Russian President Vladimir Putin warned during a live televised Q and A on Thursday that he would send troops to protect the people of eastern Ukraine and that Kiev gave him just the visuals he needed to revive his faltering narrative about civilians under threat. Vladimir Putin could not have picked a better day than …
US all liquids oil production was over 13 million barrels per day and crude oil production was over 8.3 million barrels per day. Crude oil and natural gas liquids 10.94 million barrels per day. The US was already the number one oil and gas producer in 2013 The US is the number one oil producer …
Paul Theodore Hellyer (90 years old) is a Canadian engineer, politician, writer and commentator who served as Canada’s Defence minister and has a publicly declared belief in aliens. His belief in aliens seems to be a mix of the TV show Stargate SG1 (1997-2007) and the 1997 movie Men in Black.Hellyer apparently missed the project …
Some black people consider that it is “selling out” to speak without using slang. Some think it is being fake when you change for other people. Learning proper grammar and more effective communication is just the beginning of properly selling out. Most who have successfully achieved upward mobility have multi-year and often multi-generational planning and …
SpaceX plans to begin testing components of a methane-fueled engine called Raptor at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi early 2014. SpaceX will perform these tests at Stennis’ E-2 test facility, which will require an upgrade to accommodate the full Raptor engine — a closed-loop methane-oxygen concept SpaceX is working on for missions to deep …
It started with a single drill hole made by a team of explorers just outside the Western edge of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, home to the richest uranium deposits in the world. The fact that the team was there at all broke with conventional wisdom. Other companies believed you had to be within the boundaries of …
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Bitcoin 2013 conference – Lasse Birk Olesen – Seasteading – Entrepreneurship in Government on the High Seas Recorded at the Bitcoin 2013 conference sponsored by Bitcoin Foundation in San Jose, CA on 18 May 2013. Bitcoin and seasteading have similarities. Bitcoin can help seasteading. Seasteading can help Bitcoin. Seasteading institute is working towards an Xprize-like …
Though many gene therapies have been tested in patients around the world in hopes of curing hereditary diseases, few governments have approved their sale, and none has been approved in the United States. That could change in coming years as several therapies enter advanced trials. Experts say it is likely to be a few years …
At today’s session on Rethinking Our Cities at Fortune’s Global Forum in Chengdu, Zhang Yue, the CEO of Broad Group, a maker of energy equipment and a real estate development company, said that we have to totally redefine what it means to live in cities. “People don’t want to have to get on trains or …
SamMobile received specifications for Samsung’s new upcoming Note device the GT-N5100. The Samsung GT-N5100 will come in 2 versions 1) GT-N5100 3G / Wi-Fi version 2) the GT-N5110 Wi-Fi only version. The name of GT-N5100 will be the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0. Samsung’s new upcoming Galaxy Note 8.0 will use a 8.0” 1280×800 TFT (Super …