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Austria Orders PANDUR 6x6 Evolution Vehicles Our Bureau 1404 PANDUR 6x6 Evolution vehicle. The Austrian Ministry of Defense has placed an order for 30 PANDUR 6x6 Evolution (Evo) wheeled armored vehicles. Built by General Dynamics European Land Systems, the vehicles are designed as armored personnel carriers (APCs) and can be quickly converted into other roles such as CASEVAC (casualty evacuation) due to their modular design. The contract was signed in October last year, GDELS said in a releas...

Share it Anyone who has scooped out a jack-o-lantern around Halloween is familiar with the processing of pumpkin seeds. The flat, white seeds make a halfway decent snack after they’ve been removed from the gooey pulp, sorted, rinsed, dried, oiled, seasoned and baked at high heat. But even after these steps, the seeds can be a bit of tough chew — which has made this yearly tradition strictly seasonal. But pumpkin seeds tap into several current trends that make them an ingredient not only wit...

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

. Last week, Critical State took a deep dive into research on how states difficulties with extending power into borderlands changes how they make and implement policies for those areas. This week looks at research on what happens when a state makes a major effort to incorporate borderland residents into the core state identity.  During World War II, Nazi Germany added much of the land around Germany to its Reich. The idea that the concept of Germanness extended beyond the geographical bounds o...

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale. Contribute: Flag as inappropriate. Send your own user report! leave your comment here 1st floor, working in home office (142.6 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : It lasted for about 20 seconds in two "waves". The first one felt like a slight vibration as if a truck drove by. The second one I felt as if I was sitting on a waterbed. My webcam fell off the desk ...

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

Coronavirus Impact on Skiing & Snowboarding 21st December 2020 Last modified on December 27th, 2020 The team at PlanetSKI is reporting all the news & developments as it affects the snowsports world in our ever-popular rolling blog. If you want to see its impact and the response of skiers & snowboarders then read on… UPDATED Jeff Shiffrin Athlete Resiliency Fund Approaches $3m Target The father of the US skier Mikaela Shiffrin died suddenly last February and the funds is being run by US Ski ...

It was a slaughterhouse visit on behalf of a customer that radically changed his life. Top banker “most shocking experience of his life”. That was almost 30 years ago – the Australian is now vegan and one of the most important animals and human rights activists. That is why, on his 40th birthday, he decided to use all of his fortunes to make his contribution as an animal rights activist and philanthropist against crimes against animals, people, and the environment. Together with his wife...

Absolutely paw-some! Thats one way to describe these images of two rescue dogs enjoying trips to some of Europes most mesmerising landscapes. The beautiful photos feature former Romanian street dogs Finn (the brown dog) and Yuri (the black and white dog) and were snapped by their Austrian owner, Anne Geier, in countries such as Italy, Norway and Switzerland. Anne, a full-time photographer, has been taking her pets on trips across Europe for the past three years and they are often joined by her...