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Bill Clinton thinks Jack Ma could use his stature to draw attention and resources to some of China’s most pressing environmental and social concerns.
The former United States president was reacting to the US$21.8 billion initial public offering of Ma’s Alibaba Group which catapulted the former English teacher to the upper ranks of the world’s billionaires, according to Bloomberg.
The fundraising became the biggest on record after Alibaba underwriters exercised their right to sell more shares, boosting the IPO past US$25 billion.
“They [Alibaba] have 300 million people a week doing business on Alibaba,” Clinton told reporters by phone ahead of this week’s Clinton Global Initiative conference. “The chances of his being able to change China for the better are quite high.”
China has about 250,000 registered non-government organizations.
Ma, 50, has previously flown his management team to Clinton’s office in New York to better understand how global-scale philanthropy works.
He is scheduled to attend the Clinton Global Initiative.
Clinton said Ma could leverage Alibaba’s success to improve the infrastructure for Chinese philanthropy as information technology has transformed public reaction to disasters.
http:// www.ejinsight.com/20140922-bill-clinton-jack-ma-could-rev-up-china-philanthropy/
melanin = black gold
https:// imgur.com/bcdrwWw
Hello Brothers, Sisters, and Elders;
Before I go on into the main topic, I will like to share a news dated back to almost 3 years ago, Observed and written by Monica Davies-
Scientists Using Melanin From Aborted Black Babies To Create Solar Cells: Are Living Blacks Next?
In an frightening line of research on solar cells, scientists are examining the connection between melanin (skin pigmentation) and solar cell development. Of course, it’s all clouded in jargon and officialese, but the basic idea is this: the creation of a melanin-based solar cell. This means that the skin of African-Americans and black fetuses could be used as an element in solar cells.
According to a research paper:
we suggest that a class of biological macromolecules called the melanins may be suitable replacements for the ruthenium complexes. They have strong, broad band absorption, are chemically and photochemically very stable, can be cheaply and easily synthesized, and are also bio-available and bio-compatible. We demonstrate a melanin-based regenerative solar cell, and discuss the key properties that are necessary for an effective broad band photon harvesting system. For interested scientists who would love to read the scientific details -
http:// arxiv.org/ftp/cond-mat/papers/0406/0406097.pdf
The scientists note further that they are exploring the possibilities of using bio-organic pigments (melanin) to …explore the possibilities of using bio-organic pigments with broad band light absorbing properties as the primary photon harvesting component. In this context, we will concentrate on a class of bio-macromolecules called the melanins, and will also highlight several other potential material. What will hopefully become clear during this discussion, is the need to understand the detailed photophysical and photochemical properties of these molecules, and how these properties relate to their chemical and electronic structure.
http:// www.nairaland.com/2360253/magnificent-black-skins-worth
It is also important to note that we will not deal in this chapter with the concept of creating artificial photosynthetic membranes by immobilizing and assembling photofunctional molecules on various substrates – although this approach has the potential to create direct conversion photovoltaic devices.
Melanin, or skin pigment has a variety of properties, including lessening the toxic effect of heavy metals, protection against biological warfare attacks, and acting as a sunscreen.
In biological science melanin is known to possess a diverse set of roles and functions in a wide range of organisms. These include:
Protection against biochemical attack: e.g. the smokeshield-like ink of the octopus, and the melanin-based protective colorings of bacteria and fungi which are capable of encapsulating and oxidizing invading organisms in a process known as melanization
Mitigating chemical stresses associated with exposure to heavy metals and oxidizing agents.
Acting as a natural sunscreen: shielding light-sensitive tissue from the potentially damaging effects of ultraviolet light.
This pigment has many bio-chemical advantages, including the ability to convert light into heat (energy). :
If melanin can convert light into heat, could it not also transform UV radiation into other biologically/metabolically useful forms of energy? This may no seem so far fetched when one considers that even gamma radiation, which is highly toxic to most forms of life, is a source of sustenance for certain types of fungi and bacteria.
There are few other links attached from the main article- http:// beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/09/scientists-using-melanin-from-aborted-black-babies-to-create-solar-cells-are-living-blacks-next-2471442.html
he has 2 and 3 fingers like Trump didi