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World: Financial Times Global Economy: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 03:23:16)
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Further UK rate rise possible due to ‘persistent’ inflation, IMF predicts
Weak economic performance offers painful backdrop to next year’s expected election as Britain falls behind G7 rivals
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:25:20 GMT
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US senators seek Xi’s help to pressure Iran on Middle East conflict
Lawmakers request Beijing’s influence to contain hostilities after surprise Hamas attack on Israel
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:29:42 GMT
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World: Gata.org: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 12:56:10)
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TRX Gold pays tribute to its founder and chairman Jim Sinclair
TRX Gold Announces Passing of Founder and Chairman James E. Sinclair Company Announcement
Monday, October 9, 2023 https://www.trxgold.com/news/news-details/2023/TRX-Gold-Announces-Passing-of-Founder-and-Chairman-James-E.-Sinclair/ TORONTO -- TRX Gold Corp. is deeply saddened to announce the passing of its founder and chairman, James E. Sinclair, on October 6, 2023, at the age 82. James passed away peacefully at home in Connecticut, U.S.A. James founded TRX Gold and acted as chairman and director since 2000. His belief in Tanzania as a gold-rich landscape, in the ability and talent of the region's people, and the openness of Tanzanian government to foreign investors formed the basis for his perseverance in unlocking the Buckreef gold project's potential. Until his final moments, James acted as a supporter, mentor, and point of reference. ... Dispatch continues below ...
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"This is a great loss and moment of sadness for all of us at TRX Gold and the Buckreef gold project. On behalf of the company and its Board of Directors, we wish to offer Mr. Sinclair's family our sincerest condolences. "James was always positive and forward-looking and was excited by the trajectory of the company. He was a tenacious, hard-driving individual who challenged everyone around him to move forward and be better. We will continue to build on our current successes and his substantial legacy," explains Stephen Mullowney, TRX Gold chief executive officer. To those outside the company, James was perhaps best known as "Mr. Gold," being a true believer in the value of gold and its ability to generate and preserve wealth. He is remembered for boldly and accurately predicting that the price of gold would rise from $150 per troy ounce to $900 per troy ounce, between 1977 and 1980. He led a successful career as a precious metals specialist, market maker, and commodities and foreign currency trader. He was the original founder and explorer of the Bulyanhulu mine through Sutton Resources, which is one of the most productive gold mines in Tanzania to this day. He was a notable author and commentator on topics such as precious metals, trading strategies, geopolitical events and global markets.
Incredibly, through the ups and downs of the financial markets, his audience has remained faithful over the last two decades and more. His memory lives on with more than 500 TRX Gold and Buckreef Gold employees and contractors on two continents, as well as the countless individuals he touched through his work around the world. * * * Join GATA here: New Orleans Investment Conference
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel
Wednesday-Saturday, November 1-4, 2023 https://tinyurl.com/57xbtjjw * * * Toast to a free gold market
with great GATA-label wine Wine carrying the label of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, cases of which were awarded to three lucky donors in GATA's recent fundraising campaign, are now available for purchase by the case from Fay J Winery LLC in Texarkana, Texas. Each case has 12 bottles and the cost is $240, which includes shipping via Federal Express. Here's what the bottles look like: http://www.gata.org/files/GATA-4-wine-bottles.jpg Buyers can compose their case by choosing as many as four varietals from the list here: http://www.gata.org/files/FayJWineryVarietals.jpg GATA will receive a commission on each case of GATA-label wine sold. So if you like wine and buy it anyway, why not buy it in a way that supports our work to achieve free and transparent markets in the monetary metals? To order a case of GATA-label wine, please e-mail Fay J Winery at bagman1236@aol.com. * * * Support GATA by purchasing
Stuart Englert's "Rigged" "Rigged" is a concise explanation of government's currency market rigging policy and extensively credits GATA's work exposing it. Ten percent of sales proceeds are contributed to GATA. Buy a copy for $14.99 through Amazon -- https://www.amazon.com/Rigged-Exposing-Largest-Financial%20-History/dp/1651405204/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?keywords=rugged+stuart+englert&qid=1579708888&sr=8-2-fkmr1 -- or for an additional $3 and a penny buy an autographed copy from Englert himself by contacting him at srenglert@comcast.net. * * * Help keep GATA going: GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at: http://www.gata.org To contribute to GATA, please visit: http://www.gata.org/node/16
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:17:17 +0000
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Jim Sinclair, the 'Mister Gold' of the United States, dies at 82
8:47p ET Friday, October 6, 2023 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: James E. Sinclair, long the "Mister Gold" of the United States -- an advocate of gold as money, a gold market maker, a gold mining company founder, and an internationally known commenter on the markets -- died of a heart attack today, his business associate, Bill Holter, confirmed to GATA. He was 82. ... Dispatch continues below ...
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Sinclair was founder of Tanzanian Gold Corp., of which he long was executive chairman, retiring from that position in 2021 to become chairman of the company's Board of Directors. We await more information from the company. Appended is the biography Tanzanian Gold Corp. published two years ago upon Sinclair's transition from executive chairman to chairman of the board. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org * * * James E. Sinclair Turns 80 Years Old and Retires as Executive Chairman Tanzanian Gold Corp. Announcement
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 https://www.trxgold.com/news/news-details/2021/James-E.-Sinclair--Turns-80-Years-Old-and-Retires-as-Executive-Chairman/default.aspx Tanzanian Gold Corp. would like to congratulate its founder, James E. Sinclair on recently turning 80 years old, and announce that Mr. Sinclair has retired as executive chairman to continue service as chairman of the Board of Directors for the company. TanGold has had the privilege of being founded and directed since 2000 by the leadership of the renowned James E. Sinclair. It is with profound gratitude that the company acknowledges his contribution to the present success and long-term resilience of our enterprise. The company is on the path to further achievements that stem from the foundation created by Mr. Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair is well known in gold, mining, and commercial markets. He has been known and respected fondly as "Mister Gold" since he boldly and accurately predicted the price of gold would rise from $150 per troy ounce in 1977 to $900 per troy ounce. The price of gold in 1980 fell just short of his now famous prediction. He has had a stellar career as a precious metals specialist, market maker, and commodities and foreign currency trader. He was the original founder and explorer of the Bulyanhulu mine through Sutton Resources, which has been one of the most productive gold mines in Tanzania. Jim is known for the successful Sinclair companies, which have operated around the globe, and was the individual who liquidated the Hunt Brothers' precious metals position in the 1980s. He has authored numerous books, magazine, and newspaper articles regarding a variety of investment topics, including precious metals, trading strategies, geopolitical events and their relationship to global economics, and markets. He is also a sought-after commentator on these subjects for media interviews. * * * Join GATA here: New Orleans Investment Conference
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel
Wednesday-Saturday, November 1-4, 2023 https://tinyurl.com/57xbtjjw * * * Toast to a free gold market
with great GATA-label wine Wine carrying the label of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, cases of which were awarded to three lucky donors in GATA's recent fundraising campaign, are now available for purchase by the case from Fay J Winery LLC in Texarkana, Texas. Each case has 12 bottles and the cost is $240, which includes shipping via Federal Express. Here's what the bottles look like: http://www.gata.org/files/GATA-4-wine-bottles.jpg Buyers can compose their case by choosing as many as four varietals from the list here: http://www.gata.org/files/FayJWineryVarietals.jpg GATA will receive a commission on each case of GATA-label wine sold. So if you like wine and buy it anyway, why not buy it in a way that supports our work to achieve free and transparent markets in the monetary metals? To order a case of GATA-label wine, please e-mail Fay J Winery at bagman1236@aol.com. * * * Support GATA by purchasing
Stuart Englert's "Rigged" "Rigged" is a concise explanation of government's currency market rigging policy and extensively credits GATA's work exposing it. Ten percent of sales proceeds are contributed to GATA. Buy a copy for $14.99 through Amazon -- https://tinyurl.com/3xt6uw66 -- or for an additional $3 and a penny buy an autographed copy from Englert himself by contacting him at srenglert@comcast.net. * * * Help keep GATA going: GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at: http://www.gata.org To contribute to GATA, please visit: http://www.gata.org/node/16
Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:45:17 +0000
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World: Intellihub: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 13 januari 2021 13:29:49)
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What’s coming? Californians told to stay within 120 miles of their residence
Shepard Ambellas | COVID recommendations restricting Californians travel may be part of something bigger that's coming
The post What’s coming? Californians told to stay within 120 miles of their residence appeared first on Intellihub.
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:19:15 +0000
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Rioter pictured sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s chair, pictures of computer emails exposed
Lexi Morgan | Like a scene out of a movie, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office was breached and filmed, computer screen caught on camera
The post Rioter pictured sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s chair, pictures of computer emails exposed appeared first on Intellihub.
Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:34:26 +0000
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Gunshot victim evacuated from U.S. Capitol, taken to hospital
Staff Writer | A woman covered in blood was rush out of the U.S. Capitol building and taken to a hospital after being shot by authorities
The post Gunshot victim evacuated from U.S. Capitol, taken to hospital appeared first on Intellihub.
Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:49:23 +0000
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Man resembling Jeffrey Epstein filmed on island 21-days after pedophile’s reported death
Staff Writer | Earshot is solid evidence convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein is likely still alive
The post Man resembling Jeffrey Epstein filmed on island 21-days after pedophile’s reported death appeared first on Intellihub.
Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:17:29 +0000
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World: Liveleak VideoNews: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 20 januari 2021 23:08:21)
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Motorcycle Riders Violently Attack Man During Road Rage Incident
Police are searching for a group of motorcycle riders caught on camera violently beating another motorist during an incident in Southwest Florida earlier this month.
The incident took place January 9th in North Fort Myers, when the riders were seen speeding, cutting off other vehicles and holding up traffic in the middle of intersections.
After one motorist got into a verbal argument with the riders, they followed the vehicle and broke the side mirror before surrounding the vehicle and breaking all of the car's windows.
The victim got out of his car and was beaten with a large wrench and helmets before being kicked repeatedly. He was rushed to an area hospital with extensive injuries.
Nearby people broke up the fight and the riders fled the scene.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:25:31 -0500
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World: Naturalnews.com: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 23:09:10)
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Far from reality: New ESPN documentary describes athletes as the “new slaves” and their contracts as “slave chains”
 | (NaturalNews) A new documentary produced by the woke sports network ESPN reportedly describes athletes as the "new slaves" and the contracts they willingly sign as... |
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 CST
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Biden’s energy loan czar uses clout to promote private trade group
 | (NaturalNews) Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) Director Jigar Shah, who gained prominence as an American clean energy entrepreneur, is... |
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 CST
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Israel-Palestine war causes GOLD PRICES to RALLY as demand for safe haven investment increases amid chaos
 | (NaturalNews) Gold prices are trading significantly higher in the United States following the renewed outbreak of conflict between Israel and Palestine, as more... |
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 CST
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At least 1000 killed, 1,590 injured so far in Hamas terror attacks on Israel
 | (NaturalNews) The latest figures suggest that at least 1000 people have been killed and another 1,590 injured following "unprecedented attacks" by Hamas against... |
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 CST
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World: Newstarget.com worldnews: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 4 oktober 2023 18:25:27)
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How Alex Jones made Megyn Kelly look like a complete FOOL
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Look, I don’t agree with Alex Jones on everything, and he’s made some journalistic mistakes that he’s apologized for, but he sure pulled off a strategic victory against the fake news media (NBC, CNN, NYT, etc.) in his recent face-off with Megyn Kelly, leaving her looking like a complete fool. Actually, “fool” isn’t quite the […] |
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:05:31 +0000
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Voters shun Hollywood Left and Democrats once again after they spent RECORD amount in Georgia House race
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Democrats and their sycophantic bots in Hollywood can’t catch an electoral break these days, having lost yet another special election after hyping it once more as a supposed ‘referendum’ on President Donald J. Trump. Republican Karen Handel defeated Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff for a seat in Georgia vacated by Tom Price, who gave it up […] |
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:18:51 +0000
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World: Newswise.com_Latest: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 15:35:02)
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Finding explanation for Milky Way's warp
The Milky Way is often depicted as a flat, spinning disk of dust, gas, and stars. But if you could zoom out and take an edge-on photo, it actually has a distinctive warp -- as if you tried to twist and bend a vinyl LP.
Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:05:57 EST
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Study shows little improvement in mandated disaster plans, despite required updates
Hurricanes, floods, heat waves and other disasters are striking the United States with increased severity and frequency, and since 2000 the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act has required states and local jurisdictions to have plans in place to reduce damages from such events.
Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:05:15 EST
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Bristol unites international gambling harms experts and people suffering from gambling addiction to highlight urgent need for reform
With the explosion of online platforms and advertising, the scourge of gambling is a growing problem affecting people of all ages.
Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:05:06 EST
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World: Newswise.com_MedNews: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 02:51:05)
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Predictors of Aggressive Brain Cancer Identified with Machine Learning Model CELLO2
Early predictors of cancer evolution under therapy have been identified using an artificial intelligence program to analyze data from tumor samples of patients with glioma, an aggressive and often fatal type of brain cancer. This use of machine learning in precision medicine shows signs of significantly better performance than current grading and diagnostic models.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:55:30 EST
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Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb Receives FNINR Leadership Award for Nursing Research
 Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) Vice Dean Research and Sarah E. Allison Endowed Professor, Cheryl Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been selected to receive the 2023 Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR).
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:00:35 EST
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World: Newswise.com_Science: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 01:11:07)
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Military Expert Available to Comment on Israel-Palestine Conflict.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:05:23 EST
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Sweet Victory: Sensor Detects Adulteration in Honey
 In Review of Scientific Instruments, scientists developed a microwave microstrip line planar resonator sensor tool to detect water adulteration in honey. The tool is compact, cost-effective, and easily fabricated. The microstrip line resonator sensor is fabricated on a dielectric substrate, which is an insulator that can efficiently support electrostatic fields, such as ceramic or glass. The team tested honey samples with varying water content and found that the sensor's resonance frequency consistently decreases with increased added water content.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:00:00 EST
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Plate tectonic surprise: Utrecht geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate
 Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean. Her colleagues in Utrecht had predicted its existence over 10 years ago based on fragments of old tectonic plates found deep in the Earth's mantle.
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 18:05:36 EST
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World: NOS_Buitenland: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 4 oktober 2023 18:34:13)
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Armenië sluit zich aan bij Internationaal Strafhof, tot irritatie van Rusland
Het Armeense parlement heeft ingestemd met aansluiting bij het Internationaal Strafhof, ondanks bezwaren van de voornaamste bondgenoot van het land, Rusland. De aansluiting betekent dat nu ook in Armenië het arrestatiebevel van het Strafhof tegen Poetin van kracht wordt. Het Kremlin noemt de actie "vijandig". Voor Armenië gaat de aansluiting bij het Internationaal Strafhof vooral om bescherming tegen Azerbeidzjan, met het oog op de afloop van het conflict om de enclave Nagorno-Karabach. Volgens de Armeense regering heeft Rusland daarin te weinig betekend voor de inwoners. Nagorno-KarabachDe betrekkingen tussen Armenië, dat voorheen deel uitmaakte van de Sovjet-Unie, en Rusland, gaan eeuwen terug. Maar die banden verslechteren al tijden, omdat Rusland - dat normaal gesproken tegenwicht biedt aan het militair sterke Azerbeidzjan - sinds de oorlog in Oekraïne minder vredestroepen naar het gebied stuurt. Het gebrek aan steun resulteerde in een negen maanden durende Azerbeidzjaanse blokkade van de enclave en een nieuwe militaire aanval, waardoor Nagorno-Karabach als Armeense enclave de facto niet meer bestaat. Dat heeft geleid tot een massale vluchtelingenstroom en een grote humanitaire crisis. De Armeense premier Pashinyan liet zich eerder publiekelijk uit over zijn partnerschap met Rusland, en heeft gezegd "spijt te hebben" dat hij volledig op het Kremlin leunde voor bescherming. Wil Poetin nu Armenië bezoeken, dan is de regering verplicht om hem aan te houden. In maart vaardigde het Strafhof een arrestatiebevel uit tegen zowel president Poetin als Maria Lvova-Belova, Russisch commissielid voor kinderrechten, op verdenking van kinderdeportaties. Het is de eerste keer dat een wereldleider op dit niveau wordt vervolgd door het Strafhof, waar meer dan honderd landen deel van uitmaken. Het Kremlin zegt in een reactie op de aansluiting van Armenië: "We hebben vragen over het huidige leiderschap van Armenië." De woordvoerder voegt daaraan toe dat Rusland niet zou willen dat "Poetin moet weigeren om Armenië te bezoeken".
Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:06:37 +0200
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Indiase politie doorzoekt weer kantoren journalisten en neemt apparatuur mee
De Indiase politie heeft kantoren van een nieuwswebsite doorzocht in New Delhi in een onderzoek naar illegale financiering. De inval betrof ook huizen van journalisten. Het medium, NewsClick, zou volgens de regering geld krijgen uit China. De relatie tussen India en China is gespannen sinds 2020. Toen laaide een grensconflict tussen de twee landen op. Dat conflict voert terug naar een korte oorlog in 1962, die door India werd verloren. Critici noemen de inval van vandaag een aanval op een van de weinige onafhankelijke nieuwskanalen van India. Eerder dit jaar viel de Indiase belastingdienst nog kantoren van de BBC in India binnen. De doorzoekingen volgden na een kritische documentaire van de Britse omroep over premier Modi, die door de Indiase regering werd verboden. De partij van Modi, de Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), zei dat de invallen rechtmatig waren en dat de timing ervan niets te maken had met de documentaire. Toen werden alle telefoons in beslag genomen. Ook bij de nieuwste inval werden telefoons en ook laptops meegenomen. NewsClick staat bekend als een van de weinige media die kritisch is op Modi. Internationaal wordt gewaarschuwd dat de persvrijheid in India wordt aangetast. Opzettelijk media vervolgen"Een speciaal onderzoeksteam lanceerde een zoekoperatie om iedereen te vinden die mogelijk geld uit het buitenland kreeg om een mediagroep te leiden met als doel het verspreiden van buitenlandse propaganda", zei een functionaris van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken tegen persbureau Reuters over de inval. Volgens de functionaris maakten de invallen deel uit van een onderzoek door de Indiase financiële misdaaddienst. Een coalitie van 28 politieke oppositiepartijen zegt in een verklaring dat de regering de afgelopen jaren opzettelijk de media heeft vervolgd en onderdrukt door gebruik te maken van onderzoeksbureaus. Het gaat volgens de coalitie alleen om mediaorganisaties en journalisten "die de waarheid spreken tegen de machthebbers". 'Erg bezorgd'Media, internationale rechtenorganisaties en buitenlandse liefdadigheidsinstellingen worden door de Indiase belastingdienst regelmatig onder de loep genomen. Volgens het Indiase persbureau Press Trust of India werden er bij de acties twee journalisten aangehouden. Het persbureau zegt "erg bezorgd" te zijn over de invallen en achter de journalisten te staan.
Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:28:10 +0200
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World: Nu_nl_Buitenland: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 22:17:36)
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Israël vormt noodregering met oppositie vanwege conflict met Hamas
De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu vormt een noodregering met zowel leden van de coalitie als van de oppositie, melden Israëlische media.
Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:32:43 +0200
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Explainer | Waarom Israël bezorgd is over mogelijke oorlog met Hezbollah
Er zijn steeds meer signalen dat Hezbollah overweegt deel te nemen aan het conflict in Israël. Wat zou een tweede front betekenen voor de strijd? Martijn Kitzen, Hoogleraar irreguliere oorlogvoering aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie, vertelt hoe het zit.
Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:26:02 +0200
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World: Openculture.com: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 01:41:13)
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When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
A picture is worth 1000 words, especially when you are a late-19th or early-20th century horticulturist eager to protect intellectual property rights to newly cultivated varieties of fruit. Or an artistically gifted woman of the same era, looking for a steady, respectable source of income. In 1886, long before color photography was a viable option, […]
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:00:37 +0000
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Carl Jung on the Power of Tarot Cards: They Provide Doorways to the Unconscious & Perhaps a Way to Predict the Future
It is generally accepted that the standard deck of playing cards we use for everything from three-card monte to high-stakes Vegas poker evolved from the Tarot. “Like our modern cards,” writes Sallie Nichols, “the Tarot deck has four suits with ten ‘pip’ or numbered cards in each…. In the Tarot deck, each suit has four […]
Thu, 05 Oct 2023 08:00:55 +0000
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World: Optical_Illusians: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 11 oktober 2023 13:26:11)
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Ebbinghaus Illusion Counter Argument
A relative size illusion was discovered by Italian visual researcher Gianni A. Sarcone in 2013. This illusion called Sarcone’s Crosses contradicts Ebbinghaus illusion (aka Titchener…
The post Ebbinghaus Illusion Counter Argument appeared first on Mighty Optical Illusions.
Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:51:57 +0000
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World: Psychcentral.com: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 16 december 2020 03:08:51)
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Study Aims to ID Which Young Adults with Depression May Benefit from Exercise
Aerobic exercise has clearly been shown to help young adults with major depression, and a new study from Rutgers University researchers suggests it may be possible to predict who would...
The post Study Aims to ID Which Young Adults with Depression May Benefit from Exercise first appeared on Psych Central News.
Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:00:38 +0000
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World: Quest.nl: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 4 oktober 2023 17:24:22)
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Wat is bolbliksem?
Een vuurbol die tientallen meters door de lucht zweeft en zelfs door glas beweegt? Dat klinkt als het werk van sciencefictionschrijvers.
Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:16:00 +0000
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World: Reddit.com: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: Woensdag 15 Juli 2020, 00:32:07
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A Ghanaian wedding.
14 July 2020, 21:09:29
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World: Sciencedaily.com: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: woensdag 20 april 2022 15:36:57)
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New research predicts the disappearance of Olympic Peninsula glaciers
By 2070, the glaciers on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington State, will have largely disappeared, according to a new study. Although some glaciers will probably remain -- albeit as tiny shells of their former selves. Since about 1900 the region has lost half of its glacier area and since 1980, 35 glaciers and 16 perennial snowfields have disappeared.
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:23:26 EDT
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World: Slashdot: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: Woensdag 15 Juli 2020, 00:32:07
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Is It Time To Kill the Penny?
COVID-19 has constipated the economy and prompted the U.S. Mint to cut back on coin production to keep its workers safe. As NPRs Greg Rosalsky writes, this could be a rallying cry for a long-running movement that has lost steam in recent years: Kill the penny! "With the closure of the economy, the flow of coins through the economy has ... kind of stopped," explained Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last month. Is now the time to kill the penny? From the report: Last year, almost 60% (PDF) of the coins that the U.S. Mint churned out were pennies. 60 percent. It made more than 7 billion (PDF) pennies. Seven billion. Thats a lot of manpower that could be used toward making coins we actually need. The penny is basically worthless. Actually, its worse than worthless. It costs the U.S. government about 2 cents (PDF) to produce every penny. Pennies arent even worth our time. Wake Forest University economist Robert Whaples has calculated that the typical American worker earns a penny every two seconds. It takes most of us more than two seconds to fumble around with change or pick a penny off the ground, which explains why there are so many pennies on the ground. Money is supposed to be the medium of exchange, not dead weight. For most of U.S. history, we never had a coin as worthless as the penny is now. Back in 1857, we killed the half-cent coin -- which, when adjusted for inflation, was as valuable then as about 14 cents is today. And we did just fine. [...] The U.S. Mint lost over $72 million (PDF) making pennies last year. But there doesnt seem to be much urgency about this because in the grand scheme of the federal budget, its just pennies. We reached out to the U.S. Mint to discuss the coin shortage, and its representative Michael White told us that after retooling to keep its employees safe during the early part of the pandemic, the U.S. Mint has been operating at full capacity since mid-June. But depressed retail activity and reduced deposits by coin processors -- like, you know, those machines at the supermarket that exchange your coins for bills -- have hampered coin circulation. Since the U.S. Mint went into overdrive to end the coin shortage, White says, about 40% of the coins that it has produced have been pennies.
15 July 2020, 00:50:00
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German Court Bans Tesla Ad Statements Related To Autonomous Driving
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firms driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving, a Munich judge ruled on Tuesday. Tesla can appeal the ruling. The case was brought by Germanys Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry sponsored body tasked with policing anti-competitive practices. The Munich court agreed with the industry bodys assessment and banned Tesla Germany from including "full potential for autonomous driving" and "Autopilot inclusive" in its German advertising materials. It said such claims amounted to misleading business practices, adding that the average buyer might be given the impression that the car could drive without human intervention and might suggest such a system was now legal on German roads.
15 July 2020, 00:10:00
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IBM Job Ad Calls For a Minimum 12 Years Experience With Kubernetes -- Which is Six Years Old
IBMs Global Technology Services has posted a job ad calling for candidates with a "minimum 12+ years experience in Kubernetes administration and management." From a report: Which is a little odd because the first GitHub commit for the project was made on June 7, 2014. And the feature freeze for version 1.0 was announced on May 22, 2015. Sharp-minded Reg readers will have recognised that -- absent time travel -- it is therefore not possible for anyone to have 12 years experience with Kubernetes. The ad is sadly silent on just how IBM expects candidates will have found the time to accumulate a dozen years experience in a six-year-old project.
14 July 2020, 23:30:00
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Trump Administration Rescinds Rule on Foreign Students
Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the pandemic. From a report: The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said federal immigration authorities agreed to pull the July 6 directive and "return to the status quo." A lawyer representing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said only that the judges characterization was correct. The announcement brings relief to thousands of foreign students who had been at risk of being deported from the country, along with hundreds of universities that were scrambling to reassess their plans for the fall in light of the policy. Under the policy, international students in the U.S. would have been forbidden from taking all their courses online this fall. New visas would not have been issued to students at schools planning to provide all classes online, which includes Harvard. Students already in the U.S. would have faced deportation if they didnt transfer schools or leave the country voluntarily.
14 July 2020, 22:35:00
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Microsoft Warns of a 17-Year-Old Wormable Bug
Since WannaCry and NotPetya struck the internet just over three years ago, the security industry has scrutinized every new Windows bug that could be used to create a similar world-shaking worm. Now one potentially "wormable" vulnerability -- meaning an attack can spread from one machine to another with no human interaction -- has appeared in Microsofts implementation of the domain name system protocol, one of the fundamental building blocks of the internet. From a report: As part of its Patch Tuesday batch of software updates, Microsoft today released a fix for a bug discovered by Israeli security firm Check Point, which the companys researchers have named SigRed. The SigRed bug exploits Windows DNS, one of the most popular kinds of DNS software that translates domain names into IP addresses. Windows DNS runs on the DNS servers of practically every small and medium-sized organization around the world. The bug, Check Point says, has existed in that software for a remarkable 17 years. Check Point and Microsoft warn that the flaw is critical, a 10 out of 10 on the common vulnerability scoring system, an industry standard severity rating. Not only is the bug wormable, Windows DNS software often runs on the powerful servers known as domain controllers that set the rules for networks. Many of those machines are particularly sensitive; a foothold in one would allow further penetration into other devices inside an organization. On top of all of that, says Check Points head of vulnerability research Omri Herscovici, the Windows DNS bug can in some cases be exploited with no action on the part of the target user, creating a seamless and powerful attack. "It requires no interaction. And not only that, once youre inside the domain controller that runs the Windows DNS server, expanding your control to the rest of the network is really easy," says Omri Herscovici. "Its basically game over." Check Point found the SigRed vulnerability in the part of Windows DNS that handles a certain piece of data thats part of the key exchange used in the more secure version of DNS known as DNSSEC. That one piece of data can be maliciously crafted such that Windows DNS allows a hacker to overwrite chunks of memory theyre not meant to have access to, ultimately gaining full remote code execution on the target server. (Check Point says Microsoft asked the company not to publicize too many details of other elements of the technique, including how it bypasses certain security features on Windows servers.)
14 July 2020, 22:10:00
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China Will Sanction Lockheed Martin Over Arms Sales To Taiwan
China said on Tuesday it would place sanctions on Lockheed Martin for its involvement in arms sales to Taiwan, a move that could further escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington. hackingbear writes: "China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a press conference. Taiwan is a self-ruled island, but China has long vowed to unify it with the mainland. The United States is one of Taiwans main arms suppliers. The US State Department last week approved a request by Taiwan to upgrade its Patriot Surface-to-Air missiles at an estimated cost of $620 million, according to Taiwans state-run Central News Agency. In response, China is imposing "sanctions on the main contractor of this arms sale, Lockheed Martin," Zhao said, without going into detail. The United States should "stop selling arms to Taiwan and cut its military ties to Taiwan, so it wont do further harm to bilateral relations between China and the United States," he added.
14 July 2020, 21:30:00
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Biden Announces $2 Trillion Climate Plan
Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced on Tuesday a new plan to spend $2 trillion over four years to significantly escalate the use of clean energy in the transportation, electricity and building sectors, part of a suite of sweeping proposals designed to create economic opportunities and build infrastructure while also tackling climate change. DogDude shares a report: In a speech in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Biden built on his plans, released last week, for reviving the economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, with a new focus on enhancing the nations infrastructure and emphasizing the importance of putting the United States on a path to significantly cut fossil fuel emissions. "These are the most critical investments we can make for the long-term health and vitality of both the American economy and the physical health and safety of the American people," he said, repeatedly criticizing President Trumps leadership on issues including climate and the pandemic. "When Donald Trump thinks about climate change, the only word he can muster is hoax. When I think about climate change, the word I think of is jobs." The proposal is the second plank in Mr. Bidens economic recovery plan. His team sees an opportunity to take direct aim at Mr. Trump, who has struggled to deliver on his pledges to finance major improvements to American infrastructure. Republicans are sure to criticize the proposal as an attack on jobs in the energy sector -- but the plan will also test whether Mr. Biden has found a way to win over environmental activists and other progressives who have long been skeptical about the scope of his ambitions on climate. His plan outlines specific and aggressive targets, including achieving an emissions-free power sector by 2035 and upgrading four million buildings over four years to meet the highest standards for energy efficiency. The plan also calls for establishing an office of environmental and climate justice at the Department of Justice and developing a broad set of tools to address how "environmental policy decisions of the past have failed communities of color."
14 July 2020, 20:50:00
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Lenovo and AMD Launch Threadripper Pro CPU To Take on Intel Xeon
AMD finally brings a workstation-class -- in other words, security-conscious -- processor to challenge the Intel Xeon on the desktop with its Ryzen Threadripper Pro. With up to 64 cores, the pro version of AMDs multicore powerhouse Threadripper processors incorporates essentials like support for massive amounts of memory and board-level security, critical for uses which move a ton of sensitive data, ranging from aerospace visualization to Hollywood video editing and CGI rendering. The CPU debuts in Lenovos ThinkStation P620; Lenovo has a limited exclusive on the processor. From a report: The CPU comes in four variants: 3945WX (12 cores, with the fastest single-core speeds), 3955WX (16 cores), 3975WX (32 cores) and 3995WX (64 cores). At the moment, to achieve core counts that high with the Intel Xeon, you have to use multiple CPUs. They all come with some of the perks of AMDs architecture, including support for PCI Gen4 -- in this case, up to 128 lanes. And the Pro versions add support for more types of memory, notably RDIMM and LRDIMM, over the high-end consumer-focused Threadripper, plus 8 memory channels vs. 4, which lets it support up to 2TB of memory. On the downside, while AMD supports faster internal transfers than Intel via PCI 4, it doesnt offer any high-speed external data transfer capabilities a la Thunderbolt 3. And in fact, the ThinkStation P620s fastest connections are USB 3.2 Gen 2 and 10Gb Ethernet.
14 July 2020, 20:10:00
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Hundreds of Hyperpartisan Sites Are Masquerading as Local News
The growth of partisan media masquerading as state and local reporting is a troubling trend weve seen emerge amid the financial declines of local news organizations. But what do these outlets mean for journalism in American communities? NiemanLab: Using previous research and news reports as a guide, weve mapped the locations of more than 400 partisan media outlets -- often funded and operated by government officials, political candidates, PACs, and political party operatives -- and found, somewhat unsurprisingly, that these outlets are emerging most often in swing states, raising a concern about the ability of such organizations to fill community information needs while prioritizing the electoral value of an audience. We found that while left-leaning sites prioritize statewide reporting, right-leaning sites are more focused on local reporting, suggesting different strategies for engaging with targeted audiences and indicating the potential for these sites to exacerbate polarization in local communities.
14 July 2020, 19:33:00
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Israeli Court Rules NSO Group Can Continue Exporting Spyware
The infamous spyware company NSO Group scored a major win in what critics are calling a "disgraceful ruling" in an Israeli court this week. From a report: The court ruled that NSO can keep exporting its hacking and surveillance tools, arguing that the human rights organization Amnesty International, which had sued the company in an attempt to block its exports, failed to prove that an NSO customer used its technology to spy on Amnesty staff. In 2018, as Motherboard reported at the time, Amnesty claimed to have found hackers spying on one of the organizations researchers using NSO spyware. After the incident, the organization sued NSO in Israel in an attempt to block the export of its surveillance technology. A Tel Aviv District Court judge dismissed the suit alleging Amnesty did not present enough evidence, and said Israels Defence Ministry, which is tasked with overseeing the export of surveillance technologies, has the right safeguards in place to protect human rights.
14 July 2020, 18:46:00
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Microsoft Adds Support For Custom + Email Addresses in Office 365
Microsoft is adding support for custom email addressing to Office 365 email services, a feature it hopes to complete in Q3 2020. From a report: Custom email addresses are an optional feature that some email providers can support. The feature is described in the RFC 5233 internet standard. Officially known as subaddressing, this standard allows users to extend their email address using "tags" or the plus (+) character, hence its two alternative names of tagged addressing or plus addressing. For example, a user with the email address of username@domain.com can use the plus addressing feature to extend their email address to username+tag@domain.com. If the users email address supports subaddressing, all emails sent to the username+tag@domain.com email will land in the users username@domain.com inbox.
14 July 2020, 18:11:00
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Amazon Introduces Dash Cart, Essentially an Amazon Go Store on Wheels
Amazon just reinvented the lowly shopping cart. The company on Tuesday unveiled the Amazon Dash Cart, which is infused with weight sensors and cameras that allow it to scan your items as youre placing them in the cart so you can skip the checkout line. From a report: The concept is kind of like a compact version of Amazon Go, a whole store that does away with the checkout experience by using hundreds of cameras on the ceiling to let customers pick up whatever items they want and walk out. "Our primary motivation for building this was to be able to save customers time," said Dilip Kumar, vice president of Amazons physical retail and technology. "The alternative solutions are standing in the express checkout lanes or fumbling through self-checkout stations." Dash Carts will debut at Amazons Woodland Hills, California, grocery store, when the location opens later this year. The company last November unveiled plans for the Woodland Hills store as the first location for a new supermarket chain that will be separate from its Whole Foods chain. The store will include conventional checkout lanes, too.
14 July 2020, 17:23:00
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UK Bans Huawei From 5G Network, Raising Tensions With China
Britain announced on Tuesday that it would ban equipment from the Chinese technology giant Huawei from the countrys high-speed wireless network, a victory for the Trump administration and a reversal of an earlier decision that underscores how technology has taken center stage in the deepening divide between Western powers and China. From a report: In January Britain said that Huawei equipment could be used in its new 5G network on a limited basis. But since then Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced growing political pressure domestically to take a harder line against Beijing, and in May the United States imposed new restrictions to disrupt Huaweis access to important components. Britains about-face signals a new willingness among Western countries to confront China, a determination that has grown firmer since Beijing last month adopted a sweeping new law to tighten its grip on Hong Kong, the semiautonomous city that was a British colony until 1997. On Tuesday, Robert OBrien, President Trumps national security adviser, was in Paris for meetings about China with counterparts from Britain, France, Germany and Italy. Huaweis critics say its close ties to the Chinese government mean Beijing could use the equipment for espionage or to disrupt telecommunications -- a point the company strongly disputes. Arguing that Huawei created too much risk for such a critical, multibillion-dollar project, the government said Tuesday that it would bar the purchase of new Huawei equipment for 5G networks after December, and that existing gear already installed would need to be removed from the networks by 2027. "As facts have changed, so has our approach," Oliver Dowden, the government minister in charge of telecommunications, told the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon. "This has not been an easy decision, but it is the right one for the U.K.s telecoms networks, for our national security and our economy, both now and indeed in the long run." The dispute over Huawei, the worlds largest maker of telecommunications equipment, represents an early front in a new tech Cold War, with ramifications for internet freedom and surveillance, as well as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics.
14 July 2020, 16:43:00
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Google Is in Advanced Talks To Invest $4 Billion in Jio Platforms
Google is in advanced talks to buy a $4 billion stake in Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambanis technology venture, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, seeking to join rival Facebook in chasing growth in a promising internet and e-commerce market. From the report: The Mountain View, California-based company has been discussing the investment in Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Ambanis Reliance Industries, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. An announcement could come as soon as the next few weeks, according to the people. Jio is at the center of the Indian tycoons ambition to transform his energy conglomerate into a homegrown technology behemoth akin to Chinas Alibaba Group Holding. The venture has turned into a magnet for Silicon Valley investors, attracting almost $16 billion from Facebook to KKR in the past three months. Should the talks with Google result in a deal, that would further burnish Jios credentials in its push to upend online retail, content streaming, digital payments, education and health care in a market of more than a billion people. Google said on Monday that it plans to invest $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years.
14 July 2020, 16:01:00
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Porsche Found a Way To 3D-Print Lightweight Pistons That Add More Horsepower
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: With select bucket seats from the 911 and 718 as well as various classic car parts -- including clutch release levers for the 959 -- already being produced using 3D printing, Porsche is more familiar with the technology than most. Now, the automaker is taking things even further, 3D printing entire pistons for its most powerful 991-gen 911, the GT2 RS. Although it doesnt sound like these 3D-printed pistons will actually be found in many production Porsches anytime soon, they represent a bit more than just an engineering flex. There are some very real mechanical benefits here. For starters, they weigh 10 percent less than their forged equivalents and feature an integrated and closed cooling duct in the piston crown thats apparently unable to be reproduced using traditional manufacturing methods. The decrease in weight and temperature results in an extra 30 horsepower on top of the GT2 RSs already mighty 700. Produced in partnership with German auto part maker Mahle and industrial machine manufacturer Trumpf, the pistons are made out of a high-purity metal powder developed in-house by the former using the laser metal fusion process, essentially a laser beam that heats and melts the metal powder into the desired shape. The end result is then validated using measurement technology from Zeiss, the German optics company best known for camera lenses.
14 July 2020, 15:00:00
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10 Most Iconic Artificial Islands You Can Visit for a Unique Getaway
Imagine a massive landform, rising from the ocean, equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructures, luxury resorts, and residential areas. It’s not a continent that has been around for millions of years, but an island constructed by humans. The concept may sound straight out of a science fiction book. But artificial islands are very real and have been around for centuries. But what exactly defines an artificial island? An artificial island is a piece of land that’s not naturally formed but created by […]
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