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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

Formakin House in Renfrewshire, Scotland

On the outskirts of Bishopton in Renfrewshire sits a stately former mansion. Its genteel woodland walks and curious masonry have enchanted visitors for decades.  Originally Millbank Farm, the estate was purchased by a wealthy stockbroker and art collector, John Augustus Holms. He wanted somewhere special to house his treasures and commissioned his architect friend, Robert Lorimer, to design his estate buildings in the style of a 17th-century tower house.  Visitors to the estate will notice a stone archway in……

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Not just K-pop: Korean TV shows gaining...

NEW YORK (AP) — Most nights around 10 p.m. when her family heads off to bed, Carol Holaday signs onto her computer. She’s not falling down Internet rabbit holes of random information or combing through social media at her San Diego home. Holoday is signing on to volunteer with the subtitle translation of Korean TV shows —often referred to as K-dramas— on the streaming platform Rakuten Viki. “It’s my secret treat,” said Holaday, who has helped to subtitle 200…

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The Latest: US keeps ban on nonessential...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is extending a ban on nonessential travel along the borders with Canada and Mexico to slow the spread of COVID-19. That’s despite increasing pressure to lift the restriction. U.S. border communities dependent on shoppers from Mexico and Canada and their political representatives have urged the Biden administration to lift the ban. Canada recently began letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens enter the country. But the Department of Homeland Security said in a tweet Friday the…

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The Grave of Oderus Urungus in Richmond,...

Near the entrance to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond Virginia, visitors will find a flat stone large enough for a full-size depiction of a man. The face is peaceful and the man is wearing fantasy armor with a savage sword laid over the body.  This is the memorial stone for Dave Brockie, frontman and founding member of the heavy metal band, GWAR. As the character Oderus Urungus, Brockie spent his life traveling the world and performing as a space monster……

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Greycroft leads $3.5M into Breef, an online...

Breef raised $3.5 million in funding to continue developing what it boasts as “the world’s first online marketplace” for transactions between brands and agencies. Greycroft led the round and was joined by Rackhouse Ventures, The House Fund, John and Helen McBain, Lance Armstrong and 640 Oxford Ventures. Including the new round, the New York and Colorado-based company has brought in total funding of $4.5 million since its inception in 2019 by husband-and-wife co-founders George Raptis and Emily Bibb. Bibb’s……

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Muzejska zbirka starovremenskih motocikala (Motorcycle Museum in...

This Motorcycle Museum in Pančevo was founded in 2014, but the owner Dragan Markušev had been collecting and restoring old motorcycles for more than 20 years before that. Today the collection has more than 100 motorcycles and also a few old automobiles. Inside the museum, you can see motorcycle posters, brochures, spare parts, and also old radios and gramophones. The collection was gathered mostly from Serbia and the former Soviet states. The models were featured in many films, TV shows,……

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How the Internet of Things (IoT) can...

For those in the travel industry, one of the most important and powerful emerging technology trends, which needs to be understood and explored, is the Internet of Things, or IoT for short. It has the potential to fundamentally change how many tourism companies operate, improve their revenue management, and enhance the customer experience. In this The post How the Internet of Things (IoT) can Benefit the Travel Industry appeared first on Revfine.com….

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How to Make Effective Upselling Part of...

In hospitality, you’re always trying to do just a little bit better, both in terms of the experience you offer guests and the revenue you generate from it. Implementing new ideas and making them part of your property’s culture can seem challenging in that case. But with the right training, it’s easier than you may The post How to Make Effective Upselling Part of Your Hotel’s Culture? appeared first on Revfine.com….

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Alerzo raises $10.5M Series A to bring...

The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. In fact, it might be the second-best thing after fintech at the moment. Today’s news is from Alerzo, a little-known B2B e-commerce retail startup based in Ibadan, Nigeria. The company is announcing a $10.5 million Series A round led by London-based Nosara Capital. FJ Labs and several family offices from the U.S., Europe and Asia, including Michael Novogratz’s, participated in the……

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Making machines that make robots, and robots...

After a summer of billionaires in space, many people have begun to wonder when they will get their turn. The cost of entering space is currently too high for the average citizen, but the work of PhD candidate Martin Nisser may help change that. His work on self-assembling robots could be key to reducing the costs that help determine the price of a ticket. Nisser’s fascination with engineering has been a consistent theme throughout a life filled with change…….

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The Latest: Japan imposes ’emergency’ measures against...

TOKYO — Much of Japan kicked in its government “state of emergency” to curb COVID-19 infections Friday, as well as a less stringent “quasi-emergency,” although worries remained about their effectiveness. Those requiring hospitalization grew to more than 168,000 people, and complaints have surfaced about hospitals turning patients away. The emergency, which lasts through Sept. 12, requests restaurants and bars to close at 8 p.m. and not serve alcohol, and shopping malls to limit crowd size. New daily COVID-19 cases…

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Arianna Simpson of a16z on Yield Guild...

As one of four general partners at Andreessen Horowitz who are now investing the venture firm’s third crypto fund, a $2.2 billion vehicle, Arianna Simpson is highly focused on how to return that capital and much more to the firm’s limited partners. Toward that end, she has been following more startups that combine crypto with gaming. Last month, for example, her team co-led an investment in Virtually Human Studio, the startup behind a digital horse racing service Zed Run,……

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How a Grave Cleaner Uncovers the Past

The cross-topped gravestone was dark brown, its engravings illegible, lost beneath a thick layer of grime. Alicia Williams began, as she does with every restoration, by gently scraping away debris with a plastic putty knife. She then rinsed the surface with a biodegradable solution and scrubbed it with a soft brush. After another rinse and some drying time came the big reveal: a pristine white tombstone bearing a clear inscription. JosephineDaughter of O.G. & G.P. BellJuly 19, 1899.Nov. 10,……

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The Blue Ridge Honey Made ‘by Bees...

Virginia Webb can barely see through the cloud of bees as she inspects her hives. Standing in a lush forest meadow, she still carefully inspects each one—habitual work that has become instinctive at this point. Webb, a renowned beekeeper in Clarkesville, Georgia, has been mingling with bees and honey since her father introduced her to the craft in the 1960s. To the untrained eye, the nectar stashed inside Webb’s hives looks like the typical golden syrup almost every American……

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OnlyFans’ porn ban is crypto’s opportunity of...

Today, OnlyFans dropped the massive bombshell that it will be banning “sexually explicit content” from the app later this year. This is obviously a wildly seismic shift for OnlyFans, which completely disrupted the adult content industry and gave performers a path toward greater independence by allowing them to connect directly with their fans via subscriptions. This shutdown is also the opportunity of a lifetime for the crypto industry which could capitalize on the shutdown and a recent wave of increasingly……

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