In dit blog houden we je op de hoogte van het belangrijkste en meest opvallende 112-nieuws van donderdag 4 juni.
In dit blog houden we je op de hoogte van het belangrijkste en meest opvallende 112-nieuws van donderdag 4 juni.
Twee auto's aan de Zilverreiger in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht zijn donderdagochtend uitgebrand. Beide voertuigen stonden op een oprit. Ook de woning is beschadigd. Er raakte niemand gewond.
In Ridderkerk is een 17-jarige jongen uit Rotterdam gewond geraakt bij een steekpartij woensdagavond. Het slachtoffer is meegenomen naar het ziekenhuis. De steekpartij gebeurde rond 22:30 bij een bushalte aan de Paltrokmolen.
iain.davidson100 has added a photo to the pool:
John from Brisbane has added a photo to the pool:
Pulling back a bit from my image of the Eye-Spy whale watching boat a while back. this view shows the full Redcliffe Jetty in South East Queensland.
Bridport, Dorset: The female in my garden has been a glittering presence of late, but soon she will return to the river to breed
The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is aptly named. This loveliest of damselflies is on the wing now across south-west England and Wales, fluttering like a falling scrap of metallic paper among the vegetation.
One of only two species of damselfly with coloured wings, the males have blue bodies and dark-sheened wings while females are green with contrasting tan wings. But such a plain description doesn’t begin to capture their true appearance.
Continue reading...The nine-metre southern right whale, or tohorā in Māori, is the first of the species to have been recorded entangled in New Zealand waters
A whale that became entangled in a large fishing net and was dragging four buoys and 100 metres of rope behind its tail has been cut free after a complex multi-day rescue operation off the southern coast of New Zealand.
The nine-metre-long southern right whale, or tohorā in Māori, was first spotted by fishers on Saturday morning near the country’s southern island, Rakiura.
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Americans seem to be afraid of AI while, like with other new tech that comes along, the Chinese are optimistic. Why? "You either catch this bus towards success or be left out forever." Zilan Qian of the Oxford China Policy Lab discusses changing fortunes since the millennium in Boarding China's Last Bus, Asterisk #14. Or go below the fold if you just want to see a NYC time-lapse video celebrating Windows98.
Great Leaps Forward through the painful xiagang reforms at the turn of the century and beyond, this detail from Zilan Qian's excellent essay stood out, I had to share.
Great Leaps Forward through the painful xiagang reforms at the turn of the century and beyond, this detail from Zilan Qian's excellent essay stood out, I had to share.
In 1998, Microsoft unveiled the mainland China version of Windows 98, and signed musician Pu Shu to endorse it. "New Boy," a track on his 1999 album, name-checks Windows 98 and Pentium computers in its chorus and became a genuine millennium anthem for a generation.Put on new clothes, get a new haircut Relax with Windows 98 The road ahead will have no more suffering How cool our future will be! But earlier this year
Pu Shu's "New Boy" was remade to "New Bot" by the state media, aiming to highlight how AI and robotics, just like Windows 98, can bring hope and the promise of a new and improved life. The song did not become a hit. People continue to listen to the 1999 original.