Quick notes: Pig culling, College admissions...

• China is killing a third of its pigs: Farmers were feeding kitchen waste to their pigs—a practice that essentially renders the animals cannibals, eating remnants of other pigs. This is reminiscent of the 1988 mad cow epidemic in the UK, which was caused by feeding sheep and cow bone meal to cows, spreading bovine spongiform encephalopathy to entire herds of animals across the nation.



• Church to Have Say in St Stephen's Admissions: It is for the first time that a non-academic person from outside the faculty of the college been made a member of the admissions procedure of the undergraduates.



• A Film About the Impending 5G Apocalypse: 5G relies primarily on the bandwidth of the millimeter wave, known to cause a painful burning sensation. It’s also been linked to eye and heart problems, suppressed immune function, genetic damage and fertility problems. EMF exposure has increased about 1 quintillion times over the past 100 years.




• Chinese dragon swallowing India’s new economy: This could set the alarm bells ringing elsewhere



• Chengdu J-20 “Mighty Dragon”: India Claims It Can Track China's New J-20 Stealth Fighter 



• Dilli liberals: 
  

Dilli liberal mafia can't digest the OBCs & SCs of UP voting for Modi!

Voter in UP: Modi has given us toilets, gas
NDTV/Prannoy: but what about stray cows?
Voter: non-issue
NDTV: U must be Brahmin
Voter: No I am a Pasi, a Harijan
(vid courtesy 'Hindi journalist from Allahabad') pic.twitter.com/rALtJ31sxB

— Dr Praveen Patil (@5Forty3) May 11, 2019




• Pea is everybody’s new favorite plant-based protein: The shift toward a new plant protein—especially one that hasn’t been genetically engineered to withstand a barrage of herbicides—is still a win for the environment



• Water-powered engine: Coimbatore inventor claims his distilled-water-powered engine can run cars. "Utilising the thermal losses in the engine, hydrogen could be burned that helps vehicle run. I have currently designed the engine with the capacity of 100cc, which could emit oxygen while it's running".

Quick notes: Spy chips | Bacteriophages...

• Super Micro To Move Server Production Out of China: Chinese agents had implanted surveillance chips via a Guangzhou manufacturing facility, and Super Micro had sent the affected servers to customers like Amazon and Apple, which later detected the spy chips.



• Phage therapy: Genetically engineered phage therapy has rescued a teenager on the brink of death. Phages are viruses that solely attack and kill bacteria. Phage therapy is being held up as a potential treatment for antibiotic-resistant superbugs. . . . Bacteriophages and the mystery of the Ganges



• 5G and mmWave: Unlike 4G LTE, mmWave is easily blocked by walls, glass, some metal screens on windows, tree leaves, rain, and other obstructions including the human body. This makes mmWave able to be used for fixed-point communications between buildings, or wirelessly from a telephone pole to a 5G modem on the outside of your house, but less useful for a smartphone used indoors.



• Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop (June 1967):




• Emission norms get stricter: End of the road for diesel cars nears as emission norms get stricter



• India's alcohol intake up by 38% in seven years: "Before 1990, most alcohol was consumed in high-income countries, with the highest use levels recorded in Europe. However, this pattern has changed substantially, with large reductions across Eastern Europe and vast increases in several middle-income countries such as China, India, and Vietnam".



• The problem with not eating carbs: Restricting your carb intake too drastically can lead to:      decreased thyroid output, increased cortisol output, decreased testosterone, impaired mood and cognitive function, muscle catabolism, suppressed immune function.



• Explainer: What would it take for U.S. regulators to break up Facebook?

"I'm worried that Mark has surrounded himself with a team that reinforces his beliefs instead of challenging them."

FB cofounder Chris Hughes makes a case for the breakup of Facebookhttps://t.co/TOw8TRAgO8

— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) May 9, 2019

Quick notes: Smoking gun | Uighur camps...

• Huawei Smoking Gun: Vodafone found hidden backdoors in Huawei equipment. . . . . . The African Union installed Huawei servers in its headquarters, in Addis Ababa, only to discover that those servers had been sending sensitive data back to China every evening. . . . . . . Global 5G Wireless Networks Threaten Weather Forecasts



• Uighur 'concentration camps': China has made criminal many aspects of religious practice and culture in Xinjiang, including punishment for teaching Muslim texts to children and bans on parents giving their children Uighur names, U.S. officials have said.



• Break up Facebook:

“The FTC ruling is a golden opportunity to break up Facebook — especially to spin off WhatsApp. This isn’t just philosophical — it’s actually an appropriate and fair penalty” @MarcRotenberg via @cwarzelhttps://t.co/5DmlTbg3fP

— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) May 1, 2019




• MNCs decimate local businesses: The aggressive push by Silicon Valley companies and Chinese firms to win India, one of the last great growth markets, has decimated many local businesses in recent years. With each passing day, Amazon is closing in on Walmart-owned Flipkart’s lead on the e-commerce space. Uber is fighting with Ola for the tentpole position of the ride-hailing market, and Google and Facebook dominate the ads business, to name a few. But a handful of companies in India have not only survived the growing competition, they have built businesses that are positively thriving.




• ॥ श्रीरामचन्द्राष्टकम् ॥:




ॐ चिदाकारो धाता परमसुखदः पावनतनुर्-
मुनीन्द्रैर्योगीन्द्रैर्यतिपतिसुरेन्द्रैर्हनुमता ।
सदा सेव्यः पूर्णो जनकतनयाङ्गः सुरगुरू
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ १॥

मुकुन्दो गोविन्दो जनकतनयालालितपदः
पदं प्राप्ता यस्याधमकुलभवा चापि शबरी ।
गिरातीतोऽगम्यो विमलधिषणैर्वेदवचसा
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ २॥

धराधीशोऽधीशः सुरनरवराणां रघुपतिः
किरीटी केयूरी कनककपिशः शोभितवपुः ।
समासीनः पीठे रविशतनिभे शान्तमनसो
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ ३॥

वरेण्यः शारण्यः कपिपतिसखश्चान्तविधुरो
ललाटे काश्मीरो रुचिरगतिभङ्गः शशिमुखः ।
नराकारो रामो यतिपतिनुतः संसृतिहरो
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ ४॥

विरूपाक्षः काश्यामुपदिशति यन्नाम शिवदं
सहस्रं यन्नाम्नां पठति गिरिजा प्रत्युषसि वै ।
स्वलोके गायन्तीश्वरविधिमुखा यस्य चरितं
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ ५॥

परो धीरोऽधीरोऽसुरकुलभवश्चासुरहरः
परात्मा सर्वज्ञो नरसुरगणैर्गीतसुयशाः ।
अहल्याशापघ्नः शरकरऋजुःकौशिकसखो
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ ६॥

हृषीकेशः शौरिर्धरणिधरशायी मधुरिपुर्-
उपेन्द्रो वैकुण्ठो गजरिपुहरस्तुष्टमनसा ।
बलिध्वंसी वीरो दशरथसुतो नीतिनिपुणो
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ ७॥

कविः सौमित्रीड्यः कपटमृगघाती वनचरो
रणश्लाघी दान्तो धरणिभरहर्ता सुरनुतः ।
अमानी मानज्ञो निखिलजनपूज्यो हृदिशयो
रमानाथो रामो रमतु मम चित्ते तु सततम् ॥ ८॥

इदं रामस्तोत्रं वरममरदासेन रचितम्
उषःकाले भक्त्या यदि पठति यो भावसहितम् ।
मनुष्यः स क्षिप्रं जनिमृतिभयं तापजनकं
परित्यज्य श्रीष्ठं रघुपतिपदं याति शिवदम् ॥ ९॥