Author: digigod

ALERT: 5G needs extensive fibre networks – The Financial Express

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https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/5g-needs-extensive-fibre-networks/1139013/?fbclid=IwAR163qsP8E5AvVRphUUz1k8VwB15Q4YyHDJemdVyV57LDbBTo6ZyoJDsDsQ

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The vision of a 5G network is usually that of an intricate wireless technology offering high data speeds and responsiveness on our mobile phones. Integral to the success of 5G technology is the extensive optic fibre cable (OFC) network that runs underground—5G’s characteristic higher data speeds and throughputs are greatly influenced by these heavy-duty networks that impact both the wireless side and wireline side of the infrastructure. In fact, 5G’s formidable network performance goals are heavily predicated on a massive availability of fibre connectivity, to cell sites and beyond.

Space Preservation Act H.R. 2977 – read page 4 . . . .

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https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr2977/BILLS-107hr2977ih.pdf

PAGE4

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•HR 2977 IH
1 (2)(A) The terms ‘‘weapon’’ and ‘‘weapons sys
2 tem’’ mean a device capable of any of the following:
3 (i) Damaging or destroying an object
4 (whether in outer space, in the atmosphere, or
5 on earth) by—
6 (I) firing one or more projectiles to
7 collide with that object;
8 (II) detonating one or more explosive
9 devices in close proximity to that object;
10 (III) directing a source of energy (in
11 cluding molecular or atomic energy, sub
12 atomic particle beams, electromagnetic ra
13 diation, plasma, or extremely low frequency
14 (ELF) or ultra low frequency (ULF) en
15 ergy radiation) against that object; or
16 (IV) any other unacknowledged or as
17 yet undeveloped means.
18 (ii) Inflicting death or injury on, or dam
19 aging or destroying, a person (or the biological
20 life, bodily health, mental health, or physical
21 and economic well-being of a person)—
22 (I) through the use of any of the
23 means described in clause (i) or subpara24 graph (B);

Breakthrough Starshot . . . Initiatives

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https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/news/4

EXCERPT:

NTERNET INVESTOR AND SCIENCE PHILANTHROPIST YURI MILNER & PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING ANNOUNCE BREAKTHROUGH STARSHOT PROJECT TO DEVELOP 100 MILLION MILE PER HOUR MISSION TO THE STARS WITHIN A GENERATION

$100 million research and engineering program will seek proof of concept for using light beam to propel gram-scale ‘nanocraft’ to 20 percent of light speed. A possible fly-by mission could reach Alpha Centauri within about 20 years of its launch.

Mark Zuckerberg is joining the board.

New York – Tuesday, April 12 – Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner was joined at One World Observatory today by renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking to announce a new Breakthrough Initiative focusing on space exploration and the search for life in the Universe.

Breakthrough Starshot is a $100 million research and engineering program aiming to demonstrate proof of concept for light-propelled nanocrafts. These could fly at 20 percent of light speed and capture images of possible planets and other scientific data in our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, just over 20 years after their launch.

The program will be led by Pete Worden, the former director of NASA AMES Research Center, and advised by a committee of world-class scientists and engineers. The board will consist of Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Ann Druyan, Freeman Dyson, Mae Jemison, Avi Loeb and Pete Worden also participated in the announcement.

Today, on the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering space flight, and nearly half a century after the original ‘moonshot’, Breakthrough Starshot is launching preparations for the next great leap: to the stars.

Breakthrough Starshot – Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot

EXCERPT:

Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail spacecraft named StarChip,[1] to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.37 light-years away.

A flyby mission has been proposed to Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, Proxima Centauri, in the Alpha Centauri system.[2] At a speed between 15% and 20% of the speed of light,[3][4][5][6] it would take between twenty and thirty years to complete the journey, and approximately four years for a return message from the starship to Earth.

The conceptual principles to enable this interstellar travel project were described in “A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight“, by Philip Lubin of UC Santa Barbara.[7][8]Sending the lightweight spacecraft involves a multi-kilometer phased array of beam-steerable lasers with a combined coherent power output of up to 100 GW.[9]

WATER and Accounting Fraud Agency: Setting the Stage for Water Rates: Policy Direction Should be a Priority – NBS

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Setting the Stage for Water Rates: Policy Direction Should be a Priority

EXCERPT:

Introduction

In the vast majority of cases, important water rate policy issues are never really discussed until the Proposition 218 hearing, which is undoubtedly the worst time to have that discussion. If the rate adoption process is going to blow up, that’s when it will happen. Discussing and adopting well-vetted and well-understood rate-related policies beforehand can reduce the heated battles and tone down the rate-payer venom by settling some key questions, such as: (1) Are we willing to minimize rate increases at the expense of adequately funding capital replacement costs? (2) How do we make trade-offs between revenue stability vs. water conservation?[1] or (3) Are we accumulating sufficient reserves to position ourselves to issue new debt? This paper discusses practical measures to consider prior to the heated debates about rate increases.

Recycled Water Pricing Alternatives – NBS

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Recycled Water Pricing Alternatives

EXCERPT:

Introduction

California’s continuing drought underscores the severity of the State’s water supply defects. While in one respect all water supply problems are local, the expanding role of water transfers and development of new sources of supply create a common thread linking all water purveyors, and highlights the growing need for recycled water supplies and expanded water reuse systems. Among the challenges of an expanding role  for recycled water is how to appropriately price it, particularly in light of on-going court decisions that have raised questions about new restrictions on   pricing alternatives.

This paper is intended to provide a brief discussion  and general guidance on pricing principles and mechanisms that water agencies may want to consider when establishing rates for recycled water customers.

CARON TRADE = TRADING AIR . . .

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http://www.keensightcapital.com/our-company-keensight-capital.html

EXCERPT:

WHO WE ARE

Keensight Capital is an independent European Growth Buyout firm with more than 20 years of proven investment success in supporting the management teams of profitable, growing companies. We provide capital to finance organic growth, enable strategic acquisitions, or help buy out existing shareholders.

The strong relationships we cultivate with management teams truly set us apart: we become much more than just an investor, but a trusted advisor and a partner with a large and influential network spanning several sectors and continents.

Through our various experiences, we have gathered a strong expertise and knowledge in growth industries. Our core sectorial focus is Information Technology, including Internet, and Healthcare & Wellbeing. In each of these sectors, the investment professionals in our team leverage their entrepreneurial and professional backgrounds to provide insightful strategic advice. While these specific sectors are at the heart of our company, we consider investments with any company that has strong growth potential.

The Keensight Capital team has concluded 50 transactions since 1998, yielding more than 40% IRR from a total of 37 exited investments. Our investment record is the direct result of the productive and straightforward relationships that we nourish with the management teams we support.

 

WATER: C-Span – Deborah Tavares – Mentioned on the Washington Journal this am (on C-Span)

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CUBA – RADAR PULSE ATTACKS: US diplomats in Cuba attacks have inner ear damage: new report | Miami Herald

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article222943585.html

excerpt:

The Miami doctors who first treated U.S. diplomats in Havana affected by a mysterious ailment after exposure to an unknown energy source have found a “triad” of neurological, cognitive and emotional symptoms unlike the concussions previously reported by another group of physicians.

“Our findings are dramatically different from what concussions look like,” Dr. Michael Hoffer, the lead author of a new study made public Wednesday, said in an exclusive video interview with the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald. The study by physicians at the University of Miami and the University of Pittsburgh was published in Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology journal.