The Daily Populous

Friday March 16th, 2018 night edition

image for Britain is now threatening to seize Russian oligarchs' luxury real estate after ex-spy's poisoning

The Skripals, father and daughter, were found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury, and 12 days later they are still in critical condition at a hospital.

Britain blames the Kremlin for the brazen nerve agent attack.

On Thursday, the U.S., Germany, and France issued a rare joint statement condemning Russia for the attack, and on Friday, NATO and Australia said they stand with Britain, too.

Britain also signaled it might hit Russian President Vladimir Putin's loyal allies where it hurts: their luxury "Londongrad" real estate.

Wealthy Russians started moving money into Britain in the mid-1990s, using murky shell companies to invest tens of billions of dollars in multimillion-dollar London mansions and other assets, like soccer teams and newspapers, The New York Times reports.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggested Thursday that Britain might target Putin associates in a new anti-corruption drive. »

Ghanaian teacher now has computers to teach computer software

Authored by amp.cnn.com

People and organizations are donating desktop computers and laptops to his school.

And, as part of Microsoft's promise to offer him free training, Akoto was flown to Singapore to attend the annual Microsoft Educators Exchange.

Inspired by the teacher's story, NIIT Ghana, a computer training school based in Accra, donated five desktop computers to the school, along with books and a laptop for Akoto. »

In CSU lab, laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency

Authored by engr.source.colostate.edu
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Using a compact but powerful laser to heat arrays of ordered nanowires, CSU scientists and collaborators have demonstrated micro-scale nuclear fusion in the lab.

They have achieved record-setting efficiency for the generation of neutrons – chargeless sub-atomic particles resulting from the fusion process.

Their work is detailed in a paper published in Nature Communications, and is led by Jorge Rocca, University Distinguished Professor in electrical and computer engineering and physics. »

- LAO 1(3) Socrates on Technology

Authored by liberalarts.wabash.edu

In fact, Plato had a number of worries about what would happen when written texts began to dominate Greek education.

But of course, I only know about Socrates' opposition to books because Plato wrote it down in a book.

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