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150 people including ministers, governors, and leaders of political parties will participate in the talks in Qatar, according to BBC sources in the government. 40 women will be part of the delegation. 25 people will participate from the Taliban side.
https://twitter.com/TheGreatAfg/status/1117702383381905408
John Oliver Reluctantly Defends Julian Assange From U.S. Effort To Extradite Him – Deadline
https://healthytopic.org/john-oliver-reluctantly-defends-julian-assange-from-u-s-effort-to-extradite-him-deadline/ …
ING’s blockchain team is testing a privacy technology called “bulletproofs,” the latest in a series of seemingly unlikely cypherpunk …
ING’s blockchain team is testing a privacy technology called “bulletproofs,” the latest in a series of seemingly unlikely cypherpunk experiments at the Netherlands-based global bank.
Developed and refined by hardcore cryptographers at Stanford University, University College London and startup Blockstream, bulletproofs are designed to hide the amounts being transferred in bitcoin transactions, which are normally visible to anyone. But banks have privacy concerns about blockchains too, since they don’t want to expose competitive or sensitive client data to rivals.
One early solution was zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a way of proving possession of a secret without revealing the secret itself. Over the past year or so, ING has explored ZKP variants such as range proofs (where a hidden number is proven to be within a certain range) and zero-knowledge set membership (where alphanumeric data can be validated within a specified set).
But ZKPs eat up a lot of computation and so potentially slow down a blockchain. Now, ING sees bulletproofs as a much more efficient, therefore applicable, version of these proofs.
The bank found bulletproofs turn out to be “roughly ten times faster than other range proofs, for a single range proof,” said Mariana Gomez de la Villa, global head of ING’s blockchain program.
And when aggregated together these proving schemes gain efficiency. Gomez de la Villa gave the example of a cryptocurrency exchange using range proofs to show it has enough funds to pay all its clients if they want to withdraw their money at the same time.
In this case, “bulletproofs would allow a solution that is 300 times more efficient than other alternative range proofs,” she said.
While a lot of this stuff is academic, ING is now looking to where it can apply the tech. Potential uses touch on the need to obey the Europe Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); for instance, ZK set membership can prove an individual belongs to a given EU member state without disclosing any other information about their identity.
Meanwhile, academics and cryptocurrency scientists seem encouraged, if a little bemused. Blockstream mathematician Andrew Poelstra told CoinDesk via email:
“When we developed bulletproofs in 2017, we did not expect such an uptake. We’re very excited and proud whenever we see the technology being applied to real world problems, if a little surprised its found a use-case in traditional banking!”
Trade and trolls
ING is also looking at applying ZKPs to the testing out of trade finance blockchains, an innovation which in turn looks ahead to a world of blockchain interoperability, said Gomez de la Villa.
“We are setting up a whole [ZKP] shop to help developers find these use cases and are in contact with some of our customers to ensure they have a good understanding of how they can leverage these open source projects that we have,” she said.
https://stockawiki.com/ing-bank-is-bringing-bitcoin-bulletproofs-to-private-blockchains/
Assange is a Rothschild-Israeli Operative WFT?
“The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.” ― Lenin
The arrest of Julian Assange is Just Theatre
https://www.henrymakow.com/2019/04/Julian-Assange-Arrest-is-Theatre%20.html … … Communist raised fist
Cher and Cory Booker turn on illegal aliens after Trump threatens to release invasion in their backyards
puppetstringnews.com/blog/cher-and-cory-booker-turn-on-illegal-aliens-after-trump-threatens-to-release-invasion-in-their-backyards
Fukushima: Japan begins removal of nuclear fuel from damaged reactor
https://thebreakingnewsheadlines.com/blog/fukushima-japan-begins-removal-of-nuclear-fuel-from-damaged-reactor/ …
Frankenstein Designer Kids: What You Don't Know About Gender-Transitioning Will Blow Your Mind
''Gender reassignment surgeries and medicines should only be allowed after the age of 21. We are hurting a generation.''
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-14/frankenstein-designer-kids-what-you-dont-know-about-gender-transitioning-will-blow …
Air New Zealand and Microsoft announce ground-breaking digital collaboration:
Air New Zealand has teamed up with components and systems provider Moog, Microsoft and ST Engineering on a world-first experiment which has the potential to transform aerospace supply chains by leveraging 3D printing and Moog’s blockchain enabled VeriPart process to create a point of use, time of need digital supply chain.
The proof of concept has seen Air New Zealand order a digital aircraft part file from Singapore-based ST Engineering.
The digital file was immediately sent to an approved printer, operated by Moog in Los Angeles, downloaded and 3D printed before being installed within hours on an Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300 aircraft ahead of its scheduled departure.
The entire transaction, from purchase to installation, was logged in Moog’s VeriPart digital supply chain system, which is powered by Microsoft Azure Cloud technology.
The file was for a bumper part, which sits behind the airline’s Business Premier monitors and prevents the screen from damaging the seat when it’s pushed in.
Air New Zealand Chief Ground Operations Officer Carrie Hurihanganui says being able to 3D print and certify aircraft parts in this way could present significant benefits to commercial airlines.
“Being able to 3D print certain components on the go would be transformative and drive significant efficiencies and sustainability benefits. Rather than having the cost associated with purchasing, shipping and storing physical parts and potentially having to fly an aircraft with an unavailable seat, this system would allow us to print a part when and where we need it in hours,” says Hurihanganui.
VeriPart is used for assuring data, process, and performance integrity of 3D printed parts for aerospace applications.
The VeriPart blockchain platform allows an engineering partner to release its intellectual property in a controlled way. The airline is then only able to 3D print the number of parts it requires on demand. The newly printed part is securely authenticated and traceable via VeriPart, providing the added value of configuration control for the life of the aircraft.
This four-company experiment has made it possible to prove the concept as technically viable and prove its potential value to the aircraft maintenance industry.
The end result of the collaboration opens the door to a future of distributed networks starting with a digital design file and ending with a physical part. This will decrease lead times and result in less downtime for airlines.
https://channellife.co.nz/story/air-new-zealand-and-microsoft-announce-ground-breaking-digital-collaboration
Sarah Sanders DENIES Trump told top border official he would PARDON him if he was jailed for breaking the law by stopping immigrants coming in
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders denied on Sunday that President Donald Trump told a top border agent he would pardon him if he arrested for enforcing policies to stop immigrants that could run contrary to the law.
'We're a country of laws and we have a president who supports that and is not asking anybody to do anything outside of those bounds. In fact, he's asking Congress to step up and give greater legal standing so they can do more to stop this crisis. No one's trying to skirt the law and certainly not being encouraged by the president to do so,' she said on ABC's 'This Week.'
CNN and The New York Times reported last week that the president - during an earlier visit to the border - offered Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan a pardon should he be arrested for enforcing any policy to keep out immigrants that ran afoul of the law.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6921287/Sarah-Sanders-DENIES-Trump-told-border-official-PARDON-him.html
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"Closed door meeting" pics arise from Sept 2017 in NYC between Turkish Pres Erdogon & MN Rep. Ilhan Omar. Same hotel he met w/top leaders of US Muslim Brotherhood.
Photos Surface Revealing 2017 'Closed-Door' Meeting Between Rep. Ilhan Omar and Turkish President Erdogan
Conservative Review reporter Jordan Schachtel recently came upon an interesting tidbit in the Tusmo Times, a publication that covers the Somali community in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, area. He found a story there by the Somali-language paper’s founder and editor, Abdirahman Mukhtar, about a “closed-door meeting” that took place in New York City in September 2017 between visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a then-relatively unknown Minnesota state representative named Ilhan Omar.
Omar, a Muslim immigrant from Somalia who won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018, reportedly led a delegation of Somalis from Minnesota to meet with Erdogan in New York. Erdogan was in town for the annual UN General Assembly meeting and Omar flew in to meet him at a local hotel in downtown New York City.
What is most interesting about this meeting, however, aside from the fact that the President of Turkey agreed to meet with a local Minnesota state legislator, is that it took place in the very same hotel room where Erdogan, either just before or just after his meeting with Omar, met with the assembled top leadership of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood.
This is obvious from the room’s carpeting and table and chairs arrangement: here is Erdogan posing with Ilhan Omar. – READ MORE
https://truepundit.com/photos-surface-revealing-2017-closed-door-meeting-between-rep-ilhan-omar-and-turkish-president-erdogan/
>"This QAnon chap explains how Donald Trump is able to time travel. His uncle gave him Nikola Tesla's old notes and Trump built himself a time machine. (Without a hot-tub)"
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When Omar met Erdogan: The unearthed report from their 2017 meeting
About a year and a half ago, on Sept. 18, 2017, a relatively unknown Minnesota state representative flew to New York City to hold a closed-door meeting with the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was in town for the 72nd U.N. General Assembly. This meeting of now-Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with Mr. Erdogan, the despotic ruler of Turkey, went almost entirely unreported, as it was not open to the press and Omar was not a high-profile figure. Since then, photos of the meeting surfaced on social media, but it largely appeared that there was no report detailing what happened during the hour-long meeting.
But one local Minnesota paper that covers the Somali community did receive access to the Erdogan-Omar meeting. That publication is the relatively obscure Tusmo Times, a Somali paper that covers the Twin Cities metro area. Abdirahman Mukhtar, its founder and editor, wrote a story in the Somali language discussing the meeting. For reasons unknown, the piece has since been deleted by the Tusmo Times. However, a copy of the report was obtained from archive.org’s Wayback Machine and translated by One Hour Translate.
The story makes clear, through photos and text, that Omar led the Minnesota-based Somali delegation (which included her non-politician husband, who is seen next to her in photos) that met with Erdogan. This is quite remarkable, given that Omar was then a mere Minnesota state representative, meeting face to face with the leader of an 80-million-person nation with one of the most powerful militaries in the world.
Speaking to the Tusmo Times, Omar said, according to the translation, that she met with Erdogan for about an hour and that the two discussed issues involving Omar’s native Somalia and issues for Somalis in Minnesota. She thanked Erdogan for Turkey’s support for the Rohingya people in Myanmar. The two also discussed investment and trade between Turkey and Somalia. The meeting ended with Erdogan asking Omar to voice her support for Turkey. The report concludes by adding that Omar not only met with Erdogan, but also with the Turkish prime minister and other senior Turkish officials.
While it’s not particularly shocking that Omar remains invested in the success of her native country, the Minnesota representative has been consistently sowing doubt about whether U.S. Jews as a whole can fairly represent American interests. She has taken to using anti-Semitic tropes in maintaining that support for Israel in the Jewish community is an example of having dual loyalties.
Of course, support for Israel, the only liberal democratic country in the Middle East, is not remotely comparable to her continuing support for the rogue dictatorships in Turkey and Somalia.
The day the story was posted, Omar tweeted about her meeting with Erdogan, linking to the now-deleted Tusmo Times piece.
When news of the meeting surfaced, she immediately received fierce blowback on several social media platforms for propping up Erdogan.
“Did you ask Erdogan about the jailed journalists?” wrote one respondent on her Facebook page. “How about the 100 thousand innocent people he jailed in Turkey.”
“Did you discuss the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide and his refusal to recognize them?” said another individual.
“What the hell is wrong with you?? He’s a DICTATOR,” another replied.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/omar-met-erdogan/