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Have you ever wondered what happens to torpedoes that miss? Where do they go? The answer might surprise you.

Image Credit: Shutterstock What is an interim measure? Interim measure covers a wide variety of orders, and most are granted at an early stage of the proceedings to preserve the status quo or prevent the dissipation of assets before an award in made in the arbitration by the arbitral tribunal. They are often awarded without notice and on a provisional basis to preserve evidence and can be granted by an arbitral tribunal or by a court. Which measure to use and when? There are a ...

Island Hopping In the Pacific: Americas PT Boats in World War II Fast-moving, heavily armed U.S. Navy PT boats harried enemy forces in the Pacific and European Theaters in World War II. Heres What You Need to Know: During the island hopping in the Pacific, PT boats blocked enemy vessels shelling U.S. positions and intercepted Japanese vessels transporting troops to islands. Late in the day on October 24, 1944, all of the available 39 patrol torpedo (PT) boats of the U.S. Seventh Fleet were tra...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Carnegies Manoela Romanó de Orte and Ken Caldeira led a research team that deployed a cutting-edge incubator to monitor the metabolic activity of coral and algae in an area of... view more  Credit: Image courtesy of Ken Caldeira. Washington, DC-- Algae colonizing dead coral are upending scientists ability to accurately assess the health of a coral reef community, according to new work from a team of marine science experts led by Carnegies Manoela Romanó de Orte and Ke...

Will Air-Powered Vehicles Ever Become A Reality? By Tatiana Serova - Mar 13, 2021, 4:00 PM CST In 2008, when the Indian company Tata Motors announced plans to commercialize a vehicle that would be fueled by air, many optimists believed that a revolution was underway in the transport sector. However, more than ten years later, this promising and carbon-free technology has yet to reach production and now seems to be dead in the water. So what happened, and is there still any hope to tu...

Brooklyn, NY, June 19, 2020. Volume 62, Issue 1 SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK. As mnemonics go, one of the best, as equipment for living, not the recipe we need. Though this issue hits the bookstands the day after we spin the clocks ahead, if springing forward is what you’re looking for, you’ve come to the wrong place. Many things must change, given where we’ve been, yet none of that will happen unless we come to terms with what we’ve learned. And it isn’t the lies, the self-dealing, the ...

Lake Austin Produces Second Toyota ShareLunker AUSTIN – In less than a week, the second Legacy Class largemouth bass of the 2021 Toyota ShareLunker season was reeled in at Lake Austin Thursday evening January 14. Angler CJ Oates, from Lago Vista, Texas, caught the 13.02-pounder just a few days after “ShareLunker 586” was claimed at Sam Rayburn. “It was a last-minute decision whether to fish Lake Travis or Austin,” said Oates. “Luckily my good buddy John Davilla talked me into Austin...

"After George Floyd and what’s going on in our country, it’s vital for people of different backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives to be willing to listen to each other with the facts. This is the kind of program that can help do that.”

WHAT ITS ABOUT: When a rebellious grandfather (Robert Whitehead) finds out he wont spend Christmas with his granddaughter (Katherine Neethling), he "breaks out" of his nursing home to see her. WHAT WE THOUGHT: Isidingo or Archibald in Legacy. But hes got a flair for comedy and knows how to wrap you around his finger as the do-good grandfather Herbert in family movie Herb & Moon. It hit SA screens just before Christmas. Roberts flair for literature and theatrics is well known in the acting ind...

This Christmas, Showmax has put together its biggest ever pile of presents with eight local films; Christmas specials from HBO and Adult Swim; and over 30 international films, including Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding in the 2019 blockbuster Last Christmas.  South African Christmas movies In Somerkersfees, a dysfunctional family’s Christmas beach holiday forces them to come to terms with their flaws, differences, hate and love for each other. Directed by multi-award-winning theatre director ...