Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 24 Σεπ 2014
President Obama delivered an address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2014.
Τετάρτη 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014
Rare skeleton of a woolly mammoth to be sold at auction
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 24 Σεπ 2014
A rare, intact skeleton of a woolly mammoth is set to raise a big price when it goes under the hammer in November. . Report by Andrea Lilly.
Αγοράστε με 200.000 δολάρια το πρώτο ιπτάμενο αυτοκίνητο παραγωγής (βίντεο)
Αγοράστε με 200.000 δολάρια το πρώτο ιπτάμενο αυτοκίνητο παραγωγής (βίντεο)
Η Icon Aircraft θα βγάζει στην κυκλοφορία το A5, το
Σύμφωνα με τον CEO της εταιρείας Kirk Hawkins, η Icon δημιουργήθηκε με σκοπό να παράξει το ιπτάμενο αυτοκίνητο του μέλλοντος, το οποίο αναμένεται να είναι εύκολο στην χρήση, με αεροδυναμικό design.
Η εταιρεία έχει ήδη εξασφαλίσει 1.200 παραγγελίες του το αυτοκίνητο-αεροπλάνο και για όποιον επιθυμεί να το κάνει δικό του, πρέπει να έχει υπομονή, αφού στα χέρια του θα το πάρει σε τέσσερα χρόνια.
Όπως ανακοίνωσε η εταιρεία ήδη εξαγόρασε έκταση 13.000 τετραγωνικών μέτρων στο Vacaville της California, ενώ τα μηχανήματα θα πάρουν μπροστά τον επόμενο χρόνο .Οι πρώτες παραδώσεις θα γίνουν τον Μάιο του 2015.
Το διθέσιο A5 features έχει πτυσσόμενα φτερά για να μπορεί να παρκάρει εύκολα ή να μεταφέρεται με trailer. Είναι κατασκευασμένο από ανθρακονήματα για να είναι ελαφρύ ενώ το cockpit έχει σχεδιαστεί για να θυμίζει αγωνιστικό αυτοκίνητο.
Το A5 θα είναι εύκολο στην οδήγηση και θα πετάει με ταχύτητα 120 μιλίων την ώρα. Η αυτονομία του θα φτάνει τα 555 χλμ (345 μίλια).
Το ιπτάμενο αεροπλάνο θα μπορεί να προσγειώνεται ακόμα και στη θάλασσα και κοστίζει περίπου 205.000 δολάρια μαζί με το αλεξίπτωτο.
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Τρίτη 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014
Syria War - US Starts With Airstrikes On Islamic State In Syria
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 23 Σεπ 2014
Syria War - US Starts With Airstrikes On Islamic State In Syria. U.S Forces started to strike on ISIS/ISIL positions in Syria. A combination of fighter, bomber, and Tomahawk missiles are being utilized. A variety of other Arab nations are also taking part in these operations. The strikes you saee in this video occured in Ar Raqqah andAbu Kamal, Syria, on Sept. 23, 2014.
Δευτέρα 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014
Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has reportedly been killed in a battle with the military in Konduga, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon.
https://news.vice.com/article/boko-haram-leader-abubakar-shekau-reported-killed-again-this-time-by-cameroons-army
By Senator Iroegbu with Agency Report
By Senator Iroegbu with Agency Report
Nigerian security agencies are reviewing information that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist militant group, may have been killed in a battle with the military, a person familiar with the investigation was quoted as saying by Bloomberg at the weekend.
Shekau may have been killed in the fighting near Konduga in Borno State, according to a security official who asked not to be identified because an official statement had not been made by the government.
The Nigerian armed forces last week said in a Twitter posting that over 60 Boko Haram militants had been killed and a senior Boko Haram leader had been captured in the battle at Konduga, a strategic town 40 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The leader, who wasn't identified by the armed forces, was being treated at a military hospital, the statement added.
The military last year said Shekau might have been killed in a June 30 battle. But he later appeared in a video sent to reporters as proof that he was still alive.
However, there appeared to be confusion among intelligence and military sources as to whether the person killed or captured in Konduga last week was Shekau or an imposter, as some sources were very emphatic that a body double, claiming to be the sect's leader, had been appearing in Boko Haram propaganda videos for months.
However, there appeared to be confusion among intelligence and military sources as to whether the person killed or captured in Konduga last week was Shekau or an imposter, as some sources were very emphatic that a body double, claiming to be the sect's leader, had been appearing in Boko Haram propaganda videos for months.
When contacted on the issue, security sources confirmed that they were indeed trying to verify if Shekau or his impostor was either killed or captured in Konduga.
According to an intelligence source who spoke to THISDAY, the Boko Haram commander, who was reported to have been captured during the Konduga battle last Wednesday is suspected to be the person impersonating or acting as a body double for the terrorist leader.
According to an intelligence source who spoke to THISDAY, the Boko Haram commander, who was reported to have been captured during the Konduga battle last Wednesday is suspected to be the person impersonating or acting as a body double for the terrorist leader.
THISDAY findings further revealed that the military and other intelligence agencies were still reviewing the information but would not make any official statement until they were 100 per cent certain that the commander, who shares similar features with Shekau was actually the Boko Haram leader or his double.
"We believe it may be the man acting as Shekau but we are not emphatic yet. The armoured personnel carrier that was captured during the Konduga battle was simply too similar to the one he uses in his video propaganda and the features are strikingly similar as well.
"We believe it may be the man acting as Shekau but we are not emphatic yet. The armoured personnel carrier that was captured during the Konduga battle was simply too similar to the one he uses in his video propaganda and the features are strikingly similar as well.
"The intelligence agencies are still studying his pictures and recordings and we are not in a hurry to make this official until we are very certain," the source said.
Speaking to THISDAY, another top military officer explained that the security and intelligence agencies were "being very cautious this time around because of the previous mistake".
Speaking to THISDAY, another top military officer explained that the security and intelligence agencies were "being very cautious this time around because of the previous mistake".
"You know the issue of whether Abubabakar Shekau is dead or alive is still very much contentious, even though we believe that he was killed last year and what you are seeing right now are various impostors acting in his name. There were similar cases during the Second World War when Adolf Hitler had many doubles. The same applied to Saddam Hussein of Iraq when he was alive," the source explained.
Another source at Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said: "Still in the process of confirming that the person we have is the same as that character who has been posing as Shekau. He is definitely a very prominent terrorist commander. I don't want to say anything official on this yet please."
Another source at Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said: "Still in the process of confirming that the person we have is the same as that character who has been posing as Shekau. He is definitely a very prominent terrorist commander. I don't want to say anything official on this yet please."
He however volunteered that the person who was captured last week held considerable sway in the sect's foot soldiers, as many of them were forced to flee to safe havens across the border in Cameroun in recent days.
This was confirmed by another military source who revealed that there had been fierce fighting between Boko Haram terrorists and Camerounian forces over the control of the key boundary town of Kirawa.
According to the source, the terrorists who escaped from the Konduga onslaught were chased by the military across the Camerounian border only to encounter another battle in the Central African country.
The source explained that Kirawa is the border town that transverses Nigeria and Cameroun, and was the same town into which close to a battalion of Nigerian soldiers escaped to last month in what DHQ described as a "tactical manoeuvre".
"Since Thursday night, there has been fierce fighting between Boko Haram and the Camerounian military in Kirawa," he said.
"Since Thursday night, there has been fierce fighting between Boko Haram and the Camerounian military in Kirawa," he said.
Kirawa is considered unique because it is a border town that cuts across the two countries and has boundaries that are blurred, making it very easy for its inhabitants to cross from one country to the other unimpeded.
"This was what happened to our troops who in pursuit of the terrorists suddenly found themselves on the Camerounian side," the source explained.
Meanwhile, THISDAY has learnt that the recent onslaught by the Nigerian Armed Forces is yielding results, as some members of Boko Haram were said to have surrendered and handed their weapons to the military following the defeat of the sect in Konduga and other parts of the North-east.
Meanwhile, THISDAY has learnt that the recent onslaught by the Nigerian Armed Forces is yielding results, as some members of Boko Haram were said to have surrendered and handed their weapons to the military following the defeat of the sect in Konduga and other parts of the North-east.
NASA’s Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet
NASA’s Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet
Members of the mission team at the Lockheed Martin Mission Support Area in Littleton, Colorado, celebrate after successfully inserting NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft into orbit around Mars at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21.
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Lockheed Martin
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars’ orbit at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere as never done before. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars.
“As the first orbiter dedicated to studying Mars’ upper atmosphere, MAVEN will greatly improve our understanding of the history of the Martian atmosphere, how the climate has changed over time, and how that has influenced the evolution of the surface and the potential habitability of the planet,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. “It also will better inform a future mission to send humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s.”
After a 10-month journey, confirmation of successful orbit insertion was received from MAVEN data observed at the Lockheed Martin operations center in Littleton, Colorado, as well as from tracking data monitored at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) navigation facility in Pasadena, California. The telemetry and tracking data were received by NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna station in Canberra, Australia.
“NASA has a long history of scientific discovery at Mars and the safe arrival of MAVEN opens another chapter,” said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of the NASA Science Mission Directorate at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. “Maven will complement NASA’s other Martian robotic explorers—and those of our partners around the globe—to answer some fundamental questions about Mars and life beyond Earth.”
Following orbit insertion, MAVEN will begin a six-week commissioning phase that includes maneuvering into its final science orbit and testing the instruments and science-mapping commands. MAVEN then will begin its one Earth-year primary mission, taking measurements of the composition, structure and escape of gases in Mars’ upper atmosphere and its interaction with the sun and solar wind.
"It's taken 11 years from the original concept for MAVEN to now having a spacecraft in orbit at Mars,” said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU/LASP). “I'm delighted to be here safely and successfully, and looking forward to starting our science mission."
The primary mission includes five “deep-dip” campaigns, in which MAVEN’s periapsis, or lowest orbit altitude, will be lowered from 93 miles (150 kilometers) to about 77 miles (125 kilometers). These measurements will provide information down to where the upper and lower atmospheres meet, giving scientists a full profile of the upper tier.
“This was a very big day for MAVEN,” said David Mitchell, MAVEN project manager from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. “We’re very excited to join the constellation of spacecraft in orbit at Mars and on the surface of the Red Planet. The commissioning phase will keep the operations team busy for the next six weeks, and then we’ll begin, at last, the science phase of the mission. Congratulations to the team for a job well done today.”
MAVEN launched Nov. 18, 2013, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying three instrument packages. The Particles and Fields Package, built by the University of California at Berkeley with support from CU/LASP and Goddard contains six instruments that will characterize the solar wind and the ionosphere of the planet. The Remote Sensing Package, built by CU/LASP, will identify characteristics present throughout the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. The Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, provided by Goddard, will measure the composition and isotopes of atomic particles.
MAVEN's principal investigator is based at CU/LASP. The university provided two science instruments and leads science operations, as well as education and public outreach, for the mission. The University of California at Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory also provided four science instruments for the mission. Goddard manages the MAVEN project. Lockheed Martin built the spacecraft and is responsible for mission operations. JPL provides navigation and Deep Space Network support, as well as Electra telecommunications relay hardware and operations.
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Σάββατο 20 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014
Energy driver BJ Baldwin.
Επειδη εχουμε και το dakar σε 3 μηνες και απο αυριο μεθαυριο αρχιζη και το baja ενα μικρο αφιερωμα σε αυτον τον πολυ μεγαλο οδηγο,και ευχομεθα τα καλυτερα!
Trophy Truck Madness: Recoil 2: The Recoil . . . ing
September 17, 2014 at 5:56 pm by James Tate | Photography by YouTube/Monster Energy
As if you needed further proof of how obscenely cool Trophy Trucks are, here comes the latest video from Monster Energy driver BJ Baldwin.
In “Recoil 2,” Baldwin’s 800-hp Chevrolet Silverado Trophy Truck cuts a swath through Ensenada, Mexico—home of the Baja 1000—as he sets out to get from the mountains outside of town to the beach in less than 20 minutes. The route chosen conveniently allows for Baldwin to pull 360s through flaming tunnels and to jump everything in sight.
Please excuse us. We have to go scour classifieds for old pickups and crate engines right now.
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