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RAF. No Evidence / Kein Beweis: From criminal to artistic investigation

"A new perspective on a traumatic chapter in German history."
Arwed Messmer begins with the various photographs made by police photographers at the time—pictures of demonstrators, crime scene images, and mug shots. He poses the question of how this past search for criminological evidence can be employed artistically

Here’s how Tesla uses its giant batteries to power small islands (TSLA)

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As Puerto Ricans continue to suffer without power in the wake of Hurricane Maria, Tesla and other companies are proposing alternative solutions.

Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million residents lost power after Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 store, destroyed the island’s electric grid. It may take six months before Puerto Rico can repair the power grid, leading the government to consider other remedies in the interim.

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said Friday that representatives are "exploring opportunities" to use Tesla’s commercial batteries and solar panels to restore power.

It’s a big undertaking for the electric automaker, which is using the occasion to increase battery production. But Tesla has already successfully built similar systems on other islands — here’s how:

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Tesla is proposing building a microgrid in Puerto Rico. A microgrid, as the name suggests, is a local energy grid that can operate independently of the main power system.

So in the case of Puerto Rico, it could operate before the government rebuilds the main power grid, which officials have said could take as long as six months.

Tesla has built microgrids in cities and small islands using a combination of its Powerpack batteries and solar panels. To put it simply, the panels capture solar energy, which is then stored in the Powerpacks and converted into electricity.

For example, Tesla’s microgrid in Ta’u, an island in American Samoa, is composed of 5,329 solar panels and 60 Powerpack batteries. It’s capable of collecting enough solar energy to power the island for three days straight.

Source: Business Insider

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Yes, Satan is Volatile and Unconventional, But Consider the Dangers of a President Lucifer

Many Americans have debated whether the country would be better off with [Vice President] Pence as President. From a purely partisan viewpoint, Harold Ickes, a longtime Democratic operative, argues that — putting aside the fear that Trump might start a nuclear war— ‘Democrats should hope Trump stays in office,’ because he makes a better foil, and because Pence might work more effectively with Congress and be more successful at advancing the far right’s agenda." — Jane Mayer, the New Yorker, October 23, 2017 issue

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As demons in 2017, it’s important to recognize that Satan has been a less than ideal Prime Evil overlord to maintain dominion over the worlds of man. But it would behoove us as intellectual observers to reckon with a fate that holds the potential for even greater eternal suffering in a torture chamber of our own construction: A President Lucifer would be disastrous for all Nine Circles of Hell.

At first glance, this may appear to be a somewhat radical position; after all, despite the anguishing screams of the damned echoing from every chamber of the underworld, Satan has done a remarkable job shaking up the millenia-old status quo God had instituted from Paradise to diminishing returns. Say what you will about the Fallen Angel, but his no-nonsense, down-to-Hell, widely relatable loathing of all of the Lord’s creatures has resonated intensely with large segments of Hell that wanted a more transparent, accountable form of corruption and evil without interference from unnecessary bureaucracy or the donor class. There are many aspects of Satan’s rule that one could quibble with, but his slashing of the corporate tax rate has stimulated the economy of human suffering like never before. Furthermore, while Satan’s reign has been less than perfect at times, we have to consider the ambitious, unrelenting nature of Lucifer’s desire for power before we happily request that our supernatural chains of fire and blood be reassigned to the Lesser Evil.

Where Satan is, at times, unorthodox and uncouth in his quest to imprison humanity for all of eternity, Lucifer is a known bigot with tight connections to all of the most important demigods and avatars of hatred that tempt man to fall. He is driven, motivated, and on message, and many pundits and scholars believe him to be the more dangerous and wily general when the war to bring Heaven crashing down on the constellations finally erupts.

Hell’s history has been full of difficult political choices, and now is no different. We find ourselves at a turning point, where we can trust our fates in the unrelenting oppression of an endless torment of stupidity and irrationality, or oust a less predictable form of evil for a leaner, meaner, more mother-loving well of darkness and despair. Search deep into your souls, and find it in yourselves with the last grasp of your humanity to consider working with Satan, and attempting to negotiate a path forward into the aeons of horror that await us all.