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French sci-fi writers set out to ‘scare’ the military establishment 10 hours ago A French soldier performs a military exercise in front of France s President Emmanuel Macron and other leaders prior to the Bastille Day military parade down the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2019. (Photo credit should read Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images) COLOGNE, Germany – A team of 10 science-fiction writers and artists have begun another round of envisioning threats to French security in 40 years or so, according to Emmanuel Chiva, director of the French Defense Innovation Agency. The “Red Team” group, which started in mid-2019, presented its initial results in late 2020. The team set out to imagine the future of piracy, complete with entire pirate nations and rogue ships roaming the seas.
Improving Our Environment
The Annual Action Plan details has more than 80 specific goals with target completion dates.
All Councils are required to prepare and adopt a four-year Council Plan by 31 October in the year following a general election.
Cr Gstrein said the plan showed where the Council and community will be in 2026.
“This Council Plan focuses on issues that are important to our residents,” she said.
“Our mission is to foster opportunities, celebrate our identity and lifestyle, and provide high quality and responsive services.
“We will manage the opportunities and challenges facing Corangamite Shire to ensure that we improve the lives of people through teamwork, integrity and respect, with a focus on providing value to ratepayers.”
Sisters of the University of Georgiaâs chapter of Gamma Sigma Sigma said they joined the non-Panhellenic Council service sorority to reap all the benefits of traditional sorority membership with fewer of what they considered drawbacks: pricey dues, group in-fighting and discriminatory selection processes.
In February, some members said they started experiencing some of the downsides they joined Gamma Sigma Sigma to avoid.
After a tweet about a memberâs racist blog post went viral, the organization fractured. Over the month, many general members of the chapter and all but one member of the chapterâs executive board resigned. A group of departing members has since founded a separate service society.
Two Australians Die After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine, Authorities Investigate Link
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One of the cases involved a 71-year-old man with underlying health conditions
The other patient died eight days after receiving his vaccine shot
Australia’s medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency on Thursday revealed it launched an investigation into the deaths of two Australians after they were vaccinated for the coronavirus.
Authorities from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) will investigate any links the vaccine could have had to the deaths of the men in New South Wales. All reports . of death following vaccination are reviewed to assess the likelihood that the vaccine contributed to the event or medical condition that led to a fatal outcome,” the medicines regulatory agency said.