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Nuclear Power: The Solution to the Energy Crisis
Kafile Kaab Shamoon, Minnesota State University, Mankato
CSU Ballroom
10-4-2018 10:00 AM
Student's Major
Student's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Mentor's Name
Brian Wasserman
Mentor's Department
Mentor's College
As concern for the environment gets greater, particularly in terms of fossil-fuel consumption and carbon emissions, nearly all developed countries and their institutions are scrambling to come up with a viable source of energy for the planet. Currently only 19.7% of the total energy output in the US comes from nuclear power compared to other developed countries such as France (72.3%), Belgium (51.7%), Sweden (40%), and Switzerland (34.4%). In contrast about 30% of the US energy output comes from coal which creates the most pollution compared to other fossil fuels. The only country that uses more coal than the US is China where it accounts for 64.9% of total energy produced. Although, it does have 32 nuclear reactors under construction, the highest in the world. My research aims to look into the practicality of building new power plants so that a larger percentage of the total energy output can come from nuclear power as well as discuss some of the common safety concerns. My findings are based on pre-existing statistics published by the New Scientist, International Energy Agency, World Nuclear Association, and the UN. In conclusion, nuclear energy is cleaner and safer than current conventional energy sources; unlike other green sources of energy like solar and wind, it produces a constant, reliable, and plentiful supply. Most importantly, the technology and infrastructure needed to produce and provide nuclear energy already exist making it the most practical choice for a sustainable future.
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Shamoon, Kafile Kaab. "Nuclear Power: The Solution to the Energy Crisis." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 10, 2018.
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Originally seven, now at least nine, fishermen in the clean-up attempts for the Gulf Oil Spill have been hospitalized.
The Coast Guard called a temporary halt to efforts after seven oil spill workers, who were skimming oil from waters close to shore, were hospitalized for dizziness, headaches and nausea. Media reports say that "air tests [in the Gulf] had found all chemicals within safety limits" prior to boats going out on Wednesday to skim oil from Breton Sound; that statement would seem strange and incongruent, considering that all of the 125 boats being utilized to help in oil recovery efforts off of Louisiana's Breton Sound were ordered docked, while authorities investigated the illness, says the Coast Guard.
As to what those "air tests" were, how they were administered, and by whom they were administered isn't clear. Five oil spill clean-up workers were released from the hospital Thursday, while two were kept for observation, according to Coast Guard Capt. Meredith Austin as spokeswoman. Crewmen and their relatives blame chemical dispersants used for clean-up, and an ER doctor said the symptoms shown, which include weakness, rashes and coughs, are typical signs of chemical exposure, say West Jefferson Medical Center spokeswoman Alfonzo.
The Coast Guard's Austin claims that no dispersants (Corexit) had been used (sprayed) within 50 miles of the ill crewmen that were hospitalized. She says fatigue, working in hot weather, dehydration and "even the smell of petroleum" can bring on similar symptoms. "We're not saying this to discount what happened to our people…but I just wanted to point out that there are other factors," Austin said.
Audrey Gaspard said, in video footage that was released by the hospital, that her husband and son experienced elevated blood pressure. Gaspard said her son also had chest pains and headache.
Shrimper Clint Guidry says clean-up workers who are fisherman had told him that they were not being given respirators — that not even those working in the most dangerous area, closest to the well still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, were not issued respiratory equipment.
The hospital's spokesperson, Alfonzo, issued statement that treated patients and relatives had all refused to talk directly to media reporters. Possibly they'd received threats not to speak to reporters.
Wednesday night, authorities say that four oil spill clean-up workers, on three boats on Breton Sound, southeast of New Orleans, had become phsyically ill, an area housing wildlife refuges. The Coast Guard's Austin says the men performing the oil spill clean-up efforts had been issued protective suits, gloves, hard hats, safety glasses, steel-toed boots and life jackets. "They were not issued respiratory protection because air readings were taken and no values found at an unsafe level prior to sending them out there," she said.
Potential hazards faced by clean-up workers include not only the hazards of the spill itself, but also the "remedy" to that disaster: humans are being exposed to benzene, a chemical found in crude oil, as well as the dispersants that have been sprayed on the spill in order to break the oil into smaller droplets. Shrimper Clint Guidry says clean-up workers who are fisherman had told him that they were not being given respirators — that not even those working in the most dangerous area, closest to the well still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, were not issued respiratory equipment.
BP spokesman Darren Beaudo denies the lack of respiratory equipment allegation, claiming that respirators were issued to crews of all boats working what the company deems "source control" close to the well, and that clean-up crews were trained to use them [the respirators] if necessary.
BP spokesman Darren Beaudo claims there is constant air quality monitoring by boats in that area and on wearable "badges" worn by supervisors on boats in areas judged the most dangerous, generally finding safe levels of benzene and other volatile organic compounds. "Generally" finding safe levels? It's not been made clear as to whom is performing air tests, how frequently air tests are performed, what (if any) standards those air tests meet, or even the type of airs tests BP says are being used.
Fisherman Guidry maintains that respirators have not been provided by BP or even allowed, and that "when some individuals [workers to clean up the oil spill] brought their own respirators, they were told by BP representatives on site that if they wore the respirators they would be released from the job."
BP's Beaudo responded: "I'm not aware that that [threat of job loss] has happened. It would be contradictory to our [BP] approach to safety." Not sure whether it's happended?
There's usually a yes, or a no, involved. Beaudo said anyone would be free to use a mask meeting OSHA specifications.
Short-term benzene oil exposure causes drowsiness, dizziness, tremors, confusion, rapid heartbeat, headaches and — at very high levels — unconsciousness and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
George Barisich, president of United Commercial Fisherman's Association, called the official account of illnesses "a pack of lies," saying that at least nine fisherman were treated in hospital Wednesday, while dozens more have worked through sickness brought on by the spill's clean-up operation.
And NASA just might agree with that interpretation: NASA and partner scientists have studied the Gulf of Mexico through remote sensing for years, in a multi-million dollar project involving two different instruments on three satellites. One is MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), flying on the Terra and Aqua satellites. The other, CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization), an instrument used on the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite.
CALIOP measures volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the air. The attached image of the CALIOP shows satellite view of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill on May 2, 2010. Red indicates the location of the aerosols over the spill. (NASA) "MODIS provided an unparalleled view of the entire oil spill and CALIOP gave a pretty good perspective of the layers of volatile organic compounds (VOCs, an oil byproduct) that occurred over the spill, helping us to identify the extent of the spill," said Gallegos.
When the oil reaches the surface of the water it comes into contact with the air and releases VOCs. Researchers at first thought they were seeing emissions related to efforts to burn off surface oil, in data being sent from CALIPSO. However, once Gallegos was there in person, she saw that the emissions were actually volatile compounds released from oil at the surface. "I am not qualified to interpret the data signature, but the fact they are being picked up with remote sensing says they are there in significant quantities.
On physical land, the EPA was recording particulate air samples with 3 ppm-more than half the EPA limit. Those numbers and data could be hundreds of times higher over the actual oil spill area itself. Consistent with the aftermath of 9-11, the problem is not just particulates. Volatile organic compounds are toxic. The danger this represents to anyone working in the toxic zone is well-known, well-documented, and well-understood.
Gulf residents believe that British Petroleum is again exercising willful negligence through not supplying workers with respirators-in a pattern believed to be placing concern for profits and finances above that of concern for people.
The boats working the Gulf oil spill clean-up efforts are called "vessels of opportunity". Many believe BP is using desperate, out-of-work fisherman and boat owners as one more way of externalizing company costs. Gulf residents say British Petroleum knows the clean-up is dangerous work-that the company is piggybacking on boat owner's insurance. For those signing up for BP's program, terms indicate: "Vessel insurance is not required, but is strongly suggested. If your vessel is damaged, it is not covered under BP's insurance, as you are considered an independent contractor," or essentially an employee at will.
Those concerned say that the BP terms mean that BP is insinuating that those workers involved in the oil spill clean-up efforts don't have to accept the clean-up job, meaning the workers and fishermen are also accepting any involved risk and liability associated with the oil spill they're cleaning. The concern is that the after-effects for those involved in the oil spill clean-up could mean a literal "death sentence".
Locals say that the Gulf's fishermen are used to hard work, long hours, and heat, that what their bodies are not used to are chemicals coming from the oil-and the oil dispersant that residents say is killing the Gulf. Hospitalized fishermen include reports of respiratory complaints and illness. "It's like sniffing gasoline," a Gulf-area fisherman says, regarding the oil and oil dispersant that sent him to the hospital. The overseeing hospital physician reported that the fisherman exhibited health signs reflecting a 3 pack-a-day smoker, however the fisherman doesn't smoke.
Gulf residents, fishermen and clean-up workers fear that the oil and chemicals are not only beginning to make the clean-up workers sick, but that those chemicals will have long term health consequences for people in the Gulf of Mexico after this toxic spill. Anne Rolfes, director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, says there is not enough air quality monitoring being done by state or Federal agencies. She says the Louisiana Bucket Brigade plans to start collecting air samples of its own, in the oil spill zone, this week.
"We're putting these people out there as canaries in the coal mine," Rolfes said. And that just may be the case: Vancouver Aquarium sea otters, Nyac and Milo, the "holding hands" sea otter pairing was split in 2008-when Nyac died. With oil spills one of the greatest threats to sea otters, Nyac, was a rare survivor of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Sea Otter "Nyac" died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia at age 20, one of the last surviving sea otters of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. According to the Aquarium's Staff Veterinarian, Dr. Martin Haulena, even in her death Nyac is important because "Lymphocytic leukemia has not been previously reported in sea otters, and because there is some association with contact with petroleum in other species—she [Nyac] will continue to provide vital information on the long-term effects of oil exposure." That time seems to have come-if our animals can die of a cancer, not normally found in a species and based simply on illness caused by long-ago toxins exposure, then the obvious rationale is that it can happen just as easily to humans.
A fisherman, John Wunstell, who was hospitalized after becoming ill while cleaning up oil in the Gulf of Mexico filed a temporary restraining order in Federal court against oil company British Petroleum (BP) at the end of May. John Wunstell Jr. asks BP to give the oil spill workers respiratory masks, and to not harass clean-up workers who publicly voice their health concerns. Wunstell, a shrimper, said he was paid by BP to use his boat, "Ramie's Wish", to clean up oil that has been gushing into the Gulf since an oil rig sank 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, gushing at least an estimation of 19,000 barrels (798, 000 gallons) of crude oil per day. In a legal Affidavit, the shrimper, Wunstell, wrote that he started experiencing severe headaches and nasal irritation on May 24.
Over the next few days, he also developed nosebleeds, upset stomach, and aches. Friday, Wunstell was airlifted to West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, Louisiana, hospitalized through Sunday. Eight other workers were brought to the hospital this week, all oil spill workers now released. "We need to start protecting these guys," said Jim Klick, the fisherman's lawyer. In his Affidavit, Wunstell described his experience at the hospital. "At West Jefferson [hospital], there were tents set up outside the hospital, where I was stripped of my clothing, washed with water and several showers, before I was allowed into the hospital," Wunstell said. "When I asked for my clothing, I was told that BP had confiscated all of my clothing and it would not be returned."
The restraining order requests that BP refrain from "altering, testing or destroying clothing or any other evidence or potential evidence" when oil spill clean-up workers become ill. Graham MacEwen, a spokesman for BP, said he could not comment on the restraining order, or on allegations that British Petroleum had confiscated clothing.
He denied accusations from Clint Guidry, president of the Louisiana Shrimpers Association, that BP has been threatening workers who speak out about health concerns. Some fishermen, who are making as much as $3,000 a day, cleaning up oil from the Gulf spill, have said they fear losing their jobs with British Petroleum. "The BP oil spill wiped out their [fishing] professions and their jobs this year and possibly years down the road," Klick said. "The only work they can get right now is with BP."
So that's the irony: BP inadvertently takes away all of the fishermens' jobs-many of which may never come back if the oil spill permanently kills wildlife, fish and major portions of marshes and lands. So the fishermen are getting jobs where they can, to support families, support their lives. Right now that option is BP, and BP only. Now, while getting sick, locals say that fishermen are afraid of losing those jobs-when their livelihoods have already been taken away by the oil company. Talk about a double-edged sword.
The BP spokesman said there have been no threats against workers for speaking out; the spokesperson didn't specify the form of such threats or include the word 'verbal' at the front end, the type which usually holds most meaning with people—and any corporation would, of course, know better than to actually publish written words to that effect. The best possible method, if you were going to do it, would be to keep everything out of writing, so it can't come back to haunt you later, to make only verbal threats and train the remaining crew (strength in numbers) to tease any man complaining, so that it doesn't continue.
"If they have any concerns, they should raise them with their supervisors," MacEwen said. "They can also call the joint information center and make complaints anonymously." Let's see-is that the same supervisor the work-up cleaners claim have told them they would lose their job if wearing a mask?; now they're supposed to "raise the issue"?
Wunstell is one of nine clean-up workers who were sent to the hospital with symptoms such as shortness of breath, nose and throat irritation, headaches, and dizziness. The restraining order requests that BP stop using dispersants without providing "appropriate personal protective equipment" to workers. Right now, BP is not even issuing respiratory equipment to oil spill clean-up workers. Corexit, a dispersant being used in clean-up efforts, is being sprayed into the Gulf of Mexico to break down the oil. The safety data information sheet from Corexit's manufacturer states that people should "avoid breathing in vapor" from Corexit, and that masks should be work when Corexit is present in certain concentrations in the air.
BP has not been known to supply clean-up workers with masks when they work near the oil and Corexit dispersants, and spill workers are claiming they have asked for the respiratory equipment. BP has actually issued the statement: "We're been carrying out very extensive air quality since early on in this [oil spill clean-up] exercise, to make sure that we [BP] have working safe conditions, and thus far not found situations where there are air quality concerns that would require face masks," MacEwen said. He added that workers who want to wear masks are "free to do so" (though no masks or respiratory equipment is being, or has been, provided by BP) as long as they receive instructions from their supervisors on how to use them.
Hmmmm, let's get this straight: BP claims that masks and respiratory equipment are not necessary; now, if that is the case, how and why would it possibly be necessary for BP clean-up supervisors to provide "instructions on how to use them." Why would instructions be vital for proper usage, if in fact the equipment is useless as BP claims?
According to Guidry from the Shrimpers' Association, he says BP told oil spill clean-up workers that they were not allowed to wear masks. "Some of our men asked, and they were told they'd be fired if they wore masks," he said. Could that be because, if pictures of workers wearing masks appeared in the media, people would question the level of toxins present, to make those masks necessary?
Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, offered up his own explanation for the fishermens' illness or hospitalization: Hayward insinuates the cause is intake of spoiled food. "Food poisoning is clearly a big issue," BP CEO Hayward recently said. "It's something we've got to be very mindful of. It's one of the big issues of keeping the [U.S.] Army operating. You know, the Army marches on their stomachs." In which land does he reside? Apparently Hayward's place of belonging is with the Army, considering his fine display of military knowledge—and the fact that he seems incapable of responding to a clear question rather than 'red herrings'. An expert on food-borne illness casts doubt on CEO Hayward's rotten food theory, stating: "Headaches, shortness of breath, nosebleeds--there's nothing there that suggests food-borne illness," said Dr. Michael Osterholm, professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. "I don't know what these people [BP oil spill clean-up workers] have, but it sounds more like a respiratory illness."
British Petroleum's (BP's) CEO announces he's "sorry" for the largest and worst oil spill in U.S. history-and sorry for the "massive disruption" it has caused the Gulf Coast.


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How many NBA teams are in the Central division?
The NBA has become a sprawling juggernaut, spanning out over the globe. The core of the league is still 30 teams playing Basketball games in North America. In order to manage this massive fixture list that spans more than a continent, the 30 NBA teams have traditionally been split into Divisions.
How many NBA teams are in the Central division? There are 5 teams in the Central Division of the NBA; The Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers and The Chicago Bulls. They compete in the Western Conference of the NBA.
The Division system has been around since the inception of the NBA in the 1940's. The Central Division was re-formed in 1970 (having previously existed for the 1949-50 season) consisting of 4 teams; The Atlanta Hawks, Baltimore Bullets, Cincinnati Royals and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The majority of these teams moved over from the now defunct Midwest Division as the NBA expanded to 17 teams, from 14 and split into East and Western conferences.
The Central Division is currently made up of the following 5 NBA teams;
Cleveland Cavaliers (joined 1970)
Detroit Pistons (joined 1978)
Indiana Pacers (joined 1979)
Milwaukee Bucks (joined 1980)
Chicago Bulls (joined 1980)
Since its current inception in 1970 there have been 14 different franchises in the Central Division. Franchises that are no longer part of the Central Division are;
Cincinnati Royals (1970–1972)
Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (1970–1978)
Atlanta Hawks (1970 – 2004)
Houston Rockets (1972 – 1980)
New Orleans Jazz (1974–1979)
San Antonio Spurs (1976-1980)
Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets (1988–2004)
Orlando Magic (1989 – 1990)
Toronto Raptors (1995 – 2004)
The Cincinnati Royals played in the Central Division between 1970 and 1972. They were one of its original founders; they relocated to Kansas and joined the Midwest Division after just 2 seasons.
The Bullets Franchise is now known as the Wizards and based in Washington. They founded the Central Division in 1970 and competed under 3 names, Baltimore, Capital and finally Washington. In 1978 they were moved to the Atlantic Division.
The Atlanta Hawks were one of the 4 founding members of the Central Division in 1970. They competed in the Central Division until the 2004 expansion, when they moved to the Southeast Division.
The Houston Rockets joined the Central Division in 1972 after changing location from their original home in San Diego. They would move on again in 1980 to join the Midwest Division.
The New Orleans Jazz had a brief stint in the Central division between 1974 and 1979. Their departure from the Central Division was triggered by the Jazz relocating to their current home in Utah and joining the Midwest Division.
The San Antonio Spurs arrived in the Central Division fresh off the ABA merger. They would be moved to the Midwest Division along with their Texas rivals the Rockets in 1980.
The Hornets competed in the Central Division between 1988 and 2004, based in both Charlotte and New Orleans (2002-2004). They would be moved to the Southwest Division in 2004 following the latest NBA expansion.
The Orlando Magic would join the Central Division for 1 season only as an expansion Franchise before finding a longer term home in the Atlantic Division, after another 1 season stop off in the Midwest.
The Toronto Raptors joined the Central Division in 1995 as an expansion team. In 2004 they were moved to the Atlantic Division following another NBA expansion.
The Central Division has remained in its current form since 2004 following the most recent NBA expansion when the Bobcats Franchise was added.
Historically the most successful team in the Central Division has been the Milwaukee Bucks, who have won the Division title 10 times (at the end of the 2020-21 season). The longest serving franchise, the Cleveland Cavaliers (7) are in fourth place, behind Pistons (9) and Bulls (8). Lebron James can account for 6 of the Cavs 7 Central Division wins, while Michael Jordan can account for 6 of the Bulls 8 wins.
While it is not common practice to hang divisional banners and the goal of any competent NBA Franchise is to win the Larry O'brien trophy, there is a certain pride fans can take from knowing they are the best franchise in their Division that year. It's always good to outdo your neighbors.
By Author Louis
Categories NBA Divisions
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It is a very common clever device that when anyone has attained the summit of greatness, he kicks away the ladder by which he has climbed up, in order to deprive others of the means of climbing up after him. In this lies the secret of the cosmopolitical doctrine of Adam Smith, and of the cosmopolitical tendencies of his great contemporary William Pitt, and of all his successors in the British Government administrations.
Any nation which by means of protective duties and restrictions on navigation has raised her manufacturing power and her navigation to such a degree of development that no other nation can sustain free competition with her, can do nothing wiser than to throw away these ladders of her greatness, to preach to other nations the benefits of free trade, and to declare in penitent tones that she has hitherto wandered in the paths of error, and has now for the first time succeeded in discovering the truth.
When Friedrich List wrote these paragraphs in The National System of Political Economy in the 19th century, the U.S. was a newly industrializing nation. Today, it is at the pinnacle of technological achievements. Here are the hard truths about national economic development: climbing your way up requires unorthodox tools; staying on top takes hypocrisy to deny latecomers those very same tools.
Fanatical experiments cannot be sustained without creativity. To paraphrase a wise man from the last century, the way the Nazis or the Communists sell their holy causes is no different from the way capitalists advertise their Gucci bags or cigarettes. The techniques we found in the imperialistic tendencies of the Nazis and the Communists are in fact based on the methods of industrial enterprises.
Today, when theorists in Beijing talk of socialism with Chinese characteristics, they are perhaps admitting that the success of the authoritarian experiment will always depend on the creativeness proceeding in the outside non-authoritarian world. If there were no free societies outside of China, they might have found it necessary to establish freedom by coercion.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb uses two criteria to filter ideas and books. First, the Lindy Effect: the more the book has been around, the longer its future life expectancy. Second, the more skin in the game, the more convincing the idea is. In practice, I am attracted to books that look ancient, and look at how far the author is prepared to pursue his/her ideas.
In most Chinese cities, I seldom find bookstores where you can buy the Book of Lord Shang (商君書) and Guiguzi (鬼谷子) together, except in Beijing. I think the only reason is that readers in Beijing have skin in the game as they rub shoulders with Leviathans and Machiavellis every day.
Shang Yang (商鞅) and Guiguzi (鬼谷子) predated Thomas Hobbes and Niccolò Machiavelli by over 1,500 years. And unlike today's members of the "intelligentsia", they have real skin in the game, more so than their rival Confucians. Shang Yang was literally torn to pieces for executing his reform ideas which paved the way for Qin's universal rule. Guiguzi bred Su Qin (蘇秦) and Zhang Yi (張儀), two preeminent rhetoricians that are rivalrous yet mutually-reinforcing in the Warring States period. In the end, one was (again) torn to pieces, the other died in exile.
Therefore, their books are great, per Lindy Effect and skin in the game. The same principles apply to other fields. Among Republican China's men of letters, I think Wang Guowei (王國維) is the best. He was a rarity by drowning himself in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in 1927. Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹) personally experienced the fall of his illustrious family from its height, dying in poverty. Hence, I think the Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) is infinitely better than F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. I too love Nietzsche, who died of insanity, and Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫), who committed ritual suicide.
Skin in the game is something to aspire to.
Büro Ole Scheeren took the needle of the tower and bent it back into itself to create a loop. There is no beginning or end. Walk around the base of the tower, and you see it go from strong and imposing to unstable and fragile. It's the perfect symbol for a post-truth world.
In Richard Dawkins' conception, human being is the medium through which information and ideas, or memes, spread. However, we constitute a poor medium which favors the spread of untruth rather than truth. As pointed out by Curtis Yarvin, human beings find nonsense as a more effective organizing tool than truth. To believe in truth is easy, but to believe in nonsense is an unforgeable demonstration of loyalty. History is full of examples of this phenomenon in action: all organized religions (such as Christianity), Soviet Union, China's Cultural Revolution, and today's mainstream media and academia (what Nassim Nicholas Taleb called the Intellectual Yet Idiots).
We can also reinterpret the tale of the emperor's new clothes. For kids, the moral is honesty and courage in speaking the truth. For adults, it is that the best proof of a cadre's loyalty is her dedication to the absurdity and stupidity of the leader.
Reading chapters from Gibbon's Decline and Fall, and Trump's press conference, you will conclude that a nation's decline is the reverse – it is a close-up comedy and long-shot tragedy. Trump has turned White House into reality comedy shows.
In Tolstoy's War and Peace, Prince Andrey enumerated the factions within the Russian high command during Napoleon's invasion. You usually see the full range or a subset of these dynamics as a group responds to situations.


1 May Update Service will be resumed soon. Supervising Building work in my little house.
Legal matter; document preparation, collation of reams of evidence, 2 legal conferences have frustratingly given no time to make an entry here.
I have been doing much research on North Africa so much more will be coming soon once the cast on my arm has been removed. I will then be able to key stroke more easily though my ability to type and spell will be as pathetic as ever.
20 April Update: Reason for lack of posting over the past week is simply one of time contraints concerning my on going health issues. I have also been hobbling around restoring my garden furniture, supervising building work in my little house; I have just had a new back patio laid..so keeping the workmen happy is with expert brews of coffee and tea is important.
Domesticated cats have been around for five thousand years or more. They were sacred animals to the Egyptians. Now I can reveal the shocking truth and that if you are smart you will want to keep on the right side of you neighbourhood cat(s) Better still get your own.
Let me come straight to the point. A little while ago I decided to take some pictures of my cats to post on my blog. A standard fall back item if one is a bit stretched getting up a post or two. It then struck me as I reviewed the images. …..Terror. My Cats are Aliens and the probability is yours are too.
Ever wondered where trance music came from and why well if you listen to this (at your own risk) as you read you will understand.
If you look at this you will understand why. These are my own Alien Cats…more correctly I'm their human. At the end of this post you will see the Gaddafi connection to this post. Its scary:-) Their Earth Names are Roger (The fluffy Norwegian Forest Cat) Emma (the one disguised as a Burmese with the crown) Tom ( The Red Cat with the Rabbits head) and Rosa Luxemburg ( Just developing the EYES).
At first I thought it was just a case of "red-eye" but being colour blind I wasn't sure so I showed what I thought was just a series of cute pictures to a friend of mine. No "red eye" but GREEN glowing eyes. It is obvious that Roger lies like this to communicate better with signals from Space.
I then started doing some research an found out that cats are alien creatures, you have to ask yourselves why, in five thousand years why haven't the aliens done what they want to do with us….or have they?
Why have they not taken over the planet?
Why would any civilization smarter than ours hang around us for five thousand years disguised at cats? Well it's very simple.
Oh yes they may look cute but that has been part of the whole scheme to take over the planet. This was the main theme of the Broadway musical Cats, a theme which was largely ignored by theatre critics.
Though they are as earthbound as you and me for the last few years, their alien cousins have been using them as living cameras. I took some pretty ordinary pictures when I was at the Vet in Rose Bay Sydney. You can imagine the horror I felt when I saw the pictures when I uploaded it. I wonder if the Crown also doubles for an aerial?
Have you ever wondered why cats disappear for a time, sometimes for ten minutes HALF AN HOUR, sometimes for a couple of days. You cannot find them. It is during these times that they are under direct control of their intergalactic friends. Minute cameras, smaller than a pin head, are inserted into the eye of these cats.
Why does your cat stare at you when IT wants to.
Why does it insist on bathroom privacy?
Why does it leap onto your lap when IT wants to, not when YOU want it to, like a dog would?
Why does cat food taste worse than dog food?
You don't have to be a genius like me to add two and two together. In this case, the math answer is two cats plus two cats usually equals four aliens.
The cat's purr, which comes from nobody knows where, is merely the software on the minute onboard computer being reconfigured every so often. I will be in trouble for writing this, but that's nothing new.
Who is your Vet really?
Have you really got to know your vet?
Do you ever see them arrive to the surgery?
Do you ever get invited to see out the back? The answer is no, no, no, no. Here is another example of the cats checking out stuff in my office all caught in the act.
Even more disturbing is the micro chip Have you ever seen one? This is the onboard computer.
I am in my office now door closed my thoughts are my own. The one chance you have is to fed the cats and then you can slip away to have some time to yourself without interference.
Here we are on Planet Earth, busily pointing our radio-telescopes at the sky in the search for alien transmissions. Hundreds of people are in therapy for alien abduction and missing time episodes which modern neurology attributes to temporal lobe epilepsy.
Thousands of people have seen glowing lights which may or may not be space ships and may or may not be a flight into Sydney Melbourne or any large City. Canberra is the exception as the aliens have less interest there as it lacks the joys of alley ways farmyards, or anything of much interest.
Even more worrying is the fact that these small, furry, friendly aliens have just about taken over all of the land mass of Planet Earth. Why else do you think we have been building submarines? Have you ever heard of the submarine cat? No only the Ships cat! Even in Trafalgar Square London you have the Lions….. are these part of some mysterious earth to space communication station. Have a look at it from above. It is looks like one huge Ariel with a face…so you tell me what else it is?.
When a cat sits there in the middle of the living room floor staring into space, what is it doing? Is it pondering the mysteries of feline life or concentrating on a spider on the wall opposite it?
Is it absorbing solar energy or simply sleeping? In fact it is doing none of these things. It is in touch with the mothership, an alien vessel orbiting earth. Information is being uploaded to the mothership while Mission details are being downloaded into the little furry alien's brain.
Those few humans who do seem to understand that Cats are aliens are generally considered totally insane and no-one believes them anyway.
Our alien felines have specially evolved senses allowing them to see the invisible. You have seen it how they just stare into space. You may have a cat that when it's cold it may sit and stare at the radiator. You know Cats are not stupid …so why do they do it. It's simple a radiator is a radio receiving aerial used to contact the mother ship.
Cats allow humans to think they are cat-owners in order to infiltrate our homes. So successful are cats at infiltrating our households, that when a cat dies it is almost always replaced by another cat bought by us so they have the line of succession and communication covered so that their spying activities and human controlling activities can continue.
Cat-owners had the most experience of curbing this invasion but failed due to Cat brainwashing. Have you ever stopped to think how you know their names? Cats communicate with you while you don't even know it. How else would you know their name think about it. How many times have you gone to the back door and the cat is waiting for you? Now why would this cat……. Tom be sitting like this unless he was trying to get better Radio Communication with his mother ship? Only today I noticed him swishing his tail back and forth ..obviously trying to get better contact to pick up radio waves. Think about it why would a cat walk with their tails up all the time…do we walk extending our arms above our heads?
They are extra-terrestrial, extra-planatary, fourth-dimension creatures and Planet Earth's only defence against them is NONE. They have even Squeezed into the act with music.
Just as an aside in my days as a DJ in London one of my regular venues was The Crown Pub in Blackheath Village. It was frequented by Squeeze especially Glen Tilbrook and Chris Difford (who is an especially modest bloke).See foot-notes: On the night of one of my shows I was approached in about 1976? to play their first single… I was probably the first "live publicly performing" DJ to do so. I can' now recall what it was now but I think Cool for Cats came later.
Somewhat beyond the moon's orbit, the cat mother ship keeps in contact with its ground forces who can even drive!!
Stray cats are advised of areas where there are likely sucker humans. This accounts for the build up of cat colonies and also for the small tabby cat sitting on your doorstep beaming 'adopt me' signals directly into your brain. That's what happened with this cat, Rosa. Notice the eyes are just starting to become photographic beams.
Before you know it you are feeding it. How did you know what food it liked?
The cats' home planet expired due to its home star exploding but a number of survivors escaped in spaceships and landed on Earth and allowed themselves to be "domesticated".
These cats might look like these. They can be however be looked after and will respond well to home comforts. The Gadaffi Cat below is an example!
This may have seemed not such a serious post that's a matter for you…but you have been warned. Normal service will be resumed by my next posting.
16 April: The Crown Pub in Blackheath Village was one of my regular DJ Gigs. It was frequented by Squeeze especially Glen Tilbrook and Chris Difford (who is an especially modest bloke). On the night of one of my shows I was approached in about 1976? to play their first single… I was probably the first "live publicly performing" DJ to do so. I can' now recall what it was now but I think Cool for Cats came later.
This also occurred with Dire Straits after the initial failure of their first release Sultans of Swing where I started playing it in SE London and Deptford just prior to its (second) release…..Prior to that it had been a failure. I ought to mention that my DJ playing could not have been done with the amazing help of "my" Roadie Martin Andrews. Without his help none of my events would have been possible.
It was around this time I also met with a percussionist and song writer Ziggy Addy. Ziggy taught me to play drums and at the time I met him was living on our Pepys Estate in Deptford. His is a sad story of hight the mighty fall as it was Ziggy who wrote all the original hits for Bonny M but in a time of foolishness sold the Royalties right to them to make some quick big cash. When I met Ziggy he was living in poverty with barely enough to eat. He helped us organise the Deptford Festival. Apart from the bands mentioned above another to feature was Steel Pulse. It was at these concerts with some of my lads from Riverside Youth Club we joined up with the Anti Nazi League (ANL) at another event to provide security. We went on to do this and many of the ANL London Concerts and provide security on Demonstrations against the National Front.
Word Press confirmed yesterday and again today 16 April the rogue URLs that were referring visits to my blog and the origins of the spam had been blocked. Since I posted my suspicions here last week and identified those who I thought were behind it all the spamming stopped the same day just about. The same applies to my home email where all the spam stopped at the same time…co-incidence?
15 April update: It really is amazing that since going public again about the spam above and mentioning reporting the matter to ACMA yesterday on twitter all the spam to my email suddenly stopped too……another co-incidence?
ok it's official……..you've lost the plot!


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Groupe Renault unveils new production line for Alpine A110
Renault Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn inaugurated the all-new Alpine A110 production line. This inauguration was attended by the Minister for Economy and Finance of France, Bruno Le Maire, with the two also inspecting the production line committed to the new sports car of Alpine. This production line will be part of Groupe Renault's Alpine facility located in Dieppe, Normandy.
Talking about the new production line, Ghosn revealed that it was in Dieppe where the first-ever Berlinette was manufactured around half a century ago. The renewal of the Alpine production, he added, presented the company with an interesting challenge. Groupe Renault managed to rise to the occasion with Alliance, he continued, especially with support from the local urban district, the region, and ultimately the state. The factory has been completely refurbished, Ghosn declared, through an investment amounting to at least €35 million and the recruitment of 151 individuals. The brand has long been known for its French-style elegance and excellence. With this new production line, Ghosn said, this will no longer be simply claims but an actual industrial reality.
After two years of work and an outlay of at least €35 million, the brand believes that the Dieppe plant will become one of a kind especially in Europe. This new production line will have the capability of assembling the chassis and all-aluminum body of the Alpine A110. Meanwhile the paint shop will have new cleaning and sanding robots in order to ensure that premium quality finish. The brand also revealed that the same assembly line has been upgraded in line with the best practices of Alliance.
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Sketch of the Alpine A110 Cup Racer gives us chills
French automaker Alpine was founded in 1955 by Jean Rédélé, and was bought by Renault in the 1970s. Subsequently, Alpine production ceased in 1995. This year, the company was reborn as they introduced the new Alpine A110. The company is hoping to continue its success with this model. They also have plans to develop a small SUV to put in the same segment as the Porsche Macan.
It didn't take long as the A110 is scheduled to make a debut soon. The A110 will come out in two variants, a racing version and a road legal version. And recently, the company revealed a sketch of what looks like the race car variant. The image does not say a lot because only the top part of the front fascia can be seen. But looking at the image, it seems like the road going version will have a more aggressive look, with its pronounced diffuser, a tow hook, and some more details to the hood - all of which helps improve airflow.
Under the hood of the road-going model will be a 1.8 liter turbocharged engine that can produce 252 horsepower (188 kilowatts) and 236 pound feet (320 Newton-metres) of torque. Overall, it weighs about 2,380 pounds (1,080 kilograms), which is considerably pretty lightweight.
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Top 5 Most-liked Vehicles at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show
The 2017 Geneva Motor Show (or the Geneva International Motor Show) is definitely one of the most awaited major automotive shows in the planet.
It has been showcasing the best and the newest that the auto industry could offer –concept cars, production vehicles, tuned units, auto accessories and parts as well as services – since 1905.
Now, in its 87th edition, the 2017 Geneva Motor Show was already guaranteed to be a definite success when it formally opened its doors to the public on March 9, 2017.
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2017 Geneva Motor Show: Official unveiling of 252-hp Alpine A110 sports car
The much-teased Alpine A110 has finally been officially displayed at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, and its specs are as equally astonishing as its retro-inspired design. Alpine is hoping that the new A110 will help catapult the carmaker in the sports car segment by offering pure driving pleasure with the combination of lightweight, agility and performance.
Just days prior to the official global debut of the Alpine A110, the company revealed the full design of its new sports car, but without releasing details about its performance and other dynamic elements. Indeed, the Alpine A110 features a modern design, one that stays true to its heritage.
Upon launch, Alpine will also be introducing the new A110 Premiere Edition, of which only 1,955 models will be made. Alpine will commence deliveries of the new A110 late this year in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. The sports car maker will commence deliveries of the A110 in 2018 to customers in the United Kingdom and Japan (right-hand drive versions).
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Alpine shows retro-inspired 2018 A110 production model
Alpine has revealed the production version of the 2018 A110. Prior to this release, the brand implemented a rather long campaign which started with the "Celebration" and followed it up with the "Vision." For those familiar with the history of this brand, the A110 is the iconic name of the same model released from 1961 and to 1977. With the use of the name plus the fact that its design is clearly retro-inspired, it is clear the brand hopes it would go against the Porsche Cayman.
It was back in 2015 when the Alpine Celebration was first unveiled at the Le Mans. Back then, it showed that the design paid tribute to the class A110 Berlinetta. By 2016, the Alpine Vision concept was shown. This was intended as a preview of the production version. The design of this version was clearly an evolution of the Celebration.
Looking at how the body of the2018 A110 is designed, there is no doubt that it traces its heritage to the "Berlinette." Still, a large part of the design reveals that there are various modern touches. In addition to fully utilizing architecture that uses mainly aluminum, the new A110 will have a floor that is totally flat. By having a diffuser in the rear, it allowed the brand to refrain from having a spoiler in this area while improving the aerodynamics. Aside from the use of an aluminum-intensive body, the brand also be fitted with bespoke lightweight seats in an attempt to lower the weight further. The result is more than excellent as each of the seats weighs around 28.8 pounds (13.1 kilograms), giving this rear-wheel drive coupe a rumored curb weight of around 2,204 pounds (1,000 kilograms).
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Andy Murray rates Cincinnati singles comeback 'OK' despite defeat
AFP Cincinnati, United States Aug 13, 2019, 11.58 AM(IST)
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Murray said he 'felt fine, physically,' during the match
Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said he "did OK" in his first singles match in seven months -- a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Richard Gasquet at the Cincinnati Masters on Monday.
"I don't really know what I was expecting, to be honest," said Murray, sidelined since January by a career-threatening hip injury. "I did OK.
"There were a lot of things I would like to have done better in the match, but you also have to be somewhat realistic in terms of what you can expect, in terms of how you actually play and hit the ball."
Murray said he "felt fine, physically," during the match.
"My legs were a little bit heavy at the end of the match. When Richard drop-shotted me, there were a few times I didn't even run to the ball, didn't react to it.
"That's nothing to do with my hip, that's just me not running for a ball."
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Murray hadn't played a singles match since a five-set first-round exit at the Australian Open, where he tearfully acknowledged he feared his career was over.
Since undergoing right hip resurfacing surgery on January 28 he has slowly fashioned a return.
Murray has been playing doubles for the past two months, winning at Queen's Club in London with Feliciano Lopez.
Gasquet, however, was too strong for the 32-year-old, who won the title in the US Open warm-up in Cincinnati in 2008 and 2011.
Gasquet, who had groin surgery in January, ended a five-match skid against the Briton, now ranked 324th.
Murray opened the game with a double fault, and his forehand into the net gave Gasquet a match point that the 56th-ranked Frenchman converted when Murray sent a service return wide to end the match after 96 minutes.
Tentative at times, he finished with a respectable 20 winners but struck 28 unforced errors.
No US Open singles
He was optimistic he can improve further.
"I think with a few more weeks of practice and hopefully some more matches, then I could do better," said Murray, who nevertheless said after the match that he did not intend to play singles at the US Open.
"I'm not going to play the US Open singles," he confirmed, adding that US Open organizers had wanted to know by Monday if he was interested in a wild card invitation.
"I felt like I wanted to maybe try and get a couple of matches in before making a decision like that," added Murray, who knows the best-of-five set format at Grand Slams will be even more of a challenge.
The return of former world number one Murray dominated an opening day that saw another former US Open champion, Marin Cilic, join Murray on the sidelines with a 6-4, 7-6 (8/6 loss to Radu Albot.
US wild card Sam Querrey booked a second-round date with top seed Novak Djokovic, defeating France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/1).
Seven-time champion Roger Federer will start his campaign in the second round against Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero, who defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7/3), 6-3.
Australian Nick Kyrgios slammed a ball skyward in a moment of distracted anger to earn a warning but buckled down to post a 7-5, 6-4 win over Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
In the women's draw at the ATP-WTA event, 2011 winner Maria Sharapova, who last played here five years ago, came back from a pair of first-round defeats at Wimbledon and Toronto, defeating Alison Riske 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
Venus Williams defeated fellow American Lauren Davis 7-5, 6-2 to snap a four-match losing streak.
Sweden's Rebecca Peterson defeated Britain's Jo Konta, a 2017 quarter-finalist, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Rohit Sharma, Shami shine as hosts claim series
Rohit Sharma becomes the third-fastest batsman to register 9,000 ODI runs
ICC, netizens take a jibe at Indian fan claiming to be just as good as Jasprit Bumrah


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