Stun gun vs Occupy DC:

Cops tase protester in pyjamas.

Uploaded by RussiaToday on 30 Jan 2012 - U.S. Park Police officer used an electronic stun gun on an Occupy DC protester. Police say he was tearing down fliers warning protesters about the ban on camping in McPherson Square. Police also said the unidentified man was charged with disorderly conduct. The arrest took place shortly after noon Sunday. It is reported that after the incident the man had a seizure, and was then refused medical treatment. A park police spokesman said the man became "aggressive and confrontational'' when officers tried to arrest him and that is why the stun gun was used.

Indonesia may stop sending maids abroad.

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 28 Jan 2012 - After Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indonesian maid for murder last year, there was a national outcry in the East Asian nation.

Now the Indonesian government is planning to stop sending maids abroad by 2017 amid reports that several maids are enduring abuse.Currently, more than 60 Indonesian workers are currently facing the death penalty around the world.

Same grievances everywhere in a multi parties democracy?

Algeria 10 new political parties authorized ahead of elections

Uploaded by PressTVGlobalNews on 28 Jan 2012 Following Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's major reforms, the Algerian Ministry of Interior and Local Collectivities has licensed ten new political parties among twenty which submitted their candidacy files for the upcoming legislations in May.

NYPD found promoting Islamophobia

Uploaded by presstvmobile on Jan 26, 2012 :

India is a nuclear power & biggest democracy but..

Infants still dying at hospital in India's West Bengal

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 25 Jan 2012 Dozens of babies have died in the past two weeks at a hospital in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The latest deaths in the district of Malda come after reports of 25 babies dying in a six-day period in November at the same facility.

State health officials blame social issues for the deaths, Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri reports from Malda. They say almost all the children were either underweight at birth, or that they were in critical condition when they arrived. Mothers in the region are having children as early as the age of 12 or 13 years old, the government says.

Australia day Protest:

Australia's PM dragged from protest

 Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 26 Jan 2012 - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott had to be rescued after becoming trapped by an angry protest.

Will Britain go to war with Argentina over Oil !

Argentina and UK spar over Falkland Islands

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 19 Jan 2012 -The Falkland Islands, the British-controlled South Atlantic archipelago, is once again at the centre of a messy disagreement between Argentina and the UK.

Argentina, which has long claimed the islands it calls Las Malvinas, has reacted with anger after David Cameron, the British prime minister, accused Buenos Aires of "colonialism" towards the Falklands.

The latest dispute, sharpened by a dispute over ownership of potential oil and gas fields, comes 30 years after the two countries went to war over the islands.

Keep going, keep going!

Occupy movement regroups, focuses on cyberspace:

Germans hold anti-capitalism protests.

15 Jan 2012 - democracy without Capitalism & a better world.

Venezuela to pay Exxon $225million in oil dispute

Uploaded by presstvmobile on 5 Jan 2012 - Hugo Chavez : think for yourself how much they had robbed this nation for the last 100years?

IHRC - Guantanamo Remembered: 10 Years event

Uploaded by IHRCtv on 4 Jan 2012 - An event marking the tenth anniversary of Guantanamo Bay's opening.

To mark this day, CagePrisoners, Reprieve and the Islamic Human Rights Commission will co-host an event in order to reflect on the impact of a decade on the lives of those in Guantanamo and their families.

Qataris looking to the sun for energy.

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 30 Dec 2011 - The Gulf is home to two-thirds of the world's oil reserves, but alternative energy campaigners warn that those will not last forever.

In Qatar, one such campaigner argues that the country should turn towards the sun to meet future energy needs.

2012 : Occupy protests 'could intensify'

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 30 Dec 2011 - Todd Gitlin, a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University in New York, spoke to Al Jazeera about the Occupy protest movement in the US. He said that the movement reflected "anger at the impunity with which the wealthy walked away from the consequences of having brought down the world economy." "It is anger at a system of inequality that has been entrenched and normal. There is a collective wish for a system that is more humane."

He also said he expects Occupy protests to intensify in 2012. "I think well see more attempts to take over buildings that have been foreclosed. We will also see protests directed at specific banks, at specific political candidates."

Revolution in Solar Energy Technology? Cheap Quantum Dot Solar Paint.

Researchers have reduced the preparation time of quantum dot solar cells to less than an hour by changing the form to a one-coat quantum dot solar paint. How?

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles are coated with cadmium sulfide (CdS) or cadmium selenide (CdSe.) The composite nanoparticles, when mixed with a solvent, form a paste that can be applied as one-step paint to a transparent conducting material, which creates electricity when exposed to light. 

Although the paint form is currently about five times less efficient than the highest recorded efficiency for the multifilm form, the researchers predict that its efficiency can be improved, which could lead to a simple and economically viable way to prepare solar cells. 

The scientists responsible for the research breakthrough, Mathew P. Genovese of the University of Waterloo in Canada, with Ian V. Lightcap and Prashant V. Kamat of the Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, will be publishing their study in an upcoming issue of the American Chemical Society's publication Nano. 

During an interview with PhysOrg.com Professor Kamat, John A. Zahm Professor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry and an investigator in Notre Dame's Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) and who led the research, explained, "Quantum dots are semiconductor nanocrystals which exhibit size-dependent optical and electronic properties. In a quantum dot sensitized solar cell, the excitation of semiconductor quantum dot or semiconductor nanocrystal is followed by electron injection into TiO2 nanoparticles. These electrons are then transferred to the collecting electrode surface to generate photocurrent. 

The holes that remain in the semiconductor quantum dot are removed by a hole conductor or redox couple and are transported to a counter electrode. If we can optimize the paint preparation, it should be possible for anyone to open a bottle (or a can in the long run) and apply it to a conducting surface. This will decrease the variability between lab to lab or person to person as one encounters in a multi-step process. Having fewer fabrication steps and ambient preparative conditions should provide an economically viable transformative technology." 

During their research the scientists tested a number of different compounds, but found that a composite of mixed CdS/TiO2 and CdSe/TiO2 nanoparticles performed best, particularly when the CdS and CdSe was deposited directly on the TiO2 nanoparticles as a coating. 

Describing their work they said that the nanoparticles were suspended in a water-alcohol mixture to create the binder-free paste, which was then applied to conducting glass surface and annealed at 200 degrees Centigrade. When coated on a glass electrode, the paint has an overall power conversion efficiency exceeding 1 percent. Although some multifilm quantum dot solar cells have efficiencies greater than 5 percent, the scientists believe that using different quantum dots and further optimization could significantly increase the efficiency of the paint. 

Potential uses could include painting electronic devices such as cell phones to recharge their batteries, along with larger electrical devices such as computers, while rooftops, windows, and cars could be coated as well.  

The scientists' work has attracted some major governmental interest and the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences is funding their research. 

Professor Kamat concluded in a Notre Dame press release, "We want to do something transformative, to move beyond current silicon-based solar technology. The best light-to-energy conversion efficiency we've reached so far is one percent, which is well behind the usual 10 to 15 percent efficiency of commercial silicon solar cells. But this paint can be made cheaply and in large quantities. If we can improve the efficiency somewhat, we may be able to make a real difference in meeting energy needs in the future. That's why we've christened the new paint, Sun-Believable." 

John C.K. Daly is a frequent contributor to Global Research.

OWS : 100th day of protest & occupation.

Uploaded by rockbacklash on 25 Dec 2011 - On September 17th 2011, Anonymous sent out the word to Occupy Wall Street with a simple message : The abuse and corruption of corporations, banks and governments ends here. What started off with hundreds of people assembling in lower Manhattan, very quickly became a continuing worldwide movement. The following contains sometimes graphic video shot with Google's Nexus S across actions spanning the past 100 days of occupation, mixed with photographs from Occupy actions nationwide.