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NPR (npr.org) 

UK Ditches Coal Power, Embraces Elvis

Britain has closed it's last coal-fired power plant, making the country that pioneered coal power, the first to give it up in favor of cleaner options. We hear about the transition. And a small town in Wales has become the unlikely site of a world-renowned Elvis festival.

Fell and Rock Climbing Club 

Books

Surprisingly, considering the quality of books for sale there has not been the response as in previous announcements. An example of books for sale: Fast and Free, a biography of Pete Livesey £55 Joe Brown, the Hard Years, £22 Menlove, a biography of Menlove Edwards, £25 One Man’s Mountains, the writings of Tom Party, £28. […]

Fell and Rock Climbing Club 

Annual dinner, Castle Green Hotel Kendal, Saturday 2nd November, 7pm

Time is running out before numbers have to be finalised. Following Chris Paul’s extensive survey of members, the buffet option, once available, has been reintroduced to provide a less expensive, informal option, this time with musical accompaniment from the renowned FRCC music group. Please book now, as after all a lot of members asked for […]

Dezeen.com 

Roots kitchen by Kongacph among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom

Dezeen Showroom: oaken kitchen cabinets that reference both Scandi design and traditional wooden kitchens are among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Roots kitchen by Heima Architects for Kongacph Historic kitchens made primarily out of timber were the reference point for this kitchen created by design studio Heima Architects for Lithuanian kitchen brand Kongacph. The Roots

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ECCO Tour 

Hamish Brown vinder i Kina

Hamish Brown sikrede sig søndag morgen dansk tid sin anden sejr på Challenge Tour denne sæson. Nordjyden lavede birdie på sidste hul for at fremtvinge omspil mod Lloyd Jefferson Go. På første omspilshul lavede Brown endnu en birdie, og med den sikrede han sig sejren og en præmiecheck på godt 550.000 kr. Brown ligger på […]

Sofia News Agency 

Court Finds Bulgarian National and Albanians Guilty of Smuggling Cocaine into the UK

A Bulgarian national and four Albanians were convicted in an English court for drug trafficking worth 200 million British pounds. The gang, comprising one Bulgarian man and four Albanians, was found guilty of smuggling cocaine from Latin America into the UK, according to reports from the BBC. The group was apprehended in February 2021, following a lengthy investigation....

Thefishsite.com 

What future for Tawi-Tawi's seaweed farmers?

The province of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines was once ground zero for tropical seaweed cultivation, and the industry remains its economic lifeline to this day. Five decades after its inception, however, a thorough transformation is needed.

Esa.int 

Juice and Europa Clipper: Dream team to Jupiter

What’s better than one spacecraft on the quest to search for life-friendly ocean worlds in the Jupiter system? Two! ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is set to join forces with NASA’s Europa Clipper – launched on 14 October – to tackle one of the biggest questions in Solar System science.

Listverse 

10 Lesser-Known Multi-Sport Alternatives to the Olympics

Every few years, the world turns its eyes to the Olympics, where athletes from every corner of the globe compete on the grandest stage. But beyond the Olympic spotlight, there’s a rich array of lesser-known multi-sport events that offer equally compelling stories of human achievement. These competitions may not have the same level of fame, […]

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Archdaily.com 

Goodbye Horses Pub / Leopold Banchini Architects

Relations between Mingei, Japanese Folk Art movements, and English Arts and Crafts have been discussed extensively. Although William Morris's influence on Yanagi's theory is obvious in its criticism of wage labor relations and for-profit mass production, the Japanese movement insisted on distancing itself from western influences to promoted a unique local identity. Modernist critics argued that Mingei was a sort of reversed orientalism with a romanticized take on traditional means of production. Читать дальше...

Wired Magazine 

The Hottest Startups in Berlin in 2024

The German capital attracts talent from all over the world, and its startups are building endless AI-generated audio apps, virtual pet apps, and sensors for early wildfire detection.

Wired Magazine 

The Hottest Startups in Stockholm in 2024

The Swedish capital produced Skype, Spotify, Klarna and Minecraft—its stars of the future are building fintech for businesses, GenAI for lawyers, and full-body health care scans.