Tuesday, 19 June, 2018

Day: March 26, 2018

Photographs March 2018 4

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Credits: The Guardian, International Business Times, Reuters, The Sony Photography Exhibition, The Sunday Times.

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Man Living With Alzheimer's Climbs Mountain Everyday

Man Living With Alzheimer’s Climbs Mountain Everyday

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The night before we are due to climb the Old Man of Coniston, Sion Jair calls to warn that, chances are, we won’t be able to go up the 803m Lake District fell in the morning. I look out the window of my hotel. There’s little wind; the temperature is

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Fake News And Online Disinformation

Fake News And Online Disinformation

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

In January 2018, the European Commission set up a high-level group of experts (“the HLEG”) to advise on policy initiatives to counter fake news and disinformation spread online. The main deliverable of the HLEG was a report designed to review best practices in the light of fundamental principles, and suitable

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Facts About Time Zones

Facts About Time Zones

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Telegraph Travel has uncovered a few oddities on the subject of time zones. Greenland is in the same time zone as Britain Despite its location in the middle of the North Atlantic, between Iceland and Canada, a narrow slither of eastern Greenland – the weather station of Danmarkshavn and a

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NGC 2174: Stars Versus Mountains.
Credit: ESA, Hubble, NASA. The energetic light and winds from the massive newly formed stars are evaporating and dispersing the dark stellar nurseries in which they formed. The structures of NGC 2174 are actually much thinner than air and only appear as mountains due to relatively small amounts of opaque interstellar dust. A lesser-known sight in the nebula-rich constellation Orion, NGC 2174 can be found near the head of the celestial hunter. About 6,400 light-years distant, the entire glowing cosmic cloud covers an area larger than the full Moon and surrounds loose open clusters of young stars. The image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dense interior region which spans only about three light years while adopting a colour map that portrays otherwise red hydrogen emission in green hues and emphasizes sulfur emission in red and oxygen in blue. Within a few million years, the stars will likely win out completely and the entire dust mountain will be dispersed.

The Blackfoot Indians were a nation of American Indians with four distinctive tribes, one in Montana and the other in Alberta, Canada. Fierce buffalo hunters, this nomadic tribe followed their food source. With no experience in pottery, crafts or agriculture, they relied on the land. While natural food sources and small subsidized, the buffalo were their main source of food, clothing, shelter, tools and weapons. Today the surviving heirs still live on much of the Montana land they had long ago.

Nicaragua - Level 3: Reconsider Travel Friday, 8 June, 2018
Reconsider travel to Nicaragua due to crime, civil unrest and limited healthcare availability. On April 23, 2018, the U.S. government ordered the departure of U.S. government family members and authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. government personnel. Rallies and demonstrations are widespread and occur daily with little notice. In many instances the government responds using tear […]
Ethiopia - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution Thursday, 7 June, 2018
Exercise increased caution when traveling in Ethiopia due to the potential for civil unrest and communications disruptions. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: Somali Regional State due to potential for civil unrest, terrorism, and landmines. Reconsider travel to: The East Hararge region of Oromia state due to civil unrest. The Danakil Depression region […]

Egypt Monday, 18 June, 2018
Latest update: Entry requirements section (Visas) - addition of information on e-visas available through the Visa2Egypt website; although it's still possible to get a tourist visa on arrival, it's better to get one before you travel; Summary section - revisions to information on carrying large electronic devices in the cabin on Egypt-UK flights
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Belgium Monday, 18 June, 2018
Latest update: Terrorism section - editorial amendments to factual information on terrorist attacks
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The self-portrait is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The picture was painted in September that year, shortly before he left Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France. This self-portrait, which may have been his last, was one of about 40 van Gogh produced over a 10-year period. He would paint himself because he often lacked the money to pay for models. He took the painting with him to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, where he showed it to Dr Paul Gachet, who thought it was "absolutely fanatical." The Musée d'Orsay in Paris obtained the picture in 1986.

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