Important People Who Died Recently

Hugh Saddler died on June 29th. Hugh played a critical role in developing policy and practice around transition to renewable energy. Excellent obit in The Guardian

Big changes in society can only occur when people have enough vision, energy and determination to meet the challenge. Hugh Saddler, who died aged 79 on 29 June after a long illness, had a profound influence on generations of Australian energy researchers, industry experts and policymakers.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...able-energy-but-two-steps-could-help-fix-that
He did not seek the limelight, but remained dedicated to conducting, explaining and sharing the best possible analysis of how the energy system works, and how it might be improved. His pursuit of new insights was matched by his generosity in sharing them. His work helped lay foundations for Australia’s transition to a low-emissions energy system, one of the defining challenges of this decade and beyond.

Energy transition titan Hugh Saddler’s quest to cut emissions leaves lasting legacy

Saddler influenced a generation of researchers and policy-makers, not least through his involvement in the ACT’s 100% renewable energy transition

www.theguardian.com

Kazimierz Klimczak, codename “Szron” Polish patriot, soldier, anti-Nazi resistance fighter and Warsaw Uprising veteran.
14.02.1914 - 14.07.2023

Dona Ferentes said:

Kazimierz Klimczak, codename “Szron” Polish patriot, soldier, anti-Nazi resistance fighter and Warsaw Uprising veteran.
14.02.1914 - 14.07.2023

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Fascinating. Found a short story on Kazimierz

noirua said:

Charlie Munger - Wikipedia

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Charlie Munger - Wikiquote

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Peter Higgs was a physicist who "discovered" the Higgs Boson. Why was this so special ? Check out the obit for how this discovery changed our understanding of the universe.

The interview with him in 2013 is particularly illuminating.

Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94​

Nobel-prize winning physicist who showed how particle helped bind universe together died at home in Edinburgh

Severin Carrell and Ian Sample
Wed 10 Apr 2024 02.54 AESTFirst published on Wed 10 Apr 2024 02.14 AEST


Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died.
Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 2013 for his work in 1964 showing how the boson helped bind the universe together by giving particles their mass, died at home in Edinburgh on Monday.

After a series of experiments, which began in earnest in 2008, his theory was proven by physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern in Switzerland in 2012; the Nobel prize was shared with François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist whose work in 1964 also contributed directly to the discovery.

basilio said:

Peter Higgs was a physicist who "discovered" the Higgs Boson. Why was this so special ? Check out the obit for how this discovery changed our understanding of the universe.

The interview with him in 2013 is particularly illuminating.

Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94​

Nobel-prize winning physicist who showed how particle helped bind universe together died at home in Edinburgh

Severin Carrell and Ian Sample
Wed 10 Apr 2024 02.54 AESTFirst published on Wed 10 Apr 2024 02.14 AEST


Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died.
Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 2013 for his work in 1964 showing how the boson helped bind the universe together by giving particles their mass, died at home in Edinburgh on Monday.

After a series of experiments, which began in earnest in 2008, his theory was proven by physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern in Switzerland in 2012; the Nobel prize was shared with François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist whose work in 1964 also contributed directly to the discovery.

Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94

Nobel-prize winning physicist who showed how particle helped bind universe together died at home in Edinburgh

www.theguardian.com

Getting to the bottom of the Higgs boson

As the Large Hadron Collider at CERN continues probing the high-energy frontier of physics, a new feature of its greatest discovery so far has come into view

www.theguardian.com

Peter Higgs interview: 'I have this kind of underlying incompetence'

Thirty-nine years after Peter Higgs identified the Higgs boson particle, he won the 2013 Nobel prize. Here he reveals he has never sent an email or browsed the web – and reckons no one would employ him nowadays

www.theguardian.com

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"Never sent an email or browsed the web". Incredible, and he still got the NP.

Quite an intellect.

Sir Rod Carnegie, a former head of the CRA mining company and president of the Business Council, died peacefully in Melbourne on Sunday. He was 91.

Sir Rod had a major influence over the direction of Australian mining, business and national economic policy in the ’80s, was a driving force behind the formation of the Business Council of Australia, and a leading business speaker at Bob Hawke’s landmark 1983 economic summit.

As a strong advocate for Australian corporate nationalism, however, he was forced out of his role at CRA due to the determination of the company’s British corporate masters to reassert control.

(and hence RIO)

He visited a site where I was doing geophysics - SW WA - in 1983. He was interested , asked good questions. Wore badly fitting Pierre Cardin jeans.

Nguyễn Phú Trọng (Vietnamese: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ fu˧˦ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] ⓘ new-yen foo chong;[1] 14 April 1944 – 19 July 2024) was a Vietnamese politician
Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2011, died Friday afternoon at the age of 80, “due to old age and serious illness”, according to Vietnam’s official announcement.
Trong was one of Vietnam’s most powerful leaders in decades. His death came amid political turmoil since March, which has seen three of its top five leaders step down in an anti-corruption campaign.
The state Vietnam News Agency announced on Thursday that Trong had handed duties over to President To Lam, who took office on May 22, to focus on his medical treatment. At the same time, the Vietnamese government awarded him a Gold Star medal, the country’s highest honour.

It's sad when an obviously talented young woman decides it isn't worth going on, from what I've read she appeared to be a gifted person that could have gone a long way, in her chosen career.
It reminds me of a thing my wife said years ago, when one of our children went through a bad phase, "it isn't always poor, unattractive, people that are unhappy, some times it is those you would least expect"

Very sad for everyone concerned, condolences to the family.


Three-time Maribyrnong mayor Sarah Carter failed to show up for a flight to Europe with her partner before he found her dead at home on Tuesday, according to a friend.

Tributes from across the political divide continued to flow in for the 45-year-old rising Labor Party star, who was remembered for her influential charity work at Save the Children and as a tireless champion of Melbourne’s western suburbs.

Victoria Police confirmed it was preparing a report for the coroner after finding a woman’s body in an apartment on Village Way, Maribyrnong, at 3.45pm on Tuesday. Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
A message posted on Facebook by a friend of Carter on behalf of family and close friends said the former mayor was a selfless and caring woman loved by many.

“She was found by her loving partner, Nikhil, yesterday in her apartment after not meeting him at the airport for a beautiful planned trip to Europe,” the post said.

“Sarah’s mother and stepfather, Gaynor and Ian Morris, and her two sisters, Amanda and Rebecca, along with Nikhil, ask for patience and privacy while we work out next steps.

“Please continue to share your love and tributes in honour of this amazing woman who gave her everything to making the world a better place for everyone.”

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It's sad when an obviously talented young woman decides it isn't worth going on, from what I've read she appeared to be a gifted person that could have gone a long way, in her chosen career.
It reminds me of a thing my wife said years ago, when one of our children went through a bad phase, "it isn't always poor, unattractive, people that are unhappy, some times it is those you would least expect"

Very sad for everyone concerned, condolences to the family.

Maribyrnong councillor failed to show for Europe flight

Three-time mayor Sarah Carter never arrived at the airport to meet her partner, who later found her dead at home on Tuesday.

www.theage.com.au

Three-time Maribyrnong mayor Sarah Carter failed to show up for a flight to Europe with her partner before he found her dead at home on Tuesday, according to a friend.

Tributes from across the political divide continued to flow in for the 45-year-old rising Labor Party star, who was remembered for her influential charity work at Save the Children and as a tireless champion of Melbourne’s western suburbs.

Victoria Police confirmed it was preparing a report for the coroner after finding a woman’s body in an apartment on Village Way, Maribyrnong, at 3.45pm on Tuesday. Police are not treating the death as suspicious.

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Very sad.

Who knows the pressures involved and where they came from?

SirRumpole said:

Very sad.

Who knows the pressures involved and where they came from?

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I think there is an amazing amount of pressure on Western society at the moment, a lot of the problem is the media and Governments are not giving people credit, for having the intelligence to know what the underlying issues are.

There is a huge amount of frustration building, as people see the light at the end of the tunnel receding and the narrative trying to gloss it over is only adding to the frustration.

I'm seeing it with my own kids, they are all stressing, yet they really shouldn't be.

I think it is a time to help those close to you if you can, when things are tough shouting them to a meal, or helping pay for a holiday together gives them something to look forward to.

I personally think a short sharp recession, is better than a long drawn out period of pain, Uncle Paul was right.

sptrawler said:

I personally think a short sharp recession, is better than a long drawn out period of pain, Uncle Paul was right.

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Probably true.

I can remember paying 18% interest rates under Uncle Paul, and people are complaining about 4%!

Of course, property was a lot cheaper in those days, but still 18% was a significant impost.

Housing and energy will decide the next election as we have been saying for a while. Will people go for the three card nuclear reactor trick, or the imaginary wind and solar plants that Labor keep talking about but get scared off by a few rednecks like Barnaby Joyce rabble rousing?

Interesting times we live in.

Yes it would be good if they would just all settled down and came up with a plan, for the next 50 years, instead of the next election.