Cool space photo shows rare sight of ISS orbiting Earth at night
By Trevor Mogg January 11, 2022 10:30PMThe International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of human engineering and ingenuity, as well as scientific achievement and international cooperation. The facility has been orbiting Earth for the last two decades and was recently cleared to continue operating until at least 2030. It’s also the perfect spot for capturing stunning images of Earth — but how about photos of the station itself? Earth and the ISS shot from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon at night. We’ve already seen several of Pesquet’s astonishing flyaround images showing the ISS against the inky blackness of space.
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January 12, 2022 13:22 UTC
How do we define and diagnose death?
The concept of brain death: Are you dead, if you are brain dead? Doig and E. Burgess’s “Brain death: Resolving inconsistencies in the ethical declaration of death”). Some countries consider brainstem death as death (13% of countries in an international survey, e.g., the UK, Canada, and India), whereas most countries (including the US, Australia, and Japan) require the demonstration of whole brain death (Gardiner et al. Grisolia’s “The World Brain Death Project: Answering the wrong questions”) involving the death of a 13-year-old child following ear, nose, and throat surgery in the US brought into focus the persisting dilemmas regarding the determination of brain death, where the child was kept alive for more than five years after the initial brain death declaration. The World Brain Death Project’s consensus statement in August 2020, acknowledges the “confusion and dilemmas”, “inconsistencies in concept, criteria, practice, and documentation of brain death” and the “wide variance in practice internationally and within countries” and hence recommends abandoning the terms “whole brain death” and “brainstem death”, and calls for consistency in using the term “brain death/death by neurological criteria (BD/DNC)”.
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January 12, 2022 10:49 UTC
Two types of rice to be imported as substitute for Samba
January 11, 2022 02:20 pmThe government has decided to import two types of rice as a substitute for Samba rice in order to ensure the availability of required stocks of rice in the open market. Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has green-lighted the importation of 200,000 metric tons of Nadu Rice and 100,000 metric tons of GR 11 Short Grain Rice type of rice. Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena had tabled the said proposal in the Cabinet meeting held yesterday (Jan. 10) with the intention of providing rice to the consumers for reasonable prices.
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January 11, 2022 21:02 UTC
Exynos 2200 launch reportedly delayed
Samsung Semiconductor was supposed to unveil the Exynos 2200 today, but leakster Ice Universe reports that the launch has been postponed. According to Korean media, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S22 series on February 8 with sales set to start on the 24th. The Cat points to the Exynos 1200, a mid-range chip that was rumored to launch last year (in November, allegedly). And now the 2200 is the second chipset launch that Samsung has had to push back. Will the Exynos chip be ready in time for the Galaxy S22 launch?
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January 11, 2022 20:12 UTC
10 Information Leaks That Shook the World
Given the outcome of a whole war could have come down to the knowledge of a single mountain path, here are 10 much larger information leaks that changed the entire world. However, it was another information leak that finally ended Nixon’s presidency, which is the next (more famous) leak on this list. Two former White House employees provided information in court that turned out to be critical to the case. | DW DocumentaryIn October 2010, Wikileaks published almost 400,000 U.S. Army field reports and shared them with numerous international media organizations around the world. [9]1 The Pandora PapersPandora Papers (full film) | FRONTLINEThe Pandora Papers’ similarity to the Panama Papers goes much deeper than just the name.
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January 11, 2022 14:09 UTC
Divorce is VERY bad news for men's health as study reveals
Divorce and living alone could lead to ill health and death for middle-aged men. Those who live alone for more than seven years, and see at least two of their relationships end, have higher levels of inflammation in their body. This biological response to stress is linked to dying earlier, hardened arteries, heart attacks, strokes, cancer and dementia. Divorce is a 'life-altering event' which has previously been linked with poor mental health, cardiovascular disease and early death. The new study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, tracked divorces and relationship breakdowns in 4,835 people between 1986 and 2011.
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January 11, 2022 13:59 UTC
Putin and Tokayev blame 'terrorists' trained abroad for Kazakhstan uprising
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the recent unrest in Kazakhstan was fuelled by 'bandits and terrorists' trained abroad, as Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the country had quelled a coup d'etat. In a televised statement this morning, Putin alleged that 'well-organised and well-controlled groups of militants, apparently trained in terrorist camps abroad,' were involved in the unrest. Meanwhile, Tokayev said that 'order had been restored' after what he described as an 'attempted coup d'etat fuelled by terrorist aggression'. A view of the Almaty residence of Kazakhstan's president Tokayev. Russian President Vladimir Putin Tokayev's sentiments, labelling the unrest 'an attack on the country' and 'an act of aggression' masterminded from abroad.
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January 11, 2022 02:03 UTC
Daily Authority: 📈 Realme’s ambitions
So it’s going to be a global launch and it’s going to be in Europe also,” said Sheth. My colleague Hadlee Simons had a chat with Realme vice-president and international business head Madhav Sheth , who confirmed: The Realme GT 2 Pro global release. But the next release could tidy things up, and the Realme Pad had similar sorts of problems but a low low price. And, there’s more to come in 2022: “…I think yes definitely we’ll see a lot of new tablets coming in different other price segments. Software updates:Not great here, with Sheth not able to commit to Realme taking things further than two years of OS updates.
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January 11, 2022 01:01 UTC
2nd dose for ages 16-19 from 15 January
BY Buddhika SamaraweeraThe Health Ministry has decided to administer the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines to children between the ages of 16 and 19 years, three months after they received the first dose, and the said programme will commence on Saturday (15). He further said that since the administration of the first dose to children in the said age group initially took place in schools in the Colombo District, the second dose would also be commenced at schools in the Colombo District and then extended to other districts. “The relevant institutions have recommended that children between the ages of 16 and 19 years be given the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines. Accordingly, such children will be able to obtain it in schools or the respective hospitals three months after receiving the first dose,” Dr. Herath said. Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told the media over the weekend that a decision has been taken to roll out the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 16 and 19 years who have completed three months since the first dose.
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January 11, 2022 00:11 UTC
Novak Djokovic's parents join Serbian protest as court case begins
The Australian Open begins on January 17 — just a week from Djokovic's court date. The case has polarised opinion around the world and elicited heartfelt support for the tennis star in his native Serbia. Today, the whole world will hear the truth,' Djokovic's mother Dijana Djokovic told the crowd in Belgrade. Djokovic's father Srdjan Djokovic said 'this is happening because we are only a small part of the world, but we are proud people'. Mrs Djokovic said that the conditions in the hotel in Melbourne where Djokovic is staying are 'not humane'.
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January 09, 2022 23:06 UTC
Indian banks turn cautious on Sri Lanka exposures
As Sri Lanka grapples with a severe foreign exchange crunch, high street banks in India have turned cautious and selective about their exposures to the island nation. “We have not put a complete embargo on discounting export bills to Sri Lanka. Among other large banks, HDFC Bank was going slow on handling LCs for exports to Sri Lanka; Axis, which has financed many Indian companies with exports to Sri Lanka, is being selective; while ICICI Bank has cut limits for Sri Lanka along with some of the other smaller countries for quite some time now. “There is nothing wrong with banks in Sri Lanka. They are releasing money only after receiving it from the bank in Sri Lanka,” said a mid-sized exporter.
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January 09, 2022 20:28 UTC
AFL great Nathan Buckley reveals his bizarre game day superstition
The Collingwood great, 49, told his campmates he believed a pair of 'lucky undies' kept him playing at his best. Magic: The Collingwood great, 49, told his campmates he believed a pair of 'lucky undies' kept him playing at his best. Emergency: Nathan collapsed during a dramatic scene on Thursday's episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Meanwhile, the medics took Nathan over to the medical hut, where they checked him over more thoroughly. And I think that's what [happened],' Nathan told them.
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January 09, 2022 16:57 UTC
Covid travel change TOMORROW sees surge in holiday bookings
And from yesterday they were no longer needed to have taken a pre-arrival lateral flow test or isolate on their return. If you take a lateral flow test and test positive, you will need to self-isolate and take a free confirmatory PCR. You must take the lateral flow test no later than the end of day two after arriving. It continues: 'If you take a lateral flow test and test positive, you will need to self-isolate and take a free PCR test.' NHS lateral flow tests cannot be used for international travel, and the tests must be brought from a private provider.
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January 09, 2022 11:41 UTC
Astronomers catch the destruction of a red supergiant star in real time
When very large stars run out of fuel and reach the end of their lives, they can explode in massive, dramatic events called supernovas. Now, astronomers have observed a red supergiant star going supernova for the first time, catching a glimpse of the massive star’s final moments of life. “Direct detection of pre-supernova activity in a red supergiant star has never been observed before in an ordinary Type II supernova. For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode!”An artist’s impression of a red supergiant star in the final year of its life emitting a tumultuous cloud of gas. It is of particular interest to researchers as it was so active before exploding, while previously observed red supergiants have been relatively calm before going supernova.
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January 09, 2022 06:02 UTC
‘Nothing in life comes easy’
Former cricketer and ‘My Innings’ author Roshan MahanamaDecember 2021 saw Mahanama release the second edition of his autobiography ‘My Innings, Roshan Mahanama – Retired Hurt to the Best View of the Game’, a sequel of sorts to his earlier self-published autobiography ‘Retired Hurt’ in 2001. In short, cricket has always been in Mahanama’s life, and in his blood. When he finished officiating, he received a lot of requests for another run of Retired Hurt, but the publisher of the Sinhala version was no longer in operation. Whatever we want to achieve in life will not come, but for us to get satisfaction, we cannot compromise on good values – honesty, discipline, friendship, and so on. Poobalasingam Bookshop (Jaffna), Wasana Bookshop (Dankotuwa), Wisdom Bookshop (Wattala), and Granthaloka (Kottawa).
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January 09, 2022 01:07 UTC