Sehr empfehlenswert! Gut das es die AfD gibt! Heute viel mir auf das Wolfgang Schäuble mit 77 Jahren immer noch in der Politik aktiv ist! Warum verbringt der Mann nicht seine letzten Jahre mit seinen Enkelkindern! Dieser lebenslange Berufspolitiker ist seit 1972 im Bundestag! Amtszeitbegrenzungen sind dringend einzuführen!
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Rand Paul GRILLS Dr. Fauci for His Inconsistencies on Coronavirus Guidance
President Trump made a huge mistake not to have fired this clown Fauci! He has come out with so many preposterous forecasts etc.! He has been at the same job since 1984, clearly a sign that he has no ambitions etc.!
Mountainside Fitness files lawsuit against Arizona governor Ducey over executive order
Bravo to the management of this business! Hope, other businesses affected by the latest unnecessary lockdown order will join!
This idiocy of medieval responses (lockdowns, quarantine, face masks etc.) to a medieval superstition (Covid-19) by our politicians has to stop finally!
How many more businesses have to be bankrupted and how many more employees loose their jobs for this idiocy!
Mountainside Fitness files lawsuit against Ducey over executive order - Phoenix Business Journal
This idiocy of medieval responses (lockdowns, quarantine, face masks etc.) to a medieval superstition (Covid-19) by our politicians has to stop finally!
How many more businesses have to be bankrupted and how many more employees loose their jobs for this idiocy!
Mountainside Fitness files lawsuit against Ducey over executive order - Phoenix Business Journal
Race After Technology: Shining Light on the New Jim Code
Even the prestigious Institute for Advanced Studies worships the cult of racism! Incredible! This is not science but medieval superstition!
"Read an excerpt from Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, the recent book from Ruha Benjamin, Member (2016–17) in the School of Social Science, that seeks to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity." (source)
"Now, in the age of big data, many of us [presumably black Americans] continue to be monitored and measured, but without the audible rumble of helicopters to which we can point. This doesn’t mean we no longer feel what it’s like to be a problem. We do. This book is my attempt to shine light in the other direction, to decode this subtle but no less hostile form of systemic bias, the New Jim Code."
Race After Technology: Shining Light on the New Jim Code | Institute for Advanced Study How biased are our algorithms?
"Read an excerpt from Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, the recent book from Ruha Benjamin, Member (2016–17) in the School of Social Science, that seeks to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity." (source)
"Now, in the age of big data, many of us [presumably black Americans] continue to be monitored and measured, but without the audible rumble of helicopters to which we can point. This doesn’t mean we no longer feel what it’s like to be a problem. We do. This book is my attempt to shine light in the other direction, to decode this subtle but no less hostile form of systemic bias, the New Jim Code."
Race After Technology: Shining Light on the New Jim Code | Institute for Advanced Study How biased are our algorithms?
Misnomer SARS-Cov-2
I am certainly no expert in medicine or biology, but I have a strong hunch that attaching the fear arousing, deadly SARS (severe, acute respiratory syndrome; see e.g. here, here) prefix to the name of the latest coronavirus is incorrect! It also reminds us of MERS. This could be a case of the power of labels.
The naming chosen for this new coronavirus certainly helped to have many politicians run for cover and mandate extensive lockdowns, face masks, social distancing and the like. Thereby risking to cause one of the severest economic recessions in a generation!
It also helped to trigger massive public funding of research for scientists probably for years to come!
"SARS was a relatively rare disease; at the end of the epidemic in June 2003, the incidence was 8,422 cases [worldwide, I presume] with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 11%."
Well, the new coronavirus caused by now (6/30/2020) more than 10.2 million cases worldwide, but the actual fatality rate is perhaps as low as 0.5% or at most around 5%.
Also the fact that children are apparently little affected by this virus should have cautioned us not to go to extremes!
To my insufficient knowledge, little information was so far provided regarding the similarity of the new virus compared to e.g. the common cold coronavirus.
What seems to have happened here is that this new coronavirus was treated as if it was a severe medieval plague like Black Death, which it clearly is not! Covid-19 turned out to be not much more worse than a severe flu season. Precaution and fear has again trumped common sense and rational approaches! When precaution and fear became worse than the disease ...
Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time
Good news! When can we expect the app to translate voice into sign language or does it exist already? :-)
Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time | UCLA
Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time | UCLA
Merkel und Macron: Die verflixte Sache mit der CO2-Grenzsteuer
Wenn die EU von Vollidioten wie Merkel, Macron, und von der Leyen regiert wird! Glauben diese drei wirklich, sie könnten den Global Warming hoax (aka. Klimawandel) der Welt aufbinden! So viel ökonomische Einfalt ist unglaublich!
Die UK hat das einzig richtige getan.
"Die französische Regierung dringt seit langem auf die Einführung eines solchen Mechanismus, um „Klimadumping“ zu verhindern. ... Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen hat diese Idee schon im vergangenen Sommer vor ihrer Wahl durch das Europaparlament aufgegriffen. Sie soll nach den Plänen der Kommission auch einen Beitrag zur Finanzierung des geplanten Corona-Wiederaufbaupakets leisten. ... Wobei Merkel zugestand, dass es „nicht ganz trivial sei“, eine solche Steuer in Einklang mit den Regeln der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) zu bringen. ... Die Europäische Kommission will Mitte des kommenden Jahres konkrete Vorschläge für eine Grenzsteuer vorlegen. Sie spricht dabei von einem CO2-Grenzmechanismus, was präziser ist, weil es sich nicht zwingend im eigentlichen Sinne um eine Steuer handelt."
Merkel und Macron: Die verflixte Sache mit der CO2-Grenzsteuer Müssen Unternehmen aus Ländern, die niedrigere Klimaziele verfolgen als die EU, bald einen Aufschlag zahlen, wenn sie hier verkaufen wollen? Geht es nach der Kanzlerin und dem französischen Präsidenten, dann ja. Doch so einfach ist das nicht.
Die UK hat das einzig richtige getan.
"Die französische Regierung dringt seit langem auf die Einführung eines solchen Mechanismus, um „Klimadumping“ zu verhindern. ... Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen hat diese Idee schon im vergangenen Sommer vor ihrer Wahl durch das Europaparlament aufgegriffen. Sie soll nach den Plänen der Kommission auch einen Beitrag zur Finanzierung des geplanten Corona-Wiederaufbaupakets leisten. ... Wobei Merkel zugestand, dass es „nicht ganz trivial sei“, eine solche Steuer in Einklang mit den Regeln der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) zu bringen. ... Die Europäische Kommission will Mitte des kommenden Jahres konkrete Vorschläge für eine Grenzsteuer vorlegen. Sie spricht dabei von einem CO2-Grenzmechanismus, was präziser ist, weil es sich nicht zwingend im eigentlichen Sinne um eine Steuer handelt."
Merkel und Macron: Die verflixte Sache mit der CO2-Grenzsteuer Müssen Unternehmen aus Ländern, die niedrigere Klimaziele verfolgen als die EU, bald einen Aufschlag zahlen, wenn sie hier verkaufen wollen? Geht es nach der Kanzlerin und dem französischen Präsidenten, dann ja. Doch so einfach ist das nicht.
China’s Palace Diplomacy in Africa
It is quite shocking how much influence China has gained in the past five decades in dozens of African countries!
"... that since 1966, Chinese companies have built or renovated at least 186 African government buildings, including 24 offices or residences of heads of state. Of the 70 buildings for which I found financing information, the Chinese government or a Chinese company financed all but three, and Beijing partially or fully subsidized the construction costs for at least 45 of the 70 buildings. ...
Certain cheap Chinese products, particularly technology such as smart phones, are hugely popular with African consumers, and Chinese firms have built most of the continent’s 3G and 4G telecoms networks. ...
he Chinese government has allegedly made direct cash payments to heads of state or ruling parties in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, and Zambia. Chinese companies have reportedly bribed presidents, senior government officials, or their family members in Benin, Chad, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. ... Others take the form of expensive gifts: exotic tiling for a dictator’s mansion, a helicopter for a coup leader, a lavish wedding for a prime minister, or new headquarters for ruling parties in Namibia, Zambia, and Sierra Leone ...
Chinese companies are particularly well suited to provide a political boost because they can move quickly, in part because many are willing to forego encumbering environmental impact studies or ignore local labor laws. ...
This charm offensive has helped make Africa one of Beijing’s most dependable sources of support. African states comprised nearly half of the 37 signatories of a 2019 open letter defending China’s human rights abuses of its minority Uighur population. Last year, many African countries supported the Chinese candidate to head the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in a vote he easily won over the U.S. supported aspirant, and cast 30 of the 79 “yes” votes to pass a controversial Russia and China-backed U.N. cyber crime resolution opposed by the United States and many European countries."
China’s Palace Diplomacy in Africa | The Heritage Foundation
"... that since 1966, Chinese companies have built or renovated at least 186 African government buildings, including 24 offices or residences of heads of state. Of the 70 buildings for which I found financing information, the Chinese government or a Chinese company financed all but three, and Beijing partially or fully subsidized the construction costs for at least 45 of the 70 buildings. ...
Certain cheap Chinese products, particularly technology such as smart phones, are hugely popular with African consumers, and Chinese firms have built most of the continent’s 3G and 4G telecoms networks. ...
he Chinese government has allegedly made direct cash payments to heads of state or ruling parties in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, and Zambia. Chinese companies have reportedly bribed presidents, senior government officials, or their family members in Benin, Chad, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. ... Others take the form of expensive gifts: exotic tiling for a dictator’s mansion, a helicopter for a coup leader, a lavish wedding for a prime minister, or new headquarters for ruling parties in Namibia, Zambia, and Sierra Leone ...
Chinese companies are particularly well suited to provide a political boost because they can move quickly, in part because many are willing to forego encumbering environmental impact studies or ignore local labor laws. ...
This charm offensive has helped make Africa one of Beijing’s most dependable sources of support. African states comprised nearly half of the 37 signatories of a 2019 open letter defending China’s human rights abuses of its minority Uighur population. Last year, many African countries supported the Chinese candidate to head the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in a vote he easily won over the U.S. supported aspirant, and cast 30 of the 79 “yes” votes to pass a controversial Russia and China-backed U.N. cyber crime resolution opposed by the United States and many European countries."
China’s Palace Diplomacy in Africa | The Heritage Foundation
A Book Talk on The Return of Great Power Rivalry with Dr. Matthew Kroenig
Recommendable!
"In his book, he argues that democracies are uniquely prepared to overcome any challenge autocratic rivals pose, despite growing concerns. In aggregate, Kroenig contends, democracies outcompete autocracies. ... Conversely, autocracies often have to spend more on internal security compared to external. ... Kroenig responded by mentioning that both Putin and Xi fear the spread of democracy, and are leveraging technological capabilities to facilitate authoritarianism worldwide. ... Korenig emphasized that if a “Cold War” means a serious competition, then yes. If it means that we are approaching a high likelihood of war, then no. Compared to the Cold War and the current era, the US will need to create new strategies and policies instead of following the old guidelines like “containment.”"
Most of these observations are not new, they are just a confirmation! Or should we be alarmed, because these well known assurances about the superiority of democracies over authoritarian regimes may sound complacent?
P.S. I did not watch the talk itself
June 24: A Book Talk on The Return of Great Power Rivalry with Dr. Matthew Kroenig – Global Taiwan Institute
"In his book, he argues that democracies are uniquely prepared to overcome any challenge autocratic rivals pose, despite growing concerns. In aggregate, Kroenig contends, democracies outcompete autocracies. ... Conversely, autocracies often have to spend more on internal security compared to external. ... Kroenig responded by mentioning that both Putin and Xi fear the spread of democracy, and are leveraging technological capabilities to facilitate authoritarianism worldwide. ... Korenig emphasized that if a “Cold War” means a serious competition, then yes. If it means that we are approaching a high likelihood of war, then no. Compared to the Cold War and the current era, the US will need to create new strategies and policies instead of following the old guidelines like “containment.”"
Most of these observations are not new, they are just a confirmation! Or should we be alarmed, because these well known assurances about the superiority of democracies over authoritarian regimes may sound complacent?
P.S. I did not watch the talk itself
June 24: A Book Talk on The Return of Great Power Rivalry with Dr. Matthew Kroenig – Global Taiwan Institute
Commodores: Sweet Love
Enjoy! You need it now! I know you are searching ... Put little love in your heart ... Love the only way ...
I think, this recording is digitally remastered! The voices come out so clear and distinct!
I think, this recording is digitally remastered! The voices come out so clear and distinct!
Monday, June 29, 2020
Boris Johnson vows 'Roosevelt' style plan to get UK back on track from coronavirus
If this is indeed true that Prime Minister Johnson plans a Great Deal style government program, then he is much more foolish than I thought! He may even surpass the very embarrassing Prime Minister May!
Does this fool Johnson not know that President Roosevelt was the most socialist president the United States ever had! For any British Prime Minister to aspire to such a lousy U.S. president is incredible!
It appears that not only e.g. Germany or France have serious issues with their many inept and incompetent politicians comprising their political classes.
Johnson would be much better advised to try international free trade with the former Commonwealth countries, lower taxes, and deregulation a la Margaret Thatcher!
Boris Johnson vows 'Roosevelt' style plan to get UK back on track from coronavirus - but warns of 'bumpy times'
Does this fool Johnson not know that President Roosevelt was the most socialist president the United States ever had! For any British Prime Minister to aspire to such a lousy U.S. president is incredible!
It appears that not only e.g. Germany or France have serious issues with their many inept and incompetent politicians comprising their political classes.
Johnson would be much better advised to try international free trade with the former Commonwealth countries, lower taxes, and deregulation a la Margaret Thatcher!
Boris Johnson vows 'Roosevelt' style plan to get UK back on track from coronavirus - but warns of 'bumpy times'
Why Capitalism Is A Myth!
Posted: 6/29/2020
Just take the public education of our children in Western countries as an example. Attendance is compulsory and enforced by the government under penalty or fines if not worse. Home schooling of children is e.g. prohibited in Germany. Private run schools for children are fairly rare and regrettably unaffordable to many parents.
This tight and expansive government control of the education of our children is irreconcilable with free market capitalism and a constitution conceived in individual liberty! Most parents would voluntarily and freely make every effort to get their children the best education possible. Free markets and private charity would provide plenty of education opportunities for our children! In the age of the Internet, the almost exclusive authority of the government on the education of our children is not justified at all anymore!
It is high time to largely privatize the education of our children and let parents and older children make their choices about the education of children.
Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs
Can't get no satisfaction! Cause I try and I try and I try and I try (hit song from 1965)
"As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years." (Source). This is extreme and not warranted!
Unfortunately, the Founders made a huge mistake not to be more specific about intellectual property rights in the U.S. Constitution!
"Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power “to promote the Progress of Science and Useful arts, by securing, for limited Times, to Authors and Inventors, the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”
I don't believe the Founders had in mind the life of the author plus an additional 70 years!
Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Als die Impressionisten Japan entdeckten
Sehr empfehlenswert! Muss gestehen mir war dieser erhebliche Einfluss japanischer Kunst und Kultur auf Europa des ausgehenden 19. und Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts nicht gewahr.
"Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" By Vaughan Mason & Crew
Enjoy! One of the hottest roller skate music of all time!
Sugar Hill Gang: Rapper's Delight (Long Version)
Enjoy! Give me what you got! Get on the floor! How rap music started!
Super-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
Amazing stuff! New clues about glue! You get the cue! :-)
"... Now they have further developed their adhesive so that it can be detached from the underlying tissue without causing any damage. By applying a liquid solution, the new version can be peeled away like a slippery gel in case it needs to be adjusted during surgery, for example, or removed once the tissue has healed. ... “This is like a painless Band-Aid for internal organs,” ..."
Super-strong surgical tape detaches on demand | MIT News Removable adhesive could make it easier for surgeons to close up internal wounds.
"... Now they have further developed their adhesive so that it can be detached from the underlying tissue without causing any damage. By applying a liquid solution, the new version can be peeled away like a slippery gel in case it needs to be adjusted during surgery, for example, or removed once the tissue has healed. ... “This is like a painless Band-Aid for internal organs,” ..."
Super-strong surgical tape detaches on demand | MIT News Removable adhesive could make it easier for surgeons to close up internal wounds.
Optical Microcomb Device May Result in Improved Telecommunications, Sensors, Clocks
Good news!
"Their device converts laser light of a single frequency into an evenly spaced set of many distinct frequencies (a comb of frequencies). The resulting optical frequency microcomb is built from a single piece of silicon, in much the same way as computer chips. And its many colors can replace many separate lasers for data transmission."
Optical Microcomb Device May Result in Improved Telecommunications, Sensors, Clocks | www.caltech.edu Modern telecommunications often makes use of multiple lasers of different colors to transmit data, but a new device the size of a cigarette pack can replace them.
"Their device converts laser light of a single frequency into an evenly spaced set of many distinct frequencies (a comb of frequencies). The resulting optical frequency microcomb is built from a single piece of silicon, in much the same way as computer chips. And its many colors can replace many separate lasers for data transmission."
Optical Microcomb Device May Result in Improved Telecommunications, Sensors, Clocks | www.caltech.edu Modern telecommunications often makes use of multiple lasers of different colors to transmit data, but a new device the size of a cigarette pack can replace them.
Three extraordinary women run the gauntlet of science — a documentary
What shoddy journalism is this coming from Nature Journal! This article is regurgitating lousy propaganda and demagoguery!
"Ask people to picture a scientist, and what do many imagine? A white man in a white lab coat, sadly."
What the heck does this have to do with those ideological slogans like systemic racism, sexual harassment and institutional bias! This is analogous to Nazi antisemitic propaganda!
"It [the movie] chronicles, through the stories of three extraordinary female researchers, the gender and racial biases that drive so many people out of science. All the usual suspects are here: systemic racism, institutional bias, sexual harassment. Together, they tell so many aspiring researchers the lie that they do not belong."
What utter nonsense!
"The third story comes from Jane Willenbring, a geoscientist who in 2016 filed a formal complaint accusing her PhD adviser, David Marchant, of routinely abusing her during fieldwork in Antarctica years before. Marchant, who has denied the allegations, was sacked from his post at Boston University in April 2019 after an investigation."
"Ask people to picture a scientist, and what do many imagine? A white man in a white lab coat, sadly."
What the heck does this have to do with those ideological slogans like systemic racism, sexual harassment and institutional bias! This is analogous to Nazi antisemitic propaganda!
"It [the movie] chronicles, through the stories of three extraordinary female researchers, the gender and racial biases that drive so many people out of science. All the usual suspects are here: systemic racism, institutional bias, sexual harassment. Together, they tell so many aspiring researchers the lie that they do not belong."
What utter nonsense!
"The third story comes from Jane Willenbring, a geoscientist who in 2016 filed a formal complaint accusing her PhD adviser, David Marchant, of routinely abusing her during fieldwork in Antarctica years before. Marchant, who has denied the allegations, was sacked from his post at Boston University in April 2019 after an investigation."
This is all we learn about the accused in this article! The accused was apparently not even interviewed for this article! What was the "abuse" about? The article is silent!
Three extraordinary women run the gauntlet of science — a documentary Systemic racism, sexual harassment and institutional bias permeate a film about three female scientists, who have survived and thrived.
Three extraordinary women run the gauntlet of science — a documentary Systemic racism, sexual harassment and institutional bias permeate a film about three female scientists, who have survived and thrived.
Karl Marx Despised Society's Poorest People
Recommendable! It is quite surprising that Karl Marx and his sugar daddy Friedrich Engels had such a low opinion of the so called Lumpenproletariat!
"“The lumpenproletariat is passive decaying matter of the lowest layers of the old society, is here and there thrust into the [progressive] movement by a proletarian revolution; [however,] in accordance with its whole way of life, it is more likely to sell out to reactionary intrigues. – The Communist Manifesto"
"“The lumpenproletariat is passive decaying matter of the lowest layers of the old society, is here and there thrust into the [progressive] movement by a proletarian revolution; [however,] in accordance with its whole way of life, it is more likely to sell out to reactionary intrigues. – The Communist Manifesto"
Unraveling the processes that power the sun
Recommendable! We still do not understand our sun, but many people believe in such nonsense as Climate Change and Global Warming!
"... physicists ... have announced the first-ever detection of neutrinos from another, less common fusion process: the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle, which uses carbon, nitrogen and oxygen as catalysts to fuel the conversion of hydrogen to helium."
"Studying these particles could help reveal how much of the sun is composed of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, a property known as metallicity. That’s because the rate at which CNO cycle neutrinos are produced depends on the sun’s content of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. ... The CNO cycle is even more important in stars heavier than the sun, where it is the main fusion process."
Unraveling the processes that power the sun | symmetry magazine: The Borexino experiment announces the first detection of neutrinos from a secondary cycle that fuels our closest star.
"... physicists ... have announced the first-ever detection of neutrinos from another, less common fusion process: the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle, which uses carbon, nitrogen and oxygen as catalysts to fuel the conversion of hydrogen to helium."
"Studying these particles could help reveal how much of the sun is composed of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, a property known as metallicity. That’s because the rate at which CNO cycle neutrinos are produced depends on the sun’s content of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. ... The CNO cycle is even more important in stars heavier than the sun, where it is the main fusion process."
Unraveling the processes that power the sun | symmetry magazine: The Borexino experiment announces the first detection of neutrinos from a secondary cycle that fuels our closest star.
Physicists spot a new class of neutrinos from the sun The Borexino experiment detected particles from our star’s second-most important fusion process
Prince - Sweet Thing (Live in London, 1998) featuring Chaka Khan
Enjoy! Nice recording! Tantalizing improvisations by an older, more mature Chaka Khan!
Saturday, June 27, 2020
The Mennonites – a trip back in time
Recommendable! Unusual people, but their optimism is inspiring! However, these German government paid for moronic journalists do not mention a single word about the essential characteristics of Mennonites like they are truly pacifists and conscientious objectors. Yes, these people may be very old fashioned, but we can learn from these people and their simple life style!
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests
Great news! This is the beginning of the end of the scourge of microbes causing diseases! Human ingenuity needs to defeat pathogenic viruses and bacteria once and for all!!!
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests | Scripps Research Scientists isolate powerful coronavirus-neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients and successfully test in animals, all in less than seven weeks.
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests | Scripps Research Scientists isolate powerful coronavirus-neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients and successfully test in animals, all in less than seven weeks.
Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show
Feminism inspired shoddy journalism written by a male journalist! It follows blindly the playbook of feminist narrative!
"The latest data were compiled by Digital Science, a London-based company specialising in research analysis tools, using its Dimensions publication database to analyse more than 60,000 journals across all disciplines for Times Higher Education.
The analysis shows that the proportion of accepted papers with a female first author dipped below the historical trend for submissions made in March, April and May.
The decline in the share of papers by female first authors was particularly pronounced in April, when it fell by more than two percentage points to 31.2 per cent, and May, which saw a collapse of seven points to 26.8 per cent."
Perhaps, the female 2nd author numbers increased during that period! Perhaps, there were this time more female last or second last authors than normal (everybody, but this journalist knows that those authors at the back are often the most important ones)! And so on ...
Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show | Times Higher Education (THE) Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact
"The latest data were compiled by Digital Science, a London-based company specialising in research analysis tools, using its Dimensions publication database to analyse more than 60,000 journals across all disciplines for Times Higher Education.
The analysis shows that the proportion of accepted papers with a female first author dipped below the historical trend for submissions made in March, April and May.
The decline in the share of papers by female first authors was particularly pronounced in April, when it fell by more than two percentage points to 31.2 per cent, and May, which saw a collapse of seven points to 26.8 per cent."
Perhaps, the female 2nd author numbers increased during that period! Perhaps, there were this time more female last or second last authors than normal (everybody, but this journalist knows that those authors at the back are often the most important ones)! And so on ...
Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show | Times Higher Education (THE) Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact
3D ultrafast ultrasound quantifies coronary blood flow
Amazing stuff! But it was done open heart! Hopefully, this also works non-invasively!
3D ultrafast ultrasound quantifies coronary blood flow – Physics World
3D ultrafast ultrasound quantifies coronary blood flow – Physics World
Huntington’s disease progression involves DNA damage sensor
Good news! We may be getting closer to a cure!
"A new study ... provides new insights into the molecular events that lead to the progressive destruction of brain cells in Huntington’s. The research reveals a central role for a damage-sensing enzyme called cGAS that seems to ignite a cascade of inflammation and excessive cellular housekeeping, a process called autophagy. Their study, a ... raises the possibility that reducing cGAS activity in the brain may be a treatment strategy worth testing in further studies ..."
Huntington’s disease progression involves DNA damage sensor | Scripps Research Abnormal cellular housekeeping and inflammation point to potential target for treating fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
"A new study ... provides new insights into the molecular events that lead to the progressive destruction of brain cells in Huntington’s. The research reveals a central role for a damage-sensing enzyme called cGAS that seems to ignite a cascade of inflammation and excessive cellular housekeeping, a process called autophagy. Their study, a ... raises the possibility that reducing cGAS activity in the brain may be a treatment strategy worth testing in further studies ..."
Huntington’s disease progression involves DNA damage sensor | Scripps Research Abnormal cellular housekeeping and inflammation point to potential target for treating fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
Ilhan Omar betrays her own constituents
Somalia is an important country in the Horn of Africa, but Ihan Omar does little or nothing or the wrong things to help Somalia!
"Given both the importance of the U.S. and the family ties many Somalis have with the Somali diaspora, and the fact that one of my trips was in August when so many of the Somali diaspora returned home for the summer holidays, American politics loomed large in coffee house discussions and meetings with civil society and political leaders. ...
I have written of how frustrated many Somalis were that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, the first Somali American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, had not used her seat to advance U.S.-Somali ties. Instead, Omar has made the Palestinian issue a cornerstone of her congressional activism, apparently at the urging both of Basim Sabri, her second-largest donor and a Palestinian American real estate tycoon from Minneapolis who donated maximum amounts to Omar’s congressional campaign, as well as his daughter Karmel, a fundraiser for causes in the Gaza Strip."
Ilhan Omar betrays her own constituents
"Given both the importance of the U.S. and the family ties many Somalis have with the Somali diaspora, and the fact that one of my trips was in August when so many of the Somali diaspora returned home for the summer holidays, American politics loomed large in coffee house discussions and meetings with civil society and political leaders. ...
I have written of how frustrated many Somalis were that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, the first Somali American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, had not used her seat to advance U.S.-Somali ties. Instead, Omar has made the Palestinian issue a cornerstone of her congressional activism, apparently at the urging both of Basim Sabri, her second-largest donor and a Palestinian American real estate tycoon from Minneapolis who donated maximum amounts to Omar’s congressional campaign, as well as his daughter Karmel, a fundraiser for causes in the Gaza Strip."
Ilhan Omar betrays her own constituents
CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem
Bad news! Apparently more caution is necessary! I was hoping we would soon be able to e.g. remove the sneeze gene permanently! Can you imagine a live without ever having to sneeze?
"A suite of experiments that use the gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 to modify human embryos have revealed how the process can make large, unwanted changes to the genome at or near the target site."
CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem Three studies showing large DNA deletions and reshuffling heighten safety concerns about heritable genome editing.
"A suite of experiments that use the gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 to modify human embryos have revealed how the process can make large, unwanted changes to the genome at or near the target site."
CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem Three studies showing large DNA deletions and reshuffling heighten safety concerns about heritable genome editing.
Friday, June 26, 2020
Trump administration wants to open up 82 percent of Alaska reserve for drilling
Good news! Bravo Trump! Defy the Global Warming Hoax!
"The plan would allow for 18.7 million acres of the approximately 23 million acre area to be leased to oil and gas companies."
Trump administration wants to open up 82 percent of Alaska reserve for drilling | TheHill
"The plan would allow for 18.7 million acres of the approximately 23 million acre area to be leased to oil and gas companies."
Trump administration wants to open up 82 percent of Alaska reserve for drilling | TheHill
Israeli airstrikes reported against Iranian sites in Syria, killing 7
Bad news! What is Iran up to in Syria? Iranian forces are getting to close to Israel for comfort!
Israeli airstrikes reported against Iranian sites in Syria, killing 7 | The Times of Israel Syrian state media confirms two soldiers killed in one strike, while watchdog says 5 pro-Iranian fighters killed in second strike, with attacks blamed on Israel
Israeli airstrikes reported against Iranian sites in Syria, killing 7 | The Times of Israel Syrian state media confirms two soldiers killed in one strike, while watchdog says 5 pro-Iranian fighters killed in second strike, with attacks blamed on Israel
Researchers Use Lasers to Bring the Internet Under the Sea
WiFi under water aka Aqua Fi? Is Saudi Arabia becoming the next hot spot for technology development? :-)
"Underwater Wi-Fi is exactly what researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, have developed."
Researchers Use Lasers to Bring the Internet Under the Sea - IEEE Spectrum Aqua-Fi is a Wi-Fi system for watery environments where radios typically struggle
"Underwater Wi-Fi is exactly what researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, have developed."
Researchers Use Lasers to Bring the Internet Under the Sea - IEEE Spectrum Aqua-Fi is a Wi-Fi system for watery environments where radios typically struggle
Astrocyte-to-Neuron Method Reverses Neurodegeneration in Mice
Good news!
"Instead of adding transcription factors, [researchers] new approach relies on removing an inhibitor of neurogenesis. Work from his lab had shown that the RNA binding protein PTB prevents the activation of neuronal factors in non-neuronal cells and that deleting it could convert fibroblasts into neurons in culture. ...
Using genetically engineered mice in which astrocyte-specific production of PTB could be switched off at will by injecting a silencing RNA, the team observed that several weeks after PTB depletion, the cells began producing neuronal markers, with the number of ex-astrocytes producing such markers increasing as the weeks went by."
Astrocyte-to-Neuron Method Reverses Neurodegeneration in Mice | The Scientist Magazine® The cell conversion strategy restores neurons and motor functions lost as a result of an induced Parkinson’s-like illness in the animals.
"Instead of adding transcription factors, [researchers] new approach relies on removing an inhibitor of neurogenesis. Work from his lab had shown that the RNA binding protein PTB prevents the activation of neuronal factors in non-neuronal cells and that deleting it could convert fibroblasts into neurons in culture. ...
Using genetically engineered mice in which astrocyte-specific production of PTB could be switched off at will by injecting a silencing RNA, the team observed that several weeks after PTB depletion, the cells began producing neuronal markers, with the number of ex-astrocytes producing such markers increasing as the weeks went by."
Astrocyte-to-Neuron Method Reverses Neurodegeneration in Mice | The Scientist Magazine® The cell conversion strategy restores neurons and motor functions lost as a result of an induced Parkinson’s-like illness in the animals.
Montiverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo" (Jaroussky, De Niese)
Enjoy!
Text:
Pur ti miro, pur ti stringo,
pur ti godo, pur t’annodo
piu non peno, piu non moro,
o mia vita, o mio tesoro.
Io son tua, tuo son io.
Speme mia, dillo di,
l’idol mio, tu sei pur.
Si mio ben, si mio cor, mia vita, si.
Translation:
I adore you, I embrace you, I desire you, I enchain you, no more grieving, no more sorrow, O my dearest, O my beloved. I am yours, O my love, tell me so, you are mine, mine alone, O my love. Feel my heart, see my love, see.
Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera
Very recommendable!
Part 1:
Part 1:
Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (the oldest opera still performed). Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" / "Fly, thought, on golden wings")
Ludwig von Beethoven: Fidelio (Beethoven's only opera)
Part 2
- Puccini: La Boheme
- Wagner: Die Walküre
- Strauss: Salome
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Experimental peptide targets Covid-19
Good news! This is only the beginning of using computer modeling to find new therapeutics for diseases!
"Using computational models of protein interactions, researchers at the MIT Media Lab and Center for Bits and Atoms have designed a peptide that can bind to coronavirus proteins and shuttle them into a cellular pathway that breaks them down. ... Their idea was to have their peptides recruit naturally occurring proteins called E3 ubiquitin ligases, which can mark proteins for destruction when cells no longer need them. ... [researchers] recently used similar computational methods to design improved versions of enzymes used for the genome-editing technique known as CRISPR. Their new CRISPR-Cas9 enzymes, together, can target more than 70 percent of DNA sequences, while the most commonly used form of CRISPR-Cas9 reaches only about 10 percent."
Experimental peptide targets Covid-19 | MIT News Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them.
"Using computational models of protein interactions, researchers at the MIT Media Lab and Center for Bits and Atoms have designed a peptide that can bind to coronavirus proteins and shuttle them into a cellular pathway that breaks them down. ... Their idea was to have their peptides recruit naturally occurring proteins called E3 ubiquitin ligases, which can mark proteins for destruction when cells no longer need them. ... [researchers] recently used similar computational methods to design improved versions of enzymes used for the genome-editing technique known as CRISPR. Their new CRISPR-Cas9 enzymes, together, can target more than 70 percent of DNA sequences, while the most commonly used form of CRISPR-Cas9 reaches only about 10 percent."
Experimental peptide targets Covid-19 | MIT News Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them.
US inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back
Sometimes even news about the IRS can be sort of funny! How did this actually happen? OK, legislators were in a hurry and failed to exclude prison population from receiving these relief checks.
But why would the IRS have prison addresses on file? Do any prisoners file annual tax returns? Are they short-term prisoners or freshly incarcerated?
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent. The legislation authorizing the payments during the pandemic doesn’t specifically exclude jail or prison inmates ..."
US inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back
But why would the IRS have prison addresses on file? Do any prisoners file annual tax returns? Are they short-term prisoners or freshly incarcerated?
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent. The legislation authorizing the payments during the pandemic doesn’t specifically exclude jail or prison inmates ..."
US inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back
Äthiopien und Ägypten streiten um riesigen Staudamm am Nil
Hoffentlich geht das gut aus! Der Streit oder sogar Kampf um das knappe Gut Wasser!
Äthiopien und Ägypten streiten um riesigen Staudamm am Nil Der Streit ums Nilwasser spitzt sich zu: Im Juli will Addis Abeba beginnen, einen neuen Stausee zu füllen. ¨¨Ägypten fürchtet jedoch um seine Existenz und bittet den Uno-Sicherheitsrat um Hilfe. Die Angst vor einem Krieg geht um.
Äthiopien und Ägypten streiten um riesigen Staudamm am Nil Der Streit ums Nilwasser spitzt sich zu: Im Juli will Addis Abeba beginnen, einen neuen Stausee zu füllen. ¨¨Ägypten fürchtet jedoch um seine Existenz und bittet den Uno-Sicherheitsrat um Hilfe. Die Angst vor einem Krieg geht um.
U.S. Senator McSally proposes bill that would give people money for vacations
What a silly proposal by U.S. Senator McSally! Don't we all love politicians who are incompetent in economic affairs!
McSally proposes bill that would give people money for vacations - Phoenix Business Journal
McSally proposes bill that would give people money for vacations - Phoenix Business Journal
Jewish porn star Ron Jeremy charged with rape and sexual assault of 4 women
This is a very rich headline! I did not know that this porn star was Jewish. Can sex be addictive? Are these claims real or are these women after his money?
Jewish porn star Ron Jeremy charged with rape and sexual assault of 4 women - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish porn star Ron Jeremy charged with rape and sexual assault of 4 women - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Boston bans facial recognition due to concern about racial bias
The return of medieval superstition! When facial becomes farcical!
I bet the advantages of face recognition far outweigh any dubious concerns about "racial bias".
"The Boston City Council today voted unanimously to ban facial recognition, making Boston the largest city in the country to ban the technology since San Francisco passed the first citywide ban in May 2019. Nearby Somerville, Massachusetts passed a facial recognition ban roughly a year ago as well."
Boston bans facial recognition due to concern about racial bias | VentureBeat
"The Boston City Council today voted unanimously to ban facial recognition, making Boston the largest city in the country to ban the technology since San Francisco passed the first citywide ban in May 2019. Nearby Somerville, Massachusetts passed a facial recognition ban roughly a year ago as well."
Boston bans facial recognition due to concern about racial bias | VentureBeat
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Pelosi Cancels History By Removing Her Predecessors
The painting of the first female Speaker of the House should never be completed!
When will the Dimocratic Party finally get rid of this incredibly embarrassing Speaker of the House!
Pelosi Cancels History By Removing Her Predecessors | Intellectual Takeout
When will the Dimocratic Party finally get rid of this incredibly embarrassing Speaker of the House!
Pelosi Cancels History By Removing Her Predecessors | Intellectual Takeout
Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devices
Amazing stuff!
"The way electrons interact with phonons ... determines the physical processes that take place inside many electronic devices. These interactions affect the way metals resist electric current, the temperature at which some materials suddenly become superconductors, and the very low temperature requirements for quantum computers, among many other processes.
But electron-phonon interactions have been difficult to study in detail because they are generally very weak. The new study has found a new, stronger kind of unusual electron-phonon interaction: The researchers induced a Kohn anomaly, which was previously thought to exist only in metals, in an exotic material called a topological Weyl semimetal."
Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devices | MIT News Exotic states called Kohn anomalies could offer clues to why some materials have the electronic properties they do.
"The way electrons interact with phonons ... determines the physical processes that take place inside many electronic devices. These interactions affect the way metals resist electric current, the temperature at which some materials suddenly become superconductors, and the very low temperature requirements for quantum computers, among many other processes.
But electron-phonon interactions have been difficult to study in detail because they are generally very weak. The new study has found a new, stronger kind of unusual electron-phonon interaction: The researchers induced a Kohn anomaly, which was previously thought to exist only in metals, in an exotic material called a topological Weyl semimetal."
Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devices | MIT News Exotic states called Kohn anomalies could offer clues to why some materials have the electronic properties they do.
Nanoparticles boost cancer immunotherapy
Good news! Cancer is history!
"They showed that if they treated mice with existing drugs called checkpoint inhibitors, along with new nanoparticles that further stimulate the immune system, the therapy became more powerful than checkpoint inhibitors given alone. ... The MIT team devised a way to package and deliver small pieces of DNA that crank up the immune response to tumors, creating a synergistic effect that makes the checkpoint inhibitors more effective. In studies in mice, they showed that the dual treatment halted tumor growth, and in some cases, also stopped the growth of tumors elsewhere in the body. ... "
A boost for cancer immunotherapy | MIT News Engineers design nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system, helping it to attack tumors.
"They showed that if they treated mice with existing drugs called checkpoint inhibitors, along with new nanoparticles that further stimulate the immune system, the therapy became more powerful than checkpoint inhibitors given alone. ... The MIT team devised a way to package and deliver small pieces of DNA that crank up the immune response to tumors, creating a synergistic effect that makes the checkpoint inhibitors more effective. In studies in mice, they showed that the dual treatment halted tumor growth, and in some cases, also stopped the growth of tumors elsewhere in the body. ... "
A boost for cancer immunotherapy | MIT News Engineers design nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system, helping it to attack tumors.
Bubble-blowing drones may one day aid artificial pollination
There is almost nothing drones can't do so it seems! :-)
Why wait for bees, other insects, or bats do to the work?
"Drones that blow pollen-laden bubbles onto blossoms could someday help farmers pollinate their crops."
Bubble-blowing drones may one day aid artificial pollination | Science News Flying machines could step in when bees and other insects are scarce, researchers say
Why wait for bees, other insects, or bats do to the work?
"Drones that blow pollen-laden bubbles onto blossoms could someday help farmers pollinate their crops."
Bubble-blowing drones may one day aid artificial pollination | Science News Flying machines could step in when bees and other insects are scarce, researchers say
Mehr deutsches Geld in Steueroase Jersey als in Schweiz
Kein Wunder das deutsche Steuerzahler das extrem Hochsteuerland Deutschland meiden! Kluge Köpfe sorgen vor!
Das deutsche Steueraufkommen zu BIP (Bruttoinlandsprodukt) liegt bei über 38%. Damit liegt D. an 12. Stelle in der OECD. Im Vergleich dazu liegt die Steuerquote in den USA nur bei 24.3%. (Quelle)
Z.B. der Solidaritätszuschlag ist nach über 30 Jahren immer noch nicht abgeschafft! Die Raffgier der Politiker nach mehr Einnahmen ist unübersehbar!
"... Bundesbürger hätten im Jahr 2018 auf Konten in Jersey insgesamt 180,8 Milliarden Euro geparkt ... Aus der Schweiz wurden für 2018 laut Finanzministerium 133,1 Milliarden Euro auf Konten von Deutschen gemeldet, aus Luxemburg 125,8 Milliarden Euro. ... "
Das deutsche Steueraufkommen zu BIP (Bruttoinlandsprodukt) liegt bei über 38%. Damit liegt D. an 12. Stelle in der OECD. Im Vergleich dazu liegt die Steuerquote in den USA nur bei 24.3%. (Quelle)
Z.B. der Solidaritätszuschlag ist nach über 30 Jahren immer noch nicht abgeschafft! Die Raffgier der Politiker nach mehr Einnahmen ist unübersehbar!
"... Bundesbürger hätten im Jahr 2018 auf Konten in Jersey insgesamt 180,8 Milliarden Euro geparkt ... Aus der Schweiz wurden für 2018 laut Finanzministerium 133,1 Milliarden Euro auf Konten von Deutschen gemeldet, aus Luxemburg 125,8 Milliarden Euro. ... "
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
30 Facts about Covid-19 – Swiss Policy Research
Very recommendable! Almost everything about Covid-19/SARS-Cov-2 are totally overblown and exaggerated!
Way too many Western politicians have been cowards not to stop the nonsense of lockdowns etc.
"1) According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu).
4) Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% remain symptom-free.
6) The median age of the deceased in most countries (including Italy) is over 80 years (e.g. 86 years in Sweden) and only about 4% of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality.
8) Up to 30% of all additional deaths may have been caused not by Covid19, but by the effects of the lockdown, panic and fear. For example, the treatment of heart attacks and strokes decreased by up to 60% because many patients no longer dared to go to hospital."
Facts about Covid-19 – Swiss Policy Research
Way too many Western politicians have been cowards not to stop the nonsense of lockdowns etc.
"1) According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu).
4) Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% remain symptom-free.
6) The median age of the deceased in most countries (including Italy) is over 80 years (e.g. 86 years in Sweden) and only about 4% of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality.
8) Up to 30% of all additional deaths may have been caused not by Covid19, but by the effects of the lockdown, panic and fear. For example, the treatment of heart attacks and strokes decreased by up to 60% because many patients no longer dared to go to hospital."
Facts about Covid-19 – Swiss Policy Research
Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells and display screens
This could be a breakthrough for display screens, solar cells etc.!
"A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of light-emitting devices and other thin-film electronics. The new manufacturing process, which was developed at MIT and should be relatively easy to scale up for industrial production, involves an intermediate “buffer” layer of material that is key to the technique’s success. The buffer allows the ultrathin graphene sheet, less than a nanometer (billionth of a meter) thick, to be easily lifted off from its substrate, allowing for rapid roll-to-roll manufacturing."
Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells | MIT News New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.
Here is the underlying paper:
Synergistic Roll‐to‐Roll Transfer and Doping of CVD‐Graphene Using Parylene for Ambient‐Stable and Ultra‐Lightweight Photovoltaics
"A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of light-emitting devices and other thin-film electronics. The new manufacturing process, which was developed at MIT and should be relatively easy to scale up for industrial production, involves an intermediate “buffer” layer of material that is key to the technique’s success. The buffer allows the ultrathin graphene sheet, less than a nanometer (billionth of a meter) thick, to be easily lifted off from its substrate, allowing for rapid roll-to-roll manufacturing."
Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells | MIT News New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.
Here is the underlying paper:
Synergistic Roll‐to‐Roll Transfer and Doping of CVD‐Graphene Using Parylene for Ambient‐Stable and Ultra‐Lightweight Photovoltaics
Persian Gulf fault line could be a new front in US–China competition
Recommendable! The alliance of authoritarian states across the world!
"China has become an indispensable economic and strategic partner for Iran. Over the last decade, Chinese companies have invested more than US$5 billion in upgrading Iran’s gas refinement and oil infrastructure, expanding highways, updating Tehran’s metro system (which was originally built with Chinese assistance) and developing the Mehran Petrochemical Complex in western Iran.
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Iran in January 2016, President Hassan Rouhani announced that ‘China and Iran plan to build economic ties worth up to $600 billion’. The volume of trade between the two sides grew from US$1.6 billion per year in the 1980s to US$15 billion in 2007 and around US$45 billion in 2014–15 (in 2018 it dipped to US$33 billion)."
"China has become an indispensable economic and strategic partner for Iran. Over the last decade, Chinese companies have invested more than US$5 billion in upgrading Iran’s gas refinement and oil infrastructure, expanding highways, updating Tehran’s metro system (which was originally built with Chinese assistance) and developing the Mehran Petrochemical Complex in western Iran.
China has also provided funding and technical assistance for projects ranging from railways to hospitals. In 2018, a Chinese state-owned investment company, CITIC Group, established a US$10 billion credit line, and the China Development Bank promised US$15 billion more.
Vast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge
Amazing stuff! Stonehenge and surroundings are still full of surprises!
Vast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge | Science | The Guardian
Vast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge | Science | The Guardian
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