Following the disaster of the Bayesian yacht which sank off the coast of Little Port (Palermo) on August 19th and which caused 7 victims, there is a lot of talk about the AIS system (Automatic Identification System). This is a system of tracking which allows vessels to share a range of information with each other, such as their own real ...
Luna Rossa; archive image. Credit: Nieri.vittorio, CC BY–SA 4.0 The preliminary regattas of the 2024 Barcelona Yacht Club will be held from 22 to 25 August 2024. 37th America’s Cupor America’s Cupwhich will also be held in Barcelona in the months of September and October 2024. This is the most important international sailing competition, in which Italy has participated 7 ...
Battery life is one of the fundamental aspects for efficient use of your smartphone, regardless of whether it is Samsung, Apple or any other manufacturer. Over time, it is physiological for lithium batteries to lose part of their original capacity. For this reason, it is important monitor the health of your device’s battery to intercept possible problems in time (such ...
Potlatch ritual The potlatchwidespread among the native tribes of the Pacific Northwest coast (Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Salish and others) is a traditional ceremony where generosity is rewarded with social prestige. The name potlatch derives “gift” in the Chinook language. During these events, participants compete in donating goods, creating a cycle of reciprocity and status. Marcel Mauss called it “gift economy”, proving ...
It has become viral on social media a video showing seven suns at sunset Chengduin the Sichuan province of China, taken on Sunday, August 18 by a resident of the city. It is a seemingly amazing video, which shows several images of the Sun aligned and with different brightness. In the center there is a main image, brighter, surrounded by ...
Today, around 1:00 pm, a four-seater plane crashed in the Maratta area near Ternia short distance from the “Alvaro Leonardi” airstrip causing the death of the two people on board, the pilot and the passenger, two men of about 60 years old. According to initial reconstructions, the accident occurred shortly after take-off from the airstrip, where it had made a ...
With morbid curiosity it refers to a particular type of curiosity that It manifests itself in situations of tragedycatastrophes or shocking events that can cause physical or emotional harm. We can observe it for example in the phenomenon of rubbernecking (stop and look at road accidents). It is something that we all experience, in different forms and degrees. In recent ...
In an ancient wreck over 600 meters deep in the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Elba and Pianosa the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has discovered amphorae and other precious finds from the Roman era thanks to deep sea robots made available by the Azionemare Foundation, which had identified the wreck together with ...
Open Google Earth, enter the coordinates 54°43’04″S 71°39’03″W or 46°20’36″S 51°44’49″E and press the enter key. We are in Chilenear the Alberto de Agostini National Park or on thePossession Islandthe island of the sub-Antarctic archipelago of the Crozet Islands. Now zoom in a bit and try to answer the question: what are those ribbon-like things that seem to float on ...
The Yacht Bayesian, long 56 meters and made of aluminum, sank off the coast of Porticello, in the province of Palermo, at dawn on August 19, 2024, causing 7 victims including the British billionaire Mike LynchThe luxury sailing ship was built by Perini Ships In the 2008 in the shipyards of Viareggioin the province of Lucca, with the name of ...