View of the Week (Special W-End Edition): On The Possiblities

On the eve of a new week, we wanted to be a bit different as we hope all enjoy this from @Futurism that we normally feature in our "Visions" property:

Hard Science Scientists Claim They Have “Solved the Mystery of How the First Animals Appeared on Earth” Renewable Energy Isn’t Just Cutting Costs, It’s Saving Lives Earth & Energy A 40-Year Old Voyager Spacecraft Can Guide Aliens to Earth Off World New Tech Is Giving Humanity Many Potential Paths to Immortality Enhanced Humans The “Quantum Internet” Is Just a Decade Away. Here’s What You Need to Know. Robots & Machines Everything at This Store is 3D Printed. Even The Food.

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Sci-Fi Visions The Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Of the Year (So Far)

Last Month Tied as the Hottest on Record, According to NASA Earth & Energy NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars” Off World CRISPR Co-Discoverer: “I’ve Never Seen Science Move at the Pace It’s Moving Now” Hard Science The Wireless Charging of Moving Electric Vehicles Just Overcame A Major Hurdle Advanced Transport

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Notations On Our World (W-End Edition): On Infrastructure

The World was witness to another one of President Trump's Extra Ordinary News Conferences earlier this week.    This is as he had called a news conference to announce a "streamlined" process to launch the infrastructure initiative.    Our team found it quite timely that the team at Route Fifty published this E-Book that addressed this question which we are pleased to report on :

Infrastructure eBook: Maintaining, Upgrading and Financing Infrastructure Systems Across the Country

Infrastructure at a Crossroads: Where Do We Go From Here?

Infrastructure is much more than roads and bridges. It’s about railways, water pipes, electrical grids, waterways, seaports, airports and plenty of other facilities and systems that we rely on. It’s about digital infrastructure, too—the type of infrastructure that’s necessary to support the maturing and emerging technologies needed to manage smart cities and resilient communities.

This eBook provides a snapshot of the challenges and questions federal, state and local government decision makers are facing when it comes maintaining and upgrading infrastructure, plus figuring out ways to finance it.

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Notations On Our World (Special Friday Edition): Quite A Day......

It has been quite a week for President Trump.   The majority of the Presidents' Council on the Arts resigned en masse today--This is as the President was at Camp David chairing a meeting on Afghanistan after having dismissed Steve Bannon, his Chief Strategist, earlier in the Day.   This tweet from Marc Benioff was telling:

May all the hate in our nation be transformed into love. pic.twitter.com/5IiJM7G33y

— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) August 18, 2017

This is as Mr Bannon has said that as he leaves the White House, he is going to war for Trump against Trump opponents.

Never a Dull moment....as we pay tribute to Barcelona Tonight with this that Daily Mail Captured so beautifully:

Notations On Our World (Special Friday Edition) : On the Eve of the W-End...

As we hope all enjoy updates over the ensuing days throughout our properties, Please enjoy this we received here at our Virtual Newsroom as we are witness to the Eclipse and other happenings courtesy of Futurology:

08/18/2017 August 21  |  Indiana U. 4 things to know about Monday’seclipse We're ready for the total solar eclipse. Are you? Bonus: Try these activities to get kids (and adults) excited for the big event. Blockages  |  Michigan State Cholesterol crystals contribute to heart attacks Inventions  |  Carnegie Mellon To spur innovation, teach A.I. to find analogies Like Disney  |  ETH Zurich Software makes movie-style digital animation easier Digital animation is popular but complicated, requiring advanced expertise. New software may make it accessible to novices. Know sooner  |  Johns Hopkins DNA blood test may spot cancer early Would you?  |  U. Chicago Language sways answer to ‘kill 1, save 5’ train dilemma Hearing a classic moral dilemma about killing a person to save 5 others in a language that isn't your native tongue can change your answer. Here's why. Heavy burden  |  Brown Dementia can double health care costs of aging

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Notations On Our World (Special Thursday Edition): On @POTUS Watch

Senator Bob Croker 

President Trump has again been very busy today on Twitter as he attacked Lindsay Graham and Jeff Flake.  The Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Croker, came out swinging against the President as we saw this courtesy of NPR:

In the Bloomberg Column, Senator Croker went out to defend Senator Flake by noting,......"...Senator Flake is one of the finest human beings I’ve ever met...The White House would be well-served to embrace the character, the substance of someone like Senator Flake. He’s one of the finest people I serve with.”   What is signiciant is that he was vetted as a choice for Secretary of State--although he had already showed his opposition to the Adminstration when he told the Secretary of State that the Budget of the State Department as proposed was a joke.

As our World was witness, yet again, to another horrific attack by Daesh-Inspired terrorists in Barcelona, the President went after and noted how Radical Islamic Terrorists must be defeated.   He Cited General of the Armies John Pershing's supposed (and debunked myth) about how he dealt with Muslim insurgents in 1911--as underscored by this which is available with a simple Google Search.

As our team was busy w/the daily commitments, we ran across this courtesy of the Presidential historian  Michael Beschloss‏ on his Twitter Feed: 

Our team found this to be quite ironic.