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- China’s next-generation high-performance turbofan jet engines such as the domestically developed WS-15 turbofan engine are underpowered and continue to show various performance issues. One of the principal reasons for the poor performance of China’s military aviation industry when it comes to the development and production of engines is that its past overreliance on reverse engineering has prevented the industry from obtaining the necessary know-how and experience that comes from prolonged R&D phases as well as infrastructural support.

https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/russia-confirms-delivery-of-10-su-35-fighter-jets-to-china-by-years-end/

- "I am convinced we are seeing a steady erosion of the gullibility of the public," said Professor Archer, whose findings – the longest continual survey of its kind worldwide – are published on Wednesday in the journal Evolution; Education and Outreach.

"Once, you couldn't check these things. If someone in a position of power – a priest – told you this is how the world was, you didn't have the power to check that. Now [due to the internet] everyone does, and it's exposing the emperor's new clothes."

Professor Archer grew up in the United States, surrounded by people who believed in creation. When he arrived at the University of NSW and taught his first class in evolution, he wanted to see how his students felt so he could tailor his teaching.

"My colleagues thought it was a ridiculous question," he said. "They thought nobody in their right mind would be a creationist in Australia."

When he saw the results, he was relieved; only 10 per cent believed in creationism. His Australian colleagues were shocked that the number was so high. However, almost two-thirds did believe God had some kind of influence on the process.

For three decades, Professor Archer has asked an average of 530 students a year to tick one of four boxes; that God created people as they are; that God guided the process of evolution; that God had no part in evolution; or they had no view.

He expected the numbers of students ticking the first two boxes to stay the same the as years went by, and perhaps even rise (creationists, as he knows from the US, are enthusiastic evangelists). So he was stunned by the rapid fall.

"Conversely, the idea that God had nothing to do with the evolution of humans, which started out at around 25 per cent, streaked upwards until it became the dominant view in the class," Professor Archer said.

He believes his sample was representative of the general population; studies in the US show universities were not influencing young people's religious beliefs, Professor Archer said.

To him, the most probable explanation is the internet. "The web is filled with solid explanations about the whole world, including people," he said. "When you give people access to actual information, superstitions struggle to survive."

https://www.smh.com.au/education/gullibility-eroded-why-a-generation-chose-science-over-god-20180817-p4zy7j.html

- One of the most common explanations for the rise of right-wing populist anger is the growing gap between rich and poor in the country. Expressions of class resentment among AfD and PEGIDA supporters are hardly unusual. But these people are hardly a monolithic class block. One marcher himself even characterized some of his fellow protesters as "simple-minded people who live from social benefits and aren't able to reflect on the whole situation."

Instead, one leitmotif of right-wing populism in Germany is envy. Leftist counterdemonstrators are given preferential treatment, the marchers fumed. Refugees are showered with money, designer clothes and state-of-the-art mobile phones while working Germans struggle to get by. And political and media elite line their pockets and have no contact any more with "common people." This is actually one similarity between Marxist and right-wing populist dogma: If you don't like what you read in the papers, it's because the journalists are all bought and paid for. These arguments are repeated over and over by today's German right.

Jealousy is part of human nature, going back to the Bible and far beyond it. But the advent of social media and the attendant filter bubbles has changed the environment in which this ugly human characteristic exists, augmenting it and making it more easily mobilized to political ends, often by propagating misinformation. That was one major reason why the air crackles with such hostility in Chemnitz right now.

https://www.dw.com/en/lessons-from-chemnitz-eastern-germanys-right-wing-protesters-awash-in-anxiety/a-45326613

- Dubbed “Tin Shield” by NATO, the highly mobile radar system has been used in variants of the Russian air defense system S300.

Many countries including Iran, China and Russia are currently operating different iterations of the air defense system.

Defense Blog wrote that a company “associated with Russia” had tried to block Iskra from selling the system to the US, on the grounds that it had failed to pay royalties for using patented technologies.

Russia is known to have developed sophisticated radar technologies for its air defense systems, enabling them to detect and target aircraft and missiles of various types in lower and higher altitudes.

The US, on the other hand, has struggled to develop battle-tested system that can offer the same level of protection.

The vulnerability of American missile defense systems became apparent December last year, when Yemeni Scud-type missiles were able to bypass US-made Patriot missile shields and land in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/09/03/573055/US-Tin-shield-3d-radar-ukraine

- SBS aims to inspire all Australians to explore and appreciate our diverse world and by doing so contribute to a cohesive society. It's a purpose which drives and motivates our team and the reason we love doing what we do.

https://www.seek.com.au/job/37174515?type=standout

"I was so naive about different skill sets. I thought if somebody had a high IQ, they could be good at everything. And the idea that you needed to blend these different types of skills together, that always continued to surprise me," said the Microsoft co-founder.

"There was this simple idea of smartness and it could go and solve everything — I wish I had known better than to think that."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/05/bill-gates-shares-his-best-advice-for-students.html

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