When the International Maritime Organisation announced plans to significantly reduce the amount of sulfur ships were allowed to emit, the industry adjusted relatively quickly. After all, it was all about the fuel. Now, the EU has set its sights on adding shipping to its Emissions Trading System. Meanwhile, a new kind of ship may be coming to the oceans of the world: zero-emission ships. According to the European Commission, the shipping industry generates some 2.5 percent of the world’s greenhouse... Читать дальше...
Stilt Studios is happy to be able to present the first finalized Tetra Pod Studio in Uluwatu, Bali. A prefabricated tiny house using recycled Tetra Pack Cartons as wall and roof material, bringing together unique design while playing a part in the local, circular economy. The Tetra Pod is a 64sqm home with all living amenities elevated 40cm off the ground, built from wood, steel, glass and recycled materials. The architecture seeks to blend into its surroundings by making use of the recycled materials' reflective characteristics... Читать дальше...
Google TV offers a lot when it comes to content discovery and aggregation, and it even has a slick modern design, too. However, there’s definitely room for improvement in some places. Here are a few tweaks we’d love to see on Google TV in the future.
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A pair of up-and-coming flyweights were thrust into a co-main event spot Saturday and while one shined brighter than the other, Dana White is thrilled about both of their prospects.
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The Left long ago figured out how to get ordinary people interested in economic policy. The strategy is two pronged. The first part is to frame the problem as a moral problem. The second part is to make the fight over economic policy into a fight over something much bigger than economics: it's a fight between views of what it means to be a good person. The Left knows how to make the war over economics into a war over culture.
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Alex Garavalia and Keegan Crawford of Siena Heights, and Andy Bennett of Goshen picked up the men's volleyball weekly honors for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC). Garavalia was named Attacker of the Week with 38 kills and 11 digs during two matches. Bennett picked up Defender of the Week with 17 blocks (including four solo), 17 kills, and 10 digs in five matches. Setter of the Week went to Crawford with 80 assists and 19 digs.
What if you are a single mum who earns a daily minimum wage of 331 baht in Bangkok? You might find it hard to make ends meet and save for a rainy day. However, a plan to raise the electric train fare ceiling on the Green Line to 104 baht per trip could especially be a heavy blow. Fortunately, you can breathe a sigh of relief -- at least for now -- because the plan was suspended last week....
No more dillydallying. Thailand should join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Otherwise, the "unpreparedness syndrome" will continue to reign in the "hearts and minds" of concerned policy and opinion-makers, further downgrading the country's potential and ability to join free trade arrangements (FTAs) in the future. The economic slowdown wrought by...
Israel has given at least one shot of Covid-19 vaccine to more than one third of its 9.3 million population, the fastest in the world to roll out inoculation.
As a working group on the plight of Bang Kloi ethnic Karen villagers evicted from their ancestral land in Kaeng Krachan National Park prepares to start its mission, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government must ensure that all threats and intimidation by state authorities cease and a solution to this long-standing problem is found that is both just and fair.
European banks are using the pandemic to make changes investors have wanted for years: slash jobs, shut branches and force customers online.
The Federal Reserve said it would test the ability of the largest U.S. banks to weather a hypothetical recession in which markets seize up and unemployment jumps above 10%.
The Court of Appeal on Monday rejected a request to release four leaders of the Ratsadon Group -- Parit Chiwarak, Arnon Nampa, Patipan Luecha and Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk -- citing their disrespect for the monarchy and saying they posed a flight risk.
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A Department of Defense report about supply chains characterizes the lack of software engineers as a crisis, partly because the education pipeline is not providing enough software engineers to meet demand in the commercial and defense sectors.
The SolarWinds hack was more than just one of the most devastating cyber attacks in history. It was a major breach of national security that revealed gaps in U.S. cyber defenses.
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A few years back, the battery-powered handheld stick vacuum category was pretty easy to navigate: you had Dyson stick vacuums, and you had everything else. Still arguably the heavyweight of the segment today, Dyson now has some legitimate competition in the form of high quality, lightweight, and reliable battery vacuums like the Proscenic P11.
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Remember, the Internet Archive is useful for more than just seeing how embarrassing your old Kotaku comments were. It’s also home to a ton of classic PC games, and thousands of new ones have just been added to the site’s catalogue. There’s obviously a load of crap among that number,...
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Even if Easter isn't your thing, these colorful looks are still worth trying.
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BERLIN (NEXSTAR) — Coming soon to a selected retailer near you: a vegan version of the iconic KitKat candy bar. Switzerland's Nestle didn't spell out in its announcement on Monday the exact formula for the new treat to be known as the KitKat V. But it said it would “soon have a delicious plant-based option [...]
Eva Malmström Shivdasani is the Creative Director and co-founder of Soneva Jani Chapters 1 and 2 and Soneva Fushi, overseeing the interior designs of all the villas. her life has come full circle as she started her entry into creativity in the fashion world.
Cigarette volumes fell by 7% y-o-y; FMCG margins may drive consensus upgrades; TP revised to Rs 250; ‘Add’ maintained
NAILBOMB killer David Copeland has converted to Islam in the hope of “getting a second chance”. The 44-year-old was jailed for a 13-day hate campaign in 1999 that left three people dead and 140 injured. Engineer Copeland, who had Nazi flags hanging in his home, wanted to “stir up a racial war” with homemade explosives […]
A COUNCIL has ordered a probe to find out if its coat of arms is racist. There had been fears that a black sailing ship in the Hammersmith and Fulham crest symbolises a slave vessel. But it commemorates the arrival of Viking ships in the Thames-side borough in 879AD. The coat of arms also includes […]