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(Focus Fusion)(Oilprice.com) - 'Dense plasma focus (DPF) could open the door to fusion being adopted much faster and for being economically feasible.' - 4 years ago
'DPF is opening the door to a streamlined, low-cost fusion future — and for gaining more support once again for nuclear as a smart power source to tap into. That comes years after the current technology, nuclear fission, lost support. Headed by physicist Eric Lerner, who’s considered one of the leading global experts on plasma use in nuclear fusion, the LPPFusion team achieved landmark suby ProjectC - Project C
'Achieving 100 percent clean electricity by 2035..' - 4 years ago
'Achieving 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 is widely seen as aggressive and ambitious, but as E&E News notes, a growing number of utilities in all parts of the country already have net-zero targets, although most are closer to mid-century. Many regions are on their way – in the Texas electricity grid of ERCOT, wind and solar accounted for 39 percent of electricity generation in theby ProjectC - Project C
(The New Alliance)(China is 'threat to world') - '..an end to Hong Kong’s special status with the U.S..' - 4 years ago
'(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status with the U.S. and signed legislation that would sanction Chinese officials responsible for cracking down on political dissent in the city, drawing a rebuke from China and adding fresh uncertainty for businesses including banks in the financial hub.' - Trump Ends Hong Kong’s Special Status With U.S. to Punish Chby ProjectC - Project C
'..Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms..' - 4 years ago
'The reforms come after long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was ousted last year following massive street protests.' 'After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol, and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging. "We drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan," Justice Mby ProjectC - Project C
(The trampoline is working) - Elon Musk Invites Family Of Famed Soviet Rocket Scientist To Tour SpaceX - 4 years ago
'In an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets on May 31, the day after the Dragon Crew launch, Andrei Korolev said he was “very happy” for Musk and SpaceX and “proud” of the American's achievement. He said at the time that Russia should also allow private aerospace companies to be involved in all aspects of the industry and not leave everything to the control of Roskosmos, the state spby ProjectC - Project C
Russia's regions are in revolt - 4 years ago
'Let the whole world learn what a mess this country is.' - Zhirinovsky ("Down with the tsar!” - Giant Protests in Russia's Far East After Popular Governor's Arrest, July 11, 2020) 'Although Russia defines itself as a federation, in reality it is a centralized neo-imperial construct that, unlike Britain or France, has failed to dismantle its empire and deveby ProjectC - Project C
(Russia) - "Down with the tsar!” - Giant Protests in Russia's Far East After Popular Governor's Arrest - 'Let the whole world learn what a mess this country is.' — Zhirinovsky - 4 years ago
'Now the citizen in me has come to life.' - Sorokin 'Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk on Saturday in support of a popular local governor arrested this week for allegedly ordering several murders.' - Giant Protests in Russia's Far East After Popular Governor's Arrest, July 11, 2020 'Particiby ProjectC - Project C
Netherlands Takes Russia To European Rights Court Over MH17 Downing - 4 years ago
'By launching an inter-state case against Russia, the Dutch government will share “all available and relevant information about the downing of Flight MH17” with the European court to support individual cases filed against Russia, the Foreign Ministry said.' The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the downing of Malaysia Airlby ProjectC - Project C
China 'preparing for war with the West' - '..the “incredible danger” the Chinese Communist Party poses to the world..' - 4 years ago
'While Chinese philosophy focused on the dynamics of power, Western philosophy was concerned with knowledge..' - Francesco Sisci, (Praxeology) - Power: The Political Dimension of Human Action - '..the full power of global knowledge can be harnessed..' 'Mr Nawaz said he became aware of the “incredible danger” the Chinese Communist Party poses to the world when heby ProjectC - Project C
(NRC)(Contaminated medicines from China) - Contaminated drugs: Why peppermint is safer than Chinese paracetamol - 4 years ago
'Above this margin there is a proven risk that PCA is carcinogenic. PCA has no place at all in a painkiller that so many people use. .. There's too little control and supervision, including from Europe.' - Professor Jan Tytgat '..Paracetamol from factories that use the same production method as Anqiu Lu'an should also be tested for PCA.' 'The reseby ProjectC - Project C
'Carcinogenic found in paracetamol .. [produced by] Anqiu Lu'an Pharmaceutical in China..' - 4 years ago
'..samples from the largest producer of the active ingredient in the drug - Anqiu Lu'an Pharmaceutical in China - examined by a certified lab in Germany and found that three lots from the spring of 2019 were contaminated with the carcinogenic 4-chloroaniline. That is good for millions of pills.' <h3>Carcinogenic found in paracetamol possible available on Dutch Market</hby ProjectC - Project C
'..modern life — including deforestation, urbanization and intensive agriculture — contribute to the emergence of new contagions at an alarming rate.' - 4 years ago
'The coronavirus crisis clearly caught most governments unprepared, yet disease specialists have been warning for decades that such a devastating outbreak was bound to happen. From bubonic plague and smallpox to Spanish flu and HIV, history is rife with pandemics that have shaped the human story. While medical advances help combat such scourges, other aspects of modern life — including deforby ProjectC - Project C
(Bazaarmodel)(Teal) - How Far Behind Are You Falling on the Evolutionary Curve? - 4 years ago
'Here is just a small sample of the questions we ask organisations which help people think about the kind of culture that is currently in place. Of course, when we know where we are starting from, it is easier to plot a course towards where we want to go!' - How Far Behind Are You Falling on the Evolutionary Curve? March 5, 2019 Context 'How to transform into a truly eby ProjectC - Project C
(Bazaarmodel)(Teal - To Heal) - 'Integrative Lawyers are pioneering new models of legal practice.' - '..visual contracts .. text-based contracts..' - 4 years ago
'..They do their personal transformation as a foundation for doing work to transform the legal system..' 'Those who have read my previous articles for EE Magazine know there is a movement in law that parallels and overlaps the movements in organizations toward “next-stage” or “Teal” or other terms being used. The movements grew up independently and our nomenclature is not alwaysby ProjectC - Project C
'..phasing out the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles to 2032 at the very latest.' - 4 years ago
'COVID-19 clouds the short-term outlook, but it could be an opportunity for the UK and other developed economies to start thinking about how they can 'build back better' a greener economy and reduce transportation emissions.' 'The pandemic is hitting hard economies worldwide, but it is also an opportunity to jumpstart an economic recovery to achieve the net-zero emissiby ProjectC - Project C
(Fly Electric - Emission-free aviation) - EASA certifies electric aircraft, first type certification for fully electric plane world-wide - 4 years ago
'COLOGNE, June 10, 2020 - The European Union Aviation Safety Agency announced the certification of an electric airplane, the Pipistrel Velis Electro, the first type certification world-wide of a fully electric aircraft and an important milestone in the quest for environmentally sustainable aviation. “This is an exciting breakthrough,” said EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky. “This is thby ProjectC - Project C
(Teal) - '..the platform for the TEAL/YELLOW Integral City to emerge.' - 4 years ago
'Integral City would call those stakeholders the 4 Voices of the City: Civic Managers (the ones who enable the operation of the Green city infrastructure and systems), Business Innovators, Civil Society and Citizens.' 'On the way to co-creating an Integral City—one that is TEAL/YELLOW in its design, operation and regeneration—we will have to recalibrate our understanding of whatby ProjectC - Project C
(Earth Shield - Earth Defence)(Spacefaring Civilization) - 'Volkswagen scraps ICE production..' - 4 years ago
'German automaker Volkswagen has built its final internal-combustion engine vehicle at its Zwickau plant in Mosel, Germany in an effort to transition to the production of electric cars. The production facility will now only produce EVs for Volkswagen, Audi, and Seat. Volkswagen has been vocal about its intentions to eliminate gas-powered cars in its fleet, working toward developing a sustby ProjectC - Project C
'..Martin Luther King, he talked about the Beloved Community..' - 4 years ago
'..the vision of the whole school, from my point of view, or one of the best ways is Martin Luther King, he talked about the Beloved Community (22:37) .. the Beloved Community, is a community of love and justice, of love and fairness if you will. And we here a lot of talk in North America about equity, but we also need love (the legalistic approach will not work (23:01).' - Dr. Johby ProjectC - Project C
(Total Police Reform) - Deescalation and conversation, Camden, New Jersey, is seeing its lowest crime rate in 50 years - 4 years ago
'Camden, New Jersey, created a brand new police force to forge better ties with its residents. Their aim was for the police to be guardians, not warriors of their community. The city used to have one of the highest crime rates in the United States but now, eight years later, it is seeing its lowest crime rate in 50 years.' - BBC, What happened when a city disbanded its police fby ProjectC - Project C
(The New Alliance)(China is 'threat to world') - Lawmakers in Eight Countries Form New Alliance to Counter China - 4 years ago
' “The time has come for democratic countries to unite in a common defense of our shared values,” Smith, the U.K. lawmaker, said on Twitter.' 'A group of senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the U.S. have launched a new cross-parliamentary alliance to help counter what they say is the threat China’s growing influence poses to global trade, security and human rights.by ProjectC - Project C
'..Shockingly, recent figures show that “the use of wood in domestic combustion activities accounted for 38 per cent of PM2.5 emissions in 2018.” ' - 4 years ago
'Pollution from wood stoves and fireplaces in the home are troubling because people, including young children and pregnant women, may be sat mere feet away from the fire. They also tend to be used more at the weekend when wood-burning families (and their unwitting victims, their neighbours) are likely to be in their homes.' 'Where I live in the UK, the government has reported onby ProjectC - Project C
City Council approves resolution to create transformative new model for cultivating safety in Minneapolis - 4 years ago
'The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a resolution today declaring the intent to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety in Minneapolis. The Council resolution acknowledges that George Floyd joins a “tragically long list” of people killed by Minneapolis police and his death has set off a “wave of protests and uprisings across the United States and across theby ProjectC - Project C
'..IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms..' - 4 years ago
'IBM no longer offers general purpose IBM facial recognition or analysis software. IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and Principles of Trust and Transparenby ProjectC - Project C
(Total Police Reform) - Minneapolis police chief takes on union, promises reform - '..the military feel of police forces..' - 4 years ago
'Minneapolis police chief takes on union, promises reform The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said as he announced the first steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency. Arradondo said a thorough review of the contract is planned. He said the contract needs to be restructured to proviby ProjectC - Project C
(Total Police Reform) - The Problem of Policing and Local Public Economics - '..The Ostroms stood against the consolidationist movement and in particular UNIGOV..' - 4 years ago
'..The Ostroms stood against the consolidationist movement and in particular UNIGOV. They championed instead a polycentric system of governance that put more direct authority in local communities and citizens, and held the public entities to be responsive to the demands of the local communities..' 'So we head back to the municipalities debate -- what are the responsibilities ofby ProjectC - Project C
Minneapolis City Council vows to break up police .. 'Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period.' - 4 years ago
' “It is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our communities safe,” council president Lisa Bender said. “Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period.” ' 'The Minneapolis City Council took a major step Sunday toward making radical changes in the city's beleaguered police department, as a super majority publicly expressed support for disbanding the forcby ProjectC - Project C
'..Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has "drifted away" from the Constitution..' - 4 years ago
'Though few leaders have criticized Trump by name in the wake of the unrest, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said last week that "we are all very concerned about the authoritarian debate and those authoritarian ways that we are seeing as a response to some demonstrations." ' 'Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trumby ProjectC - Project C
(Trump Is an Existential Threat to America) - James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution - 4 years ago
'James Madison wrote in Federalist 14 that “America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.” We do not need to militarize our response to protests. We need to unite around a common purpose. And it starts by guaranteeing that all of us are equby ProjectC - Project C
'Thread on how China kept WHO in the dark.' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding - 4 years ago
'Thread on how China kept WHO in the dark. It’s starting to emerge what really happened in Jan, via AP investigation. Chinese officials failed to share the virus genome for >1week after decoding it and failed to reveal microbe had H2H for a further 2 weeks.' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, (Source, June 2, 2020) Context The Pandemic Isn’t a Black Swan but a Portent of a Moreby ProjectC - Project C