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HALF OF GLOBAL ECONOMY IN BALANCE: "And this is going to encompass 40% of the world’s economy!? Actually, it’s worse than that. Because there is another agreement on the other side of the globe, one that will encompass 46% of the world’s economy (TTIP)". https://lnkd.in/dTMdysT View in LinkedIn

TPP PARALLEL TRADE TALKS. "The expansion of (TPP) into a 12-country Pacific Rim PTA is widely seen as an effort to develop a deeper set of trade disciplines where the Doha Round of WTO negotiations had thus far failed to do so ... by 2025 ... the TPP could mean a 0.53% increase in global GDP." https://lnkd.in/dwrgrDS View in LinkedIn

EU PUBLICATION: investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in TTIP. (Jan 13, 2015). https://lnkd.in/dq8JdSK View in LinkedIn

NANO CRYSTALLINE SCINTILATORS. "Three-dimensional crystalline structures producing scintillating, gem-like reflectance ... in the entimine weevil Metapocyrtus sp. Colour is produced by a highly ordered lattice of nanoscale spheres in the interior of flattened scales." https://lnkd.in/dRSiEq2 View in LinkedIn

TTIP TRADE TALK STICKING POINTS, mostly related to "regulation harmonization" where the two groups are world apart, to say the least: "differences between EU and US legislation: human medicines and medical devices, cosmetics, food and nutrition, sanitary and phyto-sanitary, nanomaterials, cloning, raw materials and energy, and motor vehicles." https://lnkd.in/dMW_Zsn View in LinkedIn

"A CIRCULARLY POLARIZING REFLECTOR is formed when birefringent chitin layers are deposited helically ... with a periodicity ... equal to a wavelength of visible light. Under incident unpolarized white light ... polarized coloured light is reflected; the majority of green ruteline scarabs reflect polarized light with a left-handed (anticlockwise) rotation." https://lnkd.in/dRSiEq2 View in LinkedIn

THE CONVENIENT COMMON ENEMY political tactic for quelling dissent on domestic issues (in particular, stuck trade talks) is a blatant attempt to brush major differences under the rug by appealing to jingoism and flag waving, and capitalizing on justified public outrage at the Paris attacks. These topics are not connected. Simplistic and manipulative. View in LinkedIn

MULTILAYER IRIDESCENCE REFLECTORS. "During the formation of insect integument, thin parallel layers of chitin ... that differ in refractive index are secreted ... If the spacing of these layers approaches one-quarter the wavelength of visible light (approx. 380–750 nm), one or more colours will be produced by constructive interference." https://lnkd.in/dRSiEq2 View in LinkedIn

ECONOMIC BOOSTERISM by two heads of state based on terrorism is disingenuous relating to TTIP Trade talks. I have covered in great detail, and will continue to cover, key issues where the two trading groups have profoundly different values. "Harmonizing" these polar approaches without a simple cram-down does not seem possible. View in LinkedIn

IRIDESCENCE IN BEETLES. "Coleoptera are sometimes referred to as ‘living jewels’. A number of novel and sophisticated reflectance mechanisms have been discovered in recent years, including three-dimensional photonic crystals and quasi-ordered coherent scattering arrays." https://lnkd.in/dRSiEq2 View in LinkedIn