So exactly why is re-extradition an issue? After all the US could just go after extradition from Britain.
Not only that but the European Convention on Extradition places rather strict limits on what it permitted on re-extradition to 3rd parties.
Article 15 â" Re-extradition to a third state
Except as provided for in Article 14, paragraph 1.b, the requesting Party shall not, without the consent of the requested Party, surrender to another Party or to a third State a person surrendered to the requesting Party and sought by the said other Party or third State in respect of offences committed before his surrender. The requested Party may request the production of the documents mentioned in Article 12, paragraph 2.
Then of course there is the fact that Assange has not been charged with anything in the US.
Really having your email on somebody else's server is just a bad way of doing things.
It's doens't give you the same legal protection as having your stuff in your home. It makes you beholden to somebody else for your email address. And it slows down delivery considerably.
The problem with China is GDP output per greenhouse gas emission. It is the one of the worst in the world, AND China has a fast growing economy, already 2nd only to the US in size.
The US GDP has not dropped 8%. In fact except for a short dip during the past recession ago it has been increasing at a couple of percent per year. And yes that's inflation adjusted.
The reason greenhouse gas emissions are down is the cost of energy has been increasing, triggering conservation, and the low cost of natural gas has caused conversions from higher carbon density fuels.
Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.
I don't think it's fair to characterize direct US support of China during WWII as anything but pretty minimal and rather late.
The US didn't enter the war until after Pearl Harbor, and supply routes were were pretty much controlled by Japan at that point. The only way materials could be gotten in was airlift over the 'hump' aka the Himalayas.
Of course the USN working its way across the Pacific was a help in that it relieved pressure on China. But it was somewhat indirect.
In 1995 it wasn't just Democrats saying it won't work.
"1995 -- April 12 U.S. NAVY UPPER-TIER COMPLIANCE REPORT A U.S. Department of Defense ABM Treaty compliance report to Congress concludes that, because the system "does not have capabilities to counter strategic ballistic missiles" and assuming it will not be "tested in an ABM mode," deployment of the Navy's upper-tier missile defense system would be permitted under the ABM Treaty."
I generally buy good quality stuff that is physically useful for a long time. Plus I work at home now. So as a result I rarely get rid of anything less than 10 years old. Plus I have 3 major hobbies. So my electronics inventory is monotonically increasing and has been since I got out of school in 1978. Right now in my house I have the following electronic devices (off the top of my head I am sure this is not complete)
5 USB flash drives 2 solar powered digital watches 1 Kuerig coffee maker 1 microwave oven 1 toaster oven 2 pairs of powered speakers - not counting passive speakers as they are not electronic 4 networked digital media players 2 powered subwoofers 1 subwoofer equalizer 5 gigabit switches 3 wireless access points 4 desktop computers 5 LCD monitors 3 laptop computers 1 flatbed scanner 2 laser printers 2 DSLRs 14 lenses for the DSLRs (yes these are electronic) 2 electronic flashes 1 digital point and shoot 1 Android phone 1 feature phone 2 D/A converters 6 headphones 1 headphone amp 2 monoblock amps 1 Sherwood 5 channel amp 2 integrated amps 2 Blu-Ray players 1 DVD player 11 assorted external drives, both optical and magnetic 2 LCD TVs 1 AV Preprocessor 4 programmable remote controls 2 RF-IR remote repeaters 2 plunge routers 1 tracksaw 1 circular saw 3 rechargable drills 2 tenon cutters 4 sanders 1 gas powered generator 1 air compressor 1 sawzall 1 drill press 1 table saw 2 jigsaws 17 vintage HP calculators 1 oscilloscope 1 bench DVM 2 hand DVMs 1 electronic caliper 1 frequency counter 1 function generator 1 bench power supply 1 logic analyzer 1 engine code reader 4 USB microphones 1 web cam 2 cable boxes 1 cable modem 1 router 1 programmable thermostat 1 electronically controlled gas furnace about a dozen compact flourescent bulbs hundreds of LED Christmas lights 2 garage door opener about a dozen non-programmable remote controls
None of this is likely to be discarded in the next year. There is an additional unused desktop in the garage that may be used as a starting point for a new desktop for use by my son.
And there is a new watch, and a new LCD monitor likely to be added soon. Some of the lenses may be sold to raise funds to purchase a new lens.
This makes me think of the classic 1953 Billy Wilder comedy involving a Coca-Cola executive going to East Berlin to open up the iron curtain for Coke products.
Hilarious in a dated sort of way. Tremendous pacing, starring James Cagney.
A great way to pick up mid-century American culture.
Holes in membranes are a fact of life. The reason they aren't crucial for desalinization is that you don't need ion free water for it to be potable. In fact it's common to add ions back in after desalination because pure water is much more corrosive than typical drinking water.
Disease organisms are a different issue altogether.
Post treatment growth of micro-organisms is a fact of life. Some sort of treatment with a residual action is absolutely needed. Usually this is chlorine or chlorine compounds. Maybe in a home system you can get away without it but certainly not in a municipal water system.
This isn't new knowledge folks. People have been doing this for decades.
The problem with existing home RO is that the pressure available is low resulting in a lot of wasted water. Efficiency is maybe 15%. This may be a big help in that regard.
The other limitation with membranes is they are not sufficient for sterilization. Holes in the membranes plus the lack of residual action means additional treatment is needed downstream of the filter. This is not likely to address that issue.
Yes, it's real. It's what the general impact of the TMI meltdown was. Very little attributable to actual radiation, but lots of panic and stress related health affects.
In the long run I imagine we will see the same with Fukushima.
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So exactly why is re-extradition an issue? After all the US could just go after extradition from Britain.
Not only that but the European Convention on Extradition places rather strict limits on what it permitted on re-extradition to 3rd parties.
Article 15 â" Re-extradition to a third state
Except as provided for in Article 14, paragraph 1.b, the requesting Party shall not, without the consent of the requested Party, surrender to another Party or to a third State a person surrendered to the requesting Party and sought by the said other Party or third State in respect of offences committed before his surrender. The requested Party may request the production of the documents mentioned in Article 12, paragraph 2.
Then of course there is the fact that Assange has not been charged with anything in the US.
Really having your email on somebody else's server is just a bad way of doing things.
It's doens't give you the same legal protection as having your stuff in your home. It makes you beholden to somebody else for your email address. And it slows down delivery considerably.
Best to just run your own server.
I am sure this algorithm would include more than GPA.
Bill Gates would hardly need bank rolling from a 3rd party - mommy had plenty to borrow from.
The US only imports about 2.7% of its gross spending in terms of goods from China.
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2011/el2011-25.html.
Not only that but these are not energy intensive goods. Cheap trinkets don't take a lot of energy to make.
This article is unmitigated hooey.
The sorts of things the US imports from China are not particularly energy intensive, and the total is only a small fraction of the total US GDP.
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2011/el2011-25.html
Ultimately the US is not exporting a significant fraction of it's energy use to China. The facts just don't support the idea.
It is not clear that China has passed the US in manufacturing.
http://www.shopfloor.org/2011/03/u-s-manufacturing-remains-worlds-largest/18756
Not only that, but wages are rising. This is resulting in a high rate of manufacturing job losses in China.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323783704578245241751969774.html
The problem with China is GDP output per greenhouse gas emission. It is the one of the worst in the world, AND China has a fast growing economy, already 2nd only to the US in size.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ratio_of_GDP_to_carbon_dioxide_emissions
For example China emits 5x more greenhouse gasses per $ GDP than the US. And the US is not particularly efficient.
The US GDP has not dropped 8%. In fact except for a short dip during the past recession ago it has been increasing at a couple of percent per year. And yes that's inflation adjusted.
http://www.supportingevidence.com/Government/US_GDP_over_time.html
The reason greenhouse gas emissions are down is the cost of energy has been increasing, triggering conservation, and the low cost of natural gas has caused conversions from higher carbon density fuels.
Nonsense. Corporations that are not multinational will have a very difficult time competing against locals outside their base markets.
Without the actual presence in a market you cannot really grasp what products will be attractive.
It is EXACTLY this reason that US companies failed for so long getting accepted in Japan.
The idea that it has anything to do with taxes or legal issues is not at all true except perhaps in the financial industry.
For the record, here, in a letter addressed to André Morellet in 1779, is what Benjamin Franklin actually did say:
Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.
I don't think it's fair to characterize direct US support of China during WWII as anything but pretty minimal and rather late.
The US didn't enter the war until after Pearl Harbor, and supply routes were were pretty much controlled by Japan at that point. The only way materials could be gotten in was airlift over the 'hump' aka the Himalayas.
Of course the USN working its way across the Pacific was a help in that it relieved pressure on China. But it was somewhat indirect.
Western companies have long since evolved to be "multinational" to expand their markets.
FTFY.
You would never get past the jury selection process without perjuring yourself, so don't worry.
> to last for decades at minimum
That is a gross overestimate of the actual resources available.
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9751
http://www.oilcrisis.com/
http://dieoff.org/
In 1995 it wasn't just Democrats saying it won't work.
"1995 -- April 12 U.S. NAVY UPPER-TIER COMPLIANCE REPORT A U.S. Department of Defense ABM Treaty compliance report to Congress concludes that, because the system "does not have capabilities to counter strategic ballistic missiles" and assuming it will not be "tested in an ABM mode," deployment of the Navy's upper-tier missile defense system would be permitted under the ABM Treaty."
I generally buy good quality stuff that is physically useful for a long time. Plus I work at home now. So as a result I rarely get rid of anything less than 10 years old. Plus I have 3 major hobbies. So my electronics inventory is monotonically increasing and has been since I got out of school in 1978. Right now in my house I have the following electronic devices (off the top of my head I am sure this is not complete)
5 USB flash drives
2 solar powered digital watches
1 Kuerig coffee maker
1 microwave oven
1 toaster oven
2 pairs of powered speakers - not counting passive speakers as they are not electronic
4 networked digital media players
2 powered subwoofers
1 subwoofer equalizer
5 gigabit switches
3 wireless access points
4 desktop computers
5 LCD monitors
3 laptop computers
1 flatbed scanner
2 laser printers
2 DSLRs
14 lenses for the DSLRs (yes these are electronic)
2 electronic flashes
1 digital point and shoot
1 Android phone
1 feature phone
2 D/A converters
6 headphones
1 headphone amp
2 monoblock amps
1 Sherwood 5 channel amp
2 integrated amps
2 Blu-Ray players
1 DVD player
11 assorted external drives, both optical and magnetic
2 LCD TVs
1 AV Preprocessor
4 programmable remote controls
2 RF-IR remote repeaters
2 plunge routers
1 tracksaw
1 circular saw
3 rechargable drills
2 tenon cutters
4 sanders
1 gas powered generator
1 air compressor
1 sawzall
1 drill press
1 table saw
2 jigsaws
17 vintage HP calculators
1 oscilloscope
1 bench DVM
2 hand DVMs
1 electronic caliper
1 frequency counter
1 function generator
1 bench power supply
1 logic analyzer
1 engine code reader
4 USB microphones
1 web cam
2 cable boxes
1 cable modem
1 router
1 programmable thermostat
1 electronically controlled gas furnace
about a dozen compact flourescent bulbs
hundreds of LED Christmas lights
2 garage door opener
about a dozen non-programmable remote controls
None of this is likely to be discarded in the next year. There is an additional unused desktop in the garage that may be used as a starting point for a new desktop for use by my son.
And there is a new watch, and a new LCD monitor likely to be added soon. Some of the lenses may be sold to raise funds to purchase a new lens.
Citation Needed.
You can still get there in Alaska.
This makes me think of the classic 1953 Billy Wilder comedy involving a Coca-Cola executive going to East Berlin to open up the iron curtain for Coke products.
Hilarious in a dated sort of way. Tremendous pacing, starring James Cagney.
A great way to pick up mid-century American culture.
Holes in membranes are a fact of life. The reason they aren't crucial for desalinization is that you don't need ion free water for it to be potable. In fact it's common to add ions back in after desalination because pure water is much more corrosive than typical drinking water.
Disease organisms are a different issue altogether.
Post treatment growth of micro-organisms is a fact of life. Some sort of treatment with a residual action is absolutely needed. Usually this is chlorine or chlorine compounds. Maybe in a home system you can get away without it but certainly not in a municipal water system.
This isn't new knowledge folks. People have been doing this for decades.
http://www.fwrj.com/techarticles/1109%20fwrj_tech1.pdf
Chlorine is normally supplied in commerce in liquid form in a steel cylinder. From lecture bottles up to rail cars.
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/295132?lang=en®ion=US
When I worked with chlorine I always weighed it. Generally by putting the storage container it was supplied in on a scale.
I never saw anyone count chlorine atoms. The idea is preposterous.
The problem with existing home RO is that the pressure available is low resulting in a lot of wasted water. Efficiency is maybe 15%. This may be a big help in that regard.
The other limitation with membranes is they are not sufficient for sterilization. Holes in the membranes plus the lack of residual action means additional treatment is needed downstream of the filter. This is not likely to address that issue.
Another factor which I haven't seen discussed is the increase in reported cancer rates may by do in part at least to increased testing.
The whole thing is a mess really. Nobody knows what the potential for stress induced cancer is, and then of course there is the testing question.
Also I want to thank the maroons who modded down my comments for keeping an open mind.
Very few people count atoms. In fact you would probably be one of the first people in history to prepare salt by counting atoms.
Generally they weigh things and then convert by dividing by the mole weight.
And to those who modded me down, I suppose you thought you were going to count atoms too?
Yes, it's real. It's what the general impact of the TMI meltdown was. Very little attributable to actual radiation, but lots of panic and stress related health affects.
In the long run I imagine we will see the same with Fukushima.