lution; and it can solve these with a fraction of the materials now inefficiently used.
Moreover, energy, ever more available, directed by cumulative information stored in computers, is capable of synthesizing raw materials, of machining and packaging commodities, and of supplying the physical needs of [THE] total global population.
Fuller was a research professor at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) from 1959 to 1968. In 1968 he was named university professor, in 1972 distinguished university professor, and in 1975 university professor emeritus. Queen Elizabeth II awarded Fuller the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture. He also received the 1968 Gold Medal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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mes less than six months after Boeing
was temporarily forced to ground the new plane, amid concerns over the safety of its batteries.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it is in contact with Boeing.
"We are aware of the situation and we are in contact with Boeing as they assess the incident,"
an FAA spokeswoman said.
In a second incident, Thomson Airways says one of its Dreamliner planes travelling from
England to the US had to turn back after experiencing a technical issue.
Howard Wheeldon, an aerospace analyst at Wheeldon Strategic Advisory, told the Telegraph
he thought the problem was unlikely to be down to the Dreamliner’s battery, noting that
aircrafts smoke “for all sorts of reasons” and it could well be down to a “small issue”.
However, he said an issue with the battery, or any other technical problem with the
Dreamliner model, would shake shareholders’ faith in Boeing.
(what about the faith of the 787 flying public !!!???)
“It’s serious – it’s another little chip away in confidence in the company’s ability to solve a
problem. If it is a battery issue, there will be an erosion confidence in the company.
The investors would take a pretty dim view [of its handling of the matter],” he said.
The US company has invested more than $20bn (£12.8bn) in the 787, which made its debut
in late 2011 after a three-year delay. Its ground-breaking design and materials sought to
create a more fuel-efficient plane.
Boeing said in February that it remained confident in the 787 and had more than
800 outstanding orders for the jet, including from Virgin Atlantic and British Airways.
SO THAT's ALRIGHT THEN - who are these people !!!???
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ore proceeding, the UK Prime Minister was justifiably anxious to discover what reciprocal arrangements there would be for the 1.8 million or so Britons living in the EU. However, she recognised this was a crucial matter that could be resolved before the process to leave the EU is triggered and the negotiations begin. Now we know that it is not the UK standing in the way of a deal on this issue BUT a handful of EU countries led by Germany. Mrs May had been hoping to announce an agreement in Brussels next month but this appears to have been stymied by Angela Merkel. This is an ominous development that does not bode well for the talks to come.
Nor does the apparent handing over of these negotiations in their entirety to the European Commission. Mrs Merkel says the 27 other EU nations will take a common position and it will be for officials in Brussels to do the deal. This is clearly designed to forestall attempts by the UK to divide the bloc. However, the danger is that it will institutionalise the process in a way that will make flexibility and compromise hard to achieve. The UK had been hoping to see a “down to earth” pragmatic approach of the sort championed by the Polish prime minister on her visit to London this week. That is unlikely from the Commission for whom preserving the integrity of the EU project is all that matters. A discrete deal on reciprocal worker rights would show goodwill on all sides, and every effort must be made to keep it alive.
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