INNOVATION: Pass a “letter of marque” against Ahlam Tamimi and PNG all the Jordanian diplomats

Saturday, June 10, 2023

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/06/while-sbarro-bombing-mastermind-ahlam-tamimi-enjoys-jordans-protection-her-victim-dies-after-22-years-in-coma/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=while-sbarro-bombing-mastermind-ahlam-tamimi-enjoys-jordans-protection-her-victim-dies-after-22-years-in-coma

While Sbarro Bombing Mastermind Ahlam Tamimi Enjoys Jordan’s Protection, Her Victim Dies After 22 Years in Coma

  • Tamimi planned 2001 Jerusalem pizzeria bombing that killed 16 people, including 7 children and a pregnant woman. 

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal  —  Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 01:04pm

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While Ahlam Tamimi, the mastermind of the 2001 Jerusalem pizzeria bombing, enjoys legal protection in neighboring Jordan, her 16th victim — 53-year-old Chana Nachenberg — died in a Tel Aviv hospital after 22 years in a coma. New York-born Nachenberg was at the restaurant with her two-year-old daughter, who was also injured in the bombing.

Ahlam Tamimi, a Hamas terrorist of Jordanian nationality, received 16 consecutive life sentences from an Israeli court for orchestrating the suicide bombing. In 2011, She was released in exchange for an Israeli soldier held in Hamas captivity for five years.

According to Tamimi’s own admission, she chose the popular West Jerusalem restaurant because it was well-frequented by religious Jews. The suicide bomber, on Tamimi’s orders, blew himself up inside the Sbarro pizzeria. The blast initially killed 15 people, including seven children and a pregnant woman. More than 130 people were injured in the bombing.

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Tme to dust off the Constitution and have Congress pass a “letter of marque” against this individual.  Not that “we”, the USA would kill her, but we would ignore it.  From out Justice POV, it just was “justice delayed”.

While I am personally against the death penalty, sometimes it’s warranted.

And PNG (Persona Non Grata) ALL the Jordanian diplomats. 

Argh!

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

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Although privateering commissions and letters of marque were originally distinct legal concepts, such distinctions became purely technical by the 18th century.[19] Article I of the United States Constitution, for instance, states that “The Congress shall have Power To … grant Letters of marque and reprisal …”,[20] without separately addressing privateer commissions. 

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INNOVATION: Alweays beable to describe your exact location — what3words app

Thursday, March 23, 2023
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpUtCBpjtcW/?utm_campaign=w3w.Community%20biweekly%20newsletters
 
“This app saved my life” says rescued paddleboarder Rebekah She was struggling to describe her location somewhere off the coast of Virginia Beach when she remembered she had the what3words app.”
 
​FYI FWIW YMMV​
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INNOVATION: Another significat contribution to the public domain

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

https://news.mit.edu/2023/low-cost-device-can-measure-air-pollution-anywhere-0316?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

  • Open-source tool from MIT’s Senseable City Lab lets people check air quality, cheaply.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office
Publication Date: March 16, 2023 

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Air pollution is a major public health problem: The World Health Organization has estimated that it leads to over 4 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Still, it is not always extensively measured. But now an MIT research team is rolling out an open-source version of a low-cost, mobile pollution detector that could enable people to track air quality more widely.

The detector, called Flatburn, can be made by 3D printing or by ordering inexpensive parts. The researchers have now tested and calibrated it in relation to existing state-of-the-art machines, and are publicly releasing all the information about it — how to build it, use it, and interpret the data.

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“We” should have an award for people who make a discovery and make it free to use because of its great benefit.

It should be named for Frederick Banting (note below) for insulin or Volvo for the three point seat belt.

Maybe Volvo would sponsor it.

I’d nominate these folks from MIT for this invention and releasing it to the public domain.

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Note: When inventor Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1.

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INNOVATION: Why can’t air tags be put in a shoe?

Monday, March 6, 2023

I wonder when someone in the shoe business gets the bright idea to enable shoes for children and mentally disabled adults to have an Apple Air Tag or Tile Tracker to be inserted?  Then when someone goes missing, they can be quickly found.  Seems like an easy design change.  I was thinking about cutting the heel of a sneaker, hollowing out “cave”, putting an Air Tag in, and the epoxy the cut.  I was concerned that it might make the shoe uncomfortable.  I’m going to wait for him to outgrow his current pair and has a new pair ready to put into service. Then do a human factors test,  Laugh!

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Found an interesting report of doing this exact idea.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes/

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INNOVATION: Autonomous self-burying seed carriers for aerial seeding

Thursday, February 23, 2023

1440 Daily Digest <DailyDigest@email.join1440.com> 

> Engineers develop robotic wooden seed carriers that mimic self-burying seeds, enabling aerial seeding of hard-to-reach areas (More, w/video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykKyp8RbcEM

 2,639 views Premiered Feb 15, 2023

Nature. Issue Feb 16, 2023. Cover story.

Link to the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158…

Project page: https://www.morphingmatter.cs.cmu.edu…

Read the paper for free online: https://rdcu.be/c5HBn

Description:

Agriculture and reforestation: Bioinspired seed carrier improves on nature.

Aerial seeding is a crucial way to cover large and otherwise inaccessible areas, and can facilitate post-fire reforestation or wildland restoration. However, when a seed lies on the surface, it can be damaged by weather conditions or eaten by wildlife, resulting in low germination rates. Seeds of various grass species can self-bury, an ability that would be advantageous if applied to different seed types.

A new biodegradable seed carrier design inspired by the self-drilling behaviour of Erodium seeds is described in a paper in Nature. The seed carrier has a higher implantation success rate than that of Erodium seeds. This technology may improve the effectiveness of aerial seeding to address agricultural and environmental stresses in degraded regions.

Authors: Danli Luo, Aditi Maheshwari, Andreea Danielescu, Jiaqi Li, Yue Yang, Ye Tao, Lingyun Sun, Dinesh K. Patel, Guanyun Wang*, Shu Yang*, Teng Zhang*, Lining Yao*. 

Collaborative Institutes: 

  • Morphing Matter Lab, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University 
  • Syracuse University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Accenture Labs
  • Zhejiang University

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Wow, what feat of engineering.  Very impressive.  A six minute video is worth watching.  

How little we know and how little we exploit what is from of our eye.

Trees on Mars is a little farfetched, but for reforestation it seems unbelievable.

I see the list of Gooferment grants funding this and unlike most of the ridiculed one (like why do fish mate), this one seems like a real winner.

Guess that excuses at least 100 boondoggles.

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INNOVATION: Putting “nature” to use instead of chemicals

Saturday, July 30, 2022

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/snail-eating-ducks-protect-140-acres-of-south-african-vineyards-in-vergenoegd/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=26-07-2022

Duck alla Pest Control—This Horde of Ducks Have Been Protecting 140 Acres of Vineyards for a Half Century (WATCH)
By Andy Corbley – Jul 21, 2022

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An antique vineyard in South Africa has ditched toxic pesticides for a horde of hungry ducks, as they attempt to make their wines more sustainable.

In reality, Vergenoegd Löw, the wine estate outside Cape Town, South Africa, has been running ducks through their grape vines since the 1970s, but recently they’re trying to introduce this method of pest control to their industry allies.

The idea first came from east Asia where ducks are used to clear harmful invertebrates out of rice paddies, and it’s become so successful on the estate, that a quacking 1,600 ducks are used.

“I call our ducks the soldiers of our vineyards,” managing director Corius Visser told CNN. “They will eat aphids, they will eat snails, they will eat small worms; they keep (it) completely pest-free.”

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Now this is an idea that needs more publicity.  Like using goats in Riverside Park to trim brush and poison ivy.  Ot train crows to recycle aluminum cans.  I love when someone comes up with a way to harness “nature”.

I’d buy a bottle of their wine just to support the ducks.  

(Whom, by the way, are pretty funny in the video.  Who knew about flightless ducks?)

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INNOVATION: A “Farmers’ Market” is an example of a new business model

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

https://modernfarmer.com/2022/02/new-lebanon-farmers-market/

This Market Stepped Up to Feed a Town With No Grocery Store
FEB 13, 2022
Robin Catalano 

  • In upstate New York, New Lebanon Farmers’ Market is filling a need and honing a model for others to follow.

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When Josh Young took over management of the decade-old New Lebanon Farmers Market (NLFM) in rural upstate New York in 2020, he needed to think creatively to mitigate the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He didn’t anticipate those efforts would result in a new hybrid market model that would garner a major grant from the USDA, and serve as a fresh-fare blueprint for food deserts.

Like many Northeastern towns that prospered during the Industrial Era, New Lebanon declined when the passenger rail shuttered in the 1950s. The town’s only grocery store closed more than a dozen years ago. Residents had resigned themselves to the 10-plus-mile haul for shopping.

As the coronavirus rocked the supply chain, Josh Young, a freelance software engineer, and his sister, Eleanor Young, who runs a butchery and sausage-making business, took the NLFM virtual, with online ordering and weekly pickup and deliveries. It was an immediate hit. 

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The Youngs are confident the New Lebanon Farmers Market can serve as a model for food deserts across the country. “Anyone can do this,” says Josh. “You can start small, and grow it a little bit every week. The next person to bootstrap an effort like ours will be able to point to us as an example in order to solicit capital for an even larger market.”

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Now I am not keen on the term “food deserts”, but I’d like to patronize their NLFM.  I find that “food” today doesn’t taste the same as when I was a kid.  I remember the rolls from the bakery more like what Ben Franklin described than the “hockey pucks” we buy today. 

I’ve read posts after posts in the survivalist sites about how crops are “poorer” in nutritional value from Big Ag than home grown “victory gardens”.

Maybe our taste buds are detecting that and telling our primal brain to forage elsewhere.

Sigh!

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INNOVATION: imagine what da Vinci could invent today?

Monday, January 31, 2022

This drone flies using da Vinci’s 530-year-old helicopter design – CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/this-drone-flies-using-da-vincis-530-year-old-helicopter-design/#ftag=CAD590a51e

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INNOVATION: Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs

Monday, January 31, 2022

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/billionaire-mark-cuban-opens-online-pharmacy-affordable-generic-drugs/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=31-01-2022

Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs
By  Good News Network – Jan 26, 2022
 
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Mark Cuban has officially launched his newest venture—the online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs.

GNN previously reported on Cuban’s support for Texas radiologist Dr. Alex Oshymansky, who started a public benefit company to provide cheap pharmaceutical drugs.

The launch comes just weeks after the company’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) operation was established; both are efforts in the pursuit to help shield consumers from inflated drug prices.

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I’m trying it out.

https://costplusdrugs.com/

YMMV

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INNOVATION: Using YouTube for good

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

https://www.the-sun.com/news/4280850/scuba-diver-cold-case-missing-solved/

EXCLUSIVE News US News
DEEP DIVE I’m a scuba-diving sleuth and I help crack cold cases by searching for human remains and clues in water
Luke Kenton
8:25 ET, Dec 19 2021
Updated: 8:25 ET, Dec 19 2021

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A SCUBA diver who uses sonar equipment to solve cold cases has opened up to The Sun about how he may have cracked a 21-year-old missing persons case last month when he discovered a car in a Tennesee lake.

Jeremy Beau Sides, 42, who runs the YouTube channel Exploring with Nug, found a black 1988 Pontiac Grand Am during a dive in Sparta on November 30, with human remains inside that are yet to be identified.

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Seems to do it “ethically” by not raising false hopes and not getting involved other than notifying the proper authority.

Great that he can earn enough from YouTube to keep doing it.

Well done.

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