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In order to maintain the strict secrecy of the investigation, according to the authority, indeed The secrecy should have been lifted As it was in the public interest, the Federal Prosecutor's Office (FGR) refused the federal judge to hand over data from the Odebrecht investigation file and even filed a complaint against the said judge because he had requested it.
The prosecution's complaint, which the judges who reviewed it rejected as inadmissible, suspended the judicial protection lawsuit promoted by a civil organization so that they could be recognized as victims in the case, and both were allowed access to the search file, as well as the video of the sessions.
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Court documents that Political animal On August 11, the First Criminal Protection District Court acknowledged the preparation of the trial of Ambaru 375/2020 promoted by Tujeel: A Strategy Against Impunity.
Tujeel filed an appeal against the FGR's decision to refuse to acknowledge his victim status in the FED / SEIDF / CGI-CDMX / 0000117/2017 investigation file corresponding to the Odebrecht case, which said that the NGOs requested under the corruption thesis that the crimes of society are the aggrieved party, and civil society organizations are his representative.
In addition to this acknowledgment, the aforementioned organization requested FGR access to data from the investigation file and to audio and video recordings of the hearings, as well as compatible with the victims of the case. All this was denied by the attorney general's office
After reviewing the proposal, Federal Judge Sandra Letizia Robledo Magana considered that there was support for the opening of the judicial protection case and, where appropriate, requested the FGR for a report justifying the decision it made and the evidence of the case.
However, in his response, FGR Prosecutor, Christian Javier Jimenez Hernandez, reiterated his decision not to grant TOJIL recognition of the victim or access to any data from the Odebrecht case, but did not attach the data to the file. In response, the judge warned him against imposing a fine if he did not submit the case data.
In this context, the aforementioned public prosecutor on September 18 filed a complaint with a higher court against Judge Robledo Magagna, who accused him of acting "arbitrarily" by requesting information from the investigation file in an allegedly unjustified manner. He will be fined if he does not.
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The complaint submitted by the Office of the Prosecutor was referred to the Third Class Court in Criminal Matters of the First Circuit, which the three justices of the peace unanimously decided to dismiss as inadmissible. What was presented under the assumption that the judge's request did not harm the prosecution at all, let alone a warning of the fine if he did not comply.
However, despite the decision of the aforementioned court, the prosecution, with its appeal, was able to halt the progress of the Amparo trial promoted by the Togel Foundation, which continued without appeal until now.
The complaint against Judge Robledo Magana is the latest episode of the FGR's policy of not disclosing details of the investigation into bribes to officials paid by construction company Odebrecht, a case that had already been open for four years without a single ruling.
During this period, the Office of the Prosecutor resorted to many legal remedies available to it in order not to declassify the file, even when He ended up losing them, Which allowed him to prolong operations.
For example, for three years, the PGR and Today FGR have promoted four lawsuits with the goal of non-compliance with at least 13 INAI decisions in which they instructed the FGR to prepare a public copy of the case investigation file and hand over various data.
The judges rejected all of these rights, without exception, and in all of these cases, the USF submitted an appeal to the higher courts for review. The court's decisions agreed with INAI: The case should be declassified because it is in fact dangerous corruption.
However, without any legal justification, the Public Prosecutor's Office continues to refuse to disclose data related to the case or to prepare a public copy of it, a situation in which the authority has warned public prosecutors of the possibility of imposing a fine on them or even condemning them. To them with contempt.
Last week the Transparency Institute too Reversed FGR's decision not to launch the blog The doctor of the former director of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, was found to be suffering from various diseases and it was justified not to take him to prison after his extradition.
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A year of mystery and impunity
February 12th marks the year since the former Pemex manager, Emilio Lozoya, was arrested in Malaga, Spain, the country in which he was held and imprisoned for nearly five months until he was extradited to Mexico, where he was released on parole.
So far Lozoya is still unclear. Although FGR was able to connect it to the process through Crimes of money laundering and criminal assemblySo far, no formal charges have been brought against him to stand trial. Instead, he negotiated a possible pardon with Lozoya in exchange for his service as a witness to cooperate against other former officials of higher ranks or to commit more serious crimes.
Lozoya's collaboration has yet to lead to a tangible result. At the time, the FGR tried to go forward against former Treasury Secretary Luis Fedegaray, but the judge rejected the requested arrest warrant. At the end of January, the prosecutor's office asked the judge to hold a hearing to prosecute former Senator Jorge Laval Morey, who was also denounced by Lozoya, but Last minute canceled the charge.
The timeline prepared by TOJIL for the year that has elapsed after Lozoya was arrested shows not only a lack of results but also of transparency. For example, the preliminary hearing against a former Pemex manager is detailed without public or press access.
The organization notes that there are three protection cases against the judiciary's decisions not to allow access to the aforementioned sessions, or the Attorney General's office's refusal to hand over data.
"It is extremely worrying that none of the information has been accessed in this case. It is very strange that the issue that was in the public eye not only at the national level but also at the international level here was dealt with in the strictest confidence, especially by FGR. Tujeel Associate Advocate: "It is alarming that the judiciary has also followed the same line of keeping everything in the dark."
The lawyer insisted that publicity and scrutiny of citizens were crucial elements in other countries such as Brazil and Peru for cases to reach a judicial solution. "Because of the sad record that we have in Mexico of corruption and mismanagement, citizen control that can avoid this kind of bad outcome is especially important," he concluded.
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From 1911 until his death in 1965, Cecil Arthur Hunt lived at Mallord House, on the corner of Mallord Street and Old Church Street, Chelsea, London. It was designed for him by the architect, Ralph Knott, who was later responsible for County Hall. Remaining there throughout the war, he drew bomb damaged buildings in his neighbourhood. Always attracted to the drama and pathos of a subject, he added bomb ruins to the list of distinctive manmade structures that he recorded – including slag heaps and quarries, bridges and castles – which paralleled his beloved mountains.
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Mr Needham's visit linked in with work the group have been doing with Mr Kelly, Head of Computer Science, on database development.
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Welcome to the Clean Power Hour. On today's show, we are joined by Paul Charles, CEO of American Battery Factory. American Battery Factory is developing a network of 'safe' lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell giga-factories in the United States to fuel stationary storage and EV batteries. They are building their flagship gigafactory in Tucson, AZ. ABF's goal is developing a domestic battery manufacturing ecosystem that is key to making energy independence and renewable energy a reality for the United States.
Paul Charles is an international serial entrepreneur, inventor of globally commercialized technology and an experienced senior executive focused on technology and energy. Charles has structured multiple companies, investment entities and funds and co-created an energy company dealing with PEMEX and CFE. In addition, he founded one of the first portable computing peripheral companies based in Silicon Valley, Arizona and Switzerland while he developed, patented and brought to market the first universal docking station for portable computers and created the first external bay replication products and commercialized them with IBM globally.
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There's a lot to like about the energy transition, we have the technology, we just need to deploy, deploy, deploy. But the battery industry is one of the more problematic ones. Most of the battery cells made in the world today come from China. And I have nothing against China, China is an amazing country. But there is potential for conflict between the US and China when it comes to many things, including Taiwan, which itself produces 70% of the integrated circuits in the world. So we need to make batteries here at home. And my guest today, American battery factory, has a wonderful story to tell. They have their roots in Utah, that are now establishing themselves in Tucson with the Gigafactory and global headquarters. And they are lining up the lithium supply chain, they are lining up the labour force and workforce development is front and centre for them. They're using some very unique construction methodology, which you'll have to listen to the interview to hear all Charles discuss. And it's just a it's a true blue American company. So this is a real treat to bring you American battery factory. Its heady days in the clean energy transition, but we need a lot more batteries. I'm Tim Montague, welcome to the Clean Power Hour, check out all of our content at clean power hour.com, please give us a rating and a review on Apple and Spotify so that others can find this content. Today on the Clean Power Hour American battery factory. My guest is Paul Charles, the CEO. Welcome to the show.
Paul Charles : 1:49
Thank you very much. So I'm looking forward to having an active, interesting conversation here.
I love the name. And I know that's partly because of the name of the town where you are founded. But you know, we do need more batteries made in America. And of course, the the IRA the inflation Reduction Act is breathing new wind into American manufacturing here in the winter of 2022. And there's there's, you know, I think over a dozen battery factories now slated to come to the US and you have some recent news as well about a factory you're building. But give us a little background on yourself, Paul and how you got involved with ABF.
Great, I certainly appreciate the opportunity today here. For the last 30 years I've been commercialising technologies on a global basis here of some of which have developed myself and others been fortunate enough to be with very, very smart scientists and inventors and companies with that. But there's been a constant thread of energy focus throughout this. Early in my career, I started the company based out of Switzerland as well as out of the US Silicon Valley and in Scottsdale, in which we made assessories peripherals for many of the laptop manufacturers on a global basis. Everything from battery chargers to auto adapters to docking technologies on that. And it was really an incredible experience to say the least, started off with my son's bedroom and from there grew that over 11 years and had a an exit with that. And then from there just did some interesting projects as well to the power side that ended up going into Mexico and having opportunities to work with Pemex and CFE. The state owned enterprises on that. And then after that had an opportunity to move from Scottsdale, Arizona up here to Utah and helped put together a stealth nanotechnology entity in which we figured out how to take greenhouse gate gases and convert those into selectable nanocarbon. Specific specifically carbon nanotubes, along with carbon black, and the only byproduct being distilled water. After doing that for quite a few years, and being able to get to the pilot stage with that, then exited from that and was introduced to a company here in Utah called lion energy and lion is a is really an interesting company. They're one of the fastest growing companies here in Utah. And they've spent about a decade providing product into the marketplace when I say product, they're their focus is energy storage products. They design and test everything here in Utah. However, like the rest of the industry, they manufacture in China because China has the infrastructure they have the understanding of how to to build these things in volume. They realised a few years ago that it was kind of important to see Prior to onshore This is pre pandemic, by the way, but they were missing one one important thing. And that thing was a battery cell. And I was introduced to them, and they told me what the revision was. And I thought this was this is really great, this is something we absolutely need to do. But the challenge for them is to be able to have a US manufacturing source for cells, which are made specifically to last a long time with a safe chemistry and some other attributes with that. And so after understanding that, went away, and did some due diligence, and came back and actually put together a proposal for them, and that was really the genesis of American battery factory. And so there's a few things I want to make sure it's rather clear on that is, American battery factory is a separate entity from Lyon energy. And our goal and focus is really to enable energy independence in America, but also to enable that around the world. Lyon energy has signed our first offtake agreement with America battery factory for 18 gigawatts, over a five year timeframe. And it's really been wonderful because it's not often you have a customer that is literally incubating the source of a key component in their product that they're taking into the marketplace. So we've had full access to you know, a couple 100 employees say heavy on the engineering side of that, and it's really been a wonderful experience. With that.
I'll, I'll interject that. I am familiar with Lyon because I bought several of their batteries for my RV a couple years ago. And I really enjoyed their customer service. And they have quite a community of followers here in the US. So just that was a very good experience, solid product, lithium iron phosphate is what we're talking about in and I know, that's the focus of ABF, as well as lithium iron phosphate, differentiate lithium iron phosphate, if you would, that chemistry from, you know, some of the competing technologies that are used in both stationary and portable or, you know, electric vehicles,
be more than happy to in terms of lithium, there's, there certainly needs to be a lot of education in the marketplace across a broad spectrum of folks that use the term but a lithium ion battery is a very broad umbrella. And there's multiple chemistries, many chemistries with within that, within that reference point, I just for simplicity's sake, I tried to essentially put them into two different buckets. One is a lithium chemistry that requires a lot of power, essentially, on the Eevee side, you want to be able to move your, your Eevee from zero to 60 fairly quickly within seconds. And so energy, and the power side of that is very important. So the energy density associated with that key components is important. And so on the lithium side of chemistry that deals mainly with EVs, they have cobalt and nickel. And that allows them to really have a wonderful amount of power. But there's also pros and cons associated with that, which I'll talk about in a moment here. The The other aspect of lithium batteries is really more along the side of the energy component, and energy capability. And that's where we're focusing with lithium iron phosphate. So the bucket that we are mainly focused in does not use cobalt, it does not use nickel. And why is that important? And how are these differences? Safety is really the key aspect for us. And with lithium iron phosphate, or short we just call it L F. P is is one of the safest chemistries out there. It actually was invented in the US a couple decades ago. They did that in conjunction with Asahi Casaya, which is a large Japanese multinational as well, that this is a chemistry that's had a lot of testing associated with it. It's very difficult for it to catch on fire to have what we call an industry thermal event. And if it does, conventional ways of putting out a fire worked quite well on that for fire suppression. If we can talk briefly about the Eevee side, the more power related cells that allow you to move very quickly with a with an Eevee. The cobalt and nickel are problematic. Russia has somewhere between 10 and 20% of the global supply of nickel, and that in and of itself causes issues in the supply chain. But let's talk specifically about cobalt. Cobalt is a an incredibly energy dense material that provides wonderful attributes in terms of really being able to move your Eevee along quickly. But the supply chain is challenged as a nice way to put it. Most of it comes out of Africa out of the Congo. And it's, there's about a quarter million people involved with that whole process there. And it's really kind of a slave labour environment with that, about 10% of that are actually children. And so I know that they're trying to bring other sources online with that. But fortunately, we do not have to use cobalt, we do not have to use nickel. We simply use lithium, and phosphates and some carbon or some iron. So it's essentially fertiliser with similar Thea mix stems. So it's a lot easier in terms of supply chain to be able to source this.
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Now in terms of the performance of cobalt, or nickel, cobalt versus LFP, is there a delta? Are you able to tune that LFP chemistry to give you equivalent power?
Paul Charles : 11:03
Great question with that, I'm LFP. The the key differences between LFP and the cobalt and nickel lithium chemistries. As I said, a safety The other aspect is longevity or cycle life. Typically, with LFP, you're gonna get multiple times two and three times the cycle life, our chemistry and our cells are really geared to last 20 to 30 years, versus most Evie batteries are in the eight to 10 year timeframe with that. So cycle life is extremely important to be able to do that LFP does not have the same energy density associated with that. But the three areas in which we're focused is obviously energy storage, both of the residential, the commercial, as well as the grid level. The second area of focus is electric vehicles that are have specific applications. And what I mean by specific applications, buses, trucks, mining equipment, vehicles that typically are industrial commercially focused, and want to last a very long time, weights typically not an issue for them. And safety is a big, big deal for them as well. And the third area that we're focused is military and government needs. We're in the midst of moving our entire supply chain to the US and North America. Also, the the key founders are all US citizens as well. This is homegrown technology that's been enhanced and augmented with consultants literally from around the world.
Well, I love it that, you know, you've, you've got a storage product that seems to have many applications, I love the national security as aspects of this, you know, renewable energy and energy storage are huge national security issues in general. Because China is going after it very hard. And, and they are the, you know, the gorilla in the room in terms of manufacturing power, you know, upwards of 70% of storage products are coming out of China and Asia. And, you know, let's face it, the grid needs so much more storage. I don't I don't have that number on the tip of my tongue. But it is massive. And you know, we clearly have the solar and wind, and now energy storage technology to completely green the grid and green transportation and then electrify transportation. And we're gonna electrify heavy industry. It's just a matter of how quickly we can deploy, deploy, deploy. And so let's talk a little bit about supply chain and how is it that you're gonna get your grubby hands on enough lithium and other materials that go into these batteries?
Yes, and that is a massive challenge. If you don't mind, I'd like to give a little background on the grid side. And then we can certainly go into the supply chain. But the estimated need within the US by the end of this decade is about 6000 gigawatts of energy storage. So six Terra Terra, terawatts of power. That is a tremendous amount of energy storage that's necessary on this and and the percentages? You're correct. It's over 70% of all lithium cells are currently manufactured in China. If we look at specifically towards LFP, lithium iron phosphate, it's over 90%. And it's there's very, very little production of LFP cells outside of China. And then the US it's simply, it's not really been scaled to volume. We expect to be the largest supplier of LFP prismatic cells actually in the US US. So in terms of the supply chain, it's definitely challenging. Fortunately, we've only had a couple dozen or so components that go into ourselves. And we're happy we're not building the car, because it would be much more challenging than in terms of lithium and iron and phosphates, iron plentiful in the US and North America, phosphates also need to be able to have increased volume production in North America. And that's it's on its way with that the lithium side is definitely a challenge. I've had a chance to go out and look at different locations around the world. Here in the US, I had a chance to go to factor Pass, which is will be announced, I believe to be the largest supply or reserve of lithium globally. And it's on the border of Oregon and Nevada, about three hours from civilization. And I had a chance to spend a whole day there with a PhD that literally had written or dissertation on that particular area. And what I can say to that, it's it's really kind of amazing on that other parts and pieces from the environmental perspective came together 60 million years ago. And the way this has been approached has been very environmentally conscientious from that perspective, as they've also included the native tribes in the area, they've been very aware of the water usage. In fact, they purchased a farm that was in the in the area, so they can actually have a water capability and water rights. So the net effect is that there's no additional usage of water, I listened to an NPR segment on this literally when I was flying back. And, and it was really interesting, because so much of the information simply wasn't accurate. And I was very impressed with the way in which they have gone about really taking it to the next level in terms of making sure that we're doing this safely, soundly and with good stewardship towards the land, as well as the people in the area. So that's one area in which there's, there will be lithium, and as a scale that up. There's multiple other areas from the Salton Sea in which they have Brian, they are extracting lithium, and from my mind locations as well, as well as hard rock, the US has lithium, the challenges is that they haven't been able to scale it up as quickly as necessary. And I certainly hope that that's something that will indeed be able to be scaled very quickly. Other areas in the world have had a jump on this. As I said, you know, China has been making these battery making batteries for a couple of decades, and they've been able to put together a supply chain. That is pretty remarkable. Australia is a key source of lithium along with the Golden Triangle in South America, where you have Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. And that's where the bulk of the current sourcing on lithium is coming forth. I am a big believer in supply and demand in terms of motivation. As the demand for lithium has accelerated, the exploration and the processing has also increased. The challenge we have in the US is that we have environmental regulations, which makes it quite challenging in order to do this. We also have an environment in which anybody can sue anybody for anything. And it was it's been interesting to see really what business some of these companies that are in the business of supposedly providing lithium in the marketplace. I asked one of the CEOs, you know, how much time do you spend, you know, relative to dealing with litigation versus actually extracting the product. And he showed me page after page after page of of lawsuits that they've had to deal with in the last dozen years. So I really hope that this is an area in which we can move forward with a couple of weeks ago, I was in Detroit chairing a conference on supply, a supply chain and Director of Energy was was there that dealt specifically with the sector. So and that's one of the conversations that we're able to have at the conference on that and they're, they're aware of the challenges and they're trying to make it easier, but making sure that all the parties are properly represented at the table.
Hey everybody, thanks for listening to the Clean Power Hour or viewing it on YouTube. We do have a great YouTube channel. If you're not subscribed, please go to clean power dot group and hit that YouTube icon and subscribe to our channel. Of course you can find all of our content on your favourite audio platform as well. Also, please give us a rating and review back to the show. So when you think about scaling, lithium iron phosphate cell production here in the US, and we should note that you have recently announced a factory that is going to get developed in Tucson, Arizona, a photo of that is behind you. Tell us a little bit about that project. And, you know, what are the things that are keeping you up at night? It sounds like you're you're working out the lithium supply chain, crossing fingers for that. And but tell us about Tucson and what are your plans for scaling?
Absolutely, just quick, additional comments in the supply chain aspect of this is that we have what we need in America and in North America, Canada is coming on. Mexico has incredible resources on that. We simply haven't scaled to the volumes that we need to have. And the numbers and the projections that I've seen, it's, we're going to be in deficit positions. For for the, for the next several years on that. But I I'm a big believer in the innovation of people here in this country. If there's a need, if there's a demand, the ability to adapt and create new technology, which will allow us to bring what's necessary into the marketplace, is something that is always been a part of the the American perspective and dealing with a lot of inventors over the last 30 years, it's we just need to be a tune insensitive and support those that that have ideas that may be a little bit different. But let's, let's see about that and how we can scale that. So relative to our announcement last week, and this has been a long time in coming, the journey has been literally about a year, looking for a location in which we could have our headquarters and be able to grow out from there. First, I want to make sure it's really clear in terms of our perspective of what American battery factory is doing. We've we've had a chance to really understand how the rest of the world is standing up their factories. And we're taking a distinctly American approach to this, we've reviewed every aspect of the manufacturing aspect, including the supply chain, with this and American battery factories. Implementation Plan is to actually set up a network of decentralised factories that are using rapid construction. So we're starting with this first location to sign of which I'll explain a little bit more in a moment here. But we will be expanding out across the US across North America. And across the world. The idea and concept is quite unique. And it's really been embraced, we've had multiple countries fly in and meet with us, because they want to be a part of something that's, that makes sense. And it also takes into effect. So many aspects of being able to produce a product that that sensitive to the local area. So in terms of Tucson, Arizona, we started, like I said about a year ago, looking at states all across the US here, we we've got an extensive criteria and scoring list of which we try to stay true to that. But but also we're open for additional ways in which to evaluate sites, we then move that down to about 12 states and did additional due diligence on on the opportunities to work within those states. And and then from there, we went to two states. And ultimately, was really Arizona that one out. They were one of the very first states that gave us a proposal, literally I think it was in January of this year. And that proposal really kind of turned out to be the standard by which all of their states were really compared to they referring to to Arizona really understand the need and the process by which an ecosystem and supply chain can be put together. There's a lot of companies in the electrification space that have found found a home in Arizona and we clearly understand why on that. Once once we were able to narrow it down to Arizona per se. We then looked at state sites all over the all over from north to central down down to south. And at the end of the day, it was really the people to be able to sit down with the mayor of Tucson and to be able to understand and see her vision to be able to talk with the local utilities, the educational institutions that were there, along with the economic development people there it was, it was refreshing. It was wonderful. And it was really kind of interesting how two sided almost been overlooked because so much of the focus is on the Phoenix Valley. Right? It's 100 miles from east to west. Lots of activity up there. Tucson is about an hour a half, two hour drive south of there. And what we found is a lot of the companies that are stationed in position and Phoenix are starting to put their r&d centres, their test tracks an hour south of there. So just on the way to Tucson, as we looked at locations in Tucson, specifically, we were able to find a great area, it's 267 acres right next to the airport. And it's part of a large Aerospace Research Park, that they've been developing and bringing online here for a decade, to be able to walk to a site that very needed very little changes in terms of the typography itself. But to have most of the utilities stubbed, right there was was pretty refreshing to say the least. And to have the and to have the local utility TDP step up and say, we will make sure that you have power. And that's one of the biggest challenges that we find in the US is fine finding sufficient power to run these factories, it is it's a lot of power, you can run a smaller city, off the power that we need in order to actually fabricate the cells. And unless you've planned ahead, you're not just going to pick up, you know, the ability to order transformers and substations and things of that nature. They're years out in terms of component tree. So to be able to have a location that really had had the foresight to be able to prepare the location for a company like ours was was wonderful. Let me talk specifically about what will be in Tucson, this will be our global headquarters, from which we really will be inviting the world to come and see how you can manufacture in a clean and green environment using rapid construction. We'll also have an r&d centre there with a fairly good number of PhDs and technical people, we also will be adding what we call our foundry. And our foundry is gigawatt level machinery that allows us to take a technology that works really, really well in the laboratory at the bench level. But it simply hasn't had the chance to scale. And that's something that's not available currently in North America, essentially, you really have to go to China for that. And from a national security issue, that in a funding issue that really isn't an option for technology that's been funded by the US government. And so our foundry will be a really, from our perspective, a national resource that will allow us to take technology and scale it up, some of this is going to work and some of it's not going to work. But to have the ability to make sure it's going to work in a giga factory before you put it in as a unique aspect. And that's another comment that I'd like to make on that that there's wonderful, wonderful technology that that's here that's been here for years, that simply is not being used in Giga factories, because not many people are going to shut a giga factory down, introduce something new, and in the hopes of making sure that it works. The Foundry will allow us to do that. And then the last thing I'd like to talk about, obviously, is the giga factory itself. We're doing this in a pod, or a modular approach. And we're using a rapid construction technology with a structure that's called tension membrane. Each of these pods or modules will be producing between three and five gigawatts of annualised production. Early on when I talked about decentralised, manufacturing location, we're serious about that, what you typically see in these large Giga factories or large monolithic facilities that can literally take 1000s of acres, and some of them are 10,000 or more workers, and they need massive amounts of power. So when you add all those characteristics that they're looking for up, we're talking about a rural environment. There's not many places in the US or frankly, in the world, that have the workforce available, and the power available in these rural environments. So rather than doing that, and literally it can, it can really change the nature of the announcement of such a large monolithic giga factory from something that's wonderful. Billions of dollars, you know, wonderful announcement to the reality of how do they find the workforce are they ended up you know, poaching from from 711, and from local businesses. It goes from a wonderful situation to, you know, this isn't really great for the local businesses. So our perspective is to understand what the resources in an area are first, and then scale this accordingly. We use incredibly automated and robotic equipment, and we believe will be the most automated, truly automated cell factory in the world because the US technology that we will be using, but we're only we're able to scale our factories from 300 people to 1000 people and that allows us to be able to produce anywhere from three to 16 gigawatts on an annualised basis, let me pause for a moment because I'm sure you have questions.
Well, you know, this, this makes me think about Tesla and their emphasis on building the machine that makes the machine and so you know, I love it, that you're you're hardcore about an efficient construction methodology and building a factory with components as much as possible that are coming from the US, when you compare yourself to what Tesla is doing. How do you compare in terms of your ability to scale to volume because because obviously, six terawatts is a lot of batteries. And and we need to be producing, you know, hundreds and hundreds of gigawatts per year. How do you how do you see that?
Yeah, and by the way, Tesla has really been, they've been amazing. I mean, frankly, they, they coined the phrase, giga, giga factory, right, they did not even trademark it, but they did trademark Giga beer. Anyway, that's a whole nother conversation. But that there's so much to learn from from Tesla, and incredibly appreciative of the of the vision and, and how they've actually been able to execute on that. The tension membrane structure that's behind me here. I actually discovered that about eight, almost nine years ago. Now, a Tesla has used the same tension brain membrane technology in their Fremont facility when they stood up, what was 137,000 square feet or so in 19 days. So it's it's been used in the manufacturing space, but nobody's ever used it in the in the battery space before. And some of the interesting attributes on that is that it's the the structure itself, that's as, as you've pointed out, the virtuals behind me here, can literally be fabricated in North America, 500,000 square foot building in 10 weeks, and then it can be shipped down and shipping containers and stood up in about 10 weeks. It's seismic rated 180 mile an hour sustained winds. It's LEED certified, there's essentially no waste at the site, and it's airtight. And it's about 30% cheaper than traditional construction. One of the challenges that other gigafactories have is a lead time on an I beam, recently, I was told was 53 weeks, so it takes a long time to stand factory's up. So utilising existing technology. But applying it in cell manufacturing allows us to be able to stand up our factories very, very quickly. And being attune to enhancements and other technologies. And being open to being able to implement these is super important to us. In terms of scaling. The first pod that we have here, we believe that we will be able to be in production in 2020. For the later half. We've also been able to put together a global, a multinational team of the best of the industry in each of their sectors. So far, we've announced the site Casaya. As I mentioned earlier, they literally were one of the companies that invented the lithium ion battery. They're also a supplier of a key ingredient with that. And that relationship has been absolutely wonderful. They've opened doors and allowed us to, to really understand the technologies that are out there. We've also had a strategic partnership with the largest supplier of synthetic graphite here in North America, we'll be announcing strategic partnerships with a very large multinational, that will be working on our supply chain to make sure that all our factories have sufficient levels of raw componentry. We will be announcing also a strategic partnership tenure teaming agreement with one of the best automation companies on the face of this planet here. And, and a couple other companies of that nature, particularly an EPC company that has done projects in virtually every country around the world. So it basically got out and tried to find the best in each of these sectors, pull it together focus on North America initially, and then from there, we'll grow it out. This first location in Tucson will truly be a template, every single bolt. The torque factors on those and every aspect of standing this thing up will be documented. So when the next factory and factories are announced, they'll go up quite quickly, essentially a factory in a box five to 600. Shipping Containers show up, the structure comes out the equipment that fabricates itself comes out. And we're able to stand these things up very, very quickly we can do the calibration and commissioning because of the incredible level of automation. It will really be a new standard by which factories can step be stood up very, very quickly. And so in terms of being able to reach that need in that demand, all's I can say is after we do this first one here and learn that things that we don't know right now. We will then move very, very quickly in North America and around the world to stamp these Stanley's factories up.
And so tell us about the the five year plan and you know, how many gigawatt or gigawatt hours of production Do you see ABF reaching in the next five years?
That's, that's also a wonderful question on that, what I what I can refer to is, as the public information that we've provided in Arizona, over the next five years will grow from three to 16 gig at this site. That's what we've said publicly based upon demand and available resources as well, we've got plenty of room to expand at this 267 acre campus, we also have been approached in and we'll be accepting proposals for colocation partners on this and what I mean by that is, we just make the cells, we then provide those to system integrators and pack integrators, they actually turn ourselves into something of value that you can buy at Costco, or you can, or the grid can buy a 40 foot shipping container that that's that's ready to go. And that's done with the groups that are able to take ourselves essentially like Legos, put them together, put battery management systems, automated cooling systems, heating systems on that, and have a product that you can put into your house or in your business or at the at the grid level on that. So we've got a couple of companies that have already requested to co locate with us. That's why we have additional property on that, we also hope to have additional manufacturing, that's further upstream, where the processing is actually will be occurring. And whether it's the cathode material, or whether it's, you know, certain components that go into the cells, we want to have a complete, viable ecosystem that's rather broad based at at our particular location with that, and we really think that that's, it's a good model in order to grow and to move forward with not just here in the US, but other locations around the world, of which we will eventually help to create regionalized and potentially country, sovereign specific supply chains relative to
this, and what can you say about customers,
the need and the demand far outstrips the supply, we, we want to make sure that we allocate our production based upon those companies that we really believe are serving the, the right, the right area, the right focus, and, and very much have a perspective of stewardship to the workforce along to the along with the environment. As we've just talked about here, the demand is actually rather massive. There is very few entities in North America, frankly, outside of China, that are really focused on using lithium iron phosphate in a prismatic Canna most of them are using a different form factor pouches is a common form factor on that or a cylindrical. But to be able to use a large Aluminium can, there's actually a lot of technology that goes into that. And when you have a cell that's built to last 20 to 30 years to have a chemical reaction that occurs within a enclosure, you want to have that thing as strong as strong as possible with that. So in terms of where we where we believe that the volume will go. As I said, as soon as we do have this first plant up and running and things are going well, we will be expanding out very quickly. And really it will be dependent upon what the workforce environment and the power capability in a particular area is. In terms of workforce, we've we've partnered up with a local community college that has put together the centre Centres of Excellence. In Tucson, for instance, in the next few months here, there'll be completing an advanced manufacturing centre that will be training our employees, you couldn't write the game plan any better than this beautiful state of the art facility. We'll be working in conjunction with them to create a syllabus to train them. And so as they come out of that programme, and these are many programmes that lasts for a few months, they then are able to go directly on onto the line, as well as into other areas within our factory itself. I do want to mention too, that we have an apprenticeship programme that we're continuing to expand that literally starts at the high school and goes all the way through PhD programmes. So we're big believers in making sure there's hands on opportunity for those students that would like to be able to do more than just read something out of the book or, or or look at a video will I actually be able to be in a state of the art facility, whether it's r&d, or whether it's controlling these, these robots and automated vehicles, it's going to be a pretty cool situation with that. So to net it all up, we will move as quickly as we possibly can. And we're trying to address every single issue that we're aware of on the supply chain in order to mitigate those and to increase the volume and the quality of those particular items.
I'm glad you mentioned workforce, and we'd like to be a conduit here at the Clean Power Hour. So reach out to us if you're looking for a connection in the clean energy transition. We love to make introductions for our listeners. Please check out all of our content at clean power hour.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel there just click on that YouTube icon and give us a rating and a review on Apple and Spotify that helps others find this content and helps us speed the energy transition which is our mission here at the Clean Power Hour. I want to thank Paul Charles for joining me today. Wonderful news about homemade lithium iron phosphate batteries here in America. We wish you the best, Paul and how can our listeners find you
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January 30 2008: 6:37 PM EST
Howard Schultz is the latest in a long line of CEOs and chief execs who just can't seem to stay away
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Starbucks ratcheted down the number of new stores it plans to open this year and said it would close some U.S. locations as it reported a 2% rise in fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday.
The company said it's slowing the pace of store growth worldwide by 350 to 2,150 stores for fiscal 2008, down from a reduced target of 2,500 earlier in the month. That includes closing about 100 underperforming stores in the U.S. and opening about 75 new stores abroad.
Analysts said the moves will help increase revenue at other existing locations. "I expect that store closings will definitely correct slowing same-store sales" said, Matt Difrisco, an analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners.
Same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least one year, rose 1% during the quarter.
Starbucks opened 745 new stores worldwide in the quarter, bringing its total store count to 15,756. By next year, the company said that for the first time, it hopes to open more stores abroad than domestically.
The company also said it expects low double-digit earnings-per-share growth in fiscal 2008, which would be lower than its previous guidance of $1.02 to $1.08 per share, due to product changes, high dairy costs, and continued economic weakness.
Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) also said net income climbed to $208 million, or 28 cents per share during its fiscal first quarter. Revenue rose 17% to $2.77 billion, from $2.36 billion in the same period last year.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected the Seattle, Wash.-based retailer to earn 27 cents per share on revenue of $2.77 billion.
The growth slowdown comes amid a transition period for the company. Howard Schultz, Starbucks' founder and chief executive from 1987 to 2000, returned to replaced Jim Donald as CEO in early January.
Though earnings beat expectations, Schultz acknowledged the company's shortcomings. "We are absolutely not satisfied with our performance during this period," he said in a conference call with analysts. "These results clearly show we have work to do."
Shares of Starbucks have fallen 44% from a 52-week high in February 2006 as the company faced cheaper competition from McDonald's (MCD, Fortune 500) and privately-held Dunkin' Donuts.
"Over the coming months, our management team will focus on building a long-term model to realize our transformation agenda, and drive long-term shareholder value," Schultz said in the earnings statement and added that he believes these changes will result in sustainable growth starting in 2009.
In the call, Schultz was hesitant to reveal many details about Starbucks' transformation plan until its annual shareholders meeting in mid-March, but he did mention a previously announced test-run of $1 "short" cups of coffee.
Shares of Starbucks fell almost 2% to $18.90 in after-hours trading.
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Visitors at the at the Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2018.
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Cultural enthusiasts from 80 countries meet in UAE Capital
More than 400 artists, media experts, musicians and cultural enthusiasts from 80 countries, united under one roof at the Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2018 on Monday.
The Culture Summit is the world's first high-level summit, which aims to bring industry leaders from the art world to look at ways in which culture can build bridges and raise awareness among societies, as well as promote unity and acceptance.
"Each and every one of you plays an influential role in driving change towards a greater understanding of what we can all achieve through culture, and be advocates for the role of art, creativity, education, and technology in empowering cultural understanding," said Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman, Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCTA).
Al Mubarak pointed out that throughout history, art has been a contributing and fundamental factor that brings together people from all walks of life.
"We strongly believe that culture can bring people together through dialogue, exchange of ideas, and simply though tolerance and acceptance despite our differences."
He stressed that the key to the power of culture is education. "We have seen what cultural dialogue can accomplish through Louvre Abu Dhabi, and we will continue our dialogue and be leaders in utilising this cultural agency and catalyse positive change in the world."
Al Mubarak noted that the UAE Capital has blossomed into the hub of multi-culture and art, and is welcoming people from across the world, to witness its awe-inspiring artistic journey.
"Culture is the agent for change, empowerment, tolerance and acceptance, and Abu Dhabi has proven to be a global centre that brings together thought leaders from all over the world, to continue an important dialogue about what we can collectively achieve through the power of culture."
Sara bin Safwan, researcher for Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, who also curated an art exhibition at this year's Culture Summit, told Khaleej Times that artworks are not merely objects to be looked at and enjoyed by viewers, as they should also promote positive change in societies.
"That's why this summit is really important, because it helps bridge different cultures together and different ideas together."
"Hopefully, during this period of time, the networking involved will help people go on to create future collaborations, which is crucial when it comes to developing our art and culture landscape here in the UAE," she added.
Emirati artists make a mark
The 24-year-old Emirati, along with Shaima Al Qasimi, created an interesting exhibition at the summit, titled 'This Time in This Place,' which presents five Emirati artists from different generations that are looking at how humans try to mark their time in history and how one tries to create his or her own legacy.
"The artists at the Culture Summit are really responding well to these works - they are looking at how we are looking at the future."
She pointed out that she hopes to witness more independent Emirati artists emerging in the scene, as the time is ripe for art-lovers and enthusiasts to develop and share distinctive works of art.
Emirati artist and student, Sara Al Meheri, exhibited some of her unique artworks at this year's summit.
Al Meheri said that she likes to work with textile art, and uses rough materials, including glass and paper. She stressed that her works aim to bridge between the English and Arabic languages, through her use of texts.
"These works question culture, they questions art and how art culture will evolve in the future," added the 19-year-old New York University Abu Dhabi student.
jasmine@khaleejtimes.com
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* To the end -- which came, unexpectedly, in a 79-72 loss to Weber State Friday in the Southeast Regional in Tallahassee, Fla. -- Jud Heathcote's coaching career at Michigan State has been one of making sure things were done correctly.
Just ask Greg Kelser, who played with Magic Johnson on Heathcote's 1979 NCAA champion Spartans. Kelser remembered a snowstorm-delayed flight home from a tournament in 1978, and Heathcote's frustration that the team's luggage was not being processed quickly enough in Detroit.
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"But our luggage came out quickly after that."
Heathcote, 67, was 340-220 in 19 years at Michigan State and 420-273 in 24 years overall. Tom Izzo, 40, a 12-year assistant to Heathcote, takes over next season. But the legacy Heathcote leaves behind exceeds the '79 victory over Indiana State and Larry Bird.
"Because of Jud, I've been able to mature, not only as a player but as a person," said guard Shawn Respert, who decided against early entry in the NBA draft to see Heathcote through his final season. "If I had to choose all over again, I would never choose any other path than to be a Spartan again."
. . . and a time to say hello
* The Spartans' demise, meanwhile, has provided another Michigan-based springboard for Weber State coach Ron Abegglen.
Abegglen's previous coaching highlight came with Division II Alaska- Anchorage in 1988, when the Seawolves defeated Michigan, the eventual NCAA champion, at the Great Alaska Shootout. Alaska-Anchorage was runner-up in the Division II tournament that season.
With a matchup today against Georgetown (20-9) and coach John Thompson, Abegglen is getting folks to pronounce his name (AY-beg-glen) -- and his school's (WEE-ber State) -- correctly.
"We're big stuff out in our country," Abegglen said.
That would be Big Sky country in Ogden, Utah. Out of deference to Heathcote, Abegglen cut the celebrating to a minimum Friday night, but Saturday he acknowledged the standing ovation Weber State (21-8) was given at the West Regional in Boise, Idaho.
Abegglen has recruited quite a mixed bag: his top player, Ruben Nembhard, is from the Bronx; starting forward Jeff Lentfer is from Anchorage; and leading rebounder Kirk Smith is from Belize -- the first Division I player ever from that nation.
"They want to show our games on national TV down there," Abegglen said. "He's a national hero."
They have met the enemy, and he is Coach
* Center Corliss Williamson may be Arkansas' "Big Nasty," but even he knows when to wilt in the face of an intimidating opponent.
"When he walks by you he just mumbles," Williamson said of coach Nolan Richardson, in the wake of the Razorbacks' 79-78 victory over Texas Southern in the Midwest Regional on Friday. "Our motivation against Syracuse [today] is to get Coach off our back. We want to show him our minds are set on winning another national title."
Richardson acknowledged he hasn't been pleasant since second-seeded Arkansas (28-6), the defending national champion, escaped 15th seed Texas Southern in Austin, Texas. "I don't want to sit next to them, and they don't want to sit next to me," he said.
Richardson said his team "has to look into a mirror and see who the enemy is. It's not Syracuse. We have to identify the fact that `we' are the enemy to ourselves and get rid of it."
Coach Jim Boeheim of Syracuse (20-9), meanwhile, is preparing for the first meeting between the schools. He isn't entirely buying the notion that Arkansas is troubled.
"Everybody talks about how they've struggled, and I see they've `struggled' to 28 wins," Boeheim said.
Is Wallace ready for 40 minutes?
* The injured ankle of North Carolina center Rasheed Wallace seems to be improving, meaning he could play more minutes for the Tar Heels (25-5) today against Iowa State (23-10) in a Southeast Regional second-round game in Tallahassee. "From what I know, I can go [today]," said Wallace, who played 16 minutes Friday against Murray State. "I pretty much had maximum ability, but there were a couple of times where I [spun] around and I felt the pull a little bit. But it didn't hurt." . . . Tulsa (23-7), which upset UCLA last year, will face another upstart today in Old Dominion (21-11), which eliminated Villanova in triple overtime Friday night. A victory in the East Regional today in Albany would give Tulsa its second consecutive sweet 16 berth. "Teams like Old Dominion and Tulsa, Manhattan [which upset Oklahoma in the first round] and Miami of Ohio [an upset winner over Arizona] -- there's not much difference anymore," Tulsa coach Tubby Smith said. "I think you're starting to see true parity take place in college basketball." . . . Mississippi State (21-7), which faces Utah (28-5) today in the West Regional in Boise, has come a long way since the days when white players only were allowed on the team.The Bulldogs did not make their first NCAA Tournament appearance until 1963, mostly because "an unwritten policy," current coach Richard Williams said, sought to avoid games against integrated teams. When the NCAA did allow the Bulldogs in in '63, Williams, who graduated from Mississippi State, said "we had to sneak the team out of town to go play" in defiance of state authorities. Mississippi State did not have a black player until the 1974-75 season, and didn't make its next NCAA appearance until 1991. . . . The Associated Press reported that Georgia coach Hugh Durham has been asked to resign. The university has scheduled a press conference today. Durham, 298-216 in 17 years at Georgia, picked up the 500th victory of his 29-year career this season. The Bulldogs (18-10) lost in the first round of the SEC tournament, and lost to Nebraska in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on Thursday.
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Thank you for sharing this story. I had never heard of Irena. It reminds me that there are countless unsung heroes among us, or who have died for us.
I agree. Lately I have found many great people. I bring them back for us to know. All of us can accomplish great deeds.
Hi John. An amazing Lady there are so many who have done so much we never know about. So glad you shares Irena Sendler's life. May I thank you very much for liking my poem Scared! Peace and Best Wishes. The Foureyed Poet.
She was a amazing lady and you are welcome.
Thanks for sharing her life. This is a person who truely walked in her purpose and destiny.
She was. We need more Irena Sendler and you are welcome.
I can't believe that I have never heard about Irena before. What she did was truly remarkable, she had a great heart and was really brave to do this. It's a shame that she didn't get a nobel prices before she passed away.
She had a movie also. A brave and wonderful woman.
I agree. A fearless and wonderful woman.
Thank you for telling us about her! I did not know and I'm so glad to be able to share her story with my family.
We need to know of great people who risked their life for strangers and were fearless. Irena Sendler was.
Irena Sendler is a truly a remarkable woman. Her life defines a heroine of the modern era and her inspirational story deserves to be repeated as often as possible.
Not everyone knows that Irena Sendler's legacy is connected to four ninth graders in Kansas, USA, who captured her courage and her compassion in a staged presentation called "Life in a Jar." Their project quickly spilled over into their community and ultimately attracted global attention.
Many details about Irena Sendler, A Heroine of the Holocaust, can be found at http://quilligrapher.hubpages.com/hub/Sendler. It connects the lives of this brave social worker in Poland and four dedicated students in Kansas who brought her amazing story to life.
John Coyote, you should be commended for spreading the inspirational memory of this marvelous woman.
It is my honor to be able to teach people. There are Angels willing to give all for strangers. Not wanting reward. She is a amazing woman.
Thank you for the site. I added to my favorite.
She was a amazing lady. Saved 2500 children and wanted to be keep her life private. A true Angel.
I understand her desire to keep it private.
I do remember her. She is the kind of heroine whose life work was its own prize. She might have been too humble to accept the award, being recognized was not her goal…the mark of a true angel walking among us. Thanks for sharing her story.
I agree. A wonderful woman. We must keep her life and spirit alive.
Never heard of this woman… Such an inspiring story… And look at her face…So full of contentment….
I heard of her years ago. She was a brave woman. An Angel who saved 2500 children.
This is incredible. Thanks for posting.
Truly an angel amongst us.
She was. A brave and kind woman. We need to remember her.
I remember her and I love her story. She was truly a remarkable person.
We need more people who are willing to protect and save the children. She is a hero to me.
A beautiful tribute/post John for this true heroine.
Tears…. thank you for sharing her story. I had no idea. What a wonderfully brilliant human being. Hero.
The Nobel Prize was given to someone who made a slideshow and not to someone who deserved to have a movie made about her.
I agree. Irena Sendler saved 2500 kids. She was a wonderful person. We need to ensure she is never forgotten.
Oh my goodness, this gave me chills. Thank you for sharing her story.
She was a wonderful woman. People like her need to be remembered. Her selfless act saved 2500 kids.
I agree. A wonderful story and woman.
Al Gore should be ashamed of himself for accepting, and those who gave it to him should be ashamed. God bless this woman and others like her that we may never know about.
I agree. Irena Sendler showed us. How one person can make a different.
Wish I were that brave.
Amazing story. May she inspire us.
She had inspired me. A wonderful and brave woman. Thank you for reblogging her story.
thanks for sharing her story!
I know of her and I remember… always!
I stopped believing in the Nobel prizes long ago. A real hero – who lived courage when it would have been safer to do nothing.
I agree. Lately honored awards have been downsized by giving to the wrong people.
they are now politically correct – as opposed to correct in any other manner.
No I had never heard of her, thank you for sharing this and educating.
She need to be remembered. She is one of many who took great chances and saved many and you are welcome.
She was. I heard of her before. Woman, like her need to be remembered.
The true kind. Were many. These are the people we need to remember.


Geert Suwelack (1920–2003) was a priest of the Christian Community working in Sao Paolo. He investigated the question of seasonal realities in the Northern and the Southern hemispheres, based on numerous statements by Rudolf Steiner. We publish his üpionmeering work in this respect. It was first published 1979, 33 years ago.
The following contributions have been made on the occasion of the Oscar Wilde Conference organised by Marcus Schneider on 31 May/1 June 2008 at the Scala Basel, where the eurythmy ensemble, Eurythmiegruppe Stuttgart, (artistic director: Elisabeth Brinkmann) performed Wilde's one-act play Salomé. The play was having its première in 1896 at the time when its author was serving his sentence in Reading Gaol. The following presentation has been edited and at some passages expanded.
The book Anthroposophie in Deutschland bears the characteristics of a political broadside by means of which the opponents – in this case Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy – are to be slandered. In order to accomplish this, the author employs various methods and "stratagems" such as, for example, de- contextualising quotations and thus changing their meaning, excluding facts or bringing unsubstantiated claims. Does this only concern a dissenter freely expressing his opinion? Perhaps there is more to it: If it is true that Zander qualified as a university lecturer on the basis of this treatise* then he would not stand alone when under public scrutiny—but also together with all the experts (that are needed in the course of a habilitation) and the faculty members involved, i.e. the "crème de la crème" of the research community. In this case, the question would be: Is it possible that someone who presents a dissertation which so flagrantly disregards research criteria, nevertheless successfully clears all the academic hurdles and attains a university teaching qualification?
* Ed. comment: The following statement is found in the epilogue of Zander's book, pg. 1717: "Rüdiger von Bruch, historian at Humboldt University, Berlin, undertook the risk of assuming responsibility for part of this work as fulfilment of a postdoctoral thesis." Zander does not indicate which part.
"The federation of Europe is the only hope we have" – Lord Robert Cecil of Chelwood, 1897.
Written for the German "attac"-group "Alternative World Economic Order" (AWWO).
In connection with the repeated, rehashed claims that Rudolf Steiner's writings contain racist and anti-Semitic comments, various opponents of Anthroposophy have recently put in the pillory yet again the following statement: "Judaism as such has long since lived itself out and no longer has legitimacy within modern national life. The fact that it has nevertheless preserved itself is a flaw of world history, the consequences of which could not be avoided". This passage is taken from an essay written by Steiner in 1888 about Robert Hamerling's epic poem, Homunkulus, in which he defends Hamerling against the accusations raised concerning anti-Semitism following publication of the epic.
The methods employed by most opponents at that time and also today can be described with the following analogy: Someone writes down the name "Douglas"; someone else comes along and claims that this name must be "taken out of circulation" because every person called by this name would be offended—for the name contains the elements D, O and G which undisputedly spell "DOG"! Using precisely this method, passages of Steiner's writings are arbitrarily cited out of context and presented as offensive. There is no difference in the level of operation. Those who work with such methods cannot claim scientific credibility or the right to censor Steiner's writings.


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Marcello Gustavo Motta Velarde (Ventanilla, 22 de abril de 1974), más conocido como Marcello Motta, es un músico, guitarrista, cantautor y compositor peruano. Vocalista de la banda de rock Amén. Es considerado uno de los mejores guitarristas y cantantes del Perú. Conocido en el medio musical peruano por canciones como "Decir adiós", "Sé que tú no estás solo", "Fin del tiempo", la canción de blues "Pan con mantequilla", entre otras.

Motta muestra en su música influencia de muchos géneros musicales como el blues, el rock and roll, el hard rock, el funk, el reggae, el pop, la música africana y ritmos latinos, que le dan una fusión musical de gran poder a sus canciones. Influenciado por músicos como Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson y bandas como The Beatles, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad, entre otros.

Biografía
Marcello Motta nació en el distrito de Jesús María, Lima, Perú, el 22 de abril de 1976.
Es de ascendencia italiana por parte de su padre y es hijo de padres peruanos. Creció en la Ciudad Satélite de Ventanilla, Perú y es el mayor de 3 hermanos. Cursó sus estudios escolares en el colegio Liceo Naval Teniente Clavero. Desde muy pequeño Marcello presentaba gran interés por la música, escuchando muchos géneros musicales mientras crecía que iban desde el rock clásico, el blues hasta la música clásica y africana. Y en todo este interés musical y esa pasión por la música que el sentía desde pequeño tuvo el apoyo de su madre y su abuela paterna. Sin embargo, un momento muy emotivo y trágico en su vida fue la muerte de su abuela paterna cuando él tenía 11 años de edad. Ella murió en Italia cuando se encontraba con su padre y Marcello en Italia. Pero este suceso le hizo ver en la música su mundo, una terapia para su alma y lo que el realmente era, músico. Uno de los instrumentos que más llamó su atención cuando era chico, además de la guitarra, fue la batería. En su adolescencia, armó una batería cacera, pero le faltaban los platillos y no supo que ponerle, hasta que un día mientras estaba en una reunión familiar a alguien se le cayó una bandeja de metal al piso y el sonido que esta provocó hizo ver a Marcello que ya tenía los platillos para su batería. Vivió solo desde los 18 años, haciendo música, haciendo lo que le gustaba.

En 1995, a la edad de 21 años, Marcello se junta con Renán Díaz y Steve Suárez sus amigos del barrio y deciden hacer una banda. Tiene su primera participación en un festival organizado en el distrito de Ventanilla, Callao y tras un sueño del mismo Marcello le ponen el nombre a la banda. Hasta ese momento la banda no tenía nombre, pero una noche antes de esta presentación Marcello sueña sobre este primer concierto: "El lugar estaba totalmente lleno y la gente en este sueño coreaba la palabra AMEN, el sueño le pareció tan real que cuando despertó lo primero que dijo fue: Ojalá que así sea". Antes de salir a la presentación comentó sobre lo soñado a Renán y Steve y les propone poner a la banda el nombre de "Amen", a todos les gustó la idea. En el festival tocaron 4 temas propios: "Decir adiós", "Échale la culpa al rock and roll", "El whisky" y "Love and shit" la aceptación que tienen las canciones fue algo que el grupo no esperaba en su primera presentación. Después de la primera presentación la banda comienza a componer nuevos temas, algunos de estos formarían posteriormente su primer CD.

Marcello seguía desarrollando su carrera musical junto a su banda Amén, participando en varios concursos y dando entrevistas, hasta que en 1996 conoce a Henry Ueunten. Un productor estaba buscando una voz para el jingle de una marca de gaseosa y le comentó a Henry que en el estudio donde trabaja había un muchacho que cantaba muy bien, fue en esas circunstancias que conoció a Marcello, una vez terminada la grabación del jingle, se quedaron tocando, hablando de música y de las bandas que les gustaban, la química musical que existía era increíble, desde ese entonces comenzaron tocar en todos lados, en los parques, en la calle, la conexión musical era un motivo para juntarse cada vez más, pero Henry aún no integraba la banda, en ese año él tenía mucho trabajo y eso no le permitió unirse al grupo. Marcello sigue trabajando con la banda, participa en 2 concursos en 1997 y los gana ambos. Con esto graba su primer disco con Amén y tiene más conciertos. A fines de ese año graba el primer disco con Amén con la colaboración de Henrry Ueunten en los teclados que desde ese momento empieza a formar parte de la banda.

Los años siguientes Marcello y la banda tienen varias presentaciones en varias ciudades del Perú y sus canciones suenan en las radios. Pero para el año 1999 el bajista Steve Suárez decide dejar la banda para viajar a Estados Unidos de Norte América buscando el sueño americano, pero dejando a la banda si un elemento importante, el bajo y además a un gran amigo de Marcello Motta.

Para el año 2000, Marcello junta a Christian Quesada en el bajo y Claudio Urrutia en la guitarra rítmica y coros, rearmando la banda. El tiempo seguía pasando y todo iba bien hasta que en el 2002 cuando la banda pensaba sacar el segundo disco titulado Fin del Tiempo, tuvieron problemas con el mánager por malos manejos en la administración de la banda, los contratos de los conciertos y la salida del disco se retrasó así que decidieron cancelar la relación con ese mánager. Para ese momento además de los problemas con el mánager y la cancelación del segundo disco, Claudio, Christian y Renán deciden dejar la banda y comenzar a desarrollar un proyecto musical. Estos problemas hacen tomar diferentes caminos a Marcello y Henry, mientras que el primero viaja a Europa por unos meses, el segundo retoma su trabajo en grabación y producción con diferentes bandas y solistas. Al regresar a Perú Marcello conoce a Sergio Medina (actual mánager) en una entrevista radial, después de muchas conversaciones e intercambios de ideas deciden rearmar por segunda vez una nueva banda. Este proceso no fue fácil, ahora no se podía fallar ni perder tiempo. A finales del 2003 Marcello conoce a Nathan Chara(actual bajista) con el cual encuentra una química musical y junto a Henry comienzan la búsqueda de un nuevo baterista. Para el 2004 en una tocada jamming en Ventanilla Marcello y Henry conocen a Manuel Chávez quien sería el nuevo baterista de la banda hasta la actualidad. Para finales del 2004 Marcello Motta y Amén lanzan su segundo disco y esta vez homónimo. Con el paso del tiempo la banda de Motta se hace más conocida y tienen muchos conciertos y presentaciones en diversos programas de televisión. En el 2008 con 2 discos en su carrera musical y con un amplio repertorio de temas sin grabar, Motta y sus amigos deciden crear su tercer disco el cual es lanzado en octubre de ese año, titulado Tiempos de Resurrección. Ese mismo año su banda es nominada a los premios APDAYC.

El siguiente año 2009, la banda tiene muchas presentaciones y para octubre de 2010, la banda telonea a Aerosmith en su concierto en Lima. En el 2011 Marcello participó en solitario en el festival INKA ROCK en Argentina junto a otros músicos peruanos, y tuvo una serie de conciertos con músicos argentinos. Este mismo año, Marcello menciona en varios conciertos en Lima que la banda está creando el cuarto disco que sería grabado con la colaboración del músico argentino Nito Mestre y que llevará el nombre de Somos la Gente en alusión a una canción compuesta por él mismo. En el 2012 Marcello sigue teniendo presentaciones con su banda y luego en abril de este año viaja a Argentina nuevamente pero esta vez con la banda completa, ya que muchos argentinos al escuchar las canciones de Marcello en los conciertos que dio en 2011 piden tocadas pero de toda la banda completa. Es así que viajan a Argentina dando conciertos y siendo muy bien ovacionados por su buena música, por el rock potente y el buen blues que tienen sus canciones. En una de esas tocadas en Argentina Steve Suárez, el primer bajista de la banda y amigo de Marcello, acompaña a la banda como motivo del cumpleaños de Marcello. A mediados del 2012 Marcello es contactado por un músico y productor italiano luego de que éste viera la página web de la banda y escuchara su música y es invitado a participar de uno de los festivales más importantes de Europa el White Nights Festival en San Petersburgo, Rusia. Marcello viaja con toda la banda y quedan en el tercer lugar de la competencia del festival. A mediados de este mismo año Amén toca en Lima junto a Quique Neira exvocalista de la banda chilena de Reggae Gondwana. Este mismo año 2012 Quique Neira, invita a Marcello y su banda a participar como músicos colaboradores en la grabación de su próximo video.

AMEN ha presentado en el año 2015 dos canciones como sencillo adelantado del cuarto disco: El día el 13 de febrero y Tal vez buscando el 13 de abril.

Carrera con Amén

En 1995, junto a Steve Suárez amigo de barrio y Renan Díaz tiene su primera participación en un festival organizado en el Callao y tras un sueño del mismo Marcello le ponen el nombre a la banda.

En 1997, Lanzan la primera producción de la banda titulado Libre, disco que les traería una gran difusión.

En 1999, tras la salida de algunos integrantes decide rearmar la banda para el nuevo milenio.

En 2002, tras el fallido disco que se iba a llamar 'Fin del tiempo' la banda se toma un tiempo y para fines de 2003, cuando Marcello ya estaba de vuelta en Lima forma la nueva alineación junto a Henry Ueunten en los teclados y Nathan Chara en el bajo y para inicios de 2004 conocen a Manuel Chávez (batería) y con ellos la banda queda alineada y en diciembre lanzan la segunda producción de estudio de la banda titulada Amén.

En marzo de 2006, la banda participó del festival Rock and Pop en el estadio de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
En 2008, junto a Amen lanzó la tercera producción de estudio de la banda Tiempos de resurrección. En abril de 2009, fue nominado en los Premios APDAYC en la categoría Mejor Intérprete del Año y ese mismo año formó junto a Gian Marco, Pelo Madueño, Joaquín Mariátegui y Daniel F un grupo llamado El Enredo en el cual sería con fines benéficos. Casi a finales de ese año lanzan su primer videoclip oficial de la canción "Violar las leyes" incluida en el tercer disco Tiempos de resurrección en el Bar y Centro Cultural La Noche de Barranco, Barranco, Lima - Perú. En 2010, la banda Aerosmith elige a Amen para que abran el concierto que ofrecerían en Lima. En la segunda mitad de 2011, la banda va a Argentina a grabar su cuarto disco en los Estudios Panda de Buenos Aires. En 2012, preparan la grabación de su cuarto disco que llevará el nombre de "Somos la gente" un disco doble con muchas sorpresas. Así mismo, este mismo año en abril, Amén da 4 conciertos en Argentina siendo su primer concierto oficial en el extranjero. Para fines de junio es invitado por un músico italiano a participar con Amén en el White Night Festivals de San Petersburgo Rusia los primeros días de julio donde participaron Natalie Imbruglia, Michael Bolton, Joss Stone entre otros. La banda ganó el tercer lugar. Tocaron algunos temas como Échale la culpa al rock & roll y un cover de la banda inglesa The Troggs "Wild Thing".

Discografía
Con Amén
 Libre (1997)
 Amén (2004)
 Tiempos de resurrección (2008)
 Somos la gente (2 discos, 2015)

Referencias

Cantantes masculinos de Perú
Miembros de El Enredo