Timeline Ties the Bidens, Soros and Even Barack Obama to Ukrainian Affairs Starting in 2014

We’ve reported on George Soros and his actions that have destroyed the US from within for years.

Anti American George Soros was interviewed by 60 Minutes years ago. In this infamous interview Soros claimed to have no shame for turning in fellow Jews to the Nazis in World War II Hungary. The Nazis stole from the Jews and Soros claimed that if he didn’t turn Jews into the Nazis, someone else would.

Notice that in this interview from 20 years ago, Soros was already involved in Ukraine:

https://youtu.be/7iGB0gTA4Ec

After President Trump’s election, George Soros was reportedly behind the airport protests. A week before that Soros was reportedly behind 50 Groups involved in the ‘Women’s Protests’ the day after the inauguration. Before that, Soros was connected to the groups demanding election recounts after the November 8th, 2016, election and Soros money was funding more protests during these efforts. And there was information showing that Soros funded Black Lives Matter protests across the country before that.

But between 2013 and the election of 2016 Soros was involved in Ukraine along with former President Obama and his Vice President Joe Biden and his family.

Here is the relevant timeline parts that deserve explaining:

February 14, 2014, VP Joe Biden named by President Obama to be the point man on all things Ukraine.

February 21, 2014, George Soros’ ‘Open Society’ publishes an anti-corruption strategy for Ukraine

April 13, 2014, Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings announces the hiring of Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer who also served as a senior advisor to Secretary-of-State John Kerry. Archer was also the college roommate of CJ Heinz, Kerry’s stepson.

April 15, 2014, Burisma Holdings sends two payments to Hunter Biden and Devon Archer’s Morgan Stanley account of their Rosemont Seneca Bohai (RSB) Investment fund. This business was greatly enhanced through a loan from the Bank of China in November 2013 when Hunter traveled on air Force II with the vice president who had a scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The loan for $1.5B went to Biden and Archer’s RSB firm which had collaborated their business with their new venture partner James Bulger who headed the Thornton Group. Biden, Archer and Bulger appeared to have started this merger (via a loan) on November 10, 2011 when they met with several Chinese government fund leaders in Washington just hours before his father met with then Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hunter would then meet with other top Chinese officials in Taiwan just two weeks later according to the secret Service report and corroborate with this new disturbing report.

One of the two Burisma payments to the account was for $29,242.82 and the other payment was for $83,333.33 which happens to be the “future” salary payment for Hunter Biden who would not be announced as a hired member to the Burisma Holdings board of directors for another 28 days.

April 22, 2014, Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk to urge him to foster Ukrainian natural gas production increases – now just three weeks from (already paid) Hunter Biden being named to the board of directors at Burisma energy, the nation’s largest private energy company.

May 13, 2014, Hunter Biden is announced as a board member for Burisma Holdings.

https://youtu.be/TOVsLNmmA70

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/exclusive-timeline-ties-bidens-soros-even-barack-obama-ukrainian-affairs-starting-2014/

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So when Donald Trump’s improbable march to the White House picked up steam in the spring of 2016, Team Soros marched to the top of the State Department to protect some of those investments, according to newly released department memos providing a rare glimpse into the Democratic donor’s extraordinary access to the Obama administration.

Then-Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland received repeated calls, emails and meeting requests from Soros, according to the memos obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the conservative group Citizens United.

Solomon continued –

Likewise, Soros set out a bold vision in an internal 2014 memo for his Open Society Foundation to help root out corruption in Ukraine and build a “civil society” after the Maidan Revolution ousted the country’s Russia-friendly president. It worked with U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials to leverage the so-called Kleptocracy Initiative to fight corruption. The initiative enabled DOJ to prosecute or seek asset forfeitures from foreigners suspected of corruption, even if the crimes didn’t technically occur on U.S. soil.

Such initiatives are noble in principle. But in Ukraine, some targets had political and business implications as well.

For example, one DOJ investigation in 2014 targeted Ukrainian oligarch Dmitri Firtash. He and Soros both have significant energy interests in Europe — and rival plans to rebuild Ukraine. After Firtash’s indictment, Soros’s business announced plans to invest $1 billion in Ukraine.

Since then, significant problems have arisen with the DOJ’s case, thwarting efforts to extradite Firtash to the U.S. for trial.

And finally, Solomon notes –

And when Ukraine’s general prosecutor sought to investigate one of the country’s nonprofits partially funded by Soros during 2016, the State Department pressured Ukrainian officials to drop the case.

This last piece by Solomon is likely what Rudy is alluded to in his comments about Soros in the Ukraine. The Obama State Department intervened in the Ukraine and stopped the case against Soros. Based on Rudy’s comments, it is likely he has support for Obama’s State Department actions.

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Department of Justice Releases Report on its Efforts to Disrupt, Dismantle, and Destroy MS-13

Department Has Prosecuted More than 700 MS-13 Gang Members Over the Last Four Years; Approximately 74 Percent of these Defendants Were Unlawfully Present in the United States

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-releases-report-its-efforts-disrupt-dismantle-and-destroy-ms-13

Pain Clinic Owner Sentenced for Role in Operating Pill Mills in Tennessee and Florida

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pain-clinic-owner-sentenced-role-operating-pill-mills-tennessee-and-florida

Rudy Giuliani Calls ‘Borat’ Gotcha Moment ‘a Complete Fabrication’ and Attempt to Thwart Biden Investigation

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has hit out against the new Borat sequel, saying that a scene in the movie in which he appears to have an encounter with a young woman is a “complete fabrication” and is an attempt to thwart his ongoing investigation into Joe Biden and his family.

Giuliani said in a series of tweets on Wednesday that he wasn’t reaching into his pants in a sexual way during the scene, as some media report have implied, but was merely tucking in his shirt. The former mayor said that he called the police in July once he realized that the scene was a set-up.

“The Borat video is a complete fabrication. I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment. At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate. If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise he is a stone-cold liar,” Giuliani tweeted.

“This is an effort to blunt my relentless exposure of the criminality and depravity of Joe Biden and his entire family.”

He concluded: “We are preparing much bigger dumps off of the hard drive from hell, of which Joe Biden will be unable to defend or hide from. I have the receipts.”

(2) In fact, the NY Post today reports "it looks to me like an exaggeration through editing."

As soon as I realized it was a set up I called the police, which has been noted in THR article on July 8th.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) October 21, 2020

(4) We are preparing much bigger dumps off of the hard drive from hell, of which Joe Biden will be unable to defend or hide from. I have the receipts.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) October 21, 2020

The clip from the Borat sequel went viral on Wednesday, reportedly showing Giuliani lying on a hotel bed, tucking in his shirt with his hand down his pants, with a young woman standing close by. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen enters the room in disguise and screams that the young woman is 15 years-old.

The Associated Press noted that the actress in question is listed as 24 years old on the Internet Movie Database site.

Rudy Giuliani was apparently under the impression that he was being interviewed by a news crew about the Trump administration before realizing that it was all a hoax.

The Borat sequel is set to begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/10/21/rudy-giuliani-calls-borat-gotcha-moment-a-complete-fabrication-and-attempt-to-thwart-biden-investigation/

US Intelligence Claims Russia, Iran Acting to Influence 2020 Election

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has announced that US intelligence reflects that "two foreign actors, Iran and Russia, have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to [US] elections."

"First, we have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran, and separately by Russia," Ratcliffe claimed during a Wednesday evening address to the US public.

"This data can be used by foreign actors to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos and undermine your confidence in American democracy."

He detailed that US intelligence officials have already caught Iran sending "spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage" US President Donald Trump.

Citing a Department of Homeland Security and other federal and local government officials, the Washington Post reported earlier Wednesday that emails said addressed from the alt-right, pro-Trump group Proud Boys was actually issued by a "deceptive campaign making use of a vulnerability in the organization’s online network."

Ratliffe asserted Iran was also behind a video that erroneously "implies that individuals could cast fraudulent ballots, even from overseas."

"Although we have not seen the same actions from Russia, we are aware that they have obtained some voter information, just as they did in [the] 2016 [presidential election]," he noted.

"Rest assured that we are prepared for the possibility of actions by those hostile to democracy."

'You Should Be Confident That Your Vote Counts' - FBI Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Wray also spoke to Americans Wednesday night and argued that despite the alleged foreign interference, US voters should know that there is no way for these so-called foreign actors to change their vote.

“You should be confident that your vote counts,” he expressed. “Early, unverified claims to the contrary should be viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism.”

He also noted that federal authorities were working with the private sector, including social media, to ensure that their platforms do not become mediums for the dissemination of disinformation and propaganda during the time leading up November 3.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202010211080842682-us-intelligence-claims-russia-iran-acting-to-influence-2020-election/

China Disinformation Ops Target Top GOP Lawmaker

Rep. McCaul latest victim of CCP influence operations seeking to sway U.S. elections

China is targeting a leading Republican lawmaker who has been at the center of efforts to crack down on the Communist Party's stealth campaign to influence the 2020 election.

Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is the latest victim of a coordinated campaign by Chinese state-controlled outlets to spread disinformation and sow discord among the American public. McCaul is an outspoken critic of the CCP and, as chair of the congressional China Task Force, led efforts to expose China's deception about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

These efforts have made McCaul a target for the Communist Party, which has used its network of English-language propaganda sites to discredit the lawmaker. CCP-controlled outlets have published nearly two dozen hit pieces on McCaul in the past several months, including a Wednesday article by the Global Times claiming McCaul's hawkish views on China could cost him his seat in Congress. McCaul is locked in a tight election with his challenger, according to polls, and the incumbent's team views China's English-language press blitz as part of an effort to ensure he loses.

China's campaign against McCaul is the latest effort by the Communist Party to peddle propaganda to American audiences and influence the 2020 election cycle and soften the American public's view toward Beijing. The U.S. intelligence community has singled out China, Russia, and Iran as seeking to influence the upcoming American elections. Using media sites, fake social media accounts, and internet bots, these countries push propaganda to American readers. Social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have struggled to contain the spread of state-backed disinformation, which routinely is presented to American readers without context or warning. The United States on Wednesday designated six Chinese media companies operating in America as CCP propaganda outlets.

At least 17 stories attacking McCaul have appeared in Chinese-controlled media outlets in recent months. The flurry of stories published in outlets such as China Daily, China Global Television Network, and the Global Times portray McCaul and other China hawks as a danger to the U.S.-China relationship. They label the China Task Force a "circus troupe" and go to great lengths to push back against accusations the Communist Party lied about the coronavirus pandemic and hid critical information from global authorities.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/china-disinformation-ops-target-top-gop-lawmaker/

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FBI holds ‘major’ election security news conference

The FBI and the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, held an emergency news conference Wednesday evening to announce that Russia and Iran have obtained some voter registration data, aiming to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election.

“We would like to alert the public that we have identified that two foreign actors, Iran and Russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections,” Ratcliffe said.

Iran has been sending spoof emails to confuse voters with false information, the officials said. Officials say still, our election systems are resilient and secure.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said, “We are not going to tolerate any interference in our elections. We are not going to let our guard down.”

https://breaking911.com/live-fbi-holds-major-election-security-news-conference/

New York Post's Twitter account remains locked one week after publishing Hunter Biden laptop story

The social media platform is reportedly insisting the newspaper delete 'multiple tweets' sharing its exposé

https://www.theblaze.com/news/new-york-posts-twitter-account-remains-locked-one-week-after-publishing-hunter-biden-laptop-story

US, Japan, Australia team up for naval exercises in South China Sea

The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain linked up with the Royal Australian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in the South China Sea to conduct naval exercises on Monday.

The exercises, which signify the fifth time this year that the U.S. has conducted exercises in the 7th Fleet’s area of operations with Australia and Japan, aim to enhance the ability of forces to work together and maintain maritime security and readiness, the U.S. Navy said.

Specifically, JMSDF’s destroyer JS Kirisame and the Australian Royal Navy’s frigate HMAS Arunta teamed up with the McCain to carry out surface, subsurface, and air defense exercises and other training events.

“By operating with our close allies in this way, here in the South China Sea, we promote transparency, the rule of law, freedom of navigation and overflight, all principles that underpin security and prosperity for the Indo-Pacific, so that all nations in the region may benefit,” Cmdr. Ryan T. Easterday, commanding officer of the McCain, said in a news release.

Royal Australian Navy Cmdr. Troy Duggan, commanding officer of the HMAS Arunta, and JMSDF Capt. Yokota Kazushi, commander of JMSDF Escort Division 8, also stressed the value of the trilateral exercises.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/10/21/us-japan-australia-team-up-for-naval-exercises-in-south-china-sea/

Top US general in Afghanistan says he’s holding back to give Taliban peace deal a chance

U.S. forces in Afghanistan are doing their best to keep to an agreement to reduce violence, their commander told the BBC in a segment that aired Wednesday, including opting not to go on the offensive in some cases.

Troops are reining it in, Army Gen. Scott Miller said, in the interest of marshaling a peace agreement along, despite the Taliban’s persistent attacks on Afghan troops.

“We’ve shown a great deal of restraint because we’re trying to make this peace process work,” Miller said. “At the same time, we’ll defend our forces.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/10/21/top-us-general-in-afghanistan-says-hes-holding-back-to-give-taliban-peace-deal-a-chance/

Democratic Senate Candidate in Iowa Accused of Breaking Campaign Finance Rules — Charged with Breaking FEC Rules

Republican Senator Joni Ernst is in a tight race with Democrat Theresa Greenfield in Iowa.

Two weeks ago Senator Joni Ernst took Democrat candidate Theresa Greenfield to the woodshed.

Greenfield looked like she was going to cry after Senator Joni Ernst ripped her apart over her failed business record.

On Wednesday a lawyer the Republican National Committee and the Iowa GOP has filed a Federal Election Commission complaint accusing Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield of pretending to use volunteers in order to claim an unmerited exemption from campaign contribution limits.

The video was captured by an operative for Accuracy in Media and released to FOX News.

Greenfield, who is running against Sen. Joni Ernst, has as of August received more than $1 million of in-kind contributions from the Iowa Democratic Party, according to attorney Alan Ostergren, far exceeding the $4,000 allowance that can only be topped if the contributions are the result of volunteer labor.

“By falsely claiming to use volunteers, [Iowa Democratic Party] and the Greenfield campaign are able to unfairly and illegally inflate their political spending, comparatively disadvantaging any opponents in a way that is prohibited under the Federal Election Campaign Act,” wrote Ostergren.

The allegations come after a reporter for Accuracy in Media, a conservative media watchdog that has a history of political activism, recorded a staffer at an event saying volunteers would be posing for pictures to help satisfy Federal Election Commission requirements.

“We found out when we went to their event, they don’t use volunteer labor,” Accuracy in Media President Adam Guillette told Fox News. “They have volunteers take a few photos to pretend to be doing the work. This is potentially a major FEC violation.”

Meanwhile, Ostergren is calling for an immediate investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

Here’s the video from Accuracy in Media:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/democratic-senate-candidate-iowa-accused-breaking-campaign-finance-rules-charged-breaking-fec-rules-video/

USPS First Class Mail Not Arriving On Time In Battleground States Like Pennsylvania And Michigan

The U.S. Postal Service is still not sorting mail fast enough to process for the election, according to internal agency data.

Performance levels at the USPS are down more than 5% since July and are the lowest of any point in 2020, according to a new filing in federal court made by Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

The lag comes despite recent judges' rulings that the Post Office couldn't ban overtime and late delivery trips, Bloomberg notes.

Shapiro said: “Despite being subject to multiple injunctions, defendants have not improved their service performance.” He is asking for a judge to appoint an independent monitor to make sure the USPS abides by the court's orders.

Shapiro argues that late trips and overtime by mail carriers has barely moved back toward pre-July levels, before the changes were made.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been accused by Democrats of trying to interefere with the November 3 election as the nation expects a massive surge in mail-in ballots due to the pandemic. Several judges have also ruled that his changes "were intended to disrupt and challenge the legitimacy of the Nov. 3 election," according to Bloomberg.

The USPS Inspector General said in a report earlier this week that DeJoy and officials never measured the impact of roughly five dozen changes put in place to save costs at the financially failing agency.

The report read: “These initiatives were implemented quickly and were communicated primarily orally, which resulted in confusion and inconsistent application across the country.”

First class mail continues to lag in some areas, however, including contested states like Pennsylvania and Michigan. In early October, only about 80% of mail was delivered on time in Philadelphia. That number fell to 71% in Detroit. Rates below 95% risk delaying mail-in ballots, according to former Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman.

The USPS attests that it is abiding by the court's orders, stating: “The preliminary injunction does not speak to service performance levels, or require USPS to guarantee a certain aggregate number of late or extra trips, but rather requires USPS to maintain and convey certain specific operational policies.”

“USPS asks that it be allowed to perform its duty in this important period, rather than continuing to litigate unnecessary disputes before this court,” the agency concluded.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usps-first-class-mail-not-arriving-time-battleground-states-pennsylvania-and-michigan

Democrats panicky as early voting data indicate mail-in balloting not matching narrative of massive blue wave

Another election cycle, another set of left-wing narratives are being shattered.

In 2016, Americans were told that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was going to wipe the floor with then-GOP nominee Donald Trump.

All of the polling showed that. In fact, all of the polling for months had shown that. It wasn’t even going to be close. Trump should have just conceded ahead of time, the brainiacs in the ‘mainstream media’ told us.

Well, we all know how that turned out.

Then came the fake ‘Russian collusion’ narrative. And the Ukraine hoax.

And now, here we are again, back to the future.

Throughout this current election cycle, Americans have been told for months that mind-addled former Vice President Joe Biden is going to wipe the floor with President Trump. He leads by double digits in the polls. All the battleground states that Trump wasn’t supposed to win in 2016 are now going to go back to the ‘blue’ column. It’s not a matter of Biden getting the required 270 electoral votes necessary to win, but how big his final electoral vote tally will be.

Oh, and we know it’s going to be huge because, we’re told, Democrat voters by the legions are going to take advantage of early mail-in balloting to avoid exposure to COVID-19 (while they continue to go to Walmart, the local grocery store, and as many massed riots and other ‘non-violent’ demonstrations as they can attend).

For weeks the narrative from the left has been this: Democrats will jump out to huge, early mail-in ballot leads and there won’t be any way Trump will be able to catch up with in-person balloting on Election Day.

Except that narrative is proving to be a lie as well.

TopTradeGuru notes:

Up until this weekend, the Democratic victory narrative has been this: Dems will outperform in early and mail in voting. Republicans, leerier to mail-in voting, will opt for in person voting and will outperform on election day. However, in the end, the in-person voting will not be enough to overcome the massive early voting numbers by the Democrats.

For one, because of COVID lockdowns on most college campuses, the student vote is suppressed, analysts have discovered. For another, early voting in Texas is heavily Republican, destroying the notion of a blue Lone Star State. For another, a general malaise and complacency exists among Democrats because they were told repeatedly their candidates have it in the bag.

Here’s a sampling, via TopTradeGuru:

https://patriotrising.com/democrats-panicky-as-early-voting-data-indicate-mail-in-balloting-not-matching-narrative-of-massive-blue-wave/

Jewish support for Biden higher than for Clinton, Obama - J Street poll

Only 22% of Jewish voters support US President Donald Trump in both states.

Jewish support for US presidential candidate Joe Biden in the swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania is higher than it was for Hillary Clinton and former US president Barack Obama, according to a new poll by the progressive Jewish group J Street.

In Florida, 73% of Jewish voters support Biden and in Pennsylvania 75% of Jewish voters support Biden, while only 22% of Jewish voters support US President Donald Trump in both states.

In both states, the coronavirus pandemic is the top issue for Jewish voters, followed by the economy and health care. Israel ranks toward the bottom of Jewish voters' priorities.

Jewish voters in the two states see Biden as the better option for handling the pandemic, combating white nationalism and antisemitism and keeping American Jews safe.

Over 60% of Jewish voters in Florida and Pennsylvania support a two state solution for the Israel-Palestinian conflict, including having Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem become part of a Palestinian state, and allowing most Jewish settlers in the West Bank to be in Israel, while the Palestinians receive comparable land areas in return.

Nearly all Jews in the two states believe people can be both "pro-Israel" and critical of the policy of the Israeli government.

Over 60% Jewish voters in the two states expressed support for re-entering the Iran deal, according to the J Street poll.

Voters in Florida tended to be older than those in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, more of those polled said that they did not identify with any denomination than those in Florida, where 41% identified as part of the Reform movement.

Both states are majority Democrat, with slightly more voters in Pennsylvania identifying as liberal. In Florida, Orthodox voters support Trump more than Biden. In Pennsylvania, Orthodox voters are about equally split between the two voters.

In April, J Street announced their endorsement for Biden. It was the first time that the organization has ever endorsed a candidate.

Additional polls conducted among US Jews around the USA have found that the majority of US Jews support Biden, including a recent poll commissioned by the American Jewish Committee.

https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/jewish-support-for-biden-higher-than-for-clinton-obama-j-street-poll-646485

Suicides Up Nearly 100% Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County, as Medical Experts Cite Perils of Social Isolation

This summer, a relative reached out to me regarding the sad story of Kodie Dutcher, a 10-year-old girl from Baraboo, Wisconsin who was reported missing in July.

Law enforcement officials put out an Amber Alert, and a volunteer search party was organized. Kodie’s body was found the following morning—July 7, a Tuesday—near her home. Her death was ruled a suicide by the Baraboo Police Department.

Kodie’s death shook me. I grew up in a small town not far from Baraboo and know people who live there today. It occurred to me that my own little girl, whom I still think of as a baby, is roughly the same age Kodie was when she took her life.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, but evidence suggests that few demographics are suffering more than young people. Data show they’re suffering more economically, and emerging evidence shows that many are less equipped to deal with the “collateral damage” of forced lockdowns mentally.

A new report from the Wisconsin State Journal examining mental health trends in Dane County, the second most populous county in Wisconsin, shows that many are struggling to cope with the mental toll of social isolation precipitated by the economic lockdowns.

Hannah Flanagan, the Director of Emergency Services at Journey Mental Health Center, said calls to the center’s crisis hotline are up more than 15 percent since the beginning of the pandemic, with many people suffering not from severe mental illness but situational stress. Preliminary data collected by the center show that Dane County passed its 2019 suicide count in early October.

Flanagan said Dane County had experienced 57 suicides as of early October, more than the total of 54 it had experienced the entire calendar year in 2019. She indicated that the excess deaths largely stem from stay-at-home orders.

“When people are lonely, it’s really hard to cope,” Flanagan said. “The specificity about COVID social distancing and isolation that we’ve come across as contributing factors to the suicides are really new to us this year.”

It’s alarming to see a large county eclipse its previous suicide total with nearly three months remaining in the calendar year, but the numbers become even more troubling when you drill into them a little further. The center’s figures show that 15 of these suicides were committed by people under the age of 25. That’s nearly double the total in 2019 (eight)—and we still have nearly three months until the year is over.

One could dismiss these figures as anecdotal evidence or a strange outlier. The problem is it fits with other mental health trends around the country. The CDC recently reported that one out of four young people have contemplated suicide during the pandemic, about two and a half times the overall rate.

Though national data on youth suicide during the pandemic is not yet available, trends reported from suicide hotline centers across the country show that many young people are crying out for help.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/10/suicides-up-nearly-100-among-young-people-in-wisconsins-second-largest-county-as-medical-experts-cite-perils-of-social-isolation.html

Nanogenerator Harvests Power From Vibrations in Surrounding Environment

Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn’t need a wireless or main power source. Or a pacemaker with inbuilt organic energy sources within the human body.

Australian researchers led by Flinders University are picking up the challenge of ‘scavenging’ invisible power from low-frequency vibrations in the surrounding environment, including wind, air or even contact-separation energy (static electricity).

“These so-called triboelectric nanogenerators (or ‘TENGs’) can be made at low cost in different configurations, making them suitable for driving small electronics such as personal electronics (mobile phones), biomechanics devices (pacemakers), sensors (temperature/pressure/chemical sensors), and more,” says Professor Youhong Tang, from Flinders University’s College of Science and Engineering.

Further research aims to further develop this renewable form of energy harvesting by designing simple fabrication from cheap and sustainable materials, with high efficiency.

“They can use non-invasive materials, so could one day be used for implantable and wearable energy harvesting aims,” says PhD candidate Mohammad Khorsand, co-lead author on recent papers in international journal Nano Energy.

The latest paper uses AI-enhanced mathematical modelling to compare the function of the number of segments, rotational speed and tribo-surface spacing of an advanced TENG prototype to optimise the storage and performance.

The researchers, with colleagues at the University of Technology Sydney and elsewhere, are working to improve power generation of TENGs and store the generated power on supercapacitor or battery.

“We have been able to effectively harvest power from sliding movement and rotary motion which are abundantly available in our living environment,” says Professor Tang.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/10/nanogenerator-harvests-power-from-vibrations-in-surrounding-environment.html