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Who says necessity is not the mother of invention in the New Normal. While a tiny fraction of the Japanese population is enjoying the transitory effects of Abe's latest reflating "wealth effect" policy (even as China has made it clear said policy will end quite soon), the bigger problem for Japan is that even sooner, more and more of it will be reliant on hamster wheels to generate electricity, as LNG prices have just hit a record high and are rising at a breakneck pace, and as local nuclear power generation has collapsed to virtually zero. Which means one thing: electricity will soon become so unaffordable only those who are invested in the daily 2% Nikkei surges will be able to electrify their immediate surroundings.So what is Japan's solution? A quite ingenious one: as Geek.com and ASR both report, Japan's Fujifilm has created organic printed sheet that harvests energy from body heat, or in other words, converts body heat to electricity. Finally, at least one key part of the Matrix "reality" is now fully operational - the use of human beings as batteries.Specifically, Fujifilm Corp. and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a resin sheet that generates electricity, utilizing the temperature difference between human body and the air.The power-generating sheet developed by Fujifilm and AIST could be used to provide additional power for portable devices.The sheet uses the thermoelectric effect, which generates a voltages due to the temperature difference between the surface of an object and its reverse side. The sheet is 0.4mm thick and soft. In a normal environment, the temperature of the air is lower than that of the human body or the surface of clothes. That temperature difference can be used to generate a steady flow of electricity.From Geek:Fujifilm has used the Nanotech 2013 conference in Tokyo to demonstrate some progress with the creation of a new thermoelectric conversion material. Such a material can convert temperature differences directly into electricity, which can then be stored or used immediately to power or charge some device. The material Fujifilm has created in collaboration with Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is desirable because it is both organic and has the highest thermoelectric conversion efficiency yet seen. Using a temperature difference of just one degree Celsius it can produce “several milliwatts” of electricity. The good news continues as Fujifilm can manufacture the organic thermoelectric conversion material using a printing technique, making it easy to produce a range of sheet sizes at a minimal cost. It’s also not rigid, so can be wrapped around an object such as an area of your body. So far two primary uses are seen for the new material. The first is as an attachment patients can wear on their skin to power medical devices. The second is as part of solar panels as a way of collecting additional energy and therefore making them more efficient. Depending on how cheap and quick the material is to produce, we may see it appear as an accessory you can wear to help charge your smartphone on the go in the near future.And since life always immitates Hollywood, we now await for the release of the prophecy which will disclose just who it is that will destroy Bernanke's centrally-planned surreality, in which those who trade stocks are in a Matrix of their own.
America governs lawlessly. Out-of-control rogues run things. Conditions go from bad to worse. Tyranny threatens everyone. So does possible global war.Fear-mongering, saber rattling, hot wars, proxy ones, drone ones, geopolitical ones, financial ones, anti-populist ones, mass incarceration, censorship, lawless sanctions, subversion, sabotage, targeted assassinations, mass murder, cyber-war, and horrific draconian harshness reflect out-of control governance gone mad.Lying is official policy. So is state terror. Independent governments aren’t tolerated. They’re targeted. Regime change is prioritized. World peace is threatened. Humanity’s menaced. Survival’s uncertain.Daily revelations explain more. War is called peace. State-sponsored assassins are called freedom fighters. Real ones are called terrorists.Capital has divine rights. Monied interests run things. Plundering the earth for profit is prioritized. Popular needs go begging. Social America’s dying. Poverty, unemployment, hunger, homelessness and human misery go unaddressed. Corporate rights alone matter.Democracy’s a four-letter word. Out-of-control power is unaccountable. Rule of law principles are mocked. Tyranny’s the law of the land. Advancing America’s imperium matters most.Workers are exploited. They’re unprotected. Human and civil rights are sacrificed. Wealth, power and privilege are served. Militarized control supports them. Nonbelievers aren’t tolerated.Torture is official policy. Gitmo is America’s public face. Innocent detainees suffer. So do many others. Thousands of political prisoners fill America’s gulag. It’s the world’s largest. It operates globally. Mercy isn’t in Washington’s vocabulary.Diktat power rules. Police state terror threatens everyone. Freedom’s fast disappearing. Dissent’s not tolerated. Heroic whistleblowers are criminalized.Even retired four star generals aren’t safe. More on that below.Journalists are spied on. So is everyone worldwide. Big Brother watches everyone. It’s no longer fiction.Censorship prevents truth and full disclosure. Managed news misinformation substitutes. Students are debt entrapped for life. Millions have no futures. An entire generation’s lost.Madness substitutes for sanity. Unconscionable wrongdoing persists. America’s unsafe to live in. Oblivion awaits. Most people are too out of touch to notice. Others are dismissive.Failure to act responsibly matters. It lets Washington get away with murder and much more.Rogues running America take full advantage. Who knows what’s next.The Pentagon’s former second in command’s being investigated. General James (Hoss) Cartwright allegedly leaked information higher ups want suppressed.Cyberwar is official US policy. In spring 2010, Iranian intelligence discovered Stuxnet malware contamination. Its Bushehr nuclear facility was affected. US/Israeli cyber-war bore full responsibility.Cartwright perhaps explained. He ran cyber-operation Olympic Games. Obama ordered stepped up attacks. Targeting Iran is prioritized.Perhaps there’s hope if retired four star generals become whistleblowers. Maybe other insiders will be emboldened to act. Legions more than ever are needed. Hopefully many will come forward responsibly.Edward Snowden provided a vital service. He’s a hero in his own time. He’s globally recognized. He deserves praise, not prosecution. History won’t forget him. He revealed what everyone needs to know.Unprecedented global spying is official US policy. It’s lawless. Spies “R” us defines it. Police states operate this way. America’s by far the worst. It’s unmatched in human history. No one’s safe anywhere any time.Shoot the messenger. Snowden’s hunted. He’s a wanted man. Washington wants him arrested. It wants him prosecuted. It wants him imprisoned. It wants him silenced. Perhaps it wants him dead.It wants information he knows suppressed. London’s Guardian revealed it. It plans telling more. On June 28, it headlined “US army blocks access to Guardian website to preserve ‘network hygiene.’ ”It wants truth suppressed. It wants its message alone circulated. “The US army has admitted to blocking access to parts of the Guardian website for thousands of defense personnel across the country.”“A spokesman said the military was filtering out reports and content relating to government surveillance programs to preserve ‘network hygiene’ and prevent any classified material appearing on unclassified parts of its computer systems.”Pentagon officials lied. Censorship is official US policy. NETCOM On-Line Communication Services operates from San Jose, CA. It’s an Internet service provider.Spokesman Gordon Van Vleet said it filtered “some access to press coverage and online content about NSA leaks.”“The Department of Defense routinely takes preventive ‘network hygiene’ measures to mitigate unauthorized disclosures of classified information onto DoD unclassified networks.”An Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) spokesman said policy affects hundreds of defense facilities. Doing so suggests far worse future policy.Washington may block anti-government content. It may do so routinely. Alternative media sites may be targeted. Vital truths more than ever may be suppressed.Revealing them responsibly risks being criminalized. So may discussing what’s already known. Pointing fingers the right way is dangerous. Doing so risks being charged with aiding and abetting America’s enemies.Van Vleet added:“We make every effort to balance the need to preserve information access with operational security, however there are strict policies and directives in place regarding protecting and handling classified information.”“Until declassified by appropriate officials, classified information – including material released through an unauthorized disclosure – must be treated accordingly by DoD personnel. If a public website displays classified information,” blocking it will follow.“Classified” includes vital information people have a right to know. Suppressing it reflects police state harshness. Rogue states operate this way. It bears repeating. America’s by far the worst.According to an unnamed Pentagon spokesman:“The Guardian website is NOT being blocked by DoD. The Department of Defense routinely takes preventative measures to mitigate unauthorized disclosures of classified information onto DoD unclassified networks.”On June 25, Guardian editors headlined “Edward Snowden: in defense of whistleblowers,” saying:He’s no traitor. America’s First Amendment matters. It “prevents prior restraint and affords a considerable measure of protection to free speech.”Obama violates its letter and spirit. He’s done so by “show(ing) a dismaying aggression in not only criminalizing leaking and whistle blowing, but also recently placing reporters under surveillance – tracking them and pulling their phone and email logs in order to monitor their sources for stories that were patently of public importance.”Thanks to Snowden, we know more about what NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake called “a vast, systemic institutionalized, industrial-scale Leviathan surveillance state that has clearly gone far beyond the original mandate to deal with terrorism.”Snowden is today’s Daniel Ellsberg. Releasing the Pentagon Papers got him targeted. He also faced Espionage Act charges.He might have gotten life in prison. He was lucky. Gross government misconduct saved him. His 1973 trial collapsed. At the time, judge William Byrne, Jr. ruled:“The totality of the circumstances of this case which I have only briefly sketched offend a sense of justice.”“The bizarre events have incurably infected the prosecution of this case.”Federal judges today don’t speak this way. Ellsberg later said:“The public is lied to every day by the President, by his spokespeople, by his officers.”“If you can’t handle the thought that the President lies to the public for all kinds of reasons, you couldn’t stay in the government at that level”“The fact is Presidents rarely say the whole truth – essentially, never say the whole truth – of what they expect and what they’re doing and what they believe and why they’re doing it and rarely refrain from lying, actually, about these matters.”Ellsberg’s a modern day hero. So is Snowden. Washington fears ugly truths revealed. Doing so arouses public anger.Perhaps it emboldens others to tell more. Coming forward threatens America’s imperial ambitions. Preventing them responsibly matters most.Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/
Solemos comentar la mas que posible naturaleza "Orwelliana" y like-Huxley del sistema futuro por los puntos de contacto entre sus obras de ficción y la realidad que venimos sufriendo y a la que definitivamente derivamos.En el articulo que viene a continuación se hace un análisis de esta interesante y acertada (a mi juicio) similitud entre 1984 y/o A brave new world, y el sistema al que nos dirigimos. El articulo mas concretamente se centra en EE.UU, y en las fases de el sistema, que podemos extrapolarlo a occidente en general.Aviso, es largo, pero esta tremendamente bien explicado y apoyado por mucho grafico (por eso es tan extenso):.............................................http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-15/orwellian-america
Cita de: Eltilti en Marzo 16, 2013, 18:35:06 pmSolemos comentar la mas que posible naturaleza "Orwelliana" y like-Huxley del sistema futuro por los puntos de contacto entre sus obras de ficción y la realidad que venimos sufriendo y a la que definitivamente derivamos.En el articulo que viene a continuación se hace un análisis de esta interesante y acertada (a mi juicio) similitud entre 1984 y/o A brave new world, y el sistema al que nos dirigimos. El articulo mas concretamente se centra en EE.UU, y en las fases de el sistema, que podemos extrapolarlo a occidente en general.Aviso, es largo, pero esta tremendamente bien explicado y apoyado por mucho grafico (por eso es tan extenso):.............................................http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-15/orwellian-americaYo siempre he pensado que las obras de Huxley y Orwell se refieren exactamente a la misma realidad, solo que la de Huxley es bajo un escenario de abundancia de recursos y la de Orwell bajo uno de escasez. ...y los recursos para seguir con lo mismo comienzan a no abundar por estos días.
Cita de: juancoco en Julio 01, 2013, 11:26:14 amCita de: Eltilti en Marzo 16, 2013, 18:35:06 pmSolemos comentar la mas que posible naturaleza "Orwelliana" y like-Huxley del sistema futuro por los puntos de contacto entre sus obras de ficción y la realidad que venimos sufriendo y a la que definitivamente derivamos.En el articulo que viene a continuación se hace un análisis de esta interesante y acertada (a mi juicio) similitud entre 1984 y/o A brave new world, y el sistema al que nos dirigimos. El articulo mas concretamente se centra en EE.UU, y en las fases de el sistema, que podemos extrapolarlo a occidente en general.Aviso, es largo, pero esta tremendamente bien explicado y apoyado por mucho grafico (por eso es tan extenso):.............................................http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-15/orwellian-americaYo siempre he pensado que las obras de Huxley y Orwell se refieren exactamente a la misma realidad, solo que la de Huxley es bajo un escenario de abundancia de recursos y la de Orwell bajo uno de escasez. ...y los recursos para seguir con lo mismo comienzan a no abundar por estos días.Hay abundancia dentro del "cluster", porque fuera estan los desheredados...
Things are turning from bad to worse for the real-life version of The Terminal's Edward Snowden, who a day after applying to 21 countries for political asylum has been flooded with rejection letters near and far, even as he was forced to cancel his application to his current host nation, Russia, after being told he would have to stop leaking secrets as a condition to stay. More from the FT: "The 30-year-old fugitive’s options narrowed further on Tuesday when China reacted coolly to the idea of him moving there, Poland rejected an application and other European nations said asylum requests had to be made in the country." Of the 21 applicants listed yesterday, so far 9 countries have rejected his asylum status application. These include:AustriaBrazilEcuadorFinlandIndiaIrelandNorwayPolandSpainAnd with Russia now out of the running too, 10 out of 21 on the original list are out. The bulk of these countries rejected the application on a technicality, claiming that the applicant must be on their soil before he or she can be granted asylum status.The countries still remaining on the eligible list include:BoliviaChinaCubaFranceGermanyIcelandItalythe NetherlandsNicaraguaSwitzerlandVenezuelaOf the above 11 Venezuela appears to be his best bet: “[Snowden] deserves the world’s protection. He has not asked us for it yet. When he does we will give our answer,” Venezuela's new president Máduro told Reuters during a visit to Moscow. “We think this young person has done something very important for humanity, has done a favour to humanity, has spoken great truths to deconstruct a world that . . . is controlled by an imperialist American elite.” Maduro added that his government had yet to receive a request, despite it being on the WikiLeaks list, but that he sympathised with the man wanted by Washington on spying charges.What is shocking is how quickly Snowden's original destination, Ecuador, flipped a U-turn on his request. One wonders just what revealing pictures of Correa the NSA must have in its Utah facility.On Monday, Ecuador which appeared to be Mr Snowden’s destination when he left Hong Kong 10 days ago, on Monday said it was no longer considering his request. “It was a mistake on our part” to have helped him travel to Russia,” President Rafael Correa said in an interview with the Guardian newspaper.As for Russia:Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, told reporters on Tuesday that Mr Snowden “has abandoned this idea and his request for permission to stay in Russia”.Mr Peskov said Russia had no plans to kick Mr Snowden out of Sheremetyevo airport where has been since June 23. “The extradition of Snowden to such a country as the United States, which applies the death penalty, is impossible,” he said.However, he suggested that Moscow was not anxious for Mr Snowden to stay, echoing comments on Monday by Mr Putin. “Hypothetically, Snowden could stay in Russia but on one condition – he must abandon his intentions to engage in any form of anti-American activity that could be damaging for the United States,” Mr Peskov said.Finally, as for China:The Chinese government dodged questions about Mr Snowden’s application on Tuesday. “I have seen related reports, but I don’t have any information on the issue,” said Hua Chunying, foreign ministry spokeswoman. Mo Shaoping, a lawyer for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, said he was not aware of asylum cases in China. “As far as I know, China doesn’t have laws in this area,” he said.One wonders is Snowden's fate to return to the US, and face a lifetime in prison, if and when all of his purported future homelands give up on him?* * *Guardian has released an updated list of where the asylum applicant countries stand currently:AustriaNo. The interior minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, said Snowden would have to submit his request for asylum while on Austrian soil. But she added that he would not be deported if he arrived in Austria because "there is no international arrest warrant".BoliviaNo response.BrazilNo. A foreign ministry spokesman said Brazil would not grant asylum, adding that it would leave the request unanswered.ChinaNo response.CubaNo response.EcuadorNo. The president, Rafael Correa, said he was not considering Snowden's asylum request. In an interview with the Guardian, Correa said Snowden would have to reach Ecuadorean territory before the country would consider any asylum request. The US has cancelled Snowden's passport, and Correa said his government would not give Snowden an authorised travel document to extract himself from Moscow airport. "The right of asylum request is one thing, but helping someone travel from one country to another – Ecuador has never done this."FinlandNo. The Finnish foreign ministry spokeswoman Tytti Pylkkö said Finnish law required Snowden to be in the country for him to apply.FranceNo response. The president, François Hollande, has called for a common EU stance on the NSA snooping.GermanyNo response.IcelandNo response.IndiaNo. Syed Akbaruddin, a spokesman for India's foreign ministry, said on Twitter: "Following careful examination we have concluded that we see no reason to accede to the Snowden request"ItalyNo response.IrelandNo. A spokesman for the department of justice said that under Irish law an asylum application could only be accepted from a person who had landed in or was within the state.The NetherlandsNo response.NicaraguaNo response.NorwayNo. The Norwegian deputy justice secretary, Paal Loenseth, told the state broadcaster NRK: "Applying for asylum should be done on Norwegian soil. According to normal procedures … his demand will be denied."PolandNo. The foreign minister, Rados?aw Sikorski, wrote on his Twitter account: "I will not give a positive recommendation."RussiaNo. Snowden withdrew his request after Vladimir Putin's statement making clear that he would be welcome only if he stopped "his work aimed at bringing harm" to the United States.SpainNo. The foreign minister, José García-Margallo, told reporters in the Spanish parliament: "For it [the application] to be legally admissible, it has to be made by a person who is in Spain."SwitzerlandNo response.VenezuelaPossible. On a visit to Moscow, the president, Nicolás Maduro, said he would consider an asylum request and said the whistleblower "deserves the world's protection"."We think this young person has done something very important for humanity, has done a favour to humanity, has spoken great truths to deconstruct a world … that is controlled by an imperialist American elite," he said.But asked whether he would take Snowden back to Venezuela with him, Maduro answered wryly: "What we're taking with us are multiple agreements that we're signing with Russia, including oil and gas."
Bolivian President Plane Denied Passage Over French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian Airspace Due To Snowden SuspicionsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 07/02/2013 - 19:02Update: Italy and Spain have also been confirmed as a state that refused passage above its airspace to Bolivia's Morales.[...]http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-02/airplane-bolivian-president-denied-passage-over-french-portuguese-airspace-due-snowd
Lo del aeropuerto ha sido vergonzoso.Es infantil. Un tío que encima no es ni espía, es programador.Surrealista.Han perdido el norte.