https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1223440673568907266
Hunter Kimono
https://deadline.com/2020/01/harvey-weinstein-black-cube-to-spy-on-accusers-rape-trial-1202846724/
Dev Sen, a corporate attorney from Boies Schiller, gave brief testimony on Thursday, confirming that the firm had hired Black Cube at Weinstein’s behest.
Debate among legal teams and Judge James Burke about the scope of Sen’s testimony and the materials that would be allowed into evidence consumed far more time in the courtroom than did his few minutes on the stand. With the jury out of the courtroom, both sides aired their views on the role Black Cube — an explosive aspect of the reporting about Weinstein by Ronan Farrow and others, could play in the trial.
Defense attorney Damon Cheronis reiterated his objections to a contract between Black Cube and Boies Schiller that prosecutors sought to enter into evidence. He cited attorney-client privilege and questioning what he said was a lack of relevance to the main criminal charges. Lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi countered that an email from Black Cube to Boies Schiller indicated a “red flag” next to the name of actress Annabella Sciorra. In Farrow’s reports, and last week in testimony at the New York Trial, Sciorra’s allegations of a violent sexual assault perpetrated by Weinstein have proven especially potent.
Burke leaned toward Cheronis, limiting the scope of what Sen could discuss and requesting significant redactions in the contract. “Just because an eyedrop [of evidence] comes in doesn’t mean an ocean can come in,” he said. “Let [the contract] speak for itself, is what I’m saying.” Sen’s testimony included only the barest of exchanges with prosecutors, with virtually no cross-examination from the defense.
>Black Cube
The Black Cube Chronicles
Ronan Farrow
https://outline.com/BJtWuL
The Private Investigators
https://outline.com/Hg7cd2
The Undercover Operative
https://outline.com/suP58z
The Double Agent
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7947539/Weinstein-rape-trial-continues-five-witnesses-slated-testify.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak#Breakeven,_Q,_and_ignition
The ratio of input to output energy is denoted Q, and breakeven corresponds to a Q of 1. A Q of at least one is needed for the reactor to generate net energy, but for practical reasons, it is desirable for it to be much higher.
Once breakeven is reached, further improvements in confinement generally lead to a rapidly increasing Q. That is because some of the energy being given off by the fusion reactions of the most common fusion fuel, a 50-50 mix of deuterium and tritium, is in the form of alpha particles. These can collide with the fuel nuclei in the plasma and heat it, reducing the amount of external heat needed. At some point, known as ignition, this internal self-heating is enough to keep the reaction going without any external heating, corresponding to an infinite Q.