Not nations that is for sure. The US got some bases but except for the one in Bermuda, the Bahamas, and some in Canada the US returned them all in 1949.
The problem is that you do not seem to know what the words confiscated means since the UK leased the US those bases, or large since the those bases where in no way a large part of the British Empire, and you really don't seem to have much of an knowledge of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
Yep that statement was just dumb since no part of the British Empire became part of the US.

Worse than useless in fact.

If I were hiring you I'd be concerned that you would use your patents against me if we have a dispute later on. Of course I can work out a special agreement with you where you agree to automatically license to me any patents you hold. Or... I could hire that other guy I like about the same as you but who doesn't come with any special legal issues to resolve.

As for be *impressed* by the fact that you hold your own patents, I wouldn't be, given some of the silly patents that I've seen. Holding a patent is not, per se, impressive. Inventing something truly novel *that actually gets built into products* is impressive. It's accomplishment, not the recognition of the patent office.

My father-in-law designed the gyros used to guide the Apollo spacecraft. That's impressive, but so far as I know he never applied for any patents on his work. One of my friends from MIT designed a flat transfer case that can be retrofitted onto a transverse mounted front wheel drive car designs to make them 4WD. It's in use on cars by several manufacturers. It's patented, but that's not what makes it impressive. What makes it impressive is that it is a practical solution that nobody every thought of before and other engineers are eager to use.

In fact, I might well terminate a hiring interview if you began describing patents *you personally* held relating to my work. Why? Becuase if I don't hire you I don't want you coming after me for triple damages for knowingly infringing on your patent. Even if that patent won't hold up to litigation, I don't need that problem. It's the same reason that I tell coworkers barging into my office with "Have you seen this patent" on their lips to STFU. If it's really novel then I'm unlikely to infringe on it. If it's a bad patent then I'm better off not knowing about it.

" or even allowing certain people to visit you in the hospital"
Not exactly.
I have never seen a hospital with a family only rule. Only if you are incapacitated can your family decide to ask the hospital to make it family only or to exclude someone. If you are married you spouse is your "closest" family member and can actually exclude other family members.

The Enterprise used 8.

The Ford class is going for one refueling as are the later Nimitz.
Earlier nuclear powered ships had a much shorter core life. Even the Enterprise ended up with a 10 year core life.

" Carriers typically have one reactor replacement, combined with a several year refit and overhaul, halfway through their life."
No it is a refueling not a reactor replacement.

It is amazing that reporters seem to lack even an 8th grade level of science education.
They did change the fusion reactor to fission but.
It now reads
"U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers run on nuclear power, but they have large fission reactors on board that have to be replaced on a regular cycle."
The reactors last the life of the ship. It is only the fuel that gets changed they they are aiming for that to be the life of the ship as well. It is at least 20 years today.
And this part.
"Ultra-dense deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, is found in the earth's oceans, and tritium is made from natural lithium deposits."
Wow.... ultra-dense......
Good grief.
Well the reporting is crap but lets hope Lockheed really has what it says it has.

Take a deep breath....
First of all the health care workers involved were monitoring their temperatures so the got isolated quickly and before they where highly contagious. Sending the patients to facilities trained for this is probably a good idea but then you still have the risks involved in transport. Finally I have to admit that I fear this a case where the CDC did send the right instructions but they failed in not knowing what what the Hospital did not know. They might have sent instructions to use full protective gear including eye protection, gloves, and foot coverings.
To the CDC that means tapeing the gloves and booties and face shields and respirators.
To a metro hospital it may have just meant gowns, booties, gloves, and goggles.
The CDC can only do what the government can let it do. The current administration did not start preparing soon enough IMHO. The current administration also has not seemed to have involved USAMRIID yet and of course the current administration disbanded the Aeromedical Isolation Team in 2010... Not the best move.
Really do not panic people it is not anywhere an ignition point yet. This is not the end of the world.

But it is in the French part of Canada.

Actually that is the reason that so many data centers are being built in Oregon and Washington. Lots of cheap hydro and not far from the West coast tech companies.

"This is actually a silly concern. Electricity demand is highest in the middle of the day when the sun is shining. That is also when the spot price for power is highest. It makes no sense at all to store that power to sell it in the middle of the night, when prices are far lower."
  No you are wrong.
https://www.pacificpower.net/y...
Peak is around 4pm to 8 pm and 6am to 10 am. It varies a bit by season.
Peak solar production is centered at solar noon.
In other words the end of peak solar production almost exactly start of peak usage.
Here is Con-Edison and they call it super peak 2-6 pm http://www.coned.com/customerc...

" England the second (thanks to the US who confiscated a large part of her empire)."
What part of the the old UK Empire did the us confiscate?
India?
that is just dumb.

My families name at the time was Bosh. We are in no way connected to the tool company but still german.

Heartbleed and Shellshock show that nothing is really free.
Those bugs would have been found long ago if big companies had put resources into FOSS.
OpenSSL was used by everyone but had less than 20 active devs and a super skimpy budget.
Bash? When was the last build of Bash before Shellshock?

World War I devastated Europe in both lives and in wealth. The US came out of WWI as a world power. Sure the US lost a lot of men but nothing like the number France, Germany, and the UK lost. The US filled the gap in science after WWI. It didn't hurt that Edison had invented the industrial research lab and other companies in the US soon developed labs of their own.

Not really von Braun did more as political figure than as an engineer. The Thor, Atlas, and Titan had very little input from von Braun and Polaris and Minuteman had zero.
I doubt that religion had much to do with it. I am sure avoiding being slaves in Russia had a lot more to do with it.