Recommendable! Very outspoken! Most leading Western politicians have completely failed as far as the Covid-19 pandemic is concerned! They acted highly irrational and with lot's of scaremongering! They are largely responsible for the hysteria surrounding this pandemic! Latest by June 2020 it was obvious that this virus is not very dangerous!
Monday, July 19, 2021
Masten Space Systems to develop a GPS-like network for the moon
Amazing stuff! The colonization of the moon seems imminent!
Masten’s prototype is being developed as part of a contract awarded through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX program. Once deployed, it’ll be a first-of-its-kind off-world navigational system.
Linux Foundation: Please (don't) Participate in the 2021 Open Source Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Survey
This was in my email inbox today! What a cringe worthy email from the Linux Foundation! I almost regret, I use a Linux operating system distribution (Fedora)!
"... Linux Foundation Research and its partners are conducting a survey on the state of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within open source communities. The purpose of the survey is to understand the demographics and dynamics concerning overall contributor participation and to identify gaps to be addressed as a means to advancing inclusive cultures within these environments. ..."
'Just the beginning': UAE opens Tel Aviv embassy as sides hail ties
Good news! Blessed are the peacemakers!
Florida man receives 8-month prison term in first felony sentence from Jan. 6 Capitol protest
I did not research any details about this man or his past or his trial, but this appears to be a harsh punishment for a political protest! I hope, Mr. Hodgkins will appeal his sentence!
An extraordinary hunt has happened for the protesters of the January 6th Capitol protest event! About 500 were so far arrested. We are still waiting for such efforts regarding left-wing protesters.
For prosecutors to claim "like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy" is ludicrous at best! Very questionable!
The prosecutor acknowledged that Hodgkins did not destroy any property “and he did not injure anyone.”
E.g. forensic recounts of the November 2020 presidential election are still going on or are being considered in several states and early indications are that there were possibly issues with election integrity!
"... In pronouncing the sentence, Judge Randolph Moss said that Hodgkins had played a role, if not as significant as others, in one of the worst episodes in American history. ..."
What is this judge fantasizing about! Did he really say that!
Das Versagen der SED Kanzlerin Merkel im Kampf gegen die Fluten
Die SED Kanzlerin Merkel hat wieder mal versagt! Wie gut das diese unsägliche Kanzlerin bald aus dem Amt ist. Causa Merkel: Deutschland braucht dringend Amtszeitbegrenzung für Bundeskanzler!
"Es ist fast nicht zu glauben: Fundierte Warnungen wurden ganz offensichtlich nicht ernst genommen.
Am 10. Juli bereits, also vier Tage vor der Katastrophe, gibt das European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) die ersten Warnungen an die deutschen und belgischen Behörden heraus. In den nächsten Tagen, so heißt es in der Sunday Times, lieferte EFAS minütlich detaillierte Schaubilder, die voraussagten, welche Areale die schlimmsten Schäden zu erwarten hätten.
Am 11. Juli, also drei Tage vor der Katastrophe, warnte auch der private Wetterdienst Kachelmannwetter vor Starkregen, Hochwasser und Überflutungen in Westdeutschland.
Am 13. Juli, also am Tag davor, veröffentlichte der Deutsche Wetterdiensteine „Amtliche Gefahrenmeldung“.
Das EFAS warnte am selben Tag vor „extremen“ Überflutungen.
Ausgerechnet in Deutschland, dessen Regierungspolitiker auf große politische Fragen so gerne mit dem Ruf nach einer „europäischen Lösung“ reagieren, blieben die Warnungen eines funktionierenden europäischen Systems, nämlich jenes EFAS, folgenlos. Die EFAS-Hydrologin Hannah Cloke sprach gegenüber Politico von einem „monumentalen Versagen“. ..."
Abgesagte Neuwahlen in Thüringen
Ich kenne die Einzelheiten nicht warum es dazu gekommen ist in Thüringen! Aber in einer Bananenrepublik, wie Deutschland, muss man sich ja nicht wundern.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Paul Othma am 17. Juni 1953: Der Löwe von Bitterfeld
Empfehlenswert! Zur allgemein wenig bekannten Geschichte der ehemaligen DDR!
"... Er begann seine Rede mit den Worten: „Liebe Freunde. Wenn ich heute Eure strahlenden Gesichter sehe, dann möchte ich Euch am liebsten umarmen und an mein Herz drücken. Der Tag der Befreiung ist da, die Regierung ist weg, die Tyrannei hat ein Ende.“ ...
Auch hier rief Othma zur Mäßigung auf. Bei der Stasi gab er später zu Protokoll: „Ich forderte die reindrängende randalierende Masse auf mit guten Worten, sie sollten von den Waffen die Finger lassen und sollten nicht sich und ihre Familien unglücklich machen und Blutvergießen vermeiden“. Er veranlasste, dass die Kammer verschlossen und eine Wache aufgestellt wurde. ...
In einem zweiten Telegramm wandte sich das Komitee an den sowjetischen Hochkommissar, Wladimir Semjonow. Der um 15:53 Uhr abgesandte Text bestand im Wesentlichen nur aus einem Satz: „Wir Werktätigen des Kreises Bitterfeld bitten Sie, den Ausnahmezustand in Berlin und alle Maßnahmen, die gegen die Arbeiterschaft gerichtet sind, sofort aufzuheben, damit wir Deutsche wirklich den Glauben in uns behalten können, dass Sie tatsächlich der Vertreter einer Werktätigen-Regierung, ein Freund des Friedens und der Völkerverständigung sind.“ ...
Wegen „Boykotthetze“ und „faschistischer Provokation“ wurde Othma im November 1953 zu zwölf Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilt. ...
Erst elf Jahre später erlaubte die DDR, dass die Bundesregierung Othma freikaufte. Im Gefängnis war er so schwer erkrankt, dass ihm nur noch eine kurze Lebenszeit prognostiziert wurde; dennoch durfte er die DDR nicht verlassen. Mittellos und nur gepflegt von seiner Frau starb er fünf Jahre später in der Nähe von Bitterfeld. ..."
Auch hier rief Othma zur Mäßigung auf. Bei der Stasi gab er später zu Protokoll: „Ich forderte die reindrängende randalierende Masse auf mit guten Worten, sie sollten von den Waffen die Finger lassen und sollten nicht sich und ihre Familien unglücklich machen und Blutvergießen vermeiden“. Er veranlasste, dass die Kammer verschlossen und eine Wache aufgestellt wurde. ...
In einem zweiten Telegramm wandte sich das Komitee an den sowjetischen Hochkommissar, Wladimir Semjonow. Der um 15:53 Uhr abgesandte Text bestand im Wesentlichen nur aus einem Satz: „Wir Werktätigen des Kreises Bitterfeld bitten Sie, den Ausnahmezustand in Berlin und alle Maßnahmen, die gegen die Arbeiterschaft gerichtet sind, sofort aufzuheben, damit wir Deutsche wirklich den Glauben in uns behalten können, dass Sie tatsächlich der Vertreter einer Werktätigen-Regierung, ein Freund des Friedens und der Völkerverständigung sind.“ ...
Wegen „Boykotthetze“ und „faschistischer Provokation“ wurde Othma im November 1953 zu zwölf Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilt. ...
Erst elf Jahre später erlaubte die DDR, dass die Bundesregierung Othma freikaufte. Im Gefängnis war er so schwer erkrankt, dass ihm nur noch eine kurze Lebenszeit prognostiziert wurde; dennoch durfte er die DDR nicht verlassen. Mittellos und nur gepflegt von seiner Frau starb er fünf Jahre später in der Nähe von Bitterfeld. ..."
Merkel Successor in Germany Panders to China
Recommendable! How weak is Armin Laschet, the Christian Democrat candidate for chancellorship in the September general elections in Germany?
"... Laschet, according to the Times, “said the west should resist slipping into a cold war mentality when it came to its geopolitical contest with China,” telling the paper, “The 21st century is very different and the prism of how the world looked before 1989 offers limited advice.” He said, “We have a multipolar world [now] with different actors.” ...
Laschet continued, “And there the European response was cautious, because, yes, China is a competitor and a systemic rival, it has a different model of society, but it’s also a partner, particularly in things like fighting climate change.” ..."
Laschet continued, “And there the European response was cautious, because, yes, China is a competitor and a systemic rival, it has a different model of society, but it’s also a partner, particularly in things like fighting climate change.” ..."
Ultralight material withstands supersonic microparticle impacts
Recommendable!
"A new study by engineers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich shows that “nanoarchitected” materials — materials designed from precisely patterned nanoscale structures — may be a promising route to lightweight armor, protective coatings, blast shields, and other impact-resistant materials.
The researchers have fabricated an ultralight material made from nanometer-scale carbon struts that give the material toughness and mechanical robustness. The team tested the material’s resilience by shooting it with microparticles at supersonic speeds, and found that the material, which is thinner than the width of a human hair, prevented the miniature projectiles from tearing through it. ...
At Caltech, they first fabricated a nanoarchitected material using two-photon lithography, a technique that uses a fast, high-powered laser to solidify microscopic structures in a photosensitive resin. The researchers constructed a repeating pattern known as a tetrakaidecahedron — a lattice configuration composed of microscopic struts."
The researchers have fabricated an ultralight material made from nanometer-scale carbon struts that give the material toughness and mechanical robustness. The team tested the material’s resilience by shooting it with microparticles at supersonic speeds, and found that the material, which is thinner than the width of a human hair, prevented the miniature projectiles from tearing through it. ...
At Caltech, they first fabricated a nanoarchitected material using two-photon lithography, a technique that uses a fast, high-powered laser to solidify microscopic structures in a photosensitive resin. The researchers constructed a repeating pattern known as a tetrakaidecahedron — a lattice configuration composed of microscopic struts."
Human Protein Dissolves Bacterial Membranes
Very recommendable! Amazing stuff! Will this become the next generation of antibiotics?
"... Researchers have discovered that a molecule made throughout much of the body wipes out invading bacteria like a detergent attacking an oily stain.
This killer cleaner, a protein known as APOL3, thwarts infections by dissolving bacterial membranes ..."
"Most human cells, not just those belonging to the immune system, mount protective responses to infection when activated by the immune cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-γ). How IFN-γ confers this function in nonimmune cells and tissues is poorly understood. Gaudet et al. used genome-scale CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to identify apolipoprotein L-3 (APOL3) as an IFN-γ–induced bactericidal protein that protects human epithelium, endothelium, and fibroblasts against infection ... APOL3 directly targets bacteria in the host cell cytosol and kills them by dissolving their anionic membranes into lipoprotein complexes. This work reveals a detergent-like mechanism enlisted during human cell-autonomous immunity to combat intracellular pathogens."
Human Cells Harness Power of Detergents to Wipe Out Bacteria Researchers have discovered that a molecule found within many of the body’s cells kills germs by dissolving their protective membranes.
A human apolipoprotein L with detergent-like activity kills intracellular pathogens (no public access)
Giving Sweat the Respect It Deserves
Recommendable! Don't sweat over it! The wonders of sweat! This article is written by the author of a book (titled The Joy of Sweat) on sweat! Get to know your "millions of eccrine sweat glands" a little better!
When will geneticists finally create smell free perspiration?
Laschet bittet um Entschuldigung für Lacher während Steinmeier-Rede
Die lasche Lusche Laschet wieder mal! Gibt es wichtigere Dinge in der Politik als sich über einen Lacher Zeit zu verlieren? Das die CDU keinen besseren Kandidaten finden konnte nach der SED Kanzlerin Merkel!
"... Umso mehr bedauere ich den Eindruck, der durch eine Gesprächssituation entstanden ist. Dies war unpassend und es tut mir leid."
DeepMind’s AI for protein structure is coming to the masses
Good news! Google's many contributions over the years to AI are deep mind boggling!
"... Through an enormous experimental effort, the structures of around 100,000 unique proteins have been determined, but this represents a small fraction of the billions of known protein sequences. Structural coverage is bottlenecked by the months to years of painstaking effort required to determine a single protein structure. Accurate computational approaches are needed to address this gap and to enable large-scale structural bioinformatics. Predicting the 3-D structure that a protein will adopt based solely on its amino acid sequence, the structure prediction component of the ‘protein folding problem’, has been an important open research problem for more than 50 years. ...
Here we provide the first computational method that can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even where no similar structure is known. We validated an entirely redesigned version of our neural network-based model, AlphaFold, in the challenging 14th Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction (CASP14)15, demonstrating accuracy competitive with experiment in a majority of cases and greatly outperforming other methods. ..."
Here we provide the first computational method that can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even where no similar structure is known. We validated an entirely redesigned version of our neural network-based model, AlphaFold, in the challenging 14th Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction (CASP14)15, demonstrating accuracy competitive with experiment in a majority of cases and greatly outperforming other methods. ..."
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Could all your digital photos be stored as DNA?
Recommendable! Sounds almost to good to be true!
An unsustainable situation:
"On Earth right now, there are about 10 trillion gigabytes of digital data, and every day, humans produce emails, photos, tweets, and other digital files that add up to another 2.5 million gigabytes of data. Much of this data is stored in enormous facilities known as exabyte data centers (an exabyte is 1 billion gigabytes), which can be the size of several football fields and cost around $1 billion to build and maintain."
"... DNA, which evolved to store massive quantities of information at very high density. A coffee mug full of DNA could theoretically store all of the world’s data ...
Scientists have already demonstrated that they can encode images and pages of text as DNA. ...
Scientists have already demonstrated that they can encode images and pages of text as DNA. ...
MIT biological engineers have demonstrated a way to easily retrieve data files stored as DNA. This could be a step toward using DNA archives to store enormous quantities of photos, images, and other digital content. ..."
African Coelacanths May Live to Be 100
Amazing stuff! The wonders of marine life!
"... “[The] coelacanth appears to have one of, if not the slowest, life histories among marine fish, and close to those of deep-sea sharks and roughies,” ...
As part of their study, the team members analyzed the scales of embryos and estimated that they were around five years old, indicating “that the gestation duration is at least 5 years contrary to the 1 to 2 years suggested by earlier studies,” ..."
As part of their study, the team members analyzed the scales of embryos and estimated that they were around five years old, indicating “that the gestation duration is at least 5 years contrary to the 1 to 2 years suggested by earlier studies,” ..."
"The extant coelacanth was discovered in 1938; its biology and ecology remain poorly known due to the low number of specimens collected. Only two previous studies have attempted to determine its age and growth. They suggested a maximum lifespan of 20 years, placing the coelacanth among the fastest growing marine fish. These findings are at odds with the coelacanth’s other known biological features including low oxygen-extraction capacity, slow metabolism, ovoviviparity, and low fecundity, typical of fish with slow life histories and slow growth. In this study, we use polarized light microscopy to study growth on scales based on a large sample of 27 specimens. Our results demonstrate for the first time nearly imperceptible annual calcified structures (circuli) on the scales and show that maximal age of the coelacanth was underestimated by a factor of 5. ..."
U.S. Department of Injustice
Recommendable! Bizarre and akin to a banana republic!
"While the Michael Flynn prosecution is currently imploding, no matter how it ends, the key lesson is clear: The nakedly coercive tactics routinely used by federal prosecutors to obtain admissions of guilt render those admissions utterly unreliable — not just in Flynn’s case, but in every case. Congress should act immediately to restore public confidence in the integrity of our criminal justice system by reforming this fundamentally lawless and un‐American practice. And the Flynn case shows why that reform should be a top legislative priority. ...
And that’s where things get murky. We don’t know precisely what was said during the interview due to the FBI’s archaic and palpably self‐serving policy of not recording interviews electronically but instead having agents take notes, which are then typed up into a formal memorandum of interview called a Form 302. Notably, the original 302 of Flynn’s interview has never been produced; instead, the DOJ produced to Flynn’s attorneys a version of the form that had been substantially edited by Strzok, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, and perhaps others not present at the interview, rendering its accuracy open to question. ..."
And that’s where things get murky. We don’t know precisely what was said during the interview due to the FBI’s archaic and palpably self‐serving policy of not recording interviews electronically but instead having agents take notes, which are then typed up into a formal memorandum of interview called a Form 302. Notably, the original 302 of Flynn’s interview has never been produced; instead, the DOJ produced to Flynn’s attorneys a version of the form that had been substantially edited by Strzok, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, and perhaps others not present at the interview, rendering its accuracy open to question. ..."
MIT welcomes six new assistant deans for diversity, equity, and inclusion
What a waste of money! When false ideologies are being served by academia and intrude on academia!
"As an important step forward in MIT’s ongoing efforts to create a more welcoming and inclusive community, the Institute has hired six new assistant deans, one in each school and in the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion professionals.
Set to be in place by the fall of 2021, these new positions are a result of the February 2020 recommendations of the MIT working groups charged with implementing the findings of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) report on sexual and gender harassment of women in academia. ..."
Set to be in place by the fall of 2021, these new positions are a result of the February 2020 recommendations of the MIT working groups charged with implementing the findings of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) report on sexual and gender harassment of women in academia. ..."
Maternal Vaginal Fluids Mimic Microbe Transfer of Vaginal Birth
Amazing stuff!
"Babies born by C-section carry an increased risk of immune and metabolic disorders later in life, which studies have suggested may be associated with the communities of microbes on and in their bodies at the time of birth. The diversity of microbes hosted by Cesarean-born babies differs from that of those born by vaginal delivery, a difference that may arise because vaginally born neonates are colonized by microbes as they pass through the birth canal. ...
While this study is based on the idea that the vagina is the source of a child’s first microbes, that’s still debated. Willem de Vos, a microbiologist at the University of Helsinki and Wageningen University who was not involved in the study but has collaborated with one of the coauthors, says that fecal—not vaginal—microbes are the ones colonizing the infant gut. This new study shows that the vagina could work as “a delivery system of fecal microbes,” he says, but adds that a fecal transplant might be more efficient than exposure to vaginal fluids. ..."
While this study is based on the idea that the vagina is the source of a child’s first microbes, that’s still debated. Willem de Vos, a microbiologist at the University of Helsinki and Wageningen University who was not involved in the study but has collaborated with one of the coauthors, says that fecal—not vaginal—microbes are the ones colonizing the infant gut. This new study shows that the vagina could work as “a delivery system of fecal microbes,” he says, but adds that a fecal transplant might be more efficient than exposure to vaginal fluids. ..."
Facts about slavery never mentioned in school by Thomas Sowell
Very recommendable! Africans themselves enslaved many of other Africans and sold them to Europeans! Significant numbers of Blacks in the South of the United States were slave owners.
Tucker Carlson: Ballot audit in Fulton County Georgia
Serious allegations of voter fraud regarding a tight race in Georgia. Biden won by less than 12,000 votes in that state!
Friday, July 16, 2021
Prüffall Karlsruhe: Wie unabhängig ist Deutschlands oberstes Gericht?
Empfehlenswert! Auch das Bundesverfassungsgericht wird fragwürdiger und schlechter in der Bananenrepublik!
Hier ist mein Kritik am Klimaurteil des BVerfG!
Mütter Museum: Civil War Medicine Exhibition Walk through
Very recommendable! The American Civil War was a driver of medical innovations!
Thursday, July 15, 2021
RMA: Rapid Motor Adaptation for Legged Robots
Very recommendable! Amazing stuff! This could be a significant advance!
"A reinforcement learning system enabled a four-legged robot to amble over unfamiliar, rapidly changing terrain. ...
Researchers at UC Berkeley, Facebook, and Carnegie Mellon developed Rapid Motor Adaptation (RMA). The system enabled a Unitree Robotics A1 to negotiate changing conditions and unexpected obstacles nearly in real time. The machine traversed muddy trails, bushy backcountry, and an oil-slicked plastic sheet without falling."
"... RMA is trained completely in simulation without using any domain knowledge like reference trajectories or predefined foot trajectory generators and is deployed on the A1 robot without any fine-tuning. We train RMA on a varied terrain generator using bioenergetics-inspired rewards and deploy it on a variety of difficult terrains including rocky, slippery, deformable surfaces in environments with grass, long vegetation, concrete, pebbles, stairs, sand, etc. RMA shows state-of-the-art performance across diverse real-world as well as simulation experiments. ..."
Warum die SED Kanzlerin noch einmal in die USA gereist ist
Ihre Amtszeit endet endlich in etwa zwei Monaten! Meine Abrechnung mit ihrer unsäglichen Regierungszeit finden sie hier!
Der wahre Grund ihrer schlicht unnötigen Reise of Steuerzahler Kosten war der Empfang der Ehrendoktorwürde von der Johns Hopkins University!
‘Invisible China: how the urban–rural divide threatens China’s rise’
Very recommendable! The tyranny and legacy of Mao Zedong, the world's most notorious and worst mass murderer, lives on thanks to the Communist Party of China!
"... [members of the rural population] seldom succeed, because most working-age men and many women have migrated to cities for employment, leaving their children to be brought up by their grandparents and educated in the local school. The parents return to the village annually for the Lunar New Year festival but play a minimal role in their children’s upbringing. It’s a sad and all too common story affecting more than 100 million Chinese households.
[the author] who has been studying rural China for four decades ... Invisible China, focuses on an issue that has received little attention, China’s vast, isolated and long-neglected rural population. As the authors see it, the rural challenge has ‘remained invisible for too long, not only to the outside world but also to many Chinese’. ...
As a result, China is teetering on the brink of the ‘middle-income trap’. Beating the trap is no mean feat. Of the 101 countries that were considered middle income in 1960, half a century later only 13 had become high income. The ‘graduates’ include Ireland, Portugal, Spain, the Asian ‘tigers’ (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan) and a few Eastern European countries. Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand and many others failed to make the cut. ...
Mao Zedong established the hukou system in the 1950s and actually worked against the accumulation of human capital. ...
The urban–rural divide persists to this day. Over 60% of China’s population lives in cities, but only 36% has urban hukou. Other urban dwellers—over 300 million strong—work and live in a grey area. ..."
China’s urban workforce, the driver of the country’s spectacular growth, comes mainly from rural areas. Basic skills were sufficient to move China quickly from poverty to middle-income status. ...
China’s household registration (hukou) system, which strictly separates the urban and rural populations, prevents rural migrants from settling in cities and getting a high-quality education for their children. The burden for educating China’s workforce falls on the country’s rural schools, which are generally of low quality. As a result, China is teetering on the brink of the ‘middle-income trap’. Beating the trap is no mean feat. Of the 101 countries that were considered middle income in 1960, half a century later only 13 had become high income. The ‘graduates’ include Ireland, Portugal, Spain, the Asian ‘tigers’ (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan) and a few Eastern European countries. Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand and many others failed to make the cut. ...
Mao Zedong established the hukou system in the 1950s and actually worked against the accumulation of human capital. ...
The urban–rural divide persists to this day. Over 60% of China’s population lives in cities, but only 36% has urban hukou. Other urban dwellers—over 300 million strong—work and live in a grey area. ..."
Will die EU einen PLEXIT und HUEXIT forcieren?
Den heutigen Schlagzeilen zufolge ist die EU auf dem besten Weg das zu erreichen! Die EU ist ein Staatenbund, kein Bundesstaat!
Kommt es zum juristischen «Polexit»? Der Konflikt zwischen der EU und Polen steuert auf eine gefährliche Eskalation zu Der Europäische Gerichtshof erachtet einen zentralen Bestandteil von Polens Justizreform für unrechtmässig. Die polnische Regierung wiederum sieht sich nicht an dessen Entscheide gebunden.
Die EU-Kommission geht wegen Diskriminierung sexueller Minderheiten gegen Polen und Ungarn vor Die EU-Kommission leitet wegen der Verletzung der Grundrechte von nicht heterosexuellen Menschen rechtliche Schritte gegen Warschau und Budapest ein. Den Regierungen nützt dies allerdings eher, als dass es ihnen schadet.
Warschau auf dem Weg zum Polexit Polen verstößt mit der Disziplinarordnung für Richter des Obersten Gerichts laut EuGH gegen Europarecht. Das ist ein neuer Höhepunkt im Konflikt zwischen der EU und der Regierung der nationalkonservativen Partei PiS.
Bhutan: The dictatorship of happiness?
Recommendable! In Bhutan, criminals and drug addicts are sent to a Buddhist monastery!
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Cuba Libre!
Will the last communist dictatorship in the Americas finally fall!
Will North Korea be next? What about China? Let's hope for a reverse domino effect!
Biden on Track to Have Most Expensive and most numerous White House Staff in US History
No surprise here! Fitting for a demented and senile president who needs lots of minders!
"President Joe Biden has wasted no time filling out his White House staff, employing 567 people at a projected cost of $200 million over his four-year term.
That is compared to the Trump administration, which spent $164.3 million between 2017 and 2020, and the Obama administration spending $188.5 million between 2009 and 2012, both of which were adjusted for inflation. ..."
"The Biden White House’s 567 employees is 190 more than Donald Trump’s 377 and 80 more than Barack Obama’s 487 at the same time in their presidencies."
Big Business Loves Big Government by John Stossel
Recommendable! Typical John Stossel!
"... Consider the $15 minimum wage. People think of that law as pro-worker. But big companies like Walmart, Costco, and Amazon lobby are in favor of it. Why?
Because big business can afford robots. Its competitors often cannot. ...
When the big toymaker Mattel was caught selling toys that contained lead, its lobbyists got Congress to force all toymakers to do expensive lead testing.
... But if you are a grandpa making little wooden handmade toys, you’d have to hire some third-party tester. That could cost you $1,000, and you’re not going to sell your wooden toy for $1,000. It effectively outlawed handmade toys.” ..."
Philippines to Probe Report of Chinese Sewage-Dumping at Sea
China is getting some attention from its neighbors! It is probably not the kind of attention China was looking for. Communist regimes have a terrible historical track record when it comes to environmental pollution!
Vice President Harris met with Texas Democrats who fled state over GOP-backed voting law
When an infantile and dim witted vice president meets other infantile, elected Democratic state politicians!
50 years ago, scientists found a virus lurking in human cancer cells
This discovery was a sensation back then! Cancer is history, but progress is too slow!
"Scientists estimate that a handful of viruses cause around 12 to 20 percent of human cancers. Vaccines are now available for hepatitis B virus, which can cause liver cancer, and human papillomavirus, responsible for most cervical cancers. But a vaccine for the first virus ever linked to cancer has eluded scientists. Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, infects about 90 percent of people and can cause Burkitt’s lymphoma and other cancers in a small fraction of those infected. Developing a vaccine has been a challenge partly because EBV can hide in the body for decades before causing problems. Several vaccine candidates are being tested in people, including one nanoparticle-based vaccine that may trigger a potent immune response."
Die EU will Benzin- und Dieselautos ab 2035 faktisch verbieten
Ungeheuerlich! Solche drakonischen, diktatorischen Maßnahmen sind völlig unsinnig, unnötig, und ungerechtfertigt!
Wann wird endlich der Klimawahn von den Bürgern in Europa zurückgewiesen! Es ist als ob die Europäer wieder im Mittelalter leben!
Global Warming is a hoax! Climate Change is a religion!
Surfing in China
Recommendable! Individualism is spreading in China! What a transition in the making! Stay tuned!
Only the right music was missing here! Like Beach Boys Surfin' U.S.A.! Tell the teacher we are surfin ... Everybody is gone surfin ...
Fish dropped from plane in their thousands to restock Utah lakes
I wonder how many fish survive this drop? Unfortunately, this official video from the Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources is totally silent! No information is provided!
In Brandenburg: Razzia gegen tschetschenische Automatensprenger
Wahnsinn, was für ein massiver Einsatz von Polizeikräften!
Dieses Auftreten der Kriminellen ist ziemlich dreist, also ob die sich sicher fühlen nicht erwischt zu werden. Oder die kennen/vertrauen auf die sanfte Kuscheljustiz in Deutschland!
Leider wurde nichts erwähnt, wie gefährlich diese Automatensprengerei ist.
Nur im Begleittext des Videos erfährt man dann: "Ohne Rücksicht auf zufällig vorbei kommende Passanten sprengten sie 14 Automaten, hebelten drei weitere auf."
The Hidden Truth Behind The End Of Slavery - Thomas Sowell
Very recommendable! Describes in depth the horrors of the Muslim slave trade in the late 19th century!
Part 2 mentions that the people of West Africa were heavily involved in the slave trade and slavery was common practice.
Part 1
Part 2
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Steve Turley: What If AZ AUDIT Shows TRUMP WON?!?
Why has not any forensic audit been completed earlier? If the AZ audit confirms that President Trump won this very tight race in this state, this would be bombshell!
This would be another nail in the coffin of the demented and senile 46th President of the United States! He would need to step down!
An Australian DARPA proposal
Good news! The continent of Australia awakening! The sixth largest country on earth is getting serious! The ripples of Brexit!
"... In this paper, we propose establishing a formal partnership between the Defence Department, defence industry and Australian universities. There’s a significant opportunity to boost international defence S[ience] &T[echnology] research cooperation with our Five-Eyes partners: the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand. ..."
The golden age of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
Very recommendable! Good news! The emergence of India as a power for peace, open seas, and prosperity!
"... the strategic grouping joining Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. Since its revival in 2017 amid rising shared concerns about China, the group has consistently defied its critics and originally modest expectations. This year, the Quad has not only survived the first major change of government among its members but has thrived—not least because India, originally the most reluctant member, is now all-in on the grouping. ...
A Quad-Plus group of seven countries was later formed to , and last year, the four countries held the first Quad naval exercises in over a decade. ...
Yet, the most encouraging omen for the Quad and a major reason for its recent success lies with India’s change of heart. Once skeptical of reviving the group, New Delhi has become a driver of recent progress as it confronts an escalating rivalry with Beijing and declining confidence in its former patron, Moscow. In a stark reversal from the past, Indian officials are now some of the most vocal champions of the Quad and its conceptual cousin, the Indo-Pacific. They have also begun facing down criticism from Beijing and Moscow head-on. ...
On one hand, India experienced growing trust and comfort cooperating with the United States and the other Quad democracies, diminished ideological attachment to its previous Cold War philosophy of nonalignment, and outspoken advocacy for the Quad and Indo-Pacific by the influential Indian minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar. ...
One consequence of this sea change: Long-standing Chinese propaganda efforts to discourage Indian participation in the Quad are only adding fuel to the fire—not least because the language, which alternates between bullying and patronizing, only ends up emphasizing Chinese threats. In a March column, China’s Global Times warned India’s participation in the Quad meant it had become a “negative asset” to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) groupings led by Beijing and Moscow. ...
India’s views of the Quad are a product of its unique position on the geopolitical map: relatively vulnerable and alone on the western flank with its more powerful partners clustered safely together on the eastern flank. India is the only member of the Quad that borders China, has been invaded by China, has an active land border dispute with China, is wedged between two nuclear-armed rivals, and lacks treaty alliance commitments from the other Quad members. ..."
A Quad-Plus group of seven countries was later formed to , and last year, the four countries held the first Quad naval exercises in over a decade. ...
Yet, the most encouraging omen for the Quad and a major reason for its recent success lies with India’s change of heart. Once skeptical of reviving the group, New Delhi has become a driver of recent progress as it confronts an escalating rivalry with Beijing and declining confidence in its former patron, Moscow. In a stark reversal from the past, Indian officials are now some of the most vocal champions of the Quad and its conceptual cousin, the Indo-Pacific. They have also begun facing down criticism from Beijing and Moscow head-on. ...
On one hand, India experienced growing trust and comfort cooperating with the United States and the other Quad democracies, diminished ideological attachment to its previous Cold War philosophy of nonalignment, and outspoken advocacy for the Quad and Indo-Pacific by the influential Indian minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar. ...
One consequence of this sea change: Long-standing Chinese propaganda efforts to discourage Indian participation in the Quad are only adding fuel to the fire—not least because the language, which alternates between bullying and patronizing, only ends up emphasizing Chinese threats. In a March column, China’s Global Times warned India’s participation in the Quad meant it had become a “negative asset” to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) groupings led by Beijing and Moscow. ...
India’s views of the Quad are a product of its unique position on the geopolitical map: relatively vulnerable and alone on the western flank with its more powerful partners clustered safely together on the eastern flank. India is the only member of the Quad that borders China, has been invaded by China, has an active land border dispute with China, is wedged between two nuclear-armed rivals, and lacks treaty alliance commitments from the other Quad members. ..."
A Spatiotemporal Symphony of Light
Amazing stuff!
"... Single-layer materials, alternatively known as 2D materials, are in themselves novel materials, solids consisting of a single layer of atoms. Graphene, the first 2D material discovered, was isolated for the first time in 2004 ... Now, for the first time, Technion scientists show how pulses of light move inside these materials. ...
But when moving through certain few-layers solids, light slows down almost a thousand-fold. This occurs because the light makes the atoms of these special materials vibrate to create sound waves (also called phonons), and these atomic sound waves create light when they vibrate. Thus, the pulse is actually a tightly bound combination of sound and light, called “phonon-polariton.” Lit up, the material “sings.”"
But when moving through certain few-layers solids, light slows down almost a thousand-fold. This occurs because the light makes the atoms of these special materials vibrate to create sound waves (also called phonons), and these atomic sound waves create light when they vibrate. Thus, the pulse is actually a tightly bound combination of sound and light, called “phonon-polariton.” Lit up, the material “sings.”"
"... The nanometric spatial resolution and femtosecond temporal resolution will be useful for probing the excitation dynamics of these materials."
"Coherent optical excitations in two-dimensional (2D) materials, 2D polaritons, can generate a plethora of optical phenomena that arise from the extraordinary dispersion relations that do not exist in regular materials. Probing of the dynamical phenomena of 2D polaritons requires simultaneous spatial and temporal imaging capabilities and could reveal unknown coherent optical phenomena in 2D materials. Here, we present a spatiotemporal measurement of 2D wave packet dynamics, from its formation to its decay, using an ultrafast transmission electron microscope driven by femtosecond midinfrared pulses. ...
The ability to coherently excite phonon-polariton wave packets and probe their evolution in a nondestructive manner reveals intriguing dispersion-dependent dynamics that includes splitting of multibranch wave packets and, unexpectedly, wave packet deceleration and acceleration. ..."
The ability to coherently excite phonon-polariton wave packets and probe their evolution in a nondestructive manner reveals intriguing dispersion-dependent dynamics that includes splitting of multibranch wave packets and, unexpectedly, wave packet deceleration and acceleration. ..."
Governments World-Wide Gorge on Record Debt, Testing New Limits
Scary headline! Unsustainable!
The debt of Japan's central government amounts now to 250% of GDP! Other Western countries are not much better off in terms of government debt!
U.S. federal debt to GDP ratio
The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R.
Enjoy! One of the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour songs or why I am the walruss (no misspelling)! 😄
Monday, July 12, 2021
China's economy 'fragile' despite public facade
Recommendable! The self declared dictator for life Xi Jinping is a menace!
Jenna Ellis: Why I'm leaving the Republican party
Recommendable! Incredible, that the Republican National Congress did not stand by President Trump after the 2020 election to demand election integrity. Caution, irresponsible RINOs are everywhere and in high power!
GitHub and OpenAI launch an AI Copilot tool that generates its own code
Impressive! This could be a game changer! This code completion beyond variable names etc. could be a game changer in software development in more than one way! Underlying is the very large GPT-3 model of OpenAI!
Github is owned by Microsoft since 2018 and Microsoft has invested heavily in OpenAI. This is a very interesting partnership!
"... This project is the first major result of Microsoft’s $1 billion investment into OpenAI, the research firm now led by Y Combinator president Sam Altman. Since Altman took the reins, OpenAI has pivoted from a nonprofit status to a “capped-profit” model, took on the Microsoft investment, and started licensing its GPT-3 text-generation algorithm. ..."
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci: Great Art Explained
Very recommendable! Amazing stuff! The painting Leonardo retained to the very end of his life!
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Staple Singers: I'll Take You There
Enjoy! Help me now! Mercy, mercy! Ain't nobody worried! Just take me by my hand! Let me take you there ...
Jeffrey Osborne: You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)
Enjoy! Fortify my love. I can't hold back ...
'Help Me Save America': Kristi Noem Says Governors Must Step Up
South Dakota was the only state that never closed a business during because of the Covid-19 pandemic! Wow!
Watch this farmer's daughter, she may become the next U.S. President! She is still working on her public speaking performance etc., but don't underestimate her!
South Dakota Governor sends National Guard troops to help with border crisis
This grandma is a strong contender for the 2024 presidential elections!
How neurons get past “no”
Recommendable! About neuronal threshold modulation!
"... The study, published May 25, 2021, in the journal Cell Reports, shows that inhibitory neurons do more than just inhibit neuron activity like an off-switch; paradoxically, they actually increase the amount of information transmitted through the nervous system when it needs to be flexible. To make this possible, inhibitory neurons need to be integrated into the circuit in a specific way. These observations could help scientists better understand and treat disorders involving our ability to focus and modulate signals based on the bigger picture, which are altered in conditions such as anxiety and attention deficit disorders. ...
While the researchers tested the theory in neurons involved in vision, the findings could apply widely to neurons found throughout the brain and nervous system ..."
While the researchers tested the theory in neurons involved in vision, the findings could apply widely to neurons found throughout the brain and nervous system ..."
"... We find that modulation is less detrimental than other forms of neuronal variability and that its negative effects can be nearly completely eliminated if modulation is applied selectively to sparsely responding neurons in a circuit by inhibitory neurons. We verify these predictions in the retina where we find that inhibitory amacrine cells selectively deliver modulation signals to sparsely responding ganglion cell types. Our findings elucidate the central role that inhibitory neurons play in maximizing information transmission under modulation."
Royal Society of Chemistry pledges to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2040
When ideologies and demagoguery cloud the mind of scientists or their representatives! When politics trumps science! This is the world we live in! Not a good specter! Signs of our times!
Any member of this society should seriously consider revoking their membership or kick the leadership of this society out!
Henry Cavendish and Humphry Davy are spinning wildly in their graves!
The Royal Society "formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as The Royal Society. It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world."
What a shame!
How wielding lamps and torches shed new light on Stone Age cave art
What took so long? This is a very old idea!
It has been known for several decades if not much longer that to appreciate art as it was seen by contemporaries of the artist you need to employ lighting conditions that were available at the time.
Biden continues to 'demonstrate his non-public dementia diagnosis' almost every day
Recommendable! It is so refreshing to watch Australian news commentary!
Ronald Reagan's Remarks at Liberty State Park 9/1/1980
Very recommendable! This speech is perhaps a monument to history!
Reagan is wearing only a shirt with top buttons open like a Hollywood pirate or does he look like Errol Flynn? This is when Reagan defined a recession (your neighbor loses his job), a depression (you loose your job) and a recovery (Jimmy Carter loses his job)!
"I happen to be the only president of a union and the first ever candidate for the presidency of the United States!"
"You and I can bake that bigger pie!"
"It requires a return to spiritual and moral values! ... inspiring those brave workers in Poland ..." This appears to be a very significant remark by Ronald Reagan given how early he made it. This remark may have encouraged hope among the members of of the Polish Solidarnosc (founded in 1980) to keep up their good fight with Lech Walesa and other leaders.
"They remind us that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction!"
Wow, this is incredible! The father of Lech Walesa was with Reagan on the stage of this speech near the Statue of Liberty! Very powerful!
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Imagine with John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
Enjoy! You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
The Beatles - Help!
Enjoy! Not just anybody! I do appreciate you being around ... My independence seems to vanish in the haze ... Help me get my feet back on the ground ...
George Harrison ~ My Sweet Lord
Enjoy! Wonderful selection of photos of George Harrison and also with his female companion!
Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
Amazing stuff! Mind boggling!
"In the last few decades, physicists have found ways to super-cool objects so that their atoms are at a near standstill, or in their “motional ground state.” To date, physicists have wrestled small objects such as clouds of millions of atoms, or nanogram-scale objects, into such pure quantum states.
Now for the first time, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have cooled a large, human-scale object to close to its motional ground state. The object isn’t tangible in the sense of being situated at one location, but is the combined motion of four separate objects, each weighing about 40 kilograms. The “object” that the researchers cooled has an estimated mass of about 10 kilograms ...
The researchers took advantage of the ability of the Laser Interfrometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) to measure the motion of the masses with extreme precision and super-cool the collective motion of the masses to 77 nanokelvins, just shy of the object’s predicted ground state of 10 nanokelvins. ..."
"... We prepared the center-of-mass motion of a 10-kilogram mechanical oscillator ... The reduction in temperature, from room temperature to 77 nanokelvin, is commensurate with an 11 orders-of-magnitude suppression of quantum back-action by feedback and a 13 orders-of-magnitude increase in the mass of an object prepared close to its motional ground state. Our approach will enable the possibility of probing gravity on massive quantum systems."
Approaching the motional ground state of a 10-kg object (no public access)
The Opposite Lifestyles Of Sparta And Athens with Bettany Hughes
Very recommendable! Amazing Spartan women! What is a laconic phrase?
Friday, July 09, 2021
TE-Talk mit Fritz Vahrenholt: "Klimaurteil des BVerfG: War eine Verfassu...
Dieses Klimaurteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts is eine Schande und absurd! Die Richter des BVerfG haben sich politisieren lassen! Nun, kommt auch noch raus das die Bericht erstattende Richterin womöglich befangen war! Typisch Bananenrepublik Deutschland!
EncroChat-Ermittlungen: Whatsapp der organisierten Kriminalität
Sehr empfehlenswert! Wenn sich Kriminelle sicher fühlen, aber die Polizei dennoch mithört! Der ewige Wettlauf von Gut und Böse!
Die EU ist eine Gemeinschaft der Staaten und kein Bundesstaat
Sehr empfehlenswert! Die von der SED Kanzlerin Merkel als EU Kommissionspräsidentin installierte blöde Ursula von der Leyen ist gemein gefährlich! Die Bewahrung der europäischen Vielfalt und Stärken steht auf dem Spiel wegen empire building!
Die von der Leyen geht an die EU heran wie mit klebrigen Haarspray und eisernen Kamm!
"... Jetzt unternimmt Brüssel einen massiven Angriff auf unsere nationale Souveränität. Einen fundamentalen Angriff auf die Souveränität des deutschen Nationalstaates stellt nun das von der Europäischen Kommission eingeleitete Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Deutschland dar – allein, weil das Bundesverfassungsgericht es gewagt hatte, ein Urteil zu fällen, das Anleihekäufe der EZB in Frage stellte. ...
Sinnbild dieser Obsession, die EU am deutschen Wesen genesen zu lassen, ist Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen mit ihren größenwahnsinnigen Zielvorgaben eines auf Kosten deutscher Steuerzahler massiv expandierenden EU-Haushaltes und ihrer demonstrativen Herablassung gegenüber osteuropäischen Mitgliedsstaaten, die die Zerstörung ihrer nationalen Identität und Eigenständigkeit fürchten. ...
Daß Orbán nun ein Bündnis nationalkonservativer europäischer Kräfte forciert und in ganzseitigen Zeitungsanzeigen, unterstreicht die Dramatik der Eskalation, für die in erster Linie die Zentrale und nicht zuletzt Regierungspolitiker in Deutschland die Verantwortung tragen. Die EU ist dabei, den Rubikon zu überschreiten. ..."
Sinnbild dieser Obsession, die EU am deutschen Wesen genesen zu lassen, ist Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen mit ihren größenwahnsinnigen Zielvorgaben eines auf Kosten deutscher Steuerzahler massiv expandierenden EU-Haushaltes und ihrer demonstrativen Herablassung gegenüber osteuropäischen Mitgliedsstaaten, die die Zerstörung ihrer nationalen Identität und Eigenständigkeit fürchten. ...
Daß Orbán nun ein Bündnis nationalkonservativer europäischer Kräfte forciert und in ganzseitigen Zeitungsanzeigen, unterstreicht die Dramatik der Eskalation, für die in erster Linie die Zentrale und nicht zuletzt Regierungspolitiker in Deutschland die Verantwortung tragen. Die EU ist dabei, den Rubikon zu überschreiten. ..."
EU-Kommission will alle 60 Kilometer eine Ladestation
Die spinnt die EU! Das ist sozialistische Zentralplanwirtschaft und EU schädliche Gleichschaltung!
Welches Land wird dem Brexit als nächstes folgen? Ein Brexit hat nicht gereicht mehr Besonnenheit und Vernunft in der EU herzustellen!
Und dieser Unsinn basiert auf Klimawahn und Pseudowissenschaft! Alleine mehr Arbeiten vom home office spart enorm, weil der tägliche Pendlerverkehr reduziert würde und viele andere Alternativen sind vorhanden, aber nicht genutzt.
"Noch ist offen, bis wann die EU-Kommission den CO2-Ausstoß von Neuwagen auf null senken und so das Ende des Verbrenners besiegeln will. Klimakommissar Frans Timmermans will, dass 2035 Schluss ist. Binnenmarktkommissar Thierry Breton wolle frühestens 2040 akzeptieren, heißt es in Brüssel. ..."
Akkordarbeit in sibirischer Kälte
Sehr empfehlenswert! Arbeiten bei minus 40 Grad Celsius! Schiffe von Meter dicken Eis befreien ...
Judge again denies U.S. Capitol protestor 'Q-Anon Shaman's release
Very recommendable! A huge scandal that this man is still in jail after six months!
Good question, why have the security videos regarding the January 6th protest of the U.S. Capitol not been released yet to the public!
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Six-Month Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection on the Capitol
The 46th President is not only demented and senile, he is also a dangerous moron and demagogue! He even implied that U.S. Capitol Police offers lost their lives, can you believe it! Incredible! Shocking! Who wrote this nonsense for him? Did he even read it?
Hoping, the president's minders keep the nuclear football far from him!
"Not even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. ...
This was not dissent. It was disorder. It posed an existential crisis and a test of whether our democracy could survive ...
On this day, Jill and I send our condolences again to the families of the U.S. Capitol Police officers who lost their lives or suffered severely in defense of our democracy. ..."
This was not dissent. It was disorder. It posed an existential crisis and a test of whether our democracy could survive ...
On this day, Jill and I send our condolences again to the families of the U.S. Capitol Police officers who lost their lives or suffered severely in defense of our democracy. ..."
Thursday, July 08, 2021
PA Joins AZ and GA in FULL FORENSIC AUDIT!!!
Very recommendable! What the heck has taking so long to carry out such forensic audits! These audits should have been completed before the next president was sworn in!!!
China harvesting DNA from millions of women around the world
Scary stuff! The Communist Party of China is going far beyond the former Soviet Union!
Pseudoscience: With Climate Change, Malaria and Dengue Will Thrive
When climate models used for up to 100 year forecasts are garbage, then any model based projections of malaria or dengue based on such climate model projections are garbage as well!
Actually, this article by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in combination with the underlying Lancet article are not only pseudoscience, they are rather junk science! This pure scaremongering and hysteria!
Second, both diseases will be eradicated within the next 10-30 years! Do you have any doubts? And why don't we eradicate blood suckers like mosquitos or does this cause serious harm to biodiversity or life on earth etc.?
Why did the "UK Space Agency, Royal Society, UK National Institute for Health Research, and Swedish Research Council." fund such junk science you wonder!
"... Climate change will extend the threat of mosquito-borne diseases malaria and dengue to a total of 8.4 billion people by 2080—unless significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are made, according to a new Lancet Planetary Health study by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine researchers and colleagues. ..."
"... The epidemic belt for both diseases will expand towards temperate areas. The population at risk of both diseases might increase by up to 4·7 additional billion people by 2070 relative to 1970–99, particularly in lowlands and urban areas. ..."
Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine
Good news!
"... Indeed, there are now around 16,000 desalination plants around the world producing about 95 million cubic metres of freshwater every day . ...
The MSMD device sits on an evaporative crystallizer that uses latent heat from the last distillation phase to evaporate off the liquid from the final concentrated brine that is produced alongside the freshwater, leaving behind only solid salt. ..."
The MSMD device sits on an evaporative crystallizer that uses latent heat from the last distillation phase to evaporate off the liquid from the final concentrated brine that is produced alongside the freshwater, leaving behind only solid salt. ..."
"... Utilizing the “waste heat” of solar cells for desalination enables the simultaneous production of freshwater and electricity and represents low barrier-of-entry electricity and freshwater supplies to off-grid communities for point of consumption. Herein, guided by theoretical modeling, this project demonstrated that a higher freshwater production rate and a lower solar cell temperature could be achieved simultaneously. With a five-stage photovoltaics-membrane distillation-evaporative crystallizer (PME), we experimentally demonstrated a high and stable freshwater production rate of ∼2.45 kg m−2 h−1 and a reduced solar cell temperature of ∼47°C under 1 sun irradiation, as compared to ∼62°C of the same solar cell working alone. The reduced solar cell temperature led to an 8% increase in its electricity production. Moreover, the concentrated brine produced in the process was fully evaporated by the underlying evaporative crystallizer, achieving zero liquid discharge. ..."
Energieträger Wasserstoff: Das Erdöl von morgen
Empfehlenswert!
Leider hat die Bananenrepublik Deutschland die Energiegewinnung aus Atomspaltung (nuclear fission) oder Atomverschmelzung (nuclear fusion) aufgegeben aus aberwitzigen und irrationalen Gründen!
"... Denn die großtechnische Spaltung von Wasser in dessen Bestandteile Wasserstoff und Sauerstoff ist zu teuer und rechnet sich noch nicht. Nutzt man fluktuierende Stromquellen wie Wind- und Sonne, treten weitere Probleme auf. ...
Zum anderen ist Wasserstoff in nahezu unbegrenzter Menge vorhanden – allerdings nur in Wasser und Kohlenwasserstoffen gebunden. Wasserstoff wird bereits heute für die chemische Industrie in großen Mengen gewonnen, indem etwa Erdgas verbrannt wird, wobei aber wiederum Kohlendioxid entsteht. Nur einen geringen Teil erzeugt man mit regenerativen Energien. Wasserstoff ist aber nur dann als kohlendioxidfreier Energieträger sinnvoll, wenn man ihn großtechnisch per Elektrolyse von Wasser mit den Erneuerbaren herstellt [was für ein blanker Unsinn!]."
Zum anderen ist Wasserstoff in nahezu unbegrenzter Menge vorhanden – allerdings nur in Wasser und Kohlenwasserstoffen gebunden. Wasserstoff wird bereits heute für die chemische Industrie in großen Mengen gewonnen, indem etwa Erdgas verbrannt wird, wobei aber wiederum Kohlendioxid entsteht. Nur einen geringen Teil erzeugt man mit regenerativen Energien. Wasserstoff ist aber nur dann als kohlendioxidfreier Energieträger sinnvoll, wenn man ihn großtechnisch per Elektrolyse von Wasser mit den Erneuerbaren herstellt [was für ein blanker Unsinn!]."
Schwindel: E-Autos im Rekordtempo laden – an der Straßenlaterne!
Was für ein Schwindel Artikel! Mehr Steckdosen macht das laden von E-Autos nicht schneller, vielleicht bequemer!
Referendum Covid-19-Gesetz: Die Schweiz stimmt bald wieder ab
Good news! Die Schweizer Bürger protestieren gegen Impfpässe, Diskriminierung von Ungeimpften, contract tracing usw.! Davon kann man in der Bananenrepublik Deutschland nur träumen!
History will not judge kindly about the human response to global Covid-19 pandemic!
"... Die Gegner des Gesetzes lehnen vor allem die Einführung des Covid-Zertifikats ab, das in ihren Augen Ungeimpfte diskriminiert und eine «Zweiklassengesellschaft» schafft. Zudem sei das Gesetz durch das Contact-Tracing eine Grundlage für Massenüberwachung. ..."
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