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GPS jamming

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Global positioning System signals are being jammed using a device that emits radio frequency signals on the same frequencies used by GPS satellites. These interfering signals being sent by the GPS satellites, rendering GPS receivers within the range of the jammer unable to accurately determine their position, speed or time. As much as 46, 000 aircraft have logged problems with GPS over the Baltic Sea since August, as most GPS problems reported on the GPSJAM.org website have come in eastern Europe, bordering Russia. Some of the flight in and out of Britain are among thousands that have been impacted by … Continue reading GPS jamming

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How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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Alex Fernandes gives an evocative account of the events leading to the fall of Portugal’s madcap democratic coup in its 50th Anniversary in The Carnal Revolution. On 25 April 1974, Lisbon, over the course of a single day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime falls.  When the Galeto snack bar in Lisbon opened in 1966 it became an institution for Lisboans, as it offered sandwiches rather than bacalhau as customers sat along the counter rather than fussy small tables. On 24, April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal’s Eurovision entry. By 6:20pm the next day, Europe’s … Continue reading How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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Unlock your true potential

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Discover how to reprogram your biology and thinking, and break the habit of being yourself so you can truly change your mind and life by admitting and declaring to dismantle the memory of the old you, to crate a new reality. If you are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life, in fact, a new science is emerging that empowers all human beings to create the reality they choose. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, renowned author, speaker, researcher, and chiropractor Dr. Joe Dispenza combines the fields of … Continue reading Unlock your true potential

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Muslim International Film Festival, London

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The Muslim International Film Festival Londonhttp://www.TheMiff.Net@muslimfilmfest MIFF 30 May to 2 June Opened by Sajid Varda Story Consultant/Founder of Festival. BFI Aficionado.All films have been to at least one major film festival before coming to this oneand some have received awards. With films set throughout the world includingUK, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Jordan and Sudan, the festival runs as per thedates itemised above.MIFF is supported by UK Muslim Film (UKMF). Sajid Varda is keen to seeincreasing representation of Muslim actors and themes worldwide. He alsowishes to bring harmony within the industry.He feels 9/11 changed everything making Muslims identified with somethingevil. Supported … Continue reading Muslim International Film Festival, London

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Temu is “Amazon on Steroids” helping you to shop like a billionaire

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Have you come across, Temu – a Chinese-owned e-commerce company PDD Holdings, got six 30-second commercials in America’s biggest sporting event – this year’s Super Bowl, a blockbuster half -time performance and several camera cutaways of Taylor Swift in the crowd watched by 123 million Americans. Time spend £33 million during this years’s Super Bowl event alone. How Temu is shaking up the world of online shopping, according to one analyst  “Temu is Amazon on Steroids” with the tagline “shop like a billionaire”,  exploded in popularity, shopping to around 50 countries worldwide. Temu as its popularity is soaring it is … Continue reading Temu is “Amazon on Steroids” helping you to shop like a billionaire

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Reincarnation: Why older man should end up with a young woman

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The Gentleman From Peru, gives poignant insight into a story of regret, fate and epic love. Raul, a 60-year-old, white-bearded, lone wolf staying at a resort on the Amalfi Coast is the Gentleman  featured in The Gentleman from Peru by Andre Caiman. When a group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy, including Margot — a gallerist simply described as snarky. While their boat is being repaired, they can’t help but observe the daily routine of a few hotel guest- a mysterious, white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night … Continue reading Reincarnation: Why older man should end up with a young woman

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Untouchables and search for Democracy

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Although Bollywood keeps churning out pseudohistorical melodramas depicting colonial India, many Indians understandably hate the Brits for imposing the yoke of foreign rule and their policy of divide and rule.  But there are some who looked favourably on the British Empire like the Untouchables whose story is the backdrop to The Incarcerations. Alpa Shah, professor of anthropology at LSE, beings her account with the Battle of Bhima Koregaon of 1818, when the Untouchables fought alongside the East India Company to defeat their high-caste Peshwa oppressors. To them, British victory held the possibility of social mobility. Alpa Shah pulls back the curtain … Continue reading Untouchables and search for Democracy

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Eluded emotions

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In Sociopath,  confessions of a wife, mother and cat-choker having dark urges of stealing for thrills, joyrides, and gate-crashing at strangers’ funerals  – all a fascinating first-hand account of antisocial personality disorder. After the pencil attack she decided to steer clear of violence- not because she felt bad but because it attracted too much attention. She resolved  to finding ways of dealing with her anxiety that would allow her to fly beneath the radar. Named as the most anticipated book of 2024 by Vulture, LitHub, The Guardian, and Cosmopolitan. A fascinating and revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with … Continue reading Eluded emotions

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Revival of old dreams: unfinished love story  with America

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Doris Kearns, one of America’s most beloved historians, a genuine public intellectual whose writings were inspected by fellow scholars but also weigh on public policy and popular culture. Her history of Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, Team of Rivals, won academic prizes, and even influenced Barack Obama, who cited it after including a former primary opponent ( Hillary Clinton) and a member of the outgoing Republican administration (Robert Gates) in his national security team.  In an Unfinished Love Story, she artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history and takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband Richard (Dick) Goodwin … Continue reading Revival of old dreams: unfinished love story  with America

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Growth & innovation allowed people to escape cycles of boom and bust

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Economic growth has freed billions from poverty in the past two decades and made our lives far healthier and longer, resulting in the unfettered pursuit of growth  defining economic life around the world. However, this prosperity has come at an enormous price: deepening inequalities, destabilizing technologies, environmental destruction and climate change. Daniel Susskind, economist, argues that too few people understand growth and many in our era of sluggish productivity, the worry is slowing growth – in the UK, Europe, China and elsewhere – and reversing this stagnation is the goal of every politician. Some eco-warriors think there’s too much of … Continue reading Growth & innovation allowed people to escape cycles of boom and bust