"A
people at war have become in the most literal sense obedient,
respectful, trustful children again, full of that naive faith in the
all-wisdom and all-power of the adult who takes care of them, imposes
his mild but necessary rule upon them and to whom they lose their
responsibility and anxieties. In this recrudescence of the child, there
is great comfort, and a certain influx of power. On most people the
strain of being an independent adult weighs heavily . . ."
- Randolph Bourne, The State
- Randolph Bourne, The State
"War
is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own
battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village,
stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like
wild beasts against each other."
- Thomas Carlyle
- Thomas Carlyle
"Not
only do . . . rulers keep many millions of men whose only trade is
war, but these must be supported in worse than useless idleness by the
labor of the poor. Still other millions are trained to war and are ever
ready to answer to their master's call, to desert their homes and
trades and offer up their lives to satisfy the vain ambitions of the
ruler of the state. Millions more must give their strength and lives to
build forts and ships, make guns and cannon and all the modern
implements of war. Apart from any moral question of the right of man to
slay his fellow man, all this great burden rests upon the poor. The
vast expense of war comes from the production of the land and must
serve to weaken and impair its industrial strength."
- Clarence Darrow, Resist Not Evil
- Clarence Darrow, Resist Not Evil
"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
- Albert Einstein (attributed)
- Albert Einstein (attributed)
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Posted: 13 Oct 2013 01:12 PM PDT
13 October 2013
- Many of us have it as a breakfast staple every day and don't give it a second thought.
But the humble peanut butter has the potential to save millions of lives every year.
Malnourished children could be saved from death just by eating a food source that is easily accessible and cheap.
Project Peanut Butter is aiming to save two million children by 2015.
According to pediatrician Dr Mark Manary it isn't just a pipe-dream. but a reality.
Posted: 13 Oct 2013 07:31 PM PDT
13 October 2013
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A novel device that uses only sunlight and waste-water to produce
hydrogen gas could provide a sustainable energy source while improving
the efficiency of waste-water treatment.
A research team at the
University of California, Santa Cruz, developed the solar-microbial
device, which combines a microbial fuel cell (MFC) and a type of solar
cell called a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC). In the MFC component,
bacteria degrade organic matter in the waste-water, generating
electricity in the process. The biologically generated electricity is
delivered to the PEC component to assist the solar-powered splitting of
water (electrolysis) that generates hydrogen and oxygen.
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