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POPSSterne und Schwarze Löcher in der Sprache der Mathematik Zusammenfassung Dieser Artikel ist eine Einführung in die Forschung über die Anfangsbedingungen zu Einsteins Feldgleichungen der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Damit können astrophysikalische Systeme wie z.B. Sterne und Schwarze Löcher beschrieben werden. Abstract This article is an introduction to the work on initial conditions for the Einstein field equations that can describe astrophysical systems like stars and black holes.
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POPSWhere the Real Power Lies- in the Distribution Network This article touches on one of the great strengths of solar energy - the ability to produce power in many de-centralized locations and distribute it widely with very little loss. And as in the spread of telephones, electricity, tv and railway, the real power is held by those who own the distribution network. What's especially interesting here is that you can draw parallels between solar power and the biggest network around at the moment - the internet. The way in which both these mediums are alike is that they inherently resist centralized control. While you can build giant solar power stations, there is still the capability for a homeowner to have their own mini-power station on their roof. This democratization, of information by the internet, and electricity by solar power, is, I think ,a good thing. Both for the environment and for the individual.
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POPSClemens Messerschmid (2003): Palästinas Wasserressourcen und Israels Trennmauer Much to my regret, I did not find an English translation of the hydrogeologist Clemens Messerschmid's essay on the disastrous impacts the Israeli "security fence" makes on the Palestinian infrastructure, especially the water supply. It might be that Messerschmid's paper "TILL THE LAST DROP - The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict" is of correlative content. It is available at http://www.palestineacademy.org/wconf/ (see the abstracts on http://www.palestineacademy.org/wconf/Abstracts.pdf). Messerschmid is working in several international water projects in the West Bank, currently in the position of Research & Coordination Advisor to the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) for the Project "The Sustainable Management of the West Bank and Gaza Aquifers" (SUSMAQ) of University of Newcastle and PWA. See also this clip .
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POPSBlogilitics: Now Malaysians say blogs influence elections
Before the humiliation of the General Elections in Malaysia last month the Badawi Government was stridently insisting that bloggers were only engaged in masturbation and were not influencing anyone. Now ministers, ex ministers and all and sundry are embracing the new conventional wisdom that blogs are influential in politics. The irony of it all is that the power of the Malaysian bloggers are actually the creation of the Malaysian Government - if it was not so obsessed with controlling the mainstream media to the extent that it lost all credibility, Malaysians would still be happy trusting their newspaper, TV and radio stations instead of the blogs. So what now for the Malaysian Government. If Unspun was Machiavelli and advising the ABB Government he would tell them to free up the Malaysian media. if they can control it make sure that the enditors they put in place are good, professional and share the same vision as the government (assuming its got one). Once this is don
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POPSAufgeklärte Blicke auf Mohammed, Muslime und den Koran Annemarie Schimmel: Muhammad. Diederichs kompakt, 96 S.; 6,90 Euro. Gabriel Mandel Khan: Der Prophet Mohammed. Parthas, 143 S.; zahlr. farbige Abb., 19,80 Euro. Der Koran, erschlossen und kommentiert v. Adel Th. Khoury, Patmos, zahlr. Abb., 350 S.; 39,90 Euro.
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