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☆ Queen Elizabeth II funeral live updates: Britain, world say farewell to iconic monarch
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Patrick Smith | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +20 min

“Today I respectfully join leaders from Britain, Ireland & the international community at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II as she is laid to rest,” O’Neill tweeted. “Passengers can use their tickets on Tube and bus services instead,” the Heathrow Airport announced ahead of the queen’s funeral. Around 2,300 police officers will line the route from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle and 1,000 police officers will line the route from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. Share this -Link copiedBuckingham Palace releases previously unseen portrait of queen Queen Elizabeth II, photographed at Windsor Castle in May 2022. Ranald Mackechnie / PA This previously unseen photo of Queen Elizabeth II was released late Sunday by Buckingham Palace.

☆ Fact Check-Private funerals can still go ahead on day of queen’s funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Several funeral trade bodies told Reuters that while some cemeteries and crematoria may postpone services on a case-by-case basis, most funerals are still going ahead as planned. One Twitter user, (here), wrote: “Omg so all funerals due on the 19th have been cancelled! Three national funeral director organisations and two crematorium and cemetery trade bodies told Reuters that most funerals will be going ahead on Monday. “The door of the funeral home may not be open for the whole day, in line with other high street organisations, but funeral directors will definitely be working and contactable at all times. Although some funerals may be cancelled on Monday, leading industry organisations all agreed that most will be going ahead as planned, pending any decisions made by the families.

☆ A robot named Baxter wanted to change the world of work, but his career ended early
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-01 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Rethink Robotics was founded in 2008 with the idea that a cobot — a robot working alongside humans in ways that traditional automation couldn't (i.e. "There is no such thing as the cobot without Rod Brooks," Beane said. "No one needs a two-armed robot," Beane said, describing that design decision as "humans projecting onto a robot their own physical form." The opportunity for robotics technology remains significant, though it is still trailing other automation approaches in market penetration. "Manufacturing is about high throughput and high consistency and you can automate the heck out of it without a cobot," Beane said.

The Indian government last year gave a $6 billion contract to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HIAE.NS) for 83 of the locally produced Tejas jets for delivery starting around 2023 - four decades after it was first approved in 1983. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, keen to reduce India's reliance on foreign defence equipment, has also been making diplomatic efforts to export the jets. Britain said in April it would support India’s goal of building its own fighter jets. India currently has a mix of Russian, British and French fighter jets. read moreIndia is looking to ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following a number of fatal crashes, the Times of India daily reported last month.

☆ UK train drivers at 8 rail companies to strike on July 30, union says
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Train drivers at eight British rail companies will strike on July 30 over a pay dispute, the drivers’ union ASLEF said on Thursday in the latest industrial action sparked by demands for wages to keep pace with soaring inflation. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) said it had announced the day of strike action after train companies failed to make a pay offer that matched the increased cost of living. "Strike action is, now, the only option available but we are always open to talks if the train companies, or the government, want to talk to us and make a fair and sensible offer," General Secretary Mick Whelan said in an emailed statement. ASLEF said its members at eight companies – Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Greater Anglia, Great Western, Hull Trains, LNER, Southeastern and West Midlands Trains – would strike. “It’s incredibly disappointing that, just three days after their ballots closed, ASLEF bosses have already opted for destructive strike action, instead of engaging in constructive talks," Britain's transport minister Grant Shapps said.

Lying on your side may be healthier than on your back, according to a number of sleep experts. Changing your sleeping position to be on your side can have multiple benefits for many different reasons. Sleep specialist and pulmonologist at the Sleep Academy in Berlin, Alexander Blau, also recommends that those suffering from respiratory diseases position themselves better at night by lying on their sides. Hans Förstl, who runs a clinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy in Munich, explained that the brain is flushed out during sleep. Andresen also says that most people with heart problems automatically assume the correct lying position in any case.

☆ Time to demolish old ideas about infrastructure
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-10 | by ( Gina Chon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A once-in-a-generation vote on U.S. infrastructure means it might finally be time to stop talking about infrastructure – or think more creatively about what the word means. Democrats will now turn to a $3.5 trillion splurge on healthcare, schools and the environment that Republicans resisted in the smaller plan. One problem is an outdated idea of what infrastructure really means. If infrastructure is a priority, anything that gets more output out of Americans deserves the label. It includes $110 billion for roads and bridges, $65 billion to expand broadband access and $55 billion for water supplies.

☆ A 2-a opinie medicală de la specialiști de talie internațională pentru pacienții cu cancer cerebral
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: MedparkA 2-a opinie medicală de la specialiști de talie internațională pentru pacienții cu cancer cerebralPe data de 9 aprilie Spitalul Internațional Medpark a invitat 2 colegi cu vastă experiență în tratamentul tumorilor cerebrale primare și secundare (metastatice), care vor oferi consultații gratuite și o a doua opinie medicală:- Prof. Hale Başak Çağlar, medic oncolog radiolog, cu pregătire la Universitatea Harvard din SUA și la Universitățile “Marmara” și „Medipol” din Turcia, și membru al celor mai prestigioase asociații oncologice la nivel mondial. - Prof.Dr.Serdar Kahraman, Profesor în Neurochirurgie Oncologică, directorul clinicii de neurochirurgie a spitalului Anadolu din Turcia, cu o experiență de peste 20 de ani în domeniul neurochirurgiei. Membru activ al mai multor societăți academice naționale și internaționale inclusiv Eurospine (The Spine Society of Europe). Consultațiile gratuite vor avea loc la:- Data de 9 aprilie- Spitalul Internațional Medpark, Chișinău, str. Nu există hotare pentru sănătate!

Persons: Hale, Çağlar, John Hopkins, Andrei Doga Organizations: Universitatea Harvard Locations: SUA, Universitățile, Marmara, Turcia, Anadolu, american, Chișinău

☆ One millionaire landlord was behind half of Milwaukee's evictions during Covid lockdowns last June. Here's the story of how corporate landlords helped drive the evictions crisis
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( Abigail Higgins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

Corporate landlords in cities like Milwaukee helped drive an evictions crisis during the pandemic. Corporate landlords, which own almost 50% of rental properties, are more likely to evict, advocates say. Before the 2008 recession, corporate landlords owned 20% of rental properties; today, it's nearing a whopping 50%. Since the Center for Disease Control's evictions moratorium took effect last September, evictions by corporate landlords have actually been steadily increasing. There is no national database of evictions, and evictions are only tracked at the level of the country's more than 3,000 counties.

☆ Două românce care și-au făcut bordel în cort, în fața unei școli din Londra
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

De șapte ani, zeci de corturi au fost instalate în Park Lane din Mayfair, Londra. Tabăra, situată între un cartier de lux și reprezentanțele producătorilor de mașini de lux, atrage în principal familii de romi din România. „Au fost primite reclamații de la o școală primară cu privire la două corturi amplasate pe trotuarul, din fața porților”, se spune în scrisoare. E plin de mizerie într-o zonă care a fost foarte curată”, i-a mai scris Rachael Robathan ministrului de interne. În cele două corturi a funcționat un bordel de care se ocupau două surori românce, așa cum a rezultat din verificările consiliului local.

Persons: Priti Patel, Robathan, Diana, Alex Hauschildt, St James, Park, El Organizations: Park Lane, UE, Ministerului, Interne, Estate Locations: Londrei, Mayfair, Londra, România, Westminster, Downing, cerșit, St

☆ Meet an American: Talks about Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Hiking, Art, and photography
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-11 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +2 min

A crescut în suburbiile din Plano, Texas și în 2015 s-a mutat în pădurile din Fayetteville, Arkansas, pentru a studia Arhitectura peisajului și planificarea urbană la Universitatea din Arkansas. Absolventă în decembrie 2019, Brianna s-a mutat în San Diego, California, pentru a lucra cu o firmă de arhitectură peisagistică numită Schmidt Design Group. Brianna își va împărtăși povestea vieții, de la copilăria petrecută în Texas până la viața de student în Arkansas și viața în California după absolvire. Ea își va împărtăși experiența personală de a studia arhitectura peisajului și planificarea urbană în SUA. De asemenea, Brianna va vorbi despre hobby-urile ei preferate: artă, fotografie și hiking - unul dintre sporturile în aer liber preferate ale americanilor.

Persons: Brianna Perkins, Bennett, Brianna, . Ea, Link Organizations: Universitatea din, Society, International Scholar Award, Design Group Locations: San Diego, California, Plano, Texas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Universitatea din Arkansas, SUA

☆ Record înregistrat de un telescop din Australia: Trei milioane de galaxii cartografiate în doar 300 de ore
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

"Este într-adevăr revoluţionar", a declarat astronomul David McConnell, care a condus studiul realizat de Organizaţia pentru Cercetare Ştiinţifică şi Industrială a Commonwealth (CSIRO) asupra cerului austral la Observatorul de Radioastronomie Murchison din Australia de Vest. "Este mai sensibil decât cercetările anterioare similare care au presupus acoperirea întregului cer, aşa că putem observa mai multe obiecte decât în trecut", a declarat McConnell pentru Reuters. "Comparativ cu imaginile anterioare, am identificat deja câteva obiecte neobişnuite", a precizat McConnell adăugând că printre acestea se numără unele stele neobişnuite, cu erupţii violente. David McConnell a declarat că datele colectate în cadrul acestei cercetări le vor permite astronomilor să cunoască mai multe despre formarea stelelor şi evoluţia galaxiilor şi a găurilor negre, bazate pe analize statistice. Rezultatele preliminare ale cercetării au fost publicate marţi în Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

Persons: David McConnell, Reuters Organizations: Reuters, Australian, Commonwealth Locations: Australia de Vest, Australia

(foto) Un telescop a cartografiat trei milioane de galaxii în doar 12 zile. Telescopul radio de 188 de milioane de dolari australieni (138 de milioane de dolari americani), supranumit Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), a reușit să cartografieze aproximativ trei milioane de galaxii într-un interval de doar 300 de ore. Cercetări similare desfășurate anterior au durat până la 10 ani. Telescopul nu a avut de captat decât 903 imagini pentru a cartografia cerul, în comparație cu acțiuni similare din trecut care presupuneau realizarea a zeci de mii de imagini. „Este mai sensibil decât cercetările anterioare similare care au presupus acoperirea întregului cer, așa că putem observa mai multe obiecte decât în trecut”, a declarat McConnell. David McConnell a declarat că datele colectate în cadrul acestei cercetări le vor permite astronomilor să cunoască mai multe despre formarea stelelor și evoluția galaxiilor și a găurilor negre, bazate pe analize statistice.

Persons: David McConnell Organizations: Australian, Organizația, Industrială, Commonwealth Locations: Australia, Australia de Vest

☆ How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-03 | by ( Jonathan Mahler | Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +61 min

Murdoch family, 1987: Lachlan, James, Anna and Rupert. The second season of HBO’s “Succession,” whose fictional media family, the Roys, bears a striking resemblance to the Murdochs, airs this summer. ‘A press dictatorship’To understand how the Murdoch empire works, it is essential to return to its origins. The bigger Murdoch’s empire became, the more power he had to clear away obstacles to further its expansion. Like his father, Lachlan considered the idea of meddling with such an important profit driver a form of madness.

Persons: ‘, Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Jerry Hall, Lachlan’s, Lachlan, —, Hall, President Trump, Theresa May, Robert A, consummating, Rupert, Elisabeth, Anna, James, David Graves, Rex, Prudence, Murdoch’s, Patricia Booker, Anna Mann, jockeying, Murdoch didn’t, ” Murdoch, Ron Galella, ‘ I’ve, Graham, Jeff Bezos, William R, Hearst, George Hearst, Ochs, Sulzberger, Arnold Newman, HBO’s, Australia —, “, don’t, Trump, Rutger Bregman, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, — Murdoch, Dow Jones, Bancroft, ’, Keith Murdoch, Keith, Joseph Lyons, Tom Roberts’s, ” Lyons, ”, I’ll, ” Rupert Murdoch, Aubrey Hart, Roberts, ” Keith, Margaret Thatcher’s, Thatcher, revel, John Major, Neil Kinnock, Joseph Stalin, Britain’s, Roy Cohn —, Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Reagan’s, Roger Stone Jr, Murdoch weaponize, Reagan’s, Stone, Reagan, George H.W, Bush, L.A, Ted Turner, Roger Ailes, Nixon, George H.W . Bush, Time Warner, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Post —, Fox, Monica Lewinsky, ” David Frum, George W, Sumner, Peter Mathew, Fairfax, Chase Carey, Talib Kweli, Rawkus, Kathryn Hufschmid, Kathryn, ” Lachlan, Sarah O’Hare, Lachlan doesn’t, Chris Mitchell, — he’d, Wendi Murdoch, Wendi, Jules Stein, Leonardo DiCaprio, James warily, Ivanka Trump, Ivanka’s, Jared Kushner, Kushner, Ivanka, Wendi’s, Donald Trump, Ailes, Rudolph Giuliani’s, Corey Lewandowski, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Bret Baier’s, Baier, Stephen F, Hayes, ” Trump, Tell Hayes, Sean Hannity, Sinclair —, Doug Mills, Megyn Kelly, — “ You’ve, — Trump, Kelly, Charles Krauthammer, John Kasich, James’s, Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, Hillary, Clinton, United States —, Paul Gigot, Obama, Al Drago, Anthony Hilton, Hilton, Rodrigo Duterte, Viktor Orban, europhiles, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, David Cameron, feckless, Leveson, Robinson, Mick Jagger, Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Farage, Evgeny Lebedev, Carlo Allegri, Murdoch lounging, What’s, lodestar, David Rhodes, Rhodes, Ben Rhodes, Kevin Hagen, he’d, Trump’s, Jeff Rovin, Satan, James Murdoch, Clint Spaulding, Patrick McMullan, James Stavridis Organizations: Northern, Fox News Channel, Sun, European Union —, Downing, Walt Disney Company, Century Fox, Disney, Getty, News Corp, Trust, Washington Post, Hearst Corporation, United, The New York Times, Arnold Newman Properties, Fox, White, Broadway, Fox News, Trump White, Street, Melbourne Herald, Weekly Times, ”, Eugenics Society of Victoria, Oxford, Murdoch, Fleet, The, British government’s, Sky Television, Britain’s “, Labor, Trump, Gov, Reagan’s, New, New York Post, The Boston Herald, CNN, Time, Republican, Post, Pew, Republicans, CBS, Viacom, British Sky Broadcasting, Australia spearfishing, Harvard, The Harvard, Rawkus Records, Princeton, Kawasaki, Hollywood, New York Observer, York mayoral, Fox & Friends, Trump International Golf Club, Gateway, America, New York Times, Clinton Climate Initiative, Labor Party centrist, Pacific Partnership, Tea Party, European Union, Freedom Party, Nazi, London, Press Association, Associated Press, Brexit Times, United Nations, Reuters, Photographers, CBS News, Democrat Locations: Macedonia, Southern, San Francisco, Los Angeles, California, United States, Britain, London, Australia, Australian, Sydney, Lachlan, Davos, New York, Dutch, Iraq, British, Gallipoli, Adelaide, White Australia, Luxembourg, York, George H.W ., Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Indonesia, Oregon, Fiji, Murdoch, Cavan, Beverly Hills, L.A, Caribbean, earshot, West Palm, Des Moines, Iowa, Ohio, Clinton, Trump, Downing, Brussels, Europe, Philippines, Manila, Bangkok, Cannes, “, Trump’s, Scotland, Aberdeen, Ailes’s, Russian

☆ Warren Buffett: This is your 1 greatest measure of success in life (and if you don't have it, 'your life is a disaster')
▼ + stars: | 2019-02-13 | by ( Marcel Schwantes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Warren Buffett is no doubt one of the few business icons who can deliver the gift of wisdom and truth when we need it most. In her biography of Buffett, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," author Alice Schroeder writes about a time when Buffett gave a presentation at The University of Georgia. That's right, a self-made billionaire says that the amount you are loved — not your wealth or accomplishments — is the ultimate measure of success in life. Warren Buffett chairman and CEO, Berkshire HathawayWhat's more, when we receive those things, we become more self-compassionate. In Carol J. Loomis' biography of Buffett, "Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything," she mentions a quote from Buffett: "I love every day.

☆ Topul anului 2018. Ce cărți au citit și recomandă cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lume
▼ + stars: | 2018-12-19 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Topul anului 2018. Ce cărți au citit și recomandă cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lumeRevista Bloomberg a realizat un top al celor mai citite și recomandate cărți de către cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lume. În anul 2018, multe cărți care au ajuns în top abordează subiectele legate de tehnologii și rețelele de socializare și modul cum acestea influențează viața oamenilor. Cea mai recomandată carte de liderii lumii, pentru Bloomberg, este The Coddling of the American Mind (Codificarea minții americane), de Greg Lukianoff și Jonathan Haidt. Pe locul doi s-a clasat Bad Blood (Sânge Rău), de John Carreyrou.

Persons: Topul, În, de tehnologii, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, John Carreyrou, Gil, de James, Deborah Fallows, Tara Westover, de Tyler Cowen, Leonardo da Vinci, de Walter Isaacson, de Alan Gratz, Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Edward Tenner, Dan Barber, de Marty Cagan, Grant, de Ron Chernow, de Ray Dalio, de Daniel Coyle, Satya Nadella, Jill Tracie Nichols, Greg Shaw, de Paul Volcker, Christine Harper, Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms, Ulysses S, de Ulysses S, Pearl, Dana Mackenzie, Patty McCord, Be, de Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, de Brené, John Marshall, de Joel R, Paul, de Denis Johnson, Mark Helprin, de Graham Allison, de Lisa Brennan, Max Tegmark, Paula McLain Organizations: lume Revista Bloomberg, Bloomberg, of, Society of Free, Food, Tech, Sound, Good Government, Intelligence Locations: jos, of America, Paris, America, China

☆ Jonathan Weil — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2000-09-20 | by ( Jonathan Weil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Jonathan WeilJonathan Weil rejoined The Wall Street Journal in October 2022 as a reporter, covering finance. He previously was an analyst at the investment firms CPMG Inc. and Kynikos Associates, a columnist for Bloomberg News, and a managing director at proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co.Jonathan started with the Journal in 1997 as a reporter for its Texas regional edition and moved to New York in 2000, where he covered the accounting beat for five years. He won Best in Business Journalism awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2009 and 2010. He began his career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Persons: Jonathan Weil Jonathan Weil, Glass Lewis, Jonathan, ” Jonathan Organizations: Wall Street, CPMG Inc, Kynikos Associates, Bloomberg News, Texas, Columbia Journalism, New Yorker, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Business, Society of American Business, Arkansas Democrat, Gazette, University of Colorado, Southern Methodist University School of Law Locations: New York, Little Rock, Boulder

☆ Ученые: Маори открыли Антарктиду раньше европейцев
▼ + stars: | 1820-01-28 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Полинезийцы могли открыть Антарктиду более чем за тысячу лет до российских исследователей Михаила Лазарева и Фаддея Беллинсгаузена, считают ученые из Новой Зеландии. Антарктида была открыта 28 января 1820 года русскими моряками, прибывшими к континенту на судах "Восток" и "Мирный". При этом новозеландские ученые высказали предположение, что Антарктиду могли открыть члены племени маори еще в VII веке. Исследователи указывают на устные предания данного народа. Там также указывается, что, таким образом, вероятно, маори стали первыми людьми, которые увидели не только прибрежные воды Антарктиды, но и сам континент.

Persons: Полинезийцы, Михаил Лазарев, Фаддей Беллинсгаузен Organizations: Royal Society of New Locations: Royal Society of New Zealand, Антарктида, Новая Зеландия, Восток, Мирный, УитеРангиоры

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