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India could get 60% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources within 10 years
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India could get 60% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources within 10 years#14754143
By political - 24 Dec 2016 01:50
- 24 Dec 2016 01:50 #14754143
Natasha Geiling wrote: In ten years, India could get almost sixty percent of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources, according to a government forecast published this week.
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According to a draft of the country's 10-year energy blueprint, the Indian government expects that 57 percent of the country total electricity capacity will come from non-fossil fuel sources by 2027 — a marked increase over the country's Paris goals, which say that the country will reach 40 percent non-fossil fuel electricity by 2030. The draft also noted that no new coal-fired power plants would be needed to meet India's electricity demands through 2027.
India's 'unprecedented' plan to bring millions out of poverty and power them with clean energy
"India is moving beyond fossil fuels at a pace scarcely imagined only two years ago," Tim Buckley, a director at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, told the Guardian. He also characterized the forecast as "absolutely transformational."
India is the world's fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, and was reluctant to formalize the Paris agreement as quickly as other countries earlier this year, citing concern that the country did not have the ability to meet its targets. But private investment has helped boost India's renewable goals, even as the Indian government has lagged behind in funding renewable projects.
Over the past year, India has received a $20 billion dollar investment in its solar energy sector from Japan's Softbank, and another $2 billion from the French energy company EDF. The U.S. government's development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), along with the Indian government, also recently announced that it will launch a $20 million finance initiative to help fund renewable energy in India — though it's unclear whether that initiative will remain under President-elect Trump, who has pledged to "cancel all wasteful climate change spending."
India's massive demand for electricity — some 240 million people have no access to electricity — coupled with the falling cost of renewable energy makes the country an intriguing market for investors. India's recent announcement follows a year of record-breaking investment in renewable energy, with $286 billion invested globally in green energy.
Pollution has also been a motivating factor for India's renewables push. Indian cities are some of the most polluted in the world, and New Dehli's air pollution levels are literally off the charts — in November, air pollution measured 999 on an air pollution index that tops out at 500. China, which also deals with high levels of air pollution, has also begun turning to renewables in an effort to decrease toxic pollution.
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Re: India could get 60% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources within 10 years#14754329
By fuser - 24 Dec 2016 14:51
Not happening, it will be a miracle if Paris goals are met. Its a good reason to suspect this draft considering the current government's record i.e. they are basically Sir "exaggerates a lot".
First there is going to be a huge surge in demand in coming decades, a large part of the country still needs to be electrified, it will be a burden in itself to cover these demands then non fossil fuels are not cheap and India just can't afford currently to depend so massively on non fossil fuel.
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By Pants-of-dog - 24 Dec 2016 16:22
It seems unrealistically hopeful.
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That's how the light gets in...
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By Red Rackham - 28 Dec 2016 18:04
If India is generating 60% of it's electricity from non-fossil fuel sources within ten years I'll shave my head and eat me hair, on you tube. It's not going to happen. globally, coal generated electricity is forecast to increase by 30% over the next decade with China and India accounting for 75% of that increase. But it's not all bad, new build coal fired power stations can be clean. Technology has moved on massively, todays coal fired power stations are much cleaner than they were as little as 20 years ago but as long as governments and the Green Lobby have this myopic hatred of coal then the cheapest most abundant and readily available source of fuel on the planet will increasingly remain in the ground.
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Red Rackham wrote: If India is generating 60% of it's electricity from non-fossil fuel sources within ten years I'll shave my head and eat me hair, on you tube. It's not going to happen. globally, coal generated electricity is forecast to increase by 30% over the next decade with China and India accounting for 75% of that increase. But it's not all bad, new build coal fired power stations can be clean. Technology has moved on massively, todays coal fired power stations are much cleaner than they were as little as 20 years ago but as long as governments and the Green Lobby have this myopic hatred of coal then the cheapest most abundant and readily available source of fuel on the planet will increasingly remain in the ground.
Please provide evidence that coal fired plants can be as clean as hydro-electric, wind or nuclear.
Ideally, the evidence would be in the form of a comparison of life cycle analyses.
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Pants-of-dog wrote: Please provide evidence that coal fired plants can be as clean as hydro-electric, wind or nuclear.
I didn't say coal plants are as clean as hydro, wind or nuclear it's also no secret the aforementioned are very expensive and have problems and limitations. It's also no secret that coal can be clean. Technologies such as carbon capture, flue gas desulphurisation, HELE (High efficiency low emissions) and many more are readily available and improving all the time. Sadly governments are encouraged away from clean coal technology and in doing so are ignoring our most abundant reliable and readily available fuel.
The EU closed six UK coal fired power stations this year with nothing to replace them with other than importing more electricity from France & Belgium. Assuming Hinckley C is eventually built it wont be generating for at least 30 years by which time the UK will be reliant on foreign electricity, oil & gas for it's energy needs, yet we have billions of tonnes of coal in the ground. We should be investing heavily in clean coal technology, not importing ever more foreign fuel as the UK energy industry is quietly closed down.
Or investing in wind, hydro, and nuclear.
Why waste money on coal?
Pants-of-dog wrote: Or investing in wind, hydro, and nuclear.
Wind is OK if it's windy, as it happens turbines are switched off if it's too windy. Hydro electricity [In the UK] will never take off due to the geographical nature of the locations, hydo also has many environmental concerns. Nuclear is an eye wateringly expensive option that the government should have considered thirty years ago but flogged the industry off instead.
Our energy industry [Coal fired power stations] was flogged off to foreign concerns who obviously put their own interests before those of the UK. Owners were reluctant to invest in clean coal/burn technology due to the political feeling about coal. The station I worked at spent £80 million on a flue gas desulphurisation plant to reduce emissions and it was a great success but it didn't stop the EU increasing emissions tax* year on year while the government predictably stood by and watched the industry collapse.
*We paid £15 tax per tonne of coal burned, and we burned 9000 tonnes a day. £135,000 a day in tax from one power station. Is it any wonder our foreign owners decided to bring closure forward.
In terms of energy required for the enture life cycle, coal is more expensive. When you combine that with pollution and global warming, it seems like sepnding money on obsolete technology.
By One Degree - 29 Dec 2016 02:35
Actively encourage people to have fewer children and pollution would not be a problem from any energy source.
All current energy sources have drawbacks and damage the environment. Our problems are based upon over population. Reduce the population and the problems start to disappear.
Some people argue this is inhumane, such as criticism of China's one child policy.
What is humane about destroying the earth?
I dream of the United Citystates of Earth, where each Citystate has a standardized border such as one whole degree of Latitude by one whole degree of Longitude.
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By Kaiserschmarrn - 29 Dec 2016 04:34
One Degree wrote: Actively encourage people to have fewer children and pollution would not be a problem from any energy source.
Leaving aside ethical concerns, this might sound good in theory but who is going to enforce it and how if it involves foreign countries? This seems even more unrealistic than the voluntary consensus on CO2 emission that nobody can enforce either.
I also agree with @Red Rackham that UK energy policy has been for the most part awful.
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts"
If the West had hailed China for it's policy, then enforcement would not have been necessary. All advanced nations have already lowered their birth rates and then criticize China for doing what their own people did voluntarily. The West, with it's usual misguided morality, missed the chance to encourage the rest of the world to follow China's example. It is a popular concept with individuals. It is only capitalism that demands constant population growth.
Most of the big families live in the developing world. Most of the problems caused by pollution are caused by the developed world. Overpopulation is not the problem. The huge amount of consumption by the first world is the problem.
You are suggesting we sacrifice our living standards for more people to exist. To what purpose? Reducing the population of the Earth allows us to increase the lifestyle of everyone. Sustainable quality of life should be our goal, not quantity of humans.
The least developed countries are the most dependent upon coal. China is developing, but still the worse polluter and has a population of 1 billion. Reduction of their population would have a dramatic effect on pollution.
One Degree wrote: You are suggesting we sacrifice our living standards for more people to exist.
You have this habit of assuming certain arguments on my behalf that are not necessarily implied by my claims.
Most of the "sacrifices" we would make are no big deal. We do not need a huge SUV for each member of the family. We do not need yet another pair of plastic salad tongs from China. We do not need a huge suburban mansion for two people.
We could easily enjoy a life of high standard and at the same time drastically reduce our pollution.
To what purpose? Reducing the population of the Earth allows us to increase the lifestyle of everyone. Sustainable quality of life should be our goal, not quantity of humans.
You can do that in your community, but don't tell me to stop having kids because of your ideology.
Per capita, the developed world is far worse.
The argument that we should do nothing about pollution because of China is mere deflection. It doesn't absolve us of the degradation we are causing.
These things would have no impact on pollution. Power plants, cargo ships, military, trains, and semis are major polluters and are all increased by population increases. You can not significantly impact the environment without reducing population.
I would never dream of it. The Western world does a great job voluntarily without such demands. Only immigration destroys their efforts.
I never suggested this. A decrease in population anywhere will decrease pollution because of a reduction in transportation and infrastructure which are the major polluters.
One Degree wrote: These things would have no impact on pollution. Power plants,
Nuclear, hydro, wind. All of these are more efficient when you also take into account the cost of cleaning up pollution.
cargo ships,
...which would be greatly reduced by reducing the quantity of unnecessary crap we buy from overseas; i.e. the plastic salad tongs I used as an example.
You can greatly reduce the military without affecting quality of life.
trains,
Electric trains are a proven technology.
and semis
These can also be reduced greatly by not buying so much crap and by using electric trains for necessities.
are major polluters and are all increased by population increases. You can not significantly impact the environment without reducing population.
I just mentioned many ways in which we can.
It is also unfeasible to enforce.
...unless per capita usage increases enough to offset lower numbers, such as in the developed world.
So, you agree the worst thing for pollution would be to allow developed countries to increase their numbers, such as through immigration.
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Small Business Administration Approves Operating Company Bank Financing Where Self-Directed IRA Account Holder Provides Personal Guarantee
Written by David Randall Jenkins, Ph.D. | Posted in Retirement • Small Business
On September 17, 2014, the Small Business Administration agreed to provide its credit enhancement guarantee in an Arizona bank's financing transaction involving self-directed IRA investment in a startup operating company arrangement. This is an important development in the retirement plan industry where the self-directed segment consists of a growing $130 billion in plan assets. Moreover, it is well known SBA ERISA policy considerations frequent Department of Labor policy considerations.
Recent events in the courts and academic journals cast an unfavorable hue over such prospects. First, the United States Tax Court issued two 2013 decisions in Peek[1] and Ellis[2] distilling disqualified person operating company investment as a self-directed ERISA plan weak-form fiduciary abuse. The consequence was straightforward: the taxpayer-favorable operating company exception to the plan asset look-through rule was thereby preempted. In these cases, respective account holder personal loan guaranties of operating company indebtedness and receipt of operating company reasonable compensation for non-plan-administration services resulted in prohibited transactions and the attendant consequences.
Also, a Tax Adviser commentator proclaimed in the journal's April 1, 2014 issue that the Ellis decision placed self-directed IRA investment in a startup operating company among the unwise choices to be made by an account holder.[3] This paper superficially evaluated the Ellis outcome without embracing an understanding of the ERISA policy considerations underpinning the decision. As a result, the platform sanctioned analysis giving short shrift to this important matter.
Peek and Ellis consistently teach that if an account holder intends to properly invoke the operating company exception to the plan asset look-through rule, the first matter is to STOP THE CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNED DISQUALIFIED PERSONS ENTITY CHAIN!!!! The operating company's status as a disqualified person, Peek and Ellis demonstrate, is a sufficient weak-form fiduciary abuse to preempt the operating exception, resulting in the operating company's underlying assets to be deemed as plan assets. Since plan assets and a disqualified person are necessary and sufficient elements of a prohibited transaction, once the Tax Court held the operating company's underlying assets were plan assets, the result was a fait accompli.
My paper, "Self-Directed ERISA Plan Prohibited Transaction Chinese Walls,"[4] comments the Peek and Ellis Tax Court decisions as teaching that if an account holder wants to invoke the operating company exception to the plan asset look-through, the first thing is to STOP THE CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNED DISQUALIFIED PERSONS ENTITY CHAIN!!!! In the non-ESOP scenario, that means once the self-directed plan limits its direct operating company investment to less than 50%, then the operating company is not a disqualified person within the meaning of section 4975(e)(2)(G). Under such circumstances, the operating company exception to the plan asset look-through rule translates the underlying assets do not involve plan assets. No plan assets, no prohibited transactions.[5] Viva account holder operating company personal guaranties of indebtedness and reasonable compensation without prohibited transaction penalties!!!!
When properly invoked, exceptions to the plan asset look-through rule translate the underlying assets of the investee-company are not plan assets. The two exceptions cited in 29 CFR §§2510.3-101(a)(2)(i) and (ii) are the operating company and de minimis interest exceptions. In the transaction approved by the SBA, both exceptions applied. That is, the transaction structure involved dual Chinese Walls. Let's see how it worked.
The account holder (AH) caused traditional IRA funds to be transferred to a self-directed IRA custodian. AH then formed C-Corp to mitigate UBTI and UDFI weak-form fiduciary abuses.[6] That is, the self-directed IRA invested funds in C-Corp in consideration of 100% of its capital stock.[7] As a result, C-Corp is a disqualified person within the meaning of section 4975(e)(2)(G).
Next, C-Corp invested most of its funds in Parent-LLC, a non-operating company treated as a partnership for tax purposes, in consideration for receiving 24% of the capital equity interests in the LLC. Since C-Corp was the only benefit plan investor and since no person exercised discretionary authority or control over Parent-LLC's assets, the de minimis interest exception to the plan asset look-through applied. This created Prohibited Transaction Chinese Wall No. 1, meaning Parent-LLC was not a disqualified person and its assets were not plan assets.
Further, since Parent-LLC invested most of its funds in consideration of 51% of operating company Subsidiary-LLC's capital equity interests, Subsidiary-LLC (also treated as a partnership for tax purposes), was not a disqualified person within the meaning of section 4975(e)(2)(G) nor were its assets plan assets. Once the Constructively Owned Disqualified Persons Entity Chain is disrupted it cannot be revivified merely owing to further devolving, sequential entity chain investment. Since Parent-LLC owns the majority of Subsidiary-LLC's capital equity interests, the operating company exception to the plan asset look-through rule applies.[8] Thus, the second Prohibited Transactions Chinese Wall is created, further insulating the account holder from prohibited transaction determinations arising when he or she personally guaranties Subsidiary-LLC indebtedness or receives Subsidiary-LLC reasonable compensation.
Several ERISA policy considerations implicate the success of this transaction structure in garnering SBA approval in the face of Peek, Ellis, and the Tax Adviser commentary. First, asset exposure fiduciary abuses were eliminated when the account holder isolated the investment in C-Corp. The elimination of the abuses is reflected by the elimination of UBTI or UDFI exposure to the self-directed IRA. Second, ERISA policy favors investment diversification for non-ESOP ERISA plans by imposing disqualified person status at capital equity interest levels at 50% or higher. Since the self-directed IRA in the case approved by the SBA met all ERISA policy considerations, the structure results in dual Prohibited Transaction Chinese Walls.
The lesson is clear. Whenever structuring self-directed retirement plan investment transactions, one must consider the wide breadth of ERISA policies implicated by all provisions of the income tax code transparently designed to correct weak-form fiduciary abuses. Peek and Ellis teach if the admonishment is not fully countenanced, severe adverse consequences result. When ERISA policies are embraced, then taxpayer-favorable exceptions, like the exceptions attendant to the plan asset rule, will be respected.
[1] See, Peek v. Commissioner, 140 T.C. 12 (May 9, 2013).
[2] See, Ellis v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2013-245 (October 29, 2013).
[3] See, O'Malley, "Ellis, the Case of a Misdirected IRA," The Tax Adviser, Tax Clinic (April 1, 2014).
[4] The paper is available on my Algorithm-LLC.com website under the Research Corner webpage at: http://www.algorithm-llc.com/research-corner/. Scroll down the page until you find the paper under the Tax Planning Working Papers topic.
[5] See, Middleton v. Stephenson, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141495 (DC Utah, Central Division December 8, 2011). This case involved an ESOP. An ESOP can own 100% of the operating company without amounting to a disqualified person fiduciary abuse. Accordingly, 100% operating company capital equity interest ownership by an ESOP still results in successful application of the operating company exception to the plan asset look-through rule where its underlying assets are deemed not to involve plan assets.
[6] I discuss "weak-form fiduciary abuses" in my paper titled, "Changes in Form 5498 Reporting and Foreseeable IRS Correction of Self-Directed ERISA Plan Fiduciary Abuses," available on my Algorithm-LLC.com website under the Research Corner webpage at: http://www.algorithm-llc.com/research-corner/. Scroll down the page until you find the paper under the Tax Planning Working Papers topic.
[7] The initial investment transaction is not a prohibited transaction. See, Swanson v. Commissioner, 106 T.C. 76 (February 14, 1996).
[8] See, 29 CFR §2510.3-101(h).
David Randall Jenkins, Ph.D.
*David Randall Jenkins, Ph.D., received his doctorate in accounting and a master's in accounting with an emphasis in tax from the University of Arizona. He has taught financial, managerial, and tax accounting courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Jenkins is an AACSB academically qualified business school and tax professor owing to his peer reviewed journal article publications. His company, Algorithm LLC (algorithm-llc.com), is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. Dr. Jenkins may be contacted at registrar@algorithm-llc.com.
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Change of health varsity name is not proper: NTR's daughter
Visakhapatnam: The BJP National Secretary and former CM NTR's daughter Daggubati Purandeswari said that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy should answer why he had changed the name of NTR Health University. It is not proper to change the name by Jagan who has been saying that he has enormous respect for NTR, she said.
Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, the former central minister said that though the names of schemes introduced by NTR may be changed most of the schemes are implemented to date. "NTR brought many reforms. He is a social doctor. Changing NTR's name without any reason is considered as nothing but an insult to NTR?" she asked.
Purandeswari said that people are observing the conditions in the state. "We have interacted with a few industrialists and there is no healthy atmosphere for industrialists in the state. Rs. 2 lakh crore debts were put on the people by the government. SC and ST Sub-Plan funds were diverted and failed to create basic amenities for the investment. No contractor is coming forward to take up the work," she said.
Purandeswari said that why CM Jagan is now chanting three capitals after accepting Amaravathi as capital earlier. She said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday celebrations are conducted from August 17 to October 2 and also many programs were taken up in the name of Save Pakwada.
The BJP state leader and former MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju criticized that it is not proper to change the names of schemes and institutions during a change of governments.


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Without it the blood sugar levels begin to rise and begin to damage the body's organ systems. Type ii diabetes is where the diabetic person has had a high blood sugar level for such a longtime that their body has suffered damage and is no longer creating enough of this vital chemical. However with this type of diabetes the body is still producing enough that the diabetic body does not need insulin injections.
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Danièle Obono (Libreville, 12 de julio de 1980) es una bibliotecaria y política franco-gabonesa. Portavoz del partido Francia Insumisa, fue elegida diputada en el distrito 17 de París durante las elecciones legislativas de 2017. Es secretaria del comité de Asuntos Europeos y miembro de la Comisión de Derechos de la Asamblea Nacional.

Biografía

Nació en una familia de la pequeña burguesía gabonesa. Hija de Hortense Sibou Mbadinga y de Matin Edzodzomo Ela. Vivió en Gabón hasta los once años de edad. Después se estableció en Francia, donde se nacionalizó en 2011. Se formó en la universidad de Montpellier. Bibliotecaria de la mediateca Marguerite-Yourcenar de París. En 2002 obtuvo un máster en Historia, en la Universidad de París I Panthéon-Sorbonne. En 2003, en la misma universidad, comenzó una tesis doctoral que no terminó, sobre movimientos sociales y democráticos de Nigeria. Activista en diversas asociaciones.

Trayectoria política

A los 20 años asistió, a lo que vino a llamarse, el dèmontage de McDonald's de Millau (esta acción de la confederación de agricultores, fue un hito en la historia de la antiglobalización en Francia), donde conoció a militantes socialistas trotskistas, y se unió al movimiento antiglobalización, que en 2009 se fusionó con otros y se creó el Nuevo partido anticapitalista. Aquí Obono formó parte de la dirección, representando a C&A, que en 2011 pasó a ser una organización autónoma. En una entrevista a la revista Ballast, declaró que era la única mujer negra en la organización. En otra de las entrevistas explica: "Cuando eres negro, joven, mujer, es menos probable que llegues a un puesto de responsabilidad".

Participó en el consejo nacional para la campaña de 2012. En el mismo año fue candidata suplente en la candidatura del Frente de izquierdas, en un distrito de París. En 2014, encabezó la lista en las elecciones municipales de París. En el mismo año, se fusionaron con otros partidos formando La Francia insumisa. Durante la campaña de las elecciones presidenciales del 2017, fue una de las portavoces del partido. Formó parte de la coordinación de la colección de "Livrets de La France insoumise". Fue coautora, junto con el filósofo Benoît Schneckenburger, de uno de sus números titulado "Contre le racisme  et les discriminations: Faire vivre l'égalité". Tras las elecciones legislativas de 2017, fue elegida diputada por el distrito 17 de París, recogiendo el 50,71 % de los votos en la segunda vuelta.

En la Asamblea Nacional formó parte de la comisión de derechos y fue secretaria del comité de asuntos europeos y de la delegación en el extranjero. También presidió el grupo de amistad Francia-Blangladesh y fue vicepresidenta del grupo de estudio sobre discriminación y fobia LGBTQI en el mundo. En 2018 se presentó a las listas abiertas de la Francia insumisa para las elecciones europeas de 2019.

En 2018, como parlamentaria, fue nombrada miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Unidad de Formación e Investigación en Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad  de París I Panthéon-Sorbonne. El 3 de diciembre de 2019, presentó un proyecto de ley relacionado con la estabilización y sostenibilidad de la financiación y el empleo dentro las asociaciones.

Se define como alter-globalista, afrofemista, antiimperialista, antirracista,  antiislamofobica, y tanto internacionalista como panafricanista.

En la primera vuelta de las elecciones legislativas de 2022 obtuvo el acta de diputada en su circunscripción de París.

Referencias

Bibliotecarias de Francia
Políticas de Francia


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76,762,243,600 is an even composite number composed of four prime numbers multiplied together.
What does the number 76762243600 look like?
This visualization shows the relationship between its 4 prime factors (large circles) and 135 divisors.
76762243600 is an even composite number. It is composed of four distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of one hundred thirty-five divisors.
Prime factorization of 76762243600:
24 × 52 × 72 × 19792
(2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 7 × 7 × 1979 × 1979)
See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 76762243600 from the Numbermatics database.
Names of 76762243600
Cardinal: 76762243600 can be written as Seventy-six billion, seven hundred sixty-two million, two hundred forty-three thousand, six hundred.
Scientific notation: 7.67622436 × 1010
Factors of 76762243600
Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 10
Divisors of 76762243600
Number of divisors d(n): 135
1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 35 40 49 50 56 70 80 98 100 112 140 175 196 200 245 280 350 392 400 490 560 700 784 980 1225 1400 1960 1979 2450 2800 3920 3958 4900 7916 9800 9895 13853 15832 19600 19790 27706 31664 39580 49475 55412 69265 79160 96971 98950 110824 138530 158320 193942 197900 221648 277060 346325 387884 395800 484855 554120 692650 775768 791600 969710 1108240 1385300 1551536 1939420 2424275 2770600 3878840 3916441 4848550 5541200 7757680 7832882 9697100 15665764 19394200 19582205 27415087 31331528 38788400 39164410 54830174 62663056 78328820 97911025 109660348 137075435 156657640 191905609 195822050 219320696 274150870 313315280 383811218 391644100 438641392 548301740 685377175 767622436 783288200 959528045 1096603480 1370754350 1535244872 1566576400 1919056090 2193206960 2741508700 3070489744 3838112180 4797640225 5483017400 7676224360 9595280450 10966034800 15352448720 19190560900 38381121800 76762243600
Sum of all divisors σ(n): 214639347117
Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 137877103517
76762243600 is an abundant number, because the sum of its proper divisors (137877103517) is greater than itself. Its abundance is 61114859917
Bases of 76762243600
Binary: 10001110111110110001011100010000100002
Hexadecimal: 0x11DF62E210
Base-36: Z9I9A8G
Squares and roots of 76762243600
76762243600 squared (767622436002) is 5892442042505740960000
76762243600 cubed (767622436003) is 452317071465707241970017856000000
76762243600 is a perfect square number. Its square root is 277060
The cube root of 76762243600 is 4249.9375972383
How big is 76762243600?
76,762,243,600 seconds is equal to 2,440 years, 41 weeks, 4 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes, 40 seconds.
To count from 1 to 76,762,243,600 would take you about four thousand, eight hundred eighty-one years!
A cube with a volume of 76762243600 cubic inches would be around 354.2 feet tall.
Recreational maths with 76762243600
76762243600 backwards is 00634226767
The number of decimal digits it has is: 11
The sum of 76762243600's digits is 43
Number 76762243600 - Facts about the integer
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Education We've been to school. We know how education works. Right? In fact, many aspects of learning — in homes, at schools, at work and elsewhere — are evolving rapidly, along with our understanding of learning. Join us as we explore how learning happens.
Student Argues for Local Voting Rights
September 29, 2004 • Young Han, a college student in New York State, talks about his efforts to reform voting registration rules. Han tried to register in the town where he attends school, but, like many students, was told he should vote absentee where his parents live more than 2,000 miles away. Han argues that full-time college students pay sales taxes, sometimes income taxes, so why not cast ballots? NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Han.
Parents and Kids Address an Age-old Question
September 29, 2004 • One of the most frustrating conversations between parents and children begins with the question: "How was school?" Parents seem programmed to ask it, and kids have dozens of ways not to answer. NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Renee Montagne hear from parents and students, who talk about what they're really thinking when they're having this dead-end dialogue.
Software Companies Claim Educational Gains
September 29, 2004 • Software companies are claiming huge gains in test scores in schools because of their computer programs. But is there evidence to back this up? Baltimore Sun reporter Alec MacGillis, recently investigated the use of technology in schools. MacGillis says that No Child Left Behind gave schools more leeway to spend federal money on technology, but that in many cases the software products are unproven and the glowing claims are questionable. Hear MacGillis and NPR's Renee Montagne.
A Chat with MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners
September 28, 2004 • The MacArthur Foundation announces this year's winners of "genius grants," $500,000 awards — with no strings attached — that recognize exceptional creativity. The 23 recipients include a ragtime pianist and a human rights activist. NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Michele Norris speak with five of the winners.
Bush and Kerry's Yale Univ. Debate Coach
September 28, 2004 • Both President George W. Bush and Democratic contender Sen. John Kerry took classes with the same oratory professor at Yale University, the late Rollin Osterweis. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to former Oklahoma Sen. David Boren, who also studied under Osterweis, and says that he can see the professor's mark on both candidates.
Black Colleges Offer Common Application Form
September 28, 2004 • Students can now apply to 33 historically black colleges or universities by using one application and paying one fee. The so-called "Black College Common Application" is the brainchild of Robert Mason, president of E.D.U, Inc. He speaks with NPR's Tavis Smiley. Also weighing in is Cheryl Mason, director of guidance for the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts.
Study: Programs for Poor Paid for Tax Cuts for Rich
September 28, 2004 • An investigation by The Detroit News reveals that to pay for $600 billion in tax breaks that went to those earning $300,000 a year or more, the White House and Congress scaled back programs that aid the poor. Among programs targeted are those for housing, higher education, welfare-to-work initiatives and safety nets for the poor. Hear NPR's Tavis Smiley, author Julianne Malveaux and Tim Kane of the Heritage Foundation.
College Tries to Curb Binge Drinking
September 27, 2004 • NPR's Michele Norris talks with Bob Maust, Chairman of the University of Colorado's Standing Committee on Substance Abuse, about the problems of underage and binge drinking on campuses and what the University of Colorado has done to try to stem the problems.
Colorado School May Revamp Alcohol Rules
September 27, 2004 • Two Colorado college students have died from apparent alcohol poisoning in the last two weeks. At Colorado State University in Fort Collins, college administrators have decided to stop selling beer at football games. Nancy Greenleese of member station KUNC attended last weekend's game and has this report.
New Generation Takes Up Art of Cursive Writing
September 27, 2004 • This year's SATs will require students to use a skill they can often ignore: penmanship. The test now includes an essay section, with no computers allowed. NPR's Robert Siegel visits a Maryland school where pupils are learning the art of cursive writing.
Cuts Force Clark-Atlanta Library Program to Close
September 27, 2004 • Due to financial cuts, Clark-Atlanta University in Georgia, a historically black college, is planning to close its well-regarded school of library and information science. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Akilah Nasokhere a librarian and a Clark-Atlanta graduate and Carol Brey Casiano, president of the American Library Association.
In St. Louis, War Refugees Mull Whether to Vote
September 27, 2004 • Many Bosnian refugees who settled in St. Louis after the war in the early '90s have become citizens. But old fears about politics and voting could keep them home on Election Day. Hear Matt Sepic of member station KWMU in St. Louis.
Student Loan Loophole a Billion-Dollar Boon for Lenders
September 24, 2004 • NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on a loophole in federal law regulating student loans that is allowing some lenders to earn billions of dollars in profits through high interest rates guaranteed by the federal government.
Enron's Academic Legacy at Univ. of Missouri
September 24, 2004 • NPR's Greg Allen reports that faculty members at the University of Missouri want the school to return a $1.1-million donation from disgraced former Enron chairman Ken Lay and remove his name from an endowed chair in economics.
J.C. Watts: Gratitude for Historically Black Colleges
September 21, 2004 • Commentator and former GOP Congressman J.C. Watts says the nation owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to historically black colleges and universities.


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Home to tennis courts, a spa and two championship golf courses, this massive resort features just about everything you could need for an exciting Colorado Springs vacation. Located on the southwestern edge of town, The Broadmoor earns praise from travelers for its large rooms, which are outfitted in classic, Old World-style decor. Recent guests also had high praise for the friendly and accommodating staff. If you have kids in tow, let them burn off some energy on the waterslides or participate in special activities through the children' program. When it's time for dinner, sit down at one of the multiple on-site eateries. The cuisine at La Taverne was a big a hit for recent guests, as were drinks at the Pool Café: Visitors loved sipping their cocktails poolside while enjoying views of the Rockies and Cheyenne Lake. Keep in mind that those guests who participate in the I Prefer Rewards Program can earn and redeem points by choosing to stay here.
Garden of the Gods Collection
As its names suggests, this resort offers unparalleled views of the Garden of the Gods and the Rocky Mountains from its perch just north of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Aside from the landmark vantage point, which guests can enjoy from their guest room's balcony or patio, each room and suite is equipped with a minifridge, Gilchrist & Soames toiletries, a fireplace and an iPod docking station. When you're not admiring the resort's enviable perch from your balcony, take in the views during a round of golf on the 27-hole course. The resort offers plenty of ways to work up a sweat, including tennis courts, a fitness center and a recreation center, which boasts a junior Olympic-size swimming pool, a playground and a basketball court. If you'd rather relax, the property also features a full-service spa and a heated outdoor infinity pool. Along with the many facilities, past guests raved about the on-site dining, which is composed of three restaurants. However, recent visitors said they'd return for the amazing views alone.
Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs, A Dolce Resort
Sitting several miles south of downtown Colorado Springs, the Cheyenne Mountain Resort offers beautiful views of the Rocky Mountains. Drawing inspiration from their natural surroundings, guest rooms are adorned in earth tones and come outfitted with various wood furnishings both traditional and contemporary, as well as luxury bath products and private balconies or patios. Make sure to request a room with mountain views, or else you may be stuck with views of the surrounding resort. Staff was regularly described as warm and friendly, and the resort's 18-hole golf course and on-site spa help contribute to this property's reputation as an R&R haven. And as far as dining goes, the three on-site eateries have a reputation of keeping your appetite satisfied.
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From the comfortable beds to the full athletic club, guests say The Lodge at Flying Horse exceeded their expectations. The Lodge, which includes 48 guest rooms and villas, has access to all of the 1,500-acre Flying Horse community. Guests will find an 18-hole golf course, three restaurants, a full-service spa and an extensive athletic club that includes a gym, fitness classes, indoor sports courts and a 25-yard lap pool that's accessible year-round. When it comes to accommodations, recent travelers describe the rooms as beautiful and well-appointed. You'll find wooden furnishings and decor in shades of brown as well as standard amenities such as flat-screen TVs, work desks, Nespresso coffee makers and complimentary Wi-Fi access. The Lodge also houses four two-bedroom villas that include fireplaces, walk-in closets, separate showers and free-standing tubs. And while all guests said they found the property to be in pristine shape, some recent guests said the staff could be more accommodating. You'll find The Lodge at Flying Horse about 20 miles north of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, near the United States Air Force Academy.
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GMs are busy during these late dates in the trade deadline, and that goes beyond merely working the phones to try to get a good deal.
The Senators placed Alex Burrows on waivers, but no dice. Burrows' experience feels like a microcosm of the Sens: his situation is in question almost a year to the day after being traded to Ottawa in exchange for prospect Jonathan Dahlen. It was a controversial decision at the time, and the Senators doubled down by signing Burrows to a two-year, $5 million contract extension.
Whether he heads to the AHL or just hovers around in Ottawa, that $2.5M lingers in 2018-19. Not great for a team that's pinching pennies.
"We know he's got a lot of juice left in the tank and we know he's going to be a really good player for us." – Pierre Dorion on Alex Burrows, Feb. 27, 2017.
A different Senators player did get claimed, as the Philadelphia Flyers grabbed aging defenseman Johnny Oduya. This gives a young group a veteran presence, even if Oduya's on the decline. Meanwhile, the Flyers waived Mark Alt, who was summarily claimed by the Colorado Avalanche.
Oduya for Alt, in essence, is what Flyers did. Good for this year's run, but not for future.
The Calgary Flames love their beefy players who can score at a modest clip. They paid big money for Troy Brouwer, only to see him go from a nice-enough scorer to a modest one. With some injury questions lingering in a few spots, the Flames claimed Chris Stewart from the Wild.
on Stewart: they don't know when Ferland is back so Stewart is insurance. Not great news.
on trades: Treliving is working hard to make a hockey deal and doesn't want to give up picks.
Bruce Boudreau is clearly still fond of Stewart.
Chances are, these players aren't going to be huge difference-makers, but some might argue the same for a lot of players involved in today's trades. At least in these cases, waiver claims only cost teams roster spots and cap space.
Two years ago, Cody Franson didn't get a contract signed until Sept. 10, finally inking a deal with the Buffalo Sabres.
On Thursday, with the summer once again almost completely over and one week remaining until training camps open up, the 30-year-old defenseman signed a professional tryout with the Chicago Blackhawks, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which added that Franson turned down offers from other clubs in favor of this opportunity with the Blackhawks.
Playing on a two-year deal worth a total of $6.65 million for the Sabres, Franson had three goals and 19 points in Buffalo last season. He had 17 points the previous season.
With the losses of Brian Campbell, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Johnny Oduya, there has been significant change to the Blackhawks blue line throughout this offseason.
That said, there will be competition for spots on defense.
Prospect Gustav Forsling looks to maintain a full-time position on the roster after impressing during camp and splitting his time last season between the NHL and the minors. Same goes for Jan Rutta, who has spent the last few years playing professionally in the Czech Republic before he made the decision to come to North America. He signed with Chicago in June.


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Q: invoke a tcl script from another tcl script with multiple arguements i am invoking script(tclscript) from the current script seeing this "invalid command name error" the tcl script just checks the proper version of package is installed or not.
#!/bin/tclsh
# i am doing this for multiple packages in a loop
set list {/usr/local/script}
lappend list -check
lappend list -package
lappend list tcl-devel
lappend list version

[eval exec $list]

output:
invalid command name "
checking the version [ ok ] #expected output
-checks successful!         #expected output
"
    while executing
"[eval exec $list]"

dont understand why i get this "invalid command name error"can anyone help

A: The problem is that you've successfully run the command, have got the results back, and are then trying to use those results as the name of a command because you put [brackets] around the eval exec. Either remove the brackets, or put a command name before them so that you use the result as an argument.
set list …
# Leaving out the details of how you build the list

eval exec $list

set list …
# Leaving out the details of how you build the list

set result [eval exec $list]
puts "result is \"$result\""

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Paul Kneppers (24 maart 1984) is een Nederlandse wielrenner die rijdt voor de opleidingsploeg van het Spaanse procontinentale team Caja Rural. Sinds 1 augustus 2011 rijdt hij als stagiair voor het hoofdteam. Hij is zijn wielerloopbaan begonnen bij de wielervereniging Westland Wil Vooruit. Kneppers rijdt al sinds najaar 2006 in kleinere Spaanse ploegen.

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40 "'But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me, 41 which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, 42 I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. 43 For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. 44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the Lord their God.


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European Union: Ensure the independence & integrity of the International Criminal Court | Letter
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Canada/USA: Boyle/Coleman Family Rescued
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We're excited about starting off the new year with a men's breakfast at Community Bible Church. We're excited about our speaker and we hope you will join us!
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Grimsley High School is at the NC 7 on 7 State Championship in Wake Forest, N.C. TODAY….At least 50 teams will be there. The event is hosted by Carolina Elite Football and NC Preps.com…..
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Art & Activism
Gauri Gill. Revanti, 2003, printed 2010. Gift of Meredith and Akhil Sharma.
Communicating new perspectives, questioning the status quo, speaking out about beliefs, and inspiring others to take action—art and activism often share some of the same underlying motivations.
This tour looks at works across time and cultures to examine how art can activate ideas for both the maker and the audience, and asks you to think critically about different approaches to activism and how you can use your own voice.
Revanti, 2003, printed 2010
Gauri Gill
In 2003 photographer Gauri Gill was invited to the Balika Mela, or "fair celebrating girls," which is held annually in the Indian state of Rajasthan and aims to raise awareness of difficulties for women in surrounding communities. At the fair Gill set up a photo booth and invited young women to "portray themselves, as they are, or as they see themselves, or to invent new selves for the camera." Revanti, the subject of this photo, is a young girl from Rajasthan, an area in which girls and women are often marginalized and not permitted to pursue their own interests and identities.
How would you pose to represent the way you want to be seen?
Flag Day, 1966
Benny Andrews
Benny Andrews painted this image of a black man wrapped in the American flag in 1966 during the Civil Rights Era. This powerful image poses numerous questions, both relevant to the time it was made and resonant in American society today: Is the man protected by the flag, or imprisoned by it? Whose freedom is safeguarded by the American flag? Can the flag be used to reinforce oppression?
What other political or national symbols can be examined in this way?
Jizo Bosatsu, Kamakura period, late 12th/early 13th century
The Kamakura period (1185–1333) was a time of significant political and cultural change in Japan, bringing about disagreements over the national religion, Buddhism, and its purest form. One sect, Pure Land, promised that all people could attain spiritual enlightenment. It was widely promoted by traveling priests and became popular among the general population. The figure of Jizo, a gentle, peaceful monk who shakes the rings on his staff to alert creatures in his path of his presence so they are not trampled, models Pure Land's compassion for all living beings while quietly campaigning for this form of Buddhism.
What other kinds of quiet and seemingly small gestures can be effective as activism?
Fujiko Shiraga
During the second World War, Japan had been largely isolated, ruled by a totalitarian regime where individual freedoms were significantly limited. In the aftermath of the war, in 1954, a group of artists formed the collective known as the Gutai Art Association and invited everyone to make art that would transform both art and society. Embracing the vitality of raw materials and the directness of gesture, Gutai advocated for abstraction as a path to individual self-expression. For her collages, Shiraga used what she called "dangerous things," like the broken glass in this work, reflecting an aggressive stance toward the tradition of fine art, and perhaps tradition in general.
How can the process of making art using everyday materials and free-flowing abstraction inspire us to act on our beliefs? How can it inspire others?
Involvement Series, 1968
Wanda Pimentel
Brazilian artist Wanda Pimentel created Involvement Series in the late 1960s. An important work of International Pop Art, the vivid, graphic-style painting comments on social and political systems that reinforced economic inequities and gender stereotypes. Cropping, flat areas of color, and heavy outlines define everyday objects and glimpses of a fragmented and anonymous female form, a pair of feet. These familiar markers of domestic labor are presented in a compressed, alienating space that suggests the constraints imposed on women by a male-dominated society.
How can everyday words and symbols be reclaimed or reframed to actively resist stereotypes and oppression?
Black Pride Whitewashed, 1971
Norman Parish
In 1967, the artists of the Organization for Black American Culture (OBAC) created the Wall of Respect, a public mural in Chicago at the intersection of East 43rd Street and South Langley Avenue. The mural was to include representations of over 50 notable African Americans, including political figures, artists, musicians, authors, and athletes. Norman Parish's contributions to the mural—portraits of H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Marcus Garvey, Adam Clayton Powell, and Malcolm X—were painted over by his peers who felt that Parish's fine-art training at the School of the Art Institute made his work too "westernized." Black Pride Whitewashed is Parish's record of his excluded portraits. It was originally two panels; the second (later destroyed by the artist) showed the same view after his work had been covered over.
How can public art amplify, and at times obscure, voices? What questions does this raise about possible tensions between the individual voice and the community in acts of activism?
The Past, the Present, the Future, plate 349, 1834
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Honoré Victorin Daumier's caricatures of French King Louis-Philippe (reigned 1830–1848) used satire as a form of political critique. This print, published in the satirical journal La Caricature in 1834, depicts the king with an exaggerated pear-shaped head and three faces, reflecting the sharp shift in public opinion of the king—from inspiring hope at his coronation to inciting despair once his reign took hold. Daumier's caricatures did get him into trouble: his earlier print, Gargantua, an even more biting critique of the monarchy's gluttonous economic policies, resulted in the artist and his publisher Charles Philipon being sentenced to six months in jail in 1832.
How can we use humor to communicate, critique, and persuade? Is satire effective even if it only serves to strengthen already existing points of view?
Buddha Shakyamuni Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra), Chola period, about 12th century
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 1830/33
Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), Chola period, about 10th/11th century
Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, c. 1675
Tosa Mitsuoki
Seated Bodhisattva, 8th century
Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine Army, Seated on a Peacock, Ganga Period, about 12th century
Incense Burner in the Form of a Duck, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century
Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession, c. 1820
Ghasi
Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766
Suzuki Harunobu
The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu'l-Maali, page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama, c. 1590/95
Basawan
Equestrienne, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), c. 725/750
Yang Pu Moving His Family, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) 元朝
A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey, c. 1705–1710


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Meghna Chakrabarti of WBUR's Radio Boston talks with Sky & Telescope editor J. Kelly Beatty about what makes the launch of TESS, an MIT-led NASA mission to discover new planets, so exciting. "We should give a nod to the great minds at MIT," says Chakrabarti, "because they had quite a significant role in the thought behind getting this satellite up in the first place."
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will enter an unusual, highly elliptical orbit around the Earth to capture images of about 20,000 new exoplanet candidates, writes Robbie Gonzalez of Wired. "We are setting the stage for the future of exoplanet research—not just for the 21st century, but the 22nd century and beyond," says MIT Kavli Institute senior research scientist George Ricker, leader of the TESS mission.
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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), launching April 16th, "could mark our first step toward discovering another planet outside of our solar system that harbors life," writes Miriam Kramer for Mashable. "Planet finding never gets old," said Prof. Sara Seager. "I hope the public will joyfully share in discoveries."
Set to launch on April 16th, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), will be used to identify "planets that are close enough to Earth for astronomers to explore them in detail," writes Alexandra Witze for Nature. "It's not so much the numbers of planets that we care about, but the fact that they are orbiting nearby stars," says Prof. Sara Seager, deputy science director for TESS.
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which is "the brainchild of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology," hopes to "identify at least 50 rocky exoplanets—Earth-size or bigger," that will eventually be scrutinized by a larger telescope that is launching in 2022, writes Daniel Clery for Science. "This is the finder scope," explains research scientist and TESS principal investigator George Ricker.
Launching next month, the TESS satellite "is NASA's next mission in the search for exoplanets,"writes Ashley Strickland for CNN. "We expect TESS will discover a number of planets whose atmospheric compositions, which hold potential clues to the presence of life, could be precisely measured by future observers," said George Ricker of the MIT Kavli Institute, who is a principal investigator on the mission.
Dennis Overbye of The New York Times speaks with Prof. Sara Seager and senior research scientist George Ricker about the future of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. The mission, led and operated by MIT, is preparing to orbit Earth for two years in search of other planets.
This April, NASA will launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which will measure the masses of at least 50 "potentially Earth-like worlds," writes Irene Klotz for Scientific American. "We're finding the particular star that actually potentially hosts an exoplanet around it," said senior research scientist George Ricker, the lead scientist on TESS.


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Q: A horrendous sieve with potentially terrific consequences Sieves are useful when you can't concisely formulate what something is, but you can readily denote what it is not. For example, there is no concise formula that generates every prime number, but there are sieves that eliminate every composite number, accomplishing the desired result by indirection.
The sieve of Sundaram is premised on the fact that no odd prime number can be expressed as the product of two odd factors. $$\forall (a,b,m) \in \mathbb N, \ (2m+1) \in \mathbb P:\ 2m+1 \ne (2a+1)(2b+1) \Rightarrow m \ne 2ab+a+b$$ Simply discard natural numbers of the form $2ab+a+b$ and the remaining whole numbers can be multiplied by $2$ and incremented by $1$ to yield every odd prime.
There is no reason this logic cannot be extended to provide a sieve for odd semiprimes, which are simply odd composites that cannot be expressed as the product of three odd factors. $$\forall (a,b,m) \in \mathbb N, \ (2m+1) \not\in \mathbb P:\ 2m+1 \ne (2a+1)(2b+1)(2c+1) \Rightarrow m \ne 4abc+2(ab+bc+ac)+a+b+c$$ This sieve might be implemented by first performing the sieve of Sundaram, but keeping only those numbers of the form $2ab+a+b$ (i.e. values of $m$ that will generate composite $2m+1$), and then sieving a second time, discarding numbers of the form $4abc+2(ab+bc+ac)+a+b+c$. I think that this approach is sufficiently obvious that it likely has been thought of before. Perhaps others who have conceived of it, like me, were impressed with the horrendous explosion of possibilities that flow from a complicated term in three variables.
The ability to identify semiprimes has relevance to the twin prime conjecture (the product of twin  primes is a semiprime) and to Goldbach's conjecture, which posits every sufficiently large even number can be separated into one or more pairs of two prime addends; the product of such addends would be a semiprime. The objective would be to prove that there are always products of twin numbers (i.e. $d$ and $d+2$) or odd addends of even numbers that could not have the form $(2a+1)(2b+1)(2c+1)$, by showing that when such products are stated in the form $2m+1$, the resulting expression for $m$ cannot be expressed as $4abc+2(ab+bc+ac)+a+b+c$. As I said in the title, horrendous sieve, but potentially very significant consequences.
I have been thinking about this for some time, without much progress. It might be that the unwieldiness of the sieve defeats my limited skills, or, that the approach is doomed in light of deeper considerations. Perhaps others might be spurred to some insight that as yet eludes me.
My questions are: Is this sieve for semiprimes an old idea? Are there other known sieving methods that yield semiprimes (all or only odd)?


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Michał Wojtyło 15 marca 2022
How Europe can become independent from Russian energy
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with a decisive reaction from the West, including economic sanctions on a scale that few anticipated. Negotiations are also ongoing in a sphere that the major economic strike has so far omitted: imports of energy resources from Russia to the European Union.
This month's announcement of the bankruptcy of the Swiss-registered Nord Stream 2 AG, which was to be the operator of the eponymous pipeline, is very good news in this context. It follows the suspension of the certification of the investment by German regulators and American sanctions targeted at the project. It will certainly make it even harder to reactivate this Russian investment, which would have made Europe even more dependent on Russian gas.
Yet huge sums of money are still flowing into Russia from the EU. On 3 March alone, the bloc received a gas delivery from Russian valued at €660 million (also a consequence of record gas prices). In 2020, the EU spent $60 billion on importing Russian energy ($8 billion for gas, $2.8 billion for coal, with the rest being crude oil and petroleum products). The export of energy resources to Europe is worth around 10% of the Russian Federation's annual budget – more than Moscow spends on its army.
The blocking of Russian banks' access to SWIFT has a bittersweet aspect. Although seven Russian banks have indeed been cut off, two key players – Sberbank, the biggest in Russia, and Gazprombank, associated with payments for export of Russian natural resources – were omitted. The reason was concerns about an abrupt rise in energy prices in the EU, which would have involved major complications in the purchase of hydrocarbons from Russia, as well as Moscow potentially turning off the gas tap.
Poland as an example for the EU
The EU's energy policy must be "de-Russified", said Anna Moskwa, Poland's climate minister, in response to the dramatic events beyond the border.
Particularly crucial is independence from natural gas. The international coal and crude oil market is more globalised and flexible, with more entities that can supply these materials. They are also easier to transport than gas, which needs either pipelines or complicated and expensive liquefication and regasification infrastructure (LNG).
Of course, obtaining coal or oil from new directions will be more expensive. Time is needed for adaptation (Poland especially is not in a position to rapidly reduce the import of these materials). In the current situation, however, this is a cost and effort that must be borne consistently to cut the flow of money into the Russian budget. It may be especially useful now to be open to oil from sanction-hit Iran – a new agreement between the West and Tehran has reached advanced negotiations.
Independence from Russian gas has been on the EU agenda for years and particularly promoted by Poland. Fortunately, the Polish political class (regardless of party allegiances) has made genuine strides in this regard. From next year, the Baltic Pipe, the LNG terminal in Świnoujście, and gas infrastructure connections developed consistently for years with Poland's neighbours will bring independence from direct purchases from Russia.
The real diversification gamechanger will be the Baltic Pipe, which will allow import of Russian gas to end this year. Last week, Gaz-System's Danish partner in this investment, Energinet, confirmed that the timetable for the beginning of gas transmission on 1 October will be kept to.
The pipeline's capacity then will be 2-3 billion m3 annually, and from next year its potential will rise to around 10 m3, meaning it can fully replace the previous supplies from Gazprom. The gas will come from the Norwegian Continental Shelf, where Polish state-owned gas company PGNiG has a licence. Moreover, there are already plans for the next LNG terminal – a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Gdańsk.
In light of the tragic situation in Ukraine and the challenge of minimising import of Russian resources and increasing the region's resilience, the completion of the GIPL pipeline linking Poland and Lithuania is to be accelerated (to 1 May this year). The EU-subsidised pipeline will have an annual capacity of 2.4 billion m3 in both directions.
It will therefore be possible to increase the import of LNG from the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda, only 26% of which was used in the period from November 2021 to February 2022. But to what extent is the rest of the EU willing to cut itself off from Russian natural gas?
Europe's gas problems
In the traditional energy trilemma, EU policy has traditional emphasised concern for the environment and economic profitability; they treated the third dimension, security, as the least important. But recent events beyond the bloc's eastern border have changed the situation.
At EU level, diversification of gas sources has not only not failed to materialise, but weakened: in 2009-21, the share of Russian gas in total EU-28 demand (with the UK) grew from 25% to 32%. This was caused by a drop in the EU's own production in favour of imports, including from Russia, which currently accounts for around 40% of the EU's entire gas imports.
The problems caused by inaction made themselves felt in autumn, when Russia decided to deepen the energy crisis, limited itself to supplies within long-term contracts, and refused to increase exports to the EU, although this would have made excellent economic sense.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), supplies of Russian gas through pipelines to the EU in the first seven weeks of this year were 37% lower than in the same period last year. The volumes being sent not are increasing, but there is no certainty that this is a lasting trend – Russia's previous reputation in the West as a reliable supplier of resources is severely weakened.
The Kremlin in fact decided to worsen the situation on the European gas market even earlier. Gazprom did not fill its storage facilities in western Europe in the months before the heating season, but only emptied them. The storage filling level was 28% lower than the five-year average at the beginning of the heating season. The largest storage facility in Germany, operated by Gazprom, was only around 10% full. Yet this turbulence did not cause natural gas shortages this winter. Why? Could this indicate that the EU is able to cope without Russian gas?
Precious experiences with LNG
The supply shortages in traditional directions have partly been covered thanks to LNG – in January the level of supplies of liquefied gas to the EU and UK were three times higher than the previous year and 70% higher than supplies through pipelines from Russia. The relatively mild winter in both Europe and North-East Asia, as well as good conditions for production of electrical energy from wind farms, were both significant factors.
LNG deliveries were therefore able to be redirected from the Asian to the European direction, and use of gas for heating households could be reduced. Half of the additional LNG from the start of the heating season arrived from the United States (37% of the total). As recently as 2016, there was no American LNG arriving in Europe. The other biggest LNG exporters are Qatar and Australia.
Is there technical scope for increasing imports so they might replace the Russian ones entirely? Imports through pipelines from North Africa, Azerbaijan and Norway are already close to the maximum level. Italian foreign minister Luigi Di Maio's optimism from his recent visit to Algeria suggests that this direction still has potential for greater use of the existing infrastructure, although it is probably limited to diversification for Italy, which imports 40% of its gas from Russia.
According to Bruegel, a think tank, the potential for receipt and regasification of LNG in Europe is still not fully realised – in the last four months, LNG terminals in the EU have been used between 30% and 70% of capacity. The think tank's experts stress that the US arrival on the LNG market has increased the number of conflicts with flexible destination clauses to an average of 64%. We can therefore assume that producers also have scope for increasing the LNG supply for Europe.
This will require the agreement of countries including those in the Far East, which, even if it is given by states such as Japan (as was the case this month in a gesture of solidarity) or South Korea, it is not clear for how long and on what scale. These countries also need resources for post-pandemic recovery.
The next key aspect that many analytical institutions have been emphasising is appropriate replenishing of gas storage to increase independence from Russian resources. According to Bruegel, it is crucial before next winter to refill the gas in European storage to a volume requiring an injection of around €70 billion.
It is also worth emphasising European states' differing degrees of dependence on Russian energy resources. Central and Eastern Europe are the most dependent (including Germany, more than half of whose gas comes from Russia, and Bulgaria, which imports all its gas from this direction). At the other extreme are Portugal, Ireland and Spain (almost zero imports from Russia). Without effective European coordination, this difference could create intra-EU divisions which Russia will certainly try to play for its own benefit.
Europe without Russian gas next winter?
Brussels has announced a plan for phasing out the import of Russian materials to be based on six actions:
diversification of gas sources (LNG and development of biogas and hydrogen);
increasing development of renewables (accelerating component production and installation procedures);
developing transnational energy interconnections;
reinforcing EU contingency planning for security of supply;
increasing replenishing of gas storage before next winter (at least 90% by 1 October every year);
improving energy efficiency.
The proposal for EU action presented by the European Commission this week targets a reduction on the demand for Russian gas by two thirds by the end of the year and making Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels "well before 2030".
These steps are in line with the proliferation of expert analyses on ways of achieving European independence from Russian gas. Bruegel, for instance, stresses the importance of increasing LNG important from other directions and replenishing storage facilities in Europe, with all EU states being required to maintain a particular level.
Coordination on the European market is also seen as essential, to prevent states from raising prices to fill their own storage. Such actions will also increase the costs of the whole operation for energy companies. Bruegel's analysts suggest that contracts for difference, with the state reimbursing the difference to companies, could be a useful solution.
A new report by Aurora makes further recommendations for the period up to March 2023: delaying nuclear retirements in the EU (short-term savings less than 5 billion m3), keeping coal plants online and reverting old capacities (more than 7 billion m3), changing consumers' behaviours (4 billion m3), increasing the popularity of renewables (less than 1 billion m3), reducing industrial energy use and switching energy from gas to coal or oil (10-15 billion m3).
The IEA also published 10-point proposal aiming to reduce European dependence on Russian gas by a third, and with additional temporary actions (increased coal burning) even by a half by next winter.
The proposals included minimal replenishment of the EU's storage, increased production from biomasses (which worked at 50% of potential in 2021) and nuclear energy, mass installation of heat pumps instead of gas boilers, and increasing energy efficiency, including reduction of average temperatures in buildings in the EU. At present it is over 22°C, but every degree less means around 10 billion m3 less gas used each year.
A revival of coal?
The most surprising recommendations are not just short-term delays on turning off coal plants, but also temporary reactivation of retired units. In an unexpected about-turn, Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the European Commission, claimed that coal can temporarily replace Russian gas.
He mentioned the possibility of skipping the transition from coal to gas – planned by many countries, including Poland and Germany) – in favour of staying with coal and then immediately moving to renewables. This could result in a more rapid switch to renewables, and thus be in line with the EU's long-term energy goals.
It is important to remember, however, that although the rest of Europe is less dependent on coal than Poland, especially when gas prices are high it is often used for electrical energy production (20% of the annual total). EU states import 55% of their coal from Russia, and Germany 50%. More expensive substitutes will have to be found in this sector too.
But any embargo on Russian coal is less significant than a potential one on gas. The impact on the Russian economy would be limited – just 60 million tonnes of the 200 million produced by Russia are exported to the EU. Coal sales from Moscow in other directions is also simpler than with gas, with China a key client.
Leaving the current situation aside, in the long term no major revival of coal in the EU is likely, even if in the short term it helps increase the economic pressure on the Putin regime. Europe has plotted a clear and lasting course with the European Deal, with renewables and nuclear energy still on the horizon as a long-term solution to dependence on Russian hydrocarbons.
Poland still has much to do
Poles can be proud of the cross-party efforts to diversify gas supplies to their country. We must continue these moves, as well as working to become independent from oil and coal from Russia.
It is also essential to make a quick decision on the choice of a supplier of technologies for Polish nuclear power stations so that its construction can begin as soon as possible. Decisions need to be taken now based on concrete and enormous measures for investments in modernisation and development of the electricity grid (including connections with neighbours), to allow further development of renewables and increase the system's resilience to supply shocks.
In this context, it is also necessary to liberalise the damaging "10H rule", which seriously limits the development of onshore wind energy. Another extremely important initiative should be wide-ranging actions to increase energy efficiency – reduction of energy use in Poland is of the utmost importance if we really want to build our independence.
A review of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted by all EU member states to the European Commission shows that the available energy efficiency measures include thermomodernisation of buildings, popularisation of cogeneration in heating, development of integrated public and multimodal transport, electrification of individual transport, mass exchange of lighting for LED bulbs (both public and individual), promotion of the circular economy, higher energy saving norms for appliances, and a mass energy efficiency information and education campaign.
The EU and Poland face huge challenges and sacrifices. The war in Ukraine must force investments not only in defence, but also in other sectors of the economy, including energy, and not only because of the need to support Ukrainians "here and now". Without decisive steps in energy, Poland's security and sovereignty will be endangered in the long term.
Translated by Ben Koschalka and published in English on NotesFromPoland. Original Polish version is available here.
Michał Wojtyło
Redaktor portalu opinii Klubu Jagiellońskiego. Członek Centrum Analiz Klubu Jagiellońskiego. Absolwent elektrotechniki na Akademii Górniczo-Hutniczej w Krakowie, stosunków międzynarodowych oraz gospodarki i administracji publicznej na Uniwersytecie Ekonomicznym w Krakowie. Autor analiz z zakresu przede wszystkim polityki energetycznej i zagranicznej.