the garden and surrounding the home,” Smith said. “These structures are a perfect way to add a touch of class and beauty, in an easy way, to the garden area. What I think I love most about this line is that it’s truly a green product. Good Earth Manufacturing purchases scrap aluminum from recyclers to make the hanging structures, offering a beautiful, yet eco-friendly, product.”

Garden Recipe Card DecksP. Allen Smith fans can also look forward to a new round of card decks over the next few months, featuring recipes for beautiful gardening arrangements. P. Allen Smith’s Bulb Garden features Smith’s favorites bulbs that have proven to be great performers time and again in his gardens, plus planting tips and creative ideas. P. Allen Smith’s Herb & Veggie Garden guides users through creating their own herb and vegetable gardens at home, and includes some of Smith’s favorite recipes for a complete garden-to-table experience. P. Allen Smith’s Rose Garden showcases Smith’s favorite roses for the landscape, containers, bouquets and more, as well as growing tips, creative arrangements and more.

“Our first card deck on container gardens was extremely popular, and consumers have been telling us they want more easy-to-do projects that create a statement for any space,” Smith said. “Each of the new decks will include 35 cards, plus an hour-long DVD to help guide readers through the planting and arranging process.”

The P. Allen Smith branded products will be available through independent garden centers throughout the country beginning in early September. Consumers can also purchase the new P. Allen Smith Holiday Collection and Smith’s Garden Recipe Card Decks on the new pallensmithcollections.com beginning in early September.

“We have many more ideas in the works and are excited to continue to provide our audience with products that bring them closer to Allen and his garden home lifestyle,” San Pedro said.” In late December, the first P. Allen Smith cookbook will be available, and we’ll continue to offer readers and viewers the opportunity to experience the Garden Home Retreat first-hand through tours and high-profile culinary events.”

P. Allen Smith Premieres First-Ever Product Lines with Seve

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New Cataclysm Zone Q&A: Darkshore | WoW Reviews & Guides

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

1282484426 76 New Cataclysm Zone Q&A: Darkshore | WoW Reviews & Guides

Game designers Luis Barriga and Craig Amai sat down with us to discuss upcoming changes to Darkshore’s landscape, the fate of AuberdineQ. What was the original concept

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New AT&T LG C900 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone

22nd August, 2010 | Posted by |

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New AT&T LG C900 Windows Phone 7 Smartphone

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