Lots of interesting news today

RatLabGuy said:
newatlas.com

Battery made of aluminum, sulfur and salt proves fast, safe and low-cost

Engineers at MIT have developed a new battery design using common materials – aluminum, sulfur and salt. Not only is the battery low-cost, but it’s resistant to fire and failures, and can be charged very fast, which could make it useful for powering a home or charging electric vehicles.
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Did these MIT researchers get public funding? And they get to patent the technology? Seems…. Odd
 
Futbalfantic said:
Did these MIT researchers get public funding? And they get to patent the technology? Seems…. Typical
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FIFY
See also: Thread about Student Loan Forgiveness
 
jeepinmatt said:
Well at least one school is honest about the academic integrity of their players.
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This situation (Im sure you dont care) sucks though.
FAMU has a player that used to live in my house. Has one hell of a story.

He transferred and has a 3.89 GPA. FAMU hasnt had an NCAA complaince officer since last November or so.
There is all kinds of paperwork required for a transfer player to play. He is academically ineligible because of this.

Kid did everything right and was punished.

All those inelgible kids werent failing
 
Ron said:
This situation (Im sure you dont care) sucks though.
FAMU has a player that used to live in my house. Has one hell of a story.

He transferred and has a 3.89 GPA. FAMU hasnt had an NCAA complaince officer since last November or so.
There is all kinds of paperwork required for a transfer player to play. He is academically ineligible because of this.

Kid did everything right and was punished.

All those inelgible kids werent failing
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I don't doubt any of that, I was just making a jab at all the Carolina fans. ;)
 
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mommucked said:
www.wral.com

'I won't get another hug:' Tearful mother speaks after teen shot, killed by Greensboro police officer during traffic stop

According to the Greensboro Police Department, officers stopped a stolen vehicle on West Market Street. The car was being driven by a 17-year-old boy, and two other teenagers ages 17 and 15 were riding inside it.
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Not written one sided at all. Didn't even mention attempted death by motor vehicle. Kid just borrowed a car and played bumpers cars when cornered.
Can't we all do that if we take a notion?
 
mommucked said:
www.wral.com

'I won't get another hug:' Tearful mother speaks after teen shot, killed by Greensboro police officer during traffic stop

According to the Greensboro Police Department, officers stopped a stolen vehicle on West Market Street. The car was being driven by a 17-year-old boy, and two other teenagers ages 17 and 15 were riding inside it.
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It a real shame he couldn't not drop out of high school and couldn't not steal a car and couldn't not go joyriding with 2 to 4 friends and couldn't not run from the police and couldn't not try to ram a police car. Those mean officers should have just shot a tire because he was a good boy.
 
RatLabGuy said:
www.nbcnews.com

A pregnant Texas woman who claimed her unborn baby counts as a passenger in the HOV lane is ticketed again

Brandy Bottone's first citation was dismissed before she was pulled over a second time for the same violation.
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I'm still going to side with her, to some extent.... But if this is something she is saying;

She insisted that with the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on June 24, her unborn child now was recognized as a living person.
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Then she's definitely no legal scholar.... The SCOTUS overturning Roe V. Wade was them saying it isn't the Fed's business, it didn't say anything about who is or is not a person.
 
zuke said:
Then she's definitely no legal scholar.... The SCOTUS overturning Roe V. Wade was them saying it isn't the Fed's business, it didn't say anything about who is or is not a person.
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Thats absolutely true, but technically it did also enable the Texas law to go into effect, which is where said recognition comes from, and why this POV situation will work in TX but not, say, Maryland..
 
jeepinmatt said:
It a real shame he couldn't not drop out of high school and couldn't not steal a car and couldn't not go joyriding with 2 to 4 friends and couldn't not run from the police and couldn't not try to ram a police car. Those mean officers should have just shot a tire because he was a good boy.
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Eh, to play devil's advocate:

Article said car was legit borrowed and owner reported it stolen because they had a disagreement.

Cop pulls him over with typical aggro cop attitude and threats about jail and cop and car passengers escalate situation.

Driver decides screw this, no way this gets a happy ending and GTFO.

Not saying it would turn out that way for you or I, but I can see how it went sideways.
 
grapehead said:
Eh, to play devil's advocate:

Article said car was legit borrowed and owner reported it stolen because they had a disagreement.

Cop pulls him over with typical aggro cop attitude and threats about jail and cop and car passengers escalate situation.

Driver decides screw this, no way this gets a happy ending and GTFO.

Not saying it would turn out that way for you or I, but I can see how it went sideways.
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I agree with that viewpoint a bit too, and that's the same way I was thinking until I got to this point:
"WRAL News has been told while police were trying to detain the other passengers in car, Crenshaw hit the gas, ramming a patrol car. Police say he hit the gas again – and that's when he was shot."

At some point, you gotta stop the BS.

Also, all of this information is preliminary and I'll gladly reevaluate once they release the bodycam footage and the riots commence.
 
Its amazing how dangerous windows are in Russia.
www.reuters.com

Top Russian oil official falls to death from hospital window - sources

Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil , died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, two sources familiar with the situation said, becoming the latest in a series of businessmen to meet with sudden unexplained deaths.
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