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Research Professor Derek Lovley of UMass Amherst explained, “We’ve simplified the process of generating electricity by radically cutting back on the amount of processing needed. We sustainably grow the cells in a biofilm, and then use that agglomeration of cells. This cuts the energy inputs… and widens the potential applications.”
UNIVERSITY FACES LAWSUIT FOR MASK MANDATE FIRING – A University of Southern Maine Professor, Patricia Griffin, is suing the school over being allegedly fired for questioning the school’s mask-wearing mandate. “She was fired under the pretense and pretext that she didn’t, that she wouldn’t obey the mask mandates,” said Griffin’s attorney, Stephen Smith.
Prof Sues University of Southern Maine, Alleging She Was Fired for Anti-Mask Stance
From legalinsurrection.com
2022-08-03 14:00:55
Mike LaChance
Excerpt:
A former professor at the University of Southern Maine Patricia Griffin filed a lawsuit, Griffin v. University of Maine System, University of Southern Maine, Glenn Cummings, on July 14 after being fired in 2021 over the university’s mask mandate.
Griffin, a former professor of marketing, claims that the university fired her after she requested data that would support the university’s mask mandate.
According to the lawsuit, Griffin attended a luncheon in August 2021 remotely that then-President Glenn Cummings attended in person. Griffin claimed that Cummings was not adhering to the mask policy which prompted her to request the data responsible for the policy.
After making her request, Griffin’s classes were removed from the fall 2021 schedule. She was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing on August 27, 2021.
CHINA TRYING TO BUY SOLOMON ISLANDS PORT – A Chinese State-Owned Corporation is moving to purchase a deep-water port and World War Two airstrip from the Solomon Islands. The move is leaving people to challenge Australian companies to step in and purchase these assets to stop China’s incursion into the geo-strategic islands.
Australia urged to intervene as China tries to buy a strategic Solomon Islands port
From www.abc.net.au
2022-07-31 18:42:18
Excerpt:
A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a deep-water port and World War II airstrip in Solomon Islands, as new documents detail how money from Beijing has helped keep the Pacific nation’s controversial leader in power.
As a battle for influence plays out in the region, an investigation by Four Corners has found China is aggressively pursuing economic opportunities across the Solomons to boost Beijing’s strategic interests.
One asset being targeted by China is a hardwood forestry plantation on the island of Kolombangara, which features a protected harbour, deep-water port and an airstrip.
BLACKSTONE WAR CHEST PRIMED TO EXPLOIT REAL ESTATE COLLAPSE – The Real Estate investment giant Blackstone is creating a $30 billion war chest to exploit the coming real estate collapse. If true, it could be the largest “traditional private-equity vehicle in history.” In 2019, it made similar moves ahead of the Covid shutdowns, with a $26 billion fund.
According to the WSJ, Blackstone is the final stages of raising a new real-estate fund that would set a record as the biggest vehicle of its kind, defying market volatility and a crowded landscape for fundraising.
The private-equity giant said in a regulatory filing Wednesday it has closed on commitments totaling $24.1 billion for Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, the latest iteration of its main real-estate fund.
According to the WSJ, Blackstone is committing about $300 million of its own capital and has allocated an additional $5.9 billion to investors, which will bring the fund to $30.3 billion when it is finalized. The firm raised the fund, expected to be the largest traditional private-equity vehicle in history, in just three month. It was also Blackstone that set the prior record, with the $26 billion buyout fund it raised in 2019. The new real-estate fund will be 50% larger than its predecessor, a $20.5 billion pool raised in 2019.
Tesla Lets Three Quarters of its Bitcoin Go – Elon Musk has moved 75 percent of Tesla’s Bitcoin assets over to cash, amounting to nearly $1 billion dollars. The move could be telegraphing Tesla’s faithlessness in Bitcoin’s future or its need for cash-flow due to rising costs in production and other cash-demand issues the company has recently experienced.
Tesla Trades 75% Of Bitcoin Reserves For Cash – Forbes Advisor UK
From www.forbes.com
2022-07-21 14:55:38
Excerpt:
Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors has sold 75% of its bitcoin (BTC) holdings in recent weeks, converting the cryptocurrency into around £782 million-worth of US Dollars ($936).
In its second quarterly report for 2022, out this week, the automaker said its bitcoin holdings were impairing the company’s profitability.
Bitcoins were worth almost £50,000…
Reuters has received a document from the EU Commission that explains their intentions to force Social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, to stop deepfakes videos from being shared or face major fines that will be felt. The companies are violating an EU code of conduct recently updated.
GOP lawmakers are wondering why the Secret Service did not indict Hunter Biden for violating gun laws. “Before proposing or passing any new federal gun legislation, (Biden) ought to enforce existing laws, regardless of who is violating them, even if that person is the president’s son,” said Senator Johnson
The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that USA Today has been taking money from the Chinese Communist Party. China Daily, a CCP-owned and operated agit prop publication, has bought over a quarter million dollars in advertising from USA Today, which lost 62 percent of its circulation in one year.
A new Italian study of the Shroud of Turin suggests the shroud is indeed 2000 years old and from the Judea-Palestine region. Museum of the Bible exhibit curator Brian Hyland said, “The pollen samples that were gathered they….are from plants that are native to….the area around Judea, Palestine, and Syria …”
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It might not prove the Shroud of Turin is, in fact, the shroud of Christ himself, but the latest advanced testing does not eliminate it from consideration, which was long thought to be the reality before this test was performed.
An OpenAI text-to-image system called DALL-E2 has created its own language. At least that’s what computer science PHD student Giannis Daras is claiming.
“DALLE-2 has a secret language. The discovery of the DALLE-2 language creates many interesting security and interpretability challenges,” Daras tweeted.
