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HAIFA, Israel - An Israeli start-up is being recognized for an innovative technology that's designed to make hydrogen fuel much more affordable. Israeli startup H2Pro has been named 'best company in the scale-up track' in Royal Dutch Shell's New Energy Challenge competition. H2Pro was one of five finalists, and the only one from Israel. First, a bit of background: Hydrogen […]
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\t While no one claimed responsibility for the attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed the finger at Israel, calling the killing an act of ``\"state terror.''
\t ``Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice _ with serious indications of Israeli role _ shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,'' Zarif wrote on Twitter.
Former North West deputy provincial police commissioner Major-General Jan Ntebo Mabula will be tried for alleged kidnapping, torture, and extortion.
An Iranian scientist named by Israel as the leader of the Islamic Republic's disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday... View Article
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Here’s what you need to know about the new top diplomat, who hasn’t been much of a household name until now.
[WHO] Good morning, good afternoon and good evening.
Thomas Mensah was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1950. His father, J.K. Mensah, was a businessman who shipped cocoa products to chocolate manufacturers in France. Thomas was an exceptionally bright child, learning to read newspapers at an early age and becoming fluent in French. As a child, he often conversed in French with his father’s business associates. He went on to twice win the National Competition in France in 1968 and 1970.
Thomas received his early education at the exclusive Adisadel College boys school in Cape Coast. An excellent student, particularly in science and math, he received a scholarship to study chemical engineering at the University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana. An honors student, he graduated in 1974 and was awarded a fellowship from the French government to study Chemical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology in Montpelier, France (USTL). While enrolled at USTL, he took part in a program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received a certificate in Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Processes from the university in 1977. A year later, he graduated from USTL with a PhD.
In 1980, Thomas travelled to the United States where he took a job with Air Product and Chemicals in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was a research engineer in the chemical group division. One of his projects was to observe the mixing process in the Polyvinyl Alcohol Process Improvement Division. The process included injecting PVAC ( a polymer having a high resistance to to flow) with a catalyst. Inside of a thin film reactor which used a moving blade system. The resulting mixture would end up on a moving belt where it would cure into a white slab of Polyvinyl Alcohol, later cut into smaller pieces. A problem occurred when the mixture was of poor quality, as the resulting polyvinyl acetate did not cure properly, resulting in an usable product (and often causing a shutdown of the manufacturing
The two countries agreed on a truce whereby the US would back off from tariffs and France would delay collection of its digital tax to the end of 2020 to allow for renewed efforts to reach a multilateral solution.
The US Trade Representative says countries that have either adopted or are considering digital taxes include Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK.
In April, India expanded the scope of its 6% “equalisation levy” — a withholding tax on foreign online advertising platforms — to include digital companies with a “significant economic presence” that engage with or sell to Indians.
France has said it would drop its tax if the US and other countries agree to a global effort for a uniform approach under the stewardship of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
To do that, French tax collectors propose to tax Internet companies proportionally to their “digital presence” in the country relative to the rest of the world.
Mae Jemison , in full Mae Carol Jemison (born Oct. 17, 1956, Decatur, Ala., U.S.), American physician and the first African American woman to become an astronaut. In 1992 she spent more than a week orbiting Earth in the space shuttle Endeavour.
Jemison moved with her family to Chicago at the age of three. There she was introduced to science by her uncle and developed interests throughout her childhood in anthropology, archaeology, evolution, and astronomy. While still a high school student, she became interested in biomedical engineering, and after graduating in 1973, at the age of 16, she entered Stanford University. There she received degrees in chemical engineering and African American studies (1977).
In 1977 Jemison entered medical school at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she pursued an interest in international medicine. After volunteering for a summer in a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand, she studied in Kenya in 1979. She graduated from medical school in 1981, and, after a short time as a general practitioner with a Los Angeles medical group, she became a medical officer with the Peace Corps in West Africa. There she managed health care for Peace Corps and U.S. embassy personnel and worked in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control on several research projects, including development of a hepatitis B vaccine.
After returning to the United States, Jemison applied to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to be an astronaut. In October 1986, she was 1 of 15 accepted out of 2,000 applicants. Jemison completed her training as a mission specialist with NASA in 1988. She became an astronaut office representative with the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, working to process space shuttles for launching and to verify shuttle software. Next, she was assigned to support a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan designed to conduct experiments in materials processing and the life sciences. In September
Black and mixed-race students at some of London’s top colleges are heading to university after...
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… to continue this equalization for African-Americans, took the opportunity of the … effectively denied civil rights to African-Americans in those states for almost …
Femtech - technologies to manage women's health more innovatively, accurately and efficiently - is the newest focus for the ARC (Accelerate Redesign Collaborate) Innovation Centerat Sheba Medical Center in Israel. 'We can not only share our ideas with the world but really change the clinical paradigm,' says the Women's Health Innovation Center's director, obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Avi Tsur. Launched in July […]
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… L. Fudge of Ohio, an African-American Democrat from Ohio.
Mr. Clyburn … owes a special debt to African-American voters, and that he wants …
… spectacular multi-cultural productions with African-Americans.
“The idea came to me … explores the parallels of the African-American and Jewish history, a series …
NAHLAYIM RANCH, Golan Heights (Reuters) - The buzz of tiny rotors has replaced dog barks and bullwhips on this Israeli ranch, where drones are being used to herd and observe cattle. The remote-controlled quadcopters hover near the cows, which move along in response while live video is relayed back to the farmers. “Using a drone, instead of cowboys and dogs, creates a much less stressful environment for the animals, and an animal that is less stressful is a lot healthier and more productive,” said Noam Azran, CEO of BeeFree Agro, the firm developing the method. The drones also offer more efficient control of large droves and pastures, he said, adding that there has been interest from the United Arab Emirates, which in September established formal relations with Israel. BeeFree Agro representatives will go to the Gulf state this month “to see if our solution can work for camels,” he said.
Hay que portarse bien para merecer los regalos que se piden en cartas. Esta tradición que se atesora año tras año es el Día de Reyes. Aquí, los niños se ven recompensados por estos personajes [...]
[JusticeInfo.net] There have been a series of arrests in Europe in recent months of Rwandans accused of participating in the 1994 genocide. After Félicien Kabuga in France, three people were arrested in Belgium in October and another one in the Netherlands (see Box). Who are they?
Experts begged Americans to wear masks and distance as the pandemic “is going to get worse” in the coming weeks.
By MATT VILLANO CNN With rising case numbers all over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has guaranteed that Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas will look different this year. For most of us – [...]
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Black Leadership Matters Dr. David E. Jackson @dejacksonii Black lives matter – shout it from the housetops! But merely asserting the value of African-American lives is not enough to get our people to the promised land; nor is any party, politician, or program. Black lives matter most when they have purpose, and purpose comes from … Continued
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Sudan on Wednesday signed a short-term loan with the United States of $1.2bn and signed another pact to normalise relations with Israel.
Press Release - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is making the most of this period of global turmoil to entrench the relentless repression that has been his trademark. His seven-year rule has seen tens of thousands of political detentions in often horrendous conditions, the arrest and abuse of LGBT people, women activists, and social media influencers, systematic torture, and the free use of lethal force. His government's latest move is to detain the director and key staff of one of the few remaining independent in
Today is the 342nd day of 2020. There are 24 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2016: Time magazine names US President Donald Trump its Person of the Year.OTHER EVENTS43 BC: Roman statesman and scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero is slain at the order of the Second Triumvirate.1787: Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
No. 13 Georgia’s 45-16 win over South Carolina was the Bulldogs’ biggest victory of this strange season on the scoreboard. But Georgia coach Kirby Smart wasn’t sure had its best game Saturday night, with the Gamecocks missing more than two dozen players and offering little resistance. “It’s hard to say that because of the quality of the competition,” Smart said. […]
