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[zme-ul]

Kiwi Nigel Richards wins French Scrabble contest, doesn't even speak French

He doesn't speak French at all, he just learnt the words. He won't know what they mean, wouldn't be able to carry out a conversation in French I wouldn't think

gg

[Apollyon]

http://www.gandul.info/stiri/solutia-pa ... e-14635681

Patriarhia Română a adresat un îndemn "stăruitor" ierarhilor, clericilor şi credincioşilor ortodocşi să se roage pentru "ploi liniştite, aducătoare de rod bogat pământului".

"În această perioadă de secetă care afectează grav culturile agricole din întreaga ţară cu numeroase consecinţe asupra vieţii oamenilor, Patriarhia Română adresează un îndemn stăruitor ierarhilor, clericilor şi credincioşilor ortodocşi să intensifice rugăciunea pentru ploi liniştite, aducătoare de rod bogat al pământului, folositoare oamenilor şi vieţuitoarelor, conform îndrumărilor din Liturghier şi Molitfelnic", se arată într-un comunicat transmis de biroul de presă al Patriarhiei Române.

Welcome to Bronze Age.

[Doc]

Peste o luna se vor recomanda sacrificii, sau ceva de genul asta...

[zme-ul]

VW Is Said to Cheat on Diesel Emissions; U.S. to Order Big Recall

The Obama administration on Friday directed Volkswagen to recall nearly a half-million cars, saying the automaker illegally installed software in its diesel-power cars to evade standards for reducing smog.

The Environmental Protection Agency accused the German automaker of using software to detect when the car is undergoing its periodic state emissions testing. Only during such tests are the cars’ full emissions control systems turned on. During normal driving situations, the controls are turned off, allowing the cars to spew as much as 40 times as much pollution as allowed under the Clean Air Act, the E.P.A. said.

“We expected better from Volkswagen,” said Cynthia Giles, the E.P.A.’s assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance. She called the automaker’s actions “a threat to public health.”

Agency officials issued the car company a notice of violation and said it had admitted to the use of a so-called defeat device. The recall involves 4-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi vehicles from model years 2009-15.

A spokeswoman for Volkswagen confirmed that the company had received the notice and said the automaker was cooperating with the investigation. She declined to comment further on the case.
The software was designed to conceal the cars’ emission of the pollutant nitrogen oxide, which contributes to the creation of ozone and smog. The pollutants are linked to a range of health problems, including asthma attacks, other respiratory diseases and premature death.

Experts in automotive technology said that disengaging the pollution controls on a diesel-fueled car can yield better performance, including increased torque and acceleration.
“When the pollution controls are functioning on these vehicles, there’s a trade-off between performance and emissions,” said Drew Kodjak, executive director of the International Council on Clean Transportation, a research group. “This is cutting corners.”

It was Mr. Kodjak’s group, in conducting research on diesel vehicles, that first noticed the discrepancy between Volkswagen’s emissions in testing laboratories and on the road. They brought the issue to the attention of the E.P.A., which conducted further tests on the cars, and ultimately discovered the use of the defeat device software.

The recall covers roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2009.

Affected diesel models include the 2009-15 Volkswagen Jetta, 2009-15 Beetle, 2009-15 Golf, 2014-15 Passat and 2009-15 Audi A3.

[Doc]

Le-au scazut actiunile cu 35% in doua zile. Prognozeaza 7-8 miliarde costul rechemarii masinilor, pana la 14 miliarde posibile amenzi, iar ceva asociatii in SUA au intentat deja procese in civil, cum ca au dat banii de pomana pe featuri care se dezactivau (proprietarii eco-ciudati), sau ca le-a scazut valoarea masinii din cauza scandalului - inca 1-2 miliarde.
La nivel global 11 milioane de masini posibil sa fie afectate

Pana si un scandal nemtesc e scandal nemtesc, temeinic, de calitate
Opel rullz

[zme-ul]

daca intra FTCu pe conducta, astia de la VW se trezesc si cu procese penale

[DarthZombie]

UN report: Cyberviolence is equivalent to physical violence against women

The report also argues that “cyber touch is recognized as equally as harmful as physical touch,” suggesting that online harassment might be just as lethal as domestic violence or sexual abuse.

You can't make this shit up.

[TG]

Fuck me, de aia mă tot urmărește o dubă neagră prin oraș. Too much online touching.

[McWilliams]

Cand erai tanar, te gandeai ca viitorul o sa aiba masini zburatoare, calatorie in timp sau implanturi cibernetice. In schimb, viitorul pare sa aiba tribunale online pentru prevenirea violentei domestice online. Din The Sims sau Second Life.

[McWilliams]

Habar n-am unde se incadreaza asta:

Naked capitalism

[Mafio]

Cât de ironic

''The internet blew the porn industry’s business model apart. Its response holds lessons for other media firms''

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[McWilliams]

Din cate tin minte, unregistered au voie la 1 articol pe saptamana, in timp ce registered, but unsubscribed au voie la 5. Imi cer scuze, am abonament la publicatia asta si nu m-am gandit la faptul ca nu se vede articolul decat ca click-bait.

[Mafio]

Nu-i nicio problema, eu am vrut doar să scot în evidență ironia situației, și anume că The Economist laudă un anumit model de business care a dat roade în timp ce ei sunt adepții unuia prin care alienează un segment destul de generos din potențialii lor cititori.

[Doc]

Habar n-am unde se incadreaza asta:

Naked capitalism

Cred ca Romania era atat de departe in graficul ala, ca nici cu pauza, ca pe SUA n-au putut sa o treaca

[joonior_bmf]

Mount Isa Hoverboard Unit investigate

[ola small dickie]

http://revistapresei.hotnews.ro/stiri-f ... atului.htm

Presedintele Comitetului Helsinki din Croatia, cu pantalonii cazuti in fata sefei statului



bonus: sefa statului croat in alta ipostaza:



tuturor ne cadeau pantalonii. il banuiesc pe mos ca a facut intentionat. era singura sansa a lui sa stea langa ea in chiloti

[sekaba]

Udrea wannabe.

[Waaagh!]

hod damn, as zice ca o face pe udrea in vremurile ei bune.

[sekaba]

Mai avem si noi sperante:



Pacat ca nu e bagaboanta

[Waaagh!]

Prea aschilambica si plagiatoare. Nu ca as stramba din nas la femeile mai subtiri, dar aici discutam de politica la alt nivel.