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Jerusalem Controversy

Jerusalem chief rabbi calls for female turnout to counter Women of the Wall

Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar has written a letter in which he urges women to come to pray in their section of the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem at 6:45 am on Wednesday to counter the Women of the Wall group's observance of the new …

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Recycling

A.P.C. Expands Its Recycling Program to the UK, Germany, & More

Having launched its “RECYCLING” program in France one year ago, and in the US earlier this year, A.P.C. has now announced it will be expanding the sustainability project across Europe. The house founded by Jean Touitou will open the program to its stores lo…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Syria’s Kurds Deserve Refuge With Us, and Fast

We believe that the United States has a special obligation to those who supported or fought alongside American forces, particularly when their plight is so directly tied to American decisions. In the 1970s, at the end of the Vietnam War, the United States bro…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Drones

Uber’s New Delivery Drone Has a Battery Life of Just 8 Minutes and Absolutely Reeks of Vaporware

Uber has announced its developing a new drone it hopes to use for Uber Eats deliveries one day. But there appears to be one small problem: The drones battery life is reportedly just eight minutes, including loading and unloading of packages. Eric Allison, t…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Slavery Abolition

What John Rawls Missed

Both of these responses, Forrester argues, miss key features of Rawlss project. Her story begins in the decade after World War II, when Rawls undertook the work that became A Theory of Justice. A watershed event for Rawls was the 1953 publication of Ludwig Wi…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Super Komachi

Flooded bullet trains could cost JR East ¥11.8 billion

East Japan Railway says the book value of its Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains flooded by Typhoon Hagibis stood at ¥11.8 billion as of the end of September. Ten 12-car Hokuriku Shinkansen trains at a JR East-managed switching yard in the city of Nagano were…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Silk Road

Lead Actors & Director Hired for Live-Action ASTERIX & OBELIX

Credit: Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock.com Guillaume Canet and Gilles Lellouche have been cast as the titular leads in the upcoming live-action Asterix & Obelix: The Silk Road big screen adaptation, as reported by Deadline. Canet will perform d…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

‘Davos in the desert’ woos back heavyweights

Image copyrightReuters Saudi Arabia has attracted high-profile business and political figures to its "Davos in the Desert" event, including some who stayed away last year over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The event, under way in Riyadh, featur…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Greece’s draft law on asylum threatens migrants’ rights: Human Rights Watch

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece should scrap a draft law that threatens to restrict access to protection for asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Athens is currently struggling with the biggest resurgence in r…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Electric Scooter

Ninebot Segway ES2 Electric Scooter $577, ES4 $794 Delivered @ Ninebot Segway eBay Store

Don't do it, they are absolute garage. Be sure to read around the reviews of these things. Loosing connection to the second battery is common, and has occurred on a 150km old scooter. Motor/Controller issues are common. My scooter which has been used on foot …

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Jerusalem chief rabbi calls for female turnout to counter Women of the Wall

A.P.C. Expands Its Recycling Program to the UK, Germany, & More

Syria’s Kurds Deserve Refuge With Us, and Fast

Uber’s New Delivery Drone Has a Battery Life of Just 8 Minutes and Absolutely Reeks of Vaporware

What John Rawls Missed

Flooded bullet trains could cost JR East ¥11.8 billion

Lead Actors & Director Hired for Live-Action ASTERIX & OBELIX

‘Davos in the desert’ woos back heavyweights

Greece’s draft law on asylum threatens migrants’ rights: Human Rights Watch

Ninebot Segway ES2 Electric Scooter $577, ES4 $794 Delivered @ Ninebot Segway eBay Store

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