La grande discarica terrestre nel cielo

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Dal lancio del primo satellite 64 anni fa, l’orbita intorno alla Terra si è trasformata in una discarica. Vi sono circa 129 milioni di frammenti e cioè stadi di razzi, bulloni, scorie di motori, scaglie di vernice e satelliti in pensione.

Ma si è arrivati ad un punto di svolta poiché i detriti continueranno ad aumentare anche se tutti i lanci venissero fermati. Negli ultimi anni vi è stato un assalto allo spazio non solo per osservare la Terra ma soprattutto per portare Internet in ogni angolo del pianeta. Il segnale viene fornito da satelliti in orbita bassa che fanno il giro del mondo in un’ora e mezza.

Ma per garantire un segnale costante in tutti i paesi occorrono costellazioni enormi ed infatti One web lancerà 850 satelliti, Kuiper 3.200 e Starlink 12.000. A questo si aggiungono quelli utili per i test militari e le armi antisatellite, che servono anche…

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Should You Rehire Former Employees

MiddleMe

In today’s changing world, it is not uncommon for companies to change their employee roster to match their customers’ needs. Employees came and went, with some staying for good and a few coming back.

While it is ok to have returning or former employees hoping to work for you again, it is crucial that you have a clear guideline for one’s eligibility to be rehired and what restrictions will be considered.

If you are uncertain if you should rehire a former employee when you have a job opening, here are some things you need to consider.

Pros of Rehiring a Former Employee

Rehiring a former employee can present many benefits if you don’t want to gamble your business or company’s future to an untested employee.

Here are some of the benefits of having a former employee back in your employ:

#1 They Already Know Your Company’s Work Culture

You don’t…

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Usmal, Meksiko – Uxmal, Mexico

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Za knjigu Doživljaju s putovanja po Jukatanu, objavljenu 1843. godine, Džordž Bajron tvrdio je kako je “najbolja putopisna knjiga ikada napisana”. Autor, Amerikanac Džon Lojd Stivens, proveo je dvije godine na suncem sprženom karipskom poluostrvu i grozničavo zapisivao sve što je vidio. Ostaci majanske civilizacije doslovno su ga opčinili, a stari grad Usmal oduševio ga je više nego bilo šta drugo. Po veličanstvenosti, upoređivao ga je s egipatskom Tebom i zadržao se u njemu neko vrijeme, logorujući u unutrašnjosti zdanja koje su Španci nazvali Palasio del Gobernador (Guvernerova palata). Kralj Čan-Čak-Kak nal Ahav – prvi kralj koji je živio u palati u – u stvari bio je nešto mnogo više od običnog vladara. Prema majanskim hronikama, on je poticao direktno od bogova. Njegov portret bio je izvajan glavnim dverima palate i prikazivao ga je kako sjedi na prijestolu, pod budnim okom dviju zmija, noseći na glavi perjanicu s perima…

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Pandora Papers reveal secret offshore financial system for global elites – Washington Post

The revelations include more than $100 million spent by King Abdullah II of Jordan on luxury homes in Malibu, Calif., and other locations; millions of dollars in property and cash secretly owned by the leaders of the Czech Republic, Kenya, Ecuador and other countries; and a waterfront home in Monaco acquired by a Russian woman who gained considerable wealth after she reportedly had a child with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Other disclosures hit closer to home for U.S. officials and other Western leaders who frequently condemn smaller countries whose permissive banking systems have been exploited for decades by looters of assets and launderers of dirty money.

The files provide substantial new evidence, for example, that South Dakota now rivals notoriously opaque jurisdictions in Europe and the Caribbean in financial secrecy. Tens of millions of dollars from outside the United States are now sheltered by trust companies in Sioux Falls, some of it tied to people and companies accused of human rights abuses and other wrongdoing.

Source: Pandora Papers reveal secret offshore financial system for global elites – Washington Post

Minbari Mondays, Soul Mates, and, Things Are Not Always as They Seem…

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

This week, Ranger Mayann did not send a report, so this 8th episode (in original, not viewing, order) of season 2, will again be from my point of view, rather than from the Minbari point of view:

   I love the way this episode highlights the fact (much like many of the Harry Potter books, too) that things really are not always as they appear to be:

1.)   more institutional abuse,   and yes, Neatnik, “be afraid, be very afraid” of the Corps,

and

2.)  also be a little afraid of Londo Mollari, or very afraid, when he starts wearing blue…

  In this episode, we see a rather humiliated Ambassador Delenn.  A bad hair day is not ok for the Minbari.

 

      May we all learn to look past appearances, and keep those who tell us the truth in our lives.

 

Neatnik’s review of this episode has more…

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