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Saturday, December 31, 2011

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."




Friday, December 30, 2011

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.



Monday, December 26, 2011

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.




Thriller : The Dissolution of the USSR.

Uploaded by RussiaToday on 26 Dec 2011 - "Four Proud Letters" is a short RT documentary film on the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago. It brings together a wide spectrum of opinions and analysis on why and how the Soviet Union came to an end in 1991. Produced and edited by Masha Charnay and Peter Lavelle.



Uploaded by NewsOnABC on 25 Dec 2011 Despite health care improvements Afghanistan remains one of the world's most dangerous countries for women to give birth.

Afghan child mortality rate remains high


Uploaded by NewsOnABC on 25 Dec 2011 - Despite health care improvements Afghanistan remains one of the world's most dangerous countries for women to give birth. 






Sunday, December 18, 2011

Soros - Georgia, Eritrea, Ethiopia & Human Rights Watch.

Uploaded by 108morris108 on 16 Dec 2011 | American Capitalists now fund foreign elections, Aid agencies and dictate their own immoral agenda on other countries.

Thomas C. Mountain is the only independent western journalist in the Horn of Africa, living and reporting from Eritrea since 2006.



Thursday, December 15, 2011

Palestine Pre-1947.


Uploaded by calista48 on 29 Oct 2007 - The old lie that palestine was dry desert waiting for a people is just that--a lie. This clip for all people to see the Beauty of the Palestinian People before they were ethnically cleansed and murdered and made into refugees by the State of Israel. 






Sunday, December 11, 2011

One world Government.


Uploaded by hjmanan on 28 Nov 2011 - ..the idea of one world government was mooted out? Whose bright idea was it? 





Saturday, December 10, 2011

Which country's debt is 1000% of GDP?

UK has to get out of UE, UK need "financial sovereignty" to handle their terrible economic state. Otherwise UK will be next to go down under?

Uploaded by RussiaToday on 9 Dec 2011 Watch the full Keiser Report E221 on Saturday. This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss central banks and governments 'saving the day' and hostage taking paper silver markets and gold for bonds in Japan. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Satyajit Das, author of Extreme Money, about the European debt crisis.



Britain and the rest of the EU poles apart.

Published on 9 Dec 2011 by Euronews - While not a total divorce the decision by Britain to go its own separate way clearly marks a fundamental split in the EU. If David Cameron was hoping for support from some of his fellow leaders to block the latest treaty pact, it was in short supply.



Divide widening between US rich, poor.

Uploaded by presstvmobile on 10 Dec 2011:





US Bill 1867 - Applied in Britain first?

UK used to list Iceland under their terrorist list during Iceland economic crisis and now listing their own citizens as terrorist during their own economic crisis?

Uploaded by RussiaToday on 9 Dec 2011 - Narco-terrorists, suicidal jihadists, and Occupy London? While few would see any connection between peaceful British activists protesting economic inequality and the world's most notorious terrorist groups, London police beg to differ.





Thursday, December 8, 2011

Japan finds radiation in baby formula.


Uploaded by cctvnewschannel on 7 Dec 2011 - The outcome of Japan's nuclear crisis is threatening the country's food security. One of Japan's biggest milk producers has announced the recall of 400,000 cans of baby milk powder after detecting radiation. Worries over the safety of food supplies have shaken the public since the March 11th earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant, spreading radiation over a large swathe of northern and eastern Japan. 



 Tests by Meiji showed that up to 30.8 becquerels of cesium was found per kilogramme of the powdered milk.The company said it did not know how many of the cans had reached consumers. 

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Dark side of America:

5,000 Arrested OWS:police are starting to defect to the other side

 Uploaded by MarlboroCollege on 18 Dec 2009 :





Police in Los Angeles have cleared one of the last and longest-standing 'Occupy' camps in the U.S, making 300 arrests in the process. These latest arrests bring the total across the whole 'Occupy' movement to almost 5,000, but now police are starting to defect to the other side. Our correspondent Marina Portnaya has been finding out why some people have been choosing to make history instead of making arrests. 

Monday, December 5, 2011

Pentagon acknowledges Iran downed U.S. stealth drone.

5 December 2011, 12:47 (GMT+04:00)
A U.S. surveillance drone that went missing last week in western Afghanistan appears to have crashed in Iran, in what may be the first case of such an aircraft ending up in the hands of an adversary, Washington Post reported.


Earlier it was reported, that Iran's Army shot down a remote-controlled reconnaissance drone operated by the US military in the eastern part of the country. Iran Army's electronic warfare unit successfully targeted the American-built RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft after it crossed into Iranian airspace over the border with neighboring Afghanistan. The RQ-170 is a stealth unmanned aircraft designed and developed by Lockheed Martin Company. The US military and the CIA use the drone to launch missile strikes in Afghanistan and in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.



On Thursday Iran's supreme leader warned Israel and the United States that Tehran's response will be tough should its archenemies choose a military strike against Iran over the country's controversial nuclear program.



U.S. officials acknowledged Sunday that a drone had been lost near the Iranian border, but they declined to say what kind of aircraft was missing.



The Iranian government has not released any pictures of the recovered aircraft, which they said was downed by defense forces after it flew across the border and into the country's airspace.



The unnamed Iranian military official said that "due to the clear border violation, the operational and electronic measures taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Armed Forces against invading aircraft will not remain limited to the Iran's borders."



U.S. officials cast doubt on this and other Iranian assertions. "We have no indication that it was brought down by hostile fire," said a senior Pentagon official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive surveillance activity.



If an RQ-170 drone crashed in Iran, it would mark a significant setback for the U.S. military. The United States has lost less-sophisticated unmanned aircraft in recent years over Iran, but a nearly intact RQ-170 could offer a potential windfall of useful intelligence for the Iranians and their allies.



The aircraft has special coatings and a batwing-like shape that is designed to evade detection by enemy radar. The aircraft could help the Iranians better understand the vulnerabilities of U.S. stealth technology and provide them with clues on how to spot other aircraft, U.S. officials said.



The U.S. military released a short statement later Sunday on the missing drone. "The [unmanned aerial vehicle] to which the Iranians are referring may be a U.S. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western Afghanistan late last week," it said. "The operators of the UAV lost control of the aircraft and had been working to determine its status."


Edited by: S. Isayev | original viewed here 

Bill S1867: passed, the American say they are livin' in a fascist regime?

Uploaded by sswemmer on 30 Nov 2011 | A sad, very sad day for Humanity by passing Bill S1867:



Senator Rand Paul told Judge Andrew Napolitano last night that Americans could be stripped of their rights and sent to Guantanamo Bay under the terms of the 'indefinite detention' provision of the National Defense Authorization Act set to be passed by the Senate this week. Appearing on Napolitano's Fox Business show, Paul said it perplexed him "how anyone could vote to send an American citizen who's been accused of a crime to a detention center in a foreign land without due process". 

EU celebrates 10th anniversary of the euro

Uploaded by EUXTV on 1 Dec 2011 - The European Union has produced this video to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the euro on the 1st of January 2012.